Don't call me Master, call me Director

According to the sales statistics provided by Time Group to Bandai, as the world's largest consumer market, Fate/Zero's peripheral sales in North America in the first week exceeded 3000 million US dollars.

The best-selling product among them is undoubtedly Artoria's curry sticks. Almost every curry stick of different specifications has become a favorite of movie fans.

Even the worst-made soft gel curry sticks sold for $150 million in three days.

Following curry sticks in sales is naturally Artoria’s toy dolls, and the total sales of various shapes of Dumao Wang are at least 400 million US dollars.

Of course, these peripheral toys are only a very small part of Fate/Zero's huge peripheral product group, and they are only the part that Bandai is responsible for producing.

Based on Shinji's experience, there are too many products that can be operated in this movie. In addition to the peripheral toys produced by Bandai, the image authorization of the characters of major brand manufacturers can be enough. There are hundreds of them if you think about it.

It's just that manufacturers in this world don't have the awareness of co-branding their own products with film and television images, so they need Xingyue companies to discuss with each other.

Although the negotiations at the beginning were not smooth, Shen Er believed that as long as the manufacturer got the benefit, they would come to his door and beg his second master to authorize the character image to them.

"I can already imagine the scene where Fate's products are sold out." Shen Er let out a profiteer's laugh.

"In fact, it's already sold out." Ophelia reminded, "The supply of the most popular products is a bit tight. Bandai and Time Group are already fully engaged in production and distribution."

Just like the box office, no one can guarantee whether a film will be a big hit, and the same is true for its surroundings.

Anyone who has studied operations management a little knows that storage costs account for a large proportion of the total cost of goods.

Bandai's employees are not Heroic Spirits or magicians. They have neither clairvoyance nor future vision, so they can't predict which peripherals are the most popular.

Therefore, in order to prevent a large backlog of inventory, even Bandai is very cautious in the selection of peripheral production.

Except for Artoria, who is destined to sell well, the peripheral products prepared by other characters when they are released are actually limited.

The advantage of this is that the storage cost is controlled, but the disadvantage is that once a product is sold out, it will be out of stock immediately.

This is the case in the current North American market.

Apart from Arturia, the second best-selling character peripheral product is actually Diarmuid, who doesn't have too many roles.

With the support of female fans, this shining knight has even surpassed the two popular characters Gilgamesh and Iskandar in sales of peripheral products.

It seems that there is no difference between female fans all over the world, and their resistance to handsome guys is almost zero.

However, Bandai does not have enough stock around the role of Diarmuid, and all related products have been sold out.

At present, in the second-hand market in North America, even Diarmuid's second-hand toys with slightly better quality can be sold at a higher price than the official selling price.

But Shen Er is even more curious about what these people did to Diarmuid's toys before selling them. Could it be that they used...

Cough!

Although Diarmuid's peripheral toys are sold out, with Bandai's strength, as long as it sees the prospect of profitability, the problem of tight supply should be resolved soon.

probably......

Thinking of the out-of-stock situation of various in-demand products in Consortium B's previous life, Shen Er became uncertain.

[Should we simply ask Bandai to build a few more foundries in Tianchao? 】

Such an idea suddenly popped up in Er Ye's mind.

"Knight Diarmuid is really lucky. He has won so many people's attention just because of his looks."

Ophelia glanced at Brother Brush who was trying to squeeze out from the crowd of fans.

"It can only be said that Diarmuid is very popular." Shinji said to Ophelia, "I think he can be promoted as a popular actor in our company in the future."

Dilumu has good looks and is naturally popular with women. More importantly, his temper is one of the best among Heroic Spirits.

I believe that no crew will refuse such an actor.

Ophelia said displeasedly: "But you are obviously the most important person in the whole project, boss, but as a result, few fans have noticed you."

Compared with popular actors such as Diarmuid and Arturia, Shen Er, who plays a small role in FSN and does not appear on the front line of publicity very often, has not been surrounded by too many people.

It can even be said that compared to the heroic actor who was blocked behind, the second master who can move forward easily can be described as deserted.

"Isn't this a good thing~"

Shen Er said indifferently: "Occasionally, it's almost enough to play a cameo. I'm the big boss behind the scenes, how can I show up like Artoria and the others? Besides, there is a handsome guy like Diarmuid, who looks "average." Who will pay attention to Matou Shinji who is nothing special..."

Before the second master finished speaking, a group of people suddenly rushed out in front of him.

They held various signs, and the leader was a black-haired girl who led them and shouted at Second Master in unison.

"Shinji, you are the fattest (great) one!" *N

"I weigh less than 60kg!"

The corner of Second Master's mouth twitched violently.

Chapter 79 Master, you are not human!

a few minutes ago.

At the end of the entrance passage for the guests of the Fate/Zero event, a team of dozens of young men and women are gathering together, waiting for Shinji to pass by.

Dressed in uniform black clothes, these young people looked like some weird religious group, and looked out of place with other colorfully dressed movie fans.

If you are from the magic world, you should be able to tell that these people are wearing traditional apprentice uniforms, which means that all these fans are magicians.

However, because the black apprentice uniform looks too old-fashioned, not many people are willing to wear it now, and they don't know why they choose this color.

"Everyone, don't mess up!"

In the front row of the line, a girl with short black hair and a delicate face shouted to the back: "Don't mess up! Don't let us lose face in front of Mr. Matou."

This girl is naturally Miss Kuonji Yuzu.

After that phone call, with the help of Aoko, Youzhu quickly formed a Matou Shinji fan group with young magicians as the main members.

With the growing influence of the Fate series of movies, Shinji's status in the minds of young magicians is also getting higher and higher.

Now Shen Er is not only a successful director, but also a rich young master, and even a genius with profound magic attainments.

The combination of these identities is the most ideal idol for all young magicians.

So after hearing that Ms. Kuonji proposed to form Matou Shinji fan club, there were immediately a crowd of people who responded. The scene was really loud with drums, firecrackers, red flags waving, and a sea of ​​people...

Cough cough, crossed the stage.

However, although Ms. Kuonji has the ambition to build a fan group, it is not easy for her to organize people with a slight social fear.

So the current fan club Miss Youzhu is a mascot, most of the things are done by Qingzi.

It's just because of family reasons (a certain old man), Qingzi didn't even have a name in the fan club, and basically gave orders in the name of Youzhu.

In fact, Youzhu also made a disguise when she came to participate in the event today. In order to show the difference from usual, she deliberately wore glasses and changed her hairstyle.

There's no way, if it's just a fan of Shen Er in private, it's fine, if this kind of TV program is photographed having a good conversation with Shen Er, the old man of the Aozaki family may go crazy.

"Hey, it would be great if Qingzi could come together."

Feeling the noisy environment of the event, Youzhu secretly let out a sigh. She guessed that she would not be able to get used to this kind of scene in her whole life.

At this time, Youzhu sensed that someone wanted to push forward from behind, so she quickly turned around and shouted: "Don't move around, keep order! This place is big enough!"

The place where Youzhu and the others were located was the preferential treatment (in a magical sense) that she had specially negotiated with the event staff. In order to ensure that all of them could be squeezed together, Youzhu also specially asked for a bigger seat.

"Everyone has some order!"

Youzhu continued to remind that although her voice was silent, with the help of magic, everyone in the fan club could clearly hear what she said.

"This is the first group event of our fan club, and it must not be messed up!"

Youzhu hopes that this event will give Shen Er a perfect appearance, and let him know that there is such a group of people who firmly support him, which is why Youzhu is determined to come to the live event.

At the same time, Youzhu also hopes that through the appearance of the fan group, the outside world can also know Matou Shinji, and no one will say that Matou Shinji is actually an ugly man.

"Miss Kuonji, he's here."

Chai Song, who was following Youzhu, reminded in a low voice.

Youzhu raised her head quickly, and she saw Matou Shinji walking towards her at a glance.

"Yes, it's him."

Youzhu, who has watched FSN countless times, confirmed the identity of the other party at a glance.

"Everyone get ready, shout with me..."

Although the sound at the scene was very chaotic, Youzhu's instructions were clearly heard by everyone.

"One...two...up!"

Youzhu took the lead, followed by other fan club members, and a group of people came in front of Shen Er holding various signs.

Youzhu took a deep breath, and just as she was about to shout a slogan, she met Shen Er's eyes.

The stare of the idol caused Miss Youzhu to bump into Xiaolu, and she bit her tongue out of emotion: "Shen Er, you are the fattest (great) one!"

I don't know if it was the effect of role models, but the people behind Youzhu also shouted wrong in unison.

"Shinji, you are the fattest (great) one!"

The uniform voice made the second master's face covered with black lines.

"I haven't weighed 60kg yet."

"I'm really sorry!"

Youzhu also knew that she had made a mistake, so she quickly bowed her head and apologized to Shen Er.

"Forget it."

Shinji waved his hand, a smile on his face.

When the big group of black-clothed people rushed over just now, the second master thought that what he did had provoked the anger of the sky and people, and finally let the FFF group execute him in public.

Fortunately, Shen Er saw that these people were holding signs supporting him instead of torches before using the magic, so he knew that these people were his fans.

[However, how did these people know that I was wearing black clothes in the clock tower? 】

Shen Er slowly made a question mark.

"Boss, it seems that you still have a very good popularity."

Seeing these uniformly dressed fans, Ophelia smiled gratifiedly.

"It's just that they are still popular among magicians." Shinji smiled modestly.

The black-haired girl in the lead glanced curiously at Ophelia behind Shinji, and asked, "Mr. Matou, is she your girlfriend?"

Ophelia's face immediately turned redder than Youzhu's. She pinched her black eyepatch and stammered, "Hey, girlfriend or something... The boss and I haven't arrived there yet. kind of relationship!"

Shen Er glanced back at his little secretary, and smiled evilly: "No, she is just my secretary now. I can't tell what will happen in the future~"

After all, she is a good-looking girl with heterochromatic pupils, and she is not involved in interests like the Flora family.

If Ophelia herself doesn't mind, the second master really doesn't mind what happens to her.

After all, it's my little secretary. If there is something to do, the secretary will do it. If there is nothing to do, then...

"Cough cough."

Shen Er coughed twice, in order to cover up his embarrassment, he simply took the poster from You Zhu's hand.

"You took the poster to sign it, right? Let me sign one for you."

After finishing speaking, Shen Er didn't care whether Youzhu agreed or disagreed, and directly picked up a fountain pen and started to write like a flying bird.

"Hey... hey?"

Youzhu didn't expect that Shen Er would take the initiative to sign for herself. She originally wanted to lead the team to express support to Shen Er before retreating.

While signing his name, Shen Er casually asked Youzhu: "You are all dressed neatly, are they all a magician training institution?"

"No." Youzhu quickly explained, "This is to let others know that we are your fans."

"You are really well informed, knowing that I wear black in the clock tower."

"Well... I'm more familiar with the clock tower..."

After speaking, Youzhu glanced at Shen Er shyly.

[He doesn't think I'm a pervert, does he?I'm just looking for an acquaintance to learn about his basic information in the Clock Tower...]

However, Shen Er did not continue this topic, but asked: "The beautiful lady, where is your name?"

"Arisu (ありす), that's my name."