At 6 o'clock in the afternoon of July 15, the Golden Bauhinia Film Awards arrived as scheduled, and Phoenix Channel broadcast live for the first time, and the first awards ceremony held in Hong Kong officially kicked off.

There are only more than 30 films in the Golden Bauhinia Film Awards, which accounts for only more than half of the more than 50 films in the exhibition, and nine out of ten are films made by Asian directors.

Directors from Europe and the United States, who brought their films this time, are more just to sell the film rights in Asia. There are almost no ghosts who really want to win the so-called Golden Bauhinia Film Award, but Spielberg's "Jurassic Park" participated in the competition for this award, who made Huo Yaowen, the chairman of Hong Kong films, one of the main investors of this film.

The current film awards have not yet appeared on the red carpet in later generations, so when the live broadcast signal flashed, the camera was aimed at the stage for the first time, and the four hosts, Dong Bi, He Shouxin, Shen Dianxia, and Mi Xue, walked on the stage.

"Audience friends in front of the TV, welcome to the first Hong Kong Golden Bauhinia International Film Awards hosted by Phoenix TV......"

The host is also following the usual practice to explain the scale and importance of the film awards.

Uncle Shao Liu, who was watching the show, asked Huo Yaowen beside him for some reason: "Yaowen heard that your "Jurassic Park" is an investment cooperation with Hollywood and Japan?"

Huo Yaowen nodded: "Well, I first cooperated with Japan, and later I found Fox in consideration of the distribution channels in Europe and the United States." ”

"That's right. Uncle Shao Liu came over in a trance, and he was almost blind to the crooked ways of the American film industry.

Huo Yaowen glanced at Uncle Six, and when he saw that he seemed thoughtful, he couldn't help but smile and asked, "Why is Uncle Sixth asking this? Could it be that he wants to invest in Western films like me?"

"Yes, there is a plan. ”

Since "The Orangutan King" sold the film rights of more than a dozen countries for more than 5 million US dollars, bringing a lot of profits to Shaw Brothers, Shao Liushu tasted the sweetness of European and American distribution channels for the first time, plus Huo Yaowen's sci-fi blockbuster with Hollywood sold the world's No. 1 box office, and he also had plans to invest in Hollywood movies.

It's just that in addition to paying attention to the Western film market in his early years, he has been focusing on the local and Nanyang markets over the years, relying on Shaw Brothers' connections and theaters for so many years, even if a film fails at the box office on Hong Kong Island, it can make a return on investment in Nanyang.

This also caused Uncle Shao to almost lose the enterprising spirit he had when he was young, otherwise, relying on Shaw's huge theater line and connections, it would be absolutely impossible for Jiahe to succeed.

Uncle Shao Liu didn't hide his inner thoughts, looked at the hosts and bright lights on the stage, and said slowly: "I'm not afraid of Yaowen's jokes, since "Orangutan King" sold for five million dollars at the film festival, I finally understand why Golden Harvest's anti-bone boy is so persistent in wanting to enter Hollywood." ”

In 73, Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon" won tens of millions of dollars at the box office worldwide, and Golden Harvest shared millions of dollars in income, and Uncle Shao was not envious.

In 74, Huo Yaowen's "1999" was adapted into a movie, which sold 800 million US dollars worldwide and shared hundreds of millions of US dollars in profits, and Uncle Shao Liu was not envious.

Because both films have the participation of Hollywood Films, and Uncle Shao is too old to break into the Western market like Zou Wenhuai, and his idea has always been the old traditional self-made self-sales model, so he has always allowed Shaw Brothers to operate on its own.

But now a self-produced "Orangutan King" has been screened at the film festival for a few days, and more than a dozen overseas filmmakers have taken cash to buy the film, and they have earned tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars before it is officially released, which is unprecedented!

This also prompted Uncle Shao to have a plan to enter the Western film market, he believes that relying on the ability of Shaw Brothers, he dare not say that he can be like Huo Yaowen, but at least it will not be worse than Golden Harvest!

After all, Huo Yaowen is a world-renowned writer, and his works sell well at home and abroad.

But Jiahe is different, since Bruce Lee's unfortunate death, Zou Wenhuai wants money and no money, and no one wants anyone, how can it be compared with Shaw Brothers, who have dominated Hong Kong movies for more than 20 years?

Huo Yaowen glanced at Uncle Shao Liu, if I remember correctly, Shaw Brothers did invest in several Hollywood movies in the late 70s, but most of them ended in box office failures, and until Shaw Brothers stopped filming, they never really entered the Western market.

In the whole of Hong Kong, Zou Wenhuai is the only one who has successfully made a few films with good box office.

Thinking of this, he said: "It's good that Uncle Sixth has this idea, but the Western film market is not so easy to do, don't look at "1999" sold so high at the box office, but if there is no Twentieth Century Fox, one of the eight major Hollywood film companies, I am afraid that I will not even have the qualifications to be released in the West." ”

"I know that different markets have different rules, so I want to follow your example and find a Hollywood film to work with. ”

Uncle Shao Liu turned his head to stare at Huo Yaowen, and he was hairy before he said: "I heard that there is a company in the United States that wants to shoot your "Harry Potter", do you need Uncle Liu's investment? I can still take out one or two million US dollars." ”

Don't look at the box office of the movies made by Shaw Brothers in recent years, and Wireless TV has always been inseparable from Phoenix Channel, but Shao Liushu's assets are still very rich, and the land on the studio and several theaters in Nanyang alone is worth hundreds of millions, not to mention the local industry in Hong Kong, so one or two million US dollars is not much for him.

"There are American studios that want to make my book, but the current special effects can't do it, so I'm not going to license it for the time being. Huo Yaowen shook his head and said.

Ever since Disney made a lot of money from the Harry animation, Warner and MGM had plans to make the book into a movie.

As he spoke,

A Phoenix Station staff member dodged the camera, trotted to Huo Yaowen's side, squatted down and whispered: "Chairman, after the host finishes speaking, it will be your turn and Mr. Shao to take the stage." ”

As the chairman of the Golden Bauhinia Award Association, Huo Yaowen will give speeches on stage with several filmmakers of the older generation later.

"Well, got it. ”

Huo Yaowen answered, turned his head to look at the flashing camera not far away, and then turned his head to see that the four hosts on the stage were still talking, estimated the time, and it was his turn after a while, and said a few words to Uncle Shao Liushu next to him, and the two got up and walked towards the backstage.

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