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"Mantiantang sued us for infringement in court?"

On April 20th, Meng Huo heard a shocking news from Xu Jing's phone call. Mantiantang in the Far East District filed a lawsuit against He Xi and Phoenix Company in the Ninghai District Court, saying that the source of Gundam's theme was several people in the Far East District. A veteran cartoonist, and listed the corresponding evidence.

These evidences are simple. The theme of Gundam seems to be innovative, but in reality, perhaps many cartoonists have thought this way. Huge robots driven by humans, looking around, always find a few cartoonists who have such an idea.

And as long as you find a few plausible initial settings, it is very simple to use them as evidence.

"Don't worry? They can't succeed!"

Meng Huo comforted Xu Jing, even if Mantiantang used the so-called "evidence" to prove that He Xi and Phoenix Company had infringed the rights, it would be completely impossible. Their evidence would only cause criticism at most, and it would be impossible to truly prove that "Mobile Suit" ' is the predecessor of 'Gundam'.

"It's true to say that, but the purpose of spreading heaven..."

Xu Jing explained to Meng Huo that the purpose of Mantiantang was not to sue successfully, they just wanted to arouse the topic, as long as the topic caused confusion, Mantangang succeeded.

Far East District, Mantiantian Headquarters

Suing Phoenix Company made many people feel strange. After the secretary finished his work, he finally had time to ask Akira Suzuki why he did so.

"President, our prosecution is impossible to succeed, isn't it a waste of effort?"

He said so, without a doubt. Mantiantang has no way to prove the infringement of Phoenix Company, and their lawsuit is doomed to be fruitless.

"It doesn't matter." However, Akira Suzuki was very calm. He smiled and said: "They have no evidence to prove that we are talking nonsense. It's okay to lose this time. After the prosecution, the Gundam series will become a mess. No one can prove who is orthodox. Our mobile suits It can take the opportunity to form a new brand.”

This is Akira Suzuki's plan. He hypes up Mobile Suit and Gundam, and others must be confused. Which one is orthodox between Gundam and Mobile Suit, no one knows except Mantiantang.

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

"Why do you want to do this?"

The secretary still didn't understand.

"Because Gundam has great potential.

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Akira Suzuki said with a smile that their Mobile Suit was very popular after it aired, and it is indeed a theme with great potential. And with his unique vision, he found many business opportunities.

"Phoenix Company has opened up the right to use Gundam. Others can use Gundam to make comics and animations, but to start commercial activities, such as selling models and peripherals, we have to pay them a part of the patent royalties."

Akira Suzuki sneered: "I'm going to mix this up, as long as Mobile Suit is recognized. We can use this name for commercial activities, isn't it a good deal?"

The secretary understood that Akira Suzuki's move was a pre-emptive strike.

Mantiantang took the lead in suing Phoenix Company. Although it will not be really successful, Phoenix Company will not be able to hinder the trademark of Mobile Suit in the future. Mantiantang saves a lot of costs.

"The president is wise!" The secretary praised: "But the president, what if the Phoenix Company can prove that Gundam is orthodox?"

This is the only hole in the plan.

"Prove orthodoxy? How to prove it?" Akira Suzuki shook his head and said, "If you want to prove that Gundam is orthodox, then you have to provide very complicated and detailed Gundam settings. Only in this way will people believe that Gundam is indeed created by He Xi."

"But it's impossible..."

Akira Suzuki narrowed his eyes and said, "He Xi proposed the theme of Gundam more than a year ago, but he didn't draw it himself. It is conceivable that it was not a perfect theme at that time, but just an idea."

"This idea has been excavated by other cartoonists for a year, and the current setting far exceeds He Xi's conception." He said: "Especially our manga, our setting is the latest, He Xi can't exceed ours. In front, even if it exceeds, as long as it is not too big, it doesn't matter."

Only He Xi’s Gundam setting is much higher than that of Manten, and the gap of at least a few years can prove that Gundam is orthodox, otherwise it will not be convincing—Manten can say that He Xi borrowed their settings and improved.

"The president has thought of everything..."

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

In fact, the following developments also proved this guess. After Man Tiantang lodged a complaint, Phoenix Company’s reaction was not violent. They just took some evidence to refute Man Tiantang’s unreasonable demands.

After a month's review, the court finally ruled that Mantiantang's accusation is invalid.

However, this incident still caused great repercussions in the Chinese comics industry. The orthodox dispute between Mobile Suit and Gundam was reported in various newspapers for a while.

Experts and scholars began to quarrel, some supported Phoenix Company, and some supported Mantiantang, and as the situation further fermented, those who supported Mantangang gradually occupied the majority.

Other comic companies have realized that this is an opportunity. If there are two orthodoxy, then the commercial monopoly of the Phoenix Company on Gundam will disappear, and they can choose the one with the lowest price from 'Gundam' and 'Mobile Suit' for commercial activities.

In the Far East Region, the media overwhelmingly supported Man Tiantang.

"Mobile suits are ours, Phoenix Company get out of the Far East!"

"He Xi, that coward didn't even dare to go to the court. He must be scared. We want to support Mr. Matsubara's original mobile suit!"

This kind of radical comment can be seen everywhere on the Internet in the Far Eastern District, and these comments have even spread to the mainland, and even He Xi's family has some discordant swearing.

Of course, most of He Xi's family still supports He Xi, and those who scold him are asking for trouble.

Phoenix Company and Sakura Animation were not greatly affected. No matter how noisy the outside world was, they worked peacefully as before.

This calm made many people feel strange, but when reporters asked, no one was willing to reveal the inside story.

This is a matter of course. Mantiantang's behavior seems to be causing a lot of trouble, but in the eyes of the senior management of the two companies, it is a child's play.

As soon as "Gundam Seed" is launched, the audience will know who is orthodox by virtue of the body design in it surpassing other companies for several years.

It is the best choice for the two companies to keep silent at this time. If they say it earlier, it will attract Mantiantang's attention and cause obstacles to animation production.

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