Chapter 327: Sudden Strong Wind (3)
Toru Watanabe has been studying the script on Saturday and Sunday.
In order to calm himself, he left the Shinano-machi apartment and did not go to Jimbocho where it was more distracting. Instead, he found a quiet cafe.
It is not necessary for students to put on such an effort in performing a play at the cultural festival.
Pick up a famous book at random, such as the classics "Romeo and Juliet" and "The Little Prince".
Or you can take the story of Cinderella or Sleeping Beauty, change a little here, delete a little there, sprinkle some rose petals on it, and it will be a good show for high school students.
The special drama performance was performed by three people from the Human Observation Department.
Even if Toru Watanabe went up with a stick and hit "Hey!" and "Ha!" twice before finishing, there would probably still be people who would say "Wow! That's great!"
As for whether the drama is good or not, people who go to watch it probably don’t care.
But Toru Watanabe was not trying to meet the school's rule that "all clubs must organize activities during the cultural festival". He had a wish he wanted to achieve:
Kiyono Rin and Kujo Miki reconciled.
"'The End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland'?" During the club activity time on Monday, Kiyono Rin was flipping through the script that Watanabe Toru had written word by word.
The handwriting is neat and at first glance it looks like it was printed.
"First of all, I want to make it clear that this has nothing to do with the book of the same name by Haruki Murakami." Watanabe Toru said seriously, "Just like many songs are called "Sakura", but the lyrics are completely different from the songs; for example, it is pronounced 'YUKI', but there are more than 250 ways to write it, such as '佑実、佑巳、佑弥、佑未...裕実、裕美'."
Kiyono Rin ignored Watanabe Toru who kept explaining and just kept reading the script.
"Miki, this is the first draft of the script. It will definitely be revised later, so it hasn't been printed." Toru Watanabe explained to Miki Kujo who was rarely reading.
"Just give me the final version. By the way, my role doesn't have to have a lot of scenes, but it has to be outstanding, otherwise I won't play it."
"Of course, you are the heroine of the Oscar-winning film "Iwate to Tokyo, 400 km", last year's Academy Award for Best Actress, the Berlin International Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award, the Golden Globe Award for Lifetime Achievement..."
"Can you please keep quiet, Toru Watanabe?" Kiyono Rin raised her eyes and gave Toru Watanabe a cold look.
"Okay, last year's Oscar for Best Director."
Qingye Rin sighed deeply, rubbed his eyebrows as if he had a headache, and felt helpless.
Watanabe Toru fell silent, and the only sound in the classroom was the turning of pages.
When the clock made the distinctive clicking sound at the hour, Qingye Rin knocked the script twice on the beech table, and the script immediately became neat and tidy.
"How is it?" Watanabe Toru closed the book he had been reading for a while.
Qingye Rin placed the script on the table, hugged her right elbow with her left hand, and placed her right hand under her delicate cherry-colored lips, revealing a thoughtful look.
“It’s quite interesting to search for the girl at the end of the world, the girl in wonderland,” she said.
"Passed?"
"Let's leave it at that for now." Qing Ye Lin put down her hand, picked up the script again, and flipped through it. "A script is just a script after all. Only by actually performing it can you know what is appropriate and what is inappropriate."
"It's like painting. The draft looks good, but when you're actually painting, you still have to make constant revisions? If you encounter a client who keeps making requests, the painter..."
"Let's talk about this topic when I have time."
"Okay, I'll write it down on your calendar ."
"The script has been finalized, and the next step is to assign roles, as well as costumes, props, lighting effects and other trivial matters."
"As for the role, the girl who seeks the end of the world will be played by an Oscar-winning actress; and the only person in the world who can act opposite her, I think, is you, Seino-san."
"Which of the remaining four roles do you plan to play?" Qingno Rin asked Watanabe Toru.
"There's only one male character right? The devil."
"You have experience in cross-dressing." Qing Ye Lin explained, and then said: "Who should I look for the remaining three roles?"
"Mai-senpai, Koizumi-sensei, the last one is up to you, Aoi Ikki or Tamamo-sama, anyone will do."
"Ask how many people are willing, and then have them audition."
High school students actually need to audition for the play at the cultural festival?
Only Qingye Rin in the world dares to think so.
"Let's leave the role assignments like this for now," Qing Ye Lin continued to instruct, "You can ask the Art Department and the Handicraft Department for help with props and costumes."
"Director." Toru Watanabe raised his hand.
Qingye Rin raised her perfectly curved chin and gestured to him.
"The Empire currently only has the Wind Instrumental Division, and the Fine Arts Division and Handicraft Division have not yet been incorporated into the territory."
"Let's try to talk to them. If that doesn't work, we can do it ourselves." Qingye Rin didn't care at all and didn't take the small matter of designing and making props and uniforms to heart at all.
"I don't need them for my clothes." said Miki Kujo, a handicraft expert and a germaphobe.
Kiyono Rin and Watanabe Toru set out to find the art club and the handicraft club.
The Art Department is on the second floor and uses the normal art classroom.
Toru Watanabe once imitated Picasso here and painted an ape-man with a very personal style, which received the highest rating ever - B.
Until now, B remains his highest score.
Fortunately, Miki Kujo has a high talent for painting, so their children will not lose at the starting line in the future.
Before I even walked into the art classroom, I heard noisy discussions and smelled the scent of paint.
But as the two of them stepped into the art room, the voices of discussion immediately disappeared.
In this silence, the culprit, Kiyono Rin, spoke in her heavenly girl voice: "Excuse me, who is the director of the art club?"
She herself was very polite and had no other intentions, but the listeners unilaterally felt that her words were irresistible.
"I, I am!" A short girl with a round face and bob haircut stood up.
"Hello, I'm Rin Kiyono from the Human Observation Department." Rin Kiyono's self-introduction was a complete waste of time.
Except for Toru Watanabe, who missed the opening ceremony and studied hard, everyone in the school knew her.
"I'm Kiyomi Ogawa, the director of the art club." The girl with the bob haircut nodded quickly in return.
"Sister Xiaochuan, I'm sorry to take up a bit of your time. Can you come outside for a moment?"
"Hmm."
Poor senior Kiyomi Ogawa, she was just like a junior school girl who was overwhelmed by the aura of a senior school girl, and she obediently followed the two of them out to the corridor.
"Senior Ogawa, does the Art Department plan to help other clubs design props and costumes during the cultural festival?" asked Qingno Rin with his arms crossed.
"Yes." Kiyomi Ogawa nodded obediently.
Watanabe Toru is less than 1.5 meters tall and has a bob haircut. Standing behind Kiyono Rin, he gives the illusion that they are in cahoots with each other to bully an elementary school student.
"The Human Observation Department is planning to perform a play at the cultural festival. Could you please help us design it?" asked Rin Kiyono.
There was a look of hesitation on Kiyomi Ogawa's face.
"Don't worry. If you don't like it, just tell us. We never force anyone." Watanabe Toru comforted.
"No, no!" Kiyomi Ogawa quickly waved her hands, "That's not what I meant!"
"Are you worried that the design won't look good?" asked Toru Watanabe.
"Yeah!" Kiyomi Ogawa nodded hurriedly.
"Watanabe-san," Qing Ye Lin turned around, "You are the script writer, and you used your clever and dirty brain to calculate our body measurements. The costumes and props are in your hands."
"I think 'obscene' is redundant."
Ignoring what Watanabe Toru said, Qing Ye Lin continued, "The art department provides the proposal, and you are responsible for checking whether it meets the requirements of the character. Can you do this simple task?"
"That's fine, but what do you do?"
“Lighting, venue, and sound.”
“Thank you for your hard work.”
"You stay here. I will go to the craft department alone. These things must be resolved as soon as possible, and then we can start rehearsals."
After watching Kiyono Rin walk away with her most beautiful legs in the world, Toru Watanabe looked at Kiyomi Ogawa.
"Senior Ogawa, please give me your guidance from now on." He said politely.
"Ah? Yes, please advise me."
"Don't be nervous, senior." Although Watanabe Toru didn't smile, his tone was still friendly, "I'm not the iceberg beauty Kiyono-san. I never force anyone to do anything. The costumes and props will be fine."
Kiyomi Ogawa let out a long sigh and said subconsciously with relief, "That's great."
…
"Watanabe-kun, the line drawing of the heroine's costume is finished, please take a look~~ (attached.jpg)" (20:14)
"Still designing so late? Thank you for your hard work!" (20:15)
"Nothing~~" (20:15)
“Wait a minute, let me take a look” (20:16)
"Yes, if there are no problems, I will write it down and refine it, and then color it." (20:16)
"Can the waist of the skirt be a little tighter? Also, the hem of the skirt, it feels a little off." (20:17)
“Okay~~” (20:17)
"I won't post them one by one, I'll just summarize them and send them all at once" (20:17)
"Mmmm~ Thank you for your hard work~" (20:18)
Five minutes later.
"Senior, take a look, this is what I, an outsider, think is not right (a full page of notebook.jpg)" (20:23)
"So many?" Kiyomi Ogawa shouted subconsciously on the second floor of a single-family building in Yotsuya.
"Just make the changes as you see fit. I'm terrible at art, and the suggestions I make don't even fit the human body model." (20:23)
“Hmm~” (20:23)
"Thank you for your hard work, senior" (20:24)
Kiyomi Ogawa set her phone to always be on and made changes one by one on the notebook in the photo.
Her cell phone ran out of battery, so she fetched a charger.
"Watanabe-kun, it's fixed~~" (23:06)
“Are you still revising it? It’s so hard.” (23:07)
“Hmm~~” (23:07)
"It's great at first glance! As expected of the head of the art club!" (23:08)
"Smile~~" (23:08)
Kiyomi Ogawa leaned back and relaxed her body which had been in the same posture for a long time.
"It's eleven o'clock now, and I can still draw for another hour. I'll work harder tomorrow, and I'll draw one piece of clothing every two days, so five pieces will take ten days. Excluding the weekend, I can finish everything by next Friday, which will leave me a week to draw my own cultural festival work."
She planned the construction period.
This was something she agreed to personally, so she was embarrassed to ask other people in the art department for help.
In addition to the art department's own activities, each class also has performances, so everyone is very busy.
The phone on the desk vibrated and Kiyomi Ogawa quickly sat up straight.
"Ogawa-san, you must have won a gold medal in a national competition, right?!" (23:13)
"I got it when I was in elementary school~~~" (23:14)
"I can tell at a glance that you are a talented person!" (23:14)
"No, I just like drawing~~~~" (23:15)
Kiyomi Ogawa smiled as she looked at the screen of her mobile phone, typing lightly with her fingers: If there is no problem, I will start to elaborate...
The fight isn't over yet.
"These are my revision suggestions. Thank you for your hard work, senior." (23:16)
"The notebook is filled with half a page.jpg" (23:16)
“…”
“Yes” (23:17)
"It's not "OK~~", is the senior angry? I'm so sorry" (23:17)
Kiyomi Ogawa, who was angry, was startled and quickly replied:
"No, no, I just want to change it quickly~~" (23:18)
"I'm sorry, I misunderstood you, you've worked so hard!" (23:19)
“No~” (23:19)
"I know it's hard work, but you still give me so many suggestions!" At this moment, Kiyomi Ogawa had completely lost her well-behaved appearance during the day and looked ferocious.
"I'll fix it tomorrow. Let's go to bed early today." (23:20)
"I'll change it tomorrow! I'll change it tomorrow! I'll change the head! Go to hell!" Kiyomi Ogawa picked up the doll on the bed and punched it on the head.
Tired of talking, she picked up her phone and replied to Toru Watanabe.
"Okay (smile.jpg)" (23:22)
"Senior, no "~~", I was worried that you were really angry" (23:23)
"Ah——" Kiyomi Ogawa made claws with her fingers and clenched her teeth.
“No, no~~ I also want to draw every picture well and design the clothes to be more beautiful~~” (23:24)
"Is this the spirit of a painter? I am so ashamed. I will learn from you!" (23:25)
"No~ I'm going to rest~ Watanabe-kun should also rest early~" (23:26)
“Good night” (23:26)
"Hmm~ Good night~" (23:26)
Putting down her cell phone, Kiyomi Ogawa, a 1.5-meter-tall girl with a bob haircut, put her left leg unruly on the chair, picked up the pressure-sensitive pen in her right hand, and immersed herself in revising the documents.
At twelve o'clock late in the night, half of it was changed.
She took the doll and beat it violently: "Are you asleep? Huh? You must be asleep? I'm still redrawing the picture!"
It was half past twelve in the night, with a quarter to go.
"Die! Die! Die!" The doll's head never bounced up.
At one o'clock in the morning, Kiyomi Ogawa made a low roar like a wild beast as she finished making the last few changes.
"Watanabe-kun~ I've fixed it~ Let's take a look~" (01:01)
"Go to hell! Bastard! Idiot! You know nothing and can only open your mouth!" After cursing into the phone, Kiyomi Ogawa went to bed with anger in her heart.
She swore in her heart that if Watanabe Toru made any more requests, she would definitely refuse!
The next morning, Kiyomi Ogawa opened her eyes and subconsciously reached for her cell phone.
Below the time, there are several line information.
"Senior, I always thought I was a very hardworking person, but I didn't expect you to be even more hardworking than me. You've worked so hard." (05:06)
"I can't slack off either. This is my opinion (a small half-page notebook filled with words.jpg)" (05:10)
"It's getting better and better. I'm really looking forward to the finished product. Let's make the best costume together!" (05:11)
"The best costume! The best costume! I'll kill you!" Kiyomi Ogawa shook her cute bob hair and pinched the doll's neck hard.
Three minutes later, she put down the doll, brushed away the hair that had gotten into her mouth, and replied:
"Hmm~~" (07:23)
On this day, Kiyomi Ogawa changed her Line profile picture.
A little girl with a bob haircut and wearing large black-framed glasses looked up from the digital tablet and stared at the screen with a look that said "why don't you just die?"
