Back in 2011, Shanghai was clearly inexperienced in hosting large-scale movie premieres.
Although Washimine Entertainment sent employees from North America to take command, there were still many minor flaws in the coordination between departments.
From getting off the car, to walking the red carpet, to media interviews, and the final group photo.
After going through the entire process, Nanaya was able to find several shortcomings in each link.
However, it was also the first time for Washimine Entertainment to hold a premiere in Shanghai.
Therefore, Nanaya didn't think these little problems were a big deal.
After all, the overall process was well organized and all the necessary links were included.
After all, there is a difference between Beijing City and Shanghai City. When Washimine Entertainment held the premiere of "Madoka Magica" in the Imperial City, it had the support of relevant departments.
But it is not so convenient in Shanghai. It's not that the top leaders in Shanghai don't support it, but they lack experience in this area.
After all, when Chinese blockbusters are released, the premieres are basically held in the imperial capital, and the entire process is already well-understood in the imperial capital.
However, Nanaya felt that if Washimine Entertainment held a few more premieres in Shanghai, it would be perfect.
Anyway, Nanaya felt that the fans at the premiere would not be able to notice these minor flaws.
Or even if they knew something was wrong, these negative feelings had long been dispelled by the excitement of attending the premiere.
Especially when Lily walked onto the red carpet, almost the entire red carpet scene was filled with meaningless roars.
But it's normal to think about it. Lily is not only the leading actress of "One Hundred Years War", but also a world-famous star.
In addition, Lily seldom comes to China to participate in activities, so her appearance is truly a once-in-a-century opportunity for Chinese fans.
Of course, when Nanaya appeared on stage, the cheers from the fans were no less loud.
From "Madoka Magica" to "Prologue", Nanaya conquered Chinese movie fans with two phenomenal movies.
Now he has become a popular culture in the Chinese film industry.
If you are a movie lover, it is a shame if you have not watched Kiryu Nanaya's movies.
Some people even label Kiryu Nanaya's films as must-sees for special effects movie fans after 2000.
In fact, Nanaya is quite disgusted with the idea of labeling.
Because according to his understanding of the environment in China, labeling is the next step towards taking sides.
But it is undeniable that this label has indeed made Nanaya's films spread in the Chinese film circle at an incredible speed.
Up to now, Nanaya has been ranked alongside Cameron in the minds of Chinese audiences and has become the most powerful commercial film director of this century.
To all conscience, Cameron has always been considered a director of the 1980s, while Seven Nights is a director who rose after 2000.
I don't know what those people are thinking when they put these two people side by side.
As for another highly praised director Nolan, because "The Dark Knight" could not be released on a large scale in China, he only had one film "Inception" and had not yet reached the heights he would later achieve.
As for Xiao Jie Mo and Qin Jue who came with Nanaya, they were not welcomed so warmly.
In fact, neither of them even attended the red carpet.
Currently, they have not debuted as official members of Trier, and are not even considered artists.
To put it bluntly, these two people are not qualified to walk the red carpet.
However, Nanaya still took the two to participate in the interview at the end of the red carpet, and asked them to answer two questions from reporters as FGO actors.
I believe that in tomorrow's entertainment news, there will definitely be reports mentioning the names of Xiao Jie Mo and Qin Jue.
This treatment is already enough for them. If they are praised further, it might be counterproductive.
Chinese audiences are very disgusted with the idea of promoting a certain actor. They would think that the star has no talent and has only succeeded simply by relying on connections and background.
And this is exactly what Chinese audiences hate the most.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that they are deeply hurt by these types of movie stars.
There is never any hatred or love without reason in this world.
If there is, then this person is either a nitpicker or a marketing account hoping to gain traffic by taking advantage of the popularity.
Washimine Entertainment will certainly vigorously promote Xiao Jie Mo and Qin Jue, but this will have to wait until "Da Qin" is completed and the two officially debut as idols.
Of course, the reporters knew the identities of the two girls. After asking two symbolic questions, they handed the microphone to Nanaya.
"Director Kiryu, what made you choose Peter Jackson to direct this film?"
Nanaya wore a peaceful smile and answered the reporter's questions in a leisurely tone.
"You know, the FGO project is so huge. If all the films were given to me to produce, I wouldn't be able to finish them even if I didn't eat, drink or sleep and worked for 10 years."
The reporter laughed good-naturedly.
"Peter is a really great director and he's also a friend of mine, we've known each other since Goblin Slayer."
Although the Chinese government's attitude towards "Goblin Slayer" seems to have never existed, there is absolutely no problem in mentioning this movie in an interview like this.
"After I realized I couldn't handle so many movies, I approached him and said, 'For the sake of our past friendship, please lend me a hand.'"
This sentence almost made the reporter burst out laughing.
Because Nanaya's language and demeanor are very similar to the classic line in the old movie "South and North War": "For the sake of the party and the country, give your brother a hand!"
[No wonder people say that Kiryu Nanaya is an expert on Chinese culture. He has even watched these movies.]
"The next thing was easy. I put all the FGO project outlines in front of him and asked him to choose, and then he chose this one."
"Director Kiryu, what do you think of Director Peter Jackson's work?"
"It's perfect. Even if I were to film "The Hundred Years' War of the Evil Dragon", I'm afraid I couldn't do better than him."
Of course Nanaya would praise his own people harshly.
Although he has not seen the final film yet, he has seen several versions during post-production.
Therefore, Nanaya had already anticipated "One Hundred Years War" in his mind, and the possibility of the movie failing was very small.
For a sequel movie, avoiding mistakes is actually the biggest victory.
It's getting late and there are many activities to be held.
So Nanaya ended the interview and took the two girls into the photo area.
Since "Prologue", Washimine Entertainment has stepped up its development of the Chinese market.
This includes introducing Chinese funds to make movies.
Therefore, whether it is "Prologue" or "One Hundred Years' War", or even the future FGO movies, there are many sponsors from China.
After the financial crisis in 2008, the whole world was short of money.
China is one of the few countries that can still develop in such a bad economic environment.
Therefore, it is almost inevitable for Hollywood to introduce Chinese capital, not to mention that China itself is very interested in Hollywood.
And Washimine Entertainment is obviously the most ideal partner among the six major Hollywood companies.
The reason is very simple. Washimine Entertainment's films rarely use the [Hollywood accounting method].
The profit of a movie is what it should be.
On the other hand, because of Nanaya, the movies invested by Washimine Entertainment rarely suffer losses, which means the difference between big profits and small profits.
This was naturally welcomed by Chinese sponsors.
Washimine Entertainment has developed smoothly in China in recent years, which is also related to the support of these sponsors behind the scenes.
Nanaya has always been very polite to these financial sponsors.
He took Xiao Jie Mo and Qin Jue and stood in front of the background board to take a group photo with the representatives of the sponsors.
Nanaya also met Boss Gao among these people. He was the most enthusiastic sponsor towards Nanaya among all the sponsors.
Because his son Gao Chang Gong has become a contracted actor of Washimine Entertainment.
However, Gao Chang Gong himself has not yet joined the crew, but is filming in another crew at the film and television city.
This guy will join the crew only after Nanaya has shot the full footage.
The sky was getting darker and darker. When the time gradually approached 7:30 in the evening, Nanaya and Lily walked into the cinema with other members who came to China to attend the premiere.
This cinema is a long-established cinema in Shanghai and also the earliest IMAX theater in Shanghai.
The only regret is that this cinema's IMAX has not been specially expanded.
Therefore, the number of seats is much smaller than that of the theaters used in the premieres that Nanaya attended before.
Naturally, tickets for the premiere are even harder to get.
To compensate, "One Hundred Years' War" will also be shown in all theaters except the IMAX theater.
Audience members who purchase movie tickets for those theaters will also be able to attend the premiere event.
It was just that when the movie was being shown, the crew members and guests went to the IMAX theater.
Audiences in other theaters cannot enjoy the feeling of watching movies with stars.
But even so, movie tickets for these theaters were sold out.
Who can blame FGO for being so popular in China?
When Nanaya and others walked into the theater, all the guests and audiences stood up and gave warm applause to the crew.
Nanaya quickly led the crew to express their gratitude to everyone.
"The people here are so welcoming."
As Nanaya sat down, Sera beside him made her own comments.
"They always do."
Nanaya said with a little pride.
"This is what Miss Shion asked me to bring to you." Sera handed a file bag to Nanaya.
"Can't you give it to me after the movie is over?" The smile on Nanaya's face immediately became stiff.
What Shion asked Sera to pass on to her definitely wasn't a love letter, it could only be a work document.
"That won't do." Sera seemed to have a faint smile on her face. "Ryougi Ori reminded me before going to France that I must give you the things before the movie starts."
"Senior, don't think that you're done just because you cheated in the lottery and sent me to France. Since you've made me unhappy, I'll make you unhappy while watching the movie, too."
Sera repeated the words in Ori's tone.
"That's what he said at the time, Nanaya."
"…"
The corners of Nanaya's mouth twitched wildly.
Junior brother, are you the Empress Dowager Cixi? !