Chapter 85: Ceremony XIII

Liu Xiaoqing's speech was very ordinary, but she was very excited and enthusiastic, and this passion spread out and infected the audience, so when she walked off the stage, the applause was quite warm. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

"Elder Wang, you're right." Shen Chong was amazed by Liu Xiaoqing's outgoing temperament and said: "She is a natural actor. ā€

"There is indeed a problem with the system in the mainland, and it takes seven batches and eight reviews to make a movie, which is a waste of time." Wang Yang completely treats Shen Chong as an equal figure, he said: "Our old man is wasteful, young actors like her can't afford to waste, I see you filming in Hong Kong, as long as the money is in place, you can start filming immediately, if there is a suitable role for her, you tell me, I will help her go through the secondment procedures and lend it to you, and the actor will have to film more in order to accumulate experience." ā€

"You're not afraid that I, Liu Bei, will borrow Jingzhou and not pay it back?" Shen Chong secretly sighed at Wang Yang's hard work, and said: "She is very popular in the mainland, you know that I have a lot of wild roads, if I go through the door and don't let her go after getting her to Hong Kong, wouldn't Beijing Film Studio lose a lot." ā€

"As long as I, Wang Yang, am still the director of the factory, you can't dig up the Beijing Film Studio." Wang Yang said loudly: "Even if the Minister of Culture comes to me for someone, I won't give it, let alone a little hairy child like you." ā€

After the host appeared, he asked Zhang Aijia: "Ivia, I didn't win the award, are you disappointed?" ā€

"Of course I'm disappointed." Zhang Aijia did not hide her feelings, and said: "How can you not be disappointed, this is the first Academy Awards, which is of historical significance." But I still want to congratulate Liu Xiaoqing, I watched her movie, she acted very well, and she deserved to win the award. ā€

Her honesty made the audience give a round of applause.

"Someone told me that life is a stage, life is a script, the ups and downs, you have to write it yourself, in order to perform wonderfully." Zhang Aijia made an expression of wanting to cry without tears, and said: "I tasted the bitter taste just now, and it was really uncomfortable. ā€

"Your girlfriend is also a good actor." Wang Yang smiled, glanced at Shen Chong, and said, "With bookish atmosphere, it should be good to stay at home, you kid is quite blessed." ā€

Shen Chong cheekily accepted his ridicule and said, "That's it, how can my vision be bad." ā€

"Fortunately, there are many excellent screenwriters in this world, who have written a lot of wonderful movies, so that we can experience the ups and downs of life without having to try it ourselves." On stage, He Shouxin said: "Therefore, the next award we want to present is the best original film screenplay, Miss Zhang Ailing and Miss Qin Yu." ā€

Back then, Shaw Brothers and Dianmao competed for hegemony, Run Run Shaw focused on directing and lightening screenwriting, specializing in making all kinds of movies that ordinary audiences liked, while Lu Yuntao was the opposite, focusing on screenwriting and lightening directors, focusing on middle-class aesthetics, inviting some writers with high literary accomplishment to be screenwriters, and also set up an editorial review committee, when the director was filming, if he wanted to change it, even if it was a line, he had to apply first, Wang Jing's father Wang Tianlin, was one of the directors of Dianmao back then, he once said that when filming, Zhang Ailing went to the United States, I had to send a telegram asking for instructions

Zhang Ailing wrote a total of ten scripts for Dianmao, and eight of them were made into movies, such as "Love is Like a Battlefield", "Peach Blossom Luck", etc., all of which were sensational and very popular.

Qin Yu's original name is Qin Yifu, she was a film talent who was known as Zhang Ailing back then, and she was also one of the screenwriters of Dianmao, and her screenplay "Stars, Moon and Sun" won the first Golden Horse Awards for Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Actress, and Best Cinematography.

Since the fifties, except for the 30-year interruption in the mainland due to political reasons, almost every ten years, the Chinese literary world will set off a "Zhang Ailing fever", every cycle, Zhang Ailing's reputation is higher, and by the ru era, this momentum has been very considerable, plus she has not appeared in public for a long time, so as soon as she appeared, she immediately broke out into very warm applause, and many people even stood up, just to see her face clearly in advance.

Zhang Ailing is as people have long been familiar with, with small curly hair and cheongsam, but she has been hiding in the United States for more than 20 years, her life is not satisfactory, and her health is not very good, so she looks quite thin and weak.

"Good evening, everyone." Qin Yu not only worked as a screenwriter, but also acted in movies with Lin Dai, so she was not stage frightened at all, she introduced herself very elegantly: "I am Qin Yu." ā€

"Zhang Ailing."

Zhang Ailing's self-introduction of Baba caused even more applause.

"Sister Ailing, just now the host said that you can experience the ups and downs of life through movies, right?

"No, it's complete nonsense." Zhang Ailing didn't give any face at all, and said directly: "You can't experience the real ups and downs from the movie, because life is a pill wrapped in time. ā€

Sure enough, it was Zhang Ailing, who spoke extraordinary, and immediately applauded.

Qin Yu is also well-known as a talented woman, so she took Zhang Ailing's words lightly and said with a smile: "Okay, let's take a look at who has the most beautiful paper shell tonight." ā€

"The Best Original Film Screenplay at the 1st Hong Kong Film Awards was shortlisted for:

Hu Jinquan, "Empty Mountain Spiritual Rain......

Xu Qingdong, Liu Qing, "Ah Cradle......

Chen Yunwen, "Crazy Robbery......

John Woo, "Hero" ......

Hou Hsiao-hsien, "Good Morning Taipei......"

When the introduction video of the shortlisted films was played, Lin Yanni leaned over from behind and asked Shen Chong: "Mr. Shen, is Zhang Ailing usually so unsmiling?" ā€

"She's a master of playing with words, not people like us who like to talk about it." Shen Chong turned his head and smiled, and said, "The salon of three or five people is her stage, there are too many people, she may not be comfortable." ā€

Lin Yanni was thoughtful and asked, "How long will Zhang Ailing stay in Hong Kong?" ā€

"I don't know yet." Shen Chong pursed his lips and said: "I try to persuade her to stay in Hong Kong and not to go back to the United States, staying alone in a foreign country, no one to take care of her life, and no one to talk to, is not the way to maintain health."

"If she can stay, it will be a great thing for the Hong Kong literary and art circles."

After listening to the conversation between the two of them, Wang Yang said, "Xiao Shen, if you want to ask Zhang Ailing to stay, I can give you an idea." ā€

"Oh?" Shen Chong immediately became interested and asked, "What can Elder Wang do?" ā€

"If you take her back to Shanghai, maybe she'll stay." Wang Yangnu pouted, gestured, and said: "She used to live at No. 195 Changde Road in Shanghai, where there is an apartment building, and she is still there. ā€

Zhang Ailing's former residence in Shanghai will not be hyped as a tourist attraction until a long time later, and in 19ru the mainland could not even publish her works, let alone publicize the old residence, so Shen Chong was very surprised and asked: "Wang Lao, how do you know where she used to live?" Even the house number is known. ā€

"Of course I do." With a childlike smile, Wang Yang said: "You go to Sang Arc of Shanghai Film Studio and ask him to call and invite Zhang Ailing to go back to Shanghai to have a look, I guess this thing can be done." ā€

Sang Arc Shen Chong knew that he was one of the pillar directors of Shanghai Film Studio, and after the liberation of the mainland, the first color drama film, the first color feature film, and the first three-dimensional film were all directed by him, and he and Zhang Ailing still have a lot of origins.

In 1947, Zhang Ailing and Hu Lancheng divorced, electrocuted for the first time, and wrote two movie scripts in a row, "No Love" and "Long Live the Wife", all directed by Sang Arc, the movie was a sensation after its release, and the box office was very impressive, and then the two cooperated and wrote a "Mournful Middle Age", which was highly respected by film critics at the time, and was considered to be the best work of "seeing the intensity in the subtlety and revealing the sadness in the comedy".

But Wang Yang's expression and words clearly implied that the relationship between the two was extraordinary, Shen Chong was about to ask, but heard Qin Yu announce the winner: "Best Original Film Screenplay at the 1st Hong Kong Film Awards, Chen Yunwen, "Crazy Robbery". ā€

"Not bad, not bad." Wang Yang approvingly: ""Crazy Robbery" is the first movie you invested in, right? actually won two awards, which is a good vision. ā€

"It's just a fluke." Shen Chong didn't care about the awards, he cared about the gossip and asked, "Elder Wang, what did you mean just now that there was a relationship between Director Sang and Zhang Ailing?" ā€

"I didn't say that." Wang Yang didn't admit it, he touched his chin and said: "People who are sixty or seventy years old, no feelings have faded, the fallen leaves return to the roots, people are old, they definitely want to go back to their hometown to see, but they don't dare to go back to see, I am asking you to help her find a reason to stay." ā€

Shen Chong nodded, this is a good way, no matter whether Zhang Ailing stays in Hong Kong or returns to Shanghai, it is better than staying in Los Angeles.

Chen Yunwen wore a very gorgeous purple dress skirt, walked on the stage, and after taking the trophy, she kissed it very exaggeratedly, causing laughter from the audience, Shen Chong held her forehead with her hand, knowing that she had committed a problem of going crazy.

"Thank you Miss Eileen Chang for presenting me with the award, I adore you very, very much, I have collected all your novels and read them many times."

"Miss Qin Yu, I watched a lot of movies written by you when I was a child, and I like "Wild Rose Love" the most, it is so well written, and now I can still memorize the lines in it."

"Before giving a thank-you speech, I would like to thank one person, that is, Shen Chong Shen Caishen." Chen Yunwen walked out of the range covered by the stage, then went around in a circle, showing the dress on his body, and then walked back and asked the audience into the microphone: "Am I not beautiful?" ā€

She, the winner of the award who likes to play treasures, is the audience's favorite, and she replied in unison: "Beautiful." ā€

"So I want to thank Shen Caishen, because before the award, he said to me, you have been shortlisted for the best screenplay, go and choose a dress, I will pay for it. I asked him, is it okay to have as much money as you want? He said: It's all right, you can choose whatever you want, there are no clothes I can't afford. Chen Yunwen's exaggerated imitation of Shen Chong immediately caused a burst of laughter, and then she continued: "So I bought a plane ticket, flew to Paris, found the best designer, and ordered this dress, guess how much it cost?" ā€

The audience was curious and asked, "How much?" ā€

"A full 80,000 Hong Kong dollars, and this kind of fabric alone costs 30,000 yuan." Chen Yunwen said triumphantly: "When Shen Caishen saw the receipt documents, his face turned green. ā€

The audience exclaimed, and then laughed and discussed, and many people looked in the direction of Shen Chong's seat.

Wang Yang was also very surprised, and asked Shen Chong: "Is her clothes really so expensive?" ā€

"She's a crazy woman who likes to choreograph people, but I actually asked her to go on vacation to Paris, not to buy clothes." Shen Chong touched his nose and said: "The clothes are a little expensive, but they are worth it, she helped me write the script last year and wrote it for a year, this is the year-end bonus." ā€

Wang Yang shook his head and sighed: "80,000 yuan to buy a dress, I haven't seen such a loser." ā€

"Okay, let's get down to business." Chen Yunwen began to speak, saying: "I want to thank Director Xu Anhua first, she filmed the script very well, followed by Miss Zhang Aijia, she acted really well, very good, very, very good, of course, the rest of the crew also did a good job, but I won't thank them, because the two of them still have awards to win next, I have to build momentum for them, the weight of the best actress and the best director is heavier than this one in my hand, I have to shoot a sycophant first." ā€

The audience burst into laughter again.

"Finally, I want to thank Mr. Shen Chong again, I think he is like a doctor, but he doesn't treat people, he treats the script, and the script he has shown him can become better, and I can win the award, thanks to the script surgery he did at the beginning."

Note: Eileen Chang's rhetoric is adapted from the words and phrases in "Serial Set" about photos.