A few days ago, the Sapporo City Transportation Bureau in Hokkaido, Japan, announced that it had invited Chinese actress Long Mengrou to serve as the image ambassador of Sapporo Metro and released a promotional video. Unexpectedly, once it was released, Japanese netizens made a wave of bad comments: Why is she? And the news came back to China, and many Chinese netizens also agreed, pointing out that this Internet celebrity actress who started by marketing was not appropriate.
In this video, Long Mengrou takes the Sapporo subway to shop, watch the scenery, experience food near various stations, and also show the way for an old grandmother. Some Japanese netizens pointed out that why not invite a Japanese person, or even a foreigner living in Sapporo, to star? For the Chinese Internet celebrity to star, many people bluntly said that "I feel unpleasant" and "I don't want to see it".
In this regard, some Chinese netizens fought back: "To put it bluntly, they just don't want Chinese endorsement!" "Replaced by European and American stars, it is estimated that the villagers will blow it all kinds."
Unexpectedly, more Chinese netizens came out against this opinion, pointing out that Chinese Tibetan female singer Alain Dawa Dolma also served as the image ambassador of Okinawa and Niigata Prefecture in Japan, but no Japanese objected, because Alain achieved great results during his travel to Japan, not only won the sales chart, but also sang theme songs for movies such as "Chibi" and "Crayon Little New Theater Edition".
The picture shows Alain filming a promotional video for Niigata Prefecture
"Whether it is Alain or European and American stars, as long as they are serious artists and influential works, it is no problem to serve as an image ambassador." Netizens summed it up this way, "What is this?" People who send some press releases every day really like her? ”
Long Mengrou, who uses the stage name "Chestnut" in Japan, has participated in many talent shows such as Hunan Satellite TV's "Super Girl" in China, but unfortunately has not been able to become a hit.
In 2018, with the brokerage company packaging it as a "Chinese version of the New Yuan Yuyi", instead of going to Japan for development, after starring in love reality shows, shooting swimsuit photos, etc. gradually have a "sense of existence" in Japan, but because of blindly relying on marketing publicity, it does not have strong strength, it is inevitable to cause the audience to resent, and is criticized by Chinese and Japanese netizens as "the traces of the cottage Shinigaki knot are too heavy".
Even Long Mengrou's Weibo avatar was said to be highly similar to the cover of a magazine in Niigaki Yui. And Niigaki Yui is not only the most popular actress in Japan at present, but also has a high reputation in China, and has been named a goddess by domestic netizens.
As Chinese netizens quipped, "Is it impossible to invite the genuine Xinyuan knot, so you invite the cottage version to star?" ”