Don't call me Master, call me Director

This is normal. It is impossible for any movie to be popular forever. The audience will always get tired of watching one movie and turn to other movies.

In terms of Japanese movies, after the release of Toho’s main movie this year, the love movie "Crying Out for Love in the Center of the World", which was adapted from a popular novel, it finally broke the dominance of the Fate/Zero family, and also ended the other party's ten consecutive Japanese box office rankings. crown.

It's just that the evaluation of this movie is not very good. Many viewers said that they were about to fall asleep watching it at a too slow pace.

In fact, although the rhythm of "Calling Love in the Center of the World" is slow, it is not as exaggerated as people say.

It's just that these audiences just watched the 3-hour fast-paced Fate/Zero, and when they go back and watch this movie, they naturally feel that it is slow like a snail.

Of course, ordinary audiences just complained. The fans who were really dissatisfied with the movie were the fans of the original book. They felt that the movie didn't capture the essence of the novel at all. The only thing they could see was Nagasawa Masami's face.

But no matter what the audience rants about, "Crying Out for Love in the Center of the World" has undoubtedly been a success at the box office.

This made the Dongbao executives who had been restless all the time relieved. Even if the movie's final box office is not as good as Fate/Zero, at least Big Brother's face is saved.

On the contrary, the film critics gave this film a high evaluation, and they praised it with all their might.

They all agree that this movie is the essence of Japanese cinema, not another trash movie with no meaning and no meaning.

Several newspapers that host the Blue Ribbon Awards even directly stated in their articles that "Crying Out for Love in the Center of the World" will be a strong contender for this year's Blue Ribbon Awards.

The North American market did not have a strong box office hegemony to succeed Fate/Zero like the Japanese film market.

With the release of Fate/Zero, North American films have once again entered the chaotic situation of segregation.

However, although Fate/Zero has been released in North America, the popularity of the movie has not completely subsided.

From its release in May to its release in late July, Fate/Zero has always been a high-profile target in the North American film market.

The steady box-office performance that opened high and went high has surprised countless people, and at the same time, they bit their handkerchiefs enviously.

Of course, it is Fate/Zero's publicity model that makes film colleagues more concerned.

The marketing strategy invested by Time Group is very expensive, so high that other film companies are discouraged.

But the income brought by this seemingly desperate publicity model is also very high.

Especially audience word-of-mouth marketing, whether it is the soft-text promotion of major media platforms, or the popularity and ratings of IMDB, Fate/Zero has always received rave reviews in addition to professional word-of-mouth ratings.

No matter how you look at it, Times Group has fought a beautiful publicity and marketing campaign, which directly brings about the super stable box office trend of Fate/Zero.

Since its opening weekend, all of Fate/Zero's weekend box office declines have been well below the usual box office cycle declines.

This kind of trend is very scary, and it also ensures that the film's North American box office will eventually steadily pass the [-] million US dollar threshold.

$300 million!

This is also the final result of Fate/Zero in the North American box office, which is more than 200 million US dollars higher than the 1 million North American box office of "The Lion King".

Although the global box office gap between the two films is not as big as that in North America, after all, family movies like "The Lion King" must have more global audiences than Fate/Zero.

But Disney will definitely not be happy because of this, because the global box office of Fate/Zero has surpassed the box office of 9.88 million US dollars after the re-release of "The Lion King", and is firmly moving towards 10 billion US dollars.

It is said that on the day when Fate/Zero's global box office surpassed "The Lion King", there were fierce sounds of smashing things in the offices of several Disney directors.

"It's a pity, hope they make enough money selling discs this year to renovate the office."

In the office of Xingyue Film Company, Shen Er makes a teasing comment on the childish behavior of Da Dizi's senior management.

Although Warner has the nickname of selling discs, Disney is definitely the most active Hollywood company in selling discs.

Regardless of other movies, Disney’s classic animation movie-related DVDs basically release a new version to the market every few years, and the selling point of the new version is definitely different from the previous version.

Either some deleted clips were added, or the music playlist was reset, or there were more interviews with the film's creators.

Disney's act of selling discs to make money is definitely a hero in the disc circle.

However, Shen Er is not qualified to say that others are the only ones. He was responsible for the fact that Fate/Zero was released from North America.

When the popularity of Fate/Zero has not completely disappeared, it was withdrawn from North American theaters and released DVDs to harvest a wave of leeks.

Although the box office data will decrease, DVD sales will increase a lot.

Shen Er is not Disney. Unless the global box office has the potential to hit the $20 billion mark, otherwise he will not keep the movie in the cinema for the so-called box office data.

That would only affect DVD sales figures!

When this round of DVD harvest is over, Shen Er will let the leeks grow a little bit.

Then at the end of the year, an extended version of the DVD will be released to harvest a new round of leeks.

"Simply perfect."

Second Master closed the notebook with a snap and made a contented sound.

There was a light knock on the door, and Ophelia pushed the door open and walked in.

"Boss, Mr. Emiya is here."

"Let him in now."

Shinji quickly stood up from his seat.

"Hi, Shinji."

Shirou who walked into the office took the initiative to greet Second Master, "Long time no see."

Shen Er quickly asked him to sit down: "Yes, Shirou. You are finally back."

During the summer vacation this year, Shirou was taken abroad by Kiritsugu as soon as the school was closed, and he has not returned to his country until now.

"Shirou, you have changed so much, where did Kiritsugu take you to play?"

Shinji handed Shirou a cup of green tea, and asked jokingly.

I haven't seen him for a summer vacation, Shirou's whole body has become a lot stronger, and his originally thin body has become angular.

"Don't mention it." Shirou said with a bitter face, "I was dragged to the battlefield in the Middle East by my father as soon as I was on vacation, and I almost didn't come back alive."

"middle East?"

Shirou nodded his head with lingering fear: "Yes, my father said that I am too naive and need to practice on the battlefield."

"Only with you?"

"I also asked him why he didn't bring Illya." Shirou took a sip of tea, "and he said, "Boys should be raised poorly, girls should be raised rich". Is this something a father can say?!"

Shinji did not comment on this, after all, his status in Matou's family is similar to that of Shirou, and he is also below Sakura.

"Really, the experience of these two months is too crazy. First we evacuated people from a village, and then destroyed a terrorist den, and then almost fought with the US military because of a misunderstanding..."

Speaking of this, Shirou sighed for a long time, he glanced at his body and said helplessly.

"After two months of wind and sand blowing in the desert, I was sunburned."

Shen Er nodded: "It's a lot darker, but it's a pity that the hair is not tanned."

"Why is your hair getting white..." Shirou's mouth twitched, "Besides, wouldn't he be the same as that annoying Archer if his hair was gray?"

"That's not sure."

Shen Er raised his eyebrows and turned the conversation to the main topic.

"Is there any free time in the second half of the year? You shouldn't travel far anymore, right?"

Although he had some vague guesses when he received the notice that Shen Er was going to meet, Shirou Emiya's eyes immediately lit up when he heard what Shen Er said.

"Are you going to ask me to make a movie again?"

"It's not a movie, it's a series." Shen Er stretched out two fingers, "And it's two movies, you are both the leading actors."

"Of course there is. Making movies is better than fighting wars in the Middle East."

Shirou replied without hesitation.

"That's all right, Ophelia."

Shinji said hello, and the little secretary sitting on the other side handed a document bag to Shirou.

"This is......"

Emiya Shirou looked at Shinji.

Shen Er made a gesture of invitation, and said while watching the other party unpack the file bag.

"These two series are extensions of FSN, and you have to play yourself again, Shirou."

"I'm fine with that, but..."

Shirou looked at UBW's script outline, thinking of their conversation just now, his facial features suddenly became tangled.

"What is the real identity of that Archer?"

"Well~" Shinji smiled understandingly, "Shirou, you don't have to understand the setting of Fate."

Chapter 88 On the Ways and Methods of Cutting Leeks

Although Shirou was entangled in the script given by Shen Er, this did not change Shen Er's persistence.

Anyway, the series hasn't started yet, Shirou still has a long time to get used to the script.

Regardless of the fact that the actors and venues of FSN's two lines are ready-made, it is also convenient for the crew to start the film directly.

Although it is still early for the crew to start, some preparatory work has already been done.

For Shirou, the protagonist, the first thing he has to do is to train his muscles.

Regardless of whether it is UBW or HF, there are a lot of action scenes in which Shirou will act in person, and there are definitely many scenes where muscles are exposed.

Although Shirou has been in the Middle East for two months, his body has become a lot stronger, but compared to the muscles of those celebrities who are photogenic, he still lacks beauty.

In addition to muscles, fighting style is also the focus of Shirou's next training.

Shen Er directly threw this training task to the red A old lady.

Not to mention that what Shirou needs to learn is the fighting style of red ace, is there a better partner in this world than himself?

Look at UBW, Shirou dared to single out Gilgamesh after finishing his red A.

As for what Shirou and Hong A, two guys who are naturally incompatible, got together and made something, the second master didn't care at all.

If the two of them develop a tacit understanding during training together, Shen Er can relax a little later when filming.

It doesn't matter if the relationship between the two is worse, the rivalry between the two will be more emotionally real during filming.

In a word, the friendship between Shirou and Red A has not changed much, and the second master is definitely not at a loss.

Compared with the love-hate relationship between Emiya Shirou and Emiya Shirou, Shinji has other work to do during this period, such as promoting the upcoming DVD of Fate/Zero.

The DVD industry in this world is more developed than that of the same period before Shen Er's time travel, which can be regarded as a rare advantage of this characteristic parallel world in the entertainment industry.

After all, many slow-paced art films are more enjoyable to watch slowly at home than in cinemas.

Of course, there are also animated movies that are suitable for the whole family to watch together. It was said before that Disney relies on this to ensure that its annual profit is at the forefront of North American film companies.

It is said that Disney's annual video and DVD sales are three times that of Disney's box office data.

Although other film companies are not as exaggerated as Disney, their income from video tapes and DVDs is also the bulk of their income.

But DVD's good years are only a few years away.

Shen Er, who opened MiraiTV, knows that it won't be too long. With the rapid development of online video-on-demand and download, the video tape and DVD industry will decline rapidly, and the era of streaming media will come after that.

Shen Er, who is trying to become bigger and stronger in the entertainment industry, of course will not forget the streaming media platform, and has made some preparations for this.

Once the external hardware conditions are mature, Shen Er will launch his own streaming media.

However, engaging in streaming media in the future does not prevent Shinji from selling DVDs now.

There is no end to cutting leeks, so there is no reason not to cut the leeks that have grown now for the sake of future leeks.

In early August, Time Group officially launched Fate/Zero DVDs and videotapes into the North American market. Physical retailers such as Wal-Mart and Kroger, as well as online e-commerce companies such as E-Bay and Amazon, began selling DVDs.

As for the sales situation, there can only be one word to describe it - hot.

Although Fate/Zero is not as popular as the cartoon, the sales figures in the first week of its launch are equally gratifying, easily selling 2000 million US dollars.

Sure enough, when it comes to the prosperity of leeks, North America will always be the first.

And compared to the box office share, the profit of DVD singles is higher.

Even after deducting various other distribution costs, the profit brought by a DVD to Erye is still several times that of a movie ticket.

Because a Fate/Zero sells for $20, and the production cost is less than $1.

Compared with DVDs in North America, the production cost of Fate/Zero in Japan is a little higher, almost $5 in conversion.