Although Shen Chong is very eager to get the video tape line system and TV station plan, then it is now late January, and there is still more than half a month to celebrate the Spring Festival, the New Year is approaching, in the hearts of Chinese, this is the first important festival, so whether intentional or unintentional, the progress of many things has begun to slow down.

It's okay to put off on other things, but there is one thing that can't be delayed, and that is the first Hong Kong Film Awards in 19Ru......

The deadline for the registration of the films participating in the Golden Horse Awards is August of that year, and the awards are presented at the end of the year, which is a bit strange and not quite in line with the habitual psychology of ordinary audiences who calculate by year, so even in the era of later generations, many people are not clear about the award rules of the Golden Horse Awards, thus confusing the qualifications and travel time of the participating films.

The deadline for entries is the 31st of April each year, and the award ceremony is scheduled on the second weekend of April every year, which is a sunny spring and suitable weather, and coincides with the Hong Kong International Film Festival.

Although there is a four-month buffer period, it is not a simple matter to hold a film award, especially the first one.

Not to mention anything else, just confirming the selection qualifications of a film is a very headache, such as participating in the Academy Awards, do you need to take the initiative to register or can you participate as long as it is released? Does it have to be screened in Hong Kong, or does it just need to be released anywhere across the Taiwan Strait? Is there a certain threshold for the release time and scale? The Academy Award is a Chinese film award, if it is a co-production film, how to define the eligibility, is it calculated according to the proportion of Chinese in the lines, or according to the nationality of the main creative personnel of the crew?

Hong Kong is not like Hollywood, there is no perfect and independent workers' union, so the selection model of the Oscars does not work, and if the jury model similar to the three major Western film festivals is adopted, how many people do the jury need? What are the qualifications of the reviewers and what are the judging rules?

In short, all kinds of problems are very headaches, but they can't be treated strictly, these basic rules are the core and cornerstone of a film award, whether they can be compared to the Oscars in the future, it depends on whether these rules are rigorous and meticulous enough to reflect the spirit of fairness, justice and openness.

So after returning to Hong Kong and dealing with some business matters that had to be dealt with, Shen Chong immediately convened a meeting with the director in charge of preparing for the Academy Awards - he did not set up the various systems of the Academy Awards in person according to his own wishes, but set up the Academy Awards Preparatory Committee early, let his subordinates discuss it, figure out an initial set of rules and regulations, and then he made the final decision.

If there are so many salaried subordinates, why bother with it yourself? Moreover, it is nominally better to want the authority of the guarantee like the award, and the rules discussed by a group of people are much better than the rules that he made up arbitrarily by himself -- believe it or not, many people believe in such a thing as "democracy."

Besides, as the saying goes, a wise man will make a mistake if he thinks a thousand times, and the experience of later generations may not be in line with the current status quo, and the details are a little worse, and the results may be much worse, so it is better to let the Hong Kong people of this era set their own rules, and if they don't agree, they will adjust again......

"Mr. Shen, about the qualifications for the Academy Awards." After the meeting began, Chen Paksheng stood in front of a white presentation board at the end of the conference room, pointed to the text on it, and said: "We believe that three conditions need to be met: first, it must be a Hong Kong film that has been screened in Hong Kong between January 1 and December 31 of that year, second, it must be a public ticket and be screened no less than five times in a week, and third, the film must be screened on 35nnn film for a length of 60 minutes or more. ”

I wiped this group of second-class goods, and sure enough, I came up with the so-called "Hong Kong movie" concept.

The first one made Shen Chong secretly angry, you must know that the later Academy Awards were circled by the so-called "Hong Kong movies", and finally became a boring toy for Hong Kong filmmakers to entertain themselves......

Lao Tzu worked hard, but what he wanted was not a garbage prize that Hong Kong people played with themselves

We have to cut this shit psychology of Gangcan from the root.

"I don't have a problem with anything else." Shen Chong knocked on the table, looking impassive, and asked, "What concept does this Hong Kong movie refer to?" What kind of movie is a Hong Kong movie? ”

Chen Baisheng hesitated for a moment, and then said: "This is still being debated by our preparatory committee, and the main point now is that if the director is a Hong Kong person, or the production company is a film company registered in Hong Kong, even if it is a Hong Kong film." ”

"It's not a good rule." Shen Chong didn't bother to study it in detail, and said directly without any room for maneuver: "Delete it and change it to all Chinese movies, all of which are eligible for the competition." ”

Chen Baisheng was stunned by Shen Chong's hard words, and stood there, a little overwhelmed.

Chen Baisheng is an old acquaintance, and the chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Academy Awards, he has worked hard, and he is one of the founders and organizers of the Hong Kong International Film Festival.

Shen Chong didn't want him to lose face, so he looked around the conference room, vented his anger on the heads of all the members of the preparatory committee, and said loudly: "What is this so-called Hong Kong movie?" Hong Kong is a big place, even if you count the directors of TV dramas, there are 100 directors in the sky, thirty or forty film companies, such a few people, so many companies, I am so idle to get a movie award? I might as well buy a restaurant, open a running water banquet, and everyone eat, drink and play all night, wouldn't it be more affordable than taking a broken trophy home? ”

Shen Chong said as he spoke, his tone became harder: "There are one billion people in the mainland, and more than 20 million people in Taiwan, which are many times more than Hong Kong, and you dare to turn a blind eye, I really admire, I admire very much that there is an idiom called rat eyes, I didn't understand it before, but now I understand, it's a big joke to talk about people like you." ”

"What's the use of having more people in the mainland? They haven't produced 5o movies last year. In the middle of the conference room, an editor blushed and argued: "We produced many movies in Hong Kong last year, and the Shaw Brothers alone is comparable to their annual output, and the box office of Shuangnan Cinema in a year is not as good as a fraction of that of Shaw Brothers." ”

I really don't know whether I live or die, and I show my superiority everywhere......

"Yes, the mainland only produced 5o movies last year, but their ticket prices are dicent, with a box office of 900 million, and the ticket price in Hong Kong, last year's o movies added up, and the box office exceeded 200 million? This is still the case last year, what about this year? What about next year? What about ten years from now? With a population of one billion, if the economy reaches and the system is opened, how many movies can be produced in a year, have you ever calculated? Shen Chong sneered and said: "Besides, we are doing film awards, not to collect taxes, even if we don't mention the box office, the 5o movies in the mainland can find at least 1o high-quality films, and the Hong Kong o movies, there are 5 worth mentioning, and you can burn high incense." ”

"There is no need to discuss this issue anymore, I have the final say, in the future, as long as the Chinese films that have been publicly screened in the Greater China region, including the mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau, can participate in the Academy Awards, and whether they have been screened in Hong Kong or not." Shen Chong is not interested in entangling with Gang Can, here he is the boss, he has the final say, and after sitting down again, he said, "Brother Chen, you continue." ”

"Okay." Chen Baisheng coughed lightly twice, adjusted his thinking, and then said: "Based on the survey numbers of "Film Times" in Hong Kong and Taiwan and the information fed back by Rover from the mainland, last year, the entire Greater China region, a total of nearly 400 films were produced in parallel, if it has been released, it will automatically be qualified for the Academy Awards, and the selection is very difficult

"Among these 400 films, at least eighty percent are garbage, and they don't have the ability to win awards, so they basically don't need to be considered when they are selected." Shen Chong looked at the numbers on the demo board and said: "This year, our Academy Awards were founded for the first time, and their reputation is not good, and if the registration system is adopted, many excellent movies will be missed, which is not conducive to the promotion of the Academy Awards." Let's still follow the original plan, all the movies released in Greater China last year will automatically be eligible for the competition, and when the Academy Awards become famous, they will change to a registration system. ”

"But there are too many 4oo movies, and it will be difficult to review them before April." Luo Weiming, who was sitting under Shen Chong, spat out a puff of cigarette and said: "Especially in the mainland, there are some movies where we only have names, and we don't even know who the director and lead are, and I haven't seen the copies, how can we award them?" ”

"I'll solve the problem of mainland films." Shen Chong groaned slightly and said, "I'm going to go to Beijing during the Spring Festival, and strive to get a copy of the movie before March." ”

"But 4oo movies are too much......"

"It doesn't matter, listen to me." Shen Chong raised his hand and said: "Everyone is a professional, they all know very well in their hearts, the current level of Chinese movies is not very reliable, these 4oo movies, quickly screened once, after removing the essence, I think that the final stay to enter the competition unit, will not be more than one-tenth, the review is not difficult." ”

"What's a quick screening method?" Luo Weiming flicked the cigarette ash and asked, "By the box office?" ”

"That's too biased." Shen Chong shook his head and asked, "When did "Film Times" start to do a rating feedback system?" ”

"In May, after the release of "Crazy Robbery". Luo Weiming is the editor-in-chief, so he is naturally very familiar with it, he said: "However, the rating system of "Film Times" collects all films released in Hong Kong, excluding films that are only released in the mainland and Taiwan. ”

"After May, all the movies that are released in Hong Kong will be selected according to the rating, and the movies before May, combined with the film reviews at that time, will focus on reviewing the movies with good reputation." Shen Chong thought for a while, and then said: "Movies produced in Taiwan will basically be released in Hong Kong, there is no big problem, as for those that are not released in Hong Kong, most of them are Hokkien films, and the quality of Hokkien movies is not as good as the Cantonese fragments of the fifties and sixties, there are no bright spots at all. ”

"What about the mainland?"

"The mainland is relatively special, the system is rigid, and the political atmosphere is strong, if we don't say hello and directly evaluate the awards, our kindness may be a donkey's liver and lungs." Shen Chong pursed the corners of his lips and said in a slightly mocking tone: "Actually, I said hello to the mainland film bureau in November last year, and they will review it themselves first, and then send a batch of movies with correct political positions, excellent results, and reflecting the atmosphere of the times, so we don't have to worry about it." ”

Luo Weiming took the last puff of his cigarette, put down the cigarette butt, and said very unhappily: "Mr. Shen, you are deliberately cheating people, saying that it is letting us make our own rules, but we secretly prepared a case, and even the mainland has been contacted, and we are treated as monkeys?" ”

"Lao Luo, it's not me who cheated on you, you cheated on me." Shen Chong sneered and said, "Don't you know my style of doing things?" I run a magazine, and I play with the whole Greater China circle, not only to the mainland of "Film Times", but also to send Rover to the mainland to run a joint venture magazine and hold the Academy Awards, will I only fancy a corner of Hong Kong? Will you make a gadget that only Hong Kong filmmakers entertain themselves? ”

"But Mr. Shen." Lao Luo opened the cigarette case and said: "You are holding the Hong Kong Film Awards, and there are four words in front of it as a finale." ”

Shen Chong picked up the pen, wrote these four words casually on the text in front of him, then held it up, signaled it to everyone in the conference room, and then said: "Everyone, I don't know what you think, but for me, Hong Kong movies, like Hollywood movies, are a concept in the cultural sense, not in the geographical sense, Hollywood is the representative of American films, so Hong Kong films will also become representatives of Chinese films in the future. And if you don't have the concept of Chinese films, it's better to quit your job and change careers as soon as possible, because in that case, Hong Kong movies will die sooner or later, just like if there is no water supply, electricity and food supply from the mainland, Hong Kong will be a dead city sooner or later. ”

There was silence in the conference room for a while, some people lowered their heads and pondered, some people wanted to speak and stopped, some people smoked and were stunned, after half a sound, Luo Weiming Yu laughed twice and said: "Lao Chen, you continue, talk about the next link, talk about the selection."

"The rules we set are that there are two rounds of selection, the first round, and the shortlisted films are selected by the Academy Awards Organizing Committee." Chen Baisheng knocked on the presentation board, livened up the atmosphere, and said: "Then invite well-known film critics and filmmakers to form a jury to select the major awards from the shortlisted films." ”

Shen Chong bowed slightly, this rule is done well, and he asked, "How is the membership of the preparatory committee defined?" ”

"It is mainly composed of three people, one of whom is the editor and senior writer of "Film Times" and "First Film Review". Luo Weiming said: "Part of it is the editor of the magazine "Chinese and Foreign Films" that Rover cooperated with Zhujiang Film Studio in the mainland, and part of it is the Taiwan Independent Film Critics Association organized by Qiu Gangjian. ”

"Is there a film critics association in Taiwan?"

"It's an independent film critics' association, not very formal, more like a salon organization." Chen Baisheng introduced: "Based in the Taiwan branch of "Film Times", we organize one or two gatherings every month, and most of the members are well-known film critics in Taiwan. ”

"Sounds good." Shen Chong picked up the pen and wrote a few lines of memo on the text in front of him, and then said: "We should also set up a film critics organization, the Hong Kong Film Critics Association or something, no, the name is more atmospheric, it's called the China Film Critics Association, let's do the preparatory work for the Academy Awards, so as not to tell the truth that the Academy Awards are a boring product of our magazine to entertain itself." ”

"Film Critics Association, that's a loud name." Luo Weiming squinted his eyes and asked, "What kind of attribute is the institution?" A non-profit charity? ”

"It's too late to organize this year, let's talk about it next year." Shen Chong thought about it for a while, and felt that there was a doorway to toss here, so he was noncommittal, and said instead: "What is the charter for the formation of the jury?" ”

"Here's our plan." Chen Baisheng also lit a cigarette, took a puff, and said: "The jury is composed of 12 jurors, six film practitioners, six professional film critics, and a chairman of the jury is responsible for presiding over the jury. ”

"Twelve judges, one chair." Shen Chong smiled and said, "Are you trying a murderer?" ”

"The jury system, which has been in law for hundreds of years, is worth learning from in terms of ensuring fairness.

"That's not going to work, the number of people is too small." Shen Chong shook his head and vetoed, and said: "We are doing film awards, not courts, and the awards selected by twelve people, especially those chosen by professionals, are likely to be minority, which is not conducive to the authority and influence of film awards." ”

Shen Chong opened his briefcase, took out a stack of essays from it, motioned for Gu Liwei, who made the transcript, to divide it, and then introduced: "This is a movie scoring algorithm designed by Helena and several professors from the Department of Mathematics of the University of Hong Kong. ”

Luo Weiming was the first to get the text, he quickly flipped through it, and then asked in surprise: "Let the audience participate in the awards?" ”

"Yes." Shen Chong nodded and said, "We will publish the shortlist of the major awards in the magazine, and then collect the votes of the audience, and then according to this algorithm, the final list of winners will be selected based on the comprehensive voting and the selection of the jury." ”

The editor immediately raised a question and said: "But in this case, it is difficult to ensure the fairness of the final result, and the film company can spend money to buy people and swipe tickets." ”

"Do you think that the algorithm developed by several mathematicians together cannot eliminate this phenomenon?" Shen Chong pointed to the text and said: "To determine the ownership of an award, the audience vote only accounts for 40% of the weight, and the jury accounts for 60%, in short, this algorithm is very complicated, but it can eliminate the interference of the outside world to the greatest extent, and ensure that the film award is fair and open, I think it is worth considering." ”

"Boss Shen." Luo Weiming put down the text and complained: "The whole world knows that you are amazingly talented, you have a splendid chest, and you are an unborn genius, so why bother us with bitterness haha?" If you do anything next time, you can just give us direct orders, don't let us study and discuss, we can't afford to lose this person. ”

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