Since the decision has been made, Takayuki is ready to contact the distributor of the series directly, which is NHK Television Station. At the sa ti, he will also contact the current head of the Cultural Industry Revitalization Committee to facilitate the process, which will make it smoother.
Then Takayuki picks up the phone and first dials the number of the current chairman of the Cultural Industry Revitalization Committee.
The current chairman is a man in his fifties, a mber of the cabinet, so naturally, his position is high, which also reflects the importance the Japanese governnt places on revitalizing the cultural industry.
At the sa ti, he has a characteristic of being easy to talk to.
In the political circle, he has always been approachable and humble, recomnding many young talents with potential to take on key roles. His vision is excellent.
Takayuki's impression of him is quite good too. He was present at the first eting and personally assured everyone there that he would do everything in his power to assist them in achieving their cultural dissemination goals.
Takayuki just dialed the phone, and the other party answered imdiately.
"Hello, is this President Takayuki? What can I do for you?"
He is straightforward. As soon as he answers the phone, he can almost confirm that Takayuki must have so request, so he doesn't waste ti.
Takayuki appreciates this straightforwardness and decides to be direct.
"Well, here's the thing. I have a creative plan, and it seems there's a popular legal drama recently. Are you familiar with it?"
"Legal drama... Oh, you an the one on NHK? Of course, I know about it. I'm a fan of that series. It's well-produced. President Takayuki, are you interested in this series too?"
His tone sounds sowhat pleased, indicating that he might have guessed sothing already, but he waits for Takayuki to answer himself.
"I hope to produce a derivative ga based on this series. However, I also have my own requirents. So, I hope you can contact the copyright holder of this series."
"No problem! This is within my responsibilities, and I will do my utmost to help facilitate this matter."
This cooperation was the focal point of the initial eting, aiming for cross-industry collaboration within the cultural sector.
Filmmakers could produce movies based on popular dramas, animators could create animated series for certain toys, novelists could write derivative novels for other cultural industries, manga artists could draw derivative manga, and ga developers could create derivative gas.
Of course, not everyone is willing to help others at their own expense, so the governnt steps in to provide incentives.
When the weaker party, the governnt, gives money and resources, Takayuki provides a piece of land in the harbor district to build a skyscraper. Many materials for building the skyscraper were purchased through governnt agencies at cost price. Originally estimated to cost nearly 10 billion yen, it was slashed by over 20%, which amounts to over 20 million dollars, showing sincere intentions.
So, Takayuki is reciprocating the governnt's favor by accepting this skyscraper, which makes the deal mutually beneficial.
Even so, this matter still needs to be discussed. The chairman knows this, so he doesn't really expect too much cooperation.
But if there's such an opportunity, he will definitely do his best to cooperate.
"So, President Takayuki, what specific requirents do you have? Let know first, and then I'll see if I can help coordinate."
Takayuki responds, "There are a few points. Firstly, we will only use the na of this series for the ga, indicating that it's adapted from this series. However, I have my own ideas for the ga's title. Secondly, all profits from the ga will belong to us, but we can share the fa. If they want to develop similar gas in the future, we can also provide assistance. Thirdly, we need to independently create the script, without using theirs. This can be considered a subplot of the series, with only so parts of the storyline related, but the main plot will definitely not be related to the series."
Takayuki's three requirents are aid at ensuring his ga's ownership and benefits.
He's reciprocating the governnt's favor but that doesn't an he's willing to hand over most of the profits from such a unique ga to them.
After hearing Takayuki's requirents, the chairman is sowhat hesitant.
These requirents are quite strict.
But facilitating such cooperation is not easy, and no one else has taken the initiative yet.
So, since Takayuki Entertainnt is taking the lead, it might be better to give up a bit more of the benefits and set an example for others.
Thinking this way, the chairman nods and says, "It might be a bit tricky, but I will try my best to facilitate it."
If it were another comrcial TV station, the chairman might have felt it was troubleso.
But this series is produced by NHK.
This television station is quasi-official and, although not directly under governnt jurisdiction, it doesn't rely heavily on copyright revenue or ratings, as they almost always have steady viewership. It's the most stable big brother among Japanese TV stations.
So, such a television station that doesn't particularly care about copyright revenue is easy to negotiate with.
Especially when the interdiary is the Japanese governnt, the chairman is quite confident that this matter can be negotiated successfully.
Since it's all settled, now Takayuki just needs to wait for good news.
He can use this ti to gather an idle developnt team and prepare for the developnt of the new ga project.
At the sa ti, he can do so early promotion.
The series is still very popular, and if the developnt cycle is half a year, by the ti it's finished, the hype might have died down. It's obviously better to promote it now.
So, Takayuki contacts the publicity departnt and summons the idle Sixth Developnt Team for a eting to discuss the outline of Ace Attorney and the parallel production of the life simulation ga.
Developing both gas simultaneously will test the abilities of the employees.
He also roughly explains the profit model of the life simulation ga. The ga itself is secondary; the important thing is the series of DLCs for the ga.
The network for GS1 gaming consoles is already quite mature, and players are starting to buy gas on the console's online store. However, at this ti, players still prefer to buy physical copies, as it gives them a more tangible feeling.
The push for digital versions still has a long way to go, but DLCs for the life simulation ga can help break the ice.
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