Producer [American Entertainment]

"Calm down and listen to me."

William dreamed about the scene at the seafood restaurant that night again, and then he woke up again from this dream that he couldn't tell whether it was a nightmare or a dream.

Sitting on the soft pillow of the high bed and looking around blankly, it took William a while to realize that this strange place was the presidential suite on the top floor of the Four Seasons Hotel in San Diego.Sabatino's partner Bill.Gates is one of the major shareholders of the Four Seasons International Hotel. With this relationship, Wendy can get a priority for William at any time in Four Seasons Hotels around the world. A presidential suite that does not require an appointment.

William got out of bed in his satin pajamas, turned up the temperature of the air conditioner, and then stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling glass windows, staring blankly at the silent midnight of San Diego.

San Diego, like Los Angeles, is a city on the Pacific coast and belongs to California, and its status in California is second only to Los Angeles and San Francisco.

The purpose of William coming to San Diego is to participate in the No.8 San Diego International Comic Con (SDCC) held in the San Diego Convention Hall on August 20th with Edward and Joseph, which will last for three days.This is a large-scale comic exhibition that began in 12. It has been twelve years since now. It has gathered a lot of fame in the United States and even the world. It has attracted a large number of comic lovers, comics, and game companies. The number of exhibitors is one year. more than a year.

The purpose of Joseph's participation in San Diego Comic Con is to start the first stage of pre-publicity for Shueisha in the comic exhibition area, and to show comics in District 11 that are very different from the United States to comic fans from all over the United States.

The first two episodes of "Mobile Suit Gundam" will be played in a loop for free on the afternoon of the first day of the exhibition. San Diego Comic Con has special screening halls for commercial companies.

A small number of other comic books that have been translated into English will also have related sales booths, and the price will be cheaper than the upcoming version in the United States.The exhibition this time is more like a market survey to study the acceptance of American youths to the form of comics in District 11, and what type of comics they are more inclined to buy.

Joseph hopes that he will be successful, no, he must be successful, behind him is the entire hope of all Shueisha employees and their families, and even the head office Hitotsubashi Publishing Group (including Shogakukan and Hakusensha).

Sabatino promised that as long as Shueisha can gain a firm foothold in the United States, he will help the company's employees to have a chance to get a green card.

The hardships of living in District 11 are beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.They have no country, no nation, no ability to immigrate, as if they were abandoned by the whole world.Not only the people living in District 11, but also the residents of other areas named after numbers, are desperate to integrate into other countries as much as possible, whichever country is good.

The birth of Shueisha still depends on the demand for the animation market in China, a big country next door to District 11.

Edward, on the other hand, came to SDCC to have fun under the guise of conducting market research for the "Skype Grand Project".

After he was transferred to the Silicon Valley head office, he participated in the joint development of a handheld game called "Super Mario Bros" with Nintendo Entertainment Corporation in the 11th district. There are still some technical difficulties that have not been overcome, but the general manager of the project The person in charge is full of confidence in solving the problem, and he is optimistic that the game will be on the market as soon as next year.

And long before he was transferred to the head office, Edward had called William to invite him.Participating in SDCC is something he has compared to every year in recent years, even if he was transferred to Silicon Valley, it didn't change him in the slightest.

Well, there are still some, for example, he didn't ask for three days off to enjoy himself with the team leader, but played in the name of "investigation" for three days in a fair manner.

At that time, William refused on the grounds of preparing for ET. Now, William urgently needs an excuse to confront his cousin every day, so he followed Edward to join in the fun.

Edward: I always feel that there is a murderous intent behind it.

As for the reason why William didn't want to face Sabatino, it started from the seafood restaurant on the 14th night. He didn't know what happened to his ears at the time, and he misunderstood Sabatino's whole sentence "Calm down Listen to me", abruptly only heard one "you".

William was taken aback, thinking that Sabatino liked him.

But this is not the scariest thing, the scariest thing is... He actually felt a little happy because of this guess, he was really going crazy.

Of course, the misunderstanding was resolved later, and before Sabatino realized it, William found out by himself.Although William knew very well that Sabatino didn't know what he was thinking at that moment, he still felt a little embarrassed and dreamed that Sabatino said "you" to him for several nights.William didn't even dare to look Sabatino in the eye, and it's not a problem to always hide in the company, so William simply fled to San Diego on the grounds that "Edward invited me to see the Comic Con".

Standing on the top floor of the Four Seasons Hotel, looking at his own reflection on the glass window, William once again recalled the reflection of Sabatino on the goblet that night.

Tall, handsome, and serious.

He said to him, "Calm down and listen to me. There are no boys, and there are no romantic partners. You heard it from my mother, right? You should have asked me earlier, silly, I lied to her."

"..." At that moment, William felt that the temperature on his face was enough to fry a raw egg.

Ah ah ah, it's so shameful to play, I don't think about it, don't think about it!Think Iron Man!A major feature of the comic exhibition must be all kinds of ingenious cosplay. Due to the profound influence of Halloween, American teenagers have an innate environmental advantage in making cos costumes by themselves.Of course, there are also those who want to save trouble and directly buy or rent clothes, and the more trouble-free ones are not to cosplay.

William's Iron Man costume is DIY.It's been years, heck, he was a minor before he came to America, and he has every reason to enjoy Halloween.

last halloween.

It was supposed to be made by William and his father Edward, but due to reasons that everyone understands, Iron Man's armor uniform was finished, and it was never mentioned by William again.

The armor and blueprints were not thrown away, but remained in the basement of William's house in England for ashes.At least, that's how England was in William's memory.God knows how Sabatino discovered them, and shipped them back to the United States to complete the final production. It is said that this suit of armor has been placed in Microsoft headquarters for various verifications.High-tech debugging.

William could know the existence of this thing, or rely on Edward's reminder.

When Edward flew from Silicon Valley, he helped William bring his armor over by the way.It is an armor that can be assembled and disassembled and has many parts. It is usually placed in a large box similar to a suitcase. When wearing it, just take it out and assemble it.

Edward has already helped William assemble it almost, and the final assembly will be completed after William puts it on tomorrow...

In order to meet the occasion, Edward cosplays Captain America, which is also a cosplay costume he created ingeniously. Even the shield of Captain America is made by him without knowing how.The CP of Shield Iron Shield is still very unpopular at this time, but it is not completely unknown, for example, Edward, who is naturally rotten, knows this very well.

William and Edward, the superhero combination, standing together is a typical "poor people rely on mutation, rich people rely on technology", in various senses.

On the second day of the comic show, the most popular cosplayers are the popular actresses of DC and Marvel (the names of the two giant comic companies in the United States) at this time, such as Superman, Batman, Spiderman, Hulk, etc. of.

As a second-line hero, Iron Man is not well known even in places where comic fans gather, but William's cool high-tech armor still attracted attention and became a very amazing cosplay at the exhibition.By the way, it also led to the broadcast of Shueisha's "Mobile Suit Gundam".

In this era when superheroes basically rely on mutation, the high-tech Gundam is like a ray of breeze, opening the door to a new world for many people.

William has only one feeling... the armor is really fucking hot.

After wearing it for only one day, William lent the armor to Joseph's large booth for publicity.William changed into a Captain America T-shirt he bought at Comic-Con yesterday, and carried Edward's shield.When someone asked curiously, he would introduce it solemnly: "He is Captain America, and I am his shield."

Edward's friends who are also comic nerds all shook their heads with laughter.

The second joy of visiting the comic exhibition is to meet the basics and to be able to buy and buy with friends.William quickly got along with Edward's friends, and spent a lot of money to vent his feelings.

"I thought I was already extravagant enough at the Comic Con, but William..."

"What on earth does your friend do?" A friend from the same interest club in the university as Edward asked.He and Edward now live in different cities and have different jobs and lives. The only thing left between them is this annual comic exhibition to maintain their friendship, which they cherish very much.

"The younger brother of the boss. Not our team leader, but the big boss, the boss's boss." Edward said.He thinks that instead of telling the other party what William does, it is better to directly tell who William's brother is, so that people can quickly understand the "trench" feeling.

"BOSS's BOSS? Didn't you go to the Microsoft headquarters? William didn't say his surname was Gates."

"Another founder, Mr. Lesenbra." Edward whispered.

Damn, this last name is scarier than Gates!Wait, no, isn't Lexembla's younger brother... "Is he in the movie business? I remember that the hype was very popular during the Oscar month a while ago, oh oh, I understand."

The friend's words did not continue.

William's behavior of wearing armor yesterday, and wearing sunglasses as much as possible even if he cosplays a shield today, and so on, finally has a reasonable explanation other than "pretending to be X".

007 is also a popular cosplay at the comic show, and Edward's friend is a loyal fan of 007. To be precise, while he is a manga nerd, he is also a well-known film critic in a certain movie circle. Of course, he Only evaluate sci-fi and horror movies.

"Nimma, I like blood red so much!"

"Calm down, don't embarrass me in front of my BOSS brother, Hun Dan!"

Edward's friends think that he has solved a lot of cases today. For example, the friend named Edward who has a good relationship with William is not the grandson of the famous director Wheeler! ! !

"You hid it deep enough, you kid. We've been friends for so many years, but you didn't tell me that you are Wheeler's grandson!"

"I am me, and my grandfather is my grandfather." Unlike his father, who wished to be tied to the name "Wheeler" for a lifetime, Edward only wanted to be unique.Others would say that Wheeler was Edward's grandfather, not that Edward was Wheeler's grandson.