Not long after Chen Long entered the venue, Spielberg appeared on the red carpet, once again causing a stir.
Laos was one of the four major Hollywood directors in the 1980s, a major contributor to the Hollywood Renaissance, and he was quite impressive.
His appearance made many Hong Kong media at the scene feel proud and stepped forward to take photos and interviews.
The Academy Awards organizing committee also gave Lao Si a lot of face and arranged for him to be his female companion, Lin Qingxia.
With movies such as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "Terminator" series, "The East", Lin Qingxia is now firmly on the throne of Asia's number one actress, and is also very famous in Europe and the United States.
At the beginning of the year, Yan Hao invited Sanmao to write a movie script, and Sanmao wrote "Red Dust" based on Zhang Ailing's story.
Originally I wanted to cast Lin Qingxia to play the heroine Shen Shaohua, but in the end because Lin Qingxia's salary was too expensive, I had to settle for the second best and chose Sylvia Chang.
The reporter asked: "Mr. Spielberg, do you have any cooperation plans with Lin Qingxia at the Academy Awards this time?"
Spielberg smiled: "Yes. Yes, I plan to invite Ms. Lin to star in my new film.”
This is really shocking.
Is Lin Qingxia going to Hollywood? Or filming a new Spielberg film?
Reminiscent of the previous news about Yang Ye picking up people at the airport, everyone immediately confirmed that this was indeed going to be a big deal.
The reporter immediately asked about the details of the movie. Old Si was very cunning, but refused to say more. He just said that it was still in the preparation stage.
The reporter turned to Lin Qingxia and asked Lin Qingxia, but Lin Qingxia started doing Tai Chi and said she couldn't tell.
If you have to release the news bit by bit and tell it all at once, then how can you have any fun?
The media didn't ask any questions. After so many years, they had already understood Yang Ji's routine.
In short, this will be a long-term news story. As long as you keep following it, there will be plenty of content to report, and you won’t be afraid that readers won’t buy it.
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It is true that Spielberg invited Lin Qingxia to star in the new film.
She will star in "Memoirs of a Geisha" as Sayuri's teacher Mamiwa.
The role of Original Time and Space is played by Yang Ziqiong.
"Memoirs of a Geisha" is ultimately a Hollywood movie, and when it comes to selecting actors, the scope is very narrow.
In the original time and space, Lao Si finally chose three Chinese actresses, Zhang Ziyi, Gong Li and Yang Ziqiong, to play the role instead of a Japanese actress.
Because there were no famous Japanese actresses in Hollywood at that time.
Considering the fame of the actors, Zhang, Gong and Yang were almost the only solutions at the time.
In this time and space, the only Asian actress who is truly famous in Europe and the United States is Lin Qingxia.
Hollywood also admires Lin Qingxia's beauty very much, describing her as "the Greta Garbo of the East"!
Garbo was one of the greatest actresses Hollywood has ever produced.
Lao Si originally came to Asia to cast roles, and his casting range naturally included Hong Kong.
At the welcome dinner the day before yesterday, after Lao Si came into contact with Lin Qingxia, he suddenly started to sigh.
Yang Ye was confused and asked him why he sighed?
Lao Si said: "If it were Lin from the "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" period, then she would be the best candidate for Sayuri."
Yang Ye was shocked, Lao Si is indeed a great candidate. Director, you have such a vicious vision. The Yu Jiao Long and Sayuri in the original time and space were played by the same person.
It's a pity that Lin Qingxia is now at the level of aunt, so Lao Si had to do the next best thing and invite Lin Qingxia to play the role of Zhen Meiyu.
Lin Qingxia was very surprised, but after learning that the script was written by Yang Ye, she agreed.
Although she is not the protagonist, since it is a movie planned by her husband, she doesn't care.
It’s easy to agree, but you’ll have to suffer a lot later.
Because you want to play a geisha, or a top-notch one, you must know all kinds of performance skills.
For example, catching and throwing a fan must be practiced to the point where you can move like a butterfly and fly like a butterfly.
In order to practice this move, Gong Li is said to have practiced for five months, throwing the fan two thousand times a day.
Yang Ye is happy to see Lin Qingxia play the role of Zhen Meiyu.
Making movies has to be profitable. Lin Qingxia is very famous in Europe and the United States, which will greatly help the box office of the movie.
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The Hong Kong media were very happy to interview Spielberg, but the Korean media on the side were a little jealous.
Axi, even Spielberg came to Hong Kong to attend the Academy Awards. When will our Korean films catch up with Hong Kong?
As the ultimate boss of the Hong Kong film industry, Yang Ye did not follow the crew, but supported the show at the end.
Others walk on the red carpet with a female companion, or they walk alone. This guy has two female companions.
Left hand is holding the charming Indian actress Madhuri, and right hand is holding the lovable Korean girl Choi Jin-sil, she is really riding a horse and makes others envious.
The three stopped for an interview. This was Madhuri’s second meeting with the Hong Kong media, and this time it was a formal occasion.
She showed a charming smile and waved to everyone: "Lei Menghao, I am Madhuri, and I love to coax resistance!"
The reporters were happy and interviewed Maduli, but left Yang Ye and Cui Zhenshi aside.
Hong Kong and India are both British colonies. People with some culture in these two places can speak English, so there is no language barrier during interviews.
Through this short interview, the reporter learned some more information.
It turns out that this is a costume war blockbuster.
Yang Ye plays an ancient general, while Madhuri and Cui Zhenshi play the Indian princess and the Korean princess respectively.
This plot... is inexplicably outrageous.
North Korea is in the northeast and India is in the southwest. They are thousands of miles apart. How did these horses get together?
But because of this, it gave everyone a little more anticipation.
The Korean reporters at the scene were especially happy. They were very concerned about Cui Zhenzhen's development in Hong Kong.
Yang Ye’s movies are all distributed globally, which means that Cui Zhenzhen will also follow him to gain reputation around the world.
After Yang Ye and his party entered the arena, Cui Zhenzhen said to Yang Ye: "Brother Ye, I'm going to prepare!"
"Well, go ahead, come on!"
"Okay! "Cui Zhenshi smiled sweetly and walked away quickly.
Hong Kong films are so prosperous and it coincides with the 10th anniversary of the Hong Kong Film Awards, so it is natural to organize a special event.
"Girls' Generation" was invited to perform as the opening act, and they will also use the Academy Awards stage to release the title song of their last album.
After the release of the last album, they will hold a farewell tour.
In the future, the members of the group will develop independently and will not be combined unless there are special circumstances.
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After the guests arrived, the audience began to enter the venue. More than 10,000 seats were packed.
Soon, the awards party began.
"The 10th Academy Awards Ceremony jointly organized by the Hong Kong Film Industry Association, the Hong Kong Film Directors Guild and Radio Television Hong Kong will now begin. Please invite the hosts of the ceremony, Chen Xinjian and Shum Jianxun."
Chen Xinjian is a director, and Shum Jianxun is invited. It’s Curly Hair in the Five Lucky Stars series. He is actually a very powerful producer, and his acting is just for fun.
This is the first time for them to host the Academy Awards this year, but because of their good hosting skills, they have hosted it several times in succession.
After the two came on stage to make jokes for a while, Chen Xinjian said: "Curly hair, did you know that Girls' Generation's new album is about to be released!"
Cen Jianxun looked expectant: " Really?”
"Of course it's true, they will dedicate the first performance of their new album to our Academy Awards!"
"Welcome Girls' Generation to sing "Love! Love! Love!" for us."
Nine beautiful girls appeared on the stage wearing sexy short skirts and danced the Broadway mambo.
No answer, no answer, where is true love? My love, my love, is it him?
Think hard, think hard, no answer!
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Girls' Generation has always been in the dance music style. The original version of this song "Love! Love! Love!" is "StopStopStop" by the Ukrainian super girl group "Saints".
The "Holy Maidens" became popular in the CIS countries with this song. Later, it released an English version and became popular in Europe and the United States.
Later, Linlin sang the Chinese version of this song, which is "LoveLoveLove", which became popular in the Chinese world.
However, Linlin's version took into account the acceptance of the Chinese world, and the lyrics were changed to a girl's fantasy. The MV also dances to a pink mambo dance. Compared with the original version, which shows off sexiness, the expressiveness is still worse.
In any case, Yang Ye took this song out and used it as the main song of Girls' Generation's last album, which is still very important.
After all, it is a divine song that became popular all over the world in its original time and space, and it fits very well with Girls’ Generation.
Sure enough, as soon as this song came out and this dance came out, it immediately caused a sensation, and the audience responded enthusiastically.
Yang Ye looked back and thought that the wave was stable.
Girls' Generation's performance was a good start for the award ceremony. The two emcees returned to the stage to praise Girls' Generation.
Chen Xinjian then said: "This year is the tenth anniversary celebration of our Academy Awards. We are honored to invite many overseas colleagues to come and watch the ceremony."
Cen Jianxun said: "We are even more honored What's more, some of the distinguished guests were invited to announce tonight's winners list for us."
Chen Xinjian said: "First of all, we invited the great Hollywood director Mr. Steven Spielberg to announce the winners for us. Good newcomer!”
There was a burst of warm applause from the audience. Lao Si walked onto the stage, said a few polite words, and then invited everyone to watch the big screen.
Among the nominees for Best Newcomer this year is Jiang Hua from "May You Live Forever". Jiang Hua previously filmed a TV series on ATV. This is his first time hitting the big screen. Being nominated already shows his strength.
Shan Liwen in "Pan Jinlian's Past and Present Life", this is Shan Liwen's first time playing the role of a high official in Ximen.
From then on, he felt great. He played Ximen Qing seven times in his career and became a professional high-ranking official.
Except for "Pan Jinlian's Past and Present Life", which is a serious movie, and "Hate Locks the Golden Vase", which is a serious TV series, the rest are all third-level films.
It’s true that Ximen Qing is made of iron and gold, bottles and plums are made of flowing water.
In fact, Shan Liwen is a rock singer. He formed a band called "Blue Warriors". He has long hair and permed hair, imitating the Beatles.
The young actor Huang Kunxuan in "Alang's Story" is a very famous child actor. He later played the role of Zhang Wuji in Zhou Haimei's version of Yitian.
Long Fang in "The Supreme" is the rebel Gao Yi in "God of Gamblers".
In the original time and space, there was "The Supreme" first, and after its great success, "God of Gamblers" was born.
Now, against Tiangang, "The Supreme" has become a follow-up work.
However, "The Supremes" is still very successful, and it has entered the top ten of Korean movies at the box office with 370,000 moviegoers in Seoul.
Li Jiaxin in "Ghost Blowing the Lamp: The Secret of the Dragon", Li Jiaxin went against the disgusting zombie image in traditional tomb-robbing movies, and showed people with a cold and enchanting image, which impressed the audience with her beauty and shocked them. people.
At this moment, the exciting clip played on the big screen was the scene where Hu Bayi unveiled the female corpse.
After more than half a year, it still looks amazing!
Spielberg looked at the list of winners, pointed to the big screen, and said; "I watched "The Secret of the Dragon" last year and was very impressed by this scene in the movie. It is very exquisite. Design.”
Having said that, the winner of the Best Newcomer Award has already been announced.
“The winner of the Best Newcomer is MicheleLee!”
She won the Best Newcomer for her first movie. Li Jiaxin was so happy. She stood up happily, turned around and waved to the audience. Salute and then go on stage to receive the award.
Ding Sitian was also the most acclaimed character in the original time and space, mainly because of its good design.
Another well-received role in "Baibi" is Yin Ruiji in "The Dragon King of God", which also relied on design.
In fact, a good director can use some methods to cover up the shortcomings of actors' acting skills.
Li Jiaxin is generally recognized as having no acting skills. "Beauty is beautiful, but it has no soul."
But in Xu Ke's "City of Monsters", the moment Li Jiaxin suddenly looked up in the rain, who cared about acting skills.
If the actor's performance on the screen is not good, the director is the biggest blame, because...since he didn't perform well, why did you give in?
Of course, many times the director has no choice. The people are brought in by the investors, and they can’t survive. Reshoots waste the budget, and the investors are unhappy, so it can only be messed up.
Li Jiaxin respectfully took the statuette from Lao Si, kissed the planet on it, and began to deliver her acceptance speech:
“Four years ago, at Huang Helin Advertising Company, I met my current boss by chance. , Mr. Yang Ye.
As soon as he saw me, he asked, Michelle, do you want to make a movie?
At that moment, it was like a dream.
But I knew he was an internationally renowned director, so I nodded vigorously
The movie he was talking about was "Ghost Blowing the Lamp: The Secret of the Dragon", and the character he wanted me to play was Ding Sitian.
Thank you to the judges of the Academy Awards for awarding me the Best Newcomer.
Thank you to the movie for changing my life.
Thanks to my boss, Mr. Yang Ye, for his appreciation. I am here today all because of you. I will never betray you! ”
The last sentence is to show loyalty to Yang Ye.
Amidst a burst of warm applause, Li Jiaxin walked off the stage and returned to her seat. When she passed by Yang Ye, Yang Ye stood up and hugged her gently.
Since she showed her loyalty, Yang Ye of course wanted to reward her.
“Wow!”
The scene management immediately showed the scene of the two embracing each other, and there was a burst of booing in the audience, and some people whistled.
Huang Zhan, who was sitting not far away, looked at this scene and said with envy: "This boy is so lucky!"
Next, the best editing was awarded, and the winner was actually Yang Ye from "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom."
The war scenes in "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom" and the scheduling of the final flight are unique among current Hong Kong films.
Editing is the second creation of a film and is very important.
Currently, editors in Hong Kong don’t have this kind of experience and couldn’t cut it out, so Yang Ye simply did it himself.
In the end, because he did too much, the editor refused to sign his name.
In the early days of film schools, there was no editing major, and editing courses were all arranged in the curriculum of the directing department.
So directors can edit, and famous directors are also editing masters.
John Woo often had a battle of wits with the editor. "Hot Detective" was too long, but he couldn't bear to cut it.
Editor Hu Dawei said you go buy a dessert.
As soon as John Woo left, he started to cut it. When John Woo came back, the excess had been cut off.
John Woo had no choice but to watch from the side. Two days later, he said he wanted to eat dessert and asked Hu Dawei to buy it.
Hu Dawei came back from buying desserts, and John Woo added in the parts that Hu Dawei had cut out.
When Zhang Yimou was filming, he had already thought about how to edit the film.
Even if it is different from what he originally thought when shooting, he has already thought about how to fix it, and the editor only needs to do as he asked.
Xu Ke likes to let the editor cut it once, and he doesn't care. After cutting, he goes back to look at it again, and then repairs it with the editor.
Among the directors of this era, in addition to many with professional backgrounds, there are also many with wild backgrounds.
They can achieve the position of director. Most of them have worked in various positions and are relatively familiar with editing.
A few decades later, singers, hosts, writers, cross talk talkers, and sketch actors will all become directors, and they will not be able to understand these professional contents.
All in all, it is not surprising for Yang Ye, as a director, to win an editing award. (End of this chapter)