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Volume 1 Chapter 605: Fire before it arrives

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    While Lin Xiaozhi was still busy filming the new movie "The Mummy" in Egypt, in Hong Kong, as mid-February was coming to an end, a media feast was also coming.  Hong Zuxing looked at a document on the table that was bound together with only three pieces of 16k document paper, with a flash of excitement in his eyes.  "Old Wu, do you mean that ATV agrees with us to set the announcement time of this year's nominations in three days?" The document before him is naturally not aside, but now Hong Kong and even many East Asian regions are curious to follow  The anticipated list of nominees for the new Academy Awards.  Compared with previous years, this year's Academy Award nominations were announced at least half a month later.  However, this is also Lin Xiaozhi's suggestion. He knows very well that in the short term, the Hong Kong film industry is still a circle that pays attention to human etiquette. If it is like previous years, once the nominations are announced, there will always be some flexible people who will treat guests to dinner, and there will be more than one activist.  Now after the new reform of the Academy Awards, Lin Xiaozhi has used ATV to take away part of the say in the jury. Some of them have warned the Directors Association, Photography Association, Screenwriters Association and other groups with review qualifications not to be too helpful;  On the one hand, he proposed to postpone the nomination time for more than half a month. Now after the nomination list is announced, at most half a month will be the opening time of the new Academy Awards ceremony.  In such a short period of time, with the media following, it must be able to deter some people who want to take shortcuts through favors.  ¡°In the final analysis, the current Academy Awards are still less professional than the Oscars. It is conservatively estimated that in the next five years, the influence of human relationships will not be completely stripped away.  Wu Siyuan looked at Hong Zuxing, who was not well-known in the industry, with some envy, and nodded after hearing this.  Because of their irreconcilable relationship with the top executives of "Movie Fortnightly", in order to increase their say in the future Academy Awards, when "Movie Fortnightly" executives initially accepted ATV's proposal to establish the 'Awards Association', they recommended  He was actually the first chairman of the Hong Kong Film Awards Association.  It's a pity that ATV contacted Hong Zuxing first. Although he is not well-known in the industry, he has been busy with the Academy Awards since its birth. As a result, after he was moved out by ATV, even "Movie Weekly" was a little ashamed.  Further obstruction directly allowed the veteran hero of the Academy Awards to take the position of 'the first chairman of the Academy Awards Association'.  However, "Film Fortnightly" was not completely compromised. After confirming the candidate for the first chairman of the Academy of Film Awards, they then proposed to establish a board of directors and elect a chairman, and they still recommended Wu Siyuan.  I heard that this move angered Lin Xiaozhi. He even asked ATV to issue a direct warning to "Film Fortnightly". If he continued to engage in internal power struggles and strife, he would directly bypass "Film Fortnightly" and win the Academy Award.  Run it yourself.  Although the inherent jury group of the Academy Awards is somewhat dissatisfied with it, the media generally have high expectations for the new Academy Awards after Lim Hyo-ji intervenes.  Moreover, Hong Zuxing also believed that having ATV and media tycoon Lin Xiaozhi as his backing would make it easier for the Academy Awards to develop and spread, and the establishment of a new chairmanship would directly affect him, so he actively moved closer to it.  Finally, Film Fortnight was forced to relent and agreed to hire a professional manager to be responsible for the daily publicity of the Academy Awards. Although seven additional directors were appointed under the chairman of the association, their power was significantly reduced.  Wu Siyuan is one of the first seven directors. He has relatively greater power among the seven directors. He is responsible for liaising with various judging groups to discuss the nomination list for the new Academy Awards.  Even the chairman of the association didn't know about the reorganized list of nominations for the new Academy Awards before it was released, so Hong Zuxing first picked up the document and read it carefully word for word. Wu Siyuan could clearly see his fingers trembling from the side.  This didn't surprise him, as he wasn't much better than him before.  Because after this year, the Academy Awards will be like the American Oscars, which are already at their peak, adding the award of "Best Foreign Language Film".  Whether there is a 'Best Foreign Language Film' award is undoubtedly one of the best standards to measure the gold content of a film's highest award. Before this, although the Academy Awards were well-known in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, their influence began to decline sharply after they left the three places.  , after leaving Southeast Asia, very few people still know about it.  But all this will change completely after this year, not only because this year's Academy Awards has begun to add the "Best Foreign Language Film" award, but also the first "Best Foreign Language Film" campaign has received positive responses from some foreign film companies.  As of the end of January, more than 15 films from Southeast Asia and East Asia had applied for awards, and a total of five films were finally nominated, including "Juxiang" from Singapore, "People Power" from the Philippines,  Almost every one of Japan's "Five Sumo Boys", Thailand's "Young Fighter" and South Korea's "Elegy" is a wonderful movie.  "The Mute Girl Juxiang" is about a wealthy Chinese family in Singapore.?, the life of a beautiful mute girl born to a concubine. The protagonist's seemingly resigned life contains the truth of persuading people to do good. It is a movie that has both good reputation and box office. When it was released in Singapore last year, the box office almost collapsed.  Jackie Chan's "Police Story 3", which is rare.  Media Asia has bought out the Asian distribution and SVCD publishing rights of "The Mute Girl Juxiang". Lin Xiaozhi intends to test the waters this year and next to see if it can be released in mainland China.  Since the decline of Japanese films in the Philippines, this Southeast Asian country once had the momentum to succeed Japan as the leader in Asian films. Although this statement is mostly seen in media propaganda, it is not difficult to see that Philippine films have developed very well since the 1970s.  "The Power of the People" is a political film that has received great response in the Philippines. It features President Obado Sivez and his extravagant wife as the protagonists, and criticizes the luxurious life of the president's family and the people's plight. In the end, the people  Finally unable to endure his tyranny, when Obado Sivez was elected president for the fifth time, large-scale protest marches overthrew his rule.  The film was once banned from being released in the Philippines because of its portrayal of former President Ferdinand Marcos, but it is a very thoughtful film.  Needless to say, "Five Sumo Boys" is one of the best live-action movies shot in Japan in 1992.  Since entering the 1980s, Thai films have also been developing at a faster pace, and they have the potential to surpass Philippine films. In Taiwan, the exclusive land of traditional Hong Kong films, Thai films have been occasionally released in recent years.  Just by looking at the name of the movie "Young Fighter", many people will think that it is an action movie at first impression, but in fact it is a literary and artistic movie that dissects human nature. It tells the story of Prachia, who was born in the countryside, and struggles to live in the city.  He went to Bangkok alone to live a prosperous life, but because he had no education or any skills, he had to go into boxing.  The entire movie describes Prachia's gains and losses after repeated setbacks and successes, and provides a profound understanding of human nature. The only regret is that its length is more than three and a half hours, and the plot is a bit complicated.  Among the five final nominees for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, the most eye-catching is actually "Elegy" from South Korea.  Not only is this film directed by Lim Kwon-taek, one of the most famous directors in contemporary Korea, he himself has had works that have been shortlisted for many international film festivals such as Berlin and Venice as early as the early 1980s. He is not only famous in Korea, but also among Asian directors.  He is also quite famous in the circle.  Of course, the reason why his new film "Elegy" attracted special attention at the Academy Awards is mainly because although the film was filmed last year, it has not yet been released in South Korea.  No matter what the purpose, Lin Kwon-taek submitted this film to the Academy Awards for review. In order to further enhance the influence of the Academy Awards in South Korea, Hong Kong has absolutely no reason to refuse.  Therefore, although it does not fully meet the selection regulations for the Best Foreign Language Film of the Academy Awards, the Academy Awards Association still included it in the selection list for the Best Foreign Language Film of the 12th Academy Awards.  As early as October last year, when the Academy Awards Association was still in the final negotiations, ATV and Lin Xiaozhi¡¯s media began to advertise for it.  After December, the Hong Kong Film Awards Association, which received tens of millions of dollars from ATV, changed from its tight days and became more generous. Not only did it continue to prepare for the upcoming event on many media outlets in Hong Kong,  In order to promote publicity, large-scale publicity strategies have also been launched in mainland China, Taiwan Province and even other Asian countries such as South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, etc., coupled with Media Asia's network of contacts, this is the reorganization.  For the first Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, people from abroad will submit their works for review.  On February 21, more than half a month later than in previous years, the Academy Awards Association finally held a press conference to announce the nomination list for the 12th Academy Awards.  "Who will be the winner of the first Academy Awards after the reorganization? An in-depth analysis of the highlights of this year's awards!" ""Cage Man" has the highest popularity, "Ruan Lingyu" is widely praised, "I Love Twisted Chai" is both well-received and a box office hit,  Who will win the first 'Best Literary Film' trophy among the three wizards? " "There have been many competitions for 'Best Commercial Film', and the reputation of "Police Story 3" has fallen behind "Once Upon a Time 2" and "Assassin's League". Director  Tang Jili admitted that he was defeated by Lin and Xu, and may have known that he was hopeless! "The Best Foreign Language Film Award has received support from many countries, and the famous Korean director Lin Kwon Taek is the most optimistic about winning the first Golden Award for Best Foreign Language Film!" "  Although "Assassin's League" has made great innovations, it may not be able to win the 'Best Action Director' Gold Cup due to its application of new technologies." After the press conference, all media under Lin Xiaozhi's command came to the battle, from ATV to "Ming Pao", "Sing Pao", "  Tiantian Daily" has fully launched the pre-publicity for this year's Hong Kong Film Awards, so that in the next half month, the topic of the Hong Kong Film Awards has almost become a fashion in Hong Kong, and most Hong Kong people cannot help but mention it when chatting at work.  To a few words, the 12th Golden StatueThe prize will be hot before it arrives.
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