Chapter 188. Gold medal screenwriter
Tianmu Company finally opened the meat and won the first Best Cinematography Award with "The Biography of Inspector Lei Luo of 500 Million".
To Chen Xuanting's surprise, in his memory, the best photography of this session should be another drama of Tianmu "The Condor Heroes", but now it is the opposite.
Of course, Chen Xuanting didn't realize that he was still limited to history. However, for the time being, in the absence of major disagreements, Tianmu is still the winner, and it is undoubtedly wisest to maintain the original historical development.
In the next best art direction, when Chen Xuanting heard Zhang Shuping's name, he couldn't help frowning. He vaguely remembered the name, as if it was one of the four most famous artists in Hong Kong. This time, Zhang Shuping was shortlisted for "A Chinese Ghost Story 3 Paths", but unfortunately he didn't win the award.
The best action director has two cattle people that Chen Xuanting knows, one is Cheng Xiaodong, and the other is Yuan Xiangren. Cheng Xiaodong is not, but Yuan Xiangren is very remarkable, Dad, several brothers, and later apprentices are all famous martial arts instructors in Hong Kong.
This person is the most popular one in the low-key "Yuan Family Class", but there is always a reason for him to show up, Yuan Xiangren acted really well in front of the camera, whether it is a beggar with both form and spirit, a drunkard, or an old woman who pretends to be a ghost and a horse. The audience is more familiar with the old beggar who sold to Ah Xing in "Kung Fu" and the beggar who taught Suhazar in "Wu Zhuangyuan Su Qier". In addition, his screenwriting and performance of "Qimen Dunjia" is quite influential among some fans.
Next, Zeng Zhiwei finally began to award the best music: "The nominees for best music include "It Seems to Be an Old Man" composed by Lin Xi and Luo Dayou...... Chen Xuanting, Huang Zhan "It's Not That Simple"! ”
Most of the people who knew Chen Xuanting at the venue turned their eyes over, and Leslie Cheung and Andy Lau stared at him with a smile and a smile: "Ah Ting, now it's finally your turn, get excited!" ”
"There's nothing to be excited about!" Chen Xuanting smiled bitterly, he remembered very clearly that he created a myth at the 24th Academy Awards - Tony Leung won the Academy Award for the fifth time. What is frustrating is that Tony Leung did not even express half of his honor for winning this award.
The 24th edition was quite a tragic one, people won the award, but they did not have the sense of glory they have today. The only thing that touches people is that Yuan Hua, who won the Best Supporting Actor, is full of excitement, compared to the expressions of others who came to the stage to accept the award as if they were going to die, this is simply a miracle.
By that time, the Academy Awards had gradually lost their original brilliance and glory. Chen Xuanting now felt bitter when he saw the people who came to the stage to win the award with red faces and excitement. He was thinking that he had to hold up the Academy Awards no matter what.
"The winner of the Best Music at the 11th Hong Kong Film Awards is ......" Zeng Zhiwei's grinning look was really unreliable, and he deliberately lengthened his voice and said: "Chen ...... Luo Dayou, Lin Xi "It Seems to Be an Old Man"! ”
Choose! Chen Xuanting scolded secretly, and when Zeng Zhiwei blurted out a Chen word, his heart really accelerated a lot. However, he told himself that he would never be the one who won the award in music this year, unless history diverged. Otherwise, this is really like Andy Lau was played at the Academy Awards later.
However, Chen Xuanting is also very helpless, because Zeng Zhiwei himself is very familiar with him, and this time it is clear that he is making fun of him.
Chen Xuanting didn't have much thought about the awards in the future, after all, for him, the competitiveness of the previous awards before the 11th was not as great as he imagined.
Only one award attracted Chen Xuanting's little attention, and that was the Best Actor. The one who won this award was Zeng Zhiwei, the "Luo Han Guo" who was the host on stage. Zeng Zhiwei was shortlisted for the Best Actor award this time with "The Philadelphia Story", and touched the whole of Hong Kong with this play, and his role in the film is even more classic.
Of course, in addition, Chen Xuanting paid attention to this award, but also because Fa Ge was nominated for this award with "Across the Seas" and Andy Lau with "The Legend of Inspector Lei Luo of 500 Million". Stephen Chow is even more exaggerated, relying on the drama "Truant Weilong" to gain a high voice. However, the whole world knows that Stephen Chow did not expect to win the award, because the Hong Kong Film Awards have never had a tradition of giving such an important award to comedies. It seems that the only one who plays comedy is "Harlequin".
It's also interesting to think about, the future star master's funny acting skills are recognized as superb, but he just didn't have a chance to win the Academy Awards. Starting from the 8th Hong Kong Film Awards, Stephen Chow was nominated for Best Supporting Actor and Most Promising Newcomer for the movie "Thunderbolt", and as a result, the Best Supporting Actor was ...... Jacky Cheung of Carmen in Mong Kok, the most promising newcomer is...... Dangdangdang...... Starry David Wu tonight.
Later, in the 10th, Stephen Chow was nominated for Best Actor for the movie "The Saint of Gambling", which was the first time that the star was nominated for Best Actor, and as a result, the Best Actor was ...... "The True Story of A Fei" Leslie Cheung!
In this session, he finally won the nomination for Best Actor, but lost to "Luo Han Guo" Zeng Zhiwei again!
At this moment, Zeng Zhiwei, as the host, presented himself with an award, and then gave a thank-you speech: "I want to thank two people, Anita Mui and Stephen Chow." I don't know what to thank them for, but I promised them, but I can't help it! The audience burst into laughter, and the stars and Sister Mei laughed so much that they couldn't see their teeth
Seeing that the Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony is about to come to an end, Chen Xuanting never thought that the three dramas related to him would become the main competitors, that is, "The Legend of Inspector Lei Luo of 500 Million", "Lame Hao" and "Across the Seas".
The three dramas compete for big awards, such as Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Screenplay.
As the screenwriter of "Lame Hao" and "The Legend of Lei Luo", Chen Xuanting's competitors are not weak, namely "A Tale of Two Cities" and "Marriage Story" by the great screenwriter Li Zhiyi, and "Truant Dragon" by Huang Bingyao and Chen Jiashang. In the eyes of many people, Li Zhiyi and Huang Bingyao are both veteran screenwriters in the Hong Kong film industry, and even Chen Jiashang is much older than Chen Xuanting in terms of qualifications. Therefore, although Chen Xuanting has two plays nominated separately, it is still very difficult to win the award.
Rushing music plays in the background, and the five plays nominated for Best Screenplay stage each of the flowers.
Many people who have watched these dramas smile from the bottom of their hearts, maybe for them, everyone has their own Academy Award in their hearts, no matter what others do, as long as they like it, it's OK.
"Well, with the music stopping, it's time for another exciting time!" Zeng Zhiwei, who had just won the title of "Best Actor", said happily.
"Everyone must be looking forward to who will win the best screenwriter this year - who can laugh at Hong Kong to become this year's gold medal screenwriter and the saint of the film industry! I announce the list, and they are -- Li Zhiyi -- Chen Xuanting -- ......"
Chen Xuanting, who was originally calm, unexpectedly became nervous with Zeng Zhiwei's words, and he suddenly found that he was originally in a good state of mind, but today he was slightly "perverted".
"These are all masters!" Zeng Zhiwei said, "It's not easy to make up a story, and it's even more difficult to be able to write a story with a heart-to-heart and a fascination!" ”
"I've also been a screenwriter, and I know the hard work and hardships in it, especially when you can't think of a bridge, it will make you feel depressed and want to commit suicide!"
"So, I admire these people who write the perfect story, and I admire their talent and courage! I admire their spirit of unremitting struggle! ”
"Okay, I won't talk nonsense, I will immediately open the envelope and announce the results of this year's Best Screenwriter - the winner of the Best Screenplay at the 11th Hong Kong Film Awards is - "Lame Hao" - Chen Xuanting !!"
When the words landed, there was a bang, and the applause around Chen Xuanting thundered. Many people are very appreciative of him, after all, he was able to write two of the five dramas, and the box office reputation was very good, which is not something that ordinary people can do.
Looking at the eyes around him and the applause that kept beating his eardrums like waves, Chen Xuanting was convinced that he had really won the best screenplay at this year's Hong Kong Film Awards!
After Chen Xuanting won this award, his friends who were also members of the crew of "Lame Hao" came to congratulate him, including Andy Lau and Mai Dangxiong. These two people are the biggest beneficiaries of this movie, not to mention Andy Lau, he is the boss of Tianmu, and he is of course overjoyed when his company's film wins the award; As a director, Mai Dangxiong has already had several film contracts this year, becoming one of the most sought-after popular directors. Especially in the context of today's Hong Kong film talents, his popularity is even more rare, and his gratitude to Chen Xuanting and Andy Lau in his heart is also indescribable.
After congratulating Chen Xuanting on winning the award, Mai Dangxiong directly requested, hoping to cooperate with Chen Xuanting again this year. According to him, it is to make up for the regret caused by the insufficient preparation of "Lame Hao", and join forces with Chen Xuanting to create a classic movie.
Chen Xuanting naturally had to listen to Andy Lau's opinion first, after all, Chen Xuanting was still one of the bosses of Tianmu when filming "Lame Hao", and now "Lame Hao" has won the award, and he also hangs the name of Tianmu. Chen Xuanting set up his own company Thunder, if he wants to cooperate, Chen Xuanting is worried that Andy Lau will be uncomfortable.
Andy Lau is a real person, saying: "What people value is your identity as a screenwriter Chen Xuanting, not Tianmu!" He cooperated with you Thunder, and of course I applauded it. ”
Andy Lau is actually self-aware, and he is afraid that he will not be able to control this madman by cooperating with Mai Dangxiong.
You must know that Mai Dangxiong is also a leader in commercial films, and many movies are basically realistic themes, and he is known for being bold and crazy. And his best partner is Chen Xuanting's good friend Xiao Ruoyuan.
The two Mai Xiao brothers are good at the theme of "male thieves and female prostitutes", and they always "fight to the end and play to the end" when they make up dramas. Lawlessness in filming movies is also commonplace.
McDonald's lawlessness is traceable, as early as when he was on the "Li's" TV station, he came over like this. When he filmed the drama "Big Husband", he didn't go to the police station to apply, but filmed the actor driving on the street covered in blood, and even more amazingly, he dared to drive directly to the Mong Kok Police Station and shoot a scene where the actor died in the parking lot and honked his horn. At that time, McDonald's team walked around the police station and filmed for half an hour, and the police officers present didn't know what was going on, and they couldn't figure out whether the gang had applied, so they were completely overwhelmed and stupidly slipped out of the back door by them.
filmed "Ten Strange Cases" and threw a child into the pool to make him struggle, almost drowning the child; In order to film "Flying Corpses on a Foggy Night", when the train came, the lights suddenly turned on and the "corpse" was thrown, which scared the driver to brake sharply, and the train almost derailed; "Big Husband" Wang Zhong jumped off the crane, causing Ocean Park's alarm bell to ring...... There are many such bad deeds, but this kind of fighting for life has also been exchanged for high ratings, and the battle has been defeated by "wireless". Mai Dangxiong dominated the world for a while in "Li's". Xiao Ruoyuan and Mai Dangxiong engaged in the "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers" series, and they "did all kinds of evil".
In "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers", Lin Wei and others jumped around on the street, were hit by a car, and the random shooting caused a panic among the citizens, all of which were secretly filmed "real scenes", Mai Dangxiong and the actors explained in advance, and they were filmed on the street, but the result was excellent; And Shen Wei, another "Wei" in the movie, won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for this film, and it was "framed" by Mai Dangxiong.
There was a scene where Mai Dangxiong told Shen Wei that he needed to tie him up in the car, and after Shen Wei answered, he arranged to pour gasoline and ignition outside, and the whole car burned up at once, and Mai Dangxiong didn't tell Shen Wei about gasoline and ignition beforehand, Shen Wei was scared stupid, and his panic expression was completely real...... won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Let's go back to the movie, when this scene was filmed, after the staff let Shen Wei out, Shen Wei, who was almost burned by the fire, immediately chased and slashed Mai Dangxiong...... "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers 3" Mai Dangxiong They blew up a five-story building borrowed for filming, this is not the most serious, when Mai Jiaban was filming "Heroes", he deceived a villa into filming with kind words, and after he succeeded, he engaged in a series of explosions, and the entire building was almost razed to the ground.
You say, how can a filming maniac like this be able to control Andy Lau's "honest friendship"? ! Perhaps only a "wild man" like Chen Xuanting dares to use this kind of "madman".
As for Mai Dangxiong, when filming "Lame Hao" in Tianmu, he asked Chen Xuanting to carry the blame several times, such as filming a street chase, but did not apply to the police station, so Chen Xuanting had to file with the police station. The black pot has carried a lot, but Chen Xuanting's support for Mai Dangxiong has not weakened at all, he once said to Mai Dangxiong, "You just have to film, everything else has me!" It was such a simple sentence that made Mai Dangxiong regard Chen Xuanting as a confidant, so he hoped to cooperate with Chen Xuanting again.
At this time, Mai Dangxiong actually just asked Chen Xuanting for a promise, an agreement, and didn't care when it was, so the two celebrated in advance the success and happiness of their future cooperation.
Out of indifference to fame and the pursuit of profit, Chen Xuanting was not too surprised by this best screenplay award that could not be exchanged for money. For others, Chen Xuanting is already regarded as a "superstar" at this moment, and he was nominated for the screenwriter of two dramas in one go, and won the award without any suspense, even if Chen Xuanting wants to keep a low profile.
So, in a daze, Chen Xuanting won the first important film award in his life - the Best Screenplay Award.
I don't know if it's a coincidence or a deliberate arrangement by some people, the award guest is actually Chen Xuanting's inseparable love and hate Li Jiaxin, when Chen Xuanting stepped forward to accept the award, the two looked at each other again, and the complicated feelings were really difficult to express.
Regarding this situation, Chen Xuanting can't say whether he is happy or sad, although he is calm on the surface, his extremely complicated eyes reveal everything. And Li Jiaxin, although she has decided to sever her relationship with Chen Xuanting, but when she repeatedly faces Chen Xuanting face-to-face this night, she can't help but feel the contradiction of her feelings, and she can't maintain her previous calm mentality.
However, speaking of which, Li Jiaxin is still able to control herself, although she is in a complicated mood, she still can't see anything on the surface. Facing Chen Xuanting who came forward, she just smiled in response: "Congratulations!" ”
"Thank you!" When Chen Xuanting received the award statue, he couldn't help but look into Li Jiaxin's eyes, and Li Jiaxin looked at him and suddenly felt his heart beat.
Seeing Li Jiaxin avoiding his eyes and taking a long breath, Chen Xuanting came to the stage and began to deliver his acceptance speech.
"As a newcomer to film, I was able to receive this award, which is an affirmation of my hard work, and I am very proud and proud. At this happy moment, the person I want to thank the most is Andy Lau. He not only discovered me and gave me the opportunity to enter the entertainment industry, but also taught me what an artist should do with his own diligence and hard work. He is not only my guide to enter the industry, but also my mentor on the road of life. This award is first of all the result of your earnest teaching, thank you, Andy, in my heart, you are my eternal big brother. Chen Xuanting said this, holding up the award statue to pay tribute to Andy Lau's direction.
Chen Xuanting and Andy Lau turned their faces and established Thunder before they were spread in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, and many people thought that the two were at odds with each other. But at this moment, at the most important time of the Academy Awards, Chen Xuanting first paid tribute and thanked Andy Lau in his speech. This can't help but make people feel that the previous feuds were all rumors.
Andy Lau's mood was also excited, while accepting the congratulations of the people around him, he was immersed in the pride and happiness of seeing his friend's success, at this time, he felt that the rift between himself and Chen Xuanting was vaguely repaired a lot.
(To be continued)