Hema knows that in Japan, artists rely heavily on connections for meals.
Japanese writers and artists have a common characteristic: they have a high status, but they may not necessarily earn much money.
In many cases, their greatest value is to exist as the "glue" of the upper class.
Many times their works are sold at a high price, and there is a black box in the middle. For example, someone bought a painting of mine at a high price, and then I helped him get acquainted with a certain congressman and played golf together.
Both "Detective Conan" and the game "Persona 5" have sections in which the old painter Jiang Langcai used up his disciples' works. This kind of section does exist in the Japanese art world, but there are not many of them. They mainly appear in scientific research, especially in medicine. scientific research.
This is because the well-known old Japanese artists don’t really need to produce good works. They draw shit like others tout and buy.
The Japanese art world has formed an internal cycle, artists produce works, and critics are responsible for guiding the general public to "appreciate" the works.
After a certain so-called popularity among the general public, the artist gains status and connections, which in turn turn into money.
Under this mechanism, many wonderful "works" have been produced.
In fact, I feel that the Chinese art world has also begun to have "inner flavors". Art is becoming more and more incomprehensible, and all kinds of exaggerated performances by masters have become a laughing stock on the Internet.
However, the Chinese class has not yet solidified, and there is no stable upper class like Japan, so the status of the masters is not very stable.
All in all, in Japan, artists pay special attention to the management of contacts and the relationship with critics.
However, no matter how important people are, they will not easily go to public high schools to perform on stage.
The chairman was able to directly pull three artists to give him a platform, and he was the one who decided to participate in the beauty pageant today, and then shook it...
No, even if the chairman wanted to participate in the beauty pageant before, it would be amazing to shake a guy of this level onto the stage of the high school cultural festival.
Kazuma looked at the three of them, and it was obvious that the Noh performers were the most attentive, probably because there were really not many fans of Noh, and they all relied on the praise of the so-called professionals to maintain their status.
As for the shamisen and shakuhachi, if the skills are superb, there are still many people among the general public who will buy it. After all, the general public cannot appreciate Noh dramas, but they still know whether the music is good or not.
Jinguji Tamamo held a drumstick, and seemed to be making final preparations or something.
Chiyoko complained: "It's not good to play the tuba in a kimono, but it's not right to play drums in a kimono, right?"
As soon as the words fell, Danko, just as she had predicted to Kazuma, swung her arm and pulled the kimono, partially lifting the left shoulder of the kimono, exposing half of the shoulder.
She had already wrapped her chest tightly with a chest cloth, and she didn't give any benefits.
But in her posture, there is a kind of fierce aura of a heroine going into battle, as if she is about to draw out her naginata and kill a few Xiaoxiao who don't have long eyes.
Chiyoko: "Okay, I'm fine now, the temperament matches, it's almost like Zhang Fei who beat drums to encourage Guan Yu to kill Huaxiong in Romance of the Three Kingdoms."
When the Japanese say Romance of the Three Kingdoms, they mean the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. This is a translation problem. The full name of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is the popular interpretation of Romance of the Three Kingdoms. When Japan translated the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it took the first three characters as the title of the book.
"You actually know the Romance of the Three Kingdoms?" He Ma asked in surprise.
"The manga I read, because recently you always talk about Chinese idioms and so on, I am also a little interested in China. When I saw this manga when I was shopping for groceries, I stood and looked through it in the bookstore."
"Did the old woman in the bookstore chase you away?"
"I won't rush, I'm very popular in the shopping street."
He Ma scratched his head and turned his gaze back to the stage.
The chairman had already assumed the posture of beating the drum, and then nodded to the accompanist.
Then she started knocking.
There are many sizes of taiko drums. This time she played the largest size, and the sound can be heard throughout the playground without using microphones and speakers.
It's a very energetic drum.
At the beginning, there are dense and rapid snare drum beats, which are usually hit by the sub-player with the snare drum, but Jinguji directly hits the edge of the big drum with a drum stick.
Shakuhachi virtuoso Meito Inoue played a melodious melody with the drums.
Kazuma's impression of Taiko music comes from the game "Taiko Master", and he doesn't know a few serious Taiko songs.
The shakuhachi melody was useless for him, and he couldn't recognize what it was.
While Shakuhachi's voice gradually fell, Noh playwright Kusakabe roared: "Yo~~~"
This repeated "Yo" perfectly fits many people's stereotypes of Noh.
The end of this sound means that the "foreplay" of the taiko drum performance ends here, and the main film begins.
Jinguji suddenly exerted strength and played a strong drumbeat.
The shamisen joined in at this time, replacing the fine drum beats just now to bear the entire rhythm instrument part.
Yes, the shamisen went straight to the rhythm instrument, which is usually the job of the bass.
The big drum is the protagonist of this performance.
Drums are worthy of being instruments made for war. Compared with the drum beats played in Jinguji Temple, those tunes in Taiko Master are simply a mess.
It's a serious taiko song if you want to kill someone after listening to it.
Shakuhachi joined in at the right time, but he did not overwhelm the guest, but rhythmically blew out fixed syllables one after another.
Basically, the shakuhachi is used as a rhythm instrument.
Everything exists to set off the Taiko.
When gradually entering the climax, the brass band led by Consultant Yokoyama finally joined in, and the atmospheric strings echoed the war drums.
Hema doesn't want to kill people now, he wants to ride a horse and lead the army to charge.
It's just a swordsman's level of cutting people, it's a waste to use this battle drum to buff.
From the perspective of adding BUFF, this is a battle song for the whole army before the battle.
Jinguji exposed half of her shoulders, and every time she hit the drum, sweat dripped from her shoulders.
At this time, she was full of high-spirited beauty of life.
Chiyoko, who was beside Ma, also felt the same way, and said in a low voice, "As expected of an egg, you can even beat the drums so beautifully."
The climactic part gradually became a living thing, and the drums gradually returned to the original light and fine state, and then the shakuhachi took control of the song again, and the shamisen also became active.
It feels like after the war is over, the warriors left the field, and the peasants began to clean up the battlefield. The monks with tin sticks recited Buddhist scriptures to save the souls of the dead on the battlefield.
The samurai sword of the war dead was stuck upside down in the ground, and a fragment of the cloak was blown to the handle by the wind and entangled, fluttering like a flag, just like the souls of the war dead who were unwilling to leave for a long time.
In the end, the music came to an abrupt end after Noh Kusakabe's repeated "Yo".
Jinguji Tamamo switched the drumsticks to one hand, turned around and bowed to the audience.
The people she invited all stood up and bowed to the audience.
At this time, everyone who was stunned realized that they should applaud.
Thunderous applause resounded throughout the playground.
Jinguji went straight off the stage amid the applause, and pulled off the rope that tied the water sleeves while walking—this kind of state can be tied to a state where the knot can be pulled apart with a single twitch, but when doing work, it must be ensured that the knot will not unravel Let the water sleeves stick to dirty things.
After the chairman’s entire team had exited the stage, the vice-chairman stepped onto the stage, and when he came up, he sighed exaggeratedly: “Senior Jinguji really gave us a big surprise. I didn’t know that taiko drums can also be played like this. Sounds good, probably because Jinguji-senpai showed half of her fragrant shoulders?"
Hema couldn't help frowning, Jingongsi's chest cloth was wrapped so thickly just now, and there was no joy in it.
Her posture was so heroic that it would be sacrilegious to make such a dirty joke.
This guy is typical, he regards obscenity as humor, and He Ma immediately has a greasy middle-aged uncle's impression of the vice president.
He Ma confirmed again that this kind of guy probably can't catch up with Ninan Ricai, and his rank is different.
How can it be possible to get a goddess or something by telling pornographic jokes.
"We have the next contestant!" The vice president shouted, and then a member of the executive department of the student union came onto the stage and whispered something to him.
"Uh, what happened just now, the next contestant abstained. Jinguji-senpai is so terrifying! She actually scared people away. Let's invite the next contestant..."
Just as he was talking, Rinan Ricai stepped onto the stage again. This time she changed into a whole dress, completely changed into the style of a young lady who went out for a summer outing.
"Hey, President, why do you..."
"I'll perform in place of the one who abstained."
"Hey, is that okay too?"
"Of course, I'm the president of the student council, so I can do it if I say so." Rinan Rina said incredulously.
Some of the students in the audience began to boo: "President, this is an abuse of power!"
"Yes, this will allow you to get a glimpse of the real world earlier." Rinan Rina waited for a while, and continued after the booing caused by his words subsided, "The real world is like this. There are guys who suddenly reach a height that you can't go to, and there are guys who abuse their power to suppress you, get used to it earlier, and less pain."
He Ma thought to himself, this is 1980, big sister, students were still throwing Molotov cocktails on the street a few years ago, aren't you afraid that what you say will arouse the students' sense of resistance, and then they will do something terrible
Of course, it is also possible that Rinan Licai lifted his skirt and took off his clothes with one click, revealing the red bellyband and sickle and hammer underneath, and shouted "Follow me with the gun in hand".
"Music." Nichinan Licai made a gesture to the following, regardless of the vice president who was still on the stage.
The vice president tactfully slipped off the stage and gave up the whole stage to Nichinan Licai.
The prelude sounded, this time it was an old tune familiar to Ma.
He Ma suddenly discovered that he had listened to a lot of old songs from the Showa era. Obviously, he was only a 30-year-old spiritual guy in his previous life. He was not born when many Showa songs were popular in mainland China.
The song sung by Rina Hinan is the famous song "Thinking of Autumn", which was released two years ago. The singer is the famous Showa idol Hiromi Iwasaki.
This song is a tribute to youth in high school. The lyrics and Ma feel that it is quite straightforward, such as the chorus part "Youth is a fragile thing, no matter how much you love it, it will still be hurt."
The song also mentions graduation and parting, so Chiyoko next to Hema looked at him suspiciously: "Did you make a move?"
"No." He Ma shook his head, "She just chose a popular song."
"Is that so?" Chiyoko stared at Kazuma suspiciously, "Forget it, I welcome one more student to pay the tuition."
"No, let's just say that I didn't make a move. Don't slander people's innocence out of thin air."
"However, Nichinan-senpai worked so hard, she probably couldn't beat the eggs. That was too powerful." Chiyoko commented.
He and Ma thought the same way, but at this moment he saw members of the executive department of the student union go around from under the stage to the front of the stage, and put something on the front edge of the stage.
Hey, is there a secret strategy
Hema suddenly remembered that Ninan Licai was originally preparing to show off his swimsuits. It stands to reason that only the talent show can be shown, because this kind of high school beauty pageant consists of two parts: self-introduction and talent show, and then it is time to vote.
It is obviously inappropriate to show off swimsuits in self-introduction.
While Kazuma was guessing Nichinan's intentions, Nichinan Rina finished singing the chorus for the second time, and there was an interlude at this time.
At this moment, a large amount of white mist sprayed out from the device configured by the executive department of the student union just now.
He Ma was stunned: "Is it actually dry ice to make the fog? You really have it."
The white mist engulfed Rinan Licai's figure, but this kind of fog rises and dissipates quickly, especially in this open-air scene with natural wind.
When the fog cleared, everyone just saw Rinan Rina finish the last step of taking off the dress, and flung the skirt aside.
It turned out that she changed the dress not only to change her image, but also to undress quickly.
Rinan Licai is wearing a bikini, which perfectly highlights her graceful curves.
All the boys cheered.
Chiyoko said while eating wafers: "It's different now, boys will vote for Nichinan-senpai."
"No, I won't." He Ma said.
"Brother, you are a man, not a boy."
No, I can't refute it, although Hema is still a virgin in this life.
Wearing a bikini like this, Hinan Sato sang the last chorus after the interlude ended.
Then she bowed to everyone: "Thank you for your appreciation."
Because it is a bikini, the gravity of the earth is clearly reflected when bowing.
There was a sound of "oh" in the playground.
He Ma suddenly remembered the conversation between Ninan Licai and herself before. She said that her agent told her that girls would go up in this industry, and it would be much easier to sell their lust.
Could it be that Nichinan gave up the idea of using a bikini at the beginning, and only planned to decide the outcome in an upright manner? After all, taking off the hot pants and T-shirt just now is not as quick as the one-button dress.
But because Jinguji made a big move, Nichinan had to sacrifice a bikini
Will her life change because of Jinguji, causing her to change from a pure bitch to a real bus who does not hesitate to "sleep business" for the sake of superiority
No, I have to talk to her later.
After all, Kiryu and Marco are the morning stars, the first ray of light to illuminate the long night, the lighthouse, the helmsman, and the holy moonlight guiding the way forward.
He Mamu sent Ninan Licai off the stage.
Then the vice-chairman came on stage again: "It's really amazing, I would like to go back to Chairman Nichinan for the rest of my life.
"The next thing I want to announce is that due to the extraordinary performance of Jinguji-senpai and President Nichinan, all other players who are not in the third grade have retired from the competition. Honami Nanjo-senpai and Mikako Fujii-senpai in our grades, we have already confirmed that the two seniors will be on stage together! Let us look forward to the performances you two will bring to us... "
The vice president's eyes were attracted by the servant of Nanjo's family who was carrying the piano on the stage, and his words were interrupted.
He and the horse held their foreheads together again.
Two young ladies, you guys... actually played very high, didn't you