All you need in the early stages of a good animated film is animation supervision, animation scripts, and character design.

This aspect of character design can be ignored, because many scenes of Tsukasa Higashino's "Midnight Bell" can be taken out for the employees who made the animation to participate.

Then the most important thing in front of you is animation supervision and animation scripting.

Animation scripts, also known as taimotos in Japan, are also known as storyboards.

For example, in Tsukasa Higashino's Midnight Bell, Sadako is actually left-handed, so the painters in the back must be careful not to paint Sadako as right-handed.

As for having Tsukasa Higashino spit out the entire animated movie by himself...

This is undoubtedly unrealistic.

The animated film is about an hour and a half shorter, two hours longer, and sometimes seven or eight shots pass in a second—Tsukasa Higashino is estimated to be an hour to draw by himself.

And that's just a second's work.

You asked Tsukasa Higashino to spit out the whole animated movie...? Printers aren't that fast.

So Higashino can only do a good job in the early plot at most.

Among them, the animation script is naturally what Tsukasa Higashino wants to win. (The script used by the voice actor has a special screenwriter adaptation, so you don't have to worry about Tsukasa Higashino).

After all, "Midnight Bell" is his own work, and he is naturally reluctant to let other script writers come over and change the plot of "Midnight Bell" in a messy way - after all, this is Japan, and the adaptation of the last few parts of "Midnight Bell" in his previous life has already sounded the alarm for Tsukasa Higashino.

So hearing Hosokawa Koharu say this, Higashino was stunned for a moment, but quickly replied, "I think I can give it a try." ”

He does lack experience in the production of animation scripts, but there are two of them, and although he has no experience, as long as he gives it a try, Tsukasa Higashino still feels that he can do it.

After all, the system's artistic talent in your previous life allows you to quickly get started with any drawing and painting-related techniques. 'Talent is not vegetarian.

And after all, the production of storyboards is actually not complicated, although he has no experience in making storyboards, but he is an active popular manga author... This is something that Sharp Co., Ltd. should also take into account.

Tsukasa Higashino has gained confidence and plans to buy a few professional books on storyboard scripting after school this afternoon.

"I also think Higashino-sensei can give it a try." Hosokawa Koharu also nodded over there: "This is a rare experience, since Mr. Higashino, you have the intention of fighting, then I will immediately report to the editor-in-chief of Urashima." ”

"Then it's going to be a hassle for Hosokawa editors."

Tsukasa Higashino was not hypocritical, and thanked for cutting off the call.

And the moment he hung up the phone, he felt the curious gazes of Ryoka Konoe, Yumi Takahashi, and Aoi Fujiwara.

"There's something about work." Tsukasa Higashino explained with a smile, after all, it was an animated movie, and it probably needed to be kept secret now, so it was not easy to explain it to them.

He had been eating with the three of them for several days, after all, he had told Konoe Lianghua earlier that she would have dinner with him.

As for Yumi Takahashi and Aoi Fujiwara... Originally, these two didn't want to get involved, especially Aoi Fujiwara, who felt that they were like light bulbs, interfering with the communication between Tsukasa Higashino and Ryoka Konoe - in other words, she didn't want to eat dog food.

However, in this regard, Higashino Tsukasa also smiled and dispelled Fujiwara Aoi's concerns.

It's not that Tsukasa Higashino likes light bulbs, but Ryoka Konoe is thin-skinned, and he can't even lift chopsticks in front of Tsukasa Higashino, and the atmosphere doesn't know how embarrassing it is.

If you don't invite Aoi Fujiwara and Yumi Takahashi to come over to ease the atmosphere, it is estimated that the people next to him will think that Tsukasa Higashino forced Ryoka Konoe to accompany him to dinner.

So it's going back and forth, and it's what it is now.

"Something at work? Is "Midnight Bell" OVA? I knew that Higashino-sensei was very powerful, and he was invincible all over the world-"

Yumi Takahashi next to him boasted loudly, but her eyes were staring at the fried chicken breast in the box of Tsukasa Higashino's bento box.

It's not so much that this thing is touting herself, but that she's thinking about her chicken breast.

In this regard, Higashino Tsukasa just smiled and threw the chicken breast directly into his mouth, he could be regarded as figuring out the urine nature of Yumi Takahashi's goods, even if he gave her the chicken breast, she would still be thinking about the other things in her lunch box.

Seeing Tsukasa Higashino eating the chicken breast, Yumi Takahashi let out an 'ah', and then showed a sad expression: "Fight the invincible opponent all over the world... My chicken breast..."

But the sadness didn't last long.

Ryoka Konoe next to her handed over the lunch box and whispered to her, "Yumi, I also have one here, I can't finish it, I'll give it to you." ”

She picked out all the chicken breasts in her bento box and gave them to Yumi Takahashi, looking at Yumi Takahashi with a pair of big clear and translucent eyes.

For some reason, looking at these eyes, Yumi Takahashi felt a sense of guilt inexplicably.

She's stupid, but she's not stupid.

How could Konoe Lianghua have something to eat? This must be a reckless effort.

So she shook her head resolutely, don't want to be Konoe Ryoka's thing... Until she shoved the fried chicken nuggets from Aoi Fujiwara's bento box into her mouth:.

"Hehe, it's still Ah Kui who is the best for me."

"Nonsense." Fujiwara Aoi was so angry that she saw her fried chicken nuggets being eaten, she liked to eat fried chicken nuggets the most, and she didn't say that she wanted to give Yumi Takahashi this thing to eat.

As a result, Yumi Takahashi suddenly made a move and poked her fried chicken nuggets away.

It's just that this guy has practiced kendo, and his shots are fast and accurate, and for a while Fujiwara Aoi couldn't react.

However, Fujiwara Aoi quickly thought of something and said, "Yumi, you know what? It's a final exam coming up recently, and winter break is just a few weeks away... Are you ready? ”

"Huh?" Yumi Takahashi, who was still happily chewing fried chicken nuggets, was stunned for a moment, and then her face was bitter, and she hurriedly took out the lunch box she had hidden, and took the initiative to dedicate her good dishes to Fujiwara Aoi: "It's going to be the final exam, Fujiwara Okami, you can save me." ”

She has been doing bad things for a long time, and she has always relied on Fujiwara Aoi, and she has relied on Fujiwara Aoi all the way to avoid failing the course and repeating the grade... As for Konoe Ryokana?

Konoe Ryoka sometimes doesn't know what to say - asking math is to make a helpline, asking Chinese is reading a book... Who can understand this?

"How is Higashino-san?" Fujiwara Aoi looked at the lunch box handed over by Yumi Takahashi, and said a word in turn while slowly picking up ingredients as if he were choosing ingredients in a vegetable market.

yes.

Tsukasa Higashino is so smart, so he should have no problem with his grades.

Yumi Takahashi looked at Tsukasa Higashino with a look of hope.

But soon, Higashino Tsukasa shook his head with a smile: "I can't do it, I can't pass my own subjects." ”

He has a lot of things to do all day long, how can he have time to study? Do you really think of him as Superman?

"Huh? But Higashino-sensei, aren't you a genius...? ”

Is there anything else that can make it difficult for Tsukasa Higashino?

Not only Yumi Takahashi, but even Aoi Fujiwara and Ryoka Konoe all came to Tsukasa Higashino's side.

"That's just that people outside think I'm me, and I usually give my homework to Lianghua to help with it."

Tsukasa Higashino laughed.

Since he became boyfriend and girlfriend with Ryoka Konoe, the homework assigned by his teachers was basically written by Ryoka Konoe.

Yumi Takahashi listened to Tsukasa Higashino's answer, and her expression was a little incredible: "Mr. Higashino... Aren't you afraid of repeating grades? ”

Oh, yes.

Higashino Tsukasa is too terrifying, he doesn't even do his homework, isn't he afraid of repeating grades?

Hearing what Yumi Takahashi said, Ryoka Konoe, who had not spoken all the time, also leaned over silently and grabbed the cuffs of Tsukasa Higashino, and her big watery eyes were also a little uneasy - she didn't want to see Tsukasa Higashino repeat a grade.

"It's okay, I still enjoy some privileges in the Hokugiku school. You will not repeat a grade if you fail all courses. Tsukasa Higashino didn't care.

He does enjoy privileges, even if he fails all subjects, Hokugijuku will not get stuck with his graduation certificate.

After all, he is now a signature student of Kitagijuku, and it is up to him to attract students from outside the school.

It's just such a trivial thing as failing a course... Higashino didn't need to speak, Principal Yoshimine Ryuichi would arrange it for him safely.

Yumi Takahashi next to her heard what he said, her eyes were red with envy, and she also whispered that she must win the ranking in the next kendo competition, and she didn't want to take exams all the time.

Regarding Yumi Takahashi's envious expression, Higashino Tsukasa only laughed happily twice and didn't say much.

There's really not much to say.

Instead of that, let's think about tomorrow's animation script.

In this way, the dull day passed quickly, and Tsukasa Higashino took time to buy a few books about animation scripting in the afternoon, and then went home to study hard.

Then, in a book, he discovered the best way to make an animated script for himself.

"How do you make a storyboard picture book?" Higashino Tsukasa groaned, probably knowing it.

......

The next day, Tsukasa Higashino got into a special car prepared by Urashima Publishing House with his bag and headed for the negotiation site prepared by Sharp Corporation.

"Mr. Higashino, don't be nervous when you get to the place, I'm right next to you, don't be nervous."

Hosokawa Koharu followed behind Urashima, his eyes restless as he looked around while admonishing Tsukasa Higashino.

She looked around and nervously, and her nervous appearance made Higashino Tsukasa a little speechless when she saw it, but she kept telling herself not to be nervous... It's just standard thieves shouting to catch thieves.

But sighing is always bad, so Higashino Tsukasa also hurriedly smiled at her: "Don't worry, I'm not that nervous." ”

He did everything he could, and then he just had to wait for the results.

The editor-in-chief of Urashima quickly arrived in a conference room with Tsukasa Higashino and Koharu Hosokawa and other negotiators from Urashima Publishing House.

On the opposite side of the conference table sat the middle-aged person in charge of the animated film project at Sharp Corporation, named Daichi Omori.

The other party is the head of the publicity and distribution department of Sharp Co., Ltd., and he is also a well-known character, and he is accompanied by two industry insiders who are proficient in animation production, obviously coming prepared.

But on the other hand, Sharp Co., Ltd. is so stance, and it really attaches great importance to the animated movie "Midnight Bell".

After all, there is a lot of money invested in it, and they naturally want to listen to the sound of water.

"Hello, Mr. Omori, I'm Kohei Urashima from Urashima Publishing House."

Urashima, the editor-in-chief, handed over the business card with both hands, and then introduced: "The two behind me are Tsukasa Higashino, the author of "Midnight Bell", and Hosokawa Koharu, the editor in charge of this work. ”

The other party also accepted it very respectfully, and gave back a business card: "I am Daichi Omori, the head of publicity and distribution of Sharp Co., Ltd., and it is a pleasure to meet you, please take a seat, please take a seat." ”

Not only Hosokawa Koharu got a business card, but even Tsukasa Higashino received a business card from the other party.

And the other party is also very cordial, and it doesn't seem to have any steam at all...

It is worthy of the management of large enterprises, and there are indeed some means.

A few people sat down, and Tsukasa Higashino and Koharu Hosokawa had nothing to do for the time being, listening to the editor-in-chief of Urashima and the negotiators talking to each other.

Most of the conversations were about the interests of "Midnight Bell", and Tsukasa Higashino listened to it for a while, probably because Sharp Co., Ltd. was fighting for the endorsement of the character Sadako Yamamura in "Midnight Bell" and the investment in animated films.

The problem of Sadako's image endorsement in front of ... Because it was something related to Tsukasa Higashino's interests, he listened carefully for a while.

The other party is willing to pay a lot of money to win Sadako's ten-year image endorsement rights, and the reason why they mention this matter before the animated film is because they are worried that if the animated film is successful, Urashima Publishing House will sit on the ground and raise the price.

The conversation lasted for about an hour, and in the end, Sharp Co., Ltd. succeeded in winning the endorsement rights for the character Sadako Yamamura, after all, only when Sadako won the endorsement rights did they start talking about animated films.

Otherwise, they finally invested in "Midnight Bell" to make it even more popular, but as a result, they didn't get anything like the right to endorse the characters... Isn't that a loss?

Of course, since this character was created by Tsukasa Higashino, Urashima Publishing House will transfer everything else to Tsukasa Higashino's bank account except for part of the endorsement fee.

It seems that Tsukasa Higashino can get 50 or 60 million yen a year...

I have to say that Sharp Co., Ltd. does have money.

This is just an appetizer, and the "Midnight Bell" animated movie is the main topic.

In the negotiation between Urashima Publishing House and Sharp Co., Ltd., the details of the animated film were finalized little by little...

Invested by Sharp Corporation, Urashima Publishing sought a trusted animation company or studio in the industry to produce the "Midnight Bell" animated film.

In the end, "Midnight Bell" was negotiated, and the investment amount of Sharp Co., Ltd. was 600 million yen, and the final income was divided according to the agreement.