Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

Hosting the Hong Kong Film Awards has actually been in Lin Daoqiu's plan.

When Chen Baisheng came to see him before, the reason why Lin Daoqiu made so many excuses was that he did not intend to bring him into the partnership, because Lin Daoqiu wanted to hold the Academy Award in his own hands.

Although it cannot be said that he wants to control the ownership of these awards, Lin Daoqiu's purpose is to make the Academy Awards a film awards ceremony that is famous in Asia and even internationally.

If Chen Baisheng and others are allowed to take the lead in the Hong Kong Film Awards, I am afraid that the entire Hong Kong Film Awards will become very niche. This is completely different from Lin Daoqiu's idea of ​​promoting Xiangjiang movies to the world.

Moreover, these people only have local movies in their minds, and have never thought that sticking to such a small market will sooner or later lead to a dead end.

These people do not realize that the reason why Xiangjiang movies can develop is because regions outside Hong Kong are a major driving force supporting the development of Xiangjiang movies.

In later generations, with the massive invasion of Hollywood special effects films, the share of Xiangjiang films in various Asian regions has shrunk, which has led to a sharp decline in the number of film productions.

By 2017, Xiangjiang's annual film production was only about 60 films, while this number was 234 films in 1993.

In order to prevent Hong Kong films from making the same mistakes, the Academy Awards should bear Lin Daoqiu’s plans for the future of Hong Kong films.

In the future, the proportion of large-scale productions and special effects films in Xiangjiang movies will become higher and higher, so timely publicity is also very important.

As for low-budget art films and other types of films, Lin Daoqiu will not let them disappear completely, but he will not focus on promoting them. He will still reserve some space for those films.

But when Lin Daoqiu was planning the Hong Kong Film Awards, Chen Baisheng and Shu Qi suddenly came directly to the door.

As soon as these two people entered Lin Daoqiu's office, they didn't seem very happy. After all, Chen Baisheng felt that Lin Daoqiu had taken the award ceremony away from him.

"Mr. Lin, if I remember correctly, I mentioned this matter to you at the New Year's reception last year, but why didn't you inform us that you were planning to organize the film awards ceremony?"

Chen Baisheng seemed very dissatisfied with Lin Daoqiu's approach. He felt that he had been tricked by Lin Daoqiu.

Lin Daoqiu didn't seem to feel much about Chen Baisheng's questioning. He just smiled and asked the two people to sit down, and then asked Fang Jinsheng to pour them a glass of water.

"Don't be angry, you two. There was a reason why I didn't inform you at that time."

When Chen Baisheng heard what Lin Daoqiu said, he really thought there might be something wrong, so Lin Daoqiu did not inform them.

But what Lin Daoqiu said next made Chen Baisheng and Shu Qi so angry that they almost turned over the table.

"Because I don't think you are suitable to host or participate in this award ceremony, that's why I didn't notify you, and I didn't intend for you to interfere."

Chen Baisheng and Shu Qi were shocked when they heard this, because Lin Daoqiu's words were obviously looking down on them.

Although the sales volume of "Film Biweekly" is not high, it still has a group of regular readers in Hong Kong, and both Chen Baisheng and Shu Qi consider themselves to be the most professional film practitioners in the film industry.

But they didn't expect Lin Daoqiu to say that they were not suitable. This almost made Chen Baisheng and Shu Qi furious.

"Mr. Lin, do you think we are not strong enough? Or are you worried that we will get in your way?"

As soon as Lin Daoqiu finished speaking, Chen Baisheng immediately realized that Lin Daoqiu suddenly wanted to hold this award ceremony for his own benefit, not for the sake of Xiangjiang Film.

If the other party really wants the good of Xiangjiang Film, they should be open-minded and accept the advice of more professionals.

"Although I don't know who the judges Mr. Lin will invite at that time, I can guarantee that even if your award is awarded, it will have no credibility and will never be recognized by the public."

Regarding Chen Baisheng's words, Lin Daoqiu just smiled and seemed not to take them seriously at all.

After all, the Academy Awards produced by Chen Baisheng and others in the previous generation were basically random in the first edition. Even if it were made into a comedy, I'm afraid it wouldn't feel out of place.

Tsui Hark once said in an interview: "At the first Academy Awards, we all wore shorts and sneakers on stage."

Even the trophies were still made of wood at that time. In later generations, only Hui Yinghong still retained the trophy from the 1st Academy Awards, and the others had disappeared.

Chen Baisheng and others certainly deserve the greatest credit for the development of the Hong Kong Film Awards, but the biggest reason is that Hong Kong needs an awards ceremony.

In fact, in the final analysis, it is needed because there is demand. If such a grand event carrying the glory of Hong Kong movies falls into the hands of Chen Baisheng and others, it will only delay the development prospects of Hong Kong movies.

"I respect Mr. Chen's guess, but I still haven't considered letting you participate in the Academy Awards. As for who will be the judge then, you don't need to worry about this matter."

The idea of ​​excluding Chen Baisheng and Shu Qi from the Academy Awards will not change.

They may be good film critics and may have their own unique views on movies, but if they are allowed to control such an awards ceremony, this is something Lin Daoqiu does not want to see.

Chen Baisheng originally wanted to argue with Lin Daoqiu, but Shu Qi next to him shook his head, as if to indicate that Chen Baisheng did not need to continue talking.

Because even he could see that Lin Daoqiu was very resistant to them. Although he didn't know why the other party was like this, Shu Qi could already feel that this Academy Award had no chance for them.

After coming out of New Oriental Company, the aggrieved Chen Baisheng couldn't help but speak before he even got in the car.

"Why don't you let me continue talking? If he is allowed to mess around like this, what future will Xiangjiang Film have?"

Chen Baisheng couldn't understand why Shu Qi didn't let him continue talking just now, because he had a lot of things in his stomach that he didn't say out loud.

"Haven't you seen it yet? Lin Daoqiu has no intention of letting us participate in this award ceremony, so no matter what you say, it won't help."

Shu Qi seemed very calm, perhaps because he had seen Lin Daoqiu's thoughts, so he did not let Chen Baisheng continue to waste his words in front of the other party.

"Does this Lin Daoqiu really think that he can do whatever he wants because he controls the theater chain in Xiangjiang? I, Chen Baisheng, don't believe it. He can hold an awards ceremony, can't we hold it?"

As soon as Chen Baisheng revealed this idea, Shu Qi next to him opened his eyes wide because he didn't expect Chen Baisheng to be so stubborn.

But when I thought about it, Shu Qi himself was actually very unconvinced. He was even considering whether to hold this award ceremony together with Chen Baisheng to give Lin Daoqiu's arrogance a good blow.

So in the latest issue of "Movie Biweekly", an incident was published that surprised everyone.

"In order to promote the development of Hong Kong and Hong Kong and encourage outstanding filmmakers in the past year, Film Biweekly and Hong Kong Radio will hold a grand film awards ceremony."