Chapter 265 The First Winner
Wireless Station has co-organized and broadcast the Golden Melody Awards for three times. Facts have proved that this thing is not only a ratings artifact, but also profitable.
So, this year’s newly released Academy Awards have become a hot topic, and ATV and TVB are fiercely fighting for the broadcasting rights.
In the end, RTHK chose ATV because TVB had already broadcast the Golden Melody Awards.
Cheung Min-yi’s reason is fair and honest. She wants to strike a balance between the two TV stations, and TVB has nothing to say.
However, Zhang Minyi later gave two sets of plans.
One is that TVB will hold the Golden Melody Awards in the future, and ATV will hold the Golden Image Awards, and this will continue;
The other is to rotate every year, this year it will be TVB Golden Melody Awards, and ATV Golden Melody Awards; next year it will be ATV Golden Melody Awards, and TVB Golden Melody Awards golden statue.
In the end, after discussions between TVB and ATV, they chose the second plan, which will be rotated every year.
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When Yang Ye and Lin Qingxia walked into Taiping Theater, many people came to say hello to them.
Yang Ye responded politely all the way, walked over and exchanged a few words with officials from the Hong Kong Secretary for Home Affairs, Urban Council, and Broadcasting Department who came to attend the meeting, before returning to his seat.
Of course these officials were invited by Zhang Minyi to show the Hong Kong government’s support for the Academy Awards!
In recent years, Hong Kong movies have developed very prosperously, and the Hong Kong government has imposed heavy taxes on the entertainment industry, which has made their mouths full of food.
Therefore, all officials are very polite to Yang Ye, the biggest contributor to promoting Hong Kong films to the world!
Three months ago, Zhang Minyi, under the instruction of Yang Ye, submitted a proposal to the Hong Kong government to formulate laws related to filming scenes of speeding explosions. It has now entered the process, and I believe there will be a result soon.
Once this is done, all Hong Kong filmmakers will have to thank Yang Ye, because Yang Ye took the lead and broadened the path for everyone!
Yang Ye is a man who does great things without sacrificing his own life, and is loyal and willing to give in for benefits. The entire Hong Kong entertainment industry, whether they like him or not, admires him very much.
Also, Yang Ye usually doesn't take the initiative to cause trouble, but if you provoke him, there will definitely be no good juice to eat.
Some time ago, TVB’s Fang Yihua came out to blackmail ATV’s artists, but I don’t know what tricks Yang Ye used. It didn't take long for Fang Yihua to recover from the illness. Yang Ye also poached Deborah from Wireless.
Speaking of this, everyone felt a little embarrassed. Fang Yihua couldn't afford to offend Yang Ye, and the others basically had no intention of going against Yang Ye.
Furthermore, Yang Ye has a management company with a large number of artist resources. If you want to film or something, it is convenient and hassle-free to hire artists from him, so naturally you are more inclined to cooperate with him.
The people gradually arrived, and the lights in the theater suddenly dimmed. Everyone knew that the awards show had begun, so they all stopped talking and became quiet.
A beam of light shines on the big screen. In the black and white screen, a train is silently approaching from a distance. On the screen, several foreigners are running with the train.
The voiceover came from the voice of ATV host Deborah, who said with great emotion: "On December 28, 1895, the Lumiere brothers shot the world's first movie "The Train Arrives." Dream. , begins! ”
The guests in the audience exclaimed. Although they are all film professionals, there are really very few people who have seen the world's first movie. It was unexpected that the Academy Awards actually obtained the source of "The Train Arrives".
Then the second scene changed. An old Peking Opera student swung his beard, held his knife horizontally, stood like a pillar, and started singing silently.
"On December 28, 1905, Ren Qingtai, the owner of Fengtai Photo Studio in Beijing, invited famous actor Tan Xinpei to shoot China's first film "Dingjun Mountain". At this time, just after "The Train Arrives" Ten years.”
Then another scene of black and white pictures flashed by.
“In 1909, Binjamen Braschi, the owner of Shanghai's Asia Film Company, filmed "The Roast Duck" in Hong Kong. The director and starring actor were Liang Shaobo. This was the first film filmed in Hong Kong. Movie.”
"In 1913, Hong Kong Huamei Film Company was established. Directed by Li Beihai and starring Li Minwei and Yan Shanshan, the first Hong Kong film "Zhuangzi Tests His Wife" was filmed. Ms. Yan Shanshan also became the first actress in Chinese movies."
“In 1923, Lai Man Wai and his brothers founded Hong Kong’s first production organization entirely invested by Hong Kong people, Minxin Film Company...”
“1925 In 1935, Hong Kong's first feature film "Rouge" was born..."
"In 1935, Daguan Film Company shot the sound film "Lifeline"..."
The film continued to be shown scene by scene, from The birth of movies tells the history of Hong Kong movies. Some still have scenes, some only have photos, and some have no photos at all...
This is the first time for many film practitioners here to have such a comprehensive understanding of the history of Hong Kong films, and they all enjoyed watching it!
After the era of Shaw Brothers and D&M, Golden Harvest was born and Bruce Lee was born.
Hong Kong's first world-class movie superstar appeared, and the film "Enter the Dragon" was screened in the United States.
After Bruce Lee passed away, Hong Kong movies fell into a downturn.
Subsequently, the Hui brothers gave Hong Kong movies a shot in the arm with their commercial comedies.
Soon, Yang Ye came out with "Shaolin Temple" and swept the world, making Hong Kong movies once again glorious...
Chen Long, Hong Jingbao, Yuen Biao, Xiao Fangfang... many Hong Kong filmmakers appeared in the picture .
In the last scene, the scene is fixed on a huge poster of "Terminator" on the streets of Tokyo.
"Pa bang bang..." The audience burst into warm applause.
People who engage in art have more delicate minds. After reading this period of history, some people couldn't help crying on the spot, thinking about the difficult journey of Hong Kong movies and how difficult it was along the way.
The picture moved again, and a shining golden trophy appeared on the big screen.
Unlike the Oscar statuette, which is a male, this Hong Kong statuette is a female, and her name is "Starlight Glory."
She is a movie goddess with a hand holding a planet, wearing a film, and her figure is very sexy.
The Miss Hong Kong champion Zheng Wenya sitting in the crowd couldn't help but blush, because the prototype of this statuette was none other than herself.
Not long after she joined LiTV last year, the boss was changed to Yang Ye, and LiTV became ATV. This had nothing to do with her.
But she was suddenly called to Yang Ye's office. Yang Ye praised her for her sexy figure and hoped to take a set of photos for her.
When Zheng Wenya saw Yang Ye praising her, she was a little secretly happy, so she just took pictures. It was okay, so she naturally agreed readily.
Unexpectedly, it was a fruit photo shoot, and Yang Ye asked her to pose in a strange pose...
The film did not hide anything, and directly explained the birth process of the Academy Award trophy. Many people couldn't help but look in Zheng Wenya's direction.
Some actresses even looked at her with envy. Because of this trophy, Zheng Wenya's name has since been recorded in the history of Hong Kong movies.
Zheng Wenya is the Hong Kong women's high jump champion and the Hong Kong sister champion. Her image is healthy and sexy, and the trophy made after her looks very beautiful, which makes many people look forward to this statuette. The trophy of the first Academy Awards in the original time and space was a simple metal figure, which was quite ugly.
The trophy of the second awards ceremony is a man who holds the planet high, and he is still one of the ugliest ones.
The trophy at the third awards ceremony was a blue crystal cube, which was just a fool's errand.
Starting from the fourth session, the trophy was changed to a muscular man waving his hands and running forward. In order to show the character's dynamics, the character has two heads, one in front and one behind. Therefore, it is nicknamed "double" by Hong Kong people. Head monster".
The "Two-Headed Monster" was criticized for being ugly, but it has been a fixed image of the Academy Awards for many consecutive years.
As Hong Kong movies become more and more powerful, the scale of the Academy Awards becomes larger and larger, and the level becomes higher and higher. The public is becoming more and more dissatisfied with this ugly thing.
Finally in 1990, this "Starlight Glory" trophy was designed based on Hong Kong Miss Cheng Wenya.
The preparation for the Academy Awards in this time and space lasted for a year, and all the major film companies in Hong Kong were involved. When discussing the shape of the trophy, Yang Ye suddenly said inexplicably, I will design it!
Everyone was confused, thinking, do you still understand this?
Yang Ye said that if everyone is not satisfied with the plan I come up with, then we will discuss it again.
Then he took out the goddess style of Zheng Wenya wearing film and holding a planet in her hand. When everyone saw it, it looked really good, so they adopted it.
Now, at the Academy Awards ceremony, the film explained the source of inspiration for the Academy Awards. When everyone suddenly realized it, they couldn't help but secretly guess that Yang Ye, the LSP, must have had an affair with Zheng Wenya.
Look at this posture, this guy is really good at playing!
Zheng Wenya was originally just a small actor on ATV and was not taken seriously. Unexpectedly, after the Academy Awards ceremony, her status in the company suddenly rose. No one dared to offend her, not even Huang Xizhao. Also give her three points of thin noodles.
This troubled Zheng Wenya very much, because although this incident made her no one dare to mess with at ATV and she got many job opportunities, everyone regarded her as Yang Ye's forbidden love, so no man was willing to pursue her. She did.
As for Yang Ye... He was originally just trying to save trouble, but now he can't explain it at all. He can only break the jar and let others talk about it, just drop it as you like!
This went on for several years. One day, Zheng Wenya suddenly got drunk and went to Yang Ye and said, "You want me!"
Yang Ye looked confused: "What's wrong? This is? "
"Everyone thinks I am your woman, and no boy dares to chase me. If this continues, I will become an old maid."
"Ah this..."
"I can't let others scold me in vain, do you want a word!"
"Yes!"
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"Please invite the emcees of the first Hong Kong Film Awards Ceremony, Ng Ka-lam and Cha Shumei!"
Although ATV has obtained the broadcasting rights and co-organizing rights of the Academy Awards, the Academy Awards did not choose ATV's host, which is also different from the host of the original time and space.
The emcees for this year are DJ Ng Ka-lam and Che Shu-mei from RTHK.
Ng Ka-lam and Che Shu-mei are the icons of RTHK and the best partners on the radio. Hong Kong citizens will hear their voices every day when they turn on the radio.
The two have a tacit understanding and have collaborated for many years. They often appear as a couple on the airwaves and in public places. Their relationship is so close that even the public and even insiders would think that they are a couple, which has caused many jokes.
After Wu Jialian and Cha Shumei took the stage, they were the first to announce the selection rules for this year’s Hong Kong Film Awards.
Each award has three nominations, which are voted by 108 professional judges invited by the organizing committee. The one with the most votes will win the award.
At the same time, it also explained the origin of the 108 Academy Award judges, all of whom are professionals in the film industry.
Then it introduced the seventeen upcoming awards, which are:
Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Newcomer, Best Action Design, Best Visuals Effects, Best Art, Best Music, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Animation, Best Documentary, Best Asian Film.
Some awards that are common in later generations have not been established in this Academy Awards. They will be left to be split up later and gradually added. For example, Best Music can be split into Best Original Score and Best Original Song.
There are also some awards that did not exist in the original Time and Space Film Awards, but are now established, such as Best Animation Film and Best Documentary.
Generally speaking, regional film awards include Best Foreign Language Film, such as Oscars, Cesar Awards, and Japan Academy Awards.
There is also an Academy Award, but it is called "Best Asian Film". The selection scope is non-Chinese-language films from Asia, which obviously narrows the scope.
The main reason for doing this is that the main market for Hong Kong films is in Asia. It doesn’t make much sense to choose a European and American film.
It would be more cost-effective to give this award to Japanese, Korean, or Southeast Asian films.
After these introductions, the official distribution of awards finally began.
The first award awarded is Best Newcomer. The selection criteria for Best Newcomer are a bit harsh. The participating works must have been screened in theaters in Hong Kong, and the shortlisted works must be at the beginning of the actor's career. Within the first three film works.
Under such rules, the Taiwanese film "Lu Binghua" actually meets the conditions.
So, when the projector showed the shortlisted short films, the child Wang Zuxian appeared on the big screen, along with the other two shortlisted short films Zhong Chuhong and Chen Baiqiang.
The preparations for this year's Academy Awards are very thorough. Before each award is awarded, a clip of the shortlisted film will be edited and played on the big screen, and the reasons for the shortlisting will be explained. It is very professional.
These practices have made the Academy Awards the most professional film awards in Asia since its birth.
Wang Zuxian has already won the Golden Horse Award for Best Child Actor. If she wins the Academy Award for Best Newcomer, it will be a double happiness, so she is looking forward to it very much.
After the short film was played, Wu Jialian said: "Mr. Yang Ye, please present the award to the best newcomer!"
When everyone heard, this first award was going to Baiyang Pictures Ah, Wang Zuxian was also extremely excited: If Brother Ye personally presented the award to me, Xiao Yingying would definitely be jealous to death, hahaha!
Yang Ye walked onto the stage and said: "It is a great honor to be the first guest to present the award, but the winner to be announced next will be even more honored. Because you will make history and become the first person to win the Hong Kong Film Gold Medal. Like a prize person!”
As Yang Ye spoke, he opened the envelope containing the list of winners and read: "The winner of the first Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Newcomer is..."
Yang Ye paused deliberately, Wang Zuxian's short My heart caught in my throat.
"Chen Baiqiang, from the movie "Cheers", congratulations Danny!"
(End of this chapter)