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Chapter 77: Sickness

　　Thanks to Kaguya's food supplements, Minamiya Yu's somewhat empty ammunition depot became full again, and his originally sluggish spirit was revived again in the afternoon.

　　studio.

　　After Seele put down the squeezed juice, she quietly closed the door, leaving the space for the three people who were working hard.

　　"The collection of opinions has come to an end for now. The next step is to prepare a questionnaire based on the opinions and place it in relevant forums."

　　Looking at the organized documents, Bronya said to Kaguya.

　　Kaguya looked dazed for a moment, but she quickly responded, "How long will the questionnaire last? How many rounds will it take?"

　　"Two rounds, if there's time..."

　　The sound gradually stopped, and Bronya tugged at Minamiya Yu, who was typing hard, and stopped his fingers that were about to leave an afterimage.

　　“When are you going to release this game?”

　　"Um?"

　　Minamiya Yu was still immersed in the plot of White Album 2, so he paused for a few seconds, and then he said hesitantly: "As for the specific date, I'm actually planning to release it on Christmas Eve."

　　"So rushed? Doesn't that mean there's only a little over a month left?!"

　　Bronya frowned and asked in disbelief, "Is more than a month enough time for you to finish the text and CG?"

　　"As for the text, it's no problem. I can finish it before December. But for the CG..."

　　Minamiya Yu spread his hands and said, "Out of helplessness, I discussed with Mr. Eromanga and decided to hire some people to complete those unimportant CGs and differences. The specific expenses will be deducted from the sales, and the remaining profits will be divided into 70% and 30%. As long as there are enough people, it should be no problem to complete it in a month."

　　“I see…”

　　Bronya and Kaguya didn't quite understand any of this, but since their lovers (husbands) said it was okay, they naturally wouldn't doubt it.

　　"In that case, Bronya, how about we set the survey period to one week?"

　　Thinking about the time, Kaguya continued slowly: "Half a month of research is over. Excluding the pre-release packaging, the remaining half a month is enough for us to optimize."

　　"Well... that shouldn't be a problem."

　　Excluding working days, the remaining time is sufficient for the two of them if they are just optimizing a system. After all, with the anti-entropy artificial intelligence, many operations can be simplified.

　　"Then let's do this. Let's sort out the questions that need to be included in the questionnaire today."

　　"Um."

　　Seeing that the two girls quickly got back to work, Minamiya Yu was not in a hurry. He first twisted his stiff body and drank a glass of juice before returning to typing.

　　The sun was setting, the sky was dim, and bright lights illuminated the fluorescent studio. Seele stood at the door with her hands on her hips, and shouted at the three people inside in dissatisfaction: "Why don't you turn on the lights when the room is so dark? It's not good for your eyes!"

　　The three people who were immersed in their work obviously didn't notice these things. After they came to their senses, they didn't dare to look into Seele's "stern" eyes.

　　Kaguya and Bronya retreated behind Minamiya Yu and pushed him to the front of the stage. The "betrayed" Minamiya Yu could only display the unique "craftsman spirit" of the Far East.

　　"I'm sorry, I won't do it again next time!"

　　"Where are Bronya-sama and Kaguya-sama?!"

　　"I'm sorry!"*2

　　Seeing this, Seele nodded with satisfaction.

　　Because the lunch was so sumptuous, Seele made a lighter dinner.

　　Simple stir-fried vegetables and millet porridge are nourishing to the stomach and healthy.

　　After working for a whole afternoon, I naturally couldn't continue working in the evening. It would not be good to let Seele stay alone for the whole day.

　　After drinking tea and resting for a while in the living room, Minamiya Yu planned to take everyone out for a walk.

　　"I won't go."

　　Seele and Bronya both readily agreed, but Kaguya, who was the most obedient, rejected the invitation.

　　"Don't you want to go out?"

　　Facing three puzzled gazes, Kaguya smiled and stated her reasons: "No, I am looking forward to being with my husband, but I still have some work to do."

　　“The work is never done.”

　　Bronya frowned a little. She knew how hard this guy had worked this afternoon. He was looking at the information seriously almost all the time without slacking off at all.

　　"Of course I know, but I am a little sleepy because I got up early, so I just want to finish those simple tasks and go back to my room to rest."

　　“I see.”

　　Come to think of it, Kaguya did get up very early today to prepare such a large table of dishes.

　　"If you feel sleepy, go to bed early. There's no rush for work."

　　"Thank you for your concern, my husband. Don't worry, it's just some simple work. I can finish it quickly."

　　"All right then."

　　Since Kaguya didn't want to go out, no one would force her. The three of them walked arm in arm and soon blended into the night with Kaguya's smiling farewell.

　　Kaguya looked away only when she could no longer see the three figures.

　　She stretched herself, regaining the casual attitude she would only display when no one was around, and slowly and unassumingly floated back to the studio.

　　She wasn't lying, the simple task was done in a few minutes, and her mind was indeed a little tired today.

　　Go to bed early today.

　　Thinking of this, Kaguya stood up by supporting herself on the table.

　　Clang.

　　The sudden dizziness caused her body to stagger, and the chair behind her was knocked over. Fortunately, her arms subconsciously supported the table so that she did not fall to the ground.

　　With one hand continuing to support the table, Kaguya rubbed her dizzy head with the other hand, shook her head and slowly stood up.

　　What's wrong? Are you so tired today that you can't even stand steadily?

　　I went to bed early yesterday and didn’t generate any self-energy?

　　It can't be that I'm tired because I dreamed of joining those three people at the party, right?

　　However, will partying in a dream consume physical energy in reality?

　　Her mind was full of doubts, and the messy thoughts gave her another headache.

　　Forget it, I'd better go to bed early.

　　Patting her cheeks to regain some consciousness, Kaguya walked out of the studio, washed up briefly, then returned to Bronya's room, got into bed, and quickly fell asleep.

　　More than an hour later, the door of the room was opened again with a very quiet sound, and a cute little head popped out from the not-so-big gap.

　　She took a look at the scene in the room and quickly closed the door again.

　　"Sister Kaguya should be asleep."

　　"Is that so? Then don't bother her."

　　"Well, it's getting late, let's go get some rest... all three of us."

　　Seeing the chair fall down in the studio, Minamiya Yu always felt that something was wrong. Kaguya couldn't be such a careless person. How could she not even notice that her chair had fallen down?

　　However, after hearing Seele say that Kaguya was already asleep, Minamiya Yu had no choice but to put aside his doubts and took Seele and Bronya back to the room.

　　This continued until the next day, when Kaguya was late for breakfast and everyone finally discovered the problem.

Chapter 466: A great mission from heaven, let him take the blame

By 2007, Internet access had entered a very important stage.

Although it is still far behind the period when everyone was surfing the Internet after the popularization of smartphones, the number of Internet users has increased a lot compared to the previous two years.

As the saying goes, there are all kinds of birds in a big forest. After the Internet has evolved from being accessed by the elite to being accessed by everyone, there is definitely one type of bird that will not be missing.

That is a creature called a nitpicker.

Don’t think that argumentative people are just a domestic product. Those abroad are even worse than them.

Even though Nanaya has always had a bad memory, he still remembered that in his previous life, after Nintendo's "Splatoon 2" was launched, some people misinterpreted it as a pornographic game and criticized it heavily.

In fact, to be honest, people with bad mouths have existed in every era, and human society has never been short of these creatures.

It’s just that the Internet has provided more channels for people to express their opinions, giving those who were previously hiding in society the opportunity to speak out in front of everyone.

"So, it's human nature to talk nonsense and be a keyboard warrior..."

Bang!

Nanaya turned his head and dodged the slippers thrown by Shiki.

"Stop making sarcastic remarks there!"

Shiki lifted up the other slipper on his foot.

"It's quiet over here, but it's getting noisy over here!" Shiki Matsuno said with a look of grief and indignation.

Ever since Shiki Matsuno released the message [Remember to read after cursing. →_→], everyone's attention has been drawn to this message.

In the final analysis, apart from a small number of people who really feel unhappy about the upper and lower parts of FZ, most people judge for the sake of criticizing.

Even if Nanaya really makes FZ into a movie, they will still find ways to find attack points to judge.

It’s just that FZ’s fragmented operation is the easiest point to attack.

Now the second director of FZ was talking nonsense there, which immediately attracted the firepower of these people.

"Arrogant", "stupid", "silly", "intolerable", "hopeless garbage"...

In the eyes of these people, the Four Seasons is completely a target, so they use all kinds of vicious words to describe the Four Seasons.

After all, these people have nothing to do. Since someone from FZ has responded to them, they must of course try their best to respond to the person who responded to them.

To put it bluntly, these guys are like punching bags. It's okay if you ignore them, but if you punch them, they will punch you back excitedly.

These people are even more active in arguing with others than in dating.

This is a good thing for the FZ crew.

It is easier to direct traffic by simply attacking a person than by attacking the work.

Nanaya had seen countless things like this in his previous life. In this life, he taught it to Washimine's employees, and this group of people took this style to the extreme.

After all, if the concept of FZ's incomplete and sloppy work spreads, it will definitely affect the thinking of some viewers.

This is likely to have a certain impact on FZ's future box office performance.

After all, humans are social animals and most of the time they choose to follow blindly.

When someone takes the lead and someone instigates, most people begin to follow the trend.

Even Nanaya had to take this trend seriously.

But now there is no problem for Shiki to attract attention, and he can even attract a certain number of fans through the character of the mad director.

It also arouses the curiosity of audiences who originally had no interest in Fate, and attracts them to the cinema.

The only thing that's a problem is someone's reputation.

“That’s what I mean!”

Shiki Matsuno slammed the table and shouted at everyone in the conference room.

"They have now accused me of being the root of all evil! They even said that the split into two parts was my doing, just to make some extra money!"

"Calm down, Shiki."

Nanaya said calmly: "Everyone in the team has their own division of labor. For example, Kyon is the creator who provides the script, Ori is the link between the various departments, Shonan is used for filming, and I am the one who coordinates the planning."

"Then what am I?"

Although he knew that Nanaya would definitely not say anything nice, Shiki still asked reluctantly.

Nanaya took a sip of tea, then said slowly: "You are here to take the blame."

"Go ahead!"

Shiki Matsuno threw out his other slipper, but unfortunately Nanaya dodged it again.

This scene happened to be seen by Shion who walked in.

"Are you two sons of bitches having fun?"

Queen Shion raised her eyebrows, "Are you dissatisfied with the lack of work recently?"

"No!"*2

The Queen's majesty was still full of force. Nanaya straightened his back quickly, while Shiki hurriedly found the two slippers he had left in the office and put them on his feet.

Everyone else in the meeting room, including Ori, just looked at the teacups in front of them obediently without saying anything.

Shion was too lazy to talk nonsense, she sat at the first seat in the conference room.

"According to the information we received."

The people sitting here are either Washimine's employees or direct descendants of [Erque Studio].

Since everyone was one family, Shion had no intention of hiding anything and directly told them the information she had collected.

"Shiki Matsuno's suicide plan has worked very well. Now most of the attacks on FZ on the Internet are focused on this guy. This is cause for celebration."

Shion announced this, which was good news to most people, so everyone cheered and applauded.

But there is still a discordant note.

"What good news is this!" Shiki was about to burst into tears.

"Half-Nanaya! Who said it was okay to post that sentence?!"

Facing the firepower of Four Seasons, Nanaya replied calmly: "I'm right, isn't the problem solved now?"

"But I'm now the public enemy, okay!"

"Shiki Matsuno, there is an old saying in the Heavenly Kingdom." Nanaya advised earnestly, "When God bestows a great responsibility on a man, he must first make his mind suffer, his muscles and bones tired, his body hungry and his body empty."

"Hehe."

Nanaya ignored Shiki's sneer and said, "You have to know that Rian Johnson was threatened with death by fans, but he still overcame all these troubles and finally made the masterpiece "Knives Out"?"

"Who is Rian Johnson?!!"

Shiki Matsuno went crazy.

In 2007, before Lucasfilm was acquired by Disney, Rian Johnson was still working on the low-budget movie "The Brothers Bloom".

Not to mention the "Star Wars 8" that got him criticized to death, there is not even a shadow of the new "Star Wars" trilogy.

As someone who doesn't often hang out in Hollywood, Shiki naturally wouldn't know this unknown person.

"In short, the suffering you are going through now is meaningful." Nanaya patted Shiki Matsuno's shoulder and said, "Look, aren't you famous in North America now?"

Although Nanaya's tone of voice was very heavy, his eyes still betrayed his inner thoughts.

[It's karma that you had to laugh at me all day long. 】

Nanaya thought with great joy.

[I suspect someone is taking revenge, and I have evidence.]

Clearly visible black lines appeared on Shiki's face.

"Why don't you come and do something like this!"

"That's enough. Shut up."

"Yes!"

Seeing Queen Shion's frowning and angry look, Shiki Matsuno immediately stopped talking.

"Now let's talk business." Shion knocked on the table and said in a warning tone: "I have received clear information that the comments about FZ on the Internet are caused by someone behind the scenes."

At this point, she turned to look at her man, "Or rather, they are targeting Nanaya."

Nanaya responded with a smile, as if he had anticipated this situation.

After all, as an outsider, he had three consecutive hit movies. This stable efficiency of one movie a year was not a good thing for people in the Hollywood industry.

It is normal that some people are unhappy with him.

However, FZ belongs to the interests of everyone present, and suppressing him is suppressing FZ.

And touching FZ will naturally affect everyone's cake. Apart from anything else, Nanaya believes that the Washimine Summit represented by Shion will stand up for him.

"Could it be Fox?"

Ori immediately locked onto the first suspect in his mind.

"It's not them, or rather, they are not the main force this time." Shion shrugged and replied, "They are now entangled in Cameron's new project and have no power to take care of us."

"Who is that?" Ori didn't remember Nanaya having offended anyone else in Hollywood.

"Who else? Of course it's the other six." Nanaya said without thinking, "300 is still in theaters, and Sony Columbia and Disney will also have new films released in April. Naturally, they don't want FZ to take over the entire schedule."

It doesn't matter whether you offend anyone or not. The Hollywood market is so big that everyone naturally wants to fight for the biggest share.

Nanaya had never believed in the moral integrity of these people. It was like a newborn baby saying that he would not wet the bed.

Not to mention whether other people believe it or not, even Nanaya, the time traveler, doesn't believe it. After all, he couldn't even speak when he was born.

"In fact, this online attack may not be a bad thing."

When the conference room fell silent again, Nanaya suddenly spoke up, "Didn't we use this opportunity to hype it up?"

"Hey, you've sacrificed my reputation!" Shiki Matsuno yelled unhappily.

"I think those people should also know that this trick will not be very effective, they should be more likely to do it for the sake of convenience. In fact, FZ's box office performance has not been greatly affected."

Nanaya answered while looking at the box office report.

When "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 7" was divided into two parts, the box office did not suffer a significant setback.

When "Avengers 3" was released, it not only broke several box office records, but also served as sufficient advertising for "Avengers 4".

So much so that when "Endgame" was released, it was directly pushed to the second place in film box office history, and relied on some fancy operations to get the first place.

Of course, there will definitely be some problems in making the film into two parts all the time. Also for the sake of his nickname [Breaking Chapter Dog], Nanaya does not plan to divide his next film into episodes even if it is three hours long.

Chapter 76: Warmth in the Morning

　　In the cold morning, the long-lost sound of birds chirping appeared, and the chirping sound entered the room, turning into a final call to wake up the sleeping people.

　　Minamiya Yu opened his sleepy eyes. The light in the room was still dim. He just stared blankly at the ceiling.

　　At this moment, the weight pressing on both sides awakened his consciousness. He lowered his head and saw two cute sleeping faces.

　　Seele, Bronya...

　　The memory of last night suddenly came back to him, and his heartbeat seemed to start again. Looking at this scene, he was still a little dazed.

　　Feeling the real warmth on both sides, Minamiya Yu slowly tightened his arms around the two of them.

　　But the feel of my right hand...

　　He kneaded it subconsciously, and Bronya immediately opened her eyes. Her light grey pupils were hazy, and she glared at him, revealing a bit of coquettishness naturally in her eyes.

　　"Haven't you touched enough yet?"

　　After the coquettish voice fell, Bronya not only did not try to stop him, but generously relaxed her body to allow his palm to go deeper. Then, she lazily buried her rosy little face in the strong chest and closed her eyes again.

　　It's a really good feeling to wake up with the one you love, so let her enjoy this attachment for a while.

　　The actions of the two also woke up Seele on the other side. She did not open her eyes, but rubbed her body against her brother skillfully. Her two small hands gently rubbed his body and soon touched his cheek.

　　"Brother~"

　　A soft call like a whisper came out of her mouth, Seele still closed her eyes, and slowly moved forward with her body supported.

　　The soft touch and the slight biting of the teeth on the lips soon brought a satisfied smile to her face. She lay down again and pressed her face into her brother's neck, sniffing his scent.

　　This lazy and coquettish look of the two girls, which only he could see, made Minamiya Yu's heart even gentler. After checking the time, he pulled out his unruly hand, and gently stroked each of Seele and Bronya's heads, closing their eyes and enjoying the warm afterglow of the morning.

　　It was not until the sun rose and the room became completely bright that Seele and the other two lazily got up one by one.

　　"Brother~"

　　Sitting in front of the dressing table, Seele rubbed her eyes, yawned, and acted coquettishly to her brother in a sweet voice.

　　"Here I come."

　　Under Bronya's curious gaze, Minamiya Yu came behind Seele with a comb, stretched out his hand and gently combed Seele's short hair which was a little messy after a night's sleep.

　　Seele gently swung her feet and squinted her eyes in enjoyment.

　　Soon, Seele's hair was combed neatly again. Before Bronya could speak, Minamiya Yu looked at her gently.

　　"Do you need your hair combed?"

　　"Um!"

　　Bronya nodded impatiently and sat down where Seele had just sat with full of anticipation.

　　Feeling the fingers gently sliding through her hair and looking at the careful and meticulous appearance of her lover in the mirror brought Bronya a huge sense of satisfaction both physically and mentally.

　　So Seele has always lived such a wonderful life? !

　　Regret, she is very regretful now.

　　But just as Bronya was gradually immersed in this enjoyment, she suddenly felt that Minamiya Yu's movements slowed down and even tended to stagnate.

　　He opened his eyes in confusion, only to see Minamiya Yu's gaze in the mirror turned to the side.

　　On the other side, the soft light illuminated Seele's slender back as white as mutton-fat jade. She was almost naked, with her hands behind her back, trying hard to fasten her bra which had become a little tight in recent days.

　　Then, she breathed a sigh of relief and sat on the stool. Her plump buttocks were squeezed by the flat surface to form a soft arc, and her body was bent, highlighting the seductive curves.

　　The slender white fingers stretched out, gently hooked up the pure white stockings, and slowly put them on the toes. The thumbs on both sides were inserted into the gap between the stockings and the ankles. Pinching the edge of the stockings, they slowly lifted up along the calves until the upper thighs were close to the absolute area, and then gently relaxed.

　　With a snap, the stockings bounced onto the tender white skin, slightly squeezing the flesh, creating a new beautiful scene.

　　The round and plump long legs and white stockings complement each other perfectly, making people want to hold them in their hands and play with them carefully, or put them in their mouths as food and savor them carefully, feeling the infinite beauty in them.

　　Someone once said that girls are most beautiful and attractive when they are dressing and undressing. It turns out that our ancestors were right!

　　Just as he was becoming increasingly fascinated by the scene, he suddenly felt something hitting his lower abdomen.

　　He lowered his head and immediately met Bronya's slightly jealous gaze.

　　Being willing to be with Seele doesn't mean Bronya won't be jealous, especially in the current situation. Her lover was originally accompanying her, but his attention was attracted by Seele. Her voice was a little bitter, and she looked at him and slowly said, "Does it look good?"

　　"......Um."

　　Good guy, you are really honest.

　　Bronya was stunned for a moment, and then her expression was filled with resentment: "It's already like this, can't you just look at me when you comb my hair?"

　　"Feel sorry."

　　Minamiya Yu felt that he was in the wrong, so he immediately withdrew his gaze from Seele and refocused his attention on Bronya.

　　On the other hand, after Seele felt her sight disappear, she immediately quickened the pace of getting dressed and stopped doing those movements that would show off her figure. Her behavior just now seemed like a performance specially prepared for someone.

　　"Hmph~"

　　With a slight hum, Bronya looked at the rain in the mirror, her face slightly blushing as she raised her fingers and pulled the collar of her pajamas outward, revealing the deep grooves squeezed out by the valley.

　　Then, she whispered, "Besides, it's not like I don't want you to see it..."

　　......

　　"Should I say good afternoon now?"

　　It was almost noon when the three of them finally ended their hustle and bustle and walked out of the room.

　　In the living room, Kaguya, who had gotten up early, had been waiting here for a long time, and there were portions of cold food on the table.

　　"Sorry, I got up late today."

　　Upon seeing this, the three of them immediately apologized to Kaguya embarrassedly. Looking at the already cold food, they could understand how long Kaguya had been waiting for them.

　　"It's nothing, just rest comfortably, my husband."

　　Kaguya shook her head nonchalantly, then stood up and took the plates of food back to the kitchen.

　　"My dear husband, you must be hungry. I will heat up the food right away."

　　"Seele, go help too!!"

　　Soon, the hot meal was brought back, but when he saw the oysters, leek eggs, yam chicken soup, turtle soup, and black rice porridge on the table, his expression suddenly became a little strange.

　　He looked at Kaguya, who gave him a cute smile in return.

　　He wanted to ask, but swallowed the words in the end. He sat quietly on the chair and picked up the chopsticks to eat the lunch on the table.

　　It seems that these things are all good for kidney health, right?

　　......

Chapter 465: Remember to read after scolding →_→

Although Shion said something very exciting when they were in bed, she didn't do anything to tease Nanaya after getting up.

After a simple breakfast, the two were transported by Iioka to Washimine's North American headquarters building.

Along the way, Nanaya browsed through newspapers and read film reviews from major media at the fastest speed.

Nanaya flipped through the newspaper to the entertainment page as quickly as possible, a hint of joy in his eyes.

"Is Kiryu Nanaya a genius or a madman?!"

This was the title I saw in the film review column of famous film critic Roger Ebert after Nanaya opened the Chicago Sun-Times.

Probably to make the title more eye-catching, the title is enlarged and bolded.

"I watched FZ in the theater at midnight last night. I have to say that this movie is so ambitious that it can't be contained in a movie."

"Perhaps people will use the fact that FSN is also in two parts to refute my point, but what I want to say is that if FSN removes some unnecessary plots, it can be compressed into a 3.5-hour movie. The fact that FSN is divided into two parts is more for commercial considerations than for the necessity of telling a story."

"But FZ is different, and I'm not exaggerating. From the film's concept, character creation, actor selection, and the director's filming techniques, it surpasses the previous FSN."

"At first I thought FZ was just a simple remake of FSN, and the movie would revolve around Emiya Kiritsugu, but the fact is that this movie is more ambitious than anything else. The story is no longer limited to one person, but it tells the audience the entire Holy Grail War from a God's perspective and systematically explains it."

"I don't mean to disparage FSN, but in recent years we have seen too many movies with a single protagonist as the perspective. This time, FZ's group portrait perspective is completely refreshing."

“To sum it up in one sentence, FZ is a dark, complex and disturbing movie. Because of the rating, I can feel that the creators concealed and modified some of the plots, but if you think about it carefully, it still makes people feel creepy.”

“Perhaps FZ’s overly profound theme is not suitable for everyone, but I would say that FZ is the most truly commercial film to date that has achieved great artistic achievement! Of course, the premise is that FZ does not suffer a huge disaster.”

In his long film review, Roger Ebert not only praised FZ highly, but also gave it his signature two thumbs up and a high score of 9 points.

"I think this guy is bribing you. He said if you don't have confidence in the lower part of FZ, you can show it to him first."

Shion, who was sitting next to Nanaya, said with a smile.

"This is the result of your public relations."

After reading Roger Ebert's film review, Nanaya shrugged his shoulders.

He knew that Roger Ebert was in poor health and that staying up all night watching movies was just a trick.

Shion admitted it straight away: "I sent him a copy."

Although he knew that Roger Ebert's praise had a public relations effect, Nanaya's mood improved a lot and he continued to flip through more newspapers.

Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times also gave FZ a favorable review.

"The film has a tight narrative and exciting plot. You won't realize that two and a half hours have passed until the end of the film. I believe that choosing this film over the weekend will make you feel that the money spent is worthwhile."

Nanaya nodded and looked at other newspapers, most of which had positive reviews.

Rolling Stone magazine focused its content on the technological applications of the IMAX 3D version of the film.

"This is an excellent film. Its application of 3D technology is a big step forward for the film industry. Regardless of FZ's box office performance, it will be a monument in film special effects technology that cannot be bypassed."

Of course, many other newspapers have given their own comments.

"In FZ's compact action plot design, Kiryu Nanaya used many camera techniques that were not used in the FSN period. This not only makes the audience shocked by the perfect pictures, but also makes them fall in love with this movie."

"More importantly, there is no clear villain in this film except for the blackened Kotomine Kirei and Caster group that everyone already knows. It can be said that everyone participated in the battle for their own goals, which is very rare and precious for commercial films where character creation has become stereotyped."

————The New York Times

"After watching FZ, I only have one thought - hurry up and release the second half of FZ!!"

————The Hollywood Reporter

"The movie is too mysterious. If you can't keep up with the pace, you will fall into a deep sleep for the rest of the movie."

————"Empire Magazine"

"Kiryu Nanaya once again did something stupid. This man proved with his actions what it means to not play without doing anything."

————The Washington Post

Film critics' attitude towards FZ is the same as most other commercial films. They will look at FZ from the most objective perspective possible.

Of course, this "objectivity" has a premise. Although Washimine did not give film critics special treatment, he did not treat them unfairly either.

At least the payment is in accordance with the industry price.

If it were Michael Bay, the director who has severely offended film critics, even if he made a movie with a score of 60, the critics would probably criticize him and reduce the score to 20 or 30.

Twenty years ago, a director like Michael Bay who was so hated by film critics would have been directly criticized and kicked out of the industry.

In fact, film critics also know that their influence is not as great as before.

So as long as the film company is willing to cooperate with them, they will not specifically target a commercial film.

It was only during the awards season that the true colors of these people were revealed.

It is an indisputable fact that the Oscars have increasingly developed into an independent film award in recent years.

After "Avatar" was released and 3D movies became popular, the Oscars became a complete joke.

This award, which was once the most authoritative film award in the world, is no longer a recognition of a film's performance, but has become a complete business.

In the past, the films were excellent, so they were recognized by the Oscars.

By 2010, all the movies had won Oscars, and then relied on the popularity of the awards and the fame of the Oscars to make money at the box office.

Many movies that are prepared specifically for Oscars would be so bad that even their mothers would be unable to tell if they didn't rely on the names of Oscar winners.

But this is the reality.

There is nothing in Hollywood that cannot be treated as a business.

Many people say that Hollywood has deteriorated because of the fat guy Harvey Weinstein's public relations for the Oscars, but Nanaya thinks that guy is just a pusher. The most fundamental reason is that film critics' ability to control the film market has declined and they can no longer influence the box office.

Therefore, Nanaya is very clear about one thing - film critics are lies.

In fact, it is not just film critics, many older generation filmmakers also have this tendency.

Nanaya remembers very clearly that Francis Coppola, the director of "The Godfather", praised the movie a lot when he was promoting "Black Panther".

He said the movie was really good, so after watching it he told the people around him, "Rewind, I want to watch it again."

However, when Martin Scorsese criticized that "Marvel movies are not cinema", Coppola was the first to jump out in support.

At the time, Coppola bluntly stated: "Scorsese was very polite. He didn't say those films were annoying, but I think they were. People don't get anything from watching the same thing over and over again."

Therefore, humans have always been animals whose brains are determined by their butts.

Of course, what Coppola said does make sense. Perhaps it is because "Iron Man" was too successful, and many of Marvel's subsequent movies have used this template.

Although the core of commercial genre films is that [the protagonist learns the "truth" from the "lie"], while other films treat this core as a propositional essay, Marvel directly treats it as a fill-in-the-blank question.

When a routine becomes permanent, problems will naturally arise. This is probably why the ratings of "Captain America 2" are much higher than other movies.

In a world of cookie-cutter movies, this one is truly refreshing.

"Maybe I can try to make Marvel a little more diverse." Nanaya said to himself.

Washimine Entertainment is not Dick Darling, and Marvel can completely get rid of the standard that all movies are family-friendly, and make their films more profound.

Nanaya’s thoughts on MCU didn’t last long, and he focused his attention back on his FZ.

Breaking the midnight record was undoubtedly a big deal, so after Nanaya and Shion arrived at the company, they went straight to the meeting room.

While she was on her way, Shion notified the main creators of FZ and the executives of Washimine Entertainment to hold a short meeting after she arrived.

When Nanaya walked into the conference room, there were already quite a few people sitting there.

Shiki Matsuno, Ori, and the others were already waiting for him and Shion.

【Fortunately, Rin and Sakura are not here. 】

After looking at everyone present, Nanaya breathed a sigh of relief.

Although they already knew about the relationship between her and Shion, it was impossible for them not to be angry when they saw her and Shion come in one after the other.

"Currently, FZ's audience reputation, attendance, and most importantly, box office figures have all exceeded our expectations."

Without any long-winded opening remarks, Iioka went straight to the most important point.

"But everyone is very unhappy about the fact that Kiryu Nanaya FZ is once again divided into two parts. Many people on the Internet have suggested not to watch the first part and just wait for the second part to be released."

"Are there many comments like this?" Shion asked.

Iioka replied: "There are quite a few. Of course, it is difficult to verify things on the Internet, but it has become a trend."

Nanaya answered casually: "This is easy. We just need to find a way to guide the network. Find someone to act cute and fool them."

Shion tilted her head: "You're going to do it?"

Nanaya refused immediately: "I can't do that. My public image is not the material for being cute. How about Old Gen?"

“He has no influence.”

"Does that mean we need to find someone who has authority in the crew and a certain amount of influence?"

Ori said to himself, and he suddenly looked up at someone.

Nanaya and Shion also looked at the same person.

"Um...Is it me you are talking about?"

The corners of Shiki Matsuno's mouth twitched because everyone present was looking at him.

“You are the second director of this film.”

"Your previous films still have a certain influence."

"More importantly, you're a funny guy."

Shiki flipped the table on the spot.

"Half-Nanaya, what do you mean?!"

···

That afternoon, Matsuno Shiki posted a message on the official account of [See Moon]:

[Remember to read after you finish cursing. →_→]

Then, Shiki Matsuno’s account went viral.

Chapter 75: The happiness of having many people?

　　At this moment, an illusion seemed to appear before her eyes.

　　Next to a swing in a park, Bronya and Seele jumped up and down in front of her, pointing at her and laughing, "We're going to have a super exciting party. Guess who's not invited?"

　　Quickly shaking her head to get rid of the distracting thoughts, Kaguya patted her slightly red face.

　　It's the strangest thing that someone would invite me for something like this!

　　I turned my head to look at the wall beside me. In my husband's room on the other side, would he...

　　The CG that I saw when playing Kaleidoscope 3 before came to my mind, and I automatically imagined the characters in it as Seele and the other two.

　　If only I could join in...

　　hiss......

　　Kaguya quickly opened the window and let the cool air blow on her head, which was feeling a little dizzy due to the heat.

　　The cold wind made her body shiver, and the beautiful thoughts in her mind were quickly suppressed.

　　Don’t think about it anymore. Go to rest quickly. Your husband will definitely be tired tomorrow. Get up early and buy some nourishing ingredients to make soup for him.

　　Turn off the lights and close your eyes. Not long after Kaguya closed her eyes, she felt her body getting hot.

　　A-choo!

　　She sneezed subconsciously, but Kaguya didn't care. After rubbing her nose, she turned over and quickly fell asleep curled up in the soft quilt.

　　......

　　"Why, you talk so loudly, but you don't dare to do it for real?"

　　Looking at Minamiya Yu's stunned expression, Bronya raised her eyebrows and uttered a hint of sarcasm as if unintentionally.

　　"Sister Bronya..."

　　Seele murmured a little, but ultimately did not take any actual action.

　　Patting Seele's little head, Bronya gave her a look and then continued to look at Minamiya Yu.

　　"How could I not dare? I just..."

　　A man can't be told no, so Minamiya Yu immediately closed the door and walked to the bed.

　　"Just what?"

　　"It's just a little strange why you guys are suddenly like this tonight."

　　"Hmm? Aren't we doing this to fulfill your wish, Yu?"

　　Bronya pretended to be confused, then smiled as if she had suddenly realized something and said, "Or do you prefer this?"

　　As she spoke, she stretched out her fingers and slowly slid them down from Seele's chin, neck, and collarbone, landing on the first button and slowly unbuttoning it. Then she pinched the loosened collar and smiled at him, revealing a large area of tender white.

　　“Does it look good?”

　　Seele was blushing so much that she didn't dare to look up. Bronya looked at Minamiya Yu's fixed gaze with interest.

　　"Nice."

　　Minamiya Yu nodded quickly, her eyes unable to leave this alluring scene.

　　"If it's good, just watch it."

　　The sudden cold voice was like a bucket of cold water poured on Minamiya Yu's head. He couldn't help but look at Bronya, whose expression suddenly became indifferent.

　　She gently opened her rosy lips and said slowly, "See the quilt next to you and the boundary drawn? You will sleep over there tonight."

　　"ah?"

　　At this time, Minamiya Yu also noticed the change in the layout of the bed, but she was so busy looking at Seele that she didn't notice it for a while.

　　The bed was divided into two parts by two quilts. One side was neatly empty, while the other side was where Bronya and Seele were lying huddled together. It was obvious that the other empty side was the place that Bronya pointed to him.

　　This scene made Minamiya Yu completely calm down, and he couldn't help but feel a little shocked.

　　Sure enough, he said how could it be so easy to achieve the achievement of having girls on both sides, and they were a pair of sisters with a very good relationship.

　　This moment was definitely revenge for what he had done that night.

　　Okay, okay, Bronya, he will remember this grudge.

　　As for why not suspect Seele?

　　What a joke, Seele is so well-behaved and cute, would anyone come up with such a 'vicious' punishment? !

　　It must be Bronya who did it! .jpg

　　"Don't you like to be hugged by girls? Then I'll let you see enough~"

　　The sound of giggling could no longer arouse Minamiya Yu's interest. He walked to the other side of the bed with an expressionless face and crawled in without saying a word.

　　It was so uncomfortable to only be able to look but not touch, so I simply closed my eyes and pretended I didn't see it.

　　"Oh, you're angry."

　　Minamiya Yu pretended not to hear and turned sideways, leaving Bronya and Seele with only their backs.

　　Bronya frowned a little. She deliberately moved her body to make a rustling sound, and then she said in a lazy voice: "I was wondering why you like hugging Seele so much, it's soft and fragrant, it's really comfortable~"

　　"Eh? Why does this scene look like a minotaur?"

　　Bronya was stunned for a moment, then smiled.

　　"Look, facing the yellow-haired man's teasing of his wife, the victim can only shrink aside and pretend to be deaf and dumb. He can't do anything..."

　　Although he knew that Bronya was joking and deliberately provoking him, Minamiya Yu still couldn't help but get hard.

　　Of course, the hard one is the fist.

　　"Ah, you finally turned your eyes to me. Let me tell you in secret, Seele is very r......"

　　Before she could even utter the word Run, Seele seemed to be unable to hold back any longer and shouted,“Sister Bronya!!”

　　After she finished speaking, Seele broke free from Bronya's arms with a red face, and then quickly hugged Minamiya Yu while he was stunned, turned over on him and hugged his back tightly.

　　"Seele, we clearly agreed on this!" Bronya said with dissatisfaction as her eyes twitched.

　　"It's Sister Bronya, you've gone too far!!"

　　The sudden change made Minamiya Yu forget to be angry. She stared blankly at the scene that suddenly turned into a confrontation between the sisters.

　　Seele hugged him tighter, and then said apologetically in his ear: "I'm sorry, brother, Seele didn't want this to happen."

　　"He wants to have the blessing of having two wives, Seele, you should be angry!"

　　Bronya said angrily, as if she was disappointed with someone.

　　"But, but Seele can't do it..."

　　After saying that, Seele moved closer and said in a very small voice: "Seele doesn't want to make brother sad."

　　"Seele..."

　　Seeing that Minamiya Yu was touched by Seele's whisper, Bronya suddenly became anxious. She ignored the previously set dividing line and directly crossed over to hug Minamiya Yu's other side.

　　"Seele, you are cheating!"

　　"Sister Bronya, you are the one. We agreed that we were only trying to stimulate our brother!"

　　"I'm here to punish him. We agreed that we can't let him succeed so easily!"

　　"Seele doesn't care. Seele doesn't like to see her brother like that."

　　"Fool!"

　　"Sister Bronya is the idiot!"

　　Feeling the softness being squeezed from the front and back, and listening to the two girls revealing their previous plans one by one, Minamiya Yu gradually understood everything.

　　But at this time he didn't dare to move.

　　After arguing for a while, Bronya might have been tired. She pushed Minamiya Yu and said in a dissatisfied tone: "Hey, you've taken such a big advantage, say something."

　　"ah?"

　　"Come on, I'm letting you enjoy all the happiness, but you don't show any appreciation at all?"

　　"Uh...I'll always like Seele and Bronya?"

　　"Be serious!"

　　Looking at Bronya's stubborn little eyes and noticing the tears in them, Minamiya Yu was stunned. Then he slowly straightened his face and solemnly made his oath.

　　After quietly putting away the recording device, Bronya nodded in satisfaction.

　　"You said it, Yu, if you dare to lie to us in the future, you know the consequences."

　　"Brother will definitely not lie to Seele, right?"

　　"Of course, I like you guys the most."

　　"Hmph~"

　　"Brother~"

　　Lying down, Minamiya Yu reached out and gently embraced the two girls in his arms.

　　The lights went out and the room was plunged into darkness.

　　One blue and one gray, two pairs of bright eyes opened in the darkness. They looked at each other, their brows filled with smiles of success.

Chapter 464: Cream or something, I like it the most~

After hearing Shiki's confirmation, Iioka forced himself to calm down.

After all, Iioka is the assistant to the chairman of Washimine Group, so he must always remain calm and composed even when faced with a catastrophe.

But at a time like this, just stay the hell calm.

Iioka walked around the table twice in front of Shiki Matsuno.

Although he is not from the film industry, he has been busy with the film industry with Shion in recent years, so he still understands some basic market rules.

Generally speaking, for a large-scale commercial film, the first-day box office is usually about three times that of the midnight show.

If we calculate according to this rule, FZ's first-day box office could exceed 50 million US dollars?

This is just the opening box office, what about the opening weekend box office? What about the opening week box office?

Of course, this $17.1 million box office result may just be due to the fan effect of Fate, and the actual box office potential may not be that strong.

But even if we calculate it at twice the unsatisfactory amount, a performance of $34 million is certainly not a failure.

Thinking of this, the corners of Iioka's mouth curled up slightly, and a barely perceptible smile appeared on his face.

This mistress of my boss always brings surprises to people.

"Mr. Matsuno, you should call Kiryu right away... No, let me do it."

Iioka stopped Shiki Matsuno in the middle of his words.

[It was a close call. I almost forgot that the boss slept with Kiryu last night.]

Although disturbing one's leader's sleep is a very dangerous thing, Iioka didn't care about disturbing his sweet dreams at this time.

He picked up the phone on the desk and after a little thought, he called his boss first.

But in fact, Iioka was completely overthinking.

Nanaya and Shion woke up very early today. It had nothing to do with some dirty reasons, but they were just woken up by the phone call.

Ever since the sun rose and the midnight box office data came out, Nanaya's phone has been ringing non-stop.

After all, breaking records is something that attracts a lot of attention wherever you go.

And the person who breaks the record is the focus of everyone's attention.

Congratulate yourself for breaking records, come to build relationships, and actively promote yourself.

Nanaya couldn't count how many calls he had received that morning.

The senior executives of major Hollywood film companies, his new assistant, the leading actor of the Fate series or his agent, Kevin Feige and Avi Arad of Marvel, and even some guys who somehow got his number, etc.

Only those closest to Nanaya, such as Ori, Rin, Shiki Matsuno and others knew that Nanaya was very busy recently and needed to rest, so they did not call him immediately.

After all, given their relationship with Nanaya, there was no need to build relationships right away.

Nanaya had nothing good to say about these people.

Hollywood is originally a standard place for fame and fortune, and chasing after successful people has always been one of Hollywood's eternal themes.

Although only the results of the midnight session have been released, it is very obvious that everyone is optimistic about FZ without exception.

Although according to the current film market's in-depth development of IP and inflation, it is only a matter of time before midnight shows break records.

But no one expected that the record set by "Star Wars: Episode 3" in 2005 would be broken so quickly.

You have to know that this is Star Wars, the number one movie IP in the United States!

Although this does not mean that the IP value of Fate has surpassed that of Star Wars, it at least shows that Fate has become a strong challenger to Star Wars.

This is also why someone came to poach our employees early in the morning.

It’s a pity that those who are trying to build relationships or even poach employees don’t know that Nanaya had been exercising with Boss Washimine last night and stayed overnight at Nanaya’s house.

It's not because Nanaya and Shion have a close relationship, but mainly because it's quite embarrassing for you to poach someone in front of their boss.

"Yes, Mr. Iger. Thank you for calling me... I have always liked Disney's works. If there is a chance, I wouldn't mind working with them once... Of course, I mean if there is a chance. ... You think so too? That's great! After all, Disney is my childhood."

After Nanaya finally got rid of the "Smiling Mickey Mouse" he hung up the phone helplessly.

"You seem to be very happy? You had a great time talking to that dead rat~"

Shion supported her head with one hand and looked at Nanaya with a half-smile.

"Don't tell me you're jealous of men!" Nanaya snorted coldly. He threw a shirt to Shion, "Be careful not to catch a cold."

Shion rolled her eyes, pointed at Nanaya's chest and said, "Oh~ You don't want me to get cold, or you don't want to treat me to soy milk so early in the morning?"

"Why didn't you tell me that you invited me to drink milk so early in the morning!" Nanaya glared at Shion.

"It's in the refrigerator, you have to get it yourself." Queen Shion waved her hand in dissatisfaction, her tone revealing a kind of laziness, "I'm not a cow, how can I have that kind of thing."

[Did this woman have a good time last night? She's driving recklessly so early in the morning. ]

There were black lines all over Nanaya’s forehead.

He was just about to give the boy a lecture when his cell phone rang again.

[Ex——calibur! Ex——calibur! ]

Listening to Lily's screaming, Shion looked at Nanaya with a frosty look: "Can't you change your ringtone? How about I record one for you?"

"No thanks, I just like the feeling of that burst of magic."

Nanaya's expression remained unchanged as he calmly answered the phone.

"Boy, I heard you did a good job!"

The person who called turned out to be his teacher, Ryuichi Hanai, and Nanaya quickly greeted him.

"Come on, don't be so modest. When I was your age, I was just thinking about hooking up with more female celebrities."

"Uh...nothing wrong."

Nanaya secretly glanced at Shion beside him, and the smile on the other person's face became even more intense.

[Although I understand what you want to say, old man, why is your analogy so inappropriate? ]

"Boy, you are really amazing."

The voice of Hanai Ryuichi was heard again in the receiver, forcing Nanaya to focus on the phone again.

"You are now one of the best directors in the world. You must maintain a good attitude! If you are too proud and complacent, you will fall."

"I understand, Sensei. I know what to do."

Nanaya knew, of course, that the teacher reminded him for his own good, and he had always had great respect for this old man.

Although when the old man took him to Ginza to have fun, he would also show a little contempt.

"Then congratulations, you have set a new record."

Although there was no picture, Nanaya felt that his teacher should be smiling.

The master and the disciple talked for a few more words and then hung up the phone.

Nanaya threw his cell phone aside. The continuous phone calls made him give up the idea of staying in bed, and he decided to get up and work directly.

But when he turned around, Nanaya saw Shion staring at him blankly, and the shirt he had just thrown to her was thrown aside.

"What's wrong?" Nanaya felt a little uneasy when he was stared at. "Put on your shirt quickly!"

"So you like this." Shion picked up the shirt and rubbed it gently with her hands, "Do you want to add more water, or go directly to the bath this early in the morning?"

“…”

Nanaya looked at his female boss in silence. As an experienced person, he certainly knew that shirts would become translucent when in contact with water.

But Nanaya really doesn’t mean that now.

"I mean put your underwear on first."

Shion raised an eyebrow: "So you like to see underwear through the shirt! It's an interesting idea, do you want to try it next time?"

I have to say that when women act like hooligans, Nanaya really can't handle it.

"I can't talk to you anymore!"

Nanaya got off the bed angrily, leaving Shion alone on the bed, laughing like a silver bell.

"I originally wanted to take it slow, but now it seems I have to speed up."

Shion stopped laughing only after Nanaya left the room.

"It seems that we have to get everything done before July~"

What Shion was talking about was the full acquisition of [Erque Studio].

When I talked about this with Nanaya before, although Nanaya expressed his intention to cooperate, he still cautiously said that we need to wait until the middle of this year.

Of course, Shion knew that Nanaya was dragging his feet just for the release of FZ, after all, the movie was only a few months away from its release.

If this movie is successful, it will naturally allow Nanaya to take more initiative in the acquisition.

This is a typical business tactic. If it were Shion herself, she would do the same.

But now Shion can't wait any longer. Although FZ is still far from the time to calculate the final results, the current results are enough to convince the board of directors to give preferential treatment to Nanaya and his [Erque Studio].

The countless messages of poaching this morning made Shion feel a sense of crisis, although she believed that Nanaya would not do anything treacherous.

But what if?

In order to win over Nanaya, although the Fate series was entirely operated by Washimine Entertainment and Washimine also took the lion's share of the profits, the copyright still belonged to [Erque Studio].

Just like the copyright of "Star Wars" belongs to Lucas, Nanaya is the owner of the Fate series.

Not many people know about this. After all, when people see Fate, they subconsciously think that the copyright belongs to Washimine.

But if someone were to investigate, Shion believed that some clues would be found.

"It would be troublesome if Nanaya was set up by someone else." Shion tapped the edge of the bed with her fingers, "It's better to strike first."

As long as [Erque Studio] becomes a branch wholly owned by Washimine, she will no longer be afraid of others taking away this piece of cake that belongs to her.

"After all..." Shion licked her fingers with the tip of her tongue, "Nanaya's cream tastes so good, I can't bear to let it go."

···

“A-choo!”

Nanaya in the bathroom immediately sneezed.

"Why is it suddenly a bit cold?"

Chapter 74: Are you serious?

　　With Minamiya Yu's intervention, Seele and Bronya finally stopped arguing.

　　Looking at the two people who had reconciled and were sitting together talking intimately, Minamiya Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

　　Come to think of it, this seemed to be the first time he saw Seele and Bronya not getting along. Usually, even if the two had different opinions, they would smile and understand each other.

　　Who would have thought that today even Seele, who had such a soft personality, would be tough for once.

　　“Do we really want to make games and anime based on this plot?”

　　Kaguya was making tea in the kitchen, and Minamiya Yu had just sat on the sofa on the other side when Bronya asked.

　　"What else?"

　　"But, isn't this kind of plot..."

　　Seele also looked at her brother and said weakly.

　　The plot was fine in the beginning, everyone was working together and it was full of youthful feelings, but why did it become so, so weird later on?

　　After rubbing her stomach which still felt a little sore, Seele's face turned bitter.

　　Minamiya Yu also had bad intentions, and in the script he showed them, he drew the scene where Haruki and Touma kissed at the end of the story when Touma was leaving the airport, and he used the scene from the anime.

　　Through the gap between the two people kissing with tears in their eyes, we can see Setsuna, who is silent and lowering her head. Which genius came up with this composition? It's really amazing.

　　You don't even need to watch the plot, just one picture is enough to make people feel sick to their stomach.

　　"All conflicts are for the sake of the plot. Seele, Bronya, just tell me, in terms of the plot alone, how is this game?"

　　"......"

　　Seele bit her lip and remained silent. Would this plot be ugly? Otherwise, how could she argue with her favorite sister Bronya like that?

　　Although part of the reason was that she saw shadows of herself and her brothers and sisters in the three people in the plot, it did not prevent Seele from feeling that the plot was quite attractive.

　　Ever since the emotional entanglement among the three began to emerge, her heart has been in a knot and she has never relaxed.

　　“This is indeed an excellent work.”

　　Bronya sighed. She looked at Minamiya Yu with some emotion. They all lived together. How did he come up with this kind of plot? It couldn't be that he had referred to her and Seele. That would be too weird.

　　"That's fine, isn't it? Aside from CG, isn't a galgame just about music and plot?"

　　At this time, Kaguya came back after making tea and placed a cup of hot black tea on the table in front of everyone in the family.

　　"Oh, by the way, speaking of music."

　　Waving at Kaguya, Minamiya Yu looked at his lovely fiancée who was walking over obediently and said with a smile, "Can you help me get the Bluetooth speaker next to the TV?"

　　Kaguya nodded and obediently went to get the small speaker.

　　"Is the music ready?"

　　“So soon?”

　　Bronya and Seele on the sofa asked questions, but saw Minamiya Yu waving his hand.

　　"How could it be so fast? I just finished a rough version of the theme song, and it just so happens that everyone can listen to it together."

　　As soon as she finished speaking, Kaguya brought over the small speaker.

　　After putting it on the table, Minamiya Yu pulled her to sit next to him and leaned on him.

　　He touched her head as a reward, and Kaguya squinted her eyes and rubbed her hands happily. Then Minamiya Yu took out his mobile phone, connected it to the speakers, and opened the audition file sent by the production company.

　　"As for the theme song, does it have a name?"

　　With an excited expression, Kaguya pulled Minamiya Yu's arm and asked curiously.

　　"Yes, I have."

　　After glancing at three pairs of curious eyes, Minamiya Yu suddenly smiled.

　　"Unreachable Love, the name of this song."

　　"......"

　　Okay, okay, even the song title is starting to get distorted, right?

　　Afterwards, seeing their strange expressions as the lyrics reminded them of the plot, Minamiya Yu was happy again. It seemed that the production company did a good job.

　　However, this is just the beginning. The high school chapter is just the appetizer of the whole game, and the social chapter is the real stomach pain, making players extremely conflicted about every option.

　　Although there is basically no plot about Touma in the university arc, Touma Kazusa did come back briefly when Touma Youko returned to the Far East for a concert.

　　The game clearly gives the option to go find Touma, but that option is never allowed to be selected. This is simply the greatest malice of the designer, and it makes people so angry that their teeth itch.

　　After listening to it once, Minamiya Yu wanted to listen to it again, but was stopped by three people and had no choice but to give up.

　　"I will write the subsequent script as soon as possible. How is your system optimization going?"

　　Minamiya Yu asked casually after drinking a sip of hot tea and enjoying Kaguya's gentle massage.

　　"Not much has moved yet."

　　Bronya shook her head, looking a little worried.

　　"The functions of your system are actually quite good, so I am currently collecting some suggestions from players on the Internet."

　　Don't wait until the more you optimize it, the harder it will be to use.

　　"Okay, there's no need to rush this. Eromanga-sensei and I haven't done much drawing of the game's CG yet, so just take your time."

　　"Well, I will do my best."

　　There was still some time before bedtime, so the family began their daily routine of drinking tea and chatting.

　　"That's right."

　　Seele's sudden voice attracted everyone's attention.

　　"What's wrong?"

　　"Mom Cocolia asked us to go back to the orphanage during the Chinese New Year because everyone missed us."

　　"That's nothing. Didn't we plan to go back after New Year's Day?"

　　Hearing this, Seele showed a little apology on her face: "Well, Cocolia's mother said that she wanted us to hurry up and stay at home for a few more days, so..."

　　Glancing at her brother, Seele said worriedly, "Maybe we'll have to take a plane again."

　　"......"

　　......

　　Still the last one to wash and dry her body, Minamiya Yu walked out of the bathroom wearing simple pajamas.

　　The continuously running floor heating isolated the family from the cold outside. Humming "Unreachable Love", Minamiya Yu pushed open the door of the room.

　　It's time to hold Seele to sleep...

　　Even as he was thinking this, the scene in the room stunned him.

　　On the spacious bed, Seele and Bronya lay together, hugging each other. The thin pajamas could not hide their beautiful figures. Their white and plump thighs overlapped each other, and their peaks were squeezed and intertwined.

　　Seele's face was so red that it seemed like water could drip out. She leaned on Bronya's shoulder, looking at her brother with moist eyes. Bronya seemed to have been waiting for a long time. When she saw him come in, she bit the corner of her mouth lightly, with charming eyes. She lifted her clothes lightly with one hand and stretched out the other hand to hook her fingers at him.

　　"You shouldn't have forgotten what you said last night, right?"

　　......

　　On the other side, Kaguya fell into silence as she looked at the room where she was the only one left.

Chapter 463 Breaking the Record

Just as Nanaya was enjoying Shion's cosplay service in the villa and trying to persuade the other party to implement Jeanne d'Arc's spirit clothes as well.

The time in North America has also entered March 29th from March 28th, and large-scale midnight screenings of FZs in various places have begun to be released on time.

Major box office research and review agencies in North America have dispatched their employees to collect as much audience feedback as possible about FZ and make predictions about the movie's box office.

These employees from major investigative agencies are destined to have a busy weekend.

Compared to a certain animal director who has fallen asleep with a beautiful woman in his arms, these poor employees are waiting pitifully at the entrances of theaters of major cinemas just to collect first-hand feedback after the midnight shows.

“The war scenes were very exciting. The moment Alexander the Great led his army to charge, I felt my blood boiling!”

"Orlando Bloom's costume looks a bit like a vampire. I feel like the director has ruined his great looks. Everything else is very good."

"I'm already a fan of Iskandar. Although Saber is also very handsome, the emperor has a stronger aura when it comes to kingly dominance!"

“The film did not disappoint. The camera switching when the masters summoned servants was really great! It turns out that the work directed by Nanaya Kiryu is really worth looking forward to!”

"The plot is tighter than FSN, and the scenes are grander than FSN. Although FZ is a prequel, it is superior to FSN in every way. The three kings' banquet at the end of the movie is very interesting, and it is my favorite part."

Mander Wilder was a market researcher employed by Cinema Score and was stationed at a movie theater on New York's Upper West Side.

Because this theater does not have an IMAX screen, the feedback Wilder received was mainly based on the plot, and most of them were positive.

It can be seen that the audience who came to watch the midnight show had a very high opinion of the film.

In particular, the exciting action scenes and the final military battle in the movie became the focus of praise for most movie fans.

Of course, there were also some negative comments among these viewers.

Some people think the plot is a bit complicated and a bit tiring after watching one show.

Some viewers also directly criticized Nanaya's method of dividing the work into two parts, and gave him the nickname [Half-Nanaya].

Such audiences account for a small proportion, and Wilder's approval rating has basically remained above 80%.

In fact, the darling of the film industry today is undoubtedly FZ, but there are also several other movies that have chosen to start midnight shows in the early morning of March 29th.

But whether it is the audience traffic or everyone's evaluation of the movie, it can be seen that these movies with investments of less than 10 million have not made any splash at all.

Anyway, according to Wilder's estimation, today's midnight show of FZ attracted more than 95% of the audience, and other movies could only share the remaining pitiful market share of less than 5%.

"It looks like FZ has secured the title of the weekly champion this week." Wilder made his judgment.

Wilder was not at all surprised by this result. For FZ, weekly championship has never been the goal. What matters is whether they can break several box office records in March and maintain the box office championship for several consecutive weeks.

These are what everyone needs to pay attention to.

The FZ movie is 2 and a half hours long, plus statistics from a survey of movie fans.

It was already 3 o'clock when Wilder walked out of the cinema, but he couldn't rest yet. Instead, he had to rush back to the company as soon as possible to report the data.

Cinema Score has a larger and more detailed statistical work to do. They need to organize and roughly analyze the feedback from all the midnight screenings across the United States.

After daybreak, feedback must be given to Washimine Entertainment as soon as possible.

It can be said that today was a sleepless night for the members of Cinema Score.

For Wilder, who has been working in the industry for several years, this situation has long been a routine.

Every time a big production opens in North America, he basically has no rest time. It is normal for him to work from 12 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Of course, it wasn’t just the people from the investigation company who couldn’t sleep tonight. Many viewers who watched the movie were even more so.

The cameraman next to Katsushira is a typical example.

After saying goodbye to Katsushira, the cameraman returned to the dormitory apartment that the company helped him rent.

Although I took a comfortable hot bath, I kept tossing and turning in bed and had no desire to sleep.

The meat grinder of the Battle of Camlann, the docks where the servants fought fiercely, and the army galloping across the desert.

These scenes would flash through the camera guy's mind from time to time, and he felt that his originally calm mood seemed to be stimulated by something.

The cameraman found that his body seemed to be in a state of adrenaline surge, just like when he was sitting in the movie theater a few hours ago.

Unable to sleep, he looked out the window and at the bright moon in the sky. The cameraman wondered if there really was a battlefield called the Holy Grail War somewhere in the world.

If so, would I have a chance to become the Master?

“If there is a chance, I hope to draw Iskandar.”

The scenes of galloping on horseback and on the battlefield are so great, it's simply the romance of men.

"Should we go and see if there really is a relic of Iskandar in this world? Just in case..."

With this thought in mind, the cameraman finally fell asleep in a daze.

Compared to most North American audiences who can only watch the midnight show, Japanese audiences are obviously much luckier.

After all, the movie was scheduled for the day so at least they didn’t have to stay up late to watch it.

And it can be quickly re-read.

For example, Kazutani and his girlfriend Asuna, after they walked out of the screening room, they directly bought two tickets for the afternoon show.

But their behavior is still not as good as that of a certain fanatical guy.

Shiori Kaede directly bought tickets for that afternoon, that evening, and the next morning.

"Won't you throw up if you watch it 4 times in a row?"

During lunch, Kiritani looked at his friend and asked.

Although Kazuya likes the movie FZ very much, he would definitely get bored if he had to watch it so many times in a row.

In fact, if his girlfriend hadn't asked him to do it, Kiritani would have waited at least two days before brushing it.

"How could that be? You have to enjoy the movie to your heart's content." Shiori Kaede said excitedly, "The plot is so exciting this time, I must watch it several times to appreciate it carefully."

"That's true."

Asuna agreed with a smile, "It's a pity that I have flower arrangement class in the evening and I won't be free in the next few days. Otherwise, I would have read it several times in a row like you, Shiori."

[Luckily I don’t have time! Hooray! ]

Kiritani cheered in his heart. If he really had to watch it so many times in a row, he might fall asleep.

If that happens, I will be in trouble.

Although Asuna is gentle and virtuous, she can be very scary when she gets angry.

For the rest of the time, Kiritani kept his mouth shut.

He just watched quietly as Asuna and Shiori Kaede began their discussion about the plot and settings of FZ.

Asuna is okay, at least she still maintains the most basic image of a lady and speaks slowly and softly.

But Shiori Kaede is different. This guy drinks tea while spitting out his views.

When he talked about the exciting parts, Shiori Kaede even started to dance and gesture.

Shiori Kaede's strange behavior attracted the attention of others nearby.

Some people thought this guy was a lunatic and stayed away from him.

Another group of people found the countdown very interesting, so they came up to find out which movie it was.

After being recommended by Shiori Kaede, many of them said that they would go to the cinema when they have time to watch Fate, the movie in which King Arthur is a girl.

While Shiori Kaede was promoting Fate and keeping his fame and achievements to himself, the night was gradually falling in America across the sea.

Cities once again woke up from their slumber and began the bustling day after day.

Everyone is planning for the upcoming weekend and trying to slack off on the last working day of the week.

But this certainly does not include the staff related to FZ. For them, the few days before the movie is released are the busiest and most critical period, and there is no such thing as rest.

Especially for the publicity and promotion department, how to trick as many audiences as possible into the cinema is their most critical priority at the moment.

Even though the premiere and midnight show of FZ were very lively, that was just a carnival for the core fans.

The following period of time is the time of most movie fans and ordinary audiences, and these people are also the most critical part of the box office.

As the sun rises, FZ's midnight box office statistics come to an end.

This astonishing box office figure was passed to Washimine Entertainment at the fastest speed, and then spread to other film companies and even the entire Hollywood through various channels.

At Washimine's North American headquarters building, Iioka walked into the building carrying a briefcase.

Last night his boss stayed over at a director's house. Based on past experience, he knew that he wouldn't get up so soon. Iioka felt that he could go to the company first, finish some of his work, and then drive to pick up his boss.

But just as Iioka entered the office, he saw FZ's second director Matsuno Shiki walking in.

This guy was holding a report in his hand with a bright smile on his face. He already looked like a gangster, but now he looked like he was about to tease a decent woman, which was particularly funny.

"Iioka, great news!" He seemed eager to share his joy with others and started dancing before he even got close.

"Tell me, Mr. Matsuno. Did the box office of FZ's midnight show exceed expectations?"

Iioka had a very calm expression on his face. There were only a few pieces of news that could make this director happy.

Washimine does not have high expectations for the FZ midnight box office, as long as it can exceed 10 million US dollars.

After all, the midnight box office is more about the influence of the movie IP than the level of the movie.

"It's not just as simple as exceeding expectations!" Shiki was really excited this time. He pressed the report directly against Iioka's chest, "17.1 million US dollars. Iioka, we broke the record! This result is currently the best midnight box office result in North America's history! We made history!"

"What? A record-breaking one?!"

A trace of emotion appeared on Iioka's usually calm face, and he seemed a little bit unable to believe this fact.

You know, getting good results and breaking records are two completely different concepts.

"Yes!" Shiki Matsuno nodded with certainty, "Our work has created incredible box office results! The $17.1 million surpassed the $16.9 million of Star Wars: Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith! This is the latest North American midnight box office record!"

Chapter 73: No matter what you choose, I want them all!

　　"Although it's called a game, this is only a small part of the animation. There are too many specific game scripts. Even with Hatsune's help, I won't be able to finish it in a short time."

　　After rubbing his waist which was a little sore from sitting for a long time, Minamiya Yu's voice was a little tired.

　　He was exhausted from typing these days, but even so, there was no way he could finish the huge amount of text in "White Album 2" in such a short time.

　　"You guys watch first, I'm going to go out for a walk."

　　While leaving the three girls to read stories in the studio, he prepared to go out for a walk and stretch his body.

　　Outside the door, the sky had become dark. The lit street lights reflected a pale light. Under the starry sky, Minamiya Yu walked on the road.

　　With nothing to do, he made a phone call across half the planet.

　　"Hello, who is this~"

　　A slightly confused voice came from the phone. Minamiya Yu imagined the fairy lady curled up in the quilt in a daze, reaching out to touch the phone but quickly shrinking back into the quilt because of fear of the cold. A smile suddenly appeared on the corner of her mouth.

　　"Hey, did you miss me~"

　　Mimicking the other person's tone, Minamiya Yu said with a smile.

　　"Yeah, it's Ayu!"

　　The voice became noticeably more energetic, and a rustling sound could be heard from the phone.

　　"Bad Ayu, you actually imitated Miss Fairy's speech!"

　　"Just tell me whether you have thought about it or not!"

　　"Think!"

　　Ely's decisive response made Minamiya Yu nod in satisfaction, and then he quickened his pace and walked towards the small busy street not far away.

　　"Very good, because of your honesty, Sister Ely, I have decided to give you a reward!"

　　"Reward? Tell me quickly."

　　“Hehe~”

　　Minamiya Yu smiled maliciously and blended into the bustling city.

　　"Reward you for listening to me eat something delicious!"

　　"?"

　　Ely on the other side was obviously confused and couldn't speak for a long time, so Minamiya Yu continued: "Oh, should I choose the sweet and soft Taiyaki, or the spicy and fragrant barbecued skewers? I'm so confused, Sister Ely, I'll give you the right to choose for me~"

　　"......Ayu!!!!"

　　Since returning from the last trip to the beach, Sister Ely has complained about the food there more than once. Without them, she was once again trapped in endless fish and chips.

　　Who told her she can't cook?

　　She had just woken up from a late nap and was feeling hungry. Minamiya Yu's few words aroused Ely's appetite and her stomach started to growl.

　　"I'm going to fight you!!!"

　　"Well, I'm looking forward to it."

　　After saying that, Minamiya Yu just smiled and hung up the phone.

　　Beep beep beep.

　　The sudden end of the communication made Ely's breath stuck in her throat, and she couldn't express it.

　　She took a deep breath, suggesting to herself that she was a lovely beautiful girl, and beautiful girls should not get angry easily.

　　Humph, isn’t it just delicious? She decided to take a day off today and reward herself for working hard these days. As long as she looks around, there will always be a delicious restaurant!

　　And that stinky Ayu, isn't she working so hard just to be able to go to him earlier? You big bad guy, still bullying her like this!

　　Just as she kept complaining in her heart, her cell phone suddenly buzzed. When she opened it, she saw it was a message from Ayu.

　　Hmm? Do you regret provoking Miss Fairy now?

　　Humph, if Ayu apologizes in time, then it's not impossible for her to be magnanimous...

　　In the chat box, Minamiya Yu sent a photo.

　　In the photo, he is holding a cup of hot oden in one hand and a box of barbecue sprinkled with spices in another. In the other hand, he is holding a bitten piece of Taiyaki, with the red bean filling still emitting sweet hot steam.

　　"......"

　　Just looking at it and smelling the rich aroma, feeling her stomach growing more and more hungry, Ely's face turned dark.

　　It's true that her uncle can tolerate it, but her aunt can't, and Miss Fairy can't tolerate it at all. Just when she picked up her phone and was about to explain to her bad brother with emotion and reason, two new messages came quickly.

　　"So come quickly, I will treat you to meals every day then."

　　"I miss you."

　　Her typing hands froze on the keys, and Ely huddled in the quilt, her body slowly curling up.

　　She just stared at the last two sentences, her face red, and it was unclear whether it was because she was angry or because of other reasons.

　　"Really? This suddenly seems a bit unfair."

　　Mumbling softly, Ely silently clicked on the photo above.

　　Ayu in the photo seemed to be looking at herself and smiling happily, and Ely couldn't help but laugh along with her.

　　"Silly, but kind of cute."

　　Quickly saving it in a special folder, Ely patted her hot cheeks and quickly replied, "Got it~"

　　After calming her rapid heartbeat for a while, Ely got dressed, got up, and called A Yu again.

　　The time just now was too short, let her listen to his voice for a while longer.

　　......

　　I chatted with Sister Ely all the way until the full moon was high in the sky and the noisy streets became deserted. Only then did Minamiya Yu reluctantly hang up the phone and walk home contentedly.

　　Several people in the family should have seen most of it. For now, only the high school chapter is going to be adapted into an animation. The difference from the previous life is that this time he plans to make the college chapter and the society chapter into an animation together. There is no other way, the plot is really great, and the description of emotions in it is quite delicate.

　　It is precisely because of this that the choice between Touma and Setsuna seems so difficult and puzzling.

　　After returning home, Minamiya Yu had just opened the door and hadn't even changed her shoes when she was hugged by a figure.

　　"I'm sorry, my dear husband, I seem to have gotten into trouble..."

　　It seemed like Kaguya had been waiting at the door for a long time, and when Minamiya Yu came back, she hugged him directly.

　　Touching the smooth black hair, Minamiya Yu said softly: "What's wrong? And where are those two people?"

　　"...They started quarreling."

　　"?"

　　......

　　"Are you saying that Seele and Bronya had an argument because you mentioned whether you liked Touma or Setsuna?"

　　With a frown on his face, Minamiya Yu looked at Kaguya who had a guilty look on her face.

　　"Well, I was just curious at the time, but... "

　　"Okay..."

　　When I opened the door of the studio, I saw Seele and Bronya still confronting each other.

　　Bronya crossed her arms and Seele put her hands on her hips, both of them stared at each other unwilling to be outdone.

　　Hearing the sound of the door opening and noticing Minamiya Yu at the door, the two of them immediately rushed over and each hugged one of his arms.

　　Seele: "Brother, you also think Setsuna is better, right?"

　　Bronya: "Yu, maybe Touma is better?"

　　"......"

　　Minamiya Yu suddenly felt a headache. He did this to have fun, so why did the fun end up happening to him?

　　"Sister Bronya, don't talk nonsense. It was obviously Setsuna who was with the protagonist first."

　　"Seele, you are the one who doesn't understand. It's obvious that Touma and the protagonist are the true love."

　　"Setsuna!"

　　"Touma!"

　　The sisters, who were usually in harmony, finally had a disagreement over a certain issue.

　　Minamiya Yu was so annoyed by the noise from both sides that he immediately became timid and hugged Seele and Bronya with both hands at the same time, saying in a loud voice: "What do you choose? I want them all!"

　　As he said this, he kissed Seele and Bronya respectively, which made Kaguya behind him look envious.

　　There seems to be another position in the middle, can we add her?

　　Kaguya asked weakly in her heart.

Chapter 462 Subsequent Plans Announced

Although the second Easter egg left the audience with a deep suspense, everyone was very curious about how the servants should deal with this ghost thing.

But Nanaya seemed to think that this was not enough, and he even cut a preview in the last shot.

This trailer shows almost no plot, only battle clips between servants and sea monsters, and the slogan [The war will end next year].

All the audience at the scene had the same reaction after watching it:

No one is as greedy as you.

"Please, do you want to do this?!"

"Do we have to wait another year?! How are we going to spend this year?"

"I'm dying without the second half of FZ.JPG."

…

There were all kinds of complaints in the theater, and everyone was dissatisfied with Nanaya's method of screening the film in two parts.

"It seems like they have a lot of resentment towards you." Shion turned to Nanaya and chuckled, "You think you should be careful when you go out recently."

“Who knows.”

Nanaya touched his nose and whispered.

No one knows what crazy movie fans will do.

After Avengers 3 was released, many female fans even sent death threats to the Russo brothers because they were dissatisfied with Loki's death in the movie.

If someone is unhappy with Nanaya's out-of-context behavior, it is not impossible that they would send him a razor blade.

But apart from complaints about the film's episode structure, most viewers think it is a good movie.

Although Hassan left tragically, the current development of the film is still considered to be a normal popcorn movie, and everyone enjoyed watching it very much.

So after a brief complaint, the audience still applauded the film and the crew members who made it.

[I wonder what they will think when they see the ending of total annihilation next year. ]

Shiki Matsuno looked at the excited fans and felt full of evil amusement.

The tragedy of the first half of FZ is not strong, although anyone with a discerning eye can see that FZ is indeed not as relaxing as the previous FSN and is a little less entertaining.

But the flaws outweigh the merits, and this is still a wonderful popcorn movie.

Moreover, the depth of the plot will arouse the interest of some audiences who like dark movies and will open their wallets for it.

This can be felt from the applause at the premiere. Everyone likes this movie very much.

Ori said to Nanaya with a little excitement: "We succeeded!"

He was probably the most excited one among the old guys in the crew.

Nanaya also smiled and nodded. He slowly exhaled and his body relaxed.

Although he appeared calm on the surface, he was still very nervous inside.

The same was true for Shion, who was very happy with the audience's reaction and even secretly made a V sign.

For Washimine Entertainment, audience satisfaction is the most important thing.

Only when the audience is satisfied will they become further consumers of the film.

After all, as a large-scale commercial project, the Fate series sells more than just movies, but also launches a variety of peripheral products.

From comics and novel derivatives to games, toy peripherals, and even daily necessities such as cups and clothes, there are hundreds of types of movie-related products launched simultaneously with FZ films.

Even in the food sector, Washimine has reached a cooperation agreement with McDonald's and launched 7 similar FZ special meal packages.

It can be said that FZ's peripheral products include all kinds of necessities including food, clothing, housing and transportation.

Even if a crazy die-hard fan wants to buy a 1:1 scale Saber statue, that's not a problem.

And Nanaya believes that there must be such people.

You should know that after the release of "Iron Man" last year, hundreds of proportional Iron Man armor models have been sold around the world.

As an equally popular character, Lily's role as Artoria is certainly no less popular.

"Let's go." Nanaya said to Shiki and Ori, "Let's take everyone to the curtain call."

Shiki Matsuno and Ori nodded immediately, and they called the main creative staff sitting in the front row to walk towards the small stage together.

Because the curtain call was the crew's responsibility, Shion did not go on stage. She just sat in her seat and watched Nanaya lead the crew in the curtain call again and again.

At this time, the audience's applause continued, and everyone was excited about the outstanding work contributed by Erque Studio.

But Shion is also very clear that with the success of FZ, both [Erque Studio] and Washimine Entertainment will undergo very big changes in the future.

The resource integration of Washimine Entertainment has become imperative, which is a win-win choice for Nanaya and Shion.

Even though the premiere screenings were over, the premiere was not over.

As usual, Washimine held a small press conference after the movie.

Although it is a small one, Washimine still attaches great importance to the press conference.

After all, the Fate series is the most important profit point for Washimine Entertainment.

In AMC's press room, hundreds of entertainment reporters filled every inch of space below the stage.

All of them focused their attention on Nanaya and Lily.

After all, Artoria is so eye-catching. In this war that took place in Fuyuki City at night, Artoria is the most dazzling full moon in the night sky.

Coupled with Lily's aristocratic status, she became an immediate darling of the media.

As for Nanaya, the person who created Fate, he is also the focus of reporters.

Especially this time he changed his usual low-key style and joined the movie as the leading actor, which itself is quite a topic.

Although Nanaya's acting skills are not outstanding, the character Kiritsugu Emiya he plays has always captured the audience's attention.

Although he is a killing machine with blood on his hands, he has an ideal of becoming a hero and bringing world peace.

It can be said that this huge contrast between the inside and the outside makes the character of Emiya Kiritsugu present a peculiar sense of contradiction.

People who like it will like it very much, and people who don’t like it will sneer at this character.

But no one can deny that the image of this cold-blooded magician killer left a deep impression on people.

At the end of the press conference, Nanaya, as the producer of the Fate series, directly announced the next plan.

First of all, it was confirmed that the "Kara no Kyoukai" series and the Fate series share the same world view, and it is called the "TYPE-MOON world".

This news was nothing special. Except for a few Japanese reporters, European and American reporters were not surprised at all.

Even the Japanese reporters were only slightly excited. After all, Nanaya had mentioned this matter a long time ago, and this time it was just officially confirmed.

However, everyone was very interested in the follow-up plans for [TYPE-MOON] announced by Nanaya.

Nanaya announced various related projects except for the confirmed lower part of FZ.

There are comic and novel versions of FZ, and the "Mahoutsukai no Yoru" novel is expected to be released this year.

At the same time, he also said that the Type-Moon world will become more diversified and will have more active cooperation with the gaming industry.

These are all small things. The key is the most important film and television part. Nanaya announced the existence of the TV series HF and stated that this series will be launched after the second half of FZ ends next year [See Moon].

Currently, HF's shooting progress has been completed by 60%, and we will definitely meet you on time.

There is also another TV series with an undetermined name that has been put on the agenda. It will expand the worldview and setting of the Type-Moon world and is a drama about a magician solving a case.

In fact, this is "The Case Files of Lord El-Melloi II", but the spoilers of the show are too strong from the title to the leading actors, so Nanaya can only make a rough outline for now.

As for the movies, there is not much new, except for the second part of FZ and the new chapter of "Kara no Kyoukai" which will be released in Japan this year. Nanaya just said that the Fate series will not end here, and there will be other movies.

However, the specific information will be announced after the release of the next part of FZ.

Although the information provided at the press conference was not particularly sufficient, the ambitions of Nanaya and Washimine were undoubtedly revealed.

Even the box office success "Pirates of the Caribbean" did not have plans to expand into so many areas. This kind of multi-platform linkage plan is not common even in Hollywood.

"I was wrong, George."

Watching Nanaya speaking on the stage, James Cameron said: "This guy is really trying to create a new era of Star Wars."

"Then let's see how far he can go."

George Lucas said confidently that the success of "Star Wars" cannot be imitated casually.

After the press conference, Nanaya left the theater alone and got into a black business car parked on the side of the road.

In the back seat of the car, Shion, who had left early, was already waiting for him.

"Where are we going today?" Nanaya asked.

Shion first knocked on the car window to signal Iioka that he could drive, and then said directly: "Of course, I'm going to your house."

Nanaya knew that the home that Shion was talking about was his villa in New York, North America.

"What do you mean my house? Isn't that the house you lent me?"

Shion hugged Nanaya's arm and said, "Look at what you said. Isn't what I gave you yours?"

"Why do you make me sound like a gigolo that you keep?"

Shion raised her eyebrows and said, "I think you think the house is too small and you don't have enough fun playing there, right?"

Nanaya deliberately said, "Who said that? That space must be enough to play Wii Sports, right?"

"You said it." Shion lay on top of him, "I can't wait to practice."

Nanaya touched Shion's jade hand and asked softly, "How long do you plan to stay in New York this time?"

"A long time, you'll be here until July." Shion playfully tickled Nanaya's nose with her green hair, "You should be going to Los Angeles after the promotion period, right?"

"Yeah." The ticklish Nanaya quickly stopped Shion's movements, "The lower part of FZ still needs to be filmed, plus post-production. I can probably only stay in New York until May."

"Oh, it seems that I need to take good care of you during this period of time, otherwise you will forget about me after such a long time."

"How could that be?"

"That's good. To reward you for your busy schedule, I have prepared a great gift for you~"

It was not until they arrived at the villa that Nanaya found out what the gift Shion was talking about was.

It was a special set of Artoria's battle robes.

"Come on, thank you for your help~"

As she said that, Shion smiled and threw the clothes to Nanaya, asking him to help her put them on.

This set of clothes was custom-made for herself by Shion. In order to emphasize its functionality, Shion also made some changes to certain parts.

For example, in order to make the Knight King Artoria more flexible in battle, Shion deliberately cut off certain parts of the clothes.

After all, everyone knows that when playing Wii Sports, you need to ensure the flexibility of your clothes. After all, it involves a lot of yoga movements. If you don't have a certain level of flexibility, you will get injured.

In particular, the original Artoria battle robe is not suitable for posing large movements, such as supporting the table with one hand and standing on one leg.

If you are not careful, your clothes may be torn or your back may be twisted.

However, afterwards, according to the combat experience of Shion and Nanaya, removing this part of the clothes did make the combat process easier, more pleasant and comfortable.

"Hey, Shion."

"Um?"

"Next time, try Jeanne's clothes... Ouch!! My waist————!"

"Don't push me any further!"

Chapter 72 It’s the season of White Album again

　　"Eh? Doing something like that?"

　　Upon hearing this, Bronya immediately showed a look of disgust, and her words were full of resistance.

　　This response made Minamiya Yu feel a little 'heartbroken', and he said dissatisfiedly: "What's wrong with galgame? Why do you have such a big prejudice against galgame!"

　　"No!"

　　Pushing away Minamiya Yu's face, Bronya responded in a deep voice: "I am not prejudiced against galgames, I am simply prejudiced against the galgames you made!"

　　"Hmm? Didn't what I did work well?"

　　"It's useful... No, that's not the point!!"

　　Bronya blushed after being tricked into revealing something. She nodded Minamiya Yu's head in embarrassment and said, "Don't you see what you've created? It's fine if you've created perverted characters, but the plot also has to be about that kind of anti-social, anti-human dark literature. Who would want to do that kind of thing?"

　　"How can there be a normal plot when everything is so biased towards the plot..."

　　Isn’t it enough if it’s easy to use?

　　After muttering something, Minamiya Yu immediately said, "Besides, I didn't say that the plot this time was weird."

　　"Hmm? So what are you going to write?"

　　Bronya's frown relaxed slightly and she reached out to play with his fingers.

　　"It's just a normal campus romance, with one male lead and multiple female leads, and multiple plots. It's normal, right?"

　　Minamiya Yu stroked Bronya's palm with her fingertips, and her voice sounded quite innocent.

　　“So simple?”

　　"Yes, it's that simple. No one died, no one was injured. It's just the emotional entanglement between young boys and girls. It's normal, right?"

　　"…If only that were the case."

　　It’s a simple campus romance theme, so it’s okay to play with Yu.

　　"What about you, Kaguya?"

　　"I am very interested~"

　　In fact, Kaguya had been very interested since Minamiya Yu brought it up just now, but seeing Bronya's resistance, she stood aside and said nothing.

　　"That's fine, all passed unanimously."

　　"But......"

　　Kaguya paused for a moment, then said with some distress: "Although I have a basic understanding of painting, I may not be used to the style of this kind of game..."

　　"Ah, come to think of it, I can't draw either."

　　Bronya also responded.

　　"I don't need you guys for the illustrations and CGs yet, so leave it to me and Eromanga-sensei. As for you guys, you can just take charge of the system design."

　　Hearing this, Bronya was immediately amused: "You really need to change your system UI. The UIs of five consecutive games are the same except for the color. Won't the players complain to you?"

　　“I haven’t complained yet, but I’ve been criticized a lot.”

　　Using the same UI five times in a row is indeed a bit perfunctory.

　　After leaving another kiss, Bronya returned to her workstation and said as she turned on the host: "Send me the original system so I can see how to optimize it."

　　"I..."

　　"Kaguya, just use my computer."

　　As he spoke, Minamiya Yu gently pulled Kaguya beside him, and she immediately became unsteady and sat on his lap.

　　The sudden close contact made Kaguya's body stiffen slightly. Her back was straight, her hands were placed neatly on her thighs, and her eyes were wide open as she stared at the computer screen in front of her.

　　The two arms that were wrapped around her waist made her body tremble.

　　If it were a normal day, Kaguya wouldn't be like this, she would even take the initiative to go along with the atmosphere.

　　But this time, Bronya was right next to her. Wasn't her husband being too bold? !

　　She turned her gaze to the side and noticed that Bronya glanced at them and then casually shifted her gaze to her own screen. She felt relieved.

　　It seems that her efforts over the past six months have not been in vain, and even Bronya, the most difficult person to deal with, has gradually accepted her position.

　　"Hatsune, record Kaguya and give her permission to operate my computer."

　　A calm voice sounded from above her head, and Minamiya Yu immediately tightened his arms and held the somewhat stiff Kaguya directly into his arms.

　　"Don't be nervous, relax~"

　　The soft and subtle voice flowed into her ears. Feeling the warmth approaching, Kaguya turned her head and met Minamiya Yu's gentle gaze.

　　She was a little stunned, and her body subconsciously relaxed and melted into his arms.

　　"Why are you looking at me? Look at the screen. Hatsune is recording your facial data."

　　He touched her cheek with the tip of his nose with amusement. Kaguya came back to her senses and turned back to look at the screen, a faint blush on her face.

　　Holding Kaguya, although it is not as comfortable as the soft Seele and the more plump Elysia, but the feeling of being petite and delicate is quite unique.

　　Kaguya's data was entered quickly, but Minamiya Yu had no intention of letting go, and even held her arms tighter.

　　"During this time, Kaguya, you should work with Bronya here to optimize the system. I may need to go out for a while."

　　"Going out?"

　　"What are you doing out here?"

　　Facing the two girls' puzzled gazes, Minamiya Yu responded, "This time it's not just a galgame, I want to release an anime together. I plan to contact an animation production company these days."

　　"Hentai?"

　　"What are you thinking? Anime must be made for all ages."

　　Where does all the popularity come from for hentai? He also wants to see the fight between the Kazusa party and the Setsuna party.

　　"that......"

　　At this time, Kaguya raised her hand with a happy expression.

　　"What's wrong?"

　　"When I was married to my husband, my family gave me some property as a dowry in order to show my status. Now I happen to own an animation production company."

　　"What a coincidence?"

　　He said with some surprise, hugged Kaguya tightly and rested his chin on her shoulder: "It seems that I can run less."

　　"No, no, my husband is at home... Just book a place outside, and I'll ask the person in charge of the company to come and talk to my husband."

　　She wanted to say that she would just stay at home, but Kaguya, who already considered herself a member of this family, didn't want strangers to come to her home, so she changed her mind immediately.

　　"That's really convenient, but how about this company? My requirements are not low."

　　"They should be ranked among the top five in the industry. If my husband is not satisfied, they should have the contact information of the best companies in the industry. Then we can..."

　　Looking at Kaguya who was in deep thought, Minamiya Yu quickly hugged her and rocked her.

　　"That's enough. I'm not the kind of producer who has the power to control the production. As long as the animation is smooth and the dubbing is okay, that's fine."

　　"In that case, it should be no problem. I will arrange for them to clear their schedules so that they can only make this animation for my husband this quarter."

　　Hearing this, Minamiya Yu raised his eyebrows: "If you only make one, aren't you afraid of losses?"

　　"I believe in my husband."

　　Besides, a loss is a loss, as long as my husband is happy, Kaguya added silently in her heart.

　　......

　　A few nights later, Minamiya Yu placed the prepared script in front of them.

　　"Yes, let's see how the script of our game is."

　　Even Seele was there this time, and the three girls huddled together, watching around the same big screen.

　　"White Album? What a strange name."

　　Seele said in a low voice.

Chapter 461 Marshal: Joan of Arc————!

At this point the movie was gradually coming to an end. On the screen, the King of Conquerors stood in front of his majestic army and gave an impassioned speech.

"The so-called king is to live more authentically than anyone else - to be admired by everyone!"

Rider, sitting astride his horse, shouted loudly.

His soldiers responded in unison with the clashing of their shields.

"The one who gathers the faith of all the heroes and sets out on an expedition with that as his goal is the king. So—"

Iskandar drew his sword and pointed it forward.

"The king is not alone. His wish is the wish of all his subjects!"

Iskandar's hearty and magnetic voice echoed in the theater.

“Go!”

“So handsome!”

The audience in the theater were so excited that they couldn't control themselves. In their opinion, a man with such generosity and broad mind was indeed worthy of the title of king.

As one of the greatest monarchs in ancient human history, Iskandar bears the title of "King of Conquerors".

The following battle also confirmed this point. Although the Hassans fought very hard, all their efforts were in vain facing the overwhelming army.

They are good at assassination, but they are doomed to fail from the moment they are placed on the front battlefield.

"Hassan followed a bad Master."

While many people were cheering for Iskandar, they were also saddened by Hassan's exit.

After all, after Nanaya's modification, Hassan is still a positive character overall.

Loyal and executive.

Although his strength was indeed a little weak, he still managed to win in his own way.

Although many actions were carried out secretly, Hassan's open fighting style was not suitable for her with her strength.

However, this loyal Hassan was finally betrayed by his own Master. He was forced to fight Iskandar's army in the name of the Command Seals and was eventually crushed by the army.

Of course, this feeling is just a little bit.

As the target of daily criticism from European and American media, Hassan, a servant from the Middle East, does not leave much of a good impression in everyone's mind.

But at least the assassin used his life to broaden everyone's horizons, so it can be said that he died a worthy death.

"It's just as I thought."

Miss Katsushira looked at the cheering audience and shook her head slightly.

The Conqueror King's pre-war speech can be described as a very crude and simple form of sensationalism, a technique that was used long ago in the movie "Independence Day".

Although simple, it is very effective and can easily resonate with the audience.

Coupled with various realistic special effects, I believe all audiences will be occupied by this movie from their eyes to their brains.

"Okay, let's get started Assassin."

The roar of an army charging could be heard from the speakers in the theater.

However, there was another sound that was louder than this one, and that was the applause and cheers from the audience in the theater.

As if they were going to overturn the entire theater, countless audience members screamed at the top of their lungs, as if they wanted the whole world to feel their excitement.

"Hmm... so noisy."

Spielberg shook his head and stood up from his chair.

"What's wrong?" Robert Zemeckis asked.

"It's too noisy. I'm a little breathless." Spielberg replied with a bitter face, "I'll go out for a walk and come back after this is over."

After saying this, Old Spiel left the theater.

In order to avoid the reporters waiting outside misunderstanding that he was leaving early because he thought the movie was bad, Spielberg did not stay in the aisle but went straight into the bathroom.

People have three urgent needs, you can't let me go to the toilet, right?

After washing his face in the bathroom, Spielberg finally calmed down.

Although he does not have heart disease, he is no longer young at the age of 60, and the overly intense sound system of IMAX is still a bit unbearable for him.

But unlike his body, Spielberg is still hot inside.

He saw how audiences were fascinated by 3D technology, and that was enough for Spielberg.

“Maybe I should try making a 3D movie.”

Looking at the face in the mirror that couldn't be more familiar, Spielberg murmured to himself.

If there is anything that can prove that a director has not fallen, it is to make another excellent work to prove himself.

Anyway, he doesn't need to manage the company now. Although this is a particularly bad thing for Spielberg as an entrepreneur, it may be a good thing for Spielberg as a director.

At least Old Spiel can finally devote all his energy to creation.

The question now is what kind of film subject he should choose.

It is foreseeable that with this FZ and Cameron's film which is still in production, commercial films will usher in a new era called 3D.

There's nothing wrong with taking advantage of the 3D craze.

Just through the personal experience just now, Spielberg can also feel that 3D technology is not perfect at present.

Although his old friend James Cameron is pushing forward, 3D technology will definitely undergo a big change every year in the next few years, but it will still take a long time before it can be truly popularized and used in general movies.

Although Spielberg is also a director known for adopting new technologies, unlike James Cameron who likes to be a pioneer himself, Spielberg is more likely to reuse currently mature technologies.

For example, if Cameron had filmed his most famous movie "Jurassic Park", all the shots would probably have used computer special effects. If the technology was not up to par, they would develop it. If they had no money, they would force the film company executives to sell their butts to make money.

But Spielberg used a mix of computer and modeling technology to produce the film. Although it cost a lot of budget, it still remained within a reasonable range.

This is also Spielberg's habit when making movies.

"If you want to minimize the technical deficiencies, you can only let the audience understand that this movie is not real, so that some visual loopholes can be compensated to the greatest extent. In this way..."

A plan suddenly emerged in Spielberg's mind.

"Maybe I could try animation?"

Just as Spielberg was thinking about his new film project in the bathroom, the plot of the movie in the theater had entered the final stage of the first half.

Sitting in her seat, Miss Katsushira crossed her arms and held her chin with one hand. While the two lunatics from Group C were expressing their opinions on the art of killing, she quickly reviewed the previous plot in her mind.

Although this was her second time watching FZ, the plot volume far exceeded that of an average commercial film, so she needed to sort out the plot that had already happened.

This movie is indeed very exciting, or rather, the plot has been gradually advancing since the initial Battle of Camlann.

The plot moves forward so fast that the audience is not given any chance to think.

By the end of the first half, Katsushira found that almost every group of Masters and Servant had intersections with at least two other groups and conflicts arose.

Even the most insignificant group of Matou Kariya and Lancelot, their Master Kariya has a grudge against Tohsaka Tokiomi, and their Servant Lancelot, even though he has lost his mind, still holds on to Artoria tightly.

Not to mention the other masters and servants, if you draw a relationship network diagram of the Fourth Holy Grail War, it will only form a complicated spider web.

Such a complicated relationship will definitely make the development of the second half very interesting, but it will also be a test for the screenwriter and director.

If you're not careful, this can cause the entire plot to completely collapse.

But I think the director will definitely not disappoint himself and the audience.

At the same time, it's also a very simple movie.

As long as they have graduated from elementary school, I believe that most of the audience will be able to follow the director's ideas and understand the whole story.

Don't think that this is a very simple thing. Everyone can make the story complicated by making it mysterious, but not every director can simplify the story and tell it clearly.

Of course, the simplicity of this movie is not only reflected in the plot.

As a special effects movie, although it was not chosen to be released during the summer season, it almost perfectly meets all the elements of a summer movie.

The scale and realism of FZ's special effects are simply staggering.

In particular, the new IMAX 3D technology has allowed this already excellent work to directly break through the level of ordinary commercial films and become a benchmark in the industry.

“I wonder if there will be a surprise later.”

As the movie entered its ending credits, Miss Katsushira began to look forward to the movie's Easter eggs.

During the preview, due to time constraints, Nanaya screened the version without the Easter eggs.

But given Nanaya Kiryu's usual style in movies, he shouldn't fail to include some Easter eggs.

This made Miss Katsushira very curious.

Nanaya's version of FZ images Nanaya studied the TV series of FZ in his previous life and directly prepared 7 works of art with 7 servants as the protagonists, and then recreated them using actors and CG scenes.

First-time viewers will definitely find it very interesting and novel, but for viewers who have already attended the preview, including Ms. Katsushira, they are more concerned about the movie's Easter eggs.

The content of the first easter egg is very simple. After the Einzbern Castle was breached several times, Kiritsugu found a new base.

But Fate fans are very excited because this Japanese garden is exactly the future Emiya residence.

This easter egg is completely for the old fans of the series.

As for the second easter egg at the end of the whole article, it is more related to the main storyline. The marshal summoned a sea monster that did not belong to this world in the river.

"Gil de Ray has prepared a banquet of death and corruption. Please enjoy it, Saint Lady!"

With Caster's crazy roar, he merged with the sea monster he summoned.

An indescribable evil force began to spread from the giant sea monster, and the night sky was polluted from its original gray-blue to purple-red under the influence of the evil god's power.

The screen finally froze on this huge sea monster.

"This is too big!"

Seeing the sea monster almost bigger than the Fuyuki City Bridge, all the spectators couldn't help but gasp.

Chapter 71 Reward Yourself with a Galgame

　　After being suddenly attacked, Minamiya Yu immediately turned his attention to Seele beside him.

　　When he noticed Seele puffing up her cheeks and looking at him with a pair of big eyes full of resentment, his heart suddenly skipped a beat.

　　Oh no, I might not be able to sleep again tonight.

　　......

　　"cheers!!"

　　In the evening, lively celebration sounds were heard from the living room at home.

　　"Hollow Knight" performed so well, Bronya naturally excitedly invited her good friends to her house for a celebration party. Today is the weekend, and Kaguya, who arrived early, naturally joined the celebration.

　　Using juice instead of wine, a group of people clinked their glasses happily.

　　After Minamiya Yu finished saying some polite words, Bronya immediately and happily pulled Mei and Kiana aside to chat. Her cute appearance, like a child showing off constantly, made Mei couldn't help but laugh.

　　Kaguya found Seele and shared with her the cute little decorations she had made recently, and then the two of them planned to knit a sweater for each family member.

　　Sirin, on the other hand, was the only one sitting there. She had been sitting there in silence since she arrived until now, with a dull look in her eyes, which looked a little dazed.

　　"What happened to Sirin?"

　　Minamiya Yu was originally being pulled by Bronya to listen to her muttering with Mei Kiana. When he noticed Sirin's appearance, he couldn't help but ask curiously.

　　Unexpectedly, Kiana started laughing as soon as she finished speaking, as if she had been waiting for someone to ask her a question. She pointed at her sister and laughed, "Playing Hollow Knight."

　　"ah?"

　　Noticing the three puzzled looks, Kiana quickly explained, "This idiot is too impulsive. She was provoked by the live broadcast audience and made a bet that she could do five gates without any damage. If she couldn't do it, she would do a live broadcast of washing her hair upside down."

　　Naturally, she and Mei finished the game made by their best friend as soon as possible, so the people present understood how exaggerated the bet made by Sirin was.

　　"Uh...wish her good luck."

　　Raising the glass towards Sirin from a distance, Minamiya Yu drank the juice in the glass.

　　Hope everyone is okay.

　　Without the mushrooms, the dinner party had fewer twists and turns. Everyone came with great joy and left with great satisfaction.

　　When he had some free time, Minamiya Yu sat on the sofa and took a nap. Kaguya stood behind him and gently massaged his shoulders. Today was Saturday, so she naturally chose to stay.

　　She looked over her husband's head to the coffee table. A not-so-small box caught her attention. She leaned over and leaned close to her husband's ear. She opened her lips slightly, and a sweet breath hit Minamiya Yu's ear: "Husband, what is that?"

　　The soft voice brought a sense of comfort to Minamiya Yu's heart. He opened his eyes and looked in the direction Kaguya pointed.

　　"That's the TGA trophy. I didn't have time to claim it before, so I asked someone to claim it for me and mail it back to me."

　　"TGA... ah, is it To the Moon?"

　　"Yes, the Best Drama Award."

　　"Congratulations again, husband~"

　　Although Kaguya had already congratulated once when the list of winners was announced, this did not stop her from praising him again.

　　Who wouldn’t like such a gentle, beautiful, sweet-talking, and obedient fiancée?

　　At least, in the past six months, Minamiya Yu has gradually sunk into this land of gentleness.

　　"It's a shame that Hollow Knight was released so late."

　　After hearing the conversation between Minamiya Yu and Kaguya, Bronya came over and said a little depressedly.

　　She bent down, opened the small box, and looked at the dazzling trophy wrapped inside with a hint of envy in her eyes.

　　"Don't worry, Hollow Knight is fully qualified to win the Best Independent Game Award next year."

　　Minamiya Yu smiled and comforted her, but Bronya shook her head.

　　"Huh? So unconfident?"

　　"No."

　　Bronya looked at him, a smile suddenly broke out on her face, and she said in a resounding voice: "According to the timeline, the next Best Independent Game Award should be our next work."

　　Hearing this, Minamiya Yu and Kaguya were stunned for a moment, and then they both laughed.

　　It turns out that it wasn’t a lack of confidence, but rather too much confidence.

　　He patted Kaguya's hand, and she understood and let go. Minamiya Yu stretched lazily and walked up the stairs, and soon returned to the familiar studio.

　　Soon, Bronya and Kaguya followed in.

　　Noticing that Minamiya Yu was busy with something while sitting in front of the computer, Bronya walked over curiously, hugged his neck from behind with both hands, and whispered in his ear, "Didn't you agree to take a break for a while? Why are you working again?"

　　There is still more than a month until New Year's Day, so Minamiya Yu and Bronya have planned to start working on the new game after the New Year's Day holiday.

　　"Just taking a quick look at the company's emails."

　　Quickly flipping through the letters, Minamiya Yu responded casually.

　　She quietly put the used Kaleidoscope 3 back to its original place in the cabinet in the room, and then put the new Kaleidoscope 4 into her sleeve. Then, with a slightly blushing face, Kaguya carefully walked over to the two of them.

　　These weird games made by my husband are really interesting...

　　At this time, Minamiya Yu flipped through an email about personnel transfers. He suddenly thought of something, raised his head and looked at Bronya.

　　Bronya, who had some misunderstanding, lowered her head and kissed him on the mouth, then winked at him cutely and asked playfully, "Do you want more?"

　　"Yes, but wait a minute."

　　He took the initiative to move forward and returned the greeting, feeling the sweetness and softness between his lips and teeth, then he pulled Bronya to sit next to him.

　　"I thought you were asking me for a reward for my hard work."

　　Leaning against him, Bronya replied, feeling secretly sorry for him.

　　If only the chair was a little smaller, she could sit on Yu's lap like Seele did. Every time Bronya saw Seele leaning in Yu's arms looking comfortable, she felt a little envious.

　　"Of course we can have more of these rewards."

　　After smiling, Minamiya Yu said, "Bronya, I think we need to recruit some people."

　　Hearing this, Bronya, who was daydreaming, was slightly stunned, and then slowly nodded: "Well, it is indeed time to recruit some people."

　　If they don’t want to make small-scale games in the future, it will not be enough to rely on just the two of them. In fact, Minamiya Yu mentioned this once during the production of Hollow Knight.

　　For Bronya, this was the first game she and Minamiya Yu made together. She didn't want this game to be tainted by other people's influence, so when she heard this suggestion, Bronya's face suddenly became a little conflicted.

　　Therefore, Minamiya Yu quickly abandoned this proposal and did not bring it up again until now.

　　This time, Bronya naturally would not have any idea of objection. In other words, even if Minamiya Yu did not mention it, she would take the initiative to bring it up.

　　If you want to develop, sufficient manpower is always one of the first factors to consider.

　　“Ahem.”

　　A soft cough attracted the attention of the two people. Kaguya stood in front of them, her face full of anticipation. Her big, twinkling eyes seemed to be saying, "Choose me, choose me!"

　　"Don't worry, we have already taken you into consideration, the designer of our "Eientei"."

　　As she spoke, Bronya's voice was tinged with resentment.

　　This matter was exposed a month ago, and it made Bronya depressed for a while. She found that among the people who often appeared in the studio, except for Seele, she seemed to be the worst one.

　　"Well, I'll trouble you for your guidance, Senior."

　　"Don't insult me."

　　Rolling her eyes at the smiling Kaguya, Bronya pressed her whole body on Minamiya Yu.

　　After patting Bronya's little head, Minamiya Yu continued, "Since we are recruiting people, we naturally need to divide them into teams. Then we will recruit the first group of people who enter Gensokyo as the first team, and name it Scarlet Devil Mansion."

　　"We will form a team independent of these teams, and we can integrate into various teams at any time according to work tasks. As for the name..."

　　Glancing at Kaguya who was listening attentively, Minamiya Yu said calmly, "Let's call it Eientei."

　　Eientei?

　　After looking at Kaguya who was surprised and Yu who was smiling, Bronya puffed her lips and said nothing more.

　　"Then, is there anything you need to do after Eientei Pavilion? I can prepare in advance."

　　Soon he considered himself as a member of the team, Kaguya asked with some anticipation.

　　"I haven't decided on anything for the new year yet. Before the new year, the recruitment for the Scarlet Devil Mansion can be handled by a dedicated HR person. The rest of the things should be fine..."

　　At this moment, Hatsune Miku in the lower right corner of Minamiya Yu's computer suddenly tapped the screen a few times, and after attracting Minamiya Yu's attention, she immediately said, "Master, there is a new message on the chat software, do you need to open it?"

　　"Open."

　　Without avoiding Kaguya and Bronya at all, Minamiya Yu responded directly.

　　This trust filled Kaguya and Bronya's hearts with joy, and smiles appeared on their faces.

　　Soon, a chat box was pulled out by Hatsune, and the message came from Eromanga teacher.

　　Eromanga-sensei: "Boss, the bonus for Kaleidoscope 5 has been drawn, please check it out!"

　　"Thanks for your hard work."

　　Minamiya Yu just replied and soon received a reply from the other side.

　　"It's not hard! Working for the boss is my greatest honor!"

　　"Alright, alright, stop flattering me. If you keep saying that, I'll cut you off."

　　"No, no, no, boss. I have parents and children to take care of. Please don't do this!!"

　　Of course he knew about the situation of the first Eromanga teacher. It was naturally very stressful for a single mother to raise her daughter alone and live in the city. Minamiya Yu was just joking when he said this.

　　"It won't happen again. Tell me, what's the matter with you suddenly trying to please me?"

　　"Hehe, I can't hide it from you, boss. I just want to ask, is Kaleidoscope 5 the final work?"

　　In front of the computer, a mature young woman with a silver ponytail sent this sentence with some trepidation. She glanced at the door on the other side, which was decorated with cute patterns, and bit her lips gently.

　　The success of the Kaleidoscope series has earned her a lot of income, which has enabled the mother and daughter, who once had no place to live, to now have a house that truly belongs to them, plenty of food, and a comfortable life, and no longer have to live a miserable life with no food to eat.

　　For Minamiya Yu, Eromanga-sensei only felt gratitude.

　　It felt like the boss she met had used up most of her luck in her life. Not only did he never delay paying her wages, but he was also very generous. If there were no new projects, she would have no choice but to return to the society where painters were overwhelmed and scramble for the few resources available.

　　"Yeah, Eromanga-sensei wants to end the cooperation?"

　　This sentence made her breath hitch, and she quickly responded: "No, no, no, I just want to ask if there are any other new jobs."

　　Soon, the response from the other side made her feel relieved.

　　"Yes, I just thought that Eromanga-sensei didn't want to work with me anymore, so I had a headache about where to find a new artist."

　　"No, no, no, I never thought about it that way. You must choose me. I will do it, I will do it. I am very capable!"

　　Seeing the painter's response, Bronya couldn't help but raise her hand and hit her lover's arm. Even Kaguya, who obeyed him in everything, said: "My husband is too mean."

　　"Don't worry, I was just joking with her."

　　Sensei Eromanga is his personal painter whom he had trained with great effort. He works hard, is easy to use and obedient. As long as he is paid enough, he is just like the hardworking little Palu, working almost non-stop from morning to night.

　　"Then go back home quickly. Why are you bullying a single mother like this?"

　　"Okay, okay~"

　　With her cheeks pinched, Minamiya Yu typed quickly: "Of course, as long as Eromanga-sensei doesn't terminate the cooperation, you will always be my first choice."

　　This sentence moved Eromanga-sensei to tears, but she still asked weakly: "What about the reward..."

　　"Same as before."

　　"Thank you, boss! Boss, I love you!!!"

　　Looking at those words, you can seem to feel the surprise from them.

　　Just as Minamiya Yu was about to continue to reply with a smile, Bronya suddenly said, "You are not interested in single mothers, and a mother and daughter?"

　　"Compared to mother and daughter, I think I should be more interested in sisters."

　　He hinted at Bronya with his eyes and immediately got a cold eye roll in return.

　　"Yeah, it's snowing."

　　Kaguya, who was near the window, suddenly discovered something, and hurried over to look at the snowflakes floating outside, and said with some surprise.

　　“It’s really time for the snow to fall.”

　　It was the end of November and the weather was already cold, but Bronya and Minamiya Yu, who grew up in Siberia, naturally would not have such a surprise as Kaguya.

　　"It's the white season again..."

　　Minamiya Yu was suddenly stunned when he said this subconsciously.

　　He looked at Kaguya and Bronya, stroked his chin and said tentatively: "It just so happens that I have nothing to do before New Year's Day. Do you want to make a galgame together?"

Chapter 460 Hollywood Directors Walk the Four Heavenly Kings

Nanaya did not take the initiative to conceal Lancelot's identity, and he gave up the practice of revealing the other party's real name at the end in the original book.

Because the plot rhythm of FZ is too tight, the audience needs to keep up with the plot rhythm while guessing the true identity of Berserker, which will far exceed the information processing ability of most viewers.

After all, if it were a novel, the audience could keep going back to review previous content to analyze Lancelot's identity in detail.

Why is the Black Knight so obsessed with Artoria, and where does his ability come from?

These contents would be a great suspense guide if put into the novel, and would be an important driving force to attract readers to continue reading.

But this cannot be done in the movie. FZ is a big screen special effects movie, so its plot must be clear and friendly enough to the audience.

The audience's attention is limited. As a director, Nanaya must ensure that the audience follows the content of the shot when watching it.

If the audience has to accept the information of the plot and guess the other party's identity every time Lancelot appears, it will easily make the audience disconnected from the plot of the movie.

After Lancelot's identity is revealed, the audience will shift their confusion about his identity to their expectations for the development of the plot.

In terms of identity, Lancelot has a strong connection with Artoria; in terms of ability, Lancelot has a certain ability to restrain Gilgamesh.

When such a character appears on the battlefield, in what direction will he push the plot?

The audience does not need to guess each other's real name, they just need to enjoy the plot of the movie.

Of course, Nanaya did not directly reveal Lancelot's identity, but used an indirect expression method.

At the beginning of the movie, Lancelot, played by Orlando Bloom, was already known to everyone, but at that time his armor was designed in the white and blue colors of gladiolus.

Therefore, when he appeared in the form of mad dog, although the shape of his armor did not change much, the black aura wrapped around his body made him almost unrecognizable.

It was not until the very end, when Berserker returned to his Master Kariya, that the black mist dissipated and he took off his helmet.

Only then did the audience see clearly that the face underneath the black armor was Orlando Bloom.

It has to be said that the Elf Prince's appearance in the past two years is still at its peak. His handsome face makes many female audiences exclaim.

Of course, among these exclamations there were many expressions of surprise at the exposure of Lancelot's identity.

“The rhythm is well controlled. After a wave of conflicts breaks out, it also lays the foundation for many new conflicts in the subsequent plot.”

In the back row of the theater, a man nodded in praise.

His companion on the right pushed up his glasses and said with some disapproval, "Yes, the technology is well applied, and the 3D effect is excellent. If I had such technology back then..."

"Robert, you are just pure jealousy."

"No."

The man named Robert muttered.

"James, what do you think?" The man looked at his other companion. "What do you think of this kid's application of 3D technology? How does it compare to your new work?"

James slowly said, "It was too showy and a bit too much. It didn't blend into the movie and seemed a bit disconnected."

"Your requirements are too high. Not everyone can reach your level. And even if it's not an IMAX 3D version, the story of the movie is exciting enough."

James turned his head and looked at his partner. Because of the huge IMAX glasses he was wearing, his expression looked a little funny.

"George, are you optimistic about him? Do you think his Fate can be compared with your Star Wars?"

The other party snorted coldly: "Why don't you compare it with your "Titanic"? The record of being the box office champion for 15 consecutive weeks?"

"You two are just being jealous of me. I know I'm unlucky enough as it is."

The last person couldn't help but speak out.

Although the voices of these four people were not very loud, they definitely had an impact on the people around them.

But the other audience members sitting nearby not only did not stop them, but listened to the four guys complaining with relish.

Because the identities of these four guys are really extraordinary, they are James Cameron, George Lucas, Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis.

This is what we often call the Four Heavenly Kings of Hollywood directors!

Cough cough.

In fact, no one has ever said this, but the status of these four directors in Hollywood is indeed unquestionable.

Of course, if everyone saw the four of them sitting in the same domineering manner with a hint of nonchalance, they might mistake them for admirals from the navy.

Among these four big guys, everyone should be familiar with the first three, and the last one, Robert Zemeckis, is the director of the not-so-successful "The Polar Express".

Even though he was not very successful after entering the new century, he is the director of the "Back to the Future" series and "Forrest Gump", and is considered one of the top directors in the Hollywood industry.

These four can be said to be the most famous commercial film directors in North America and even the world from the 1980s to the 1990s.

And the four of them also have another thing in common: they are all at the forefront of exploring film special effects technology.

To be honest, it is impossible for an ordinary commercial film to invite four of them to attend the premiere at the same time.

As top Hollywood bosses, they are no longer the small-time guys who need to rely on constantly attending events to increase their exposure.

It was completely unexpected that the four of them attended the FZ premiere together this time.

James Cameron attended because he needed to experience the IMAX 3D effect of FZ for himself.

He did this for the movie "Avatar" which is still being filmed, to confirm the technical foundation and areas that need improvement.

Robert Zemeckis was still upset about the failure of "The Polar Express", so he came to see how far the 3D technology for this movie has developed.

Spielberg's arrival was completely unexpected. He happened to meet Washimine's people when they were inviting George Lucas, so he came over immediately.

Just now, the four great directors did not make any comments. They were all watching the movie carefully, or evaluating the 3D special effects technology displayed in the movie.

It is only now, when the action is over and the film enters a slower transitional plot, that they begin to express their own opinions.

"Although I am a little unwilling, this junior has completely surpassed me in terms of technology."

Robert Zemeckis exclaimed as he took off his 3D glasses.

Because he wears glasses, Robert Zemeckis felt a little tired wearing two pairs of glasses.

"Who says it's not?"

Spielberg on the side also felt very helpless, and his voice revealed helplessness as he responded to his old friend.

Although he came here because of Lucas, he is more familiar with Zemeckis in terms of relationship.

Since the establishment of DreamWorks, Spielberg's energy has been completely tied up in the company, which has greatly hampered his progress as a director.

Ever since the failure of The Terminal, there has been a constant argument that Spielberg has run out of ideas.

But Old S really can't do anything about those guys, because it is an indisputable fact that the box office of the movies he directed is getting lower and lower.

Who would have thought that Spielberg, who was hailed as a pioneer in film technology for making "Jurassic Park", would one day be labeled as an outdated person.

[Am I really old? ]

Spielberg thought with a tired look on his face, but he quickly cheered up.

[No, I'm not old. I can still be a producer on Transformers. I'm not old.]

As Spielberg continued to enjoy the movie, he calculated the odds between Transformers and this movie.

I have to say that Stanislavsky is truly a good guy in the industry. Michael Bay's "The Island" directly ruined DreamWorks and caused it to be acquired by Paramount.

As a result, when Paramount cooperated with DreamWorks to shoot "Transformers", he not only did not hold a grudge, but instead strongly recommended Michael Bay, whose reputation in the industry had already been ruined, to be the director.

If it were someone else who did something wrong and added insult to injury, it would have been considered good enough.

[I don’t know if Transformers can surpass this movie’s box office. I hope it won’t fail as badly as War of the Worlds did.]

Even though Spielberg had full confidence in Explosive Bay's abilities, he still felt that FZ would probably repeat the mistakes of "War of the Worlds".

[Well, although the 3D depth of field can firmly attract the audience's attention, it will make their eyes very tired. I need to make it more natural. ]

Cameron ignored the two old men who were eating lemons beside him. He took advantage of the moment when the plot reached its peak to secretly observe the audience's reactions to the film.

In his eyes, Nanaya's FZ is just a guinea pig to explore the way for him.

As a patient with advanced obsessive-compulsive disorder, Cameron has always been meticulous in his pursuit of his own films, from the overall to the details.

It’s a pity that in the current film market, few people are optimistic about the market prospects of 3D movies, which makes it very difficult for him to promote 3D technology, and he can only lead the research himself.

But this time, the young director named Nanaya Kiryu was actually willing to take the initiative to try 3D, so he naturally gave his full support.

Although he was full of criticism towards Nanaya just now, deep down he still recognized Nanaya's exploration in technology.

The audience's reaction also clearly told the truck driver that as long as the special effects technology and the story are in place, the audience is still very willing to try new technology such as 3D.

This further strengthened Cameron's confidence in making "Avatar".

[Well, I'll ask Fox for the money after the show. The funds in the account were reduced to less than $1 million last week.]

One million dollars is a lot for other crews, but for Cameron, a money-burning maniac, it is only enough for the crew to shoot a short shot or make a background model.

The most relaxed person among the four is probably George Lucas. He has no desire and is waiting for retirement, but he is the one who enjoys movies the most among them.

[Hmm, the Coke in this cinema is a bit sweet. ]

Lucas took a sip of his drink, twisting his neck to make himself more comfortable.

[That Master named Waver is so cute. His eyes are so charming, right? Where did Kiryu find this little devil? ]

Chapter 70 Seele: “Ah?”

　　At the same time, perhaps because of their financial resources or because they were attracted by the popularity, a small number of game anchors began their painful journey in "Hollow Knight".

　　The game is indeed difficult. In almost every live broadcast room, you can hear the hosts' voices of being tortured to the point of being broken by the boss. However, it is such a seemingly torturous game that makes them addicted and unable to stop.

　　A higher difficulty level will allow players to concentrate quickly. When a person concentrates on something, he or she will not want to be disturbed, the brain will be highly excited, and they will not even feel the passage of time. This state will allow players to access more details and fun of the game.

　　Moreover, this state is quite comfortable for players. Many players often feel that they haven't played much, and several hours have passed unknowingly.

　　And the most important point is that this game has great control over the rhythm.

　　The game doesn't actually have high requirements for personal operation. It requires simple slashing, jumping, sprinting, and at most a few small spells. More importantly, it requires players to be familiar with the boss's attack methods and rhythm.

　　When you first meet the boss, you may be quickly sent back to your chair by their rapid attack frequency and unpredictable movements, but when players challenge the boss again and again and gradually become proficient in the boss's attacks, they will find that their every move is full of a unique sense of rhythm.

　　They don't know how to lie like girls. Except for Zote, the boss's attack will be exactly the same as his starting move. They are quite straightforward.

　　After challenging yourself again and again, you will feel that you have made obvious progress compared to the last time. This positive feedback accumulated bit by bit will be fully released the moment players defeat the boss, bringing an unparalleled sense of accomplishment and pleasure.

　　Even those rough people who don't like to "carry the board" will suddenly find that they have inexplicably become enlightened after repeated failures, and they can avoid all the boss's attacks and easily defeat the boss who has tortured them for a long time.

　　Coupled with the creation of the boss battle scenes, the catchy background music, and the excellent scene performance, it has almost reached the pinnacle of this type of game on the market. Just watching it seems to be a kind of enjoyment.

　　This also reduces the players' frustration to a certain extent and increases the sense of accomplishment brought by winning the battle, as if they had truly created an epic.

　　And, in Hollow Knight, high difficulty = high reward.

　　There are never any intentionally disgusting places in it. If players feel that a certain path is difficult to pass, or a certain boss is hard to defeat, then when players overcome it, they can get rewards corresponding to the difficulty, such as important skills and amulets.

　　As we overcame one difficulty after another and went through one test after another.

　　Every inch of the scenery in this world will be revealed to us bit by bit.

　　The majestic beauty of the Blue Lake, the desolate decline of the City of Tears, the Queen's Garden filled with crises and thorns, and the abyss filled with debris and unwillingness.

　　The little knight has traveled all over this underground world, writing his own epic.

　　The journey is not just about fighting. Every bug in the Holy Nest has their own story.

　　For example, Quirrel, who has always been with the players, always brings a sense of security to the players whenever they see him. His words allow everyone to appreciate the Holy Nest, watch the rain, listen to the wind, and comfortably soak in the hot springs after fighting.

　　Then, watch him sit by the Blue Lake and tell us his story.

　　'I forget all the tragedies and see only miracles.'

　　This moment brought an incomparable shock to everyone. That was why, after he fell into eternal sleep, the bone nails remaining by the Blue Lake became a source of regret for the players.

　　In Hallownest, almost everyone has a chance to be saved, but Quirrell is the only one who makes players feel so powerless.

　　“IGN Rating 9.6: Hollow Knight is a Metroidvania game with rich explorable content and crypts. The world depicted in the game is rich, compelling, and full of stories waiting to be discovered.”

　　“Bonfire Rating 9.4: Full of secrets and fun exploration, as well as exhilarating combat, the dozens of hours spent on this game are totally worth it.”

　　"Anti-Entropy Titan Game Realm Rating 9.9: ..."

　　"National Geographic Center Rating 9.1: ..."

　　"God City Starry Sky Rating 9.5: ..."

　　The high scores given by major review websites have also added to the popularity of "Hollow Knight".

　　Soon, the first week sales figures came out.

　　“Congratulations to Hollow Knight for selling over 3 million copies in its first week!”

　　With an announcement on the official blog of Gensokyo, all the players who love this game cheered, and those manufacturers who previously wanted to step on the game shut up.

　　What a weird thing. I can't play it at all. I'm gone.

　　"Hehe, 3 million, hehe..."

　　In the living room, Minamiya Yu and Seele huddled together, frowning at the other side where Bronya was giggling.

　　Minamiya Yu, who had just returned from going out, approached Seele's soft body and whispered to her, "How long has Bronya been like this?"

　　"Since 10 a.m. when the specific sales data came out, Sister Bronya has been like this. No matter how hard Seele tries to call her, she won't wake up."

　　Seele looked at her sister Bronya worriedly, and then spoke to her brother helplessly.

　　"......"

　　It's almost twelve o'clock now. Could Bronya be stupid?

　　Out of concern for his future wife, Minamiya Yu let go of Seele, came to Bronya, and gently pushed her shoulder.

　　"Hey, wake up, wake up Bronya."

　　“Hehe, hehe…”

　　Seeing that she was still smiling foolishly and had no reaction, Minamiya Yu prepared to tell her something cruel.

　　"I'm going to get married to Seele soon, and I'm going to ask you to be my bridesmaid."

　　"Hey hey... eh?"

　　"well?"

　　Not to mention the blushing Seele, this sentence finally touched Bronya's heartstrings, and her foggy vision gradually returned to clarity. She looked at Minamiya Yu in a daze: "What did you say?"

　　"No, I didn't say anything. But you, what have you been laughing at all this morning?"

　　Hearing this, Bronya's originally confused expression was instantly filled with surprise. In front of Seele's instantly widened gaze, she hugged Minamiya Yu.

　　"Yu, Yu, our game sold over 3 million copies in just one week, that's great!!!"

　　"Yeah, yeah, I know. I know."

　　Although he couldn't experience it personally, Minamiya Yu could more or less imagine Bronya's current state of mind.

　　Bronya should be excited that her childhood dream has come true after going through so many difficulties.

　　"I'm so happy. I really am."

　　She smiled brightly, her cheeks flushed with excitement.

　　Seeing Yu's gentle smile looking at her, Bronya could no longer bear it and kissed her directly in front of Seele.

Chapter 459 Where did the mad dog come from?

The opening part of Fate Zero was added by Nanaya myself. In addition to adding more drama to the popular character Artoria and showing off the skills at the opening, it also paves the way for the subsequent plot.

Because FSN chose the UBW line, it is not very clear why Artoria pursues the Holy Grail.

So Nanaya hopes to tell the audience what Artoria is fighting for.

The theme of FZ is heavy, and the reasons for each party joining the war in this story is a major driving force of the plot, and Nanaya must explain it clearly to the audience.

In this opening scene, Lancelot, played by the elf prince Orlando, also made a cameo appearance.

But he just faced the surging Lake——

Wrong.

It was a rough sea, and I felt helpless.

Unable to participate in the Battle of Camlann, he expressed his concerns for his lord as a knight.

Although the audience was curious about why the other famous Knights of the Round Table did not show their faces, this Minotaur Knight who did not even participate in the war was given a close-up shot.

When the Battle of Camlann scene ended, the movie title Fate Zero appeared next.

After the initial depiction of the tragic war, the audience's expectations for the movie have been fully aroused.

They were very satisfied with the excellent 3D effects at the beginning of the movie, and their attention shifted from the initial focus on the pictures to the content of the movie.

Although they also felt that the 3D effect of the movie was weakened, they did not care too much.

The opening scene reassured them, and they knew the special effects in the movie's battle scenes would be particularly impressive, so they just had to wait quietly.

The plot of the main film is a little bland at the beginning, and it only uses parallel montage techniques to explain the situations of several Masters before the Holy Grail War from many perspectives.

While shaping these characters, the plot also tells the audience the purposes of the seven people chosen by the Holy Grail for participating in the war.

Although there is no fighting in the next 30 minutes, it is almost entirely literary drama.

But all the audience watched it very seriously, and thanks to Nanaya's excellent storytelling ability, everyone quickly understood why these Masters participated in this Holy Grail War.

Among them, Kiritsugu fought for his own ideals, Tokiomi fought for his family's long-cherished wish, Kenneth fought for glory, Waver fought to prove himself, Kariya fought to save Sakura, Kirei simply followed the arrangements of his father and teacher, and the murderous devil was simply dragged into it.

The plot switches very quickly, but the audience's understanding of the plot is very clear and not confusing at all.

And everyone felt that the camera switching was very natural and smooth.

Often after people understand the plot, they want to see what happens to other people, and the movie will actively switch the camera to other people.

As a well-known film critic of the Los Angeles Times, Kenneth Turan was naturally qualified to attend the premiere.

As a film critic who has always mainly reviewed commercial films, Kenneth Turan is slightly more tolerant of commercial films than other film critics, but of course only slightly.

Compared to other film critics, Turan understood from the very beginning why Nanaya put the showmanship shots in the forefront.

But knowing is not the same as understanding, and the opening paragraph is still a minus point in the eyes of this film critic.

In his opinion, this plot is both tragic and boring.

If they are fans of the Fate series, they will naturally resonate with this plot.

Because they have watched FSN and UBW, they know who Artoria is, so they can resonate with this king.

But what about newcomers? They don’t know this character who has accompanied other audiences in two movies, one comic, and four novels, so they naturally won’t feel this kind of emotion.

Of course, apart from the shortcomings in the initial shot arrangement, the movie FZ is definitely a top-notch film in Turan's eyes.

The plot of the movie progresses step by step, with a good balance of tension and relaxation, and it can definitely become a model for ensemble drama movies.

And if you look closely you will find that unlike FSN, this time the seven masters, whether or not they actively participate in this Holy Grail War, have completely different reasons.

This differentiation is very representative, as if it represents those who joined the war in real life.

They entered the same battlefield for their own different reasons, and the development of the plot was really interesting.

Turan felt that this was probably the best ensemble drama he had seen in terms of character creation since "The Lord of the Rings".

But compared to "The Lord of the Rings", FZ's storytelling still seems a bit hasty.

But considering that "The Lord of the Rings" has three parts and FZ has only two, this is understandable.

"What's wrong with me? I'm trying so hard to make excuses for the shortcomings of this movie."

Turan chuckled, "It seems that this movie is indeed excellent. Both the plot and the special effects are refreshing. It makes people unable to help but make excuses for his shortcomings."

The FZ is not without its flaws, but its advantages are so outstanding that people want to ignore them.

On the screen, the plot of the movie finally reached a critical point.

The Masters who were originally in various parts of the world finally came to the land of Fuyuki City because of the call of the Holy Grail.

They started their own war for the common goal of the Holy Grail.

The first thing that happened was Hassan invading the Tohsaka residence. After doing some gymnastics to stretch his muscles, he was beaten into a sieve by various flying props.

“Puff.”

"What's wrong? Why are you laughing?"

Katsushira looked at his younger brother.

The cameraman covered his mouth and chuckled, "Big sister, don't you think this scene is very similar to pounding the meat to make it soft and then stringing it with skewers?"

Katsushira opened his mouth, not knowing what to say to this guy.

"…Your sense of humor is really strange."

Of course, the cameraman was the only one who found such a strange sense of humor. Most of the audience were puzzled by Hassan's suicidal charge.

But when they saw so many Hassans appearing in the church and realized that Assassin had turned from open to secret, they immediately felt a chill.

How should other Masters deal with being monitored by these guys at all times?

But the audience didn't have to worry for long, as the first official battle of the Holy Grail War finally broke out at the port.

As an opening, the battle between Diarmuid and Artoria amazed everyone from the first frame.

Not only Irisviel, played by Illya on the screen, but also the audiences watching FZ all over the world, from New York across the Pacific Ocean to Tokyo off the screen, were dumbfounded!

"The effect of the gun tip is so realistic! It looks like it's about to hit me in the face!"

Although it was expected at the beginning, it was the first time that the audience had seen such a strong visual realism.

You have to know that the previous pictures emphasized the three-dimensional sense of the 3D effect. Although it was amazing, it was far less stimulating to the visual senses than the several gun tip lenses of Diarmuid this time.

In order to maximize the visual stimulation, Nanaya deliberately maximized the jumping screen effect of several weapon shots.

Combined with the huge IMAX screen, the audience can more clearly experience the depth of field effect.

Even Johnson and the three British gay friends had their eyes wide open, their mouths slightly open, and their eyes fixed on the screen.

Their expressions can now only be described in one word - shocked!

Although they are the protagonists of this film, they are not the core creators and this is the first time they see the finished film.

"It's really amazing. Compared with this movie, the special effects used in other movie promotions are like children playing house."

Tom Hiddleston, the youngest among the group, was the first to shout out.

James McAvoy rubbed her chin and commented seriously, "It's like being sucked into the movie screen without realizing it. Is this the immersive experience they talked about in the previous promotions?"

"James, your legs are shaking."

Benedict Cumberbatch rolled his eyes at him.

Benedict Cumberbatch is now extremely grateful, because after falling off the stage, he had thought about quitting.

After all, he was frightened by such a serious accident, so of course he would instinctively retreat.

However, Benedict Cumberbatch quickly adjusted his mindset and rejoined the filming after his injury had almost healed.

Now it seems fortunate that this is the case, otherwise it would be a pity to miss such a great work.

"Guys," Johnson nodded, "Do you think there's another movie this year that can surpass ours in terms of visual effects?"

McAvoy thought about it and shook her head: "Probably not. Although I heard that most movies have IMAXv versions, none of them have 3D versions."

"Hehe, this will be interesting next time."

"What a joke! After watching FZ, how can I watch other special effects movies?"

Although Tom Hiddleston said this, his eyes revealed a gloating smile.

"I think our director is ruining all the special effects movies in Hollywood!" Johnson proudly announced, "All special effects movies this year are going to be ruined."

"That's not the case." Benedict Cumberbatch calmed down a little. "After all, the difference in special effects between the regular version and the IMAX version is not as big as that between the regular version and the IMAX version."

McAvoy added: "But the IMAX version will definitely be able to be shown for a long time. This will definitely be the beginning of a new era."

Although the three British friends are all professionally trained, their perspective on watching movies is more like that of ordinary movie fans.

What do ordinary movie fans care about most?

Of course it’s the special effects.

If Hassan's lamb kebabs are just a side dish, then the battle between Diarmuid and Artoria is just an appetizer.

Everyone was waiting for the main course to be served.

And the commercial film director Nanaya Kiryu did not disappoint everyone. The successive appearances of The Emperor, Mr. Golden and The Lake Knight attracted everyone's attention.

And the game between the parties is indeed exciting.

Whether it is the battle design between the servants or the contest between several masters outside the main battlefield, it is all very exciting.

Just when everyone was looking forward to how the plot would develop, the Lake Knight wrapped in black fog went after losing his opponent Gilgamesh and turned to his old boss.

"A————rrrrrrrthur!!!!!"

The Lake Knight roared and pounced on Artoria like a pervert.

Now the audience immediately understood why Mr. Golden had previously described him as a mad dog.

"Damn, what mad dog dared to molest my Artoria!"

Chapter 69: Kill, kill, kill!

　　"This initial map should have been made by Bronya."

　　There is no verbal prompt at all, but through a series of simple and clever level designs, players can understand some basic or extended operations, and you can vaguely see the shadow of the previous Alahato.

　　After jumping onto several raised platforms in succession and killing several buzzing bugs with the sword in mid-air, Sirin had an almost unimpeded journey. She even narrowly avoided a small trap set by Bronya - a small bug that suddenly appeared at the point where the little knight jumped.

　　Sirin almost got furious because of the small monster's health loss, so she turned around and chopped the small bug down with two swords.

　　"Just like this, you still want to sneak attack my lady Sirin?!"

　　An extremely smug expression appeared on her face and she began to utter sarcasm. It was obvious that she was a little inflated.

　　Soon, a patch of spikes on the ground blocked Sirin's way. After trying several times, Sirin found that she couldn't reach the other side by jumping alone. Everyone opened their eyes wide and put their hands on the keyboard to watch the joke of the pufferfish. Unexpectedly, Sirin glanced at the barrage with disdain and said confidently: "Ha, don't underestimate my dozens of times of research on the promotional video!!!"

　　Having said that, Sirin jumped again without hesitation, and then slashed down quickly when the knight was about to land on the spikes.

　　There was only a crisp sound of ding.

　　The little knight's body flew up directly due to the reaction force of the bone nails and spikes. Then, a series of ding ding ding sounds were heard, and Sirin controlled the little knight to reach the other side very smoothly.

　　"This is technology, understand?"

　　The corners of his mouth were raised, showing the demeanor of a master.

　　[It's broken, she installed it. 】

　　[Tsk, how come it’s over? I came here to see this? ]

　　[Tsk, it's so hard to pass a novice level. ]

　　......

　　Without paying any attention to the negative and positive comments in the comments, Sirin was filled with pride and completely inflated.

　　She controlled the little knight forward and soon split open a stone gate. Bright light shone on the little knight, and she also passed through the gate and came to a declining town called Dirtmouth.

　　The only insect elder in the town welcomed the little knight and told him the background story of this world just like the village chief of the novice village in every RPG game.

　　"The prosperous insect dynasty, unknown changes, the disappearance of insect people, the breath of madness, the satisfaction of desires, the tomb, and the seal in the initial CG..."

　　While watching the plot attentively, Sirin extracted what she thought was the key information. Her meticulous look made the audience feel a little expectant.

　　Could it be possible that Sirin could really see something in such a short time?

　　Letting the little knight sit on the amulet chair and ignoring the pop-up interface, Sirin frowned and closed her eyes. She opened them dozens of seconds later and looked at the screen seriously.

　　Just when everyone thought Sirin would have some brilliant ideas, a somewhat annoyed voice sounded: "What is this Riddler plot? I don't understand it."

　　[I don't understand why you are pretending to be a bull demon!! ]

　　[I thought the pufferfish had become smarter, but I was overthinking it. ]

　　......

　　“Tsk.”

　　Smacking her lips in dissatisfaction, Sirin closed the empty amulet interface and ran directly to the right. Soon, she fell from a vertical well into a new map called "Forgotten Crossroads".

　　"Although I don't know what the plot of this game is about, and what I should do next, but!"

　　Sirin's face turned serious, she picked up the bone nail and rushed towards the monster that appeared on the map.

　　"All I know is that I'm going to go on a killing spree!!!"

　　Kill the little stinging insect!

　　Kill the little beetle!

　　Kill the little flying insect!

　　Unicorn beetle, kill!

　　Heaven created all things and insects, but insects have nothing and heaven has nothing. Kill kill kill kill kill kill!

　　Kill the monsters! Kill the obstacles! Kill the small bosses!

　　Even the sharp spikes that passed by would be hit by two bone nails.

　　The crisp sound of "ding ding ding" continued, and one "orange juice" after another exploded on the screen.

　　What Hallownest, what kingdom? As long as I, the little knight, kill everyone here, all the problems will no longer be a problem!

　　But as the killing went on, Sirin suddenly froze.

　　She looked at the map in front of her, which seemed to have been walked through before, and asked doubtfully: "Have you walked through this place just now?"

　　I subconsciously looked to the upper left corner, but found that there was nothing there.

　　It was at this moment that she realized that this game seemed to have no minimap.

　　bug?

　　No, with the level of these two people, there would not be such an obvious mistake, so is it a feature of the game?

　　Was the minimap deleted to deepen the exploration element?

　　As she thought about it, Sirin simply gave up thinking.

　　Why bother with so much? As long as she can chop all the movable objects on the map into orange juice, she will find the way forward sooner or later!

　　Keep killing!!

　　Seeing this, the audience in the live broadcast room praised Miss Puffer for being not only brainless but also having small breasts.

　　She moved forward very quickly, except for the occasional mistake that would cause Sirin to lose some blood, but this blood would be replenished quickly. It was not until she met the fake knight that Sirin stopped for a while.

　　The huge size compared to the little knight calmed Sirin's inflated heart a little, but after a few attempts Sirin figured out the fake knight's attack pattern.

　　Soon, she swung the bone nails and moved forward to fight with the false knight.

　　This novice boss was basically not difficult, and many people could pass it with one life. Although she was only left with one drop of blood in the end due to her greed, she still managed to live up to her previous boast.

　　Just when Sirin thought she could keep moving forward, she encountered the second boss.

　　Brooding Mawlek.

　　Recalling the difficulty of the first boss, Sirin swung the bone nail forward with confidence, but looking at her health bar that returned to zero within twenty seconds, Sirin fell silent.

　　No, shouldn't the difficulty between bosses be linear?

　　Not to mention that one life was passed, but at least it made her evenly matched and gave her some sense of participation, right?

　　Looking at the orange juice shells scattered all over the sky, Sirin suddenly felt like she couldn't play anymore, and was sent away by Mawlek in a few moves.

　　Of course, this didn't make Sirin feel too bad. She was just slapped in the face for her boasting. It was okay. She had long been used to it. As long as she played the ostrich and didn't go...

　　"Um?"

　　Looking at the screen, when she realized that she would need to run the map again after the knight's death, the doubts that came out of her mouth subconsciously revealed the waves in her heart.

　　If this was still within the range that she could barely tolerate, when she came here again and again and was sent home by Mawlek again and again, her mentality eventually became a little unbalanced.

　　Half an hour later, Sirin felt that she was just one step away, but her defense was finally broken when Mawlek leaped up and sat her down on her back.

　　"No, this game is sick!!!"

　　At this moment, the smile on Sirin's face finally shifted to the faces of the audience.

　　[Host, don't be sad. Let me tell you a joke. Just now a pufferfish said that he could clear the level with one life, but now he has become autistic after being beaten. Do you think it's funny? ]

Chapter 458: Battle of Camlann

"Oh my God!"

“This is really…”

"Marvelous!"

All kinds of exclamations rang out in the screening room, and everyone was shocked as soon as the movie started.

Many viewers even did the same thing as the lucky first group of people who watched "The Arrival of a Train" in the last century.

Some of the audience were so frightened that they stood up and ran away when they saw the train approaching from a distance and seemed to be about to penetrate the screen and crush them.

Although modern audiences would certainly not make overly exciting movements such as running away, they would still subconsciously dodge when they saw objects on the screen rushing towards them with an extremely three-dimensional texture.

Of course, the first thing played was not the main movie, but an IMAX 3D promotional clip.

But this video of less than 2 minutes has aroused the interest of all the audience.

Because the pictures are so realistic, the food on the screen seems to be within reach.

Many people even took off their 3D glasses halfway through the film to watch it more carefully.

When they saw the picture full of double images, they suddenly realized.

"There is no blinding feeling like in Red and Blue at all. This segment is really great!"

"This segment is so exciting. Will the movie have the same effect later on?"

"It should be a yes, otherwise why would they give us these glasses?"

As soon as the promotional video ended, the audience began to discuss it with people around them.

"How cunning. This part wasn't included in the preview."

Listening to the whispers of the audience nearby, Miss Katsushira curled the corners of her mouth.

Having seen the finished film, she of course knows that not all scenes are as good as in the promotional clips.

The wonderful 3D special effects are mainly concentrated on the key action segments of the movie.

At other times, especially during the literary scenes, even if you take off your 3D glasses it will not affect the viewing experience.

In Miss Katsushira's opinion, this promotional clip should have been deliberately added by the Washimine producers to attract audiences.

In fact, Miss Katsushira’s guess was not completely correct, but it cannot be said to be wrong either.

This 3D promotional video was produced by IMAX at great expense in order to promote the IMAX 3D effects.

Because this video can be used for several years, IMAX naturally produced it carefully and strived for perfection.

As for the feature film, it’s not that Nanaya doesn’t want to do it, but that he can’t do it.

If we really want to do something like "Avatar", where the entire movie is shot with 3D cameras and then played in true 3D, it is not impossible.

But with this workload, even if they squeezed him into a mummy, there is no way the film can be released today.

In addition, the 3D version was only produced in IMAX, so Nanaya was not willing to spend too much energy on it.

Therefore, Nanaya adopted a "combination of real and fake" approach. The main action scenes were shot and produced in 3D, while most of the shots, including literary scenes, were suppressed and produced in post-production.

Therefore, the 3D effect of more than two-thirds of this FZ is not much different from the "Alice in Wonderland" which has no 3D effect except the subtitles.

But the number of soldiers is not important, but their quality is.

Nanaya believes that as long as the key scenes can guarantee the production standards, the audience will definitely ignore the shortcomings of the pseudo-3D images.

After the initial surprise, audiences were eager to see whether the 3D effects of the feature film would be just as good.

As it turned out, their director Nanaya Kiryu did not disappoint them.

After passing the logos of Washimine Entertainment and Erque Studio, FZ officially began.

The first scene in the movie is a war scene.

Moreover, the war was at its most intense moment, with both sides mixed together like a meat grinder, and the whole scene seemed a bit chaotic.

The audience could only see that the knights were divided into two groups, one with a blue emblem and the other with a red emblem.

Although this battle was somewhat discontinuous, the audience's brains at this time had no energy to think about the plot, because they were all deeply attracted by the visual effects of this war.

Because this war is so real, guns and swords jump out of the screen everywhere, and armor seems to be very close.

Even though there isn't much blood in the footage due to the rating, it still makes people feel the brutality of war.

Not only the audience in the IMAX theater of AMC where the premiere was held, but the audience sitting in IMAX theaters around the world that were showing FZ at that time were also shocked.

Some particularly sensitive girls, faced with such a realistic battle scene, couldn't help but hold their breath and unconsciously held the hands of their boyfriends.

For example, Mr. Kiritani in Japan is one of them. He let Asuna hold his hand and enjoyed the ultimate enjoyment of both vision and touch.

"I like this movie. It gets straight to the point right from the start without any dragging! It's simple and straightforward. I wish Asuna could be so direct."

Kiritani savored the soft touch on his hand and sighed.

Although ordinary audiences were very satisfied with this battle, most professional film critics did not like this opening very much.

In their view, this beginningless and inconclusive battle was just a show of skill and a pure display of charisma.

After all, they prefer movies that develop gradually, and such a high-profile opening can easily make the movie start high and end low.

If Nanaya knew what these film critics were thinking, he would tell them very clearly.

That’s right, I’m just showing off my skills.

Nanaya knew very well that after watching the 3D promotional footage at the beginning, the audience would definitely be looking forward to the 3D effects of the feature film.

Therefore, the opening of the movie must meet the audience's expectations instead of fooling them with pseudo-3D images.

Otherwise, the audience will feel cheated, and once the audience has this idea, it will be very bad.

Therefore, Nanaya arranged this war scene to show the audience what real movie 3D images should be like.

Once the audience discovers that the 3D effects of this movie are indeed worthy of the opening credits, they will naturally feel relieved.

Then, if pseudo 3D images are shown, the audience will be much more receptive.

Sure enough, after the initial admiration, the audience began to adapt to the special effects of the movie. They began to care about the plot and wanted to know the beginning and end of the war.

Just when the audience had this thought, the movie's camera moved to the center of the battlefield.

There was a blue knight and a red knight standing there.

"It's all over, King Arthur!"

The masked red knight pointed his sword at the blue knight.

The Blue Knight said nothing as she removed her helmet and tossed it aside.

A beautiful and resolute face appeared in front of the camera, her golden hair fluttering in the wind, her green eyes looking at her opponent seriously.

The female knight caused cheers from the audience just by her appearance, and everyone present knew her.

Artoria didn't waste any words. She just swung her weapon and fought with the red knight.

"Which battle of King Arthur is this? And who is her opponent?"

With the huge popularity of FSN two years ago, the story of King Arthur became well-known, and the audience also learned some of King Arthur's past.

Many viewers began to look for clues in the pictures to confirm when the battle on the screen took place.

But before they could find the evidence, they saw that Artoria's stomach was pierced by the red knight's sword.

"How could it be? Saber is dead?"

"That shouldn't be the case. She has a scabbard."

The audience simply could not accept that their favorite character died at the very beginning.

Even though their own Artoria immediately pierced the opponent with her spear, they did not want to end up dying together.

Many veteran Fate fans began to educate people around them about the scabbard that appeared in the comics, saying that Artoria would definitely not die.

But the next second these people were slapped in the face.

Because the red knight's helmet fell off, the face inside was exactly the same as Artoria's, except for the different hairstyle.

"Why! Why don't you acknowledge me! Father!"

Most of the audience immediately realized that this was the Battle of Camlann, where King Arthur's life ended.

Faced with her child's questioning, Artoria simply closed her eyes gently.

"Mordred, you don't have the qualities to be a king."

After hearing his father say his name, Mordred, who was already at the end of his strength, wanted to say something else.

"Father...sir..."

Mordred stretched out her hand, this time she had no intention of attacking, she just wanted to touch her father.

But before the bloody hand touched King Arthur, Mordred fell down powerlessly.

There was no joy of defeating the enemy on King Arthur's face, only sadness and desolation.

Not to mention that she had lost the scabbard, it was impossible for her to survive this war.

Even if she could, the fate of her country would be irreversible.

Standing on the Camlann Hill where the final battle took place, Artoria looked at the countless dead bodies - they were all knights who had once followed her.

"I……"

Artoria bit her lips tightly. She had never shown any expression when fighting with Mordred just now, but tears welled up in her eyes when she saw this tragic scene.

Scenes from her past flashed before her eyes, from when she pulled out the sword from the stone and became the king to now when she was heading towards her end.

"I am not qualified to be the king..."

Artoria denied everything in the past, she even denied her own life.

"If there really is an omnipotent Holy Grail in this world..."

Using her sword to support her dying body, Artoria looked up at the sky and made her last request in her life.

"Please, let's start all over again. I want the world to go back to that day! Go back to the day of the King's Choice!"

It seemed as if there was really a God who heard the king's request.

A golden light fell from the dark sky.

Artoria disappeared from Camlann Hill with her Excalibur.

Chapter 68 This game isn’t that difficult

　　A week later, Hollow Knight was officially released.

　　Just one day before the release, the press release purchased by Minamiya Yu had already been widely circulated in the gaming news.

　　'The new work of the author of "To the Moon" is about to be released. Can "Hollow Knight" achieve the same success?'

　　'A new designer challenges a new subject for the first time. Is it a success or a failure?'

　　'I did a frame-by-frame analysis of the Hollow Knight trailer, and this game gave me so many surprises.'

　　If you go to the website, you will find that most of the posts are discussing "Hollow Knight". The popularity is very high, with some people optimistic about it, some pessimistic about it, and some indifferent.

　　There is no way. He can't be like some old thieves in his previous life who can create huge waves in the gaming circle with just a name.

　　In order for the game to achieve better results, there is no need to hesitate when it comes to publicity and promotion.

　　Relying on this financial ability, "Hollow Knight" gained a huge amount of attention at once, and the game was launched on the Titan game platform on time at 10 o'clock in the morning, priced at 48 game points, with a 10% discount in the first week.

　　As the official live broadcast room of Gensokyo Company, Sirin naturally downloaded the game as soon as possible.

　　Because of her proximity to the water, Sirin can always get first-hand information about the Gensokyo Company. Moreover, because of "To the Moon", the audience in the live broadcast room have a good impression of this company and are naturally looking forward to it.

　　Taking advantage of the Saturday break, Sirin plans to have a great day.

　　The live broadcast room was opened early. After being irritated by the "Miss Pufferfish" that filled the screen, Sirin took a deep breath and decided not to bother with these bastards.

　　In the corner of the screen of her live broadcast room, on the table covered by the camera, there is a photo of her and Elysia when they were in Europe, with Elysia's autograph and blessings written on it.

　　At first, Sirin boasted about it for a long time, and was secretly happy looking at the jealous audience. Some fans wanted to buy it at a high price, but Sirin refused without a second thought. This was a photo of her and her idol, how could she sell it!

　　Of course, everyone in the photo was wearing normal clothes, and Sirin had no intention of giving benefits to these indecent viewers.

　　“Hollow Knight is out today, so let’s try it out.”

　　【Please serve it quickly, I can’t wait! 】

　　Comments like these kept scrolling, causing Sirin to wave her hands at the camera: "Don't worry, don't worry, it's already downloaded and is being installed."

　　Watching the live broadcast room's gradually increasing popularity, Sirin secretly rejoiced. She didn't expect that just wanting to help a friend would actually bring her more benefits. In the past six months, her number of fans has almost doubled.

　　Soon, the game was installed, and she couldn't wait to open this game, which had already raised her expectations to the maximum.

　　Then, a dark and deep interface occupied her main screen. The four fluorescent characters "Hollow Knight" appeared at the top of the screen, standing in stark contrast to the darkness of the background. In the lower right corner was a pattern of a red and white yin and yang jade that was constantly rotating, representing Gensokyo Company.

　　Soothing background music also slowly sounded at this moment, and the soft piano sound seemed to be presenting some unspeakable past to everyone.

　　“Sure enough, the music is still of first-class standard.”

　　Not only Sirin, the barrage also expressed praise. At the beginning, the atmosphere has been created for you.

　　After listening for a while, Sirin pressed the 'Start Game' button under the constant urging of the audience.

　　The picture gradually faded away, and in the pitch-black background, a faint fluorescence appeared, accompanied by lines of handwriting that gradually emerged.

　　'In the distant wilderness, they all mention your name with awe and regret.

　　No one could tame our wild souls, and you accepted the challenge.

　　Under the palest gaze, you taught, we changed, instincts were redeemed

　　You brought a world to the bugs and beasts that they never dreamed of.

　　————From "Elegy for Hallownest", written by Teacher Monomon.'

　　"I hate the Riddler."

　　As Sirin made a complaint, she saw the opening CG appear on the screen.

　　Amid the whirring and chaotic noise, dust was scattered in the dilapidated gray and black world. Chains from bottom to top hung the bound objects high up. Suddenly, a bright light illuminated the pupils, and cracks appeared on the bound bodies.

　　But soon, the seal was restarted and the gold color went out again.

　　Then, the scene changed and the tone of the background music changed accordingly.

　　Next to a strange snail-shaped building, a little man who looked like a beetle, wearing a cloak and with a white head, looked extremely cute, slowly walked down the stairs in the distance.

　　Then, a snail-shaped street lamp flashed by, and the line of sight was drawn towards the little man.

　　There are two big black, swirling eyes on the little white head, and you can't see clearly inside. He has a cracked bone nail on his back, and the cloak behind him is also tattered, looking like a man who has experienced many vicissitudes of life and traveled for a long time.

　　When the picture lengthened again, the little knight was already standing on the edge of a cliff where cold wind was howling. He raised his head and silently looked at the only light in the darkness in the distance.

　　The scattered starlight along the way was like signposts guiding him forward.

　　Then he leaped off the cliff.

　　The game begins here.

　　"Let me see what's going on."

　　Talking to herself, Sirin began to explore various operations on the flat ground.

　　Move left and right, jump, slash, and more...

　　"That's it?"

　　Isn't that a bit too little for an action game? However, the knight's movements are quite smooth.

　　Muttering to herself, Sirin controlled the character and began to walk to the right.

　　Soon, an obstacle appeared in front of her, and Sirin subconsciously swung her knife.

　　With a snap, the obstacle instantly shattered into pieces and turned into small stones on the ground.

　　"Wait, this feeling?"

　　Frowning and swinging his sword twice in the air, Sirin saw another obstacle not far away and immediately controlled the little knight to run over.

　　Then, swing the knife.

　　Pop.

　　The barrier shattered again.

　　"Hiss~ This feels a little too good."

　　The knight's smooth movements and the light and sound effects of hitting objects with the sword combine together to create a very outstanding feel.

　　This is what Minamiya Yu and Bronya have been researching from the beginning, and have been optimizing it until the game is completed. It can be said that it is several levels stronger than the original in Minamiya Yu's mind.

　　Most players know how important the feel is for action games.

　　With anticipation, Sirin encountered the first monster.

　　It was a cute little beetle crawling towards her.

　　Without saying a word, Sirin chopped again, and with two clangs, she chopped the little beetle down.

　　Compared to obstacles, the monster's equally smooth attack action combined with the knight's attack action makes the feel even better.

　　"This game is quite enjoyable."

　　As she spoke, Sirin killed several more monsters in succession. Her confidence suddenly increased, and she proudly said to the audience: "The designer told me before that this game is a bit challenging, but now it doesn't seem difficult. Look, I can clear it with one life!"

Chapter 457: The Gate to a New World

Nanaya's indifference to the Oscars puzzled the young assistant named Barry. In her opinion, the Oscars should be the pursuit of all directors.

However, as an excellent assistant, personal emotions mean nothing to her. She only needs to serve her clients well.

So our Miss Barry just followed Nanaya closely with a faint smile on her face.

As for Nanaya, he greeted the actors and several behind-the-scenes staff one by one.

Then he stood with these people again and completed the routine photo.

If it were in the past, Nanaya would definitely turn around and walk into the cinema after taking the photos.

But that’s not possible today, as his multiple duties forced him to continue standing at the door and carrying out various public relations activities.

In between shaking hands and chatting with the guests, Nanaya glanced at the actor area with the corner of his eyes, observing the situation of the leading actors, led by Lily.

The most popular of all is undoubtedly Lily.

This girl, who has been called the new-age "English Rose" by the media, has a smile on her face as happy as the citizens of London seeing the sun come out today.

As for the British gay trio - Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hiddleston and James McAvoy.

They gathered together and enjoyed the star treatment.

Johnson did the same thing, and the smile on his face was even brighter than the California sunshine.

Nanaya roughly understood the thoughts of these actors. After working hard for so many years, they finally became famous. It would be unreasonable not to enjoy it.

Take the gay trio for example. They all graduated from serious performing arts schools and have spent most of their lives just learning acting.

For them, being in the spotlight is the real meaning of their lives.

It was not until the premiere red carpet ceremony was almost over that Nanaya and Lily and others walked into the cinema.

Because of various promotional activities including interviews, photo-taking and other activities, by the time he walked into the screening room, most of the audience and guests attending the premiere had already entered, and they were all eagerly waiting for the screening to begin.

Shiki and Ori came over immediately after seeing Nanaya.

The topic of the three people's conversation is naturally inseparable from the movie that will be released soon. The movie FZ is not just the work of Nanaya alone.

To be honest, it's more like a child shared by three people.

Hmm... it seems a bit...

"Washimine has secured the maximum possible number of theaters for the film's opening, more than 4,000 theaters in North America."

Shiki Matsuno said excitedly that this was the first time he saw his work had such a large number of prints. He felt a little excited just thinking about it.

"It's 4,039 theaters and 6,235 screens." Nanaya corrected. He always remembered the number of screens his movies opened on very clearly.

"You picked a really good time slot. We don't have any strong competitors during the same period." Shiki continued, "Nana, the market you opened up with your first two Fate movies is really great. Plus, everyone is in the standard summer schedule, and the ones we're going to face next are all small productions with production costs of tens of millions of dollars at most. There's no way they're going to have any impact on FZ."

Nanaya tilted his head and asked, "When did you start caring about the box office?"

"There's nothing I can do. I'd like to not care, but if FZ's performance is too bad, my reputation in the international market will also be damaged," Shiki replied with a roll of his eyes.

"Don't worry about that." Ori seemed to be in a very good mood. "300 Spartans has passed its peak box office success. This movie no longer poses any threat. We will have the market to ourselves before May."

Nanaya nodded, saying that the off-season also has its advantages.

The absence of competitors makes their films the only choice for most audiences.

Because of the same situation in his previous life, he had to watch "Thor 2: The Dark World" four times, which he considered to be the most mediocre work in the MCU.

The reason is that I went out with different friends during that period, and every time I chose a movie, there was really no other choice except this one.

By the same token, Sony's "Venom" also dominated the autumn off-season market, allowing this not-so-excellent work to earn a lot of US dollars.

The same situation is happening to FZ now. There are no wolves in front and no tigers behind, and the schedule couldn’t be better.

What's more, Nanaya felt that the quality of his movie was much better than "Thor 2" and "Venom", and he really couldn't think of any reason for the film to fail.

If it still fails after all this, it will only prove that Nanaya's level is just so-so.

"That's right. If the results are good, we can even try to expand the screening to the following week."

Shion joined the conversation at some point and took Nanaya's arm.

"This is not the highly competitive summer season. If we give in a little, maybe we can create miracles for the movie. I want to borrow this guy. Do you two mind?"

"Certainly."

"Haha, please come in, big sister."

Ori and Shiki Matsuno shook their heads and left tactfully.

"What a ungrateful fellow."

Nanaya snorted coldly.

Shion's eyes flashed dangerously, "Why? Is it unfair for you, the great director, to be with me?"

"Of course not."

On such a matter of principle, Nanaya would have to have his head hit by a hammer before he nodded.

"That's good."

Shion was very satisfied. She tilted her head towards the movie screen and said, "Let's start the battle now, my general."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Nanaya bowed to Shion.

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As a long-term journalist cooperating withWashimine, Ms. Katsushira can get two free tickets.

So she brought her new cameraman with her.

It’s not that Miss Katsushira has any ideas about this young man, but because countless colleagues in the magazine hope to have the opportunity to attend the premiere.

Everyone was very interested in accompanying their magazine's star reporter to such a grand premiere event.

However, the focus of the male colleagues was on accompanying Miss Katsushira, while the focus of the female colleagues was on attending this grand event.

Miss Katsushira, who is single, does not have a convenient cover like a boyfriend. So when there are too many people begging her and it is not easy to refuse anyone, Miss Katsushira directly uses work as an excuse to get the photographer under her to join.

If the novel had this cameraman as the protagonist, he should have taken this opportunity to watch a movie together and started a heart-shattering love affair with Miss Katsushira.

It is a story about lovers who finally become brother and sister after going through 81 difficulties.

It’s a pity that this cameraman is just a minor character who doesn’t even have a name.

Moreover, this silly guy has always been thinking about hooking up with a little star by using his identity as a reporter, and he has no idea about the beautiful senior next to him.

Maybe that's why Miss Katsushira brought this guy out.

Look, after this guy sat down, the thing that interested him most was the pair of 3D glasses in his hand.

"Katsushika-senpai, how effective do you think these glasses are? Won't the effect be improved in the end, and instead make the eyes blind?"

"Anyway, the effect is much greater than you think."

Miss Katsushira, who had already experienced the realistic screen experience at the preview, seemed a little dissatisfied with her younger brother's skeptical tone.

"Really?"

The cameraman scratched his head and replied, "My impression of 3D movies is still at the stage of red and blue eyes. This kind of black glasses is the first time I have seen."

"I'm telling you, as someone in the film and entertainment industry, you should at least know some basic common sense, right?"

Miss Katsushira held her forehead and said, "This kind of 3D technology has been around for a long time. The movie The Polar Express a few years ago already had an IMAX 3D version, and the 3D technology they used at the time was this."

"But I heard that movie got a mediocre rating."

Seeing the innocent smile on the little brother's face, Miss Katsushira's forehead was already covered with crosses.

"Because the film still has huge technical flaws, and the plot is also very problematic, which led to the film's average reviews. But!"

Miss Katsushira exclaimed: "This is still a great attempt, because this movie provides technical ideas and explorations for later 3D movies. And FZ, which we are going to see now, is a practical application of 3D technology based on it."

"Is it so amazing? I didn't know it."

Looking at the silly cameraman, Miss Katsushira couldn't help but ask if this guy is here to be a supporting actor?

[Forget it, after this idiot sees the movie, he will know what visual shock is. ]

In fact, it's not just the person next to her. Miss Katsushira has seen several ordinary viewers feel curious and worried about this 3D mode.

Except for a few European emperors who have nothing to do, the vast majority of the audience who can come to grab the box office of the premiere are supporters of the Fate series.

Therefore, what these audiences discussed the most was the movie that was about to be released, and all the audiences were looking forward to the release of this movie.

Apart from the content directly related to the FZ movie, the only thing left is the issue of the 3D glasses in hand.

The concept of 3D movies is not new, and red and blue 3D movie technology has long been used in television production.

But just like all new technologies are not perfect, the red and blue 3D technology has big problems and no viewer's eyes can sustain it for too long.

After the initial novelty period, the audience's concept of 3D movies basically turned into contempt.

Everyone has always thought that this is just a gimmick, and many people have even begun to boycott 3D movies, believing that this is just a device made by evil scientists to blind people's eyes.

Therefore, these audiences who have never experienced a real 3D movie are curious, excited and worried about the 3D version of the FZ movie.

Will this be a groundbreaking work, or will it still use the 3D gimmick as in the past?

With these questions in mind, everyone put on their glasses following the prompts from the theater broadcast and waited quietly for the movie to officially begin.

Then they were shocked by what happened before their eyes.

Just like the lucky people in the world who watched "The Arrival of a Train at the Station" on December 28, 1895.

A door called "3D movies" opened in the world of these viewers.

Chapter 67: Propaganda

　　"It's a pity that I didn't make it to the Far East Game Exhibition."

　　At the dinner table, Bronya's voice was filled with regret.

　　The Far East Game Expo, along with the Anti-Entropy Game Expo, the Destiny Game Expo, and the City of Gods Game Expo, are listed as one of the four major game expo in the world. They are held in winter, autumn, spring, and summer respectively. They are four gaming events for players every year.

　　Regardless of the performance of "To the Moon" or the relationship with Anti-Entropy Entertainment, Gensokyo Company naturally obtained a ticket to the Far East Game Expo. Unfortunately, "Hollow Knight" was still just a semi-finished product at that time, and regrettably missed this opportunity.

　　"A blessing in disguise. This Far East Game Expo caused quite a stir because of the conflict between Destiny and Anti-Entropy. Maybe we won't get any attention even if we go there?"

　　While eating the food that Kaguya picked for him, Minamiya Yu looked at Bronya and said.

　　That’s right, it’s Kaguya.

　　Ever since Kaguya's last visit, she has become a regular here, visiting on time every Saturday and Sunday. Sometimes she will come to sit for a while on weekday evenings and chat with Seele about family matters.

　　Although she looks like a quiet beauty, she is actually a chatterbox.

　　Four months have passed, and it is visibly that Seele and Bronya's resistance to Kaguya has gradually weakened, and they have even accepted her as half a member of the family.

　　This can be seen from the fact that every Saturday, Seele would take the initiative to cook for four people.

　　"That's right. Who would have thought that these two companies were making the same type of games?"

　　They are of the same type, equally large-scale, and their booths are next to each other, so it is natural that players compare the two.

　　Different from the offline "mutual respect", on the Internet, fans of each group directly started a war of words, which was very rampant for a while. Even if they participated in the exhibition, they probably would not get much attention.

　　"The trailer has been released, and the public opinion is pretty good so far."

　　“But there are also many doubting voices, right?”

　　Recalling the recent online public opinion, Bronya frowned and said.

　　"This is normal. On the one hand, I have never made a Metroidvania-like game before. On the other hand, it is the interference of other manufacturers. The game pie is so small. If we eat more, then others will have less. With Anti-Entropy Entertainment, they can't make trouble. They can only disgust people secretly in this way."

　　"And, from a side perspective, isn't this a reflection of their fear?"

　　Of course, being able to say this proves that Minamiya Yu is very confident in his own game, otherwise, those manufacturers would not mind biting him hard after the game is released.

　　At this point, Minamiya Yu asked, "By the way, have Sirin contacted those anchors? There won't be a big banner recommending Titan Games this time, so we can't be careless about other aspects of the promotion."

　　"Don't worry, those big anchors agreed very readily, and probably because of To the Moon, their asking prices are very cheap, and the company's funds are quite sufficient. Sirin's offer is a bit more, after all, Anti-Entropy Entertainment has given us a lot of money for publicity, and we don't have to pay for it ourselves, so why not spend it?"

　　"Well, that's good. I've also sent the game to mainstream gaming media for testing. According to the staff, the game's ratings are quite high."

　　Looking at Bronya, Minamiya Yu gave her a reassuring expression: "So, don't worry, Bronya, the results of our first game will not be bad."

　　"Yeah, I think so too."

　　The dining table seemed to have become a meeting room for Minamiya Yu and Bronya. The two of them ate and talked animatedly, making Seele, who couldn't get a word in, feel a little helpless.

　　Finally, Seele, who couldn't stand it any longer, reached out and grabbed her brother's arm, looked at him pitifully and said, "Brother, can we not talk about work while we eat?"

　　"Ah, I was not paying attention..."

　　Seele's voice made Minamiya Yu react and he felt a little embarrassed.

　　I was thinking of just briefly mentioning it, but I couldn't stop talking. The meal was almost over, but the discussion wasn't over yet.

　　"Then punish my brother and make him go out for a walk with Seele right away!"

　　"Okay, okay, of course no problem."

　　The game has been completed and there is nothing to do recently, so Minamiya Yu can naturally fulfill Seele's little wish.

　　Besides, how can taking a walk with Seele be a punishment? It should be a reward for him!

　　Seeing this, Bronya wanted to say something, but Kaguya suddenly stopped her: "Bronya, I have been very interested in this game since my last attempt. Now that it is finished, can you let me try it right away?"

　　"......good."

　　The request to go out together was swallowed in her throat. She glanced at Seele, who was smiling innocently and seemed to know nothing. She sighed silently in her heart and nodded to Kaguya.

　　Every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt has its creditor, and Bronya could still figure out who the culprit was that prevented her from leaving the house.

　　After dinner, when Minamiya Yu changed her clothes and went downstairs, she saw Seele, who was wearing a light pink dress, standing at the door with her arms folded, looking a little impatient.

　　Noticing him coming down, he even said, "Why are you so slow?!"

　　This scene made Minamiya Yu's mouth curl up. Seele has changed. He walked down the stairs and came to Seele's side. Looking at her impatient but shy eyes, he smiled and said, "I can't help it. Seele is too beautiful. If I don't prepare neatly, what if others say I'm not worthy of her?"

　　The teasing voice made Black Seele blush. This girl, who usually made bold moves at night, became inexplicably innocent in this situation.

　　"You, what are you talking about, we should go out."

　　As he spoke, Black Seele stretched out his hand towards Minamiya Yu, and said with a lack of momentum: "Hand!"

　　Without the intention of overly stimulating Black Seele's sense of shame, Minamiya Yu raised his hand and held Black Seele's warm little hand tightly.

　　The walk with Black Seele was full of novelty for Minamiya Yu. The words that he usually used to tease Seele would get unexpected and interesting reactions from Black Seele.

　　Sometimes when Minamiya Yu teased him so much that he felt shy and didn't want to talk, Black Seele would simply turn his face away and ignore him, but the hands they held together were still tightly held, with no intention of relaxing at all.

　　When night fell, Black Seele returned home reluctantly. After inviting the girl for the next date with a surprised expression, Minamiya Yu returned to his studio.

　　Using the excuse that she could detect a 'bug', Kaguya began her journey of suffering.

　　Bronya just sat there and watched without saying a word. This kind of exploration game requires one to walk out of the maze step by step by oneself in order to gain more happiness.

　　Moreover, she also wanted to see how players would experience her map design.

　　Minamiya Yu did not disturb them, but sat quietly beside Bronya and watched with her.

Chapter 456 Three Goals

"Director Kiryu, I love you!!"

“Thank you for your support.”

Amidst countless screams, Nanaya smiled, picked up the pen, and signed his name on several FZ posters.

As the leading actor of this movie, Washimine’s publicity campaign for Nanaya himself was many times more than that of his previous movies.

Coupled with the consecutive success of his previous films, Nanaya is no longer the unknown director spurned by fans of the original novel in North America.

At least in the eyes of Fate fans, he is not only an outstanding commercial film director, but also the father of their favorite film series.

What's more, looking around the world, even though the number of movies with production costs of over 100 million US dollars has increased dramatically since 2000, there are still very few directors qualified to direct these movies.

Even in Hollywood, there seem to be only a few people.

Even fewer people have full control over a project.

It can be said that as a director, Nanaya has now reached the top of the industry.

Now he is moving from a pure director to a higher level, which is a completely different food chain.

Among those who have entered this field as directors, the most successful ones are George Lucas and James Cameron. Originally, Spielberg should have been included, but he was out the moment DreamWorks was acquired.

As a new generation director born after 2000, Nanaya Kiryu's achievements are obvious to all.

From a poor boy from the countryside to a star director that everyone is paying attention to, his legendary experience can be said to be an existence that is easily admired in any country.

Especially the America under Nanaya's feet. As a perfect representative of the American dream, Nanaya can be said to be the object of worship for most people.

From this perspective, it’s no wonder that Nanaya is so popular among movie fans.

However, although the fans were very excited, especially some female fans.

Nanaya did not interact with them too much. He just signed a few autographs as a matter of routine and then shook hands with a few fans he liked.

After all, he doesn't know what else to do with the fans other than these.

It can't be true that the live performance is as exciting as these crazy fans say, right?

Putting aside the issue of moral indecency, if he dared to do this, Shion would probably pack him up and bring him back to Japan on a plane, and then drop him directly into Tokyo Bay from an altitude of tens of thousands of meters.

After finishing the interaction with the fans, Nanaya walked past the red carpet area and entered the interview area.

An assistant had been waiting here for a long time. After seeing Nanaya, she came behind Nanaya unnoticed so that she could give Nanaya hints at any time during the following interview.

In modern society, behind every public figure there must be an entire dedicated public relations team silently operating and maintaining the situation.

In this age of increasingly fluid information, sometimes a slightly inappropriate statement may be misinterpreted and magnified by someone with ulterior motives, and may even end up ruining the public figure.

After all, personal energy is limited. No matter how careful you are, there will be times when you are vulnerable. At this time, a complete team is very necessary.

Nanaya withdrew his eyes from the assistant and said nothing.

This assistant was specially assigned to him by Shion and would be his assistant at work in the future.

With more and more work and things to do now, Nanaya really needs such an assistant to help him arrange the related work reasonably.

Nanaya no longer wants to experience the situation in February again.

I just don’t know if she was afraid that Nanaya would have to live a life of “assistant to do when there is work, [beep] assistant when there is nothing to do” from now on. Although the assistant that Shion found for Nanaya is young, her appearance is just ordinary.

Not to mention compared with the beauties like Shion and Rin, she is not even as good as Trier's foot-washing maids.

But Nanaya felt that Shion was completely overthinking, and he really had no other ideas at the moment.

Although this assistant is plain-looking, his professional skills are indeed impeccable.

At least during this period of time, Nanaya felt that this little girl was quite easy to use. Many things were arranged very reasonably, which made his work a lot easier.

For example, this time when dealing with various media, every time Nanaya answered, the other party would remind him of some details in a timely manner.

And the reminder was so small that no one except Nanaya noticed it.

This time the premiere was broadcast live on television, and each television station did not want to miss the opportunity to speak to the star director.

Even the media from Fox TV arrived and asked Nanaya questions in a friendly manner.

Although Washimine and 20th Century Fox Film Company have been at loggerheads, Fox TV was still very friendly to Nanaya this time.

This is not surprising. Although Fox Television and 20th Century Fox Film Corporation belong to the same group, they are two different departments after all.

Just like Washimine is in a life-and-death situation with Sony's game department in the console field, Washimine Entertainment's most pleasant partner in Hollywood is Sony Columbia.

If the group has a request to discredit Washimine, Fox TV will not object and will carry it out smoothly.

But this year, Fox has almost no big-budget movies released.

Not to mention this year, even next year in 2008, Fox will not release a movie with a budget of over 100 million.

The reason is simple, Fox is planning a big move.

The movie "Avatar" has consumed too much of Fox's working capital, so that in the past two years, Fox has had no spare energy to develop other big projects.

In this way, Fox TV naturally lost its reason to attack Washimine.

For Fox TV, I can't just turn a blind eye and a deaf ear to the big news traffic for the next two years, right?

You know, Washimine has produced many blockbuster works in the past two years, which is good for ratings for Fox TV.

To put it bluntly, these news media are all profit-driven.

So after entering 2007, the relationship between Fox TV and Washimine Entertainment began to ease, and some positive reports began to appear.

Despite this, neither Washimine nor Nanaya's attitude towards Fox TV can be considered particularly friendly. It can only be said that it has changed from [hostile] to [normal].

No one intends to maintain particularly good relations with TV stations that can clearly foresee a fallout.

This interview was more like a routine matter. Under the questioning of the Fox TV reporter, Nanaya praised all the main members of the crew, from behind the scenes to the actors in front of the stage.

Of course, there is also praise for the FZ movie itself.

Entertainment promotion is not the time to be humble; naturally, it requires bragging and self-promotion.

"Director Kiryu, I heard that the story of FZ this time is much heavier than FSN, and it adopts a cruel story that is completely different from the original growth and inspirational story."

At the end of the interview, the reporter from Fox TV asked the last question, "As the screenwriter and director of the project, why did you create such a huge story?"

[Nonsense, this is a story written by two people. ]

“Because I don’t want the audience to watch the same story over and over again, it is very necessary to keep the story fresh.”

Nanaya's expression remained unchanged, and he directly activated the skill of [Staring and Telling Lies].

He replied with a serious face: "The last FSN story was about a boy who grew up in the war but never forgot his original aspirations. This time, I hope to tell the story of what choices different people will make in the war. At the same time, I want to show the cruelty of war to the audience, so that everyone understands that war has no glory or honor, but a naked life-and-death struggle. Peace is more important than anything else."

Although Nanaya's goal is to make money, some things still need to be said in a more dignified manner.

The recent U.S. military activities in the Middle East have caused various domestic reflections on peace.

Especially in Hollywood, it is a pioneer in the anti-war movement in the United States.

The banner of peace held high by Nanaya, just like the women's boxing and racial equality a few years later, was the most correct political correctness.

What's more, Nanaya's answer was also very cunning. He said that "peace" is more important than anything else, but as to whose peace this is, that is a bit ambiguous.

This kind of answer that does not offend either side is naturally more in line with the interests of Nanaya, an outsider in Hollywood.

Pah pah.

The assistant secretly touched Nanaya with his hand, signaling him to stop.

"I won't say any more. I believe the audience will like this movie." Nanaya immediately shut up.

Nanaya still understands the principle that the more you talk, the more mistakes you make.

Nanaya waved to all the cameras around him, then turned and walked towards the filming area.

"You did a great job, sir."

The assistant whispered in praise behind Nanaya: "Talking about peace can save us a lot of trouble. And it will also be very useful for us to enter the awards season."

"Barry, forget about the award season. I don't plan to compete for awards with Fate right now." Nanaya shook his head in denial.

The overly commercial nature of the current Fate series makes it completely unsuitable for winning awards.

Apart from anything else, last year's UBW also received zero awards at this year's Oscars, only being nominated for a few technical awards.

When the commercial performance of the Fate series reaches its peak, the academic community may give the series one or two technical awards to comfort it, which will be their greatest affirmation of the series.

Just like the MCU in its previous life, except for the very special movie "Black Panther", it is almost impossible for this series, which is full of the smell of money in the eyes of film critics, to win awards.

But even so, the three awards won by "Black Panther" were only technical awards, and it still missed out on any major awards.

But, Who Cares?

Anyway, Nanaya never thought that Fate and MCU would win anything during the award season. After all, these two series only had three goals from the beginning.

Make money, make money, and make more money.

Chapter 66 Iori, you don’t want to...

　　Because of the tragic experience during the summer vacation, Kitahara Iori didn't even think about the consequences when he was playing a prank on his good brother.

　　Minamiya Yu and the other two are not like those in PAB. They can solve any conflict by just playing some baseball punches.

　　Unfortunately, when he was held up by three people and found that he could not move at all, he finally reacted. He was immediately a little panicked, and looked at his three good brothers with a forced smile.

　　"Haha, it was just a joke, why did everyone take it so seriously?"

　　"joke?"

　　"Who would replace oolong tea with strong liquor as a joke?!"

　　Yes, of course there is!!

　　Kitahara wanted to explain his miserable experiences this summer, but these three people were no longer willing to listen.

　　Seeing this, Kitahara realized that he was going to be beaten and stopped pretending. He struggled and started to say harsh words, which made Kirito and Sugisaki Ken, who were a little soft-hearted and just planned to kick him a few times, change their minds immediately.

　　Soon, the students who were still having lunch were surprised to see four popular boys in the school hugging each other and running towards the school playground together.

　　Some girls with unique hobbies couldn't help but scream in surprise and fell into endless reverie.

　　When they arrived at the playground, Minamiya Yu and the other two stopped and tried to restrain the struggling Kitahara Iori while looking at everything around them.

　　A nearby green belt attracted Minamiya Yu's attention. Comparing the width of the tree trunks inside, Minamiya Yu gestured to Sugisaki Ken and Kirito.

　　Seeing this, Kitahara Iori immediately began to struggle even more violently. His stubborn attitude just now disappeared. His expression became terrified, and he began to beg for mercy non-stop: "Brother, brother, please don't, please don't, I was wrong, please forgive me, I was wrong!!!"

　　"You are not joking at this moment."

　　If Kitahara admitted his mistake at the beginning, it might be possible for a few people to forgive him. But who knew that when this guy saw that he couldn't win the argument, he immediately started to laugh at them with a sarcastic look on his face. Now he wants to beg for mercy. Is it possible?

　　Kirito and Sugisaki Ken each pulled apart one of his legs, while Minamiya Yu supported him from behind. Under Kitahara Iori's increasingly desperate eyes, the three of them rushed towards the rough tree trunk without hesitation.

　　“No, no!!!!!!!!”

　　Accompanied by a dull sound of chickens and eggs breaking, Kitahara's shrill screams echoed in the playground.

　　Boom.

　　The three men let go of their hands, and Kitahara immediately fell to the mud, hunched over, covering his vital parts with his hands, looking at the three men with eyes full of anger.

　　He has made up his mind that he will take revenge sooner or later!

　　Minamiya Yu raised an eyebrow at this look. He stopped Sugisaki Ken who was about to kick him twice, walked over, slowly squatted down, looked directly into Kitahara's unyielding eyes, then smiled and showed him the screen of his mobile phone.

　　"Don't play any tricks, I know where your home is, Iori, you don't want your parents or your sister to know that you've been to this kind of store, right?"

　　On the screen was the spending record of Minamiya Yu's treatment at the last mini-game festival.

　　"You!!!! I didn't do anything!!"

　　"Yes, yes, as a good brother, of course I believe you didn't do anything. I hope your parents and sister believe it too~"

　　“!!!!”

　　Iori's eyes were first angry, then dim, and finally turned into despair. Looking at the smiling Minamiya Yu, Iori let out a final roar: "You bastard, you plotted against me!!!"

　　Minamiya Yu was not angry even after being scolded. He thought it was just the barking of a loser and there was no need to pay attention to it.

　　"So, this is why you bring a lighter in the morning, brother?"

　　At the dinner table, Minamiya Yu explained the purpose of the lighter to Seele and Bronya.

　　"Yeah, but I was still tricked by that guy Iori, tsk."

　　He smacked his lips in dissatisfaction and drank the last mouthful of porridge in the bowl.

　　"Hmm... isn't this a bit too much?"

　　Listening to her brother's description, the brother in Seele's mind suddenly turned into a bad boy.

　　It’s bad, but I’m still a little excited.

　　"Indeed, Seele, you also think that Iori is a bit too much, right?"

　　"Seele is talking about my brother!!!"

　　"Why?"

　　Minamiya Yu looked puzzled and said to Seele, "But that guy has already provoked us, so we must teach him a lesson."

　　"But won't this affect your relationship? I remember that the relationship between the four of you should be very good."

　　Bronya at the side also interrupted and asked.

　　"Ah? Isn't this a very normal thing? Why does it affect our relationship?"

　　Seele, Bronya: “?”

　　They looked at Minamiya Yu, wanting to say something but hesitating to do so. Was it their thinking that was problematic or was it the thinking of these boys that was problematic?

　　"Phew, I'm full, Bronya, let's get to work~"

　　"Ah, then brother and sister Bronya go up first, and let Seele clean the table."

　　The topic was changed, and Bronya and Seele stopped hesitating and stood up together.

　　"Thank you for your hard work, Seele."

　　"Hey, brother, keep working hard~"

　　In front of Bronya, Seele came over, stood on tiptoe and tapped her brother on the face, then happily cleaned the table.

　　Although Bronya didn't react at this moment, when the two of them walked into the studio, Minamiya Yu was pressed against the door by her, blocking him from speaking without waiting for his reaction.

　　Bronya didn't let go of his body until his breathing became rapid. She immediately stuck out her tongue in disgust: "I just finished eating and it smells like vegetables."

　　"Who told you to stick out your tongue?"

　　Rolling his eyes at her, Minamiya Yu pinched her soft face, then walked to her workstation first.

　　The two sisters' competitive spirit, although, in the end, he was the one who benefited.

　　Sighing secretly, he lay on the chair and looked around: "It's time to start making maps today, any ideas?"

　　Hearing this, Bronya paused for a moment before taking out the keyboard and responded in surprise: "Let me do it?"

　　"Hmm~"

　　Looking at her somewhat nervous and expectant eyes, Minamiya Yu smiled and said, "Didn't I already draw a rough sketch of the entire map in the initial plan? Don't tell me that after so long, you don't have any ideas at all."

　　"Of course...but..."

　　The work during this period made Bronya a little lacking in self-confidence, but her voice was immediately interrupted by Minamiya Yu.

　　"This is a game between the two of us, isn't it?"

　　A game for two...

　　The original worry disappeared in an instant, and Bronya felt down to earth again. Looking at her lover's gentle smile, Bronya crossed her arms, as if she was shy about her reaction just now, and said with a slightly blushing face and a little proudly.

　　"Of course I know, so be prepared to be surprised by my genius ideas!"

　　"Oh? Then I'll wait and see."

　　......

　　Four months passed in a flash, and Hollow Knight was announced to be completed.

Chapter 455 Everything is ready

When the FZ subtitles came down, applause came from all directions like a tide.

Nanaya slowly stood up and expressed his gratitude to the people around him who praised him.

Investing in movies is like playing the lottery, the risk is high with a big investment.

There are too many factors that affect whether a movie can be a huge hit, and almost no one can guarantee it before the results come out.

Even though Nanaya has tried his best, there is no guarantee what the box office results will be.

If North American audiences don’t like this story, then the film will be a complete flop.

It is not impossible that this could happen.

However, judging by the audience's reaction at the preview, Nanaya can confirm that the FZ film will definitely not fail.

Even if it doesn't sell as well as UBW did last year, recovering costs shouldn't be a problem.

Don’t say Nanaya is a coward. In fact, the goal of most movies before they are released is to break even.

Grand scenes and big productions can guarantee a certain degree of topicality, but how far this ship named FZ can go on the sea depends on the efforts of all parties.

But there is no doubt that the quality of the ship itself is definitely the most important factor.

The specific statistics of the preview will not be available until later, but Washimine Entertainment's observers scattered throughout the theaters have already begun recording the words and deeds of everyone around them.

Whether it is a professional film critic, a theater representative, a media reporter, or even a very ordinary movie fan, the feedback from each of them is very important to Washimine.

"Congratulations, director. You have made a great masterpiece."

Crew member Dwayne Johnson walked over first and gave Nanaya a hug.

"Thanks……"

Nanaya felt like his ribs were about to be broken by this big guy.

Facing the prolonged applause, Shiki Matsuno on the side was quite emotional, "Nanaya, do you still remember what you said when you introduced yourself in class?"

"Which sentence?"

"You said you would definitely become the audience's favorite!" Shiki took the initiative to shake hands with Nanaya, "Now you have done it."

"Thank you, I remember you were the first..."

Nanaya wanted to talk more with Shiki Matsuno, but more people came over.

"Nice work, Nanaya Kiryu."

"Great! Our cinema chain will strongly promote this movie."

"Thank you. Thank you, everyone."

Faced with those who came to congratulate him, all Nanaya could do was respond with a smile.

"Director Kiryu..."

Just as the applause gradually faded, Nanaya saw the old friend from AMC Theaters walking towards him.

The other party's attitude is very clear.

"I love FZ movies and I will highly recommend them to the company."

"Thank you!"

Nanaya shook the hand he extended to him and exchanged a few words with him.

The relationship between him and AMC is a mutually beneficial one. As long as his movies can sell, these theaters will always lick his boots.

What if the next seven nights have a few consecutive flops like Spielberg did?

Naturally, when the father dies and the mother remarries, everyone has to take care of themselves.

Representatives from other theater chains also came over to congratulate him, and Nanaya shook hands with each of them and thanked them.

Cinema chains have not had a good time in recent years, and most of them have been operating at a loss.

Why after the success of "Avatar", North American theaters suddenly became keen on 3D movies.

In addition to the fact that the technology has finally matured, the biggest reason is that they have finally found an opportunity to increase box office revenue in a legitimate way.

"Director Kiryu, this movie is really great. I love it."

Nanaya saw a woman with a reporter badge on her chest squeeze through the crowd and come to his side.

"Thank you."

Nanaya felt that the other person looked familiar, but there were so many people coming today that he couldn't remember where he had seen the other person.

"Can I have a brief interview with you?"

Miss Katsushira had a sweet smile on her face.

"In a moment. There will be a media event later."

Nanaya answered the beautiful reporter's request with a smile, then elbowed the grinning Shiki in the stomach.

———————————————————————

The results of the preview were quickly tallied up, and after receiving the statistics, representatives from each theater chain rushed back to their head offices to report.

The large-scale release of Fate Zero is approaching, and each theater needs to come up with a filming plan as soon as possible.

At the AMC Theaters headquarters, company executives led by President Delinwood immediately met with their chief film expert.

"The special effects are excellent. This 3D effect is not only very good, but also not tiring to watch."

Facing so many company executives, George spoke confidently.

“I believe this movie will be a big hit.”

George's past achievements convinced the bigwigs at AMC what he said.

While listening to this guy's explanation, these people looked at the copy of the film investigation report that he brought.

Sitting at the head of the conference table, Delinwood asked aloud, "What are the specific statistics?"

"The word-of-mouth from professional film critics is 80% favorable," George replied. "As for audience word-of-mouth, 457 viewers participated in the survey, 376 of them rated it A or A+, and 52 rated it C or below."

"The number of bad reviews is a bit high." Someone replied.

"Most of those people are not very satisfied with the fact that Kiryu Nanaya is broadcasted in two parts again." George shrugged.

"For a movie, all the selling points are there. The special effects and story lines can satisfy the audience's needs." Delinwood nodded as he looked at the feedback materials.

For film companies, the key is that the movie sells well.

The reputation of a movie is only a prerequisite for box office data, and theater companies always want results.

"Since there haven't been any major commercial movies during this period, I think our company should focus on promoting this movie."

If the recommended movie is a big hit, you can get a substantial bonus.

Since it concerns his own wallet, George certainly hopes that the company will pay as much attention to FZ as possible.

"You also need to prepare peripherals in advance." The person in charge of the merchandise department reminded, "Last time during FSN, our peripherals were out of stock."

"Unfortunately... the 3D version is only available in IMAX."

Delinwood smacked his lips with some regret.

The ticket prices for 2D and 3D movies differ by almost half. If even the regular version of the movie is available in 3D, how much more money can the cinema chain make?

But this kind of thing is just something I can think about.

The modification of 3D projection equipment is a considerable cost. Given the uncertain market prospects, even if Delinwood himself wants to do so, he has no way to convince other shareholders.

"Then contact Washimine and tell him that we will try our best to give the film enough screens for the first week."

Delinwood used this sentence as the conclusion of the meeting.

Almost at the same time, major theaters in North America made the same decision as AMC Theaters and submitted it to Washimine as soon as possible.

Nanaya was not particularly surprised by this result. With two consecutive years of box office success, Nanaya has already established a considerable position in the cinema industry.

If it is an ordinary small director, even if the preview screening has great reputation, without the endorsement of a big company, the theater chain will not adopt the method of large-scale release.

But it’s different for people like Nanaya who have past achievements. They have a track record of box office success, and their new movies have a good reputation. Of course, theaters are most welcoming to the works of such directors.

However, support from theaters alone is far from enough.

In this day and age, any film that wants to be a big hit needs publicity and hype.

With the end of the preview, FZ's pre-screening promotion entered the final sprint stage. The film's leading actors, led by 14 Masters and Servants, began to frequently appear on various major programs to promote the film.

Nanaya, who is the director, leading actor and producer, is naturally the one with the heaviest publicity responsibility.

There are all kinds of newspapers, magazines, promotional advertisements, and even TV programs, not to mention the conventional means of promotion.

Many reporters and media, and even Washimine’s own team, have also come up with the idea of ​​spreading rumors.

A publicist from Washimine proposed a plan to use the scandal surrounding Nanaya for publicity and hype.

This guy who didn't know what "If you don't commit suicide, you won't die" meant came up with two solutions:

One is to use the scandal between him, Ryan and Ori during the Chinese New Year to build momentum.

The other is to use the content of the movie to hype up a scandal where Illya and Nanaya had a real relationship during filming, and then use the love triangle in the first plan to drop a big bomb.

It’s a pity that this plan, which could have been amazing, was stopped only on paper.

The person who called a halt was none other than Shion.

Moreover, from then on, no one in the publicity and promotion department saw this guy again.

Apart from this little episode, FZ's promotional plans are proceeding in an orderly manner.

As the release date draws closer, Washimine's publicity campaign becomes more and more intense.

Last year’s Christmas box office battle allowed Washimine Entertainment to accumulate a lot of experience in the publicity and promotion department, and now they are all using it in the promotion of FZ’s movie.

At the same time, Washimine, which has already established a firm foothold in North America, will naturally not be satisfied with making money only in North America and Japan. They have set their sights on the increasingly huge global box office market.

FZ's global publicity campaign is also very rapid. FZ's promotional advertisements can be seen in various countries and regions such as the United Kingdom, France, and Australia.

In Shion's opinion, this was a training exercise.

Because the production schedule for the first half of FZ was too tight, it couldn't be screened globally. But when the second half of FZ is released next year, she hopes it can be released simultaneously around the world.

In short, after experiencing all kinds of troubles.

On March 29, 2007, the last Thursday of March, the first part of the modern fantasy blockbuster "Fate Zero", which cost a whopping $150 million to produce, finally opened its doors at the AMC Theater in New York.

Chapter 65 Oolong tea?

　　The little knight she controlled died again and again, and Kaguya's eyes gradually became dull. Half an hour later, Minamiya Yu finally couldn't accept the condemnation of his conscience, and hurriedly went up to persuade her to come down.

　　Looking at her husband's face, Kaguya's dull eyes gradually regained their spirit, and then she said apologetically: "I'm sorry, husband, I didn't pass."

　　"No, no, no, I was a bit of a bully."

　　It was supposed to be fun, but this weak look made Minamiya Yu feel guilty.

　　Was it really too much to bully his fiancée who trusted him and was obedient? He couldn't help but reflect on it in his heart.

　　Of course, if Kaguya was replaced by Kiana, he would definitely laugh out loud.

　　Without amulets, sprints, or even weapon upgrades, you are asked to challenge a complete set of three mantises. Is this really something a human can do?

　　Bronya on the side silently complained, then walked forward and grabbed Kaguya's arm.

　　"Come on, ignore this idiot, let's go downstairs and get some snacks."

　　"But......"

　　Kaguya looked at Bronya, then turned her head to look at Minamiya Yu.

　　"Don't worry about him. Let this evil-minded guy reflect on himself."

　　At first Bronya thought it was just an ordinary Mantis Lord, but who knew that Minamiya Yu directly brought out the most difficult mode. When the three Mantises came down together just now, she almost couldn't hold it. Isn't this just a scam?

　　"Seele, let's go!"

　　"Um!"

　　This time, even Seele looked at him angrily. She and Bronya each pulled Kaguya on each side and walked out of the studio as if they shared a common hatred for the enemy, leaving Minamiya Yu alone in the room.

　　Just when he thought Bronya and Seele were really angry, the phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated.

　　When he opened the screen, he saw three messages that he received almost simultaneously, which gradually brought a smile to his face.

　　Seele: Brother, Seele is going downstairs to comfort sister Kaguya. Don’t forget to eat the cakes I left for you upstairs~

　　Bronya: I was just trying to comfort Kaguya, don't let your imagination run wild.

　　Kaguya: My husband, I was just concentrating just now, not overwhelmed. Thank you for your concern. The game is really great and I like it very much.

　　All the different little thoughts made Minamiya Yu laugh with great interest. He sat down on the chair happily and picked up the handle that Kaguya had put down.

　　I wonder what funny expressions they would have if they saw the other two people sending them the same emails.

　　But what Minamiya Yu didn't know was what was happening downstairs at this moment.

　　"This way my brother (husband) won't worry."

　　The three phones were pointed together, Kaguya and Seele looked at each other and smiled with ease.

　　"You guys still spoil him too much."

　　Bronya muttered, but was quickly refuted by Seele: "It was obviously Sister Bronya who sent the message the fastest just now!"

　　......

　　The level on the screen restarted and the buttons on the controller began to click.

　　Obviously, it was the boss that Kaguya had difficulty dealing with just now, but the little knight controlled by Minamiya Yu was now easily weaving through the attacks of the three mantises with a graceful posture, flying in the air without falling down once.

　　With a series of pleasant and crisp sounds, within a few minutes, the three mantises returned to their respective positions and bowed respectfully to the little knight.

　　"Well enough."

　　After typing it once, I found some areas that could be optimized. I put down the controller and called up the document to organize it. After finishing, I asked Hatsune to reorganize the file and shut down the computer in the studio.

　　The time is almost up. Just now, the little spy Seele has "secretly" told him that everyone is no longer angry. In this case, it is time for him to go down.

　　......

　　The next morning, Reisen came to pick up Kaguya who was staying here for one night. They played together too late last night, so Minamiya Yu simply suggested that Kaguya let her stay.

　　After breakfast, Seele and the other two picked up their schoolbags which had not been touched for more than a month.

　　"Didn't you sleep well last night? Why are you so sleepy?"

　　Frowning at Minamiya Yu who kept yawning, Bronya asked in confusion.

　　When he was having breakfast, he looked sleepy and I thought it was because he had just woken up. But now he was about to pack up and go to school, and Minamiya Yu still looked sleepy, which was somewhat abnormal.

　　"......"

　　Hearing this, Minamiya Yu didn't say anything, but just pointed behind Bronya and sighed helplessly.

　　Bronya looked back in confusion and soon saw Seele, who was lowering her head with a flushed face and not saying a word.

　　"Oh, you deserve it."

　　She quickly understood everything, looked at her sister with approval, and then sneered at Minamiya Yu with disdain.

　　Even with the driver present, Minamiya Yu still suggested that Kaguya stay at his house for one night. Seeing that Bronya and Seele agreed without any surprise, he thought that he had kept his little thoughts hidden.

　　As a result, at night, Black Seele and Seele took turns to "torture" him until the early morning. He then realized that his little thoughts were nothing in front of Seele and Bronya.

　　Not exposing him in front of her already means that you like him enough and indulge him enough.

　　It is comfortable, but it is really tiring.

　　If my plan of hugging two sisters really comes true in the future, then...

　　Thinking of this, Minamiya Yu shuddered immediately.

　　I have been a bit slack in exercising recently, which is not good. For my future happiness, I must strengthen my exercise!

　　After changing her shoes at the entrance, Seele noticed that Minamiya Yu was looking for something in the storage cabinet beside him. She immediately approached him and asked in confusion, "Brother, are you looking for something?"

　　"Um."

　　Minamiya Yu nodded and quickly took out a small metal cube from the storage cabinet.

　　"lighter?"

　　"yes."

　　After opening the lid and finding that it could produce fire with a ding sound, Minamiya Yu put the lighter in his pocket with satisfaction.

　　"What does my brother need a lighter for?"

　　Having said this, Seele suddenly became serious, and even Bronya, who had opened the door, turned back and stared at him seriously.

　　"Don't worry, I'm not interested in smoking."

　　"Really? Seele really hates the smell of cigarettes."

　　When Seele thought about having a mouth full of cigarette smell when she kissed her brother in the future, her face immediately turned bitter. What's more, the most important thing is that smoking is very bad for the body. Seele didn't want to see her brother not taking care of his body.

　　Bronya's gaze also turned cold.

　　"Tell the truth, otherwise, don't leave this house today."

　　The two men gradually approached Minamiya Yu and squeezed him into a corner. They used one soft and one hard attitude, and beat him directly until he raised his hands to salute the military of a certain country.

　　"Really, really, I took this just because I felt something bad might happen today, so I just wanted to be prepared. I really have no interest in cigarettes."

　　"What is it?"

　　Seele believed it about 70% in her heart, but she still asked a question at the end.

　　"This hasn't happened yet, and I don't know what to say yet. Seele, Bronya, you have to believe me. What's so good about cigarettes? If you want to feel comfortable, I might as well hug you and give you a kiss."

　　Hearing those straightforward words, Seele and Bronya's cheeks could not help but blush for a moment, and then Bronya coughed twice and staggered her steps: "Slippery tongue."

　　"Brother, you can't lie to Seele!"

　　Seele came to Minamiya Yu, held his hand, and said seriously.

　　"Of course!"

　　Seeing their brother nodding his head vigorously, Seele and Bronya finally felt satisfied.

　　Since you don't smoke, then everything is easy.

　　Soon, the three people who went out parted ways on the way to school, and Minamiya Yu soon met Sugisaki Ken, whom he hadn't seen for more than a month.

　　"Good morning. How was your summer vacation?" He smiled and waved to Minamiya Yu, and then the two walked side by side.

　　"Hah~ morning, not bad."

　　After saying that, Minamiya Yu yawned again.

　　"Why are you so sleepy? Didn't you sleep well last night?"

　　"Um."

　　Sugisaki Ken immediately laughed and said jokingly, "Could it be that your girlfriend is pestering you and won't let you sleep?"

　　"......"

　　"...Really?"

　　"What are you thinking about? I just played games too late."

　　Minamiya Yu had no intention of showing off. Those who could brag about the privacy of themselves and their girlfriends in public were either virgins or scumbags.

　　Besides, he wasn't lying. Wasn't that kind of game also a game?

　　Seeing Sugisaki Ken's relieved smile, Minamiya Yu shook his head slightly.

　　I am afraid that my brothers will suffer, and I am also afraid that my brothers will drive a Land Rover.

　　The topic returned to normal, and the two quickly walked to school as Sugisaki Ken talked about the interesting things that happened during the summer vacation.

　　The breeze from the air conditioner blew away the summer heat. Minamiya Yu lay on the table and closed his eyes comfortably.

　　Class is about to start, go to sleep!

　　The bell rang several times, and the chaotic noise finally woke him up.

　　"Hey, our game designer is awake~"

　　A familiar voice came to his ears, Minamiya Yu looked up and found a fried noodle bread and a box of yogurt on his table. Kitahara and others were sitting on the other side of the table, talking and laughing while eating.

　　Seeing Minamiya Yu wake up, Kitahara immediately smiled and made a joke.

　　"The sales of the debut game exceeded 7 million. Ayu is really amazing."

　　Grandpa Tong also sighed.

　　"Well... keep a low profile. The game is only one aspect of it. The greater part of the credit goes to Elysia and Eden."

　　Minamiya Yu is not being modest. Without these two people, the sales of this game would be at least halved.

　　After stretching, Minamiya Yu picked up the fried noodles and bread and started eating without hesitation.

　　Seele got up late in the morning and didn't have time to make a lunch box, so she could just use bread to fill her stomach.

　　Hearing Minamiya Yu talking about Elysia, and looking familiar with her, Kitahara subconsciously asked: "Ayu, are you familiar with Miss Elysia?"

　　"Familiar? I think so."

　　Recalling the fireworks and tenderness of that night, Minamiya Yu said calmly on the surface.

　　"Then do you know the status that Miss Elysia updated half a month ago? Is the person in the photo a man or a woman? It was on the hot search for a long time last time!"

　　Looking at Minamiya Yu, Kitahara's eyes were full of gossip interest.

　　Glancing at him, Minamiya Yu casually responded, "Male."

　　And that person is sitting right in front of you.

　　Minamiya Yu added in his heart and picked up the yogurt and took a sip.

　　"That's true..."

　　Kitahara was a little emotional and clicked his tongue several times.

　　Seeing this, Minamiya Yu raised his eyebrows: "Why, aren't you curious about who the other party is?"

　　"Who is it?"

　　"It's me."

　　"You are quite imaginative."

　　The three of them were immediately happy, and seeing this, Minamiya Yu was also happy.

　　"By the way, I just bought a large bottle of oolong tea, which will help quench your thirst after dinner."

　　Seeing that everyone had almost finished their bread, Kitahara suddenly said something.

　　Sugisaki Ken and Mr. Kirito had no doubts and nodded and thanked him happily. Only Minamiya Yu's eyes widened instantly with a sharp look.

　　It’s really coming!

　　Kitahara returned to his table and fiddled with something behind the three people's back. Soon he came back with four cups of light yellow liquid.

　　"No, drink it quickly, the class will start soon."

　　Just as Kitahara was looking at Sugisaki Ken and Kirito with excitement, Minamiya Yu suddenly said, "Wait a minute!"

　　"?"

　　"What's wrong?"

　　Before he could pick up the cup, he was stopped and Sugisaki Ken asked in confusion.

　　"Don't worry."

　　As he spoke, Minamiya Yu glanced at Kitahara Iori, whose whole body suddenly became a little stiff, and silently took out the lighter that he had brought out with great difficulty in the morning from his pocket.

　　Then, while staring at Kitahara, he placed the lighter on the oolong tea.

　　"Why are you so nervous?"

　　Looking at Kitahara, Minamiya Yu curled up the corner of his mouth into a smile. Fortunately, he was well prepared. You must be sweating profusely, brother!

　　"I, I didn't, haha."

　　His eyes were wandering, and Kitahara didn't dare to look Minamiya Yu in the eye.

　　"Oh."

　　With another cold laugh, Minamiya Yu exerted force with his fingers. With a click, a bright flame was ignited. Then, he slowly brought it closer to the surface of the light yellow liquid.

　　You dare to show off your tricks in front of him... huh?

　　Just then, the flame touched the surface of the oolong tea.

　　But to Minamiya Yu's surprise, nothing happened afterwards and the burning flame did not cause any ripples.

　　No, this shouldn't be the case?

　　Frowning in confusion, Minamiya Yu picked up the cup and sniffed it gently, then took a sip and smacked his lips.

　　It's broken, it seems to be real oolong tea, he has become a clown! !

　　This, this, this, how could this happen?

　　Seeing this, Sugisaki Ken and Kirito immediately cast puzzled looks at Minamiya Yu, not knowing what he was going to do.

　　Afterwards, both of them, who were indeed thirsty after eating the bread, picked up their cups and drank without hesitation.

　　At this moment, Minamiya Yu noticed that Kitahara's mouth corners were gradually curling up, and a bad premonition flashed through his mind.

　　As expected, as soon as the 'oolong tea' entered their mouths, Sugisaki Ken and Kirito's expressions instantly turned into pain, and then all the tea was sprayed out with a "puff".

　　The moment the plan succeeded, Kitahara stood up suddenly, pointing at the three people opposite and laughing wildly.

　　"You didn't expect that, did you? I guessed that you, Ayu, are a very observant and suspicious person, so I specially prepared real oolong tea for you. You've been fooled, haven't you? Hahahahahaha!!!!"

　　However, as he was laughing wildly, he did not notice that the expressions of his three brothers all darkened at the same time.

　　A blood-red word "Danger" flashed above his head.

Chapter 454 There are only two types of movies

George Henry is the chief film expert of AMC Theaters. He will basically not miss any blockbuster movie with a production cost of over 100 million dollars in North America.

What's more, this is a work by Nanaya Kiryu that has exploded the summer box office twice in a row, using the two parts of the same movie.

He also attended the preview of UBW last year, and he still remembers the excitement he felt when he saw the movie.

The box office figures released by UBW later did not disappoint George, and it won last year's box office championship in a strong manner.

At this time, the content on the screen has entered the highlight of the second half.

As the epic BGM sounded, the unrivaled army that once appeared in history appeared in front of all the audience in the theater.

Amid the deafening shouts and cries of killing, George felt as if he were in the vast desert. The battle between the King's army and Hassan's men was full of swords and sabers, as brilliant and dazzling as summer fireworks.

The battle on the screen made George feel his blood boiling and almost made him scream.

The last time George felt that kind of heart-pounding feeling was when the two armies charged into the battle in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

When this battle is over, the film has reached its final stage.

Of course, this is not the ending of this movie, but it is more of a foreshadowing for the next movie.

By this time, George had gradually calmed down, and relying on his professional qualities, he quickly made the most basic judgment on the film.

Although the plot of FZ seems a bit tortuous, it is not particularly brain-burning. Basically, you can understand the plot smoothly by following the director's ideas.

This is not a traditional Hollywood movie with personal heroism.

However, George still gave the film an A+ commercial rating in his heart. Although the plot of the film is not traditional, the film has many and clear selling points.

First of all, the choice of actors. It is obvious that the choice of the role of Kiryu Nanaya was made after careful consideration.

The most obvious thing is that the proportion of Japanese actors has decreased a lot.

For example, the casting of the most important group of Masters in the movie, except for Emiya Kiritsugu, Kotomine Kirei and Matou Kariya who had already been confirmed in FSN, the other Masters were played by European and American actors.

Moreover, the roles of all the characters in the movie are arranged in a very reasonable proportion.

The situation in FSN where the perspective is overly focused on Shirou Emiya and his group does not appear.

These characters all have great performances in the film's plot.

Although we know that some of the tool characters are just tools, they still play a very important role in promoting the plot.

There are also large-scale action scenes, which are one level higher than the previous FSN in terms of both quantity and intensity of battles.

With the support of IMAX's special 3D technology, these scenes present the best visual effects to date.

Not only is the on-screen effect so realistic that it's admirable, but some special shots also make your adrenaline rush.

It can be said that this is the film in which George felt the most obvious improvement in special effects since "Titanic".

Moreover, FZ is not only about action scenes, but also does a great job in handling literary scenes.

Especially the king's question-and-answer scene, which is the climax of the movie, has a Shakespearean feel from the scene arrangement to the line design.

When these elements are combined, this film will surely become a classic commercial blockbuster.

If there is any flaw, it is probably that this is another movie with two parts.

Although Nanaya Kiryu had proved during her time on FSN that dividing her movies into two parts would not affect the box office, George still felt that this was a hidden danger.

After all, it is very uncomfortable to watch a movie halfway.

However, as someone who has direct contact with the cinema market, George is also very clear that the current special effects film market is far from saturated.

Currently, the vast majority of audiences go to the cinema to spend money for entertainment and to watch special effects movies.

From this perspective, FZ is not only very well done, but can even be said to be exceptionally good.

This will definitely be a major film that AMC Cinemas will be promoting from March to April.

FZ will definitely be a big hit.

Those who made this judgment include not only theater representatives like George, but also media reporters like Miss Katsushira.

In February of this year, after several rounds of communication, Ms. Katsushira finally reached a cooperation agreement with Washimine Entertainment, which is why she can sit here.

More importantly, this agreement only represents the cooperation between her and Washimine, not the "Eiga Secret Treasure" behind her.

In other words, as long as the agreement does not change, Katsushira can still get the privileges in the agreement even if he switches to another magazine.

For example, attending an advance screening like this.

Ms. Katsushira's opinion on this movie is similar to that of the theater representative named George.

She also believes that FZ is in line with the audience's needs for film entertainment.

What is a good movie?

This will definitely have different views for different people.

If they are professional film critics, they will definitely say that a good movie is one that reflects social reality, and a good movie is one that thinks about human nature and humanistic care.

However, such movies are boring and hypnotic to the general public.

What the audience wants to see are exciting battles and memorable characters.

The kind of movie that makes people's brains confused and confuses everyone may get good reviews from professional film critics.

But they are definitely not good movies in the eyes of the general public.

The classification of commercial films has actually never been complicated. Having worked as a reporter for so many years, Miss Katsushira is very clear that in the eyes of theaters, there are only two types of movies - movies that can sell tickets and movies that cannot.

Although FZ is obviously much heavier in plot than FSN, it still has many elements of the latter.

"Kiryu Nanaya's directing skills have become more sophisticated." Miss Katsushira concluded in her mind, "Although it is a bit out of the mainstream, he still firmly grasps the hearts of the audience. He also has a very clear grasp of the market."

Although the plot has become much more complicated, this complexity only applies to the advancement of the plot.

This is the inevitable result of an ensemble drama with too many characters.

But while the plot is complex, it’s not confusing.

The director used the simplest camera language to clearly tell the audience the conflicts between each group of masters and servants and their opponents participating in the Holy Grail War.

More importantly, Nanaya Kiryu did not create mystery in the plot or discuss the philosophy of life with the audience, but instead told this fictional war story very seriously.

Perhaps in the eyes of professional film critics, such commercial films are soulless because they do not allow the audience to learn anything from them, nor do they reflect a very profound philosophy of life.

The theme of war is obviously the best subject to explore the complexity of good and evil in human nature, but FZ only touches on the surface in this regard.

But just like Star Wars which was criticized by film critics for being worthless, FZ is far more watchable than those films that are said to explore the origin of human thought.

It can definitely be said that it surpassed FSN which was released two years ago. As for whether it can surpass UBW, that is what the second half of the movie needs to do.

However, Katsushira believes that the box office of FZ will definitely not be worse than UBW. Apart from anything else, the show-off special effects alone are worth watching the movie twice.

I just wonder if the 3D movie tickets specially provided by IMAX will become a product that scalpers are particularly looking forward to, just like "Goblin Slayer".

As for the film content under special effects technology, the connection and transition of the plot of FZ can be said to be well-paced, and the rhythm control is excellent.

Moreover, when promoting the plot, the shaping of group characters is also done extremely well.

Because it is the first half of the movie, a lot of the two-hour-plus plot is spent on laying the groundwork for character relationships and shaping the characters.

However, when watching the series, the audience will not be misplaced or make the wrong connections; instead, they will be deeply impressed by each character because of the character's distinct and vivid personality.

The cold-blooded magician killer who loves his wife and daughter, his gentle android wife, and his cold assistant.

The taciturn priest who has not yet fallen into darkness, his somewhat self-righteous master, and the muscular old father.

A magician student who is often led by his Servant, an overly arrogant Clock Tower instructor, and so on.

Although the audience may not necessarily like these characters, they will definitely be impressed by them.

Even the selection of servants this time around was very interesting, and although their roles varied in size, each of their special abilities played a wonderful role in the plot.

Even Caster, a pure villain who is crazy only for the Saint, the tentacle monsters he summoned are disgusting but also unforgettable.

Don’t say it’s easy to do. Introducing more than 20 people to an audience that knows almost nothing about them in less than three hours requires strong storytelling skills.

This is something that many art films find difficult to achieve.

Normally a movie might be able to explain the main character clearly and let the audience know one or two supporting characters, but having so many characters is indeed a very daunting and challenging task.

Remember that movies are not novels, you have enough time for readers to understand the meaning of the text.

At the same time, movies are not TV series, so they can introduce a character in one episode each week, leaving enough time for the audience to savor the show.

It allows the audience to receive information continuously for more than two hours without interruption, while also ensuring that the audience does not become confused.

In Ms. Katsushira's opinion, Kiryu Nanaya has undoubtedly entered a stage of simplifying the field of directing.

"What a shame! It would be great if his acting skills were as good as the director's."

In Ms. Katsushira's opinion, the only shortcoming of this movie is Kiritsugu played by Nanaya Kiryu.

Although one can feel Nanaya Kiryu's efforts during her performance, she was still able to fool the general audience.

But as a reporter who has seen countless films, Miss Katsushira feels that he still has a lot of room for improvement.

"But this face becomes more and more attractive the more I look at it." Miss Katsushira looked at the back of a director in the front row, "I wonder if our director will have a large number of fans after the movie is released?"

Chapter 64: It’s very simple to fill it out next time!

　　"As for action games, Seele should give it a try."

　　Being around her brothers and sisters every day, Seele was naturally aware of the types of games they played. After hearing what Minamiya Yu said, Seele suddenly felt distressed.

　　She is not very good at this type of game. If she plays badly, will her brothers and sisters laugh at her?

　　"I want to try it, too."

　　Glancing at Seele who was somewhat retreating, Kaguya immediately took the lead and said, "How about, let me go first."

　　"All right."

　　After installing the handle on the computer, Minamiya Yu controlled the little knight to walk, jump, and slash a few times at will. Then he called out a few small flying insects, lifted them up and chopped them a few times. After confirming that there were no problems for the time being, he handed the handle to Kaguya.

　　"The joystick controls the direction, this is jumping..."

　　After explaining the basic rules of action, Minamiya Yu planned to release a few monsters for Kaguya to practice with.

　　“This feeling…”

　　On the roughly modeled flat path, when Kaguya controlled the little man to swing the first knife, he suddenly opened his eyes wide in surprise.

　　Even though the light and sound effects haven’t been added yet, the smooth animation makes it feel quite enjoyable.

　　With more advanced equipment and technology, Minamiya Yu has taken the already excellent feel of the Hollow Knight to a higher level. The signal transmission is at the microsecond level, and the control can be said to be as easy as moving one's own arm, as if he were really swinging the sword.

　　"How is it, we trained well, right~"

　　"It's more than good. It's already excellent."

　　She looked at her husband with some complexity. She had spent so much manpower and resources in the beginning, but it was still unlikely to achieve the level she saw on the screen now.

　　My husband is still very strong. The two of us can achieve this.

　　"Come on, try the little monster."

　　After saying that, Hatsune waved the green onion, and several small flying insects slowly flew towards the little knight.

　　Kaguya controlled the little knight to jump up and chopped down at a flying insect.

　　A rough silver light flashed by, and a dull white light flashed where the little knight and the flying insect touched. Whether it was the flying insect's retreat after being hit, or the little knight's slight retreat due to the reaction force, it gave Kaguya a sense of reality.

　　A realistic feeling of the knight really chopping something with the small bone nail.

　　She immediately understood that this alone was enough to make it an excellent game. For action-oriented games, the sense of impact was often one of the most important components.

　　"How is it, are you familiar with it?"

　　Seeing Kaguya easily deal with those small monsters, Minamiya Yu asked with a smile.

　　"Hmm, it doesn't seem difficult to operate. Could this be a game that sells itself on the idea of 'fun'? With such an excellent sense of combat, the finished product should be quite good."

　　Cool?

　　Hearing this, Minamiya Yu couldn't help but laugh. This game was indeed "fun".

　　"In that case, then Kaguya, would you like to try to challenge the boss of the game?"

　　"The boss has been made?"

　　"I tried making a few, just to test the effect."

　　"Okay, I want to give it a try too."

　　Having just defeated a group of monsters, Kaguya was feeling quite confident.

　　Besides, how difficult can a boss be?

　　The worst that can happen is that she'll die a few times. Can't you just beat her into autism?

　　She couldn't help but smile in her heart, and then Kaguya noticed that Minamiya Yu immediately smiled happily.

　　She was about to say something when she was stopped by Bronya. Bronya finally softened her heart and didn't want to harm her new friend.

　　It’s fine if there’s no amulet, but let a little knight who can’t even sprint fight those bosses?

　　Minamiya Yu knows how to torture people.

　　"Then let's try the fake knight first. The fake knight happens to be quite large, so we can test how the large monster responds to attacks."

　　The Fake Knight is an enemy that most knights face in the early stages. His moves are relatively fixed and he is very easy to dodge, so he won't drive people into autism in one go.

　　"Tsk, fake knight, alright, alright."

　　He smacked his lips somewhat unwillingly, but after hearing Bronya's explanation, Minamiya Yu didn't try to stop her.

　　"My dear husband, do you want to see me challenge a more difficult boss?"

　　At this time, Kaguya, who was controlling the little knight with the handle and slashing around, suddenly spoke.

　　"No, those are too difficult, Kaguya you'd better..."

　　She smiled gently at Bronya, then shook her head slightly: "If my husband wants to see it, then I will naturally not refuse."

　　"you......"

　　Since some people were willing to die, Bronya could only pout and take the fake knight back.

　　Kaguya's words made Minamiya Yu feel a little bit sorry, so he slowly put away the Zote that he almost took out.

　　"Zote's words are still too difficult for newcomers."

　　"really."

　　Bronya nodded in agreement.

　　"So let's use the Mantis Lord, which is already basically finished."

　　"Indeed... huh?!"

　　As the boss that is arguably the most fun to fight in the game, Minamiya Yu was the first one to create it, so that he could optimize it all the way until it was finally perfect.

　　Bronya's eyes changed, and she looked at Minamiya Yu as if accusing him of being a devil.

　　Then she turned her gaze to Kaguya, who was looking forward to it and ready to show her skills, and sighed silently for her in her heart.

　　Hope everyone is okay.

　　Soon, Minamiya Yu and the other two, as spectators, watched Kaguya control the little knight and enter a rough scene with three tall stone thrones.

　　On each of the three thrones sat a strangely shaped mantis, supporting its legs with its hands.

　　Soon, the mechanism was triggered, and the scene was covered by an iron cage with no way to retreat. Three mantises stood up at the same time, while the one in the middle disappeared in an instant and attacked the knight.

　　The rapid attack made Kaguya a little flustered and unable to cope with it for a while. Not long after, she died under the mantis's spear.

　　"The attack is pretty easy to remember. I'll do it again."

　　Kaguya's mentality was not affected at all, and Hatsune Miku in the corner helped her reset the level in time.

　　A new round of challenges begins again.

　　It is indeed not difficult to deal with one mantis, but what if there are two?

　　Even if two can pass, what about all three together?

　　Soon, Kaguya began to sweat profusely, and her hands gripping the handles gradually increased in strength.

　　In fact, there are no three mantises together in the game map. You can pass it after defeating two. That unique sense of rhythm and fighting style can be said to be a real mentor for newcomers.

　　But here, Minamiya Yu maliciously added the three mantises from the five gates of Shenju, which almost increased the difficulty exponentially, and successfully transferred the smile on Kaguya's face to Minamiya Yu's face.

Chapter 453 Preview before release

If Nanaya were asked to describe his life during this period, he could completely explain it as "the darkest time in my life."

However, this was a hole he had dug himself, so even with tears in his eyes, Nanaya had to complete the work.

You have to know that all kinds of publicity have already been launched. If the release date of the movie is delayed due to unfinished production, the loss will cost tens of millions of dollars to make up for.

Even with his current relationship with Shion being so close that they could sleep in the same bed, he could avoid moving his family to Tokyo Bay.

But don't think that Shion will let him go.

What's more, Nanaya himself couldn't get over this hurdle.

Fortunately, with the accumulation of experience and getting used to working under pressure, Nanaya is indeed much faster than before in all aspects of film work.

It’s just that many things were done too rushed this time. In order to make the movie as perfect as possible, Nanaya still had to patiently complete a lot of trivial but necessary mechanical work.

Editing pictures, producing special effects, adding music, and recruiting actors to dub some shots, etc.

Even though Nanaya already has a large work team under him, and even though Nanaya doesn't have to do many things himself.

However, as the most important part of this film, Nanaya had to review each environment one by one.

Whenever any flaws arose, he would demand that they be resolved as quickly as possible rather than just glossing over them.

In order to achieve the effect he wants, Nanaya often needs to produce some shots himself.

When Nanaya finally submitted the finished film to the MPAA, he discovered that he had lost 7 kilograms during this period.

Nanaya didn't know whether he should be thankful for being lucky enough to lose weight for free, or lament his misfortune.

Even Shion was shocked by Nanaya's appearance when she saw him.

"If I hadn't known that Rin and Sakura weren't with you, I would have thought you were doing another New Year's activity, and with three times the amount."

Although Shion was joking, there was still a look of concern in her eyes.

Perhaps because all the work was completed, Nanaya was in a pretty good mood.

She even joked with Shion: "You didn't guess that I kept a chick in North America? You really underestimate the charm of your man, don't you?"

Shion's face darkened, and he immediately replied, "Haha, if that's the case, your tools are already soaked in formalin."

Feeling a chill in his lower body, Nanaya immediately shut his mouth.

However, Nanaya is still very satisfied with his work.

After completing the last bit of work on the production, he began to work on the promotion of the film as the lead actor.

Shion has been very busy lately, and if she hadn't heard that Nanaya was as tired as a dog, she wouldn't have taken the time to visit him.

The two men met briefly. They didn't even sleep together. They just had a meal together and then continued to work on their respective jobs.

While Nanaya was busy promoting FZ, the battle for the 2007 North American box office chart had already begun.

The first to debut in February are "My Wife is a Giant" from DreamWorks and Columbia's comic-adapted movie "Ghost Rider".

The former is a low-cost comedy. Although the box office is not particularly good, DreamWorks should have made a lot of money considering its low investment cost.

It’s a pity that these are no longer important to DreamWorks, which has already sold itself to Paramount.

The latter is a comic-book adaptation of the famous Marvel character Ghost Rider.

Sony is trying to use this to continue the glory it has created in the Spider-Man series.

After all, seeing how much money Washimine made from the "Iron Man" project, it's impossible not to be jealous.

Since Washimine was able to revitalize a second-tier character, then I can definitely do it too.

With this idea in mind, Columbia launched a large-scale promotion for "Ghost Rider".

Although Columbia itself knows that although this movie was produced at about the same time as "Iron Man", the amount of investment is completely on a different order of magnitude.

It is a complete pipe dream to want to become a phenomenal work like "Iron Man".

But as long as the movie can successfully gain market reputation, it can naturally be made into a stable money-making series.

For this purpose, Sony specially invited the big star Nicolas Cage to play the leading role.

Although Uncle Cage has started to take on various bad movies due to debt problems, his reputation has obviously not hit rock bottom and he still has a certain market appeal.

Otherwise, why would so many bad film companies invite him to make films? Isn’t it because they see profit in this guy?

In fact, if Thor, a character with a mythological background, wasn't too difficult to film, Sony would have preferred that project.

But in the end, Columbia finally chose to use the copyright of "Thor" in exchange for funds to shoot the relatively easier-to-shoot "Ghost Rider".

If you fast forward ten years, I'm sure no one would think this was a good deal.

But for now, both Columbia and parent company Sony think the deal is a good deal.

Although the box office performance of "Ghost Rider" is far inferior to that of "Iron Man", there will be no problem for it to break 100 million in North America in the end.

For a mid-budget superhero movie, this is definitely enough to warrant a sequel.

After hearing the news, Nanaya silently made a cross on his chest and wished Sony and Uncle Cage good luck.

In March, a movie that could finally be called a phenomenal one was released: 300, the movie that pushed Zack Snyder to the throne of godhood.

This movie is very familiar to Nanaya. Although most of it was shot with a green screen, the oil painting-style shots can be described as works of art.

Nanaya still appreciates this movie itself, but it is a bit difficult for Nanaya to evaluate Zack Snyder, the biggest beneficiary of this movie.

As a director, Nanaya also pays great attention to the pictures, but in his opinion, the most important ability of a director is the ability to tell stories, that is, to grasp the rhythm of the shots.

This is definitely Zack Snyder's weakness.

No matter how Zack Snyder's fans praise the excellence of the director's cuts of "Watchmen" and "Batman v Superman", in Nanaya's eyes, it is a dereliction of duty on the part of the director that it takes so long to tell the story completely.

While the director's cuts of The Lord of the Rings trilogy are unquestionably masterpieces, their theatrical releases have also been acclaimed.

The director's cut serves as the icing on the cake, but it is not necessary to rely on the director's cut to prove the excellence of the film.

Zack Snyder is undoubtedly a genius in terms of picture quality and excellent action scene guidance, but if he can't make up for his shortcomings in storytelling, then he will suffer a great loss one day.

In Nanaya's opinion, if Zack Snyder is assigned a producer who is more powerful than him, he might be able to restrict the other party and allow him to maximize his strengths.

However, Nanaya Kiryu has no intention of reminding Warner about this matter. After all, the ones who will suffer the loss will be Warner and DC, not him, Nanaya Kiryu and Marvel.

The superhero movie market is limited. As long as DC is alive and well, how can Marvel seize more market share?

Although as a superhero fan, Nanaya still likes DC comics and characters, but his head follows his butt.

Just think about how Warner Bros. was cheated so badly in the end that they were even afraid of the movie universe, which was obviously very profitable, and even said that they would never make another superhero movie like "Justice League". You can imagine how badly Zack Snyder cheated them.

Of course, the huge sales of "300" not only made Zack Snyder famous, but also gave a shot in the arm to the epic film market which had been in a slump.

After all, after "The Lord of the Rings", every epic movie has lost money.

The epic film dynasty led by "The Lord of the Rings" that everyone expected did not come, but instead it was the last carnival of this type of film.

The success of "300" has once again allowed industry insiders to see the market for this type of film.

Unfortunately, Nanaya knew that this was the final elegy of the epic film, and that rather than being an epic film, this film was more like a superhero film, which is what Zack Snyder is good at.

This movie is also adapted from a comic book anyway.

So, there's nothing wrong with it.

Just when the outside world was praising director Zack Snyder to the skies and considering him a genius among the new generation of directors, Washimine and Nanaya received a group of very special guests.

They are composed of movie fans, media, film critics and theater representatives, and they came specifically to attend the preview of "Fate Zero".

Watching the movie playing on the screen, Nanaya, who was sitting in the front row of the theater, felt very calm.

He has become accustomed to this kind of thing now, and is far less nervous than he was when the preview of "Overlooking the Scenery" was held.

A few minutes ago, he was receiving representatives from theater chains, and these people even took the initiative to humble themselves and shake hands with him.

They looked at him as if he were looking at green US dollars.

Several movies in a row have been big sellers in North America. As the cinema chain closest to the film market, they obviously have some confidence in the Nanaya brand.

Not to mention the movie fans, who have always viewed their favorite filmmakers from a deified perspective, and they are also Nanaya's most die-hard fans.

As for the media and film critics, their attitude towards Nanaya can only be considered average, not only because in their eyes Nanaya is a commercial director with a strong smell of money.

More importantly, Washimine and Nanaya never put much effort into public relations with the media and film critics. They basically just go through the motions and do things on a superficial level.

Except for a few media and film critics with whom he has a good relationship, Washimine rarely spends extra money to please others.

Perhaps this is particularly eye-catching for film critics who are accustomed to being treated like superiors.

Nanaya just laughed at these people's thoughts.

In Nanaya's eyes, these people's opinions are far less useful than those of movie fans and theater representatives. Their reactions are the most authentic feedback from the market.

As for film critics and the like, just don't stir up trouble.

Chapter 63 That?

　　In order to win first place, she studied the top ten games very carefully, and "Alahato α" was naturally included in them.

　　Now that Bronya asked, I can naturally tell her the whole story.

　　"First of all, the game's guidance, which I feel is done very well."

　　Hearing this, Bronya became interested and her eyes brightened.

　　“Although we only taught wasd how to move up, down, left, right, and jump in the beginning, we put more extended operations into the level design.”

　　"For example, long-pressing to jump will make you jump higher than short-pressing. I remember there was a small platform in the first level, and you could only jump up by long-pressing. This kind of design allows players to understand the operation in the game without saying a word. I think it's great."

　　"I'm glad you could tell that."

　　Bronya said in surprise.

　　Under the cover of the light of "To the Moon", these "stepping stones" seem to have become ordinary stones, but if you put these stones in the dark, you can definitely find some fluorescent spots on them.

　　To be able to rank among the top few among hundreds of games, you must have your own unique shining points.

　　"After all, it left a deep impression on me. It made me feel the joy of playing games for the first time, and the guidance afterwards..."

　　Then, Kaguya praised Bronya's design for its highlights, which made Bronya feel a little embarrassed. She quickly waved her hands and said modestly, "It's nothing, just copying others. I referred to many Super Mario designs for these designs. They are not as amazing as you say."

　　In response, Kaguya smiled and shook her head: "Which game nowadays doesn't have the shadow of Super Mario? In the final analysis, everyone has borrowed from it along the way, but some people can make good games, while others will only become the dust of history in obscurity. In my opinion, "Alahato α" is a good game worth playing."

　　At this moment, Bronya suddenly felt that Kaguya was not that annoying after all.

　　Although she is Yu's fiancée, she likes her own games. Even if there is no way to stop Yu from being unfaithful in the future, it seems that it is not unacceptable if she lives with someone like Kaguya who understands her, right?

　　It's better than Ely's decision to let them set off fireworks to cheer her and Yu up, right?!

　　Sometimes, all it takes to decide whether to resist is a reason you agree with. Seeing Bronya's gradually relaxed attitude towards her, Kaguya's smile deepened.

　　She had no intention of sowing discord.

　　She is not here to break up this family, but to join this family!

　　Having had experience in completely producing a popular game, Kaguya's words from time to time would make Bronya think and resonate. Ayu was such a charming guy that every time she talked to him, she felt like a teacher teaching a student.

　　Although this kind of play is not bad, it was only when she met Kaguya that she realized how happy it was to communicate with friends who understood her.

　　Originally, Minamiya Yu was worried that Bronya would embarrass Kaguya, but as he watched their conversation become increasingly cheerful, he immediately felt relieved. He really shouldn't doubt the social skills of someone who had received relevant education since childhood.

　　However, the way he looks now, why does it feel like he is the superfluous one?

　　Kaguya noticed him sitting there doing nothing, so she quietly reached out and held his hand, giving him a sweet smile.

　　Before he could think more, he suddenly felt his other hand being held by a warm little hand. He turned his head and happened to meet Bronya's ambiguous gaze which was quite angry.

　　He could be sure that the positions of the two people's hands were in each other's blind spots.

　　OK, OK, let's play it this way, right?

　　You know what, it's quite exciting, hehe.

　　As time passed, Kaguya seemed to let go of her restraint and looked more casual.

　　The education she received since childhood allowed Kaguya to maintain superficially fluent communication with people of most personalities, but when she tried to take off this disguise and show her true self, she was deeply fascinated by the feeling of not having to worry too much and discussing freely with everyone like friends.

　　If I could live with my husband, Seele, Bronya and others in the future, I would definitely be very happy.

　　At this moment, she suddenly felt that it was quite lucky for her to lose to her husband in the game festival. Otherwise, she might still be living on thin ice in that cold family for the freedom that was given as alms.

　　Thinking of this, she couldn't help but hold her husband's warm hand tightly.

　　Click.

　　The sound of the door opening interrupted the conversation of the three people, and Seele walked in with a few glasses of juice and freshly made snacks.

　　"Brother, why didn't you tell Seele when you came up? Seele thought you were out."

　　If she hadn't heard the faint laughter coming from upstairs, Seele would have thought that her brother had sneaked out with his fiancée.

　　"Sorry, sorry, just now Kaguya said she was very interested in the game, so I brought her up to the studio to take a look. I forgot to tell you, Seele."

　　Seeing Seele, Kaguya and Bronya loosened their hands almost at the same time, which made him feel quite regretful.

　　"It's okay. I was just worried that no one would eat the freshly made cakes. Since everyone is here, it's okay."

　　Putting the tray on the middle table, Seele stood on tiptoe, moved a chair over and sat next to her brother.

　　"Seele, you are finally here."

　　Before Seele could sit down, Minamiya Yu reached out and embraced her.

　　"What's the matter, brother?"

　　Leaning on Minamiya Yu, Seele said in a soft and sweet voice.

　　"Nothing, it's just that the two of them were so busy chatting that I couldn't even speak. If Seele didn't come, I would probably be alone and shut myself in."

　　The deliberately funny tone made Seele laugh out loud. She raised her little hand and hit her brother's shoulder, saying softly, "Brother, what you said is too serious."

　　Such a look made Kaguya full of curiosity. She gradually discovered the mischievous character of her husband hidden under his maturity, and she couldn't help but smile softly.

　　Bronya rolled her eyes at him in amusement. She had clearly been secretly playing some special games with him, and she was deliberately saying this just to make Seele happy.

　　"Since everyone is here, Bronya, can you take that out and try it first?"

　　"that?"

　　Bronya hesitated.

　　"Yes, that's it!"

　　"Do you really want to take that?"

　　"It's okay, let them try the simple one first, and then use that one last time."

　　"Okay, wait a minute, I'll tune that out."

　　This encrypted conversation left Kaguya and Seele completely confused, until they saw Bronya create a somewhat crude game screen, and then they began to understand.

　　"Although the map has not been completed yet, the game's battle system has been partially completed. Seele, Kaguya, do you want to try it?"

Chapter 452: Dark February

Under the moonlight atmosphere created by the lights, Nanaya stood on the balcony in the front yard of Einzbern Castle dressed as Emiya Kiritsugu.

He leaned against the guardrail, looking at the green screen in front of him, imagining that it was a forest at night.

"Kiritsugu."

Illya slowly walked behind Nanaya and called out.

Nanaya responded and turned around slowly.

The expression on his face was like that of a hurt and helpless child, trying hard to hold back tears.

In front of the camera, Nanaya tried hard to show the cowardly side of the magician killer he played in front of his wife.

“Kiritsugu, you…”

Nanaya hugged Illya without saying a word, his chest trembling as if he was trying to find his own support.

“Cut!”

Shiki in front of the monitor shouted stop.

Nanaya immediately let go of Illya. He said to her with a dissatisfied tone, "I say, Miss Lin Bao, can you please stop twisting your body every time I hug you? This is the fourth time."

Nanaya certainly knew the reason why Shiki Matsuno called a halt just now.

As soon as he hugged Illya, she started rubbing against him randomly.

"Snort."

Illya crossed her arms and pouted unhappily as she said, "Oni-chan, who told you to leave Illya aside during the New Year and flirt with other women? This is Illya's punishment for you!"

If we were to say who was most upset about the scandal that Nanaya caused during the Chinese New Year, it would definitely be Illya.

At least Rin, Sakura and the others arrived at the scene immediately and tortured Nanaya.

But Illya was never able to step out of her home from beginning to end.

It’s not that Illya doesn’t want to get involved, but her grandfather and father, both of whom are Illya fans, won’t allow her to leave the house during the New Year.

Perhaps the reporters and the public who are unaware of the inside story will be misled, but this definitely does not include Kiritsugu and Mr. Ryutani.

Letting your beloved daughter (granddaughter) go to the home of a man who has unclear relationships with so many women.

This was absolutely unbearable for both of them.

So Illya could only stay at home in depression, and watch other people showing their affection with Nanaya on TV.

This of course made Illya very unhappy.

So the little girl took the opportunity to play opposite Nanaya to carry out her own little revenge.

"Oni-chan was so happy hugging the old woman from the Washimine family on TV, but she couldn't even stand Illya's little coquetry." Illya twitched her little nose and snorted coldly.

"Hey! What are you imagining, girl? There's no way Shion and I act like this on TV!"

Nanaya frowned, but there was a hint of guilt in his tone.

"If it's not on TV, then it must have happened in private?" Illya immediately caught the loophole in Nanaya's words.

“Pfft—haha.”

When Nanaya heard Shiki laughing there, he immediately glared at him.

"Still laughing?! Why don't you say anything to her?"

Shiki Matsuno held his stomach and laughed, "What does it matter? This is the last set of shots anyway. Just let this young lady vent a little. Isn't this your own romantic debt?"

Nanaya really wanted to pick up the prop cigarette box on him and throw it at him.

This scene is a literary drama before the battle scene in Einzbern Castle.

Because when Nanaya was editing, he found that when he was shooting for the first time, his and Illya's standing positions were a bit wrong during editing.

So he decided to reshoot several shots of the scene.

This scene is the last set of shots that need to be reshot in the first half of FZ. After this scene is completed, Nanaya will begin to devote himself to post-production.

Fortunately, Illya was just acting coquettishly towards Nanaya to express her dissatisfaction.

After that, she became much more cooperative.

But every time, Illya would deliberately linger on Nanaya before the official shooting began.

And in this scene, Nanaya had to hold Illya for most of the time...

[This little bitch really needs to be punished. ]

Nanaya looked very embarrassed, the photoshoot had clearly ended but this girl was still holding on to him.

Because the distance was so close, the faint fragrance from Illya's body kept coming into his nostrils.

Add to that the gentle embrace and the two senses of oppression coming from the other side's mountain.

Nanaya suddenly felt that his lower body was almost having a strong reaction, as well as some inexplicable impulse.

A month has passed since the New Year, and Nanaya's body has long since fully recovered.

In addition, Nanaya has been busy with the recruitment of new members to Trier this month, and he hasn't been intimate with a woman for some time.

Nanaya used a lot of effort to suppress a bold idea in his mind.

After thanking other staff members, Nanaya prepared to go to the dressing room to remove her makeup.

When passing by Shiki Matsuno, Nanaya kicked the guy who was still covering his mouth and laughing hard in the butt.

"Hey! You are seeking revenge for your personal gain!"

Shiki said dissatisfiedly, covering his butt.

Nanaya gave him a middle finger in return: "Bullshit, this is called fair and square revenge!"

"Look at what you said."

Shiki Matsuno rubbed his buttocks and followed happily.

"Hey, are you planning to pretend to be dead during the promotion period like you did in the previous movies?" Shiki asked secretly.

"How is that possible? I am the lead actor this time."

After hearing this, Nanaya rolled his eyes.

In the past, when it came to the critical period of movie promotion, Nanaya would always make excuses for various reasons except for necessary activities.

But not this time.

Even though FZ is an ensemble drama, Emiya Kiritsugu is the irreplaceable protagonist. In addition, with his triple identity as director and producer, Nanaya will naturally join in the promotion of the film.

But this promotion is not right now, because Nanaya’s first priority is to finish the movie first.

However, FZ's large-scale publicity plan is much faster than Nanaya's movie production speed.

Starting with the 2007 Super Bowl preview, Washimine's global publicity machine began to operate.

Ever since Nanaya bought the first Super Bowl trailer when making "Goblins slayer", every time a new Nanaya movie is released, Nanaya will play a special trailer at the Super Bowl.

Although Nanaya felt a little uncomfortable with this matter, he always felt that he was giving money to the TV station.

But the publicity is really good.

Besides, other big-budget movies also advertise during the Super Bowl, so if Nanaya doesn’t advertise, I’ll always feel like I’m lagging behind.

Today's Super Bowl trailer for FZ basically didn't reveal much, except for an excerpt from the last part of the first act where Kiritsugu, Tokiomi, Waver, and Kariya summoned servants together.

The entire trailer ends with Saber uttering the classic line "I ask you, are you my Master?"

Then the slogan [2007.03.28 The King Returns] appeared on the screen.

In fact, except for Washimine’s internal staff, everyone was a little confused about why Nanaya scheduled the movie for the spring season in March instead of the summer season starting in May.

But the big names in the summer season are still very satisfied with the result.

After all, the Fate series can be said to be a very popular movie IP at present.

It is very stressful for everyone to have such a strong opponent join the competition for the summer season.

Nanaya is also satisfied with the film's release date in March.

Although his original purpose of doing so was to avoid The Dark Knight with FZ in the second half of next year, the competition in the summer season of 2007 was indeed very fierce.

After all, this summer season has seen a surge in blockbuster titles, and many of these works are sequels to well-known series.

Let's take a look at what's in store for the 2007 summer season.

"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", "Transformers 1", "Spider-Man 3", "Shrek the Third", "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", "Jason Bourne", and "Rush Hour 3".

Looking at this series of film titles, Nanaya always feels that Hollywood in 2007 seems to be having a hard time with the trilogy, as the final chapters of various trilogies were released.

These are all movies that have box office revenues of over 100 million yuan. There are also many other movies that have not yet exceeded 100 million yuan, but still achieved box office revenues of over 90 million yuan.

And in Nanaya's memory, this summer season had so many blockbusters that, although it set a record for total box office, the performance of each movie was not too far apart.

The difference between the first place "Spider-Man 3" with 330 million and the fifth place "Order of the Phoenix" with 290 million is less than 50 million US dollars.

It can be seen how much the data between these movies are bitten by each other.

From this perspective, it may not be a bad thing for FZ to avoid this year's chaotic summer season.

After all, the popularity of Fate's IP no longer depends on the release date.

Of course, such a schedule arrangement is also very painful for Nanaya.

Because he didn't have much time to polish the film.

Although a lot of post-production work has been completed before the New Year, there are still many trivial details that need to be completed.

In addition, time must be left for film review, publicity, and test screenings to build word-of-mouth, which puts Nanaya under a very tight schedule.

As time entered February, Nanaya also entered the busiest period since post-production.

He temporarily put aside all the trivial matters and devoted himself to post-production, even turning down Downey's invitation to a celebration party for "Iron Man".

If I really have to describe it, Nanaya really feels like a Japanese office worker.

I get very little rest and sleep, and basically eat and sleep in the editing room.

Although Nanaya often considered leaving some work to others, and Shiki Matsuno also helped to deal with a lot of it, as the overall person in charge of the entire project, he had too many things to see and deal with.

Therefore, he works seven days a week from morning till late at night, and weekends and holidays are non-existent for him.

By the end of the period, seven consecutive 40-hour workdays had become the norm.

Only when he could no longer hold on would Nanaya walk out of the editing room and sleep on the floor in the corridor.

Nanaya didn't dare to rest in the editing room at all. He would have no mind to rest if he was looking at those video materials.

Fortunately, Nanaya’s efforts were not in vain, and he finally got his reward.