"Ah Cheng, look at the nominations for the Academy Awards, our "Nightclub" has received four nominations." Lin Yongqi waved the newspaper in his hand and walked in front of the curtain city with an excited face.

It's already March '86, and the Academy Awards generally start in April, and it's relatively late for nominations to come out now.

Makujo took over the newspaper, which was the latest issue of the film biweekly, and I saw a huge headline: "Nominated for the 5th Hong Kong Film Awards"

Best Film Nominee: ("A Woman's Heart", "Illegal Immigrant", "Mr. Zombie", "Police Story")

Best Director nominees: (Kwan Kam-pang "Woman's Heart", Cheung Wanting "Illegal Immigrant", Sammo Hung "Dragon's Heart", Liu Guanwei "Mr. Zombie", Jackie Chan "Police Story")

Seeing this, it is clear that the four nominations are not heavy. Although "Mr. Zombie" and "Police Story" are both scripts written by Makujo, and they are both on the list, these two important awards have nothing to do with him.

Makujo shook his head slightly and continued to look down, Makujo saw his name, Su Mucheng "Mr. Zombie", this is the nomination for Best Screenplay.

Further down, I finally saw the nomination for his movie "Nightclub", "Best Actor, Best Newcomer, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, just the four nominations that Lin Yongqi said." ”

Seeing the best cinematography and the best editing, Makujo nodded in understanding. Makucheng was surprised that Zhou Huimin was nominated for Best Newcomer, and Ren Dahua was also nominated for Best Actor, which is quite rare.

Makujo thought about it for a moment, and then looked back at the other nominations for these two awards. Shook his head helplessly, it's no fun, these two awards are basically soy sauce.

Not to mention Zhou Huimin's Best Newcomer, it is impossible to be nominated for Dahua's Best Actor alone. It's not that he doesn't act well, but the competitors are too tough, and besides, a comedy movie like "Nightclub" basically doesn't want to win any good awards.

After watching it all, although I was a little disappointed, Makujo can also understand it, after all, "Nightclub" is just a comedy, and it is already very good to have these nominations now. You said that the box office is so good, there should be a few more awards, then forget it, the Academy Awards are not held based on the box office, otherwise Wang Jing's "Hardcover Chasing Girls" should also have a lot of nominations, the box office of this drama is not bad last year, but after watching the whole story, I only saw a nomination for best art director with "Hardcover Chasing Girls", and nothing else.

It's not like there is a saying, "If you want a good box office, don't expect too much from those awards, and if you want to win awards, don't have too high expectations for the box office", although it is a bit one-sided, but in some cases, it is still very consistent.

For example, nightclubs, "Hardcover Chasing Girls", the box office was among the top ten last year, and "Nightclub" was the box office champion, but these two can be said to be commercial films, and there is no hope of winning awards.

Look at Zhang Wanyao's "Illegal Immigrant" The box office is not very high, but it is a standard literary film, the meaning is good, and the shooting is good, although there are only three nominations, but they are, the best film, the best director, and the best screenwriter are all three items.

If you want to say that there are crazy ones, such as Baohe's "Mr. Zombie", Makuro counted them carefully, and there were 11 nominations, but it was the most among all the film nominations at this year's Academy Awards. For example, Cheng Long's "Police Story" has 7 nominations, Guan Jingpeng's "Women's Heart" has 9 nominations, and there are many other films with good nominations, but none of them have more than 10 nominations. But in the end, it is impossible to know who will win the award and who will win several awards.

The Academy Awards seem to have fifteen awards, but there is basically only one winner for each award, but in the face of these many nominations, it is just a situation where there are more monks and fewer porridges. Of course, if there are more nominations for a movie, the probability of winning the award will be higher, so it won't be said that there are more than a dozen nominations that don't win any of them, which makes people speechless.

Lin Yongqi sat on the chair and kept paying attention, the expression on Mu Cheng's face changed, and he couldn't help but be puzzled when he saw him shaking his head and nodding for a while. What does this guy mean, is he happy, or is he not careful?

After reading the whole article, Makujo put down the newspaper, nodded to Lin Yongqi, who was staring at him, and said: "It's okay, it's good to have nominations, our focus is this year, and the next Academy Awards is the time for us to show our skills." ”

Maybe he felt the blandness and calmness of the curtain city, after hearing the words of the curtain city, Lin Yongqi also lost the excitement before, think about it, last year, the company released such a movie, this year is the focus, I believe that next year's Academy Awards is the moment of brilliant competition.

Although there is no excitement, but this is also good news for the company after all, it is an honor to be nominated, and the relevant congratulations are still indispensable.

As soon as Lin Yongqi left, Makujo's phone rang, it was Hong Jinbao who called to thank him, the script of "Mr. Zombie" was written by Makujo, and it was given to him as a gift, and now that he has received so many nominations, he will naturally not forget the great hero of Makujo.

Regarding the exaggerated 11 nominations of "Mr. Zombie", Makuro had a slight feeling when he watched it at the time, and it is estimated that there are not many awards that can be won in the end, at least those important awards are unlikely to be its turn, and the remaining nominations are relatively light. Of course, Makujo was naturally not stupid enough to say this, and he still congratulated with a smile on his face.

The two chatted for a long time, and finally the two agreed to get together again when they were free and hung up the phone.

The phone rang again within two minutes of being put down, and Makuro rubbed his ears and picked it up again. "Hello, I'm Su Mucheng."

"Ah Cheng, I'm Cheng Long" Cheng Long's hearty voice came from the phone. Cheng Long called, also to thank Mu Cheng, when Mu Cheng told him the script, he felt that this story was very suitable for him, and after the final filming and release, it really worked well. Hong Kong alone has won more than 26 million box office, not counting other regions, but Cheng Long and Golden Harvest are very happy. The success of this movie also allowed Cheng Long to see new ideas and directions, and he was naturally very grateful to Makucheng.

"It's Brother Long! I was about to call to congratulate you, but I didn't expect you to call first, guilty of sin. Makujo said with humility.

"You kid, I'm not, don't forget that you wrote the script, and your credit is the greatest." Cheng Long was in a good mood, and he was also joking with Makucheng.

"Brother Long, you're not right, although I wrote the script, but without your wonderful interpretation and shooting, it wouldn't have such a good effect. This drama is all up to you, Brother Long, and I just made a little effort, I can't afford to say that. ”

Makucheng didn't dare to really take the credit, the success of this drama really depends on Cheng Long's popularity, and his lifeless performance will be successful. In another person, who dares to do those high-risk actions so desperately, in the whole of Hong Kong, it should be said that there are few people in the world who are so desperate.

"Okay, I won't say more, your love Brother Long has taken it to heart. If you have any difficulties in the future, remember to look for me, and I will definitely help if you can. Listening to the sincere words of Mucheng on the phone, Cheng Long unintentionally touched his waist and said to Mucheng sincerely.

In order to shoot this drama well and do those thrilling actions, Cheng Long was full of injuries, the most serious one, because of a fall from a height, which caused the 6th-8th vertebrae and pelvis to be dislocated and sent to the hospital on the spot. All in all, he did pay a lot, and when he saw Cheng Long's dangerous and exciting difficult actions in the movie and cheered, a few people could think that these were all Cheng Long's hard work.

"Thank you, Brother Long, then I will ask Brother Long for more help." Makujo first smiled and replied to Cheng Long, but he thought of Cheng Long's desperate strength and paused and said, "By the way, Brother Long, I don't know what to say."

Cheng Long also heard the meaning of the curtain city, and couldn't help but feel puzzled, and said with a smile: "If there is anything that should not be said, you can say it." ”

In fact, as soon as the words came out just now, Makujo regretted it, but since he had already started it, it was better to simply say it, so as not to make him think of other bad things, which would be even worse.

"I actually want to say, I hope that when Brother Long is filming in the future, he will pay more attention to safety protection, don't work too hard, after all, you are not a robot, if you are always injured, your body will not be able to bear it."

Cheng Long also heard the concern in Makucheng's words, nodded and replied with a smile: "Don't worry, I know all this, I have a few lives" But whether he really listens to it, then only God knows.

Hearing Cheng Long's indifference, Makujo didn't say much about this. Then I chatted with him on the phone, and in the end, Cheng Long revealed that he hoped to cooperate with Makuro again, Makujo did not directly refuse, but said that he would wait until he was free, and it would probably not be until the summer vacation before he had time to be busy with new scripts and cooperation. What Cheng Long wants is for the other party to agree, the injuries on his body are not good yet, at least after a while. Now even if I give him the script, I can't shoot it.

In fact, Makucheng really wants to cooperate with Cheng Long, but that will have to wait until he is busy with this drama.