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Chapter 420 Welcome to the Marvel Era
🕑 Added 2025-08-10 15:01:48 +0000 UTCAlthough Nanaya is indeed concerned about Stan Lee's situation, as Shion said: If someone is too nice to you for no reason, he is either a traitor or a thief.
You and the other person are not very familiar with each other, so it is indeed not appropriate to interfere in each other's life like this.
So Nanaya could only put aside the matter about Stan Lee for the time being and accompany Shion to greet other guests from the circle.
Although Nanaya has done very well in Hollywood, the tedious interpersonal communications and personal connections still need to be carefully managed, and the relationships with some acquaintances also need to be maintained.
As an outsider, Nanaya must take the initiative to manage relationships with everyone in Hollywood.
These connections might become valuable assets for Nanaya in the future.
There are quite a lot of people here today, in addition to the actors from the Fate series, there are old friends like Peter Jackson and new partners like George Lucas.
Although there are indeed not many Hollywood actors and stars coming, apart from their own people, there are only some second- and third-tier actors coming to take advantage of the popularity.
However, many senior executives from major Hollywood companies came. The stars were afraid of offending Fox, but they wouldn't.
Especially the leader of Sony Columbia, this guy kept congratulating Washimine on the huge sales of his new console Wii, and didn't mind the predicament of his parent company's game department at all.
"Is this guy mentally healthy?"
"Of course not." Shion said with a smile, "The gaming department and Columbia have always been the departments that require the most funds within the group. I heard that he and the head of the gaming department had a big fight at the group's board of directors more than once or twice."
[Um... can I say this is a traditional Japanese performing art? ]
Nanaya whispered to Shion: "We should be vigilant about this situation, so that we don't let the internal fighting between the two departments cause serious losses."
Washimine's current situation is very similar to Sony's, with both gaming and film entertainment advancing on two fronts.
How to ensure that the two major departments develop together instead of holding each other back is indeed a test for Shion.
Shion said confidently: "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."
In addition to the senior executives of Sony Columbia, Nanaya and Shion also communicated with senior executives of other film companies.
It took nearly half an hour to go around in this circle before Nanaya and Shion finally walked to the crew's seats in the theater and sat down.
"Phew, so tired."
"Are you done?"
Rin, who had been talking to Lily, glanced at Nanaya.
"Yeah." Nanaya nodded, "I've found something more troublesome than making a movie. These social occasions are really annoying."
Nanaya complained while blowing the strands of hair on his forehead.
Rin used her fingers to comb Nanaya's hair and said, "Didn't you always not care about this kind of thing before?"
Because of the seats in the theater blocking her view, Lin was not afraid of being seen by others.
"Because the shop is getting bigger and bigger now, if I just keep working hard, there is no way to go any further."
"Yeah, brother-in-law, you look very pitiful."
Lily put her small hands on Nanaya's shoulders and kneaded them gently.
"My sister and I are the most afraid of socializing."
[These two girls...]
Seeing Rin and Lily's actions, Shion's eyebrows jumped twice.
"Okay, that's enough rest. Let's continue."
Shion pulled Nanaya up from her seat without further ado.
"Nani? Still want to go?"
"There are still a few people who haven't said hello yet." Shion pushed Nanaya to the top of the theater, "Okay, let's go quickly."
"Please spare me."
Amidst the painful wails, Nanaya fell into social activities again.
What happened at the AMC Theater in New York also happened at the Chinese Theater in Los Angeles.
In response to Washimine's provocation, Fox also held a very grand premiere of "Night at the Museum".
Of course, the so-called Washimine provocation was just Fox's unilateral opinion.
But the premiere at Fox was indeed very grand and lively.
It was clearly night time, but the almost non-stop flashing lights on the red carpet made the Chinese Grand Theatre as bright as day.
The bustling crowd made the road in front of the theater so crowded that no one could pass through.
Countless stars who were closely related to Fox walked on the red carpet one after another, and many fans even felt dazzled.
As the president of Fox, Jim Gianopulos certainly didn't have to go down to greet these people.
He and these stars are basically on two different food chains, and he has more important things to do now.
"Ster," Jim Gianopulos asked his assistant, "Have the pre-sale box office results for Night at the Museum come out?"
Ster said helplessly: "So far, it's less than 20 million."
Jim Ganopoulos frowned. Although he knew that the first round of box office for the original IP would not be too high, the current situation obviously did not satisfy him.
Of course, the pre-sale results are definitely not equal to the box office results on the premiere day, but we can still give you an idea.
If there were no competitors, "Night at the Museum" could still achieve a high box office result relying on the subject matter and the Christmas holiday even if the box office performance on its premiere was not ideal.
This is also the advantage of children's movies.
But now the problem lies with this competitor.
Without even asking, Jim Gianopulos could have guessed that "Iron Man" would do much better at the box office than "Night at the Museum."
"Find a way to raise the box office on the first day of the movie to 20 million."
Jim Gianopulos gave the order. As a veteran in the industry, he had no intention of beating Iron Man in the box office performance on the opening day. His goal was to overwhelm the other party in the final box office.
But "Night at the Museum" cannot lose too badly. After all, if the gap is too big, I'm afraid they won't even be able to fight.
The assistant didn't ask how to boost the box office. Some things can only be done and not said.
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Today is the opening night of the 2006 Christmas movie season. Two blockbuster productions with a production cost of over $100 million have kicked off a nationwide fight with New York and Los Angeles as their centers.
No one knows who will be the final winner of this war.
But everyone was looking forward to it.
As a die-hard fan of Nanaya, Ms. Katsushira believes that her idol will definitely not be a loser, but she is also looking forward to the final quality of this movie called "Iron Man".
According to the organizer's requirements, media reporters entering the theater need to hand over their photography and video equipment to avoid unauthorized filming.
Of course, Miss Katsushira expressed her understanding of such a request.
After urging her cameraman to hand over the camera, she quickly entered the venue and found her seat.
Perhaps because Washimine cared about his fellow countryman, they had a very good seat for "Film Treasures". Not only were their seats in the middle and back section, but the organizer even provided drinks.
Miss Katsushira slowly sipped her Coke while looking at the seating arrangement in the theater.
Just as she had expected, the best seats in the theater were given to film critics and invited guests, the next best seats were given to the media, and the last few seats were given to ordinary audiences.
[I really envy those people. ]
Miss Katsushira glanced at Kenneth Turan, who was sitting not far from her. This well-known film critic was obviously treated better than her.
There are not only drinks, but also souvenirs specially prepared by the crew.
In fact, Katsushira has a goal, which is to become a well-known professional film critic.
Although the influence of film critics has been weakening these days, if they can reach the top, their income is still very considerable.
Especially those particularly famous film critics, their annual income can even reach millions of dollars.
After all, Miss Katsushira's current job as an entertainment reporter is even worse than that of a film critic, and she is more affected by trends.
Especially now that the number of magazine subscriptions is declining, major magazine publishers are not having an easy time.
Of course Miss Katsushira had to find a way out for herself in advance.
But in this Internet age where everyone can become a film critic, it is not easy to stand out.
Especially those at the top of the industry, all of them have big financial backers behind them.
"I also need to find a backer. Perhaps Washimine is a good choice."
Miss Katsushira thought that Washimine Entertainment had not yet trained professional writers, so this might be her chance.
"Senior Katsushira, what are you talking about?"
Seeing his companion mumbling to himself, the cameraman asked curiously.
"Nothing, the movie is about to start."
Miss Katsushira put down her drink cup, took out her notebook and pen, and waited attentively for the movie to begin.
Soon, the lights in the theater dimmed, and with IMAX's characteristic countdown, the movie "Iron Man" finally began.
The opening of "Iron Man" is very simple. Apart from the page-turning opening of the Washimine Entertainment logo and the Marvel logo, the movie content begins directly.
Unlike traditional superhero movies, the story of "Iron Man" does not have a grand worldview at the beginning, nor does it make too much preparation like "Batman". Instead, it starts with a military jeep and the classic song "Back in Black" by AC/DC.
It was not the action scenes or the explanation of the cosmic worldview, but the conversations between Tony Stark and several soldiers that allowed all the audience to get to know this classic movie character for the next decade.
With the cheerful music, the audience immediately knew that this man who looked more like a rock star than an inventor was actually a genius, playboy and wealthy man.
He likes women and wine, and leads a life of debauchery.
Then, just when the audience had just formed a little impression of this character.
Something unexpected happened.
Terrorists attacked this happy jeep, and Tony Stark, who was in heaven and had everything in the last second, immediately fell into hell.
Accompanied by heavy and tragic background music, the movie title "Iron Man" appeared on the huge IMAX screen.
All the audience were amazed by this somewhat messy and unreasonable beginning, and they were eager to know the subsequent development of the movie.
Only Nanaya murmured quietly amid the audience's exclamations.
“Welcome to the Age of Marvel.”
