Tokyo life starting with painting

Chapter 164 Brother, would you like to marry my sister (two more updates)

After listening to the explanations of these people, Higashinoji finally understood the situation of the 'snowman' Riko Hasegawa at the door of Tokyo Animation Production Company.

Isn’t this completely excluded from the industry?

Higashikata shook his head.

Riko Hasegawa is now a freelance artist without an agency. She seems carefree and free from the control of an agency, but in fact she is not.

Many people say that Japan has always been a society where academic qualifications are paramount, but in fact, there is another word that comes before academic qualifications - superior-subordinate relationship.

No matter how capable you are in the workplace, you must follow your predecessors. Compared with the human society in China, the superior-subordinate relationship in Japan is more distorted.

The so-called "lower overcoming upper" only exists in a few cases and TV series.

In addition, the Japanese animation industry is all-inclusive, and relationship management is needed everywhere.

As long as the firm that Hasegawa Riko had offended before said hello to the animation production companies in the industry, it would be basically impossible for other animation production companies to use her as a voice actor - how could manpower be better than capital?

Moreover, dubbing work is inherently dependent on connections. Basically, no animation production company would hire a freelance dubbing actor who doesn't even have an agency.

In short, Hasegawa Riko basically has no hope of turning around.

Unless Hasegawa Riko meets a noble person who particularly appreciates her and makes an exception for her to audition, she will not be successful.

As for what the animation production team staff said before about Hasegawa Riko only playing good roles and looking down on supporting roles.

This is a matter of benevolence and wisdom. Higashinoji has always half-believed and half-disbelieved such rhetoric.

After all, this is simply a unilateral statement by the firm.

Satisfied his curiosity, Higashinoji returned to his seat and started to draw the original painting. He just kept busy painting until about six o'clock in the afternoon, when a call came from Fujiwara Aoi - they had already had dinner with Higashino Chihaya, so Higashinoji didn't have to Ignore them and just eat outside.

"I'm really a little hungry."

Tonoji hung up the phone, and after being reminded by Fujiwara Aoi just now, he realized that he was indeed a little hungry.

And it was already past six o'clock now. The other original animators in the creative team had left work early, leaving only him and Akisa Kuromiya working alone.

So Tonoji thought for a while, then turned to look at Akisa Kuromiya next to him, wanting to ask her if she wanted to go have a meal together.

After all, they are partners of the same production team, so having a meal together should not be a big problem.

But the movement stopped halfway.

Because Kuromiya Meisa was looking at him at this time.

That may be a little inaccurate.

The other person was looking at the original painting that he had drawn under his hand and that had not yet been colored.

Her eyes were fixed on it, her eyebrows were furrowed, and her fingers were gesturing on the manuscript paper from time to time, as if she was thinking about how Higashinoji drew this.

Kuromiya Meisa was so engrossed that she almost stretched her head to the table in front of Higashinoji. She didn't even notice that Higashinoji was looking at her.

This made Tonoji feel a little funny for no reason. He simply stopped calling Kuromiya Akisa and just looked at Kuromiya Akisa, wanting to see when she would react.

About three minutes later, Kuromiya Mingsa seemed a little tired. She raised her head and wanted to rub her eyes. Then she saw Higashinoji. She was startled and her whole shoulder shook: "Teacher Higashino, you Why are you still here?"

In fact, it was really shocking.

Kuromiya Meisa had been reading Higashinoji's manuscript and didn't care at all whether he was there or not. In addition, the manuscript of Higashinoji's "Midnight Ring" was already terrifying, and she got goosebumps all over her body. At this time, a big face suddenly appeared next to her, no less than a ghostly face that flashed out of nowhere in a horror movie - how could she not be frightened?

However, Kuromiya Meisa's words left Higashinoji speechless.

Do I have no sense of existence? You've been sitting next to me for so long and you still haven't reacted?

But forget it.

Higashinoji shook his head, but still said hello to Akisa Kuromiya next to him: "Senior Kuromiya, do you want to go have a meal together?"

Have a meal?

Only then did Kuromiya Mingsa react. She glanced down at her belly, then glanced sideways at Higashinoji, and nodded in response: "Okay."

Now that they have decided, Higashinoji and Kuromiya Meisa do not continue to linger here.

After packing their things, the two went out and left.

It is worth mentioning that as soon as Higashinoji and Kuromiya Meisa stood up, a neat voice of "Thank you for your hard work" sounded next to them.

This made Tonoji shake his head. He was still not used to this kind of working environment.

As for Akisa Kuromiya next to her, she also frowned. She prefers quietness by nature and doesn't like such a noisy environment.

As for where to go and what to eat, Higashinoji left it up to Kuromiya Meisa.

After all, Higashinoji has only been in Tokyo for half a year. He basically cooks and eats at home. He occasionally goes out to eat and collect materials for "The Lonely Gourmet", so he doesn't know much about Tokyo Animation Production Company Shinjuku.

However, I heard that Shinjuku Kabukicho in Tokyo is a good place to eat, so Higashinoji is still a little interested.

The two people quickly left the annex building and walked towards the main building.

After leaving the main building, Higashinoji glanced sideways to see if the 'snowman' was still there.

He just took a look and had no expectations at all.

After all, it's freezing and snowy, and the snow has turned the road white, so the other party probably won't be here, right?

Well

Higashikata showed a look of astonishment.

He really didn't expect that Hasegawa Riko was still there.

The other person was still wearing a fur hat, earmuffs, and big white gloves on his hands. He was currently holding a cup of hot cup of coffee. He was moving his feet. He looked a little bloated with many clothes on. He was jumping around like a big man. penguin.

She coughed a few times and exhaled white air. The coffee in her hand was steaming, and the half of her face that was exposed became a little red for a while.

She felt the heat coming from the coffee cup, then she lowered her head and took a very cautious sip of hot coffee. After taking a sip of coffee, she raised her head and looked around cautiously, as if she was worried about the time when she was taking a break. During that time, she felt like she had missed the opportunity to do dubbing.

Have you been standing here all afternoon?

Higashino raised his eyebrows. Just as he was thinking this, he noticed that the other party glanced at his watch, hesitated for a while, and finally left holding his small wooden sign.

Looking at her retreating figure, Higashikata sighed.

It can be seen that this girl really wants to find a dubbing job.

Otherwise, we wouldn’t be so desperate.

But just standing at the door basically still has little hope.

At most, it would give people an impression of her, but no one would recommend her.

Tonoji collected his thoughts and apologized to Akisa Kuromiya, who had been silent in front of him:

"I'm sorry, Kuromiya-senpai, I was concerned about something just now."

Although he had observed Riko Hasegawa, it was not appropriate to drag Akisa Kuromiya to suffer the cold together in this freezing weather.

The key is that Kuromiya Meisa herself is also a boring gourd. When she saw Higashinoji stop, she stopped too, without urging him, she just stood there quietly, waiting for Higashinoji.

At this time, when she heard Higashinoji's apology, she just said softly, "Hmm", and then continued to lead the way.

The two of them kept walking forward and soon arrived at the Kabukicho area of ​​Shinjuku District.

Kabukicho is a large red light district in Japan. It has a dense distribution of nightclubs and custom shops and is also very famous to the outside world.

But apart from these more or less colorful places, there are also many regular restaurants here. As long as you don't look for them specifically, this can basically be regarded as a place where office workers go to drink and get drunk after get off work.

Akisa Kuromiya is obviously very familiar with the environment here. After all, she has a very fun-loving best friend Nagawa Chimi, and she usually accompanies her to go shopping here - of course, during the day.

Kuromiya Meisa quickly took Higashinoji to choose a sukiyaki restaurant.

From what she said, this sukiyaki hotpot seems to be delicious.

Higashikata nodded naturally and followed her into it.

This is a fairly spacious sukiyaki restaurant.

The style of this sukiyaki restaurant is Japanese style, with black cloth covering, two big lucky cats on the counter next to it, tatami mats, Japanese sliding doors, and "The Great Wave off Kanagawa" hanging on the wall. 》This copy of a famous painting, the mosquito-repellent-repellent-shaped ceiling lamp above the head exudes a pale yellow light, extending inwards. The wallpaper on both sides looks a bit old, with obvious curling marks on the edges.

It can be seen that this should be an old store.

Higashinoji became somewhat interested, so he took off his shoes and stepped on the tatami, then followed Akisa Kuromiya all the way inside.

The two of them had just found a small independent room to sit down. Before they could warm their feet, a small figure ran in from outside.

It was a little girl, she must have just entered kindergarten. She had straight bangs, a baby-fat face, and big eyes. She looked very chubby and cute.

As soon as she saw Kuromiya Akisa, she half raised her head, half of her body was close to Kuromiya Akisa, put her index finger to her mouth and asked in a sweet voice: "Sister, do you want a voice actor?"

ah?

The child's sudden closeness made Kuromiya Meisha open her mouth inexplicably, seeming a little overwhelmed.

She has a quiet personality. Although she likes children, she is the type who doesn't know what to do if she gets too close to a child, and her face is full of confusion.

Just when she was at a loss, she felt a lightness on her body.

It turned out that it was Higashinoji who picked up the little girl and asked her cheerfully: "Little sister, what is your name?"

He estimated that this was the shopkeeper's daughter. The shopkeeper was a little busy, so he didn't pay much attention to her and let her come here.

The little girl was immediately stunned by Higashinoji's action, but she was not afraid of strangers at all. Her big black and white eyes looked at Higashinoji innocently. After a while, she asked Higashinoji strangely. : "Brother, why are you so good-looking? Can you marry my sister?"

What a child is telling the truth.

Tonoji smiled and patted her on the head, and then asked her: "Before asking questions, you must answer brother's questions first."

"My, my name is Sachiko Hasegawa, I am five years old this year."

Hasegawa?

This last name is somewhat familiar.

Higashinoji thought of Riko Hasegawa who was at the door of Tokyo Animation Production Company before.

But he soon put the thought behind him - how could it be such a coincidence?

"My name is Sachiko." Tonoji touched her head and was about to continue asking: "Where did you come from?"

He only said half of what he said, and was blocked by Sachiko Hasegawa as soon as he left his mouth.

"I already told my brother my name. Shouldn't he answer my question first?"

She raised her head stupidly.

Don't tell me, she looks stupid, but she's not stupid at all, and she even knows how to ask questions.

However, Higashikata didn't panic about this, and just answered her cheerfully: "That's different. My brother is older than you, so I can ask you two questions first. I already asked you one just now, and now I have another one."

"Is that so?" Hasegawa Sachiko touched her head.

She was deceived so much that she felt something was strange, but she couldn't put it into words.

But Sachiko Hasegawa was still obedient and nodded vigorously: "I slipped here from Sister Lizi."

"Sister Lizi?" Higashino coughed, a little surprised.

Is it really Riko Hasegawa?

He wanted to ask again, but was quickly interrupted by Sachiko Hasegawa: "Brother, brother, it's time for you to answer my question. Will you marry my sister?"

Okay

Higashinoji was speechless at Sachiko Hasegawa's behavior.

Has your sister been abusing you? Do you want to sell her so badly?

So he thought for a moment and then said: "Brother is now seventeen years old and Sachiko is five years old. In total, I am twelve years older than Sachiko. One year old counts as one question, so I can ask you twelve more questions, Sachiko."

"Huh?" Hasegawa Sachiko was stunned.

She stretched out her chubby hands and counted the ten fingers, still chanting '17 minus 5'.

But soon, Hasegawa Sachiko found that her fingers seemed to be a little weak. Her eyes widened and she froze in place. Her eyes were straight and she felt helpless.

"Does Sachiko want to answer my twelve questions now?"

Higashikata fooled her again.

This made Sachiko Hasegawa even more confused. She thought for a long time, then raised her head and asked Higashinoji in confusion: "Brother, what is 12?"

"" Higashinoji, Kuromiya Meisa.

Just when Higashinoji was about to answer, footsteps came from outside the door.

Then, the sliding door was opened, and a girl wearing a white headscarf and a navy blue clerk's apron came in. She was carrying a tray with a hot towel on it, ready to hand it to Higashinoji and Kuromiya Meisa. By the way, she asked them what they wanted to eat.

But soon, the girl saw Sachiko Hasegawa, who was still struggling with 17 minus 5, and cried out:

"Sachiko? Why are you here?"

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