National Tide 1980.

Chapter 1056 The Journey to China
That's all for the harassment from the outside world, because the public opinion once again involved Matsumoto Keiko's life-long event, and this incident caused an uproar in her family.

Soon, Keiko Matsumoto's mother called her and asked her to go home as soon as possible, saying that her father wanted to see her.

It should be said that Keiko Matsumoto is a person with a big heart.

Since the day she debuted as an artist, she has been supervised and questioned by public opinion in all aspects.

Even after she became famous, it was not all smooth sailing when she enjoyed the glory.

For example, she was once regarded as an unlucky person when she encountered a supernatural event while filming commercials a few years ago.

As a result, many advertisers gave up on her collectively, and the economy and reputation suffered a double blow.

And some time ago, the public opinion turmoil created by Kinji Fukasaku and Michiko Harada caused her to be scolded bloody, and she even thought that her career was about to end.

She took it lightly and withstood it.

But receiving a call from her mother was a bit different for Keiko Matsumoto.

Because the incomprehension of family members is no better than the incomprehension of outsiders, she can turn a deaf ear to it.

If her family members opposed her, that would be a heartbreaking thing, and it would be the scariest thing.

From her mother's slightly worried but pretended calm tone, she could clearly feel the things her parents wanted to ask her, and the risk of family conflict contained in it.

Because of this, her throat felt a little dry.

To be honest, she really didn't want to go, she wasn't fully prepared yet, but the problem was that this was her parents.

And she also knew that sooner or later there would be a day when hiding would definitely not work.

So she had no other choice, no matter how reluctant she was, she could only cheer herself up, seized the time to arrange her work, tidied herself up, dressed neatly, and rushed to the appointment early.

She didn't tell Ning Weimin about this, probably predicting that the meeting and conversation would not go well.

Sure enough, as soon as she got home, she faced her father as if he was facing a formidable enemy, ready to fight.

Keiko Matsumoto's father, Han Yingming, is a Korean in Japan and has a tough personality.

The machismo style is very serious, and the opening of the mouth is like an interrogation by the police.

He even sided with the media unconsciously, believing the rumors outside, and was full of dissatisfaction, accusation and reprimand to Matsumoto Keiko.

Keiko Matsumoto's mother, Chang Zi, is Japanese and has a very soft personality, but she is trying her best to ease the father and daughter, hoping that they will not be so tense.

It's a pity that under the long-term coercion of her furious husband, the role she can play, who is afraid of him, is limited after all.

Even on the contrary, because of interrupting several times to smooth things over, she was repeatedly reprimanded by her husband, and was disgusted and obstructed.

As a result, all of a sudden, things backfired and had the opposite effect.

You know, what Keiko Matsumoto can't stand the most is seeing her mother act cowardly and wronged in front of her parents.

So Keiko Matsumoto, who originally wanted to communicate as well as possible and tried to solve the problem in a roundabout way, gave up her original intention without saying a few words because she was dissatisfied with her father's attitude towards her mother.

He returned to the old way of confronting his father head-on, and quarreled with him.

To put it bluntly, Keiko Matsumoto's emotions were out of control, except that she didn't want her parents to interfere with her emotions and marriage.

More out of the hatred of machismo and the squeeze of his father's long-term dissatisfaction, he rebelled and intended to resist.

So driven by anger and excitement, she didn't care about her father's feelings, and simply revealed Ning Weimin's identity and told her parents that she had actually fallen in love with a Chinese.

Moreover, Ning Weimin's gentleness and generosity were compared with his father's arrogance and arrogance.

Blame the father for being too harsh on the mother, and let the mother waste half of her life, without any happiness at all.

So it is conceivable, what kind of explosion will happen next?
As a person of the traditional old school, Han Yingming was originally like the elders.

What's more, he has lived in Japan for a long time, and he has dealt with those Japanese who are famous for their granite heads, so he naturally complied with that sentence - those who are close to vermilion are red and those who are close to ink are black, and his head also becomes a stick. muscle.

In terms of his attitude towards his family, one of Han Yingming's most distinctive personal characteristics is that he is not allowed to go out of his way. Once he does not conform to the rules and regulations, he must use his father's authority to suppress and punish him.

Not to mention that Keiko Matsumoto dared to challenge the father's authority in person and blamed him, which made him lose face.

This simply touched his reverse scale.

Under the rage, Han Yingming completely became a red-eyed lion who wanted to choose someone to eat.

Not only did he yell at him on the spot, he even beat the disobedient daughter with his hands.

This was the first time Keiko Matsumoto was beaten and scolded by her father as an adult, and she was even more disappointed and disappointed with her father.

Under the grievance, she couldn't help but vowed "if her father doesn't agree to her marriage, she will never return to this family again".

But how could the furious Han Yingming back down at this time?
Hearing this, it was even more difficult to contain the negative emotions, so he yelled at his daughter equally angrily, "Since you don't want this house anymore, you will never enter this house from now on. I don't have a daughter like you. If you dare to come back , don't blame me for killing you..."

There is no doubt that the tempers of the father and daughter are so similar, Matsumoto Keiko has almost completely inherited Han Yingming's toughness.

But this character is also the fundamental reason why they are so confrontational and difficult to resolve conflicts.

Saying this kind of thing is tantamount to killing each other's family affection.

If no one is willing to soften their stance and make a concession, then it is obvious that it will be difficult for the father and daughter to meet each other in the future, and everyone will have to go all the way to the dark.

What's worse is that Qingzi's mother can't do anything at this time.

Because her character is too weak, and she is too timid in front of her husband.

Absolutely terrified by the unprecedented seriousness of a family conflict, as frightened into a motionless statue.

She didn't even have time to react, and before she could accept the reality that happened before her eyes, the father and daughter had completely turned their faces, and they broke up to the point of irreparable.

In fact, she had no time to dissuade her, and her daughter ran out of the house crying and covering her face.

When she really came to her senses, she found that there was only a mess left in the house, only indifference and estrangement, only loneliness and depression.

And the husband who has been pacing and wandering in the room like a trapped animal, panting heavily, unable to stop for a moment.

In the following days, Matsumoto Keiko completely cut off any contact with her parents.

Speaking of it, it's not that the two parties don't want to contact each other, at least the mother and daughter miss each other and are eager to talk about their troubles.

But the problem is that there is Han Yingming between them.

As the mother of Matsumoto Keiko, Ryoko has long been accustomed to the subordinate status of this family.

Facing the husband of the head of the family, she really didn't have enough courage and ability to resist.

As a daughter, Matsumoto Keiko knows better that if she complains to her mother in private, it will only make her mother's situation difficult, and on the contrary, it will cause her mother to be embarrassed by her father.

As a result, the two parties had to temporarily maintain this "parent-child severance" split.

Objectively speaking, there is no possibility of any improvement in the short term, and we have entered a paranoid period of mutual torture.

This cannot but be said to be the biggest flaw and regret in Matsumoto Keiko's life at present.

But at this moment, the crew of "Li Xianglan" has done all the preparatory work including the selection of actors, and almost all the pre-funding and equipment personnel are in place.

Therefore, it is about to go to China and prepare to start the official launch.

So, under such circumstances, Matsumoto Keiko bid farewell to Ning Weimin with a hard-to-heal emotional pain, and started a arduous trip to China.

On July 1986, 7, when Pavarotti, the world-renowned Italian tenor and "World King of Songs", held his personal concert in the brightly lit Great Hall of the People in the capital of China.

Keiko Matsumoto and all film crew members boarded the chartered plane and flew to the capital.

As for why this trip to China is defined by hardship?

It is mainly due to the fact that Huaxia's reception conditions are really limited.

You know, even if it is the first time of the Republic, there are too few accommodation places with ideal conditions in the capital.

The conditions of the Great Wall Hotel and Jianguo Hotel are good, but it is really difficult to entertain hundreds of Japanese at the same time, and there is simply no way to get so many rooms.

What's more, during this period, there were other well-known foreign artists and cultural groups stationed in the capital for a long time.

For example, Pavarotti's team visited China for the first time in June and held a concert in China.

There is also the crew of Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci who is filming "The Last Emperor" in the Forbidden City.

And Ning Weimin's own crimes - after listening to his idea, Pilkardon Huaxia Company will send out an invitation, that is, the French team of Alain Delon and Deneuve who have agreed to visit China and are about to leave next month.

Then think about it, how lively are these people plus the crew of "Li Xianglan"?
This is a reception task for at least several thousand people!
How can the communication office of the capital government be able to stand it now?

So there was no other way. When the film crew of "Li Xianglan" arrived at their destination, they could only stay at the Qianmen Hotel located at Hufang Bridge.

That's right, this hotel is indeed too old, and the facilities are actually not ideal.

The service also has a big gap with the real star hotels such as the Great Wall Hotel and Jianguo Hotel, not even a three-star hotel.

Not to mention Keiko Matsumoto herself, even the ordinary Japanese staff of other film crews living here would feel that the conditions are difficult and uninteresting.

But having said that, this is really the best hotel that the capital city government can provide so far.

In fact, even the Berlin Symphony Orchestra led by Karajan lived here when they came to Beijing.

Although Pavarotti didn't live here, he moved to Xiangshan Hotel with better conditions.

But that's because this big fat man will enjoy the blessings. He has the foresight to send people to the capital half a year in advance to inspect the accommodation environment.

Then through repeated coordination and communication between the Italian embassy and the Beijing government, we can get a sufficient number of ideal rooms.

And for this reason, he did not hesitate to spend an extra $[-] to make up the difference.

The situation of Alain Delon and Deneuve is similar, and Song Huagui had booked a room at the Great Wall Hotel half a year ago, so that he would not be caught blind.

So the conditions may be a little tough, but who made the movie "Li Xianglan" so efficient and fast-paced?

Since I came in a hurry and couldn't book in advance, this was almost the best choice and the only choice.

In fact, this is nothing.

Because they have to follow the shooting plan formulated by the crew and the agreement reached after contacting and communicating with the Chinese personnel, these Japanese personnel will meet with Chinese filmmakers from several cooperative studios in Shanghai, China.

Then a batch of costumes will be produced, and then the troops will be divided into two groups, one in the south and the other in the north for shooting.

Those who go north will go directly to Shenyang, and then Chengde, led by Huaxia Fang, responsible for Li Xianglan's experiences and plots in her teenage years.

In the south direction, first Shanghai and then Beijing, the director Yoshitaro Nomura personally directed it, with Huaxia as the assistant. The main shooting content was the experience of the adult Li Xianglan played by Keiko Matsumoto.

When the time comes such a separation, those who go to Shenyang and Chengde will of course feel that the conditions are even more unbearable.

After all, there is no way to compare with big places like Beijing and Shanghai, and it will be even more difficult for the Japanese to adapt to it regardless of food and accommodation.

To be honest, if Ning Weimin could accompany Matsumoto Keiko to the capital, he would coordinate and think of a way.

The situation of Japanese personnel in China will definitely be much more ideal than it is now. At least they will be able to eat sushi, tempura and Japanese ramen.

It's just that they are not lucky.

Although Ning Weimin wanted to go with Matsumoto Keiko very much, and it was very necessary for him to return to Beijing to report on his work, but the objective conditions did not allow it.

Don't look at the recent Ginza Altar Palace business has returned to normal.

Because Dato Trading Co., Ltd. took the initiative to assume the responsibility of logistics, the daily operation has also become trouble-free.

Even the Huiwentang Bookstore began to prosper under the management of Kagawa Rinko, from a money-losing product to a profitable business.

In fact, Ning Weimin has already become much more leisurely, otherwise he would not have so much time to accompany Matsumoto Keiko and act as her driver.

But some things are just so unfortunate.

One is that the Asia International Baggage Exhibition, which was originally scheduled to be held in Tokyo in mid-June, was postponed for one month due to the typhoon.

As the agent company of the three brands, Ning Weimin had already paid the fee, so he had to stay and wait for the exhibition to promote his trolley suitcase.

The second is that the print advertisements and video advertisements shot by Matsumoto Keiko and Qu Xiao have entered post-production. The Japanese design company has to communicate with Ning Weimin in time for many things, and he needs to be sure.

The third is that Teresa Teng has always wanted to go to the mainland to hold a concert.

He had already secretly established contact with the person in charge of cultural and sports activities of the National News Agency.

Because I had contact with Ning Weimin, I felt that he could be trusted, and I also valued the dishes of the altar palace, so I wanted to use his treasured place to treat guests.

This kind of matter involves a lot of things, so Ning Weimin naturally couldn't get away, and of course he had to come forward to make arrangements in person.

Otherwise, it is tantamount to living up to the trust of the other party.

And even though he was amazed by Teresa Teng's bold idea, and knew that it didn't come true in the end.

But he still hopes to do his part to make it happen, let's try it out, what if it works?

Wouldn't this fulfill the dream of all young people in the contemporary mainland?

So he can only sacrifice his ego for business affairs, and go to meet Matsumoto Keiko in the capital a few days later.

But the good thing is that from July 7st of this year, the automatic direct dialing system for international long-distance calls in Beijing was opened.

The first batch is the two-way dialogue between Japan and Hong Kong.

This also means that Ning Weimin and Matsumoto Keiko can contact each other at any time by phone.

They can keep abreast of each other's situation every day, and it will no longer be like during the Spring Festival, where they have to wait a few days before they have a chance to speak.

In addition, it needs to be mentioned that the Japanese actor who played the girl Li Xianglan in the crew was finally selected by the director from hundreds of competitors. Yasuko Sawaguchi.

She is the perfect choice for Yoshitaro Nomura to recognize as soon as they meet.

Just like standing out from the selection of "Toho Cinderella" back then.

This time, Yasuko Sawaguchi still successfully won by virtue of her appearance similar to Li Xianglan herself and her beautiful and youthful age.

Judging from the result that the original choice of history is still maintained, Yasuko Sawaguchi may be the most suitable to play Li Xianglan, and it has a certain degree of inevitability.

(End of this chapter)