Tokyo life starting with painting

After Kameyama Reimei said the words, she did not forget to add: "Sorry, I'm rude. I'm just curious about the specific production progress."

As an agent, she is only responsible for the contract remuneration of her subordinate Mizukou Koko, so asking about the production progress would be a bit overstepping her authority. After all, she is not a producer, so she has no right to ask about this matter.

Fortunately, Higashinoji didn't pay attention to these words and just turned around and asked Yano Ryuichi to get the original painting.

"This is part of the original painting of the first episode of "The Winner is Right". The original manuscript is still there. These are the typed manuscripts." Yano Ryuichi placed a document bag on the table.

"Thank you, Mr. Higashino." Reimei Kameyama thanked her, and she turned to look at the original painting on the table with Koko Mizukiguchi.

Then the two of them looked at each other and realized what they had expected before - they had really found a treasure.

How could the original draft of "The Winner Is Justice" be as unsightly as the outside world says?

Exquisite original paintings, delicately carved character expressions, and background size proportions

I have to say that these original paintings that have not yet been colored give them an extremely delicate feeling.

There are even some original paintings that, in the words of many people, can be ‘taken as screenshots and used as computer wallpapers’.

It's really exquisite.

"Every original painting here has a shadow of Mr. Higashino's modifications." Yano Ryuichi added with a smile: "So, Ms. Kameyama and Ms. Mizuguchi, please rest assured that "The Winner is Justice" is definitely not a bad drama."

As for Hasegawa Riko on the other side.

She was already relieved. After looking at the original paintings twice, she heard Yano Ryuichi say that these had been modified by Higashinoji himself, so she quietly glanced at Higashinoji again.

Kameyama Reimi and Mizukuchi Koko were not very surprised when Yano Ryuichi said, "These all have the shadow of Higashinoji".

Because under the subtle influence of excellent works such as "Unnatural Death", they already felt that it was normal for Higashino to produce excellent works, and a few symbolic compliments were enough, no need to praise more.

On the contrary, if Higashinoji didn't come up with an exquisite work, the two of them would be very surprised and stunned.

This is like your deskmate who has always been the first in the grade and beat everyone in the grade. You will get used to it. But if one day, your deskmate's grades suddenly drop to the bottom of the grade, then you will probably He was more surprised and stunned than anyone else.

"Xiangzi, this is indeed an unexpected surprise." Kameyama Reimei took Mizukou Xiangzi to sign the contract, and did not forget to say a word to her.

".Indeed." Mizukou Xiangzi did not deny this.

Originally, she just wanted to accompany her friend and come over to help. That was her plan.

Unexpectedly, she was just helping along the way, but she got a big deal.

You must know that if the competition follows the normal process, Mizukou Xiangzi may not be able to win the role of Junie Sawachi.

I was really lucky this time. I originally thought that my good friend, Riko Hasegawa, might be my career nemesis, but now it seems like she is my lucky star?

Compared to Mizukiko's simple thinking, Hasegawa Riko, who was about to sign the contract, was stunned when she looked at her hand.

She originally heard about the plight of Higashino Studio's production of "The Winner is Justified" this time, so she planned to come over to help him in times of need - she really planned to provide help in times of need. For this reason, she even took care of Higashino's face and cheered him up. All the words have been thought out.

Then you suddenly told me that there was no dilemma? Did I get a bargain again this time?

The contrast between this was a little unacceptable to Hasegawa Riko.

What about the dilemma?

What about providing help in times of need?

Where is my plan to repay the favor?

How come I owe Teacher Higashino a favor again?

This isn't right.

She couldn't accept it for a moment, and she came back to her senses only after Mizukou Xiangzi repeatedly reminded her.

"What's wrong with you? Lizi?" Seeing her friend's strange behavior, Mizuguchi Xiangzi asked with concern.

Could it be that the sudden happiness hit her too much? Think you are so lucky?

She also felt this way, but Hasegawa Riko's long period of daze was a bit abnormal.

"Nothing." Hasegawa Riko came back to her senses, smiled at Mizukiko, and then wrote her name on the contract.

Seeing her like this, Mizukou Xiangzi next to her felt that she was a little downcast for some reason.

But she thought it was probably her own misunderstanding.

After all, it’s too late to be happy when you encounter such a good thing, so how can you still be dejected?

"I'll ask Teacher Higashino for more advice in the future." Kameyama Reimei got Higashinoji's mobile phone number and stretched out her hand happily.

"Teach each other." Higashino replied with a smile and shook hands with the other party.

"But I actually still have a question, Mr. Higashino." After shaking hands, Kameyama Reimi asked doubtfully: "Why not announce the production progress of "The Winner is Justice"? Wouldn't this attract people Are there many capable voice actors?”

What attracts voice actors?

The first is undoubtedly the animation script. Good animation scripts are beneficial to the value of voice actors. After the works they star in become popular, they can also use this to gain a wave of fame.

The second is the progress of animation production. Even if there is a good script, the quality of animation production itself is low, and excellent voice actors will easily lose their worth when they star in such works.

The third most important thing is the remuneration you deserve. But with the first and second increases in popularity, it is not difficult to increase the third remuneration.

That's why Kameyama Reimei was a little confused.

Higashinoji clearly knows everything, so why is he unwilling to reveal a little bit about the production details of "The Winner is Justified"?

"I have thought about this before, but many firms politely declined before revealing the details, so I thought about it and hid the matter."

Higashinoji answered Kameyama Reimei's question.

And Kameyama Reimei was speechless after hearing this. She guessed that Higashinoji also had some objections to these companies that 'tactfully' refused, and felt that if you don't come, then don't come. Anyway, I didn't ask you to come, so I simply Higashinoji didn't bother to reveal it.

This made Kameyama Reimi inexplicably feel that Higashinoji was indeed a very characterful manga author.

But to be honest, only Higashinoji can use this method, and it will be fine after using it.

After all, Higashinoji is the producer of his works, and many film and television works in Japan mainly follow the path of adaptation of original works. As long as he can continue to produce high-quality works, no animation production company can ignore him.

Kameyama Reimei quickly handled the relevant procedures and bowed to Higashinoji with Mizukuchi Koko.

On the other side, Hasegawa Riko was a little restless and quite dejected.

This makes Higashinoji a little confused. The production of "The Winner is Justice" is now in good condition, which should also be considered a good thing for Hasegawa Riko.

Why is she still downcast?

However, Higashino didn't ask any more questions. He just handed the script to Hasegawa Riko, telling her to work hard and not to let him down.

At this point, the voice actors of Machiko Dai and Kimie Sawachi have been decided, and the overall animation production has finally advanced to the middle stage.

After all, according to the overall production of the eleven episodes of the "Winner is Right" season, the original painting of the fourth episode has now been completed. The colorist is now starting the coloring work, and the original painting team has started working on the fifth episode, dubbing The actors are almost ready and can start working after just a few days of practice.

There are more than two months left. In this remaining time, as long as no accidents occur, the production of "The Winner Is Justice" will basically be no problem.

So for Higashinoji, he can finally put aside "The Winner Is Justice" for the time being and turn to the sales of single CDs of "Don't Give Up", "Lemon" and "Even though We Have Nothing in Our Hands".

Different from the day before yesterday, after two days of preparation, "Don't Give Up", a trump card that Higashino added midway, finally gradually revealed its fangs that dominated Japan for more than 20 years. The sales volume of the disc reached 27,000. Higashinoji's single CD is also ranked in the middle of the Oricon daily sales chart.

Among them, the digital version of "Don't Give Up" even ranked second on the distribution list. It looked directly at "Lemon", which had been number one for 7 consecutive weeks, and it felt like it was knocked down.

As for "Although We Have Nothing in Our Hands", which unlike "Lemon" has continued to increase its popularity with "Unnatural Death", it fell to the third place. At the same time, I looked up and prepared to watch "Lemon" and "Don't Give Up". Kill you to the death.

They are all one family anyway, it doesn’t matter whether they are killed or not.

Suddenly, a strange scene happened.

Three songs by Higashinoji occupy the top three on the distribution list - many of the singers below are drooling over these three songs written, composed, sung and sung by Higashinoji.

Higashinoji also experienced the feeling of being a singer again through this song "Don't Give Up". Fans asked for autographs while walking on the road.

Similarly, during this period, many singers and agencies came to contact him quietly, either hoping that he would write a song or that he could appear in a certain program. After all, Higashinoji's songs can be said to be extremely popular among the outside world, and everyone They all hope that they can hold on to Higashinoji's thigh, get good songs, and become famous in one fell swoop.

After all, Higashino wrote the first song and it became a hit. It can be said that he did it by chance. He wrote the second song and it became a hit. It can be said that he had great luck. But the third song is still as popular and even more popular. Before, this made people feel that Higashinoji was indeed outstanding.

Otherwise it wouldn't be like this.

Then I don't know which tabloid broke the news that "Don't Give Up" actually saved a male listener - this listener's family was in a miserable situation. His father couldn't accept the fact that he was laid off in the bubble economy. He drank heavily all day long, and his mother was affected by his father's drastic change in temperament. He originally wanted to go with his mother to commit suicide, but when he heard "Don't Give Up" playing in Nagano Plaza, he felt that he could not continue like this and worked hard again.

This news attracted a lot of people's attention.

But to be honest, Higashinoji actually felt that this news was compiled by the tabloid just to gain popularity. After all, if this were true, how dramatic would life be?

A song can save a life. To be honest, Higashinoji couldn't imagine it. At most, that person didn't want to die, so he cheered up after listening to this song.

Even Yano Ryuichi and the others came over and asked if there was any good theme song for "The Winner is Right", hoping that Higashinoji could come up with it.

This made Higashinoji wave his hand away - why are they all coming to my place to ask for songs? Find someone else by yourself, I'm very busy right now.

After all, the TV series "Winner is Right" did not have a particularly catchy theme song like "Unnatural Death" in its previous life.

In short, there are some who sell miserably, some who offer high prices, and some who are moved by Akatsuki's emotions and rationalize it. Even the most outrageous thing is that I don't know how these people inquired, but they actually found some people from the Higashino family. Relatives and friends, ask them to help intercede.

Many of these relatives and friends who had previously ignored the Higashino family took the initiative to come to the door with shy faces and smiles, saying that we have always had confidence in you siblings and thought that you were absolutely fine and that you were people who could do great things, unlike us. Relatives, don't be polite. If you need help with anything, just let us know. We are relatives after all.

These people are honest and don't be polite at all. When they come to the door, they take the initiative to ask Higashino for good songs and creative ideas.

As for these relatives and friends who came to the door, Touyoshi just smiled and 'invited' them all out.

He was originally quite resistant to these relatives and friends - when the Higashino family was in trouble before, you were not so diligent in coming to help, but after I achieved some small results, you took the initiative to come to your door and want to steal my wool? How can anything be so cheap in the world?

But these rejections obviously couldn't dampen the enthusiasm of those who asked for songs and music. This made Toyoshi couldn't help but shake his head. He really didn't have much interest in music. Even the music theory he studied in his previous life was just to chase his girlfriend. I looked at it and learned it reluctantly.

He took the initiative to make an announcement, saying that his inspiration had dried up and he could no longer compose lyrics and music with high intensity. "Don't Give Up" was already his pinnacle work. He hoped that everyone would not deify himself too much, so the frequency of his visits was reduced a lot.

Apart from these troubles, there was one thing that surprised Higashinoji.

That is, the average volume sales of "Unnatural Death", which had almost stagnated, are slowly climbing again, and are expected to exceed 2.1 million average volume sales.

This incident attracted the attention of Urashima Publishing House. They soon realized that the single CD released by Higashinoji was playing a role. Many music fans who had never seen Higashinoji's works also became interested and started paying for Higashinoji. .

This certainly makes Higashikata happy.

The "Don't Give Up" plan was a success! I just don’t know if it can continue to be maintained and reach the heights of Sakai Izumi in its previous life - known as the strongest support song in Japan’s ‘lost decade’.

But Higashinoji just thought about it, and soon he smiled and shook his head, thinking it was unlikely.

After all, he doesn't have the looks and singing skills of Izumi Sakai.