Tokyo life starting with painting

Chapter 181 This is not God helping me (4000 words)

Art Creation Award.

This is an art award competition jointly organized by five major art academies in Tokyo. It is aimed at young people from all over Japan, rather than the Tokyo Youth Art Award that Higashinoji participated in before, which was only for young people in Tokyo.

The last time he went to Musashino Art University for exchange studies, Yamauchi's first floor had already invited Higashinoji to participate in this competition.

And Higashinoji agreed without even thinking.

After all, it was a competition for young people, and the scale was so large that he had to join in the fun no matter what.

However, times have changed, and it has been too long since the exchange and study time. In addition, Higashinoji has been busy with the "Midnight Bell" animated film and the "Winner is Justice" and "The Lonely Gourmet" comics.

So I just forgot about it.

It wasn't until the person on the first floor of Yamauchi took the initiative to bring it up today that Higashino shook his head and suddenly realized - oh, so there is such a thing.

"Well, although I think Higashino-san will not forget this, I haven't received the entries submitted by Higashino-kun, so I was a little worried and asked." Yamauchi said on the phone.

He still has great confidence in Higashinoji.

Because unlike other lifeless student works, the things Higashino painted are very spiritual, as if the whole body can feel the emotions expressed in the oil paintings.

Being able to do this is truly remarkable.

But Higashinoji hadn't submitted his work for a long time, and he didn't say why. He was a little worried. Could it be that Higashinoji had no inspiration?

——This is very possible!

After completing a particularly outstanding work, the human brain can easily reach a bottleneck period, unable to surpass the previous works in a short period of time, and no matter how you draw it, you will never be satisfied, resulting in a loss of inspiration.

Otherwise, why hasn’t Higashiyoshi turned in his work? You can't have forgotten it, right?

"Haha, Mr. Yamauchi is joking. Of course I can't forget the Art Creation Award. But I've been thinking recently about how to come up with something new from the very old theme of 'growth'."

This is indeed a good excuse. The theme of 'growth' is really difficult to come up with new things, and most art creators are people who don't like to follow a step-by-step approach. It is normal for them to struggle with this.

The first floor of Yamauchi over there also understood this: "Indeed, the theme of growth has been overused in many grand prize competitions. It is difficult to come up with new ideas, but this is also my oversight. In fact, this competition In addition to 'growth', there is a new theme at the end."

"New theme?"

Higashinoji became interested.

It is estimated that the top five art academies in Tokyo were a little dissatisfied with the clichéd theme of 'Growth' and felt it did not match the level of this competition, so they thought of a new one.

"The new theme is 'regret for the passing of something beautiful.'" Yamauchi Ichiro told Higashinoji about another theme of the competition, and at the same time said: "Whether we use the theme of 'growth' or the latter one of 'respecting someone' Expressing regret over the passing of such a beautiful thing is in compliance with the rules of the Grand Prize, but as I said before, you cannot submit two copies at the same time."

"Okay, please tell me this, Mr. Yamauchi."

"Haha, the world now belongs to you young people. These days, Higashino-san, your Kumamon has become a craze again. Keep up the good work." Yamauchi replied on the phone with a smile, and then gave a few words of advice to Higashino. Si tried his best to submit the work as early as possible and then hung up the phone.

Higashinoji hung up the phone, then took a breath and thought about the new theme besides growth that Yamauchi had mentioned just now - expressing regret for the passing of something beautiful.

This theme may sound very abstract and very difficult at first glance, but in fact, according to Higashinoji, it is considered to be of average difficulty.

There are actually many definitions of regret for the passing of something beautiful.

For example, a short-lived flower appears overnight and falls everywhere the next day. Another example is a shooting star that hurriedly falls in the sky before it can make a wish. Another example is the Koshien baseball game that burned youth and sweat but was filled with regrets that it did not win the championship. Contest with Kendo Jade Dragon Flag.

Another example is that in the hot summer in China, many students are working hard towards the university, but in the end they end up in vain.

When people walk in this society, they have many unfulfilled goals. Buried in their hearts, these regrets can be regarded as "regrets for beautiful things."

This is not an idle statement, but it is the case for most people.

No matter how hard you work, you will always lose something in life, and what you lose is really lost, and it is gone in a roll of water.

But this thing is said to be easy to describe, but it is still a bit difficult to draw!

Drawing something new on this subject is more difficult than 'growing'!

There can be many images that represent growth, and even if you can't represent it, you can create one yourself.

But this thing of "beautiful things" is different from that of growth, which is rigidly regulated. Some people have different opinions, and the wise have different opinions.

Higashinoji estimated that the contestants for this Art Creation Award competition would paint landscapes such as epiphyllums, lotus flowers, and shooting stars, or representative scenes such as the Koshien Baseball Stadium.

After all, these things are the things that can best evoke the literary and artistic freshness in the hearts of Japanese people.

But this falls into the cliché.

Tonoji frowned and thought over and over.

It is indeed difficult to finalize the theme, but at this time, we can't call Yamauchi and tell him that he won't participate - wouldn't it be uncomfortable to find someone else?

"You still have to think about it carefully." Higashino breathed out and decided to look for materials recently.

This is also his usual approach.

Rather than just sitting there, why not walk around and observe the surrounding environment? Maybe you see something, and suddenly a lightbulb flashes through your mind, and your brain starts to feel something?

Just do it.

Higashinoji didn't hesitate. Adhering to his always vigorous and crisp style, he resigned from his job in Kumamoto Prefecture and rushed back to Tokyo overnight.

This led to the fact that after the celebration banquet, the Higashino Group, which had just been announced, immediately fell apart, leaving only the "remnants of the Higashino Group" in the marketing team office. You look at me, I look at you, and you are a little dumbfounded - why are you leaving now? ? It's only been a week.

They really enjoyed the feeling of Higashiyoshi taking off their marketing team alone, but now they felt a little reluctant to leave Higashinoji, which was a bit regretful.

Higashinoji, who had already left, naturally couldn't hear what they were thinking. He was thinking about the theme of the competition while returning to his daily life.

Of course, with Kitajuku High School already in session, Higashinoji did not continue to stay in the "Midnight Ring" production team. Instead, he would send the original paintings he drew today to "Midnight Ring" via fax machine every afternoon. Production team.

Fax machines are a rare thing for Chihaya Higashino.

When Higashinoji bought it back, Chihaya Higashino still looked around, walked around several times, and even touched it. When there was any movement, he even screamed in surprise and called Higashinoji's name repeatedly.

This made Tonoji couldn't help but smile and touch her head.

In addition, Kita Yiju High School has already started school, and the first problem faced when the school starts is naturally class division.

Higashinoji's luck was obviously not that good. He was not placed in the same class with Konoe Ryoka when the credit class started. Instead, he was unlucky. He was accidentally placed in the same class as his 'ex-girlfriend' Asami, while Konoe Ryoka continued to be in the same class. Good Luck is in the same class as her two best friends Fujiwara Aoi and Takahashi Yumi.

However, Higashinoji felt that this was nothing. He had already cleared things up with Mamanaka Asami, and if he acted timidly, it would look like he had a ghost in his heart. He smiled and greeted Asami Mamanaka several times.

Just like this, another week has passed.

"Still can't think of any good themes." Tonoji pinched his chin, shook his head, erased what he had just scribbled on the sketchbook with an eraser, and then turned to the next page.

It's not that he has nothing to draw, it's just that he feels very dissatisfied with the drawings of those things, and he doesn't have the feeling of 'Okay, this will definitely be fine to draw' in his mind.

This made Higashino feel a little confused for no reason.

He is a bit perfectionist, and if he is asked to draw something that is not very good, it would be better not to draw it at all.

Konoe Ryoka, who was sitting in the seat next to her, saw him frowning, so she pursed her lips and stretched out her hand to gently rub his shoulders, trying to make him feel better.

Everyone knows about her relationship with Higashinoji. The last time the moonlight was really beautiful, someone came over and asked Higashinoji out of curiosity. Higashinoji also openly admitted his relationship with Konoe Ryoka.

Higashino Tsukasa can be considered a celebrity in the school, so when he mentioned the unknown Konoe Ryoka, everyone had an inexplicable feeling - who is this person? Is there such a person in our school?

But when the good students found Konoe Ryoka, many students were shocked that Konoe Ryoka was too beautiful, right? It's okay to say that she has an angelic face, but that figure is wrong!

The girls in Higashinoji's class had complicated faces. Higashinoji found a girlfriend from another class, which made them feel like their own pigs were being raped by someone else's green vegetables.

At that time, this topic continued to be hot for a while, and it was only recently that Kumamon became popular again.

"Are you so confused? Mr. Higashino?" Takahashi Yumi looked at Higashino's empty sketchbook while eating lunch and asked incomprehensively.

She didn’t understand what the Art Creation Award was, but she had great confidence in Higashinoji and felt that there was nothing that could catch a genius like him in the industry, so she continued: “Logically speaking, Mr. Higashino, just ‘click’ Can't you draw it all at once? Like a printer."

Higashikata was speechless after hearing what she said.

Higashinoji is quite happy to have confidence in him, but are you a little too confident?

Also ‘click’, like a printer?

This wonderful metaphor made Tonoji want to laugh a little.

He finally understood that Takahashi Yumi's words should not be taken seriously. Her position in the trio was like a pistachio, the kind that made everyone happy.

So Tonoji basically listened to half of what she said and kept half of it.

Tonoji ignored her, but that didn't mean Fujiwara Aoi remained silent. Fujiwara Aoi raised her head disdainfully and taunted her: "Idiots are idiots. They really don't understand anything."

"Smelly dwarf! What did you say?" Takahashi Yumi slowly stopped holding the food and shouted angrily.

What she hates most is people calling her stupid, and Fujiwara Aoi is just poking her in the foot.

"I said you are an idiot. You don't even know what the representative of the Art Creation Awards is!" Fujiwara Aoi did not back down at all: "That was an event jointly held by the five major art academies in Tokyo! The target group is all Japanese youth - you Do you understand what I mean?"

"Really? That's really awesome." Yumi Takahashi didn't understand the concept of Tokyo's five major art academies, but she still understood the concept of all Japanese youth.

So she pointed at herself and said with a look of surprise: "So I can also participate to get the gold reward, right?"

Cough cough cough cough——

Fujiwara Aoi was so caught up in her sudden turn that she couldn't speak the lines she had planned, and almost spit out a mouthful of old blood.

Are you going to compete in a competition of this size? Stop embarrassing me!

Fujiwara Aoi did not dare to dwell on the topic of competition, so she quickly turned around and explained: "The outstanding works participating in the Grand Prize can also be specially displayed in the Tokyo National Museum of Art. This is also called the joint exhibition of the five major art academies in Tokyo. "

As I introduced a long time ago, the Tokyo National Museum of Art is a public welfare art museum, and it can also exhibit many outstanding works of college students. The annual "Five Beauties Exhibition" held by the five major art academies in Tokyo is basically held at the Tokyo National Museum of Art. The abstract painting that Meisa Kuromiya painted before was displayed at the National Museum of Art in Tokyo.

"But looking at Mr. Higashino thinking so hard, I think I still have to study seriously and prepare for the exam." Yumi Takahashi sat down again and muttered while eating his lunch: "Isn't this year's central exam starting soon? Alas, I really don’t know what the final result will be.”

"General entrance exam?" When Higashino heard this term, he suddenly had an idea and raised his head.

He still knew the meaning of this sentence.

The so-called general entrance examination is the method used by most Japanese students to enter universities. It is not an exaggeration to consider its importance as the college entrance examination in Japan.

Generally, the entrance examination is divided into two parts.

The first part is the "central examination", which is similar to China's college entrance examination. The questions are unified across the country and the same test papers are used across the country. The results will be used as an important criterion for admission.

The second part is the ‘second on-campus examination’, which is similar to domestic independent enrollment. Candidates have the right to choose a certain school independently.

The vast majority of Japanese students pass these two exams to enter university.

Among them, I don’t know how many people will regret failing to make the list.

This immediately made Tonoji interested——

I was just about to draw the theme of "Regret the Passing of Beautiful Things" when a central exam came up?

Isn’t this God helping me? !

The pain of Japanese friends will become nourishment for Higashino!

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