Chapter 62 Xiangjiang Film Awards

On January 15, 1982, Wang Jie completed his trip to the island country and returned to Xiangjiang. The next day, Liang Shuyi, who got the news, came to the door with two young men. Wang Jie has always been generous and polite to his right-hand men, Wang Jie let the three of them into the living room of the villa and let the servants start serving tea.

Liang Shuyi sat down and pointed to the two people next to him and introduced: "These are Shu Qi and Chen Bosen, the two editors-in-chief of "Film Fortnightly", this time the two of them came over to create a film award of their own in Hong Kong. ”

Jiayi's many TV programs have been sold well in recent years, especially the TV series "Chu Liuxiang" and the variety show "Super Girl" broadcast last year once again caused a sensation in Xiangjiang and even the entire Far East. The other is a girl named Anita Mui, who was immediately signed by Chen Shufen into DreamWorks Records after winning the first place in "Super Girl", but the girl's basic skills are too poor, Wang Jie used his relationship to send Anita Mui to the Huaxia Conservatory of Music for further study, which not only avoided the misguided path of the generation of divas who had just become famous, but also changed Anita Mui's perception of the Chinese mainland, especially the latter, which is of far-reaching significance.

With the prosperity of Jiayi, Liang Shuyi's status has also risen, and her current power can be compared to Zou Wenhuai, He Guanchang and other entertainment tycoons of the older generation. Shu Qi and Chen Bosen found Liang Shuyi to help found the Xiangjiang Film Awards, and they also officially saw this, of course, it has a lot to do with the power and financial resources of Wang Jie behind Liang Shuyi.

"Do you have any plans?" asked Wang Jie.

Chen Bosen hurriedly took out a business plan and handed it to Wang Jie, saying: "This is some of our relevant settings for film awards, Mr. William, please give me a correction." ”

Wang Jie opened the text and began to read it, the more he looked at it, the more he felt depressed, compared with the Bay Island Film Golden Horse Awards, the Hong Kong Film Awards set up regional barriers in the entry criteria, so that some Chinese films with good reputation and box office are not eligible to apply for the competition, causing some questions about the Academy Awards being too localized. The original time and space lost the fairness and influence of the Chinese film campaign because of the blind regional protection of the Academy Awards, and gradually became a show for Xiangjiang people to entertain themselves, and this award had already been discontinued when Wang Jie was born in his previous life.

Speaking of which, the first Hong Kong Film Awards in the original time and space is really shabby, not only the trophies are made temporarily, there is no sense of art, and even the award settings are pitiful, there are only five categories of Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actor and Actress. After the first Academy Awards were held, it was basically impossible to hold it, and the second Academy Awards of the next year was delayed for half a year, and it was only in July of the following year that a sponsor was found to hold it hastily, and the awards were even more in a state of flux, making a lot of jokes.

Wang Jie put down the planning text and said, "Do you just want to entertain yourself? Don't you have any ambition to turn the film awards in Hong Kong into the three major film festivals in Europe? According to your design, how many times do you think this award can be held?"

Shu Qi and Chen Bosen glanced at each other, and Shu Qi said helplessly: "We also want to make the film award big and strong, but the connections and financial resources are not something that our two small editors can solve." ”

Wang Jie chuckled: "President Liang Shuyi, you are responsible for contacting Ms. Tang Shuxuan and asking her to be the chief planner of the film award, and Shu Qi and Chen Bosen are responsible for assisting you." This film award is called the Xiangjiang International Film Awards!"

Wang Jie asked the talented girl Tang Shuxuan to be in charge of planning the Academy Awards, Shu Qi and Chen Bosen had nothing to say, Tang Shuxuan can be called a godmother in the Xiangjiang film and television industry, and the new wave she led has influenced a large number of filmmakers in Xiangjiang.

Seeing the two nodding in agreement, Wang Jie said to Liang Shuyi again: "This time, Jiayi is responsible for the undertaking of the Xiangjiang International Film Awards, and all the funds are in the accounts of the TV station. ”

Wang Jie was afraid that Shu Qi and Chen Bosen would misunderstand, so he said: "I will invite director Xie Jin from the mainland of China, director Zhang Che and Li Hanxiang from Xiangjiang, director Akira Kurosawa from the island country and director George Lucas from the United States to form the jury of the first Academy Awards, and you two are responsible for inviting some well-known writers and reporters to form a supervision group. This time, the opening film will use my "ET", and the opening time of the Academy Awards is scheduled for June 10. ”

After Wang Jie sent the three away, he contacted Zou Wenhuai and Shao Yifu, and invited them to be the special chairmen of the first Xiangjiang International Film Awards, after all, the two have made indelible contributions to the entire film history of Xiangjiang.

On January 21, 1982, Wang Jie was invited to participate in the release of "Shaolin Temple" in Xiangjiang. The filming of "Shaolin Temple" is still relatively tortuous, the original producer was originally the Great Wall Film Company, a leftist film company with a Chinese background, at first the Great Wall Company invited Xiangjiang director Chen Wen to serve as the director, the shooting season was winter, the scene was gray, and Chen Wen used a large number of actors from the HN Peking Opera Troupe to shoot, and the effect was not good. So, please send Zhang Xinyan to save the scene.

At this time, the filming budget of "Shaolin Temple" has spent 400,000 Hong Kong dollars, but after Zhang Xinyan entered the group, he decided to overturn all the previous shooting, the original script was a drama style, he changed it to a light comedy, the original starring role was Wu Gang of the Great Wall Company and Peking Opera actors, he decided to be starred by the martial arts elite in the mainland, and with the assistance of the National Sports Association, all the actors were selected from seven provinces. After everything was overturned, the Great Wall Company faced a problem, their funds were not enough, so they went around and found DreamWorks Pictures, Mecca contacted Wang Jie and explained the situation in detail, Wang Jie made all the investments on the spot, and the conditions were similar to "The Wind", as long as the copyright and all the box office in the mainland Chinese market were removed.

In 1972, when Zhang Xinyan was filming the documentary "Thousands of Purples and Thousands of Reds", he met Li Lianjie, who had been practicing martial arts since childhood. When filming "Shaolin Temple", he naturally remembered and invited Li Lianjie to participate, but Wang Jie gave his apprentice a salary of 100,000 Hong Kong dollars when he was filming "Embroidered Spring Knife", when Li Lianjie had just turned seventeen years old. When Zhang Xinyan found Li Lianjie, who was studying in Beiying, he didn't talk about the salary alone, it was not that Li Lianjie was greedy for money, but Wang Jie repeatedly warned him not to depreciate himself because of favors, Wang Jie would take him to Hollywood in the future, no way, the crew contacted Wang Jie again, Wang Jie learned that Shi Nansheng went to the mainland of China in person and reformulated the actor's salary, "Shaolin Temple" Several of the leading actors have received at least 5,000 Hong Kong dollars, and Li Lianjie has a salary of 200,000 Hong Kong dollars, which can frighten the actors in mainland China.

Due to Wang Jie's sufficient funds, this version of "Shaolin Temple" is more exciting and atmospheric than the original time and space shooting, and the impact is also more sensational, the box office in Xiangjiang alone has more than 26 million Hong Kong dollars, and the island country has sold more than 4 billion yen at the box office, in addition, because the distributor has changed to DreamWorks Pictures, "Shaolin Temple" was also released on Bay Island, and set a box office result of NT$32 million, the most terrifying thing is the mainland of China, which set a box office record of 161578014 yuan with a ticket price of 1 cent. Wang Jie knew that in 2017, there was a "Wolf Warrior 2" that broke the box office record in China, played by his little apprentice Wu Jing, who set a box office of more than 5 billion yuan with an average ticket price of 40 yuan. If the ticket price of "Shaolin Temple" is calculated as 40 yuan and "Wolf Warrior 2", what is the box office? 64 billion yuan!

The popularity of "Shaolin Temple" has also caused some social problems in mainland China, many children have fled from home after watching the movie to learn art in Shaolin Temple, Wang Jie in order to prevent accidents, as early as before the film screening has been warned in advance of the relevant departments of China, fortunately publicity and prevention are in place, although such phenomena have occurred, but did not cause too many problems.