Tokyo Sound

"Kyoto University was just about to hold a cultural event. After the student union learned about it, they decided to include this work in the list. As a result, it accidentally won the second prize. The student union then published the work and provided certain assistance when it was sold at the fan exhibition, such as renting a venue and allowing the Kyoto University emblem to be printed on the cover. You were also on the list of thanks." Kashiwa Ippei excitedly clenched his fist, "Gal project - you're going to make a fortune!"

"??"

"Here is the rewritten script and some impressionistic drawings. Take a look." Kashiwai Ippei took the initiative and performed classic magic techniques to hand over the bound paper manuscript.

Master Yin opened it in confusion.

The book is antique, pure, beautiful, and has a special charm. A woman in a Dazheng-style dress stands sideways, her skin is whiter than snow, her clothes are like fire, her eyebrows are drooping and her eyes are as bright as a spring water. The atmosphere is melancholy and full of lovesickness, which makes people intoxicated and unwilling to close the pages of the book. It is as if a down-and-out scholar in ancient times accidentally got a painting with a fairy in it, and was completely bewitched, and then was devoured by a beautiful ghost until there was no soul left.

"The hair is flowing and each strand is clear, with obvious traces of hand-painting. It is definitely not a digital work. The smudges are like mist and the canvas is made of cooked silk. It must be a meticulous painting." Although Yin Ze was mentally hurt, his master's skills were no joke. He was not tempted by the half-covered female beauty at all. Instead, he analyzed it like a mentor.

"What do you think, Xiaobailong?" Kashiwa Ippei, who had not read many books, asked casually.

"It is just as the saying goes, to capture the essence of the work, to capture the spirit and form, to establish the shape with lines, and to express the idea with the shape. This painting is of considerable skill, but it is still a little short of first-rate," Yin Zerui commented.

"This is the draft they paid for. The artist is from Tokyo University of the Arts. Although he is not a big professor, he is a serious doctoral student with business experience. This will be sold as a bonus along with the original product."

"So you're a professional master, no wonder. So where is the character design?" Yin Ze asked.

"That's it." Kashiwa Ippei spread his hands.

"What?!" Yin Ze was shocked and his body shook violently. This character not only did not have gravy, greasy highlights, a scattered mind and an out-of-control expression. Instead, it was as soft as a silver plate, implicit and elegant, and it was a high-level art that even he had to recognize and appreciate.

"Is this still a GalGame?" Yin Ze criticized, "Does the adult plot have to carry forward the local tradition and add ukiyo-shunga? What era is it now? Are we still looking at SE pictures from the Edo period?"

"Senior, do you know so much?" Saori Ohnishi asked curiously.

"Isn't that good? Hokusai Katsushika's painting of taking off pants is appreciated by both the elite and the masses." After all, Kashiwai Ippei is a low-educated and rough man.

"I advise you to understand the concept of beautiful girl games first!" Master Yin was angry. He quickly flipped back, and fortunately only the bonus was of this specification, and the in-game portraits were still the familiar two-dimensional ones.

Originally, Kyoto University's storyline was about Edo Kaiki tales, and Chikui University's was about modern urban oddities. After the two teams merged, they simply made drastic changes.

The main timeline is set in the Taisho period. It's not because of anything else, but mainly because the Taisho girls wearing bows on their heads, leather boots, and a mix of Western and kimono styles are very beautiful. Weird, steampunk, and the flying kimono corners of female students. Everyone agreed that this is worth doing. So the subplot followed the Edo Kaiki setting and made up a love story with monsters, separations, and reincarnation.

The campus intranets and libraries of Kyoto University and Chiku University have a lot of reference books, making it easy and simple to look up things like strange stories.

The special gift painting is really an important prop in the game. It is a painting where souls live. Moreover, it keeps up with the times and can be changed into fashionable clothes.

This kind of meticulous attention to detail, which gives us a glimpse of the big picture, can tell us how carefully the entire article will be done.

The more Yin Ze looked at it, the more his scalp began to tingle.

This group of idle top students did the same thing as their tutor's homework. The story is clear and logical, and the literary accomplishment of the creative team can be felt throughout the whole article. Even looking at the whole article, there is a sublimated spirit. That is, the special fascination with the scenery and the countryside, and the ingenious connection between people and creatures in the pantheistic worldview - this is already in the scope of Japanese folklore!

Let's look at the list of thanks at the end. It's either the student council or three professors of literature and folk studies whose names sound old-fashioned. And there's a voice actor in there, but luckily the voice actor is from the University of Tokyo, so the lineup is kept in good shape and style.

But that's not right.

There is indeed adult content, and it is very straightforward, with pictures and words, but after all the preparation and shaping, there is no longer any eroticism, only the artistry of metaphor and a sad sense of fate.

Where is the fun? Where is the harem? Where is the yellow-haired man? Where is the minotaur? Where is the amusement park?

I thought this was going to be the Dark Fearer's earth-shattering first battle, but I ended up having to do this?

"You don't even have to look at the quality. The fact that it has so many halos is impressive enough. It will definitely be a hot topic when it is released. It's great. I can't wait to go to the next ComicMarket tomorrow and buy a copy and some bonuses at the Tokyo International Exhibition Center." Kashiwai Ippei said expectantly.

"Art film! Another art film! And it's of extremely high academic standard!" Yin Ze's pupils trembled and his body temperature rose. He couldn't understand how the work he carefully selected turned into advanced folklore. "I don't accept it! I want to run away!"

"How dare you! You are carrying the name of Tokyo University and you want to escape?" Kashiwai Ippei scolded.

"I don't believe it, I don't believe it... There must be something fishy going on here, otherwise how could it be so chaotic?" Yin Ze muttered to himself, holding the bound manuscript, and slowly walked towards the snack area, staggering as if he had suffered a major blow, while repeating like Piao Ling, who was still obsessed with it, "It shouldn't be a pure coincidence."

The other three kept watching.

"Sometimes I also feel that he is having a hard time. If you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight." Kashiwa Ippei said sadly, "Others only see the glory, but fail to see the sadness of the countless people who have passed by the harem. For so many years, there has only been one Akatsuki Kojo. To be honest, it is so mentally exhausting. Who among you would like to trade with him?"

"I want to switch with him." Matsuoka Yoshitsugu, who has been participating in activities everywhere and has held the role of the male protagonist in the harem for a whole quarter, said emotionlessly.

Snack area.

“It can’t be a coincidence…” Yin Ze murmured with lifeless eyes while frantically tucking potato chips under his armpits.

"Of course it's not a coincidence." A voice sounded, as if the Lord came to enlighten the confused believers.

"Ms. Jianqi, is there anything I can help you with?" Yin Ze turned around and looked at his long-haired, mature manager who suddenly appeared beside him.

"Alas, such a rare opportunity is not something you can come across easily. It's all because of Kashiwa Jing's hard work. He ran around and made all kinds of plans for you. It's just that he is a noble person and doesn't want to talk about his hard work." Jianqi Jingxiang sighed and said emotionally, "You guys, you must remember his kindness."

The man narrowed his eyes slowly, and the corridor of his life was roaring like a storm, and he was speeding back and analyzing the case.

A few minutes later.

"Oh no! My senior is writing a letter of resignation! He's saying something like "the sky is clear and the evil spirits are rampant", and he's saying that he wants to switch to Aoji Office or Osawa Office!" Ōnishi Saori came running over to report.

"He dares?!" Kashiwa Ippei stopped pretending to cry and placed the AD calcium milk heavily on the coffee table, his face as dark as water. "Without my permission, how could he change jobs privately? This is a serious crime that will get me fired!"

"?" Matsuoka Yoshitsugu thought that there seemed to be no difference between the two.

"Did you really write it?" Kashiwa Ippei raised his eyebrows and asked again.

"They all walked towards the president's office!" Ōnishi Saori nodded vigorously, "Even after that Hayami-senpai called out to them twice, they didn't stop."

"Then there's nothing we can do." Kashiwa Ippei sighed, took out his cell phone and started typing on the keyboard.

"Love and Dear Kashiwai"

"It's hard to appease people: Warm congratulations to Mr. Takizawa Satoru for standing out from the crowd and taking the third step in his film and television career. See you tonight at 6 o'clock at the Dragon Emperor Banquet in the Longmian Pavilion box. Let's raise a toast to celebrate his success!"

"Pure Moon Man: 111. Can I take away the food if I can't finish it?"

Oh, I almost forgot to kick this guy out of the group.

The agent closed his eyes and counted to five seconds.

"Hahaha, what do you want to eat?" The voice came before the person arrived. Yin Ze laughed heartily and walked back with the gait of a dragon and a tiger.

"Hey, why are there two people walking back?" Matsuoka Yoshitsugu wondered, "Why is Hayami-senpai following behind, with a dangerous look on his face?"

"I guess he must be here to join the farewell dinner." Ōnishi Saori looked at her senior brother being chased by the conscience of the agency and being hit on the butt with a newspaper, while Hikasa senior was fanning the flames outside the venue, and a close brother in the distance was still looking for an angle to take pictures, and said, "We are all in the same company, so it is inevitable that there is some friendship between classmates."

Matsuoka Yoshitsugu witnessed everything and for the first time asked himself whether he had entered the wrong office.

Chapter 7: The Path Envisioned

The supreme Kashiwa Ippei returns to his loyal office and uses his great wisdom to solve hidden dangers, combining the kingly and the domineering, using both kindness and force, and rewriting the established facts with power. Under the scrutiny of the gold-rimmed glasses, the schedule that the thief had drawn up for himself was also put right.

With "Remembrance of Taisho Scenery", a strong collaboration between Kyoto University and Tsukuba University, who else do we need Gal?

Cut it off, cut off everything else.

Foreign documentaries and movies are reserved... Hey, what is this? The narration of the C version of the Tokyo University promotional video? I haven't heard of it. I think it should be the teacher's task, which is a must-do task. If you don't do it, it will ruin the file. A few sequels and a few symbolic auditions for the new TV animation will be enough. Broadcasting and activities, hum, no matter how much money you are paid, you have to be reserved. Too much on variety shows will only degrade the texture of being a pure actor. This is a crucial turning point, you must hold on!

After a lot of deletions and revisions, the optimal table that suited the current situation of the evil dragon was completed. The table before the revision was a hissing bull-headed demon dominated by desire, which was unbearable to look at and had too low purity.

When Yin Ze received the form, he had no feelings. Everything was as expected. Although he lost a few points in the game, the theater leave and funds were still coming. Everyone has a bright future.

This agent is really something. He said it was optimization, but in fact it was just cleaning up the memory. There was no higher-end update at all.

The TV animations that I added were all the ones that I had previously judged for Matsuoka and Onishi, except that the protagonists were replaced by supporting roles.

Of course, Kashiwa Ippei has limits on the resource management of his voice actors. The two under his command have comprehensive skills, so in order to avoid the situation where their own people eliminate each other, they must be separated. In a way, this is also one of the reasons why one person suffers in art films and the other is imprisoned in harem films. As their popularity rises rapidly, the workload also increases. If they cannot strike while the iron is hot and pile up resources to strengthen, it is very likely that they will fail and waste great strength and opportunities.

This is the happy trouble of being an agent. All the characters I draw are SSR, but I can't raise them much. After I finished raising Sakura Ayane's rookie period, I asked Kensaki Kyoka to take care of her for this reason.

Alas, the previous department head’s family didn’t have any extra food.

Although the pillar of a family is indispensable, one person cannot support the family alone. Other members must also do their best so that the family can be happy and long-lasting.

The same goes for a faction!

Xiao Bailong is a capable person and should do more work. Instead of eating at the same table with his good brothers and good junior sisters, he might as well go outside and steal other people's food. If he can run further outside, that is, steal food across boundaries, that would be the most beautiful thing.

"You are really far-sighted. I admire you. I will go out more as an artist in the future." Yin Ze felt that understanding was the key.

"No, absolutely not."

"why?"

"I'm just a pathetic unmarried middle-aged man, and I want to prepare for retirement." Kashiwa Ippei was about to cry. This is a self-operated brand, so how can he take a commission and save money for retirement?

"Alas, if you had listened to me a few years ago and started a painting training class, you would have been successful a long time ago. Now is not the best time to enter." Yin Ze sighed with his hands behind his back.

"I haven't read much, but I know that what Japan lacks the most is painters. Don't lie to me," said Kashiwa Ippei.

"When doing business, you have to take a long-term view. There are models for reference in operation. On the one hand, I use my powerful and wise personal image to advertise for students, on the other hand, I collect tuition fees to train students, and on the other hand, I accept animation outsourcing with the advantage of large quantities and low prices. I distribute it layer by layer in the name of homework and business orders. This not only solves the students' work package allocation, but also helps them accumulate work experience, adds highlights to their personal resumes, and helps the high-pressure animators relieve fatigue. It can be said to be Win-Win-Win." Yin Ze talked freely, "Once the funds are raised, I will send orders abroad, go on the international track, differentiate myself, build a name, and become an outsourcing platform."

"You've mentioned this one-stop service several times, but I don't believe you can really do it." Kashiwa Ippei didn't want to accompany him in his dreaming. "Just the image of recruiting students for the first one, can you do such a thing?"

"Hehe, it turns out that in your heart, I am still a person of noble character." Yin Ze nodded.

"As for why you sound so familiar - you couldn't have been a sucker who joined a training institution like this before, right?" Kashiwa Ippei asked back.

"How dare you!" Master Yin was furious, jumping up and down fiercely, "I am only saying this because the end of studying art is training, and I am well-informed. It is definitely not because I paid to become a master!"

"..." Seeing this, Kashiwa Ippei felt it was difficult to say.

"Well, well, we are destined to meet. I have no objection to filming, after all, I am still hoping to transform. Just use your best solution to maintain the prosperity of the Kashiwai family." Yin Ze waved his hand.

"That being said, what about your own voice acting career?" Kashiwa Ippei pondered, "Normally speaking, if you choose to work behind the scenes, you don't want to appear on camera. You've invested a lot of time in your voice acting career, so...what do you think?"

It is a good idea to let Xiao Bailong act, but if it goes against his original intention and preference, then it is unnecessary.

Nowadays, Kashiwai Ippei, apart from using it as a topic of conversation when bragging to others, does not and does not miss the former Dentsu department head who was in great glory but lived like a puppet.

"Haven't I mentioned this before?" Yin Ze folded his arms and said, "My idea is simple. I want to raise the voice actor association rating very high, or get the Best Actor award. If I can do this, it doesn't really matter to me whether I continue or not."

"You are an unpredictable guy, so I won't ask you any more questions. I wanted to say that I hope you will be healthy and happy after we part. But I'd better wait until we really part in the future to say these words." Kashiwa Ippei smiled, "If I say it now, it will be too early for me to feel lonely."

"After I finish these auditions, I will pack up and join the crew. See you in two months." Yin Ze did not delay, waved goodbye, and rode away on his horse, out of the company.

Kashiwa Ippei looked on and sighed.

……

When Yin Ze got home, he turned on his computer and joined the online meeting. To be precise, the Green Pig Knight was teleported to the large villa bought by the army, sat next to the round table, and then entered the voice channel of the Third Development Division. Several virtual characters in position management jumped up and down, and the Green Pig Knight was not to be outdone, and took off all his clothes except for the pig hood, revealing his sturdy figure.

"Quiet, quiet." The black magician who looked like a little girl raised her hand. Yoshida Tomoki's voice came, "Next, we will start the end-of-month summary, starting with you."

Then a series of stimulating electric current sounds attacked the masters present, penetrating the eardrums and reaching the mind.

Everyone couldn't help but take off their headphones.

"Is my microphone really that explosive?" The instigator has not yet realized it.

"I can't hear you! Say it again!"

"Are those the headphones you use for meetings?!"

"You want to play Zero with such a bad mic?!"

"..."

In fact, Master Yin was not obliged to participate in this kind of meeting. But as the (outside) main force of the 2.0 version of art, he had a deep understanding of the overall style, especially after Yoshimoto Yoshihiko joined CyGames next door and a group of key members left. So his suggestions (in Yoshida Tomoki's view) were indispensable, and he often joined the discussion. At present, the third development division has regained a strong lineup, so Final Fantasy 14 basically does not need him to take action except for the design of the posters and the large maze, and most of it is review.

A group of people chatted for about dozens of minutes. Some people logged off, some were cooking, and some were playing games.

A good production team must also play their own game. Even the cooks steal food, so how can a chef not taste the food?

"I've sent you the stuff. Please reply to me by tonight at the latest." Yoshida Tomoki remained in the channel.

"Don't worry, it's very fast." Yin Ze switched to PS on the screen and dragged the picture in. He looked at it and made occasional changes.

"By the way, didn't you ask me before if Nintendo and Capcom had any work?" Yoshida Tomoki suddenly said, "As far as I know, Nintendo is developing the latest Legend of Zelda, tentatively named Breath of the Wild."

"Is there such a thing? Are you short of people?" Master Yin became interested immediately after hearing this.

“Haha, no shortage!”

"?"

"What are you thinking? How could such a big company be short of people? There are only a lot of experts inside. I mentioned this mainly to say what a coincidence it is that you can join Final Fantasy 14 as an independent. It's simply the guidance of fate. The building was about to collapse, and these unknown people turned the tide. The miracle and situation like 14 will hardly happen again in the whole industry." Tomoki Yoshida sighed.

"Yes." Yin Ze answered while continuing to change

"Having said that, the Final Fantasy series has indeed had many twists and turns. The latest 15th generation is also..." Yoshida Tomoki sighed, "The development cycle of a large-scale game is long, and the expected return is difficult to estimate. It also tests the trust between the team members. The top management has already made preliminary plans for the 16th generation, and I will be the chief director of production at that time."

"Does this count as a large-scale project that you led from scratch?" Yin Ze was curious. After all, Final Fantasy 14 was rebuilt from the ruins.

"So, come and give me a hand." Yoshida Tomoki's voice was full of sincerity, "Let's create the world from nothing!"

Master Yin said that he had no doubts in his heart, which was impossible.

Joining such a world-class IP with such a historic status and a global fan base, becoming the director, commanding a top art team, and designing everything in the fictional world according to one's own ideas, can be said to be the ultimate dream of all original artists.

Every artist has his or her own fantasy world in his or her heart. This may also be the root cause of the trouble that original artists always feel that they are more of an artist than a designer compared to modelers and planners. In the final analysis, if there is no such idea, not many people will stick to this kind of work where the input and return are not proportional.