The choice of tourist locations... This aspect is still relatively particular.

Although Yumi Takahashi and Aoi Fujiwara said that they would choose by themselves, it was better to choose a place that better suited their two interests.

It is necessary to have coastal scenery, and there must be some historical cities and ruins in the area.

Tsukasa Higashino also gave some thought to this.

It's just that before Higashino Tsukasa could think about it completely, someone had already come to the door.

"Yamauchi-sensei?" Tsukasa Higashino didn't expect that it was actually the first floor of Yamauchi in Musashino Art University, which surprised him a little.

The other party helped him sign up for the Japan Art Creation Award before, and Higashino still remembers.

"I visited rashly, and I ask Mr. Higashino to forgive me." Yamauchi replied with a smile on the first floor.

Tsukasa Higashino, who won the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award for his Kumamon image, is now fully worthy of his 'teacher'.

"Don't be so polite, Mr. Yamauchi... Who is this behind you...? Tsukasa Higashino turned to look at the middle-aged man behind him on the first floor of Yamauchi.

The other party is a middle-aged man, ******, he looks quite Sven, seeing Higashino's curiosity, he immediately introduced himself with a smile: "Hello, Higashino sensei, I am the vice president of the New Century Art Association in Tokyo, Japan, named Kageyama Bunta." ”

While speaking, the other party also stretched out his hand and shook hands with Tsukasa Higashino.

"Hello, President Kageyama." Tsukasa Higashino thought to himself that it was good that Chihaya Higashino was playing games next door with Aoi Fujiwara at this time, otherwise he might have been scared half to death by these two men who took the initiative to visit - she had always been quite recognizable.

He doesn't care whether others are vice presidents or not, anyway, in this situation, it is absolutely impossible to call the president in a unified manner.

After saying hello, Tsukasa Higashino also turned sideways and made a 'please come in' gesture to welcome the two into the house.

After they sat down, Tsukasa Higashino served tea, and on the first floor of Yamauchi, they served their collection of sake as a souvenir.

Only then did Bunta Kageyama explain his intention: "Actually, we came here this time mainly to invite Mr. Higashino to join the New Century Painting Association. ”

By this time, Tsukasa Higashino had understood.

It turned out that this Kageyama Bunta wanted to invite him to join the New Century Painting Association, so he made a special trip to the first floor of Yamauchi to help with the matchmaking...

This was something that Higashino didn't expect.

Join the association...

In his previous life, Higashino joined some messy associations in the Celestial Empire, but there are not many people in these associations who really discuss painting skills, at most they just hang a name, increase their resume, and make their reputation look better when they are outside, just like you punch a box, and then someone asks you what genre and what style, you directly come to a sentence 'The head of the Mixed Yuan Eight Extremes Evil Fist School'... That sounds like a lot of bluffing.

Higashino Tsukasa is also a relatively famous kind of person outside now, so naturally it is impossible to join some informal art associations indiscriminately, of course, Higashino Tsukasa still respects the teacher on the first floor of Yamauchi who once helped him? And the other party was the teacher of Kuronomiya Akisa, who was in charge of the Tokyo Youth Painting Awards, and he didn't carry out the camera obscura operation... This character really doesn't have to be said.

It seems to be aware of Tsukasa Higashino's thoughts.

Fumita Kageyama smiled? At the same time, he stretched out his hand and said with a serious expression: "The New Century Art Association cooperates with more than eighty percent of art museums in Japan. There are more than 2,000 active members and probationary members combined? It is registered with the proper procedures. ”

"It's really unusual." Tsukasa Higashino has also been in this industry, and it is unusual to know that there can be such a large-scale association in Japan? It seems that this Kageyama vice president has something.

"Just like the philosophy of our association, we want to recruit young painters like Higashino-sensei... So there was this visit. ”

Bunta Kageyama held Higashino's palm again? Earnestly asked, "Please join our New Century Art Association, right?" Higashino-sensei. ”

Higashino Tsukasa saw him with such a sincere attitude, his expression was a little strange, he didn't have any impression of this New Century Art Association, and he didn't understand why the other party wanted to recruit him to join them so much.

So Higashino Tsukasa doesn't take this either? I just asked with some curiosity, "What will I do if I join the New Century Art Association?" ”

He's already tired from his job now? Then join an art association... When the time comes, if there is some messy association activity... Then he can't spare that time.

"If Mr. Higashino is willing, it is okay to just hang the name of an honorary member or honorary vice president in the association, and he can also enjoy some benefits of our association."

In a sense, the welfare of the New Century Art Association is not bad, and a certain amount of funding will be issued every month, and there is no need to pay for admission to some art museums that cooperate with the Art Association? And in a sense, with the help of the connections of the art association... For example, holding art exhibitions, some collaborations with art museums... These are all resources that Higashino can borrow.

And from the beginning, I was willing to give the honorary vice president such a title... This benefit is very heavy? The weight is also enough, and Higashino can see that the New Century Art Association still values himself.

Tsukasa Higashino groaned? Think a little.

And Kageyama Bunta on the side saw Tsukasa Higashino's appearance that seemed to be moved, and immediately added, "Originally, we wanted to visit before?" But I've been suffering from no introduction? That's why it's been delayed until now. ”

"President Kageyama doesn't have to be so polite." Tsukasa Higashino smiled and waved his hand: "Still thank you for the invitation?" Unfortunately, I've been traveling lately, and I've had some trouble getting through the membership procedures... Can you give me a moment to think about it? ”

Speaking of this, Tsukasa Higashino jokingly said, "I haven't thought of a place to travel right now, but if President Kageyama has a good place to recommend for me, then I can consider joining the club." ”

Where to visit...?

Funta Kageyama values Tsukasa Higashino very much, not to mention whether it is oil paintings or comics, the key is that his influence on the young generation in Japan is really great... Manga is known as the third largest industry in Japan, and as the current leader of the Japanese manga industry, Tsukasa Higashino naturally needs to think about it.

So he thought about it and said, "Since Higashino-sensei hasn't thought about the location of the trip, what do you think of Aomori Prefecture?" The scenery over there is very good, there are mountains and seas, there are many places of interest, and there is also a branch association of ours over there, if Mr. Higashino thinks about it, he can also go through the procedures directly in the branch association over there..."

Aomori Prefecture?

Tsukasa Higashino was more or less interested: "Thank you, President Kageyama, for your suggestion... If I make up my mind, I will definitely go to the Aomori Prefecture branch to go through the membership procedures. ”

"Then I'll wait for the good news from Higashino-sensei." Bunta Kageyama smiled.

Although he was a little sorry that he couldn't pull Tsukasa Higashino into the New Century Art Association all at once, at least he took the first step, and Tsukasa Higashino didn't have a bad impression of them, and they still had a good chance after that.

At the end of the conversation, Bunta Kageyama said that he would write a letter of recommendation when he returned, and when the time came, Tsukasa Higashino would bring it to the Aomori Prefecture branch association, and many procedures would be exempted.

In this regard, Higashino Tsukasa also agreed with a smile.

A few people drank tea and chatted for a while, and the topic also came from the New Century Art Association to the first floor of Yamauchi.

"In two days, Mr. Yamauchi is going to take Ming Sha and them to an off-campus internship sketch?" Tsukasa Higashino asked curiously.

"Almost, Mingsha is now a junior, and next year will be a senior... The only thing that gave me a headache was Chimi Nagawa in the class. "The first floor of Yamauchi obviously knew that Tsukasa Higashino had a close relationship with Akira Kuronomiya, so he also called him by his first name.

And when it comes to Chimi Nagawa, the first floor of Yamauchi can't help but rub his temples, and he feels helpless.

If she hadn't met the number of days of attendance, the quality of the homework she usually handed in was okay, and the first floor of Yamauchi almost let her repeat the grade.

Tsukasa Higashino obviously also thought of Chimi Nagawa's 'If you can't study, you will have to go home and inherit hundreds of millions of family assets', so she smiled... After all, this product has money, and it is normal to be a little free.

But it's no wonder that Kuronomiya Akisa and Chimi Nagawa haven't visited much recently.

It turned out that I was going out for an internship to practice drawing.

The few of them talked for a while, and then Higashino Tsukasa sent Yamauchi and Kageyama Fumita away.

"Aomori Prefecture..."Higashino thought for a moment and decided to search for this place on the Internet.

But before that, he searched for things about the New Century Art Association.

There are many entries on the web page about the New Century Art Association, and Tsukasa Higashino is a little dazzled just by glancing at it.

The webpage is mainly about the works of some members of this association and the oil painting and sculpture exhibitions held by the association and a certain art museum.

However, at the top of all these miscellaneous news, there was an eye-catching headline - 'Vice President Tashiro of the New Century Art Association was transferred to the Uesugi Art Association, and Mr. Kageyama took over the position of vice president, and according to insiders, Vice President Tashiro took away nearly half of the influential members of the New Century Art Association in the Japanese art world. ’

Well?

This news attracted the attention of Tsukasa Higashino, who clicked in and quickly browsed it, and after reading it for about two minutes, Tsukasa Higashino probably understood why Bunta Kageyama, the vice president, was so eager to find talent.

It turned out to be a core member at the top... Half of the illustrators who were still well-known in Japan and had published art books were poached by the previous vice president of Tashiro.

Kageyama Bunta is the one who was pushed out to take over the mess...

This time, he took the initiative to come over and pull Higashino Tsukasa into the gang for this reason.

No wonder he was directly given the title of honorary vice president...

However, this is also normal, and joining the association is similar to a transaction for Tsukasa Higashino and Bunta Kageyama.

If he joins, Tsukasa Higashino will be able to use the connections of the New Century Art Association, and if he doesn't join, Tsukasa Higashino will have nothing to lose.

Tsukasa Higashino crossed out the news, he hadn't thought about joining it yet, and it didn't make much sense to look at the stuff.

Next is the information about Aomori Prefecture, which he is more concerned about.

He quickly searched the Internet for many entries about Aomori Prefecture.

Look at it as a whole...

"Not bad." Tsukasa Higashino looked at the picture above and muttered to himself.

Not bad indeed.

There is a place in Aomori Prefecture called the Mutsu Shiokaze Trail, which can be said to have mountains and seas along the way, and the official boast is that it is more than 1,000 kilometers, but the total distance of the tourist spot is only about 9 kilometers, which perfectly meets Yumi Takahashi's desire to see the sea, and there is also a historical castle called Hirosaki Castle, as well as a large area of ancient ruins from the Jomon period, which has a deep historical and cultural heritage, and can also meet the needs of Fujiwara Aoi.

In addition, it is now the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, and the local area of Aomori Prefecture is neither hot nor cold, so it was indeed a good choice in the past.

"It looks like a good place to be."

Tsukasa Higashino groaned and decided to put Aomori Prefecture on the waitlist.

Just as he was about to look down, there was a noise outside... It turned out that Yumi Takahashi and Aoi Fujiwara, who were playing games next door, came back.

"Higashino-sensei, have you made a decision?" Yumi Takahashi was the first to rush outside Higashinoji's room with a gust of wind.

Behind her, Fujiwara Aoi couldn't help but speak directly when she saw this:

"Stupid pig! You wait! Don't just go into Higashino-san's room. ”

If Konoe Ryoka goes in, it's almost the same... You're Lianghua's best friend at best, so it's a little bad to just enter her boyfriend's room, right?

"I didn't get all in there, stinky dwarf." Yumi Takahashi turned back confidently.

Despite her out-of-the-box personality, she also knew that boys' rooms weren't to be allowed to wander in casually—it wouldn't be nice to see things that weren't supposed to be seen.

So Yumi Takahashi left half of her body outside the door and half of her body in the room.

This made Tsukasa Higashino a little speechless when he saw it... What's the difference between coming in half of your body and coming in your whole body? What about covering your ears and stealing the bell?

But forget it, I'm going to talk to them anyway.

Tsukasa Higashino simply called them all in, and then made a decision: "Let's go to Aomori Prefecture." ”

He didn't give Yumi Takahashi a choice, so he made a decision directly.

After all, these days, Higashino Tsukasa can be regarded as figuring out the routines of Yumi Takahashi and Aoi Fujiwara, and if they are given a choice, or with a little solicitative tone, they can talk excitedly about this topic for a day.

As the saying goes, three women in one play... But Higashino thinks the two of them will be able to set up a stage team.

So he directly chose to cut through the mess quickly and finalized the matter directly.

It's just that what Higashino didn't expect was that after Yumi Takahashi and Aoi Fujiwara heard the name of Aomori Prefecture, they all showed a look of astonishment.

Even the two of them who had just returned with Higashino Chihaya behind them were all surprised.

They were so stiff over there that they couldn't speak.

And Tsukasa Higashino, on the other side, also sensed that something was wrong.

This atmosphere is like a honeycomb stabbed all at once...

Aomori Prefecture... Could it be that there is something wrong?