"Let the Golden Horse drive the giant wheel of the movie

As pure as gold, as galloping as a horse

Dedication to art, perfection, beauty and truth

Express life with joy, anger and sorrow

Let the spirit of Golden Horse guide us

Pursuing ideals and rushing forward......"

On the stage of the Great Hall of the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Tsai Min, one of Taiwan's three major sopranos in a white dress, is leading a 100-member choir from National Taiwan University to sing the theme song of the Golden Horse Award "Golden Horse Galloping". This song, co-written by the famous musician Fan Manong and the lyricist Sun Yi, is the first time it has appeared on the stage of the Golden Horse Awards.

The Great Hall of the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall on Zhongxiao East Road is the largest indoor gathering place in Taipei, with 35 rows of seats and 2,518 seats, and these seats are already full. It's a pity that the lighting effect at this time is extremely poor, in addition to being able to see clearly on the stage, Li Xuan's line of sight will be blurred when he looks at the people in the seats after he crosses ten meters, and he doesn't know if there are any Taiwanese bigwigs invited to the Golden Horse Awards this time.

"I want to learn the Oscars at this Golden Horse Awards, but unfortunately I learned to be nondescript, and I didn't even have a ceremony to walk the red carpet!" Li Xuan, who was sitting in the seat, sighed in a low voice.

Liu Xiwei, who was sitting next to him, also smiled and whispered: "Haha, don't worry, take your time, after Director Song came to power, the Golden Horse Awards are not slowly changing." The list of nominees was not there before, but now it is; The theme song didn't have before, but now it has; The host didn't have it before, and now it does. Besides, those of us who walked the red carpet probably only had to take a photo. There were so many incidents in Taiwan last year, which reporter dared to ask casually? Aren't you afraid of being caught? ”

"That's just as well." Li Xuan nodded in response.

Last year's Formosa incident had a great impact, and people in Taiwan are being arrested every month. I really don't dare to ask these newspapers casually now, maybe if you violate the taboo of any question, you will be caught.

"Bang Bang Bang-"

There was a round of applause at the scene, but while Li Xuan and the two were talking, the choral performance on the stage ended. At this time, Cai Min was bowing and leaving, and Li Xuan and the two also applauded.

Some people quit, and naturally some people entered, and Jiang Xiaochao and Zhang Aijia, who were the hosts of this year's Golden Horse Awards, walked out of the backstage. is different from the style of the host of the Golden Horse Awards in later generations, last year's and this year's Golden Horse Awards were hosted by Jiang Jichao and Zhang Aijia, two Taiwanese.

Needless to say, Jiang Aijia is also a famous comedian in Taiwan, this person made a lot of movies in Hong Kong in the fifties and sixties, and he stayed in both Shaw Brothers and Denmao. He later returned to Taiwan in the early seventies and began hosting some entertainment variety shows on television.

This person can be regarded as a relatively comfortable character in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Moreover, Jiang Qichao is also Zhang Aijia's cousin......

Now the two hosts are dressed in white and enter one by one. Jiang Yichao was wearing a full white suit and a white bow tie, while Zhang Aijia was wearing a white off-the-shoulder floor-length skirt with sequins on the skirt, which was very beautiful.

The two stood still in front of the host stage, Jiang Xiaochao fiddled with the microphone, and then said: "Movies, make life closer to dreams!" Welcome to the 17th Golden Horse Awards Ceremony! Good evening everyone, I'm Jiang Xiaochao. ”

"Hello everyone, I'm Zhang Aijia!"

"Well......, Aijia, I feel very happy to see so many outstanding Chinese filmmakers gathered together again today. What about you? How do you feel? ”

"Hey, I'm really sorry, my heart is a little heavier today."

"By the way, you've been nominated this year!"

"Alas, don't talk about the word nomination, my heart starts beating again when I say these two words."

"Are you so nervous? I don't think so. ”

"I'm not nervous, I'm not nervous at all, how many times have I seen a big scene, how can I be nervous?"

"You can't win a prize, ah, it's important or not, let's leave it alone, at least this prize is an encouragement."

"Yes, it's just an encouragement. But you know, that's the kind of encouragement I need most right now. Do you know that I really don't care? I'm telling you, I care a lot. I haven't eaten or slept since yesterday and today, and I care a lot, and I've just been asking them backstage, and I said, 'Well, tell me, did I win an award?' ’。 ”

"Well, if it's really hopeless, it doesn't matter, wait a minute, when you cry, I'll have a handkerchief."

"Ahh You're all set, and it's even more hopeless."

"Bang Bang Bang-"

The two hosts on the stage gaged, and there was another round of applause at the scene, and Li Xuan was also in the applause, but his face was extremely strange.

Because this is not their second applause, but the sixth!

This is a veritable face-saving project! The host told a few jokes that were not funny at all, and someone took the lead in applauding once in almost two sentences, is it necessary?

"Zhang Aijia is an all-round talent, singing, acting, hosting and producer, it is rare." Liu Yiwei sighed on the side.

Li Xuan nodded approvingly: "This time she was nominated for Best Actress with a "Jasmine", and I don't know if I am sure." ”

"I'll see the hanging." Liu Qiwei shook his head and continued: "Not only her, but Lin Qingxia is also hanging this time. If you think about that "Yuan", it is not only a theme movie that praises the party and the people, but also the production company is China Film, plus Xu Feng's acting skills are not bad, she has a lot of chances to win. ”

The full name of China Film is Central Film Industry Co., Ltd., which is a large state-owned film company in Taiwan. And its status in Taiwan is similar to that of the Chinese film in the mainland in the later generations.

Prior to 1978, the winners of the Golden Horse Awards were announced before the award ceremony. In 1978, after Song Chuyu became the director of the Information Bureau, he immediately reformed the Golden Horse Awards and began to implement a two-stage jury system following the Oscars. In the first stage, after watching all the participating films, the judges will meet to discuss, vote on the shortlisted films and individual lists, and announce them. The winners will then be selected and the results will be announced at the award ceremony.

This year is the third implementation of this judging system, and although this system seems to be standardized on the surface, the members of the judging panel are all appointed from above, and the judging process is extremely opaque.

The Golden Horse Awards themselves have strong political overtones, and the attribution of its awards naturally cannot escape the distribution of benefits from the cake. And this is also the reason why the Golden Horse Award, which is the only award in the current Chinese film industry, has not been very credible. Later, the Academy Awards sprung up, completely overshadowing the limelight of the Golden Horse Awards.

"Okay, after talking for so long, I think everyone is in a hurry." Jiang Qichao smiled, picked up a small piece of paper and said: "Then we will start awarding awards now, and the nominees for the best feature film editing of this year's Golden Horse Awards are: "Mr. Zombie" Liu Xiwei, "Crazy Robbery" Yu Canfeng, "Senior Brother Out of the Horse" Zhang Yaozong. These movies are rare masterpieces, who ...... them?"

As soon as the nominations were announced, there was a buzz in the entire City Hall, although everyone knew that the three films nominated for this award were all Hong Kong films, but they still didn't hear the shock. Li Xuan, who was sitting in the crowd, also nodded slightly, although the Golden Horse Awards like to share the cake in the grand prize, but it is very generous to those small awards, but it has cultivated a lot of behind-the-scenes talents for Hong Kong.

As for Liu Xiwei, he is obviously a director, why is the nomination an editor? This is nonsense, if you take a huge investment of 3.5 million yuan from someone else for the first time, won't you do everything yourself, and rest assured that the success or failure of the film will be handed over to others?

Li Xuan looked at Liu Yiwei, who was nervous next to him, and said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, you have a great chance of winning, those two are not as good as you cut from the rhythm of the movie." ”

Liu Xiwei smiled awkwardly and replied: "It's a bit ...... to be so close to Jinma for the first time."

"Now!" Jiang Qichao on the stage suddenly shouted, and saw that everyone's eyes were attracted, so he continued: "We will ask Zhong Yongfeng, deputy director of the Cultural Bureau of the Republic of China, to announce the list of winners for us. ”

“……”

Li Xuan was speechless and watched a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes walk onto the stage, only to see the middle-aged man standing in front of the host stage with a folded small card in his right hand and said: "I feel very honored to be here, and I can personally present the award to the first winner of the Golden Horse Award this year. Of course, I also know that people don't like me! ”

There was a burst of chuckle from the audience, Zhong Yongfeng shook the card in his hand and said: "Then we will reveal the final answer now, the winner of this year's Golden Horse Award for Best Feature Film Editing is Liu Yiwei's "Mr. Zombie"! ”

As soon as the words fell, Li Xuan looked at Liu Yiwei beside him, but found that this guy was sitting motionless, but his eyes were straight. Li Xuan hurriedly patted this guy on the shoulder and said loudly: "Come up, you have won the award!" ”

"I won the prize?" Liu Yiwei turned his head in confusion and asked.

"yes!" Li Xuan pushed him hard and shouted in a low voice: "Why don't you go up and receive the award quickly!" ”

"Oh, yes, yes, receive the prize."

Only then did Liu Yiwei react, and walked to the rostrum with a fluttering body, and there was another round of applause on the seat.

The ignorant Liu Yiwei did not fully recover until he received the Golden Horse Trophy from Zhong Yongfeng. I saw him rubbing the Golden Horse Trophy, then he lowered his head into the microphone and said: "Thank you for your love for "Mr. Zombie", thank you Golden Horse Award Organizing Committee and judges for their recognition of me, thank you!" Of course, here, I would like to thank Mr. Li Xuan, the investor of "Mr. Zombie", who supported me without hesitation after hearing about a ridiculous investment amount. It can be said that without him there would be no "Mr. Zombie", and I am really grateful to Mr. Lee, thank you! ”

"Bang Bang Bang-"

There was a more enthusiastic applause from the audience, but Liu Xiwei bowed to Li Xuan before he finished speaking, which made Li Xuan's face hot. Fortunately, Li Xuan has not been exposed much in Taiwan now, but few people know him.

At this point, Golden Harvest's only nomination for the Golden Horse Award has been extinguished...... (To be continued.) )