How can I let go of the matter of saving my stepsister?

This is not unusual. Masashi Umezawa is not so bold. There must be a master behind him pushing him. He took advantage of the fact that the dispute between him and Masashi Umezawa was at its hottest and almost swept the entire anime circle. He entered the scene at the best time and became famous.

The national team lineup, the big guys showing off their skills, the pigs reveling, plus stepping on the arrogant newcomer to win the grudge game... If this series of combination punches can be delivered and produce an effect, Sato Yu is excited just thinking about the scene.

If everything goes well and the animation quality is outstanding and it goes down in history, how much fame would it gain? Breaking tens of millions... tens of millions would be nothing.

It's a pity that he was the target and the villain who was forced to take the series of combined punches. He was the victim.

I feel that the pressure is a little bit... no, it's already very, very great!

He scratched his chin unconsciously, looking embarrassed, and the corners of his mouth twitched subconsciously. He was not joking. Facing the situation that Masashi Umezawa had put up now, even with the excellent script of "Fate/Zero" in his hand, Sato Yu was still panicked.

It is true that the level of entertainment in this world is lagging behind, but it does not seem to be difficult for many outstanding creators to come together and produce epoch-making works that surpass "Fate/Zero".

A single chopstick is easily broken, but many hands make light work.

Now, his chopstick was being roasted on the fire by the industry's national team. It was likely to be shattered into ashes and buried in the mud by them to be used as a cushion under their feet.

Do I have to use the [Script Selection] reward given by the system right here and produce that masterpiece that will surely dominate this entire era?

No! That would mess up the whole plan, and he would easily be unable to pick out other works to replace them, because the previous work was too good, so no matter how good the next work was, it would only bring disappointment, not only failing to increase the fame, but also causing it to decline, and ultimately failing to complete the final stage of the task within the time limit, and losing everything.

What's more, now all the well-known and senior painters with outstanding painting skills have been gathered under Masashi Umezawa. MADhouse, Bones, A-1 Pictures, and Trigger have joined forces, and the four companies that Sato Yumoto intended to join were all excluded at once.

The remaining few companies either had schedule conflicts or were slightly insufficient in strength, and were always regarded as the last option by Sato Yuu...

Not only did the enemy outnumber him, but they also cut off most of his resources, blocking most of his route forward.

What if we could make "Fate/Zero", or produce another work that is better than "Fate/Zero" in terms of script?

Unlike light novels, success is not achieved just by having an outstanding script. Animation has extremely high requirements for music, art, painting, animation, post-production, etc. It requires comprehensive abilities, just like a wooden barrel. If any part is missing, it will leak and the upper limit will be lowered.

In the current situation, we have the script but no manpower, and no way forward. We are in a desperate situation.

"Not good."

The more he thought about it, the more frightened he felt. He bit his thumb tightly and sat at the desk in a daze. In just a moment, cold sweat had already seeped out of Sato You's forehead.

Skirt~

Volume 130: Chapter Chapter . He is so gentle!

The pressure was so great that he even felt stomachache. With his hands on the table, Sato Yu tried to think of a solution.

Ding Dong, at this time, the reminder sound came from the mobile phone again.

When I opened it, it was still a message from Kouta Toya, this time with another link.

[Masashi Umezawa is doing a live interview. Does Kami Sato want to watch it? This time they are not friendly. To be honest, their lineup is a bit too strong! ]

The more you understand the animation industry, the more you will know the weight of those names. At this moment when the "God of Animation" is somewhat afraid of the power of mortals, the believers are also beginning to panic.

Sato Yuu could sense Totani Kota's fear at the moment from between the lines, and he smiled bitterly, thinking that he still had to know himself and his enemy, so he opened the link.

The interview had already started for a while when we entered. Sitting in the center of the screen with his legs crossed and posing, Masashi Umezawa was answering questions from reporters.

"As we all know, some bad things happened before. You had a fierce conflict with the younger generation. Are you targeting someone by gathering a strong team now?"

"Targeting? I mean the tweet I posted before. How should I put it? I did have some intention of targeting you when I posted it, and I said a lot of over-the-top things, but that was all I thought at that time. Now I have calmed down."

With his hands clasped on his knees and looking into the camera in a pretentious manner, Masashi Umezawa narrowed his eyes and said, "I have calmed down," with his gray hair, which for a moment actually gave him a kind look.

However, if you think about the cruel look in his face when he kicked Sato You down the stairs that day, you will find him even more hateful and vicious.

How can someone who is able to bully others and then feel sad and smug and tweet to further insult the person be an easy person to deal with? Not a single word of his claim of being calm is credible.

Sure enough, this was just a prelude. With his yellowed teeth and his sinister heart exposed, Masashi Umezawa said:

“I said I wanted to catch up with him to set a release date, which was indeed because I wanted to compete with him, but after I posted the tweet and thought about it carefully, I felt that I, a senior who has worked hard in the industry for more than 30 years, was being petty and childish.

Hiroyuki Imaishi, Kazuya Masukio, Yoshinari Yo, Hisao Ishizaki, Tsuyoshi Hori... all of them are my friends, and all of them are first-class talents in the industry in terms of strength, qualifications, painting skills, and abilities. With such a lineup, why should we get angry with a junior?

Well, just...what did I say? As soon as I got the list, I realized that my opponent was not that twenty-something-year-old boy, but me, ourselves!

It is a rare opportunity for all of us to come together, and now that we have this opportunity, we must create a landmark masterpiece that surpasses any work we have produced in the past.

No one can stop him, let alone a junior like him..."

The words sound familiar and seem magnanimous, but in fact they are a paraphrase, counterattack and sarcasm of what Sato Yu once said in the live broadcast room: "Masashi Umezawa is not worth mentioning, my only opponent is myself."

As he said this, he raised his little finger towards the screen with disdain and laughed.

"Humph, you are just a mantis. If you dare to stand in front of us without knowing your own strength, we will just run you over."

"Uh...haha, he's still strong despite his age. Director Masashi Umezawa is really courageous."

Dozens of old men united to target a 20-year-old young man. They wanted to vent their personal vendettas, but they also spoke of it so proudly.

For a moment, the reporter conducting the interview couldn't hold back his expression. In order to ease the embarrassment, he quickly made a meaningless compliment and immediately prepared to start the next topic.

"The content of the work..."

"Now, he is afraid of me. Knowing that we seniors are getting together to produce a work, Sato Yuu will be too scared to take on the challenge head-on. He will delay releasing his new work and will only release it after our work is released to make people laugh. That would be really boring.

Oh, most of the capable artists in the industry are making animations here, so he probably has nowhere else to go in the near future. Who knows, that Fate Zero might really become a zero and die in the womb. "

Because it was an official interview, there should have been some discussion and a script before going on stage. It is very likely that MADhouse also reminded Masashi Umezawa what to say and what not to say.

But he had managed to hold it in before, but now that the topic turned to Sato Yu, his arrogance and the courage given to him by the support of so many industry celebrities made him unable to control his mouth and interrupted the reporter. Umezawa Masashi continued to spit and ridicule, as if he was using the live broadcast room as a show to vent his anger.

"This is really like being ridden on the face."

The words he said in the past were paraphrased and thrown back at him, which was like being hit hard by a boomerang. Looking at Masashi Umezawa who was smugly mocking him during the live broadcast, Sato Yu could not help but smile bitterly.

At the interview site, he had an embarrassed look on his face, probably because the director was shouting at him through the headset. The reporter hurriedly pulled Masashi Umezawa, who had completely ruined the image of a kind-hearted grandfather he had previously created, and redirected the topic to the content of the animation.

"Let's put aside the small-scale works of young people. What kind of wonderful animation will be presented to us by industry masters like you? Can you tell us a little about the content?"

“In this regard, we all discussed it and finally decided to make an original science fiction animation, and the story will be set in the distant future.

In the desolate land of the end of the world, children who are raised in fortress cities, who know nothing about the future world and freedom, and whose only mission is to "fight", ride on the huge mecha "Franks" to fight against the "Dragon" that threatens the world.

In the process of saving the world on the verge of destruction step by step in the battle, they gradually explore the meaning of their existence, gradually get rid of confusion, and embrace a glorious future..."

"Ah?"

It was obvious that he had memorized the lines well. When asked about the outline of the story, Masashi Umezawa recited them fluently. While listening to him narrating the background of the story, Sato Yuu in front of the screen suddenly let out an exclamation, and his brows relaxed slightly.

He admitted that he was a little panicked before, but as he listened to the story and recalled an animation series he had watched in his previous life, the phrase "When together they are a pile of shit, when apart they are a sky full of stars" quickly emerged in his mind and lingered for a long time.

In mathematical terms, one plus one is always equal to two, but in reality and at the social level, one plus one is sometimes less than two, or even less than one.

Too many industry celebrities, supervisors, and script writers gathered together. Today you supervise an episode, tomorrow I supervise an episode. If I think this setting is good and must be added, and if that setting conflicts with my idea, I will directly veto it.

Excellent creators collide with each other, but they cannot blend, and instead they fight against each other. The conflicts between people lead to the content of the work, the world view settings are constantly contradictory, the character settings are constantly changed, and finally the character settings collapse, and the plot is broken...

Not all geniuses are named Nanae Mochizuki, who does not care about fame and fortune, but only cares about the quality of animation and sacrifices herself for it. Not all supervisors are named Yu Sato, who can completely conquer arrogant people and eliminate all dissatisfied voices with absolute strength.

Industry celebrities came together to form a national team, but in the end they made a lot of noise but little results, started high and ended low, the quality of the work was extremely inconsistent with its reputation, and it did not match the publicity at all. One episode was sweet, one episode was shit, one episode was super good, and one episode was super weird. The audience who were full of expectations were disappointed, and there was constant scolding, and it ended miserably.

Such examples also exist in Sato Yu's memory, and now, Umezawa Masashi is gradually awakening his memory of this work.

“DARLING in the FRANXX, this name may sound a bit confusing at first, but as the animation is broadcast and the story really unfolds, I believe that the audience will deeply understand the true meaning and become crazy and obsessed with it.”

"Listen, this is similar to the naming method of Fate/Zero."

"How can that be compared to DARLING in the FRANXX? It's just a kid's play. If it was released at the same time, it would definitely fail.

It's like leading an army to war. The grand team I lead is compared to that young boy. Isn't it like 100,000 versus 5,000? I dare to assert that there is no other work in the industry that can compete with us at the same time."

He was full of confidence. When he talked about 100,000 to 5,000, he couldn't hold back at all when he said that the advantage was on his side. Masashi Umezawa laughed out loud on the spot.

At the same time, five thousand against one hundred thousand, one person against dozens of people, Sato Yuya laughed out loud.

Half-year series vs. half-year series, mid-season vs. high-season, exciting second half vs. gods and demons second half, the ending of Conferred God vs. shitty ending...

He was not confident at first, but now, Sato Yuu feels a little regretful.

Comparing Fate/Zero with DARLING in the FRANXX or something.

"Fate/Zero", isn't it a bit too wronged?

Looking at the current situation...

Bad news, the boomerang thrown out was thrown back by Masashi Umezawa.

Good news, Sato Yu once again caught him steadily and was ready to return it with ten times the force!

Because it is an official live broadcast, it has more pull-back functions than ordinary live broadcast rooms. At the moment, he is not prepared to waste any more time listening to Masashi Umezawa's nonsense and imagining a bright future. He drags the progress bar back and Sato Yu directly finds the scene where Masashi Umezawa can't help laughing.

Take a screenshot and then tweet it.

【Remember this smile.jpg】

After sending the tweet, he stared at it for a while, seeing that the tweet had been forwarded over 10,000 times in a short period of time. Then he looked at the fame value count that was skyrocketing on his system interface. Sato Yu suddenly felt that he seemed to have misunderstood Masashi Umezawa.

Last time, [Don't bully the poor youngsters] took advantage of the conflict to release One Punch Man, which directly hyped up the popularity and successfully gained a huge amount of fame points. Now, with the release of the tweet, the fame points have skyrocketed again. Waiting for the outcome of this struggle to be known, waiting for the perfect conclusion of Fate/Zero, another huge wave of fame points will be earned...

Woo~ Masashi Umezawa, how could he be the shameless old man who kicked and insulted Sato Yu, looked down on people, chased and bit them madly and lingered around?

It's clear that he is a great benefactor who can't bear to see Sato Yu struggling painfully but unable to find fame, and is moved by his sincere efforts so much that he defiles himself and joins the game. He would rather be covered in mud than not help but send him to shore as soon as possible!

Crying to death! In an instant, facing the storyboard of "Fate/Zero" spread out on his desk, Sato Yu was filled with emotion.

He really is worthy of being called an old senior who has a kind face when he keeps silent. He is so gentle and hot.

"ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss"

Pretentiously wiping away the non-existent tears, Sato Yu was in a good mood. He tried hard to suppress the corners of his mouth, which were harder to suppress than AK. He no longer looked to the future, but stood in the present and thought about how to proceed in the future.

In the past and present lives, since "DARLING in the FRANXX" has the same name and the content is so similar, Sato Yu thinks that the final product should be very similar to the previous life.

Even if this estimate is wrong, just as Sato Yu suddenly realized just now, too many famous artists gathered together to paint, and they are all veterans, and there are too many people who hold the right to speak, which is bound to lead to disagreements and eventually cause the work to fall apart. This estimate is most likely correct.

Since the collapse of "DARLING in the FRANXX" is almost inevitable, it is also likely that "Fate/Zero" will stand out and tear it to pieces.

Then we are back to the original question - which company should we choose to produce it?

Four animation companies that were almost the most preferred have been eliminated, and selecting companies with relatively weak overall painters will lead to a decline in animation quality.

"Let's try our luck at ufotable or JCSTAFF."

After thinking for a long time, Sato Yu whispered quietly.

Crisis is also a turning point!

Among the two companies, ufotable and JCSTAFF, Sato Yu had already contacted ufotable, but the other party refused on the grounds that the production process of the next animation had already been determined.

JCSTAFF is well-known for taking jobs as they come, and its production staff is scattered, making it difficult to concentrate on producing good works, so it was not considered as a candidate by Sato Yu at the beginning.

But now, the struggle between Masashi Umezawa and him has entered the second round. The incident is no longer a small fight between the two, but a struggle between the old and the new that has swept nearly half of the animation industry. The attention continues to ferment, and the traffic is not small.

The winner takes all, and it will surely reach the top with this huge traffic and make a fortune.

At present, it seems that Umezawa Masashi's side has an absolute advantage and has a great chance of winning, but what if? What if there is a one in a hundred thousand chance of a miracle, just like Sato Yuu was able to cure his sister's terminal illness?

Completely different from Sato Yu who cannot lose, ufotable and JCSTAFF animation company can accept the outcome of losing, and will even secretly be happy as long as the loss is not too ugly.

One person against several, five thousand against a hundred thousand, one family against an alliance, it is not shameful to lose.

And the odds of winning are 1:20!

Starting with the tweet he just sent, which was not at all timid, tit-for-tat and had the same meaning as "Don't bully the young and poor", Sato Yu has already sat at the gambling table.

He is betting that if he shows absolute confidence, other animation companies will do the same.

[Today's light (you are still my light to this day)]

In just a moment, while Sato Yu was working with both hands and drawing the storyboards for the second and third episodes of the animation, he received a call.

"Hello, Mr. Sato Yuu? I'm from JCSTAFF..."

Concentrating all efforts is not a big deal. As an animation company that has no big company backing and just takes any job that comes along and makes money wherever it can, and is madly pursuing profits, JCSTAFF, with its keen sense of nose, has already called to inquire about the situation, and even said that if the script passes the review, they can gather the whole company's strength to produce it.

"Huh~ That's good, but as expected, I still hope ufotable can show its intentions more than JCSTAFF."

It's just confirming the production progress of the next animation, it's not that a huge amount of manpower and time cost has been invested and the production cannot be stopped. His "Fate/Zero" is right in front of us, and the opportunity to make a small profit with a big investment is right in front of us. Ufotable and several other companies should seize it!

Sato Yu was never satisfied. After discussing matters with JCSTAFF on the phone better than those they had discussed in person recently, he hung up the phone, still feeling unsatisfied. He even began to look forward to receiving calls from other companies.

To be frank, Masashi Umezawa is really a good person. Thanks to him, Sato Yu has become a really popular person now!

【Today...】

"Hello, hello, I'm Sato Yuu!"

Just as he was muttering his fantasies, the phone rang again. In his excitement, Sato Yu answered the phone and expressed his greetings without even taking a closer look at the contact person.