Chapter 124 Start with the People Around You

"Matsumoto Konemon?" the clerk asked, "Is it the kabuki actor Matsumoto Konemon?"

"it's him."

"Mr. Fujiwara, there should be no information about him in the reference room." The clerk replied, "Mr. Matsumoto Konoemon is not considered a film and television actor. He hardly acts in film and television dramas, so there is no information about him reserved in the reference room."

"I remember he was in a movie two years ago."

At this time, Kei Fujiwara found it on the computer last night. Kei Fujiwara also watched the movie. The story is mediocre, but Matsumoto Komonemon's performance level in the movie is definitely online.

After all, he is a stage actor. A skilled theater actor moves to the big screen. In terms of acting skills, he can almost reduce the dimensionality to defeat ordinary film and television actors.

For TV dramas and movies, the director's directing art is more important; for dramas and stage plays, the actor's on-the-spot performance is more important.

"That time was a friendly appearance by Mr. Konemon Matsumoto, but other than that, there is no more information about his performance."

"I understand." Fujiwara Kei walked out of the data room without asking any more questions.

After returning to the car, after some thinking, Fujiwara Kei picked up the receiver of the car phone and called Arima Keika again.

After the phone rang for a while, no one answered, and the message was automatically entered.

Kei Fujiwara cleared his throat and said, "Arima, I'm Kei Fujiwara, I have something to ask you about my new film... If it's convenient, can you call me back?"

After leaving the message, Kei Fujiwara hung up the phone and drove back to the company.

"...I'm Kei Fujiwara. I have something to talk to you about. About my new movie...If it's convenient, can you call me back?"

Arima Guixiang sat on the sofa, the phone in her hand.

Listening to Kei Fujiwara's voice on the phone, her heartbeat sounded uncontrollably in her ears like a drumbeat.

For some reason, she was afraid to answer Kei Fujiwara's call.

Knowing the end of the ringtone, her hanging heart dropped a little, and then she pricked up her ears to listen to Kei Fujiwara's message.

Come back to him in half an hour... Arima Guixiang thought. So I picked up a magazine and started reading.

She just felt that it had been a long time, so she put down the magazine, picked up the phone receiver and wanted to call back, but looked up at the clock on the wall, it showed that less than ten minutes had passed.

Arima Guixiang froze for a moment, then put down the receiver again with some embarrassment, and after another fifteen minutes, she called back.

"Fujiwara... sorry, I didn't hear the bell just now, what's the matter?"

"Are you free now? Come out and have a meal." The only intersection between Kei Fujiwara and Konoemon Matsumoto is Katsura Arima, so I plan to grind her hard and try to trick her into pulling her father into "Guhata" The filming location of "Renzaburo".

After all, apart from Asahara Teruo, Matsumoto Konoemon is the second person Kei Fujiwara has seen in this world who is highly compatible with the role of Furuhata Rensaburo, even close to Tamura Masakazu.

The moment I saw him on TV last night, I even went into a daze, thinking that Masakazu Tamura himself had also come to this world.

I got a general look at some personal information of Matsumoto Konoemon on the Internet. He is 48 years old this year, and his age is also very suitable.

"Okay." Arima Guixiang deliberately hesitated for a moment, and then said: "You decide what to eat, lonely gourmet."

Kei Fujiwara laughed through the receiver: "Okay, if it doesn't taste good, you can hit me."

"When are we meeting."

"At six o'clock in the evening, you come to the New Bridge. There is a French restaurant nearby. It tastes good."

"Okay, see you there then." Arima Keixiang said.

After hanging up the phone, Arima Guixiang continued to pick up the magazine and read it, but the originally exciting novels in the magazine suddenly became unreadable.

At noon, someone knocked on the door of Arima Guixiang's bedroom, Arima Guixiang opened the door, and the maid in her sixties said to Arima Guixiang with a smile: "Miss, it's time for dinner."

"Well, here it comes." Arima Keixiang said.

She is now in her own home, not in a rented apartment.

Arima Guixiang went downstairs and sat across from her mother. The main seat was still vacant, Matsumoto Konoemon had not come, and the father who was the head of the family had not been seated, so the others could not move their chopsticks. Emon takes his seat.

Two minutes later, Konoe Matsumoto, wearing pajamas and wearing wooden clogs, walked over, holding a small notebook in his hand and mumbling something.

"abandon, give up..."

I don't know what happened to Konemon Matsumoto recently. He, an inheritor of Japanese national art, suddenly started learning foreign languages.

According to him, he wants to promote the great art of kabuki performance to the world stage, and even perform on Broadway in the near future, so he has been actively studying recently.

Konemon Matsumoto sat on his seat, put the vocabulary book aside, and suddenly said in a stage singing voice: "Let's get going, boys."

"Don't be so weird." Mother scolded.

"English is really difficult..." Konemon Matsumoto suddenly sighed.

"Learn slowly." Mother said.

"Masai, how have you been practicing for "Lion Lion" recently? Can you perform on stage with your father?" Konemon Matsumoto asked.

Arimasai was feasting on a piece of mashed potato, and when he heard Matsumoto Konemon's stern questioning, he suddenly looked a little disappointed.

"It's okay, Dad."

"After dinner, let's rehearse. I plan to officially perform with you this month."

"So soon, I'm not ready yet..."

"Then make preparations now." Matsumoto Konoe said in an incomprehensible tone.

"good……"

"Lian Shi" is a famous play of Kabuki, which is passed down from generation to generation in Japanese kabuki families, so it is also a tradition for father and son to perform "Lian Shi" on the same stage, which means that the son will officially take over the mantle from his father soon.

At this time, Arima Shiori poked Matsumoto Konemon with her elbow and pursed her lips slightly at Arima Keika.

Arima Keixiang was holding the rice bowl, looking a little distracted.

Matsumoto Konemon reacted and quickly expressed his concern for his daughter, "Guixiang, how are you doing at work recently? Are you busy with any new dramas recently?"

Arima Keixiang shook her head.

Konemon Matsumoto had a flattering smile on his face: "Dad watched the entire episode of "The Long Vacation" without stopping. It was really exciting."

Arima Guixiang said nothing.

The Arima couple thought their daughter was angry again, so they stopped talking.

Although the Arima family belongs to a traditional Japanese family, Konemon Matsumoto himself does not have the habit of favoring sons over daughters. She also loved her daughter very much since she was a child. When she was young, she also admired her father's majestic appearance wearing a lion head on stage. Therefore, when she was very young, Arima Guixiang determined to become a kabuki actress and wanted to inherit her father's legacy. name.

At that time, Matsumoto Konoemon was very happy after knowing Arima Guixiang's ideal, so he taught Arima Guixiang to perform when she was very young, and even took her on stage.

However, when Arima Guixiang grew up, she had to accept a slightly cruel fact, that is, women cannot perform kabuki performances, and they can only inherit the stage name of Matsumoto Takasakura, [Matsumoto Zaemon - Matsumoto Konoemon - Kantaro Matsumoto - Taketsuru Matsumoto] This inheritance is something that the daughter's family cannot participate in.

After Arima Keixiang found out about this, she was sad and angry for a while, but she soon accepted the reality. From then on, she rarely performed under the name Matsumoto Takao Sakura. Instead, she left the stage and became a film and television actor under the real name of Arima Keika.

Because she is a girl, she cannot inherit the mantle of Hakutsuya - this seems to be the only problem between Arima Keika and her parents.

The Arima couple thought that Arima Guixiang was angry again, so they stopped talking, but in fact, Arima Guixiang was thinking about another thing.

After eating, Arima Guixiang returned to the room, took off her clothes and went into the bathroom to take a shower. After a while, she walked out of the bathroom barefoot wrapped in a towel, and began to choose clothes in front of the huge wardrobe.

Which one should I wear? This one seems a bit revealing, but this one is too conservative.

After thinking for a long time, Arima Guixiang chose the clothes, then dressed up carefully on the dressing table, and then prepared to walk out of the room.

As soon as he opened the bedroom door, he saw Arimama Sai standing at the door. Seeing Arima Keixiang's appearance, he was stunned and said, "Are you going on a date?"