Chapter 1085 Ultraman
Xu Liang, who woke up from his deep sleep, slowly sat up,
After the customary martial arts practice, he sat down at the dining table.
Looking at Fukuda Xinmei opposite, wearing light white floral home clothes.
"You call your father-in-law later and ask him to bring his uncle over for dinner tonight."
Futian Xinmei was stunned for a moment, but she agreed directly without asking any further questions.
After breakfast, Xu Liang came to the Bandai Namco headquarters again.
"Xu Jun."
Ishikawa Zhunan greeted him respectfully.
"Where's Nakamura?"
"The president is in poor health and is away from the company most of the time."
Xu Liang nodded. He was eighty years old. He was more playful when he was young, but he was not in good health.
Come to the office.
Ishikawa Yukio quickly asked his secretary to serve tea.
"When Nakamura is away, will you be in charge of the company?"
"Yes."
Bandai originally acquired Namco.
Nakamura Masaya relied on his seniority as the founder of Namco to gain the power of chairman and president of the new company.
But as the former president of Wanda Corporation, Nobuo Ishikawa also successfully became the company's second-in-command.
However, Nakamura Masaya is old and is away from the company most of the time.
The management power also fell into the hands of Nobuo Ishikawa.
"Xu Jun, don't worry, we are already researching the Chinese market, and we will open the first Bandai Toys direct-sale store in Taihua Oriental Plaza in Shanghai within half a year at most."
"Ishikawa-kun is a veteran professional manager. He has worked for Bandai Company for many years and has rich experience. I am relieved that you will be responsible for the development of the company."
"Thank you for the award. I will do my best to repay the company's trust." Ishikawa Nozomi said respectfully.
"Ishikawa-kun, as the major shareholder of Bandai Namco, within the next three months, we will dispatch two executive directors to the company and take over the company's finance and personnel. Is that okay?"
Ishikawa Zhunan's face suddenly changed.
Finance and human resources are the core departments of any company, directly determining the future of the company.
As the future president of the company, he instinctively wanted to control these two key departments in the hands of his cronies.
But under the oppressive gaze of the man opposite him, he couldn't say no.
As the major shareholder in charge of 34% of Bandai Namco's shares.
Xu Liang has a decisive influence on Bandai Namco.
Not to mention him, even Nakamura Masaya can't refuse the other party to deploy people.
More importantly, he is only the acting president now, not the president of Bandai Namco. If he wants to take the position, he must get Xu Liang's nod.
Otherwise, even if Masaya Nakamura agrees and the major shareholder denies it, he still won’t be able to get ahead.
After quickly considering the pros and cons in my mind.
"Don't worry, I will actively cooperate with my new colleagues and manage Bandai Namco for you."
Xu Liang smiled, "I like smart people. Ishikawa-kun, you are very smart."
"Thank you for the compliment."
Once Xu Liang has mastered finance and personnel, he will be able to have a general understanding of the real situation inside Bandai Namco, and then he can specifically solve the problems of seniority and management rigidity caused by the lifetime employment system and the seniority-based system.
Stimulate the innovative vitality of enterprises.
"Are the peripheral copyrights for anime such as Mobile Suit Gundam, One Piece, Dragon Ball, Naruto, Kamen Rider, Ultraman, and PreCure all owned by Bandai?"
Xu Liang continued to ask.
"Hi. They are treasures for all generations."
"If I were to open a theme park focusing on these animation copyrights, would there be any copyright disputes?"
"Theme park?"
Xu Liang nodded.
In his opinion, although Toshima-en and Seibu-en under Seibu are huge in area and have many amusement projects, they are very ordinary amusement park models.
There are too many large playgrounds like this around the world.
There are also many in Japan.
The products and services are homogenous and have no distinctive features, so there is no competitiveness at all.
In contrast, Universal and Disney have their own IP support and have always been prosperous.
Therefore, film and television animation IPs with huge influence and wide audience are the core of theme park competitiveness.
It just so happens that Bandai has a huge advantage in this regard.
"If you are in Japan, there is no problem."
Xu Liang frowned slightly, "Have you sold all the overseas copyrights of these IPs?"
"It's not us, it's the authors of these works."
"Which IP."
"Ultraman."
Xu Liang said in surprise: "Is there a dispute over Ultraman's copyright?"
After Yukio Ishikawa nodded, "Ultraman's creator, Tsuburaya Co., Ltd., encountered a financial crisis in 1976, so it sold the overseas copyright of Ultraman to Thai Simbot Santenchai.
Later, Simport transferred it to its Thai partner UMC.
But later, Tsuburaya Co., Ltd. did not recognize the authenticity of the "1976 Contract", and the two parties continued to litigate.
In 2003 and 2004, the two parties litigated three times, and Tsuburaya lost all the cases.
Although Tsuburaya lost the lawsuit, the copyright of overseas Ultraman, especially the trademark rights of Ultraman in mainland China, belongs to Tsuburaya and not UMC. ”
Xu Liang knew the reason for this.
Huaxia's trademark is "first registered, first served".
Whoever registered it already belongs to him. In the past iPhone trademark squatting case, Apple also lost the case because it failed to register the trademark in time.
Xu Liang then.
"How much does it cost to acquire Tsuburaya and this Thai UMC company?"
Xu Liang knows better than anyone how popular Ultraman is among Chinese children.
If a boy over two years old does not have dozens of Ultraman cards in his hand, he will not be able to make friends when he goes out.
You can find hundreds of Ultraman songs on any music website.
Blue Fox can earn tens of billions of Chinese coins just by selling Ultraman cards, and it also wants to go public.
Coupled with various Ultraman products such as water cups, clothes, masks, stationery, etc., "Ultraman Heroes of the Universe" ranks first among all IPs in China, even better than Pokémon.
From the earliest generation, Jack, Tyro, and Leo, to the later Tiga, Orb, and Geed, each of them has huge fans.
In China, from those who are ninety-nine to those who just know how to walk, it is basically impossible to find anyone who does not know Ultraman.
It is the only SSS-level existence.
Content leader.
Xu Liang always thought that all the copyrights of ‘Ultraman’ were in the hands of Bandai.
I didn't expect it to be so complicated.
"We still need to discuss the specific amount before we know it, but it will definitely be more than 60 billion yen."
According to the current exchange rate of Japanese yen to Chinese currency.
Sixty billion yen is equivalent to 3 billion Chinese coins.
For an IP that has been developed for nearly half a century, it is highly praised.
But for Xu Liang, who understands the value of Ultraman IP, it simply shouldn’t be too cheap.
"Buy it. If the funds are not enough, I can inject capital."
"Hi."
Xu Liang stood up, took two steps forward and patted Nozomi Ishikawa on the shoulder.
"I will always pay attention to China's strategy and Ultraman's copyright. Please send me an email if there is any progress."
"Understood."
The attention of major shareholders put a little pressure on Ishikawa Zhunan.
"I've said what needs to be said, I'll leave first."
"I'll send you off."
"Yeah."
As soon as he got home, Li Jinling came over.
"Mr. Xu, I just received a call from Caleb Lewis, the head of Goldman Sachs' Tokyo office. He hopes to meet with you to discuss some cooperation."
"Someone from Goldman Sachs?"
"Yes."
"Did you tell me anything specific?"
"About the Universal Studios Osaka project."
Xu Liang was moved.
Universal Studios Osaka was jointly invested and built by Universal Pictures, the Osaka City Government and several Japanese companies. Construction started in October 1998 at a cost of US$2 billion.
As the first Universal Studios overseas, Universal Studios was cautious at the time and did not invest much money. In addition to the copyright value, it only accounted for 10% of the equity of the entire Japanese Universal Studios.
and have management rights.
In 2005, Goldman Sachs became the majority shareholder of Universal Studios Osaka.
It now owns 41% of the shares.
"You can make arrangements to meet him at Hanhua's Tokyo office tomorrow morning."
"Okay."
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Time passed little by little, and soon it was night.
A black Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicle passed through the streets and alleys, leaving a long black shadow on the brightly lit streets.
"Yan Si, why did Mr. Xu suddenly want to entertain us tonight?" Yasuo Fukuda asked.
"I'm not very sure either."
"You are his father-in-law, haven't you heard some inside stories?"
"The call was made by Xinmei. She never asks about business matters.
However, at this time, it is worthy of Xu Jun's personal intervention, and there should be nothing other than Seibu to invite the two of us to participate. ”
Yasuo Fukuda thought briefly and nodded in agreement.
While the two were chatting, the car arrived at its destination.
Looking at the towering courtyard wall, which is more than three meters long, and the thick iron gate, which is more than four meters wide, Yasuo Fukuda said in surprise.
"Did he build a bunker here?"
"Ever since Xu Jun was assassinated in the United States, he has paid special attention to security issues."
Fukuda Yasuo felt enlightened.
"Xu Jun is concerned about the future of the entire Xu family, and his safety must be taken seriously."
Futian Yanji glanced at him, "Brother, with Xu Jun's talent, the longer the Futian family cooperates with him, the more benefits we will get."
"Haha, Yan Temple. Don't think of me as a short-sighted person. Besides, look at these bodyguards. I'm afraid even if the special forces attack, they may not be able to really break in."
Futian Gandera looked at the bodyguard who walked out of the open door and was wearing a black suit, a headset, a bulging waist, a cold expression, and a strong breath.
Compared with them, the bodyguards around him were several levels behind in terms of image and temperament.
"I have visited several drills of soldiers of the Self-Defense Forces' Special Operations Group, and the temperament of these people is very similar to them." Yasuo Fukuda continued.
"They are special forces?"
"It should be said that they were elite special forces before they were recruited by Xu Jun."
(End of chapter)