I didn't want to be an actor

Chapter 618 Suspense (14)

Sammo Hung is really awesome!
Family influence supports half of Hong Kong films!

In 1938, the first martial arts film "Fong Sai-yuk Goes to the Ring" was born in Hong Kong. The director of this film, Hong Ji, is Sammo Hung's grandfather, and Sammo Hung's grandmother, Qian Siying, is the first generation of Chinese martial arts actress.

In addition, the entire Hong family is engaged in film-related work.

For example, Hong Ji's elder brother Hong Shen was an early pioneer of Chinese film and the founder of drama theory. Hong Ji's younger brother Hong Shuyun was a famous director in Hong Kong. Hong Shuyun's wife Rong Yuyi was a famous Cantonese film star. Hong Ji and his wife Qian Siying's eldest son Hong Jun was a set designer, and their daughter Hong Lingling was also an actress...

Sammo Hung became a martial arts instructor signed by Golden Harvest at the age of 17, and worked with Lo Wei, King Hu, Bruce Lee, and Sam Hui...

At the age of 28, he began to direct movies independently, "Monk Sande and Chongmi Liu", which grossed 226 million in Hong Kong and ranked sixth in the year...

Before Jackie Chan joined Golden Harvest, he was the undisputed number one of Golden Harvest. Moreover, the three bosses of Cinema City: Michael Hui, Shek Tin and Raymond Wong, had long been good friends with Sammo Hung. In 1980, the three of them founded the "Struggle" film company, the predecessor of Cinema City. Sammo Hung also co-starred in "Salted Fish Returns"...

Since 77, Sammo Hung has founded several film companies including "Garbo", "Po Harvest", "Debao" and "Po Cheung" with Karl Mai, Liu Kar-wing, Golden Harvest, Sammul Chan, Dickson Poon and others.

As a producer and supervisor, Sammo Hung has participated in producing and supervising films including various commercial hits, such as:
Comedy Kung Fu movies: "Tiger and Frog", "Life-threatening Single-blade Gun";
Comedy action movies: Lucky Stars series, The Brave Double Series;
Zombie fantasy films: "Ghost Fighting Ghost", "People Scare People", "Mr. Zombie";
Female action films: "Royal Sister", "Sister Shows Off", "Royal Lady";
Police and gangster film: "The Flag Soldiers";
Police and gangster action movies: Yuen Woo-ping’s SWAT trilogy, Sin Chi-ran’s Black Cat series…

It also includes various art films of different styles, such as: "Waiting for Dawn", "Underground Love", "Autumn Fairy Tale", "The Madman"...

For Sammo Hung personally, the early to mid-80s was his heyday. His wide range of interests and great influence were rarely matched in the Hong Kong film industry at the time. He was one of the few heavyweights who could get big bosses to immediately pay for a film based on a story synopsis alone.

Anyway, his filming of "Millionaire's Express" and "Eastern Condors" directly caused half of the Hong Kong film industry to stop working, which shows his appeal!

It’s understandable that he was awarded two Best Actor awards at the Academy Awards!
However, the Academy Awards have never given Jackie Chan an award...

On the contrary, the Golden Horse Awards made him win the Best Actor award for "Police Story 3: Super Cop" and "Crime Squad"...

In 88, Sammo Hung left Golden Harvest to concentrate on running SoftBank, which could be said to be one of the most money-losing film companies in Hong Kong from the late 80s to the mid-90s.

"Ghost Kicks", "Dragons and Phoenixes", "Crazy Bedfellow", "No Face to Give", etc., all of them are loss-making.

He suffered so much that many of his peers in the film industry no longer called him "Big Brother" and instead called him by his nickname "Sanmao"...

But Xu Ke has always admired Sammo Hung, and he was invited to star in both of the two "Zhu Shan" films, including the subsequent comeback work "Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame"...

In addition, Tsui Hark has also invited Sammo Hung to play the role of White Eyebrow in the upcoming film "Shu Mountain: The Origin"...

……

"Hello everyone, I am Zhang Yimou..."

This year is the 40th anniversary of the Golden Rooster Awards, and Zhang Yimou was specially arranged to open the show...

Speaking of which, Zhang Yimou is really awesome. The first time he worked as a photographer, he won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Cinematography for "Yellow Earth". The first time he starred in a movie "Old Well", he won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor... The first time he worked as a director, he won the Berlin Golden Bear!
Damn, this is genius.

The key is that he can keep improving - "Article 20" is a film that is very unlike Zhang Yimou's style, but it perfectly shows the skills that Lao Mouzi has accumulated over decades. At this age, he still has this kind of output, which is quite scary.

He is over seventy years old, but the films he made can still be realistic and down-to-earth. Let alone the older generation, how many people in the younger generation can do that?

How can Article 20 be upgraded to a higher level?
It's very simple. If Zhao Liying's character didn't wake up, the whole movie would be of a higher quality. But it is indeed not appropriate to broadcast it during the New Year.

Oh, Lao Mouzi recalled his own experience and finally said: "The Golden Rooster Award has accompanied Chinese films and Chinese audiences for 40 years, and it will definitely continue in the future... Now, let us pay tribute to the Chinese Golden Rooster Award trophy as filmmakers..."

Then the curtain opened, a large sculpture of the Golden Rooster Award trophy appeared, and four hosts appeared: Lan Yu, Deng Chao, Huang Xiaoming, Li Lianhua...

It’s not very interesting because there are a bunch of leaders sitting in the audience and you can’t go the entertainment route.

The first award was for Best Supporting Actor…

There is no suspense about this one, and it was given to Fan Wei from "One Second".

Then there were a series of side items, such as the Best Chinese Opera Film, Best Art Film, Best Children's Film, etc. Oh, Shen Liang was so sleepy that he was fighting against sleepiness the whole time, because the camera would come at him at any time, and he didn't dare to sleep...

Moreover, he had to go on stage and sing "As Wish".

The original plan was for Yao Chen, Tong Yali, Wang Likun and Guan Xiaotong to sing together.

Shen Liang said directly, "Either you let them sing, or I sing alone. I don't have the habit of singing with others!"

Then the organizer...had no choice but to agree to let him sing solo!

Alas, I underestimated my influence. In fact, Liang Ge’s real thought was... the four of them sang well, but he didn’t expect that the organizer would actually arrange for him to sing solo.

……

“…I will dream of the reunion you dream of, wish for the eternity you wish for, and walk the long road you walk. I love you like this…

I will also see the world you have never seen, and write the poems you have never written…”

Liang Ge performed steadily, and after she finished singing, the award for Best Supporting Actress was presented.

As for this year's Best Supporting Actress, just like the Best Supporting Actor, there is no doubt that it is Zhu Yuanyuan, but Rouba also got a nomination - "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils", so the popularity is very high...

Last year, Li Yitong won an award for "Love Like a Bouquet", which made many of Rouba's fans feel that their idol could also reproduce this miracle...

It's a pity, not really.

Zhu Yuanyuan is so strong. She played the leading female role in "The Happy Life of Poor Mouth Zhang Damin". She was only 24 years old at that time. After the series was broadcast, it swept all major TV drama awards!

Therefore, she deservedly won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actress this time.

Then came the Best Actor award ceremony.

The host said a few words to introduce the nominees: "Deng Chao has also won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor. What do you think it takes to win this award?"

Deng Chao did not express himself on his own. He followed the cue card and said: "Creation requires hard work..."

"Speaking of hard work, I have to mention Liu Ye's performance in "The Island Guardian"..."

The camera is turned to Liu Ye;

"strength…"

"Teachers Yu and Wei are definitely talented. Zhou Yi in "On the Cliff" has accumulated a lot of experience over the years..."

The camera immediately captures Yu and Wei’s expressions;

“Building an image…”

"Then let's talk about Zhang Yi..."

Zhang Yi also didn’t escape the camera’s face;

"Finally, the quality of the film and the effectiveness of the film..."

"Speaking of profitability, our Shen Liang's two films, "Underground Fire" and "Life Events", have grossed over 96 billion yuan at the box office... In addition, he is also the lead actor in "Changjin Lake", the box office champion in Chinese film history!"

"One of..." The camera was focused on Shen Liang, who immediately added this sentence, and stood up and bowed to the back...

"Okay, let's announce the winner of this year's Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor. Let's welcome the award-giving guests Ning Jing and Wang Xueqi with applause!"

(End of this chapter)