Tokyo life starting with painting

Higashinoji did invest a lot of money in "Spirited Away".

It can be said that most of the subsequent funds earned from the previous "Winner is Justice" and "Unnatural Death" (peripheral posters, figures and other gadgets) were invested.

In addition, he also made up some money himself, so the total investment cost should be more than 2 billion.

But this is understandable.

Animated movies, especially fully hand-drawn animated movies, are inherently big money eaters.

In order to restore or even surpass Hayao Miyazaki's version of "Spirited Away", Higashino was not stingy with money at all.

Thanks to this too.

The entire Higashino studio has been renovated.

The first is the overall area of ​​the studio. Compared with the original shabby and small original artist studio, the current area of ​​Higashino Studio has been expanded to twice the original size.

Positions such as sound engineer, CG designer, and reverberation engineer have also been added. In the past, PW Animation Production Company did not have much money, so they always found people to take over private work in this area, so the quality was always worrying.

But it's different now. Money can make all the difference.

With the help of Yano Ryuichi and Seo Daigo's personal connections, and the fact that Tonoji was willing to spend money in this area.

So Tono Studio had no trouble finding people suitable for these positions.

Even Yano Ryuichi and Seo Daigo were stunned by Higashinoji's big investment move.

You must know that in the past, they had to deduct money from the finance department, and they had to go through countless procedures and turn a deaf ear to the leaders before the money could come out.

But people like Higashino simply send the money over and ask them to find people.

This was the first time for both Yano Ryuichi and Seo Daigo to meet.

Higashinoji didn't have any explanation for their attitude.

Because the society in the near future will definitely be a talent society, spending a little money to recruit talents now is actually equivalent to investing in the future.

It's impossible for them to just make one animated movie called "Spirited Away" and then disband them.

This probably ends the expansion of Higashino Studio.

In addition to going to Kitajuku to experience the 'last youth' and painting the graduation painting assigned by Ryuichi Yoshimine these days, Higashinoji also goes to Higashino Studio from time to time to check on the specific progress.

Time passes like this day by day.

Finally, before the senior students of Kitajijuku left school, Higashinoji's oil painting was completed.

During this period, Higashinoji also relied on his affinity to establish a relationship with the juniors in the Kitajuku studio and taught them a lot about oil painting.

Of course, the main thing is that he looks good, so people come up to talk to him.

After completing the oil painting, Higashinoji quickly found Ryuichi Yoshimine and handed the oil painting to him.

"Has it been completed?" Yoshimine Takashi originally planned to call Tonoji to ask about the progress, but this seemed to urge the other party, so he gave up the idea.

But what he didn't expect was that the other party completed it so quickly, without even having to call to check on the progress.

"I can only say that I am lucky enough to live up to my fate."

Higashino said politely and handed the oil painting in his hand to the other party: "I hope the work will satisfy Principal Yoshimine."

"Haha, as long as it is done by Higashino-kun, no matter what kind of painting it is, I will be very satisfied."

Although Ryuichi Yoshimine said this, his eyes did not stop at all and he couldn't stop glancing at the painting.

It seems that he is also quite curious about what Higashinoji has been tinkering with in the past few days.

Higashinoji didn't show off and held the painting called "Broken Cocoon" upright and handed it to the other party. During the process, he accidentally knocked over the pen holder that Ryuichi Yoshimine had placed on his desk.

However, Yoshimine Ryuichi didn't pay much attention to a small pen holder. Instead, he took it and admired it while leaning half against the desk.

Although Ryuichi Yoshimine is the head of the school, he actually does not have much appreciation for oil painting.

He stared at Higashinoji's painting for a long time. He didn't see any meaning. He simply thought that the painting was very good and looked good. It had a relaxing and comfortable feeling.

Um!

It's a good painting!

So he smiled and said politely: "As expected of Mr. Higashino, this oil painting far exceeded my expectations."

Then Ryuichi Yoshimine made a phone call and asked someone to send the painting "Broken Cocoon" to be framed. After it was framed, it would hang in his office for a few days and then be displayed to the entire school.

Tonoji didn't know what Ryuichi Yoshimine was thinking. He just smiled when he heard the other party's words and took over the conversation, saying that Principal Yoshimine didn't have to be polite.

The two of them were polite to each other again. Ryuichi Yoshimine originally planned to treat Higashinoji to a meal, but Higashinoji declined.

"In this way, the matter at Beiyi School will be settled."

Higashinoji has settled the matter at Kitajuku and has experienced the high school exam. So of course, he should turn around and take a look at the situation in "Spirited Away".

At present, "Spirited Away" is worthy of Higashinoji and Yano Ryuichi, and they are concerned about the discussion of theater resources.

The so-called theater resources are actually theaters in Japan that are willing to show your animated movie.

And Japan's domestic theater resources are basically controlled by film companies. This involves a lot of wrangling.

Higashino simply left this troublesome matter to Yano Ryuichi.

This made Yano Ryuichi speechless for a while - my job is as an animation supervisor, you can't use me as your assistant, Mr. Higashino.

He had some opinions in his heart, but he still went to Zhengerbajing to talk to someone.

Because it is not difficult to obtain these theater screening resources.

After all, "Spirited Away" bears Higashino Tsukasa's name.

And Higashinoji is now the leading manga master in Japan, and can be said to be the leader in the industry. Although I don’t know how long he can lead the way.

But with this halo, it shouldn’t be difficult to talk to these companies.

Even if the finished product of "Spirited Away" is a bad movie when it comes out, there will still be many fans of Higashino who are willing to pay for it.

Putting this aside, there is another point worth noting.

That’s where Spirited Away is right now.

As I said before, according to the current production progress, "Spirited Away" should be completed before the year.

That is one month later.

In this way, "Spirited Away" should be released in the New Year period.

It just happened to collide with "Hymn of June".

This made Yano Ryuichi a little worried.

Both are animations, although one is a theatrical version and the other is an animated movie.

But whenever there's a crash, there are bound to be comparisons.

Then don't let "Spirited Away" fail miserably. It will be a lot of fun.

In order to prevent this from happening, Ryuichi Yano even asked the original animators to watch the semi-finished film of "Spirited Away" in the screening room every day.

After reading the semi-finished product, we have a meeting to summarize the problems.

However, due to the excellent script quality of "Spirited Away" and the current production strength of Higashino Studio, there are not many issues that can be discussed. At most, they are some insignificant issues.

This made Yano Ryuichi feel a little relieved, but also vaguely worried.

It is said that when parents look at their children, they always think that their children are the best and the best, and they have the nature of being self-proclaimed.

Could it be that there are still some problems with "Spirited Away" that they just didn't see?

He thought so.

Until today Higashinoji came to the studio.

Of course Yano Ryuichi did not hesitate and pulled him into the screening room to watch "Spirited Away" again.

Read it again

Yano Ryuichi grasped Higashinoji's hand: "Teacher Higashino, do you think there is anything wrong with "Spirited Away"?"

"I think it shouldn't be much of a problem."

Higashinoji has been pulled by Yano Ryuichi to watch "Spirited Away" several times in the past few days. Every time the other party asks him this question, he is also baffled.

Because in Higashino Tsukasa’s view, the quality of “Spirited Away” is already about the same – it’s not that it’s not refined enough, but the production level of Higashino Studio is there, and any more random changes will destroy the quality of “Spirited Away”. A faint but painful educational feeling of another whip hitting the Japanese friend's back.

"Is it okay?"

Yano Ryuichi was still a little unsure. After thinking about it, he asked Seo Daigo next to him: "What do you think, Seo-sensei?"

Seo Daigo said expressionlessly: "It's okay."

He had been dragged over by Yano Ryuichi to work as a coolie for many days.

At first, he admired Yano Ryuichi's serious attitude towards work, but later on, he was pulled away so many times that he became vaguely numb.

If he hadn't had a good personal relationship with Yano Ryuichi, he would probably have complained to Higashinoji.

After all, no matter how good "Spirited Away" is, it can't be watched several times a day, for many days in a row.

This made him feel dizzy.

Seo Daigo and Higashinoji had similar attitudes, but this put Yano Ryuichi in trouble.

He thought for a while, then looked at Higashinoji curiously: "Speaking of which, what is the expected box office of this animated movie, Mr. Higashino? Do you want to win any awards?"

Making animated movies is definitely for money and fame. Although Higashinoji's purpose is not so utilitarian, he definitely still wants to take what he can get.

As the number one loser under Higashinoji, Yano Ryuichi certainly wants to know what his boss is thinking - at least the animated film with more than 2 billion yen invested cannot just go to waste, right?

"I don't have very lofty goals."

Higashino replied a little amused.

He understood what Yano Ryuichi meant, and he was probably afraid that he would lose his enterprising spirit and settle for the status quo.

So Higashino thought for a moment and then answered: "The current goal is to win a Blue Ribbon Award for the work. If the box office exceeds 25 billion yen, it will be considered a success."

In the previous life, "Spirited Away" won an Oscar. Winning a Blue Ribbon Award shouldn't be too exaggerated, right?

As for the box office exceeding 25 billion yen. The box office of the previous life "Spirited Away" exceeded 30 billion yen. The small target of 25 billion yen should not be a big problem.

"puff!"

Seo Daigo was still drinking water, but he almost choked to death when he heard these words.

He looked up with a look of disbelief on his face.

Originally, Seo Daigo thought that Yano Ryuichi was a bit neurotic and too sensitive, but it turned out that you two were incompatible with each other. It really felt like a sleeping dragon and a phoenix.

Of course, not only Seo Daigo, but also Yano Ryuichi was stunned when he heard Higashinoji's goal.

25 billion yen, if it were to be released in Japan, it would be among the top three box office records in Japanese film history.

As for the Blue Ribbon Award, this thing is too exaggerated.

There are four major film awards in Japan, namely the Japan Film Academy Awards, the Film Weekly Awards, the Blue Ribbon Awards, and the Mainichi Movie Awards.

This represents the highest level award in Japan.

Higashinoji's opening is a blue ribbon, and his silence is the top three box office records in Japanese film history.

How could this keep Yano Ryuichi from being stunned?

This goal can no longer be said to be ambitious, it almost feels like a sweet dream.

Yano Ryuichi couldn't help but ask: "Is Mr. Higashino kidding?"

If it was really a joke then the joke wasn't very funny.

"I'm not kidding about this."

Higashinoji glanced sideways at Yano Ryuichi, "Didn't you ask me to tell you the target just now?" He also looked like he was afraid that I would lose my spirit.

As a result, as soon as I mentioned my goal, you couldn't stand it anymore?

Um.

Yano Ryuichi and Seo Daigo carefully looked at Higashinoji's expression.

I found that the other person had a serious expression on his face at work and was not joking at all.

Do you really want to compete for a blue ribbon award?

By the movie "Spirited Away"?

"Don't worry, I've watched "Spirited Away", and the quality is very good. It has reached. It even exceeded my expectations. It is definitely not difficult to achieve the goal."

Higashinoji joked: "Besides, my lifelong happiness depends on this "Spirited Away". I care more about this animated movie than you do."

The lifelong happiness he was talking about was the agreement he made with Konoe Ryoka.

It’s not really news in Higashino Studio.

But at that time, Yano Ryuichi and the others thought Higashinoji was joking.

As a result, I didn't expect that the other party really wanted to reach the top of the Japanese movie box office.

This is too difficult.

"Although it is difficult, you should not be afraid of it. How did you feel after making our "Spirited Away" as a whole? How did you feel after watching the entire animated film? You should have a good idea of ​​these. And create Since the author has created, it is natural for him to set his goal at number one.”

It was natural for Higashinoji to say what he said.

But after Yano Ryuichi and the others tasted it carefully, they couldn't help but nodded.

Indeed.

Now that you have created something, it is understandable that you aim to be number one.

Even if there is no hope, it is okay to look further ahead.

At worst, this animated film will lay the foundation, and the next animated film will work hard to win first place.

Thinking like this, Yano Ryuichi and the others were finally able to accept it.

That's right.

The goal is to set your sights further! effort!

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