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Chapter 210 Is this a black shop (4000 words!)

There is almost no need to read it now. The single volume of "Unnatural Death" is such a best-seller that sales will only continue to climb. As for the author who previously questioned whether "Unnatural Death" was simply a touted work, he has now changed his previous attitude. , expressed their congratulations one after another, fearing that others would find out what they had said before and pull them out to whip their corpses in order to keep the heat.

"Unnatural Death" is very popular, and equally popular as "Unnatural Death" is the animated movie "The Ring".

The box office statistics of its movies were soon released - the average daily box office was 350 million yen. Calculated based on the 25 days that "The Ring" was released, the total box office was about 8.7 billion yen!

It's only been in theaters for four days now, and it still has a lot of potential.

It has to be said that Nobuhiro Motohashi and Shimitsu Toda really made a good comeback this time. They earned back not only money, but also their declining reputation in the industry.

It is said that when the box office came out on the first day, Nobuhiro Motohashi and Shimitsu Toda were so excited that they secretly took a bunch of animation production team members to a club in Ginza to celebrate the success for a night without saying a word. As for the content of the celebration,

I don't know about this Higashino.

Although the other party also asked him to go together.

But to be honest, Higashino was a little surprised that "The Ring" could achieve such results.

In the original world, "The Ring" ranked first in the history of Japanese horror movies with a box office of 1.2 billion yen. Even if the equally famous "The Grudge" Kayako mother and son met Sadako in "The Ring" All they have to do is make way.

Higashinoji has no doubts about the plot quality of "Midnight Bell", but in this world, if the "Midnight Bell" animated film is released first, there will definitely be a box office gap - after all, animated films are relatively better than live-action films. minority.

But he didn't expect that even under such restrictions, "Midnight Ring" could still create such a craze.

Moreover, Higashinoji also saw various posts about "Midnight Ring" on the Internet.

Why did I smash the TV at home after watching "The Ring"? Why did I go to the cinema today and someone was so frightened that he went to the hospital. At that time, several ventilators were brought in to rescue him desperately.

At first glance, you can tell that these are simple rumors, similar to the Baidu Tieba posts in the previous life, just posted for fun.

At least Higashinoji hasn't received the news that someone actually went to the hospital after watching "The Ring".

If someone was really frightened to death by "The Ring", the production team of "The Ring" would probably hold a press conference overnight to apologize to the deceased.

Apart from these purely rumor-like posts, perhaps what caught Higashinoji's attention slightly was that someone was discussing the Easter egg at the end of "The Ring".

Many people below were scolding Higashinoji with grievances on their faces.

A man with a girlfriend said that his thighs would turn purple from being pinched by his girlfriend.

Those who did not have girlfriends and brought their male friends to watch the movie said that while watching the movie, a bucket of popcorn hit their head, but they were so frightened that they did not dare to move in place for fear of It was really Sadako who ran up behind him and put a bucket of popcorn on his head.

This group of Japanese friends who were living a good life were really frightened.

You should know that this is only an animated movie, not a live-action movie.

If it were a live-action movie, some lives might actually be involved.

Higashino sighed, feeling that Yamamura Sadako was indeed one of the most terrifying female ghost images of the year. Even if she were placed in this world, she would still have a reputation for being vicious and murderous without batting an eyelid.

In addition to the "Midnight Ring" incident, many people also came to Higashinoji.

Some of these people are film investors and some are people from film production companies.

They found Higashinoji through Urashima Publishing House, mostly because they wanted to get a script from Higashinoji.

It can really be said to be a huge crowd of people, with all types of people from all over Japan.

It is no exaggeration to say that the threshold of the Higashino family was almost collapsed.

But if you think about it rationally, this phenomenon is really understandable.

"Midnight Ring" has created such profits, of course some investors and subsequent capital are jealous.

If nothing else, if you take advantage of the popularity and publish a novel version of "The Ring," or work harder and make a live-action movie version of "The Ring," you can earn a lot of money.

How did "The Ring" become so popular?

Of course, it became popular because of the excellent quality of the script.

So who is the original author of the script?

Of course this is Higashinoji.

Therefore, many people came to our door and wanted to seek cooperation with Higashinoji.

After all, the other party is a comic book author, and in a sense, he is quite free. Maybe he still has some stock?

There are many people who think like this.

To this, Higashinoji could only smile and politely refuse.

He does have a lot of good scripts for horror movies, but those things must be kept for his own use. Selling scripts is simply a matter of eradicating the roots. Of course Higashinoji understands this.

But rejection is rejection, and Higashinoji finally understands the true situation of the industry’s contempt for chains.

Previously, Higashinoji's works such as "Unnatural Death" attracted the attention of half of the industry, but he was completely unable to attract these investors. As a result, the "Midnight Bell" animated film became a hit, and these people came to him one after another.

The difference in this is truly astonishing.

Sure enough, it really echoes the old saying - those who make TV series look down on those who make animation, and those who make movies look down on those who make TV series.

So true.

Very true indeed.

After Higashinoji stood up and sent away the last group of people who came to visit, he greeted Higashino Chihaya who was staying at Konoe Ryoka's side to go home.

After all, so many people came at once, and Higashino Chihaya was extremely afraid of strangers, so Higashinoji asked her to go to Konoe Ryoka's house in advance.

"Aji, Aji." After Chihaya Higashino returned home, she looked at Higashinoji curiously and asked him seriously: "Did Aji win any awards again?"

"Why do you ask?" Higashinoji was a little funny and didn't quite understand what Higashino Chihaya meant.

"Asi must have won a prize, so that's why so many people came to visit, right?"

From Chihaya Higashino’s point of view, winning the award seems to be related to the ‘number of visitors’.

In her thinking, the award Higashino won this time must be more powerful than the last time, which is why so many people came to visit.

As expected of my brother, he is really awesome.

She puffed up her chest inexplicably, with a feeling of being carried away.

On the other side, Higashinoji just thought about it for a moment and roughly understood what she was thinking.

He laughed twice, then reached out and touched Higashino Chihaya's head, without denying her: "Absolutely."

Hearing Higashinoji's answer, Higashino Chihaya's snow-white face showed a look of pain for a second, but she still ran to her room and took out the piggy bank: "Aji, let's go Celebrate.”

"Go to celebrate?" Higashinoji didn't expect Higashino Chihaya to make such a sudden decision.

"Well, let's celebrate that Aji won another award this time." Chihaya Higashino raised the piggy bank she was holding.

It contains all her savings from the first half of the year.

Seeing Higashino Chihaya like this, Higashinoji also reached out and touched the piggy bank, and then asked her: "But isn't the money in it going to be used for my future wedding?"

"Well" after hearing this, Chihaya Higashino had a look of reluctance on her face, but she quickly cheered up: "It's the wedding money prepared for Aji, but last time all the disciples of the Black Palace came over to celebrate me. As A Si’s sister, of course I can’t escape and just use the money here.”

She was very unsure when she said this, but she still looked serious.

Seeing this, Higashinoji couldn't help but reach out and want to take the piggy bank: "If I want to go out to celebrate, I should pay for it myself. Chihaya-san, you can just be responsible for saving money for me."

"No." Chihaya Higashino shook her head vigorously and hugged the piggy bank tightly: "Just use the money in it."

She raised her head half-way and whispered: "I want to celebrate Asi and I can work part-time to make money. I will definitely make up for the gap soon."

Chihaya Higashino became even less confident as she spoke.

It will be completed soon, but I don’t know how long it will take to complete it.

Moreover, if his brother finds a girlfriend, he will definitely need a lot of money to consider getting married.

My younger brother has found a girlfriend, so of course he must consider getting married in the future.

She held the piggy bank and hesitated for a long time. Her face turned red and she looked very embarrassed: "I'm sorry, Sister A Si is so useless and she wants to use the money from A Si's wedding ceremony."

"There is no such thing." Higashinoji's expression looked complicated, and then he smiled and shook his head, stretched out his hand and touched Chihaya Higashino's head: "Thank you, Sister Chihaya."

Now that Higashino Chihaya has made up her mind, Higashinoji can't continue to refuse - Higashino Chihaya has a stubborn temper, especially when it comes to things about him. This little girl is like a bull, the kind who bumps into Nan. The type that doesn’t look back even when the wall is gone.

Now that you have decided to go out, of course you have to think about where to eat.

What Higashinoji wanted was a place like an ordinary small home-cooked restaurant, which was affordable and affordable, and wouldn’t cost Chihaya Higashino too much.

But Chihaya Higashino shook her head and said she wanted to go to a store with air conditioning and automatic doors.

In her world, it seems that a store with an automatic door is considered a high-end store.

When Higashino heard this, he thought, isn't this just an ordinary fast food restaurant? There are also very cheap stores. Since Higashino Chihaya wants to go, Higashinoji can just take her there.

The two began to prepare. Halfway through the preparations, Chihaya Higashino suddenly stopped Higashinoji and asked him to also call Konoe Ryoka over.

She felt that this money was prepared for Higashinoji and Konoe Ryoka. Of course

Higashinoji could only nod in agreement and called out Konoe Ryoka.

"Go to celebrate? With Chihaya-san?" Konoe Ryoka's beautiful eyes widened as she listened. After a moment, she whispered hesitantly: "But doesn't Chihaya-san never use that money? ? Said it was the money for the wedding ceremony between Asi and I."

When it came to getting married, Konoe Ryoka paused five or six times in a row and stammered before finishing.

After she finished speaking, she lowered her head directly, wishing she could bury her head in her chest, blushing unnaturally.

Seeing her look like this, Higashinoji also explained the matter in general.

"Is that so? How long will it take Chihaya-san to save money?" Konoe Ryoka's mind was quite clear. She nodded and emphasized in a low voice: "I will eat less."

There was no way, if she was just letting go to eat, Higashino Chihaya's 200,000 yen would probably be reduced to hundreds of thousands yen on the spot.

Although the set meals at fast food restaurants are not expensive, you still have to exercise moderation here!

Her words "I will eat less" made Touyoshi couldn't help but look at her more. The suspicion in his eyes made Konoe Ryoka couldn't help but panicked and stroked the short black hair beside her ears: "I'm serious ! I really know how to eat less.”

Seeing her flustered look, Tonoji laughed happily, but he still said: "I'm sorry, Lianghua, I will make it up to you in the future."

Inviting a girl like Konoe Ryoka with a particularly good appetite out to eat and asking her to go on a diet is indeed a kind of torture.

Of course Higashinoji would like to offer compensation in the future.

The two discussed for a while, and Chihaya Higashino, who had already changed into home clothes, walked out of the room.

She has a good foundation, and her eyebrows are slightly wrinkled. Not only does she not look sad, but she looks like a melancholy beauty.

I really don’t know if Higashino Chihaya is really a melancholy beauty after returning to normal.

At this time, she was holding the piggy bank with a cautious expression, as if she was afraid that a thug would rush out from somewhere and steal all her half-year savings.

Seeing Higashino Chihaya's appearance, Higashinoji couldn't help but smile and called her over.

The three of them went downstairs together and headed towards the commercial street.

When it comes to eating, the one who has the final say is of course Konoe Ryoka. As someone who has lived alone outside for two or three years, she has eaten almost all of Tokyo.

There is almost no delicious restaurant that she doesn't know about - even Hasegawa Riko's family knows this short, plump and pretty high school girl.

But things like fast food chain stores actually taste the same. Konoe Ryoka quickly found a good store based on her memory.

The three of them sat down next to the window, and the waiter next to them quickly brought menus and hot towels.

"It's so expensive!" Looking at the set meals on the menu that cost one to two thousand yen, Higashino Chihaya subconsciously hugged her piggy bank tightly.

Is this what Asi usually eats with him?

This is too expensive

It seems that a lot of savings will be used at once.

But it’s so expensive——

Is this a black shop?

Higashino Chihaya hesitated for a long time before finally choosing the set meal he wanted to eat.

“I never spent so much money buying Mariana Trench bass before.”

Seeing the waiter leaving with a smile and a menu, Chihaya Higashino couldn't help but muttered.

It's so expensive.

Konoe Ryoka next to her looked at Higashino Chihaya's distressed expression and also touched her head.

It seemed like he was thinking about something.

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