"Lin Sheng, congratulations!"

"Achi, congratulations!"

"Husband, congratulations!"

Since Carina Lau reported the name of "League of Assassins" in her mouth, amid thunderous applause, congratulations from all around her have been ringing out.

The body that had been tense for a long time relaxed in an instant, Lin Xiaozhi exhaled lightly invisibly, and kept smiling to thank a bunch of congratulatory voices, but he tightened his tie and was ready to walk on the podium on behalf of Media Asia to accept this expected award.

“…… Congratulations to Media Asia Pictures Group's production "League of Assassins", which unanimously agreed that as the most successful commercial film in Hong Kong in recent years, "League of Assassins" not only has a set of practical experiences in exploring how to meet the common preferences of audiences from different cultures and languages, but also shows admirable courage and foresight in terms of story structure, application of new film special effects technology and innovative new action cinematography. ”

In the past 1992, the total investment of this film directed by Mr. Lin Xiaozhi was about 1. With HK$1.7 billion (excluding post-production), the production cycle lasted 13 months (including pre-script writing and preparation), and it quickly became a global sensation after its release, and finally achieved a total of 3 in countries around the world. The astonishing box office of 700 million US dollars, equivalent to about HK$29. 0.3 billion! It not only became the second highest-grossing work in the world in 92 (the first is the Disney monster - Aladdin), but also once again broke the record for the highest box office of Hong Kong films......"

"Next, let us welcome Mr. Lin Xiaozhi to the stage to receive the award with warm applause!"

In fact, when the box office data of "League of Assassins" was once again exposed from the mouth of Chow Yun-fat, who read out the judges' comments, whether it was some invited guests in the venue who had not studied deeply, or the audience who had not paid much attention in front of the TV, they all took a breath of cold air.

In the early 90s, you can buy a car at 50,000 Hong Kong dollars, and the bonus of 5 million for the second prize of 6/combination/lottery is enough to make a low-level family in Hong Kong get rich in the early 90s, I am afraid that many Hong Kong people have never dared to imagine that there will be a movie shot in Hong Kong that can achieve such an amazing box office!

With the long-lasting applause in the venue, Lin Xiaozhi slowly stood up and walked towards the podium.

"Whoa......

Seeing the Lord walking in a hurry, dazzling magnesium lights suddenly flashed in the venue. Looking at the entire Hong Kong film industry, Lin Xiaozhi is definitely the person the media wants to interview the most.

He came from a prominent and legendary background, and in his early years he was simply a common standard of a wealthy family, and it was not until the previous few years that there was an astonishing change of 180 degrees. After entering the development of the entertainment industry, he was out of control, not only showing amazing script writing and film shooting capabilities, but also taking over the family industry and controlling a number of media in recent years, and becoming a popular figure in Hong Kong.

And he himself is indeed not like the traditional Chinese rich class who avoid the media for fear of being exposed, and he is not as afraid of the media as celebrities, for fear of being rumored or exposed. He dared to shoot at the media giants, and from time to time he made amazing moves to boost the hot sales of the media, plus he is now the biggest media predator in Hong Kong, but he also gets along well with the Hong Kong media.

"Lin Sheng, congratulations!"

"Lin Sheng, congratulations!"

"Thank you!"

Lin Xiaozhi smiled and took the gold cup symbolizing the highest glory of Hong Kong films from the hands of Chow Yun-fat and Carina Lau, and the smile on his face was even stronger.

Because he was confident that "League of Assassins" would definitely win this year's "Best Commercial Film" Gold Cup, Lin Xiaozhi also prepared his acceptance speech in advance.

It's just that the words reached his throat, and he thought about it for a while, but he was not ready to read the testimonial he had prepared before.

After seeing him raise his head slightly, he said in a loud voice: "I am honored to be favored by the judges and win the first 'Best Commercial Film' Gold Cup at the Academy Awards." More than ten years ago, the Academy Awards were just being created amid the cheers of the industry, but it is precisely with the encouragement of this professional award that Hong Kong films can stand out from the niche films of countless countries and regions around the world and gradually become one of the most mainstream film entities in the world. ”

"It's been ups and downs along the way. Although there are shortcomings, but in the past 92 years, the Academy Awards once again ushered in the biggest change in history, not only clarifying the 'Academy Awards Association', but also further refining the major awards, so there is this gold cup in my hand, representing the Academy Awards' affirmation of the most successful commercial films! ”

"Perhaps in the eyes of many people, commercial films are too philistine, vulgar works mixed with and pee, and blindly pleasing the public's preference for making money, which is neither pure nor reflects people's livelihood and thoughts. But as a person who has come over, I am here to solemnly advise every filmmaker who has entered or is about to enter the industry that there is no noble or lowly thing about movies. ”

"Without the purity and thought of art films, films do not qualify to be called art. But without the profitability of commercial films, companies will not be able to catch up with the world's best technology, invest in more films, and promote our language and culture to the world. ”

"So, I want to thank the Academy Awards for making this change. As the emcee said before, the theory of the decline of Hong Kong films was indeed popular in the past few years, and Hong Kong films did have many shortcomings. But as long as we still have the love and pursuit of movies in our hearts, and we still hope that the future of Hong Kong films will be better, then today's glory is just the beginning......"

raised the golden cup in his hand again, and Lin Xiaozhi kissed it affectionately.

There was a brief silence in the cultural center, as if every guest present was reminiscing about what he had just said.

The next moment, I don't know who started first, and thunderous applause rang out!

Lin Xiaozhi's acceptance speech is undoubtedly shocking, his words are not gorgeous, but every sentence and every word contains a time-traveler's summary of the decline of Hong Kong films and the twists and turns of mainland films in the future. Whether they agree with it or not, but at least they know very well that this is not a beautiful word, and it is the experience of a successful person.

After the promulgation of the Golden Cup, which belongs to commercial films, it is followed by the Golden Cup of literary films, and there are five works nominated for this year's "Best Art Film", namely "I Love Twisted Chai" and "The King of Chess" invested by Golden Princess Film Group, the autobiographical film "Ruan Lingyu" invested by Golden Harvest Film Group, "China's Last Eunuch II.: Farewell to the Forbidden City" invested and filmed by Media Asia Film Group, and "Caged People" self-funded by independent filmmaker Zhang Zhiliang!

Among these five works, if you want to say that the media is the most optimistic about the cup favorite, there is no doubt that it is "Ruan Lingyu". If an autobiographical movie wants to be made well, it is not only a test of the actors' acting skills, but also a movie with a complex emotional line like "Ruan Lingyu", it is also extremely difficult to highlight the characters and emotions, but once it is filmed, it is a classic.

Obviously, Kwan Jinpeng has done all of this, so its artistic content is extremely high, and it has the Berlin Film Festival to win the cup and add ingredients, even if its box office is a mess, the box office in Hong Kong is only barely more than 7 million Hong Kong dollars in 37 days of release, and it is still a big hit to win the award.

"The Chess King" is somewhat similar to "Ruan Lingyu", and it can also be regarded as a pseudo-autobiographical film based on the novel. However, its box office is even worse than only one million, and it is not even as good as "Caged People", and the whole movie has a certain political color, although the protagonist Leung Ka-fai has a good performance in the movie, but it should be the ultimate to be nominated, and it is very difficult to win the award. On the contrary, "I Love Twisted Chai", which is filmed in the same new art city as it, not only has an excellent reputation, healthy content and full of ideas, but also the box office is the best of the five, and the standard is applauded and popular, and there is no shortage of media who boldly predict that it is likely to overturn "Ruan Lingyu" and win the first "Best Art Film" Gold Cup.

Although "China's Last Eunuch II.: Farewell to the Forbidden City" was filmed by Media Asia Investment, Lin Xiaozhi did not expect that it could be nominated for the Gold Cup of "Best Art Film", and even as a member of the judges, he did not vote for it in the final secret ballot stage, but gave it "I Love Twisted Wood". Compared with the previous one, this sequel has a sense of dog's tail sequel and snake painting, and even after watching it, he felt that he should not make this sequel.

Among the five films nominated for the 'Best Art Film' Gold Cup, the most special one is undoubtedly "Caged People".

Personally, Lin Hsiao-chi didn't like this movie either.

The main idea of "Caged People" is good, and it wants to reflect the hardships of the people at the bottom. But there are thoughts to thoughts, first of all, the director brought in too much personal consciousness in the process of filming, so that a 'people-friendly movie' that reflects the livelihood of the people at the bottom of Hong Kong has many foul language throughout the article, and the length is too long and the plot prelude is too slow before it has not been changed, and even the citizens who were invited to watch the movie complained that the movie was boring and made people just want to doze off, and some citizens were not angry that they had been deteriorated into a vulgar and uneducated image (the so-called bottom of the cage people's reflection is mostly illegal smuggling in Hong Kong, and it also needs to occupy public facilities and welfare, Just as the Hong Kong people have been hostile to mainland immigrants and sailors in recent years, they have been hated by the Hong Kong people, so they have also encountered citizen protests during the propaganda).

In short, this 'people-friendly' movie that has made many Hong Kong film critics very calling, Hong Kong citizens do not buy it, not only are they unwilling to pay money to watch the movie, but there are even citizen organizations to protest. In the end, it was my rabbit 'kindly' who arranged for Yindu to help with the screening, you must know that in Hong Kong, Yindu with a red background can be an 'evil' existence that has always been resisted.

All in all, it's an uninteresting and very interesting movie.