Tokyo life starting with painting.

Chapter 304 Find Some Useful Tool People (8000 words)
Higashino Chihaya doesn't like her younger brother treating herself like a child, and she doesn't particularly like Kumamon.

because
That's not like her at all.

Who is round and fat like Kumamon?
As a normal-thinking girl, of course I like slim, beautiful and cute people.

Taking a step back a million steps, even if my younger brother wants to draw a mascot, he can't draw it so fat and round-because she Higashino Chihaya is very good-looking!
Thinking of this, Higashino Chihaya simply raised her head and asked.

"Isn't sister pretty or cute?"

"Miss Chihaya looks pretty," Higashino Si nodded, but did not refute Higashino Chihaya on this question.

After all, this kind of question is usually a proposition for boys, who dares to say 'no'?

Besides, my sister is indeed very beautiful, it goes without saying.

"That Ass you."

Higashino Chihaya just wanted Higashino Tsukasa to change Kumamon's appearance, at least a little slimmer.

But before she could say this, Higashinosi waved her hand in denial with a smile.

Although the black fat Kumamon is a simple mascot, you can draw it with your hands, but it contains the most popular elements.

Cute tube-shaped body, short limbs, neutral facial expressions, and a soft-touch image design.. This is the main reason for Kumamon's popularity.

And Chihaya Higashino who heard what Higashino said was naturally powerless to refute——

She didn't know any image design, so she could only forcefully stuff food into her mouth, and stopped talking.

On the other side, Higashinoji, who had already sat down to eat, saw her like this, thought for a while, and finally decided to hide what Shenmu Qiren asked for.

Higashino Chihaya is so unhappy, he can't force Higashino Chihaya to help, right?

Besides, it's just an interview, so please be more polite tomorrow and let Shen Muqiren push it down.

He made up his mind and prepared to give up.

On the other side, Higashino Chihaya seemed to have noticed something, and suddenly raised her head, looking a little curious.

"Asi, do you have something to say to me?"

"No."

"really?"

Seeing Higashino Tsukasa waving his hands in denial, Higashino Chihaya looked suspicious.

She always felt that Higashino Division seemed to be hiding something from herself.

This is a pure intuition, without any reason.

"A Si." Higashino Chihaya put down her chopsticks and looked at Higashino Si who was still eating on the other side.

"If there is anything that my sister can help or is related to my sister, you can tell my sister."

She pulled her small bench next to Dong Yesi with a serious expression: "Sister will definitely help you."

Higashino Chihaya's sudden statement made Higashino Si on the other side couldn't help but look at her more.

"No, it's really nothing, Miss Qianhao, let's have dinner."

He waved his hand again and sighed a little, signaling that Chihaya Higashino didn't need to ask any more questions.

And Higashino Chihaya, who heard this sigh, felt as if his little heart was being scratched by something, and it was unreasonably itchy.

My younger brother must have something on his mind to hide from him.

Not running!
At this time, it is time for me to be majestic as the head and daughter of Higashino!

Higashino Chihaya immediately regained her spirits, and she didn't even eat the meal, and took away Higashino Division's dinner plate by the way.

"What happened? Asi? My sister will definitely help you if you have something on your mind."

"."

Higashino Chihaya looked at Higashino Division like this.

Under her gaze, Higashinoji was silent for a while.

Then Higashino shook his head with a smile: "No, Miss Chihaya can't help you with my affairs."

"How do you know that my sister can't help! My sister can do everything! You are looking down on me!"

Higashino Chihaya patted the table dissatisfied: "Si, you are always like this now, treating my sister as a child, a fool. Let me tell you, today's matter, no matter what it is, my sister can help. "

".Okay. Since Chihaya-san, you said so."

Seeing Higashino Tsukasa's obviously 'forced and helpless' expression, Higashino Chihaya felt happy for a while.

Since I woke up, my younger brother has been helping me, and now I finally have the opportunity to listen to his troubles.

Why don't you do more things that your sister should do?

she thought so.

Then I heard something that Dong Yesi was more troubled about.

then
Then Higashino Chihaya was completely dumbfounded.

"Interview with Kumamon? Interview me?"

"Yes."

Uh--

Higashino Chihaya was stunned, and wanted to refuse, but then she thought of what she said just now, "No matter what this matter is today, my sister can help." It was difficult to open her mouth all of a sudden.

She could only look at her younger brother.

It took a while before I managed to come back to my senses.

Why did she feel that Higashino Division deliberately tricked her?Could it be that the 'forced and helpless' look just now was just an act?
Chihaya Higashino couldn't help but look at his younger brother's expression when he thought of this, only to find that the tone of Higashino's gaze remained the same as before, without any change.

Sure enough, it's still impossible, right?

How could the younger brother lie to the older sister?No no.

How could it be possible for a sister to be cheated by a younger brother?

I, Chihaya Higashino, are very smart.

Higashino Chihaya nodded confidently, and then heard Higashino Division's words.

"Miss Qianhao, let me say something first, this interview is based on your willingness."

"Really...? Then if I refuse... will it have any impact on Asi?"

Higashino Chihaya asked softly.

"It won't cause any impact." Dong Yesi smiled.

In fact, if Higashino Chihaya is willing to participate in this project, not to mention much, she can still earn back 6000 to [-] million yen.

But Higashino Chihaya was unwilling.

Higashino Division naturally also based on her wishes.

After all, money is enough.Higashino has not yet reached the point where he doesn't care about his family's wishes for money.

He thought so, and then watched Higashino Chizao nodded his head, as if he had made some decision.

Then, Higashino Chihaya's answer sounded.

"My sister knows, she just went to participate in the interview, right? My sister will help."

Ok?
Higashino, who originally thought that Higashino Chihaya would refuse, was a little dazed, and after two seconds he asked a little strangely: "Miss Chihaya, don't you like Kumamon very much?"

"Uh uh. Mmm."

After hearing this, Higashino Chihaya stretched out her hand and scratched her hair. After a while, she replied with a flushed face, "How could a sister really hate what her brother made for her?"

Yes.

On the surface, she seems to be disgusted with Kumamon, but when she thinks that this is something created by Higashinoji using her as a prototype.

In fact, I was still a little secretly happy.

It's just that she was too embarrassed to express it directly, so she just put on a straight face and said she didn't like it.

Of course, Higashino Chihaya herself doesn't really like to show her face in public.

This is also for Dong Yesi, otherwise she would not agree at all.

"Anyway, anyway, I'll just help!" Chihaya Higashino felt that her face was about to be roasted.

"Really?" Higashino Division looked at Chihaya Higashino.

After realizing that the other party was just shy and didn't show a look of forcing himself, he nodded: "I understand."

He also knew that Higashino Chihaya agreed to be interviewed this time probably for his own sake.

anytime.

Higashino Chihaya's personality that was considered for him has not changed at all.

Higashino couldn't help reaching out to touch her head again.

This time Higashino Chihaya didn't dodge it, she just raised her head halfway and looked at Higashino Si with a hey smile.

Now that Higashino Chihaya here agrees, then Higashino Secretary doesn't have to beat around the bush to reject Shenmu Qiren.

Of course, regarding the 5000 to [-] million yuan in remuneration, Higashinoji would naturally not take Higashino Chihaya.

He planned to go to the bank to open an account for Higashino Chihaya, and ask Shenmu Qiren to hand over the money to Higashino Chihaya.

Of course Higashino Division will not hide this matter from Higashino Chihaya.

Then--

"Five, 5000 million yen? Ah, Asi. What are you kidding? This joke is not funny."

Higashino Chihaya's eyes widened and her mouth was trembling.

Five, 5000 million!

If this is pocket money, the amount is too big.

She also accepted an interview, at most it was just to cooperate with the other party to take a few photos and do some Kumamon moves
This can get 5000 million yen?
Is it a bit sloppy?

"The 5000 million yen is just a guaranteed share. After all, Kumamon's current market is huge, and there is still a lot of traffic that has not been realized."

Higashino explained with a smile.

His words of 'it's only 5000 million yen' made Higashino Chihaya next to him couldn't help but look at him more, and couldn't help but justify: "That's 5000 million yen, Asi."

She gestured with her fingers a little at a loss: "5000 million yen, if you change it into a box, you can pack a whole box, right?"

She is a child of an ordinary family, where has she seen so much money?

Although that's a bit of a bad thing to say.

But Higashino Chihaya felt that when his father was still there, he worked hard for more than ten years and probably did not make more money than this interview.

She carefully snapped her fingers, as if she was still immersed in the huge sum of 5000 million yen that fell from the sky.

Toshino, on the other hand, didn't care.

Because 5000 million yen is actually nothing in front of some real rich people in Japan.

Those well-known chaebols, banks, none of them have assets of several trillion yen in their hands, and the company's employees alone can have tens of thousands of people.

Not just Japan.

The wealthy people in the beautiful country and even the later celestial dynasties are actually similar.

——The reality is really like that in the novel.

Just as Higashino Division was thinking.

On the other side, Higashino Chihaya looked over curiously: "Asi, tell sister honestly, how much money do you have now?"

She had also heard from her classmates that Higashinoji's income seemed to be very high, but seeing how he didn't care much about the 5000 million yen, she was of course a little curious.

"Well, I haven't calculated much." Higashinoji thought for a while and said, "My overall assets are about 800 to [-] billion yen now."

His assets have always fluctuated up and down. For this reason, he specially hired a financial advisor to help him manage the assets in his hands and conduct some financial transactions that are profitable.

"Seven to eighty billion." Chihaya Higashino rubbed her temples subconsciously, and began to think and calculate.

5000 million yen can fill a box, what about 800 billion yen?

This is probably a hill when converted into banknotes, right?

Higashinosi looked at her calculating appearance and didn't say anything more.

At most, what he was talking about was his savings in the bank. Apart from that, he still had the copyrights of various works of his own. If all of them were exchanged for cash, it would have already exceeded the [-] billion mark.

"Is drawing comics so profitable?"

Higashino Chihaya sat on her small bench again, muttering to herself a little suspiciously.

She just felt that her values ​​had been impacted.

According to her previous thinking, the trajectory of a person's life is probably to study, go to university, and then come out to find a job and live a life similar to others.

but now.
Higashinoji changed her mind.

"Drawing manga is quite profitable." Higashino replied with a smile.

The reason why he chose the comics industry in the cold winter was to earn a small amount of money and share some cakes.

Now his goal has been achieved, and a little money has been made from the comics industry.

And having achieved this goal, he naturally has to consider the next thing.

"Internet illustration, web comic industry."

Tonoji muttered.

Yes.

That's what he thought.

As time continues to develop, the sales volume of the physical version of manga will only become weaker and weaker, and the focus of Japanese manga will gradually shift to the Internet.

But now in Japan in 2004, there is not even a decent website for exchanging illustrations, let alone a website for browsing web comics.

As the saying goes, the road has to be taken step by step.

Higashino's natural target for this first step is an illustration exchange website.

You know, there are many people in this world who paint as a hobby.

And why should they learn to draw?

Part of it is because I like it, so I learned it by myself.

And another part of the reason is - who doesn't want to use a good painting to pretend to be aggressive in front of others?

This reason is very real and very practical.

Everyone wants to be recognized by others, and everyone wants to hear praise from others

Just like the illustration exchange website of pixiv (referred to as P station) back then, it became popular by relying on various illustrators and some hobby folk painters.

It simply provides a virtual art community platform, allowing these people to share their works.

Draw a picture, then others praise it, be satisfied with the praise, and then contribute.
It doesn't matter if you can't draw.

Randomly drawn things can also be submitted for approval, and enjoy the praise of other people who are also on this illustration exchange website.

This is the beauty of free creation.

As for Higashino, he wanted to directly create such a platform for free creation and communication.

Then through this creation platform, build a web comic reading platform - this is in line with the trend of the times.

However, in the current situation, this is just an idea, and Higashino Division has not had time to implement it.

After all, the Higashino studio is not particularly manned. Just making animations is a bit difficult.

So he made a special trip to give Yano Ryuichi a task.

Interview some useful tool people. Newcomers.

　The [-] words I wrote on the title is the combination of the previous chapter, and the two chapters add up to [-] words.

　　Not this chapter with [-] words.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)