Chapter 110: It's going to be cold on the lakeside this year
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The intensifying crisis over the future of Hong Kong forced the British government to stabilise the exchange rate by announcing a new exchange rate policy to stabilise the Hong Kong dollar, namely a linked exchange rate system pegged to the US dollar at a fixed exchange rate of HK$7.8 to US$1.
On the 16th, the groundbreaking ceremony of Angel Hospital was held next to Angel Film and Television City in Tsuen Wan, on this day, celebrities from all walks of life gathered, including the Governor of Hong Kong, Youde, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Angel Holdings, Fang Jianhui, the first president of Angel Hospital, Dai Chongli, and relevant officials of the Hong Kong Health and Welfare Department.
Angel Hospital covers an area of 150,000 square meters, provided by the Xiangjiang government at a low price, with a total investment of 50 million US dollars, about 400 million Hong Kong dollars, and a construction area of 360,000 square meters.
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On the same day, the bookstores of Heung Kong United Publishing Group quietly put on a new book - "Lingshan", which did not carry out any promotion and publicity, but added a line of "Fang Jianhui's first novel "Lingshan" on the billboards of the new books in each bookstore.
"Fang Jianhui, is it Fang Jianhui of Angel Pictures?" Many people's first reaction after seeing it was to ask this sentence.
After getting confirmation from the bookstore staff that this 'Fang Jianhui' is the other 'Fang Jianhui', 'Fang Jianhui actually writes too?' Ordinary people will flip through it with such curiosity.
Most people can't turn it for a while, they will put it down, this book looks too hard, what 'you', 'I', make people cloudy and foggy, I don't know why.
It doesn't matter whether ordinary readers like to read it or not, Fang Jianhui found a system to buy this book to brush up on the style, not to earn that royalty, so when he handed over the manuscript to Shirley for publication, he told her to keep a low profile.
Because just by the content of this book, those ordinary readers will not be interested, and the result of high-profile publicity is to fool other people's money, it is not easy for everyone to make some money, Fang Jianhui can't bear it.
The target audience of this book should be literary and artistic young people, and with his fame, no matter how low-key, those literary and artistic young people will definitely buy it.
Sure enough, a few days have passed, and not many copies of this book have been sold at all, and the people who bought them are basically professionals, including writers, columnists, dramatists, etc., as soon as these people heard that Fang Jianhui had written a book covered by clouds and mountains, they immediately rushed over, and after reading it for a while, it was really in the clouds, okay, this is what I wanted, and I bought it.
Then, comments on "Lingshan" appeared in various newspapers and magazines one after another, and they were very cautious at first, and they didn't dare to say it too arbitrarily.
"One chapter uses 'I' and the other chapter uses the unique narrative technique of 'you' and 'her', but in fact, it describes the complex inner activities of the same person from multiple levels. This writing technique is very innovative. ”
"Perhaps one of the highlights of this book is the unique way it is narrated. ”
The comments are all narrations, and as for what is written, what is the meaning, but no one commented on it for a while. It may be that these critics are not sure about it, for fear of accidentally saying something wrong, and they will laugh and be generous. But gradually, the opinions of the commentators became more and more distinct, and there were more and more articles of comment, and sometimes there were two points of view fighting in a newspaper.
"Fang Jianhui's identity aside, if this is a manuscript sent to our editorial office by an anonymous author, then it should be a rejection letter waiting for him. --An editor at a publishing house
""Lingshan" is a trick. Fang Jianhui is very smart: first of all, he does not name the characters, and uses such pronoun changes as 'me, you, him, and her' to give his works the aura of 'modernist' writing techniques, and because many readers don't know much about Western modernism, they are frightened by his 'Xuan', thinking that this is the abstraction and profundity of modernism. ”
These are to say that Fang Jianhui's writing is poor, but it is said that he writes better more:
"It's a weaving of multiple stories, with multiple protagonists that mirror each other, and these characters are actually different sides of the same self. Through the flexible use of personal pronouns, the author achieves a rapid change of perspective, forcing the reader to be suspicious. This technique comes from the creation of Fang Jianhui's films, which often require actors to both enter the role and describe the character from the outside. I, you, him, or she all become names on a complex and changeable inner level. ”
"Lingshan is indeed a piece, and it is impossible to mistake it for a special prose. The reason for this is not only that the art of language is sufficient to evoke real feelings in the reader, but also that it plays on the imaginative and fictional qualities, and uses the interspersal of dual perspectives to push the narrative one step forward. ”
""Lingshan" seems to have a kind of magic, whether it is the language style, character creation and plot structure, it has a strong style and appeal. Once you enter this tectonic world, you can be immediately attracted, and his spiritual world can envelop you in all directions like the humid air of Jiangnan, making you unable to extricate yourself. ”
"I can't put into words the shock I was shocked. Like a hypnotist, Fang Jianhui made me disappear from the mundane world for a while, and traveled to a lonely, spiritual, mysterious, and empty realm, wandering alone among the ancient Chinese towns and villages connected to the roots of my soul, interrogating the meaning of life between birdsong, folk songs and incantations, and enjoying the taste of wandering. Whenever and wherever I reminisce about the feeling of reading this book, I can only describe it as a dream. It was so quiet that I saw a lot of dreams that existed but were deeply hidden by my impetuous life and my worldly heart. ”
The strange thing is that he never responds to these Fang Jianhui, let alone interferes, even if it is a newspaper under Angel Newspaper, it can speak ill of "Lingshan" in a grand manner.
It was only after a period of time that Shirley issued a brief statement on behalf of Fang Jianhui: "Mr. Fang believes that once published, it does not belong to the author, and how to interpret it is the freedom of every reader." ’
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On November 13, the 20th Golden Horse Awards ceremony was held at the Chiang Kai-shek Cultural Center in Kaohsiung City, which was broadcast live by Taiwan TV.
In order to show his attention, Fang Jianhui and Lin Qingxia came to Kaohsiung in person, and will serve as the award guest of the 'Best Feature Film'. In this Golden Horse Awards, "The Wrong Car" produced by Fang's sister companies is the biggest hit, winning 12 nominations including "Best Feature Film", "Best Director", "Best Actor", "Best Supporting Actress", "Best Original Screenplay", "Best Cinematography", and "Best Editing".
At 7:25 p.m., the hosts Sun Yue and Tianniu announced the start of the ceremony.
The first awards were presented in the technical category, and the nominees for "Best Film Interlude" were "Fang Jianhui, "The Wrong Car", "Lee Taixiang", "This Year's Lakeside Will Be Cold", "Lin Minyi, "Alliance", and when the nominated films were announced, clips of the three films scrolled on the screen at the scene.
Like everyone, Fang Jianhui also stared at the screen, and when "This Year's Lakeside Will Be Cold" was played, a white figure on the screen attracted Fang Jianhui's attention.
She combed her short ear-length hair, white shirt, and black shorts, without a trace of fireworks in the world. In the bright sunshine, her eyes shone with a sparkling light.
"The winner of the best film episode at the 20th Golden Horse Awards is, "Taking the Wrong Car", Fang Jianhui. Sun Yue, the host on the stage, read Fang Jianhui's name aloud.
"Hey, it's your turn. Lin Qingxia looked at Fang Jianhuimu dumbfounded, and hurriedly stabbed him.
"Oh. Fang Jianhui woke up like a dream.
After receiving the award on stage, Lin Qingxia asked him in a low voice, "What was you doing just now?"
"Well, I saw a very beautiful girl. ”
"Who?"
"It should be the heroine of "This Year's Lakeside Will Be Cold". Fang Jianhui was not very sure, he just glanced at the screen and knew that she was the actor in "This Year's Lakeside Will Be Cold".
"Oh, you're talking about Wang Guxian. Lin Qingxia knows more about the Taiwan film industry than him, and pointed out to him as she spoke, "Oh, isn't that the one?" ”
Fang Jianhui followed her finger and looked at it, it should be the crew of "This Year's Lakeside Will Be Cold", and an elegant fairy-like beauty in the crowd is very eye-catching. "Yes, it's her!"
"It's your turn again. Lin Qingxia poked him again.
It turned out that the winner of the "Best Original Film Music" was announced on stage, and Fang Jianhui won the award again for "Taking the Wrong Car". He took the stage again to accept the award, and then it was performance time, and Ye Qianwen sang the episode "The Same Moonlight" from "The Wrong Car" live.
"You like her very much?" Lin Qingxia continued the topic just now.
"Well, it looks pretty good. "Fang Jianhui has nothing to hide.
Lin Qingxia took a closer look and said, "The vision is good, I also think this girl is very suitable for my appetite." ”
"It looks pretty tall. Fang Jianhui looked at Lin Qingxia again, "It seems to be taller than you." ”
"Don't talk about this, it's not good to point fingers at people like this. Lin Qingxia ended the topic and said, "I'll help you make an appointment with her later." ”
"Good. Fang Jianhui stopped.
The awards ceremony continued, but Fang Jianhui had lost interest in it, and the 'Best Actress' award, which he had always paid the most attention to, became irrelevant because Lin Qingxia was not shortlisted.
When it was the turn of the 'Best Feature Film', Fang Jianhui, as the guest of honor, opened the envelope and saw that it was "The Story of Xiao Bi", instead of "The Wrong Car", which he was most optimistic about, and couldn't help but be a little disappointed.
In the end, "The Wrong Car" missed the most important "Best Feature Film" and "Best Director", and only won the four awards of "Best Actor, Best Original Film Music, Best Film Interlude, and Best Sound Recording".
In fact, in Fang Jianhui's opinion, "Taking the Wrong Car" is fully worthy of the 'Best Feature Film', and Director Yu Huping also deserves the 'Best Director Award', and Lin Qingxia should at least have a nomination for 'Best Actress'.
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