Wang Zijun is going to hold a beauty contest!

The news, which came a month after the Oscars, surprised those who were ready to see what movie Wang would make when he returned to Taiwan.

Wang Zijun's fans blamed him for not doing his job. I haven't had a record for several years, and now I'm finally back from Hollywood, and I don't make Chinese films, I release albums, and I actually go to a beauty pageant.

When the news reached the United States, the fans over there couldn't laugh or cry. Just a few days ago, a wave of fanatical fans in Hollywood organized and went to Dragon and Tiger Film Company to "sightsee", asking Wang Zijun to come back and continue to make movies. Who would have thought that Wang Zijun still had the leisure to engage in beauty pageants?

In May, "Titanic" began to be released in some parts of Asia, and the total box office in Europe and the United States had reached 800 million US dollars at this time, which was not far from the 1 billion that Wang Zijun had bet on at the beginning.

Prior to this, "Titanic" had been widely known in Asia, and countless fans were looking forward to the release of the film in their own cities. As a result, all the "Titanic" screening rooms in Ben were full for several weeks; Hong Kong's "Titanic" box office reached an astonishing more than 3 million Hong Kong dollars in the first day; As for Taiwan, it was the official media that helped to do the publicity, and all the other films gave way.

Although the growth of the Asian box office is not as crazy as in the United States, it is still terrifying compared to the film market here.

Movies are in full swing, and Wang Zijun's fame in Asia has reached an unprecedented height. So much so that now Wang Zijun has just announced that he is going to do the "Miss Asia" beauty pageant, and immediately more than a dozen TV stations in various regions have taken the initiative to come to the door to learn more about it, trying to cooperate with Wang Zijun.

This situation made Wang Zijun unexpected, he had a headache of finding partners in one region after another, but now he can do it by staying at home.

At the same time, the organizing committee of "Miss Asia-Pacific" was not happy, threatening Wang Zijun to infringe copyright, saying that "Miss Asia" was their former name for the beauty pageant, and demanding that Wang Zijun immediately stop the infringement and pay a certain amount of infringement fees.

Wang Zijun didn't bother to pay attention to them, and let his royal lawyer, Mr. A Bian, solve it.

The purpose of "Miss Asia-Pacific" is obviously not to ask for that money, nor does it have to stop Wang Zijun from holding beauty contests, but to take the opportunity to make herself popular.

Sure enough, after Wang Zijun, who followed the limelight, got into a lawsuit, the "Miss Asia-Pacific", which was originally only influential in Southeast Asia, immediately rose sharply, and even people in Europe and the United States knew about it.

Wang Zijun set up a preparatory committee for "Miss Asia" in Hong Kong, and after some preparatory work last night, he sent cadres to various countries to carry out the preparatory work for the establishment of various constituencies. Originally, it was not included in the constituency of the first beauty pageant, but because a local TV station took the initiative to send people to Hong Kong, Wang Zijun also took the opportunity to send people over.

Because it was the first time to be held, the preparations should have been very difficult, but because the initiator and investor was Wang Zijun, the difficult preparations turned into an auction for the right to hold the beauty contest.

In particular, although there is already a very famous "Miss Universe" and "Miss International" three major beauty pageants, there are still four TV stations competing for the right to host "Miss Asia".

In order to increase ratings and seriously lack funds, TDM Chinese Channel (the predecessor of Macau TV), which has just been established for less than two weeks, directly took out 5 million Australian dollars to buy the right to host the Macao constituency of Miss Asia for three years.

Another reason why TV stations around the country are so active is that Wang Zijun shamelessly announced: The champion of the first Asian Sister Beauty Pageant can directly sign with Wang's Pictures. Wang Zijun will also tailor a film for him to play the heroine of the film, and the film will be released worldwide.

This news was thrown out, and it immediately drove countless women who dreamed of becoming stars crazy. Thinking with my toes, I also know that there will be a scary number of people signing up for the beauty pageant, and this beauty pageant will definitely be popular.

As a result, local television stations, which were already interested in the right to hold the "Sister Asia" constituency, immediately dispelled their hesitation and became a member of the competition for the right to host their own constituency.

In just over half a month, before the "Miss Asia" beauty pageant began, Wang Zijun had already earned more than $30 million by selling the rights to hold various constituencies.

This action directly made those bosses who have spare money in their hands and can't find good investment projects stupid. As a result, more than a dozen beauty pageants have sprung up in Asia over the next few years.

Before the "Sister Asia" beauty pageant began, it attracted countless attention, and the success far exceeded Wang Zijun's expectations, with nine competition constituencies in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, Yueben, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea, and Thailand.

And various regulations on beauty pageants have also been disclosed through media such as "Next Magazine", such as the fact that there is no age limit, which has caused quite a stir. In addition, the "Asian Sister" competition also has one more national costume link than the general beauty pageant, and players from all countries and nationalities must choose a traditional costume to participate.

Taiwan, which has a very strict control over beauty pageants, has also successfully joined the competition constituency with the efforts of Wang Zijun, and the right to hold it was obtained by China Television.

Before the beauty pageant was about to begin, the "China Times" devoted a whole page to reporting this time, and published Wang Zijun's original words: "Asian countries have given birth to excellent and splendid civilizations since ancient times, leaving countless cultural inheritances to future generations. Asian female surnames also have a charm and gentleness that are different from Western female surnames. The Miss Asia beauty pageant aims to convey the spirit and civilization of Asia to the world through the unique charm of oriental female surnames......"

"United Daily News" also commented: "The Miss Asia beauty pageant is a window to spread China's excellent traditional culture to the world. Wang Zijun's intention is very clear, he is not only doing a beauty contest, but also a cultural communication career. ”

Of course, not everyone agrees, for example, there are many gentlemen in Taiwan, criticizing Wang Zijun for being immoral, if you want to rely on women to spread Chinese culture, it is simply an insult to Chinese culture.

Some people even wrote directly to the Executive Yuan, asking Taiwan to ban the Asian sister's event, and if it has to be held, the swimsuit link must be canceled.

Ms. Lung Ying-tai, an associate professor at the Department of Foreign Languages at Central University and the future Taiwan's first Minister of Culture, who shook Taiwan's literary scene this year with the publication of the "Lung Yingtai Commentary", scoffed at the claims of the moral gentlemen. She commented in the China Times: "Isn't the mother of gentlemen a woman? If relying on women to spread Chinese culture is an insult to culture, then in the eyes of the moral gentlemen, who should bear the responsibility of transmitting culture...... Without women, even human beings can't spread it, let alone a splendid culture! ”

Li Ao, who likes to find faults, has nothing to do, and he also retorted Long Yingtai, he wrote: "Culture can be passed on by anyone, but unfortunately I don't know what culture needs to let women wear swimsuits and let the judges pick fat and thin to spread." Could it be that it is the culture of the ancient emperor's draft girl? ”

Li Ao has always been regarded as an enemy by Mr. Morality, but at this time, his words have attracted the echo of countless Mr. Morality, which shows that the enemy of the enemy is a friend.

The media saw that several limelight figures were fighting, and immediately discovered business opportunities, and some literary, popular, and scientific magazines invited articles one after another. Li Ao successively wrote several articles "On the Absurdity of Beauty Pageant Culture", "Beauty, Money and Culture", and "Behind the Desire", which set off a wave of boycotting the Asian sister beauty pageant, which made the officials of the Information Bureau anxious, and they had to receive countless complaint calls and letters every day.

For this reason, Wang Zijun had to come out and speak in person.

On the eve of the start of the first "Miss Asia" beauty pageant, Wang Zijun rarely agreed to the invitation of China Television and went to "Variety Show 100" hosted by Zhang Xiaoyan to record the show.

"Variety 100" is the most popular variety show in Taiwan today, and the episode that Wang Zijun is recording now belongs to a special edition. Many parts of the show will be cut back and deleted, more similar to Wang Zijun's dedicated interview.

appeared in a program to record a show, and made a big change in the content of the most popular variety show, and Wang Zi has this ability.

In the recording studio, Zhang Xiaoyan kept checking her dress, she was already an ace host, and she was a little nervous at this time.

When the director gave her a hint, Zhang Xiaoyan smiled at the camera and said, "Hello, welcome back, I am your old friend Xiaoyan." Next up for our "Weekly Star", we will invite a big star to play in person, guess who? Lovely, Mr. Wang Zijun, an international director! ”

Wang Zijun walked out of the backstage and waved to the camera lens.

"Hello, Zijun!" Zhang Xiaoyan stood up and stretched out her hand with a smile.

"Hello, Xiaoyan." Wang Zijun shook hands with Zhang Xiaoyan and sat down.

After a few words of greeting, Zhang Xiaoyan asked: "Zijun, can you reveal how much the box office of "Titanic" is now?" ”

Wang Zijun said: "It just broke 900 million last week, and I don't know the specific data very well. ”

"900 million, still dollars!" Zhang Xiaoyan opened her mouth exaggeratedly and said, "You have enough movies for a lifetime." ”

Wang Zijun spread his hands and smiled: "So when I return to Taipei, I won't go to Hollywood, anyway, I won't have to worry about eating in the future." ”

made two more jokes, Zhang Xiaoyan said: "I heard that "Titanic" was filmed for several years? ”

Wang Zijun said: "The preparation time adds up, but there are several years. However, it only took 201 days from the official start to the finish. ”

"Two hundred and one days!" Zhang Xiaoyan covered her mouth in surprise, "It's been more than six months, it seems that you are really working hard to shoot, no wonder you can shoot so well." ”

"It's not just about the heart, it's about the body." Wang Zijun said, "I haven't slept well for more than half a year of shooting. Often the actors are resting, and I have to direct the crew in the middle of the night to prepare for the next day's shooting, and I usually only sleep four or five hours a day. ”

"Only sleeping four or five hours a day for more than half a year?" Zhang Xiaoyan asked in surprise.

Wang Zijun nodded and said, "That's pretty much it." So after filming, I didn't even want to get the premiere, so I ran home and slept for a whole week before I got back to sleep. ”

"Oh my God, Zijun, you are a big money, you can use it so hard." Zhang Xiaoyan said.

Wang Zijun said: "If you shoot it, you have to shoot it well, otherwise why should I shoot it?" You see that Hong Kong and Taiwan now have a lot of bad movies every year, and they don't even have a chance to be released, what's the point? ”

Zhang Xiaoyan smiled slyly: "Zijun, you want to offend people when you say this." ”

"I've offended a lot of people, and I don't itch when there are many lice." Wang Zijun said.

Zhang Xiaoyan said: "Maybe those movies can't be released because of lack of funds? Not everyone has the budget you have. ”

Wang Zijun shook his head and said, "It's not a matter of funding. Today's shooting conditions are more than 100 times better than a few decades ago, and the big productions of a few decades ago can be shot today for a small amount of money. But why are there many old films, after a few decades, it seems to be the same question. And now many new films are unacceptable, and you can't even enter the cinema? In the final analysis, it still depends on whether the director is filming with his heart. I am only afraid of hard-working people in everything, and I really put a lot of effort into making a movie, even if there are various shortcomings, but it can still move people. Of course, funding is also an issue, so I have a 'new star guide' plan in mind. ”

"Oh? Can you elaborate on that? Zhang Xiaoyan's eyes lit up, although the general problems of the show had been communicated in advance, but no specific details were stipulated, and the plan in Wang Zijun's mouth was an unexpected joy, which had never been mentioned before.

Wang Zijun said: "I know that many talented people have not been able to display their talents well because of money. So, I plan to set up a film investment company to support new directors. As long as the work has not been released in theaters, or the director has less than two directorial works, and the box office of a single film is less than 1 million Taiwan dollars, you can apply for the investment of the 'new star director' program. As long as the shooting plan is approved, I will give the biggest investment discount to those directors who have dreams. ”

Zhang Xiaoyan asked: "Then does this plan have a limited area?" Can Hong Kong directors apply? ”

Wang Zijun said: "There is no restriction on nationality or race. ”

"Sure enough, he deserves to be a great director of nationality." Zhang Xiaoyan praised.

The two chatted and chatted about the beauty pageant, and Zhang Xiaoyan asked: "Now Mr. Li Ao's several articles have questioned your beauty pageant plan, and the focus of everyone's argument is whether the beauty pageant must wear a revealing swimsuit." What do you think about this? ”

"Since I'm here today, I'll tell you the truth." Wang Zijun said, "Miss Asia is a commercial beauty pageant, and swimwear can attract many people. You may think that the swimsuit section is all about earning eyeballs and money, and pleasing the male judges and the public through beauty. I admit that there is such an element in this......"

Zhang Xiaoyan knew that Wang Zijun was here to clarify the doubts outside, but she didn't expect Wang Zijun to admit the opposition's views as soon as he came.

"But is a swimsuit a bad moral?" Wang Zijun continued, "Is it time to ban public pools and beaches all over the world? In the swimwear section, in fact, the most important thing is to let the judges understand the body shape and body proportion of the contestants more intuitively, which is difficult to give a correct evaluation when wearing other clothes. In addition, competitors are free to choose between two-piece swimsuits and one-piece swimsuits when participating in the competition. I can guarantee that in the finals, there will be no contestants who will lose points for choosing conservative one-piece swimsuits. As for the budget competition for each constituency, then I can't guarantee it. ”

Zhang Xiaoyan asked: "Mr. Li Ao said that you are spreading the culture of draft girls, and you are trying to do something wrong?" ”

Wang Zijun smiled bitterly: "I didn't invent this beauty pageant, why did I come here to try to misbehave?" To put it bluntly, if I don't think about it, what kind of beauty contest can I rely on this? Whether the culture of communication I am talking about is true or not, everyone will know when the time comes. ”

"Can you tell us a little bit now?" Zhang Xiaoyan asked.

"No comment." Wang Zijun shrugged.

Wang Zijun only recorded the weekly one-star link in "Variety Show 100", and it was a live-action live version, and it was already a serious overtime when it came to it. After recording the show, from the choreographer to the photographer, they came up to shake his gloves and almost shook his gloves, and there were other artists in the studio who heard the news and came to ask for autographs.

The show was broadcast on the weekend of that week, and Wang Zijun's explanation pale in comparison with the fierce questioning voice of the moral gentleman. However, for people in the film industry, they are more concerned about Wang Zijun's "new star director" plan.

Many well-known directors have stood up and said that Wang Zijun's idea is very good, which is conducive to providing fresh blood for Chinese films and is conducive to the cultivation and growth of talents.

Before Wang Zijun's plan was implemented, more than a dozen young directors came to Wang's Pictures and asked Wang Zijun to invest in him with the script.

Wang Zijun had no choice but to issue a statement through "Next Magazine", saying that the new star guide plan was being planned and could not be launched until next year at the earliest, so he was quiet.

The voice of the people against the beauty pageant has not decreased, and in the end, in order to calm the turmoil, the Information Bureau specially issued a rule that contestants in Taiwan constituencies should not dress too revealingly. This regulation requires that one-piece swimsuits must be worn in the swimwear section, almost in disguise.

This time the right person got the victory, and finally stopped arguing. However, Long Yingtai and Qiong Yao jumped out, saying that this rule is disrespectful to women's surnames, and women have the right to choose what clothes to wear.

Sanmao, a female writer who was preparing to go to the United States for treatment, wrote an article even after her illness: "Men who are not confident will harshly ask women to follow the rules." Therefore, the words and deeds of female surnames in the Tang Dynasty were more open; The weak Song Dynasty developed a perverted science. ”

Readers in Taiwan spend their free time watching various debates every day, and the sales of magazines and newspapers have increased dramatically, and the attention of beauty pageants has also greatly increased.

In any case, people from all sides have benefited, and the so-called polemic is just a cover for everyone to gain benefits.

It was in the midst of this controversy that the Miss Asia pageant finally began.

(To be continued)