Tokyo life starting with painting

Chapter 253 It’s like visiting a brothel. (4000 words)

It has to be said that the late-night snack prepared by Konoe Ryoka really worked wonders. After eating it, Higashinoji rushed to finish the manuscript of "Unnatural Death" for next week.

And to be honest, the food made by Konoe Ryoka this time tastes quite good. The rice balls with triangular round edges are wrapped in seaweed sheets. They are probably seasoned with sushi vinegar. The meat floss is stuffed in the middle. The rice is very soft. Probably slightly seasoned with mirin, it has a bit of sour and sweet taste in your mouth, and the semi-soft and semi-crispy seaweed slices on the surface have a bit of salty and sweet taste when you bite into it.

The neat triangular rice balls are well shaped, and overall they even have the feel of a set meal (similar to a set meal) sold in an outside restaurant.

The steaming miso soup is also very good. It has a sauce-yellow soup base with a few small square pieces of tofu at the bottom. The surface is dotted with green onions. It's full of flavor. The soup base is about It's bonito flower soup

This made Higashino feel a little surprised while eating.

Konoe Ryoka's cooking skills have improved by leaps and bounds. She couldn't even handle a fish a few days ago and almost dismantled her kitchen, but today she was surprised.

Although there is a very simple rice ball with miso soup in front of me, it is made with special care, just in line with Higashinoji's taste.

This made Higashino wait for a while by the door when he went out early the next day.

Not long after, Konoe Ryoka went out. She was wearing the short-sleeved uniform of Kita Yoijuku. Her skirt was not shortened like Takahashi Yumi or Fujiwara Aoi, but she still kept the style of a mid-length skirt, with only the bottom exposed. A small calf wrapped in black stockings was similar to that of most Japanese high school students. She wore a pair of brown loafers.

No matter who the man is, he will probably clap his hands and nod his head when he sees it, indicating that there is indeed a saying in the world that "beautiful women are worth eating".

Konoe Ryoka obviously didn't expect that Higashinoji would be waiting for her at the door today. She was stunned at first, and then her face subconsciously showed joy, and she looked at Higashinoji with her big shining eyes.

Seeing her like this, Higashikata walked up to her and carefully gathered her black bangs neatly, then said hello with a smile: "Lianghua, good morning."

"Ah, good morning. Aji." Konoe Ryoka nodded with a red face.

I have to say that Konoe Ryoka's character is indeed as soft as a hamster. Even if Tonoji's hand touches her head, she doesn't feel disgusted at all. Instead, she gently rubs it with his head.

"The supper last night was very good. Thank you Lianghua for making me a supper every day when you leave. It's really troublesome for you."

Tonoji let go, looked at Konoe Ryoka, who was no taller than his chest, and thanked her.

Originally, Konoe Ryoka was still enjoying her head being touched by Higashinoji with her eyes closed, but when she heard these words, she couldn't help but open her eyes, looking a little surprised.

"Late night snack...? I've never done it, Asi."

Konoe Ryoka answered straightforwardly.

Originally, she could have admitted it without saying a word and nodding, but if she hadn't done it, she hadn't done it. She didn't want to take credit, let alone deceive Higashinoji.

"Never done it?" Higashinoji obviously didn't expect that he had thanked the wrong person. He raised his eyebrows and looked at Konoe Ryoka repeatedly, feeling that there was really no need for the other party to lie to him in such a place.

In addition, the late-night snacks have been really good these past few days, and there is no problem in being exquisite.

Then who makes him a late-night snack?

It couldn't be that a thief ran into Higashino's house, took a few things, and saw him staying up late, so he couldn't bear it and cooked him a meal, right?

This is impossible no matter how you think about it.

"Really? I might have made a mistake, Ryoka." Tonoji skipped the topic, looked at the time, and reminded Konoe Ryoka: "It's almost time for class."

"Huh?" Konoe Ryoka couldn't help being stunned when she heard Higashinoji's words. Then she reacted and glanced at the lady's watch on her wrist: "I'm sorry, Aji. I, I'm leaving first!"

After saying this, she bowed to Higashinoji, then quickly turned around and walked away, quickly disappearing in the corridor.

During this period, I staggered forward because I was walking too fast, but luckily I stood firm in the end.

This made Toyoshi couldn't help but smile, but he also had some doubts in his heart.

Just when he was still thinking about it, a girl wearing a white short-sleeved big shirt appeared at the door. Her long black hair was a bit messy, and she was pretty and had a melancholy eyebrows. She said in a daze: "Asi, why don't you go yet? ?”

"Leaving right away." Higashino greeted Chihaya Higashino, who was obviously not awake yet, then touched her head and told her that there was today's breakfast in the refrigerator.

Feeling Higashinoji's palm, Higashino Chihaya responded with a red face, turned around and walked into the house.

Seeing Higashino Chihaya return to the house, Higashinoji looked back.

Is it Higashino Chihaya?

But it's not like Higashino Chihaya has never seen her cook before. She can't even hold a knife firmly, let alone cut tofu. Higashino is afraid that if her hands are faster, it will be easier for her to cut herself into pieces.

Needless to say, kneading rice balls is unnecessary.

What she pinched was either long or not stable at all.

If Chihaya Higashino did it.

Higashikata thought about it and left Higashino's house.

No matter what, wait until you finish today's work before thinking about it.

It was said that he had to complete the work, but in fact, Higashinoji had nothing to complete. Higashino Studio spent a lot of favors because of Hosokawa Koharu and found several experienced original animators. In addition, Higashinoji personally trained Several original painters came out.

This directly relieved Tonoji's pressure a lot.

"This is probably no problem." Hosokawa Koharu rubbed her temples and hung up the phone.

In order to find someone for Higashinoji these days, she has spent a lot of favors from the past, but the result is quite gratifying. According to Hosokawa Koharu's speculation, there will definitely be no problem with so many painters working together. Higashinoji will definitely be able to The production of "To the Righteous" will be completed before its release in October.

"Editor Hosokawa is still obsessed with Mr. Higashino as always." Oshima, the male editor next to him, turned around and said hello with a smile.

"Isn't it because Mr. Higashino only produces high-quality products? This is also for our publishing house." Hosokawa Koharu replied with a polite smile.

Her words were obviously ignored by Editor Oshima. After all, he had seen all the busy figures of Hosokawa Koharu these days.

Looking around for painters and doing favors, these things can not only be solved with a phone call, but also the salary issue, which requires Hosokawa Koharu to negotiate for Higashinoji.

If I had to say it, Hosokawa Koharu has actually been working overtime these days, and he is still working overtime for Higashinoji unconditionally.

Why do you have to make yourself so tired?

Editor Oshima really doesn’t understand.

The income from Higashino Studio is not Hosokawa Koharu's, she is equivalent to working for Higashino for free.

Just help once, there is no need to help all the time.

And to be honest, when Higashinoji established the studio, there was no editor in the editorial department of Urashima Publishing who was not shocked.

After all, this is no different from setting up your own business, and it may affect some interests of the publishing house.

Editor-in-chief Urashima also held a meeting to discuss this matter, which was about the situation of Higashino Studio.

At the meeting, there were not many editors who agreed to assist Higashinoji. However, Hosokawa Koharu stood up on his own initiative and said that Higashinoji would still serialize comics at Urashima Publishing House. Urashima Publishing House should do this to retain Higashinoji and assist him. of.

She is one of the leaders.

After consideration, Editor-in-Chief Urashima did not openly agree with Hosokawa Koharu's statement, but secretly he voluntarily acquiesced to her series of actions to assist Higashino Studio.

This is actually something that can't be helped.

Because Higashinoji can leave Urashima Publishing House, as long as he draws good comics, he will be a national comic book author no matter which publishing house he works for - he and Urashima Publishing House do not have any constraints similar to a long-term contract with a TV station.

Higashinoji can leave Urashima Publishing House, but Urashima Publishing House cannot do without Higashinoji Publishing House.

His comics are very popular. "Unnatural Death" was once considered to be the masterpiece of forensic comics, with sales exceeding two million volumes in the same period. It also surpassed many predecessors who had been serialized for many years.

So the current attitude of the editorial department of Urashima Publishing House towards Higashino Tsukasa is actually quite subtle.

There is a feeling that my child's wings have hardened and he can fly, but the collective does not want him to fly everywhere.

But Koharu Hosokawa is different from these editors.

She has watched Higashikata get to this point step by step - if she were to tell it, Higashikata can be said to be a small miracle.

Hosokawa Koharu certainly hopes that Higashinoji can continue to move up.

This is not just the idea of ​​becoming a famous Japanese editor, but also the blessings from friends.

"I don't know how far Mr. Higashino can go." A smile appeared on Hosokawa Koharu's lips, he took another breath, then reached for a bag of manuscripts and began to review them.

The situation on Higashinoji's side has stabilized. Urashima Publishing House has also begun to recognize the existence of Higashino Studio, but the work on her side has just begun.

After being upgraded to the editorial team leader, she has too many things to be busy with, including her own group's application for the serial comic conference.

It must be reviewed carefully.

Hosokawa Koharu started working, while Higashinoji on the other side relaxed a lot, and even found time to listen to Yano Ryuichi's report.

According to him, he has already established cooperative relationships with several voice actor agencies that PW Animation Production Company has previously cooperated with. Similarly, they are also willing to provide their voice actors to cooperate with "The Winner is Justice".

but--

"The quality of most of these voice actors is not particularly high. They probably think that the production of "The Winner Is Justified" will not be so smooth, and they are not willing to let the famous voice actors come to muddy the waters. But overall, these people It’s still enough with some extras.”

Yano Ryuichi looked through the dubbing materials in his hand, looking quite helpless.

This is the disadvantage of a studio that is just starting out. After all, no matter how much you talk about human relations and reason, in essence, dubbing studios only care about profits.

Yano Ryuichi looked a little helpless, feeling that these people were really good at adding insult to injury, but Higashinoji next to him didn't care.

After all, "The Winner Is Justice" really doesn't need such a luxurious dubbing lineup. It's already good to have a few good-quality supporting actors.

As for speaking harsh words now, it is not Higashinoji's style. When the discussion of "The Winner Is Justice" begins, these offices will naturally regret it.

The most important thing now is the dubbing combination of Kensuke Komemon and Machiko Dai, Lawyer Miki and Kimie Sawachi.

The dialogue scenes between these two pairs as the protagonist and the enemy account for more than half of the entire animation and cannot be ignored.

Komemon Kensuke and Miki Lawyer found a good candidate, but the ones who were worse were Dai Machiko and Sawachi Kimie.

"I have put a list of female voice actors suitable for Machiko Dai and Kimie Sawachi here. Mr. Higashino, we can study it together." Yano Ryuichi handed the list in his hand to Higashinoji and proactively suggested: "Look at Iwasaki How about Miss? I have several works under my belt that have achieved good results, and my special skills are dancing and singing."

He paused and turned to the next list of voice actors: "Miss Hayasaka is not bad either."

I have to say that every time this time comes, Tonoji feels like he is picking a girl.

no way.

The information in my hand is really too detailed. My height and weight are just trivial matters. Some of them are also specific to my bra cup, stunts, and what I like to eat. I feel like I can count the number of moles on my body.

This made Tonoji couldn't help but shake his head: "I have already decided on the candidate for Machiko Dai, Mr. Yano, you don't have to worry."

"Really?" Yano Ryuichi couldn't help but look up at Higashinoji, a little curious about the candidate Higashinoji had decided so early.

According to the general process, you should select it at this time and compare it a little later.

Machiko Dai is the heroine after all.

"It's Miss Hasegawa Riko." Seeing that he was really curious, Tonoji didn't hide it and answered with a smile.

"Miss Riko Hasegawa?!" Yano Ryuichi's eyes widened: "That famous ghost voice actor?"

"Ghost voice actor?" Higashinoji was a little surprised by Yano Ryuichi's words and didn't quite understand what he meant.

"Well, Ms. Hasegawa Riko used to become famous through the "Midnight Ring" animated movie. As an insider, Mr. Higashino should know about this, right?" Yano Ryuichi explained.

"I know this."

"But after becoming famous, Ms. Hasegawa Riko has rarely made any commercial appearances, and has not even participated in a dubbing agency. So some people think that this person does not exist, and call her a ghost voice actor. "

So that’s what happened.

Higashikata suddenly understood.

Then it got a little funny.

It is true that Hasegawa Riko has never participated in dubbing work. She rejected the invitation from the dubbing agency. Recently, she has been helping out at her family's sukiyaki shop.

Unexpectedly, just like that, some Japanese netizens called him a "ghost".

This made Touyesi a little bit dumbfounded.