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

The masterclass was more tedious than Jiang Huai had imagined.

He had hoped to hear other directors share their filming experiences or to be adored by the students below.

Unfortunately, the students sitting here not only need to be excellent in both character and academics, but their families also need to have a strong background.

Jiang Huai didn't know how to give the official sponsors of the Berlin Film Festival a small fee for their hard work, but these students knew perfectly well.

Therefore, these people, let alone praising Jianghuai, would probably think to themselves, "You should be glad you were born early," when they even meet world-renowned directors.

The directors who shared their experience were even more boring; none of their speeches were of any use. They either talked about how much gray hair they had gotten from filming or how they had a heart dedicated to art.

Seeing this, Jiang Huai followed suit, but at least what he said was somewhat true; he had indeed dedicated himself to art, although he also enjoyed it.

Instead of engaging in awkward small talk here, it would be better to outwit and outmaneuver those businessmen. At least Jiang Huai could learn more about the art of presenting shamelessness as selflessness.

Therefore, Jiang Huai did not accept any more invitations to speak at the masterclass at subsequent film festivals, and instead stayed in the screening room with Ning Hao and others.

The Berlin Film Festival awards ceremony was on February 19th. Two days before the ceremony, Jianghuai received the box office figures for the opening week of "The Insider" from China.

Thanks to the constant rumors surrounding Jianghuai, and the lingering passion sparked by the 08 Olympics in the capital.

At the beginning of 05, when national self-confidence was rising among the Chinese people, Jianghuai coincided with winning three nominations at the world's top film festival.

As a result, Jianghuai's films have garnered significant attention in China, particularly regarding their inherent beauty and the Berlin Film Festival.

Therefore, even though The Beauty Inside is a romance film, it still attracted a large number of viewers who are not middle-aged or elderly.

Although most of these viewers felt that the movie was only about romance, the only interesting thing was that the male lead changed every day.

But amidst the prevailing atmosphere of praising Jianghuai, no one dares to voice their true thoughts; everyone simply tries their best to recommend it to relatives and colleagues.

Riding this wave, "Beauty Inside" managed to rake in 37 million at the box office in its opening week. Based on the usual range, the film's total box office is already confirmed to have exceeded 100 million.

Furthermore, Han Sanping applied for a two-week extension of the key.

Jianghuai had already achieved half of its goal of becoming the box office champion in 05; the remaining half depended on other well-known directors.

However, while the success of Inner Beauty can be celebrated at any time upon returning home, the Golden Bear Award is about to be presented, and JAC's current focus remains on this.

Therefore, Jiang Huai declined Ning Hao's suggestion to have dinner together and decided to focus on the Berlin Film Festival first.

He made contact with Bai Ling, who was released from quarantine in China last year, a couple of days ago.

Jiang Huai really didn't expect that his mentor Zhang Yimou had such strong connections and could even talk to Bai Ling.

According to Zhang Yimou, when casting for Red Sorghum, the two final choices for the female lead were Bai Ling and Gong Li. Although Bai Ling was not chosen, they occasionally kept in touch.

Of course, this didn't come without a price. In order to clear his name of the negative reviews from the closing ceremony of the Athens Olympics, Zhang Yimou has recently been promoting his mentor-student relationship with Jiang Huai.

After weighing the pros and cons, Jiang Huai naturally agreed to Zhang Yimou's exchange, and had many photos of him on the set of "House of Flying Daggers" published by domestic media.

Back then, in order to brag about it, he took a lot of photos of himself alone with Zhang Yimou.

After several conversations with Bai Ling, Jiang Huai secured her help with an interest-free loan of 500,000 yuan without a signed contract.

Bai Ling, as one of the seven judges on the jury, had a significant impact on the final results of the awards.

With her full recommendation, Jiang Huai will definitely be able to enter the final two-way race for the Silver Bear for Best Director.

Finally, amidst the intense anticipation of the nation, the day arrived on February 19th.

It was 1 p.m. local time in Berlin, an hour before the awards ceremony was scheduled to begin.

Jiang Huai is currently being interviewed by a CCTV reporter.

"Director Jiang Huai, it's a pleasure to meet you. I'm Chai Jing, a reporter from CCTV."

"Hello Ms. Chai Jing, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Jiang Huai never expected that he would have such a big reputation, as the person who came to interview him was Chai Jing, a core reporter at CCTV.

Therefore, Jianghuai's attitude became exceptionally humble, after all, having a friend inside the official news department might be of great help someday.

"Okay, Director Jiang Huai, come and say hello to the audience in front of the camera."

"Hello everyone, I'm director Jiang Huai. I'm very happy to have your support."

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This interview was not a live broadcast, but more like a short interview, so the officials certainly wouldn't ask any overly radical questions beforehand; they were all about their expectations for the future.

The interview only lasted a few minutes. After it was over, Jiang Huai wanted to exchange contact information with Chai Jing so they could have a meal together later. They ended up becoming friends.

However, Chai Jing's attitude towards Jiang Huai was clearly perfunctory, and the smile on his face disappeared after the camera was turned off.

Although he still agreed to exchange contact information with Jiang Huai, he immediately went to interview a director from the nearby Ugly Country in his private capacity.

Upon seeing this, Jiang Huai greeted the photographer and said goodbye, then secretly rolled his eyes at Ning Hao on his way into the venue.

He really didn't expect that the other party, a core reporter from CCTV who had even been to the front lines of the SARS outbreak, would actually have a bit of a foreign worship mentality.

The director she interviewed privately, Jiang Huai had never seen him in the main competition section of the film exhibition hall.

What Chai Jing thought in his heart was none of his business; it was just a pity about Jiang Huai's humble attitude.

In addition to CCTV reporters, reporters from other television stations were also present, broadcasting the event live.

After these people entered the venue, the camera immediately shifted from Gu Changwei to Jiang Huai.

Seeing this, Jiang Huai waved his hand and immediately sat down next to Gu Changwei.

"Director Jiang, are you confident?"

After Gu Changwei sat down in Jianghuai, he immediately leaned over and whispered something in his ear.

These days have passed, and Gu Changwei has not yet achieved his goal of having everyone discuss their own issues, but Jiang Huai has taught him many insidious tricks.

He truly never expected that so many indenture agreements could be created within the legal framework.

Therefore, Gu Changwei completely abandoned his elder's airs at this moment, fearing that Jiang Huai might trick him one day.

"Now that everyone's seated here, I'm ready to give my acceptance speech."

Jiang Huai looked at the podium with burning passion in his eyes. Today, he was an international director, and there was no award he couldn't hope for.

Not to mention Bai Ling's help, Jiang Huai is just one step away from any award.

Hearing Jiang Huai's confident words, Gu Changwei originally wanted to continue the conversation, but the opening ceremony of the awards ceremony had begun, so he immediately abandoned his intention to talk.

Jiang Huai was confident of winning the award, and so was Gu Changwei.