Tokyo life starting with painting

The atmosphere was obviously a bit awkward.

The three people were obviously taken aback when they saw Higashinoji.

Then the man sitting on the right hand side of Higashino opened his mouth, with a somewhat inexplicable tone in his voice: "This Fumaki-san, Higashino-sensei looks really young."

When he spoke like this, the two people next to him couldn't help but nod, and they both looked at Higashi Yesi one more time.

Although Akito Shengure had already greeted them before Higashinoji arrived, saying that the new Higashino teacher might be a bit young.

But this is too young, right?

Does Higashinoji look over twenty?

"I'm just seventeen this year, teachers." Higashinoji smiled, not paying attention to the incomprehensible looks from these people: "I may still need your teachers' guidance on work matters."

He spoke very pleasantly, and the three people in front of him couldn't help but nod.

But they still felt a little weird.

Because Higashino Siko is seventeen years old.

The Japanese workplace has always been about respecting seniority, but Higashinoji is too young. He doesn't have any hair on his chin. How can we expect him to do a good job?

But soon, the three of them felt a little happy again.

Originally, they thought someone was coming to compete with them for food, but in the end, Shen Muqiren only invited this young man.

To put it bluntly, a young man of Higashinoji's age can at best be an art apprentice under them.

Designing a mascot is too much for this young man named Higashino Tsukasa.

It's impossible for people like me to be picked off by Higashinoji, right?

After figuring out the cause and effect, the three people sitting in the long room became more active again, and looked at Higashinoji a lot more cordially.

"I dare not say anything for advice." The middle-aged man on the right smiled and introduced himself: "My name is Hayakawa Su, I am a little older than Mr. Higashino. It should be okay to call me Mr. Higashino, right?"

Hayakawa has a short beard on his chin and a fair face. He looks like a very gentle middle-aged man.

"Of course, no problem, Brother Hayakawa." Higashinoji recognized his face, then nodded with a smile.

The next thing will be much easier to handle.

The remaining two people quickly introduced themselves.

The slightly chubby middle-aged man next to him is named Mizuno-o, and he is a slightly famous graphic art designer.

Another tall and thin middle-aged man named Fujii Hiroki is a painter who specializes in drawing cartoon images such as endorsements.

As for Hayakawa Su? He is considered the most powerful person among the three. He seems to have won several painting awards in Japan, and he also participated in the logo design of the Osaka Horticultural Expo before.

Each of them can be regarded as a standard Japanese working adult. Even if they criticize Higashinoji's age, they are still friendly and kind on the surface.

Higashinoji naturally noticed it, but still smiled and said hello to everyone.

The real workplace has always been like this. Not only in Japan, but even in China, there are people who secretly look down on you, but on the surface they also make enough gestures. So there is nothing to say.

Don't think that painters or designers don't have such troubles. Not everyone has the same demeanor as everyone else. Most of them are ordinary people. In fact, things like slander behind your back, disagreements between master and disciple, and things that poke your spine overtly or covertly happen all the time.

Higashikata is used to it.

As a long-term staff member of a government agency, Fukure Kirito next to him could naturally tell that these three seniors looked down upon Higashinoji.

Originally, he wanted to smooth things over, but unexpectedly, Higashinoji just smiled and let the matter go.

This made him take a liking to Higashino.

It is normal for young people to be unsteady, but it is indeed rare to be as calm as Higashinoji.

No wonder he won a double gold medal at the Tokyo Youth Art Prize. It is indeed a bit different.

Several people sat down to eat and drink with a smile. While eating and drinking, they discussed the creation of the Kumamoto Prefecture mascot.

Higashinoji had just arrived, and he had nothing in common with the small group of three of them. He could only occasionally laugh and chat with each other while concentrating on the dishes at his hand.

The appetizer of this high-end Japanese restaurant is an appetizing tomato cold dish, dotted with sesame seeds, served in a small carved bowl, which looks very small.

Tonoji quickly solved the problem and took another sip of the miso soup in the bowl next to him - with a small pinch of chopped green onion, he didn't know what kind of soup it was, and it was bright red with oil floating on it, which was very appetizing.

As he sipped the soup, he heard Hayakawa Su over there complaining to Fumugure Kirito: "Fumugure-san, isn't the skylark mascot from last time no good? I think it's pretty good. Isn't it the prefectural bird of Kumamoto Prefecture? Skylark?"

"Ah, I still hope Mr. Hayakawa will reconsider the mascot image. Although the skylark is a bird from Kumamoto Prefecture, it has little impact and has no meaning."

Shen Muqiren said with a smile, somewhat slanderous.

The skylark is indeed a bird of Kumamoto Prefecture, but if you just try to hand in the work by just slightly anthropomorphizing the image, this is too perfunctory.

But Hayakawa Susu is the most senior person here anyway, so he can only ask: "I will continue to trouble Hayakawa-sensei."

"Then I have to think about it carefully." Hayakawasu nodded.

Hiroki Fujii and Mizuno were naturally entrusted by Kirito Fumugure, and the two of them promised repeatedly that they would produce results that would satisfy Kirito Fumugure this year.

But the better they promised, the more unsettled Shen Muqiren became.

After all, he had heard this twice, like the story of the boy who cried wolf. How could he believe these three people, Hayakawa Su?

Fukure Kirito also specially prepared information about Kumamoto Prefecture for these three people, but I don’t know if they have read it.

While he was thinking here, Higashinoji, who had been silent until now, spoke up: "Speaking of which, there are quite a lot of bright red dishes on this table."

Tomatoes were used as a cold dish, and the dessert after the meal was a long, crystal-clear warabi cake made of watermelon. The rest of the dishes were also decorated with red to some extent.

"Ah, that's right." Fumugure Kirito turned around and explained: "We in Kumamoto Prefecture have always been known as the 'Land of Fire' on the island, and this store also specializes in 'bright red cuisine'. "

"The Country of Fire? Mainly red?" Higashinoji became a little interested. He just found out about this.

"Are you interested, Mr. Higashikata? Do you want me to lend you some materials? I have them in my car." Shenmu Qiren wiped her mouth and asked.

"Then please leave it to Shenmu-san." Higashino nodded.

He was indeed quite interested.

Although I know the image of Kumamon as a mascot, the follow-up questions about "Foods that Kumamon likes to eat", "How can Kumamon feel that cute and cute", and "How to embody Kumamon's cute personality" are all It must be carefully designed.

In his previous life, Kumamon did not become a world-class Internet celebrity mascot just by relying on a simple image. Later, Kumamoto Prefecture hired an entire guidance team for the Kumamon mascot image.

The reasons why it can achieve those achievements are all reasonable, and it cannot be like in novels where the hero just draws an image and surprises everyone.

Higashinoji didn't want to waste the rare image of Kumamon because he couldn't even copy the official copy.

So he naturally wanted to study the customs and customs of Kumamoto Prefecture.

After chatting with Shenmu Qiren for a while, Higashino stood up and planned to leave.

He didn't plan to attend the second half of the reception, after all, Chihaya Higashino was still in the hotel.

Higashino didn't feel comfortable leaving her alone.

After greeting the other four people at the reception, Higashinoji politely declined Kirito Fukure's request to send him back, and left alone with the take-out food and the information on Kumamoto Prefecture given by Kirito Fumugure.

Seeing Higashi Yesi leave, Shenmu Qiren felt a little regretful.

He hasn't had time to establish a good relationship with this young artist yet. What if the other party is as perfunctory about the mascot design work as Hayakawa Su and others?

Fukure Kirito made a decision in her mind. She would find an opportunity tomorrow to go to Higashinoji alone to discuss the matter of Kumamoto Prefecture's mascot.

As for now

He turned back and looked at the drinking party that had not yet ended, and could only continue to drink with a few others with a smile on his face.

"Aji, are you back?" Chihaya Higashino, who was leaning on the back of the bed and playing with her mobile phone, saw Higashino opening the door and came in, and immediately ran over happily.

She looked good and her mental state didn't fluctuate much.

Higashinoji was relieved. He touched Higashino Chihaya's head, then opened the food box and happily greeted Higashino Chihaya to eat.

He just watched Higashino Chihaya eating while scanning the information given by Fukure Kirito in his hand.

I have to say that the information provided by Shen Mu Qiren is very complete and includes photos.

Folk customs, produced fruits, crops, and various anecdotes about Kumamoto Prefecture

From the perspective of the entire Kyushu Island, Kumamoto Prefecture can be considered a relatively wealthy county, but if we look at the entire island, Kumamoto Prefecture can actually only be considered a poor county.

Since the Kyushu Shinkansen is about to open to traffic, in order to boost the prefecture's economy, Kumamoto Prefecture has made great efforts to attract Shinkansen tourists to Kumamoto Prefecture for sightseeing.

Kumamon directly boosted the tourism economy of such a poor county by 50%.

What is this concept?

Japan's county level is equivalent to China's provincial level, which is equivalent to a mascot, driving 50% of the province's tourism economy.

Higashinoji was flipping through the information with his left hand, while holding a pencil in his right hand and drawing lightly in the sketchbook.

Soon, the image of a naive black bear appeared under Higashinoji.

He replaced the colored pencils and colored the Kumamon bear.

Looking at the image of Kumamon on the paper, Tonoji shook his head dissatisfied and tore it off.

Although the picture on the paper is Kumamon, it only makes people feel simple and cute, and it does not reflect the cuteness in Higashinoji's impression at all.

Tonoji sighed.

The Kumamon he drew was based on his impression of a giant panda. Although it was cute enough, it lacked the character of Kumamon.

Higashinoji now simply copied Kumamon's outer skin without grasping its core.

Higashinoji tapped the paper lightly with his pencil and whispered to himself: "If it is a bear, then the first impression will naturally be silly and cute, but just being cute and cute is not enough. Kumamon must be more..."

Sure enough, there is still a lack of material. How to express the feeling of being cute and cute?

He frowned.

Then he heard Higashino Chihaya's voice next to him.

"Aji? What's wrong with you?" Chihaya Higashino, whose face was covered with soupy rice, tilted her head and looked at Higashinoji.

In her mind, her brother has always been omnipotent, why did he suddenly show such a distressed look?

Chihaya Higashino had good eyesight, but she just turned her head and saw the empty sketchbook in front of Higashinoji.

She understood immediately.

Could it be that Tonoji can't do the homework assigned by the teacher?

"Oh, Si, you are so stupid. Is there something you don't understand about your homework? You can ask your sister."

Higashino Chihaya immediately put her hands on her hips and patted her chest, her little rice-caked face looking a little proud.

"No." Higashinoji looked at Chihaya Higashino's silly and cute actions like a villain, and waved his hands happily: "I was just thinking about a problem."

"Really?" Chihaya Higashino tilted her head, covered her mouth and laughed. She smiled while approaching Higashinoji: "Hey, don't worry, Aji. My sister won't laugh at Aji. You can really ask your sister. "

"It's really nothing." Higashinoji was still staring at the blank sketchbook, but he turned around and was about to answer.

Then--

He was stunned.

In front of him, Chihaya Higashino was half-bent, tilting his head, covering his mouth with both hands, and making a stifling sound of laughter.

Chihaya Higashino came over and winked, looking triumphant and humming, and she actually looked a bit cute and cute——

"Sister Chihaya." Tonoji's eyes froze, and he clearly felt that he had caught something.

"Ah?" Chihaya Higashino was stunned.

"Keep this action for now!"

"Oh oh" Higashino Chihaya still didn't understand what happened.

But Asi asked her to do it, and she did it seriously.

Just covering his mouth and standing there for almost two minutes, Higashinoji immediately told him to stop.

Higashino Chihaya finally relaxed and asked him curiously: "What's going on? Asi?"

In response to her question, Tonoji couldn't help but smile slightly: "Almost half of the homework the teacher gave me has been completed."

He showed the sketchbook to Chihaya Higashino.

On top of the sketchbook, there is clearly a naive black bear. The bear's cheeks are red, and its thick legs and round body look both honest and cute.

But such a simple and honest little bear stared at his little eyes, covered his mouth with his hands, tilted his head, and looked this way, his mouth seemed to be smiling.

But this bear is very cute and honest based on its appearance. Combined with its movements, it gives people a strong feeling of cuteness and cuteness.

For some reason, Chihaya Higashino looked at this bear and always felt that the bear was mocking him.

So she could only fold her arms and puff out her cheeks angrily, looking very angry.

Seeing this, Higashinoji's eyes lit up, and he started to draw her image.

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