Entertainment: Since 1990

Chapter 297 The First Grand Slam of the Hong Kong Film Awards
At the 16th Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony, Cao Jian beat Jackie Chan, Leslie Cheung, and others to win the Best Actor award.

Offstage, Stephen Chow was happy for his good friend, but also a little sad.

He has acted in so many movies, and his box office performance is unmatched, but he has never won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor.

Cao Jian, at such a young age, has already won the Best Actor award, surpassing the age of actors like Tony Leung and Johnnie To in terms of winning the award.

However, Cao Jian's acting in this film, portraying the confusion of someone newly arrived in Hong Kong, was textbook-worthy.

Without a certain amount of life experience, it's really impossible to portray this kind of state.

Stephen Chow couldn't quite understand this.

In the movie "Comrades: Almost a Love Story," Cao Jian's performance was indeed outstanding. The male protagonist's experiences in the film were quite similar to my own.

But winning the Best Actor award was also a bit of a surprise to him.

Perhaps the Hong Kong Film Awards, in order to please themselves, is being pragmatic.

"Thank you to the Hong Kong Film Awards organizing committee and to all the staff of the 'Comrades: Almost a Love Story' crew."

On stage, Cao Jian began to give his acceptance speech: "As a filmmaker, I am honored to receive this award, but I also feel a lot of pressure. However, I will continue to work hard to make Hong Kong films shine again."

"clap clap"

Cao Jian's speech was brief, but it was met with a round of applause.

However, when he returned to his seat, Gong Li leaned over and whispered, "Little brother, your acceptance speech was very good, but what are you going to say if you win Best Director later?"

"gosh."

Cao Jian slapped his forehead, regretting, "Yes, how could I say that I would make Hong Kong films shine again? I should have said that when I won Best Director. I really suffered from my lack of experience."

After saying that, he secretly pulled Gong Li's hand and said, "Sister Gong Li is the most experienced."

"laugh at me?"

Gong Li laughed and said, "But don't worry, the Best Director award might go to someone else."

"Look."

Although the competition for Best Director at this year's Hong Kong Film Awards is equally fierce, with renowned directors such as Derek Yee and Benny Chan in the running, Cao Jian is quite confident in himself.

After the Best Male Bishop award was presented, the entire awards ceremony seemed to revolve around Cao Jian's vocals.

"Best screenplay, *Comrades: Almost a Love Story*, Cao Jian!"

"Pap-pap-pap-pap."

"The film that won Best Director is 'Comrades: Almost a Love Story'! Congratulations to director Cao Jian!"

"clap clap"

This is Cao Jian's fourth appearance today, and the applause from the guests has become slightly quieter.

This year's Hong Kong Film Awards, "Comrades: Almost a Love Story" was just too strong!
Seeing Cao Jian take the stage again, Chen Kaige felt a little envious, but also thought to himself that Cao Jian's influence in Hong Kong was really huge.

Cao Jian had directed films before, but he hadn't won many awards.

Since he became TVB's second-in-command and the company went public, the movies he has made have won nine major awards.

He might just win Best Picture at the end.

It was definitely the right thing to cultivate a good relationship with him.

However, in order to show that he also had some connections in mainland China, he had the opportunity to introduce a friend surnamed Han to him.

Since Cao Jian had previously stated his intention to revitalize Hong Kong cinema, he stood on the stage for a while, pondering how to deliver his acceptance speech after winning Best Director.

After hesitating for a moment, he said, "I really didn't expect to win Best Director. It's an honor, but also a pressure. I plan to co-produce a film with the United States in the second half of this year, so that Hong Kong films and Chinese people can better reach the world."

These words immediately caused a stir among the film industry heavyweights present.

Although they didn't know what kind of film Cao Jian was going to make, they were sure this movie would be good.

Cooperation is essential.

Even Chen Kaige wondered if he had done something in Director Cao's new movie.

Just as many bigwigs were pondering whether they could collaborate with Cao Jian, the final highlight arrived: the Best Film award at this year's Hong Kong Film Awards.

"Please look at the big screen"

On the big screen, clips from nominated films such as "Comrades: Almost a Love Story," "Tiger Gate," and "Police Story 4" were played.

After the clip finished playing, the presenter opened the envelope and immediately smiled. Sure enough...
He announced loudly, "The winner of the 16th Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Film is... *Comrades: Almost a Love Story*! Congratulations!"

The lights and camera were turned on Cao Jian again.

This is a rare grand slam at the Hong Kong Film Awards.

Previously famous films such as "Ruan Lingyu" and "A Better Tomorrow" never achieved such results.

Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Film, Best Screenplay, and many other minor awards—eleven nominations in total—and ultimately ten awards, a first in the history of the Hong Kong Film Awards.

At this moment, all the guests in the room stood up and applauded Cao Jian.

Whether it was Wang Fei, or Wang Zuxian, Qiu Shuzhen, Zhou Huimin from other places on the scene, or Gong Li who had just been with Cao Jian, they all felt a sense of pride.

At the scene, Wang Jing looked at Cao Jian from afar. Although he didn't want to admit it, he knew that this man was someone that even his bosses, the Xiang brothers, probably wouldn't dare to offend, let alone himself.

As for Chiu Shu-chen, he doesn't even dare to think about her now.

The main problem is that he hasn't produced any noteworthy works in the past two years.

"I never expected to be standing here for the fifth time. I really don't know what to say."

On stage, Cao Jian held the trophy and smiled shyly.

But that smile captivated many women, leaving them smitten.

The guests smiled knowingly. This was Director Cao's fifth time on stage tonight. He had thanked everyone he was supposed to and made his statement. If it were them, they wouldn't know what to say.

Cao Jian didn't want to say anything too plain. Looking at the women in the audience, he suddenly said seriously, "I owe my success to those who have silently supported me behind the scenes. Thank you, I love you all!"

After saying that, he bowed.

At this moment, all of Cao Jian's women were so moved they almost cried.

My man didn't forget them in this kind of situation. Just for that reason alone, it's worth being with him!

"That brat!"

Gong Li also showed a touched smile, feeling that it was nice to always be by Cao Jian's side.

And so, after Director Cao's rather absurd acceptance speech, this year's Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony finally came to an end.

Cao Jian was so charming tonight. As they were leaving the scene, Gong Li whispered in Cao Jian's ear, "Little rascal, I'll treat you to a good meal tonight."

"Okay."

These days, Cao Jian is completely captivated by Gong Li's gentle charm, and he feels that a line from the movie "Flirting Scholar" was absolutely right.

"That Qiu Xiang is practically resigned to her fate."

Gong Li is now the one that makes Cao Jian linger every time he visits.

"Director Cao."

Just as Cao Jian and his group were about to get into the car, Zhou Xingchi suddenly caught up with them.

"Stephen Chow."

"Director Cao, in front of you, I can only be Xingzai."

Stephen Chow and Cao Jian started a film company together. Cao Jian's films have won the Hong Kong Film Awards Grand Slam, while Chow himself has nothing at the Hong Kong Film Awards, yet he still dares to be called "Master Xing".

"Then you can still call me A-Jian."

"Brother Jian, I'm eager to learn more about the movie script you told me about."

"So anxious?"

Cao Jian originally wanted to go back early to receive Gong Li's reward, but seeing how anxious Stephen Chow was, he could understand him.

Stephen Chow's obsession with the Hong Kong Film Awards is actually quite strong.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "Let's go to my house."

"it is good."

Although Stephen Chow felt it was inappropriate to go to Cao Jian's house so late at night, he couldn't care less about that for the sake of the script.

He really liked the script for the last film, "The God of Cookery," and it did well at the box office, but he didn't get a chance to win an award.

What kind of script will Director Cao give me this time? Will I be able to fulfill my dream of winning a Hong Kong Film Award?
(End of this chapter)