This director lacks vision.

Chapter 438 Walking the Red Carpet and Reading Comments

4 PM on October 12, Lanzhou International Convention and Exhibition Center.

Jiang Yifeng was putting on makeup in the dressing room.

He was surrounded by a group of beautiful women: Shu Chang, Gao Yuanyuan, Qin Lan, Jiang Peiyao, Yan Danchen, Liu Jicun, Daddario, Sidney, Anne Hathaway...

Apart from the three foreign beauties, these are all actresses nominated for awards tonight.

As for D'Addario, Sidney, and Anne Hathaway, they were there to present the awards.

The second season of Stranger Things will premiere on October 20th. This series is a co-production and can be streamed on Sohu Video.

The three women, Daddario, are the main characters in this series, and their main purpose in coming to China is to promote the TV series.

Jiang Yifeng arranged for them to walk the red carpet and present awards at the Hundred Flowers Awards, which would both promote the TV series and increase the popularity of the Hundred Flowers Awards.

When Jiang Yifeng stood up, all the beauties turned their attention to him, wanting to walk the red carpet with him.

Liu Qicun even fantasized about the scene of her boss carrying her down the red carpet.

Gao Yuanyuan spoke first: "Da Jiong's chances of winning an award are slim. You should walk the red carpet with me. At least that will be some consolation, and it won't be a wasted trip for me."

Daddario disagreed, arguing, "I think Jiang should walk the red carpet with us. It would be good for Stranger Things' publicity and also generate buzz."

Qin Lan chuckled and retorted, "This is a film festival. Promoting the TV series is just a side thing. How can you let the event overshadow the main event?"
Director Jiang should either walk the red carpet with me and Yuanyuan, or with the Youth film crew; there's no way he'd walk the red carpet with Strange Things.

Liu Jicun immediately chimed in, "That's right, that's right, this is a film festival!"

Shu Chang started stirring things up: "Both 'Lost in Thailand' and 'Youth' were directed by Director Jiang, so it's wrong for him to favor either one."

I think it would be better to just not choose any of them and stick with our former crew.

Director Jiang is Director Tian's mentor; he should take care of his protégé.

The women's personalities can be seen from the process of this debate.

As the head housekeeper, Gao Yuanyuan dared to offer suggestions directly;

After taking the beauty potion, Daddario became extremely loyal to Jiang Yifeng. Her sister, Catherine, gave up her acting career and began to help Jiang Yifeng manage his business in the United States. Daddario's influence gradually increased, and she even dared to contradict Gao Yuanyuan.

Qin Lan, on the other hand, is quite straightforward and says whatever comes to mind.

After this injury, Liu Jicun became closer to Jiang Yifeng and became more and more outspoken.

Jiang Peiyao remained Gao Yuanyuan's little sister. She would shut up whenever Gao Yuanyuan spoke, especially since her nominated role was in the movie Wolf Warrior, and she knew that walking the red carpet with Jiang Yifeng was hopeless.

Yan Danchen was clearly the most qualified to speak and the most likely to win an award tonight, but she has a soft personality and is not good at arguing, so she remained silent.

Shu Chang, on the other hand, wanted to take advantage of the situation and turn the tables.

After the beauties had finished arguing, Jiang Yifeng said, "This is very simple. I'll just walk the red carpet three times, which will cover Lost in Daewoo, Youth, and Stranger Things."

Girls: "..."

Jiang Yifeng sighed and said in a serious tone, "There's nothing I can do. I'm just a kind-hearted person and can't bear to see beautiful women sad."

Shu Chang complained, "What about me and Yao Yao? Aren't we beauties?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Fan Bingbing walked in.

"And what about me? 'Brotherhood of Blades' is also a movie produced by Fengxing Media. President Jiang, you can't be biased towards one over the other, can you?"

Fengxing Media's "Brotherhood of Blades" is an enhanced version of the original. The film grossed 6.3 million yuan in the first quarter, achieving both critical and commercial success, and is hailed by many as the best martial arts film of the past decade.

Fan Bingbing is the female lead in "Brotherhood of Blades" and was nominated for two awards.

Jiang Yifeng looked up and sighed, then deliberately boasted, "I'm overwhelmed! There are too many beauties in the harem; I simply can't keep up! How about we all walk the red carpet together?"

Everyone burst into laughter.

"Walking the red carpet together? I want to join too!"

Yang Mi peeked out from the doorway; she was from the Tiny Times film crew next door and had come to join the fun.

She was wearing a low-cut dress today, and when she peeked out, she deliberately stretched her body outwards, facing Jiang Yifeng at an angle that allowed him to see a beautiful view of snow-capped peaks.

Just as Jiang Yifeng was about to speak, he heard a few arguments coming from the dressing room of the grandmaster across the hall. Zhang Ziyi stormed out, slamming the door behind her.

Seeing this, Jiang Yifeng found it quite amusing.

Jiang Yifeng already knew that Sunglasses King was going to participate in the Sanda competition. The contract had already been signed and insurance had been purchased for Sunglasses King—it's common practice to buy insurance for athletes in these kinds of sports events.

However, it's not yet clear who Wong Kar-wai's opponent will be.

The main thing is to find someone who is fearless and daring, someone who is willing to take drastic measures against Wong Kar-wai.

Despite many actors complaining in interviews about how torturous Wong Kar-wai is, he hasn't fallen from grace and still has a group of middle-class fans.

Many celebrities and actors still vie to act in his films, but are too afraid to fight him.

Jiang Yifeng's current idea is to continue looking for someone. If he can't find a suitable candidate, he will send Jiang Mingyang of the Seven Heroes of Fengxing to fight against Sunglasses King.

Jiang Mingyang follows the image of a handsome man and has been practicing boxing and martial arts, so he has excellent physical fitness.

If he were to fight Wong Kar-wai, he would at least be able to beat Wong Kar-wai black and blue.

Seeing Zhang Ziyi arguing with Wong Kar-wai and slamming the door as she left, Jiang Yifeng's intuition told him that something was fishy.

He waved his hand, instructing his assistant, Li Xia, to inquire about Zhang Ziyi's situation.

Then I just left it at that.

10月12号下午5点40分，第32届大众百花电影节闭幕式暨颁奖晚会正式开始。

The awards ceremony was jointly broadcast live by CCTV-6 (China Movie Channel), CCTV-6 (Yangshi.com), Sohu Video, and Panda TV.

With a large number of celebrities at the gala, coupled with the extensive publicity from Fengxing Media, this year's Hundred Flowers Awards has generated considerable buzz.

There were quite a few viewers watching the live stream online.

The first to appear on the red carpet were the cast and crew of the TV series "Lost in Thailand".

Jiang Yifeng walked down the red carpet with Qin Lan by the hand on his left and Gao Yuanyuan by the arm on his right.

The audience was shouting and cheering, very excited.

The viewers in the live stream were making jokes and shouting, "Knife in hand, kill Jiang dog."

Gao Yuanyuan and Qin Lan were indeed very beautiful today. Both women dressed up carefully to walk the red carpet with Jiang Yifeng, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that they were radiant.

Behind Jiang Yifeng were Xu Zheng and his wife, Xiao Taohong.

Because Jiang Yifeng stole the "Lost in..." series, Xu Zheng's status in the industry is not as high as it was in his previous life, but as an actor, his popularity is higher than it was in his previous life.

After all, Jiang Yifeng starred in all three of the "Lost in..." series films.

Moreover, without the practice of making easy money, Xu Zheng's reputation is unexpectedly better than in his previous life.

So when he appeared, the audience gave him a big round of applause.

After the cast of "Lost in..." finished walking the red carpet, it was the turn of the cast of "Coming Home". Zhang Yimou and Gong Li walked the red carpet together, which also attracted a lot of attention.

The fact that the longtime lovers walked the red carpet together after so many years was a major highlight, capturing the attention of many reporters.

Then came Chen Daoming, who was with Zhang Huiwen.

This year's Hundred Flowers Awards not only received heavy promotion from Fengxing Media, but also received official attention, so there were many celebrities and big names involved, making it a truly star-studded event.

However, to everyone's surprise, Jiang Yifeng walked the red carpet again 20 minutes later.

This time he was holding D'Addario's hand, Sidney was on his arm, and there was a tall and beautiful woman, Anne Hathaway, on the side.

The sight of this person dragging three others filled the live stream with memes of them holding knives.

Fifteen minutes later, Jiang Yifeng walked the red carpet again.

This time, Yan Danchen and Liu Jicun were pushing the wheelchair together, with Liu Jicun sitting in the wheelchair.

The three of them looked just like a family of three, loving and affectionate.

Upon seeing this, the live stream chat was filled with jokes and banter.

"Jiang Yifeng walking the red carpet with seven beautiful women at an awards ceremony—that's a new record, isn't it!"

"Jiang Yifeng is so busy, it's enviable! No wonder he's a romantic and talented man."

"I'm really curious to know which beauty Director Jiang will choose tonight—mature women, young girls, foreign beauties, all kinds of styles!"

"Only children make choices; adults want it all. I think Jiang Yifeng will choose both!"

"Together? I would feel physically unable to handle anyone else, but Jiang Yifeng cannot be judged by ordinary standards. His energy is even more abnormal than that of Cheng Long and Zhang Yimou."

"Have you all forgotten what Qin Lan once said? Lu Chuan is not even worth a finger of Director Jiang." Seeing everyone's heated discussion, Panda TV even launched a prize-winning quiz—how many times will Jiang Yifeng walk the red carpet at this year's Hundred Flowers Awards?
Surprisingly, 57% of people chose the option more than 5 times, because according to the guest list, Fan Bingbing, Yang Mi, and Shu Chang, among others, have not yet appeared.

This is Jiang Yifeng's reputation.

Everyone is waiting to see how many times Jiang Yifeng will walk the red carpet.

So much so that many viewers were disappointed when Jiang Yifeng didn't appear on the red carpet again.

They felt that Jiang Yifeng was holding back too much and hadn't shown even half of his strength.

The "romantic and talented scholar" persona is gradually taking effect, and the public is becoming more and more accustomed to Jiang Yifeng's womanizing ways.

Amidst the lively and joyful atmosphere, the red carpet event came to an end, and the opening performance was about to begin.

The second generation of the 101 group gave a passionate performance, singing and dancing to the electronic hit song "faded".

This electronic psychedelic music, paired with dazzling stage effects, instantly ignited the atmosphere at the venue.

Faded is the theme song for the second season of Stranger Things. Jiang Yifeng was directly promoting the TV series at the Hundred Flowers Awards, but the audience didn't object.

The opening performance was so spectacular that it was far more interesting than the opening performances of previous Hundred Flowers Awards.

But what happened next was even more interesting.

After the opening performance, hosts Zhu Jun and Li Yunxiao took the stage.

After finishing his opening remarks, Li Yunxiao said, "The main purpose of hosting the Hundred Flowers Awards is to listen to the voices of the audience."

Tonight's awards ceremony will include a new segment where we'll read comments. These comments are genuine feedback from viewers who purchased tickets through the Maoyan platform, including both positive and negative reviews.

This also provides a channel for directors and actors to listen to the audience's voice.

Positive reviews can make us laugh heartily; this is the best reward audiences can give to a film.

We should humbly accept negative reviews; they are the best encouragement the audience can give to a film.

Zhu Jun said, "That's right, without an audience, the movie would be meaningless."

Before the awards ceremony, we will begin our first reading of comments tonight.

First, we'll show you reviews of three movies. Please look at the big screen!

A comment appeared on the big screen; it was for the movie "Lost in...", and the rating was only 2 stars.

"The '囧' series is Jiang's representative comedy series, and many people like to watch it, but I can't accept the scatological humor and vulgar jokes."

I still prefer the Old Boys series, which uses youthful dreams as a footnote and allows us to feel the warmth of life amidst laughter.

I hope Jiang Yifeng will stop making the "Lost in..." series and make more "Old Boys" series instead.

Clearly, this is a viewer with strong likes and dislikes who doesn't appreciate vulgar jokes.

After Zhu Jun finished reading the comments, the camera focused on Jiang Yifeng, who smiled, clapped, and gave a thumbs up.

Then another positive review praising Da Jiong appeared on the big screen.

"Lost in Thailand is my favorite comedy movie. Before watching the movie, I was heartbroken and felt like I was being rejected."

After watching Lost in Thailand, I realized that being heartbroken wasn't my fault. We need to love ourselves first before we can love others.

Thank you, Director Jiang Yifeng, for the film you made. I also wish you find your love soon.

The comment elicited a burst of laughter from the audience.

The main point is that the viewer wished Jiang Yifeng to find his love soon, which seemed somewhat comical.

The reading of comments for this year's Hundred Flowers Awards will begin with Jiang Yifeng's film as a warm-up.

Next, the intensity increased, and Li Yunxiao started reading comments about "Tiny Times," beginning with positive reviews.

"I love this movie. It depicts the refined life I dream of. Even though some people laugh at me for being vain and materialistic, this is me, the real me. Don't you like money?"

Upon seeing this comment, Guo Jingming immediately stood up and clapped wildly.

Tiny Times received a lot of negative reviews and controversy, but a positive review was played at the Hundred Flowers Awards, which greatly encouraged him.

To be honest, the Tiny Times film series is indeed terrible, but it still has many female viewers who like it.

Otherwise, the film series wouldn't have achieved such good box office results.

Guo Jingming's Tiny Times is essentially a wish-fulfillment movie aimed at female audiences. Jiang Yifeng doesn't like it, but he thinks it's normal.

Many male viewers also enjoy reading male-oriented fantasy novels, and as long as they don't exaggerate too much, there's no need for everyone to look down on each other.

At least Tiny Times respects the market and has a clearly defined target audience.

Another comment appeared on the big screen:
My mother told me: Only good-looking people have a long youth;
Guo Jinming told me: "Wrong, you need money to stay young!"

This review is a three-star rating, which is relatively neutral.

But a murmur rippled through the stadium.

People have noticed that this year's Hundred Flowers Awards are indeed different.

Such improper and incorrect remarks were made at an official awards ceremony.

Of course, there were quite a few viewers who criticized Tiny Times, and negative reviews quickly appeared on the big screen.

"The whole movie is a nouveau riche fantasy and studio aesthetics, full of materialism and hypocritical best friend friendship."

This might be a reflection of Guo Jingming's inner world, much like the Da Vinci furniture he bought for tens of thousands of yuan—it looks expensive and luxurious, but is actually quite cheap.

After Li Yunxiao read the comment aloud, Guo Jingming's face turned awkward.

He was as excited as he was just now, and now he's just as frustrated.

But Jiang Yifeng's "Lost in..." was criticized, so it's normal for "Tiny Times" to have bad reviews. Guo Jingming could only applaud and accept it.

Following Tiny Times is the commentary on The Grandmaster.

Zhu Jun started by reading a neutral review from Samsung.

"Putting aside the true story of Ip Man, The Grandmaster is a decent martial arts film."

But does this movie really need three or four years to film?

Song Hye-kyo filmed for three years, and her passport was even confiscated by the production crew. In the end, she only had 3 minutes of screen time.

The other actors were also tormented to the point of ecstasy by Wong Kar-wai.

I strongly suspect that Wong Kar-wai has no idea how to make movies.

He simply used an exhaustive approach, filming all the possible scenarios for a scene, then piecing them together during editing to select a set of shots that matched his imagination, and then pairing them with pretentious music and dialogue to create a so-called highbrow aesthetic.

But the footage was shot by a photographer, the editing was done by an editor, the soundtrack was composed by a professional musician, and the acting was done by the actors.

What is Wong Kar-wai's job? He doesn't even give actors acting instructions.

Is a director like this just there to show off on set?

I hope directors will be cautious about using phrases like "ten years to hone a film" or "seven years to make a movie." It only makes me think the director lacks ability and doesn't improve the film's quality.

This review is a long one. Although it gave The Grandmaster a 3-star rating, it harshly criticized Wong Kar-wai.

In particular, he questioned Wong Kar-wai's acting abilities, and he hit the nail on the head.

After this comment came out, Wong Kar-wai's face darkened. He could hear many people around him snickering and discussing it.

Clearly, this viewer's comment resonated with many.

There has long been considerable criticism within the industry regarding Wong Kar-wai's filming methods.

Zhang Yimou and Li An, among others, have publicly criticized it.

The viewers in the live stream were excited and posted numerous comments.

People have noticed that after Fengxing Media took over, this year's Hundred Flowers Awards were really different. They were organized in a very interesting way, and they even dared to read the audience's real comments in front of these directors and stars.

Moreover, these comments are not fictional; they are all real.

You can see these comments in the Gold Score section of the Maoyan APP.

This is one of the reasons why Jiang Yifeng insisted on participating in the reading and commentary segment despite opposition and pressure.

Following this year's Hundred Flowers Awards ceremony, Maoyan APP will undoubtedly become the number one film and television review APP.

Viewers will be more enthusiastic about leaving comments on this app.

After all, this is an opportunity to appear on television or to criticize the film and television industry in person.

(End of this chapter)