Chapter 608 Welcome Director Quan to Japan Hanfu Fever Asian Film Sharing Conference Film Queen Yifei!

Chapter 608 ①Welcome Director Quan to Japan ②Hanfu fever ③Asian film sharing conference ④Acting Queen Yifei!

The time is ripe, Wang Quan communicated with the casting team and started the next plan.

Then he flew to Tokyo to attend the 39th Neon Film Academy Awards ceremony.

This is his first time to attend this award, mainly because there are many girls in Tokyo that he misses, such as Yui Aragaki, Nozomi Sasaki, Haruka Ayase and Masami Nagasawa, and the secondary reason is that he was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Award.

This year, Haruka and Masami were both nominated, and they would meet at the awards ceremony, so Wang Quan went to Yui Aragaki's house as soon as he got off the plane. Nozomi Sasaki was also waiting for him there, saying that she would teach him Japanese, such as Yiku Yiku Yamei Die.

Because Nozomi Sasaki had mentioned that she wanted to touch Wang Quan's trophy, Wang Quan brought the Best Director Golden Man of "Parasite" over, but she didn't expect that she didn't want to touch this trophy.

Nozomi Sasaki's acting career has not made much progress in recent years, but the cosmetics company that Wang Quan helped her invest in is thriving.

Yui Aragaki's career has been on the rise, and her influence in Asia has further increased after "Li Gou Hai", but she is still Buddhist, filming at most one drama and one movie every year, and then enjoying life and staying at home.

After spending a day with them, Wang Quan came to the International Pavilion of Tokyo New Takanawa Hotel to attend the Academy Awards ceremony, which is known as the Neon Oscars.

The hosts were a man and a woman. The woman was Miyazawa Rie, who had played in "Dream of the Red Chamber" by Wang Zuxian and Wu Yanzu.

After entering the venue, Wang Quan first found his old classmate Hideo Umekawa.

This time, the Tokyo branch of Dragon Heads Up has achieved remarkable results, with two popular movies, "100 Yen Love" and "Hot Girls".

Among them, "Hot Girls" was directed by Hideo Umekawa himself. It was released in mainland China during the summer vacation last year. Although it did not have a high sense of presence, it also won 100 million box office. Hideo Umekawa was very happy that his work could get a high box office in China.

And they also cultivated a super popular newcomer, Kasumi Arimura.

"Class leader, this is Kasumi Arimura, she is called the village flower in China." Umekawa introduced.

This girl has a round face, and her appearance is not as good as the other village flower, but her acting skills are another matter.

She was a little terrified when she saw Wang Quan, the international director who swept the Oscars and Cannes and ranked first in box office history, and her body was a little shaky when she bowed.

Wang Quan laughed, "You acted very well, you will definitely win an award this year."

As he was talking, Ayase Haruka and Nagasawa Masami also came over, and Nagasawa Masami said sourly, "Oh, if she wins the award, then our sister Haruka won't get it."

The two girls were nominated for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress respectively for "Our Little Sister", and Kasumi Arimura was also nominated for Best Actress.

Wang Quan laughed: "I think Arimura is more confident of winning the Best Newcomer Award."

Ayase Haruka was also modest: "I don't have much confidence in the Best Actress Award."

Wang Quan knew who she was afraid of, Ando Sakura from "100 Yen Love".

After a while, the crew of "100 Yen Love" also came, and the one next to Ando Sakura, Miyoshi Ayaka, who had taken Wang Quan's plane, was also nominated for the Best Newcomer Award.

But the final winner was Arimura Kasumi, the future popular actress in Japan.

And then "Parasite" won the Best Foreign Language Film as expected.

Ando Sakura won the Best Actress Award as expected, and "100 Yen Love" also won the Best Screenplay, and it can sell the adaptation rights later.

Hirokazu Koreeda won the Best Film and Best Director with "Our Little Sister".

Umekawa Hideo's heart was shattered, it turned out to be just a newcomer award, and his film was the annual hit in Japan, in the top ten of the year, and it was the only one that had nothing to do with comics!

If "Attack on Titan" is considered a live-action movie, "Gal" is the second-best local live-action movie!

Wang Quan has no time to comfort him. He has made so much box office, and he still wants awards. Don't be so greedy.

At this time, Ayase Haruka and Nagasawa Masami, who obviously did not win the award, deserve more comfort from him. He has to comfort two people in one night, which is quite time-consuming.

But he almost forgot that Miyoshi Ayaka also did not win the award and also needed comfort.

Fortunately, her good brother Umekawa Hideo reminded her. When Wang Quan was about to take a plane to Macau, Umekawa asked her to take Miyoshi Ayaka with her.

Wang Quan went to Macau to participate in the 10th Asian Film Awards, and he had to take Nai Haruka with him. She was nominated for the Best Actress.

"Although Miyoshi Ayaka was not nominated, she got the opportunity to be the guest of honor."

The company still supports her very much, which is understandable, after all, she was asked to play in "Pacific Rim 2".

The time was up, and Nagasawa Masami lingered on Wang Quan, "Ah, why am I not nominated! This award is really blind!"

Wang Quan kissed her again and again, and then took Ayase Haruka to the airport and reunited with Miyoshi Ayaka.

Miyoshi Ayaka felt that she could no longer be reserved. In the future, she would have fewer and fewer opportunities to meet with Director Wang Quan, so she must seize this time.

So after getting on the plane, after Miyoshi Ayaka took off her coat, Wang Quan saw that she was comparable to Ayase Haruka.

The key point is that she didn't seem to wear a bra, which was very stylish, and the temptation level doubled straightly!

Although her last name was not Hebei, she was a beautiful flower after all. Two hours after the plane took off, she walked into the bedroom where Wang Quan was resting. Ayase Haruka saw it but didn't say anything.

As long as Wang Quan didn't invite her in, she would just pretend to be dead. She was thin-skinned. If she hadn't been dragged into this by Nagasawa Masami, she wouldn't have done such a thing.

An hour later, Wang Quan poked his head out and asked her, "Haruka, are you coming?"

Under the gaze of Xiaotian and Xuefu, Ayase Haruka walked in embarrassedly. Some things, once started, can't be stopped.

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When Wang Quan arrived in Macau with a few beauties, the official announcement of the second round of casting for "Xiaoyaoyou" on the domestic TikTok platform began.

"Because "Xiaoyaoyou" is a fantasy work in ancient costumes, the applicants who were turned over will shoot a set of ancient costume videos. The makeup can be designed by themselves or by professionals."

Then you have to spend money. Whether it is buying ancient costumes or hiring professional stylists, this stage will make many ordinary girls from tight families retreat, but most people are unwilling to give up this opportunity.

Born in 1999, Wang Churan, 17 years old this year, is a student of the Opera School affiliated to Shanghai Theatre Academy. He is over 1.7 meters tall and has outstanding appearance and temperament.

In order to cast for "Xiaoyaoyou", she downloaded and registered Douyin, and was not unexpectedly selected for her good looks.

After passing the first level, it is now the second level, ancient costumes. Hahaha, isn't this hitting her strong point? As a girl studying drama, she is more beautiful in ancient costumes than modern ones.

Moreover, there are many ancient costumes in the school, and her classmates can also do ancient costume styling, but she doesn't have a good relationship with her roommates, so she asked the teacher to help her with the makeup and took a video, which is considered the first batch of candidates to hand in the answer sheet.

Some beautiful girls are suitable for ancient costumes, but some are suitable for modern costumes.

Zhang Jingyi, an active literary and artistic activist of Changsha Tongshenghu International Experimental School, is a sophomore of the school. She was also born in 1999, 17 years old, one year younger than Zhou Ye.

She bought some Hanfu on the Internet, but she didn't think she looked good after wearing them. Her facial features are deep, and it seems that Hanfu is not good enough.

So she simply asked for help from her mother, who runs a clothing store and has a high level of aesthetics.

After wearing the clothes chosen by her mother and having her hair and makeup done by her mother, Zhang Jingyi finally had the confidence to shoot the video, but she was still a little nervous, as if there was no ancient charm in her video.

Her mother also said: "Baby, you are actually more suitable for Hong Kong style."

Zhang Jingyi also had her mother to help, but some girls couldn't find anyone to discuss at this time.

Sun Yining, who was also born in 1999 and from Hunan Province, was lucky to be turned over by "Xiao Yao You" with her amazing beauty.

However, when she was shooting ancient costumes, she looked at the Hanfu on the Internet. The general ones were really general, but the good ones were really expensive.

She was born in a rural area of ​​Changde. Her parents divorced when she was young. Although she was awarded to her father, her father remarried and had a family. She was mainly raised by her grandparents. She barely finished junior high school and started to enter the society.

Moreover, she couldn't style the clothes after buying them, and it would cost money to style them.

But she was unwilling to give up this opportunity to rise to the top in one step. Although the chance of being selected by Director Wang Quan was small, as long as she participated, her fans would increase. In this Internet age, as long as you have fans, you can make money.

However, Douyin has not yet started live streaming, so she logged into Douyu Live and prepared to try live streaming to see if she could earn enough money to buy clothes and do her styling.

Although this was a competition among more than 200 young ladies, the official proposal of "Xiaoyaoyou" aroused the curiosity of the entire network about ancient costume styling. For a time, Douyin was full of young ladies in ancient costumes, which made those who sold Hanfu very happy.

Wang Quan looked at the young ladies in ancient costumes on Douyin for a while, and then looked at Maoyan.

From the preview on Tuesday to the official release on Friday, it has been a full week now. The total box office of "Parasite" in the mainland has exceeded 800 million. The momentum is still very strong. It will soon exceed 1 billion, because there are no strong blockbusters in March except "Dawn of Justice". The market is very empty, and "Parasite" has every hope of breaking through 2 billion.

If there are no so many awards, I am afraid that even Wang Quan's works cannot do it.

Of course, only awards and no reputation are not enough. Awards + reputation, and a little bit of large-scale gimmicks, Wang Quan will get another box office hit.

He took another look at "Ip Man 3". The box office was more than 600 million, and it was still far from the 1 billion expected by the film company.

At this time, two assistants came in, and Xiaotian brought good news.

"Parasite's North American box office has exceeded 100 million!"

Wang Quan nodded, "It seems that the Oscar statuette effect is not bad."

Before winning the Oscar statuette, the growth rate of "Parasite" in the range of more than 80 million was already very slow. After winning a few Oscar statuettes, it immediately attracted a wave of audiences and successfully broke 100 million.

Last year's "Who is He" created Wang Quan's worst performance in North America, with only more than 10 million dollars. This time, "Parasite" can be regarded as earning back its face.

Now Wang Quan occupies four seats in the top five North American foreign language film box office rankings, and the other one is "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

While Wang Quan was talking to Xiaotian, Guo Xuefu began to help him change his clothes. The award ceremony was about to begin, and they should leave.

Wang Quan did not stay in the hotel. He was on the plane at the moment, and Ayase Haruka and Miyoshi Ayaka were stacked next to him.

It's not to save money, but mainly because he has to fly back to Beijing directly after the award ceremony, and tomorrow he also has to attend the farewell ceremony of Ge You's father, Mr. Ge.

The old man died of heart failure caused by cerebral infarction three days ago. He died at the age of 87, which is considered a long life.

Wang Quan not only has a cooperative relationship with Ge You, but also has a fellow countryman friendship with Mr. Ge, so this time it is not just sending a wreath.

Wang Quan put on his clothes, and the two Japanese women also rested well. Guo Xuefu began to help them find clothes and put on makeup. She is very good at makeup.

The award ceremony was held at the Venetian Theatre in Macau. As soon as Wang Quan entered the venue, he saw Clara, the big baby. She came early and she was the host tonight.

If she hadn't had the job of hosting, she would probably run to Wang Quan to serve him now.

The Asian Film Awards were pretty good in the past few sessions, and filmmakers from all countries gave face.

But the momentum gradually went down later. After all, it is called the Asian Film Awards, but in fact it is mainly played by China, Japan and South Korea.

Given the grievances and hatreds between the three countries, it is very difficult to unite them. So usually one country is stronger in a certain year, and then the fans of the other two countries criticize the Asian Film Awards for being unfair and rubbish. When it is their turn to be stronger, they will praise it wildly.

Usually, it is impossible to satisfy everyone, and the status will not be improved.

However, because of Wang Quan's participation in this session, basically all the nominees have arrived. It is an honor for many Asian filmmakers to meet Wang Quan.

Wang Quan has already seen Xixi and Jiang Peiyao and others. Xixi was nominated for the Best Actress, and he can go back to Beijing with her later.

As for Yang Mi, she didn't come because she was not nominated, which made her very angry. She shaved her head for the role, but ended up being nominated a lot, but didn't get a single award. Now, she is not even nominated. Humph, the Asian Film Awards will be black for life!

Wang Quan also agreed to be the guest presenter for the Best Actress. Why the Best Actress? Because he hopes to present the award to Xixi in person.

But he is not sure, because the judges are filmmakers from Asia and Europe and the United States. Who knows what their tastes are.

At the beginning of the awards ceremony, "Who is He" won the Best Editing Award.

Then "The Assassin" from China and Taiwan, "The Throne" from Korea, and "The Empire" from India won the awards one after another.

However, Cheng Zhengdao seemed very dissatisfied that the Best Special Effects Award was given to an Indian movie, "Cry of the Ghostly Tribe" was super awesome.

After that, "The Assassin" performed a hat trick, winning the Best Original Music, Best Art Direction, and Best Photography awards.

It was the turn of the Best Newcomer. Jiang Peiyao put on beautiful makeup today, but her competitors were Chun Xia from "The Snow Seeker", Li Hongqi from "Drunken Life and Dream", Xin Zhilei from "I Am Not Madame Bovary", and Vijay Kaushal from "Eternal Love" (India). In the end, Chun Xia won the award.

This awards season basically saw Chun Xia and Xin Zhilei share the Newcomer Award.

After witnessing Jiang Wen's wife Zhou Yun win the Best Supporting Actress ("The Assassin") and Asano Tadanobu win the Best Supporting Actor, Wang Quan came on stage.

Zhao Tao, Shu Qi, Ayase Haruka, Kim Hye Soo and Liu Yifei, four beauties are waiting to see the results.

"Everyone should know who I hope will win the award, so will it be as I wish..." Wang Quan opened the envelope and smiled slightly, "Congratulations, Liu Yifei!"

(Director Quan has 50 cuts in the book, do you remember who it is?)