After Hou Xiaoxian and Yang Dengkui left, Ma Fangxian immediately explained to Lin Youlun: "Mr. Lin, this matter ......"

Lin Youlun raised his hand to stop him, "Manager Ma, you don't need to blame yourself for this matter, Hou Xiaoxian has a reputation in Taiwan, otherwise I wouldn't agree." ”

Hou Xiaoxian's upcoming film, Lin Youlun is basically certain to be Hou Xiaoxian's famous work "City of Sadness", this movie reflects the "228 Incident" in Taiwan's history, which can be said to have touched the most sensitive nerves in Taiwanese society, so Yang Dengkui didn't dare to take the lead as the producer of this movie, but asked Lin Youlun here.

Neither Yang Dengkui nor Hou Xiaoxian himself would have imagined that this film would win the "Golden Lion" for Best Film at next year's Venice Film Festival, becoming the first Taiwanese film to win the first prize at the world's three major film festivals.

Such an opportunity to brush up on prestige was sent to Lin Youlun in vain, and as for the political risk that needs to be borne as a film producer, it is not worth mentioning compared to this.

Lin Youlun only said that he agreed to be the producer of the film because of Hou Xiaoxian, and did not mention Yang Dengkui from beginning to end. Ma Fangqi couldn't help but remind him out of good intentions: "Mr. Lin, although Yang Dengkui's identity is a little unacceptable, his wrist ability is not bad, if you are interested in the market in Taiwan in the future, this person still has some merits." ”

Lin Youlun nodded, and accepted Ma Fangxi's kind reminder that Yang Dengkui was indeed the number one person in the Taiwanese entertainment industry in the future, and of course he knew in his heart the truth that the strong dragon would not suppress the head snake, and he would enter the Taiwan TV industry in the future. It's indispensable to deal with this person.

Merely. Ma Fangji is now a member of the Shaw Brothers. In front of Ma Fangji, Lin Youlun didn't want to show too much interest in the Taiwan market, so as not to spread today's conversation to Fang Yihua and Shao Yifu, bringing uncontrollable impact.

"By the way, Hou Xiaoxian and Liang Guangbiao have had a holiday before?" Lin Youlun changed the topic.

"I'm curious about that, too...... Dare to ask Mr. Lin, is that Mr. Liang Guangbiao the person sent from the Golden Horse Awards? ”

Lin Youlun nodded.

"That's right." Ma Fangxian clapped his hands, "Mr. Lin, do you know that Hou Xiaoxian and the Golden Horse Award have always been at odds?" ”

"And this?" Lin Youlun suddenly became interested.

Hou Xiaoxian is one of the representatives of Taiwan's literary films, and the Golden Horse Awards are Taiwan's most important film awards. It stands to reason that Hou Xiaoxian should be a frequent visitor to the Golden Horse Awards, but listening to Ma Fangxian's tone, it seems that this is not the case at all.

"Things have to start from 1984, when the Golden Horse Awards were changed from official to official and film groups for the first time, Hou Xiaoxian made two films that year, among which "The Man from the Wind Cabinet" won the best film at Nantes, France, and "Winter Holiday" also won the first prize the following year, it stands to reason that Hou Xiaoxian opened an international route for Taiwanese films, and the Golden Horse Awards should be more affirmative of him, but this year's Golden Horse Awards. These two movies actually didn't get anything, and Hou Xiaoxian immediately fired at the judges of the Golden Horse Awards. Said that he could wait for the Venice Film Festival or other international film festivals to affirm him. ”

In 1985, Hou Xiaoxian was shortlisted for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay at the same time with "Once Upon a Time in Childhood", but because of the confrontation between the old and new factions of the Golden Horse Award judges, the best director was awarded to others, and Hou Xiaoxian only got the best original script of comfort, and this was not the most cruel time for him at the Golden Horse Awards, the next year, that is, in 1986, Hou Xiaoxian made a more classic "Love in the Dust" than "Once Upon a Time in Childhood", this movie was not shortlisted for any awards, which made many people break their glasses. The screenwriter of "Love in the Dust" satirized the Golden Horse Awards in the newspaper as a meaningless social occasion, and Hou Xiaoxian said angrily that the Golden Horse Awards have always been about distribution, which is very bad! ”

When Ma Fangji said this, he couldn't help but glance at Lin Youlun's face, the Golden Horse Awards' practice of "sharing the cake" was actually learned from the Hong Kong Film Awards, and the original intention of this practice was to prevent the award from being taken over by a movie, but in the specific implementation process, it often causes unfair treatment to some works.

The Academy Awards are like this, many people, including Ma Fangxi, feel that it reflects Lin Youlun's personal will behind it, and the Golden Horse Awards have learned the same way, so that Hou Xiaoxian has missed the award several times, and it has nothing to do with Lin Youlun when you study it carefully.

Of course, Ma Fangji would not say this in front of Lin Youlun.

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This year's Golden Horse Awards ceremony invited many Hong Kong and Taiwan stars, but the most eye-catching on the red carpet was the pair of Lin Youlun and Wang Guxian.

Wang Guxian finally gave up the purple backless dress and put on a white slim trailing long skirt, the tight design of the thigh part perfectly outlined her leg line, coupled with her sweet smile throughout the whole process, killed a lot of film of the reporters on the scene.

In contrast, Lin Youlun, who was wearing a straight black suit, looked much more low-key on the red carpet, but as soon as he got off the red carpet, he was immediately surrounded by reporters.

The current media atmosphere in Taiwan is not as gossip as Hong Kong, and it is a very formal occasion such as the Golden Horse Awards, so the reporters did not ask too out-of-the-ordinary questions.

Lin Youlun's answers to general questions were very simple, but there was a reporter's question that made him pay a little more attention.

"Mr. Lin, as the chairman of the Hong Kong Film Awards, what do you think is the biggest difference between the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards and the Academy Awards?"

"The Golden Horse Awards are more artistic, and the award-winning films are of a high standard, while the Academy Awards also emphasize artistry, but in terms of encouraging commercial films, I think the Academy Awards should do better than the Golden Horse Awards...... Of course, there is one thing I have to review myself, that is, the Academy Awards are far less open than the Golden Horse Awards, and in this regard, I would like to thank the judges of the Golden Horse Awards for their generosity, which award some awards to Hong Kong filmmakers every year. ”

Originally, the atmosphere of the interview was very good, but at this time, a discordant voice appeared.

"More than 70% of Taiwan's film market is occupied by Hong Kong films, and now there is a view in Taiwan's film industry that the import of Hong Kong films should be restricted, what does Mr. Lin think about this?"

"Are you sure to reduce the import of Hong Kong films, or not to import Hong Kong films, and the vacated part of the market share can be occupied by Taiwanese films?" Lin Youlun glanced at the reporter, "I don't mean to look down on Taiwanese films when I say this, just like I commented on the Golden Horse Awards just now, Taiwan's films are very artistic, but there are indeed great deficiencies in commercial films. ”

The staff on the Golden Horse Awards side were afraid that if the interview continued, it would cause greater unpleasantness, so they invited Lin Youlun and Wang Guxian to sit frequently on the grounds that the award ceremony would start immediately, and the reporters around the two were all blocked out of the venue.

Liang Guangbiao, who rushed to hear the news, found Lin Youlun at the venue and apologized vigorously.

Lin Youlun came to the award ceremony this time, and the outside media thought that this was a great face for the Golden Horse Awards, and the Golden Horse Awards Organizing Committee was also very cautious, for fear that something would go wrong and let others seize the handle.

The "fake representative" incident before the award ceremony has already made the Golden Horse Award Organizing Committee lose face, but fortunately, the matter has not been spread, and it can be remedied.

But what happened just during the interview was completely a mistake of the organizers, who had greeted these media in advance when they communicated with them before, but they didn't expect such an unfriendly question incident to happen.

There are so many reporters on the scene, and there is a live TV broadcast, I can't cover this matter even if I want to.

Liang Guangbiao hurried over, also to obtain Lin Youlun's understanding, and to gain some initiative for the follow-up handling of this matter.

Lin Youlun smiled noncommittally, "This situation is very common in Hong Kong, and in contrast, journalists in Taiwan are already very friendly." ”

Liang Guangbiao said yes with a smile, wiped his sweat with a hand towel, and scolded the troublesome reporter countless times in his heart.

After Liang Cursor left, Lin Youlun's expression became grim.

Lin Youlun is not worried that the Taiwan Information Bureau will really restrict the introduction of Hong Kong films, but the public opinion sentiment conveyed from the reporter's mouth has given Lin Youlun a wake-up call.

In recent years, Hong Kong films have conquered the overseas film market, which has invisibly increased the pressure on the local film industry in other countries and regions, and even Taiwan has become dissatisfied, not to mention Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia and other countries.

The strength and prosperity of Hong Kong films have temporarily covered up these problems, but after a long time, they will inevitably erupt.

Hong Kong films are different from Hollywood films, Hollywood is backed by the strong cultural export ability of the United States, and supported by the North American market, and Hong Kong cannot be compared with Hollywood in these two aspects, so the prosperity of Hong Kong films at this time is like walking a tightrope, and if you are not careful, you will fall into the abyss.

The development plan of the Hong Kong International Film Festival proposed by Kang Junjie once again appeared in Lin Youlun's mind.

Siege for the bottom, attack the heart for the top!

Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia are all regions that have been deeply influenced by Chinese-speaking culture, and taking advantage of the popularity of Hong Kong films in Asia at this time, it is indeed more important to spread the concept of Hong Kong films widely and profoundly than to occupy more overseas market share.

In addition to securing the right to host the Hong Kong International Film Festival, Lam is also considering that it is time to increase the number of Hong Kong-co-produced films with other countries in order to alleviate the dissatisfaction of filmmakers in other countries and regions with Hong Kong films dominating the market.

The accompaniment music of the opening dance brought Lin Youlun's thoughts back to the scene, Wang Guxian has been very nervous since he entered the venue, but he didn't notice Lin Youlun's distraction just now.

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