"Manheaven sues us in court for infringement?"

On April 20, Meng received a shocking news from Xu Jing's phone call that Man Heaven in the Far East District filed a complaint against He Xi and Phoenix Company in the Ninghai District Court, saying that the source of Gundam's subject matter was several veteran cartoonists in the Far East Region, and listed the corresponding evidence.

The evidence is simple, the Gundam genre seems innovative, but when it comes to it, many manga artists may have thought so. Huge machines driven by people, looking around, you can always find a few cartoonists who have had such an idea.

It's easy to find a few plausible initial settings and turn them off as evidence.

"Don't worry about it, right? They can't make it! ”

Meng was comforted by Xu Jing, even if Man Heaven used the so-called 'evidence' to prove that He Xi and Phoenix Company were infringing, it would be completely impossible, and their evidence would only cause criticism at most, and it would be impossible to truly prove that 'Mobile Suit' was the predecessor of 'Gundam'.

"That's true, but the purpose of Heaven ......"

Xu Jing explained to Meng Huo that Mantian's purpose was not to sue for success at all, they just wanted to cause the topic, as long as the topic caused confusion, Manheaven would succeed.

Far East, Paradise Headquarters

The matter of suing Phoenix Company made many people feel strange, and the secretary finally had time to ask Akira Suzuki why he did this after finishing his work.

"President, our prosecution is unlikely to succeed, isn't it in vain?"

He said that, without a doubt. Mantianda had no way to prove that Phoenix was infringing, and their lawsuit was doomed to be fruitless.

"It doesn't matter." However, Akira Suzuki is very calm. He laughed, "They don't have any evidence to prove our nonsense, even if we lose this time, it's okay, after the prosecution, the Gundam series will become a mess of muddy waters, and no one can prove who is legitimate, and our mobile suit can take the opportunity to form a new brand." ”

This is Akira Suzuki's plan, he hyped up Mobile Suit and Gundam, and the others must be confused. Which is the orthodoxy of Gundam or Mobile Suit is anyone's guess but Mantendo.

In this way, Mobile Suit has become a new brand that can compete with Gundam.

"Why?"

The secretary still didn't understand.

"Because Gundam has a lot of potential."

Akira Suzuki said with a smile that their mobile suit was very popular after it was broadcast, and this is indeed a subject with great potential. And he has a unique vision, and now he has many business opportunities.

"Phoenix has opened up the right to use Gundam, and other people can use Gundam to make comics and animations, but if we want to carry out commercial activities, such as selling models and merchandise, we have to pay them a part of the royalties for the patent."

Akira Suzuki sneered, "I'll muddy this water, as long as the mobile suit is recognized." Isn't it cost-effective that we can use this name for business? ”

The secretary understood, Akira Suzuki's move was a preemptive move.

Mantendo took the lead in suing Phoenix Company, and although it will not really succeed, Phoenix Company will not be able to hinder Mobile Suit trademarks in the future. Paradise saves a lot of money.

"The president is wise!" The secretary praised, "But President, what if Phoenix can prove that Gundam is orthodox?" ”

This is the only loophole in the plan.

"Proof of Orthodoxy? How to prove it? Akira Suzuki shook his head and said, "If you want to prove that Gundam is legitimate." The only way to do that is to provide a very complex and detailed Gundam setting will people believe that the Gundam is indeed from a bad one. ”

"But it can't ......"

Akira Suzuki squinted his eyes and said, "It's a pity that he proposed the theme of Gundam more than a year ago, but he didn't draw it himself, so it can be imagined that it was not a perfect subject matter at that time, but just an idea." ”

"This idea has been excavated by other cartoonists for a year, and the current setting is far more than what he imagined." He said: "Especially our Mantian, our setting is the latest, why can't we get past us, even if it is, as long as it's not too big, it doesn't matter." ”

Only the Gundam is set in Mantendo so much, and the gap of at least a few years can prove that the Gundam is orthodox, otherwise it is not convincing - Mantendo can be said to have borrowed from their settings and improved.

"The president has thought about everything......

The secretary smiled, this time he was convinced - Manheaven's complaint would definitely make the Phoenix Company powerless to resist.

In fact, the next exhibition also proved this speculation, after Mantiantian filed an accusation, Phoenix's reaction was not fierce, they just took some evidence to refute Mantian's unreasonable demands.

After a month's review, the court finally ruled that Paradise's complaint was invalid.

However, this incident still caused a lot of repercussions in the Chinese comic industry, and the dispute between Mobile Suit and Gundam for orthodoxy appeared in various newspapers for a while.

Experts and scholars began to quarrel, some supported the Phoenix Company, and some supported Mantian, and as the situation progressed, the people who supported Manheaven gradually occupied the majority.

The other manga companies saw that this was an opportunity, and if there were two orthodoxes, the Phoenix company's monopoly on Gundam would disappear, and they could choose the one with the lowest asking price from 'Gundam' and 'Mobile Suit' to carry out their commercial activities.

In the Far East, the media is even more one-sided in favor of Paradise.

"Mobile Suit is ours, Phoenix Get out of the Far East!"

"It's a pity that that coward didn't even dare to go to the court, he must be scared, we want to support Matsubara-sensei's original mobile suit!"

On the Internet in the Far East, you can see this kind of radical comments everywhere, and even these comments have spread to the big 6, and even there are some discordant scolding in the house of He Xi.

Of course, most of the House of Regrets still support Regrets, and those who spit on them are asking for their own hardships.

Phoenix Company and Sakura Animation have not been greatly affected, no matter how noisy the outside world is, they are working as calmly as always.

This calm surprised many people, but when reporters asked, no one was willing to divulge the inside story.

This is a matter of course, Mantian's behavior seems to be a big trouble, but in the eyes of the executives of the two companies, it is a child's trick.

As soon as "Gundam SEED" is released, with the body design of other companies that has been in it for several years, the audience will know who is orthodox at a glance.

It is the best choice for the two companies to remain silent at this time, and if they say it earlier, it will attract the attention of Mantian, which will cause obstacles to the animation production.

So in this noisy atmosphere of outsiders and quiet inside, the time quickly transitioned to mid-May, and this time began, and "Gundam SEED" entered the final stage.

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