Tokyo life starting with painting

Higashinoji handed the promotional poster for the sixth volume of "Unnatural Death" to Hosokawa Koharu, which was the greatest comfort to the lost Hosokawa Koharu.

After all, in Hosokawa Koharu's impression, most of Higashinoji's comic works are basically very short. Except for "The Lonely Gourmet" in the monthly magazine "Aoba", there are basically no medium-length works. Therefore, some people question Higashinoji's comics. Whether there is a lack of ability to create medium-length works.

Therefore, "Unnatural Death" can be serialized to the sixth volume so smoothly, and there is still the momentum to continue serialization. This of course makes Hosokawa Koharu a little happy.

"If you really can't produce a good work, don't force it, Mr. Higashino." Hosokawa Koharu put away Higashinoji's promotional posters in a file bag, and did not forget to comfort Higashinoji: "Our Urashima Publishing House is responsible for textbooks Although this kind of opportunity to print is rare, it is not uncommon. There is really no need for you, Mr. Higashino, to force yourself too much."

She was worried that Higashikata was forcing himself to create for the sake of her face, so she added jokingly: "My face is not worth a few dollars, Higashino-sensei should relax a little."

This made Higashikata both funny and a little helpless.

However, considering that Hosokawa Koharu was mainly thinking about things for himself, I hope that I won't be too tired. Hosokawa Koharu has such a nagging character, so Tonoji didn't say much, just smiled and responded several times in a row.

Next to Higashinoji, Chinatsu Yamayama was a little impatient and asked Higashinoji out of curiosity: "Teacher Higashino, can we three apprentices really participate in the original painting of "The Winner is Justice"?"

Higashikata thought to himself, isn’t this nonsense?

Otherwise, why would I spend so much effort training you?

And if I had to do everything myself, wouldn’t that be completely putting the cart before the horse?

"Of course it's possible." Higashinoji simply replied: "But I won't just withdraw from the original painting team and become a hands-off shopkeeper. I will still check the original paintings submitted by the original painting team."

The latter words made Shanxia Qianxia feel relieved.

After all, the teacher Higashinoji has a very high level of guidance. With his help, there is basically no need to worry about any problems with the original painting.

"Go to work." Tonoji called out without raising his head after taking out a piece of A4 paper.

"Yes. I understand." Shanxia Qianxia bowed her head respectfully and did not continue to speak, but seriously began to prepare today's original drawing.

I have to say that Higashinoji's "The Winner is Justice" is probably the most convenient original sketch that a novice like her has ever drawn, because many of the original storyboards of Higashinoji's "The Winner is Justice" can be used directly Useful and feels very comfortable.

This also made Chinatsu Yamayama sigh a little at Higashinoji's storyboarding skills.

If you have to pick out a flaw.

That's because the things Higashinoji drew were too detailed.

To put it in layman's terms, it is too difficult to copy.

It's really difficult to copy.

The characters in Higashinoji's works are all lifelike, including eyebrow shape, eye corners, facial contours, nose bridge, hairstyle and bangs. Everything is presented in front of them as if they were three-dimensional.

This copying is really difficult.

In addition, Higashinoji's brush strokes are very sophisticated and have consistent thickness, which makes it even more difficult to copy.

You know, for people like them who draw original paintings, not only it must be more than 99% consistent with the original work, but it must be about 89% similar. If the degree of restoration is not high enough, then the original work will be changed. If fans offend the production company, they have to stand up and issue an apology.

But I copied Higashinoji’s original work.

To be honest, if you can have someone who is 80 or 90% similar, that’s pretty good.

Because no matter how you draw it, it seems to be different from what Tonoji himself drew.

Just like the difference between Li Kui and Li Gui, there is obviously only one word difference, but they are completely different.

Yamayama Chinatsu stopped painting while she was drawing, and ran into trouble. In front of her was a sketch of Yan Yi of the male protagonist Komemon Kensuke of "The Winner is Justice", but no matter how she painted, she couldn't draw Higashino for some reason. That kind of 'exaggerated, funny' feeling.

So she pinched the original painting and curiously prepared to ask Higashinoji questions.

But before she could say anything, she saw Higashino Si writing furiously on the A4 paper in front of him, with crisp movements.

Well.

Shanxia Chinatsu didn't dare to disturb Higashinoji. After all, the boss in front of her was busy with her own business. How dare a deputy like her step forward to interrupt? Isn't that looking for scolding?

However, Shanxia Chinatsu was also a little curious about what Higashinoji was doing, and the other party's slithering movements didn't look like he was drawing an original painting.

She glanced at it, and what came into her eyes was a line of beautiful handwriting.

This did not attract too much attention from Shanxia Chinatsu. She knew that in addition to his superb painting skills, Higashinoji also had good calligraphy, which was enviable.

But this doesn’t seem to be a word?

Looking at the numbers and music symbols marked on the A4 copy paper, Shanxia Chinatsu touched her head.

She reacted.

This is probably a song written by Higashinoji for Hosokawa Koharu, didn’t I say before? Come get it tomorrow.

But just start writing it like that? Not even a draft?

This speed reminded her of the essay "What do you want to do when you grow up" that she scribbled when she was a child? She scribbled it out at that time, which was similar to what Higashinoji is doing now.

"."Don't admit defeat" (there are also other translations of "Never admit defeat" and "Don't admit defeat")?"

This song title does seem quite positive, but is it too straightforward? Even a little plain.

Titles like "Lemon" and "There's Nothing in Our Hands" by Higashino Tsukasa are good, they sound literary and need to be guessed, and they are very literary.

But Yamayama Chinatsu didn't understand songs either. She read the simplified music score written by Higashinoji for a long time, and then gave up.

She couldn't understand it at all.

But she can still read the lyrics.

"I will always remember the accidental moment when I met your eyes and the happy heartbeat. I fell in love with this season with soft colors, just like I fell in love with you who shined that day. Don't There is only a little time left to admit defeat. Please keep running until the end, no matter how far the distance is. My heart will be with you."

Chinatsu Yamayama recited the lyrics, and the more she read them, the more catchy the lyrics became, and the content was also very uplifting.

It's just that she couldn't sing it and didn't know the tune, which made her a little moved.

I have to say that this is when the significance of learning comes into play. If you don’t learn, you won’t even be able to read a simple musical score, and you won’t even be able to sing your favorite songs.

She stood aside and watched for a long time, detaching her thoughts from the song and focusing more on Higashinoji's terrifying speed in writing music and lyrics.

this speed

It was all nonsense. Why was the teacher scolding her for the composition she wrote, but the lyrics written by Toyoji made her feel catchy and easy to understand?

It is true that people cannot be generalized.

Just as she was thinking this, Higashinoji suddenly turned around and said, "What's wrong? Is there any problem?"

When he raised his hand to write the musical score, he heard behind him Shanxia Chinatsu reciting the lyrics as if reciting sutras. This more or less attracted Higashinoji's attention, and he couldn't help but look back.

"I just have some questions about the original painting and I want to ask Mr. Higashino. I'm sorry. I'm rude." Chinatsu Yamayama bowed and apologized for her peeking behavior just now.

Higashinoji obviously didn't care about such a trivial matter. He just waved his hand and handed the music sheet to the other party: "What do you think of this song?"

"Huh? Ahem, sorry, Mr. Higashino, I don't know how to read music scores."

"." Higashinoji.

If you don’t understand how to read music, why are you still chanting sutras behind me? Too busy?

He was a little speechless. He originally thought that Shanxia Chinatsu was the kind of young man who loved music, so he could ask her for help.

Seeing that Higashinoji looked wrong and seemed to want to criticize her, Yamayama Chinatsu immediately expressed her position again: "But the lyrics are very good, and I can read them very smoothly."

"Does it sound easy?" Higashino smiled.

To be honest, this evaluation is indeed a bit nonsense.

The lyrics of that song don’t sound right to you?

If it doesn't flow smoothly, can it still be sung?

However, since Yamayama Chinatsu didn’t even know how to read simplified music scores, Higashinoji naturally didn’t intend to embarrass her.

After all, Tonoji is not someone who cares too much about such things.

He took the original painting handed over by Shanxia Qianxia, ​​and then scolded her so hard that her head almost shrank into her neck, and then gave up with a smile.

This made Chinatsu Yamayama vow again that he would never disturb Higashinoji when he was doing other work in the future.

Higashinoji's smiling and cursing was too terrifying, he felt like a smiling murderer.

Higashinoji, who didn't know that he had been labeled as the 'Smiling Murderer', turned back to the song in front of him after criticizing Chinatsu Yamayama.

When mentioning the song "Don't Give Up", one has to mention the Japanese bubble economy. At that time, Japan was indeed prosperous and prosperous. Every Japanese felt that they were rich and that tomorrow would be richer than today. money.

To use a very simple analogy, college students who graduate from ordinary schools will be admitted to more than five clubs. In order to compete for them, the big club will lock them in a luxurious hot spring hotel once they are admitted. As soon as graduates from top schools graduate, the club will proactively provide you with an export car and arrange a high-end apartment for you.

Japan was so prosperous at that time that if the entertainment funds given to you by the company were not spent but saved, you would even be scolded as a "good-for-nothing" guy who couldn't even do well in entertainment.

Then Japan's bubble economy burst, and the country's economy was in the Great Depression. About 3,000 Japanese companies laid off employees. A group of highly educated and homeless college students suddenly appeared on the market. Many people's dreams of Tokyo were shattered, and they began to be caught between jumping off buildings and losing their jobs. cycle.

This song "Don't Give Up" was born in response to the trend of that era. It is no exaggeration at all. This song inspired an era in Japan and became popular for more than 20 years, not only on TV variety shows. , even the old die-hards in Japan’s education circles strongly praised this song. Even if Japan conducted an audience survey again in 2010, this song was still the most popular song of the year, with an approval rate of more than 80%.

Its singer, Izumi Sakai, is even revered as Japan's national treasure-level rock queen, and her popularity is unparalleled for a while.

However, while taking out this song, Higashino also hesitated in his heart.

Because just looking at the background, "Don't Give Up" took off during Japan's economic depression. Is it too late to release it now? After all, the right time and place were lost, and even Higashinoji was no longer the sweet-voiced 'sister' of Sakai Izumi (originally called 'the pinnacle of yellow beauty' by the Japanese media), and even the final peace could not be saved.

Is it really appropriate to release this song?

But soon, Higashinoji shook his head in thought, feeling that he was simply worrying too much.

A good song can become the trend of the times because it conforms to the times, but you cannot say that this song is a masterpiece that is praised entirely because of that era.

The song "Don't Give Up" definitely has merit, otherwise it wouldn't stand out from the huge amount of positive pop music that year.

Moreover, Japan is still immersed in the sadness of the "lost decade". (It means Japan's ten years of economic stagnation and even retrograde development). The right time and place have not been lost, and there are still people who are confused and hesitant.

The number of homeless people scavenging in the streets and alleys of Tokyo still shows no signs of decreasing.

Even in this era, this song is still the best support song.

None other than Sakai Izumi, and also because this song was evaluated by the Japanese media as ‘the theme song that best represents Japan’s lost decade of support’.

Thinking of this, Higashinoji felt that there was nothing to hesitate about.

People still need to be more energetic and make decisive decisions when it's time to make them.

As for the possible subsequent repercussions of writing this song in one night, Higashino actually didn't bother to worry about it.

Anyway, many things about him are rumored outside. Some people think that he actually has two extra hands than humans. Those two hands are usually invisible and cannot be seen by others.

Some people think that Higashinoji's tongue can be used to hold a dip pen for drawing, so it is as efficient as a printer.

Some people even say that he was actually captured and transformed by aliens. His brain is extremely developed and he can even use super powers.

Of course, the thing that leaves Higashinoji speechless the most is that some people say that he is a time traveler who came back from the future, which is why he can produce so many good works.

Anyway, there are all kinds of rumors, and sometimes Tonoji can't help but laugh out loud.

Fortunately, no matter how outrageous these rumors were, no one posted anything saying that he was a traveler from the Celestial Dynasty.

This made Higashino feel a little relieved.

Higashino placed the two pages of musical score of "Don't Give Up" into the bag and clamped it with a clip.

At the same time, I called the lawyer, hoping that he could handle the copyright procedures first.

Thanks to Bai Chuhuangzhen, Lou Xiao, and the admiral who boarded Hyperion for the reward! Thank you so much!