Tokyo life starting with painting.

Chapter 154 Accept Me! Teacher Higashino!

[-] million yen.

With this number, even Higashino Division couldn't help but take another look at Sharp Corporation.

You must know that when Hayao Miyazaki produced the animated film "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" in his previous life, he only received a production budget of [-] million yen.

As long as the [-] million yen is not paid for by Urashima Publishing House, the final product will not be too bad.

In addition, Sharp Co., Ltd. won the endorsement right of Sadako

Sharp Corporation is indeed rich.

Just as Higashino Division was thinking this way, Omori Daichi next to him came over and shook hands with him: "I heard just now that Mr. Higashino seems to be interested in the animation script of "Midnight Ring"?"

Omori Dadi's palms are big, and he looks very burly. The overall feeling is not like a social person, but more like a boxer standing on a boxing ring.

coming!

Hearing this, Higashino quickly shook hands with him, and then nodded with a smile: "I'm really interested, because "Midnight Ring" is my creation."

"Is that so? But I've also heard that Mr. Higashino doesn't seem to have any experience in making animation scripts, and Mr. Higashino must also take care of his studies. If the work starts at that time, can Mr. Higashino guarantee that the submitted scripts will maintain high quality? And Animation script production also requires a certain level of literary skills, is Mr. Higashino confident that he can do it well?"

Omori Daichi asked the question very politely, and his tone did not imply any distrust of Higashinoji, nor did he have the feeling of looking down on Higashinoji.

He is just an investor, and asking these questions is what he should ask.

After all, Sharp Corporation doesn't want the finished product of "Midnight Ring" that it invested a lot of money to be mediocre.

Of course, when Omori Dadi saw Higashino Division at first, he was actually a little surprised.

This is indeed too young to create the work "Midnight Ring" with the appearance of a high school student, which is indeed very powerful.

But it would be too embarrassing for him to do the production of animation scripts again, right?

"Mr. Omori doesn't have to worry about this problem, I can do the animation script well."

Higashino smiled kindly.

"Is there any basis for what Mr. Higashino said?" Omori Dadi became interested.

He immediately recognized the implication of Dongyesi's words.

The reason why the other party said that was probably because they brought something.

But the animation supervisor, animation producer, and animation script are called the iron triangle of creation in the animation production industry, and no one can pull it off.

Although Higashinoji is a genius, he shouldn't be able to just come up with a high-quality script, right?

Even the editor-in-chief Urashima and Koharu Hosokawa thought the same way.

It's not that they look down on Higashinoji, but Higashinoji really has no experience in making animation scripts. After all, he didn't receive a serious education in a university.

Even the editor-in-chief Urashima and Koharu Hosokawa are ready.

If Omori Dadi is not satisfied later, the two of them will go up and be responsible for convincing each other—in any case, the position of the animation script must be left to Higashinoji.

The two of them just watched Dong Yesi open the bag he was carrying with him, and took out a sketchbook from it: "Mr. Omori, please read this. Of course, Mr. Omori, the two industry teachers behind you can also come and take a look."

Higashino Division politely greeted the two industry teachers he brought over. This open and honest attitude made Omori Dadi very satisfied.

At least the other party came here with sincerity, knowing that he didn't know much about animation, so he thoughtfully asked the two teachers to come and explain.

He opened the sketchbook, and then saw a picture that looked like a comic book.

"This is?" Omori Dadi didn't quite understand.

This is completely different from the densely written novel script he imagined, and basically all of them are expressed by drawing drafts.

"Is this a storyboard picture book?"

The people in the industry next to Omori Dadi were a little surprised, and at the same time glanced at Higashinoji.

"Well, it's a storyboard picture book."

Higashino nodded with a smile.

The so-called storyboards are actually similar to hand-painted comic strips, which can also be regarded as a kind of animation script.

Hayao Miyazaki in his previous life loved this method, and most of his scripts were produced using this method.

And this method also has various advantages. For example, the animation storyboards drawn by Higashino Division can be directly used by painters.

But these are not the most critical.

The most important thing is that this method of storytelling and picture book scripting does not need to deliberately use a lot of text descriptions. Its main function is to convert text scripts into story scripts.

In other words, from a large piece of text to a small picture of a small picture, the text may not be good at Higashino, but drawing is Higashino's strong point.

And generally speaking, the drawing of storyboard picture books is much more difficult than that of serious text animation scripts. After all, a scene needs to draw many shots.

If there is no corresponding comic composition, scheduling, positioning, and connection skills, the storyboard picture book drawn will be difficult and obscure, and the animators will not be able to understand it at all.

But for Higashino Division, this is actually nothing at all.

Having been in touch with comics for nearly half a year, he already has his own understanding of how to draw a storyboard with a 'movie feel'.

It is not difficult for Higashino Division to draw this kind of storyboard picture book.

"It really feels good, what do the two teachers think?"

Omori Daichi didn't understand these things in the animation industry. He just looked at the "Midnight Bell" comic strip drawn by Higashino, and found it very interesting, and it was very smooth to read, crisp and neat, and he could almost understand it at a glance. Then what happened what plot.

But to be on the safe side, he still asked the two industry insiders behind him.

"It's really good. It's been a long time since I've seen such a clean storyboard picture book. These few shots here can be used in animated movies."

The two teachers in the industry had no grievances with Dong Yesi, so they naturally spoke nicely.

But they actually also understand that Higashino Division's storyboard picture books are really good. No wonder the man who is called a manga ghost by the outside world looks really capable now, very powerful.

This unexpected result surprised the editor-in-chief Urashima and Koharu Hosokawa, who were waiting to help, with their mouths wide open.

Especially Hosokawa Koharu.

When she asked Dong Yesi yesterday, the other party was still saying that he had no experience in making animation scripts, but today he suddenly came up with this kind of crisp and excellent storyboard picture book?

The two of them sighed over there, but soon had a new question: "Mr. Higashino, how long did it take you to draw this picture book? It must have taken a lot of time to connect these shots and storyboards, right? "

Yes, this storyboard picture book is too perfect, and the technique is so sophisticated that the two of them can't pick any thorns at all.

But Higashino has no experience before, so he must have spent a lot of time drawing this picture book.

"This was drawn last night, and it took just over an hour." Higashinosi replied politely.

"about an hour"

The two of them were stunned for a while when they heard this, and turned their hands back.

When he found out that there were seven or eight pages, he was a little shocked and reluctantly shut up.

Isn't this too fast?Based on four or five shots per page, Higashino drew more than 40 storyboards in one hour.

Although the storyboard picture book does not need to be so delicate, a simple rough draft is fine.

But it's really powerful.

The two of them had nothing to say.

Higashino's speed is fine, and so is the quality. If the two of them still have any problems, it's just finding fault.This Dong Yesi is really a genius, no matter what he does, he can get started so quickly.

It seems to be aware of the thoughts of two industry insiders.

Omori Dadi, who had been silent all this time, also nodded, and held Higashino Division's palm with a smile: "Since Mr. Higashino has already made preparations, I will leave the animation script of "Midnight Ring" to you. Within two months Can you take out the finished product?"

As soon as he said this.

Higashinoji also somewhat relaxed.

With Omori Daji's words, the position of his animation script has basically stabilized.

After all, there was nothing wrong with the investor side, and of course Urashima Publishing House would not hand over the animation script to other people.

In this regard, he also clenched Omori Dadi's big hand, and nodded firmly: "Two months? No problem."

The original "Midnight Ring" is there, and Higashinoji is also the original author of "Midnight Ring".

Two months of animation script production time is enough for Higashino Division.

It is not a problem to draw the whole storyboard picture book of "Midnight Ring"

When the time comes to adapt the script book (the script book used by voice actors), you can also use this storyboard picture book, which is very convenient.

Higashino Division smiled and shook hands with Omori Daichi here.

On the other side, the editor-in-chief Urashima and Koharu Hosokawa, who were about to rush forward to speak for Higashino, were stunned.

Hey?

Something is wrong?

what happened?

Higashino seems to have solved the problem by himself without our help?And it seems that Omori Daji is quite satisfied?

Looking at Higashino Division and Omori Daichi who have reached a consensus.

Editor-in-chief Urashima felt a little baffled, so he looked back at Koharu Hosokawa: "Editor Hosokawa, didn't you say that Mr. Higashino can't make animation scripts?"

"Yeah, that's what he told me."

After hearing his question, Hosokawa Koharu touched his head in confusion.

Seeing that Hosokawa Koharu was also confused, the editor-in-chief Urashima also rubbed his temples, and at the same time looked at Higashino Tsukasa, muttering in a low voice: "It's really a Higashino printer, a machine that can print it once."

But the slander is the slander, and it is a good thing that Higashino Division and Sharp Co., Ltd. have reached an agreement, lest they have to use some small means to support Higashino Division, and Sharp Co., Ltd. will not look good.

The next thing is very simple.

After Higashino returned to Urashima Publishing House, he immediately signed a contract to be responsible for the animation script of "Midnight Bell".

As for the roles of animation supervisor, animation producer, and even voice actors (seiyuu).

Urashima Publishing House has to find someone in the industry itself, which has nothing to do with Higashino Division.

After you find it, just meet up, have a meal, and clink a glass.

only--

"Huh? Black Palace-senpai? What did you say?"

Higashino Division was still on his way home when he received a call from Kuromiya Meisa.

And the content of the phone call surprised him somewhat.

"You mean you're going to be in the production of the "Midnight Ring" animated film, and be my drawing staff?"

This is really a road that has never been imagined.

Meisa Kuromiya probably learned about Higashinoji's "Midnight Ring" animation movie from her editor in charge, so she made this call.

The so-called painters are actually equivalent to the original painter Dong Yesi giving a draft of a key picture, and then they will add details later to make the whole picture "moving"-to put it bluntly, they are helping Dong Yesi.

Moreover, this job is very complicated and complicated, and the salary is not high. According to the statistics here, the annual salary of this kind of painter in Japan is only more than 300 million yen, barely reaching the passing line of the income of office workers in Tokyo.

Generally speaking, freelance painters (for example, college students, studios that want to win awards) who have no jobs for the time being are hired.

It is basically impossible for a manga author like Meisha Kurogong who has already made a lot of money by selling a single book, and is still very popular outside, to take the initiative to apply for the job.

After all, the salary of the painter is too low and the treatment is not good.

Heomiya Meisha's level is more than enough to be an original artist.

Higashinoji guessed that Meisa Kuromiya was being impulsive again, thinking that he could learn something by studying under his own hands.

He shook his head, just wanted to persuade Heomiya Meisha not to be too impulsive, there are actually many ways to surpass him

As a result, the other party's next very calm words made Dong Yesi stop talking.

"I don't want to surpass you. I just want to see what is the difference between us. I think I can learn something by studying under you."

"Please accept me, Higashino-sensei!"

Heomiya Mingsha lowered her voice solemnly, her tone seemed a little gentle and respectful.

Although this doesn't sound right, even Higashinoji is not very good at rejecting Kuromiya Meisa.

After all, the other party has already spoken to such an extent, and if he still disagrees, it will be somewhat embarrassing.

And he heard it too.

Heomiya Mingsha did not try to prove herself as hard as the previous few times this time. She seemed to have realized something and restrained all the previous anxiety.

This steady, neither arrogant nor impetuous, slowly settling mentality is indeed the mentality that progress should have.

Therefore, Higashino Division just thought about it and agreed.

"Okay, I see. I will greet Editor Hosokawa in advance."

When Higashinoji said these words, he could almost see Hosokawa Koharu's bewildered expression.

After all, the previous Black Palace Meisha was also the face of Urashima Publishing House.

hit yourself now

No matter how you think about it, it's a bit dramatic.

(End of this chapter)