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Chapter 55: Pillar of Shame in Various Senses

Time flies, it is the evening of April 4st.

At the Grand Theatre of Hong Kong Cultural Centre, when Li Wenyu, Pang Bing, Yang Xi and Dong Li got out of the car and walked towards the red carpet, they were surrounded by reporters and paparazzi taking pictures.

Fat Bing was dressed like a queen, while Yang and Dong were much more normal, wearing ordinary dresses. They walked cautiously and nervously, like maids.

Today is the 2002 Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony.

Originally, Stephen Chow won six major awards including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor for Shaolin Soccer.

This time, Li Wenyu was nominated for Best Screenplay for Tsuen Wan by the Sea and Wonder, and for Best Editing, Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design for The Beach.

Fat Bing was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Wonder.

The prizes haven't been announced yet, but the outcome has already been decided. All three Lee films will be nominated for awards. Of course, the Best Screenplay award went to Tsuen Wan, after all, it was the film that made Cheung Kwok-wing the Berlin Film Festival Best Actor.

The value of the Berlin International Film Festival's Best Actor award currently far exceeds that of any other Asian film festival.

Did Yang Xi and Dong Li also come along? Li Wenyu was still a little amused. He asked Brother Hua to contact them and audition to choose one of them.

As a result, in the scheduled drama "The Mouse Loves the Cat", the female lead role of Azhi was given to Dong Li, and the second female role of Li Bingbing was given to Yang Xi, both of whom are from Time Media.

Now that you have made your debut, you can reserve some guest roles for My Love from the Star that will start filming after October.

After Li Wenyu walked down the red carpet and entered the venue, he soon saw Brother Rong coming over and inviting the four of them to their seats. He and Pang Bing sat in the first row with Zhang Guorong.

Dong Li and Yang Xi are both sitting in the last row...

Oftentimes, at ceremonies and various large events in the entertainment industry, there are actually many different opinions on where to sit.

But at this stage, no one has any overt objection to Li Wenyu sitting in the first row.

Director Li from Beijing Film Academy helped Rong Ge earn 100-200 million! The DVDs are still selling, and Shaolin Soccer, for example, has accumulated tens of millions of US dollars over the years.

He is also helping Brother Rong, the Xiang family, China Star, and Huayi to make a second big buck. Ever since the idea of ​​the "One More Ticket" campaign spread, groups of people have been running around to talk to each cinema.

It is not difficult for really smart people to guess that "One More Ticket" can attract or "create a sense of advantage among moviegoers that they have won a prize, made money and got a bargain, but in fact it is to get friends and relatives to spend more money together", which is a marketing tactic that can really boost the box office!
Let film and television practitioners make a lot of money.

Li Wenyu's nickname of "Little God of Wealth" of Beijing Film Academy has begun to spread.

Zhang Bozhi couldn't even sit in the first row, her ranking was far behind Pang Bing.

Li Wenyu greeted everyone politely along the way, and after sitting down, he smiled and said, "Brother Rong, what's the matter?"

Zhang Guorong worked hard and only sent the finished film "Let Me Embrace Happiness" to Cannes on April 4. More than ten days ago, Cannes announced that the film was shortlisted for the main competition unit.

Now everyone is sitting at the Hong Kong Film Awards and can go to Cannes in May.

Zhang Guorong smiled gently. "I heard that after finishing filming a movie recently, you've been working overtime in the hotel every day to write a novel. Bingbing is your first reader, but she praised your writing a lot on the set."

"When can I get a sneak peek?"

The filming of "The Sound Tuner" and "Forget Me Not" started on March 3 and 12, and it has entered the final stage of filming in late April. Most of the scenes are literary.

Thanks entirely to the actors' performances, this kind of drama was shot very quickly. It wasn't finished because of a sound engineer named Yang Mi on the crew. She would often take a scene 10, 20, or 30 times before Li Wenyu was satisfied. He also personally coached Yang Mi on her acting skills.

What's even more outrageous is that Pang Bing, in order to win awards, was not satisfied with many shots that had been taken in one take and had to do them again, two or three times. Many times, Liu Qingyun was overwhelmed and couldn't keep up with the performance, which made him feel uncomfortable.

I can't forget that it was directed by Er Dongsheng. Er Dongsheng called Li Wenyu three times and complained that Pang Bing's acting in this play was amazing and perfect, and he didn't need to endure it any longer.

At most, it can strive for the Best Actress award at the Hong Kong Film Awards or the Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan. It is impossible to expect this movie to compete in Berlin, Cannes, or Venice.

If you can’t win the big prize, there’s no need to make it so hard on yourself!
The original version of Zhang Bozhi's "Forget Me Not" was also shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Berlin International Film Festival, but it failed to win anything because you didn't spend money, relationships, or connections!
Xu Ke, who was sitting next to him, also laughed and said, "Director Li, I also heard from Ah Sheng that your new work is very exciting and thrilling. It's a science fiction work? Is it for commercial success or awards?"

"I also know that your company is planning to produce an idol drama? Something like Meteor Garden or Autumn in My Heart? If you need me to make a cameo appearance, just let me know."

Old Xu is a bit numb now. He hasn't recovered from the flop of "Legend of Zu Mountain" yet, and he is also filming "Black Mask 2", which also flopped badly.

After the flop, it took a long time to recover and shoot for three years before finally finishing "Seven Swords", which was also a flop!

But Xu Ke still felt aggrieved. If there had been another big event when "Legend of Zu Mountain" was released, and if there had been other promotional methods, he would definitely not have suffered such a huge loss.

He is still confident about Black Mask 2, he just lacks a friend like Li Wenyu to help him.

Li Wenyu laughed. "Director Xu, you're too polite. I'm writing a business book. Once I finish it, I'll definitely ask Brother Rong and Director Xu to review it and give me some feedback."

He had already increased his English to (92/100) by adding points, and his fitness to 170, but he didn't continue. During this time, he had accumulated 23 free attribute points.

Interstellar has been created after three and a half months from January 1rd!

The entire novel, which consists of 25 words, can be published in one complete volume.

This is a lot of words. The original novel of Liu Cixin's science fiction novel The Wandering Earth has only more than 20,000 words, and Li Wenyu's Interstellar was written by comparing it to the word count of Jurassic Park.

He is now using his writing ability and English proficiency of 92 to revise and translate the English version for the second time.

When the time comes, I will show the English version to Brother Rong and Lao Xu, and accept some readers' opinions. Xu Ke studied abroad in the United States, and Brother Rong studied abroad in Yinglun, so they have no problem with English.

The rest of the time was spent chatting and laughing, and then the awards ceremony officially began after a few hosts appeared. Everything was a routine procedure.

He and Pang Bing took turns receiving the Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress, Best Editing, Best Costume Designer, and Best Art Designer awards, and the highlights all went to Stephen Chow.

The Best Actress of this year is Sylvia Chang.

Li Wenyu could only sigh that if he traveled back to the era of Red Cliff, Wu Baige would have become a big shot, and his status in the mainland film and television circles would have plummeted.

In Red Cliff, that was an era when class barriers were extremely extreme. People would just step on others to improve their status and didn't care about quality at all.

No wonder Red Cliff failed so spectacularly!

By the way, Li Wenyu remembered that Wu Baige is about to return to the Chinese film and television industry.

The other party's loss from Windtalkers was not just huge, it was even bigger than King of the Sunglasses. The series of films such as Red Cliff, The Crossing, and Chase are simply pillars of shame in the Chinese film industry in various senses.

Some people are about to spend ten years toying with these things...

(End of this chapter)