"Haha, congratulations, boss."
Nanaya laughed and clinked glasses with Shion, "We are able to get Tsuburaya this time, at least we don't have to worry about the copyright in Japan."
"Yeah." Shion smiled faintly, but her smile revealed a hint of worry, "Tsuburaya's copyright in Europe and the United States is a bit troublesome."
Nanaya nodded.
Since the Tsuburaya Gao period, Tsuburaya has been selling the copyrights of all IPs including Ultraman all over the world in order to obtain operating funds for the company. There were even cases where the copyrights of a country were sold several times in different regions.
Plus, copyright agreements can be transferred.
The result is that Tsuburaya's copyright around the world is no longer in a state of chaos.
Although this has promoted the spread of the Ultraman series overseas to a certain extent, it has further limited Tsuburaya's possibility of using Ultraman to increase its own influence.
For example, in the movie "Ready Player One" a few years later, the original plot setting was that it was Ultraman who was fighting Mechagodzilla, but after countless copyright coordination, Warner found that there was still no way to use Ultraman's copyright, so in the end they had to replace Ultraman with Gundam.
The original role of Gundam was replaced by the Iron Giant.
For example, in a certain Iron Flying Dragon movie, the producer claimed that they had obtained the copyright of Ultraman, but in fact this part of the copyright agreement was also transferred from other copyright holders.
This is also the reason why Tsuburaya itself does not recognize that a certain arc owns the copyright of Ultraman.
"I have asked the legal department to integrate Tsuburaya's copyrights around the world." Shion said this with a hint of resentment. "If everything goes well, we should be able to get all the copyrights back within 2-3 years."
"I hope so."
Nanaya didn't know what the probability of success was. He didn't believe that Bandai hadn't tried it after getting Tsuburaya, but the result was obvious.
However, this kind of thing is hard to say. After all, Washimine has the strongest legal department in the East. Maybe it can do things that Consortium B could not do in the previous life.
"Okay, let's not talk about these annoying things. You should relax for two days, otherwise I will have rented this boat for nothing."
Shion patted Nanaya on the shoulder as he spoke, then turned and walked towards the direction of Washimine and several other senior executives who were standing together.
"That's right, it would be a waste if you don't come."
Nanaya drank the mocktail in the glass in one gulp and walked towards the stall selling freshly made beef burgers.
The current time is December 28, 2004, and Nanaya is currently on a super luxury cruise ship in the Pacific Ocean.
Because Washimine has successfully transformed itself into a pan-entertainment industry, it has had very good performance reports in the past two years.
So in order to reward everyone's hard work, Shion specially chartered a luxury cruise ship and gave all Washimine employees a luxurious vacation trip.
The cruise ship will depart from Japan, cross half of the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii, stay there for three days, and then return from Hawaii to Japan.
The whole trip took about 2 weeks, which can be said to be a very comfortable and luxurious trip.
You should know that there are nearly 20 restaurants and 10 bars on this ship, not counting the drink and ice cream stations by the swimming pool.
Food and drinks are available 24 hours a day.
As for the entertainment facilities on the ship, they are dazzling in number. In addition to four swimming pools of different sizes and functions, there is also a theater, a concert hall, two children's playgrounds, an outdoor open-air cinema, a gym, a library, an art gallery, and two large casinos.
It can be said that the ship itself is a large playground suitable for people of all ages to play.
[Erque Studio] was also invited by Shion, and Nanaya brought everyone from the studio on board the ship.
The only regret is that the Kiryu couple had planned to travel to Hokkaido early this year, and when Nanaya notified them, they had already booked the air tickets and hotel.
Therefore, Nanaya's parents had to miss this trip.
"It's fine if the two of us don't go." This is how Kiryu Maya explained to Nanaya on the phone, "If we don't go, you and those girls can relax a little. Wouldn't it be great to take this opportunity to grab one of my future daughter-in-law~haha~"
"Haha! There are people all around, how can I do it?"
Recalling his mother's laughter on the phone, Nanaya took a depressed bite of the burger in his hand.
"Hey, Senior, you are wasting food!"
"Ah?"
Only then did Nanaya realize that the person sitting next to her was Ryougi Shiki. Her plate was piled high with food, ranging from steak to squid skewers.
"You are wasting food, aren't you? Can you finish it all?" Nanaya asked speechlessly.
The 24-hour buffet on the ship is like heaven to this guy.
Among the 20 restaurants, except for the 4 high-end restaurants that Ryougi Shiki did not go to, this foodie swept through all the other places serving food on the ship.
"Of course, this is a rare opportunity after all." Ryougi Shiki said with a smile, "Speaking of which, this ship is really amazing. The dishes provided by each restaurant are changing all the time. No matter how you eat, you will see new food. This experience is really novel."
"..."
Nanaya didn't know what to say. This girl was simply immersed in the ocean of food.
"I said..."
"Oh no, the troublesome guy is coming."
Ryougi Shiki suddenly saw something, she picked up the plate as quickly as she could and disappeared like the wind.
In less than a second, Ori appeared in the position where Shiki had just left.
"Senior, have you seen my sister?"
Ryougi Ori looked up.
"There." Nanaya pointed to the place where he was leaving.
"Thank you."
Ori left without looking back.
[Shiki, take care.]
Nanaya did not feel any psychological burden at all about betraying Shiki's whereabouts. After all, although it would be tragic if Shiki was caught by Ori, it would be even more tragic if he was not caught.
For example, you have to see a doctor because of indigestion.
Even if she didn't have indigestion, her weight would not forgive her by the end of this trip.
To sum up, from the moment Ryougi Shiki couldn't control her mouth on the boat, her tragedy was doomed.
After the Ryougi siblings left, Nanaya quietly finished the burger in his seat.
Then he got up and went to the bar in the middle of the cabin. The non-alcoholic cocktail he just drank felt good, and Nanaya planned to try another non-alcoholic cocktail.
There are a total of 9 bars of different styles on the entire ship, large and small, from a sci-fi robot bar to a simple bar counter by the swimming pool.
Nanaya's target was a bar called Siqueno located inside the cabin, because it was the largest bar and offered the most diverse cocktails.
"Hello, sir. Please show us your room card so we can register your room number."
A waiter at the door saw Nanaya and immediately bowed to him.
"Is this necessary?"
The waiter kept smiling: "Because there are often guests who need our help to send them back to their rooms."
"Room 1105." Nanaya said and handed over the room card.
"Okay, have fun."
The waiter wrote a few words on the notebook he carried with him, and then respectfully returned the room card to Nanaya.
Nanaya took the things in his hand and walked into the room, only to find that it was already crowded with people.
On the stage in the center of the bar, many people were dancing and singing.
Even many people sitting at the bar would shout from time to time.
It seems that these Washimine employees have accumulated a lot of stress in their daily work.
However, this also made the entire bar look a bit messy, which made Nanaya feel a little upset.
"Hmm...it's a bit noisy." Nanaya complained while holding his ears. He regretted coming here. He should have found a smaller bar that was more secluded.
"Why aren't you used to it?" a female voice asked behind him.
"Well, that's a bit noisy... Miss Ryan!! Why are you here?!"
Nanaya felt someone patting his shoulder. He turned around and was stunned.
Ryan seemed a little dissatisfied with Nanaya's startled look: "It's me, what's the fuss about?"
"The way you're dressed..." Nanaya pointed at the other person's outfit and didn't know what to say.
How should I put it? If I were to describe her in one word, Ryan is now a [bunny girl].
From the white low-cut belly-exposing tights on the upper body, to the blue leather tights with black grid patterns on the lower body, to the white bunny tail behind the buttocks, and the bunny headband on the head.
It can be said that Ryan's current outfit is a standard bunny girl no matter from which angle you look at it.
[What a great outfit. No, why is it a bunny girl? ]
Nanaya felt that his brain circuit was not enough.
Although bunny girls and bars do go well together, aren't those who wear bunny girl costumes all maids?
Why would Ryan, a guest, wear such clothes?
"What's wrong with this outfit?"
Ryan tilted his head and asked in a silly manner, "Lily said that in Japan, women have to wear bunny girls when they come to the bar. This is a tradition in your country. She suggested that I should do as the Romans do and then come directly to you."
[Lily, good job! No, what kind of evil ways did you teach your sister?]
"Did she wear a bunny herself?"
Ryan chuckled and replied, "How is that possible? She is not yet an adult, how can she enter here?"
[Lily, is this also within your calculations? ]
Nanaya suddenly discovered that Ryougi Shiki was not the only one around him who liked to trick his brothers and sisters.