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065 Road building anecdotes

"Goro, you're right. But people need to do the work. Since it's done by people, sometimes you can't treat the problem completely objectively and rationally. In my opinion, taking photos of Mr. Osamu Tezuka is as good as traveling to Hawaii for public expenses! As for shooting the Qin and Han Dynasties, it's as embarrassing as taking the Yamanote line from Ikebukuro to Shinbashi on weekday mornings, haha!"

"You can't say that, although Teacher Qin Han is a newcomer, he still has strength. Whether it is the previous painting competition or the newly released commercial comics, they are very popular, just for a while..."

"Who can explain this kind of thing clearly?"

Bang!

Suddenly, Dongmaxia interrupted the conversation, slapped the wine glass on the table, and got up and left.

"Oh, Dongma, don't rush to leave!" Xiaomu Shigoro quickly got up and chased after him.

The cocktail party ended in a bad mood, but Koyama Kyosuke felt particularly happy when he saw his mortal enemy leaving because of anger.

"Tsk, what Qin and Han dynasties aren't a famous cartoonist at all. That guy from Dongma will definitely not be able to take pictures of content that is popular with the audience. This time, I won!"

…………

The next morning, Qin Han’s apartment.

Dingdong ~

When Qin Han heard the doorbell ringing, he opened the door and saw two men holding cameras.

"Hello, Teacher Qin Han, I am Xiaomu Yugoro who I had talked to on the phone before. This is Dongma Xiahe." The man with a round face and a kind look like amiable and kind look said.

"I am Dongmaxiahe, please give me some advice." Another gentleman, wearing glasses, bowed and said hello.

Qin Han had received a notice from NHK TV station before and learned about the shooting, so he was not surprised and just let the two of them into the house.

Because it is a close shooting, only professional handheld cameras are used, and there are no other personnel such as sound recording, lighting, etc., so it will not have much impact on the work.

Otherwise, Qin Han would rather lose the opportunity to participate in documentary shooting than delay work.

Because of this interview, he also hid an unscientific prop like the Elf Pen in advance, so he didn't have to worry about leaking the secrets.

After the two reporters entered the house, they took a break and then officially started working.

"This is where I usually work, please take a look at it." Qin Han showed off his studio and sat in front of the writing stage.

"It's so amazing. It turns out that this is where cartoonists work." Koki Goro was amazed while shooting.

He is also a comic fan who buys several comic magazines every week. There are always some unrealistic illusions about where comics work, and he thinks it is a sacred and mysterious place.

In contrast, Dongma Xiahe is not very interested.

First, I was immersed in the pain of missing the opportunity to shoot the master Tezuka. Second, after leaving the izakaya last night, I went home to drink a while of wine. I woke up from a hangover and had a headache and brain swelling.

"There is nothing surprising here, but the place is a little wider." Qin Han saw Oki Goro's curious baby look and said with a smile, "The real amazing one is a top cartoonist like Akira Toriyama. I'm not saying how big his studio is and how luxurious the decoration is. But the background is unfathomable. You can find works that are created by comic artists in that kind of place but have never released them, and you can also find the immature works of top cartoonists before they become famous. You can also see the growth trajectory of newcomers to top cartoonists."

"It's like Osamu Tezuka's studio." Higashimahe said in a silence.

Qin Han saw that the reporter seemed to be in a bad mood, but he didn't care: "Yes, it's like the great god Tezuka."

"Teacher Qin Han, you know so well. Have you ever been to Mr. Toriyama's studio?"

"I have been there, because I went there with Torishima Mulberry. However, at that time, Mr. Torishima Akira went on a honeymoon trip. He didn't see me and didn't ask for an autograph." Qin Han spread his hands and looked helpless.

"Teacher Qin Han, you have such a good relationship with Kazuhiko Torishima. You should also know some gossip about Mr. Toriyama, right?"

Obviously, compared with the Qin and Han dynasties, the top cartoonist who pays 1 billion yen annual tax is more attractive.

Qin Han didn't care, and was not angry because the two of them came to interview him, but talked about Akira Toriyama. He thought for a while and said, "A interesting thing happened not long ago, and there should be no media reports yet. Do you know that the Kiyosu Airport Expressway, which was opened to traffic last month, was actually specially for Akira Toriyama?"

Akira Toriyama is a standard peasant child and grew up in a remote countryside.

After successfully working hard in Tokyo, I was tired of the urban life of steel and cement, so the great god moved back to his hometown, Kiyosu City, Aichi Prefecture.

As a serial cartoonist, even if you move to the countryside, you have to update it on time every week. Especially now that "Dragon Ball" is so popular, it will be closed for a while, from the editorial department to readers to all related businessmen, it will cause a big shock.

Therefore, the issue of submitting the manuscript has become the top priority.

But Akira Toriyama is a very traditional person and does not like fax and network tools. The manuscripts for each week are all JUMP editors who take a plane from Tokyo to Nagoya, and then transfer to his house to get it by car.

For the sake of "Dragon Ball" making money, the JUMP editorial department recognized it.

Kiyosu City is a small town with a population of only 70,000. It belongs to the Nagoya metropolitan area and is not rich in finance. The road conditions from the airport to Toriyama Akira are very poor. There have been several times, but due to traffic problems, the deadline for submitting the paper was almost missed.

So Toriyama once considered it and wanted to move to a place with more convenient transportation.

As soon as the news spread, the three-level governments of Aichi Prefecture, Nagoya, and Kiyosu City were all shocked.

Because in Japan, personal income tax is collected by local governments.

If Akira Toriyama, a big taxpayer, ran away, it would be a real thing, and he would lose hundreds of millions a year.

So the civil servants came up with a solution: build a road! Build a first-class highway from Nagoya Airport to Akira Toriyama!

In this way, it not only retains large taxpayers, but also invests in infrastructure to drive GDP, killing multiple birds with one stone, which is simply awesome.

The first time I heard Qin Han talk about a big gossip about top cartoonists and government road construction. Oki Goro and Dongmaxia and the two of them were all stunned and were so surprised that they couldn't stop.

"It's too exaggerated. The government builds a road for one person alone!"

"It's really amazing to be Toriyama!"

Although this big news has nothing to do with this shooting, it will undoubtedly cause heated discussion. Now, the profession of cartoonists is already very popular. If the road construction matter comes out again, wouldn’t it be necessary to go to heaven?!

"Teacher Qin Han, can this news be reported?"

"It has been known to everyone in Kiyosu City for a long time, and almost everyone in Shueisha knows this interesting news. On the contrary, until now, the media has not reported it, so I feel strange."
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