Chapter 1020 Opening Speech (14)

"The Golden Wutong Awards for Chinese-language films, hosted by China Radio and Television, 14 Media Alliances, and Tianmei Media, and co-organized by Douban, Weibo, Maoyan, etc., opened in March this year...

Jury members include Balabala.

According to the organizing committee, ‘The two biggest features of Jinwutong are: first, the selection process is open. No award in the world can satisfy everyone, but as long as the procedure is fair, the result will be fair.

We follow established rules and avoid any behavior that violates the rules. ’

'Second, there are many guests, including Zhang Yi, Wang Jiawei, Gong Li, Zhang Zhiyi, Jackie Chan, Liang Jiahui, Stephen Chow and so on. ’

‘In addition, the Golden Indus Awards accept applications from Chinese-language films from all over the world, and 24 awards are awarded in each session. The first shortlisted films were proposed by Douban, Weibo, and Maoyan. A jury composed of professionals voted to select five films after watching all the shortlisted films and discussing them;

In the second round, the 13 major associations of the film festival will vote specifically to select the final winner! ’

‘Full live broadcast of the movie channel…exclusive cooperation with the online platform PPTV…’

As soon as this news was announced, it immediately triggered a lot of discussion...

Although Shen Xudong has never publicly said anything bad about the Golden Horse Awards and the Academy Awards, everyone knows that he despises these two awards - he has never participated in them since his debut...

Even though the Golden Horse Awards showed their kindness and gave him the Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Film awards, he never thanked him...

Then, out of nowhere, the Golden Indus Award appeared!

And it’s called the Chinese Film Golden Wutong Award…

The key is to look at the program... This is called the Industry Association Award, and it is created entirely in accordance with Oscar standards...

In addition to the first shortlisted films...

Why should we follow the suggestions of Douban, Weibo and Maoyan?

Shen Xudong explained: "These three websites have tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of people rating high-scoring movies every year... We believe in the audience's vision!"

…

There are special traffic controls on both sides of the street…

This road was built last year and is very spacious…

The car stopped at the entrance of Xiangshan Convention and Exhibition Center.

The red carpet has been laid out, about 40 meters long and 9 meters wide.

In fact, foreign red carpets are very short, like Cannes, which is only 20 meters... Generally, 30 seconds to 1 minute are within the acceptable range. Fan Xiaopang walked for 3 minutes, and Ma Su took 6 minutes...

They are all talents!

This red carpet stretches all the way to the door, and at the end you have to go up a few steps - Shen Xudong's location...

On the left are the media seats. Each seat is very narrow. Generally, there are two seats for those with cameras and one seat for those taking pictures. There is a small viewing platform on the right, where the lucky spectators sit.

Before getting on the red carpet, it was impossible to wait in a long line for the courtesy car, so we set up a room at the drop-off area.

The interior is properly furnished and serves as a temporary seating area.

The reference is the Cannes Film Festival format...

Shen Xudong arrived at three o'clock in the afternoon, and the media was already here, fighting with each other;

Fans and fans gathered in the square, waiting for their idols to arrive.

The police and security were facing a formidable enemy and did not dare to slack off at all.

Staff from various departments were running around, not knowing what they were busy with...

It’s understandable, after all, it’s my first time doing this, so I don’t have much experience…

Shen Xudong went to the toilet first, then ate something with the staff, and chatted for a while with the leader and the directors who were reviewing the photos...

As soon as 5 o'clock arrives, the red carpet ceremony officially begins...

The red carpet was nothing short of sparkling…

Zhang Yimou, Jackie Chan, Stephen Chow, Feng Xiaogang, Wang Jing, Chow Yun-fat...

Basically, all the big names you can think of have been invited, even Andy Lau has been invited.

Neither fast nor slow, it lasted about an hour, most of the guests had appeared, and the last group was the jury.

The first jury consists of seven people, including Xu Anhua, Jiang Wen, Lou Ye, Zhang Manyu, Liang Jiahui, Cao Baoping and Wu Siyuan. The chairman of the jury is Wu Siyuan...

This jury can only decide on the shortlist, but it is also a jury!

A group of people went up the steps, and Shen Xudong stepped forward to say hello: "Thank you for your hard work."

"Have a nice evening."

…

The awards ceremony would be over in less than an hour if it were just about awarding awards.

There must be some programs interspersed.

Girls' Generation sang two songs at the beginning, and then host Huang Bo came on...

The first link is the leader’s speech.

No matter how freely things are done, it is still in the name of the General Administration - the leader's speech is a necessary procedure.

On the stage is Deputy Director Zhang Hongsen.

Shen Xudong likes Zhang Hongsen very much. He is in charge of movies and knows movies. The industry calls him the "number one film critic". Oh, he is also a screenwriter. His representative works "Workshop Director" and "The Justice" have won the "Five Five" awards from the Central Propaganda Department. One Project" Award.

Director Zhang spoke for about three minutes, and then Huang Bo invited Shen Xudong to give an opening speech.

Shen Xudong took the microphone, waved his hand gently, and said: "Actually, we have to trace back the first peak of the Chinese-language film industry in Shanghai.

The first industrial period of Chinese films was from 1922 to 1937.

A group of filmmakers such as Zhang Shichuan, Zheng Zhengqiu, Luo Mingyou, Lai Minwei and later the Shaw Brothers were all pioneers from the cradle period. They were involved in the creation, production and even distribution of the film industry to varying degrees. In several aspects of screening, the accumulated experience made it the backbone of films in the 1920s and 1930s.

Technically speaking, in the initial stage, the use of equipment and the filming process relied on foreign technicians, but with the joining of the earliest batch of technical talents such as Luo Yongxiang, Dong Keyi, and Wu Weiyun, this situation was quickly broken.

With the above conditions met, marked by the establishment of Mingxing Company in 1922, film companies grew rapidly, reaching a peak from 1924 to 1926. According to statistics, there were 175 film companies in China, 141 of them in Shanghai alone. "

"Later, when the war broke out, a large number of filmmakers fled south to Hong Kong, which led to the second peak of the industry and the initial talent reserve of Hong Kong films!"

"In the early 1970s, Hong Kong films began to emerge and gradually became an important center of Asian films. During this period, Hong Kong films began to produce films on a large scale, and a number of talented directors and actors emerged."

"The 1980s was the golden age of Hong Kong films. During this period, Hong Kong films won wide acclaim for their unique style and innovative shooting techniques. Martial arts films, comedy films and police and gangster films became the three pillars of Hong Kong films."

"By the early 1990s, Hong Kong films had further developed and expanded. During this period, Hong Kong film production reached its peak, with more than 300 films produced each year. At the same time, Hong Kong films also achieved great success in the international market, especially action films and action movie."

"The decline of Hong Kong movies is marked by the release of "Jurassic Park" in the United States. Before that, movies around the world were similar. Once a theme became popular, plagiarism was over. But "Jurassic Park" really couldn't be plagiarized. No such ability.

A movie is no longer just a matter of a few actors, a few cameras, a screenwriter, and a director. It's about industrial strength! "

"Since then, Hong Kong films have gradually lost their home and Southeast Asian markets."

"Why throw it away?"

"I have talked about this with Wang Jing and Huang Baiming. They said it is because the Taiwan market has been lost... But the Taiwan market only liberalizes Hollywood movies and does not introduce Hong Kong movies... Why do Taiwanese people suddenly no longer like to watch Hong Kong movies?

The fundamental reason is: In the early 1990s, Hollywood computer CG blockbusters represented by "Terminator 2" and "Jurassic Park" completely emerged. Not only Taiwanese audiences, but people all over the world love to watch such movies! "

"Hong Kong films have lost their most important buyer, the Taiwanese market, as well as the entire East and Southeast Asian film markets. At this time, the mainland cinema market has not yet exploded, and the disc market is monopolized by various pirates... In addition, there is the outflow of talent and the lack of access to talent. , following the trend and ruining the market by taking excessive pictures, etc..."

"Why do you say this? I'm just surprised that some people always say that the decline of Hong Kong movies is because of the return... because of the signing of CEPA... Could it be that without CEPA, Hong Kong movies can maintain their original situation?"