Huayu: Director started with art films

The Miss Asia beauty pageant has registrations from most Asian countries and regions.

It is naturally impossible to recruit judges only from Hong Kong.

There are a total of ten judges this time, including Li Yishu who is the nominal chief judge.

11 judges will score the contestants according to the point system, and whoever gets the highest score will win the championship.

Because the judges are from different countries, even if they give high scores to the contestants from their own country, it cannot change the final result.

Unless the other judges are bribed, it is still very difficult for a beauty pageant to keep the inside story secret. When an ordinary-looking person wins the championship among a group of beauties, anyone with a discerning eye will know that there is something wrong.

Moreover, this year is the first real Miss Asia beauty pageant, and Lee Yi-su emphasized in advance that there should not be any pre-determined champion.

Huo Wenxi had to give up the interests with some brokerage companies and choose fairness and justice.

Of course, this is only relative fairness and justice, because apart from the contestants from Hong Kong, Taiwan and the mainland, who do not need to worry about inside information, whether the contestants from other countries have inside information or not is not something that Huo Wenxi can influence.

The three of them chatted in the living room for more than an hour, until almost nine o'clock, when Sylvia Chang took the initiative to say goodbye and go back to her room to rest.

Li Yishu also hugged Qingxia and returned to the bedroom.

I will be leaving for Hong Kong tomorrow. Qingxia seems to have some thoughts before leaving.

no way.

Around seven o'clock the next day, Li Yishu went out.

His flight at 8:30 in the morning went directly to Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong.

Qingxia originally wanted to drive Li Yishu home, but he declined because he had an appointment to go with Gong Li.

Around 12 noon.

At the arrival gate of Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport, Florence Hui had been waiting for a long time with her assistant. When she saw Lee Yi-su wearing sunglasses and a baseball cap, and Gong Li with the same look next to her, she smiled and waved.

Because today is the final of the Miss Asia beauty pageant, many reporters from abroad have come and there are many media reporters on the scene.

Li Yishu didn't talk much with Florence Huo at the airport. He took Gong Li and left the airport with her. After they got in the car, he asked, "How is it going? Is everything set up for the finals?"

Florence Hui was sitting in the passenger seat and turned around and said, "Yes, Mr. Li, everything has been arranged. The location is at the Xiangjiang Cultural Center."

Hearing this, Gong Li next to him asked curiously: "The Cultural Center, is it the place where we participated in the Academy Awards before?"

Florence Hui smiled and said, "Yes, Miss Gong Li, that's the place."

"That place is huge. Do you have so many spectators coming to the finals?"

"Not only that, if there were no restrictions, I'm afraid the Hung Hom Stadium would not be able to accommodate all the people there."

"so many people?"

"It seems that Ms. Gong Li is busy filming recently and hasn't paid much attention to our Miss Asia beauty pageant. During this period, there are tens of thousands of audiences from 16 countries who have come to support their own beauties. I heard that scalper tickets for our finals are now costing nearly 10,000 Hong Kong dollars each."

When Gong Li heard what Florence Hui said, she was stunned. Isn’t it just a beauty pageant final?

Tickets for the event can be sold for tens of thousands of yuan by scalpers!

Li Yishu smiled and said nothing after hearing this. He didn't think it was outrageous.

There are so many rich people in this world. The sixteen contestants this time were all selected through auditions. Even if there is no guarantee of fairness and justice among these countries, judging from the information, all those selected this time are beauties.

I wouldn’t dare say she’s so stunningly beautiful that she can topple a country, but she can be called a beauty almost anywhere in the entertainment industry.

In this way, those rich young men would naturally come running over happily to support her and try to see if they could get a taste of her beauty.

Liu likes to participate in the Miss Hong Kong and Miss Asia competitions. Do you really think they go to watch the competitions?

Aren't they all going for a taste of her beauty?

Gong Li and Florence Hui talked about the judges invited for this competition.

These judges are basically engaged in cultural media.

There are painters, writers, producers, journalists, musicians...

Although they have different professions, they all have one thing in common, that is, they are the masters of the relevant fields in their respective countries.

There is only one director, and that is Lee Ye-seo.

In Asia, apart from the retired Akira Kurosawa, there is basically no one who can be compared with him in terms of fame and awards.

"That's right, Wen Xi!"

Li Yishu suddenly remembered something and interrupted their conversation, asking, "What about the Korean entertainment company you told me on the phone yesterday afternoon?"

"That's right, Mr. Li."

Florence Hui said: "Thanks to the success of the Miss Asia beauty pageant, the Voice of Asia project we proposed to these national TV stations has also received strong support from their TV stations."

"The team leader we sent to South Korea's SBS TV station to discuss cooperation met the owner of a local entertainment agency in South Korea. The other party hopes to cooperate with our ATV and let us invest in his company. After that, he will arrange for the signed singers and artists to participate in the Voice of China project..."

Nowadays, contestants from talent shows will definitely sign contracts with the organizers of the show.

But the way of cooperation that Florence Hui mentioned is a little different. It is to first push the signed singers to participate in The Voice of China, so as to gain popularity in a short time.

Although this form of cooperation is just a change of name, Florence Hui is very optimistic about it.

The reason is very simple. The Voice of Asia will definitely be like the Miss Asia beauty pageant, which will be left to TV stations in various countries to select their own good voices, and then come to Hong Kong to select the real Asian Voices.

In this way, the contracts of outstanding players from various countries will inevitably have nothing to do with ATV.

Even if both parties have signed a relevant agreement, if the other party goes back on his word, it will be troublesome to file a lawsuit afterwards.

Therefore, Florence Hui thought that it would be better to select some good talents in advance, and then use the channels of The Voice to increase their popularity.

Regardless of whether these good talents will be eliminated prematurely by their own TV stations because they have already signed contracts with other companies.

But this does not affect Florence Hui's interests.

Upon hearing this, Li Yishu lost interest and said, "You can handle these matters on your own. The copyright of Asia's Voice must be firmly controlled in your hands, and the profit-sharing contracts with TV stations in various countries must not contain any copyright."

Li Yishu is very clear about how valuable the copyright of The Voice of China is.

Now it has changed from The Voice of Various Countries to The Voice of Asia. In the future, if people from European and American TV stations want to buy it, the price will definitely be higher, because when they buy it, it will be The Voice of Europe or The Voice of America.

Florence Hui nodded: "Okay, Mr. Li."

Gong Li didn't say a word the whole time, just staring at Li Yishu with a smile, thinking about the new director who went to Venice alone that year, and now has transformed himself into not only the godfather of Asian films, but also the chairman of a media group.

If someone had told her this a few years ago, she would have thought they were a liar.

Twenty minutes later.

Broadcast Channel.

Asia Television Building. In the office, Li Yishu sat in the boss chair, looking at the detailed information of one of the contestants in her hand.

This is the Miss Asia contestant selected by Hong Kong, her name is Li Xiaoran. (She was chosen because other actresses of the same period had other opportunities to appear)
In fact, when the photo of the winning Miss Asia China was published in the newspaper, Li Yishu had already recognized her. She was Li Xiaoran, who later became famous for "Like Fog, Like Rain and Like Wind" and became popular again in middle age because of her figure that was seriously inconsistent with her name.

The reason why he looked for her information as soon as he came here was that he wanted to see how she was selected in other aspects besides the fact that she had signed the contract and joined the company in advance.

Li Xiaoran is definitely beautiful, with a melon-shaped face that meets the public's standard of beauty. However, this year, more than 100,000 people from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong and Macao registered, and even if 90% of them are just there to make up the numbers.

But there are also quite a few beautiful women.

Li Xiaoran is good-looking, but winning the Miss China title is still a little lacking.

However, after seeing the information, Li Yishu felt relieved.

Li Xiaoran scored high in more than a dozen items including physique, culture, and appearance.

Compared with other contestants, it seems reasonable for Li Xiaoran to win the beauty pageant title as there is no opponent with overwhelming beauty and talent.

Li Xiaoran, who is only 19 years old this year, was admitted to the Intermediate Dance School affiliated to Yanjing Dance Academy when she was young. After graduating in 93, she was selected by the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe and worked in the troupe for two years.

Having been dancing since childhood, Li Xiaoran's physique is naturally much stronger than that of ordinary people. In addition, Li Xiaoran has the graceful temperament of a Jiangnan girl, which made Cai Lan, a talented judge at the time, give her a very high score.

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"Hey, this Korean player is so pretty."

Just as Li Yishu was looking at Li Xiaoran's information, Gong Li took out a file and came over.

"Ok?"

Li Yishu turned her head in confusion and saw the photo in the file. It looked familiar. She took it and looked carefully. Isn't this Dae Jang Geum?
I looked at the name again, yes, it’s Lee Young Ae!
Gong Li smiled and said, "How is it? Isn't it beautiful?"

"Well, she is very pretty and has a good resume."

Li Yishu flipped through the pages and found that Lee Young-ae had a really impressive resume. She could play the piano, ride a horse, and sing. When she was in college, she even collaborated with Andy Lau on a Korean chocolate commercial.

Of course, these are not the point. The point is what comes later. Lee Young-ae is a contracted artist of South Korea's SBS TV station.

"This one looks good too." Gong Li picked up another file.

Li Yishu took it and said it was a beauty from Singapore, her name was Guo Feili. Looking at the photo, she looked very familiar, as if she was the Peony Fairy in "Journey to the East".

"This one is not bad either, take a look."

Li Yishu took it and found out that it was an Indian contestant. She was not recognized by anyone, but she was also a beauty with deep eye sockets and fair skin, a typical Indian beauty.

And Thailand, Malaysia...

I don’t know many of them, and I don’t know if they will become actors in the future, but without exception, they are all standard beauties that conform to normal human aesthetic standards.

After reading the files of the 16 contestants, Gong Li couldn't help but say, "They are all beauties, of all types, petite and pretty, gorgeous and generous, amiable and amiable, sexy and seductive... Who do you think will win the championship?"

"It's hard to say. It depends on how the judges score."

Li Yishu shook her head. The sixteen beauties selected were all standard beauties with beauty that ordinary people would praise. But if they really had to choose, they certainly couldn't just simply choose who was more beautiful.

Everyone's aesthetic preferences are different.

Naturally, we have to score from multiple perspectives.

Otherwise, why did Zhao Yazhi only get fourth place that year and did not win the Miss Hong Kong title, but overshadowed the champion, runner-up and third place winners?

"Your TV station didn't do anything inside?"

"How?"

Li Yishu smiled and said, "These are all beauties selected by various countries. If you know the inside story, who would you choose?"

"Of course I'd choose Li Xiaoran!"

Gong Li picked up Li Xiaoran's file and said with a smile: "Look, she is so beautiful. The graceful temperament of a Jiangnan beauty is very impressive."

"She is quite good, but the beauty pageant still depends on the judges."

Li Yishu admitted that Li Xiaoran was a typical example of the graceful beauty of a Jiangnan woman, but beauty is a very subjective thing.

Some people like the graceful temperament of Jiangnan, and naturally some people like the Hong Kong-style beauty Guo Feili who wears heavy makeup, and some people like oxygen beauties like Lee Young-ae, sexy and sultry Indian beauty Kareena Kapur, and Japanese beauty Nakama Yukie with the temperament of a girl next door...

All I can say is that every beauty has her own unique temperament and beauty.

Although many of them are contestants promoted by TV stations or their agencies in various countries, each of them has their own advantages in winning the local beauty title.

Rather than the kind of appearance that makes people know at first glance that he got in through the backdoor.

"Is there really no inside information?" Gong Li looked at Li Yishu in surprise. She thought the TV station was just talking nonsense when they said there was no inside information.

"There must be some inside information. Look at the last page. It says a certain agency and a certain TV station. The fact that they can become the beauties of the country shows that there are people behind them supporting them. Even Li Xiaoran won the title only after she agreed to sign a contract with our company in Yanjing."

"I just saw this. I was asking about the finals."

“Not in the finals.”

Li Yishu shook her head: "I can't guarantee whether there will be one in the future, but this year, there really isn't one."

The main reason is that this year's event was launched in a hurry, so there is no opportunity to engage in shady dealings.

If there is profit to be made, I believe Florence Hui will definitely not miss it. The TV station itself holds the Miss Asia beauty pageant for ratings and money.

If someone really wants to spend a lot of money to produce a Miss Asia champion, unless the contestant is really hard to describe, there is a high probability that the TV station will not refuse in the future.

It is impossible for Li Yishu to interfere. Although he is the chairman of the board of directors of the TV station, he will not interfere too much in the management and operation of Florence Hui.

Time flies by.

It was around five in the evening.

At this time, the audience has begun to enter the venue

At 7 o'clock in the evening, the Miss Asia finals officially began, which lasted about three hours and selected the top eight, top four and the champion, runner-up and third place.

Originally, we wanted to extend the duration to one stage a week, but the auditions delayed us and if we didn’t hold the finals, it would be 1996 soon.

Just choose them all at once today.

Li Yishu brought Gong Li to the backstage of the cultural center.

At this time, the beauties were all in their respective dressing rooms.

A photographer and reporter from a TV station were interviewing the beauties live one by one.

Li Yishu and Gong Li avoided the camera and came to Li Xiaoran's dressing room.

After entering the dressing room, Li Yishu saw the 19-year-old Li Xiaoran and finally understood why she won the championship in the Chinese region.

She was very beautiful, not the kind of beauty that would catch people's eyes, nor was she the image of a mature woman decades later. Instead, she had a unique and graceful beauty. The Jiangnan beauties described in the book appeared before my eyes, as if they had taken shape. (End of this chapter)