It was almost ten o'clock in the evening when the banquet ended, and the Jumbo Seafood Restaurant was still brightly lit and bustling with people.

In this era, Hong Kong's economy is booming, and it is not surprising that the catering and entertainment industries are so prosperous.

Everyone came out of the Jumbo Seafood Restaurant and were talking when a few paparazzi suddenly appeared from nowhere.

Without saying a word, these people first took a sharp photo, focusing on Cheng Long and Maggie Cheung. The flashes were connected in a flash, which stung Lin Chaoyang and his wife on the side so that they could not open their eyes.

Immediately afterwards, the paparazzi surrounded Cheng Long and Maggie Cheung.

"Brother Long, are you and Maggie dating now?"

Facing the reporters who suddenly appeared, Maggie Cheung was still a little at a loss, but Cheng Long, who had long been accustomed to big scenes, was calm and composed, with an indifferent smile on his face full of alcohol.

"It's just a gathering of friends. You can't see so many people, right?"

"When did Brother Long meet Maggie? Were they also introduced by friends?"

"Brother Willy is treating me today. We have just met for the first time. Don't write nonsense!"

"How could it be!"

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The inevitable result of the development of the entertainment industry is the prevalence of entertainment gossip. Nowadays, there are dozens of weekly entertainment gossip newspapers in Hong Kong. Paparazzi are indispensable wherever celebrities hang out.

What's more, Cheng Long is now very famous and has a lot of scandals. There are countless actresses who have been rumored about, including Teresa Teng, Brigitte Lin, Lin Fengjiao, Guan Zhilin... He has always been the focus of the paparazzi, so it's okay to have paparazzi here today.

Not surprising anymore.

After Cheng Long talked and laughed for a while, the paparazzi got the material as they wished and then left.

At this time, Cheng Long said goodbye to everyone, and then said to Chen Ziqiang: "Brother Willy, let's go!"

"Big brother, where are you going?" the martial arts boy behind him asked Cheng Long.

"Let's go to Miramar and take a sauna first."

Cheng Long led his younger brother away in style, fully explaining what it meant to be bohemian.

Maggie Cheung quietly asked Chen Ziqiang, "Brother Willy, those paparazzi..."

Chen Ziqiang smiled nonchalantly, "Is there anything wrong with you having an affair with Cheng Long?"

"Well……"

Maggie Cheung has nothing to say.

Cheng Long is now a big star. If there are rumors of an affair between the two, Maggie Cheung's popularity will definitely increase rapidly, and it will be her who will benefit.

Seeing that Maggie Cheung stopped talking, Chen Ziqiang showed a proud smile on his face and said goodbye to everyone again.

Maggie Cheung held Tao Yushu's hand with some attachment, and whispered to her: "Mrs. Lin, thank you so much for today! Otherwise, I would definitely not have gotten this role."

"Don't be so polite, I just think you are suitable."

Tao Yushu's bright and generous smile made Maggie Cheung feel very friendly, and he held her hand and refused to let go.

On the way back in the car, Lin Chaoyang recalled Maggie Cheung's performance just now and asked: "What did you two talk about while eating? Why do you feel that she is so intimate with you?"

Tao Yushu looked confused, "I don't know, maybe she has such a personality? Or maybe it's out of gratitude."

Speaking of this, her face showed a bit of pride, "I performed well today, didn't I?"

Lin Chaoyang praised: "It's not just good! Didn't you hear Director Xu praise you? It seems that you are really good at making movies!"

Tao Yushu laughed and said, "Come on, stop filling me with ecstasy soup. I still have a lot to learn."

"It's okay, just learn slowly. You are so smart, this is not a problem at all for you."

Tao Yushu joked again: "Didn't you say before that reporters in Xiangjiang rushed to report on you and spread rumors about your affair with Brigitte Lin? I think no one is paying attention to you today!"

Last year, Lin Chaoyang came to Xiangjiang to receive the award and caused a wave of news.

After returning home, he told Tao Yushu about it as a joke.

Lin Chaoyang laughed and said: "The timeliness of gossip news cannot exceed a week. It has been almost a year. People have already forgotten all about me!"

The next day, Lin Chaoyang found gossip news about Cheng Long and Maggie Cheung in the entertainment tabloid. The photos were large and blurry.

Lin Chaoyang showed the newspaper to Tao Yushu, and she couldn't help but be speechless.

The photos I took just last night were published in the newspaper today. This efficiency is not too fast.

The most important thing is that the paparazzi didn't know how to find an angle to frame Cheng Long and Maggie Cheung tightly, while Lin Chaoyang and others did not appear in the photo at all.

The two people walking together in the photo do seem a bit intimate.

"These paparazzi are so powerful!"

Two days later, with more than a week left before the 4th Hong Kong Film Awards, the Academy Awards jury announced the shortlist of nominees for this year's awards.

New Kunlun Pictures has signed up for "Chess Master". "Chess Master" has been shortlisted for five awards including Best Director, Best Film, Best Actor and Best Screenplay. It can be regarded as one of the strong contenders for this year's Academy Awards.

one.

The reason why there is a "one" is because there is a monster in this year's Academy Awards shortlist.

The film "Homecoming", invested by Jade Bird Film and Television and directed by Yan Hao, was shortlisted for ten awards including Best Director, Best Film, and Best Actress.

One film was nominated for ten awards. This result can be said to have broken the record of the Academy Awards since its inception.

In addition to these two films, "Waiting for Dawn" starring Chow Yun-fat and Man Tsz-leung and "Shanghai Night" directed by Tsui Hark were also shortlisted for many awards.

These four works alone accounted for nearly half of the nominations for this year's Academy Awards.

Interested people have also keenly discovered from this result that "Homecoming" was invested and filmed by Jade Bird Film and Television, a Z-school filmmaker named Xia Meng, and "Chess Master" was co-produced in Hong Kong and Mainland China. This year's Academy Awards can

It is said to be a great victory for Z-school filmmakers.

More than a week later, the 4th Hong Kong Film Awards was held grandly at the Furama Hotel. The awards ceremony was still broadcast live by TVB Jade Channel.

Lin Chaoyang appeared with the crew of "Chess Master". Although "Chess Master" had a good box office at the beginning and was shortlisted for several awards this time, because it was a co-production, the only people standing behind him were small companies like New Kunlun Pictures.

, and did not attract much media attention.

A total of three people from the "Chess Master" crew came to participate in the Academy Awards. In addition to the screenwriter Lin Chaoyang, there were also director Chen Huaikai and Tony Leung Ka Fai, the leading actor. They were all shortlisted.

The director and screenwriter are all from the Mainland, and the male lead is indeed the last best actor, but he is not very well-known in Hong Kong. Such a crew really cannot attract the interest of the media.

After the awards ceremony started, the process was similar to last year, the program performances were richer than last year, and it didn't look so boring.

At the beginning, awards were given out in technical categories, such as best music, best film song, best action direction, best editing, etc.

Lin Chaoyang is sitting between Chen Huaikai and Tony Leung Ka Fai. To their left is the crew of "Homecoming", including Siqin Gaowa, who has a mole on her eyebrow.

She played Azhen in "Homecoming" and was nominated for the Best Actress award for her outstanding acting skills. She is also the second mainland actress to be nominated for the Best Actress award in the history of the Academy Awards. Last year, Liu Xiaoqing was the first

One person.

As the awards ceremony entered the middle period and awards for best supporting actors and actresses began to be awarded, the atmosphere gradually became tense.

Like last year, Lin Chaoyang jokingly asked Tony Leung Ka Fai: "How are you, Fai? Are you confident that you will win the Best Actor again?"

Compared with his brother's performance at the beginning of last year, Tony Leung is much calmer this year, but he is still nervous.

"Mr. Lin, please stop making fun of me. I've already won the award once, how can I win it again?"

Tony Leung's idea is not wrong. He just won the award last year. Even if his performance this year is still outstanding, the jury will definitely balance the awards.

As long as there is an actor whose performance is equal to his, or even slightly worse than his, this award may go to someone else.

There are a total of five nominees for Best Actor in this Academy Award, except for Tony Leung, the last Best Actor.

There are also Lee Xiuxian ("Public Servant"), Chow Yun-fat ("Waiting for Dawn"), Zheng Zeshi ("The Broken Marriage"), Hui Guanwen ("Teppanyaki"), Cheng Long ("Plan A").

Among them, "Plan A" is an action movie, and Cheng Long is the nominee; "Teppanyaki" itself is of poor quality, which basically eliminates the possibility of Xu Guanwen winning the award; Chow Yun-fat is actually the second male lead, and he signed up for the male lead.

The Lord is a little far-fetched.

After all the calculations, the only person who can compete with Tony Leung Ka Fai for the male lead is Danny Lee from "Public Servant".

Lin Chaoyang gave Tony Leung Ka Fai an analysis, which made him confused. Why did it seem that the title of Best Actor was not far away from him as he kept talking?

At this time, Chen Huaikai on the side joked: "Chaoyang, you are only calculating for Jiahui whether he can be re-elected, why don't you calculate for yourself?"

Lin Chaoyang said with a smile: "I've already won a prize, so it's meaningless to win again. It's better to hope that you win the prize, and you can treat me to a meal when you get the bonus later."

In mainland film studios, bonuses for winning awards are one of the few ways for film professionals to generate income.

"I'll be content with a little bonus, but I don't have any extravagant hopes for the Academy Award. I'd better leave the luck of winning this award to your eldest nephew."

After "Chess" was released, it was selected as one of the "Outstanding Films of the Ministry of Culture", and the crew also received some bonuses, but this kind of bonus is certainly not comparable to winning awards at serious film festivals.

As for the second half of Chen Huaikai's sentence, he was referring to the new movie directed by his son Chen Kaige.

After working on the crew of "The Master" last year, Chen Kaige was seconded by Guangxi Film Studio to direct the movie "Yellow Earth".

At the Golden Rooster Awards that ended in May, "Yellow Earth" won the Best Cinematography Award, which gained a bit of fame. Next, the Guangxi Film Studio will let "Yellow Earth" participate in film festivals abroad.

Try your luck.

Chen Huaikai's words express a father's ardent expectations for his son.

While the two were talking, the award for Best Actress on stage had already been announced.
To be continued...