Don't call me Master, call me Director

[Here, I would like to specifically mention the producer of the film, Matou Shinji, who is not only a talented magician, but also a gold medal film producer. 〕

[He is the initiator of "Mission Impossible", not only wrote the script, but also personally selected Diarmuid and other members of the crew, and his selection is undoubtedly very successful. 〕

[This is a very important point. A good director can at most bring out a crew, but a good producer can bring up the entire industry. 〕

[According to my observations over the past few years, Matou Shinji, as a producer, has a sharp eye and sees extremely far. He can discover a lot of entertainment content that has not been valued by others. 〕

[A good producer must have such a unique vision and broad vision.They can grasp the market and develop good projects.When these projects are performed by magicians, it will bring unprecedented prosperity to our careers. 〕

[I believe that in the future, the entertainment industry will be the most powerful source of funding for us magicians to explore the path of mystery. 〕

The previous content that praised the "Mission: Impossible" movie is all false, and only this last part is the real purpose of Weber's writing this article.

Through "Mission: Impossible", which is controlled by Matou Shinji, but he does not fully contribute to the project as a typical case, to promote the film entertainment industry to the magician society and attract investment from those magicians.

To be honest, the current modern magic department really does not lack this little money, but Weber and Kenneth need the support of more magician families.

Holds mysterious information such as blueprints of jeweled swords and knowledge of magic from the Age of Gods in one hand;

The other hand holds a large amount of money for the magician to study the mystery;

Relying on these two core lifelines of the magician, it guides the magician in the direction he expects.

Weber felt that this was what the future of modern magic would really look like.

"I just don't know if I can see it this day..."

After sending the film review to the editor of the newspaper inside the Clock Tower, Webb yawned and turned off the computer to go to bed.

He didn't know how long it would take for the day he was looking forward to, but it was definitely right to let himself live longer.

If he doesn't sleep and continues to cultivate immortality, Weber feels that the probability of his sudden death is likely to increase infinitely.

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Before the discussion about "Mission: Impossible" started at the Clock Tower, the outside entertainment industry was already having a storm.

First of all, the premiere of "Mission: Impossible" was a great success. On the one hand, it received overwhelming praise from the audience.

Then there is Diarmuid, a very young actor from the outside world who has become a world-class male star.

Don't look at Diarmuid who has become famous after FZ was released, but his foundation is not solid without a starring movie.

And now, his fans can finally tout their No.01 actor.

In fact, Shinji underestimated Diarmuid's charm.

You must know that there are many female practitioners in major entertainment media, and 80% of them are already fans of Diarmuid.

Those who haven't, just because the level is too low, they don't have the opportunity to get in touch with Diarmuid himself.

The influence of these female practitioners is astonishing. Although "Mission: Impossible" is a genre movie with a strong flavor of Matou Shinji, it has rarely received positive reviews from most of the media.

It's not the kind of yin and yang praise before, but a real affirmation.

For example, the "Los Angeles Times" praised Diarmuid's acting skills, and commented on "Mission: Impossible" as "controlling the audience's full attention and showing the masculine charm to the extreme".

"The Times" thinks: [The success of "Mission: Impossible" lies in the selection of the right actors. 〕

The "New York Times" commented on the film as: [An epoch-making film, allowing the audience to regain the excitement of watching the first 007. 〕

Even the group of film critics who have always hated Matou Shinji and claimed to be an elegant art has split, and those female film critics all gave "Mission: Impossible" great praise.

For example, the famous Yangou among film critics, a woman with the pseudonym [Bunt Bunny] commented in her column without any hesitation:

[This movie only tells us one fact - Diarmuid is so cool!I like him very much. Most of the shots in this movie show his tough character and elegant and handsome appearance very well. 〕

[The only last few scenes of the movie that made me dissatisfied, because of various explosions and chases, Diarmuid's handsome face was covered by dust and blood!God, this is simply a crime! 〕

Of course, it is impossible for all the media and film critics to like this film, and those male film critics are not so polite.

Shinji's "old friend" Kawachi Ippei wrote: [Diarmuid's performance from beginning to end is like a model show! 〕

Another film critic Fukada Sagumo criticized: [Diarmuid did not distinguish himself from an agent, he just played the cool self from beginning to end. 〕

The critic was right, but that was exactly what Shinji wanted.

The film critic's statement is a bit low EQ, Er Ye prefers the high EQ statement of other media:

[Diarmuid has played the best acting level since the movie (only twice in total), and the role of Agent Ethan seems to be tailor-made for him. 〕

As for the word-of-mouth of the audience that Shen Er values ​​more, according to the data given by the survey agency, the overall word-of-mouth of "Mission: Impossible" has reached excellent, that is, above A.

Many box office forecasting agencies estimate that the North American box office of "Mission: Impossible" will not be less than US$1 million, and the global box office will be at least US$5000 million.

Don't underestimate this box office data. Although it is far behind Shinji's Fate series, you must know that in the current movie market, there are not a few movies worth $5 million a year in the world.

Seeing that the film's first round of word-of-mouth has been successful, Shen Er simply mobilized all his sailors to create momentum for "Mission: Impossible".

Anyway, "Super Eight" no longer needs so many people to promote it, and its competitor "Godzilla" was also squeezed out of the shelves.

Shen Er decided to devote all his resources to "Mission: Impossible", and let the movie's overwhelming reputation drive the box office.

Coincidentally, those viewers who have watched "Super Eight" have gone through a one-month gap period, and the CDs they long for movies have been filled, and they are worried that there will be no movies to watch.

This "Mission Impossible" just met their needs.

A large number of movie fans seemed to have found an outlet, and flocked into the theaters to enjoy this spy action movie, which brought a huge box office performance to "Mission: Impossible".

Chapter 266 Idol Group (×) Round Table Three Idiots (√)

In front of the computer desk in the Xingyue company office, Shen Er was browsing the emails in the mailbox, among which was an email just sent by the Xingyue distribution department.

The email clearly stated that "Mission: Impossible" won an advance box office of 567 million US dollars in North America's advance screening on Thursday.

This figure is not particularly high, and it is not even comparable to "Super Eight", which was released last month.

But Shinji Matou knows very well that "Mission: Impossible" is a non-sequel movie after all.

Not to mention the gap between 2D movie tickets and 3D movie tickets, the investment and publicity of the two movies are not at the same level at all.

The shooting cost of "Mission: Impossible" is only one-third of that of "Super Eight", and the cost of publicity is not even half.

The investment is low, and the pressure to pay back is of course low.

More importantly, starting from the official large-scale release on Friday, the attendance rate of "Mission: Impossible" is more than double that of other movies in the same period.

Based on such a good estimate, Shen Er estimates that it only takes a week for the box office revenue of "Mission: Impossible" to even out the investment cost of the project, and even earn a little bit.

And the income generated by "Mission: Impossible" is pure profit for Xingyue.

"It's a good thing to have this excellent box office performance."

Shen Er supported his head with one hand and said with a smile, "This way, I am more sure about the negotiation."

"Matou Shinji, this is your fault."

An old voice entered Shen Er's ears, and Mr. Kitagawa opened the door and walked in.

"Oh, oh, grandpa Kitagawa is here, my small company is really flourishing~"

While showing a fox-like smile, Shen Er quickly got up and led the old man to the sofa to sit down.

"You're still so cunning!" Mr. Kitagawa said angrily, "I came here with sincerity this time, but you still want to overwhelm me with your film scores."

"How can you say that, old man? I respect you very much."

Hearing Shen Er's flattery without sincerity, Mr. Kitagawa snorted angrily.

Shen Er still maintained a smile: "I am young and have no confidence. If I don't have a background in film performance, how can I sit across from you?"

Mr. Kitagawa knew that Shen Er was protesting secretly against him, but he also admitted that the other party was telling the truth.

This time the negotiation is different from the previous ones, Mr. Kitagawa really came here with a certain degree of sincerity.

But he would sincerely come to negotiate with Shen Er, fundamentally because of the excellent box office results of the two films "Super Eight" and "Mission: Impossible".

"Congratulations, Boss Matou."

Grandpa Kitagawa took a sip of the tea that Shinji handed him, and said, "After the success of "Mission: Impossible", your Xingyue company can be regarded as occupying a place in the Japanese film company."

"Where, it's still far behind the old Big Four." Shen Er replied, "In terms of output, I'm still far behind them."

This is the truth, but the problem is that if every movie in Xingyue has the box office of "Mission: Impossible" and "Cha Chao [-]", and there are productions like Shochiku or Toei, then the Japanese film market is really Xingyue That's it.

Mr. Kitagawa was obviously in a good mood. He didn't show any resistance to Shinji's Versailles literature, but congratulated him: "Your new spy movie is also good, and this week's box office champion is yours again."

Matou Shinji sat opposite Mr. Kitagawa, and he was not modest, and said directly: "First of all, this is Diarmuid's movie, not mine."

"Secondly, it is not uncommon for me to win the box office every week. I expect "Mission: Impossible" to reach half of the box office of "Super Eight."

Grandpa Kitagawa laughed heartily: "Matou Shinji, you are very confident."

Matou Shinji shrugged: "I am the producer and company owner of the film, if I don't even have this confidence, then the film will really be over."

"Old man, when you promoted the idol group, you didn't have such confidence, did you?"

"That's right."

Grandpa Kitagawa put down his teacup, looked up at Matou Shinji: "Okay, you know the purpose of my visit this time. So, what's your answer?"

Hearing what the old man said, Shen Er sighed slightly: "I don't object to cooperating with Johnny to form an idol group. It's just..."

"only?"

"Mission: Impossible is too successful. Diarmuid is definitely not suitable for him. His subsequent salary and appearance fee will be very high. It is not worth the cost to continue to train him to be a male idol."

Grandpa Kitagawa nodded slowly, and he more or less agreed with Shinji's statement.

It can be said that what the high box office of "Mission: Impossible" brought to the protagonist is completely different from the result of the high box office of "Super Eight".

The former is almost supported by Diarmuid alone, and the leading actors of the latter are indeed important, but not that important.

For those non-Ultraman fans, even if Nagano Hiroshi and others don't star, it seems that it has no effect on "Super Eight".

With the excellent box office performance of "Mission Impossible", it is inevitable for Diarmuid's worth to rise.

For Xingyue Company, it is a good thing for its own actors to increase their status, but it is not so suitable for male idols.

Because the appearance fee is too high, Diarmuid is very tasteless for many programs, and it is not easy to cooperate with other members of the team.

After all, an idol group is a group. Even if there is a difference between the C position and the foot-washing maid in the group, it is still a difference in status between people.

If Diarmuid is thrown into a rookie group, it is simply to let the paramecium dance with the Tyrannosaurus rex-who the fuck can see!

Mr. Kitagawa asked curiously: "I know you are already preparing for "Mission: Impossible 2", can you disclose Diarmuid's salary?"

Then, the old man laughed again: "If it's inconvenient..."

Shen Er seemed very straightforward: "There is no inconvenience, I am going to give him a salary of 500 million US dollars, plus a certain dividend. Starting from the second part, Diarmuid will start to be a producer.

Mr. Kitagawa nodded: "It's worth the price based on his appeal."

The old man didn't know that Shen Er could actually use the title of Master to force Diarmuid to reduce his salary to the level of a pure rookie, but the second master would not do this.

He Matou Shinji is here to cultivate the entertainment market, not to disrupt the market.

If Diarmuid's fee is really lowered, what about other actors and artists?

These people have families and mouths, but they are not as indifferent to money as Heroic Spirit.

In fact, even if it is Shen Er's own project, the remuneration he offered to the heroes of the heroes is within the "reasonable" range in the industry.

What Shen Er objected to was always the extravagant prices of the actors, and he was never stingy with the normal remuneration of the actors.

In the past few years, Artoria's net worth has continued to rise. Except for the fixed annual episode of "A Bite of Fuyuki City", the remuneration of other movies, TV dramas and announcements are at the level of first-line female stars.

Although it is a little lower than other first-line stars, and it is still impossible to leave Fuyuki City.

But those program groups and crews are not fools, and they dare to use Artoria because she has the corresponding market appeal.

Mr. Kitagawa then said: "Diarmuid's situation is quite special, I think he can be taken out alone."

"Oh?"

Shen Er asked: "Old man, what are you going to do?"

"Diarmuid's popularity is too special, I think he can be managed as an idol group alone." Mr. Kitagawa suggested, "I know you have plans for Diarmuid, and we Johnny will not interfere , will only send professional operators to assist.”

Speaking of this, Mr. Kitagawa smiled: "I believe that no matter how good the operators of Xingyue are, they will still be lacking in experience, right?"

"..."

Shinji tapped lightly on the sofa with his hand.

Inexperience is indeed the biggest shortcoming of the new company Xingyue, and it is of course a good thing that Johnny's operators are willing to fill this shortcoming.