"Perhaps we can put Artoria's mass production plan on the agenda."
Nanaya rubbed his chin and muttered to himself.
"What plan are you talking about?"
"It's just a peripheral money-making scheme."
In response to Shion's question, Nanaya snorted twice. He didn't want to explain it too clearly.
You have to know that [Erque Studio] and Washimine are just partners in the Fate project. When it comes to the commercial development of the character of Artoria, Nanaya feels that he still has to keep some tricks up his sleeve.
Although he and Shion have a good relationship, Nanaya is very clear about the distinction between friendship and business.
"Look, Lily's Saber image has become popular all over the world." Nanaya said to Shion, "She is now a cash cow for both our families."
Just like Nanaya said, Lily's image as Saber is currently extremely popular all over the world.
Let's not even talk about North America. Just look at the couples hotels that now offer Artoria cross-dressing costumes.
Lily is also popular in Europe, especially in Lily's hometown, the UK.
With the old lady who is always on standby expressing her approval, Lily's popularity in the UK is second only to North America and Japan.
Although if we trace the origin of the character King Arthur, he does not belong to the current British mainstream ethnic group.
Even the outline of the legend of King Arthur was first written by the French through stories circulating in Britain, and then passed back to Britain.
However, this story about the Celtic king written by a Frenchman was extremely popular in Britain and circulated in various versions across the British Isles.
It was not until the 15th century that the story of King Arthur was basically finalized with the publication of "The Morte d'Arthur" written by Thomas Malory.
To this day, the story of King Arthur has been deeply rooted in people's hearts and has become an integral part of British culture.
In history, British monarchs have even stated more than once that they are the successors of King Arthur and displayed the so-called "relics" of King Arthur as evidence to establish their own authority.
This shows the status and popularity of King Arthur in the hearts of the British people.
Although many British aristocrats had complaints about Lily, thinking that being an actress was really un-aristocratic.
But among the British common people, Lily is currently the most popular aristocrat besides Her Majesty the Queen.
In this regard, Nanaya could only observe a second of silence for a certain prince, who had been the crown prince for decades and would most likely continue to sit on the throne in the future.
"But it's not time for us to relax yet." Shion reminded, "Although we won the World War, this week's Fantastic Four is also a strong opponent."
Nanaya tilted his head and asked, "So you plan to ask me to go investigate the enemy situation again?"
Shion blushed, she played with her fingers and asked irrelevantly, "How much do you think our box office will be next week?"
"It's hard to say." Nanaya shook his head and replied.
Although this week "Fate" ate up half of the original first week box office of "War of the Worlds", it stepped on its corpse to top the weekly charts.
However, Nanaya has no idea whether "Fate" can withstand the impact of "Fantastic Four".
As an old comic IP that has existed since the 1960s, the status of "Fantastic Four" in the minds of the American people is naturally self-evident.
Nanaya believes that many people will definitely buy a ticket for the sake of sentimentality even if they know that the movie will be bad.
So under this circumstance, it is hard to say how much the box office of "Fate" will decline in the second week.
[I remember that the box office of Fantastic Four in its first week seemed to be over 50 million US dollars? It shouldn't have a big impact, right? ]
Nanaya set a goal for himself, but he didn't know whether this goal would come true.
In order to prevent his bad words from coming true, Nanaya decided not to say it out loud.
"You don't have to go to Fantastic Four, but... you have to go to The Island."
"Why?"
Shion was shocked by Nanaya's words, and she looked at Nanaya in surprise.
"Take the initiative to invite you? When did you become so bold? Are you doing this to Lin?"
"What are you talking about?"
Nanaya looked at Shion with contempt and took out an envelope from his arms.
"Scarlett brought me an invitation to the premiere of The Island. She invited all of us to go."
"Tsk." Shion's face suddenly turned dark.
"What, what? An invitation from Sister Scarlett?"
Lily suddenly appeared behind Nanaya. She reached out, took the invitation, opened it and started reading.
Nanaya touched Lily's head and said, "Yes, Scarlett brought it. She also specifically asked you to go."
Then, he was kicked by Shion.
"It hurts." Nanaya complained, "If you don't want to go, just say so. Why are you kicking me?"
"Go, why not go."
Shion pouted and said, "It's rare to have a free movie to watch, so just treat it as a way to relax."
[You still lack the money for the movie ticket. ]
Nanaya rubbed his calf and glared at Shion unhappily.
Unfortunately, under the pressure of Shion, Nanaya dared not speak out and could only seek comfort from Rin at night.
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The flag that Nanaya set for himself did not come true in the end. "Fantastic Four" did not have much impact on "Fate" from film reviews to box office.
If I were to describe the 2005 version of "Fantastic Four" in one word, it would be "lukewarm," or to put it more bluntly, half-baked.
This half-heartedness is true in many aspects, from character image, storyline, film reviews to box office.
With a clichéd plot and single characters, it is hard to imagine that this movie came from the same production company as "X-Men".
All media outlets have given low reviews to this film. If it weren't for Fox's request, they probably wouldn't even mention this film.
As for the basic market of superhero movies, "Fantastic Four" also failed to grasp it.
Due to cost considerations, the abilities of both the four protagonists and the villain Dr. Doom were greatly reduced. The direct consequence of this was that comic fans directly abandoned this movie.
"This is not the Fantastic Four and Dr. Doom that I remember!"
When this comic fan said this, he spat at the movie and then stepped on it.
As for those passers-by, it is difficult for them to point out the advantages of this movie, but for movies at this level, they also cannot point out any obvious shortcomings of "Fantastic Four".
If it weren't for the new version of "Fantastic Four", this mediocre movie would probably have been lost in film history.
If "Fantastic Four" had not encountered any other hot competitors during its release period, it might have been able to win a mediocre first-week box office championship.
It's a pity that "Fate" was very popular at that time.
Although "Fantastic Four" caused some trouble to "Fate" on Friday and the next Saturday when the movie was released, "Fate" beat "Fantastic Four" on Sunday.
In the end, "Fate" won the second weekend box office championship with a second weekend box office of 42.33 million US dollars.
"Fantastic Four" ranked second with $41.08 million.
At first glance at the results, one might think that the gap between the two films is very small.
But "Fate" is already in its second week, and "Fantastic Four" actually lost despite challenging the old movies as a new movie, which can basically be considered a failure.
In short, after ten days of release, "Fate Stay Night" easily earned its first billion-dollar box office in North America.
In total, "Fate" earned $167 million in box office revenue in ten days.
This ultimate money-sucking project called [Holy Grail War] demonstrated its powerful money-making ability in front of the world for the first time.
So, when Nanaya attended the premiere of "Escape from the Island", the expression on his face was the same as the number 4233, with his mouth stretched to the back of his head.
"Haha, 50 billion, 50 billion..."
Nanaya feels that FGO's $50 billion in krypton gold is no longer a dream. Although the popularity of Fate's IP is far from reaching that level, it already has the potential to impact that number.
Especially now it seems that the IP potential of Fate is much stronger than in the previous life.
In the previous life, Type-Moon's fans were mainly concentrated in East Asia. Although there was a certain audience in Europe and the United States, it was definitely not considered mainstream pop culture.
But this life is different.
Look at those people wearing Saber clothes on the street. The glory of the Knight King is already shining on this world.
And the creator of all this is Nanaya Kiryu!
As long as he thought of this, crystal liquid would appear at the corners of Nanaya's mouth.
"What should I do when I have 50 billion US dollars? I might as well buy two villas, one for myself and one for display. Hehe, hehe, hehe, hehe..."
Nanaya just looked at the box office data table with strange eyes and laughed horribly at the same time.
Nana-pig, who had been blinded by the $50 billion, completely forgot the fact that even if he really had $50 billion in krypton gold, he would not be able to get it all.
"What's wrong with him?"
Lily was frightened by Nanaya's appearance, and she quickly moved away from him.
"Ignore him, he's been like this since morning. Maybe the bifurcation of his laughter nerves got tangled up with his tongue." Rin said with disgust.
"Is that a disease?"
"This is a variant of epilepsy, and it's contagious." Shion chimed in, "So Lily, you have to stay away from him and don't get infected."
"Hey! Don't talk nonsense!"
When Nanaya came to his senses, he found that Lily was looking at him as if he was the source of the disease, and he hurriedly explained.
"Um, Lily..."
"Don't come over here!"
Lily immediately stepped back, keeping a safe distance from Nanaya.
"Don't be sad, it's just that the little girl disliked you." Shion patted Nanaya's shoulder and smiled proudly.
Nanaya's mouth twitched: "Whose fault is this?"
"It's okay, Nanaya." Rin gently grabbed Nanaya's hands.
"Rin..."
Before Nanaya could finish being moved, Rin's next words brought him back to his original form.
Rin said gently: "Even if you really have an incurable disease, I will not abandon you. We will be together forever."
Although Rin's tone was gentle, Nanaya couldn't be happy at all.
Because Nanaya remembered that the last man who was promised by a girl to be with her forever was called Ito Makoto.