After Matsumoto Keiko's marriage news was announced to the media, it dominated the front pages of almost all Japanese entertainment tabloids and became the focus of reports on major television stations.
The sensational effect is almost equivalent to that of the emperor marrying his daughter, and the subsequent reactions have continued.
Even the investment plan she just announced - that she will soon invest 2 billion yen to film "Crazy Rich Asians" - has been robbed of all the limelight.
This is somewhat ridiculous.
But it’s not surprising. After all, Japan is a country of a single ethnic group. Since ancient times, there have been few customs and histories of “intermarriage”.
In fact, many people are very repulsive to international marriage.
Even after the defeat of the war, the United States stationed troops in Japan, which resulted in the creation of many "international marriages and families."
But Japanese people also look down upon Japanese women who marry Americans.
Not to mention that Matsumoto Keiko, a great beauty who firmly held the title of "number one beauty" during the Showa era, chose to marry a Chinese like Ning Weimin.
This incident simply made Keiko Matsumoto a first-of-its-kind exception in the entire country.
After all, in this era, except for her, no Japanese woman is willing to marry a third-world man and take the initiative to become a Chinese wife.
Therefore, although there are a few voices that believe that in today's lusty Japanese society, Keiko Matsumoto can return to the pure nature of love and marriage, and just want to be with the person she loves.
Instead of taking the opportunity to "sell" yourself for a good price, you choose to marry into a wealthy family and have no worries about food and clothing. This is a very rare and valuable quality.
But most of the people who eat melons are not optimistic about the marriage she chose for themselves. They think that such a marriage with unequal economic and status will definitely not be stable. Sooner or later, they will return to their ashes, and everyone will go their own way.
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At the same time, in order to satisfy the curiosity of the people, Japan's major media also tried their best to dig up the inside story of Matsumoto Keiko's marriage, trying to find out whether there was anything hidden in such a strange marriage between the two people.
I want to dig deeper and find out what is the background of Ning Weimin, who is lucky enough to have a beautiful woman in his arms and win the favor of the most beautiful woman?
So soon, reporters found out the surprising results.
They discovered that Ning Weimin not only worked for Pierre Cardin Company, but was also a senior manager in the Huaxia region.
He also facilitated the cooperation between Japan and several major Chinese studios for the film "Li Xianglan".
Although like Matsumoto Keiko said, he is indeed not an insider.
But it cannot be said that his work has nothing to do with the entertainment industry.
Not only that, many people also think of Matsumoto Keiko's career when it hit a low point, and it was precisely because of the spokesperson advertising contract with Pierre Cardin and the movie "Li Xianglan" that she got back up again.
Suddenly, someone realized that this matter might itself be a related transaction, and Ning Weimin was the man behind the scenes who helped Matsumoto Keiko.
Ever since, the relationship between Ning Weimin and Matsumoto Keiko was rumored to be a repayment marriage.
Everyone began to speculate again, thinking that Keiko Matsumoto agreed to marry her out of gratitude after she returned to the peak of her career.
Some people even wonder whether, as a Chinese, Ning Weimin would be suspected of a job crime by doing this?
If it were a Japanese company or enterprise, it would definitely not allow this to happen.
But it was still not over. A few days later, someone dug up again. Ning Weimin also had a company under his name that belonged entirely to him and was registered as Dadao Trading Company.
This company represents a special product that has just been patented - trolley suitcase.
Moreover, not only is this product in short supply, it was also invented by Ning Weimin himself.
According to evaluation by professionals, this product has been selling well in Japan for two years.
Due to the problem of limited production capacity, it has not been widely seen in the market, and has only been sold through Yamato travel suitcases.
But according to customer feedback, the effect is very good.
It can be said that it is a very convenient functional product that completely solves the worries of the elderly and women during long-distance travel.
Many customers of Yamato Kanko are waiting in line now, and the market prospects are expected to be very promising.
Judging from the current average monthly shipment of 15,000 trolley suitcases by Daito Trading Company, this company is basically flat. Without it, it would have a revenue of at least one billion yen, which is equivalent to the revenue of three or four Ginza restaurants.
Ning Weimin's real personal income is estimated to be at least 2 billion yen per year, making him an absolute millionaire.
In addition, he is only in his twenties and started his own business from scratch. The label Diamond King Lao Wu is completely suitable for him.
How can such a person be ordinary?
Just like that, the atmosphere of public opinion changed drastically. Now no one said that Matsumoto Keiko was stupid anymore.
Then they began to say that she hid too well, had too many calculations, and even deliberately concealed the true situation in order to fool the public.
It was obvious that he had caught a talented and good-looking Kaizi with a bright future, yet he still made himself sound so unworldly.
In short, from one extreme to the other, Japan's melon-eaters have almost come up with a hundred tricks for this transnational marriage.
Ning Weimin thought of Liu Xiaoqin's famous saying - It is difficult to be a woman, but it is even harder to be a famous woman.
Is he convinced from the bottom of his heart? This domestic female star summed it up well.
But then again, this is completely expected.
Who made Matsumoto Keiko a public figure?
Since you are a public figure, you will inevitably be talked about behind your back. You can't stop planting crops just because you hear the cries of crickets.
Therefore, he and Qingzi would not really take matters like this seriously.
As long as it is good for the box office of "Li Xianglan", that's fine. The public can say whatever they want. Anyway, there will be no missing piece of meat.
In addition, there are additional benefits to this matter.
At least Ning Weimin’s Tan Gong Restaurant and trolley suitcase have become popular again because of the exposure of various media.
Some media reporters even went to Dan Gong Restaurant and Yamato Suitcase Company to shoot interviews.
As a result, not only did Tan Palace Restaurant become overcrowded, with queues lining up at the door every day, the daily turnover increased to 15 million yen, and there was no need to worry about the source of customers anymore.
It even attracted a food column that wanted to gain popularity, and took the initiative to invite chefs from Tan Palace to be part of the show.
The phone number of Da Dao Trading Company is almost overwhelming, and many Japanese luggage companies have come to ask for cooperation and want to purchase the patented trolley suitcases.
This is great, look at this soft advertisement.
Ning Weimin no longer needs to do any publicity for his business. He just needs to calm down and wait for others to send money to his door.
It has to be said that some jobs in this world may seem beautiful on the surface, but in reality they are miserable.
There are also some things that may seem a bit embarrassing or pitiful, but are actually quite affordable.
For example, Ning Weimin would like to have such a good thing that can fully divert traffic and monetize the traffic.
On the other hand, being the groom's official looks very beautiful, but because everything is complicated, the actual operation is a bit overwhelming. I'm afraid only the person involved can understand this feeling.
In particular, Ning Weimin and Matsumoto Keiko belong to two countries with different cultural backgrounds and family environments, so their marriage must be coordinated well and satisfy most people. Obviously, they need to worry more, and it is definitely not the same thing.
Easy things.
Without talking about anything else, let’s just talk about how to do the wedding between two people? Where to hold it? How to invite guests? How to go through the process?
Is it Chinese style? Japanese style? Or Western style?
It was enough for them both to stop scratching and have no idea where to start or how to proceed.
Because no one has ever been married before, both of them are getting married for the first time, so of course they can’t find clues about things they don’t have experience with.
Fortunately, both people can understand each other and are willing to accommodate each other.
On the basis of mutual respect, mutual understanding, equality and empathy, the two sides quickly reached a consensus on general principles.
The two of them were not short of money anyway, so they simply decided to hold a wedding in China and Japan.
In Japan, Ning Weimin will of course fully respect the opinions and arrangements of Matsumoto Keiko's parents.
In China, Matsumoto Keiko will also make arrangements according to the wishes of Kang Shude and Jiang Nianyun.
However, despite this, we still have to worry about the details.
At least the two of them have to spend time communicating with Matsumoto Keiko's parents and find a reliable wedding company before they can really start the substantive preparations for the wedding. But what they lack most at this time is time, and no one wants to.
Not much free time.
Matsumoto Keiko needs to be busy with the studio and office's next filming plan.
Although the main actors were decided, Kurosawa also agreed to recommend a director.
But for such a large-scale production, the number of crew members will not be small, and other actors and crew members cannot be careless, especially the shooting locations, many of which are outdoor locations and require luxurious venues. Naturally, legal applications must be made in advance.
In addition, Matsumoto Keiko also had to prepare for going to Cannes to participate in the film festival, and the necessary procedures and procedures had to be carried out quickly, which all took up time and energy.
As for Ning Weimin, he had more things to do. In addition to having to deal with the consequences of Tan Gong Restaurant and Dadao Trading Company becoming popular, he also agreed to send the leaders of the Service Bureau and Tiantan Park to study abroad.
Today's season happens to be when Japan's cherry blossoms are in bloom, which is the perfect time to take your relatives from China around and enjoy the Oriental customs.
There is also the matter of Tan Gong opening a branch, so we must hurry up.
Otherwise, the good old days of the Japanese are over. How many more meals can they have as proudly as today?
If you eat one meal, you will miss one meal. In the future, the Japanese will become poorer and poorer, until they can no longer afford it and will be overtaken by us latecomers.
Needless to say, if the branch opens one day later, it will naturally make less Japanese money.
In a race against time, what you are fighting for is money. Every inch of time means every inch of money is definitely not an exaggeration.
Finally, don't forget that Ning Weimin still has to prepare for the launch of "Dream of Red Mansions" in Japan.
As soon as April entered, he followed the Japanese "red scholars" almost every day to go to major universities in Japan with sinology majors to do activities, targeting college students who were interested in Chinese culture, and making preparations for the launch of "Dream of Red Mansions"
Popularization and cultural background interpretation will continue until April 6.
As the first Monday in April approaches, TBS TV station's morning drama period finally broadcasts a classic TV series defined as "China's "The Tale of Genji"" to Japanese audiences.
If it is our domestic audience, TV dramas are usually only classified according to their themes.
But for the Japanese, there is actually another classification, which is based on the broadcast time.
For example, Moon Nine dramas, Fire Ten dramas, morning dramas, late night dramas, etc.
The implicit content behind it is actually the classification of audience groups.
The so-called morning drama is a time slot invented by NHK TV station.
As early as the 1960s, this TV station began to broadcast TV series at 8 o'clock in the morning, with each episode lasting 15 minutes.
Because the number of episodes is relatively large, usually more than 150 episodes, it is also called a serial TV novel, and the few episodes are more than 40 episodes.
Because it was later welcomed by housewives, all other TV stations later followed suit, and as a result, the morning drama evolved into a relatively important TV drama broadcast period.
A good morning drama can have ratings as high as 25%.
Especially because morning dramas have correct views and are full of positive energy, the heroines of morning dramas are often known to the audience very quickly.
Since it can leave a good impression, it will become popular next.
For example, Matsumoto Keiko's close friend in the industry Ryoko Ishida became familiar to TV audiences through a morning drama "Friday's Wives" in 1983, and successfully completed the transition from singer to actor.
"Oshin", which is familiar to our domestic audiences, is also a classic of Japanese morning dramas.
From this, we can completely see the characteristics of the morning drama in terms of subject matter.
Yes, since the morning drama period has a fixed audience group, mainly housewives and the elderly, there will of course be specific requirements in terms of subject matter.
In the 1960s and 1970s, the mainstream of works was "the protagonist uses an unyielding attitude towards life to fight against adversity and finally overcomes the difficult fate", with the representative work "Ahua".
Later, he focused on highlighting the status of women with the theme of "women's hard struggles in the workplace", and his masterpiece "Youth Family".
In addition, there are two forms of interactive broadcasts, "Biography of the Heroine's Life" and "Modern Women's Struggle", as supplements.
Generally speaking, themes such as "A Dream of Red Mansions" that reflect the rise and fall of large families in ancient China, as well as stories with female characters as the main characters, are more suitable for this time period.
Although it is inevitable that due to the characteristics of Japanese morning dramas, the thirty-six episodes of "Dream of Red Mansions" were cut into 108 episodes. The original episode could only be broadcast for fifteen minutes at a time, which caused great disruption.
Plot continuity.
But the advantage is that the morning drama can be broadcast from Monday to Saturday.
Viewed from this perspective, it is conducive to maintaining the patience of the Japanese audience and preventing them from completely forgetting this ancient story from China.
And just as Ning Weimin originally thought, "Dream of Red Mansions" broadcast as a morning drama and NHK's "Spring Waves" broadcast one episode every Sunday formed a seamless connection.
In fact, the first week's data was actually quite good.
Don't look at the ratings of less than 8% on the first day, but they are growing slowly every day.
As of Saturday, feedback showed that the ratings had exceeded 10%.
If this is a Japanese morning drama, it is only passing the standard at best. I am afraid that the producers will still have a lot of pressure. After all, dramas broadcast by TV stations are usually produced with their own money, so there are cost issues.
But this is not the case for "Dream of Red Mansions". In addition to the natural cultural gap, TBS did not pay much. To achieve such ratings, it was quite cost-effective for them and saved a lot of money.
What is even more gratifying is that in addition to two universities where Ning Weimin has done promotional activities, at the request of students, they actively invited them to exchange and explain "Dream of Red Mansions".
In addition, many viewers took the initiative to call the TV station and asked whether the TV series would be released on video tapes and where they could buy clothing, accessories and other items in the series.
It can be seen that Ning Weimin's hard work has not been in vain, and this drama has won the love of some audiences.
So as long as the ratings maintain this level and don't collapse in the future, it should be regarded as standing in the minds of Japanese audiences.
And it is very likely that with the further deepening of cultural promotion, an additional source of income will be opened up from these TV viewers in the future.
