Lin Youlun thought that the appearance of the Golden Dragon Award would make Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards feel some concerns, but he didn't expect that a reporter would raise this issue now.

Under the leadership of this Taiwanese reporter, more questions about the relationship between the Golden Dragon Awards and the Golden Horse Awards were raised, and even Kang Junjie, who was in charge of the preparations for the Hong Kong International Film Festival, had served in the organizing committee of the Golden Horse Awards.

In the face of more and more reporters' questions, the host of the press conference looked at Lin Youlun with an embarrassed face, and after receiving a positive answer, he pressed his hand and signaled the reporters in the audience to stop asking questions.

The microphone was handed to Lin Youlun, and he stood up from the front seat, did not go on stage, but turned directly to face the many reporters.

"I sat down just now and heard some questions from many friends about the Golden Dragon Award, and I will explain them to you here. First of all, I admit that the birth of the Golden Dragon Award has some relationship with the Golden Horse Award. ”

As soon as Lin Youlun said this, some of the reporters in the group opposite couldn't help but whisper.

Lin Youlun was not affected, and continued: "I have always believed that Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards have always done better than Hong Kong in some aspects, and there was a time when I wanted to learn from the Golden Horse Awards to carry out some reforms to the Academy Awards, but the resistance was greater than I thought, and then I had the idea of taking over the hosting rights of the Hong Kong International Film Festival, the purpose of course is to achieve the reform that I have not been able to succeed in the Academy Awards, and at the same time, Hong Kong does need a barrier to participation. Film exchange activities that can be fairly exhibited regardless of the country or region they come from, which is why the Golden Dragon Award was born. ”

As soon as Lin Youlun finished speaking, a reporter couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Lin." That's what you mean. The positioning of the Golden Dragon Award is basically the same as that of the Golden Horse Award? ”

"Of course not. As the host award of the Hong Kong International Film Festival, the Golden Dragon Award is positioned as an international award, and I hope that more filmmakers from outside Hong Kong will bring their works to compete for this award, rather than Hong Kong filmmakers entertaining themselves, if only that, an Academy Award is enough. ”

Lin Youlun, as the chairman of the Academy Awards, unceremoniously positioned the Academy Awards as a self-entertainment for Hong Kong filmmakers. Immediately attracted crazy questions from the reporter opposite.

"Mr. Lin, are you expressing some of your dissatisfaction with the Academy Awards?"

"Mr. Lin, will the next Academy Awards make changes?"

"Mr. Lin, is the separation of "Film Fortnightly" from the judging committee of the Academy Awards?

Lin Youlun raised his hand and pressed it down, and the reporter on the other side stopped asking questions very cooperatively.

"Someone once told me that if the Academy Awards changed, they would no longer be the Academy Awards, and I agree with that. Although I have always had reservations about some of the conservative rules of the Academy Awards, now that we have the Golden Dragon Awards. The Academy Awards will not change much, and as for the other questions, which have nothing to do with today's topic, I refuse to answer. ”

The Hong Kong media has dealt with Lin Youlun for so many years, and they know his personality and temper very well, especially when facing reporters in an interview, he said that he would not answer the question, and if he asked again, it would only be boring for himself.

Lin Youlun made it clear directly, and sure enough, no reporter over there raised any questions related to the Academy Awards, but the previous Taiwanese reporter continued to ask Lin Youlun questions about the Golden Horse Awards.

"Mr. Lin, can you talk about the impact of the Golden Dragon Award on the Golden Horse Award?"

"Correct, I don't think it's appropriate for you to use the word impact, the Golden Dragon Award is an international award, with a wider scope, of course, it will inevitably coincide with the Golden Horse Awards, but I also said just now that the Golden Dragon Award emphasizes more internationality, and my expectation for the Golden Dragon Award is to eventually reach the influence of the three major European film awards, and the first step in this direction is to become the most influential film award in Asia. As for the Golden Horse Awards, I personally think that the positioning target can be slightly smaller, and it is enough to be the most influential film award in the Chinese-speaking region, and I don't mean to belittle the Golden Horse Awards or raise the Golden Dragon Awards, but just to talk about the different situations in the development of the film industry in Taiwan and Hong Kong. ”

Lin Youlun paused, most reporters were still recording what he just said at this time, Lin Youlun then said: "Although their respective goals are different, but after the Golden Dragon Award comes out, it will definitely have some impact on the Golden Horse Awards, which is inevitable, but the Golden Horse Awards will become better or worse in the future, and the real decisive factor is the Golden Horse Awards themselves. ”

"It's not necessarily a bad thing to have competition, the Golden Dragon Award and the Golden Horse Award can form a healthy competitive relationship and promote each other, and from the perspective of filmmakers, I think one more award is a good thing. To be honest, every time I sit under the stage of the Academy Awards, I often feel embarrassed, the shortlisted works are all excellent, but in most cases there is only one trophy, and the success of one person means the loss of several others. ”

"Although there are awards every year, an actor or director cannot always be at the top of his life, and it would be a great pity if they had enough strength in their most successful time period but did not get the award because of luck. From this point of view, I hope that there will be more film awards in the future, and it is best to let all filmmakers leave no regrets in their careers, of course, this is just a beautiful idea, and the possibility of becoming a reality is not very high. ”

Lin Youlun said a lot in one breath, basically explaining his positioning goals for the entire Golden Dragon Award, and also mixed some personal thoughts on it.

The reporters still have a lot of questions to ask, but Lin Youlun has already said a lot today, he handed the microphone back to the staff on the side, turned around and sat down, and motioned to the host on the stage to continue the process below the press conference.

The Golden Dragon Award is only awarded to the works participating in the main competition unit of the Hong Kong International Film Festival, which is divided into seven awards: Best Supporting Actor and Actress, Best Actor and Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Director and the highest award.

At the same time, the press conference also announced the works participating in the main competition unit of this year's Hong Kong International Film Festival, as well as the list of judges, a total of 30 people, of which 17 are Hong Kong filmmakers, all of whom are directors and actors who are not directly related to the works in the main competition unit.

As soon as this list was announced, many people realized that the judges of the Golden Dragon Awards have a lot of room for activity, and this practice is not the first of its kind, the American Oscars have long begun to do this, and every year after the announcement of the award list, film companies and producers with shortlisted works begin to move around, which has become an open secret in the industry.

Although the organizers have announced that they will reduce the proportion of Hong Kong judges to less than one-third in the future, if they can win the support of these people, the possibility of winning the award will be greatly improved.

There are several Hong Kong films shortlisted for the main competition unit this time, the Hong Kong version of "The Shawshank Redemption" has Lin Lingdong and Zhou Yanfa, the classmate partner, and the sequel banner of the "Prison Storm" series, as well as Lin Youlun's investment with such a strong background, if it was placed in the past, it would definitely be a big hit to win the award, but now with this relatively open-ended evaluation method, the producers of several other films will inevitably have some thoughts, maybe the activity is sufficient, maybe they can snatch a trophy from the hands of "The Shawshank Redemption", And some of Lin Youlun's actions after entering the Academy Awards also make people believe that he is unlikely to directly intervene in the evaluation of the awards for the sake of the films he invests in.

For a while, many people began to take action, and the 17 people who were selected as the judges of the main competition unit immediately became busy people, and they had endless meals every day.

As the maker of this rule, Lin Youlun's mind has been involved in another matter.

The heavy rainfall in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in Chinese mainland has been going on for a long time, and the Hong Kong media has not paid much attention to this matter at this time, and only Ming Pao has continued to report on the situation.

Because there is a big flood in the memory of later generations that occurred in these months, Lin Youlun has been paying attention to this news since May. Huang Licheng, the head of the Hong Kong bureau of the Chinese News Agency, further learned about the increasing possibility of flooding in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and even the situation has already begun in some places.

The news from Huang Licheng's side was not very comprehensive, because the central government did not think that the disaster would develop to the point where it would be difficult to control and even cause great damage, but Lin Youlun's worries did not decrease in the slightest.

Before the opening of the Hong Kong International Film Festival, Lin Youlun went to Huang Licheng to talk to him and expressed his concern in this regard, but Huang Licheng did not have a clear attitude on his side, but only promised to report Lin Youlun's ideas, and it is not easy to say what decision the central government will make. Now that the disaster has not yet expanded, and there is no precedent for the mainland to openly request disaster relief assistance overseas, it is not feasible for Lin Youlun to raise disaster relief funds and materials in advance.

After doing everything he could, Lin Youlun had no choice but to put this matter aside for the time being and concentrate on returning most of his energy to the upcoming Hong Kong International Film Festival.

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Although it is difficult to pick up the broken festival, and even a little unrealistic, there should always be a gesture of hard work, 5 more presented, thank you for your tolerance and support all the time! (To be continued......)