Chapter 495: Celebration Banquet
The awards season is not only the season for year-end awards for artists, but also the focus of everyone's attention, which can be said to be a long-awaited event.
The high-profile event naturally means that there are countless news for everyone to entertain, so that the ceremony that can attract everyone's attention, the major media will naturally not let go, so the next day of the ceremony, the major media will report last night's ceremony in detail.
Of course, the most concerned is the Tan Chen dispute, 31 of the 45 newspapers' entertainment pages reported the fierce competition between the two, which shows everyone's attention to the two singers, and also confirms the super high popularity of the two now.
People who watched last night's awards ceremony or today's newspaper know that Chen Lang won, but it was only a narrow victory, from last night's awards ceremony, everyone saw Alan Tam's strength and super popularity, although Alan Tam lost, but the results of two classic records a year made him really a singer who can compete with Chen Lang, even Chen Baiqiang is inferior compared to him.
Last night's ceremony also made everyone sure that the next two award ceremonies will still be Tan Chen's hegemony, and Alan Tam's chance of winning the Most Popular Male Singer Award for the Top Ten Golden Songs does not have to be Chen Langless.
Whether Chen Lang defends the throne of the king, or Alan Tam becomes the second king of the new generation, everything is full of unknowns, and everyone is more and more looking forward to the opening of the other two award ceremonies.
After the commercial radio awards ceremony, Chen Lang left with Zhen Ni and Xu Guanjie.
"Lang Lang, congratulations, tonight one person won three golden songs, won four awards, worthy of being the king of the music world." Xu Guanjie looked at Chen Lang's four trophies and said with a smile.
"Sam, you're thick-skinned, are you so boastful?" Chen Lang replied when he heard this.
"What do you mean?" Xu Guanjie was stunned when he heard this, and Zhen Ni was also full of doubts.
"Everyone knows that you are my teacher and idol, a famous teacher is a high apprentice, I am so powerful, doesn't it mean that you are even more powerful." Chen Lang blinked and smiled.
"Hahaha...... You stinky boy. Xu Guanjie shook his head with a smile when he heard Chen Lang's crooked reasoning, and Zhen Ni also covered her mouth and snickered when she heard this, her little boss was really interesting.
"The two of them are not old, the records are more than 4 platinum, Sister Zhen Ni is 5 platinum, and they have all won awards, in my opinion, eight out of ten of this year's Most Popular Female Singer Award belong to Sister Zhen Ni." Chen Lang said.
"Then I'll borrow your auspicious words, but Anita Mui's record sales and popularity are very high, and it is difficult to beat her, in fact, she is very likely to reach the top last year, she is called the female version of you, which shows how powerful she is." Jenny said with a smile.
"Amei is indeed a strong competitor, but now that the two of you are on equal footing, Sister Zhenni, you have been in the music industry for many years and have deep qualifications, I still think you are more likely to win the award." Chen Lang said with a smile when he heard this.
"Although it is true that it is the world of young people now, our older generation of singers have not completely withdrawn from the stage, and when they are evenly divided, we still have a better chance of winning." Xu Guanjie nodded and said, but there was still some silence on his face.
"I hope so." Zhen Ni was very happy when she heard this, but she just nodded slightly, after all, she has been proud of the music industry for many years, and she still has this determination.
"Originally, the company wanted to hold a celebration banquet, but I think it would be better to wait for the three major award ceremonies to be held together, and then the two kings and queens will celebrate." Chen Lang said.
"It's almost the same as throwing a celebration banquet for your own kid." Xu Guanjie shook his head and said.
"Maybe Ah Sam will win the Golden Needle Award, so do you want to do it?" Chen Lang asked rhetorically when he heard this.
"Golden Needle Award?" Xu Guanjie was stunned when he heard this.
The Golden Needle Award is the highest award in the Hong Kong music scene, and all the people who can win the award are outstanding musicians who have left their names in music history.
Seeing Xu Guanjie's expression, Chen Lang smiled secretly, the highest award in the Hong Kong music scene is really tempting.
After the award ceremony, Chen Lang still held a celebration banquet, but not because he and Zhen Ni and Xu Guanjie won the award, but because the company's movie "Merry Christmas" was painted.
The movie "Merry Christmas" was released on December 12, 1984, and ran for a total of 28 days, and was fully painted on January 8, 1985, and received a box office of 25.78 million Hong Kong dollars in four weeks of release, becoming the runner-up in the year-end box office list in 1984, second only to the 29.28 million of "Best Partner 3 Queen's Secret".
At the same time, another film produced by LL Films, "The Frog Prince", also ranked tenth in the 1984 annual box office list with a box office of 18.1 million Hong Kong dollars.
LL Films, which only produces two movies a year, occupies two seats in the year-end box office rankings, attracting the attention of countless film companies, and many people call LL Films the second in Xinyicheng.
In 1984, when the box office of 10 million Hong Kong dollars was considered a big hit, the box office results of the two films of LL Film Company naturally blinded countless people.
However, at this time, LL Film Company can only be regarded as an independent film production company, and without its own theater chain, it is difficult to grow into a film hegemon.
The reason why the current top three in the film industry, whether it is the incomparable New Art City, or the calm and mountain-like Golden Harvest, or the declining Shaw Brothers is able to dominate the film industry because they have their own cinema chain and grasp the lifeblood of their own company's films.
The movie "Merry Christmas", with an investment of less than 4 million Hong Kong dollars, received a box office of 25.78 million, although the net profit was only 2.5 million, Chen Lang still happily held a celebration banquet, banqueting all the crew members, as well as personnel from other functional departments of the company.
LL Film Company held a celebration banquet, Zhen Ni and Xu Guanjie naturally attended, and many other friends of Chen Lang also came to cheer, to Chen Lang's surprise, Fang Yihua also came to the scene in person.
"Lang Lang, congratulations on another movie that is a big hit at the box office, I'm wondering if Shaw Brothers should continue to invest in the film industry." Fang Yihua and Chen Lang walked to a remote corner and said.
Chen Lang's face changed when he heard this, if Shaw Brothers returned to the film industry, wouldn't his abacus be in vain.
Then seeing Fang Yihua's expression and knowing that he had been deceived, Chen Lang sighed lightly, it was still not enough for the city government.
"I came today to tell you that Uncle Sixth has officially decided to sell the Shaw Brothers Cinema, and the official news will probably be announced after the year, are you kid ready?" Fang Yihua stared at Chen Lang's face and said.
Chen Lang was excited when he heard this, Shao Daheng finally decided to let go, and his development in the film industry finally ushered in a major turnaround.
"Looks like you're ready." Fang Yihua saw the excitement on Chen Lang's face, and the corners of his mouth were even more smiling, it seemed that he was indeed ready, which also made Fang Yihua feel a lot more relieved.
Although everyone knows the importance of cinemas to film companies, and the Hong Kong film market is becoming more and more popular, most of the capital entering the film industry now wants to make a fortune and leave, and there are very few people who really want to invest in and steadily develop film companies.
Even if someone really wants to invest in the film industry, the acquisition price of Shaw Brothers Cinemas is likely to exceed 200 million Hong Kong dollars, and many people are directly scared away in the face of this huge sum.
In the final analysis, everyone invests in the film industry to make money, and they invested 200 million yuan at the beginning, and many people doubt that this money can be recovered.
Now the only one who has shown his willingness to acquire Shaw Brothers Cinemas and still has enough funds is Pan Disheng, this son-in-law is from a famous family, and his own business is also booming, but there is only one acquisition, and under the premise that Shaw Brothers wants to sell Shaw Brothers Cinemas, the price may be very low.
Now Shaw Brothers needs to find an opponent for Pan Disheng, so that it is more beneficial to Shaw Brothers, fortunately, there is Chen Lang as a potential buyer, but Fang Yihua has some doubts about whether Chen Lang can afford the price.
"After the year, I will quote to Shaw Brothers Cinemas, and I hope Aunt Fang can help say a few words when she arrives." Although Chen Lang also knew that this sentence had no substantive effect at all.
"Of course, we have an agreement, and Uncle Sixth prefers to sell Shaw Brothers Cinemas to people who really like movies, and I will help both in public and private."
After Fang Yihua finished speaking, he said goodbye and left, and after Chen Lang saw him off, he took a deep breath, the time has come for him to really show his strength in the film industry, but he still has to deal with the strong competitor of the famous brand Pan Disheng first.
After Chen Lang returned to the hotel, he told Xue Tianlan the news, asking him to make preparations as soon as possible, and only nodded after receiving Xue Tianlan's affirmative answer.
Subsequently, Chen Lang found Gao Zhisen, the director of "Merry Christmas".
"Director Gao, thank you for making such a wonderful movie." Chen Lang said to Gao Zhisen with a smile.
"Mr. Chen is polite, speaking of which, I would like to thank Mr. Chen for giving me the opportunity to direct." Gao Zhisen's face was not proud, but full of gratitude.
Gao Zhisen's performance watched Chen Lang nodded again and again, this is not only a talented director, but also knows how to advance and retreat, no wonder he can make so many classic movies, and it is no wonder that Huang Baiming values him so much.
"It's gold that always shines, and even without me, Gao Dao's genius will be known to the world sooner or later." Chen Lang appreciated.
"It always feels a little awkward to be said to be a genius in front of you, Mr. Chen, after all, you are the most genius recognized by everyone." Gao Zhisen said with a smile.
Chen Lang couldn't help laughing when he heard this, he was so obedient that everyone loved to listen to it.
"Don't call Mr. Chen, it's more comfortable to call me Lang Lang, this time the movie is a big hit at the box office, but I can't sign the name of Director Gao in the director column, I'm really sorry."
"Then I'll call you Lang Lang, don't call Gao Dao, just call me Asen." Gao Zhisen also smiled and said, "This matter has been negotiated a long time ago, and I would like to thank Lang Lang for agreeing to my request." ”
"I can't sign your name, but your help to the company can't be erased, this is the company's dividend this time, only 300,000, you must accept it." After Chen Lang finished speaking, he stuffed a red envelope to Gao Zhisen.
Because Gao Zhisen was directing a movie for the first time, he was not famous before, so he only received 200,000 yuan, and now Chen Lang has wrapped him with a red envelope of 300,000 yuan, making up 500,000 Hong Kong dollars, which is the price of a first-line director.
Gao Zhisen's eyes flashed when he heard this, it was already an unexpected joy to be able to direct a movie this time, and now he got 500,000 Hong Kong dollars, which surprised him even more, seeing Chen Lang's eyes, Gao Zhisen inevitably felt a feeling in his heart.
"I don't know if you have time after the New Year, the company is preparing to start filming a movie after the year, probably in the summer, are you interested in directing again?" Chen Lang didn't give Gao Zhisen a chance to refuse, and directly diverted the topic.
Gao Zhisen sighed in his heart when he heard this, compared to waiting for an opportunity in Xinyi City, LL Film Company was definitely a corporal of Lixian to himself, and he was treated as a guest.
"Now I am still waiting for the company's arrangement, and the specific situation is uncertain for the time being."
"So that's the case, but Asen, you are still the first choice for this play, and the position of director will always be reserved for you, unless you are sure that you can't direct, we will choose someone else." Chen Lang continued his act of buying people's hearts.
"This ...... I will definitely get back to you as soon as possible. Gao Zhisen was really moved when he heard this, and said with a firm face.
"By the way, what's the name of this play?" After the success of the first film, the choice of the next two films is extremely important, if you can maintain the success of the three films, then you will step into the list of first-line directors, in Hong Kong's golden yuan society, being able to make money is the best proof.
"Happy Ghost 2"!"