Chapter 186 Beautiful Fish-Man Island
Never doubt the World Economy News Paper's promotional capabilities.
Their worldwide newspaper delivery network allowed their promotions to often penetrate to the very grassroots level of the seas.
Why could they accomplish such things?
Of course, it was because they had branches in almost every country in the world.
On one hand, they trained News Coo to deliver newspapers, while also collecting local news. Combined with countless, all-pervasive informants that no one knew the true number of, this created the world's number one newspaper industry giant.
And now, this news industry giant was taking action.
All branches under the World Economy News began moving.
What they needed to do was quite simple—rent a venue, then promote it in the local special edition newspaper, and finally prepare to sell tickets.
The existence of Den Den Mushi made movie screenings quite simple and easy.
Just set up a screen and project directly.
And since the newspaper serving as the main promotional platform was their own, it was practically zero cost.
So just like that, the movie was finally about to be released.
Worldwide, the trend about Fish-Man Island began to sweep across this world for the first time in history.
Many years later, when people who experienced this trend recalled this movie, they would sincerely sigh that while the movie itself was naturally inferior compared to Tesoro's later works, their first impression of Fish-Man Island truly came from this.
The location was Goa Kingdom, in the spotless town.
"Ace! Can we really see Fish-Man Island?!"
In a dimly lit room that was temporarily serving as a screening hall, a little brat wearing a straw hat excitedly shook his older brother's arm.
"What did the newspaper say!"
The black-haired boy with some freckles was also very expectant. "It shouldn't be wrong!"
"Fish-Man Island! Fish-Man Island!"
The straw hat boy excitedly bounced in his seat. "Fish-Man Island ten thousand meters under the sea! What will it look like!"
The freckled boy smiled confidently. "We'll go there sooner or later, Luffy."
"Of course! I'm the man who's going to become the Pirate King! I'm going to hold banquets on every island in these seas!"
"You still haven't given up on that boring idea, and besides, the one who's going to become Pirate King is me!"
"It's me!"
"It's me! You want to get beaten up, huh?"
"How did you two brats sneak in here? Pirates? This town has no children who want to become such scum!"
"Ah! Bad, we've been found out! Luffy, run!"
Just like that, the two brothers missed the first screening.
But in many more places around the world, people had already seen the movie.
"The singing is pretty good, that guy Tesoro."
On Whole Cake Island, in the Charlotte Family's palace, Charlotte Linlin watched the special edition movie prepared just for her and laughed heartily. "He might really become a very famous superstar."
"But that guy Brett is actually helping Tesoro mess around with this kind of strange stuff. Really can't understand that kid."
Doflamingo, staying close by her side, remained calm-faced, just quietly watching the movie.
He realized what this movie would mean for Fish-Man Island.
"So this is Fish-Man Island!"
Somewhere in the East Blue, a mother took her two daughters to see the movie. A little girl with orange hair looked at the screen in wonder—at that huge bubble illuminated by sunlight in the deep sea, and the island within the bubble.
"Located in the deep sea, with sunlight brought by the Sunlight Tree Eve, supporting the island with bubble technology—how amazing." The little girl's eyes seemed to shine. "There are places like this in the world? How wonderful!"
The ocean currents there must be completely different from anywhere else in the world, right?
I really want to see it with my own eyes.
"Then you need to grow up quickly, Nami!"
Her mother hugged her. "Then you can go see Fish-Man Island in the future."
"Yeah!"
The girl nodded vigorously.
Such a beautiful place—no matter what, she wanted to see it.
The movie continued.
The two children discussed enthusiastically.
"How prosperous Fish-Man Island is! Was it such a wealthy country?"
"The mermaids are so beautiful, and the fish-men are much more friendly than I imagined!"
The world line had already changed the moment Brett returned to Fish-Man Island.
Another place in the East Blue.
"Mermaids!! Oh!! Mermaids!! Mermaids are so wonderful!!"
A certain well-dressed blond brat was incredibly excited, dancing in his seat. "Fish-Man Island is simply humanity's dream destination!"
"You're too loud, brat!"
The old man sitting next to him bonked the kid on the head.
"Damn old man!"
The blond boy gritted his teeth, but his anger lasted only a moment. His attention was drawn back to the movie, and a dreamy smile reappeared on his face.
This brat was hopeless.
The old man shook his head.
But Fish-Man Island really did seem quite nice.
Also in the East Blue, Shimotsuki Village.
"A fish-man swordsman?"
A green-haired boy watched intently as the octopus fish-man on screen stood sword in hand before the male protagonist, saying with some anticipation, "I wonder how skilled he is!"
Behind him, a bespectacled, slender man with a gentle face smiled softly.
Stronger than you imagine, Zoro.
But the strongest is still that Director.
Somewhere on an island in the North Blue.
"What an amazing guy!"
A white bear was shouting loudly. On screen, the protagonist was fighting with the Immigration Bureau Director—when the two fought, they directly destroyed an entire beach. "Both of them are so strong!"
"Bepo, movies are all fake."
Nearby, a companion wearing a hat said.
"Eh? It's fake?"
The white bear's entire demeanor deflated.
"I don't know about the rest, but at least that man..."
The man surrounded by several others, wearing a spotted hat, spoke in a low voice. He looked at the Director's face on screen. "He's probably a terrifyingly strong guy!"
He was the Deep Sea Emperor, after all!
South Blue.
"This is Fish-Man Island's firepower!"
A red-haired boy with spiky hair was dumbfounded. The movie on screen had reached its final stage—the Fish-Man Island fleet's volley directly blasted the approaching pirate fleet to smithereens.
"How incredible!"
Beside him, a boy with long blond hair also felt his mouth go dry. "Who on the seas could oppose such a fleet?"
"Fish-Man Island!"
The red-haired boy's expression became excited again. "Hey Killer! We definitely have to go there!"
"Yeah!"
This movie was released on the seas.
Without any surprises, the unreasonably powerful promotion combined with decent quality made Tesoro's screen debut an instant hit.
In many places around the world, countless people bought tickets to watch again and again, as if they wanted to memorize every detail in the movie.
The names of the male and female protagonists had resounded throughout the world. At least during this period, even the Pirate Emperors of the New World weren't as famous as they were.
Tesoro had gotten his wish and become a superstar famous worldwide.
At the same time, the scenery of Fish-Man Island was displayed before the world's eyes for the first time.
People on the seas recognized its beauty for the first time, noticed its prosperity, understood its friendliness, and comprehended its strength.
"So that's what Fish-Man Island is like!"
"What a wonderful place!"
"Fish-men and mermaids seem pretty much the same as us except for their appearance."
"I really want to visit there—hopefully like the male protagonist, to have a touching romance with a beautiful mermaid lady!"
"Hahaha, if you go with that purpose, be careful of getting blasted into the sky! Fish-Man Island's warships are the strongest!"
Fish-Man Island was a wonderful place.
People on the seas had formed this collective memory.
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