Tokyo life starting with painting

Chapter 221 Are you really going to go into battle? (8000 words)

"Teacher Higashino, are you going to cooperate with Yukie Oura?" Takahashi Yumi looked at Higashino who had put on some mature and decent clothes, and asked with curiosity.

"Well, if nothing else, we should cooperate." Higashinoji explained: "I wanted Yukie Oura to sing the song "Lemon" that I wrote before."

"Really? Yukie Oura's singing skills are very good, and coupled with Mr. Higashino's particularly beautiful songs, you are absolutely invincible!"

Hearing Yumi Takahashi use the word 'invincible' without hesitation, Tonoji hit her on the head and said, "If you have any nonsense to say, hurry up."

She always goes to the Three Treasures Hall for no reason, so she must have something to ask Higashinoji.

"Teacher Higashino, can you please give me an autograph? It's Yukie Oura's." Yumi Takahashi chuckled twice, finally revealing her true thoughts.

"Okay." It's not a big problem for Higashinoji to ask for an autograph. Anyway, we have cooperated with each other in the past, and the other party will give him face no matter what.

"Really? Then I won't be polite?" Takahashi Yumi became interested immediately, and her eyes sparkled.

"Why are you so polite to me?" Higashino smiled and shook his head.

This guy actually became polite at this time.

Tonoji didn't pay much attention to it, and just watched her turn around to get the autograph book.

Then

Then Higashino watched her coming over with almost a dozen autographed books, and muttered: "This is Atong's, this is Datou's, and this is Meixiang's."

Higashikata was a little speechless when he saw her action.

I asked you to be polite, but are you too rude?

But he didn't pay much attention to it, and simply stuffed these miscellaneous things into his shoulder bag, not bothering to care who belonged to whom. At the worst, he could just ask Oura Yukie to help him sign his name.

After handling Takahashi Yumi's matter, Tonoji turned back and asked Fujiwara Aoi: "Does Aoi have anything that I can help bring?"

"Huh? Well, what should I say?" Fujiwara Aoi heard that Higashinoji was still thinking about her at this time, so she hesitated for a while, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she shook her head: "There is nothing in particular that I want, Higashino-kun."

"Then I'll take the first step."

Since Fujiwara Aoi had nothing to help carry, Higashinoji didn't hesitate and simply went out.

After all, punctuality is very important common sense in Japan.

Higashinoji went out and took a ride to Urashima Publishing House.

The current Urashima Publishing House is different from the previous Urashima Publishing House.

As soon as he entered the office building, Higashinoji could see characters from his comics everywhere.

The ferocious and twisted Sadako stands up, the "Winner is Justice" poster is pasted on the wall, Kensuke Komemon is full of beauty, and Inokashira Goro from "The Lonely Gourmet" travels from the 23rd ward of Tokyo to various places. posters of the comic "Unnatural Death" and the most popular comic "Unnatural Death".

The only ones left with posters on the walls of Urashima Publishing's headquarters are Meisa Kuromiya's "Between Dolls" and "The Island of Evil."

Such a large publishing house has now become the shape of Higashino Tsukasa and Kuromiya Meisa.

You know, this wasn't the case a year ago.

Even Ms. Uzaki, the receptionist at the counter who greeted Higashinoji with a smile, couldn't help but sigh - the young man who first entered Urashima Publishing House with "Midnight Ring" has now become a real pillar in the industry.

No matter which publisher it is placed in, Tonoji is a resource worth fighting for.

But Higashinoji is actually not very arrogant, and he can have a lively conversation with her, the receptionist, which makes people even more fond of her.

Higashinoji didn't care about the thoughts of Miss Uzaki who was the receptionist. After all, in this society, if you can make friends with others, you should try your best to make friends with others, so as not to find someone to help when you need help.

Human relationships still need to be managed well.

He went upstairs and came down quickly with Hosokawa Koharu, who was preparing various books and documents.

The next step is to visit Yukie Oura.

Although the other party is a new generation singer, he actually already has his own small studio, which can be regarded as an independent existence from the offices of singers and entertainers.

All this is because her song "The Pirate Ship of Feelings" has achieved good results - it is very famous among girls. It ranked first on the distribution list for three consecutive weeks, with a total of 750,000 distribution downloads. Even a girl like Konoe Ryoka, who doesn't care much about current pop music, can sing a few lines.

With "The Pirate Ship of Feelings", she released several songs in succession, all of which achieved good results. Later, she sold the songs in a collaborative album, which even ranked fourth in sales on the Oricon Chart.

Because of this, she established her own studio and can be regarded as a relatively prosperous young singer at the moment.

However, compared to a talented singer like Kenshi Yonezu who came out of a high degree of autism, Yukie Oura is still a little less legendary.

Higashinoji and Hosokawa Koharu soon arrived downstairs at Yukie Oura's studio. After Hosokawa Koharu made a call, someone came down to greet them.

What came over to greet him was a middle-aged man with a serious face.

"Hello, I am the editor of Urashima Publishing House, Hosokawa Koharu."

Hosokawa Koharu stretched out his hand and shook the middle-aged man.

"Hello, I am Muroi Hanpei, the person in charge of matters related to Oura-sensei."

The two shook hands and it was considered a meeting. At the same time, Hosokawa Koharu did not forget to introduce Higashinoji next to him: "The person next to me is Higashinoji, the manga author of "Unnatural Death"."

"Hello, Mr. Muroi." Higashinoji extended his hand and followed the example of Hosokawa Koharu and shook hands with the other party.

"Hello, Mr. Higashino, please go upstairs to discuss the details." Muroi Hanpei stretched out his hand and briefly shook Higashinoji's hand, gesturing for the two of them to go upstairs.

His attitude is neither too enthusiastic nor too cold, it can only be described as ordinary.

This made Toyoji couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

But Higashinoji didn't pay too much attention to such trivial matters. He followed Muroi Hanpei upstairs, walked into the reception room and sat down.

When the two of them took their seats, Muroi Hanpei asked directly: "Is it Mr. Higashino who wants to cooperate with our Mr. Oura on the theme song?"

"That's right." Hosokawa Koharu nodded: "We should have made an agreement before. Where is Mr. Oura?"

She looked around twice and saw no sign of Yukie Oura.

"Ah, please wait a moment, I'll call and ask." Muroi Hanpei stood up and took out his mobile phone, obviously to contact Oura Yukie.

Higashinoji and Hosokawa Koharu didn't have any objections to this, and it wouldn't hurt to wait a little.

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Higashinoji and Hosokawa Koharu waited for fifteen minutes.

No matter how much he thought it didn't matter, Higashinoji could still detect a hint of something amiss.

As mentioned before, punctuality is the number one thing that needs to be paid attention to in Japan, especially when companies are discussing cooperation with each other. How could someone leave a partner in the studio to wait for fifteen minutes?

How can this be?

Higashinoji frowned, and next to him, Hosokawa Koharu's eyes changed from calm to impatient: "Mr. Muroi, how long will it take until Mr. Oga comes back?"

"It should take another fifteen minutes, Mr. Oura has an MTV program to record today." Muroi Hanpei answered, and at the same time asked: "Before that, can Editor Hosokawa give me the simplified music score? "

The other party's tone was full of scrutiny and distrust of the theme song provided by Urashima Publishing House, which made Hosokawa Koharu and Higashinoji both frown.

Not only did Hosokawa Koharu take out the musical score, he didn't even move, and his eyes became cold on the spot.

She moved her lips slightly, and just when she was about to speak, Higashinoji next to her smiled and spoke cheerfully: "Do you think the songs we provided are not good enough?"

"We are not out of such suspicion, but we heard that the composer of this song is Mr. Higashino. There is a difference between songs and paintings. I hope Mr. Higashino can understand this and at least let us take a look at the simplified music score."

"Really?" Higashino stood up calmly and shook his head: "It seems there is nothing left to talk about."

He turned to look at Koharu Hosokawa, who was already a little unable to hold back, and said simply: "Let's go, Editor Hosokawa."

"Huh?" Hosokawa Koharu was originally a little bit tempted to get angry, but after all, she came here and received such cold treatment.

But after hearing Higashinoji's words, she was instinctively stunned.

The smile on Tonoji's face had long since disappeared, replaced by an imperceptible calm.

Seeing Higashinoji's expression, Hosokawa Koharu couldn't help but nodded, stood up with a cold expression, and planned to leave.

Watching all this happen, Muroi Hanpei, who was originally serious, also showed a surprised expression. He and Oura Yukie always felt that it was Higashinoji who took the initiative to seek their cooperation, and they had the initiative advantage.

In the end, he didn't expect Higashinoji to be so decisive and was about to leave.

So he stood up immediately: "Teacher Higashino, the meeting is still in progress. Teacher Oura will be here soon. Isn't this a little unconsidered by you?"

"Lack of consideration?" Higashinoji glanced sideways at Muroi Hanpei a little funny: "What is my identity? What is the identity of Yukie Oura? I am just a singer who has ranked first on the distribution chart for three weeks. Why should I waste my precious time? Time to think about her?"

Is it because my social status is lower than hers or because I earn less money than she does?

As a manga author, Higashino Tsukasa has the potential to become the father of Japanese professional manga, and he has countless fans. "The moonlight is so beautiful" and "Summer is over" are known as Japanese famous quotes in 2003 and 2004. Coupled with the previous animated film version of "The Ring" and his winning of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award, his social status must be much higher than that of Yukie Oura.

As for making money?

Then there is no need to talk about it.

Kumamon's copyright fees, single books such as "Midnight Ring", "The Lonely Gourmet", "Unnatural Death", and "The Winner is Justice" have made Higashino a lot of money. In terms of earning power alone, Higashino Tsukasa can really crush Yukie Oura.

"Sooner or later, "Unnatural Death" will be adapted into a TV series or animation. It is a phenomenal comic with an average sales of 1.5 million volumes. I am not worried that no one will buy it."

Higashinoji smiled and said: "Mr. Muroi, I think you should position yourself well. I talk to you as equals, not because you have reached a level that can compare with me, but just because I am willing to talk to you as equals."

As soon as he said these words, Muroi Hanpei was speechless.

If I don’t want to, no one can stop me!

You must know that none of the Japanese national-level singers in Higashinoji's previous life were as big as this silly Yukie Oura. Even national-level singers like Izumi Sakai and Mika Nakajima all sang theme songs for animations. How can you do it in front of me? So pretentious?

Who gave you the courage? No. 1 on the distribution list for three consecutive weeks?

It's okay to have a more direct attitude, and it's tolerable.

The hospitality is mediocre and I don't care.

It's just that you didn't even give us a cup of tea, and made us wait for a full fifteen minutes. Later, you reached out for the simplified music, and your tone was full of scrutiny and suspicion. What do you mean?

"What a shameless thing." Tonoji pointed at Muroi Hanpei's nose and cursed unceremoniously, and pulled Hosokawa Koharu away without any hesitation.

He is not afraid of making enemies, after all, comics and music are more than half a way apart.

He just felt that it was a waste to sing such a good song as "Lemon" to Yukie Oura!

And without Oura Yukie, no other candidate can be found? Are you really treating yourself like an onion?

If I really can’t find anyone, why not go into battle myself?

Isn't it true that the high quality of "Lemon" won't knock you off the distribution chart? What do you think? What do you think?

Higashinoji is really a little over the top.

To be honest, this was the first time that he took the initiative to curse someone.

After all, what he did on the other side was not something that normal people could do.

The day before yesterday, Touyesi was still lamenting that there should be no people with such low emotional intelligence in the world. Good guy, he met him today.

There really are people who take themselves very seriously.

I still have to say here that reality is indeed illogical.

At least this was the first time Tonoji met such a person.

At the same time, he couldn't help but want to use "Lemon" to give Oura Yukie a hard kick in the butt, and make her fall from the number one position on the distribution list.

Let her know what a rare song she lost today.

This is what Higashinoji thinks.

Of course, this does not mean that Higashinoji is ready to give up drawing comics and switch careers to become a singer.

But what happened today was so infuriating that Higashinoji really had the idea of going into battle on his own.

I personally used "Lemon" to kick Yukie Oura off the distribution list.

This is what Higashinoji thinks.

As for the singer thing, to be honest, Higashinoji has no interest in it.

I just want to express my opinion.

After all

When people live, they have to fight for their reputation.

Otherwise, others will treat you as a weakling who is easy to bully.

This time I really have to go into battle.