Fooling Huayu for Thirty Years

Chapter 81 Tokyo, a chance meeting with Wang Xianxian
There is a piece of knowledge that is not too cold.

That is our country’s first international film queen.

Actually it was Ms. Zhao Lirong, who won the Best Actress award at the Tokyo Film Festival.

The movie is called "New Year's Eve".

Interestingly, this film “Celebrating the New Year” was strongly advocated by the former director of the Beijing Film Studio.

Moreover, it was released during the Chinese New Year.

The script of the movie is called "New Year's Day" and it was written by a teacher from our Central Academy of Drama. Of course, his hometown is Jilin, and it is about things in Northeast China.

The entire movie has an all-star cast, and everyone’s acting is excellent.

Even if it is Teacher Liu, there is no way to criticize his professional ability.

There is also Ge You and his good friend Liang Tian.

All in all, there is nothing to say about the actors, and they are all at the level of best actor and best actress.

To put it bluntly, this is actually the old factory director of the previous generation, who intends to gather the elites of our domestic film and comedy actors.

Let’s follow Hong Kong’s example and create a Lunar New Year box office.

This purpose can be seen from the film's release time, cast, and various arrangements.

but!

The story of the movie itself is terrible.

Also, Chinese people nowadays really don’t watch movies during the Chinese New Year.

In fact, there is a scene in "Chinese New Year" where the youngest son, played by Liang Tian, comes out of the cinema with his girlfriend Ma Xiaoqing.

But that was the all-night video room in the cinema.

This is how you shoot your movies, so what do the audiences think when they watch them?
The result of its release was, of course, a disastrous failure, and the Lunar New Year box office didn’t get going at all.

Fortunately, the actors' acting skills and the story are really solid.

Came to Tokyo and won an international film award.

When Ma Xun set foot on the land of Tokyo, he couldn't help but think of these things.

Teacher Zhao Lirong’s skit is really great.

And now, he's here.

He won the award.

Well, he did pave the way for the movie "That Mountain Man and That Dog".

Of course, the first thing is to get to know some people.

As soon as I got off the plane, someone came to greet me. His name was Oda Masayoshi.

He is a very ordinary Japanese office worker.

"Hello, Masan!"

The Japanese were like this, they put in a lot of effort on the surface, nodding and bowing, using all kinds of honorifics.

Ma Xun is not very good at speaking Japanese. At most, he learned it from the colonel in "Drawing Sword".

That teacher has really played too many old devils.

I learned it when we were filming a movie together.

The teacher even praised you, Ma Xun, for your great talent in languages.

Ma Xun, who was praised, had a strange expression on his face.

Fortunately, we can communicate.

In fact, Japanese has some similarities with our language, especially the extensive use of Chinese characters.

You may not understand it very well when you hear it, but if you write it down, it’s okay.

In this way, the two of them quickly became familiar with each other.

Oda took Ma Xun to the "Cultural Village" first.

This is a literal translation, but it is actually incorrect.

Yi Ma Xun's understanding of Japanese pronunciation.

This place is called 'Bunkamura' in Shibuya, Tokyo.

The 'mura' at the end should be the 'mall' in English.

This is actually a joke about Japanese people speaking English.

So, this place should be called 'Cultural Center'.

Ma Xun can figure this out, so even though he doesn't understand Japanese very well, there won't be much problem in communication.

Shibuya Cultural Center is where the Future Film Festival will be held.

Regarding this film festival, we'd better first clarify the difference between a film festival and a film awards ceremony.

The Oscars, that's an awards ceremony.

That is, only the awarding part.

But a film festival is different, there is a process of film screenings.

That is to say, the screening will begin at the opening ceremony and the awards will be given at the closing ceremony.

Well, there is generally a consensus regarding the films that are screened.

It’s best to have a new film, or at least one that has not been released locally.

Oscars are all 'old' films.

But most of the films at the film festival are new films.

The three major European companies are generally quite picky about this.

You better be a movie that never came out.

But... "Farewell My Concubine" was released in March and won the Palme d'Or in May.

Therefore, foreigners' principles have always been very flexible.

In fact, if you really study the history of international films, it is easy to find out.

Are these foreigners talking nonsense?
Always talking about principles and rules.

But it is always broken.

Just like in English, there are always exceptions.

The Cannes Palme d'Or has always boasted of being the best.

But there have been many double-yolk golden palms in history.

Tokyo Film Festival...Ma Xun remembers that there were quite a few double-yolked eggs.

Although this is also an international A-level film festival, it is obvious...

The principle is more flexible!

It was because of this that Ma Xun dared to make the previous plan.

And now, as soon as he got off the plane, he asked Oda to take him to this cultural center.

Have a good talk with the organizer, some important figures from the Japan Film and Television Promotion Society.

Of course, you can't be too close.

After all, we still have to avoid suspicion.

Ma Xun also presented a "beautiful" gift that he brought from China.

It is the porcelain from the Shang and Zhou dynasties in Panjiayuan.

It was last week!

Anyway, Ma Xun said that this was a small blue and white porcelain piece from the Yuan and Ming dynasties.

Let a few Japanese devils see it... Hey!

I can’t put them down one by one.

Ma Xun also introduced it to me.

Look at this glaze!

Look at this rust spot!
Ma Xun was now fooling these Japanese devils just as the masters of Panjiayuan had fooled him.

Several Japanese soldiers nodded frequently.

In fact, don't overestimate the level of foreigners' research on porcelain. They simply make us laugh out loud.

In Japan, there is a thing that is regarded as a national treasure. According to TM, this is the oil bottle used by Yang Guifei.

This thing is called 'Chu Hua Jian Chong'.

They are used to hold the finest tea leaves.

But in our opinion...it is more reliable if you say that this thing is the oil bottle used by Pan Jinlian.

That little bottle isn't even porcelain.

But they really treat this thing as a national treasure.

Therefore, we Chinese are still the ones who want to play with porcelain. Now, they like some of these little gadgets... The effect is here!
"Ma Sang, here are some materials, please accept them."

What is it?

Ma Xun was very satisfied at first sight.

The first is the list of jury members for this film festival.

There are other nominated films.

This is so important!

Although these things will be announced later, getting them first is an advantage, isn’t it?
Especially this jury list!
Ma Xun just glanced at it.

Hey! Here comes the opportunity!

He saw the name of a well-known director.

Fukasaku Kinji.

Friends who are familiar with Japanese movies must know how famous he is.

Even if you are not familiar with it, you have heard of the "Marine War", right?

In fact, that part of "One Piece" was inspired by Kinji Fukasaku's gangster films.

This is acknowledged by Oda.

The prototypes of those generals all came from this movie.

What’s interesting is that Ma Xun also knows some of his gossips.

This guy has a very distinctive appearance, with white hair and he likes to wear glasses with red lenses.

He laughs like a gangster.

Well, not like, he was just a gangster.

He has slept with almost all the female stars in the Japanese film industry.

Ma Xun remembered that even someone as beautiful as Keiko Matsuzaka could not escape the clutches of this guy.

At that time, there was also a girl competing for favor, Mieko Harada, who was a very famous figure.

This Kinji Fukasaku is quite good at having fun, so don’t do it if she’s not pretty.

Later, a female star simply wrote her story with him into a novel and published it.

The writing is particularly pornographic.

Later he became a famous Japanese novelist.

Oh, it seems that woman is with him.

That's it!

Ma Xun had a plan in mind.

I will definitely win a big prize at the Tokyo Film Festival!

This information is so important.

In fact, Ma Xun didn't spend more than 100 yuan on those Shang and Zhou porcelains.

Look how happy those Japanese devils are.

And he keeps on saying it to me.

This is from Japan: Thank you!

Sure enough, they also have to thank us.

Ma Xun was also deceived and taken to a foreign country.

The Japanese are quite sensible.

But I couldn't help but think more.

In fact, we Chinese should use our brains when we are on the international stage.

Just like the Chinese national football team.

Although it is painful to watch the Chinese national football team play, it must be said that during international matches, the referees often slander us.

It’s been more than three minutes in black so many times, right?
Once or twice, it can be said that our players are really not good enough.

But with so many occurrences, does that mean the referee is fine?
You will understand it later, just use some little tricks.

Look at the whistle that was blown later. We were all embarrassed when we saw it.

It doesn't say that you have to be nice to foreigners or give up your self-esteem.

People like Ma Xun made the Japanese devils run around in circles.

Isn't that good?

Use your brain more!

This "Shang and Zhou" porcelain fooled them.

Fortunately, we haven’t created the Blue and White Porcelain Hatsune Miku yet.

Ma Xun's plan has already been decided, which is to deal with the old guy Kinji Fukasaku.

The main reason was that there were not many judges, and he was the only Japanese.

The other information is about other nominated films, among which...

Oh? Milk tea?

The movie is called "Beauty is Singing".

Ma Xun seemed to remember that Milk Tea won the Best Actress award for this movie.

But this time, Ma Xun’s goal is certainly not to become the best actress.

In our movie, there are very few roles for female characters.

Something else...oh.

"Half a Lifelong Romance".

This film... Director Xu's artistic style.

Ma Xun didn't remember it very clearly, but he was somewhat familiar with these two movies.

Other European and American films are not very famous.

Not bad, not bad, the chances are better.

However, just as Ma Xun was leaving the cultural center, he met a man.

She is tall and has a pair of long legs, which makes her even more eye-catching.

The two of them bumped into each other and could no longer pretend not to know each other.

"Why did you come to Tokyo?"

"Are you planning to develop in Japan?"

The problems we had with each other turned out to be surprisingly normal.

The person with long legs is Wang Yunxian, she chuckled.

Ma Xun also laughed.

He gained a lot today, and chatting with beautiful women is always an interesting thing.

Well, let’s talk more.

"I just got here. You must have been here for a long time. You should treat me to a meal then."

"Why are you like this? Aren't men always the ones who invite women?"

"No, we are different."

"How are we different?"

"This is Tokyo. If a man invites a woman to dinner, it means that he is pursuing her. I am a decent man, so I have to avoid suspicion."

Ma Xun's words made Wang Yunxian laugh.

"If you're stingy, then be stingy. Why do you have to make so many excuses?"

Be straightforward.

Ma Xun suddenly changed the subject and asked, "You broke up with Mr. Qi?"

This……

Wang Yunxian's face changed, "How can you..."

How can you talk like that?

Ma Xun said more directly: "You have seen Mr. Qi's son, right?"

This is simply... bringing up things that are not relevant!
Wang Binxian couldn't help but roll his eyes at him.

Ma Xun smiled and said, "Okay, I'll treat you to a meal, how about that?"

Didn’t you say you wanted to avoid suspicion?
But Wang Yunxian simply agreed.

"Okay! Let's eat it!"

(End of this chapter)