Chapter 652: Japan Trip

"Welcome Director Wu Yuan to Japan!"

"Mr. Wu Yuan, the international director, is the best!"

"The pride of Asian filmmakers!"

"Asian genius director!"

Various banners and colorful strips were held high by young and beautiful girls at Tokyo International Airport.

"Sure enough, Japanese fans are still enthusiastic." Wu Yuan was hard not to be happy when he received such a warm welcome as soon as he got off the plane.

There are not many opportunities for him to come to Japan. Normally, Chinese-language films do not come to Japan specifically for promotion. Only Hollywood movies come to Japan specifically for promotion.

But the few times he came to Japan were very pleasant experiences.

It can only be said that Japan is really a country suitable for celebrities to enjoy their glory.

The premise is not to talk about salary, the various sadness behind the scenes, the extreme fans, and social pressure.

As far as the fans in front of the screen are concerned, the fanaticism for star chasing in Japan is definitely the highest, even higher than that in the United States.

Of course, it's not good to be too fanatical, because it's easy to have extreme fans. If idols get married or something, they will do some crazy and extreme things.

Fortunately, Wu Yuan's home stadium is not Japan after all, so he can enjoy the pursuit of Japanese fans without worrying about the fanaticism of Japanese fans.

He doesn't necessarily come to Japan once a year. No matter how fanatical his fans are, how can they be so fanatical?

Not just him, Liu Yifei also looked around with a smile on her face at the fans who also came to pick her up.

Liu Yifei's popularity in Japan is still very high, probably similar to the popularity of Girls' Generation, the most popular idol group in Asia, in China.

Not to mention that she can reach the level of king and queen, but at least the younger generation basically knows her.

Celebrities like "Fairy Sister" are rare not only in China, but also in Japan!

Liu Yifei can be described not only as "innocent", but her image is also very different from "innocent" in a broad sense.

Generally, pure beauties are Xiaojiabiyu type, even those who are attractive but not beautiful, such as Zhou Dongyu.

But Liu Yifei is different. Her temperament is more "cold" than pure, especially when she doesn't smile.

In addition to her screen images, several of them are very famous in Japan. Whether it is the star in "Pirates of the Caribbean" or the high school student in "Your Name", they all left a deep impression on Japanese movie fans.

In addition, "Interstellar" also performed very well at the box office in Japan, so Liu Yifei is diverse in the eyes of Japanese fans and cannot be summed up in one or two words.

And such stars are rare in Japan.

Most Japanese stars have a unique label.

For example, pure, gorgeous, sexy, cute, etc. It is difficult to be like Liu Yifei, who is very sassy when fighting and "fairy" when she is quiet.

Therefore, although she does not have many popular works in Japan, her popularity is not low at all. Even as time passes, her fans in Japan become more and more solid.

She has a bit of a "bloody" reputation in China.

At least there were more fans on site to pick up Liu Yifei than Wu Yuan.

After all, Wu Yuan's main job is a director. Even if he is handsome, he cannot compare with the stars on stage.

"Thank you all for coming to pick me up at the airport!"

"Thank you so much!"

It was a rare visit to Japan, and Liu Yifei and Wu Yuan were not stingy. They tried their best to leave autographs for these fans. It was not until the security at the airport couldn't bear it anymore that they hurriedly left a few games and got on the seats. The nanny car comes to pick you up at the airport.

After about an hour's drive, they stayed at the most luxurious Intercontinental Hotel in Japan.

"Director Wu, welcome to Japan for inspection!" The senior executives of the Japanese branch of Light and Shadow Express, who had been waiting here for a long time, immediately stood up to greet Wu Yuan.

"Why is it so formal?" Seeing a group of executives in black suits and white shirts bowing in front of him, Wu Yuan always felt weird, feeling like a gangster.

The person in charge of the Japanese branch, whom Wu Yuan knew, was a senior manager from the previous headquarters.

Seeing that he was also bowing, Wu Yuan couldn't help laughing and pulled him up.

"What's going on? You have integrated into Japanese society. You bowed very skillfully."

The general manager of the branch named Wei He smiled awkwardly and said: "I'm used to it."

"The company has recruited many local employees in Japan, and even half of the middle and senior management are Japanese. In addition, the company is in Tokyo, so it is inevitable that we will get used to the Japanese workplace style."

While explaining, he introduced several company executives present to Wu Yuan.

They are really half Chinese and half Japanese.

These Japanese executives were either poached from Japanese film and television production companies or simply from Japanese television stations. They are all Japanese industry elites.

Especially the few people poached from the TV station, they are all responsible persons who have experienced the production of many Japanese dramas.

There is no way, the Japanese film and television industry is relatively "old-school", or most of Japan's industries are relatively old-school, and have been stuck in the Japanese golden age of the 1980s and 1990s.

The TV drama industry in various countries around the world has basically shifted from TV station production to film and television company production. After the era of outsourcing film purchase, Japan is still stuck in the era of TV station production.

More than 80% of Japanese TV dramas are produced and broadcast directly by TV stations. There is no third party to "make the difference" in the middle. This also makes the salary of Japanese actors very low and cannot increase a little.

It is very similar to TVB in Hong Kong Island. Actors are the kind who punch in and get paid. Most second-rate and lower actors have incomes similar to those of white-collar workers, at most one or two times higher.

So actors are just a very ordinary profession in Japan. They are not as popular as in the United States and China, and young people are scrambling to get into the industry.

But from another perspective, this also makes most Japanese actors really join this industry because of their "dreams", or they become actors by chance.

Actors who are completely in the entertainment industry for the money are rare in Japan.

This makes the professionalism and acting skills of Japanese actors generally better in Asia.

Maybe the top level can't be compared with China, both in quantity and quality, but the middle and lower levels are definitely better than China.

You can't expect a group of superficial actors who are looking to make quick money to be better than actors who are dedicated and working hard for their dreams.

From the perspective of the entire actor group, Japanese actors are definitely the best in the world.

No complaints, no demands for high income, dedicated, comparable to old workhorses.

Even the social status is low

"It can only be said that it is worthy of being Japan." Wu Yuan, who learned about the situation, sighed: "Perhaps only Japan can give birth to such a "healthy" entertainment industry. After all, this is a country with rigid classes, clear status differentiation, and great emphasis on the relationship between seniors and juniors."

"Very strict with their own people!" (End of this chapter)