"Mr. Monet, there's something I'd like to discuss with you!" On this day, Matsuda found Monet and said.

"Oh? What's the matter? Monet asked casually.

"I'm going to do a Japan-US goodwill beauty pageant in the near future, and I hope that the two of us can co-organize, that is, I will set up a film company, and then you will also set up one in New York, so that it will seem that it is a Japanese-American co-organization, and I also know your power in Hollywood, as long as you can let the selected actors appear in Hollywood movies!" Matsuda explained.

Monet understood what Matsuda meant, that is, let himself get an empty company and then make some favors for this beauty pageant champion to make a cameo, the matter was very simple, but he was a little puzzled: "Mr. Matsuda, this matter is not difficult, but I don't understand why you are doing this Japanese-American goodwill beauty pageant?" ”

Matsuda sighed and said, "This is Captain Jimmy's idea, not to be precise, what kind of general his boss means, saying that this can reflect the goodwill between Japan and the United States." ”

Then he said: "And I see that the current film market is good, so I plan to really build a film company, so I want to take advantage of this opportunity to make some noise." ”

Monet pondered for a moment and understood what Matsuda meant, although what he said should be the truth, but the cause and effect may have been deliberately confused by him.

The fact should be that he has taken a fancy to the current film market, in fact, this is normal, after all, the entertainment industry is generally better when the economy is bad, and because the Hollywood blockbusters he has provided recently made him a lot of money, he wants to make it bigger, so he pleaded with Jimmy and carried out this beauty pageant in the name of the United States, as for himself, he really just provided a gimmick.

After thinking about it, Monet agreed, because after all, he still had to continue to cooperate with him, relying on him and the theaters related to him to make money, and it was estimated that he would not let himself work in vain.

A few days later, there was a strange scene in Ginza, and normally, when it was not a holiday, the pedestrians on the streets of Tokyo were in a hurry, busy doing their own things, but today here in Ginza, many people gathered in a circle to stop and watch, because there was a long line 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.

In addition, the top three can go to the United States for visiting performances, and the top 10 can all get a double contract with the East Asian Film Company, which was newly formed by the Matsuda Merchant Group, and Superman Film and Television, which has successfully operated well-known films such as "King Kong" and "Gone with the Wind", and the remuneration is 100,000 yen in the first year, 200,000 yen in the second year, and 300,000 yen in the third year. After three years, it was changed to a free contract. (This is not made up, this is the contract when Daiei signed the first "Miss Japan-America Goodwill" Fujiko Yamamoto.) ）

Therefore, on the first day of the official audition, there was naturally a long queue of beauties, and Monet went to watch it for a while, feeling that it was very similar to the feeling of recruiting 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 Monet's only concern is the swimsuit performance that will be the finale at the end......

The primary selection is also the audition, there are only three contents, that is, there is no talent show, of course, this is to save time, after all, it doesn't take much time to walk two laps in a group of five people. 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.

There are six judges in total, namely the official representative Captain Jimmy, the two film company bosses Matsuda and Monet, as well as Akira Kurosawa, Toshiro Mifune, and Kazuo Hasegawa, who is known as the most beautiful man in Japan, who was specially recruited by Matsuda for a high salary in order to press the new company.

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.

First of all, Akira Kurosawa, Toshiro Mifune and Kazuo Hasegawa were all dragged by Matsuda, and they were all a little resistant to this form of competition in their hearts, feeling that this was not a selection of movie actors at all. Because no matter how beautiful they are, they are useless without acting skills, so what they want to see is the girls' display of acting skills, but they can't see it at all in the catwalk. As a result, the three of them rarely give pass cards.

And Jimmy and Monet rarely give pass cards, because their aesthetic standards determine that they can't find many beautiful women in Japan, Jimmy needless to say, he is a standard American, and he likes that kind of American plump beauty. In his eyes, these Japanese girls are too thin, especially when wearing swimsuits, their small bodies can't show the beauty of swimsuits at all.