Tokyo life starting with painting

Chapter 351 Don’t look at the data yet (8100 words)

Higashinoji really didn't expect that Ryuichi Yano would come over and beg him to allocate resources to Station P.

After all, before he looked like, ‘Is this website really good? ''Isn't it a waste of money to build this website? ’ expression.

Now the opponent's face changed so quickly that Tonoji paused for a few seconds and was speechless.

However, Higashinoji thought about it and realized that Yano Ryuichi's attitude was actually normal.

Because in a sense, the person who put the most effort into station p is actually not Higashinoji.

At most, he took out some designs of the previous P station in his mind and handed them to Yano Ryuichi.

Strictly speaking, Higashinoji didn't actually put in much effort at all.

On the contrary, Yano Ryuichi went from website page design to P site filtering system and language conversion system design. It can even be said that he hired people to help with the production step by step.

He is considered the biological father of this web page. If possible, he certainly doesn't want to see the website he finally hired someone to create become abandoned.

Now that he saw that p station had development potential, of course he turned around and asked Higashino for resources without hesitation, hoping to make p station bigger and stronger.

only--

"Yano-san, please calm down a little bit." Seeing Yano Ryuichi's anxious expression, Tonoji comforted him with a bit of laughter: "P station is only in trial operation now, and we will wait until p station is officially launched."

and

Seeing that he still looked unwilling, Higashino couldn't help but joked: "Didn't Yano-san still have no confidence in station p before?"

"I" Yano Ryuu couldn't help but opened his mouth when he heard this: "That happened before. Now that we have data to base it on, the situation is definitely different."

He tried to argue with reason, but Higashinoji next to him couldn't help but smile and waved his hands: "Don't worry, I think there will be a period of word-of-mouth explosion in the future, with 10,000 registered members in twenty days, there is absolutely no problem. "

Listening to Higashinoji's "explosion period of word-of-mouth", Yano Ryuichi couldn't help but shake his head.

There are more than 100 people a day, so it’s already an outbreak period, right? How else do you want to explode?

Of course, Tonoji didn't say much about Yano Ryuichi's thoughts.

You must know that in those days, the p-site's trial operation was able to reach 10,000 people within 20 days, and it only opened registration channels for domestic users in Japan.

In other words, during the initial trial operation stage, except for the Japanese who could use the P site, users from other countries basically did not know that such a website existed.

But Higashinoji is different this time.

He not only opened registration channels for users in Japan, but also for foreign users.

I don’t know how long it will take for foreign users to visit and register in Chinese, English, and Japanese.

It has only been in trial operation for two days, and already more than 300 people have become members of p station.

You must know that when the original World P website was put into trial operation for just two days, there were only two big cats and kittens on the entire website, and roughly calculated, there were only twenty or thirty registered users. This gap is really huge.

Although the P station in this world has an announcement from Tono Studio for publicity, it only plays a small role. After all, Tono Studio has only produced one animation "The Winner is Justice". Strictly speaking, it is not He is considered a young 'newcomer' in the workplace, and he doesn't have much fame at all.

Therefore, there are currently more than 300 people on site p. Most of them probably rely on the excellent quality of the website itself, and a small number of them came after reading the announcement.

After all, during the off-season period for animation like the Chinese New Year, who would bother to browse the official website of an animation studio?

Higashinoji has made up his mind, and Yano Ryuichi on the other side has no choice but to nod and wait to see what happens next.

However, he also requested that if the trial operation period is really popular, then the p station must officially enter the operation stage and start investing resources.

This request was very reasonable, and Higashinoji certainly had no objection.

The two of them just continued to stare at the development of station p.

And just over sixty kilometers away from Higashino's studio, a young man who looked like he was no more than a high school student was holding a drawing board and drawing stroke by stroke with some excitement.

His name is Takashima Ichimoi, and he is a student who has just entered the second year of high school.

As a young man in adolescence, he certainly has his own troubles.

He likes to draw, but his family is opposed to his hobby.

Because the things he draws are not serious oil paintings or traditional Japanese paintings, but things similar to animations and illustrations.

This kind of hobby may be just a hobby in the eyes of Takashima City Guards, but in the eyes of his family, it is a sign of "worthlessness" and "cynicism".

Is it useful for you to draw these things?

Can you draw a national comic book artist like Higashino Tsukasa?

cannot? Just a hobby?

Then what else do you draw? You don't need this kind of hobby to take exams. If outsiders see you, they will find you disgusting.

Words like these certainly made Takashima City Guards very uncomfortable.

But he also understood that, as his family said, he painted these animated characters and these illustrations were really just a hobby and should not be taken seriously.

What makes Takashima Shimoi feel even more uncomfortable is that he also has no friends outside with whom he can communicate and share.

This is the most uncomfortable thing.

There is a saying that goes like this: "It's hard to find a good friend but a good tune." You can't even find a friend with whom you can communicate. Why doesn't this make people feel uncomfortable?

Takashima City's sanitary paintings also want to be recognized by others - who wants to draw pictures that others would say are ugly or even disgusting?

But the reality is like this.

Takashima Shimai could only lock his works in the cabinet and take them out to look at himself.

Until, two days ago, when he was browsing information about his favorite author Higashi Yeji on the Internet, a small promotional announcement suddenly popped up.

‘The trial operation of Higashino Studio’s pixiv illustration communication website has begun! All painting enthusiasts are welcome to exchange experiences with Mr. Higashino! ’

A URL is also attached below, as well as a very considerate demonstration of how to register and contribute.

As soon as Takashima Shimo saw this announcement, he knew that this should be used by Tono Studio for promotion.

As for whether Mr. Higashino might appear to communicate with people like them, Takashima Ichimai thought it was unlikely just by thinking about it.

but

The words "illustration exchange website" seemed to hit Takashima Shimai's heart.

He hesitated for a while and finally clicked on some illustration exchange website.

Anyway, it’s free to go in and take a look.

Pixiv's simple design logo appears, followed by categories of published works.

fine.

Takashima City Guards breathed a sigh of relief.

There is no pop-up web page that requires mandatory registration, and there are no strange advertisements like those in other domestic forums. It is just a very clean sky blue page, with illustrations and other categories below.

However, this website has obviously just started operating. The area near the work column is empty, and there are only a few illustrations that are all average.

This made Takashima City Guards a little bit ready to take action.

Just like in the previous life, there were always some painters posting their works on Tieba, Zhihu, and Weibo, and attached the sentence "Oh, my painting is really rubbish."

He found that he also wanted to post his paintings.

Recalling the registration and other details that he had just seen on the official website of Higashino Studio, Takashima Shimai completed the registration and got an account in a short time.

Then he entered the personal center page. Below are various categories.

Work title, label, introduction.

He even saw the shadow of R18.

The completeness of this function surprised Takashima Shimai. He thought for a while, and finally took out the sketchbook he kept in the cabinet, and used the digital camera next to him to take a picture of an original comic that he drew very well. Character - a girl with long black hair holding an umbrella and stepping on the beach wearing rain boots. The water on the beach splashes and sparkles, and the girl's hair is raised high with the movement.

Connect the computer with a USB cable and place the image data on the desktop.

Later, he named the painting "Sunny Rain". After thinking about it, he wrote next to the introduction of the work: I feel bad recently and my painting is not very good. Please give me some advice——

This sentence is of course a bit of a lie.

This is the best work he has ever painted.

Takashima City Guards clicked on the word 'finished' to upload it.

Seeing that his work had entered the review stage, Takashima City Guards couldn't help but whisper:

"It's not that I'm seeking praise from others, nor is it that I want others to recognize me. Isn't this just a painting exchange website?"

Since it is an illustration exchange website, it is natural to share your works.

I don’t know how long this review will take.

Takashima City Guards touched his head and planned to temporarily close the webpage to watch other videos.

But before he could move the mouse, a message popped up and reminded him that his work had passed the review.

Takashima City Guards really didn't expect this.

His "Sunny Rain" was only uploaded for five minutes, so it was passed directly by the backend?

Takashima Shimai couldn't help but open the search bar of pixiv, enter the name of his work, and then search——

"Really?"

Seeing that the paintings I drew are indeed displayed on the p-station platform, look at the words "Artist Takashima" specially noted on the pixiv website below.

An inexplicable feeling emerged in Takashima City Guard's heart.

It's a feeling of recognition.

My hobbies of hiding can be recognized here.

Even more than just being recognized.

Takashima Shiwei soon discovered that someone had already commented on his work.

‘That’s awesome. ’

'So lovely. ’

‘Is he a professional painter? ’

‘When will I be able to draw so well? ’

Although there were only scattered complimentary comments, Takashima Shimai's long-unsatisfied vanity was fully satisfied at this moment.

What do painters need most?

The first is definitely to make money.

Then the second thing is definitely the satisfaction of vanity.

This is normal.

Takashima Shimoi's hobbies are nothing in the eyes of his parents.

But here there are people who have the same hobby as him and praise him!

And sometimes, as long as someone recognizes it, it means unlimited motivation.

Takashima City Guards felt extremely swollen.

He quickly posted all his works on the p station page, and also started communicating with some of the comments and likers below.

‘This is actually nothing’

‘I’m not good at painting yet. ’

'I've also seen your paintings, they are really better than mine.'

Vanity is satisfied, and hobbies are also recognized.

The Takashima City Guard stayed at this P station until midnight before going to bed to rest.

He was delighted to feel as if he had found an organization that had eluded him for so long.

There are actually many painting enthusiasts like Takashima Ichimo in Japan.

Especially Japan in 2005.

In this era, Japanese illustrators and original painters were not everywhere like in later generations. There were usually only a small number of people who could reach the status of illustrators and original painters.

Most of the others are drawn after studying or working, when my hands are itchy.

Unlike later generations, who have live broadcast platforms such as YouTube and Twitch, they have no platform at all to show off their hobbies.

And the P station that suddenly popped up at this time has undoubtedly become the only place for them to vent their talents.

Of course, it’s not just for comic fans. Higashinoji’s p station does not stipulate that it can only publish some animation content. It also allows the uploading of some landscape paintings, character sketches, architectural paintings, etc.

In this case, some painting enthusiasts who have registered accounts on the p site promote other people who also have painting hobbies, and some people directly post the matter to other forums to promote themselves.

Having satisfied their vanity and gained a sense of recognition, they are particularly interested in recommending P sites.

And the effects of these tap water were quickly apparent.

The fifth day of trial operation of station p.

On this day, as soon as Higashinoji and Yano Ryuichi entered Higashino's studio, they were stopped by Chinatsu Yamayama who had a dumb look on his face.

Her face was full of astonishment, showing an expression that she had not expected at all: "Teacher Higashino, Director Yano, look! There are discussions about p station on many forums. There is even a small newspaper reporting it."

Chinatsu Yamayama pointed at some news she found after get off work and said with a blank look on her face.

Very confused indeed.

Because as a member of Higashino Studio, she knew what P station illustration exchange website Higashino was running.

But she actually always felt that this website was of no use and was simply a useless website.

Who is willing to waste so much effort to upload their own works to the website?

But what she didn't expect was that when she was browsing the major comic forums, she accidentally discovered posts about Station P.

It starts with a simple post or two.

She didn't pay much attention to it at the time.

But two days after tomorrow, the website pixiv was being discussed in a forum, which is a bit exaggerated.

She immediately searched for entries about station p.

Only then did I realize that Station P had been in the newspaper without knowing it.

Although it is an entertainment tabloid, no matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat.

Japan's culture of fear of typeface is deep-rooted, and newspapers are credible.

So she took a curious look at the current number of works on site p. The results were so unexpected that she even doubted her life.

That's why she stayed here today and told Higashinoji and Yano Ryuichi about the matter.

"It was in the newspaper? There is also a special template discussion p station?"

Higashinoji and Yano Ryuuichi couldn't help but look at each other, their eyes flashing.

They are waiting for the word-of-mouth explosion period of P station

Is it finally here?

Why don't you quickly open the background and take a look at the data? !