Tokyo life starting with painting

"I want a working computer, Shenmu-san. After all, I will need it later to make slides."

Higashino simply made this request to Shenmu Qiren.

He doesn't need anything else, and even if he does, he won't be able to use it at all.

In response to this, Shenmu Qiren laughed, feeling that Higashinoji was being polite to him: "Teacher Higashino, you're welcome. You can just say whatever you want. As long as it's within the plan, I will definitely satisfy it." .”

Listening to the other party's praise of such a big thing, Higashinoji became a little interested - is Kumamoto Prefecture really such a generous person, so he can get whatever he wants?

He thought for a while and then said: "Then I hope to hire a few puppet actors, experienced actors. Well, if there is such a professional action designer, I would also like to ask him for advice. As for other things, I don’t have many requirements for the time being.”

The actor who plays Kumamon must be selected, and Higashino wanted to see if there was an actor he was satisfied with.

"Uh." After listening to Higashinoji's words, Shenmu Qiren first opened his mouth, and then said a little embarrassedly: "Teacher Higashino, to be honest, we can handle the funding and hardware issues, but what about human resources?"

He stretched out his hand and made a 'little bit' gesture: "Then we estimate that we are just a little bit behind. It is a bit difficult to solve at this stage."

Higashinoji understood everything as soon as he saw this little gesture.

After all, a little difference is a little bit, a lot difference is a little bit, and nothing is a little bit.

In other words, there is nothing.

However, Shenmu Qiren was also a little embarrassed that she had said so many big words before, but could not actually do it, so she quickly promised Higashinoji: "Give me three or four days, Mr. Higashino, these people you want, I will I promise to get them all back, as long as you can make the mascot image of 'Kumamon' a good one."

A good horse deserves a good saddle, Shen Muqiren still understands this.

After finally meeting Higashi Yesi's red rabbit horse, if you don't even give him fodder and don't give him a saddle, wouldn't it be a waste of natural resources?

As for Hayakawa Su and the others?

Shen Muqi wanted to equip them with saddles, but they didn't need them at all. They just returned to nature and were as casual as hell.

Hayakawasu's design is completely their own favorite mascot design, which is completely different from Higashinoji's mascot design that is completely in line with the local Kumamoto Prefecture.

After chatting with Higashinoji for a while, he stood up and left, planning to find connections now and hire a few more professional doll actors - Kumamoto Prefecture was a bit poor, but it still had trouble designing mascots. Made with less money.

After seeing off Fukure Kirito, Higashinoji put down his sketchbook and said hello to Chihaya Higashino: "Sister Chihaya, do you want to visit Kumamoto Castle?"

He promised Chihaya Higashino to take her sightseeing when she came over, and there was no problem in leaving the mascot design work at night.

The most important thing is that observing Chihaya Kumamoto and Chihaya Higashino is part of the job.

If Kirito Fumugure couldn't find an action designer, then he thought he could just use Chihaya Higashino as an action model.

Regarding Higashinoji's statement, Higashino Chihaya naturally nodded happily. When she was in Tokyo, Higashinoji never took her out because of her schoolwork. Now that she finally had the opportunity, she certainly didn't want to miss it.

After changing into his going-out clothes, Higashino took his sketchbook and two types of stylus pens with him, checked his wallet again, and then went out with satisfaction, taking Chihaya Higashino, who had also changed into going-out clothes.

But as soon as he went downstairs, Toyoshi met an acquaintance.

"Brother Dongye?"

Hayakawa Sugawara saw Higashinoji from afar, stretched out his hand to say hello, and then noticed the long-haired girl following him: "This is it?"

The hotels that Shen Mu Qi Ren arranged for them were all in the same hotel, but Higashinoji was in a double room, so naturally he was not on the same floor as them.

"This is my sister, Chihaya Higashino." Higashino introduced with a smile: "I am planning to take her to Kumamoto Castle to visit."

"Oh, I hope Brother Higashino and Ms. Higashino have fun."

Hayakawa Su nodded, but felt a little baffled in his heart.

It's just the first day that Higashinoji came here, and he's already starting to do some sightseeing? Isn’t this attitude towards work too rigorous?

And who travels for work and brings their family with them? This is too easy.

However, this is also a matter between Higashinoji and Shenmu Qiren. Higashiyesi must have negotiated with Shenmu Qiren when he brought people here.

And as the mascot image designer, he is naturally happy to see Higashinoji not seeking advancement, after all, this is how he has a chance.

But even if Higashinoji is really serious about his work, Hayakawa Sugi doesn't think that his more than ten years of design experience will be lost to a seventeen-year-old young man like Higashinoji.

This is the self-confidence of a senior Higashinoji.

You can't really be beaten to death by a newcomer named Higashinoji, right?

Hayakawa Su greeted Higashinoji and chatted for a while before watching him and Higashino Chihaya leave.

"Go up and get on with your work."

Hayakawasu murmured to himself, recalling the skylark he saw while walking just now, and felt a little inspired again.

This time, he is determined to win the image of Kumamoto Prefecture's mascot.

Horses in Japan are mostly produced in Hokkaido in the north and Kumamoto Prefecture on Kyushu Island.

Horses in Hokkaido are mostly used for equestrian competitions and ceremonial purposes, and Kumamoto Prefecture is the birthplace of horse meat cuisine.

As a particularly famous dish here, Higashinoji will not miss it.

It has to be said that the streets of Kumamoto Prefecture are full of shops selling horse meat specialties, and most of those home-cooking shops have signs such as "Kumamoto Local Cuisine - Horse Meat Cuisine".

Higashinoji bought a few bags of horse meat jerky, leaving one bag for Chihaya Higashino to eat as snacks, and taking the rest back to Tokyo as souvenirs for Koharu Hosokawa and Ryoko Okano.

After finishing the souvenirs, Higashinoji took Higashino Chihaya to the famous local horse meat restaurant ‘Ma Sakura’ in Kumamoto Prefecture.

According to Fukagure Kirito, this store seems to have won the first place in Japan's "local cuisine" gourmet version before.

The name of the store ‘Ma Ying’ is actually quite interesting.

The Japanese have always called horse meat "Sakura Meat". High-quality horse meat has a low fat content and will turn a pink color like cherry blossoms when exposed to the air, so it is called Sakura Meat.

The name of the store "Ma Ying" represents the chef's confidence in the quality of the horse meat in his store.

But Higashino doesn't know whether he is confident or not, but it tastes quite delicious.

He ordered a hot pot set and a barbecue set.

The outside of the grilled horse steak is grilled and the sauce is yellow, while the pink and tender horse meat inside is trembling with juice. It is paired with orange vinegar sauce and is eaten in one bite. The charred aroma and the tender and smooth gravy are combined with each other. It is indeed Very delicious.

Not only Higashino Chihaya, but also Higashinoji mixed three bowls of rice in a row.

Chihaya Higashino, who was struggling with the horse meat dish in front of her, noticed Higashinoji stopping his chopsticks and picking up a pencil and sketchbook.

So she raised her head and warned: "Asi, don't draw me!"

"I didn't draw Chihaya-san." Higashinoji said with a smile, "I'm drawing these horse meat dishes. After all, this is the first time I've seen her."

"Really?" Chihaya Higashino showed a suspicious expression, and then reached out to take the sketchbook in Higashinoji's hand: "Show it to my sister."

Of course, Higashinoji wouldn't give it to him. He just smiled and comforted Chihaya Higashino, without any intention of stopping the pen in his hand.

Then came the horse meat sushi grilled with a gun and the horse meat hotpot that was steaming and fragrant.

Next to her, Chihaya Higashino was very concerned about what Higashinoji had drawn, but was reluctant to put the bowl away, so she could only angrily stuff horse meat into her mouth.

Really, so angry! But delicious! can not stop.

After eating this meal, Chihaya Higashino was not less angry, but she ate it with gusto. Her mouth was stuffed with horse meat. Even half of the meat on Higashinoji's plate was passed over by her. Higashinoji laughed while looking at her, and moved her hands. The pen inside showed no intention of stopping.

The meal was finished quickly.

Although it was a bit expensive in actual calculation, he and Chihaya Higashino spent more than 15,000 yen.

But Higashino Chihaya was very happy with the meal, so Higashinoji would not be stingy with the money.

Moreover, this encounter can also be used in "The Lonely Gourmet"

Overall, I am quite satisfied with my purchase of Higashino.

After lunch, Higashinoji took Higashino Chihaya to see Kumamoto Castle.

They played like this until the afternoon, when Higashinoji and Higashino Chihaya took the car back to the hotel.

"The harvest is pretty good." Higashino glanced at the sketchbook in his hand.

At this time, the sketchbook in his hand was already filled with images of the honest and cute Kumamon.

Not only the expression of covering her mouth, but also the cute movements of stomping her feet.

This is Higashinoji's harvest in one day, and the character image is more vivid, and he is getting closer and closer to the Kumamon in Higashinoji's mind.

As for Chihaya Higashino

She had already brushed her teeth, taken a bath, and fell asleep comfortably.

Higashinoji turned down the temperature of the air conditioner, and then went back to detail Kumamon's movements, including some of the meanings of the mascot image that he had never thought of before.

If the black color on Kumamoto's body represents Kumamoto Castle, a historical landmark building, then the blush on its face represents Kumamoto Prefecture's former name as the "Land of Fire" and can also refer to Kumamoto Prefecture's rich production of watermelons, tomatoes, etc. Red crops.

The meaning of the name Kumamon has also been finalized.

"Then what follows are some of Kumamon's standard cute moves."

Higashinoji opened the front pages of his sketchbook thoughtfully.

It is densely covered with Kumamon's movements.

His next job is to select the most suitable actions for actors to perform from so many cute actions.

It seems like this is a big project, but Higashinoji also has the memory of his previous life to assist him, so it won't take long.

After nearly two hours of deletion and deletion, Higashino finally finalized three actions.

The first action is Kumamon spreading his legs and raising his hands in the air.

This action is similar to the one used to welcome tourists, but the spread of the round feet gives Kumamon’s welcoming action an extra funny and cute feeling.

The second action is equivalent to the action of interacting with tourists - Kumamon stretches out his hand with a "snap", lowers his head, and has a cute expression on the bear's face, which makes people feel funny and cute at the same time.

The third action is to bid farewell to tourists. Kumamon tilts his head, waves forward, and covers his mouth with one hand while snickering.

These three actions were carefully selected by Higashino in order to fully express Kumamon's cute and honest character, and also to facilitate the interaction between Kumamon and tourists.

Higashinoji drew very carefully, and repeatedly referred to the image of Kumamon in his memory and the image of Kumamon in his hand.

"That should be enough. These are the basic moves of Kumamon."

Higashino stopped writing, took a deep breath and looked at the time next to him - it was already past twelve o'clock.

It has to be said that he tends to lose track of time when he is working.

Even Higashinoji is a little tired at this time.

After all, he was walking around all day today, accompanying Chihaya Higashino on various sightseeing trips.

"have a rest."

Tonoji put the sketchbook back, brushed his teeth again, and then went to bed to rest.

The overall image of Kumamon is 70% complete.

But to be honest, Higashinoji's work is almost done here.

It all depends on what kind of Kumamon actor Fukuru Kirito can find and make him come alive.

Kumamon's movements will definitely need to be modified. After all, Higashinoji also has to consider the difficulty of the actor's performance after actually putting on Kumamon's holster.

But that was what happened after Shen Muqiren found the actor in the leather suit.

As for now, I can only rest.

The next day, Higashinoji got a newly opened laptop from Shenmu Qiren.

This made Higashikata somewhat surprised.

Even in Japan, laptop computers in 2003 were a rarity.

After all, this thing is not widely popular, and Japan is an extremely nostalgic country - even if Japan has more convenient full-screen smartphones in later generations, clamshell phones are still widely used by the Japanese.

Therefore, Higurashi was surprised that Shenmu Qiren could get such a laptop, and at the same time, he was also a little touched.

Shenmu Qiren seems to regard herself as her last hope, and her salary is basically full.

You really get whatever you want.

Since the other party treated him like this, Higashinoji naturally did not intend to disappoint the other party. After taking the computer, he went back to the room and started making PPT slides.

He has already thought about the specific direction - preparing the explanatory copy of Kumamon's image and the specific explanation of the image.

Wait until the PPT is finished and let the county councilors in the county government read it.

This time, he should have almost won the mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture.

As for Hayakawa Su and the others?

Well.

That is not within the scope of Higashinoji's consideration.

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