Chen Baisen drank too much last night, got up in the morning and had a headache, so he randomly found a pill to eat, and then went out with his briefcase.

When I came to the magazine, several editors were discussing something together, and when I saw Chen Baisen walk in, I dispersed in a hurry and returned to my seat to do my own thing.

Chen Baisen walked up to the editor surnamed Wang, who was surrounded by everyone just now, and asked curiously, "What were you talking about just now?" ”

"I didn't ...... It's nothing. Editor Wang's eyes kept staring at his toes, and he didn't dare to make eye contact with Chen Baisen.

Chen Baisen felt more and more that there was a problem here, "You come to my office." ”

Editor Wang reluctantly followed behind Chen Baisen, while constantly glancing at the colleagues around him, although everyone was very sympathetic to his plight, but no one dared to stand up and speak for him at this time.

"There's no one else here, what can you say?" Chen Baisen closed the office door and looked back at Editor Wang standing at his desk.

"Editor-in-Chief Chen, it's not yet work time, so we just got together to discuss last night's award ceremony...... Editor Wang explained in a low voice.

"Really, you see me like a mouse sees a cat?" Chen Baisen glared at Editor Wang angrily, "You know that what I hate the most is that others lie in front of them." ”

Things have developed to this point, and Editor Wang can only put his heart sideways, "Then I said, don't blame me." ”

Chen Baisen pulled out a chair and sat down, "If you have something to say, don't babble." ”

"We were just discussing whether there was a problem with the results of this year's Academy Awards, and "Rouge Buckle" won six awards at once, which is too abnormal!"

Chen Baisen raised his head. With his eyes, he motioned to Editor Wang to continue.

Seeing that Chen Baisen was not angry. Editor Wang's courage was also released. "This situation only happened in the fourth session, but "Like Water" was able to win six awards that year, the reason is very clear to everyone, if that movie was not invested and filmed by Xia Meng's Blue Bird Company, the Academy Award judges would risk offending Taiwan and award the award to this movie?"

At the 4th Academy Awards, Ming Pao Group took over as the organizer of the Academy Awards, and Jin Yong was still the chairman of Ming Pao Group at that time. And Xia Meng, who invested in the filming of "The Year of Flowing Water", was Jin Yong's dream lover when he was young, and it has been rumored in the outside world that the Academy Awards were to please the organizers of the award ceremony at that time, so he gave six trophies to "The Year of Flowing Water" in one go.

"It's okay for outsiders to talk nonsense, you also talk nonsense, most of you have already entered the editorial office at that time, and you are very clear about the process of selecting the awards, do you think this kind of thing may happen?" Mr. Chan scoffed at this claim.

"Anyway, I think that after Mr. Lin separated our "Film Fortnightly" from the Academy Awards Organizing Committee, the feeling of the Academy Awards has changed a lot."

Chen Baisen heard this. His face changed color, and he was really angry. After the end, he held back.

In the final analysis, this incident was caused by him, and "Film Fortnightly" was just implicated, so what use was he angry with his editors?

In addition to the cost of the awards ceremony, the "Film Fortnightly" magazine can also get a share of this money, and now all this money is distributed to the Hong Kong Film Association, the Directors Guild, the Screenwriters Guild, and the Cinematographers Guild, which are film-related non-profit organizations.

As a serious professional film magazine, the sales of "Film Fortnightly" have always ranked last among the newspapers and magazines under the "Ming Pao" group, and the natural advertising revenue is also pitiful, and now it can barely maintain the balance of payments, but the bonuses issued to each screenwriter are indeed much lower than before, and it is no wonder that they have complaints.

Chen Baisen waved his hand, "Okay, let's go back and do things." ”

Editor Wang had just opened the office door to get out, but a person crashed into outside.

The man almost bumped into Editor Wang, but he only hurriedly said "I'm sorry", and then went straight to Chen Baisen.

"Editor-in-Chief Chen, I just heard a piece of news...... "This person was recruited by the magazine last year, and he used to be Chen Baisen's assistant, but now he has changed to an outside reporter.

Editor Wang originally wanted to rub around the door to hear what was going on, but Chen Baisen's eyes then looked over to him, so he had to close the door and retreat.

"Something's going on, you speak slowly." Chen Baisen beckoned the man to sit down and poured him a glass of water.

"Mr. Lam submitted an application to the Hong Kong government, hoping to take over the qualification to host the Hong Kong International Film Festival from the City Bureau, and the Executive Council has approved the application after discussion, and will officially issue an announcement when the Governor confirms it." The other party told the news he heard in one breath.

Chen Baisen was stunned for a while when he heard this, why the reform of the Academy Awards will be suspended, and why this year's awards will not be carried out in accordance with the previous practice...... All the doubts are explained with the imminent acceptance of Lin Youlun at the Hong Kong International Film Festival.

The Academy Awards have not been abandoned, but from now on, the positioning and influence will only be limited to Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong International Film Festival will carry the ambitions and goals that Lin Youlun failed to achieve at the Academy Awards.

At this moment, Chen Baisen's emotions are complex and indescribable, feeling both relieved and a little lost at the same time.

The tradition of the Academy Awards has been preserved, but at the same time, the opportunity to become a world-class film event has been lost.

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"This is the tender for the land you want, and then I checked by the way, and the new site of the Hong Kong Museum of Art is indeed right next to this." Li Zhi put a roll of engineering surveys and drawings on Lin Youlun's desk. She was dressed in a dark business outfit, with a narrow black knee-length skirt with a slit at the front that tightly wrapped her hips and silk. Socks beautiful legs, a pair of black high heels under her feet, and a pair of old-fashioned black-framed glasses on her face, when facing others in the company, her pretty face is always cold and cold, and only when she is alone with Lin Youlun, the expression on her face will become soft.

Lin Youlun reached out and grabbed Lizhi's thin waist and let her sit on his lap.

Li Zhi struggled for a while, but did not break free of Lin Youlun's big hand, and was pulled into his arms by half pushing and half on the spot.

Lin Youlun felt the soft touch of Li Zhifeng's body, and occasionally felt the softness of her chest, and when she spoke, she was not only a little nervous.

Li Zhi twisted in Lin Youlun's arms, and according to Lin Youlun's instructions, she stretched out her hand to spread out the drawings.

She had a shiny red nail polish on her fingers, and Lin Youlun asked her to help hold down the drawing, picked up the pen herself, and circled a narrow lot on the drawing.

Li Zhi stretched out her head to take a look, and found that Lin Youlun circled a section of the coastal promenade on the coast of Sha Tsim Tsui, and the Hong Kong Museum of Art she had just heard about was in the middle of this land, with a length of about 2,000 meters.

"I'm going to buy all the land in this neighborhood and design a landscaped street along the coast for commercial and residential development, what do you think?"

Li Zhi squeezed his body into Lin Youlun's arms and rested his head on his shoulder, "Why did you choose this land?" Don't tell me you're just using it for investment, I don't believe it. ”

Lin Youlun kissed Li Zhi's white and tender neck, looked down at her sparkling eyes and said, "Guess what." ”

Li Zhi got up from Lin Youlun's arms, held down his hand that was about to poke in from under his skirt, and said seriously: "If there is no special reason, the investment potential of this land is not very large...... In the past few years, you have only told me how to invest in the general direction, and never directly said which piece of land for me to buy for investment, and now there must be a reason for the sudden mention, if I guess correctly, the use of this land should be related to the fact that you want to host the Hong Kong International Film Festival. ”

Lin Youlun reached out and patted Lizhi's face, "That's smart!" ”

Lizhi took his hand down and said coquettishly, "Then tell me, what are you going to do?" ”

Lin Youlun then used his pen to draw a few circles on the plot of land he had circled before, "I plan to build two large cinemas and three small cinemas here, and when it is fully completed, this will be the main venue of the Hong Kong International Film Festival." ”

Li Zhi looked at the drawings, frowned and said: "If it is only the main venue of the Hong Kong International Film Festival, the pull of the surrounding business will be very limited, even if the film festival is made into a first-class film exchange meeting in Asia in your hands, but it is only half a month a year, and I still feel a little lacking." ”

"You're only half right, don't forget there's a landscaped street." Lin Youlun prompted.

"What do you mean......" Li Zhi immediately guessed that Lin Youlun was going to make a fuss on this landscape street, but she still didn't understand how to operate it.

"Whether it is the Academy Awards or the Hong Kong International Film Festival, the opinions of the judges are mainly used as the main reference standard, and those directors and actors who are famous for making commercial films suffer very much in this regard, Wang Jing, Cheng Long, and Zhou Xingchi are all such people, the movies they make are basically not awarded awards, but they are the most popular among the audience. In fact, when it comes to promoting the development of the film industry, these people are the main force, and in the eyes of ordinary audiences, it is also these people who really represent the image of Hong Kong films, so I would like to imitate the practice of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, with the history of Hong Kong film development and the theme of commending filmmakers who have made outstanding contributions to the Hong Kong film industry. ”

Lin Youlun doesn't do this, Hong Kong's Avenue of Stars will not appear until fifteen years later, and at that time, Hong Kong films have already fallen into a trough, the meaning of the existence of this street is to encourage Hong Kong filmmakers, it is better to say that it is a kind of remembrance and remembrance of the glorious past of Hong Kong films, people who really have feelings for Hong Kong films go there, in fact, to mourn their youth that was accompanied by Hong Kong films but has passed away, and when they come back, they will only have sighs and emotions in their hearts.

And to do this when Hong Kong films are at their peak, the meaning is completely different.

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