Entertainment: You're asked to make a graduation project, but you're asked to film Ultrama

Chapter 271 The Evil Corporation B: Come Buy Gaia!

Even after the premiere of the final episode of the first season of "Ultraman Gaia", its popularity showed no signs of waning and continued to soar.

Viewers seemed to be scrutinizing the entire series frame by frame with a magnifying glass, trying to uncover foreshadowing for the second season from the massive amount of information contained in the twenty-six episodes.

Along with this incredible surge in film and television popularity, Bandai's offline stores have demonstrated an astonishing ability to generate revenue.

At this moment, Gu Nan's cinematic universe fully revealed its sharp commercial fangs.

Chasing Light Film Studio.

"What an unreasonable money-making machine..."

Gu Nan looked at the daily revenue of the Ultraman section of the flagship store of a certain evil conglomerate B in Shanghai on the screen, and a satisfied smile appeared on his lips.

Gaia's merchandise sales directly broke the first-week sales record previously set by Tiga and Dyna.

At this very moment, in the most bustling commercial center of Shanghai, a certain offline flagship store is bustling with activity.

"Holy crap, they actually have this in stock in physical stores! Honey, look at this!"

The content creator, Lao Tang, stared intently at the tokusatsu section in the display case, his eyes shining, and he seemed rooted to the spot, unable to move.

His girlfriend, carrying two newly bought milk teas, looked at her boyfriend speechlessly: "Looking again? Didn't you just do an unboxing of some Dyna flash sword last month? How come you've changed your target again? You change your mind faster than the seasons change."

"How can these be the same?" Old Tang rubbed his hands together eagerly. "That's Dyna, this is Gaia! And this is Supreme Gaia, look at that muscular hunk! Hehe boy~~!"

"What's the difference in my eyes? Aren't they both just suited characters with two eyes and one light? I don't think they're as cool as Ultraman Tiga!"

His girlfriend rolled her eyes and tugged at his sleeve. "Come on, the closets are almost overflowing. The one you bought last time is still collecting dust."

"Tap tap tap, this is a newly released divine item!"

Old Tang pulled his girlfriend aside, pointing frantically at the counter, "I've already thought of the material for the next video, it's guaranteed to go viral! The godfather of tokusatsu is doing an unboxing, do you know how high that caliber is?!"

Seeing her boyfriend unable to move from the store, the girlfriend felt a mix of amusement and helplessness as she noticed the stares from other customers, especially the parents of elementary school students. She could only sigh.

"Okay, okay, I'll buy it, consider it support for your video making!"

Seeing Old Tang still engrossed in browsing the various models, his girlfriend walked up to the cashier with a hint of annoyance and asked the uniformed clerk, "How much is your new Ultraman Gaia toy?"

"Hello ma'am, you mean Ultraman Gaia, right?"

The sales assistant, with an impeccable professional smile, greeted him warmly, saying, "We currently have over ten new Gaia-related products in our store. Which one would your boyfriend like?"

"More than ten kinds?"

His girlfriend was stunned, her face full of surprise. "How can Ultraman have so many tricks? Take me to see them."

"Okay, please come this way."

The shop assistant led the two to the most prominent display stand in the center of the store, picking up a uniquely designed transformation device and introducing it: "This is Ultraman Gaia's transformation item, the 'Blue Cone.' It comes with various sound and light effects just like in the original series, its wings can unfold, it's powered by button batteries, and it feels very comfortable to hold..."

"How much is this?" his girlfriend asked, getting straight to the point.

"This is our hottest new product this week," the sales clerk said with a smile. "The official suggested retail price is 128 yuan, but we have a check-in event in our store today, and you can get a 30 yuan discount if you participate."

Ninety-eight yuan? That's not unacceptable.

Just as his girlfriend was about to nod, Old Tang walked over and frantically shook his head: "No, no, no! Who would buy this DX flashlight?! If you want one, wait for the later UR series! Besides, it's too shabby to just use a DX transformation device to make videos. We need the Gaia character model!!"

My girlfriend frowned. Although she wasn't very familiar with the various types of figurines that were recently released, she still asked the shop assistant, "Do you have any plastic dolls? You know, the kind you can just hold and pose with."

Yes, yes!

The salesperson immediately put down the sapphire cone and walked to another display area, pointing to the high-precision figures inside, saying, "This is our latest release from the SHF True Bone Sculpture series—Gaia Action Figure. Look at the muscle lines, the paint job, and the incredible articulation of dozens of joints throughout the body; it can even perfectly recreate the classic takedown pose from the show. Limited-time special price, only 498 yuan!"

Before his girlfriend could even gasp, the salesperson pointed to an even larger box next to them: "Also, if you choose to buy the SHF Gaia and SHM EyeQ Monster battle set, you can get an instant discount of 50 yuan, making it only 799 yuan!"

"Wow, how can it be so expensive?!"

"I know SHF, but what's SHM?"

Old Tang got really excited when he heard this, his Ultraman content creator DNA awakened, and he started giving a long and detailed explanation.

"SHM" ​​is a sister series to the "SHF" action figure series under Bandai Namco Entertainment. It represents a new, more refined branch of Bandai Namco's product line following the redesign by Light Chaser Animation Studios.

The prefix "SH" in both sequences stands for "Simple style & Heroic action." The endings "F" and "M" are abbreviations for "Figurts" and "Monster," respectively.

However, in the original world, Ultraman doesn't specifically distinguish between the Ultra Warriors and monsters in the Ultra Universe; only the Godzilla series makes a detailed distinction.

"Fine, then there's really no difference."

"Just one monster and one Ultraman."

"If you insist on saying that... it's not entirely impossible..."

"You guys have gold trim on these little plastic figures? They're so small, and you're charging several hundred dollars for them?"

"Gold is only a little over 1000 yuan per gram!"

"I saw him buy other Ultraman dolls last time, they were only a few dozen yuan each!"

"Ma'am, what you're referring to is probably a soft vinyl series or a regular posable toy."

The salesperson patiently and professionally explained, "This is the SHF True Bone Carving series, which targets a completely different audience and has a completely different craftsmanship. The price has always been in this range."

"Yes, yes, the regular version!" His girlfriend nodded immediately. "Just get him a regular one that costs a few dozen yuan; you won't see much difference in the video anyway!"

"Okay." The clerk wasn't annoyed and quickly took out an unopened V1 initial form of Gaia from the shelf below and handed it over.

The girlfriend had barely been handed over, and before she could even warm up to him, Old Tang next to him objected.

"No, not this! Darling, not this!"

"What? It's not?" Suppressing the urge to complain, his girlfriend pointed to the words on the packaging box. "It has 'Ultraman Gaia' printed on it in such big letters, do you think I can't read?"

"This isn't the correct form! I already got one of this form!"

Old Tang pointed to the Gaia's pure red and silver striped chest area on the packaging box, "This is V1, the color is wrong! The chest area, the chest area should be black! Only the one with black stripes has the soul!"

His girlfriend was stunned, since she had only ever seen Ultraman Tiga, so she could only look at the shop assistant with a puzzled expression.

The sales clerk immediately understood and explained with a smile, "Sir, you have excellent taste. What you're referring to is Gaia's V2 form after absorbing Agul's light. However, ma'am, the V2 form is currently only available in the SHF series, which is the one I just showed you. The regular soft vinyl version doesn't have a V2 version yet."

Upon hearing this, his girlfriend immediately remembered the exorbitant price tag, and her face darkened. She slammed the V1 standard model she was holding onto the counter: "Forget it, if they don't have it, they don't have it. We'll just have to make do with this!"

"Damn! I don't want this ordinary one!"

Old Tang wailed, "Shooting regular videos gets me no data at all!"

Watching Lao Tang throw a tantrum like a minor, his girlfriend found it extremely difficult to bear.

Should I still call her Mom?

Although they shout when they hit the tiles~~

Left with no other choice, she gritted her teeth and asked the shop assistant, "Um... do you really not have a cheaper, regular version of the black Gaia card on the chest?"

"I'm sorry, ma'am, we really don't have that." The shop assistant shook his head, then lowered his voice and suggested in a tempting tone, "Gaia V1 form is only available in the regular version, V2 form is only available in the SHF basic version, and the newly released Supreme form is only available in the SHF True Bone Sculpture Collector's Edition! Actually, if you're just looking for a video effect, I strongly suggest you add another two hundred yuan and buy the SHF Soul Limited True Bone Sculpture 'Supreme Gaia' directly, all in one go!"

His girlfriend was speechless, her lips twitching slightly: "Goodness, your tactics are even more elaborate than Russian nesting dolls..."

The sales clerk, seemingly oblivious to her impending outburst of complaints, continued her tirade: "You might not know, but these past few days a lot of hardcore gamers have come in, and after a little comparison, they all ended up buying the Supreme Gaia. The SHF True Bone Sculpt Supreme Gaia is currently our absolute top seller. Posting an unboxing video would definitely make you look impressive… Hey, ma'am! Ma'am, don't go! Think about it again!"

The deal was eventually done.

Although I don't understand, thankfully my girlfriend is supportive.

After all, this is not just Lao Tang's hobby, but also his job.

This was purchased by his girlfriend as a gift to commemorate their two-year relationship.

He was grinning foolishly while holding the huge "Supreme Gaia" limited edition packaging box, while his girlfriend walked ahead, constantly complaining about the "money-grabbing" flagship store and her spendthrift husband.

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