On April 12, 1959, "Urban Beauty" started filming on the set of Clear Water Bay.

Before the filming of the movie started, Chen Sisi came to Clear Water Bay for two nights, studied the script carefully, and also discussed with the director and other actors how to make the movie well.

When he came to the set, Li Hualong first went to visit the class, and then went to the office to talk to Zou Wenhuai about the company's operation.

Zou Wenhuai has become the general manager of Huayi Brothers Film Group, and he can meddle in the management of the film company, big and small, but the company has not become his hall, many people restrict his rights, if he does not do things in accordance with the charter, many people dare to directly sue Li Hualong.

Zou Wenhuai still respects Wang Tianlin and Yue Feng and other veterans of the company, he knows the status of these people in the heart of Li Hualong, the boss, after he became the general manager, he did not think about fighting for power and profit, but put his mind on managing the company well.

Last year, Huayi Brothers Film Group's annual net profit was less than 8 million Hong Kong dollars, Zou Wenhuai, as the general manager of the company, got a year-end bonus of 80,000 Hong Kong dollars, although compared with the company's total profits, he got a year-end bonus is very small, but he is very satisfied, he knows in his heart that the company may not be able to make so much money if someone else serves as the general manager.

Huayi Brothers Film Group's profits in 1958 were lower than those in 1957, and Li Hualong felt that it was not the responsibility of Zou Wenhuai, the company's general manager.

Huayi Brothers Film Group's films will naturally be affected by box office revenues when they encounter strong opponents when they are released.

Nowadays, if a film made by a Hong Kong film company wants to be sold overseas, it is generally released in Hong Kong first, and then negotiated with overseas distributors to buy the film, and Hong Kong's box office performance directly affects the overseas sales revenue.

Li Hualong came to Zou Wenhuai's office, the two exchanged a few words, Zou Wenhuai handed a copy of the document to Li Hualong, and said: "Chairman, this is our company's work plan for the next year, you see, if there is anything wrong, change it immediately." ”

Li Hualong took the text, and after browsing, he said with a smile: "The number of films has been reduced this year." ”

"The film that the company invested in last year suffered losses and very low profits. I talked to the company's management about why this happened, and now there is some consensus, for example, before the film starts shooting, with the idea of trying it out, the producer and the main creator of the film are not sure that they can make a lot of money, or even be sure that they can make money, they feel that they are likely to lose money. In recent months, the editorial team and the director team have often discussed and discussed together, and selected some of the most promising ones from a large number of scripts, and some of them have been revised several times to try to be the best. Make movies that the audience likes, and you will naturally be able to make money. ”

"That's good." Li Hualong nodded with satisfaction, "I heard that the company's atmosphere has been very good recently, and everyone is working hard. No matter what we have achieved before, we don't have to lie on the merit book to live. Running a film company is the same as sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat, and if you shoot too many bad movies, it will definitely affect the company's reputation, even if it is made into a good movie in the future, the audience may not buy it. If customers lose confidence in our company, then they will not want to make money in the future, and they can only close their doors and leave. ”

"That's not going to happen." Zou Wenhuai assured that Huayi's products must be good! I keep this sentence in mind! ”

"I believe you can manage Huayi Brothers well." Li Hualong smiled, "Have you encountered any problems recently?" ”

"Nope." Zou Wenhuai paused, "At the end of last year, you told me that Hong Kong filmmakers should have their own film awards. Recently, I talked to the directors and actors of the company, as well as the editors, about your idea, and they all agreed with it, and I also talked to the owners of several film companies, and they were quite supportive. Hehe, I think now that I have an idea, I have to act on it. ”

Li Hualong pondered for a while and said: "It is really necessary for Hong Kong filmmakers to create and hold influential film awards in a row...... It's already April, and if you hurry up, you can hold a film awards event in mid-May. ”

"I don't have enough face. If the boss is willing to come forward, I think the bosses of various film companies in Hong Kong will definitely appreciate their faces, so let's sit down together, discuss, and hold a film awards event, it won't be too difficult. ”

"It's not hard." Li Hualong smiled slightly, "I don't deal much with the bosses of other film companies, you have more opportunities to contact them, so you should come forward to contact them." Before contacting them, we discussed within the company which awards will be selected in the first session and how they will be selected. ”

"What do you think of the awards?"

"Uh......" Li Hualong pondered for a moment and replied, "Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay, and the characteristics of our Hong Kong films, in recent years, martial arts kung fu films have been very popular, and there should be another Best Martial Arts Instructor, and there are seven awards in the first session, which is enough." When the second session is held, awards such as Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Newcomer will be added...... What do you think? ”

"There is no need to be too complicated for the first edition, there are seven awards that are enough." Zou Wenhuai nodded, "How many nominations do you get for that award?" ”

"Four or five nominations...... I think too much and too little, it's not good. Li Hualong replied, "As for what film is nominated, then post a hero post and invite Hong Kong filmmakers to participate in the selection of this film award." ”

Zou Wenhuai thought for a while and said, "In the past few days, I will discuss with the people in the company, organize all kinds of ideas into copywriting, and hand them over to you to see, and you will make a decision." ”

"Don't let me make a decision, you just have to discuss the result. However, I have some suggestions, if there are not too many people who oppose it, Hong Kong's film awards are called the Golden Horse Awards. We Chinese love horses, Hong Kong people prefer horses (horse racing, **), the trophy of the Golden Horse Awards, I can sponsor it, and I hope that I will design it. ”

"Gold for trophies?" Zou Wenhuai said with a smile.

"Just gild, the trophy is too small to look good; And it's too big, it costs a lot of money, and there's no need for that. ”

The trophy of the three highest achievement awards of Chinese films, Li Hualong likes the trophy of the Golden Horse Award the most, and at this time Taiwan has not yet engaged in the selection of the Golden Horse Awards, he got a Golden Horse Award in Hong Kong in advance, and there is no problem at all.

With the support of the company's resources, Zou Wenhuai's work efficiency is very fast, Li Hualong proposed to hold a film selection in Hong Kong, which was supported by many filmmakers in Hong Kong, and many people participated in this event, and the selection committee of the Hong Kong Film Golden Horse Awards was established in order.

As of the end of April, the Hong Kong Film Golden Horse Awards Selection Committee published a list of the awards selected for the first Golden Horse Awards in Ming Pao, although Li Hualong hopes that the first session will be simpler and less awards, but there are too many "contrarian" people, and finally a total of ten awards were launched, namely Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay, Best Music and Best Martial Arts Instructor.

In order to allow more films to be selected, the selection committee decided after deliberation that all films released in Hong Kong between January 1, 1957 and December 31, 1958 could be selected, and there were six nominations for each award.

Huayi Brothers Film Group is the largest film company in Hong Kong, in the past two or three years, it has made a lot of excellent films, and there are 60 nominations for 10 awards, and the films made by Huayi Brothers alone occupy 28 nominations.

In order to make the Golden Horse trophy, Li Hualong decided to set up his own jewellery company, he clearly remembers that in the late 70s, the international gold price soared, and he planned to seize the opportunity to make a big profit, if he owned a jewellery company, it would be easier to invest in the gold business.

Before the list of nominees for each award was announced, Li Hualong registered and established Alibaba Jewelry Company, and invited several skilled craftsmen to make the Golden Horse Award trophies on his drawing paper, a total of ten.

When making the Golden Horse Award trophy, Li Hualong didn't think that there would be a double yolk egg at all, so he made some jokes, and he could only wait for the award ceremony before he asked the craftsman to make the Golden Horse Award trophy and send it to the winner.