Chapter 87 Ori: Senior, you are so bold~

The group of foreigners that Ori was talking about were the large group of people who started to move into the Erque Studio a few days ago.

These people are actually special effects staff recruited by Washimine from various teams in North America.

Thanks to the collapse of the high-tech bubble last year, Washimine still had enough money to acquire a large number of computer special effects teams at bargain prices even if JGC failed.

As North America is generally pessimistic about high-tech companies, these capable technicians can only sell themselves to the Japanese company Washimine in order to get a job to support their families.

According to Washimine Shion's original plan, she would use this movie as a running-in project for these newcomers and select the people in it.

The best employees will join Washimine's game department to render special effects for Washimine's games; employees of average level will form a separate film special effects department to produce special effects for medium-level movies; as for those employees with average level, Washimine Shion said that you should just go back to where you came from.

After learning about this situation, Nanaya had a bold idea. Since he was going to spend money anyway, he might as well help him do something meaningful.

So after communicating with Washimine Shion, Nanaya brought these employees to Japan in advance to produce the special effects for the subsequent parts of Nanaya's "Magical Girl Illya".

"Ori, after I leave, you must keep a close eye on these Americans and don't let them slack off." Nanaya glanced at the foreigners working there and then instructed Ori.

Although not all of these people are Americans, they were all brought in from the United States by Washimine, so there is nothing wrong with calling them Americans.

"Senior, is this really okay?"

Looking at the busy foreign employees around him, Ori felt very worried, "Isn't this misusing public resources for personal gain?"

Nanaya said with a desperate look, "What does it matter? After I finish Goblin Slayer, I might be thrown into Tokyo Bay. What's wrong with being extravagant before I die? It's a rare opportunity to command a Hollywood special effects team, so of course I'll use them to their heart's content."

[So you are planning to throw the jar into the ground? ]

Ori held his forehead with his hand and sighed: "Don't talk like you've already accepted your fate... And you're asking them to finish the special effects for "Magical Girl Illya" right now, right? This has nothing to do with your new movie!"

In response to Ori's words, Nanaya put on a righteous look and said, "How can you say that? I'm obviously doing this for the good of the studio. They are all works of our studio anyway. Shouldn't "Magical Girl Illya" and "Goblin Slayer" be treated equally? How can I not take advantage of the opportunity now?"

"But the problem is, weren't these Hollywood special effects teams invited by Chairman Washimine to produce "Goblin Slayer"? Senior, won't Chairman Washimine be angry if you do this?" Ori felt a pain in his head as if it was pricked by a needle.

Nanaya said unconsciously, "There's no point in getting angry. Anyway, she can't do anything to me until it's confirmed that the Goblin Slayer project has completely failed. Besides, I did this for Goblin Slayer. After all, as a movie that sells special effects, special effects are of utmost importance. Who made Washimine's special effects team all poached from other special effects teams? Do you think the special effects they made at the beginning are good?!"

"Don't make selfish words sound so refreshing!" Ori chopped Nanaya's head with a knife.

In fact, even if Nanaya used the excuse of team coordination, the fact that he used the special effects team he hired to do the special effects for "Magic Idol" was still an act of abusing his power for personal gain.

Washimine Shion is well aware of this. After all, the movie she invested in is "Goblin Slayer", and the "Magical Girl Illya" that Nanaya is currently producing has no conflict of interest with Washimine at all.

In this case, Nanaya used Washimine's money to run in the special effects team, which was taking advantage of Washimine no matter how you looked at it.

However, this is not an unbearable problem for Washimine Shion. After all, when the filming of "Goblin Slayer" starts, the special effects team will still need to be run-in, and this expense is inevitable.

If we could have completed the team coordination during the production of "Magical Girl Illya" and thus speeded up the production of "Goblin Slayer", then this deal would not be a loss in any way.

After all, this kind of abuse of power for personal gain is very common in the game production circle. Back then, Sony secretly learned from Washimine during its cooperation and later developed the PS game console series.

Therefore, as long as Nanaya doesn't go too far, Washimine Shion will just accept it.

To be honest, Nanaya, as a film director, dared to make such an excessive request to the investors. He himself has not been sunk into Tokyo Bay yet, which Ori thinks is already a very incredible thing.

You have to know that in Japan, the power of the film's investors in the crew is much higher than in other places. Whether all the crew members stay or leave is entirely up to the investor's words.

In other words, Washimine was considered a half-outsider, so Nanaya could bully them. If it was Lin Bao, an industry insider, even if Nanaya was leading the second chapter of "Kara no Kyoukai", he would have to be very cautious.

In fact, in Ori's opinion, Washimine Shion seemed to be hypnotizing herself.

At the beginning, Washimine Shion's decision to let Nanaya become the director of this crucial film was more of a helpless choice.

Ori didn't believe that Miss Washimine had never doubted Nanaya's ability in private, but in order to allow the film to proceed smoothly, she could only pretend to have unconditional trust in Nanaya.

However, judging from the fact that Washimine Shion always threatens Nanaya with Tokyo Bay whenever they meet, this young lady is definitely not as calm as she appears.

However, as time went by, I don't know if it was the self-hypnosis of this young lady that took effect, but she almost responded to all of Nanaya's requests.

Basically, as long as Nanaya doesn't put the money into his own pocket, Washimine Shion will basically agree no matter how rude Nanaya's request is.

"But, Senior. Even if that young lady really obeys you, don't go too far."

Ori still hopes that Nanaya can be more careful. After all, Nanaya is able to have all these powers now because he is useful to Washimine.

If Goblin Slayer does well, everyone will be happy; if it fails, there will be no ifs.

Nanaya might not be thrown into Tokyo Bay, but his future career as a director will probably become very difficult.

"Don't worry, it's okay." Nanaya glanced at the clock and reminded Ori, "By the way, there is one more thing about the employees of Tsuburaya Company."

"What does this have to do with Tsuburaya? Since the special effects of Magical Girl Illya are taken over by Washimine's technical team, isn't there any need for Tsuburaya's people to get involved?"

After receiving funding from the North American team of Washimine, Nanaya terminated the special effects cooperation relationship with Tsuburaya. Of course, the two parties were originally in a cooperative employment relationship, Nanaya did not owe Tsuburaya any money, and there was no breach of contract.

So when Nanaya mentioned the Tsuburaya team, Ori felt very strange.

The cooperation between Tsuburaya and [Erque Studio] should be considered to have ended.

"Well..."

Nanaya scratched his cheek with his fingers and said vaguely, "The benefits should be shared by everyone..."

"What?"

Before Ori could react, he saw Master Li walking into the studio with a group of Tsuburaya employees, all smiling.

"Director Kiryu!" Li Wenshu smiled and hooked his arm around Nanaya's shoulder, saying, "Thank you so much for this. We were able to observe how the Hollywood team makes special effects from such a close distance. We really gained a lot. This tuition fee is really worth it."

"Tuition fee?"

Ori's eyelids kept twitching wildly, and he felt as if he knew something extraordinary.

"Okay, okay." Nanaya was not self-conscious at all. He pulled Li Wenshu and said with a smile, "The early success of "Magical Girl Illya" this time is also inseparable from the support of your Tsuburaya. Now that we have an opportunity, of course we have to share resources."

However, Master Li was obviously not so easy to fool. He whispered to Nanaya, "Stop talking nonsense. You must have embezzled money, right? I pretend I know nothing about it. Be careful not to let anything slip."

After saying that, Master Li took Tsuburaya's employees and the translators who had been prepared earlier to look for the Americans in Washimine.

"Senior, can you explain what the tuition fee is all about?"

After Master Li left, Ori gave Nanaya a kind smile.

"Well... I told Tsuburaya that there is a special effects team from Hollywood here. If they want to learn their technology, they can come and observe. But they have to pay the Americans 100,000 yen per week for each person to learn."

"I see..."

Ori smiled and nodded, then his face suddenly changed and he grabbed Nanaya's wrist and asked fiercely: "So what's the matter with the black money that Brother Wenshu mentioned?!"

Nanaya said with a guilty conscience: "Well... I told the American team leader that these Japanese (Tsuburaya employees) will be given 70,000 yen each for study."

"Fuck, Senior, you actually set up your own secret fund!"