After drafting eight guidelines, the seven-member team then invited colleagues from the Hong Kong film industry to discuss the event. Shaw Brothers, although Golden Harvest and Hui's have always been on the wrong path, they are still optimistic about the creation of awards belonging to Hong Kong filmmakers.

They also know that if Hong Kong films want to become big and establish their own influence, then an award ceremony is indispensable. The awards ceremony is not only an incentive for Hong Kong filmmakers, but also a role in outlining the list.

However, they also have their own opinions, and they don't want to leave the award ceremony to "Phantom of the East" magazine. After all, this magazine is owned by the Hui Group, and no matter how much it advertises fairness and justice, it will always make people feel awkward.

Regarding the opinions of the two major film companies, Xu originally wanted to fight again. However, after listening to the report, Xu Guanwu agreed with the opinions of the two film companies and did not hand it over to "Phantom of the East" magazine.

In fact, Xu Guanwu's purpose is just to create an award for Hong Kong films, and it doesn't matter to him whether it is handed over to "The Phantom of the East" magazine. Leave it to "Phantom of the East" magazine, and sales will not increase much. If it is not handed over to "Phantom of the East" magazine, sales will not drop much.

Hong Kong has always been a small city with a few million people, and the sales of movie magazines will not be much higher. "The Phantom of the East" has been released for so many years, striving for perfection and quality, and the sales volume is only more than 80,000 copies. Although it is already the best-selling film magazine in Hong Kong, it is not outstanding in terms of profitability, and it is only a slight surplus at present.

Even if it is handed over to "The Phantom of the East" to hold an award ceremony, the sales of one or two thousand copies will increase. For Xu Guanwu, it's just chicken ribs. Since the two major companies don't want Xu's to take advantage. Then take out the right to host the event and let's do it together. There is nothing to argue about.

Seeing that Xu Guanwu agreed with their opinions, the two major film companies didn't argue at all, and they couldn't help but feel a little strange. But now that the right to host the event has been handed over, let's move on.

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Haiwei House, a serious Shanghi restaurant, a restaurant frequented by Sir Shao, seems to be located in a remote and inconspicuous location, but in fact, there is something else inside. It is one of the favorite restaurants of many old Shang Hi people.

Decades ago, when there was a lot of war in the mainland, many Shang Hi businessmen moved their business to Hong Kong and brought their favorite Shang Hi dishes with them. Because Shanghi was a ten-mile foreign market at that time, an international bustling metropolis, and Hong Kong was just a backward fishing village at that time, Shanghi Restaurant was once a high-end restaurant that could only be visited by wealthy businessmen.

It's just that decades have passed, and now Hong Kong's manufacturing industry is declining, and the Shanghai businessmen who started with manufacturing are gradually declining, but the Chaoshan Gang, which started with real estate, has begun to rise. As a result, the originally famous seafood house has gradually been forgotten.

But today, Seafood House seems to be a little more lively than usual. The hall was full of people, and although there were dishes on the table, the taste was excellent, and it was cooked by the master of Haiweiju himself, but almost no one moved the chopsticks, and everyone seemed to be waiting for something.

They are the owners of 100 film and television companies in Hong Kong, and today they received a joint invitation from the three major film companies to come to Haiwei Ju to discuss the holding of the award ceremony.

Although they heard some rumors before, they didn't know what the rules of the road were, so they all had some doubts in their hearts, no matter how delicious the dish was and how mellow the wine was, everyone would be tasteless.

Just when everyone was a little impatient to wait, they heard a person shouting, "Mr. Xu Guanwu of Xu's Group, Mr. Zou Wenhuai of Golden Harvest Pictures, and Mr. Shao Yifu of Shaw Pictures are here!" ”

Everyone present changed color together, and some even stood up in shock. As soon as the door opened, Xu Guanwu, Shao Yifu, and Zou Wenhuai walked in side by side.

Everyone present was dumbfounded, no matter what they thought, they never thought that these three people would walk together, it was like a fantasy.

Needless to say, Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest have been showing signs since the day Golden Harvest was founded, and although there was a sense of reconciliation halfway, they were still unable to go further. As for Hui's and Golden Harvest, they have also retaken the old road before Golden Harvest, but the latecomers are on top, and now they are firmly above Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, and their strength has become the first Hong Kong film company.

These three companies can be described as endless rivals, and I didn't expect to see these three people today, but they seem to be close comrades-in-arms. What kind of medicine is sold in this gourd, for a while, the second monk of the film company here was puzzled.

The three of them came to the chairman's seat and gave each other humility, and Sir Shao Yifu sat on the seat at the end, starting with Zou Wenhuai of Golden Harvest, Xu Guanwu was the youngest and the least qualified, and he was in the last seat.

Everyone here watched quietly, and no company dared to speak out for a while.

After sitting down, the three of them glanced at each other, and the most senior and senior Sir Shao spoke.

"Colleagues in the film industry, I invite you here today mainly to discuss the preparation of our Hong Kong Film Awards Ceremony." Sir Shao stood up and said with a smile.

Everyone tilted their heads and listened carefully, as if elementary school students were in class, and no one dared to be naughty. In fact, apart from a few leftist film companies, if the films of other film companies want to be released, they have to go through the theatrical chains of these three film companies. That being the case, the bosses of these three companies sit on it and speak, and who dares to move around? I don't want a job, don't you.

"After discussing with Mr. Wen Huai and Mr. Xu, I drew up a draft, and now I put it forward for everyone to study. If you have any comments, you can also put them forward. Sir Shao said with a smile.

Although the people below still had a serious expression on their faces, they had already slandered in their hearts, "The three of you have discussed it, how dare we object?" Entertainer! ”

"That's right, our three film companies plan to take the lead in forming a Heung Kong Film Club, and the award ceremony will be held by the Heung Kong Film Club. As for the Hong Kong Film Club, any company registered in Hong Kong and has made a film can apply for membership, and the membership fee is 10,000 Hong Kong dollars. In addition to being responsible for the film award ceremony, the Hong Kong Film Club is more important to help the film company solve problems, such as financial problems. Cinema issues. Employee issues and more. Sir Shao said with a smile.

Everyone listened and looked at each other. The membership fee of 10,000 yuan is just a small meaning for them, but is there really such a good welfare, even the problem of funding, theater problems, and staff problems can be solved? It's not a dream, is it?!

"I can tell you very sincerely that this is not a dream, we really want to promote the development of Hong Kong films, so we established this Hong Kong Film Club." Shao Yifu said with a smile. "For the sake of fairness, none of our three companies will be the president of the Heung Kong Film Club, and the president will be elected by anonymous vote. In addition, our three film companies will each contribute HK$3.33 million, making up HK$9.99 million to be used as a fund to support small companies. All members of the Heung Kong Film Club can apply for financial support from the Association with the project, which is interest-free. ”

When everyone present heard Sir Shao say this, they all looked at each other, unable to believe their ears. It's okay if no one from the three major film companies is the chairman. The point is, this support fund is just fantastic. One of the things that plagues film companies now is theaters, and the other is actors. The other is funding.

Now the investment in Hong Kong films is getting higher and higher, and the previous investment of one million was considered a high-cost investment, but now it is only a medium cost. Many film companies want to develop, but they have no financial support, especially those young talents who are new to the industry, have ideals and ambitions, and they are facing the problem of lack of funds. If the support fund can really help them solve some of their funding problems, it will really help them a lot.

"There are many benefits of the Xiangjiang Film Club, and we will have a meeting in the future to introduce them in detail." Sir Shao smiled and didn't talk in detail about the Xiangjiang Film Club, "Now let's mainly talk about the award ceremony." The award ceremony was divided into fifteen awards, Best Picture, Best Actor and Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Actress, Best Newcomer and Actress, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Action Design, Best Costume Design, Best Soundtrack, Best Editing, Best Song, Best Soundtrack...... Each award is voted for by professionals. To this end, the Heung Kong Film Club will have a director department, an actor department, a martial arts department, a screenwriting department, a musician department, a behind-the-scenes department, etc., and all the companies that join the Heung Kong Film Club will automatically obtain membership. Each year, the judges are voted for by the members of each department, and then the judges vote for each award. ”

The interest of major film companies in the Hong Kong Film Club is significantly greater than in the award ceremony. Because now the directors, actors, screenwriters, photographers, etc., are all in the hands of the three major film companies, and it is difficult for other companies to compete with them. The annual awards ceremony is just the three major film companies competing for awards, and it is difficult for other film companies to get involved. It's like the Academy Awards seem fair, but in fact, most of the time it's just the eight major film companies that share the pork, and the small film companies want to win the award.

So Sir Shao spoke there for a long time, and everyone listened quietly for a long time, and the atmosphere became very awkward for a while.

Sir Shao talked for a long time, and seeing that everyone was not interested, he had to stop first, "Okay, about the award ceremony, if you don't understand, we'll talk about it in detail." Now, I would like to invite Mr. Xu, the youngest and most promising of us, to give you a few words. ”

Wow! Applause was thunderous! Sir Shao's face couldn't help but be a little embarrassed.

Xu Guanwu stood up, "Our Hong Kong is now known as the Hollywood of the East, and the total size of the film market last year was 2.5 billion Hong Kong dollars, far exceeding Taiwan's NT$3 billion. But Taiwanese filmmakers have the Golden Horse Awards, what do we Hong Kong filmmakers have? No, we don't have anything. We Hong Kong filmmakers have to beg the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards for an award every year, shame! As a Hong Kong filmmaker, I feel ashamed. We make several times more money than the group of people in Taiwan, so many Taiwanese artists want to come to Hong Kong to develop, so why can't we set up our own film awards? ”

Xu Guanwu's words suddenly made all the bosses present feel in good spirits, and they all looked at him with high spirits. "Don't worry that the awards ceremony will become a game for our three major film companies, I have reached an agreement with Sir Shao and Boss Zou that the total number of awards won by our three companies every year shall not exceed two-thirds," Xu Guanwu smiled and said, "And similar to the voting for awards such as Best Film, Best Actor and Actress, we will also give appropriate tilt to small companies, so the probability of winning awards is also very high." ”

Hearing Xu Guanwu say this, the faces of everyone present were much better, at least they knew that they had a share in winning the award, not just accompanying them throughout the whole process.

"The first award ceremony is scheduled for March next year, and the exact time will be discussed. All films released by the member companies of the Hong Kong Film Society this year can participate in the competition for the awards. Xu Guanwu smiled and said, "The first award ceremony will be broadcast by TVB, and the broadcast fee will be used for the first Xiangjiang Film Festival, and the insufficient part or surplus will be paid from the membership fee of the Xiangjiang Film Club." ”

"Mr. Xu, after talking about it for so long, what should we call this award ceremony?" One of them suddenly asked aloud.

"Well, that's a good question, I suggest it just call it the Academy Awards." Xu Guan Wudao. (To be continued......)