What Sera prepared for Nanaya was just an ordinary energy drink.
It is neither a stimulant nor a sleeping pill, nor the famous sleeping tea.
So when Nanaya woke up after a sleep, he didn't feel dizzy or anything like that.
Of course, there is no refreshing effect.
To put it bluntly, it is just a very ordinary functional beverage. Treating it as a panacea is pure waste of money.
Today, Sera once again sent Nanaya to the company. Along the way, both sides tacitly did not mention what happened last night.
It was as if the two bottles of drinks did not exist at all.
After all, it was simply the mutual concern between the employer and the maid, without any personal feelings at all.
After arriving at Washimine North America's headquarters building, Nanaya first went to the post-production department to check the current progress of the post-production of "Prologue".
Currently, the production of the special effects part of "Prologue" is going very smoothly. The biggest advantage of Industrial Light & Magic joining Washimine is not the improvement of the team's technical strength, but the low cost of special effects.
In addition to its superb special effects technology, Industrial Light & Magic is also famous for its high price tags.
In the past, Washimine asked Industrial Light & Magic to mainly produce the Marvel series, while the Fate series was handed over to Weta Workshop and Washimine himself.
It's because the quote from Light & Magic Industries is too expensive.
In fact, most of the special effects that Industrial Light & Magic did for Marvel are based on Iron Man's mechanical effects, and not much work was done on other parts.
Industrial Light & Magic can certainly produce other special effects, but it is not necessary.
A second-rate special effects team can also produce it, so why go for the most expensive one?
Mechanical special effects are different. The effects produced by Industrial Light & Magic are completely different from those produced by other teams.
Whether it is the "Transformers" series or the "Iron Man" series, the audience has felt the gap between the times.
Think about the scene in "Iron Man 1" produced by Industrial Light & Magic where Tony Stark wears a mecha. It is still as good as ever even 10 years later.
This shows how strong the technical capabilities of these guys at Industrial Light & Magic are.
Now Nanaya can finally experience the feeling of being a rich man - having Industrial Light & Magic do the special effects for him.
Although it is not free, as a member of the Washimine system, the company's internal transactions have greatly reduced costs.
Of course, although Industrial Light & Magic's technical capabilities are strong, they are not completely without problems.
For example, the part where Black Saber has armor attached to her long skirt was made by Industrial Light & Magic too much like Iron Man wearing a mechanical armor.
Although there are a lot of jokes in FGO, it is still a bit too much to go straight into mecha.
They are not the mechanical Greek gods from the Lostbelt, and they are as lacking in aesthetics as Iron Man.
For this reason, Nanaya complained to the special effects artist, and it took him a long time to explain the effect of the magic costume to the team.
Originally, Nanaya only planned to stay in the special effects room for a short while.
As a result, half a day was wasted on the special effects style, and Nanaya didn't arrive at the office until almost noon.
Fortunately, it was almost lunchtime and the HR department had not yet gotten off work at noon, but it was already very dangerous at this time.
So Nanaya sat back in his seat and picked up the phone directly.
"Hello, this is Kiryu, please send the resume of the employee named Yakumo Mitama to my email immediately."
As the big boss of [See Moon], Nanaya naturally dared not neglect the HR department.
Five minutes later, he heard the computer beep indicating new email.
Nanaya immediately opened the email and read Yakumo Mitama's resume.
The other party is a second-generation immigrant in the United States. Apart from his Japanese descent, there is not much worth mentioning about her.
What surprised Nana was that Miss Yakumo actually graduated from the Department of Art at the University of Southern California, and was a fresh graduate last year and had only been working at [See Moon] for less than a year.
Logically speaking, it would be more appropriate for Yakumo Mitama to go to Hollywood.
I just didn't expect that she would actually join See Moon and work in the game department.
However, after seeing the other person's photo, Nanaya almost spit out his mouth. The other person actually looked very similar to the proprietress in "Magic Record".
Although Nanaya has become accustomed to similar situations after meeting Lily, Rin and others, he still gets embarrassed every time.
What's particularly interesting is that when Nanaya was planning the mobile game "Magic Record", he included some settings for magical girls.
Among them is a description of the appearance of the game's profiteer Yakumo Mitama.
After getting the settings, the design team found that the setting description given by Nanaya was very similar to the newcomer in their own department, so they simply copied Yakumo Mitama's appearance for the character design.
"I was wondering why among all their characters, Yakumo Mitama's character was the most similar. Turns out she cheated." Nanaya complained directly.
But in this case, it is unclear who copied whom from the character of Yakumo Mitama.
"It's not good to have a set within a set..."
Nanaya sighed.
After a while, he picked up the phone again: "Hello, this is Nanaya Kiryu, is Yakumo Mitama from the game department here?"
There was a noisy sound on the phone, as if there was something wrong.
After waiting for a long time, someone finally answered Nanaya's question on the phone.
"Director Kiryu, Yakumo is already taking a lunch break."
"Lunch break?"
Nanaya frowned unconsciously. It was not even 12 o'clock yet, and it was obviously not time to get off work at noon.
It is said that there is no habit of overtime in the North American workplace, but it also does not encourage leaving early.
What's the matter with getting off work at this time?!
He's just a newcomer, and he's planning to act like a veteran?
Subconsciously, Nanaya's tone became heavier: "Leaving early? What's the reason?"
This sentence startled the person who answered the phone.
Nanaya is the big boss of the company. It would be terrible if the whole department had to be reorganized just because of a newcomer.
But the person who answered the phone didn't know why the employee was not there, so he could only ask quickly.
After a long time, just when Nanaya's patience was almost exhausted, someone finally answered Nanaya's question.
"Hello, Director Kiryu..."
Someone else answered the phone, most likely someone close to Yakumo Mitama.
"What's going on?" Nanaya interrupted him directly.
"That Miss Yakumo said she had something to do at home, so she left work early. But…but, she…"
The voice was hesitant and carried a hint of gloating.
"She actually went to queue up to buy games. I saw her holding a flyer. She should be at the merchandise counter on the first floor now."
There is a theme store on the first floor of Washimine's North American headquarters building that specializes in selling Washimine peripheral products, which can be regarded as Washimine's presence in North America.
Various limited edition peripherals related to Washimine's works will be sold there.
Before 2000, the main products sold there were limited edition games and peripherals of the three major games of Washimine - The Plumber, Electric Rat and a certain cross-dressing hero.
However, nowadays, this store sells more than just these things. Limited edition peripheral products of Fate and Marvel are often launched globally in that store.
It can be said that this store has become a holy place for Washimine fans all over the world, because there are so many things they want in it.
but--
Going to buy games?
Nanaya quickly checked on the computer, and sure enough, today was the release day of "Fate Extra".
What fans will specifically purchase at the merchandise store in advance should be the deluxe commemorative edition that is sold in limited quantities worldwide - in addition to the game itself, it also comes with a setting collection, character figures, and a postcard signed by Lily.
This version of the game set is only available in a few stores around the world, and the only sales point in New York is the Washimine Building.
But this thing is not cheap, it costs more than 500 US dollars.
Apart from die-hard game fans and profiteers, no one else would be interested in this.
"…Um, Director Kiryu?"
Hearing that Nanaya didn't say anything, the person on the other end of the phone tried hard to hold back his laughter and asked in a low voice.
He was very happy that Yakumo Mitama was going to suffer this time.
The woman was cold and lonely, very arrogant and unsociable.
More importantly, that woman would often go to the merchandise store by being late and leaving early because there were limited merchandise on sale on the first floor.
It made people wonder if this woman joined the company just to buy things.
If she wasn't such a beauty, she would have been forced out of the company long ago.
This time it was a good opportunity to teach her a lesson and let her know what the workplace is like.
"Have her come to my office after lunch break."
In the end, Nanaya just said this lightly, and the expected rage did not come at all.
This made the employee who answered the phone feel very depressed.
Do beautiful women have privileges?
But thinking about the game character who looked exactly like Yakumo Mitama, the other party didn't dare to ask more questions.
Although Kiryu Nanaya has a good reputation in this regard (mainly because he is only interested in a few women), who knows.
He is a wealthy man on the Forbes list, the box office champion in film history, and his own boss.
In the workplace, some gossip cannot be confirmed.
The clerk who answered the phone was very clear about his position, so after saying that he would convey Nanaya's words, he stopped talking.
Nanaya hung up the phone and smiled helplessly.
As the boss, Nanaya really wanted to punish Yakumo Mitama.
But after thinking about it, I decided to give up.
Why bother?
Nanaya was also a otaku in his previous life, and he understands how fans react when they are extremely crazy about something.
In order to grab the box office revenue from the midnight premiere of "End Game", he almost got into a fight with the people at the ticket office.
If you put yourself in their shoes, you would definitely leave work early to grab the limited edition.
Anyone who would skip work for a limited edition game should at least be a die-hard fan of Fate.
"It's good this way. People who are interested in operating the game will at least consider the players' feelings."
Nanaya smiled, and he was suddenly looking forward to meeting Yakumo Mitama in person.
However, it is definitely wrong to skip work early. I will definitely give her a good lecture when I see her later.