Don't call me Master, call me Director

For Bandai customers, it's a true love-hate relationship with the behemoth.

The nickname Consortium B really sums up the attitude of fans towards this company.

Shen Er himself does not have much ill feeling towards Bandai Company, as an otaku who has been a special chef for two lifetimes.

Although he is uncomfortable with Bandai’s sustainable strategy of exhausting resources when selling toys, he cannot deny the strong support of consortium B for special photography works.

If it weren't for Bandai's "tokusaku plot" that has been going on for decades, Japanese tokusaku dramas would have completely declined after the 90s because of the fading popularity.

Even if Bandai's ultimate goal is to make money, it is impossible to deny Ah B's feelings for Tokusho. You must know that no company other than Bandai was willing to lose money in the Tokusho industry at that time.

In other words, a publisher like Bandai, which is all about money, can make Shen Erye's plan to promote FSN smoother.

The only thing that confuses Shinji is Bandai Visual's own distribution capabilities.

Although this Bandai branch is quite well-known in the Japanese film industry, most of the films that can be released are animated films, only sporadic, and have experience in releasing special films such as the Ultraman theatrical version.

But in any case, Bandai's sincerity is at least more than that of Dongbao.

The distribution team leader named Keigo Hata never contacted Shinji after the preview, and Bandai, the little brother called that night, saying that people from his company would like to watch the movie .

So early the next morning, Shinji and Matou Kariya greeted Bandai representatives at Tsuburaya Company.

The screening this time was much more shabby than the trial screening, and several people directly found a meeting room in the Tsuburaya company as a temporary screening room.

In the room, all the windows were tightly blocked by black curtains, and no light could come in.

A small screen was hung on the wide wall at the very front of the conference room. Shinji sat behind the projector opposite the screen and personally controlled the FSN screening.

In front of him, Kariya Matou was sitting with the Bandai employees, watching the film attentively, exchanging a few words in a low voice from time to time, bragging for his nephew.

Special effects movies like FSN cannot show their essence with such simple equipment.What Shen Er hopes more is to take people to the movie screening hall to experience the shock of the big screen.

It's a pity that other movie theaters have their own screening schedule, and the trial screenings like yesterday must be booked in advance, and the movie theater owner simply doesn't agree with Shen Er's request for an extra one.

And other movie theaters are too far away from Tsuburaya, and it is very troublesome to go back and forth.

In this regard, Shen Er just wanted to complain about the number of movie theaters in Japan. There are less than 400 movie theaters in the whole country, which is not as large as the number of movie theaters in a province in a developed region of the Chinese Empire in the future.

Just like yesterday's screening, Shinji kept observing the expressions of Bandai employees while the movie was showing.

To Shinji's surprise, the leader of Bandai representatives this time is a dignified professional woman.

It's not that Shen Er's playboy personality flares up and falls in love with this woman who looks like the big sister next door, but that he knows this woman named Uda Chuan Nan Ou - she is the future president of Bandai Company.

[But didn't this sister work in the game department before she became the president?Why did you come to the film and television distribution department? 】

Despite such confusion in his heart, Shinji continued to show the movie step by step.

The screening was getting closer to the end. After Bedivere bid farewell to Artoria, Shinji did not continue to play the end credits, but directly turned off the projector and turned on the lights immediately.

"Miss Udagawa..."

Just as Matou Kariya was about to speak, Udagawa Nanou interrupted him by raising his hand: "Can we discuss it alone?"

"Of course no problem. Second uncle, let's go out first."

Shinji knew that these people needed to exchange their views, so he simply pulled Matou Kariya up and left the screening room.

Judging from the expressions of several people during the screening just now, these people have a good attitude towards the movie, at least much better than the film critics.

But in the end, whether Bandai can accept FSN depends on their views on the market prospects of movies.

After all, Consortium B is a commercial company through and through, not a charity or an art academy.

After leaving the conference room, Shinji and Kariya stood in the corridor waiting for the result of the discussion.

Kariya lit a cigarette and whispered, "That woman named Udagawa Nanou brought Bandai a whole team. This shows that Bandai is very interested in your movie."

After all, he is a member of the Matou family, and Kariya is very interested in movies.

"Probably. It should be easier this time without the interference of idiot film critics." Shen Er looked up at the ceiling and said in a casual tone.

"Hello."

Listening to Shinji's words, Kariya showed a helpless expression.

In the conference room, several representatives of Udagawa Nanou and Bandai sat together to exchange views on the film.

"Miss Udagawa, am I right? This is a great work."

The excited little brother who spoke first was the one who called Shen Er last yesterday.

It was a complete accident that he participated in the preview meeting yesterday. He originally came to Tsuburaya to exchange toy designs, but he attended the preview meeting after meeting several people from Dongbao.

At the beginning, the little brother didn't think he would see an excellent movie, it was purely an excuse for himself because he didn't want to go back to work in the company too early.

However, when he saw FSN for the first time, he was deeply attracted by this completely different movie.

The little brother couldn't intuitively tell what the movie was like, but he directly believed that the movie was very suitable for his company.

His opinion was supported by another Bandai representative, "I think so too. This movie can be said to be the ultimate in special photography, and it can no longer be described as fake."

This world does not have the concept of so-called special effects movies. This representative took it for granted that they were special effects movies for teenagers.

Not only him, but the other Bandai representatives sitting here think so.

"There's a certain value to this film."

The man with glasses sitting at the end of the table said: "The director named Matou Shinji shot very well. The camera movement, light, and color are all beyond ordinary movies. Of course, the most outstanding thing is the gorgeous special effects. Even Tsuburaya can’t match it. From this point alone, it meets the needs of the current special photography market, but..."

The man pushed his glasses and changed the topic.

"The plot of the movie is a bit obscure. Although the movie itself tells the past of several heroes very clearly, it is still too complicated for children, let alone some elements of love are added...Don't Forget the lessons learned from Tiga’s theatrical version.”

The man in glasses is talking about the theatrical version of Ultraman Tiga's "Final Holy War" produced by Tsuburaya a few years ago.

Because this movie has been a few years since the Tiga drama, considering that the children who watched the drama at that time had grown up, Tsuburaya wrote the script of the movie a little deeper than before, and even added elements of love.

As a result, when the movie was released, the majority of the audience who went to see the movie were still children. How could these little devils who hadn't opened their hearts know what love is, and they had no concept of dialogue.

"The Final Jihad" certainly cannot be said to have failed, but the final results and evaluation of the movie certainly did not meet expectations.

"Of course I know that."

Udagawa Nanou closed his notebook and looked up at the other three: "In short, our opinions are unified."

"One more thing." The man with glasses reminded, "The peripherals of this special film must be distributed by Bandai."

"of course."

Uda Chuannanou smiled and nodded.

As early as when she was in the movie, she thought about a lot of movie peripherals.For example, Saber's weapon Excalibur can make three versions of DX according to different scenes in the movie: Real Name Liberation ver. (normal version), Wind King Barrier ver. (transparent version) and Noble Phantasm Release ver. (luminous version) Toy.

A few minutes later, Shinji and Kariya returned to the conference room.

Seeing Uda Chuannanou sitting in a row on the left hand side of the long table, he and his second uncle sat on the right side of the conference table.

Uda Chuannanou didn't look at Matou Kariya, his eyes were almost all on Shinji.

She didn't pay special attention to the other party before, and she didn't realize until now that the director was so young.

[He is definitely not an adult! 】

Uda Chuannanou, who has rich social experience, immediately formed his own judgment.

No matter how talented young people like this are, they lack social experience and are often full of idealism.

[This kind of young man is not difficult to deal with, as long as he uses his ideals and future to fool him, he should be easy to fool. 】

Thinking of this, she looked at Matou Kariya cautiously.

This actor, who has been in the entertainment industry for many years, is the difficulty in this negotiation.

However, Udagawa Nanou didn't pay much attention to Matou Kariya.It's true that he is a well-known actor, but he is only an actor. Matou Kariya, who lacks experience in buying and selling movies, has no concept of how much a movie should sell.

More importantly, the Bandai company she works for is a well-known film distributor in the industry, and naturally has an absolute advantage in the face of rookie directors and second-rate actors.

[Maybe, I might be able to pack the other party's entire team into the company. 】

Uda Chuannanou's eyes looked up and down Shinji, the opponent's team's technical level is very good, if they can scoop up the whole team, it will be of great benefit to Bandai Film and Television Department.

Shinji's side was very quiet. While Udagawa Nanou was observing him, he was also thinking about how to get the most benefit from Consortium B.

It can be seen from the seating order of the Bandai team that Udagawa Nanou is the absolute leader.

Shen Er will not despise the other party because she is a woman, but pays more attention to it.Everyone knows that the phenomenon of patriarchal preference in the Japanese workplace is quite serious. To be able to stand out in such a big environment and eventually become the president of Bandai Company, Udagawa Nanou is definitely not an easy guy.

[I don't know if this one is married?Anyway, she is also a rich woman, do you want my second uncle to donate my body?He is also old and not young, it is time to start a family and start a business. 】

Shen Er glanced at his uncle from the corner of his eye, thinking about the possibility.

"Huh? Why is it a little cold?"

Matou Kariya at the side shivered for no reason.

Chapter 18 Kariya: Why is it me again?

Shen Er also thought about selling his second uncle to a rich woman.

Regardless of whether it is successful or not, even if it is successful, the other party may not necessarily harm the interests of the company.

"Director Matou."

After a long wait, Uda Chuannanou finally spoke.

"My colleagues and I are very interested in your FSN, and we have the will to bring this film to market."

She opened the notebook where she had recorded the information just now, holding a pen in her right hand and resting her chin on the other hand, with a formulaic smile on her face.

Hearing what the other party said, even Shen Er couldn't help but feel a gleam of joy in his heart.

Years of preparation and months of hard work in filming finally saw the dawn of victory.

Shinji smiled and nodded to Udagawa Nanou.

"Thank you, Miss Udagawa! It's my pleasure."

Uda Chuannanou was very satisfied with Shen Er's attitude. She continued: "I attach great importance to this cooperation with Xingyue Film Company, but we need to discuss the specific method."

"No problem, we have plenty of time to talk."

Kariya Matou, who hoped that this cooperation could be successfully concluded, couldn't wait to interject.

Seeing the second uncle talking without authorization, Shen Er secretly kicked him.

Kariya turned his head in confusion, only to see his nephew's dissatisfied eyes.

After a lesson to the second uncle who has nothing to do with Chengfu, Shen Er re-entered the state of negotiation.

"The way?" Shen Er put his hands on his chest, "Isn't your company becoming the publisher of FSN?"

"Of course Bandai will release Fate."

Uda Chuannanou moved slightly with his right hand holding the pen, and his slightly aggravated tone indicated to Shinji that she had the initiative in this negotiation.

"But the way we distribute FSN is by owning all rights to the film."

"Are you going to buy out the movie?"

Shen Er frowned slightly, looking a little displeased.

Matou Kariya looked at Shen Er in surprise.

Isn't it normal for independent films to be bought out by distribution companies?

Kariya, who didn't know his nephew's plan, was slightly confused by Shinji's attitude.

But with the lesson learned from the kick just now, Kariya can only shut up obediently.

The old man in the family had already called to inform him that this time the negotiation was mainly focused on Shen Er, and he, Kariya, could only be his nephew's attendant, even if the negotiation failed in the end, he could not exceed his authority.

Compared to Kariya Matou who had depression written all over his face, Nanou Udagawa didn't see any changes on his face.

She made a gesture of invitation and said, "Director Matou, do you have any ideas you can put forward. As long as it is reasonable and beneficial to both of us, we can consider it."

What Uda Chuannanou said was high-sounding, as if she was thinking of Shinji very much.

This is like the leader saying to his subordinates, "Just ask if you have any requirements", whoever believes is stupid [beep——! 】.

But who is he, Second Master Shen?

As the master who can chat and laugh happily with those old immortals in the clock tower, Shen Er will not be polite.

"I hope that Xingyue Films can sign a distribution contract with Bandai..."