Reborn in the Tokyo Bubble Era

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Does this count as infringement?

On the way to the club, there were a lot of advertisements, and it was like the battle that Tao Dalang put up last time.

Goto Hiroki muttered to himself: "This is an infringement."

Chapter 265, Infringement Prosecution

Goto Hiroki was a little puzzled.

Taking the risk of copyright infringement, using the image in the popular manga that "Shounen Jump" is serializing for commercial promotion of your club?

However, no matter how you look at it, it seems to be promoting the upcoming animation.

What does the other party mean?Although he doesn't care how this "Comics Dimension" will shake up the comics industry, Goto Hiroki is a little dizzy by this big hand.

Although there are not as many advertisements as last time, it is estimated that tens of millions of yen have been invested in it, right?

Aggressive.

He came to Shueisha all the way with a heavy heart, and just after entering the editorial office, he heard the voice of that Huo Na Jiang Yangshui.

"Damn! That role should be played by me, Huona Jiangyangshui! This Saori is so beautiful, of course it should be me standing in front of him! By the way, do you want to go and see?"

"Hey! Enough is enough." Goto Hiroki said with a black face, "For yesterday's manuscript, where is your opinion? This is a test, if you can't do it well, don't make trouble here!"

"Yes, yes, editor-in-chief." Huo Najiang Yangshui is very obedient to the work he likes, "It has been completed very seriously!"

Goto Hiroki always felt that he was an eyesore here, so he took his homework with a very unhappy face: "Continue to study the work. The editor's work is not understandable from the reader's standpoint. If it is not professional enough, it cannot gain a foothold here. !"

Kozo Morishita, who was in charge of the project of "Saint Seiya" at Toei Animation, came to the office and asked: "Is this an event held by Shueisha? Is it for the warm-up of the animation broadcast? Do you need to contact TV Asahi to report a special offer?"

At this time, on the streets of Tokyo, a car was parked on the side of the road, and a girl in very high-end clothes got out of the car, opened her mouth wide and looked at the billboard not far away.

"Athena...this dress is so beautiful..." she muttered to herself, "Is it the theme performance of "Saint Seiya"? No, Kurata-kun will also be there, right?"

She became excited: "This is a good opportunity to ask for advice!"

After muttering, she got into the car and dialed the number on the car phone: "Well, I saw your advertisement, will Masami Kurata, the author of "Saint Seiya" also be there?"

"...If there is no time conflict, it should be."

"Great! Well, how do I sign up?"

"...sorry, applications are now only open for journalists, writers and cartoonists..."

"I'm a manga artist!" the girl said with certainty, "I just won the manga newcomer award!"

"Really?" The other end of the phone was pleasantly surprised, "Excuse me, is your name..."

"Takeuchi Naoko, my name is Takeuchi Naoko!"

The current hot comics and the upcoming animation, together with Tao Dalang and Hoshino Suzu, who have long been well-known to a certain extent, produced a wonderful chemical reaction in an instant.

Tao Dalang, who had caused a lot of trouble in the city before, returned to the public eye, this time he is holding a sword, is he going to put on the holy clothes?

At that time, many phone calls were made to the strategic cooperation department of Dimensional Culture.

Fujiwara Sakura kept hanging up the phone in the office, and said excitedly to Makino Yui: "Senior Yui, the effect is very good! A girl who just won the Manga Newcomer Award has signed up. Naoko Takeuchi, have you heard of it? "

Because Makino Yuyi knew Tao Zhiming before, she was also transferred to the Strategic Cooperation Department.

"...No, I used to pay attention to entertainment..." Yui Makino urged after finishing speaking, "I need to confirm."

"Of course it will." Fujiwara Sakura sighed while sorting out the materials just registered, "Spent so much money for publicity, the effect is indeed more effective than our previous visits to the school's literature club and manga club!"

Hearing Fujiwara Sakura's emotion, Makino Yui could only agree: "Master President has always been like this..."

"Eh? I heard it was planned by the president!"

"Really?" Makino Yui was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "They are all geniuses from Dongda University, that's not surprising."

Neither of them knew what level of character Takeuchi Naoko was, and they just continued to do their jobs.

Not far away in Shibaura, the owner of the JUNIANA'S TOKYO ballroom, Masahiro Origuchi, looked at the advertisement with curiosity and vigilance in his eyes.

"Amiya-kun, we should go and have a look too, right?"

Kojiro Amamiya narrowed his eyes slightly: "Of course."

"I heard that only the media, cartoonists and writers are invited, what about us?"

Yugong Yujiro said lightly: "It's very simple, we are an art training school, and of course there are comic works that can be used as fakes."

"It's really thanks to you..." Yabo Origuchi said with a smile, and his eyes showed vigilance after turning his head.

This Amamiya Kojiro, behind it is really not simple.

Not to mention these good-looking dancers who are very obedient and easy to manage, now even comics can be taken out casually?

The other party is a club that wants to recruit cartoonists, so of course they have to check the originality of the works.

Yabo Zheguchi felt more and more uneasy.

No matter how you think about it, you are relying on yourself, the person who is the enemy of that WanderDance.

Is it because of Tao Dalang?

……

Masami Kurata is a manga artist contracted by Shueisha. Under the contract, of course she cannot go to the event to participate in the event.

Although he did get a call.

Shueisha is now in trouble.

This move was beyond their expectation.

People who love a certain work play roles in it, this is already an existing phenomenon.Neon has already had a comic exhibition ten years ago, but in this form of cosplay, for commercial purposes, it is still so grandiose, and I have never encountered it before.

After all, Cosplay is only a niche hobby.

The reason why Shueisha felt very embarrassed was that it was a potential competitor, but they used the works serialized in their magazines.But the animation will start broadcasting next month. To be honest, they are also very happy to have such an unexpected wave of publicity.

"No matter how you say it, it violates the rights of our works. I think they should stop and sue for damages!"

The president of Shueisha did not comment on this opinion, but asked, "Hiroki, what do you think?"

The editor-in-chief of "Shounen Jump" Goto Hiroki frowned and said: "Men, our magazine has also received a lot of calls from readers who thought it was an official event, and they were very enthusiastic. The other party held this event in the name of love. If our club responds forcefully, it will be in a disadvantageous situation."

"Why is it disadvantageous? We are the owners of the rights!"

Goto Hiroki shook his head: "First of all, it will leave a bad impression of suppressing newcomers in the industry. Secondly, readers like this kind of activity very much, and we may also hurt readers' feelings. Thirdly, the opponent is a club with strong financial resources after all. , will not fail to consider this point, if we sue the other party for infringement, it may just give the other party a chance to become famous through the lawsuit. In the end, the animation is about to be broadcast, and the other party cancels the event, but loses an opportunity for publicity.”

The president also nodded: "Toei and TV Asahi even contacted me to inquire about the situation. They are considering filming a special program for publicity."

"What a cunning guy!" The director who advocated suing Dimension Culture was very upset.

This is why Tao Zhiming felt that Yosuke Ueno was a bit creative.

This is called rubbing hot spots, and it just happened to hit the itch of Shueisha.

The president thought for a while and said: "It seems that it is necessary to visit the Dimensional Culture. A club that can create such an incident just by showing up should not be underestimated."

Goto Hiroki agreed: "At least about this event, we have to express our attitude. In addition, there have been reports from the editors. The cartoonists and their assistants they are in charge of contacting, and many people have received dimensional culture invitation."

"So the other party has already attacked like this..." The opposition was still muttering.

Goto Hiroki didn't pay much attention to the so-called offense. How could it be so easy to start a manga magazine from scratch?Sources of manuscripts, editorial team, grasp of wind direction and understanding of the market, printing, distribution... which one does not require a long period of accumulation?

He thought that once he had contacted the Dimensional Culture, he would be able to go to the meeting.

Unexpectedly, in the afternoon, the president invited him over solemnly.

"What? You want to sue them?" Goto Hiroki was dizzy, "At least wait until we meet and confirm some things before making a decision?"

The president looked very serious, and said worriedly: "Things... are not easy. Goto-kun, our Shueisha may be in big trouble."

"……what?"

The president took out a document and handed it to him.

After a few glances, Goto Hiroki suddenly changed color, and stood up in disbelief: "How could this be?"

"Although I don't know why, but this is President Saga's decision..." The president was in a headache, "It seems that Akayan Yosui came to our Shueisha just for this reason?"

"Why did the chairman let us Shueisha accept the capital injection from the Akaiwa family?" Goto Hiroki's face changed, "Aren't we entering the golden period now?"

"I asked." The president said solemnly, "Although we are still affiliated with Hitotsubashi, the Akaiwa family has brought a lot of resources and persuaded Chairman Saga to further build Shueisha into a comprehensive entertainment club. On the basis of this, we will open up fields such as music, animation, and toys.”

"Are you kidding me!" Goto Hiroki continued to look at the information before falling on the table, "If you can't concentrate on doing one thing well, why rush into so many fields?"

"... In the matter of manga, we have already achieved the strongest." The president is actually equally worried, "Probably think so... Maybe there are other reasons, but President Aika has already made a decision ..."

Goto Hiroki returned to the editorial department with the helpless anger of the workers, and his eyes became even more disgusted after seeing Hona Jiang Yangshui.

The so-called other reasons, is it just because the Chiyan family has a silly young master who likes comics and games?

"...Goto-san, what's the matter?" Hona Jiang Yangshui looked at Goto Hiroki with a bad expression in a daze.

"You don't know anything about manga work!" Goto Hiroki recalled the results of his study and research, complained angrily, and returned to his office depressed.

I just took over as the editor-in-chief and was about to do a big job to raise the magazine's circulation to 500 million or even higher, but I didn't expect to encounter such a thing.

On the contrary, Huona Jiangyangshui looked very respectful, and was not unhappy when he was despised. He chased him into the office and asked, "I'm studying... Please keep faith in me. Speaking of which, the press conference of Dimensional Culture , I want to participate, and I will definitely bring back useful information!"

Goto Hiroki said coldly: "It's up to you."

"Really?" Huona Jiangyangshui was delighted, "Can you really assign this job to me?"

"Isn't Master Chiyan going to be the director of our Shueisha in the future? Why ask my opinion?" Goto Hiroki was annoyed.

"...What director?" Huona Jiangyangshui was stunned, "Please don't call me that, call me Huona Jiangyangshui!"

"The Akayan family has become a shareholder of Shueisha, isn't that why they arranged you to come to our club?" Hiroki Goto stood up and bowed, "I hope you will take care of me in the future!"

A mocking look was evident on his face.

Although he is the editor-in-chief, he is engaged in art-related work after all, and Goto Hiroki can't hide his emotions in his heart.

Huona Jiang Yangshui stared at him blankly: "What's going on?"

"You don't know?" Goto Hiroki sneered, "The club is already going to sue Dimensional Culture for infringement. This is also the request of your Chiyan family, right?"

"What? Sue them for copyright infringement? It's true...it's a work serialized in our magazine, and that guy is just a bit handsome, and he doesn't have the powerful physique of a saint at all!"

"..." Goto Hiroki was speechless, feeling that he was not on the same channel, so he said tiredly, "Go out, I have to work."

In any case, we have to see what adjustments the Chiyan family will require in the club's business direction after becoming a shareholder.

Anyway, from what the president heard, the situation is not good.

……

"Really sued?" Tao Zhiming was surprised when he saw the official announcement sent by Yosuke Ueno, "Did you just do it without contacting us? And asked to stop the activities..."

"I have negotiated and wanted to hold it in a cooperative manner, but the other party's attitude is very firm." Ueno Yosuke was very worried, "Maybe we contacted their cartoonists and angered them, and we started to promote without prior negotiation , making them feel neglected?"

"It's okay." Tao Zhiming put down the official notice sent by the other party, and said indifferently, "There is no clear regulation on whether playing a character in a comic constitutes an infringement of copyright, and it belongs to a gray area. We continue to implement the plan, and since the other party wants to sue, then we will accompany it. I don’t know why Shueisha can’t figure it out because of the attention paid to the door.”

Tao Zhiming himself couldn't figure it out.

Shueisha shouldn't be so stupid, or is it just like that JUNIANA'S TOKYO suddenly appeared a large number of beautiful dancers, and the actions against themselves have started again?

Can the death of Iwasaki Kuranosuke make some people more cautious?

Chapter 266, Practicing the Mysteries of Life

In fact, the simpler the method, the more Tao Zhiming paid more attention to it.

Of course, it is necessary to exclude the situation that the other party does not know his "prestige" at all.

Although Tao Zhiming made some limelight through the "Marriage Proposal Battle" before, it is still very possible to be looked down upon by the industry boss when he starts a business competition in a certain industry.

It is normal for business to encounter lawsuits.Interestingly, even though the other party was suing Dimensional Culture, when Tao Zhiming called as the president, the other party was still polite and friendly.

"It's really troublesome. But because that work has signed a series of cooperative development agreements, and other partners have such opinions, our agency must uphold this position. President Tao, if possible, stop using the Let’s do that event in that form.”

Tao Zhiming said with a smile: "It is we who have caused trouble for your company. But I never thought that we would encounter such an embarrassing situation when we wanted to show our love for comics in this way. All preparations have been made. It’s too late to revoke it now. Do you really want to sue us in this name? Just playing the image in the comics doesn’t constitute copyright infringement, right?”

"Ah, on this point, it would be better to contact our attorney."

Tao Zhiming smiled slightly, and continued to ask: "Because of such a trivial matter, it is not good for your company's reputation to sue our small club that has just entered this industry. Anyway, we are also lovers of comics. , I myself grew up watching your company’s works.”

This sentence Tao Zhiming said is absolutely true, but most of the works he read when he was a child have not yet come out.