Chapter 189. Filming "Looking for Qin"
Chen Xuanting, who won the title of Best Screenplay at the Hong Kong Film Awards, originally thought that there was nothing wrong with him, and when he walked off the stage, his butt was not hot, and he heard the news of the award again, this time he won a very special award at the Academy Awards with several plays such as "Lame Hao", "The Legend of Lei Luo" and "Across the Seas" - Professionalism Award!
Winning this award with Chen Xuanting is Huang Bingyao, who is known as the "fatal scissor foot", and of course, he is also the owner of the "kind gun" in "Truant Dragon".
His performance in "Truant Dragon" is the most outstanding, and he is also one of the screenwriters of this play, as soon as he appeared on the stage, he couldn't help but let Stephen Chow turn around and whistle, especially the sentence "Who wants your chastity, I want your youth." "It's really earth-shattering. He pushed Stephen Chow onto a crater full of poisonous snakes and beasts, ignored his cries, ignored his wails, and stretched out his feet fiercely, without mercy, and stretched out into the fiery magma.
But this person's biggest achievement is to be a screenwriter, and he was one of the four major screenwriters in Hong Kong, and after his death in the future, Liu Zhenwei, the director of "Journey to the West", commented on him: "This screenwriter is a genius, he is a genius, if there are 180 films a year in the film company, 90 are his." He influenced the entire Hong Kong film industry. ”
It is definitely a great honor for Chen Xuanting to be able to win this "Professionalism Award" with a great person like Huang Bingyao. But he also deserves it. Let's ask, who has only joined the film industry for a year, and can shoot a series of blockbuster movies such as "The Legend of Inspector Lei Luo of 500 Million", "Lame Hao", "Las Vegas Tycoon", and "Across the Seas".
Take the stage again. first briefly thanked the members of the two crews of "The Legend of Lei Luo" and "Lame Hao" - after all, some of them had already been thanked before, and Chen Xuanting didn't want to be so verbose. What's more, now that he is the boss of Thunder, of course, he wants to do a free publicity for his company on such a rare occasion. Therefore, Chen Xuanting made a detailed speech on "Across the Seas" filmed by Lei Ting.
"I would like to give a special thank you to all the members of the crew of "Across the Seas". I think that I can win this award, which is also a compliment to our entire crew, because a good movie is always the product of a teamwork, and it cannot be the credit of one person. Therefore, this award should belong to all of us. Chen Xuanting made a generous speech and won another round of applause at the scene.
Next, Chen Xuanting took the trouble to express his gratitude to Tsui Hark, Chow Yun-fat, Zhong Chuhong and others one by one.
Everyone thought it was strange at first, but soon found that Chen Xuanting's thanks seemed to have been ignoring a name that should have appeared. This name is none other than his brother Leslie Cheung!
You must know that it was Leslie Cheung who gave Chen Xuanting the script of "Across the Seas", and it was Leslie Cheung who lowered his salary and took the initiative to use the salary as investment funds, which was his hardest working and most heartfelt during filming, so this drama was a success.
Leslie Cheung was actually the first to discover this phenomenon, I don't know what he thought of, his face was a little difficult to see.
After the others noticed this situation, they were even more curious, and they didn't know what Chen Xuanting wanted to do. For a while, the guests at the scene whispered, as if they were looking forward to a good show.
And Chen Xuanting seems to be blind to this situation, just thanking himself for every insignificant ordinary staff member in the crew, but not mentioning Leslie Cheung's name. When Chen Xuanting's thanks finally came to an end, the scene fell silent all of a sudden, waiting to see how Chen Xuanting was going to finish.
Andy Lau, who is a friend of Chen Xuanting, and Zeng Zhiwei, who is the host, are worried at this time, afraid that Chen Xuanting will do something excessive, after all, the Academy Awards are a big occasion, and this kind of accident has to be taken into account.
Zeng Zhiwei had already walked towards Chen Xuanting, preparing to interrupt him as soon as he had any inappropriate remarks. But it seems that it is too late, because Chen Xuanting has already spoken again.
"Every member of the crew is my friend, my teacher, and they are all indispensable to being recognized for investing in the first drama of Thunder." Chen Xuanting continued: "But when it comes to the person who has helped me the most, that is, the person who has the most direct impact on the success or failure of my play, I have to count my best friend, that is, my brother who is sitting below watching me at the moment - Leslie Cheung!"
A sudden change suddenly caused a stirring at the scene. Zeng Zhiwei, who was approaching Chen Xuanting, also stopped in amazement.
"Mr. Leslie Cheung was the first person to hand over the script of "Across the Seas" to me! Without him, I wouldn't have invested in this drama! In addition, for the successful filming of this film, he also lowered his salary and turned to investment, it is because of his selfless help that we can continue the filming of this film in the face of lack of funds. ”
"It can be said that Mr. Leslie Cheung is the person I am most grateful to, he not only has superb acting skills, but also has a lot of vision - he invested in this drama and finally succeeded! So now I want to say, brother, don't worry, you can't lose the money you invested, and your salary can't run away! ”
Leslie Cheung smiled, very happily. Everyone else laughed.
Chen Xuanting's humor broke the previous solemnity.
Then Leslie Cheung stood up and said: "Actually, Ah Ting, I can't afford your compliment, you know, you forgot to thank someone......"
Forgot to thank someone? Chen Xuanting was surprised. The entire crew of "Across the Seas" has thanked themselves?
Leslie Cheung smiled: "It's the beauty who has always been by your side to protect you!" ”
She, Li Jiaxin? Chen Xuanting was stunned.
"Don't forget, Ah Ting, you and I will only know each other because of Li Jiaxin's connection, and do you think it is my own idea that I invested my salary in you? Wrong, it was Li Jiaxin who suggested me, but she never let me say it! Also, when filming "Across the Seas", she also kept making soup and sending tea to the crew, without her, I don't think this drama would have been filmed so smoothly! ”
"Also, everyone should know that Li Jiaxin and I have worked together in "A Chinese Ghost Story", I think she is really a very good girl, and men will regret it for the rest of their lives if they miss her!"
Chen Xuanting didn't speak. Everyone was dumbfounded. I thought to myself, is this the Academy Awards, or is it not true? !
Seeing that the scene was so "weird", Li Jiaxin, as a "topic person", couldn't handle it calmly anymore, she got up from her seat and said: "I am very grateful to my brother for complimenting me like this, in fact, when I worked with him, he taught me a lot of acting skills, which aroused my confidence in myself and deepened my grasp of the characters, which led to my successful performance in the movie." Of course, today is the Academy Awards, and I think it's better for us to get back to the main title. ”
But before she finished speaking, she saw Chen Xuanting and said: "I'm sorry, I didn't know that you helped me so much behind my back, I didn't know if you didn't say it, but now, I want to say, without you, I wouldn't be eligible for this award." Chen Xuanting continued his speech, ignoring the chaos that had become a mess at the scene. Although it was not explained, those who knew the whole incident understood the intention of Chen Xuanting's remarks, and they all seemed to see clearly how Li Jiaxin would react.
At this time, Chen Xuanting had naturally turned to Li Jiaxin and said sincerely: "If you don't object, I want to share this honor with you." Thank you, without you, I wouldn't be where I am today. As he spoke, he held the award statue in his hand, walked off the stage, and gently hugged Li Jiaxin.
When Chen Xuanting suddenly said his words, Li Jiaxin's face already showed a look of surprise and joy, and she looked extremely beautiful and moving. And when Chen Xuanting hugged her, she was even more excited and couldn't help herself, as if tears were about to pour out. Because, Chen Xuanting's arm bend gives her the feeling that it is so reliable.
Holding back her tears, Li Jiaxin said in as calm a tone as possible: "It's too much of an award, and my help to you is limited." Your success depends more on your own efforts. ”
Chen Xuanting didn't answer immediately, just quietly looked at Li Jiaxin's beautiful face, as if she was the only one left in the world. After a long time, Chen Xuanting said softly: "I hope that we can have the opportunity to be in the ...... again in cooperation. "Temporarily changing being together again to cooperating again is like an invitation, more like an agreement.
"Okay." Li Jiaxin also nodded slowly, also staring at Chen Xuanting, as if she wanted to see his heart from Chen Xuanting's face.
The two of them just looked at each other, and neither of them spoke again.
And the scene has been chaotic to the extreme, this scene, it can be said that it is not common in the movie, to be able to witness a clutch scene on the spot, everyone is excited and worthwhile.
And like Leslie Cheung , Andy Lau, including Tsui Hark , John Woo and several big directors, as Chen Xuanting's friends, they had already regretted that Chen Xuanting and Li Jiaxin's good relationship was difficult to achieve, and now they see that the two of them are as affectionate as before, and they are not only happy, but also applauded warmly.
Only Zhou Xiuna looked at Chen Xuanting and Li Jiaxin, and pouted: "I also said that there is no special relationship, hum, lie." ”
The scene of the drama surname has passed, and the awards have come to an end, among which the award for best director was won by Tsui Hark, relying on his and Jet Li's "Once Upon a Time", and the investor of this drama is the leading Hong Kong film industry Golden Harvest, as one of the shareholders of Golden Harvest, Jackie Chan personally presented the award to Tsui Hark.
When presenting the award, Jackie Chan said: "I'm very nervous, after all, I will have Director Xu Da cover in the future, it is really my honor to present him with the award!" The honor of a lifetime! This caused everyone to laugh.
Seeing that everyone was happy, Chen Xuanting's mind was completely off this, and he didn't understand the next situation at all.
After the awards, there will naturally be some excitement, but there is no need to go into detail. The only thing worth mentioning is that Andy Lau and Leslie Cheung decided to make guest appearances in Chen Xuanting's upcoming TV series. Chen Xuanting's upcoming TV series is a time-traveling drama, which tells the story of a current Hong Kong special forces soldier who traveled to the Warring States to find Qin Shi Huang, and the name is called "Looking for Qin"!
Such a good theme of crossing history is deeply in line with the appetite of Andy Lau and Leslie Cheung, even if they are busy, they decided to participate in this play, so that they can show their faces in this drama that may become a classic in the future. So the two sides hit it off and were very happy. Leslie Cheung will make a cameo appearance as Meng Weijun, one of the four princes of the Warring States Period, in the play, while Andy Lau will make a cameo appearance as the general Li Mu. For Chen Xuanting, with the joining of these two super names, I am afraid that this "Xun Qin Ji" will be even more popular than the last "Step by Step"!
However, after such a delay, Chen Xuanting wanted to find Li Jiaxin again, but he was nowhere to be seen. But after the scene just now, he regained his confidence, and he didn't take this accident to heart.
The award was over, and Chen Xuanting was about to leave, but he was stopped by Jackie Chan. I saw this big brother in the film industry looking at Chen Xuanting sincerely and stretched out his hand: "Ah Ting, wait a minute, can I say a few words to you?" ”
Jackie Chan walked up to Chen Xuanting and said: "First of all, congratulations to you, you won the Academy Award not long after becoming a screenwriter!" Jackie Chan said with a smile.
"Brother Long, you don't need to talk to me about this! I'm just out of luck! Chen Xuanting chuckled slightly, in fact, he won the best screenwriter because of his plagiarism of the movies of his previous life...... This is really thanks to "luck".
Jackie Chan nodded, he knew a little bit of Chen Xuanting's surname, and he didn't like to entangle these things: "Hehe, you're quite modest!" ”
Chen Xuanting had to smile.
Jackie Chan said, "Let's go, I know you have a lot of banquets tonight, but give me a face and go to our venue to talk!" ”
For Jackie Chan's invitation, of course Chen Xuanting couldn't refuse, so he had to say hello to Andy Lau and Leslie Cheung, and Chen Xuanting wanted to leave with Jackie Chan. Suddenly, he heard a shout from the direction behind him, Chen Xuanting turned his face in surprise, but it was his little sister Zhou Xiuna.
Chen Xuanting didn't see this girl for a long time, and he didn't think that he was going to leave before jumping out. Zhou Xiuna took a few steps forward and said in a very well-behaved tone: "Brother, do you want me to wait for you?!" ”
Chen Xuanting smiled, when did this little girl become so well-behaved, waiting for herself, didn't she like to be lively before?
But just look at her tired appearance to understand, imagine that the Academy Awards have lasted for more than two hours from the beginning to the end, and even Chen Xuanting is a little unbearable, let alone a little girl like her. Smiled and shook his head and said, "No need, let Andy send you home, if he bullies you, you can call me!" ”
Andy Lau listened depressed on the side: "Pick, Ah Ting, when will I become your queen driver?" Besides, do I think of the kind of villains who bully children? ”
Chen Xuanting smiled and said, "It's just that you are on the way!" If you can work harder, you will take on more! ”
"Hehe, that's pretty much it!" Andy Lau nodded.
Jackie Chan saw Chen Xuanting and Andy Lau arguing, but he looked at Zhou Xiuna, a little beauty who was loli, and asked Chen Xuanting curiously: "Ah Ting, who is she?" ”
"That's Nana, it's my sister!" Chen Xuanting pointed at Zhou Xiuna and said kindly.
"I didn't expect you to be very blessed, Ah Ting, you actually have such a beautiful sister, I really can't see how you look!" Although Jackie Chan is a big name in the film industry, he still has a playful surname and makes jokes about Chen Xuanting.
"In this case, why don't you ask her to go with you!" Jackie Chan said, "There are many people, and little girls can also grow more knowledge!" ”
Of course, Zhou Xiuna recognized Jackie Chan, and she didn't wait for Chen Xuanting to answer, she had already swept away her previous tired appearance, and was asking Jackie Chan for an autograph. Of course, Jackie Chan has not encountered such a thing, but the little girl in front of him looks cute and lively, and she is also Chen Xuanting's sister, which can't help but make him like it.
Seeing them like this, what else could Chen Xuanting say, he had to nod, then let's go together!
I went to a hotel with Jackie Chan. Here, you can see the main creators of Golden Harvest Film Company's "Once Upon a Time", the big director Tsui Hark, and the action director Yuan Xiangren, who are all behind the scenes, and of course, several big names such as Jet Li, Guan Zhilin, Jacky Cheung, Zheng Zeshi, etc.
The play "Once Upon a Time" won a lot at this year's Academy Awards, in addition to the best editing, best action direction, and best film score, it also won the best director award.
Therefore, as one of the shareholders of Golden Harvest and the big brother of the film industry, Jackie Chan deservedly became one of the protagonists of this banquet.
The champagne was opened, and everyone began to party. The Best Picture award belongs to everyone, and everyone is very excited. Jackie Chan said a few words of encouragement and congratulations to everyone on behalf of Zou Wenhuai, the boss of Golden Harvest, and after raising his glass frequently, he waved to Chen Xuanting and came to the balcony together.
Chen Xuanting has always been thoughtful, and when he saw Jackie Chan like this, he knew that he had something to say to himself. So he consciously avoided everyone and walked towards him.
Jackie Chan didn't expect him to be so eye-catching and smiled appreciatively.
"Say, Brother Long, what's the matter?"
Jackie Chan looked around, there was no one left, and then he shrugged his shoulders and said, "It looks like you are more anxious than me." ”
Chen Xuanting smiled, "It's not that I'm anxious, but curious!" ”
Jackie Chan hesitated, his face looking a little ugly and slightly shy.
Pick, Jackie Chan will be shy too, won't he?!
Chen Xuanting was surprised.
(To be continued)