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Chapter 195. President Cujoh, We've Made a Killing This Time
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No!
What good news?
How can there be good news!?
Pucci, you thick-browed guy, didn't you come to report bad news to her!?
Looking at Pucci, who had raised his head again.
Cujoh Jolyne finally understood why Pucci had always kept his head down when mentioning "Stardust Crusaders" before—he could only face her like that.
She originally thought Pucci felt guilty.
She was even thinking about how to comfort him, to tell him that in the entire Green Dolphin Studio, he was the only person she could trust, and the person she trusted the most!
But now, it seemed that was unnecessary.
Because all Cujoh Jolyne could see now was the beaming smile on Pucci's face.
And the corners of his mouth that seemed ready to split to his ears!
Pucci had been hiding his smile all along!?
"I was going to give you a surprise, President Cujoh, but I didn't expect you to find out!"
With a beaming smile, Pucci handed the second contract he held to Cujoh Jolyne and said, "Well, it makes sense. After all, with your confidence and interest in this new technology, how could you possibly worry about my minor setback?"
"Although, due to my limited abilities, I couldn't earn back the funds we spent developing this new technology through "Stardust Crusaders", we have Kars!"
"There's a saying in a certain Eastern country: 'True gold fears no fire.' A good piece of gold will shine anywhere!"
"And Kars is more than just gold; he's the ultimate life form! Once this new technology is revealed and our "Stardust Crusaders" utilizing it is well-received, Khara Inc. directly extended an olive branch to us, wanting to purchase the rights to use our new technology!"
Holding this contract, Pucci was getting more and more excited, more and more animated!
That's right, Pucci was done pretending.
He had laid his cards on the table.
As a traveler from another world, supported by a whole Earth behind him, he was indeed that impressive!
Even though he admitted he still had plenty of room for improvement in practical application and couldn't compare with those famous industry figures.
But his vision was unique!
Whether it was about selecting actors or discovering the talents of the multiverse counterparts, Pucci dared to say he was ahead of the industry!
See, after selecting Kars and spurring him on tirelessly, they not only developed this new technology for full-dive shooting with "Stand" but also greatly optimized it.
Now, the difficulty of using this new technology was no longer limited to chosen actors.
They had broken free from the constraints of "Stand" abilities and were no longer limited to showcasing "Stand" powers.
As "Stardust Crusaders" is set, a "Stand" is a manifestation of the life energy and spirit energy of its user.
When it comes to complete full-dive shooting, it's like manually transforming an actor into a dual personality without side effects temporarily.
One personality continues filming.
While the other personality can shoot different content.
For example, synchronized filming of psychological activities!
What would have needed reshoots for psychological activities was now accurately synchronized with the actor's emotions during the filming of that scene under the use of this new technology, eliminating any sense of awkwardness from reshoots.
And for some special scripts, where one can become stronger by killing their parallel world self—so one keeps pursuing their parallel self to become Superman... Such scripts, which were hard to see after complete full-dive shooting became popular, were now no longer impossible!
This new technology, optimized by Kars, had expanded the entire industry's script shooting scope!
As long as there are knowledgeable people in the industry.
It's not hard to see the potential of this new technology, and if they could secure the usage rights first and release a work that couldn't have been filmed in the industry before...
This situation, where only they could shoot it while others couldn't, could certainly be considered a monopoly!
No wonder truck drivers could become legends in the industry.
The profits brought by a new technology are enormous!
Even if their new technology is still being watched cautiously by industry insiders.
But as long as one or two industry insiders approached them wanting to purchase the usage rights...
"Not only can we recover the costs we needed to develop this new technology, but we can also profit!"
"..."
Noticing Cujoh Jolyne's expression gradually turning into one of shock.
Pucci continued passionately, "And we've made a killing! After all, the Khara Inc., which wants to purchase the rights to our new technology, has none other than Hideaki Anno as their chairman!"
"If I can't direct a film that recoups the R&D costs of the new technology through sales alone and produce a work that makes this new technology famous, Hideaki Anno definitely can!"
"Especially since I heard from Khara Inc. that this old rascal Hideaki Anno wants to use this new technology to film something, and it's nothing other than the new "EVA"!"
"Hahaha, President Cujoh, I can already imagine the scene when this new "EVA" airs, and countless industry insiders rush to us to purchase the new technology's usage rights!"
Pucci was laughing happily.
After all, it was "EVA"!
After being cut down for so long by Hideaki Anno with various "EVA" spin-offs, it could still continue to rake in profits endlessly whenever a new spin-off came out!
If it weren't for Hideaki Anno knowing the quality of "EVA"'s profits was so high, he'd rather spend a little more money to buy the usage rights than have them invest in technology.
They could probably make even more.
Thinking of this, Pucci couldn't help but feel a tinge of regret after his laughter.
Meanwhile, in stark contrast to Pucci, who was reaping benefits and pretending to be kind.
Cujoh Jolyne seemed to be lost in thought.
Rather, when she heard that "Stardust Crusaders" and the new technology had made a fortune—indeed, a huge fortune.
Cujoh Jolyne looked like her soul had been drained away.
As for what Pucci continued to say...
Heh, unless Pucci said that everything he had mentioned before was a joke and that they were still at a loss.
Otherwise, could it be worse than this?
"Damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it!!"
"Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!"