Don't call me Master, call me Director

"Captain Hata, is there something wrong?"

"I'm really sorry, although I tried my best to fight with the company, but..."

Although the other party didn't finish the sentence, Shen Er had already heard the other party's meaning.

"It's okay, Team Leader Hata." Shen Er said in a nonchalant tone, "Let's cooperate again when we have a chance."

Shen Er was not surprised by Dong Bao's attitude at all, it would be better to say that the other party would reply to him instead of directly saying that there was no news, which already surprised Shen Er.

Shen Er patiently had a few polite words with the other party, and then hung up the phone.

"Shinji." Kariya, who had been "bullied" by his nephew for a day, teased with a smile, "Do you need me to contact Toei, uncle?"

The second master helplessly blew up Liu Hai on his forehead, he doesn't want to talk to this guy who gloats now.

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On the other hand, Uda Chuannanou returned to the company and fed back Shinji's request to Bandai's top management.

Bandai executives, who were originally indifferent to Fate, an unknown movie, immediately changed their expressions after hearing about Shinji's relationship with Europe and the United States.

After many investigations and confirmations, Bandai finally confirmed that the Matou family and the Flora family are indeed family friends. Now Bandai's senior management finally paid attention to FSN.

Immediately after receiving instructions from his superiors, Udagawa Nanou borrowed a copy of FSN from Shinji and played the film in the company's conference center in front of all high-level executives.

It is said that after the movie finished, there was a fierce quarrel among Bandai executives, and the excited voices of several directors could be heard even in the corridor.

It's a pity that because of the internal meeting, no one knows what kind of conflict happened among Bandai's top management.

Shinji heard only one result. After the debate ended, Bandai's current president, Yamashina Makoto, and future president, Ueno Kazinori, gave Udagawa Nanou the same order.

"Continue to negotiate."

I have to say that the second master's luck is quite good. The FSN project is really a tailor-made project for Bandai at this stage.

First of all, FSN will be released in Europe and the United States. For Bandai who wants to enter the European and American markets, this is an irresistible temptation.

Secondly, the past decade or so can be regarded as the era of renaissance of special dramas. The three major special dramas have produced excellent works again and again, and the ratings are quite good.This gave Bandai the ambition to move from the small screen to the big screen.

Then there are internal reasons within Bandai. Ueno Kazunori will take over as the president of Bandai in two years. At this time, he urgently needs one or two new projects to prove his ability.

Of course, the excellent quality of the FSN movie itself is also the basis for Bandai's determination to cooperate with Shinji.Bandai executives believe that even if there are no other conditions attached, at least it will not lose money to release a special film of this level.

Since you can't lose money by releasing FSN, and there are many benefits to the film's success, why not give it a try?

So in the next period of time, Shinji and Uda Chuan Nanou started a tug-of-war negotiation.

However, because the two sides have completely different perceptions of FSN, the difficulty of this negotiation can be imagined, and the two sides sometimes even reach a stalemate for a 1% gap.

Fortunately, both Shinji and Uda Chuannanou knew that if the transaction was to be completed, some compromises had to be made between them.

After nearly 15 rounds of negotiations in a week, Xingyue Film Company, represented by Shinji, finally negotiated a distribution contract with Bandai.

"Happy cooperation! Director Matou."

"Happy cooperation! Ms. Udagawa."

In Tsuburaya's conference room, Shinji and Udagawa Nanou exchanged contracts with a smile, and the two sides formally reached an agreement.

Bandai finally became the Japanese distributor of FSN, responsible for the distribution and promotion of FSN in Japan.

As the producer Xingyue Film Company, after excluding various channel costs such as theaters and distributors, it will be able to share 70% of the Japanese box office share and 50% of the post-production film and television copyright income such as Japanese videotapes, DVDs, and TV screenings.

At the same time, Bandai will be the sole agent for FSN movie-related peripherals for 5 years.

The 5-year peripheral licensing period does not seem to be a long time, but if it is not for Bandai to release FSN with all its heart, Shinji would actually like to sign for 3 years.

Shen Er knew very well in his heart that once FSN was a big success, the value of this IP would increase every year, and it would be a bit of a loss to sign for 5 years.

Fortunately, only one FSN movie is stipulated in the agreement, and other Fate series movies are not bound by this agreement.

With the signing of the contract, Udagawa Nanou has no intention of continuing to stay in Tsuburaya.The difficult negotiations during this period gave her a very bad impression of this place.

But before leaving, Uda Chuannanou still reminded Shinji: "Director Matou, please give us the master tape of the Japanese version of the movie as soon as possible."

Naturally, Shen Er would not renege on the debt, he readily agreed: "Don't worry, I will hand it over to your company together with the edited trailer."

The FSN Japan release schedule jointly designated by Bandai and Shinji is very fast, so Shinji must hurry up next time.

According to the schedule, in the next two weeks, Bandai will hold several test screenings for specific movie fans, and invest appropriate publicity funds to build momentum for the film according to the response of the test screenings.

And in the relatively off-season of early April, FSN was promoted to Japanese theaters in the form of spot screenings in 50 theaters.

If the screening results are excellent, Bandai will start large-scale screenings throughout Japan in mid-April.

"Then I'll leave everything to your company."

In the end, Shinji shook hands with Udagawa Nanou and bid farewell.

"I am looking forward to Director Matou's next work, but if possible, I would like to enjoy it as a pure audience."

Uda Chuannanou responded with a tired smile: "It's really tiring negotiating with Director Matou."

The corner of Shen Er's mouth raised, and he responded politely: "How come, I'm easy to talk to."

"The premise is to obey your request, right?"

Uda Chuannan said angrily, this week, she has learned how good the young director's mouth is.

"My request is always reasonable." Shen Er shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile.

Finally, Uda Chuannanou reminded with a little hesitation: "Director Matou, about the Times Group..."

"Well, I'm already communicating with the Flora family. I will have further communication with the Times Group when the box office results of FSN Japan come out in the first few weeks."

Second Lord Shen opened his eyes and said nonsense.

Due to some personal reasons, Shen Er did not communicate with the Flora family at all, and was not prepared to cooperate with the Times Group.

Although Shen Er will not give up the North American market, there is a high probability that the partners will be other media groups.

As for the Times Group and the Flora family, Shen Er was going to let his second uncle communicate casually to deal with the matter.

Thinking of this, Shen Er greeted Kariya directly: "Uncle, come and see Miss Udagawa off."

"Oh well."

Kariya obediently led Udagawa Nanou out of the conference room.

After negotiating for the past few days, Kariya's order to Shenji has formed a conditioned reflex.But Kariya was still a little curious in his heart why Shen Er didn't go by himself and insisted on him coming.

Of course, Shinji would not say that he was creating opportunities for Kariya to get in touch with the rich woman, it's better to let things like this happen.

Pimping my second uncle is just a spice in life, and now the second uncle has more important things to do-preparing for the release of FSN in Japan.

To be honest, Shinji is a bit dissatisfied with Bandai's conservative distribution model of opening small-scale screenings after fans' test screenings and then launching large-scale releases.

Even if it is released on a large scale in mid-April, FSN will only have 4 weeks to harvest the box office before May.

Because in May, the three major European film festivals will start one after another. Shinji hopes to find a suitable European and American distributor at the film festival, and the Japanese box office performance will be the best proof of the value of FSN.

As I said before, there are only 400 movie theaters in Japan.No matter how good your movie is, no matter how popular it is, there are only so few seats that can sell tickets, and the weekly box office limit is stuck there.

We can't let movie theaters sell standing tickets and hanging tickets to generate income, right?

It's not about cross talk.

Fortunately, although Bandai has a conservative distribution strategy, its work efficiency is still quite high.

Less than a week after Shinji's master tape was mailed, Bandai sent back an invitation letter, specially inviting him and the FSN crew members to participate in the preview meeting in Fuyuki City.

Chapter 20 It's Amazing That Britain Hasn't Be Eaten

Tohsaka House.

"Thank you, Shinji-kun."

Tohsaka Tokiomi opened the invitation letter that Shinji handed over, and glanced at the content on it.

"Is it the night after tomorrow?"

Tokiomi raised his head and confirmed to Shinji.

"That's right, it will be at the movie theater in Xindu at 8 o'clock tomorrow night." Shen Er nodded, and said in a matter-of-fact tone, "FSN's trial screening."

The Tohsaka family has given a lot of help to the FSN film, and it is only natural for Shinji to invite the Tohsaka family to participate.

"Is the movie about to be released? You really deserve to be Shinji-kun."

Tohsaka Tokiomi stroked the envelope of the invitation letter reservedly, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes, and he murmured slightly.

"If the movie is successful, it might be a turning point for the Tohsaka family..."

Shinji with sharp ears raised his eyebrows slightly after hearing Tokiomi's whisper.

【When I came here with the plan before, you didn't look like this...】

If Shinji's memory is correct, Tosaka Tokiomi reluctantly agreed to this plan because of the reward offered by Shinji, and he was very reluctant.

If the current Tohsaka family had not fallen to a certain point, Tokiomi's arrogance and old-fashioned would not be so easy to agree to Shinji's plan.

However, Tosaka Tokiomi's attitude today is completely different from before, which surprised Shinji a bit.

【Who changed Tokiomi's mind? 】

Shinji couldn't help but have such thoughts.

However, Tosaka Tokiomi's attitude doesn't have much influence on Shinji, anyway, the one who eats the biggest piece of fat in his plan is undoubtedly his Matou family.

The Tohsaka family really wanted to join in for soup, and for the sake of the two family friends, Shen Er would naturally not refuse.

"Uncle Tokiomi, regarding your answer..."

"Rin and I will participate."

Tohsaka Tokiomi replied calmly.

Shen Er smugly said with a smile: "Yes, then there is no problem."

"Well, that's right."

Shinji's overly frivolous attitude made Tohsaka Tokiomi slightly frowned.

"Shinji-kun, you..."

"Oh My God."

Seeing Tohsaka Tokiomi looking like he wanted to teach the younger generation a lesson, Shinji quickly changed the subject, and asked the third person in the room: "Grandpa Risaka, what are you doing here today to see Uncle Tokiomi?"

"Shen Er, I haven't seen you for a while." Kotomine Rizheng laughed, "You really did a big thing this time, and you can be regarded as giving us Mayor Fuyuki face."

"Where, where. Grandpa Lizheng, you are overrated."

Shinji scratched his hair shyly.

Compared to Tokiomi, this old man who sincerely treats himself like a grandson made it harder for Shinji to resist.

"My brat didn't cause you any trouble, did he?"

Yan Fengli patted Shen Er's shoulder vigorously, and asked loudly.

"Of course not, Uncle Kirei is very talented in acting, just wait and see his wonderful performance tomorrow."

Shinji hesitated for a while, but still didn't say anything about Kotomine Kirei's "promotion" of mapo tofu in the crew.

[I'm so tired... How come there is a feeling that the teacher reports to the parents about the children's performance in school? 】

Shen Er and the two adults couldn't find a common language. After sending the invitation letter to the two, they only exchanged a few words and left.

"Then, I'll be waiting for Uncle Tokiomi and Grandpa Risei tomorrow."

After saying goodbye to the two elders with a smile, Shinji closed the door of the reception room.

Tohsaka Tokiomi, who was sitting on the sofa, sighed indistinctly, and looked back at the old man who was still drinking tea.

After a while, Tohsaka Tokiomi broke the silence.

"What do you think about that junior Shinji?"

Yan Fengli was smiling easily, and said with great relief: "Every time I see that little friend Shen Er, he is like a grandson, especially when he is with Karen."

Speaking of this, Kotomine Rizheng is a little sad. Shinji went to study abroad 5 years ago, and Karen also went to the church headquarters to study in the Vatican 4 years ago. Kotomine Kirei's son is not very close to him.

In the past few years, Mr. Yanfeng Lizheng has been a little lonely.

Tohsaka Tokiomi was stunned for Kotomine Risei's words, and then nodded empathetically.