307 Dragon & Sakura (4th Shift)
The big news that Qin Han joined "Weekly Shonen Jump" lasted for about a week before gradually dissipating.
And at the beginning of this September, after Qin Han solved the problem of the serialized magazine of "Midfield Core", he began to prepare a speech.
On September 1, he received a phone call.
The caller was Yan Mingming.
Qin Han once helped this Chinese high school teacher to save him from being framed as an idiot. And the other party also reciprocated by allowing Qin Han to go to Yinghua High School, where he worked, to collect comics.
Moreover, later Yan Mingliang was inspired by "Dragon Sakura" and decided to follow the manga protagonist Kenji Sakuragi and set up a special training class for college entrance in Yinghua High School.
A full school year has passed. Yinghua High School, which has carried out bold reforms in teaching methods and established a special training class for further education, has really achieved good results.
This spring, two of the first batch of students in the special training class entered Mio, a prestigious private university in Toei. One was admitted to Sophia University, and the other was admitted to Keio University.
All but one of the other students in the special training class were admitted to the university.
Articulation rate, as high as 94%.
Although it is not like in the manga, one or two students have worked hard to get admitted to the University of Tokyo, but it is undoubtedly a very bright result for a third-rate high school in Tokyo.
The chairman of the board of directors of Yinghua High School, who was quite encouraged, decided to continue the special training class.
After the start of the new school year, the number of students who signed up for the special training class for further education has also exploded. After all, even if you don't think about anything else, it's impossible not to envy two seniors who were admitted to a prestigious private university and won a scholarship of 1 million yen from the school.
Driven by the special training class, the learning atmosphere of the entire Yinghua High School has also begun to gradually improve.
Seeing this gratifying change, the chairman of the board of directors, at the suggestion of his son-in-law Yan Mingming, decided to imitate the plot of "Dragon Sakura" and erect a statue in the school to encourage the students to study hard.
In "Dragon Sakura" in another world, the stage of the story is called Ryusan High School. At the beginning of his junior year of high school, the main character, Kenji Sakuragi, planted a cherry blossom tree in the school courtyard, hoping that the students of the Tokyo University Preparatory Class would be able to grow with the trees during the year. When the cherry blossoms are flying next year, my dream of entering the University of Tokyo will be realized.
Therefore, the name of the manga takes a "dragon" and a "sakura", and the two become one.
In this world, Qin and Han used Yinghua High School as the stage for the story, and in the courtyard of the school, there were already cherry blossom trees. So he made some changes to the plot of "Dragon Sakura".
In order to motivate the students, Kenji Sakuragi spent money to order a sculpture of a Chinese dragon and put it in the atrium of the school. He hopes that the students of Sakura High School can work hard and become dragons among people.
In this way, the dragon sculpture plus Yinghua High School also has a "dragon" and a "cherry", which is perfectly to the point.
Yan Mingliang was going to imitate the plot of the comics this time, according to the appearance of the giant dragon painted by Qin Han, he really went to order a sculpture, and then placed it in the atrium of the school.
It can be said that this is the highest level of cosplay.
Of course, Yan Mingliang spent a lot of money imitating comics to make sculptures, and it was by no means a random toss. Moreover, his mother-in-law, the chairman of the board of directors, also agreed to this matter.
Because, this is a great opportunity to link up with the manga "Dragon Sakura" and promote the school.
To this end, Sakura High School will hold a grand inauguration ceremony for the sculpture.
Among the many invited guests, Qin Han, the original author of the comics, is naturally the heaviest one. Moreover, major TV stations in Dongying will also compete to report on the inauguration ceremony of the sculpture.
The focus of these media focuses is not just on the wonderful fate between this high school and the popular manga. In addition, Yinghua High School, which has carried out educational reform and set up a special training class for further education, how far can it go in today's relaxed education environment, which is becoming more and more popular.
Among them, TBS, which is filming the "Dragon Sakura" TV series, is the most enthusiastic media.
In addition to this news related to the current hot issue of education reform, they also want to take the opportunity to promote their own TV series.
For a creator, in addition to bringing happiness to readers and getting a good remuneration, his works can also change this society and the world, which is undoubtedly the proudest thing.
Therefore, Qin Han gladly accepted Yan Mingming's invitation.
He also wanted to see how far this school, which had been transformed by his comics, could go in the future.
On September 10, Qin Han came to Yinghua High School to participate in the inauguration ceremony of the sculpture.
The chairman of the school, the still elegant old lady, and her son-in-law, Yan Mingming, welcomed him warmly.
The whole ceremony went smoothly, except that after Qin Han finished his speech and left the indoor gymnasium as the venue, he was surrounded by students who wanted to see a famous cartoonist, but there were no problems.
Moreover, when Qin Han was about to drive away, he also met an old acquaintance - an NHK reporter who had followed him closely when he was filming documentaries before, Dongma Xiahe.
After the documentary "The Complete Mystery of the Comic Kingdom" received great acclaim, the hero Dong Ma Xiahe was given the opportunity to participate in the production of the large-scale documentary "Silk and Yellow Sand".
After spending more than half a year in Huaxia, Dongma Xiahe returned to Dongying, and now he has been transferred to NHK Education Channel as a producer of a news program.
The young man who used to run around with Qin Han with a handheld camera is now a mixed up.
"Teacher Qin Han, it's been a long time. As soon as Dong Ma Xiahe met Qin Han, he shook hands with him warmly.
"It's been a long time. Now that you're a producer in East Malaysia, you're doing a good job. Qin Han also said with a smile on his face.
"Although I haven't met with Mr. Qin Han since the filming of the documentary ended, I still keep paying attention to your news. Congratulations on hearing that you're going to jump comics? When I was filming the documentary, I had a hunch that you would be an important figure representing the future of Toei's manga industry. Now it seems that my hunch is coming true step by step. ”
In the face of Dong Ma Xia He's unreserved praise, Qin Han could only be modest: "It's too early to say this. Maybe the new manga I serialized in Jump was cut in half after only two months. ”
"Haha, if that's the case, Mr. Qin Han, it's also good that you give up comics and concentrate on making games. "I don't know if you remember, when I was filming a documentary before, my partner Kogi Sogoro. ”
"Ah, remember, that very honest and kind young man. ”
"He's a big fan of the game you made, Oriental Gensokyo Story. Before, because he often played games all night, it affected his work, and he was punished by Taili. Otherwise, he would at least be the deputy head of the production team now. Speaking of his colleagues, Dong Ma Xia couldn't help but smile bitterly.