Tokyo life starting with painting.

Chapter 366 It’s Okay to Say No Earlier (8000 words)
Higashino Division did not expect that Chapter No. 20 of "Hansawa Naoki" brought so many chain effects.

His goal has long been from the very beginning of "making money to support Chihaya Higashino" to just wanting to be number one in the Japanese manga industry in this world.

The current highest sales record in the history of Japanese manga is 400 million volumes per volume, which is a little bit behind compared to Japan in the previous life, but it is not far behind.

In order to break through the average sales volume of 400 million volumes, it is also very important that the sales volume of "Hansawa Naoki" break through 300 million volumes this time.

At least Higashinoji thinks so.

He is now focusing on paying attention to the market statistics of "Hansawa Naoki", and asks Hosokawa Koharu to report in time if there is any trouble.

And in this process, pixiv's first grand prize has finally come to an end.

In the end, Higashino and Kuromiya Meisa chose the "Cat and White Chrysanthemum" by P station painter Nakano Yusaki based on the number of likes of the work and their own understanding.

After all, although Ohara Shino's painting is good, it is still far behind Nakano Yusaki's aura-filled composition and emotional expression.

The final result of the selection was Nakano Yusaki Gold Award, Ohara Certificate Silver Award, and the remaining [-] Silver Awards and Bronze Awards were divided equally.

Higashino Division also made a special trip to post on his personal account, congratulating Nakano Yusaki and Ohara Zheng and other winners——

Originally, after all this is done and all the bonuses are distributed, everyone should be happy.

But what Dongyesi didn't expect was that.

Ohara Zheng directly expressed his dissatisfaction under Higashino Tsukasa's comment section, thinking that his painting is better than Nakano Yusaki, and the Golden Award should be his.

After all, he is a professional illustrator, how could he be inferior to a newcomer like Yusaki Nakano who has never been heard of in the illustrator circle?
The clever thing about Ohara Zheng is that he dare not challenge the authority of Higashino Division.

He just kept grasping the identity of Nakano Yusaki, a pink and tender newcomer, to express the unfair treatment he encountered.

His expression of a victim also attracted the attention of some passers-by.

Similarly, there are also several illustrators at station p who think Ohara's words are reasonable.

issue a statement—

As a professional illustrator, it is impossible for Ohara Shino to be inferior to a newcomer like Nakano Yusaki.

There must be a big shady scene here, maybe Arisaki Nakano made a special trip to buy the likes ranking data of p station from some outside websites.

This can be regarded as a typical Japanese thing where seniors suppress juniors in the circle.

Ohara Shinobu is not only Nakano Yusaki's senior.

And as a professional illustrator, he can always get a few illustrator friends to cheer him on and clarify his position.

And as a newcomer, Yusaki Nakano, one or two, is completely helpless in the circle of illustrators.

And Ohara probably thought that Higashino would not care about such trivial matters as the p station award, so he was able to bully this unknown newcomer illustrator so openly.

Soon the evaluation page of Nakano Yusaki's personal user was negatively commented by many people, and some people even asked Nakano Yusaki to die
Standard Japanese cyber violence.

Originally, Higashino Division really didn't particularly want to get involved in such trivial matters.

Because no matter how troublesome the Ohara card was, Higashino had no intention of canceling the gold reward and giving it to him.

But he thought about it again, because of this incident, others may feel that the competitive environment of station p is not as fair and just as imagined
At that time, it will dampen the enthusiasm of some illustrators.

So he thought about it, and still used his personal account to post the announcement.

He said that the result of this grand award is fair and transparent, not only based on the number of likes, but also Kuromiya Mingsa and himself participated in the judging process. "Cat and White Chrysanthemum" is indeed a very good work, and the Golden Award is well-deserved.

As soon as Higashino Division issued an announcement.

On the other side, Ohara confirmed that they immediately fell silent.

Ohara even made a special trip to post an apologetic comment, saying that since Mr. Higashino has already said so, there must be no problem.

Seeing this humble gesture, some people who don't know may think that Higashino is bullying Ohara.

But after all, the current Higashino Division can be said to be the face of the Japanese manga industry.

It is natural for the Ohara Securities Association to publicly apologize.

If Higashino Division has announced it like this, he will still bite to death and not relax, then Higashino Division's fan group will charge forward.

It is estimated that there is not even scum left in the Ohara certificate.

This is the benefit of 'authority'.

No matter what Higashino said, he was right.

Even if it is wrong, as long as it is not too outrageous, everyone will default to being right.

Higashino Division did not expect that one day he would become an authority in the industry.

When I saw this result, I was a little dumbfounded.

But forget it.

It is a good thing to be able to rescue Nakano Yusaki.

Higashino Division didn't continue to care about the affairs of the P station, and let Yano Ryu go and remit the bonus and then ignored it.

But
"Huh? Is there a private message?"

Looking at a private message record in the backstage of his personal account, Higashino took his thermos mug over with some confusion, and took a sip of water.

His personal account is half a super account.

Because there are too many people who trust me privately, there are all kinds of miscellaneous news.

Dong Yesi simply used the background authority to change the private mailbox of his account to a state where he could not send messages to it.

The only ones who can contact me are the few award-winning illustrators. After all, we need to contact them about the award.

Could it be that the winner sent a private message?

Dong Yesi thought about opening the private mailbox, and then saw the message in it.

It was a message from Arisaki Nakano.

'Thank you Mr. Higashino for helping me this time, I have received the money.Thank you so much. '

The other party thanked him repeatedly, which made Higashino scratch his hair, and politely replied, 'No thanks, this is what Nakano-san obtained by relying on your own ability. '

He sent this message and wanted to close the page directly.

But what Dongyeji didn't expect was that Nakano Yusaki actually sent another message.

'No, Mr. Higashino, you don't know what this money means to me. Thank you very much.You are my benefactor, and I will never forget this kindness in my life. '

This message was very long, and Higashino was a little confused when he saw the end.

Will you never forget this kindness in your life?

As for?
400 million yen in Tokyo is actually equivalent to the salary of an ordinary office worker for one and a half years.

You don't have to spend your whole life doing it, do you?
The modern Japanese version of "The White Crane Repays Grace"?
Higashino Division started to send a message 'You are too serious. 'After waiting for a while, I didn't receive a reply from the other party, so I closed the private mailbox.

He couldn't understand Nakano Yusaki's thoughts, but Higashinoji knew Nakano Yusaki's gender because of this chat.

The other party is estimated to be a woman.

Because in the private message box just now, the other party has always used the female self-proclaimed in Japanese.

"I" in Japanese is male and female.

Unexpectedly, this Golden Award illustrator is still a pink girl.

This made Dong Yesi a little surprised, but he didn't care too much.

Just when Dong Yesi wanted to drink some water to moisten his throat, his cell phone rang suddenly.

It turned out that it was Hosokawa Koharu who called.

Higashino Division subconsciously lifted his spirits.

Hosokawa Koharu would call, usually to inform Higashino about the sales of "Hansawa Naoki".

Division Higashino answered the phone, and then heard Hosokawa Koharu's excited voice on the phone: "Congratulations, Mr. Higashino, the sales volume of this volume of "Naoki Hansawa" has exceeded 270 million volumes! It is steadily charging towards 300 million volumes !"

This result is indeed good, even if Dongyesi heard it, he couldn't help nodding, smiling and answering many times.

At the same time, he did not forget to joke: "What about the sales of luxury set sets?"

"Uh"

Hearing Higashinoji's words, Hosokawa Koharu got stuck all of a sudden.

A few days ago, she was fighting with the marketing department next door over this stuff, but Higashino suddenly asked.
But forget it.

Hosokawa Koharu found the data and replied: "A total of 15 copies of the luxury setting collection of "Naoki Hansawa" were sold."

There are 15 sets of setting collections, each volume is priced at 220 yen, and Higashino takes a commission of 3000 yen, which is more than [-] million yen in conversion.

Although selling this thing makes people feel dumbfounded, but it really makes money when added up, and it doesn't take much effort.

No wonder so many manga authors come up with canons.

There is no reason for this.

Higashino asked some more about Koharu Hosokawa, and when he felt that he could hang up the phone, Koharu Hosokawa suddenly said:

"By the way, Higashino-sensei, do you have time tomorrow or the day after tomorrow?"

"If Editor Hosokawa invites me to dinner, then I have time no matter what time it is."

Higashino joked cheerfully.

"Cough to be serious, Teacher Dongye."

Hosokawa Koharu coughed twice, and didn't particularly care about Higashinoji's indifferent attitude in front of her.

After all, the relationship between the two of them is so good that they can hook shoulders on the street.

Last time "Hansawa Naoki" became popular, Hosokawa Koharu even gave Higashino a hug.

"Well, you said."

After the other party said that, of course Higashinosi straightened his attitude and stopped joking.

"Didn't Mr. Higashino join the New Century Art Association funded by our Fushima Publishing House before? It's about things over there."

"Oh, there is such a thing."

Higashinoji immediately remembered.

Before he went to Konoe Lianghua's hometown, Bunta Kageyama from the New Century Art Association had already come to say hello to him.

He was also invited to join the New Century Art Association, and Higashino Division also assumed the title of honorary vice president.

Although I didn't actually enjoy the benefits, a vice president of the other party was willing to find me and invited me to join.
To be honest, Higashino Division still admires him.

At the same time, Higashino Division also sighed a little.

It is too easy to become a member of the Fine Arts Association.

Compared with the difficulty of his previous life in the Celestial Dynasty, it was nothing.

In China, if one wanted to become a professional painter, one had to work hard to become a member of the Art Association.

Then to become a member of the Artists Association, you must find a good teacher, study hard, and create
After creating for a period of time, you have to participate in the art exhibition again and win an award. After winning the award, you can be regarded as having an admission ticket to the Artists Association, and then you can become a member.

After becoming a member, you have to continue to repeat the process of participating in exhibitions and winning awards, and then you can change from an "unknown" member of the Art Association to a professional painter who "has a little fame and will not starve to death".

It's simply not too difficult.

Dong Yesi was the one who was killed out of such a sea of ​​swords and blood back then.

As for those painters who were in the same period as him?
Either switch to the design industry, or give up full-time painting and go to other jobs.

In this life in Japan, Higashino Division did nothing.

Just won the Tokyo Youth Award and the Gold Award of the Creation Award, and became a member of the association.

This of course made him feel a little bit emotional.

Putting aside the suffering history of Higashino Division's previous life.

In fact, he had already learned from Osawa, the president of Fushima Publishing House, that Fushima Publishing House was standing behind the New Century Art Association.

Correspondingly, the Uesugi Art Association is a new art association funded by the current Iwazuki Publishing House.

The grievances between these two giant publishing houses have long radiated to the traditional Japanese painting circle.

No one wants to let go of this cake.

"Well, Mr. Higashino, you know this. That will save you a lot of time explaining."

Hosokawa Koharu thought about it and said: "If Mr. Higashino pays attention to the situation of the Japanese painting circle, he will find that the current situation of the New Century Art Association is actually a bit weak."

"The reason is that the previous vice president of the New Century Art Association brought nearly half of the influential members to the Uesugi Art Association."

Hosokawa Koharu explained word by word.

But these Dong Yesi have seen it on the Internet news for a long time.

Kageyama Bunta was pushed out to take over the mess of the New Century Art Association, so the other party found him as a manga author.

But these don't have much to do with Higashino Division.

He is now at best a top-notch manga author.

But in the traditional Japanese painting world, he is a second-rate professional painter.

He doesn't think that his influence in the comics world can radiate to the traditional painting world.

After all, Dong Yesi had experience in the Chinese painting circle in his previous life.

Even in the Celestial Dynasty, the traditional painting circles were famous for their emphasis on the relationship between the younger generation and the master-student relationship.

Not to mention Japan, a country that emphasizes the relationship between seniors and seniors the most.

He can barely be regarded as a newcomer in the traditional painting circle in Japan, and he is also unable to change the dilemma of the New Century Art Association.

Even Bunta Kageyama, who invited Higashinoji to join the New Century Art Association, only valued the influence of his manga among the younger generation.

As if seeing Higashinoji's thoughts, Hosokawa Koharu immediately added:
"Actually, I don't want Mr. Higashino to take the initiative to stand in line to cheer for the New Century Art Association."

"But what?" Higashino asked.

"I hope you, Mr. Higashino, can participate in the next collective art exhibition of the New Century Art Association."

Hosokawa Koharu hesitated for a while, and finally spoke clearly.

Higashino Division here also suddenly realized.

Oh.
It turned out to be the case.

Isn't it just to let yourself draw a picture and put it in the art exhibition?

Wouldn't it be okay to say that earlier?
　Thank you Fate Qiansheng and Yi Eternal for your reward!Thank you so much!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)