Nanaya was very surprised by Ryan's arrival.
Even though he knew that the other party came to support his sister, why would he follow him?
"As the protagonist of the banquet, you should be accompanied by a female companion, right?"
Ryan naturally stood next to Nanaya.
Nanaya touched his nose and said, "Yes, the previous heroine disappeared."
Shion went to look for her elders, leaving the seat next to Nanaya vacant.
Ryan then said, "I am here to fulfill my duties as a leading lady."
"Shouldn't you be staying with Lily?"
"It was supposed to be."
"original?"
Nanaya thought this word was very interesting.
"Because no one else can come." Ryan showed a helpless expression on his face.
"Lily's status as an idol doesn't make her suitable. Miss Washimine is talking to an elder. The first person to come over should be Ryougi Shiki, but Miss Ryougi..."
At this point, Ryan's expression suddenly became a little conflicted, as if he had difficulty speaking certain words.
"It's okay. I understand."
Nanaya sneered.
Although eating is definitely not the main purpose of tonight's celebration party, Washimine can't just fool around.
All the food at the party is carefully prepared by the world's top chefs, and it is both beautiful and delicious.
For the foodie Ryougi Shiki, this was like a weasel entering a henhouse. There was no way she could control her mouth.
Nanaya guessed that this was probably the reason why he didn't see Ori. He should be fighting guerrilla warfare with his sister now.
"Where's Illya? Why isn't she here?"
Nanaya scratched his head. He originally thought that Sera and the others would bring their eldest daughter over.
"Ms.Ryutani is being taken by Mrs.Ryutani to meet Linbao Company's partner in North America." Ryan replied.
After Kiritsugu transitioned from company management to director, Irisviel took over the management of the company.
It is indeed very normal to take advantage of the party to let Illya meet the partners of her company.
After all, Lin Bao will eventually be handed over to Illya.
"Then I'll trouble you."
Nanaya scratched his earlobe with his fingers. He found that it seemed that there was no one else who could accompany him except Ryan.
Rin and Sakura would probably like to do this, but their status as idols is somewhat inconvenient.
Ryan said unconfidently: "I think it should be okay for me to stand here, right? I'm not from the entertainment industry..."
Nanaya smiled and said, "Don't worry, it's my honor to have a beautiful lady like you by my side."
Ryan was wearing a blue low-cut dress today, the style of which was a bit like the blue knight dress she wore when she was shot in the Seven Nights Memory.
Of course, it is also possible that the two pieces of clothing are actually completely different in design, after all, Nanaya is not very proficient in women's clothing.
He only knew that Ryan's outfit showed off her two northern hemispheres very well, and told everyone how much she had grown.
"Ahem."
"Kiryuu, what's wrong with you?"
Seeing Nanaya suddenly start coughing, Ryan asked with some concern.
"It's okay, I..."
"Congratulations, Director Kiryu."
Another acquaintance came to greet Nanaya. He took the initiative to step forward and shook Nanaya's hand vigorously, saying, "Congratulations on the huge sales of FZ. Our Spider-Man 3 has never been able to catch up with you."
Nanaya winked at him: "But, Pascal. Your Spider-Man 3 also made a lot of money, didn't it?"
Then Nanaya introduced the person to Ryan behind him: "Ryan, this is Amy Pascal, the vice president of Sony Columbia. She is a producer prodigy in the industry."
Amy Pascal's experience is legendary.
In the 1990s, although Amy Pascal had become a film producer, her works were not very outstanding.
However, by the end of 2000, the female producer had directly entered Columbia's management team thanks to the success of "Charlie's Angels".
In the years since, she has appeared in a string of Columbia hits, including Panic Room, Spider-Man and Men in Black 2.
Although many of these movies have not received high reviews and their reputations are not very good.
But the box office success of these films was the shot in the arm that Sony Columbia needed most after Peter Guber's period of vicious losses.
Amy Pascal's excellent academic performance and her Jewish identity have ensured a solid position at Columbia.
"Hello."
After listening to Nanaya's introduction, Ryan very politely greeted the legendary Hollywood woman.
"Is this one of your rumored girlfriends?" Amy Pascal smiled at Nanaya, "You are really lucky."
"No, that's all gossip in the newspapers."
Nanaya could hear the dissatisfaction with himself in the female vice president's eyes and words.
The other party probably thinks of him as a bad man who thinks "women are like clothes, you wear one and change one."
As a strong woman, Amy Pascal naturally has complaints about such men.
But the problem is that Nanaya really has no way to refute it. Even if it has nothing to do with Ryan, it is a fact that he now has three pieces of clothes to change into.
"Ryan and I are just ordinary friends. The gossip is all made up by reporters." Nanaya explained, "Pascal, you should know the nature of reporters very well."
Amy Pascal's husband works for the New York Times, and Nanaya's remarks disparaging journalists were also meant to protest against her.
Of course, Amy Pascal understood what he meant. After carefully observing Ryan and Nanaya, she determined that there was indeed no hidden relationship between the two.
At least not now.
"I'm sorry." Amy Pascal didn't dwell on this issue too much and she skipped the topic directly.
"In addition to your FZ, I would also like to congratulate you on the release of Iron Man last year, which was also a great success."
Nanaya smiled modestly and said, "I can only say that it has no failures. It is not as good as your Spider-Man at all."
Amy Pascal did not deny it. After all, there was indeed a box office gap between the two films.
However, it is still very unfair to compare the first pioneering work with the third one.
So Amy Pascal waved her hand and said directly: "But before the movie was released, the gap in popularity between Peter Parker and Tony Stark was not a little bit. Your vision is as good as ever."
"As far as the entire project is concerned, we at Washimine have only earned a little hard-earned money."
Nanaya shrugged his shoulders. "You know, this project is not only about the cost of film production, but also the cost of acquiring Marvel and helping Marvel integrate IP copyrights."
This is the truth.
"Iron Man" was just taken off the shelves in North America last month. This alternative superhero movie finally grossed $365.45 million in North America.
Due to the time difference in overseas release dates, the film has not been completely withdrawn from theaters, but the global box office has reached US$700 million so far.
Judging from the box office alone, the "Iron Man" movie was naturally a huge success.
But as Nanaya said, the money Washimine invested in Marvel was far more than the cost of making the movie.
Just looking at the input and output of the "Iron Man" project, Washimine is undoubtedly losing money.
But I believe no one would think that Washimine made a loss-making deal.
After all, exploring a super IP involves not just a movie, but an entire series.
For example, Warner's "Harry Potter" series, which generated revenue from 8 movies plus countless peripheral products, directly pushed Warner to become the leader among the top six today.
The same goes for Washimine. Even if the "Iron Man" series cannot make 8 movies like "Harry Potter", a trilogy is definitely no problem.
As long as the next two movies don't fail too badly, Washimine will make money from the acquisition of Marvel anyway.
What's more, Marvel now has more than just the "Iron Man" series in its hand. If other character IPs such as Captain America and Thor can be half as successful as Iron Man, it will be extraordinary.
Amy Pascal certainly knows this, or rather, she came here for this very reason.
"So next, Kiryu, are you planning to tell the story of how Tony Stark formed the Avengers in Iron Man 2?"
Nanaya finally understood that Amy Pascal probably thought Marvel was planning to use The Avengers as the subtitle of the Iron Man series.
In fact, this is also the general view of the outside world on Marvel's expansion of the movie universe. After all, all of Hollywood's current series of movies came from this.
Extend a branch line from one branch line, and when the "Iron Man" series is completed, release a branch movie extended from it.
It's a pity that whether it's Nanaya or Marvel, their ambitions are much greater than these people think.
But Nanaya did not tell Amy Pascal about Marvel's Cinematic Universe plan, even though he had a good relationship with her and even though Washimine Entertainment and Sony Columbia were still half allies.
But Nanaya has no intention of revealing major business secrets.
What if Sony finally gets the idea and wants to create a Spider-Man Cinematic Universe?
Therefore, Nanaya said half-truthfully: "I do have this idea. If possible, I even hope that Iron Man can make a cameo appearance in Spider-Man's movie. After all, in the comics, Iron Man is Spider-Man's idol."
"It's an interesting idea, but it's not something I, as a vice president, can decide," Amy Pascal evaded.
"That's a pity."
Although he said so, Nanaya didn't agree in his heart.
He could more or less guess what the other party was thinking. In terms of current commercial value, Spider-Man was higher than Iron Man.
Having Iron Man make a cameo appearance is a way for Marvel Studios to benefit from Sony.
I'm having a great time now, why should I share a share of the profits with you?
This deal is definitely not fair to Sony Columbia.
[You old woman, just be proud. You will cry someday. ]
Nanaya was just testing the waters, and he himself didn't think Colombia would agree at this stage.
When "The Amazing Spider-Man" falls far short of Sony's expectations, I believe they will then understand why Spider-Man calls Iron Man "Dad."
A poor loser still needs a tall, rich and handsome father to accompany him in order to fly.