My 1999

Xu Liang woke up from his deep sleep and sat up slowly.

After his usual martial arts training, he sat at the dining table.

Looking at Fukuda Xinmei, who was wearing a light white floral home outfit across from him.

"Call your father-in-law later and ask him to bring your uncle over for dinner tonight."

Fukuda Xinmei was stunned for a moment, but didn't ask much and agreed directly.

After breakfast, Xu Liang came to Bandai Namco headquarters again.

"Mr. Xu."

Ishikawa Zhunan greeted respectfully.

"Where's Nakamura?"

"The president is in poor health and is not in the company most of the time."

Xu Liang nodded. He is eighty years old and played a lot when he was young. Isn't it true that he is in poor health?

Come to the office.

Ishikawa Zhunan quickly asked the secretary to serve tea.

"When Nakamura is away, will you be in charge of the company?"

"Yes."

When Bandai acquired Namco.

Masaya Nakamura took over the power of the chairman and president of the new company with his seniority as the founder of Namco.

But as the former president of Wanda Company, Ishikawa Nozomi also successfully became the second-in-command of the company.

However, Nakamura Masaya is old and is not in the company most of the time.

The management power fell into the hands of Ishikawa Nozomi.

"Xu Jun, don't worry, we are already researching the Chinese market, and we will open the first Bandai toy direct store in Taihua Oriental Plaza in Shanghai within half a year at most."

"Ishikawa Jun is a senior professional manager who has worked in Bandai for many years and has rich experience. I am very relieved to let you be in charge of the company's development."

"You are too kind. I will do my best to repay the company's trust." Ishikawa Nozomi said respectfully.

"Ishikawa Jun, as a major shareholder of Bandai Namco, we will send two executive directors to the company in the next three months and take over the company's finance and personnel. Is that okay?"

Ishikawa Nozomi's face changed suddenly.

Finance and personnel are the most core departments of any company, directly determining the future of this company.

As the future president of the company, he instinctively wanted to control these two key departments in the hands of his confidants.

But under the oppressive gaze of the man opposite, she couldn't say no.

As the major shareholder holding 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's placement of 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 Nakamura Masaya agrees, the major shareholder denies, he will still not be able to get ahead.

After quickly considering the pros and cons in his 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 your compliment."

Once he has mastered the finance and personnel, Xu Liang will have a general understanding of the real situation inside Bandai Namco, and can solve the problems of seniority and management rigidity caused by the lifetime employment system and the seniority system in a targeted manner.

Stimulate the innovative vitality of the enterprise.

"Are the peripheral copyrights of animations such as Mobile Suit Gundam, One Piece, Dragon Ball, Naruto, Kamen Rider, Ultraman, and Pretty Cure all in Bandai's hands?"

Xu Liang continued to ask.

"Hi. They are all Bandai's treasures."

"If I want to open a theme park based on these animation copyrights, will it involve copyright disputes?"

"Theme park?"

Xu Liang nodded.

In his opinion, although Toshima Garden and Seibu Garden under Seibu are huge in area and have many amusement projects, they are both very ordinary amusement park models.

There are too many such large amusement parks in the world.

There are also many in Japan.

Products and services are homogeneous and have no characteristics, so naturally there is no competitiveness.

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 audiences are the core of the competitiveness of theme parks.

It just so happens that Bandai has a huge advantage in this regard.

"If it's in Japan, there won't be any problem."

Xu Liang frowned slightly, "Did you sell all the overseas copyrights of these IPs?"

"Not us, but the authors of these works."

"Which IP."

"Ultraman."

Xu Liang was surprised and asked, "Is there a dispute over the copyright of Ultraman?"

Ishikawa Nozomi nodded, "Ultraman's creator, Tsuburaya Co., Ltd., encountered a financial crisis in 1976, so it sold the overseas copyright of Ultraman to Thai Sinbot Sandenchai.

Later, Sinbot transferred it to Thai partner UMC.

But later, Tsuburaya Co., Ltd. did not recognize the authenticity of the "1976 Contract", and the two sides have been suing.

In 2003 and 2004, the two sides sued three times, and Tsuburaya lost all the cases.

Although Tsuburaya lost the case, the copyright of overseas Ultraman, especially the trademark right of Ultraman in mainland China, belongs to Tsuburaya instead of UMC."

Xu Liang knew the reason for this.

The trademark in China is "first come, first served".

Whoever registered it already owns it. In the previous iPhone trademark registration case, Apple also lost the case because it did not 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.

"The specific amount will not be known until we discuss 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.

"If you don't have enough funds to buy it, I can inject money."

"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."

"clear."

The attention of major shareholders put a little pressure on Ishikawa Zhunan.

"I've said what needs to be said, I'm leaving first."

"I'll see you off."

"Um."

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.

Osaka Universal Studios 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 and did not invest much money at the time. 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."

"OK."

——

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 clear 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.

"Are they special forces?"

"It should be said that they were elite special forces before they were recruited by Xu Jun."