Tokyo life starting with painting

"Unnatural Death" is now officially over.

Tsukasa Higashino's work as a manga author is over.

After that, the finishing work is done by Hosokawa Koharu, the editor. At most, Higashinoji can draw two more sketches of characters such as Misumi Mikoto or Kube Rokuro to produce animated figurines or posters, and the money is basically lying there. got it.

The other manga authors who submitted manuscripts to Urashima Publishing House with Higashinoji definitely did not receive the same treatment as Higashinoji.

They either need to rack their brains to think about the plot of the next comic work after finishing it, or they are worried that the company responsible for animating their works will produce low-quality stuff and bring bad reputation to their original works.

But these are issues that Higashino doesn’t have to worry about. It’s difficult for a comic book author to become famous. It’s difficult to make a living before becoming famous. But after becoming famous, it’s like getting money while you’re there. Various companies are asking you to join them.

Just like now, "Unnatural Death" has just been completed, and seven or eight projects have been sent to Higashinoji.

There is a demand for animation adaptations, live-action TV series, and even animated theatrical versions and live-action movies. There are even people now asking for the production of a short SP short animation of "Unnatural Death" (a special short video animation).

This feeling that fame and money have already grown and come to you before you even have time to promote your work made Tonoji stunned.

He flipped through several planning books and animation planning books, and found that these plans were compiled and written when "Unnatural Death" was still being serialized.

This left Higashikata a little speechless - Japan is truly a capitalist society, and swarms of swarms have taken advantage of profitable areas.

There are no smartphones now, otherwise he would probably have a mobile game plan for "Unnatural Death" out by now.

Just thinking about things like 'Mikoto Misumi, the SSR character is sure to hit ten times in a row' made him feel his blood pressure rising inexplicably.

Just as Higashinoji was thinking.

Hosokawa Koharu, who came to the door on his own initiative, had already spoken: "Teacher Higashino, this is only part of the plans. In addition, there are radio dramas, novel adaptations, game adaptations, book signings, etc."

"Is this just part of it?" Higashinoji was eye-opening.

He had only known about animations, movies, and TV series before, but he didn't expect that there were so many new things besides these old ones.

"Well, it's just part of it. After all, "Unnatural Death" is the top-notch work that Urashima Publishing House can produce at present. Of course, it must be tilted with top-notch resources."

Hosokawa Koharu glanced at Higashinoji as he spoke, a little funny: "It's too late for other authors to worry like you, Higashino-sensei. There are so many companies' projects in front of you for you to choose from. Even I know that "Unfortunate" "Natural Death" has this treatment."

Her tone was obviously teasing, which made Higashino smile and shake his head.

He picked up the plan book and flipped through it again, and then asked: "I want to keep the animation and animated movies. This should be no problem, Editor Hosokawa."

"Of course it's no problem." Hosokawa Koharu had long expected Higashinoji to say this.

After all, Higashinoji now has a private animation studio. Compared with other companies, he must believe in the quality of animation produced by his own studio.

As for the TV station responsible for broadcasting

Through the screenings of "The Lonely Gourmet" and "The Winner Is Justice", Higashinoji also made some friends on Fuji TV. There is no problem with the screening of "Unnatural Death".

After discussing with Hosokawa Koharu, Higashinoji retained the production rights for animation, animated films, and theatrical versions, and signed the rest at his discretion.

The first is the novelization of "Unnatural Death".

Different from "Midnight Ring", this time "Unnatural Death" can be regarded as a mystery-themed comic, and mystery-themed novels are also very popular in Japan.

Therefore, this time "Unnatural Death" has 15,000 more copies than the last first printing of "Midnight Ring", and the royalty share is also higher than that of "Midnight Ring".

The person responsible for the novelization is still Urashima Publishing House.

Higashinoji didn't have any objections, he just scanned it and signed and stamped it.

Then came the planning of the radio drama "Unnatural Death".

The so-called radio drama actually broadcasts the story content of "Unnatural Death" to the audience on the radio, and also has voice actors dubbing it, so that the audience can understand the story content of the script.

Higashinoji also wanted to ask for Riko Hasegawa's opinion. Although he felt that Riko Hasegawa would most likely agree directly without any hesitation, but he still had to respect the other party's wishes.

Nowadays, Riko Hasegawa has vaguely become the trend of popular voice actors.

Should I say that this girl is indeed a natural genius? Just dubbing two of Higashino Tsukasa's works, the popularity started to rise.

However, Higashinoji estimates that there is also a reason for this because of Hasegawa Riko’s appearance.

She is indeed beautiful, and her innocent and cute appearance can indeed attract a lot of male fans - men, that's it, as long as the face is good-looking, then there will be men who like her.

The matter of the radio drama was temporarily put aside by Tonoji, and he turned to look at another project.

A live-action TV series plan for "Unnatural Death".

This is quite familiar to Higashinoji. After all, "Unnatural Death" was a TV series in its previous life.

However, there are also many tragedies that have been "tragedy in real life" in Japanese comics.

This has to be guarded against.

So Higashinoji carefully selected for a while, discussed with Koharu Hosokawa for a while, and finally decided on TBS TV station as the producer.

TBS TV station and Fuji TV station are two of the five largest private wireless TV stations in Japan, with strong strength.

The key is--

If Higashino remembers correctly, "Unnatural Death" in his previous life was produced by TBS TV station.

Hiroshi Higashino will not be disappointed by having the old boss of "Unnatural Death" produce it, right?

However, it is now approaching the end of the year, and the production team of "Unnatural Death" will probably have to wait for a long time. It is estimated that the "Unnatural Death" TV series will not be shown on TV until next year.

With his signature and seal, he agreed to the project, but in fact he only agreed to the other party's production, and the specific remuneration had to be discussed in person.

By now, the specific matters have almost been resolved.

Higashinoji won a total of two projects, one for novelization and one for TV series.

As for other projects, such as games and autograph sessions, Higashinoji will not consider them for the time being.

He has enough things on his hands, and he doesn't want to think about these things yet.

And if you really want to make money from games and autograph sessions, it would be too ugly to look at it.

Of course, if you were an ordinary comics editor, you would probably want your own authors to sign off on all these projects and make a quick buck.

But Hosokawa Koharu is different. She understands Higashinoji and his character.

So she just nodded and said: "As for the novelization and TV series, I will give Mr. Higashino a confirmation within this month."

This is why Higashinoji likes Koharu Hosokawa as a manga editor.

He smiled, nodded, and responded: "Then I'll give it to Editor Hosokawa."

Hosokawa Koharu has been very busy these days, and he will probably have to stay up late for several days to work on his work, so there is no problem in saying "trouble".

"Don't say anything troublesome, Mr. Higashino. Next time the results of the TV series and novelization come out, just remember to treat me to a meal."

Hosokawa Koharu put away the books and documents at hand and joked.

Through what happened last time, the distance between her and Higashinoji suddenly became much closer, and they were able to make some insignificant jokes with each other.

After sending Hosokawa Koharu away, Higashinoji closed the door.

The adaptation of "Unnatural Death" is over for now. Even if the results are to be announced, it will be next month or two or three weeks later.

The most important thing now is——

Higashinoji took out the storyboard draft of "Naoki Hanzawa" that he had kept in the drawer, thought about it for a while, and then took out "I once thought about it and it was all over" too.

The storyboard draft of "Hanzawa Naoki" will definitely need to be redrawn.

After all, this was the draft storyboard he had just finished drawing "Midnight Bell". From his current perspective, this draft storyboard of "Hanzawa Naoki" had too many shortcomings.

"Put "Naoki Hansawa" aside for now." Higashinoji shook his head, put "Naoki Hansawa" on the other side and classified it, and then picked up the simplified score of the song "I once thought about it."

Now that there is no "Unnatural Death" thing to worry about, he feels that it is almost time to prepare this song.

"Chihaya."

Higashinoji walked out of the door and glanced at Higashino Chihaya who was stretching her neck to watch TV.

She sat on the sofa, kicking her snow-white feet, with a cheerful smile on her face. When she saw Higashinoji appear, she immediately jumped off the sofa, walked up to him, and hugged Higashinoji hard. .

"Asi Aasi, have we finished talking?"

As soon as Chihaya Higashino hugged Higashinoji, she took a deep breath. She was a little shorter than Higashinoji, and her head just reached Higashinoji's chest. As she inhaled, her black hair moved, and it looked like Very cute.

Seeing her like this, Touyoshi couldn't help but think of the time when he first came to this era.

At that time, Higashinoji had just come over and saw the mess that the original owner had made, as well as a sister with mental problems who needed to be taken care of. He immediately wanted to send her to a mental hospital - at least until everything at home had settled down. Take it back.

It can be seen that when Higashino Chihaya left him fruits, snacks, and delicious meals even though he was starving, Higashinoji also hesitated.

After all, the other party is just a high school girl. Would it be a bit cruel to send her to a mental hospital for a period of time?

With this in mind, Higashikata temporarily stayed with her.

It was indeed a hard time.

At that time, Chihaya Higashino had just fallen into a state of insanity. She was scared of everything she looked at. She kept her head down no matter where she was. Even when she went to the toilet or took a shower, Higashino had to wait outside the door.

Higashinoji could only take leave from school and stay with Higashino Chihaya at home.

After the first difficult half month passed and Chihaya Higashino's condition stabilized, Higashinoji prepared to find some money-making job outside. By the way, he continued to accompany Chihaya Higashino to sell paintings in Shibuya. This was also a method he came up with at that time.

But Higashino Chihaya did not let Higashinoji continue to accompany her. On the contrary, she asked Higashinoji to go to school early and not to delay his studies because of his sister.

Higashinoji still remembers Higashino Chihaya's expression when he said these words.

After her parents died, she was in an extremely unstable situation and was extremely scared, but even so, she still pushed Tonoji to go to school.

I have to say that even if she is mentally unstable, there is no doubt that Chihaya Higashino is still a good sister.

And now.

Probably because Chihaya Higashino was once a member of the music club.

Therefore, under the influence of the animated short films "Lemon" and "Although Our Hands Are Empty", Chihaya Higashino is indeed gradually showing signs of improvement.

This sign of improvement is not as trivial as before, but has very obvious traces.

Not only in matters related to cooking, Higashinoji also found from time to time that Chihaya Higashino would look at her old homework books and textbooks nostalgically, and would even always hum some intermittent songs on her lips.

These songs Higashinoji have also obtained evidence. Most of them are original songs written by Higashino Chihaya when she joined the club before. Although the style and lyrics are very immature.

But this still cheered up Higashinoji.

He also asked Higashino Chihaya about the specific situation of these songs.

But Higashino Chihaya was just a little confused, with a baffled expression on her face saying that she didn't seem to be humming anything just now.

The signs of recovery are too obvious.

With this in mind, Higashinoji stretched out his hand, touched Higashino Chihaya's head that was close to him, and replied with a smile: "The conversation is over, Chihaya-san."

"Really?" Chihaya Higashino let go, took two steps back, and looked at Higashinoji seriously.

Her expression was a little suspicious, and after a while she warned: "Asi, every time editor Xiaochun comes over, you have to talk to her for a long, long time. You must never do anything to feel sorry for Lianghua."

After finishing speaking, Chihaya Higashino looked a little dazed again: "Huh? Why do I call Koharu 'Editor Koharu'? Is Koharu actually the editor?"

She was a little confused, but she quickly shook her head: "Anyway, Asi, you must not worry about it, otherwise my sister will definitely teach you a lesson. I won't make midnight snacks for you for ten days."

Chihaya Higashino's 'threat' was so serious that Higashinoji couldn't help but smile: "This is really a severe punishment. Don't worry, Sister Chihaya, I don't have any frivolous intentions."

"That's good!" Chihaya Higashino couldn't help but nodded with her hands on her hips when she saw Higashino Si obeying her words so much.

But she was worried that she was being a little harsh on her brother.

So she pretended to cough again and said to him in a low voice: "Sister is also doing it for Asi's good. I didn't mean to say these words. Asi, don't hate your sister."

The cute look with her big eyes blinking made Higashino just smile.

At the same time, Higashinoji did not forget to look at the manuscript of "I once thought about it all" in his hand.

The day for Chihaya Higashino to recover is not far away.

Thanks to Xiao Yi and Bai Che Huangzhen for the reward! Thank you so much!