One week later, another meeting.
Fewer people showed up this time — only representatives from film companies and the organizers — the whole thing fit in a big private room.
Shu Qi from Movie Biweekly was in a foul mood.
The Hong Kong Film Awards were still scheduled for April this year; preparations had to start in January, and at a time like this the left suddenly had their sights on the Awards…
Could it be they're going to cancel it this year?
Or even cancel it forever?
Yu Zheng from RTHK sat beside her trying to console her, “He may act domineering, but he usually has reasons; he won’t do anything on a whim, he gives people warning. We can talk it through — it should be fine.”
“Yes, I think it can be negotiated,” added the representative from Sing Tao Daily.
Sing Tao and RTHK were the two organizers of the Awards, but they didn’t put in much money; every year they were flat broke, only doing better after they sold the broadcast rights to a TV station.