Chapter 48: Tokyo
After a long flight of more than four hours, Lin Qingyuan finally landed at Tokyo Narita International Airport as night fell.
In the pick-up area, the staff sent by Basha to be responsible for docking with Lin Qingyuan had been waiting for them here for a while.
After successfully meeting with the staff who came to pick him up, Lin Qingyuan and his entourage got into the car arranged by Bazaar and drove directly to the hotel where they stayed.
Because Lin Qingyuan was shooting in October this time, and it was only August now, the shooting time was relatively not so rushed, so he could go back to the hotel for a night's rest and then go to work at the shooting site the next day.
And his cover partner is different, not only did he come to Tokyo a few days before him, but also the shooting task was very heavy, not only did he need to partner with Lin Qingyuan to shoot the cover and inside pages of the October issue of the 150th anniversary, Bazaar took a fancy to her traffic, and specially prepared a single fashion blockbuster for her to shoot.
Lin Qingyuan doesn't have this kind of treatment, after all, his fan base is really nothing compared to his ability to bring goods, so he is already very satisfied with the company's efforts to overwhelm others in the fan position.
After about a twenty-minute drive, Lin Qingyuan and his party came to the hotel arranged for them by Bazaar.
Frankly speaking, he wanted to go out for a walk when he saw the lights outside, but considering that he didn't know Japanese and there weren't many neon people who could speak English, he didn't want to go out with the translator.
After all, he didn't know the Japanese translator who was hired temporarily, and it didn't feel appropriate to travel around Tokyo at night with outsiders he didn't know, even if he was relieved, Yan Jun wouldn't be relieved, and it wasn't very fun...
Alas, I am not familiar with life when I first arrived, so there is no nightlife tonight, and Lin Qingyuan fell asleep.
Early the next morning, Lin Qingyuan was pulled to the filming site by Bazaar's car driven to the hotel.
The magazine was filmed at Harper's Bazaar office building in Tokyo.
The photographer in charge of the camera today is a neon man who looks to be in his forties, with a neon signature long hair fluttering, but unfortunately he doesn't have the face of Takuya Kimura under the chic long hair.
"Hello Lin Sang, I'm Yasuji Kimura, today's photographer." The photographer was very polite to Lin Qingyuan, an artist from China, and took the initiative to come up and shake hands with him.
But to Lin Qingyuan's surprise, it turned out that this long-haired brother was really called Kimura!
It's also a coincidence...
"Hello Kimura-sensei, I'll leave it to you for today's shooting!" After Lin Qingyuan finished speaking, the portable translator he brought with him also spoke in Japanese.
Then there is the very boring clothing matching and styling design for the model.
In this process, models generally have no right to speak, and can only be at the mercy of others according to their own hearts, and Lin Qingyuan, a newcomer who has just entered the fashion circle, is even more so, he is still very clear about his current status, and naturally he will not be unaware.
But he's in a good state of mind.
Anyway, so many celebrities have a thunderous style, even if he dedicates one or two, it's not a big deal.
Besides, the aesthetics of the neon fashion industry are actually more in line with the aesthetics of normal people than the "mainstream" of the European fashion industry, such as the Tokyo fashion show held by Neon every year is very interesting, and many young women in East Asia, including some men who "don't want to drink", will pay special attention to this show.
However, the former is to learn fashionable and beautiful dressing, and the latter is to see beautiful young ladies...
The photographer's assistant took Lin Qingyuan to sit down in front of the mirror, and then a woman in her thirties and forties walked over, this is his makeup artist today.
What is the name Lin Qingyuan didn't hear too clearly, because except for the most basic greetings and necessary communication when applying makeup, the two did not have any communication throughout the whole process, and the unspoken rules of the industry were like this, this makeup artist just rubbed Lin Qingyuan's face, and his mouth basically did not open.
I don't know how long it took, Lin Qingyuan, who closed his eyes and recuperated, heard the makeup artist say something in Japanese that he didn't understand at all, and then said OK again.
Hearing the makeup artist speak, Lin Qingyuan came back to his senses, and then hurriedly thanked him with a few Japanese words: "Aligado." ”
The next step is to put on the clothes that Yasuji Kimura has matched, and then immediately start today's shooting.
Today's arrangement is to let Lin Qing shoot his single inside page, and then wait for the female partner's makeup and hair to be ready, and then start shooting with his partner.
"Guess what we're talking about today?" Not in a hurry to work, Kimura Yasuji chatted with Lin Qingyuan first.
"Avant-garde?" Lin Qingyuan was unsure of the authenticity.
His current clothes feel very avant-garde, and in layman's terms, they are not so in line with the public's aesthetics.
"Our theme today is Drunken Dreams of Tokyo, the collision and fusion of two completely different fashion styles, retro and avant-garde." Kimura Yasuji explained to Lin Qingyuan with a smile: "I have matched seven or eight sets of clothes for you, all of them are good-looking, and they should be able to be used later." ”
"Kimura-san, I'll listen to you." Lin Qingyuan continued to maintain a low-key attitude towards people.
"Hehe, your attitude is a bit similar to some of our neon newcomer models." Naturally, Yasuji Kimura would not have an opinion on Lin Qingyuan's attitude.
On the contrary, he still has a good impression of Lin Qingyuan, after all, he said before that Lin Qingyuan's face is the kind of heroic appearance that is very popular with the elders, not to mention that it was not easy to meet such a model who is close to the top in all aspects, how could he not be satisfied?
"Neon model? Airi Suzuki, Yuko Shinki, Sayaka Miyoshi, Ikeda Ilesa? Lin Qingyuan casually reported a list of names.
"There are a few people in there that I've worked with." provoked Kimura Yasuji to look at him in surprise: "But are these few people very popular in your country?" ”
"It's average, but it's an actor like Yui Aragaki and Masami Nagasawa who are a little hot."
"They're all popular actresses!"
"Did Kimura-san take a photo of them?" Lin Qingyuan was curious.
"Aragaki-san did work together, but that was many years ago."
"Really? I really like "Legal High" starring Aragaki-san and Sakai-san, and Sakai-san's "Hanzawa Naoki" is also very good! ”
"The things that young people like to see are really different from our group of middle-aged Ou Jisan in their forties..."
After chatting for a while, after the two of them were almost familiar with each other and established a little tacit understanding, today's filming work officially began.
Lin Qingyuan immediately turned into a marionette and began to pose various poses according to Kimura Yasuji's instructions, making various movements and expressions to cooperate with his shooting.
At the same time, he also tried not to carry private goods as much as possible, and followed Kimura Yasuji honestly throughout the whole process.
After all, shooting magazines is different from acting, acting with private goods may still be praised and recognized by the director, and taking photos with private goods will only usher in a stinking scold from the photographer.