This dark young man in the skin game is none other than Zhang Bing, who was sent to the island country by Zhou Fangyuan.

And the young man who followed him with a somewhat vicious appearance and an unexpectedly cute expression was undoubtedly the target that Zhou Fangyuan sent him to the island country, one of the future stars in the island country's comic industry, known as the Kubo generation of Okubo.

This person is still very young, and he is still a small piece of fresh meat, although he is a relatively rough one.

At this moment, he was standing on the square in front of the Beitong Railway Station, looking at everything in front of him and feeling that everything was fresh.

Half a month ago, a Chinese man suddenly appeared outside the door of his rented apartment and made it clear that he was going to ask him to go to Huaxia to draw comics. This invitation made Kubo Yoto particularly surprised, he is not even a manga artist, he has only submitted a few articles in the magazine, but the sales are not good, the criticism is average, and the reader's recognition of him is not very high, which makes him very confused, he is at a low point recently, everyone thinks that he is not suitable to be a manga artist, and he himself is deeply suspicious of this, but he likes manga, so he wants to hold on a little longer, if it still doesn't improve, he may go to other jobs.

As a result, an invitation from Huaxia suddenly appeared at this time, and with the idea of traveling and relaxing, Kubo temporarily agreed to Zhang Bing's invitation. However, he had already made it clear in advance that if he felt dissatisfied or inappropriate, he would still choose to return to the island country. And if it weren't for Zhang Bing's promise to provide all the food and lodging expenses, maybe he wouldn't even come over to take a look.

It's not that he looks down on Huaxia, but in his cognition, as Zhou Fangyuan said to some R&D teams before, he feels that Huaxia is a backward, barbaric, and closed place, all thanks to the distorted propaganda of the media in the island country. We can't expect all people in the island country to have a strong curiosity, not to mention that the Internet is not very developed nowadays, and the speed of message transmission is far from fast.

In fact, even more than ten years later, there are many people in island countries who think that China is a stupid and backward place, and this situation is even more normal more than ten years ago.

However, when the plane landed in the capital, Kubo was shocked by the cityscape of Beijing, and he never imagined that there were so many high-rise buildings in this large country that was so close at hand. He had been to Tokyo, and he felt that Tokyo was the largest and most developed city in the world except for a few cities in the United States. But when I saw the capital, this preconceived notion of Kubo was shocked for the first time.

And when he walked out of the Beitong Railway Station, he was even more surprised. From Zhang Bing's mouth, he learned that this small city called Beitong can only be regarded as a third- and fourth-tier city in China, and in comparison, it is similar to the location of his hometown in the island country. However, looking at the city in front of him now, although there are not many high-rise buildings and it looks a little old, it is more developed than his hometown.

"Zhang Sang, is Beitong City really a small city?"

While waiting for the car, Kubo finally couldn't help but ask this question.

Zhang Bing was stunned by the question, he blinked his eyes, "Of course it is, why did Kubo-san ask this question?"

"My hometown is also a small city, and its status in our country is about the same as that of Beitong in China, but my hometown is just a small town, and here it ......."

The Kubo people didn't know what to say.

Zhang Bing was amused when he heard this, and he grinned, "Kubo-san, I said before that because of different political positions, the media in your country often carry out some demonic and demeaning reports on our country, which is actually inaccurate. China is a big country with a deep heritage, although we have been lost, but now we are rising again. Beitong is indeed only a small city, and compared with our provincial capital, first-tier cities and even the capital, there is no comparison at all. But even so, the city of Beitong has surprised you, so I hope you can abandon those false impressions and look at our country with a new attitude. ”

"Yes, the contemptible has been taught. ”

Okubo nodded and bowed slightly towards Zhang Bing.

Needless to say, he also knew that he should change his previous opinion. The news in the media is all deceitful, and it is more true to see it with your own eyes and listen to it with your own ears.

After finding the car, Zhang Bing took Okubo to the company first, and when he learned that Zhou Fangyuan was still in school, he had no choice but to take Okubo out of the company and find a place to live first.

On the way, Kuboyo thought for a while before finally continuing to ask.

"Zhang Sang, is that company just now the company you said about the person who wants to meet me?"

"Almost," Zhang Bing thought for a moment and stopped his words, "To be precise, that company was founded by that person in partnership with someone else, but he is the majority shareholder and owns the most shares." ”

"You Chinese people are really very studious," Kubo couldn't help but sigh when he heard this, "I have heard other people say that Chinese people are very serious and hard working when they study, and they will even forget to eat and sleep in order to study." I didn't believe it before, but now I believe that the president of a company will use every minute and every second to recharge himself, which is especially worth learning from. ”

"Charging?"

However, after Zhang Bing heard his words, he showed doubts.

"What charge?"

"Charging...... It is a way to describe it, just like people are batteries, and charging is to constantly replenish energy. Here, knowledge is energy, people are batteries, and continuous charging means that people keep learning and enriching themselves with knowledge. ”

Okubo felt that the young man in front of him should not be unable to understand his words, but he explained anyway.

"Well, I understand the meaning of charging, but I'm wondering if the meaning we want to express is different...... Forget it, let's not talk about that, let's find a place to live first. ”

Okubo is a foreign friend, and he was invited by Zhang Bing, although Zhou Fangyuan instructed him behind it, but no matter what, he invited him, so he had to entertain him. Fortunately, Zhou Fangyuan still had some money left over from him, so he took Okubo and went to a nearby hotel to open a room first. The hotel is a starless kind of ordinary small hotel, only more than 30 yuan a night, and the inside is quite clean, and Okubo has no objection to this.

After opening the room and helping Okubo take all the things in, Okubo went to take a shower by himself, and Zhang Bing sat outside and began to smoke.

After smoking two cigarettes, Okubo finally took a shower and walked out, and the multi-day journey made both of them feel very uncomfortable, but Zhang Bing was really embarrassed to take a bath in someone's room, so he could only endure it.

After taking a shower and changing into clean clothes, Okubo looked a lot more refreshed.

"Kubo-san must be hungry, let's go down and eat something, our Chou Dong won't be back until late, let's pad our stomachs first." ”

"Zhang Sang, you just decide, in your Huaxia words, it is called 'guest is as the host', now I am the guest and you are the master, you have the final say. ”

Okubo said with a smile.

Zhang Bing nodded, "Okay, then you can come with me, although Beitong is not a big city, and it can't represent the cuisine of China, but Beitong has some of its own characteristics, I hope you can like them." ”

"Of course, I'm not a picky eater. ”

Okubo said with a smile.

That's right, but I feel that the eating habits of the people of the island country are mainly light most of the time, and the taste of Beitong is heavy and salty, although it is not so salty that people can't eat it, but it is still difficult to accept for people who are used to eating Qingkou.

Fortunately, Zhang Bing also understood this, so he took Okubo directly to eat siu mai. The roasted wheat here in Kitaki is a must, and the taste is not very strong, so it should be able to meet Okubo's taste.

As for pasta jelly and other foods, the taste is relatively strong, and Okubo should not be used to eating it.

He didn't take Okubo to the best shomai restaurant, which was too expensive, and he took Okubo into a relatively ordinary shomai restaurant. There are not many people in the store, mainly because this time period is not the time to eat, but it is impossible for the owner of the siu mai restaurant to push the customers who come to the door out, and this siu mai shop also sells xiaolongbao and other foods, Zhang Bing bought all the food he thought Okubo could accept in one go.

Okubo didn't know what the amount of food was at first, but as his boss brought more and more food, his eyes straightened.

"Zhang Sang, this, I, I can't eat so much......"

Okubo looked at the basket of siu mai, a basket of small steamed buns, a basket of steamed dumplings, a bowl of beef noodles, and a bowl of beef ramen in front of him, with an expression of wanting to cry without tears.

"It's okay, it's okay, you can't eat it, I'll eat it, come, taste it, and see how our Beitong things taste." ”

Only siu mai and beef noodles are a little special food, and they are not real local products of Beitong, but Okubo, a foreigner, does not know this, under Zhang Bing's strong request, he tasted one of the siu mai, steamed buns, and steamed dumplings, and he kept nodding when he ate it, "It's delicious, the future is really good." ”

As for beef noodles and beef ramen, he looked at them and finally chose beef noodles.

Island people like to share food, and it is already very rude to only pick one of the inside of a cage like just now, and if he is allowed to eat a bowl of noodles with Zhang Bing now, he will not be able to do it anyway. Of course, Zhang Bing can't do it, so this beef noodle and beef noodles are one bowl per person.

After eating, the two of them, who were full of wine and food, began to walk along the street of Beitong. Zhang Bing took Okubo to visit several scenic spots in Beitong City in the afternoon, and when he passed by Shanhua Temple, Okubo went in and put on a stick of incense. When passing by the Temple of Literature, he also admired the statue of Confucius for a long time.

Before he knew it, it was time for dinner, and Zhang Bing was thinking about where to take Okubo to eat when his phone suddenly rang.

His phone was bought before he went to the island country, and the third brother spent money to buy it for him, and there was only one number for the third brother in it.

Zhang Bing picked up the phone directly without looking at the number, said a few words, and turned with Okubo and walked directly in the direction of the distant network.

Half an hour later, in the conference room of the distant network, Zhou Fangyuan finally met Kubo Yoto, a cartoonist who was also famous in his previous life.