Huayu: Just started as a stagehand, but the director's comeback system

By mid-September, filming for the movie "The Beauty Inside" was more than halfway complete.

Jiang Huai originally planned to take advantage of the good weather to film, but news came from the Golden Rooster Awards.

Crazy Stone received three nominations: Best Screenplay, Best Directorial Debut, and Best Actor.

The other party had given three nominations, so Jiang Huai definitely had to go and show his support. The production team was left to Ning Hao, while Jiang Huai and the invited guest Tong Dawei flew directly to Yinchuan.

After landing, Guo Tao, who had been waiting in Yinchuan for a long time, took Jiang Huai directly to the hotel.

Although the hype surrounding Crazy Stone has been focused on Xu Zheng and Huang Bo, they are actually the male lead in the film.

However, Jiang Huai felt that the other party's chances of winning the award this time were not high, after all, his competitors were Liu Ye and Liu Wei.

Not only Jiang Huai, but also the general public is optimistic that Liu Ye will win the Best Actor award this time.

However, Jiang Huai definitely couldn't say such things. On the contrary, he wanted to encourage Guo Tao, who might have pulled some strings.

Therefore, Jiang Huai tried to find out Guo Tao's opinion on the Best Actor award along the way, but Guo Tao always remained indifferent.

Even after arriving at the hotel, Jiang Huai couldn't tell if the other party was too tight-lipped or had truly resigned themselves to their fate.

After saying goodbye to Guo Tao, Jiang Huai returned to his room. He and Tong Dawei had arrived on the evening of the 18th, and the official award ceremony was tomorrow, September 19th.

So when Jiang Huai saw the call from Tong Liya in the room, he simply replied with two sentences and tossed the phone aside.

The night passed quickly. Jiang Huai had just woken up and hadn't even finished washing up when Tong Dawei from downstairs came to pick him and Guo Tao up in his car with his agent.

The other party was a special guest this time, and there would be no crew accompanying them when they arrived. So Tong Dawei decided to pick up Jiang Huai and the other person this morning and walk the red carpet with them later.

When Jiang Huai finished washing up and got into the car, Tong Dawei and Guo Tao were already waiting for him inside.

Guo Tao was supposed to be sitting next to him, but Tong Dawei, having somehow gotten wind of it, leaned over with a mysterious expression.

"Director Jiang, have you heard about what happened with Director Feng?"

The two chatted a lot about gossip while filming, so when Tong Dawei heard the gossip last night, the first person he thought of was Jiang Huai.

He was even afraid that there might be other people in Jiang Huai's room, so he didn't dare to call and spoke to them, and endured it until this morning.

"Which Director Feng? Feng Kuzi? What happened to him?"

Jiang Huai didn't really have many connections in the entertainment industry when it came to gossip, but Tong Dawei's words really piqued his curiosity.

"It's him. Director Feng's movie 'Cell Phone' only won some minor awards. I heard that Director Feng complained a lot to others at a dinner party last night."

"It's unclear whether Director Feng or the Golden Rooster Awards officials hold a grudge more."

After hearing Tong Dawei's gossip, Jiang Huai immediately recalled Feng Xiaogang's attack on the Golden Rooster Awards in 2000.

At the time, the criticism was directed at the Golden Rooster Awards officials, and Jiang Huai estimated that Feng Xiaogang would have to do it again this time.

"I feel that the Golden Rooster Awards are the ones that are unfair."

Although Feng Kuzi and Tong Dawei are in the same company, their relationship is only good on the surface, and they don't have much contact in private.

Therefore, Tong Dawei did not show any favoritism towards Feng Xiaogang; he genuinely felt that the Golden Rooster Awards had gone too far.

Feng Xiaogang's "A Sigh" won an award at the Huabiao Awards in 2000, but then went home empty-handed at the Golden Rooster Awards.

There was only one instance where the standards on both sides were different, but this time Feng Xiaogang's "Cell Phone" did well at the box office and with good reviews, yet it didn't receive a single key nomination.

Last time, the audience was already dissatisfied with the Golden Rooster Awards, and this time the Golden Rooster Awards' authority will probably be even lower.

"Forget it, it has nothing to do with us anyway, let's just be spectators."

Jiang Huai only shared half of his opinion with Tong Dawei. After the other party nodded, Jiang Huai stopped talking and turned to look at the scenery outside the window.

He was wondering how he should distance himself from the Golden Rooster Awards organizers if they went too far this time.

If he wins just one of the three nominations, he'll be in serious trouble if the Golden Rooster Awards are contested. After all, he's been making headlines a lot lately, and the more he does, the fewer people in the industry will be affected.

This time, someone might take the opportunity to direct their firepower at him.

Simply cutting him off might not be very effective; at most, it would reduce the amount of attention he receives, which is not what Jiang Huai wants.

He wanted to convert this attention into box office revenue. As long as he came up with a solution, even if Feng Xiaogang didn't criticize him, he would still have to find someone to spread the news that Feng was dissatisfied with the Golden Rooster Awards.

Sitting next to Jiang Huai, Tong Dawei noticed him tapping on the car window repeatedly and knew it was an unconscious action he was making while thinking.

Seeing this, he stopped bothering Jiang Huai and turned to his phone to continue gossiping with his friends.

"Director Jiang has arrived."

When they arrived at the Golden Rooster Awards red carpet, Tong Dawei had already finished chatting with his friends about Huang Xiaoming's love life when he looked up and found Jiang Huai still there, deep in thought.

He wasn't sure what the other person was thinking, since there hadn't been any problems with the filming of "Inner Beauty."

After some speculation, Tong Dawei could only attribute it to a common problem among directors; every director has their own issues.

However, there was no time for the other party to think now, because the Golden Rooster Awards ceremony was some distance from the hotel where Jiang Huai was staying, so the group didn't arrive very early.

I estimate that staff will come and call them to walk the red carpet soon.

"Okay, let's go downstairs and get some fresh air."

After thinking about it all the way, Jiang Huai finally had a clue: he needed to find a director of the same generation as him to act as a shield.

After all, a large part of the malice online was simply a way to vent emotions, and even the King of Heaven couldn't change that.

Not only will they not be able to convert the anger, but these people will really affect the director's reputation. Therefore, Jiang Huai must first find a director with a bad reputation to attract the anger of these people before he can proceed with the next steps.

However, he couldn't find a suitable one just by thinking about it. He would have to go and check some information later and ask Ning Hao for his reference.

"You may follow me now."

Jiang Huai's thoughts were interrupted once again.

This time it was a female staff member wearing a light gray suit.

Jiang Huai had no choice but to clear his mind and step forward with the other party.

There were many reporters on both sides of the red carpet, but unfortunately this was not an interview with Jiang Huai himself, so he did not mention his two upcoming movies. He simply signed his name and entered the venue.

He was seated relatively close to the front, next to three other nominees for Best Directorial Debut.

It's just a pity that Xiao Jiang, Fang Gangliang, and Xie Dong are not very famous and are not enough to be his shield.

Therefore, after exchanging a few polite words with the others, Jiang Huai quietly sat down in his seat.