Don't call me Master, call me Director

Fate/Zero, as a prequel film to a popular movie series, naturally received a lot of attention from fans before it was released.

Not to mention that in the half a year before the release, it was the Times Group (or Bandai in Japan) that carried out all-round carpet-bombing propaganda from various platforms to audiences who might go to the movies.

Relying on the success of the previous work and the vigorous publicity before the release, the box office of Fate/Zero skyrocketed as soon as it was released.

Fate/Zero exploded at the box office in the UK as soon as it was released, earning £1880 million in its first three days;

The first weekend box office in North America directly broke through 9400 million US dollars. Counting the premiere and early screenings, the North American box office has exceeded 1 million US dollars. Shen Er had to say "North America is really the best leek field".

As for Fate/Zero's hometown of Japan, the number of movie viewers reached 40 in the first three days of the weekend, and the female audience was almost evenly divided with the male audience.

It can be seen that although everyone is laughing at the girl who was stunned by the handsome guy, women can't help but want to go to the cinema to see how handsome this hot guy is.

Then they were

Diarmuid, who bears the title of "The Glorious Face", is captured.

According to Shen Er's informant (Ilya) among the elementary school students, Diarmuid's card has replaced Gilgamesh as the most difficult to collect among the 7 Heroic Spirits, and one can even be sold in the underground market of Japanese elementary school students. 2000 yen is more expensive than a movie ticket.

However, in this great market environment, there will always be some discordant voices.

[The style of Fate/Zero is too different from that of FSN, and it was widely protested by movie fans, who believed that the film adaptation seriously did not meet their expectations, and might trigger a frenzy of ticket refunds. 〕

As the mouthpiece of film critics, "Zhi Bao" frantically hypes negative news about the film, and its reports related to Fate/Zero highlight the "starting with a picture, and the content is all edited."

Not only "Chiho", "Yomiuri Shimbun", "Mainichi Shimbun", "Tokyo Shimbun"... and several newspapers deeply influenced by film critics have also carried out negative reports on the film.

On the contrary, "Xunbao", the industry's highest status, said a few fair words for Fate/Zero.

〔Fate/Zero has won far more box office than other Japanese movies abroad. If foreign movie fans know that we Japanese evaluate this movie in this way, what will they think of us?What is our image internationally? 〕

However, at the end of the article, "Xunbao" also expressed its concerns about the overly commercialized Fate/Zero.

[The popularity of Fate/Zero's box office may lead to more and more similar movies, these movies will definitely earn a good box office, but they are definitely not art. 〕

[In the long run, what will the future of film, the eighth art of mankind be like? 〕

"Anyway, those who engage in art will definitely not starve to death."

In the office, Shen Er crossed his legs and threw the "Xun Bao" in his hand aside.

Even in the film market environment of the previous life, art films still have a market, and even developed their own profit model.

Shen Er did not believe that in this world, art films would be starved to death.

"The group of people who engage in art are hypocritical. They clearly want business in their hearts, but they are full of art in their mouths."

In his previous life, Shen Er heard such a saying - the reason why video games cannot be officially recognized as the "ninth art" by the mainstream of society is because the group of people who rely on art for their livelihood cannot make money from games.

However, the "complaints" of these newspapers are just appetizers, and it is the evaluations of film critics that really criticize Fate/Zero severely.

Different from FSN's silos, this time there is a very clear division of labor among film critics with unified deployment.

Hanoi Ippei was the first to fire. He deliberately published an article in his column, expressing his position

[Matou Shinji's film cannot be called a film at all, it is just a farce made by real people on camera. 〕

[Look at the actors in this movie, they are either male or female. This is not only disrespect for film art, but also disrespect for the audience, and even more disrespect for those filmmakers who strive for perfection! 〕

[When I saw the news about that girl, my heart was about to break!A young girl in her prime was led astray by such a person!This is trampling on Japanese society!It is also the destruction of Japan's future! 〕

[This is no longer a problem in the film industry, the whole Japanese society should boycott this trash movie! 〕

This article undoubtedly sounded the battle horn between film critics and Fate/Zero.

Other well-known film critics followed suit, attacking Shen Er and his films one after another in their columns.

[The Fate/Zero movie is long and boring.Believe me, if you're just looking to catch up on sleep, hotel beds are much more comfortable than movie theater couches. 〕——"Knowledge News" Sazaki Shigetomo

[Fate/Zero has no story logic at all, and all the characters in it are like crazy.This may be the feature of the movie, because you can never guess what will happen in the next second! 〕——"Yomiuri Shimbun" Konno Takaharu

These well-known film critics tried their best to attack these Fate/Zero from various angles, trying to use this way of belittling without dead ends to hit the box office of Fate/Zero as much as possible.

As for those film critics who do not have a column, they are not idle. They are also cheering for these big shots on the platform where they can speak out, trying to contribute their strength to reduce the box office.

Yet these critics acted as if Rin Tohsaka wanted to wear a D-cup bra—a waste of effort.

Fate/Zero's two largest movie-watching groups in Japan-teenagers and women are the two groups that care the least about what film critics say.

Since the launch of IMDB, teenagers who like to watch movies basically only read related movie information on it.

Although the authoritativeness of comments on IMDB movies is far less than that of professionals, they are at least simple, straightforward and understandable.

As for the female viewers, they don't care even more. They are the same as those old British men who only watch the girls on the third page of "The Sun". They don't care whether the movie is good or not, as long as the man on the screen is handsome enough.

At this point, Fate/Zero can perfectly satisfy these horny women, because the regular XP of all women is taken into account in the movie.

If you simply like handsome guys, just go to Diarmuid directly;

Shaking M likes to be exciting, and Gilgamesh can perfectly satisfy her;

Those who lack a sense of security and want to accuse the uncle, Iskandar's chest is their perfect safe haven;

If you want to go wild, the crazy Lancelot is very good;

Even some women with unique tastes can be satisfied. Tokiomi likes the middle-aged oppa, Kariya likes the sickly, Kiritsugu likes the sloppy one, and Weber likes the handsome one.

Even if you have a particularly strong taste and are a Furui control, there is a big bulging-eyed frog (Marshal) waiting for you in the movie.

Even Baimao can give those...

Cough!

In short, Fate/Zero is particularly friendly to female audiences, as long as you ignore the slightly dark plot, you can get a perfect viewing experience.

It can only be said that Lao Xu's nickname of "Friends of Women" is really not for nothing, and he has taken all aspects of female XP into consideration.

So even if the film critics are choking, they still have to face the fact that countless audiences are walking into the theater to contribute to the box office of the film.

"You troublemakers! Why don't you just listen to us obediently!!"

Hanoi Ipping is said to have smashed his desk after hearing that the Fate/Zero film grossed $3 million worldwide in its opening weekend.

"Hehe, you guys can control your own mouth and pen, and you can control what the audience likes to watch?"

Shen Er, who heard the news, showed a smug smile, and kindly sent a condolence email to Hanoi Yiping's office-if your hand hurts from smashing the table, please go to the hospital as soon as possible.

It's a pity that the kind-hearted Erye Shen didn't get the other party's thanks, and the shy Hanoi film critic couldn't reply to the letter because his blood pressure was too high, so he could only type "You TM wait for me next time".

Luckily, Shinji doesn't have to feel sorry for the depressed film critics, because they're not alone.

In fact, other studios are in a far worse mood than critics.

At least the film critics published articles in the column, and they didn't miss a piece of the royalties they should ask for.

But they will absorb too much box office because Fate/Zero is too eye-catching, and eventually cause their own movies to lose money.

Fate/Zero has had so much negative press in the pages of the major newspapers, and these studios have contributed a lot.

It's a pity that there is not much use at all, Fate/Zero is still so popular, and the box office is still so against the sky.

All the movies released at the same time became corpses stepped on by Fate/Zero.

Up to now, the major film companies have given up their unrealistic delusions. They know that it is impossible for them to hold back this behemoth at the box office, but if they can slow down its progress, it is enough to make these people happy up.

It's a pity that the domineering Matou Shinji deprived them of this last bit of happiness.

The box office performance of Fate/Zero in the new week continues the box office legend of the previous week.

Although the box office in other parts of the world cannot be quickly counted, the North American box office of the "leek field" in the mouth of Er Ye has reached an astonishing 2.1 million U.S. dollars, and the number of moviegoers in Japan has exceeded 10.

In such an environment, Fate/Zero decided to hold a crew event in Fuyuki City to celebrate the impressive achievements of the film.

Chapter 78 Shen Er, You Are The Fattest!

"Diarmuid! Diarmuid! Diarmuid..."

It has to be said that when it comes to the fanaticism of fans alone, ordinary movie fans are not as good as obsessed female fans.

Looking at the crowd of female fans who blocked the road, Shen Er felt a little regretful.

When doing this promotional event, what Shinji thought was to randomly interact with fans at the central square in the downtown area of ​​Fuyuki City, record the video data of the live event, and provide materials for the promotion of Fate/Zero in the future.

Shen Er was still worried that there might not be many people coming to this live event, and if the scene was too deserted, should he use hint magic to pull some passers-by to support the scene.

No way, although the prototype of Fuyuki City is Kobe City, a large port city, but in order to reflect the design idea of ​​the mushroom "Secret Magician", the actual size of Fuyuki City is more than an order of magnitude smaller than Kobe City.

If you really want to compare it, it is probably the gap between the magic capital and Jinhua, the hometown of ham.

If possible, in Shinji's plan, he hopes to go to big cities like Tokyo and Osaka to hold activities, but who can't keep the heroic spirits out of Fuyuki City?

But the reality is that Shen Er slapped Shen Er loudly across the face.

On the day of the event, female fans who came from all over Japan completely blocked the roads in the center of Fuyuki City, and the motorcade of the crew almost couldn't get in.

Surrounded by so many fans, Shen Er was unexpected. In order to confirm that this was the truth and not someone else giving him a hint, Shen Er almost swollen his face.

Fortunately, Fuyuki City Hall learned about this situation earlier than the crew, and immediately organized police forces to help maintain order on the scene.

The police in Fuyuki City are also heartbroken. After working in this position for so many years, they have never seen so many people!

Who are these people?Where did they all come from?What are you doing in Fuyuki City again?

The policemen asked three philosophical questions in their hearts.

But these three questions are very easy to answer, these people are Fate fans, they come from all over Japan (even from abroad), and what they want to do is to watch the real actors.

Especially Diarmuid, many girl fans are not so Fate, they will come to pick up, just want to know if Diarmuid is as handsome as on the screen.

After all, the handsome guys on the screen have makeup and lighting bonuses, and the appearance they show is often much higher than the actual appearance of the actors.

Compared with the beautification of movie screens, the software beautification of Internet celebrities in the future is simply a small scene.

In fact, several good fans secretly decided before participating in the event that if Diarmuid's appearance is too bad, then the entire network will publish a comparison chart of appearance.

Female fans will never think that for women, Diarmuid's appearance is the highest at the moment when she sees it with her own eyes.

Because only face to face, the "beauty mole" on his face can play its biggest role, and the charm on the screen is not even one-tenth of it.

Naturally, when the female fans saw Diarmuid with their own eyes, they were all excited.

"Diarmuid! Diarmuid! Diarmuid!  …"

The female fans at the scene were uniform, shouting like an overwhelming mountain, making one wonder if the sky would collapse from their shouting.

Although Artoria and others are also very popular, they are nothing compared to Diarmuid's enthusiasm.

"Look at the look of love in their eyes." Shen Er, who was walking in front, teased in a low voice, "If they know magic, I'm afraid it's not the eyes that can shoot light directly."

"If they knew magic, they wouldn't be so obsessed with him, right?" Ophelia, who was walking beside Shinji, was not very happy.

Obviously his own boss is the biggest contributor to this movie, but these movie fans only think about that male vase in their hearts!

This is disrespect to the boss!

Ophelia clenched her fist slightly.

"Then maybe, isn't there a female magician who voluntarily gave up using magic to resist for him?"

Shen Er turned his head and looked back. Diarmuid was surrounded by fanatical female fans three layers inside and three layers outside. It was impossible to break out of the encirclement.

In fact, with the physical fitness of Heroic Spirit, Diarmuid can squeeze these fans away with a little toughness.

However, Diarmuid, who abides by the knight's creed, did not dare to do this at all. He just looked at the fanatical fans around him with a embarrassed face and didn't know what to do.

"It seems that the activity will not start in a short time."

Shen Er gave a wry smile, he knew what it meant to suffer by himself.

I was afraid that no one would come to the event, so I didn't set admission conditions, which resulted in a mess.

Diarmuid was the most besieged, and there were also quite a few other fans like Arturia and Gilgamesh.

From these enthusiastic movie fans, we can also see how successful Fate/Zero is. If they didn't really love this movie, fans wouldn't find time to come to a small city like Fuyuki City.

Of course, the success of the film also means that Shen Er's income will also increase substantially.

Although the second master had to bear a considerable amount of debt in order to summon the new heroes in Fate/Zero, the successful business performance is definitely more than this debt.

Not to mention the box office results, the unprecedented first-week box office record almost made all those who regard Fate/Zero as enemies have myocardial infarction.

The surrounding results of Fate/Zero are equally beautiful and unbelievable.

The statistics of Bandai in Japan have not yet been completed, and the specific peripheral sales are not yet known, but the news of the shortage of peripherals in various places let Shinji know that the data is definitely not small.

It’s just that Japan’s handicap is only so big at most. Even if Bandai implements a sustainable sales strategy in the surrounding area, the Japanese market will still be inferior to North America.