Treasure Island 1992, starting from the Four Little Heavenly Kings

Chapter 374 Chen Jia Shang

Although the quality of Hong Kong movies in 1995 has declined compared to 1994, it is still good overall.

At least, in terms of awards popularity, many movies are not inferior to the 1994 movie.

Among them, the films that were shortlisted for the most Academy Awards last year were undoubtedly "Woman, [-]" and "Fallen Angel" by Hong Kong female literary director Hui Anhua.

Among these two films, "Fallen Angel" has the greatest reputation for winning major awards.

Although Wang Da Sunglasses is arrogant, even Chen Qiming has to admit that many people in the literary and artistic media like his movies very much.

This has resulted in his films being shortlisted for the most awards, second only to Ann Hui's "Woman [-]".

And it has the loudest voice in major awards.

However, there is a saying in the entertainment industry.

Those with the loudest voices are the least likely to win.

The same applies to Fallen Angels.

The quality of Xu Anhua's "Women at Forty" is also very high.

And Xu Anhua, like Tsui Hark and others, is the leader of Hong Kong's new wave of movies.

Therefore, in the selection of awards, most judges tend to vote for "Woman [-]".

Chen Qiming and the second jury sat in the office for nearly four or five hours.

All the awards that will be awarded tomorrow have been voted on.

Among them, "Woman [-]" was shortlisted for ten awards and won six awards.

And these six awards are not small awards.

they are, respectively:
Best movie

Best director

Best Screenplay

best male lead

best actress

best supporting actor

Each of the six awards is the most important award at the Academy Awards.

To be honest, when the final voting results came out, even Chen Qiming was shocked.

Six heavyweight awards, all of which are the most heavyweight. This kind of thing has never happened in the entire history of the Academy Awards.

From this, we can also see how influential Hui Anhua is in the Hong Kong film industry.

After "Woman [-]" won the most important awards, the remaining awards began to be divided up by other films.

"Fallen Angel" ultimately only won two awards: Best Supporting Actress and Best Cinematography.

Originally, according to the voting, "Fallen Angel" was expected to win the award for Best Original Film Music.

But in this award, Chen Qiming's "The Storm" suddenly emerged and won this award by one vote.

Of course, "The Storm" didn't just win this award.

Best Costume Design, Best Film Song and Best Action Design were all won by Feng Yun.

It is worth mentioning that Qiming Film and Television has had a good year this year.

Except "Wind and Cloud".

"Death Comes" also won awards for Best Editing and Best Special Effects Production

It is a pity that the Hong Kong staff of the "Anaconda" crew did not meet the Academy Award nomination standards.

Otherwise, with this film's international achievements, Chen Qiming believes that it will definitely make a difference at the Academy Awards.

At the very least, "Anaconda" is highly competitive in the awards for Best Screenplay and Best Actor.

"It's a pity that Wong Kar-wai contacted many people and asked them to vote for his "Fallen Angel", but obviously, Ann Hui is better."

"Tsk...that guy's face will definitely look bad when he finds out the news. "Fallen Angel" is a favorite to win the award, but..."

At the end of the selection, the judges began to leave the office in an orderly manner.

Chen Qiming was walking with Liu Weiqiang, Wang Jing, and Chen Jiashang, and from time to time he could hear someone talking about Wong Kar-wai.

Chen Qiming understood it.

It is said that Wong Kar-wai secretly found many judges to canvass votes for this award.

But obviously, although he is known as the King of Literature and Art, he is far behind Xu Anhua, the leader of the new wave of movies in the 80s.

"Fallen Angel" was finally defeated by "Woman [-]" in this award.

"Sheng Chen, has Wong Kar-wai come looking for you?"

While walking, Chen Jiashang asked curiously.

"How to say?"

Chen Qiming asked with interest.

It was in the morning that Wong Kar-wai came to see him. In less than a day, Chen Jiashang actually found out about it, which made him very curious.

“The Oriental Daily Evening News reported this incident, and in the photos taken by the reporter, Wong Kar-wai’s face looked ugly.

Therefore, I speculate that he should have approached you to canvass for votes, but you rejected him! "

Chen Jiashang took out a newspaper from nowhere and handed it to Chen Qiming.

"Chan Kai Ming became a member of the second round jury of this year's Hong Kong Film Awards. Wong Kar-wai privately approached Chen Kai Ming to canvass votes, and the two eventually broke up."

Newspaper headline information is very close to reality.

The cover photo shows Chen Qiming watching Wong Kar-wai coldly as he leaves his house. Wong's face is ashen, and his whole figure looks very lonely under the reporter's photography skills.

"Just think this is fake news!"

Chen Qiming took a look and did not admit that he and Wong Kar-wai broke up on bad terms.

Chen Qiming doesn't really want the outside world to pay too much attention to anyone he has personal grudges with.

Paper cannot hold fire.

Although sooner or later his relationship with Wong Kar-wai will be known.

But he didn't want this to spread until it was completely discovered.

The media has no lower limit.

They always make wild guesses.

If they were to prove that Chen Qiming had a grudge against Wong Kar-wai, various grievances and grudges would inevitably be described.

Therefore, he would not talk about it with anyone.

This can better protect your privacy.

“I’m very grateful to Director Chen for supporting me at the review meeting just now.

this is my name card.

I have always admired your talent, Mr. Chen, and your collaboration with Mr. Zhou on "Su Qier" fits my definition of tragicomedy very well.

I hope to have the opportunity to cooperate with you. "

When they walked to the gate and said goodbye, Chen Qiming handed Chen Jiashang his personal business card, asking him to contact him if he had anything to do, and expressed his optimism for him.

He felt that there should be time for him and Chen Jiashang to cooperate.

And if we cooperate, there will definitely be good sparks.

In addition, it seems that Chen Jia has nothing to write about in the Hong Kong film industry.

But to be honest, he still has a good status in the entire Hong Kong film industry.

After graduating from high school, he worked at Shaw Brothers. In 1980, he began working in the film special effects team of Shaw Brothers, and participated in the special effects production of films such as "Interstellar" and "Sunday".Like Lau Chun-wai, another Hong Kong film creative talent, he is a restless person.

Because he was working as a special effects artist for movies, he had long dreamed of being a director one day after getting into movies. He knew that it would be difficult to realize his dream by being a special effects artist, so he began to try to learn to be a screenwriter.

He first worked as a film screenwriter at Shaw Brothers.

In 1984, he co-wrote the screenplay for the romantic comedy "Fate" with Chen Qingjia and Zheng Danshui, officially starting his dream of directing.

During this period, he participated in the creation of a large number of movie scripts, the famous one being "The Story of a Pretty Girl".

In 88, he joined Sammo Hung's Debao Films and was officially promoted to the position of executive director.

Also in the same year, he began to serve as executive director in the romantic comedy "The World of Three".

This film co-starred Lin Zixiang, Zheng Yuling, and Zhou Huimin, and achieved good results in the top ten box office lists that year.

Later, he formed a fan film company with Zheng Danrui and others, specializing in sketch-style comedies.

In addition, he also served as the screenwriter of the action film "The Flying Dragon", which co-starred Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan, and Yuen Biao.

In 1989, he directed the romantic comedy "Little Man's Weekly" co-starring Zheng Danshui and Zheng Yuling. For this film, he was nominated for the Best Screenplay Award at the 9th Hong Kong Film Awards. It can be said that he officially became a screenwriter. Completely famous in this position

In the same year, he wrote and directed the action film "City Judge" co-starring Wan Ziliang, Xu Shaoqiang and Gong Jialing.

In 1990, he directed the romantic comedy "The Mistake in Shinjuku" co-starring Zheng Danrui and Zheng Yuling.

Then came his most glorious two years.

He has collaborated with Stephen Chow on hit films such as "The Dragon Back to School" and "Su Qier", becoming one of the most popular directors at the box office.

Except that Chen Jiashang himself is excellent and was the first to stand up and publicly vote for him at the meeting.

There is another reason why Chen Qiming values ​​Chen Jiashang.

This reason is that Chen Jiashang has two very famous director apprentices in the future.

One is Chen Musheng, who directed "The Love of Heaven", which made Andy Lau popular in Asia.

Although Chen Musheng does not continue to follow Chen Jiashang, he has joined Jiahe and became a general under Jiahe.

But as long as Chen Jiashang joins Chen Qiming's film company.

After Jiahe collapses, Chen Musheng can not only enter Qiming Film and Television directly, but at least he can maintain a good relationship with Qiming Film and Television, allowing Qiming Film and Television to have the opportunity to invest in his movies.

And another apprentice of Chen Jiashang, Lin Chaoxian.

Although he is not well-known now, he has been serving as the deputy director of Chen Jiashang.

But Chen Qiming knew that director Chen Jiashang would take off in a few years and become a mainstay among Hong Kong's Mesozoic directors.

From the dream, Chen Qiming discovered that his life experience was very perfect.

His robber films are among the best in Hong Kong.

Police films such as "The Witness", "The Informant" and "Dragon" can all be regarded as classics.

In addition, several of his films shot after 10 years have achieved both box office and word-of-mouth success.

"Guild Wars", "Operation Mekong", and "Operation Red Sea" can all be regarded as models of commercial films.

In the future, he will be the highest-grossing director in Hong Kong.

Two apprentices, plus he is also a very talented director and screenwriter.

This made Chen Qiming very envious of Chen Jiashang and hoped to win him over to Qiming Films.

“I think there is no one in Hong Kong who would not want to cooperate with Qiming Films, and I am no exception.

I will contact Chen Sheng. "

Chen Jiashang took Chen Qiming's business card with a smile on his face.

The reason why he was the first to stand up and publicly express his support for Chen Qiming to join the Hong Kong Film Awards Association today.

Isn’t the purpose just to get in touch with Chen Qiming?
Now that the goal has been achieved, he is naturally very happy.

"Then I hope you can bring me a good project when we meet next time!"

Chen Qiming smiled and shook hands with him to say goodbye.

Then, Chen Qiming said goodbye to Wang Jing and Liu Weiqiang, got in the car under the watch of several people, and went straight to Fulinmen.

Fook Lam Moon in Hong Kong is not just a hotel.

Fook Lam Moon has several stores throughout Hong Kong, and it is one of the few wealthy resident restaurants that has opened branches.

The origin of this restaurant is quite interesting.

Its founder is Xu Fuquan, who was born in Guangdong in 1908 and entered the catering industry as an apprentice at the age of 14.

Due to his outstanding ability, at the age of 30, he was spotted by Sir Robert Ho Tung (uncle of Stanley Ho's father) and hired as a personal chef at home.

Sir Ho Tung was a generous man and treated Xu Fu very well over the years.It was a pity that Xu Fuquan was not here. Soon, he used the money he had saved from working for many years to set up his own business and founded the predecessor of Fulinmen - Fuji Restaurant.

Xu Fuquan knows how to run a business. In order to create a gimmick, he built Fuji into a high-end restaurant that specializes in custom-made banquets for the rich and prominent nobles.

It also pioneered the "pending order system", which allows regular customers to settle their bills on a monthly basis. The rich are very popular and feel that eating here is a status symbol.

In terms of dishes, Xu Fuquan combines traditional Cantonese cuisine with Western food and creates many novel dishes.Over time, the stomachs of the rich were also tied up, and Fuji's business became more and more prosperous day by day. In 1953, Fu Ji changed its name to "Fu Lin Men", which means "luck comes to the door", and was officially opened for business.

One branch after another, it also gained the reputation of a Michelin-starred restaurant.

Among them, what makes Fulinmen most famous is that it is one of the few wealthy restaurants in Hong Kong and Macao.

Hong Kong tycoons including Stanley Ho, the Hui family, and Liu Egg-hung are all frequent visitors here.

There are even more celebrities among them.

This is the first choice for many entertainment stars to treat guests to dinner.

A large number of celebrities come and go, naturally making Fulinmen the best place for reporters to stay close to celebrities.

When Chen Qiming came to Fook Lam Gate in Tsim Sha Tsui, he was chased excitedly by seven or eight reporters who were squatting there. They didn't give up until he entered the restaurant.

"Chen Sheng, here!"

As soon as Chen Qiming entered Fulinmen, Xiang Huasheng, who was waiting in the lobby in advance, saw him.

He was sitting on the sofa in the hall with Zhang Min, who had collaborated with Chen Qiming. Next to him, a waiter was serving tea to the two of them thoughtfully.

Seeing Chen Qiming come in, the two of them immediately stood up.

Xiang Huasheng walked over with a smile.

"Li Jiaxin is not with you?"

Xiang Huasheng asked with a funny look on his face.

Chen Qiming was a little confused when he heard this. He glanced at the other corner of the hall and immediately saw a figure.

Seeing that man, Chen Qiming immediately understood why Xiang Huasheng's expression was so strange.

Liu Eggiong is actually here too.

As we all know, Michelle Reis once had a relationship with Liu Egg-hung.

Obviously, Xiang Huasheng is looking forward to seeing the scene where Chen Qiming and Li Jiaxin meet Liu Egging Xiong.

Of course, this is not a malicious expectation.

I just thought it was fun to watch.

"Sister Zhang Min, long time no see!"

Chen Qiming did not answer Xiang Huasheng's question and greeted Zhang Min instead.

The two had collaborated on Skip to School Gaiden before, and their relationship was pretty good.

However, since then, the two sides have rarely seen each other.

"Probably a year! The last time we met was at Saturday Fu's annual meeting!"

Zhang Min smiled lightly.

(End of this chapter)