Don't call me Master, call me Director

Kariya sat next to Shinji with his ramen, and naturally interrupted the conversation between Shinji and Uda Chuannanou.

"Yes." Uda Chuannanou nodded modestly, "The company has made a lot of money on FSN, so it will naturally attach great importance to the new movie."

In fact, it’s not just as simple as making a fortune. FSN’s current box office in Japan has reached an astonishing 124 billion yen, and it continues to rise.

More importantly, this film has accumulated a total of 4.7 million US dollars worldwide, and it is not a problem at all to exceed 5 and break 6.

Although Bandai can't share FSN's global box office, relying on the Times Group channel, Bandai sells toys in Europe and the United States and sells them softly.

The specific figures are still being counted, but Shen Er has already heard some gossip from inside the Times Group from Weber.

"Hopefully this movie will sell like FSN as well."

While Kariya was sighing, he kept his eyes fixed on Shinji.

As an actor, he is still only second-rate.

If he could rely on the FZ to make a big hit, Kariya felt that his career might be able to take it to a higher level.

You must know that the leading actors of FSN have received countless invitations. If it weren't for the heroic spirits such as Artoria who couldn't leave Fuyuki City, I'm afraid they would have been running back and forth between the major crews by now.

This kind of treatment made Matou Kariya express his envy in real name.

"Don't worry, Second Uncle." Shen Er patted Kariya's back, "FZ will be released in summer next year."

Speaking of this, Shinji said to Udagawa Nanou: "Miss Udagawa, you have to worry more about the promotion, this kind of movie is very dependent on the promotion."

Commercial films are different from art. Word of mouth is not the most important thing for a film, but large-scale publicity is.

Shen Er doesn't want to see the slow-moving publicity model of FSN again.

"You can rest assured about this." Uda Chuannanou took a sip of hot tea and said, "Our Bandai wants to see the movie sell well more than you."

Although it can't monopolize the development of FZ peripherals like FSN, as long as FZ can guarantee the same sales as FSN, Bandai can still make a lot of money.

"I will try my best to make a movie." Shinji promised, "This is only the second movie in my life."

"Then I wish Director Shen Er that you will succeed immediately."

Uda Chuannanou nodded with a smile, and put a spoonful of rice into his mouth.

"Hmm... The pork rice bowl in your cafeteria tastes really good, much better than the one in Bandai's own cafeteria."

"Nonsense, after all, the chef is a white-haired old lady."

Red A's culinary skills are really nothing to say, as Emiya Shiro's ultimate form (in terms of housekeeping), his craftsmanship has reached the level of a master.

Many crew members would rather choose a cafeteria than go out to eat in a high-end restaurant.

Seeing that Udagawa Nanou likes pork rice, Kariya quickly interjected, "Nanou, you don't know that pork rice is a specialty here. Have you seen that lemon-headed British guy?"

As he spoke, Kariya pointed to Kenneth who was also eating pork rice in the distance with his chopsticks.

"Since the first time I ate the pork rice bowl, that guy has fallen in love with it, and now he eats it for lunch every day."

"Really?" Udagawa Nanou asked in amazement, "He looks like a nobleman, so would he like such common people's cuisine?"

"Of course it is."

Kariya puffed out his chest proudly, as if he cooked the food in the cafeteria.

Shen Er just ate silently by the side, without disturbing his second uncle's "happy time".

In fact, Shinji knew better about Kenneth's preference for pork rice.

When Director Ken came to the cafeteria for the first time, he wanted to order beef rice bowl. Because he didn't know the Chinese characters on the menu, and he was putting on an aristocratic airs and didn't want to ask others, so he ordered pork rice bowl by mistake.

As for why it's wrong...

That lemon-headed idiot would actually think that the radical [月(moon)] of [虾] refers to beef because the English pronunciation of the radical [月(moon)] in [豚] is the same as that of a cow.

Anyway, when Shen Er was listening to Director Ken himself talking about this matter, he almost turned the table over.

Why do you British people think that the meaning of Chinese characters is related to English pronunciation? !Your brain was flushed down the toilet by the goblin as toilet paper, right?

Although it is a good thing that Kenneth has fallen in love with pork rice bowls since then, but as soon as he sees Director Ken eating rice bowls, Shen Er feels ashamed.

[You deserve your lemon hair to move back! 】

Shinji cursed Kenneth in his heart, put the last bit of food in the bowl into his mouth, and wiped his mouth with a napkin.

"I'm done eating, you two continue. And, "

Shinji, who got up, patted Kariya on the shoulder, and whispered in his ear: "I'm not going to be a light bulb, second uncle, you have to work harder. You have to be hard on soft food."

"Speak up!"

Kariya turned his head and glared at Shen Er, only to find that he had long since disappeared.

"That kid is really not big or small." Kariya smiled coyly, and continued, "Then let's continue. Nan Ou, where did you just say?"

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After lunch, Shinji left the restaurant and returned directly to the studio where FZ was filmed.

However, as soon as Shinji entered the studio, he saw Rin Tohsaka and Ophelia chatting with a girl with their sister Sakura near the door.

Although the girl turned her back to him, her slender and tall figure and her waist-length silver hair made him easily recognize the identity of the other party.

The moment Shen Er saw Cloris, he seemed to have a telepathy, and the other party suddenly turned his head, and his eyes caught Shen Er immediately.

The eyes of the two collided in the air, and then the expressions of the two changed almost simultaneously.

It's just that Cloris's face is obviously happy and excited, while Shen Er's face is tangled.

However, under Cloris' beckoning, Shinji still bit the bullet and quickened his pace, walking to Cloris' side.

"Lixie, why are you here? And you didn't notify me when you came." Shen Er deliberately asked slightly reproachfully.

Cloris crossed her arms and said with a smile, "I'm afraid that if I inform you, someone will just run away on the grounds that he has a job in Tokyo, causing the crew to stop immediately."

"Who is it? Who would do such an outrageous thing! Every day the crew exists is money!"

Shinji said plausibly, as if the "someone" in Cloris's mouth was not referring to herself.

But Second Lord Shen's next sentence fully exposed his inner thoughts.

"Lissie, you just arrived in Japan, why don't you go to beat the jet lag first? You should go to the hotel to sleep now."

Cloris smiled coldly, and she tapped Shinji's chest with her hand.

"You drove me out as soon as we met. You don't want to see me."

"I don't mean that."

The corner of Shen Er's mouth twitched, not knowing how to explain it.

Beside, Tohsaka Rin pinched his chin, as if he was waiting for a good show, Ophelia pulled her, and Rin reluctantly followed and left the scene.

"I'll bet you 500 yen." Rin would not give up any chance to tease Shinji, "When Shinji mentioned the hotel, he definitely wanted to take Miss Flora into the hotel room to be alone!"

Ophelia replied without thinking: "I followed, I believe the boss will continue to work, he is not such an irresponsible person."

In the little secretary's mind, her boss Matou Shinji is a responsible and ambitious magician, how could he give up his career for mere "sex"!

"I don't think my brother will lay hands on Miss Flora."

Sakura curled her lips, she was obviously more aware of Shen Er's views on mate selection than these two, and knew that Cloris was not within Shen Er's hunting range.

"Also, you only paid 500 yen for the bet? It can be seen that your situation is like this."

Rin touched her nose in embarrassment when she heard Sakura complain.

[I only have 500 yen on me, so I'm really embarrassed to say it. 】

Chapter 58 Shen Er: Smelly Grandpa, you run so fast!

Shen Er is still quite generous to his own people. The salary he gave Rin and the salary of the crew position cannot be said to be a lot, but it is definitely not small for a newcomer.

It's just that Rin used most of his salary to subsidize his family, so that he didn't keep much at all.

It's a pity that even Rin couldn't keep the 500 yen he saved.

Because Shinji worked on the set all afternoon.

Not to mention that the relationship between Shinji and Cloris is far from being able to love each other in a hotel.

Even if Cloris was really Shinji's girlfriend, as the director, Shinji would not be able to leave the entire crew behind and go to have fun with women on his own.

If he really dared to do this, it is estimated that Uda Chuan Nanou would ask Kariya to take him to stand downstairs in the hotel and use the tweeter to shout "Matou Shinji, Wori, your ancestor! Tell me a good word, whether to film or not?! "

Having said that, Shinji treated Cloris to a luxurious meal at the Hyatt Hotel in Fuyuki City after the filming was over, out of the sense of ownership and the morality of his partners.

However, in order to show that the dinner was of a business nature, Shen Er specially called Weber, Kenneth, and his fiancée.

It's just that these three were almost transparent people throughout the whole process, except for the occasional sound of knives and forks colliding when eating, they didn't say a word during the whole process, which made Shen Er regret having invited such three people.

"Little Erer~, you are really going too far."

In the western restaurant of the Hyatt Hotel, Cloris said softly, and looked at Shen Er with resentment in her eyes.

"Don't make it seem like there is a secret between us." Shen Er shook the wine glass lightly, and responded, "This is your own choice."

It's rare that Shinji spoke to Cloris with a hint of complacency in his tone this time.

Cloris frowned slightly: "I don't know that you can make so much money selling toys!"

Relying on the distribution channel of Times Group, Bandai distributed FSN's peripheral toys to the small shops of major movie theaters in Europe and America, making a lot of money.

About how much Bandai earned, Shen Er was not clear, after all, he would not be able to see the specific bill until the share was settled.

But from Uda Chuannan's communication, Shinji believes that the money will definitely not be less than 5000 million US dollars.

More importantly, when Xingyue, Bandai and Times Group signed the agreement, Times Group only charged a channel cost price, not profit.

What does it mean to make a difference without a middleman? This means making a difference without a middleman.

"The company is very dissatisfied with others giving away such a large part of their profits, and they are clamoring for me to step down."

Cloris gently stirred her coffee with a candy stick, and said bitterly.

"Time Group is going to change people?"

Shen Er's eyes lit up, and he asked excitedly.

"Unfortunately, no."

"Is it."

Second Master Shen sat back discouraged.

"They settled it on the grounds that they needed to let the other party see our sincerity when we started to cooperate. Anyway, we still have a long time to cooperate in the future. We can't just see the sesame and forget the watermelon."

Cloris smiled sweetly, her voice was as sweet as the coffee with enough sugar in her hand.

"However, there will be no such good conditions for the next FZ peripheral share."

Shen Er nodded: "Of course, it's fine to divide according to the normal situation."

Neither Bandai nor Shinji thought that there would be a second time for the good thing of only charging the cost price. The Times Group would ask for profit sharing, which is really nothing to grow.

Sufficient profits are the basis for long-term cooperation between the two parties.

"However, I really didn't expect so many people to buy mere toys."

Cloris caressed her cheek and said with a sigh: "And there are still many adults who buy toys."

Shen Er snorted coldly: "There are so many things that you didn't expect."

The business model of this world movie is too primitive, and Shen Er can make a lot of money with just a few ideas.

In fact, it’s not that this world doesn’t sell toys related to movies. Da Dizi next door makes money from toys.

But Disney's toys are basically geared towards children, and most of the sales channels are formal toy stores and Disney's own playgrounds.

Almost all the bosses of film companies have never thought of selling peripherals to adults in movie theaters to make money, because in their inertial thinking, adults will not be interested in such things at all.

In fact, this is true. Adults’ consumption of peripheral toys and the like, except for a small number of true fans, is more impulsive consumption.

Basically, these people probably wouldn't have paid if they hadn't seduced them with a toy at the height of their emotions after the movie.

It's a pity that the executives of those film companies only see that adults don't buy toys in normal times, but they never consider the consumption behavior they will make when they are most excited after watching a movie.

In Shen Erye's original world, the first movie that earned more money than the box office from peripheral toys was "Star Wars", and it was from that movie that Hollywood executives began to pay attention to peripherals.

But even so, Hollywood film companies did not complete their peripheral sales system until "Jurassic Park".