"Envy! Even once, I want to spread the news. ”

Yu Murakami's eyes looked away from the October schedule and at Akira Ishida, who was jealous and teasing.

"It's alarmist." He returned the schedule to the other party, "Whether it's a night stay or fornication, there's nothing to do." ”

"Of course, I know very well that you're not that kind of person." That was said, but Akira Ishida's expression was not trustworthy.

Sure enough, he immediately began to ridicule again in the next sentence: "However, you are very popular with women in Murakami!" ”

Yu Murakami didn't bother to explain, but he wasn't alone in this matter.

He told Akira Ishida, "Actually, on the way home from the event, she gave me the drawing tools that she didn't use. I just ate a bucket of instant noodles and drank Sprite in her apartment. When the office explains this, please tell everyone about it. ”

"Got it, got it."

Murakami told him what had happened, which made Akira Ishida lose interest in it.

This time, as an agent, he persuaded:

"It's normal to like women, but Murakami-kun, your current career is in a period of rapid progress, and now you are desperate for love and give up the opportunity to make money, which is not a good thing for yourself, for the people you like, and for the people who like you."

"Makes sense." Yu Murakami nodded in thanks, and then changed the subject: "I'm almost done with the first episode of the manga." ”

"Okay, I'll give you the editor's contact information." He handed over two business cards, "Although I have already contacted you in advance, if you go, it is better to make a phone call first." ”

"Thank you."

Yu Murakami walks out of the YM office.

Time into October, even if global warming, can not let the sun continue to shine, now around 8 o'clock in the morning, is conveying to people, "This day, I have to pass and shine on the earth, everyone please feel free." "The air.

The streets are filled with the smell of autumn, and if you wait another month, or even half a month, the windows will definitely be one step ahead of the season, displaying winter clothes and items.

After the morning dubbing, Yu Murakami walked into a café and asked for a cup of hot coffee.

The café is on the third floor, and through the windows with exquisite ornaments, you can see the busy streets of Ginza at noon.

In addition to shopping, there are also many salarymen who come out at noon to forage for food - men in suits, women in skirts.

"I've kept you waiting." The editor of Fangwen sat across from him.

The editor's surname is Kawabata, a man close to fifty years old, who wears glasses that look more practical at first glance.

Although there is Akira Ishida as an intermediary, the other party has no intention of greeting Yu Murakami, and after passing the manga, he carefully "censors" it.

Even when the waitress in the white uniform came to order, he just looked up and said, "Jili Mazzaro, thank you." "It's over.

The waitress came and went, and Kawabata edited it after reading it for the first time and then starting to read it a second time.

During this time of idleness, Yu Murakami stared out the window.

On a large billboard at the intersection, a Shiseido advertisement is playing on a loop, and the spokesperson is a female model and actress named Anko Watanabe.

starred in "Dating ~ What is Love ~" in January this year, which is very popular with Higashiyama.

On the light sign in front of a vending machine on the corner of the street, a large poster of him was hung, ["That's the voice actor Murakami~" is on the air! Hurry up and join the membership! ] is written on it.

Several girls gathered around there and took turns taking pictures with "him". One of them, a slender girl wearing a mask, put her mouth on it.

While they were patting, an uncle walked over, and the girls scattered shyly.

Yu Murakami withdrew his gaze and stared at the hot coffee in his hand.

After a while, Kawabata took off his glasses, rubbed his eyes, and put them back on: "You can serialize." ”

"Is there anything that needs to be changed?" Based on the experience of "Unexpected Love", Yu Murakami asked.

"There are no changes, it's just that as the first word of the comic, the number of pages is less." Kawabata's editor put the manuscript in order, "Trouble Murakami-san to add another twenty pages." As for whether to combine with the previous story and become a whole, or draw another small story, it's up to you. ”

Yu Murakami nodded.

"Also, Murakami-san, are you going to prepare a monthly magazine or a weekly magazine?"

"Monthly."

In the attractions that appear in "Swaying Travel", Yu Murakami himself has been there.

The storyline also references him and Shimazaki Nobunaga's daily life, as well as Nakano Ai's daily life. Coupled with the increasing progress of [painting skills], for him, the content of thirty words per month will not take long.

But that didn't stop him from choosing a monthly magazine.

"Pen drawing or electronic draft?"

"Let's go electronic."

"Alright, this is my mailbox. By the way, I still have to bring these manuscripts back to the company and let the editor-in-chief read them, so that I can arrange a better layout for you. ”

"No problem, thank you."

The two agreed on the contract, and before finishing the coffee, they chatted for a while.

Editor Kawabata praised him for his excellent drawing skills, excellent storyboarding, warm and everyday storytelling, especially many details that are eye-catching, and each character has a different style that can appeal to audiences with different hobbies.

Yu Murakami, who was confused and drew entirely by feeling, responded: Thank you.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, the two of them each bought their own bills, came down from upstairs, and shook hands on the side of the road.

After Murakami saw the other party walk to the subway entrance, he looked left and right, crossed the street, and prepared to go to the nearby parking lot to pick up his motorcycle.

As you pass by the advertisement-plastered sign, a group of new girls gather around to take pictures.

They watched him walk by with incredible eyes.

"Just now, it was Yoyo himself, right?" The girl holding the light sign said.

"Like, yes." The girl who took the picture said.

"Ah——! Long!!! The girl with the bag jumped up on the spot.

"Don't shout! Forget everyone's agreement! ”

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I'm so excited! ”

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up! You might even get an autograph! ”

"Group photos are also possible!"

"Let's go! Hurry up, hurry up! ”

......

Even if they run faster than the train, they won't be able to catch up with Yu Murakami's motorcycle.

He was on his way to the recording site of "Murakami Cafeteria".

Starting in July, "Murakami Cafeteria" will be returned once a month, and "Please taste Murakami-kun!" In October, it happened to be the fourth.

"The Spirit of the Halberd" has a broadcast, and there are two online video programs, although both are monthly, but on the whole, three out of four weeks in a month are broadcast related programs.

For half a year, it has been calculated that the funds are sufficient.

The motorcycle drove past the twelfth traffic light, and Yu Murakami arrived at the kitchen-like video studio.

Today's guest, Ai Nakano, hasn't come yet, so he took the script and read it first.

After reading it, as long as no staff came to ask him to pay attention to the shooting, he didn't talk to anyone, and stayed in the corner silently, drawing a sketch of the remaining twenty words of the first sentence with the script.

Originally, the content of the first episode, he only drew the two protagonists meeting, and then [Sakura Ayane] and [Higashiyama Nao] burned sanitary napkins together, and finally joined the travel agency group where the minister was [Chino Ai].

In the next twenty pages, he decides to draw a picture of the night after school, and the two meet by chance in Meguro River.

In the manga, it happened to be the beginning of the school year in April, and the cherry blossoms in the Meguro River were the first photos taken by Yu Murakami, and after that, several people from Sakuraso also went there, so there was no problem in drawing this scene.

In the end, the two parted on a flyover beautifully lit by neon lights.

This scene laid the foundation for the special friendship between the two of them in the foursome - the expressionless [Nao Higashiyama] is cold to anyone, but is good to the stupid attribute [Ayane Sakura].

This point, Yu Murakami himself does not need to put any effort into it, it can be easily expressed.

There is also the support of [Chino Aiyi], the middle two of [Yumu Bi] and the reaction when others say that she is short, these are already in his mind.

Maybe I should have drawn a manga in the first place, instead of writing anything, Yu Murakami thought as he put his pen on the stocking leg of the [Chino] senpai on the script.

"Murakami-kun." Ai Nakano came, "How's the manga submission?" ”

"Passed, just buy a pen tablet."

"Great! Congratulations, Murakami-kun! Ai Nakano clenched her small fists with some excitement.

"It's nothing, serialization is just the first step, whether it can meet the public's aesthetics and continue to draw is the most important thing."

"What's the matter?" Ai Nakano smiled and said, "It's a joy to be able to pass, and a happy thing should be celebrated!" To give! ”

Yu Murakami looked at the box she had taken out of her backpack.

"What is this?"

"Pen display! According to the clerk, this is more convenient than a pen tablet, and you can draw directly on it. ”

"You didn't even ask me if I bought it or not?"

"It's okay, I've thought about it, passing is celebrating, and failing to pass is comforting.

Think about it, if you don't pass and are hesitating to give up or not to give up, at this time to get such a good device as a pen display, you will definitely stick to it, right? ”

"Makes sense. How much did it cost? ”

Unlike Yu Murakami, Ai Nakano only has a job as a voice actor, plus she is a newcomer, so in order to buy this board, she has to work for nothing for the next week.

And as a female voice actress, she is very short of money - she has to buy her own clothes to attend various events. Like Miss Sakura, she has not worn the same dress in public so far.

This is a big burden for Ai Nakano, who doesn't take money from home.

"Ask what this is for, there will always be a way to deal with money. Open it up and take a look? Ai Nakano smiled and sat down next to Murakami, taking out the script that had already been plastered with post-it notes of various colors.

Yu Murakami smiled, he thought of Ai Nakano's mother.

When he went to deliver the goods, the two often chatted, and the topic naturally revolved around Ai Nakano.

Once, I don't know why.,Suddenly I talked about the fact that Ai Nakano decided to participate in the selection of the cultivation house.。

Nakano's mother said:

"Aiyi always wants to work faster so that I can relax. I was nervous about my plan to work as a voice actor with an uncertain future.

I comforted her: Isn't it good, there will always be a way to deal with money.

But the kid still set a one-year deadline for himself, and within a year, if he didn't find a voice actor, he would simply give up.

Listening to what she told me, her first main role was won by Murakami-kun, you helped her train intensively. ”

At that time, Yu Murakami's answer was, "If you work as hard as your daughter, anyone can succeed without it." I have a lot of respect for her. ”

He opened the box, and in addition to the pen display, the pen, stand, cable and other accessories were neatly arranged, which made people can't wait to connect to the computer.

"Very satisfied." Yu Murakami said.

"Then you have to come on, I'm waiting for "Swinging Travel" to be animated, and I will make a lot of money with dubbing and activities!"

"Yes."

Yu Murakami packed up the pen screen and put it back in Ai Nakano's bag - he didn't even bother to take the notebook himself, and only put a single book in his pocket that could fit it.

The conversation ended, and the two went their separate ways.

Ai Nakano is psychologically mature, but when she sits there and doesn't speak, her petite body gives the feeling of a little woman.

Yu Murakami looked at her and saw that she was a little different from the one in his comics.

At this time, he suddenly remembered a question.

"Nakano, I've always been curious about one thing."

"Huh?" She tilted her head to look at him.

"Why do you suddenly have to ask me to see the script?"

"Well." Ai Nakano's tone was subdued and full of mischievousness.

She put her hands on her knees, and her body became more and more petite, even giving Murakami Yu the feeling of a schoolboy.

Nakano Ai's usual behavior and words make people ignore her age and petite body.

If her usual personality is also like what she showed in front of Yu Murakami just now, it is a bit exaggerated to say that it is an elementary school student, and I am afraid that there are many people who believe it in middle school students.

"Me and Suzune, and I all know that it's not easy for voice actors, but Au Chan doesn't know. Especially Murakami-kun you! Being able to be a great voice actress while doing nothing all day long will make her develop a wrong idea. ”

"Then why was it casual again?" He asked again.

"It's not that you're not happy~" Ai Nakano complained with a smile.

"This kind of thing, you look directly at the concave sauce, isn't it better than looking at me and creating a subtle atmosphere?" Yu Murakami said with a smile.

"I have a good relationship with Concave Sauce, but I can't keep saying that {hard work is the most important}, {you don't suffer now, you will suffer for a lifetime} as an elder, right? Otherwise, sooner or later it will be hated. No matter how close a friend is, right? ”

"Then you're staring at the innocent me?"

"Because I feel like you won't hate me no matter what I say about you, of course I'm staring at you. And," Ai Nakano seemed to be a little shy, and shook her body a little mischievously: "I won't talk about other people." ”

Murakami smiled and said, "You're bullying me alone?" ”

Ai Nakano glanced at him, "Recently, I got a script with such a line. ”

"Oh?"

"[Being harmed by someone, can it be said that it is for someone? 】。 Murakami-kun," she turned her head and looked at him: "You have good acting skills, can you help me analyze it in combination with reality, how should I understand this line?" ”

"En......" Murakami pondered for a moment, "Nakano-san, I don't know if you have heard of an ancient Chinese saying - it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and if you don't tell me the complete background characters, it will be difficult for me to make a judgment." ”

"Alright, alright, send your daze, idiot. Don't bother me to look at the script. After Nakano Ai finished speaking, she turned the script in her hand back to the page, with a smile on the corner of her mouth that was amused by Murakami.