As June came, John returned to Los Angeles from New York, and after a night of rest at Purple Star Manor, he drove to Crown Studios early the next morning.

Since the film has not yet started, the studio is unusually deserted.

Upon entering the hall, John saw that Nancy was the only one in the room, writing and drawing on her desk.

"Nancy. John screamed softly.

Hearing the exchange, Nancy looked up, and when she saw that it was John, she put down the pen in her hand and picked up a small gold figure and a tight black box from the other end of the desk and walked towards him.

"It's yours, now it's back to its rightful owner. Nancy said as she handed the thing to John.

"Thank you!" John said thank you and took the golden figure and the black box.

The Academy Award trophy has been seen on TV before, and now it is the first time that John has been seen from such a distance in his hand.

This thing is heavier than expected, and it looks golden on the outside, full of industrial streamlined beauty.

John used to think that Oscar's little gold figure was pure gold, and it wasn't until later that he realized that he was too naïve, this thing was actually an alloy on the inside, except for a layer of gold leaf on the outside, and it was actually an alloy of tin and copper in the early days, and now it is an alloy of tin and ammonium.

This is not bad, due to tin, copper and other important strategic materials in the metal system during World War II, the statue of the Oscar statues was made of gypsum for four consecutive years, and the appearance was only painted with a layer of gold. It was not until after the war that tin, copper and other metals ceased to become strategic materials, and these plaster statues were exchanged for metal statues.

So don't look at the bling of this thing, it's actually very cheap, in the early days it was worth $30 per little gold figure, and now it's slightly higher and worth $350. But if you take into account the time factor and inflation, the value is actually about the same.

Although the value of the golden man is very low, no one can ignore the weight it carries in the film industry, as long as people in the industry want to get a golden figure to prove themselves.

John held up the little gold figure and looked at it, and there was a small piece of gold leaf on the base of the five-ring plate, and several lines of text were engraved on the gold leaf, including the name of the winner, the type of award, and the time...... Wait.

The gold foil engraved on the base is placed in the later stage, and it does not exist before the award, after all, no one knows who will win the award, and only after the winner receives the award and enters the backstage, there will be professionals to install this gold leaf for the little gold man.

Of course, the organizing committee will prepare a lot of this kind of gold leaf before the award, and each nominee will have one, but in the end, except for the gold leaf of the winner, which will be placed on the little gold figure, the other gold foil will be recycled by the organizing committee and will not be circulated on the market.

"Well, it's a good feeling to win an Oscar for the first time!" Nancy said with a smile.

John shrugged. "It's not the little golden man I want to win, the best director award is what I want. ”

The Oscars are actually the same, the only difference is the words engraved on the gold leaf on the base, which is the only type that distinguishes the trophy.

For a director, nothing proves himself better than the Best Director award, including the Best Picture award.

There are five important sectors in the film industry: producer, director, screenwriter, actor, and technology.

When the Academy Awards set up the awards, they also set awards according to these five important departments, and even the base of the little golden man is designed as a five-ring film disc, which represents the five important departments in the film industry.

Therefore, for a professional, winning a professional award is the greatest recognition for himself, and the rest is a floating cloud. It's like John won the Best Song award as a director, which doesn't mean anything to prove his directing skills.

"But John, you're asking too much, and you won't have to think about the Best Director award for the next ten years. Nancy was sure. She didn't mean to hit John, but because in the 63-year history of the Academy Awards, there has never been a person under the age of 30 who won the Best Director award, never.

You must know that John is only 21 years old now, and it is impossible to win the Oscar for Best Director at this age.

"Do you want us to make a bet. When John heard Nancy's words, he suddenly had a bad taste.

"How to bet?" Nancy curious.

"If I win the Oscar for Best Director before I turn 30, you'll be exempt from the winning film. John replied.

"What if you don't win an award before you turn 30?" Nancy asked.

"Then you can choose any film I shoot after the age of 30 and charge a 50% commission. John felt that Nancy would definitely be fooled, Nancy's commission was 15 percent, and now John is betting 50 percent, this temptation is not small, and from the face of the card, John's winning chance is almost zero, so as long as he is a normal person, he will bet with him.

"Deal. Nancy didn't hesitate to shake hands with John and make an agreement, for fear that he would be too slow and John would regret it.

In her opinion, John wants to win the Oscar for Best Director before he is 30 years old, which is simply impossible, unless the sun comes out of the west, and more importantly, John has just released the pigeons of those old men in the academy, you must know that those old men are very stingy, and they will not stop if they don't let John run with him for ten or twenty years.

So Nancy thinks she's going to win, and if she doesn't bet on this kind of must-win bet, she's sorry for herself.

And John on the side held Nancy's hand, thinking about things in his heart, but he was not thinking about the question of whether to win or not, Oscar's little gold man is difficult for others, but for him it is very simple, so simple that it can be done in one sentence, so he thinks about what Nancy's reaction will be after he wins the award, shocked, sluggish, frustrated, .......

John was amused when he remembered Nancy's reaction.

Yes, it's fun, he bets with Nancy purely for fun, and for a little fun, not really to win Nancy's money. Nancy, as his agent, worked hard for a whole year but had no income, he couldn't do this kind of thing, so even if he won at that time, he would still give the commission that should be given, and he would still give the bonus he should give, as for betting is just a little fun, just laugh at it, there is no need to take it seriously.

"John, for the sake of our bet having worked, I'll give you good news. Nancy withdrew her hand and looked at John with a smug expression, she felt that the bet with John was already in place, and the rest was only a matter of time.

"Oh, you're going to tell me some good news. John put the little gold figure and the black box on his desk, poured himself a cup of coffee, and sat down on the sofa to wait for Nancy's good news.