Fat brother in the countryside
Oct. 23, 2022, 7:19 a.m.
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In 1983, the Japanese TV series "Volleyball Girl" was introduced to the mainland, which caused many Chinese people to be warmly sought after overnight, when the mainland women's volleyball team achieved an unprecedented five consecutive championships, volleyball also became a national sport, at this time a volleyball TV series came out, naturally attracted the attention of countless people.
Among the thousands of viewers in front of the TV, there is undoubtedly a very special person, this person is a down-and-out young man from Hangzhou, who was not doing well at that time and was worried about his future!
At this time, "Volleyball Girl" was broadcast, and the heroine in it, Junko Fawn, showed the spirit of fighting and not afraid of losing, which deeply infected the young man, and he also regarded Junko Fawn as his idol! It's not even an exaggeration to say that it is the first love on the screen!
This young man is the later founder of Alibaba, Jack Ma, who made a rather bold decision: to go to Japan alone to chase his dream, looking for his dream lover, Yumiko Araki, the actor of Junko Oga.
However, what he did not expect was that such a famous actor was unknown in Japan! What's even more outrageous is that this actor seems to have evaporated in the world, and many people in the entertainment industry have never heard of him!
Ma Yun went to Japan 6 times and lasted more than 10 years to finally find his "dream lover".
So why was Jack Ma so inspired when watching "Volleyball Girl"? And why is Yumiko Araki not famous in Japan? After acting in the TV series, where did Yumiko Araki go?
A star from the draft
Yumiko Araki was born in 1960 in Saga Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan, her parents were ordinary employees, but Yumiko Araki herself has had a dream of stardom since she was a child and is interested in the profession of actress.
At that time, my parents had a more conservative concept, and I always thought that actors were all good professions, and my parents thought that Yumiko Araki only needed to find a job like them, be able to support herself, and then find a good person to marry, and this life would be complete!
However, Yumiko Araki is also very stubborn, and for the sake of her dreams, she decides to use a trick: one cry, two troubles, and three hangings.
In order to express her determination, Araki Yumiko did not make less trouble at that time, often washing her face with tears, and after a long time, parents naturally could not bear to see their children like this, and finally agreed to the child's request and let her pursue her dreams.
It just so happened that in the era of Japan, TV talent shows were quite hot, and countless young girls liked to show their graceful posture and beautiful faces on the stage, so as to enter the entertainment industry and realize their dream of stardom.
Yumiko Araki is no exception, after getting her parents, she chose to participate in the talent show and debut through this platform.
This plan really worked, in fact, in that talent show, Yumiko Araki did not achieve the first place, and even said that the top ten did not have her share! However, Yumiko Araki infected many viewers with her excellent performance in front and the way she burst into tears after falling off the list.
Many viewers asked to give Yumiko Araki a chance, and in the end, the organizers decided to listen to the audience, giving Yumiko Araki a chance to continue.
Soon after, after the arrangement of the agency, Araki Yumiko officially debuted in Japan, and at the age of 17, she released her first single "Across the Sea", although this one did not cause a particularly big response in the market, but there are already many agents who have taken a fancy to her excellent appearance.
Soon, a production company invited her to participate in the filming of her company's TV series, and Yumiko Araki readily agreed, and this TV series was "The Flame of Youth".
Why did the Japanese make this TV series at that time? In fact, this is also related to Japanese volleyball, in Asia, Japanese volleyball was one of the best at that time, in 1974, the Japanese team won the volleyball world championship, and then in 1977, Japan won the volleyball World Cup.
In just three years, the Japanese women's volleyball team won two awards in the volleyball world with a terrifying reign, causing a national carnival among the Japanese people!
The company decided to take advantage of this to produce a volleyball TV series in order to achieve high ratings. This TV series can definitely explode from the perspective of that time, and when the popular newcomer Yumiko Araki took over this TV series, she also understood how important this drama was to her.
For this drama, Yumiko Araki paid a lot, because the volleyball player is strong and needs a lot of practice, so Araki Yumiko went to the volleyball training base early, ate and lived with the players there, and learned and practiced volleyball skills every day.
Maybe her athletic talent is not outstanding, but she worked hard enough, for the filming of this drama, she dislocated her arm many times and fractured her jaw, but she persevered, just to give the audience the most realistic presentation, and made her screen debut with heart.
In this way, after practicing day after day, Yumiko Araki has become a look, just like those professional athletes on the court. In this way, this big drama was successfully filmed and will be able to start broadcasting soon!
On the day the crew was completed, Yumiko Araki had infinite hopes for the future in her heart, and she hoped that her drama could be successful, but at this time, bad news came: this drama could not be released in prime time, and even many TV stations chose to withdraw the file, why is this?
Influence the youth Jack Ma
It turned out that at the end of December 1979, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan and launched the Afghan war, which aroused strong opposition from people all over the world! Countries condemned the Soviet Union and demanded that they withdraw their troops from Afghanistan.
It happened that the Olympic Games opened in Moscow, so in order to express their protest and anger, many countries, including the United States, Japan, and China, chose not to participate in the Moscow Olympics in order to oppose the Soviet invasion.
Unfortunately, the volleyball girl caught up with the Afghan war, and Japan's major TV stations responded to the government's decision not to broadcast sports-related film and television dramas, and even if they were broadcast, they would be placed in the late night slot!
Yumiko Araki never expected that her first work would die because of this! Although the new drama was broadcast, it did not cause any waves in the market! You know, Yumiko Araki has been preparing for this drama for two years, and she missed countless opportunities in these two years, just for this drama.
Now this drama can not be successfully released, I also missed the opportunity to become popular, you must know that the life of the actor is very short, if you can't hurry up to launch a masterpiece after your debut, a big hit, then I'm afraid you can only be an unknown third-rate star in the future, and everyone will be lost from then on!
At that time, Yumiko Araki didn't mention how devastated she was, she almost collapsed because of it! Fortunately, at this time, someone stood up in time and gave her warmth!
This person is the musician Masayuki Yuhara, the company of Masayuki Yuki Yuki made Yumiko Araki through those difficult years, and since then she chose to retire from the entertainment industry and become a full-time wife.
Araki Yumiko would never have thought that although her drama did not stir up much storm in Japan, it caused heated discussions among the whole people in China, and also affected the young Jack Ma!
At that time, Ma Yun could be said to be extremely down, at that time Ma Yun had just finished the college entrance examination of the previous year, because he was seriously biased, so his math score was only 31 points, Ma Yun who was not admitted to college was extremely disappointed and frustrated, he almost thought that he was going to move bricks on the construction site.
At this time, "Volleyball Women" was introduced into China, and it turned out that the Chinese women's volleyball team had achieved quite proud results in those years: first defeated Japan in 1981 and won the Women's Volleyball World Cup, and then completed an unprecedented five-game championship, the spirit of women's volleyball became the hottest spirit of the year, and the Chinese women's volleyball team also became everyone's pride.
In this context, CCTV decided to introduce a volleyball TV series, and after reviewing it over and over again, it was found that the Japanese TV series "Fireworks of Youth" was filmed very well, well-made and touching, so this drama was renamed "Volleyball Girl" and successfully broadcast in the mainland!
"Volleyball Girl" became a popular TV series in the mainland that year, that popularity can be said to be similar to today's "The Legend of Zhen Huan", many people went home to watch the show, discuss the plot inside, and the heroine Junko Ogawa (played by Yumiko Araki) became the dream lover of many people.
Ma Yun is one of them, when he saw Yumiko Araki fighting on the court, he felt very moved, unconsciously brought his emotions into it, think about his current downfall, and then look at the youthful positive energy in the TV series, Ma Yun can't help but be excited, he feels that the setbacks he has suffered are nothing, and he still has the opportunity to create glory again!
In this way, Ma Yun began to cheer up and took the college entrance examination twice, although these two college entrance examinations were still unsatisfactory, but he was fortunate to be favored by Hangzhou Normal College and became a college student.
After Ma Yun was admitted to college, not to mention how grateful he was to Yumiko Araki, if it weren't for Yumiko Araki's guidance, he might have been silent like this forever! Now he only has one idea, that is, to go to Japan once, to find his goddess, and he wants to express his gratitude to the goddess in person!
In this way, Ma Yun began to cross east to Japan, but he did not expect that the trip to Japan was not smooth...
Six times crossed east to Japan
Soon, Ma Yun travels to Japan with his dream, looking for the goddess Yumiko Araki who guides her out of the dark moment. However, this search was quite difficult, because after arriving in Japan, Ma Yun found that the locals said they did not know such a star!
This makes Ma Yun break the position strange, he feels that how can Araki Yumiko say that she is also a popular actress, why don't the men and women on the street know this woman very well? The first time he went to Japan without success, Ma Yun could only find another opportunity.
Later, Ma Yun founded Alibaba in Hangzhou, and his career also began to take off, at that time the company was very difficult, but Ma Yun gritted his teeth and persevered, and he still had a big motivation, that is, to find Yumiko Araki.
Ma Yun has traveled to Japan 6 times, the first 5 times were fruitless, and the last time he finally found the whereabouts of the goddess!
In 2000, Ma Yun already had a certain fame at this time, and some people in the Japanese business community gradually knew Ma Yun, and Ma Yun inadvertently talked about it when chatting with Japanese friends.
"I was able to create Alibaba and get to this point thanks to a Japanese friend named Yumiko Araki, but I haven't been able to find her several times before, can you help me find it?" Ma Yun said to his Japanese friend, but the Japanese present looked at each other and said that they did not know this person.
As a result, one of the staff members who had worked in the entertainment industry before suddenly said: "I know this female star!" She seems to have filmed a TV series and retired! Why does she influence you so much? ”
The Japanese are very curious, Ma Yun told the story of the explosion of "Volleyball Girl" in China, but the Japanese were extremely surprised, because this drama seemed to them to have no sense of existence, and they heard about this drama for the first time.
The reaction of the Japanese also made Ma Yun understand why he could not find the female star over the years, the reason is that the popularity of the show in Japan is indeed too low, and there is not much wave, so many people do not know.
Now that he finally found some information, Ma Yun invited this Japanese friend to help find it, and the friend was very well-connected, and soon contacted Yumiko Araki and agreed to make a brief meeting with Ma Yun.
At this time, Ma Yun was already in a hurry to return to China, and in the last fifteen minutes before leaving for the airport, Ma Yun saw the goddess he longed for: Yumiko Araki. Today, Araki Yumiko is in her forties, and her body has also been blessed a lot, and she is a housewife.
Araki Yumiko said that she felt incredible after receiving the call from the staff, because she thought that no one remembered her, and after hearing that Chinese liked her very much, Araki Yumiko almost burst into tears, for her, the drama of the year was finally recognized by everyone, and she felt like she had found a soulmate, she was extremely honored!
In order to see Ma Yun, Araki Yumiko also dressed up, although she is no longer as young as she was then, but her temperament is still outstanding, Ma Yun saw the goddess he thought about, he also dared to be excited, although not as tall as in TV, she is only one meter five, but Araki Yumiko in TV is very well shaped, just like one meter nine!
Ma Yun finally said to Yumiko Araki: "Without you, there would be no me Ma Yun today, you are my goddess, I especially thank you!" ”
Yumiko Araki burst into tears when she heard this, her life has not been satisfactory over the years, and now Ma Yun's encouragement has made her have the idea of making a comeback.
So what has Yumiko Araki been experiencing all these years? Will Jack Ma help her pay?
Regain its former glory
It turned out that in 1983, Yumiko Araki got married, but her married life was not happy! It turned out that her husband Yubara's mother was an elderly dementia patient, and after she and her husband were just married, her mother-in-law was paralyzed, and the two did not even spend their honeymoon, so they went to the hospital to accompany her mother-in-law.
During her time in the hospital, Yumiko Araki was inseparable, no longer having the glory of the former draft star, but a full-time wife who took care of the family's life ever since.
Because her mother-in-law cannot take care of herself, she does the work of cooking, wiping her body, and serving the urine basin for her mother-in-law, and their family's life is not as rich as outsiders imagine, but there are some constraints.
Living a life of old and young, Yumiko Araki lives not very satisfied, although she has worked hard in the entertainment industry, although she has filmed TV series, but these are far from enough for her, her dream has not yet been addicted, and she has to return to family life.
No one expected that this care would take care of it for 20 years! In 20 years, she is no longer a glamorous star, but a simple housewife, fading the colors of the past, but her temperament is still outstanding.
Her mother-in-law was sometimes not satisfied with her care, and even scolded her, but she endured it.
In 2003, her mother-in-law finally failed to resist the disease and unfortunately passed away, before her mother-in-law died, she took Araki Yumiko's hand and said with the last bit of strength: "Thank you for taking care of you all these years!" ”
At that moment, Yumiko Araki shed tears with excitement, sent her mother-in-law away, and completed this last journey!
Now that her mother-in-law has left, Ma Yun is also in China, business is doing well, and in this way, under the promotion of Ma Yun, Yumiko Araki's comeback action was put on the agenda!
In 2004, Yumiko Araki, who had been silent for more than 20 years, announced her comeback, and Ma Yun helped her contact many domestic brokerage companies to promote her momentum; In addition, Ma Yun also asked Yumiko Araki to recommend to CCTV's program "Art Life" to tell her story over the years.
After coming to China, Yumiko Araki felt particularly excited, because Chinese fans welcomed her exceptionally well, and everyone treated her as a big star, which made Yumiko Araki feel flattered!
Many fans sent her flowers and applause, which Yumiko Araki dreamed of, she had never felt in Japan before, and here she had a feeling of realizing her dream.
Then Araki Yumiko went to major talk shows and talked about the interesting things when she was filming, in order to match her height back then, the production team found her companions who were about the same height as her, and the props were all miniature versions, so everyone had a particularly tall feeling.
After talking about her mother-in-law and family, Yumiko Araki couldn't help crying, she has suffered a lot over the years, but family happiness is also a very important thing for her, and she is very grateful for her husband's company.
Finally, talking about Ma Yun, she didn't expect that this Chinese rich man turned out to be her number one fan, and she could recreate her former style, inseparable from this Chinese fan!
Yumiko Araki said that China and Japan, as neighbors, should have friendly exchanges and, more importantly, peaceful coexistence, and she will also make her own contribution to the peace of the two countries.
In the years since, Araki Yumiko has come to China once a year, and has also opened a Weibo account, self-study Chinese, and communicated with Chinese netizens, Araki Yumiko also published her autobiography under the sponsorship of Jack Ma and sold a lot of copies!
In 2018, Yumiko Araki received the "China-Japan Friendship Contribution Award", and for more than a decade, she has regarded China as a second home and promoted Chinese culture in Japan. At the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, she even sent blessings to the Winter Olympics and cheered for Chinese athletes.
Now that Yumiko Araki has put into practice her own words with her actions, she will also make more contributions to Sino-Japanese friendship.
Although she is no longer young, her temperament is still not old, she has the courage to fight against life, and patiently serves her mother-in-law, Junko Fawn was actually always there, and her youthful face will always be remembered by the audience!