Don't call me Master, call me Director

Bandai investigators were stunned, unable to figure out what happened.

According to the work arranged by the company, he needs to distribute questionnaires to the audience watching FSN today, and these data will become an important basis for the company's next publicity plan.

But what made him depressed was that the audience stayed in the theater after the movie was over, with no intention of coming out.

After finally waiting for a spectator to come out, the other party didn't answer what he meant, but rushed to the service window.

"That's not a movie that's too ugly, so I want to refund the ticket?"

But soon the investigator overturned his guess, because the audience actually took several movie tickets from the ticket window.

Immediately afterwards, not only this audience, but also several audiences left the theater to buy tickets.

Judging from these people's discussions and new ticket purchase information, these viewers seem to be...ready to watch FSN again? !

"This......"

The investigators were shocked by this phenomenon.

It is not uncommon for a movie to be screened twice, but to watch a movie twice in a row, and so many viewers do it together, the investigator has never seen this scene.

"This movie is going against the sky!"

The investigator felt a burst of excitement, and he quickly took out his mobile phone and told his boss what happened in the theater.

The same situation didn't just happen in this one movie theater, similar things happened in many movie theaters with FSN ordering.

Except for a small number of fanatical fans, most of these second-brush audiences are young magicians.

Because they were so invested in watching the movie the first time, they had to watch it a second time in order to complete their "homework" at home.

Although these people have no choice but to read FSN twice, but in the eyes of investigators and theater staff from all over Bandai, there are so many people who fanatically like FSN, which is undoubtedly a harbinger of the movie's popularity.

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"Okay, I see. Please trouble Ms. Udagawa."

Shen Er hung up the phone, and walked around the living room twice, the expression of mixed happiness and worry on his face was slowly replaced by calmness.

Because there were only 25 theaters that had ordered screenings, FSN's box office data on the first day yesterday was notified to Shinji by Uda Chuannanou in the early morning of the next day.

But judging from the box office results, FSN's single-day box office data is not outstanding at all, and it can't even enter the top 20 box office list of the day.

Compared with those super blockbusters that Erye Shen remembered, this result is really appalling.

Fortunately, another piece of news came at the same time, which could lift Shen Erye's spirit.

Although not many people watched the movie, the feedback from the audience was very good. Nearly one-third of the audience chose to watch the second time immediately after watching the first time.

As for the 1543 questionnaires returned by Bandai, 1183 people rated [Excellent], 192 rated [Good], and less than 15 rated [Unqualified].

Just looking at the word-of-mouth of the audience, FSN can be described as overwhelming.

Although not every movie can turn word-of-mouth into box office, the super-high word-of-mouth of test screenings and screenings is undoubtedly the capital for FSN to obtain more publicity resources.

Uda Chuannanou has already stated on the phone that as long as FSN can maintain such a reputation in the future, Bandai will definitely increase its publicity resources.

This is good news, but how much Bandai's conservative strategy can increase can only be regarded as an unknown.

"Hey, sure enough, the right to speak is not enough."

Second Lord Shen scratched his hair depressedly, feeling really uncomfortable that he couldn't take the initiative in his own hands.

"Shinji."

"grandfather?"

Hearing his old man calling him, Shen Er turned to look at the door of the living room.

"My dear grandson, you have done a good job, much better than I expected." Jiantong Zouyan smiled while leaning on a cane, "Your movie is very exciting, at least from my ordinary point of view. In other words, this movie is enough to be recorded in the annals of history. When I watched the movie before, I didn't want to leave the theater for a second."

"grandfather......"

Shen Er stared at his grandfather for a while, and then said: "Didn't you run out for half an hour because the sound was too loud?"

"Hehe~ you should be more or less considerate of the old man's heart capacity~"

Jiantong Zouyan didn't feel the slightest embarrassment of being exposed by his grandson, and tapped the crutch in his hand lightly.

Looking at Matou Zouken who looked like an old child, Shen Er helplessly shook his head: "Forget it...Thank you for your support, Grandpa."

If it weren't for Matou Zouken's unconditional support, no matter how talented Shinji was, it would be impossible for him to get the opportunity to make a movie at this age.

For a grandfather who has done so much for himself, Shen Er only has gratitude in his heart.

"Don't put so much pressure on yourself." Jiantong Zouyan said again, "You are still young, even if you fail, you still have the chance to try again."

"I understand."

Shinji nodded.

Youngness is indeed Shen Er's greatest advantage. Even if FSN really hits the street, he can still rely on the magician special effects team to continue to struggle slowly in the circle, accumulate qualifications, and then return to the director world.

This is the path taken by Hiroichi Sakamoto, the director of the special photography industry in the previous life of Master Shen Erye.And Shen Er has a more obvious advantage over Sakamoto, at least his literary and opera skills are much better than that guy Sakamoto.

Although Second Lord Shen had already thought about his escape route, but he still had anxiety in his heart.Even though he is a well-known child prodigy in the Clock Tower, Shen Er is essentially a normal person.

Shen Er's biggest problem is that he can't vent his anxiety, and he can't find a place to pour out his pressure.

"If only I were still in the Clock Tower..."

Shinji murmured to himself with a little envy.

If he is still in the clock tower, he can hook up with a beautiful magician girl, spend three days and three nights with her to release all the pressure, and then wait for the first week of the movie's box office results.

But Second Master Shen is now in Fuyuki City. His elders are watching over him, his younger sister is watching him, and Artoria, Hong A and others are watching in the middle.

Facing all these pressures, the cheeky Second Lord Shen really couldn't be as sensual as he was in England.

"Then there is only one answer, and I have to find..."

Before Shen Er could finish speaking, Matou Zouken threw a newspaper to him.

It was an academic newspaper dedicated to magicians.

"Seeing how anxious you are, this should relieve you."

"what?"

Shen Er spread out to take care, and saw the bold headline on the front page of the newspaper at a glance——

"On the Feasibility of Realizing Gem Magic in Film FSN".

"puff--!"

Second Master Shen's eyes were about to pop out.

"W...What??!!"

Chapter 29 Rejection from Toho

"...Through the movie, we can fully see director Shinji Matou's attainments in mystery, and the various development modes of gem magic are vividly expressed in the movie."

"Just for the scene where Rin Tohsaka freezes Berserker, we can see the attribute combination formulas of 3 different gemstones through the magic array, and..."

Shen Er put down the newspaper in his hand, stretched out his fingers and pinched the space between his eyebrows.

When he was making the movie, he never expected that there would be magicians who would analyze the magic in their movies from the perspective of traditional magicians.

This situation is as if a scientist wrote a paper called "The Role of Palladium in Nuclear Fusion" after watching "Iron Man".

"It feels... magical."

Shen Er shook his head helplessly. Scientists have found the theoretical basis for scientific research from fantasy movies. Is there anything more nonsense in the world than this?

Have!

Based on Shen Erye's "shallow" magic knowledge analysis, this paper is actually valuable, and magicians like the Tohsaka family who study gem magic can really learn knowledge from the article.

However, he, the director and producer who led the film project, didn't know about it, this damn is the most nonsense!

"Who wrote this article...well, it's an acquaintance."

When Shen Er saw the name "Kuenji Yuzu" in the author column, the face of a short-haired girl suddenly appeared in his mind.

Even though the Matou family has no connection with the Jiuyuanji family, Erye Shen was the chef of the moon before crossing over. How could he not know about this important character in the story of "Magic Night".

"Shen Er, do you know the little girl from the Kuonji family?" Matou Zouyan asked with a smile.

Shen Er shrugged his shoulders and replied: "Well, Miss Aozaki Chengzi mentioned that the other party and her sister are good friends."

"Is it."

Hearing that his grandson didn't have any stories with the little girl, Matou Zouken's attention was immediately diverted from the author himself.

"Although the circulation of this "Journal of Magicians" is not high, it has a great influence in the Japanese magician circle." Zouken pointed to the newspaper and said, "Once this article is published, most magicians in Japan will read it. of this movie."

"That's not bad."

Hearing Grandpa's words, Second Master Shen couldn't help thinking about it.

There are tens of thousands of magicians in Japan.

In normal times, even if all these people went to the movies, the box office would be tens of millions of yen.

But the problem is that FSN is still in the screening stage, and the number of screenings is pitifully small.Under such circumstances, the collective viewing of movies by magicians may become a decisive force for Bandai to change its conservative distribution strategy.

Coupled with the drive of these audiences who have watched the movie to the people around them, it is likely that there will be a lot of situations. After all, no matter how closed the magicians are, they will always have their own social circle.

Shen Er, who has experienced the development of movies in his previous life, knows how terrible the power of word of mouth is for a good movie.

"It seems that those old-fashioned people who think about magicians all day are not completely useless."

Thinking of this, Second Lord Shen immediately felt that the articles in the newspaper in his hand were much more pleasing to the eye, and he even had a good impression of the lady named "Jiuyuanji Youzhu".

They promoted FSN for free!

In fact, the word-of-mouth communication of the movie is much better than Shen Er thought.

In Tokyo, far away from Shinji Matou, Shibamatsu walked into the university listlessly.

Not only did he watch the same movie twice yesterday, but he also had to face all kinds of accusations from his old man after watching it. As a result, he didn't sleep well at night, and his mind was full of magic, servants, holy grails and so on.

Cai Song even dreamed that he became a master, and then at the beginning of the war, he was sent to see the restraining force by a black tiger...

"Blame that damn movie!"

Cai Song, who was casually walking on the campus, rubbed his hair and complained.

"It's killing me! It's all over my head now!"

That's what he said, but given another chance, Chaisong would still choose to watch FSN.

Who makes the movie so exciting?

Of course, it would be even better if there were no homework assigned by the annoying old man at home.

"Hi, Chihei."

Suddenly, a few students from behind caught up.

One of them jumped up and hugged Chaisong's shoulder.

"Come back from my hometown? How about going to play football together? Sakata helped us occupy a seat."

"Still not." Chai Song pointed to his faint dark circles, "I need to go back to the dormitory to catch up on sleep."

"Did you not sleep well last night?" The other party asked curiously, "It's really strange, aren't you the type to sleep when you touch the pillow?"

"Because I went to see a movie, and I watched it twice in a row...it's exciting..."

Because of the need to keep the magic secret, Chai Song only explained the part of watching the movie.

The friend directly joked: "What movie fascinated you so much, could it be that a popular idol appeared naked?"

"That'll just give me the eye of a needle!"

Chai Song rolled his eyes, and then explained the matter of FSN in detail.

Because this is a movie made by a magician, Chai Song, who has found the connection point, even has a sense of belonging to FSN, and various praise words are used by him to describe this movie.

"Listen, this is absolutely the best movie I've ever seen in my life, and you should go see it too."

"Oh? Is it really that pretty?"

Hearing what the normally steady Cai Song said, these college students were obviously interested.