The literary era since 1979

Afternoon, Hengshan Hotel.

The first batch of members of the Japanese delegation all checked in under tight and appropriate arrangements.

After settling in, the reception team held a brief and warm welcome party.

In order to organize this group of thousands of people, Japan also set up a youth group agreement council, which is responsible for the liaison of daily affairs. The general representative is the president of Shochiku Film Company, and the two Shochiku actresses Okuyama Tadashi, Awahara Komaki and Matsuzaka Keiko are naturally also one of the representatives.

But what was beyond Fangyan's expectation was that the leading actors and actresses of "The Chase" also came to the delegation this time——

Ken Takakura and Yoshiko Nakano!

In an instant, many fans of Ken Takakura in the reception group came and surrounded the Japanese actors.

The same thing happened with the Japanese delegation, where countless young men and women flocked to Fangyan, holding novels such as "Malice" in their hands.

"Iwako kept telling me that he was very popular in Japan."

Seeing such a crazy scene, Gong Xing couldn't help but sigh, "I didn't expect it to be so popular!"

"Of course."

Yoko Suzuki's face was filled with pride.

Not to mention the Akutagawa Ryunosuke Award, not to mention that "The Mountain, the Man, the Dog" has earned over 20 billion yen at the box office in Japan, not to mention that the sales of the two parts of "The Ring" have exceeded 300 million copies, just "Malice", which also has good sales, is enough to bear such popularity.

Although detective literature was originally introduced to Japan as foreign literature, by the 80s it had become one of Japan's five national quintessences, along with sumo, tea ceremony, manga, and kabuki. It is no exaggeration to say that in terms of popularity, Ken Takakura and Mr. Fang may be on par.

However, in terms of status and reputation in Japan, Mr. Fang, as a "literary giant", is far superior to "actor" Ken Takakura.

Hearing this, a sense of pride arose in Gong Xing's heart.

Suddenly, Matsuzaka Keiko and Awahara Komaki, who had just been chatting enthusiastically with Fangyan at the airport, appeared in the sight.

"Yoko-chan!"

"Keiko-chan! Komaki-chan!"

Yoko Suzuki took Gong Xing's arm and greeted him with a smile.

Keiko Matsuzaka was surprised to see the woman in front of her who was no less beautiful than herself, "Who is this?"

Awara Komaki exclaimed, "Are you the heroine of "The Village Postman"?!"

Once reminded, Keiko Matsuzaka also recognized it, and after getting confirmation from Yoko Suzuki, her face was filled with enthusiasm:

"It's really you! Great, I'm so glad to meet you!"

"I'm glad to meet you two, too."

Gong Xing shook hands with them and learned from Suzuki Yoko's introduction that Matsuzaka Keiko won the Best Actress Award at the Academy Awards, known as the "Japanese Oscars", twice last year and this year, and is now the hottest female star in the Japanese film industry.

Amid the shouts of “Congratulations”, Keiko Matsuzaka said with a smile: “No, no, we want to congratulate you too.”

"Congratulations to me?"

Gong Xing looked puzzled, where did the joy come from?

Awahara Komaki explained that the movie "That Mountain, That Man, That Dog" defeated films such as "ET the Extra-Terrestrial", "Rocky III" and "Chariots of Fire" to win this year's Japan Academy Best Foreign Language Film Award.

Matsuzaka Keiko said: "We originally planned to tell Fangyan-kun the good news first."

Suzuki Yoko said: "It doesn't matter, telling her is the same as telling Teacher Fang."

The two looked at each other in confusion, until they heard that Gong Xing was Fang Yan's wife, their faces changed instantly.

The cheerful and harmonious atmosphere just now immediately dropped to freezing point. Gong Xing looked at them in silence, with a bit of envy and even a hint of jealousy in his surprised eyes. He frowned slightly and couldn't understand why everyone suddenly stopped talking.

"I've always wondered what Fangyan-kun's wife would be like."

Awahara Komaki exclaimed, "I didn't expect to finally meet him in person today."

Gong Xing was held by her hand and asked how he met Fang Yan, how they got together, and how they finally got married...

Matsuzaka Keiko listened quietly, with a complicated look in her eyes, "You must be very happy to be Fangyan-kun's wife."

Although Gong Xing thought the question was strange, he still smiled and nodded in response.

Keiko Matsuzaka twisted the corner of her clothes with her hands, and kept an awkward but polite smile: "Congratulations to you guys." "Arigato."

Gong Xing smiled, but always felt something was strange, but he couldn't tell what was strange about Matsuzaka Keiko and Awahara Komaki.

I originally thought that the topic would be the exchange of Chinese and Japanese film culture, but until the farewell party was over, the most talked about topic was dialect.

"Clap!"

"Everyone, please don't forget the party tomorrow."

Before everyone left, Fangyan clapped his hands and reiterated tomorrow's schedule.

"Hi!"

The members of the Japanese delegation responded in unison, and then retreated like a tide.

When Keiko Matsuzaka, Komaki Awahara and others passed by, Fangyan waved politely:
"Goodbye, goodbye, I hope you have a good sleep tonight."

However, the reply was not as warm and friendly as when they first met. Instead, it was cold and even had a hint of resentment.

Fangyan frowned, confused, "Strange, what's going on?"

Gong Xing's voice suddenly came from behind: "You also think they are weird, right?"

"Why do you say that?"

Fangyan looked at Gong Xing on the left and at Suzuki Yoko on the right.

Gong Xing recounted the whole story, especially how the two girls cared too much about him.

"We haven't seen each other for a long time. Maybe he wants to know more about my recent situation."

Dialect: Eyes look at the nose, nose looks at the heart, "after all, we are all good friends."

Gong Xing said: "This good friend is a little too good..."

"Are you jealous?" Fangyan glanced at him.

Gong Xing rolled his eyes in annoyance, "You're the one who's jealous, let's talk serious!"

As they walked, Fangyan briefly described the relationship between the three people, especially Keiko Matsuzaka:
"If she hadn't been willing to be the guarantor, the loan and the house purchase would definitely not have been possible."

"So you still owe her a favor?"

"I paid it back a long time ago."

Fangyan smiled.

"Teacher Fang wrote a song for Qingzi-chan."

Yoko Suzuki talked about the singles released by Keiko Matsuzaka this year, one of which is "Sunset Song".

The other song is "Love under the Cherry Blossom Trees", which was adapted from "On the Shores of Lake Baikal". As the title songs of the new album, the two songs have been highly sought after. Not only have they been listed on Japan's authoritative music credibility chart, but their sales have also been increasing day by day, exceeding 50 copies.

This number far exceeds Keiko Matsuzaka's best-performing album, "Flowers of Love in the Water".

“It’s not entirely my fault.”

Fang Yan waved his hand and glanced at Gong Xing's expression.

"That's right..."

Gong Xing always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell why.

Fang Yan changed the subject and said, "Let's talk about business and discuss the arrangements for tomorrow's party."

Just as they were leaving the hotel, Keiko Matsuzaka stood at the window and looked down, as if she had found his figure, but also as if she had found nothing.

Although she had already made up her mind that it was impossible for the two of them to get married given their current status, when she heard the news of his marriage and saw his wife with her own eyes, she felt bad after all, so she couldn't help but sing the Japanese version of "Sunset Song":
"The setting sun swayed on my cheek,
Same as then,

The sunset makes people feel emotional.

Even if I kneel down to pray,
I just want love, spring goes, summer turns, and autumn comes..."

As I sang, I looked towards the wall. Awahara Komaki lived next door. "I wonder how she is doing? Is she the same as me?" (End of this chapter)