Chapter 196: No name on the list
The two emcees talked about it on the stage, but Chen Baisheng, who was sitting in the audience, only felt tired.
The two hosts on the stage, the male named Wu Jialian and the female named Deng Huishi, are both famous hosts of Radio Television Hong Kong. The first Hong Kong Film Awards was co-organized by Film Fortnight and Radio Television Hong Kong. Of course, judging from the sales of a magazine like "Film Fortnightly", which does not sell a few copies per issue, there is certainly no financial resources to hold such an award.
Therefore, many aspects of the first Academy Awards ceremony were interfered by the big sponsor Radio Television Hong Kong.
Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK), now a department of the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau of Hong Kong, is the first broadcaster in the history of broadcasting in Hong Kong, and is also the only public service broadcaster and the most credible electronic media in Hong Kong. And "Under the Lion Rock", which caused a sensation in Hong Kong in the 70s, was a TV program produced by Radio Television Hong Kong.
When Chen Baisheng was preparing for the Academy Awards, the Urban Council, the driving force behind the Hong Kong International Film Festival, said that he could participate and support it. It's a pity that Chen Baisheng has already recognized the faces of these people, will he turn the Academy Awards into the second Hong Kong International Film Festival?
Therefore, Chen Baisheng decisively rejected the "kindness" of the Municipal Bureau, but where is this big financier easy to find?
There are few wealthy businessmen in Hong Kong who are interested in this kind of initial film awards, and there is still a famous Golden Horse Award in Taiwan. For example, Shao Yifu, a tycoon in the Hong Kong film and television industry, made wild remarks at the preparatory meeting of the Manila International Film Festival last year, saying that Hong Kong does not even need to hold an international film festival.
This is not optimistic about everyone, and you still expect outsiders to help?
As a result, Chen Baisheng searched around, but found that the only person who was interested was Li Xuan. It's a pity that Li Xuan's baby is a person in the film industry, but Chen Baisheng must not ask him for sponsorship. In the end, there was no way, Chen Baisheng could only find the political axe again. However, this time he did not look for the Urban Council, but found RTHK, which has a slightly better reputation.
So the two emcees that people in the theater see now are both from Radio Television Hong Kong. Next to Chen Baisheng, there are two people sitting, but they are Chief Secretary for Administration Ji Tat and Vice Chairman of the Municipal Council Zhang Youxing, and these two people are also the guests of honor tonight. However, judging from the fact that the officials sent by the municipal bureau are a grade lower, they are a little unwelcome to see Chen Baisheng.
"Hui Shi, you are a young man with vision, what movies do you think Hong Kong watched last year?" Wu Jialian glanced around at the audience under the stage, then looked at Deng Huishi next to him and asked.
"Brother Jia Lian, you're only eight years older than me, okay!" Deng Huishi smiled: "Now you seem to be a few generations older than me, you are not too old." ”
"Haha, I'm your senior, tell me, which movies do you think last year was good?" Wu Jialian smiled and continued to ask.
Deng Huishi waved her hand again and again and replied: "I don't dare to say this, there are so many directors in the audience, if I say that I miss it, I won't be drowned by spittle." ”
"You really dare not say it?"
"Don't dare!"
"Look at your rabbit-like look." Wu Jialian pretended to despise Deng Huishi, picked up a card from the host stage and said, "I'm not too bold, I dare to say it." ”
"Forehead......" Deng Huishi glanced at Wu Jialian, pointed to the card in his hand and exclaimed: "Brother Jialian, how can this be regarded as what you said!" ”
"Why doesn't it count?" Wu Jialian raised the card in his hand and said loudly: "Those film critics like to watch it the most, and I like to watch it too." ”
"Shameless!"
"Okay, okay, stop laughing." Wu Jialian waved his hand, looked at the audience under the stage and said, "The next thing that will be awarded is this year's Top Ten Chinese Film Awards." ”
Since its inception, Film Fortnight has invited film critics to vote for the "Top 10 Chinese Films" and "Top 10 Foreign Language Films" at the end of each year, and the selection scope is the films screened in Hong Kong that year. It's just that because the Academy Awards will be held this year, the two "top ten" of last year have not been directly announced in the magazine, but have been delayed until now.
As soon as Wu Jialian announced the award, Deng Huishi looked at the card in his hand excitedly and said: "The top ten Chinese films that won the first Hong Kong Film Awards are Xu Ke - "The First Kind of Danger"! ”
As soon as Deng Huishi's words came out, Li Xuan, who was sitting in the audience, was stunned, although the top ten Chinese films are in no particular order in name, but in private, this number one must be the best movie. Li Xuan thought of "Senior Brother Out of the Horse", "Mr. Zombie", and "King of Killers" and "Black Man", but he didn't expect that the first place was Xu Ke's movie "The First Type of Danger".
Xu Ke's "Danger of the First Type" is very famous, and even Li Xuan knows the name of this movie. Because this movie is the first film among the directors Li Xuan knows that has been banned by the Electric Inspection Department and has been completely banned!
However, although this film was banned when it was sent for inspection, in order to release it, Xu Ke remade and remade some scenes, and then cut the finished film haphazardly, which escaped the fate of being banned again, but the deleted "First Type of Danger" is no longer the movie that Xu Ke really wants to make.
And it was this abridged version of the movie, although it failed at the box office after its release, but it won a round of applause from film critics. The whole movie is bloody and violent, depressing, gloomy and close to reality, which makes people breathless. Therefore, while "Danger of the First Type" has won praise, it has also become the "ancestor" of Hong Kong's violent cult films!
Because hundreds of films are released in Hong Kong every year, and there is no nominee list for the first Hong Kong Film Awards, no one knows who will win the award before the awards ceremony. And Xu Ke, who came to watch the ceremony, obviously didn't expect that he would win the award, so he was stunned for a moment and turned his head to look at Yan Hao and the others around him, and just wanted to borrow a suit to wear it, but found that the people around him came over in civilian clothes.
Your sister! A personal scum came to the award ceremony without wearing a suit.
Xu Ke glared at Yan Hao, who was a little inexplicable, then straightened out his leather jacket and ran onto the stage, took the award certificate handed over by the master of ceremonies and said to the audience: "I didn't expect people to be brave enough to hold film awards, I admire it!" As the first award winner of the first Academy Awards, I hope that the Hong Kong Film Awards will get better and better, thank you! ”
"Bang Bang Bang-"
There was a round of applause from under the stage, Xu Ke deserved the nickname of Xu Laowei, and his speech was so short that he finished speaking. However, after the awards, Xu Ke did not go down, but retreated to the back and stood aside alone, and the top ten Chinese film winners will take a group photo later.
Looking at the award certificate in Xu Ke's hand, Li Xuan shook his head slightly, he didn't expect the Academy Awards Organizing Committee to be so poor, and it is estimated that the sponsorship they pulled was much less than the sponsorship they received when the first Hong Kong International Film Festival was held. At least when the first Hong Kong International Film Festival was held, they also rented several floors of the Hong Kong City Hall, which is like a simple small theater now to finish an awards ceremony.
Deng Huishi continued to read the list of winners: "The top ten Chinese films that won the first Hong Kong Film Awards are Liu Yiwei - "Mr. Zombie"! ”
Liu Yiwei was also dressed in casual clothes at the moment and sat with Hong Jingbao, after hearing that he had won the award, he walked on the podium without being shocked after experiencing the Golden Horse Awards, took the certificate and said slowly: "Thank you for your love for "Mr. Zombie", thank you Mr. Li Xuan, the investor of "Mr. Zombie", for your support to me, thank you to the Organizing Committee of the Academy Awards and the judges for their recognition of me, I can participate in this ......."
As the awards ceremony continued, the top ten Chinese films were slowly revealed one by one.
Xu Anhua's "Hitting the Right", Chenglong's "Junior Brother Goes Out", Wang Jin's "The King of Killers", Tan Jiaming's "Famous Sword", Yan Hao's "Night Train", Yu Yunkang's "Mountain Dog", Yu Kanping's "Sanmao Wandering", Li Jian's "Heavenly Dream".
“……”
When all the top ten Chinese films were announced, Li Xuan was stunned to find that his "Black Man" was not on the list, which was strange! This "King of Killers" was elected, why didn't "Black Man"?
The corners of Li Xuan's mouth twitched, and he glared fiercely at Chen Baisheng, who was sitting in the front row, and he had to ask after the award ceremony!
After the top ten Chinese film awards, the top ten foreign language film awards were announced. However, there is no need to present awards for this, and the Hong Kong Film Awards have not yet been able to invite foreign directors over.
After the two "top ten" awards were completed, it finally came to the most critical part of this year's Academy Awards.
(Note: Xu Ke's "Danger of the First Type" was indeed the first of the top ten Chinese films of 1980.) )