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"Three, two, one, go."

When Teresa Teng took a curtain call, the lights were turned off in turn, and the audience was dark, and when Shen Chong walked out of the curtain, the lights turned on again, and when he came to the stage where the three little golden figures were placed, the lights in the concert hall were all turned on, and they were bright.

"Good evening, everyone."

The concert hall is a building that naturally has a quiet and peaceful characteristic, so when other guests appeared, whether it was Lin Fengmian or Teresa Teng, the applause was warm and neat, and the audience was filled with a gentle but not fanatical atmosphere of mutual appreciation between the guests and the audience.

However, Shen Chong appeared on the stage, and before he could introduce himself, applause rang out, his voice was uneven, mixed with whistling and shouting, breaking the previous gentle atmosphere.

The eyes of thousands of people condensed, and the pressure was greater than imagined, and in the applause, Shen Chong smiled and stood with his hands in his hands, taking the opportunity to adjust his breathing and return to a clear state of mind, and then he looked into the microphone and said, "Hello everyone, I'm Shen Chong." ”

Applause resumed.

"Miss Teresa Teng and the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra just performed the theme song "Star" of this year's Academy Awards, the song has starlight to guide the way, accompany me at night The words are a tribute to the predecessors who have contributed to the film, without their struggle and dedication, there would be no colorful film world now, without movies, we can only lie on the roof every night and count the stars, if that, how boring life should be."

Laughter and applause.

"Alright, let's get down to business." After waiting for silence, Shen Chong continued: "I think everyone already knows that I will present the Lifetime Achievement Award at the first Hong Kong Film Awards, and the three trophies in front of me are specially prepared for the three film industry veterans. ”

"These three old-timers are all Taishan Beidou in the Chinese film industry, and they are the existence of people who make people look up to the mountains, and the Academy Awards organizing committee searched and searched, but they couldn't find anyone with older qualifications and higher achievements than them to come out and present the award, so they dragged me out to present this award."

"It's not that I'm shameless, and it's not that I don't know the height of the sky." Shen Chong had completely gotten rid of his nervousness at this time, and said freely: "In some parts of our China, there is a custom, when doing a happy event and feasting guests, you must invite a respected senior to sit in the chief and press the scene, and then find a child with the lowest rank and the youngest to accompany you. Today, I'm just a little kid at the table. ”

"The Academy Awards are not engaged in this Lifetime Achievement Award, not to recognize and reward the achievements and merits of the old-timers, we are not qualified" Shen Chong picked up a trophy, held it in the palm of his hand, and said: "This trophy is like a sugar gourd in the hands of a child. ”

The applause was loud, and the rhythm was reinstated in a warm but restrained manner.

"Before I present the awards, I would like to explain why the Lifetime Achievement Award is given to three seniors at once." Shen Chong picked up a trophy again, carefully turned it upside down, motioned to the audience, and explained: "Look, the base of the trophy is painted in red, green and blue, red, green and blue are the three primary colors, and the colorful images on the screen are all mixed and blended with these three colors. But these three colors are not just the three primary colors, among them, red represents business, blue represents technology, and green represents culture. ”

He put the trophy back in place, and then said: "Without business, movies can't generate profits, and without interests, no one will invest, and without investment, filmmakers can't survive; Movies have been advancing from black and white to color, from silent to sound, and without technology, there would be no better cameras, better films, and better screens, and movies would lose the material basis for continued development; Without culture, the film is just a pale picture, unable to attract the audience's emotional resonance, it will lose its artistic nutrients and create spiritual wealth

"Therefore, three Lifetime Achievement Awards are presented at each Academy Awards, paying tribute to three seniors who have made outstanding contributions to cinema in different fields."

The list of winners of the Lifetime Achievement Award was announced before the award ceremony, and the envelope that Shen Chong took was just a prop, he opened it casually, looked at it, and said: "Someone said that after the Xinhai Revolution, the history of vernacular literature cannot be governed without Hu Shi; To govern the new literary history, Lu Xun cannot be dispensed with; To govern the history of new art, we cannot do without Liu Haisu; To govern the history of new films, Xia Yan cannot be done without him. The winner of the first Hong Kong Film Awards Lifetime Achievement Award is Mr. Xia Yan. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the lights on the stage went out, and the camera began to show Xia Yan's information video.

Xia Yan, born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province in 19uu, formerly known as Shen Naixi, a famous writer, literary critic and playwright, has created film scripts "Wild Flow", "Spring Silkworm", drama "Qiu Jin Biography", "Sai Jinhua", "Fascist Bacteria", "Under the Eaves of Shanghai" and reportage "Bao Gong", adapted and created "Eternal Life in the Fire", "Revolutionary Family", "Blessing", Lin Family Shop" and other film scripts, which are deeply loved by the audience. Several Problems in Writing Film Scripts" and "Xia Yan on Creation" have made great contributions to the theory of film script writing. ”

In fact, his most critical contribution to Chinese films is to single-handedly build the system of the mainland film industry after liberation, but the Academy Awards are private awards, in order to avoid suspicion and focus on movies, so he deliberately does not talk about Xia Yan's political achievements.

Xia Yan is a political literati, social activity ability is very strong, before the liberation was the "Left League" executive member, long engaged in united front work, after the liberation, he was first the propaganda minister and the minister of culture in Shanghai, in 1955 transferred to Beijing, as 10 years of vice minister of culture, in charge of film and foreign affairs, in these 10 years, the mainland founded a number of powerful film studios, produced a large number of excellent film works, a thriving scene.

In 19 years, after Xia Yan was overthrown and stepped down, the mainland film industry completely stagnated, and returned to the pre-liberation period overnight, he was imprisoned for 8 years, and returned in 1977, and is now a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, an adviser to the Central Ministry of Culture, vice chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and chairman of the China Film Association, and is still the undisputed leader of the mainland film industry.

With Xia Yan's contribution to Chinese films, winning the award is well-deserved, but the problem is that with his identity and status, this kind of Hong Kong folk award, which is held for the first time, has neither fame nor authority, no matter how luxurious the ceremony is and how exquisite the trophy is, it is like a child playing at home, which is not worth mentioning.

If the award is awarded, people don't recognize it, not only will it be embarrassing, but it will also make the Academy Awards a joke, so when Shen Chong proposed to give Xia Yan an award, everyone in the preparatory committee unanimously objected, thinking that he was whimsical.

But Shen Chong insisted on giving it a try, because Xia Yan also had another position - vice president of the Chinese Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries

In 19ru, on the eve of the handover negotiations, the focus of foreign friendship was, of course, Hong Kong...... This is a political trend that can be borrowed.

If you don't confess, how do you know if the goddess loves you or not?

If you don't invite, how do you know if someone will receive the award?

Before the Spring Festival this year, he specially asked the Organizing Committee of the Academy Awards to prepare an invitation letter, and after arriving in Beijing, he asked Chen Bo to convey it to Xia Yan and invite him to come to Hong Kong to receive the award.

After the invitation letter was sent, he quickly received a reply - he received the award, but he was too busy with official business to go to Hong Kong in person, so he could only entrust someone else to receive the award on his behalf.

Shen Chong wanted this result, he never expected Xia Yan to accept the award in person - you must know that when the Central Advisory Committee was established in 19, Xia Yan was one of the 175 members, even if he was covered with the title of a non-governmental organization, he was also a very politically influential figure, and his identity was too sensitive.

And the person who accepted the award on behalf of Xia Yan was the head of the mainland delegation this time, Wang Yang, the director of the Beijing Film Studio, who was Xia Yan's old subordinate and old friend, not only cooperated in creating films many times, but was also locked up together to criticize and fight in the turbulent years, which can be described as friends in trouble.

After Wang Yang took the trophy from Shen Chong's hand, he put it back on the table, then took out a piece of paper from his jacket pocket, put on reading glasses unhurriedly, and began to give a speech to accept the award: "Distinguished guests, friends, good evening. First of all, Mr. Xia Yan asked me to apologize to everyone, because due to health reasons, he could not come to Hong Kong in person to have a drink and a great event with all the elites here, which is a great regret......"

Shen Chong stood aside, listening to Wang Yang read the thank you speech written by Xia Yan one by one, and his heart was full of joy

Baba's award for Xia Yan was not deliberately patted on the back, on the contrary, Shen Chong was not as he said, purely admired, he had distracting thoughts, and wanted to kill two birds with one stone, using Xia Yan's identity to expand the influence and authority of the Academy Awards.

If you only focus on Hong Kong, then as long as the ceremony is luxurious enough, you can establish the authoritative position of the Academy Awards, but if it is expanded to the entire Chinese film industry, luxury alone is not enough, because Confucian culture is official-based, and power is more important than money.

For example, in an event, the highest official is the county magistrate, then this is the county level, and the highest official is the provincial governor, then this is the provincial level, and Xia Yan is at the ministerial level, as soon as he receives the award, in the audience's subconscious, the Academy Awards immediately jumped from a small award in Hong Kong to a national award - ministerial-level figures are only the recipients, and the award must be national.

And now, this goal has been achieved perfectly, Xia Yandu, former vice minister of the Ministry of Culture and president of the Chinese Film Association, has accepted the award, and his speech is so modest, in the future, who will have the qualifications and capital to accept the award?