Chapter 471 The First Chinese Film Awards
Yu Li didn't think so. She said:
"Hey, it's much better than those educated youth who went to the countryside, right? It's much better than those who don't have jobs, right?
Besides, you and Wang Li take such good care of me.

I have enough food and clothes, a place to live, a job, and a smart and beautiful daughter. I am very content.

Also, please don’t give me any more money. It’s too much. It’s hard to explain if I spend too much money!”

Wang Yuanchao smiled and said:
"You are easily satisfied. But it's just you and Xiaocao living in this small courtyard. Isn't it a bit too lonely? If you have any problems, there is no one to help you."

Yu Li regained her composure and said:
"It's OK. I'm familiar with the neighbors. If there's any problem, Xiaocao or I will go and call for help. Don't worry."

This is where Wang Yuanchao will stay when he returns. If there are outsiders here, where will Wang Yuanchao live when he returns?
How can she stay with Wang Yuanchao?
Even if it’s just for a few nights.

Just for these few nights, it’s worth her waiting for a whole year!

Besides, Wang Li would come back on weekends, and sometimes the Wang brothers would come back to visit as well.

After a while, they seemed to know it, but no one mentioned it tacitly.

Wang Sheng and Wang Heping, the brothers are not stupid!
You may not notice it in the short term, but over time, how can you not see the clues?

Thinking about the third brother's style, and then taking a closer look at Xiaocao, I realize that Shazhu was not talking nonsense back then!

Not only does he look a bit like the third brother, he also looks a bit like his mother Miao Cui. Really...

Fortunately, Yu Li would bring Xiaocao to her grandmother's house whenever there were family gatherings over the years, otherwise, if her mother Miao Cui saw her, she would definitely discover something!
When their brothers are not at home, they, as the eldest and second uncles, naturally have to take better care of their brothers' wives and children.

Wang Yuanchao didn't say anything and they didn't ask. For some things, if there was a tacit understanding, all they had to do was do it.

"Have you thought about the future?" Wang Yuanchao asked.

"Raise Xiaocao up and find her a son-in-law! Then I'll retire and be able to take care of her baby!"

Wang Yuanchao said:

"I'm asking you!"

Yu Lidao:
"I told her I'll take care of her baby! Children grow up very fast, Xiaocao is already in first grade!"

This woman probably doesn't have the word "ideal" in her mind, and it's not her fault.

Wang Yuanchao said:

"Do you want to go to Hong Kong with me?"

Yu Li quickly shook her head.

She actually wanted to be closer to Wang Yuanchao, but she knew that Wang Yuanchao had many wives in Hong Kong.

When we get there, do we still have to bring Xiaocao with us to pay our respects and kowtow to the eldest lady every day?

If that's the case, she would rather stay here with her daughter.

Her kneecaps were standing up! She didn't want to bend them anymore!
Wang Yuanchao no longer forced it.

……

Back in Hong Kong, the first round of voting for the Academy Awards (see Chapter 440, to coax his wife and want to use his wife's image to make a little golden man) is in full swing.

This was originally in the works, but the acquisition of Asia Television naturally accelerated the process.

This year marks the first Chinese Film Awards, and the rules are based on those of the Oscars.

The Hong Kong Film Association is composed of many professionals, but the majority of them are filmmakers who follow Wang Yuanchao for a living.

There was no way, he had made too many movies with money laundering, and everyone had to make a living! And Uncle Shao Liu was not generous enough.

As long as there are more than 200 words of Chinese dialogue in a movie, it is considered a Chinese-language movie!

Wang Yuanchao defines Chinese-language films very broadly, in order to attract Southeast Asian countries to insert a few Chinese words into their films.

This influence happens gradually and imperceptibly.

And he is much more generous than Yizhou's Golden Horse Awards, with bonuses!
ATV will broadcast the entire award ceremony live, and citizens especially love to watch this kind of gossip.

And these awards and the box office influence will actually account for a certain proportion, so as to avoid being petty and playing around, with the films that are awarded being never heard of by anyone.

In fact, the fairer you are, the greater the impact of this award will be.

The greater the influence, the more valuable it will be if you put one or two personal opinions in it.

So at the beginning, Wang Yuanchao was not prepared to interfere and only asked for fairness.

The registered films will be published in Phoenix Daily, with introductions of each film attached. Citizens will then vote to determine the shortlist, and the professional awards committee will then vote and select the nominated films.

So, if you want to participate in the selection, you have to release your film in Hong Kong, right? Otherwise, how can the public vote for you?

Then don’t those foreign films with 200 Chinese characters suffer a loss?
You won’t suffer any loss, as long as you release your film here, you will be eligible for the selection!

Oh, and the Best Foreign Language Film! In addition to Chinese-language films, we also study Oscars. In the past, we went to Yizhou to participate in the Golden Horse Awards or the Asian Awards. Now there are awards at home. Compared with Hollywood, various companies are still very enthusiastic about awards. Life is nothing more than fame and fortune.

Seeing such a grand occasion, Wang Yuanchao felt sincerely happy.

As for the result, it doesn't matter.

If nothing unexpected happens, he can guess that the best actor award will undoubtedly be Bruce Lee.

His "Game of Death" grossed 650 million in Hong Kong.

Bruce Lee did not die suddenly as in history. He naturally returned to Hong Kong to finish the film, which he had shot one-third of. He also went to Hollywood, and many companies such as Warner, Paramount, and MGM offered him film contracts.

"Enter the Dragon", everyone (Wang Yuanchao and a group of Hong Kong filmmakers) have analyzed the plot effect. It is short on plot but long on fighting.

Having proven himself with Enter the Dragon, Bruce Lee naturally wanted more power to shoot according to his ideas.

MGM had no concerns about this because Wang Yuanchao agreed directly and Bruce Lee could do as he pleased.

But Bruce Lee also had to consider that there are still differences between the American market and the Chinese-speaking market.

Wang Yuanchao didn't care. He couldn't make movies. Would he let Bruce Lee make Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon? Anyway, it was enough to spread the positive image of Chinese people and promote Chinese Kung Fu.

But it’s hard to say whether it will be the best film.

Sam Hui's "Ghost in the Shell" also won a box office of 615 million. It is also a comedy. In the current environment, everyone really needs some laughter.

The first Academy Awards was faced with such equally matched opponents, which gave the organizing committee a headache.

The Academy Awards in Hong Kong are still in full swing, but in the United States, "The Godfather Part II" was invested with 2 million US dollars and the North American box office was 1300 million US dollars, which is far less than "The Godfather 4800".

Therefore, Orange Films can only make a little money, but it is estimated that it can make more money through global box office later.

But Coppola's Zoetrope Company was very satisfied.

Coppola himself received $100 million in salary and share of the profits, and with the addition of over a million earned from Peep Show, he felt very content.

He can finally focus on his film art without distraction.

Wang Yuanchao also knew that this was Coppola’s highlight moment.

Paramount at least made money. MGM's "The Man with the Golden Gun" was invested with 007 million US dollars and the North American box office was 1300 million. The investment could not be recovered by the box office alone. It also needed the global box office to pull it up. It is estimated that it can barely make a profit.

Historically, it was this 007 that almost terminated the 007 series.

If Wang Yuanchao hadn't known that the 007 series would become a huge hit and even the "Bond Girl" IP would have come out, he wouldn't have wanted to continue investing. There were so many other places he could have invested in.

But at least you won’t lose money.

The head coach of Xiangjiang United FC was Brazilian Otto Gloria, who had led Portugal to third place in the 66 World Cup.

Before 1962, Portugal had never entered the World Cup finals. In the first, second and third World Cups, they could only watch other countries fight on the battlefield.

So this is the best result Portugal has ever achieved.

After the first batch of Brazilian overseas players returned in 73, Hong Kong will welcome the third batch of students who have studied abroad this year. With such a Brazilian as the head coach, the effect should be good.

Moreover, there are more than three years before the next World Cup, so we can take our time to sort things out.

In early March, the North Vietnamese People's Army launched a series of offensives, sending 3 to 7 troops to attack the Central Highlands. The performance of the South Vietnamese army still did not improve, and even the retreat became a major defeat. The speed of South Vietnam's collapse surprised North Vietnam.

Blackwater's general manager Peter Wenders quickly came to Hong Kong again and had a discussion with the big boss Wang Yuanchao.

With their sugar-coated bullets and the buff of "foreigners are superior to others", Blackwater has transported a lot of supplies from South Vietnam.

They directly flew a C-130 Hercules transport plane to deliver supplies to the Sarawak base at night. The journey of more than a thousand kilometers was taken off and landed at night. The airport in South Vietnam was open, and they were our own people. In Sarawak, when they heard a noise in the middle of the night, they didn't know what was going on. No one would think of an airplane. Because they didn't have this thing in their minds.

Various guns, ammunition and mortars, enough to arm thousands of people.

There are also 6 M-41 "Walker Bulldog" light tanks. This light tank weighs 23.5 tons and is equipped with a 76mm tank gun, a 7.62mm co-directional machine gun and a 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun. The power unit is a 500-horsepower air-cooled gasoline engine with a maximum road speed of 72 kilometers per hour and a maximum road range of 161 kilometers.

Unfortunately, they couldn't get rid of the M-48 Patton medium tank.

This guy weighs 44.9 tons, has a 90mm tank gun, a 7.62mm co-directional machine gun and a 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun, 596 horsepower, a maximum road speed of 41.8 kilometers per hour, and a maximum road mileage of 113 kilometers.

People who watch it are really drooling.

In addition, there are 24 M-113 armored personnel carriers and 16 M-3 tracked armored vehicles.

Even if you can't make money, earning arms is also good.

Now that the frontline has suffered such a great defeat, Wang Yuanchao said bluntly:
"Send as much as you can. South Vietnam is almost finished!"

Wenders didn't quite believe it, so Wang Yuanchao used the analogy of the war in the mainland to give him, analyzing it one by one, and working backwards from the results. His logic was so rigorous that even Wenders wondered, are the hammer and sickle really that powerful?
After all, if what Adam said was true, he would be afraid too. That's how the Americans exaggerate it in China.

(End of this chapter)