Mantian, the name of the largest comic company in the Far East District. It is said to be invested and established by several consortiums. It now basically monopolizes the comic and animation industry in the Far East District.

In fact, this company cannot be said to be very powerful. It is far less powerful than Zhongxia Company's capital, and its influence is limited to the extreme east. It can be said that it is just a regional overlord.

The reason why Meng Huo hates it is because of its style, especially the practice of using other cartoonists' works to develop the market.

The cartoonists under this company hold the banner of "original comics", but they launch serials in various best-selling comics that are "learning from" the outside world. Both Zhongxia Company and Phoenix Company were tragically harmed.

Li Xin's "Son of the Detective" - ​​"Son of the Detective", Qin Ya's "Crescent Moon" - "New Moon", He Xi's "One Pirate King" - "Pirate King", etc... and so on.

This pattern is quite shameless. Zhongxia has sued Mantian twice, but without exception, they all lost the case.

"The content is different, the title is similar - it cannot be considered plagiarized."

The court's ruling is like this. In fact, Mantian Tang's comics are full of external plots and plots, and even the character settings are very similar. It is correct to say that they are plagiarism, but it is difficult to grasp the evidence.

The editors of Mantian are very familiar with the rules. They turn the plagiarism of cartoonists into reference, and their business is limited to Jidong. If you want to sue it, you must come to Jidong Court. However, this is its territory, and it is very troublesome to sue it successfully.

Neither Zhongxia nor Phoenix Company has much energy to suppress it. Even if the accusation is successful, it will be easy to replace one or two comics, and it is completely irrelevant.

And more importantly, Mantiantang's hands and feet have not yet touched the mainland of China, and they have a "I just want to be the leader of the region". This makes Zhongxia and Phoenix Company a little unsure, so they naturally put it aside and hung it aside.

Meng Huo ignored it at first, but a few days after he arrived in the Far East, he found something was wrong.

Mantian is not just a simple thing to "get from". It is also manipulating the news and public opinion in the Far East. During the long-term silent spread of some negative news from Xia and Phoenix, the two companies have a very poor reputation in the Far East.

Readers in the Far East District are no longer as objective as Meng Huo came last year...

Not to mention the distance, let’s talk about the present. On the high-speed train that Meng Huo was taking to Tokyo, several young people talked about the topic of comics.

"The shady incident broke out in Zhongxia Bookstore again, it's so too much..."

"Don't mention it. Now Zhongxia Bookstore only sells a few comic magazines from them and Phoenix Company, and is reluctant to let Mantiantang enter. I heard that the president of Mantiantang personally visited Zhongxia Company's headquarters and couldn't even enter the door."

"I have also heard of this. The two companies have always had bad business in the Far East District, so they joined forces to suppress Mantiantang. Mantiantang is our local company, and we cannot let it lose!"

"Yes, it's so shameless. We want to support Mantian!"

This is a conversation between several young people. But the overall atmosphere in the Far East District is very similar. Mantiantang plays the sympathy card of "local enterprises", and at the same time fabricates and uses various excuses to slander other companies, completely occupying the Far East market.

Moreover, Man Tiantang has negatively slandered the comics outside, and Meng Huo was shot countless times. Many readers in the Far East District now have prejudice.

When Meng Huo thought of this, he was a little unhappy. When he first came, he wanted to find a few readers he had known before to gather, but found that it was hard to find people.

"Is it necessary to do this..."

He sighed that the current Jidong is very repulsive to comic companies and comic artists outside the world. This is the subtle result of the media, but there is no evidence that it is done by Mantian. However, criminology has a very simple logical reasoning, through which many puzzles can be solved.

Whoever gets the greatest benefit for a person to commit a crime is the most likely suspect.

Who is the biggest beneficiary of the vicious atmosphere in the Far East District? Of course, it is Mantiantang, the dual overlord of comics and animation in the Far East District. If comics from the outside world cannot be heard, Mantiantang can enjoy this cake exclusively.

"I said...what are you sighing?"

Also on the high-speed train to Tokyo, Kako Takashima sat opposite Meng Huo. She looked at Meng Huo with anger: "Is it so uncomfortable for me to be by your side?"

“Yeah…is a little…”

Meng Huo smiled slightly and said, this girl was always angry, but she was quite similar to Shen Jie: "After that being said, I can't help with the help of "Gundam Genesis", why are you still pestering me?"

Yesterday, Ning Hai's assistant informed him of the comic author of "Gundam Genesis", but unfortunately, its animation copyright had long been bought by an animation company.

The cartoonist also knew about the matter in the Great East District. He sympathized with the Takashima family, but the copyright was bought and he couldn't take it back.

Meng Huo told Kako Takashima the girl was disappointed, but when he was leaving today, Kako still pestered her.

"I, how could I pester you..." Takashima Kako's cheeks flushed and she said angrily: "I'm just going to Tokyo to visit my parents, yes... I'm going to see them!"

"How do I remember you said a few days ago that you didn't want to disturb them in Tokyo..."

Meng Huo said weakly, he was also so popular, but he liked Shen Jie more.

"You remembered wrongly!" Takashima Kako was a little difficult to step down. She suddenly got up, paused, and then said, "I'll go to the bathroom!"

She ran away, while Meng Huo continued to stare out the window in a daze.

"Takashima Eiji..."

He was pronounced by Kako Takashima's father's name. In fact, he had an impression of this name. He had a middle-aged couple who had traveled with him when he was traveling in the Great East before. They were comic lovers. If it were them, they might have set up an animation company by themselves.

But there are too many names in the Far East District, and Meng Huo doesn't know if it is that person, and even if so, he has to consider whether he should help.

Once he helps, he may have to stay in the Far East for a long time.

Meng Huo shook his head and didn't think about it for the time being.

Soon, Kako Takashima came back, and this time she came back with a newspaper. Her face turned red - but unlike just now, it was a completely angry red.

"You lied to me!"

She said loudly to Meng Huo.

Meng Huo laughed: "Do you know?"

He read the newspaper and thought that his identity was exposed. He was not uncovered during his travels, but he had never been discovered so quickly. Half a year has changed his appearance a lot, and at the same time, the media has paid much less attention.

"Yes, I understand! The animation copyright of "Gundam Genesis" is not sold at all, right!"

However, Kako Takashima's next sentence stunned Meng Huo.

"What?"

She did not discover his identity, but said that the copyright of the animation of "Gundam Genesis" was not sold?

"Show me."

Meng Huo reached out to grab the newspaper. He looked at it a few times and saw such a title in an inconspicuous place.

——‘The real reason why Sakura Animation Company is about to go bankrupt-He Xi’s refusal.’

He frowned slightly: "Sakura Animation...is this your father's company?"

"Yes, he likes cherry blossoms the most. He takes time to travel every year during the cherry blossom season."

Takashima Kako's words made Meng Huo feel coincidental. Could it be that Takashima Eiji is really the reader he knows?

He continued to look, and the more he looked, the more his eyebrows became frowned.

"You were talking about Sakura animation just now, right?"

At this time, a few people who were talking about comics just now walked over curiously: "Is Sakura Animation the company opened by your father?"

They looked at Kako Takashima.

"kindness……"

Xiangzi nodded, but the anger on her face still did not dissipate.

"It's so pitiful. You read the report. It's all He Xi's fault. My mother was still a fan of him before. If she knew that he would have stopped the cartoonist from selling the copyright of the animation to Jidong, she would definitely be disappointed!"

"That's right. If you don't help me, you'll have to take the blame..."

"Don't worry, sister, I heard that Mantian also wants to make Gundam animations, they will definitely help your family get out of the predicament!"

These young people comforted Kako Takashima. Meng Huo also finished reading the report.

The content of the entire news is very simple, that is, the Sakura Animation was deceived. There was no way to go to Phoenix Company for help. As a result, the original author of "Gundam Genesis" did not agree. According to the "reliable" insider, it turned out that He Xi, the proposer of the Gundam theme, did not agree.

He Xi disagreed with the production of Gundam animation in the Far East District, so he used his position in Phoenix to suppress the author of "Gundam Genesis" and made him reject the request of Sakura Animation.

This is probably what Kako Takashima was angry about. The newspaper said that the copyright of the animation "Gundam Genesis" was not sold, so she believed it.

“Nonsense.”

But after reading it, Meng Huo felt it was too fake.

"I said Kako, what is the reason for He Xi to refuse?" He said to Kako Takashima: "This matter has nothing to do with him. Don't believe the rumors in these newspapers," he said.

"Of course there is a reason - that He Xi feels guilty!"

Kako Takashima did not answer, but the young man around her said: "Now who doesn't know that Gundam is the subject that our extreme East District cartoonist came up with, that was stolen by He Xi."

"Ah?" Meng Huo was stunned: "How do you say this?"

The woman around the young man explained.

"I heard that the Gundam theme was something that some old cartoonists in our Far East District came up with. Before Mantian was established, Phoenix Company registered in advance."

"The original name of this subject was Mobile Suit. Now there are several mobile suit comics in Mantian. Look at the name, Mobile Suit is obviously more in line with the settings."

"I don't know how the name Gundam comes from, but mobile suits are simple and easy to understand. This is undoubtedly the work of our Jidong cartoonist - He Xi is afraid of being pursued by Mantian, so of course he would not agree to make such animations in Jidong."

The woman's words ended, but for a moment, Meng Huo suspected that he was in the country that "created the universe". He was speechless. This paradise was too powerful. If the publicity was done like this, no wonder it could occupy the market in the east.

"You don't seem to believe it? Actually, I didn't believe it at the beginning..."

Seeing Meng Huo disbelief, the woman continued, "But you can go and watch some interview programs in Mantiantang. He Xi is really too much."

"I heard that the theme of Magic Girl is also someone else's idea. You think, Magic Girl and Gundam are both popular topics, but why doesn't He Xi draw? He has never drawn these two topics because he doesn't know how to draw them."

"Mantian Tang was just established half a year ago. I heard that Man Tian Tang was going to hold He Xi accountable, but he disappeared. You said it would not be too much... That was guilty."

"What I said makes sense." Meng Huo nodded blankly and asked, "But... are all this said by Man Tiantang?"

The woman shook her head.

"Of course not. It was discovered by the media at the beginning. Mantiantang was unwilling to tell the matter out. In the end, they admitted it when the media went to interview..."

Meng Huo frowned and asked again: "Mantiantang wants to create Gundam animation?"

"Yes, it's the animation of "Mobile Suit"!" The woman smiled proudly: "Mantiantang wants to make this theme clear. The animation is much more powerful than the comics. My parents can watch animations, but they never read comics."

"As long as Mantiantang produces the animation of "Mobile Suit", people in China will know that Gundam is a fake brand..."

“…”

Meng Huo was silent.

"Okay." He suddenly clapped his hands and turned to look at Kako Takashima: "Kanko, you take me to see your father today!"

"Huh!!"

Smoke suddenly ejaculated in Takashima's head.
Chapter completed!