The filming of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" in Japan took a total of five and a half days, and when the filming was over and ready to return to Hong Kong, the animated version of "Crayon Shin-chan" produced by Dark Horse Animation Company had also been broadcast on NHK TV in Japan.

Since its publication last year by Kadokawa Shoten, the manga of "Crayon Shin-chan" has become extremely popular in Japan. Dark Horse Comics has also partnered with merchants in Japan to launch Crayon Shin-chan toys, stationery and children's clothing.

The TV animation version of "Crayon Shin-chan" premiered on Phoenix TV last year, and quickly attracted the attention of several Japanese TV stations, and after more than two months of negotiations, Kang Jianfei finally sold the Japanese broadcast rights of the TV version of "Crayon Shin-chan" to NHK TV.

One of the reasons why I chose to cooperate with NHK is that NHK has a wide coverage of the Japanese TV network, and the second is because NHK is a well-known Japanese traitor station, and often cooperates with China to make documentaries, which promotes a positive image of China in disguise.

Of course, the name of this Japanese rape station is actually not accurate, after all, NHK is a Japanese television station. Later, for example, the chairman of NHK publicly declared that "every country has comfort women" in an attempt to justify the comfort women problem in the Japanese army.

But that's enough, at least NHK has not maliciously smeared China in a frenzied manner, and has always adhered to the principle of "neutrality and objectivity".

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Tokyo Narita International Airport Lounge.

In order to save costs, there are only more than ten core members of the crew who came to Tokyo with the group, and the rest of the personnel were temporarily summoned by Tomatsutake Pictures in Tokyo.

I finally came to Tokyo once, and many of the crew members went back with a large bag of gifts. Bulky items are shipped randomly. Small items are naturally to be carried with you, and at this time, everyone in the waiting room is exchanging small gifts that they have brought home.

Zhong Chuhong sat for a few minutes and felt bored, and it was not good for her to be too close to Kang Jianfei in public. Just go to the bookstore at the airport and buy a book to read.

"It's all Japanese, can you read it?" Kang Jianfei saw Zhong Chuhong coming back with a few books, and couldn't help but ask with a smile.

Zhong Chuhong threw a copy to Kang Jianfei and said, "So I bought all the comics." ”

Kang Jianfei glanced at the cover of the comic in his hand, and at first glance he thought it was Ultraman, but if he looked closely, it didn't look like it, the title of the cover only had two characters, "仮面", which were Chinese characters, and "仮" or fake characters could only be guessed.

Flip through a few pages casually. Kang Jianfei guessed that this was probably the story of a group of masked heroes saving the world.

Turning her head to look at Zhong Chuhong, she saw that she was holding a comic book and reading it with relish. With a faint smile on his face, he was holding a copy of "Crayon Xiaoxin" in his hand.

The manga monograph of "Crayon Shin-chan" was actually sold in the airport bookstore, and it seems that it is really popular with Japanese readers.

Zhong Chuhong, who was fascinated by reading comics, completely ignored Kang Jianfei's existence, and she didn't put away the comics until the airport announced that she was on the plane.

"You haven't seen "Crayon Shin-chan" in Hong Kong?" Kang Jian asked after flying on the plane.

Zhong Chuhong buckled up his seat belt and said, "Look." But it's just an episode every once in a while. A lot of content is missing. ”

Kang Jianfei leaned over to Zhong Chuhong, touched the back of her hand and asked, "Do you like to watch it?" ”

Zhong Chuhong hurriedly shook Kang Jianfei's hand away, turned his head to see that no one was paying attention to them, and then said, "I like it, you don't want to say that "Crayon Xiaoxin" was planned by you, right?" I already knew this, you don't have to show off. ”

"Uh......" Kang Jianfei sat back in a blow, "I'm a little tired, let's get some sleep first." ”

"Hehehe." Zhong Chuhong saw Kang Jianfei's deflated appearance. I couldn't help but chuckle softly.

Back in Hong Kong, Kang Jianfei didn't have time to visit He Chaoqiong and his son, whom he had never met. Immediately plunged into the reformulation of the filming plan for Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

On the third day after the crew returned to Hong Kong, Phoenix TV broadcast a news: "The TV version of "Crayon Xiaoxin" produced by Oriental Entertainment and Culture Group Dark Horse Animation Company landed in Japan last week, with an average rating of 26.6% in the first week, second only to "Dr. IQ", ranking second in the weekly ratings of TV animation......"

For ordinary viewers, this news is not as interesting as the shooting in Central, but in the eyes of Hong Kong animation industry practitioners and fans of "Crayon Shin-chan", it is undoubtedly a shocking news.

Twenty years ago, animation and manga were the first in the United States, but now the anime industry in Japan is growing rapidly, and there are even special government grants to support the manga industry.

In many countries, manga is just a child's favorite thing, but Japan entered the "air age" of manga more than a decade ago – manga has become an integral part of teenage life.

Japan had a peak period of newborns after the war, and those born during this period were known as the "lump generation", and they grew up watching television and manga. Now in middle age, this group of people is the backbone of Japan's social development, and they bring the habit of reading manga to their social and family life, and their relatives and children are influenced by it, and they also like and rely on reading manga.

This is the social environment in which Japanese anime is super prosperous, and whether it is anime or manga, the top sales and ratings are domestic works, and there are almost no examples of foreign anime winning Japanese anime in the last ten years.

Now "Crayon Shin-chan" has not only successfully entered the Japanese market for comics, but even TV animation has been able to get the second place in the average weekly ratings in Japan, which is unbelievable to Hong Kong animation people.

The 26.6% rating may seem ridiculously high, but it wouldn't be too surprising if the TV version of the anime still maintained a whopping 20% rating in Japan after 20 years of serialization.

The news of "Crayon Shin-chan" only caused a small wave in Hong Kong, but after it was revealed by newspapers in Japan, it caused a great deal of discussion.

This was the peak of the anime industry in Japan, and half of the books published in Japan each year were related to manga.

Last year's "Crayon Shin-chan" comic was a big hit in Japan, which has made many people look sideways. Now cartoons are so popular.

TV animation is easier to spread on a large scale than comics, and after "Crayon Xiaoxin" was broadcast on TV stations, it led to the resale of Xiaoxin comics. Sales of various peripheral products are also booming.

Dark Horse Comics and Dark Horse Animation Company naturally made more money, and its partners in Japan made more money, with their help in hype, "Crayon Shin-chan" can only be described as popular in Japan, and even overshadowed the same type of "Doraemon" in the short term.

Although they are all defined as children's comics, the readership of "Crayon Shin-chan" is obviously much wider than that of "Doraemon", and all kinds of gods and ghosts in it are big and small. There is also that kind of refraction of society and family, which even middle-aged people can watch with relish.

Japanese children, on the other hand, can't see anything so deep, they just think the kid named Shin-chan in the cartoon is funny. I want to play happily with Xiaoxin.

"Mom, I'm going to Hong Kong to find Xiaoxin."

"Sister, where is Hong Kong, will it take a long time to take the train?"

“……”

The word Hong Kong appears frequently in cartoons. It was quickly remembered by Japanese children. Kang Jianfei made a free city promotion for Hong Kong.

Since "Crayon Shin-chan" is an imported non-Japanese manga, it has attracted more attention than those works that have achieved better results after being a hit in Japan. The Japanese media were eager to know everything about "Crayon Shin-chan", and after coming to Hong Kong for a turn, they were pleasantly surprised to find that the original planner and creator of Crayon Shin-chan was actually Kang Jianfei, the director of "A Chinese Ghost Story", which had just been a big hit in Japan.

As a result, in subsequent reports by the Japanese media, the writer and team of "Crayon Xiaoxin" were deliberately ignored, and Kang Jianfei was affectionately called "the father of Crayon Xiaoxin".

Hayao Miyazaki, who is directing the production of "Castle in the Sky". In an interview with reporters, he said: "Crayon Shin-chan is a great comic, it evokes the childlike joy hidden in my heart. As well as the realization of a happy and ordinary family life, I hope to cooperate with Mr. Kang Jianfei one day. ”

Mr. Kang Jianfei, the father of Crayon Xiaoxin, was not in the mood to cooperate with anyone at this time, and after he reformulated the filming plan for "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", he immediately took the time to go to He Chaoqiong's house to visit.

He Chaoqiong's mother, Lan Qiongying, had a strange attitude towards Kang Jianfei, with a hint of resentment in her enthusiasm, obviously dissatisfied with Kang Jianfei's only now coming to see her daughter and grandson.

"Why are you here?" He Chaoqiong went downstairs and asked. She had always been reluctant to communicate with Kang Jianfei before, but now she actually took the initiative to speak, although there was questioning and dissatisfaction in that tone, but it was obvious that the ice had already shown signs of melting.

Kang Jianfei didn't have a guilty expression on his face, he smiled and said affectionately: "Arjun, I didn't come to see you some time ago, is the boy okay?" ”

He Chaoqiong didn't answer again, but turned around and went upstairs, leaving a back for Kang Jianfei.

In his previous life, Kang Jianfei saw He Chaoqiong on TV and newspapers, a middle-aged woman with a slightly chubby body and a good temperament, but He Chaoqiong when she was young was extremely slender, even if she had just given birth to a child, her body shape was not out of shape.

Kang Jianfei was not stunned, He Chaoqiong's unreasonable appearance had no effect on him, and he followed behind and chased upstairs.

When Kang Jianfei was about to enter the baby's room, He Chaoqiong hesitated for a moment and did not stop him, but walked to the edge of the cradle and shook it gently.

Kang Jianfei walked over lightly, and soon saw a white and chubby boy lying in the cradle, whose face and eyebrows were a little similar to that of his half-brother Kang Zhenqi.

"Did you name the child?" Kang Jianfei asked.

He Chaoqiong didn't look up, looked at the child gently and said, "Not yet, wait for the full moon to choose a name." ”

Kang Jianfei remembered the name of his father of crayon Xiaoxin, and said: "It's called Kang Yuxin." ”

"Is Thaksin Kang?" He Chaoqiong suddenly turned around and asked, with great resentment in her eyes.

He Gambling King is not as kind as he seems on the surface, and all kinds of cruel methods behind his back are not at all visible, the only advantage is that he is not bad for his children, but he is also very cold-blooded for his wife and concubine.

Such a person can treat Kang Jianfei like an elder, mainly because he looks at Kang Jianfei's existing career and greater development potential in the future, so he wants to marry him as a son-in-law, and by the way, he is also looking for a good home for his daughter.

He Chaoqiong was pregnant with Kang Jianfei's child, and He Gambling King was happy to see it, and Kang Jianfei also expressed his willingness to marry He Chaoqiong.

But at a critical time, the willful He Chaoqiong refused to marry, and finally He Hongsen was angry and put He Chaoqiong under house arrest in this villa.

The refusal to get married is just a reason, what really makes He Gambling King angry is that his daughter takes his words as a deaf ear and doesn't take him seriously at all. The second is that He Chaoqiong gave birth to a child out of wedlock, although this matter has not yet been reported, but it also makes He Hongsen feel greatly embarrassed.

From the second half of last year to the present, He Hongsen has never come to see his daughter, and he has not even ignored the birth of his grandson. He only asked people to pay attention to the right young man, and was ready to find a man with the right family for his daughter to marry, and as for the illegitimate child, he naturally hid it and raised it.

He Chaoqiong has been wronged countless times in these days, and she resents Kang Jianfei in her heart, and after giving birth to a child, this hatred has faded a lot, and more often she wants to raise her son as an adult.

Kang Jianfei naturally didn't dare to speak nonsense in this situation, and only squatted on the edge of the cradle and teased his sleeping son, and the room suddenly became quiet for a while.

Lan Qiongying stood outside the door and watched for a while, then closed the door and quietly left, leaving Kang Jianfei and her daughter alone with a chance.

Lan Qiongying was also a famous courtesan when she was young, and she couldn't count the men she had dating. However, after marrying into the He family, she reined in and became a virtuous housewife with peace of mind.

Now that He Gambling King has a third aunt and is about to have a fourth aunt, he has already put Lan Qiongying aside. Lan Qiongying has no other pursuits now, she only hopes that her daughter can have a good home, she has a good impression of Kang Jianfei, and hopes that the two young people can come together.

Kang Jianfei and He Chaoqiong stayed around the baby in the room for a long time, and both of them began to become uncomfortable.

He Chaoqiong suddenly stood up and said, "Tsai is very sleepy, don't wake him up, let's go out." ”

"Okay." Kang Jianfei stood up and said.

He Chaoqiong went downstairs and walked slowly into the garden, and Kang Jianfei followed closely behind her.

Suddenly, the evening breeze rose, and He Chaoqiong, who was not wearing a coat, felt a little cool. She was about to go back to add clothes, when she suddenly felt a sinking on her shoulders, but it was Kang Jianfei who took off her coat and put it on her, and the male body temperature remaining on the coat made He Chaoqiong feel very warm.

After He Chaoqiong gave birth, she seemed to have completely changed her character, or perhaps this was the result of several months of house arrest. In the past, she must have willfully thrown Kang Jianfei's coat on the ground, but now she silently accepted Kang Jianfei's care, strolling in the garden as if nothing had happened.

After the two walked for a while, Kang Jianfei gradually got closer to He Chaoqiong, and the last hand gently wrapped around her waist and continued to move forward like a couple. (To be continued......)