Tokyo life starting with painting

Chihaya Higashino is struggling to ‘survive’ in school.

On the other side, Qianxia on the mountain was complaining endlessly.

Her immediate boss and master, Higashinoji, has not appeared in Higashino Studio for several weeks.

This made Yano Ryuichi, who was also her boss, very excited. He often took her, the former "little ping pong princess," to play on the ping pong table in the studio after work.

This made Shanxia Qianxia so depressed that she almost spit out blood.

Although she calls herself the 'little princess of table tennis', she is actually no match for Yano Ryuichi and has always been crushed and ravaged.

Moreover, Yano Ryuichi usually played with her during off-duty hours.

This made her even more uncomfortable.

It's easy to say that I can beat it, but I can't beat it, and I still have to torture myself during off work time. This is really

However, Yano Ryuichi would always treat her to a meal every time after playing, which accumulated a lot of money. This made Chinatsu Yamayama complain a little in her heart at most, but she would still actively respond to the challenge.

But this still treats the symptoms rather than the root cause.

So Chinatsu Yamayama hopes that Higashinoji can return to Higashino Studio early to check the situation, and by the way, it would be best to beat Yano Ryuichi a little more autistic, so that he will panic when he sees a table tennis ball and never want to touch a table tennis ball again.

But this is just Shanxia Qianxia’s helpless expectation.

Because she knew that "Unnatural Death" had recently finished, it was natural that Higashino would not have time to come to the studio.

She even met many famous TV actors and agents outside Dongye Studio.

They all want to ask Higashinoji to let actors like them get some roles in the live-action version of "Unnatural Death".

Of course, these people are just some well-known actors, and they are not considered to be the leading male and female protagonists in the Japanese drama circle.

If there really was a person with that kind of status, he would probably audition for a female lead role like Mikoto Misumi, and not waste time outside Higashino Studio.

But despite this, Shanxia Qianxia finally understood the value of the name Higashinoji——

You must know that comics have always been the lowest in the ratings food chain.

To a certain extent, it is a very remarkable thing that Higashinoji can attract so many people with his comics.

"When can I get into Teacher Higashino's position?"

Shanxia Qianxia thought about it and almost drooled.

If she gets to the level of Higashinoji, the first thing she will do is buy a house in Tokyo and bring her parents, younger brother, and younger sister over.

Then let them all live a good life. At least the younger brothers and sisters must go to college, and they cannot go to a junior college (short-term college, similar to domestic junior colleges) to find a job like her.

It's just that this dream is a bit too far away. No matter how she thinks about it, it is unlikely that she will become the second Tonoji.

After all, he is the leading figure in the Japanese comics industry now.

"Teacher Higashino is too awesome."

The more Shanxia Chinatsu thought about it, the more she felt that Higashinoji was really powerful, so she sighed.

Then

Then she heard the voice next to her: "Really? It just so happens that I feel the same way."

The voice chuckled and sounded very familiar, making Shanxia Qianxia turn her head in surprise.

Then, she saw a young man standing next to her, looking at her with a smile on his face.

The other party's expression of "hiding a knife in a smile" made Shanxia Qianxia hurriedly cover her mouth, and alarm bells rang in her heart.

It's over, it's over.

I gossiped about the leader behind his back, but the leader heard him.

Similarly, Shanxia Chinatsu was also a little lucky. She actually wanted to talk about Higashinoji's "smiling but hidden" character, but luckily he exposed it in advance, otherwise she would have been doomed.

With this in mind, she opened her mouth and cautiously greeted Higashinoji: "Hello, Teacher Higashino."

"Yes." Higashino nodded with a smile and sat down next to her: "We haven't seen you for so long. Seeing you so energetic makes me feel quite good."

"Uh-huh, uh-huh. I've always worked seriously." Shanxia Qianxia said in a low voice.

She is not talking nonsense. Higashino Studio is currently in a semi-leisure state. After all, the production of "The Winner is Right" has been completed. Fuji TV saw that the animation ratings were very good, reaching 7.63%, so she wanted to let them here Dongye Studio has released another SP short video to fill in some details in the animation.

An SP video only lasts one or two minutes, and it is not complicated to make. It is mainly a gadget used to complement the details in the animation.

So Higashino didn't care about it, and simply handed over the production to the people at Higashino Studio.

Chinatsu Yamayama has provided a lot of help for these SP short videos - after all, she has been sitting next to Higashinoji and knows his painting habits.

"Don't worry, after the short video of "The Winner Is Justice" ends, I will give each of you a year-end bonus."

Higashinoji smiled and comforted his half-disciple, Shanxia Qianxia.

The year-end bonus is just a small amount of money to him, but it can tighten the hearts of people in Dongye Studio, so it can be regarded as a necessary investment.

After hearing this, Shanxia Chinatsu nodded vigorously, her eyes almost turning into dollar signs.

She doesn't like anything else, but she likes her master's decisiveness in raising his salary.

So handsome.

As for the fact that she particularly likes money.

There was nothing she could do about it. The family in Nagoya definitely didn't have that much income from farming, and there were so many family members waiting for her to send her salary. Of course she had to work hard to make money.

"That's right." Higashinoji ignored Yamayama's expression.

He just groaned, called the other person over, and asked some things.

The thing that Higashinoji wants to ask is actually quite simple. It is probably about the sales volume of the Blu-ray disc of "The Winner Is Justice".

Although he would often call to inquire about disc sales when he traveled to Aomori Prefecture, he would still feel a little uneasy if he didn't actually see the statistics.

Especially compared with several other animation production companies at the same time.

After all, Higashinoji understands that there will be differences only when there is comparison.

Tonoji took a cursory glance at the disc sales of several other companies in the past few weeks and compared them with his own.

The Winner Is Justice has now released its eighth episode, with an average sales volume of four volumes of 2.10,000 discs. It is absolutely no problem to say that it is the strongest drama this season.

As a veteran studio, Kawaguchi Studio has strong strength, but it still has not beaten the dark horse of "The Winner is Justice". The average sales volume of the four volumes of discs is 1.76W.

MIC and Westport Pictures are brothers in distress. As the first batch of laggards this season, the average sales volume of each volume is only 1.10,000 pieces.

On the contrary, Bird Club, which is committed to selling cute dramas on Lily, achieved good results this quarter, with an average volume of 1.65W units sold, which is as stable as an old dog.

Higashinoji actually took the time to take a look at the animation produced by Asuka Club this season.

The production is indeed very good, even he, who doesn't like girls being cute, thinks it's very good.

As for the rest, the rest is gone.

After all, "The Winner is Justified" is this season's crown, and even the second-placed Kawaguchi Studio can only look up.

This also brought a lot of benefits to Higashino.

In addition to sharing the shares to sponsors, paying taxes, early production expenses, labor costs, and other things such as the wages of Tono Studio, "The Winner is Justice" made a net profit of more than 50 million yen.

Don't think that 50 million yen is a bit small. You must know that in addition to this money, Higashinoji also gained a studio that has been completed.

After "The Winner Is Justice", the working atmosphere at Higashino Studio is much better than before.

Next to him, Shanxia Qianxia also brought several painter apprentices with her at the same time, and her painting skills improved by leaps and bounds.

After reading the form, Higashinoji nodded calmly: "Very good."

His statement made Qianxia Shanxia and several other painters who secretly glanced here relax.

Before they knew it, they had subconsciously followed Higashinoji's lead.

"Where is Director Yano?" Tonoji put down the form and turned to ask Chinatsu Yamayama on the side.

He didn't see Yano Ryuichi in the office when he came in just now, so he asked.

Although today is a working day, there are only a few SP short video drawings left in "The Winner Is Justice", so he probably doesn't have much to do.

"Director Yano, I think he is going to talk about the release of the OP single today."

"I see."

Higashikata nodded.

"The Winner is Right" will also be released with OP and ED.

Although it is not a masterpiece like "Lemon", it may not be able to sell many copies by then, but mosquitoes are still meat no matter how small they are, so it is not surprising that Yano Ryuichi went to discuss this Higashinoji.

This also made Tonoji sigh a little.

Yano Ryuichi is indeed the right tool man.

How can I take care of the company so well in the past few weeks when I have been away?

Higashinoji felt that it was time to give the other party a salary increase and dividends.

Otherwise, I can't help him working so hard.

"Then I'll wait for him in the office. If Director Yano comes back, remember to ask him to come to the office to find me."

Higashinoji said hello to Shanxia Chinatsu, then turned and walked towards the office.

In fact, he has never entered Higashinoji's office a few times. After all, he spends most of his time with his employees drawing animation manuscripts and has no time to sit in the office at all.

He waited in the office for about an hour, and then waited for Yano Ryuichi.

but

Um?

Looking at Yano Ryuichi in front of him, Higashinoji had an incomprehensible expression.

"Teacher Higashino." Yano Ryu took the lead in bowing to Higashino with a smile on his face.

Higashino nodded in response, but soon couldn't help but say:

"Director Yano, your image has changed a bit."

Indeed, the image has changed a lot.

Although the former Yano Ryuichi was not as handsome as his Higashinoji, he was still a good-looking man. The most eye-catching thing was his thick black hair.

Yano Ryuichi must have taken good care of her.

But now.

His hair is indeed still there, but why does it feel much shorter and thinner? It's a bit short.

As if he noticed Higashinoji's gaze, Ryuichi Yano smiled and touched his head.

"Ah, you're talking about this, Mr. Higashino. I suddenly wanted to change my image. My wife also said that I felt a lot more energetic after cutting my hair like this."

He said this, but in fact he was still a little helpless in his heart.

It won't work if you don't cut it short.

I have been busy working and my hair feels like it is falling out.

If you don't cut it short, it will look like you are bald before middle age.

He originally thought that by taking refuge in Higashinoji, he would just have to follow behind.

As a result, I didn’t expect that I would become bald before I even started messing around.

"That's right." Higashino nodded subconsciously at what the other party said, and then talked about dividends and salary increases.

This gave Yano Ryuichi's scarred heart some comfort - at least the boss was not blind and was very considerate of his subordinates.

After Higashinoji finished speaking, Yano Ryuichi took over: "Thank you very much Mr. Higashino for the salary increase and dividends, but Mr. Higashino two days ago, two gentlemen came to the studio to see you. It seems that something happened. I want to discuss it with you."

After he said this, he took out two business cards from his arms and handed them to Higashinoji.

These two business cards have a very familiar logo printed on them——

That's Kumamon's sign of greeting with a wicked smile.

"Staff from Kumamoto Prefecture?" Higashinoji suddenly became energetic.

He has always been in contact with Kumamoto Prefecture. After all, as the image designer of Kumamon, they have also asked him a lot about Kumamon's image design.

It is said that Kumamoto Prefecture will cooperate with Japan Airlines this year to launch aircraft spray-painted with Kumamon bear patterns - obviously, the Shinkansen has reaped the benefits, so the aviation big brother also wants to come and get involved.

The other party also provided Higashinoji with the specific dimensions of the Japan Airlines model, hoping that Higashinoji could design the aircraft pattern.

It's just that Tonoji has been busy these past few weeks, so he basically hasn't moved much.

"Is it possible that you came here for this matter?"

Higashikata raised his eyebrows.

He remembered that there were still one or two months until the manuscript was due, and even if it was urged, it would be too soon.

Higashinoji flipped through the names on the business card, and then saw a very familiar person.

Deep twilight beauty.

It seems that it is not a reminder.

Tonoji thought while holding his chin.

Kirito Fukugure is now an important member of the team responsible for the operation of Kumamon. When he came to Tokyo, he must have something to cooperate with Higashinoji. He couldn't just ask him to come over just to rush for a manuscript.

And the other party was not in a hurry to contact you.

"Fumu-san has stayed in a hotel in Tokyo. Mr. Higashino, do you think you need me to contact him?"

Yano Ryuichi was not someone who couldn't understand his boss's face, so he immediately asked Higashinoji.

"Well, I'll give it to Supervisor Yano." Higashino replied with a nod.

There's no use thinking here.

It would be better to ask Yano Ryuichi to help contact him and see what he needs from Fukure Kirito.