That's right, what Tang Ning handed Jerry was the story of "A Bowl of Yangchun Noodles" that he had been promoting recently, in fact, the idea of making this story into a movie was still the idea that came to him last time Setsuko Hara came to him, so that he could not only complete his work tasks, but also take the opportunity to please Setsuko Hara, and also help the Yoshinaga family, why not?

Sure enough, under his application, especially after the note that it was recommended to invite Miss Hara Setsuko to star, the approval can be said to be a green light, and the funding is enough for the production and distribution of this small-budget film, and Hara Setsuko also readily agreed to play the role of "boss lady" after watching this film, everything can be said to be a smooth mess. (For the purpose of helping Yoshinaga mother and son become famous, they naturally had to star in person.) ）

But just when Downing was about to follow to see how the movies of this era were made, a temporary order suddenly made him unable to pull away.

Because of the hardships of life, the originally lively Ginza has long been deserted, but today it is rare for many people to gather around in Ginza to stop and watch, because there is a long row of beautiful women standing here.

Not only were these beauties dressed up in flamboyant and glamorous clothes, but they also carried a newspaper and a large suitcase in their hands. Someone with good things went up to investigate, and found out that these beauties came here today because of a job advertisement in the newspaper.

The general content of the advertisement is as follows: To thank the United States for its assistance, to promote goodwill between Japan and the United States, and to highlight the demeanor of Japanese women. The Osaka Business Group and the Okinawa Business Group jointly funded the "Miss Japan-America Goodwill" contest. The entry requirements are as follows:

1. Female

2. Age 17 to 25 years old.

3. Hold a copy of the Japanese resident certificate or the rice valley account (it should be noted here that there is no ID card in Japan, and it is generally used to prove the identity with a driver's license, student ID card, and medical insurance card.) However, everyone has a resident card, but it must be kept by the local government, and you can apply for a copy if you need it. Due to the outbreak of the Pacific War, rice was classified as a military material, so the rice rationing system was implemented for the people, so everyone theoretically had a rice grain account, and most of them used it to prove their identity in peacetime, and this situation was not terminated until 1970 after the rice trade was liberalized. ）

4. Not subject to any contractual restrictions.

5. Never married, never pregnant.

Finally, the organizer reserves the right of final interpretation of the above conditions.

The first place winner of the "Miss Japan-America Goodwill" will receive a prize of 100,000 yen, the second place winner will receive a prize of 70,000 yen, and the third place winner will receive 50,000 yen. 4th to 10th place are 30,000 yen each. Moreover, the top three can go to the United States for visiting performances, and even the best ones can get the opportunity to perform in a film produced by the Allied Command in the near future.

According to the historical process, this beauty pageant should have been held for the first time in 1950, but now it may be influenced by Downing's proposal to start a goodwill film between the United States and Japan, and the American beauty pageant is very mature at this time, so I don't know which high-level person proposed this beauty pageant, and Downing, as a member of the propaganda department and the initiator and script author of the film, also obtained a jury qualification.

Because it borrowed from the process of American beauty contests, the first "Miss Japan-America Goodwill" contest was very popular, and almost all newspapers in major cities in Japan published full-page promotional advertisements, on which a big photo of Monroe was pasted, and accompanied by a demagogic enough propaganda in this era: "You are the next Marilyn Monroe!" And it is said that Marilyn Monroe will personally come over to present the award to the winner.

It is conceivable that with such a shocking welfare package and the current hottest star Marilyn Monroe as a role model, how can Japanese girls not be tempted? Not crazy? Originally, because of the direct or indirect impact of American culture over the years, the values and worldview of Japanese girls have been greatly affected and changed, and many people hope that one day they can be like Marilyn Monroe, from an unknown little girl through a movie to a world-famous Oscar actress, so as to gain fame and fortune and shine!

Therefore, on the first day of the official audition, there was naturally a long queue of beauties, Tang Ning secretly glanced at it, and was very satisfied, feeling very much like the enrollment of Chinese dramas in later generations.

The selection process is divided into four steps, namely casual clothes, dresses, swimwear and talent show. The costumes are prepared by the contestants, but Downing's only concern is the swimsuit performance that will be the finale......

There were six judges in total, the Japanese side was represented by the famous director Akira Kurosawa and the famous movie star Kazuo Hasegawa, known as Japan's most beautiful man, the American side was represented by Downing and his boss Lieutenant Colonel Tom, and the representatives of the Osaka business group Sakurai and Jerry, the sponsors of the event.

Originally, with the nature of Akira Kurosawa and Kazuo Hasegawa, they would never come to participate in this so-called beauty pageant, which is almost a farce in their eyes, but they really can't stand the strength of the United States, so they have to come.

In fact, Miyuki and Wakao Fumiko, two little girls, also wanted to participate, but they were sternly rejected by Tang Ning, after all, he couldn't accept his woman being judged by other men.

In fact, if the initiator of this beauty pageant was not an American, it would not have been organized at all, because Japan has always been a patriarchal country with a very strong feudal and religious mentality on the surface.

The beauty pageant is divided into a primary selection and a secondary selection. The primary selection only has three contents: casual clothes, dresses and swimsuits, and there is no talent show that is common now, of course, this is also to save time, after all, it doesn't take much time to walk two laps in a group of five. But in fact, casual clothes, dresses and swimsuits can also see a lot of things, swimsuits naturally look at the figure and courage of the players, dresses look at the temperament and financial resources of the players, and casual clothes Although it seems to be the simplest one, but in fact this is the easiest one to distance, because only this item can best see the taste and style of the players.

The primary selection does not stipulate a specific number of promotion places, as long as one judge agrees to pass, this criterion is very simple at first glance, because there are six judges, and they are all male judges, it is naturally not easy to win the favor of everyone, but as long as there is one who likes himself, it should be much easier, but in fact it is not the case.