It was a sunny afternoon.

Tsim Sha Tsui, Yau Tsim Mong District, the southern tip of the Kowloon Peninsula, will also be responsible for the 12th Hong Kong Film Awards this year, and the cultural center is very lively, because considering that there will be some foreign media and filmmakers who do not know Chinese, from a few streets far away, there are words "Hong-Kong-Film-Awards" and "If-you-want-to-go-to-the-cultural-center", please-go-to-this-way".

Although it is still some time before the official opening of the Academy Awards, the cultural center at this time is already full of long guns and short cannons, and the eyes can be seen full of excited media reporters.

"Not to mention, after the establishment of the Academy Awards Association, the scale of this year's awards ceremony is indeed much larger than in previous years!"

"Who says it's not, look over there, it's Japan's "Asahi Shimbun", and there's South Korea's "Chosun Ilbo", good guy, I thought it was strange enough to see newspapers from the mainland and Taiwan Province today, but I didn't expect that even Japan and South Korea had media come over!"

"That's too, don't look at who has changed this year's main organizer!"

Soon after the afternoon, the red carpet laid out by the staff was already full of stars. Since the Oscars took the lead in introducing the innovation of laying out the red carpet and star catwalks, the Academy Awards are not exempt from vulgarity, and they have been learning from the past few years, Hong Kong, as the Pearl of the Far East in the past half century, especially with the continuous rise of the film industry, there is no shortage of beauties and handsome artists, which is also quite interesting.

This year's Red Carpet Catwalk at the Academy Awards is slightly different from that of previous years, although the red carpet catwalk of the Academy Awards in previous years also has the habit of renting luxury cars from rental companies for the temporary use of celebrities, and some of the stars who are invited to walk the red carpet also like to participate in self-driving cars, so not only the luxury car brands that appear during the catwalk are complicated, but also the scheduling is not easy, and occasionally some mistakes will inevitably occur.

This year was different, and the Academy Awards Association initially wanted to find one or two strong sponsors to unify the dispatch of vehicles. It is precisely because of the media publicity under ATV and Lin Xiaozhi that the social expectations for the new Academy Awards began to steam up a few months ago, and seeing that the Hong Kong Film Awards began to show the momentum of Asia's most authoritative film awards, some businesses saw the opportunity. So what everyone didn't expect was that at this time, the Japanese auto giants Toyota and Nissan, who were attacking cities and territories around the world, came to the door one after another and offered to donate a batch of luxury cars to the Academy Awards Association in the form of sponsorship, with only one request, that is, to use them as pick-up vehicles when red carpet stars walked the catwalk.

In previous years, almost all of the luxury car brands that appeared most at the Academy Awards were from Europe, more than half of which were British cars, and the remaining half were German and Italian brands. The same is true for Japanese luxury cars, which have become the first choice for low-income people in Hong Kong to buy cars thanks to the hot sales of the Crown series in Hong Kong. The Japanese auto giants have long been trying to reverse this image, so this year, when they saw the opportunity, they immediately showed more enthusiasm than anyone else.

Compared with the Japanese cars that are not well-known in the Asian luxury car circle, they are obviously more looking forward to the sponsorship of well-known European luxury car manufacturers such as Rolls-Royce, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Ferrari, Maserati, etc., but after the Academy Awards took the initiative to visit, although they did not eat some nails, many European luxury car brands contacted were very cold.

After a round of results, the Academy Awards Association finally signed a three-year cooperation agreement with Lexus, a subsidiary of Toyota, after investigating the brand power of the two luxury car brands under the names of Toyota and Nissan, Lexus and Infiniti. According to the cooperation agreement between the two parties, Toyota will provide 8 top-of-the-line Lexus LS400s to the Academy Awards Association for a three-year warranty and free maintenance, but they must be used for the Academy Awards ceremony in the next three years.

Some media people have been allowed to photograph celebrities entering the catwalk area, and there are also well-known reporters and celebrities laughing and chatting and asking various questions in the interview area.

A brand new Récasas LS400 back and forth, every time the car door is opened in front of the red carpet, there will always be one or two stars, famous directors and even film company executives who make the audience scream, there is no shortage of superstars and stars at the Academy Awards every year, this year is the same, Liu Qingyun and Hu Huizhong, who became popular all over the world because of their roles in "League of Assassins", Li Lianjie and Guan Zhilin, who continue to rise in popularity because of their roles in "Once Upon a Time 2", have long been famous in the Chinese world Hong Kong box office guarantee - Zhou Yunfa, Zhou Xingchi, Jackie Chan...... There are also Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung and others who will be the guests of the 12th Academy Awards.

At the same time, the local Asian television station has obtained the right to broadcast the whole process, and at the same time, the three television stations including Macao, Taiwan, Shenzhen and Singapore have also obtained the broadcasting rights, and the Asian satellite television station has bought the live broadcast in other cities, and it is expected that the audience of about 500 to 8 million in previous years may add about 12 million to 20 million this year.

This year's Academy Awards has also attracted the attention of many foreign fans, Lin Xiaozhi is naturally the biggest reason, in recent years, with an annual high-efficiency and high-quality commercial blockbuster, he has successfully cultivated a group of die-hard fans in Asia and even Europe and the United States, and also made many artists who have worked with him have a certain popularity overseas.

It is undeniable that the economies of Japan, South Korea, Europe and the United States are indeed richer than China, which has just begun to reform, and as a result, many fans have learned that there is also an Oscar-like film award in Hong Kong through the publicity of the Academy Awards Association in the past few months, and they went to Hong Kong at their own expense to enjoy the fun of traveling while participating in it.

After all, the identity is there, even if he didn't walk the red carpet and entered the venue with his family in advance through the side door, but how long did it take Lin Xiaozhi to be invited to the front by the staff of the Academy Awards Association who rushed to the front after hearing the news.

The red-carpet interview area was bustling with people, with celebrities being interviewed separately by media reporters, broadcast film crews walking around, photographers carrying cameras, and sound recorders holding microphone poles.

"It's Lin Sheng!" As soon as Lin Xiaozhi's figure appeared in the red carpet area, he was spotted by a young female reporter wearing a "Oriental Daily" reporter card on her chest, and hurriedly squeezed away some people around her and walked over, and hurriedly handed the microphone and recorder in her hand to him.

"Lin Sheng, can I delay you for a short time to be interviewed?"

Lin Xiaozhi instinctively wanted to refuse, but before the words reached his mouth, he was surrounded by a loud noise around him, and it turned out that his eyes were flexible not only the "Oriental Daily" reporter named 'Jiang Caiqing' in front of him, and soon the swarming entertainers surrounded him.

had no choice but to accept the interview, Lin Xiaozhi said: "I said to media friends, you have so many topic figures who have already been there, what news can you have if you catch me!" ”

Many people only grinned when he heard his self-destructive words, Jiang Caiqing was the first to block him, and he was naturally unwilling to give up this good opportunity, and still did not forget to ask: "Lin Sheng, your new film "League of Assassins" has been nominated for five Academy Awards this year, and you yourself are also recognized by the outside world as the person who is most likely to win the two awards of this year's 'Best Director' and 'Best Commercial Film', what do you personally think?" ”

In the list of nominees for this year's Academy Awards announced not long ago, "League of Assassins", which was released globally, has become the biggest star of this year's Academy Awards, winning a total of five nominations: "Best Director", "Best Actor", "Best Commercial Film", "Best Supporting Actor" and "Best Action Director".

However, the award of "Best Actor" will face the actor Leung Ka-fai, Jackie Chan, Chow Xingchi and others, even if Liu Qingyun's eye-catching performance in "League of Assassins" is not easy. The award of "Best Action Director" is because "League of Assassins" uses a lot of computer synthesis technology, and its innate reputation is worse than that of "Once Upon a Time 2", and it is estimated that it is no play. Therefore, the most likely trophies for this year's "League of Assassins" are actually only "Best Director", "Best Commercial Film" and "Best Supporting Actor".

Lin Xiaozhi smiled: "The only one we are most likely to win is the 'Best Commercial Film', and the others are just unknowns, so even if you ask me, I don't know!" ”

It's not that he heard anything from the Academy Awards Association in advance, the establishment of the 'Best Commercial Film' award was originally proposed by him, and the three most important bases for the selection criteria are box office, popularity and word of mouth, "League of Assassins" swept the world last year close to 3. The box office of 700 million US dollars, equivalent to nearly 2.9 billion Hong Kong dollars, is more than 70% higher than the total box office of Hong Kong in 92 years.

As for the 'Best Director', he just won one last year, and now Hong Kong films are full of talents, and the award for Best Director not only evaluates the director's skills but also takes into account the artistry and social repercussions of the work, and the Academy Awards jury may not vote for him out of the idea of avoiding suspicion.

'Best Supporting Actor' is the same, this award is won by Dillon for "League of Assassins", although the super assassin Mr. X he played in the movie received a bento not long after the opening of the movie, but his performance in the movie jumped over two high-rise buildings, as well as bullet turns, etc., still left a very deep impression on the audience, beating Huang Rihua, Zhou Yunfa, etc. to get the "Best Supporting Actor" nomination. It's just that his opponent is too strong this year, although the movie "Caged People" is extremely poor at the box office in Hong Kong, but the public response and media reputation are so good that they are bursting, but in the reorganized Hong Kong Film Awards, media people still have recommendation votes that cannot be ignored, and Liao Qizhi is very likely to get the 'Best Supporting Actor' with these extra points.

Lin Xiaozhi has always been very tight-mouthed on issues related to family, political opinions, and the new governor of Hong Kong, once asked, he simply pretends not to hear it and never answers, but when asked about some questions related to movies and investment, he will basically reply seriously.

After a few minutes of brief replies to media questions, he stopped replying. Those media reporters also knew that he really didn't need to be as hungry for more exposure as celebrities and artists, so they soon dispersed and looked for other interview targets.

Lin Xiaozhi was also happy to do so, he stood in the crowd and watched with interest the stars who had not yet finished walking the red carpet, occasionally nodding or chatting with friends in the industry who came to say hello, until he was stopped by a slightly stiff English.

"Excuse me, are you Mr. Lin Xiaozhi?"

After hearing the sound and stopped, Lin Xiaozhi turned his face and happened to see a short and fat man in a suit beckoning to him not far away, this person looked like he was in his fifties, with black and white hair that did not affect the first impression of outsiders at all, he was a young old man who was full of energy.

"Lin Quanze!"

Lim Hyo-ji immediately recognized who the other party was, one of the most famous contemporary Korean directors, and it would not be an exaggeration to even say that he was a banner of Korean cinema.

Lin Quanze has spent decades interpreting what is called "stupid birds fly first" and "dripping water through stones", the works shot in his early debut were satirized by a well-known Korean film critic for not being as good as student works, since he entered the industry in the 60s, he once shot three to five movies a year at a terrifying speed, constantly accumulating various shooting skills, trying various shooting theories, and finally after entering the 80s, it came naturally and began to become famous in the world film industry.

An amazing filmmaker!

This is the first time the two have met, and the other party is suspicious, although Lin Xiaozhi recognized his identity, he still pretended to be puzzled, and also learned from him to ask in English: "It's me, Your Excellency?" ”

"Hello Mr. Lin, I have admired my name for a long time. My name is Lim Kwon-taek and I'm from South Korea! ”

Lin Quanze hurriedly walked over with a woman who looked to be at most twenty-seven or eighteen years old and had an outstanding appearance, and another handsome young man who looked about the same age as the woman, bowed slightly to him with great respect, and introduced himself.

"You are the director of "A Song of Tragedy", Lin Quanze, long admiration! I am also one of the judges of the Academy Awards jury, and I have had the pleasure of watching this work before, these two should be Mr. Kim Gyu-chul and Miss Oh Jung-hae, who played the male and female protagonists of the movie, right? ”

Lin Quanze's "Song of Tragedy" is one of the film works that are most likely to win the first Academy Awards 'Best Foreign Language Film' after the reorganization, although he himself has learned this from the media publicity for most of the past half a month, but in front of Lin Xiaozhi still has enough respect, and he doesn't dare to show any arrogance because he is almost twice his age, and he is very happy to be recognized by him, and introduces him with a smile: "This is Miss Wu Zhenhai, this is Mr. Kim Gyu-chul!" ”

If you want to talk about Lin Quanze, his background is not ordinary. His family was a well-known businessman in Jeolla Province as early as the Japanese colonial era, otherwise he would not have been qualified to make films on the camera immediately after entering the industry in the 60s, and after entering the 70s, he once made an average of three or five films a year, and he could not afford it without a certain family background.

However, although his background is good, if you compare his family background, it is far from the Lin family; If you compare your career, although he entered the industry 30 years earlier, the movies he has made so far are not as good as Lin Xiaozhi's "League of Assassins" last year, which earned more than a fraction; If you compare your international popularity, although he often appears at European and American film festivals, Lin Xiaozhi is now famous all over the world, and has been praised by many well-known media in Europe and the United States as "the best in Asia" and "a world-class commercial film director", no wonder he is a little flattered.

Kim Gyu-chul and Oh Jung-hae greeted him stiffly, of course, they all used English, and it was not standard.

Fortunately, Lin Xiaozhi didn't care about these things, his eyes only stayed on the two of them for a short moment, and then turned to Lin Quanze again.

The movie "A Song of Tragedy", how to say it, if from a commercial point of view, the film is too long, the plot is flat, and a tragic line has come to an end, unless it is released in South Korea, there may be some audiences who buy it, or Europe, where there are many young people, may also sell some box office in some small theaters, it is not easy to attract young people to pay for the theater to watch the movie.

But if from an artistic point of view, the whole movie is colorful, the music is full of South Korean style, the dissection of human nature, the nostalgia for the beauty of the past, and the interpretation of an era under the impact of old and new ideas, all of which perfectly scratch the itch in the hearts of professional film critics and filmmakers.

Hong Kong is the best place for commercial cinema in all of Asia, and that is Bollywood in India, where most movies are almost dressed like peacocks and dancing.

Asian movies look at Hong Kong, this is the best praise for this dazzling Oriental Hollywood in this era. Although Lin Quanze had heard of the glory of Hong Kong films before, he didn't pay much attention to it because most of the films he made were art films. It wasn't until recent years, with the rise of Lin Xiaozhi and the Asian system, that almost every year, at least one commercial blockbuster from Hong Kong swept the Asian and even European and American markets, achieving an astonishing box office of more than 100 million US dollars, that I began to pay attention.

"League of Assassins", which was released last year, undoubtedly brought him a stronger stimulus, not to mention that as a foreign-language film, in South Korea, where the people are more xenophobic, it was able to almost monopolize the best screenings of Korean theaters during the same period during the release period and caused a national movie-watching frenzy, and after inquiring, I learned that it was finally swept away in the world3. After the $700 million box office, he was even more stunned.

3 of this era. What is the concept of $700 million, even if calculated at the exchange rate of the U.S. and South Korea's currencies that changed not long ago, it is more than 610 billion won, and you must know that the total size of the entire Korean industry in '92 was just over 440 billion won. In addition to Lin Xiaozhi, there are also many commercial film directors such as Tsui Hark and Tang Jili, and the series of films such as "Wong Fei Hung" and "Police Story" shot by Hong Kong are also popular and popular in South Korea and Asia.

We must learn from Hong Kong and learn the latest and best filmmaking concepts to revitalize the country's film industry.

In addition to the major film companies began to send people to Hong Kong to hire Hong Kong filmmakers to participate in their own film shooting, filmmakers like Lin Quanze are also actively seeking cooperation with well-known Hong Kong film companies, and his favorite is undoubtedly the most powerful Lin Xiaozhi's Media Asia Group, so this time he has this time to send his new film that has not yet been released to the Academy Awards for the Best Foreign Language Film Gold Cup.

It's a little sour, and afterwards he voted for it with the one he was holding in his hand, which shows Lin Quanze's directing skills.

Hong Kong is the best place for commercial cinema in all of Asia, and that is Bollywood in India, where most movies are almost dressed like peacocks and dancing.

Asian movies look at Hong Kong, this is the best praise for this dazzling Oriental Hollywood in this era. Although Lin Quanze had heard of the glory of Hong Kong films before, he didn't pay much attention to it because most of the films he made were art films. It wasn't until recent years, with the rise of Lin Xiaozhi and the Asian system, that almost every year, at least one commercial blockbuster from Hong Kong swept the Asian and even European and American markets, achieving an astonishing box office of more than 100 million US dollars, that I began to pay attention.

"League of Assassins", which was released last year, undoubtedly brought him a stronger stimulus, not to mention that as a foreign-language film, in South Korea, where the people are more xenophobic, it was able to almost monopolize the best screenings of Korean theaters during the same period during the release period and caused a national movie-watching frenzy, and after inquiring, I learned that it was finally swept away in the world3. After the $700 million box office, he was even more stunned.

3 of this era. What is the concept of $700 million, even if calculated at the exchange rate of the U.S. and South Korea's currencies that changed not long ago, it is more than 610 billion won, and you must know that the total size of the entire Korean industry in '92 was just over 440 billion won. In addition to Lin Xiaozhi, there are also many commercial film directors such as Tsui Hark and Tang Jili, and the series of films such as "Wong Fei Hung" and "Police Story" shot by Hong Kong are also popular and popular in South Korea and Asia.

We must learn from Hong Kong and learn the latest and best filmmaking concepts to revitalize the country's film industry.

In addition to the major film companies began to send people to Hong Kong to hire Hong Kong filmmakers to participate in their own film shooting, filmmakers like Lin Quanze are also actively seeking cooperation with well-known Hong Kong film companies, and his favorite is undoubtedly the most powerful Lin Xiaozhi's Media Asia Group, so this time he has this time to send his new film that has not yet been released to the Academy Awards for the Best Foreign Language Film Gold Cup.