Chapter 211 Making Dumplings for Vinegar
After confirming the name of the Film Award as the Academy Awards, Yang Ye continued: "There are big problems with the setting up of the Golden Horse Awards. For example, our Hong Kong films are world-famous for Kung Fu films. The most important thing in kung fu movies is action design. Therefore, when we hold the Academy Awards, we need to set up an award for best action direction as our feature...
Also, the costumes of Hong Kong movies. The styles are often very simple, mixed and matched, and worn randomly. But when you watch Hollywood movies, they are very sophisticated. In order to enhance the look and feel of the movie, it is necessary to set up an award for the best styling design..."
< br>Yang Ye talked eloquently one by one. Zhang Minyi actually didn’t understand it very well, but she wrote it down one by one. If she didn't understand anything, Yang Ye would explain it to her in detail.
These things will be discussed slowly during the establishment of the Academy Awards.
The "First Academy Awards" of the original time and space were judged by Blind Gill, the grass-roots team member of "Movie Biweekly".
At that time, they sent invitation letters to people in the film industry, inviting them to attend the awards ceremony.
Then, I booked a place at the Shouson Theater in the Hong Kong Arts Center to mess up my hair according to the preferences of my magazine editors.
The trophy is a metal man made in imitation of the Oscar statuette, which was criticized for being ugly.
The awards given out are also very simple, just five awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Actor and Actor.
And there is no nomination yet, just send it directly.
You hold an awards ceremony on horseback and give out five awards? I won’t copy the assignments from the Golden Horse Awards next door!
As a result, many people did not give face and did not go at all. For example, the first Best Actor winner was Xu Guanwen, and he did not go.
The people who went there didn’t take it seriously. Except for Zhou Runfa and Hui Yinghong, everyone else didn’t even wear formal clothes. Later, they were criticized by the news media who were present for being disrespectful.
No one who won the award took it seriously. Hui Yinghong threw her Best Actress trophy under the bed when she got home.
In addition to these five awards, the "Top Ten Chinese Films" and "Top Ten Foreign Language Films" of the previous year were also selected.
It’s understandable to review the top ten Chinese-language films, but why are you reviewing the top ten foreign-language films? Foreign language films don’t matter?
Especially after the awards were distributed, everyone could not leave. An American literary film "The French Lieutenant's Woman" was screened for everyone to enjoy.
It’s just crazy!
To put it bluntly, the first Academy Awards was just a silly show of a bunch of young editors from "Movie Biweekly"!
At that time, although Radio Television Hong Kong supported the Academy Awards, they didn't take it seriously at all and just ignored it.
By the time of the second session, this thing was no longer possible. Fortunately, Zhang Minyi paid attention to it at this time, and after a few operations, the Academy Awards were not aborted.
Now, Zhang Minyi was promoted to the director of Radio Hong Kong ahead of schedule and successfully held the "Chinese Music Golden Melody Awards".
So as soon as Chen Baisheng and Shu Qi found her, she immediately realized the significance of holding a film award.
In view of the various insights Yang Ye put forward at the Golden Melody Awards, Zhang Minyi naturally wanted to discuss this matter with Yang Ye.
But Yang Ye did not disappoint her, and indeed gave a lot of very professional opinions.
In addition to the names of the awards, types, investment methods, how to operate them, and even the award time, suggestions are given.
Yang Ye suggested that the Academy Awards should be held in March-April every year, and the Hong Kong International Film Festival should not be held for more than a week, so as to form a linkage and attract film producers from all over the world.
If it develops well, some other award ceremonies can also be held during this time period, such as TV drama awards, radio awards, etc.
March and April are basically off-season for all walks of life. At this time, by putting together all kinds of awards, a large-scale awards season can be formed.
When the time comes, all the stars will gather together, which will surely attract a large number of tourists to travel to Hong Kong and promote Hong Kong's tourism industry.
If we can achieve this step, the Broadcasting Department will have made a contribution to Hong Kong’s cultural undertakings.
Zhang Minyi was very moved by Yang Ye's thoughts.
Who doesn’t want to climb up the ranks when serving as an official or in politics?
Think about it, if what Yang Ye said can really come true, then her political achievements...
"There's something I have to explain to you first!" Yang Ye suddenly said after giving a lot of suggestions.
"What's going on?"
"I just told you that since the Golden Melody Awards have been handed over to wireless stations for broadcast, the Academy Awards should be handed over to LiTV for broadcast."
“This makes sense!”
“It makes sense, but... I am a shareholder of Lishi.”
Zhang Minyi was shocked: "Are you a shareholder of Lishi?"
"Yes, I already hold 37.8% of the shares of Lishi, and I am the second largest shareholder of Lishi."
"Then... Lishi only has two shareholders now? Have you taken over all those small shareholders?”
“Yes, so I have to explain this to you in advance, because I suggest that the Academy Award be given to Lishi. It’s good for me to hold the event. I have selfish motives.”
Zhang Minyi smiled sweetly: “You are so honest!”
Yang Ye said sternly: "You are my woman, of course I can't lie to you!"
Zhang Minyi was very happy to hear this, she said sternly: "Although you have selfish motives, in terms of justice, you That’s right. A monopoly will create a monopoly, which is detrimental to the development of cultural undertakings. Our cultural department really needs to maintain a balance. I will strongly advocate that the Academy Awards be held in Lishi!”
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Hu Jinquan is on the street again.
He made a fashion film called "Lifetime Events". It was said to be a comedy, but it was full of bad jokes. The audience was confused. Even though two popular stars, Sylvia Chang and Hu Huizhong, were invited to star in the film, it still couldn't escape the fate of being a bust and wasting Yang Ye's one million investment.
When the film came out, Yang Ye watched it once. It was full of flaws and he didn’t know where to change it. In the end, he gave up the promotion and directly screened it naked. I hope I can take back a little bit.
After two consecutive movie failures, King Hu’s studio could no longer sustain itself.
"Lao Hu, you should make period martial arts films. Fashion films are really not suitable for you!"
Hu Jinquan is collecting materials and preparing to shoot a film called "The History of Blood and Tears of Chinese Workers", which tells the story of Chinese laborers A story of hard work in a foreign country.
After listening to Yang Ye's words, I felt bad. It would be difficult to invest now.
Fortunately, "The History of Blood and Tears of Chinese Workers" requires collecting a lot of information, and even has to go to the United States for investigation. It won't be filmed for a while, so he is not in a hurry.
He sighed and said: "My old style is outdated. Ever since you made "The Swordsman", I don't know how to make period martial arts movies anymore."
Yang Ye was too lazy to talk nonsense and said: "If you have nothing else to do for the time being, come over and help me. You are an expert on Ming history, and I have to ask you for many professional things."
Hu Jinquan's eyes lit up: "Photographing Ming Dynasty again?"
Yang Ye nodded: "Didn't you say that the most suitable era for filming martial arts is the Ming Dynasty. This time it is a story about a killer, and the script is here. I am very busy, so I need you to help me with the preliminary preparations. "
The great director has to help Yang Ye again. However, he made two attacks in a row, causing Yang Ye to lose more than two million yuan. Yang Ye didn't even fart, so it was appropriate to give Yang Ye a blow.
Hu Jin took the script and looked at it. There were two words written on it: "Sword Rain".
"Sword Rain" is an unpopular masterpiece from the original time and space. When it was released, the box office was average, and it was beaten by Xu Ke's "Tongtian Empire".
But there is a sword-sharpening section in it, which takes the trick of pretending to be cool and slaps in the face to the extreme. Everyone who has watched it is very happy.
When it comes to filming Jet Li, Yang Ye has many choices, including the "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng" and "Once Upon a Time in China" series.
However, Jet Li is only seventeen years old now. He is too young and is still a bit green to play the martial arts master.
In the end, Yang Ye decided to let him show off!
Hu Jinquan opened the script and read it for a while, and said strangely: "You won't fly again this time?"
Yang Ye shook his head: "This time it's about artistic conception."
"You had such a great time flying last time. If you don't fly this time, won't the audience get used to it?"
"Read the script first, and then we'll talk."
Hu Jinquan nodded. , stopped talking and looked carefully.
Yang Ye didn't bother him, made a pot of tea, and drank by himself.
After a long time, Hu Jinquan finally finished reading the script. He asked: "Are you not going to act this time?"
Yang Ye smiled and said: "How do you know I don't act?"
"You can't act. Not only you can't act, but all the action actors in Hong Kong can't act. In my opinion, the male protagonist of this movie, You must find someone new, preferably someone who is very good at fighting, has never shown up before, and doesn’t know anyone.”
Yang Ye patted the table lightly and said with a smile, “Here, you say it. That's right! This is the key point of this movie. Only in this way can the audience be fooled."
"Have you found such an actor?"
"Of course, he is from the mainland. ”
Hu Jinquan was shocked: "Aren't you afraid that Taiwan will ban you?"
Yang Yidao: "I've had enough of making martial arts movies in Hong Kong. We should let the audience see where the real martial arts stories should take place , Only with authenticity can there be a sense of immersion. For example, "Longmen Inn" should take place in the desert. I plan to test it, and if it doesn't work, I will find a way to remedy it."
"Your goal is too big. , if you want to test it, you can find someone unknown."
Yang Ye shook his head: "It's not interesting to use a scapegoat to test mine. My style of doing things is not to beat around the bush, since it is. It’s my idea, I’ll do it myself. Don’t worry, they won’t block me that easily.”
Hu Jinquan had nothing to say and gave Yang Ye a thumbs up, you’re awesome!
Hu Jinquan returned to the movie script and asked: "How did you come up with the idea of making such a movie?"
Yang Ye said: "I went to the mainland for something and met a young man. He is a five-time national martial arts champion. , a genius in martial arts, and very handsome. I could tell at a glance that he had the look of a star, so I brought him back to Hong Kong.
If I helped him make a movie, he would be very handsome. , he can also be famous. But this is not enough. I want to design a wonderful scene so that the audience will remember him completely after watching it."
Hu Jinquan nodded and said: "So... first. This movie only has this sword-sharpening scene?”
Yang Ye said: “That’s right, I have been acting for so long just for the sword-sharpening scene. You are from the north, you can do it. I understand that I made dumplings just for the sake of a good dish of vinegar!”
Hu Jinquan was convinced. Yang Ye said that he shot a large-scale MV for the song "A Smile in the Sea" last time.
The current "Sword Rain" has another script based on a pretentious scene of sharpening a sword.
Yang Ye is doing his best to make dumplings for vinegar.
Hu Jinquan had never met Jet Li, so he still felt it was a bit risky and asked: "How can you guarantee the box office if you find a pure newcomer to be the main character? This time it is a martial arts theme that everyone is familiar with, not the last time " ET Alien""
Yang Yip said: "I will invite a lot of well-known actors to shoot this movie, including Lin Qingxia, Yuen Biao, Hong Jingbao, Hui Yinghong, and Guan Zhilin. ...even I can go into battle
I want to create a feeling of gathering big names and hide this young man. Whether on or off screen, until the moment he takes action, no one will think that he is the protagonist of the movie. "
Yang Ye dares to do this because Jet Li is different from the stick in the original version. He is the actor with the most stylish martial arts moves in the world, even Yang Ye can't compare.
Although this movie There are so many stars, but the moment Li Lianjie takes action, he will surely amaze all the viewers
(End of this chapter)