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 Bazaar to pick up Lin Qingyuan had been waiting for their group for some time.
After successfully meeting the staff who came to pick him up, Lin Qingyuan and his party got into the car arranged by Bazaar and drove directly to the hotel where they were staying.
Because Lin Qingyuan was shooting for the October issue this time, and it was only August now, the shooting time was relatively less rushed, so he could go back to the hotel to rest for one night, and then go to the shooting location to work the next day.
But his cover partner was different. Not only did he come to Tokyo several days before him, but the shooting task was also very heavy. Not only did he need to partner with Lin Qingyuan to shoot the cover and inside pages of the October issue commemorating the 150th anniversary
, Bazaar took a fancy to her traffic and specially prepared a one-person fashion blockbuster for her to shoot.
Lin Qingyuan does not receive this kind of treatment. After all, his fan base and ability to bring goods are nothing compared to others, so through the company's efforts, he has surpassed others in the ranking, and he is already very satisfied.
After about twenty minutes' drive, Lin Qingyuan and his party arrived at the hotel arranged for them by Bazaar.
Frankly speaking, when he saw the bustling lights outside, he originally wanted to go out for a walk, but considering that he didn't speak Japanese and not many people in Neon knew English, he had no choice but to give up because he didn't want to go out with a translator.
After all, he didn't know the Japanese translator he hired temporarily. It didn't feel right to go on a night tour in Tokyo with an unknown outsider. Even if he was reassured, Yan Jun wouldn't be reassured, and it wasn't very fun either...
Alas, I'm a newbie here and I'm not familiar with the place, so there's not much nightlife tonight, so Lin Qingyuan fell asleep.
Early the next morning, Lin Qingyuan was driven to the filming location in a car driven by Bazaar under the hotel.
The shooting location for this magazine was set at Harper’s Bazaar’s office building in Tokyo.
The photographer in charge of taking the photo today is a neon man who looks to be in his forties, with neon's iconic long hair, but unfortunately he doesn't have the face of Takuya Kimura under the long and unrestrained hair.
"Hello Lin Sang, I am today's photographer Yasushi Kimura." The photographer was very polite to Lin Qingyuan, an artist from China, and took the initiative to shake hands with him.
But what surprised Lin Qingyuan was that it turned out that the long-haired brother was really called Kimura!
What a coincidence...
"Hello, Mr. Kimura, I'll leave it to you for today's shooting!" After Lin Qingyuan finished speaking, the portable translator he brought also spoke again in Japanese.
Then there is the clothing matching and styling design, which is very boring for models.
In this process, models generally have no say in it and can only let others arrange and match it as they please. This is especially true for Lin Qingyuan, a newcomer who has just entered the fashion industry. He is still very aware of his current status.
Naturally, you will not be ignorant of praise.
But he has a good attitude.
Anyway, so many celebrities have outrageous looks, so even if he contributes 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" groups in the European fashion industry. For example, the Tokyo fashion show held by Neon every year is very interesting. Many people from East Asia
Young women, including some men who are "drunkards who are not interested in drinking", will pay special attention to this show.
However, the former is to learn fashionable and beautiful outfits, and the latter is to see the beautiful young ladies...
The photographer's assistant took Lin Qingyuan to sit in front of the mirror, and then a woman in her thirties or forties came over. This was his makeup artist today.
Lin Qingyuan didn't hear his name very clearly, because apart from the most basic greetings and necessary communication during makeup, the two of them had no communication during the whole process. This is the unspoken rule of the industry. The makeup artist just rubbed it on Lin Qingyuan's face.
, the mouth was basically never opened.
I don't know how long it took, but Lin Qingyuan, who was closing his eyes and concentrating, heard the makeup artist say something in Japanese that he didn't understand at all, and then said OK.
Hearing the makeup artist speak, Lin Qingyuan came back to his senses, and then quickly used his few Japanese words to thank: "Arigado."
The next step is to wear the clothes matched by Kimura Yasuji, and then immediately start today's shooting work.
Today's arrangement is for Lin Qingyuan to shoot his solo inside page first, and then wait for the female partner's makeup and hair to be done before starting the partner shooting.
"Guess what our theme is today?" Kimura Yasuji chatted with Lin Qingyuan first without rushing to work.
"Avangard?" Lin Qingyuan said uncertainly.
The clothes he wears now feel very avant-garde. To put it simply, they just don't conform to the public's aesthetics.
"Our theme today is Dream 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 specially matched seven or eight sets of clothes for you, and they are very good."
It looks good and you should be able to use it later.”
"Kimura-san, I will listen to you." Lin Qingyuan continued to maintain a low-key attitude towards others.
"Haha, your attitude is a bit similar to that of some of our new neon models who have just entered the industry." Kimura Yasuji naturally had no objection to Lin Qingyuan's attitude.
On the contrary, he quite liked Lin Qingyuan. After all, he had said before that Lin Qingyuan's face was the kind of heroic appearance that was very popular among the elders. What's more, it was not easy to meet such a person who was close to him in all aspects.
How could he be dissatisfied with a top-notch model?
"Neon models? Suzuki Airi, Araki Yuko, Miyoshi Ayaka, Ikeda Elisa?" Lin Qingyuan casually reported a list of names.
"I have cooperated with several of them." Kimura Yasuji looked at him in surprise: "But are these people very popular in your country?"
"It's just so-so. The more popular ones are actors like Yui Aragaki and Masami Nagasawa."
"They are all popular actresses!"
"Has Kimura-san taken any photos for them?" Lin Qingyuan was curious.
"Aragaki-san has collaborated with us before, but that was all many years ago."
"Really? I really like "Legal High" starring Aragaki-san and Sakai-san, and Sakai-san's "Naoki Hansawa" is also very good!"
"The things that young people like to watch are indeed different from those of us middle-aged Ogisangs in our forties..."
After chatting for a while, after the two of them were almost familiar with each other and established some tacit understanding, today's shooting work officially began.
Lin Qingyuan immediately transformed into a puppet and began to follow Kimura Yasuji's instructions to assume various poses, make various movements and expressions, and coordinate with his shooting.
At the same time, he also tried his best not to include any private goods, and followed Kimura Yasuji honestly throughout the whole process.
After all, magazine shooting is different from acting. If you include personal items in acting, you may get praise and recognition from the tour guide, but if you include illegal items in photo shoots, you will only get a scolding from the photographer.