Chapter 114.

Higashinoji is just an ordinary person who knows a little bit about art.

But unlike ordinary people, Higashinoji, a person who knows a little bit about art, can always make his boring daily life an enviable color in his daily life.

Higashinoji really has no experience in designing mascots.

But Higashinoji got inspiration from Higashino Chihaya.

And as soon as inspiration comes, all kinds of new ideas come flooding in, and I can't hold them back.

"I took the wrong direction before."

Looking at the natural combination of naive and cute postures in the sketchbook, Higashinoji sighed inexplicably.

Yes, I was completely in the wrong direction before.

Higashinoji previously wanted to use his painting skills to draw Kumamon's cute and cute appearance, but he ignored the most attractive element of Kumamon himself.

That's action.

That's right, the core factor why Kumamon can give people a sense of cuteness lies in his silly and cheap actions.

He stuffed a paper sword into his mouth, wore cartoon sunglasses, tilted his head and covered his mouth in a mocking gesture...

These are all brought about by Kumamon's movements.

Higashinoji doesn't like to rely solely on systematic skills. After all, a painter's divergent thinking will soon wither if he only relies on systematic skills - this is putting the cart before the horse.

After all, there are many people with superb painting skills, but there are only a few truly popular painters in the world... Each of them has his own unique way of thinking, and it is precisely because of their different views on everything.

This is why they are famous all over the world.

"No wonder Kumamon had to find a special doll actor to perform this role in his previous life...it turned out that he mainly wanted to express his character through movements..."

Higashinoji murmured to himself, rubbed his eyes, and closed the sketchbook full of Kumamon's various movements.

This is probably the idea.

But his painting is not natural enough now, and he still needs to observe Kumamon...er...Higashino Chihaya.

Higashinoji turned to look at Higashino Chihaya, who was sleeping on the bed holding a pillow.

Just now, Chihaya Higashino was so angry that she asked Higashinoji to wipe Kumamon off. When Higashinoji refused, she jumped in anger.

After the fuss was over, she felt a little tired and simply fell asleep again.

But even in her sleep, she still raised her mouth angrily, looking very angry.

This made Higashino couldn't help but smile. After touching her face, Higashino went to the toilet to wash up and prepare to rest.

As for the creation of the image of Kumamon...

Let's wait until tomorrow.

If we continue at this pace, Higashinoji will be able to outline Kumamon's entire plan in less than a week.

When the time comes, just ask Shen Muqiren to borrow a computer and make the slides.

Higashikata felt relieved, closed his eyes, and began to rest.

...

The next morning.

Shen Mu Qiren woke up under the worried eyes of his wife.

He had no choice but to drink wine yesterday. In the end, he was picked up by his subordinates in his own car. Today he is groggy and his face is swollen after drinking.

I still have to go to work in this state.

but--

"I still have to go." Shenmu Qiren thought of Higashinoji staying in the hotel, gave up the idea of ​​sleeping for another five minutes, and stood up with a yawn.

I didn't win over Higashinoji at yesterday's cocktail party. I must work hard to close the relationship today and let him work hard...

At least not like other teachers who spend three days fishing and two days drying the net.

"Teacher Higashino is also a genius, and he is still a young man, and his thinking is quite divergent. Maybe he has drawn the mascot image by now?"

Although he knew it was impossible, Shen Muqiren still joked to himself, saying that this was his own way of relieving stress.

Shen Muqiren quickly brushed her teeth and straightened her appearance. There was nothing she could do about it, but her face was still a little swollen.

After saying hello to his wife, Shen Muqiren got in the car and drove towards the hotel.

Twenty minutes later, Shenmu Qiren looked at the time and felt it was almost time, so she parked the car in the parking lot, took the elevator directly, and came to Higashinoji's room.

He rang the doorbell and knocked lightly on the door: "Teacher Higashino, I am Shen Mu Qi Ren. Are you free?"

After about five seconds, the door opened, and Higashinoji's smiling face appeared: "Shen Mu-san? Please come in."

He stepped aside to allow Shen Mu Qiren to come in.

The room was still the same room, but at this time, Chihaya Higashino was sitting on the bed with her knees folded, watching TV. When she saw Kirito Fumugure coming in, she just shrank her neck and didn't show too much fear.

After all, Chihaya Higashino also spent a whole day with Kirito Fumugure yesterday. Although they didn't communicate much, they were still half acquaintances.

"Good morning, Miss Higashino." Chihaya Fumugure greeted Higashino Chihaya.

"Um..."

Higashino Chihaya nodded, responded, and then turned her gaze to the TV again.

On the screen was her favorite animal show, and she never missed an episode at home.

Shen Muqiren took a cursory glance inside the room, and her eyes stopped on the desk on the other side.

That is...?

There is a sketchbook on Higashinoji's desk at the moment, and a tube of pencils and a tube of colored pencils next to it.

But none of this is critical.

The most important thing is that Higashino seems to have drawn something on the open sketchbook...

Looks like... a bear?

Shen Muqiren regained her energy and was about to walk to the table to pick up the sketchbook.

"Fumu-san, please sit over here." Higashinoji closed the sketchbook with a smile and called to Fumu Qito at the same time.

"Uh..." Shenmu Qiren opened her mouth, glanced at the sketchbook in Higashinoji's hand, and then sat down.

Higashinoji poured tea for Shenmu Qiren, and this was when the conversation officially entered the stage.

"Teacher Higashino, you should have had breakfast, right?" Shenmu Qiren asked.

It seemed that he was asking Higashino about breakfast, but his eyes never left the sketchbook on the table.

He was a little suspicious.

Could it be that Higashinoji just decided on the mascot image on the first day he came here?

Isn't this too fast?

We just talked about it yesterday and it’s over today?

He felt itchy in his heart, but he was too embarrassed to say it directly.

"Well, I just had dinner with my sister. Thank you Shen Mu-sang for your consideration... Do you have anything to say for visiting me so early in the morning?"

Higashikata smiled and nodded, then asked with concern.

It's not easy for the other party to come here so early in the morning. In society, it's a rule that if you give me a foot of respect, I'll give you a foot, so naturally he can't be too cold.

"It's nothing wrong... I just wanted to come and see Mr. Higashino... to connect and bond. How is your stay here? Is it comfortable?"

Shenmu Qiren looked away from the sketchbook and asked.

"It's okay. My sister is also very satisfied with it. Thank you Shenmu-san for preparing such a good place for me."

Higashinoji also noticed that the other party seemed to be looking at the sketchbook in his hand intentionally or unintentionally.

He simply handed the sketchbook to Shen Mu Qi Ren politely: "Does Shen Mu Sang want to see this?"

"Ahem, is it okay? Mr. Higashino hasn't finalized it yet, right?"

Shenmu Qiren rubbed her hands and said she was embarrassed, but the movements of her hands were not slow at all and she directly took the sketchbook over.

"Yeah. It's just the first draft. It's quite rough." Higashino frowned slightly, seeming a little dissatisfied.

But soon, he replied with a smile: "But it's okay to show Shen Mu-sang the first draft."

After all, this world is a parallel world to the previous world. Maybe the fiery Kumamon in the previous world will not be popular in this world?

This should also be taken into consideration, so it’s also a good idea to ask a third person’s opinion.

"Then I won't be polite."

After receiving Higashinoji's complete approval, Shen Muqi slowly opened the sketchbook.

There was no other way. He had heard that some geniuses had quirks and were unwilling to show their semi-finished products to others, but since Tonoji allowed it, there shouldn't be much of a problem.

He opened the sketchbook and saw the image of a black bear on it.

It was a black bear with a big belly and a round body.

The black bear's cheeks were covered with round blush, and its funny open mouth seemed to be laughing at something. At this time, it covered its mouth with two fleshy and round bear claws, and looked at it with its mean little black eyes.

Here, it seemed that Shen Muqiren felt inexplicably being ridiculed.

Yes.

This feeling is very strange.

Obviously the black bear in this painting has a mean look on his face, as if he is laughing at himself, but I can't get angry for some reason, and instead I find it a bit cute.

This contrasting and cute feeling made Shen Muqiren's eyes drawn away.

It was only when he came back to his senses that he was shocked.

This image is too refined, isn’t it? It’s so attractive!

"Teacher Higashikata, is this...?" Shenmu Qiren looked up.

"This is Kumamon Bear. This time I want to use it as the mascot image of Kumamoto Prefecture." Higashinoji answered first, but then quickly shook his head: "But it's not enough yet. The movements need to be refined. Fundamentally

Not very attractive.”

ah?

Shen Mu Qiren was choked by these words.

Not attractive yet?

This is attractive enough, okay?

This vivid appearance of Kumamon makes even Shenmu Qi Ren unable to put it down - this image is simply unisex, taking into account men's preferences and also in line with women's aesthetics.

But Higashinoji looks like this... still not satisfied?

Shenmu Qiren wanted to leave directly with this sketchbook in her arms.

But after thinking about it, he still put down the sketchbook with some reluctance, and said to Higashinoji: "Teacher Higashino, I think this is enough. Just follow this design... I think there is no problem."

"It's not enough yet." Higashino simply responded with a smile.

But the determination in his tone let Shen Mu Qi Ren know that the other party had no intention of giving in in this regard, and Higashino still wanted to keep improving.

This made Shen Muqiren sigh again.

Originally, he was comforting himself this morning, saying that maybe Higashinoji had drawn the mascot image.

Unexpectedly, Higashino not only created a mascot image, but also refined it... This work attitude is really great.

And... Kumamon, the name Higashinoji came up with is also a bit interesting.

The Roman pinyin of Kumamon in Japanese is Kumamon. The 'kuma' in the front combines the elements of the place name 'Kumamoto', and the 'mon' in the back is the 'person' in the Kumamoto dialect.

The meaning of 'people'.

Therefore, the name Kumamon has another meaning, which is the meaning of 'Kumamoto'. This not only makes it clear that Kumamon is from Kumamoto Prefecture, but also cleverly uses the Japanese Roman homophony to make Kumamon

This name is more interesting.

And this... was just a name that Higashinoji came up with in one night.

Shenmu Qiren looked at Higashi Yesi and couldn't help being surprised.

How did the other party consider so much?

This is only the first day here, and the name, specific character, and image of the mascot have already been basically finalized.

"Teacher Higashino is truly a genius... I was thinking when I saw the information before, you should be able to help our Kumamoto Prefecture solve this problem..."

Shenmu Qiren's expression was very sincere, she reached out and took Higashinoji's hand, and praised him seriously - he really felt like Liu Bei met Zhuge Liang during the Three Kingdoms period.

Higashinoji smiled and held Fukamu Qiren's hand: "The title of genius is too good, I don't dare to take it, I don't dare to take it, and I just completed my job. Thank you Fukamu-san for giving me this

This is my first chance to come here.”

Seeing that Higashinoji was not arrogant at all, Fukure Kirito thanked Higashinoji aloud. Combined with Higashinoji's serious attitude, she suddenly felt that Higashinoji was the most suitable candidate for the Kumamoto Prefecture mascot design.

But we still need to have a good talk about work matters.

The two sat down again. Kirito Fukure took a sip of tea to calm down and asked Higashinoji: "I wonder how long it will take Higashino-sensei to complete the image design of Kumamon?"

He already knew it in his mind.

If we only look at the degree of completion, Higashinoji’s Kumamon has a high chance of winning the prefectural mascot creation this time.

So he immediately asked Higashinoji about the time required for completion, and planned to show Higashiyesi the sincerity of the county government.

"Three to four days, it should be completed within this time." Higashino calculated a little and answered the other party.

He has figured out the secret of how to create Kumamon, and the next step is the process of continuous refinement, striving to create this once popular global internet celebrity mascot.

"Teacher Higashikata must tell me if you need anything, and I will give you my full support."

Shenmu Qiren held Higashinoji's hand again, looking enthusiastic as if he would agree to any request.

The other party's sincerity was so full that even Higashinoji was a little moved.

He actually wanted to get a computer. After all, he would definitely need a computer to create a slideshow explaining Kumamon in detail.

It includes Kumamon’s actors, actions, and various gadgets...all of which need to be included and explained.

As for the rest...?

There are not many other requirements.

If Kumamon can win the title of Kumamoto Prefecture’s mascot this time, then Higashinoji will be able to get a lot of things with the character of Kumamon.
Chapter completed!