Tokyo life starting with painting.

Chapter 196 Come and chase him with me! (8000 words)

The Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award.

This is mainly an honor awarded to people who have made special achievements in the fields of art and literature.

In other words, in a sense, this is an award with national significance.

Just a simple commendation award or a newcomer award is enough to make people's hearts flutter.

After all, it is an award at the national level, which is enough to be included in some records in Japan.

In other words, as long as he wins the Minister of Education, Sports, Science and Technology Award, it is not an exaggeration to say that he will become famous in one fell swoop.

For example, the Japanese cartoonist Hirohiko Araki, who is familiar to many people, and the author of "JOJO's Bizarre Adventure", once won the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award.

In addition, Akimoto Osamu, the author of "Oolong Police Station", also won the Minister of Education, Sports, Science and Technology Award.

The Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award is divided into many departments, and the number of places for each department is different.

There are drama department, dance department, literature department, art department and so on.

The Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award won by Hirohiko Araki belongs to the Media Art Department.

It is already March, and it is indeed time to select the Minister of Education Award.

But on the first floor of the mountain, it never occurred to him that Dongyesi would be involved here.

Logically, this should not be true at all.

The first floor of Yamauchi was surprised in his heart, but on the surface he kept it very well, maintaining a basic polite expression: "I do know Higashino, may I ask Ms. Mano what is the specific need for him?"

"That's right. Mr. Higashino has been nominated for the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's award list, and we will take the initiative to contact him in the future, but since Mr. Yamauchi, you know Mr. Higashino, can you ask Mr. Yamauchi to inform him?"

Manano said with a smile.

And what she said made the first floor of Yamauchi a little dumbfounded, but soon he also smiled and nodded: "This is a matter of my duty, and I will notify Dongye."

"It's troublesome."

Watching Mano Noriko sit back on the top seat, the first floor of Yamauchi finally let out a sigh of relief, a little confused.

Is it really a matter of winning the Minister of Education Award?

To be honest, I didn't even think of it on the first floor of Yamauchi.

But at the same time, he probably had an idea in his mind.

Higashino Tsukasa's project that won the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award is probably the 'Kumamon' design.

This year's Kumamon has set off a craze, which has not abated even today.

Many people in Tokyo have nicknamed Higashino Division’s Kumamon Marketing Group “Higashino Group” and even many counties and districts in Japan are learning from the successful promotion of Kumamon Kumamon in Kumamoto Prefecture—the influence that shocked the cabinet at that time was not Just kidding.

This contribution alone is enough to send Higashino Division to be nominated for the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award.

As for Higashino, there are comics "Midnight Ring" and "The Lonely Gourmet", although these things have far-reaching influences, but in terms of achievements, they are still a little bit behind Kumamon.

After all, these are only medium-length manga works, not long-form manga works, and their influence is definitely not as great as that of Kumamon, which has existed for a long time and produced economic benefits.

"if that's the case"

The first floor of Yamauchi froze for a moment, then thought of something, and smiled helplessly.

If Higashinoji really won the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award, then their Art Creation Grand Prize is actually equivalent to a foil.

After all, whether it is social attention or influence, the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award must be far ahead.

The five major art academies in Tokyo seem to be doing a little bit of fighting.

But it's okay to think about it the other way around.

At least the Art Creation Award can follow Higashinoji, the winner of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award.

This result naturally made the first floor of Yamauchi a little dumbfounded.

Originally thought that Higashino had to rely on the Art Creation Awards to accumulate popularity, but he didn't expect that the Art Creation Awards would also take advantage of Higashino's popularity.

Nothing to do, really nothing to do.

He sighed, and he no longer intends to review these oil paintings. He plans to vote with these judges at that time, and let it pass if he messes around.

It is the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister's Prize that must be reported overwhelmingly at that time!At most, the Art Creation Award will take up a block of tofu!What else is there to think about?

lie down.

"Asi, it's a call from Mr. Shiyamauchi." Konoe Lianghua picked up the phone on the desk next to him, and couldn't help but say something after seeing the name.

She spoke in such a hurry that she even bit her tongue clumsily.

After all, Konoe Suzuka also went to Musashino Art University for a week of exchange and study, so she naturally knew that Yamauchi Yirou was one of the judges for this Art Creation Award.

The other party must have only one purpose for calling at this time, and that is to inform Dong Yesi about the result of the Art Creation Award.

This naturally made Konoe Lianghua a little nervous.

She wanted to see Dong Yesi get the gold award, but at the same time she also knew that the oil painting category of this year's Art Creation Awards was the hardest-hit area, and it could be said to be very difficult to kill, let alone win the gold award.

Although I have confidence in Higashino Division, there will also be nervousness.

Higashino saw Konoe Lianghua biting her tongue nervously, and looked at Takahashi Yumi and Fujiwara Aoi who were curiously poking their heads.

They all seem to want to know their ranking in the Art Creation Awards

So Higashino shook his head with a smile: "I'll just talk on the phone here, please be quiet."

He stood up, picked up the phone from Konoe Lianghua, and greeted the first floor of Yamauchi at the same time: "Hello, Mr. Yamauchi, is the result of the Art Creation Award coming out?"

The voice on the first floor of Yamauchi on the other side of the phone was a bit weird, but he still replied clearly: "It is indeed out. Higashino-san."

He didn't mean to be tricky at all, and told Dong Yesi the answer directly: "Congratulations, classmate Dong Ye, "Summer is End" won the Art Creation Award."

When the first floor of Yamauchi said this, his tone was very strange, which made Higashinoji also notice.

He was a little puzzled, why did he get the gold award himself, and the first floor in the mountain was a little unhappy?

Could it be that my own works have squeezed out the works of a certain Musashino Art University?

It shouldn't be such a coincidence, right?

But I should be happy, I can get the gold reward, which at least shows that the previous efforts were not in vain, very good!

Although Higashinoji's expression didn't change much, Konoe Suzuka, Takahashi Yumi and the others next to him couldn't hold back their joy.

Konoe Suzuka was happy because Higashinoji won the gold award, but Takahashi Yumi was different.

She knew that Dong Yesi would definitely celebrate after receiving the gold award, and Dong Yesi would definitely cook another delicious meal by then!

Yumi Takahashi can't wait!

Just when Division Higashino was about to express his gratitude, the first floor of Yamauchi over there spoke again: "Student Higashino, don't rush to thank, there is more important news coming up."

Higashino Division immediately retracted his words, and at the same time was a little surprised in his heart.

More important news?

What news could be more important than the result of the Art Creation Awards?

Higashino still remembered that Yoshimine Ryuichi, the principal of Beiyi School, seemed to have written a vertical banner as a celebration of his winning the gold award.

But after Higashinoji heard what the first floor of Yamauchi said, he didn't know what a surprise was.

"Nominated for the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award?"

It has been nearly a year since he came to Japan, and Higashinoji has some impressions of this award.

This is an award at the national level. No wonder Yamauchi Yirou said that this news is more important than the results of the Art Creation Awards--it is true.

Even Dong Yesi smiled when he heard the news: "So the news is good, I know. Well, I will wait for the notification."

He chatted with the first floor of Yamauchi for a while before hanging up the phone.

But before he could put down the phone completely, Fujiwara Aoi next to him grabbed his palm with a disbelief on his face: "Student Higashino, have you been nominated for the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award?"

"It was indeed nominated." Higashino replied with a smile.

After getting the reply from Higashino Division, Aoi Fujiwara was dumbfounded

To be honest, if she was not in the classroom now and needed to maintain her image, she would have opened her mouth in surprise and screamed.

After all, many teachers in Japan like to use this award to tease students, "You rewrite a composition, and the quality must be able to get the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award."

From this, we can also know how rich this award is and how well-known it is.

Take an inappropriate example.

When hearing that Higashino Division won the gold award, Fujiwara Aoi's mood did not fluctuate as much as expected.

After all, that was Dong Yesi, and she also tacitly agreed in her heart that Dong Yesi belonged to the kind of person who could do everything.

But when she heard the words "Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award", Fujiwara Aoi's mood finally fluctuated.

That's the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award!

Higashinoji is only 17 years old, right?

Just won the prize?

Fujiwara Aoi, who had always kept calm, could no longer suppress her emotions, and her mind was completely confused.

And she looked like this, and Konoe Lianghua next to her was even more so.

She tightly grasped Higashinoji's cuffs with both hands, and was still repeating the words "Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award" in her mouth, her eyes were dull, and her face was full of astonishment and surprise. break free.

Among the three, Yumi Takahashi was the calmest.

She didn't know what the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award represented, but she only remembered seeing it on TV before.

But that has nothing to do with her, Takahashi Yumi looked at Konoe Suzuka on one side, and Fujiwara Aoi on the other side in a daze, and secretly stretched out her chopsticks to pick out the meat and vegetables from the lunch boxes of the two of them and ate them.

Especially Fujiwara Aoi.

It wasn't enough for her to steal two or three meatballs, and she also split the other party's croquettes in half and ate them in her mouth.

About 3 minutes later, Fujiwara Aoi and Konoe Suzuka finally came back to their senses, and couldn't help but ask, "Are you really nominated?"

The two of them obviously still couldn't accept it, so I had to ask Dong Yesi to say it again.

"It is indeed nominated. It seems that the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology personally said it." Higashinosi emphasized again.

He is also considered a smart person. From the cryptic hints on the first floor of Yamauchi, he probably knows that the project nominated this time is Kumamon.

After all, among his works, Kumamon bear is the most economical, and as a mascot, its design is indeed very artistic.

This is good news.

As Fujiwara Aoi thought to herself, she subconsciously stretched out her chopsticks to pick up the meatballs in her bento box, and—

"idiot!!!"

She turned her head without hesitation, and looked at Yumi Takahashi, whose mouth was full, her eyes turned red all of a sudden.

A posture that today is either you die or I live.

And on the other side - Higashino Division called Okano Yoshiko on the other side without even thinking about it.

At this time, Okano Yoshiko was staying in the principal's office.

She was suddenly called by Ryuichi Yoshimine, mainly because Ryuichi Yoshimine hoped that Ryoko Okano could print out the celebration vertical banner he wrote for Higashino Division.

"What do you think of these words? Mr. Okano?"

Ryuichi Yoshimine looked at the vertical banner in front of him with satisfaction, and at the same time showed it to Yoshiko Okano.

On the white vertical banner lay a few large characters 'Congratulations to the second grade student Higashino Si for winning the Art Creation Award! '

His handwriting is indeed good, and this is the second time he has written a vertical banner for Dong Yesi. (The first time was when Higashino Division won the Tokyo Youth Painting Award).

Yoshimine Ryuichi is really satisfied with Higashinoji's student.

The other party has completely become the gold-lettered signboard of the admissions office of Beiyishu this time. As long as Dongyesi's name is mentioned, most of the students will be taken aback, and then they have no objection to applying for the Beiyiju Private High School.

After all, whether it is Kumamon, "Midnight Ring", "Victor Is Justice", these things are really popular among the younger generation.

As for Higashinoji's 'golden brand', Ryuichi Yoshimine certainly spent a lot of means to connect with him.

Not only are gifts given during the New Year's Eve, but also tuition fees are waived, and Higashinoji is given the green light during exams—if he doesn't think the influence is bad, even Ryuichi Yoshimine wants to take the initiative to send money to Higashinoji.

After all, relying on the signboard of Higashino Division, many schools in the surrounding area can only watch Beiyi School gradually go up.

The reputation of Higashino Division can increase the enrollment rate, and the higher the enrollment rate, the greater the final profit will be, and the reputation of Beiyi School will become wider and wider.

Just writing a vertical banner to celebrate it is nothing at all.

Art Creation Award, I don't know what kind of surprise Higashinoji will bring?

Okano Yoshiko obviously understood Yoshimine Ryuichi's thoughts, she glanced at the handwriting on the vertical banner, and nodded, "It's really well written."

"Then leave it to Mr. Ohara, please help me print it out, and hang it on the outer wall of the school building when the results are officially released."

As soon as Ji Fenglong put down his pen, he was quite satisfied with the vertical banner in front of him.

He gave the things to Ohara, the life guidance teacher, and then wanted to turn around to discuss some issues about Higashino Division with Yoshiko Okano.

But before he could speak, Okano Ryoko's cell phone rang.

"Teacher Okano, please take care of yourself." Takashi Yoshimine stretched out his hand with a smile.

Okano Yoshiko, who got permission from Ryuichi Yoshimine, of course did not hesitate. She picked up the phone, walked outside, and started talking in a soft voice.

But only halfway through the conversation, Okano Yoshiko couldn't help but pushed the door in and said excitedly: "Principal Yoshimine! Mr. Higashino has been nominated for the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award!"

"what?"

After hearing the news, Ji Fenglong was taken aback for a moment.

Then he came to his senses and stood up: "Oops! Follow me to chase after Ohara-sensei!"

Printed wrong ah!

The nominations for the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award have not yet been added!

(End of this chapter)