Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

After half explaining and half refutating, Zhou Ziheng ignored the reporters and strode towards the hotel.

Members of the Golden Horse Awards Executive Committee had already been waiting at the hotel entrance.

Talk about it.

If the Hong Kong Film Awards is the most unfriendly award to mainland filmmakers, then the Golden Horse Awards is definitely the most mainland-friendly Chinese-language film award other than mainland awards.

When the Academy Awards were still for their own amusement, nominees had to have no less than two-thirds of Hong Kong screenwriters, directors and actors.

In 1994, that is, last year, the Golden Horse Awards implemented a decision that was completely inconsistent with the level of the Golden Image Awards.

Films with “mainland China screenwriters, directors and actors accounting for less than half” are not eligible for the Golden Horse Awards.

That is to say, starting from 1994, all creative staff such as screenwriters, directors, and actors must have half or more of the films in order to participate in the Golden Horse Awards.

The implementation of this decision can be said to have directly brought mainland films to the Golden Horse Awards.

It is also because of this decision that, with the joint efforts of mainland and Taiwanese filmmakers, within a few years, the Golden Horse Awards will become the most well-known and authoritative award among Chinese-language film awards.

At least during this period, the Golden Horse Awards were friendly to mainlanders like Zhou Ziheng.

In fact, because the new decision of the Golden Horse Awards was only implemented last year, the Golden Horse Awards attaches great importance to Zhou Ziheng's crew.

Although there are many good movies in mainland China this year, such as "Sunny Days", because this award is not released until October, it can only be attributed to next year's Golden Horse Awards.

Therefore, "Tazza" should be the best movie in mainland China.

Yes, "Tazza" is widely considered a mainland movie, even though it was never released in mainland China.

This is also thanks to the Hong Kong filmmakers.

Because most of the main creators of "Tazza" are from mainland China, Hong Kong filmmakers account for less than one-third.

Therefore, according to Hong Kong filmmakers, they do not admit that this movie is a Hong Kong movie.

Zhou Ziheng didn't care about this at all and didn't refute it, which made this drama now widely recognized in the industry as a mainland film and became a bridge for this year's Golden Horse Awards to strengthen cooperation with the mainland.

It is precisely because of this bridge that "Tazza" was nominated for seven awards at this year's Golden Horse Awards, making it one of the films with the most nominations at this year's Golden Horse Awards.

At present, "Tazza", "A Woman at 40" and "Good Men, Good Women" are the three films with the highest popularity in the media and are considered to be the films most likely to win the Best Picture.

In fact, Hengyu did not do a lot of public relations for the play "Tazza".

The reason why the call is so high.

The reason is that the Golden Horse Awards wants to make this drama a typical one in order to attract mainland filmmakers to submit their films to the Golden Horse Awards.

In the previous life, this treatment was "Sunny Days".

In its previous life, the 1996 film "Sunny Days" was able to sweep the Golden Horse Awards and win several Golden Horse Awards because it was listed as a model.

It was also from this year that the Golden Horse Awards gained huge influence in mainland China.

Compared to the Golden Rooster Awards, which only have influence in mainland China, the Golden Horse Awards itself has a considerable influence in the Chinese-speaking regions.

Mainland films are trying to go beyond the mainland and into the world.

The mainland and the Golden Horse Awards hit it off immediately, and the two sides became complete partners. After that, they worked together to push the Golden Horse Awards to the pinnacle of Chinese-language films.

Because "Tazza" has become a model film promoted by the Golden Horse Awards.

Therefore, the person sent by the Golden Horse Awards to communicate with the "Tazza" crew holds a relatively high position. He is a long-time member of the Golden Horse Awards Executive Committee and also Hou Hsiao-hsien, a very famous director in the current Taiwanese film industry.

Speaking of which, Hou Hsiao-hsien is actually Zhou Ziheng's competitor.

He directed "Good Men, Good Women".

However, although they are competitors, it did not affect him at all from welcoming the crew of "Tazza" as a representative of the Golden Horse Awards.

Hou Hsiao-hsien stood at the hotel entrance with a young man wearing glasses.

"Hello, Director Hou!" Zhou Ziheng greeted him. Not only was the other party older than him, but he had also been in the industry for many years and was one of the leading figures in the Taiwanese film industry. He still had to give him the face he deserved.

"Director Zhou is so young, and there is so much to look forward to. Your film Tazza will probably be the biggest winner of this award." Hou Hsiao-hsien spoke enthusiastically, holding Zhou Ziheng's hand tightly.

Zhou Ziheng has many identities. He is a singer, a film company owner, an actor, and a director.

Among so many identities, Hou Hsiao-Hsien obviously recognizes his identity as a director more. After all, he is a director himself, so they appreciate each other!

"I also want to thank the Golden Horse Awards for giving me this opportunity. The Golden Horse Awards are much more professional than some self-entertainment awards."

Zhou Ziheng glanced at a few people who were checking in not far away and raised his voice deliberately.

Upon hearing this, several people who were checking in looked over here.

The middle-aged woman in the lead frowned but said nothing.

When Hou Hsiao-hsien saw this, he smiled bitterly, feeling a little amused and helpless.

He had long known that Zhou Ziheng did not get along well with the Hong Kong circle.

At the same time, they also knew that Zhou Ziheng was fearless and would not give face to anyone.

However, he didn't expect Zhou Ziheng to be so tough and start to act in a yin and yang manner in front of others.

“Gao Jie and I are good friends, and I heard from him that a play of your company is being filmed.

According to him, the quality of this drama is very good.

Is this drama going to be released during the Spring Festival?"

Hou Hsiao-hsien didn't want to see Zhou Ziheng confronting people from the Hong Kong circle here, so he quickly changed the subject.

Zhou Ziheng is not the kind of person who would be unreasonable on other people's territory.

After Hou Hsiao-Hsien changed the subject, he stopped making sarcastic remarks and replied:
"It has been decided that the film will be released during the Spring Festival. If the director-in-waiting has time, he must attend the premiere."

"Of course, I'm also curious about what kind of movie can get such praise from Gao Jie." Hou Hsiao-hsien said, personally leading the way and taking Zhou Ziheng to the front desk to get the room card.

At the elevator, Zhou Ziheng and others were chatting with Hou Hsiao-hsien about movies while waiting for the elevator.

With a ding-dong sound, the elevator door opened.

"Humph!"

The elevator door opened and two figures walked out.

The first person who saw Hou Hsiao-hsien wanted to say hello, but when he saw Zhou Ziheng, his face suddenly fell and he couldn't help but snorted coldly.

Zhou Ziheng pretended not to see him and walked into the elevator.

Hou Hsiao-hsien greeted the man with a smile and then followed him in.

After coming in, he couldn't help but glance at Zhou Ziheng strangely.

There has always been a saying in the entertainment industry that kings never meet each other.

At present, if we talk about which two big names, all major programs know that they will not invite them at the same time.

These two people are undoubtedly Zhou Ziheng and Jacky Cheung.

The two started their war of words in 1993 and their war of words has continued till now.

You can see the two of them fighting in the newspapers every other day.

The two have almost become the biggest rivals in the entertainment industry.

The person who just got off the elevator was none other than Jacky Cheung.

Sure enough, with just one glance, Hou Hsiao-hsien could tell that the two of them didn't get along.

In the entertainment industry, even if people have grudges against each other, they will be more or less polite when they meet.

These two simply ignored all this and pretended the other party didn't exist.

Sighing in his heart that it was too dramatic for the two kings to not meet, Hou Hsiao-hsien continued to chat about movies with Zhou Ziheng with a smile without changing his expression.

(End of this chapter)