There is a black cat in Japan that is very popular.
However, you would never imagine this black cat’s path to fame. Do you dare to believe that a cat became famous because of its persistence in art?
Ken Chan, the black cat, did it.
The story begins four years ago, when the Onomichi Municipal Art Museum in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, organized an art exhibition with the theme of "Lucky Cat". During the period, many cat-themed art works and sculptures were displayed in the art museum.
Ken, who lives near the art museum, saw the cat sculpture on display through the glass wall of the art museum while taking a walk. Perhaps because he felt that the sculpture cats in the museum were too similar to his long-lost brothers and sisters, the black cat Ken wanted to go in and see them, so Ken began a four-year "love-hate entanglement" with the museum guard.
The little guys inside looked very much like my long-lost brothers.
I planned to go into the museum to visit the sculpture brothers and meet Ken, the black cat, by the way. I walked struttingly to the entrance of the museum, but was mercilessly stopped by the dedicated security guard.
Although Ken had lowered his body and prepared to act cute to please the security uncle, the uncle still refused Ken, the black cat, to enter the art museum.
Uncle: We have clear regulations here, no fare evasion is allowed to enter!
Black Cat Ken: Isn’t it also stipulated that children under 1.2m can enter free of charge?
Uncle: Children can enter, but there is a clear rule that pets are not allowed to enter.
Ken the black cat: ...
Ken, who finally failed in his cuteness, left with an unhappy face. His first attempt to break into the museum failed due to the tough attitude of the security guard.
However, as the old saying goes, failure is the mother of success. How could a small setback dispel the determination of the black cat Ken to visit the sculpture brothers in the museum? So, it came again the next day...
Unsurprisingly, I met the security uncle again at the entrance of the art museum. Seeing that the security guard who looked extra energetic in new clothes was actually turning gray at the temples, Black Cat Ken came up with a plan. He planned to rely on his agility to find an opportunity to easily evade the security guard.
However, Black Cat Ken still failed. He was caught by the security guard after only one round... Then, there was no more, and Black Cat Ken's second attempt to break into the museum failed.
Security uncle: Boy, where do you want to run?
Ken, the black cat who obviously refused to admit defeat, was not repelled by the two previous small failures. On the third day, he arrived at the entrance of the art museum again. This time he adjusted his strategy: since forcing the entrance is not possible, then he will do it softly.
So... when the black cat Ken saw the security uncle who was rubbing his hands to chase the cat away, he rolled around like a lazy ass, lay down in front of the uncle and started acting coquettishly...
What the other cat didn't expect was that the security guard turned out to be a straight man, unmoved by his coquettishness and cuteness, and even closed the door directly.
The failure of three attempts to break into the museum did not shake Ken's desire to enter the museum. Instead, he became more and more courageous. In the next few days, it appeared at the entrance of the museum almost every day and competed with the security guard with various tricks. However, without exception, it failed under the strict guard of the security guard. Ken was not able to sneak in even once until the end of the art exhibition.
The security guard breathed a sigh of relief. The art exhibition was over, thinking that the black cat would not cause trouble again. Sure enough, Ken has never been here since the art exhibition ended.
Ken: The art exhibition is over, and I went in for a p. Do you think I broke into the exhibition just to cause trouble? No, it’s for art, do you understand?
It was peaceful for a year, until the museum held another exhibition the next year...
Yes, the black cat Ken is here again. However, it was the security guard who stood in front of it... History is always surprisingly similar.
What a headache, little brother.
Security uncle: Little brother, why are you here again?
Black Cat Ken: Bad uncle, are you trying to stop me again?
Of course the ending is still the same. No matter what method Ken uses, he is still "indifferently" turned away by the security uncle.
When it comes to persistence, you may not be as good as a cat. Probably to show his persistence, during the few days when the art exhibition was held, although Ken was unable to enter the art museum due to the obstruction of the cold-faced uncle, this did not prevent him from experiencing the artistic atmosphere in every corner of the art museum.
Feel the artistic atmosphere on the umbrella stand of the museum
Facing this cat who is so dedicated to the museum, I guess the security guard was almost driven crazy.
The increasingly frustrated black cat drove the security guard crazy.
What no one expected was that the story between Ken and the art museum would continue for a third year. Moreover, in the third year, the black cat Ken did not come alone. He first sent an orange cat to spy on the enemy...
Unexpectedly, the security uncle saw through it at a glance. This familiar routine and familiar operation must have been sent by the black cat Ken.
After returning from failure, Daju was shocked that he was found out so quickly.
So in the third year of the museum’s opening, the two cats, one orange and one black, spent their time in the museum taking turns. Of course, the security uncle still didn't let them in. I don't know how many bad things these two little guys said about the uncle behind his back.
Although Ken's persistence in the art museum failed to impress the security guard, it attracted the attention of the media. Many media have reported on these two cats who are dedicated to art, and even foreign media have reported on the black cat Ken's feat of entering the museum. For a time, the two cats, black and one orange, became Internet celebrities, and many fans went to the museum to pet the cats.
There are even some Internet celebrity cat peripheral products.
It is said that on the opening day of the art museum this year, the black cat Ken appeared again..
However, looking at it wearing a small red bow tie, looking confident and carefree, I don’t know if it has reached a settlement with the security guard and has become the mascot of the museum, or if it already has a perfect plan in mind on how to enter the museum.