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Chapter 418: He is very popular
🕑 Added 2025-08-09 15:10:11 +0000 UTCAs December's most anticipated holiday weekend drew closer, Washimine was getting ready for the premiere of "Iron Man."
Like all of Washimine Entertainment's previous film premieres, the premiere of "Iron Man" was also scheduled at the AMC Cinema in Lincoln Square.
Although "Iron Man" did not have a special IMAX edition like FSN and FZ, the premiere was still held in an IMAX theater.
In fact, it was not Nanaya or Shion who made these arrangements, but people from Marvel.
"This cinema has brought you good luck, and I think this good luck can be passed on to us."
Kevin Feige said this when talking about this matter.
Seeing Feige's longing expression, Nanaya for some reason thought of the metaphysical practice of "absorbing European energy" which was very popular in his previous life.
[I remember that when I was drawing Kong Ming, I bought a set of Three Kingdoms Killing genuine card packs. ]
Although there is no God in this scientific world, metaphysics will never disappear.
In fact, if we compare the premieres, Nanaya believes that "Iron Man" is still more popular than "Night at the Museum".
After all, the venue arranged by Fox was just a very old large theater.
Although the number of theaters is no less than that of IMAX theaters, the movie-watching effect of these large theaters from the last century is not very good.
In terms of playback quality, it is even worse than that of ordinary cinemas, not to mention high-tech equipment like IMAX.
However, commercial films ultimately have to rely on their own reputation and box office performance.
After all, although IMAX has become much more famous than its original time and space in the past two years thanks to the butterfly effect of Seven Nights, it is still not the main force at the box office.
So, between the two movies, "Iron Man" and "Night at the Museum", which one will be the king of the Christmas season? We will have to wait until the premiere to get specific feedback and see something.
In the setting sun, New York City's earlier snow gleamed, which seemed a good omen.
This year, New York had a rare white Christmas, which made all the people in New York City very excited and happy.
The crowds that used to come and go on the Upper West Side have disappeared, replaced by a constant stream of moviegoers and reporters armed with all kinds of cameras.
Today is Thursday, December 21, 2006, four days away from Christmas and two days away from the Christmas holiday.
Although the large-scale release of "Iron Man" will not officially begin until tomorrow, the 22nd, the premiere will be held today, the traditional day in advance.
"Robin Williams, Ben Stiller, Ian McKellen, and Hugh Jackman..."
The cameraman quickly pressed the shutter button and said a series of names to the female reporter beside him as if he was reading out the names of dishes.
"Sister Katsu, I just received a call from Billy. It can be said that Night at the Museum is full of big names. All the big stars related to Fox are here."
"Oh."
Miss Katsushika simply agreed.
The cameraman was a little dissatisfied. He asked quietly, "Why did you send us to Lincoln Square? Instead of another screening? There are obviously more big stars there."
Katsushika glanced at the young man sent by the Japanese headquarters, and a hint of disdain flashed in his eyes.
"Young people nowadays are really getting worse and worse." Katsushika said with a tone of someone who has experienced it, "Did you come to work just to take pictures of celebrities?"
"Eh? Isn't it?"
The cameraman's face was full of confusion. He was just a photographer, so naturally he had to follow the big star.
"What we publish is a report, not just a bunch of photos." Katsushika said slowly, "Movies always rely on box office sales."
Although she is only in her 20s, Miss Katsushika has been working as an entertainment reporter in North America for many years. She is first-class in the industry in terms of both experience and vision.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have won the title of the No. 1 North American reporter for "Film Treasures" at such a young age.
Miss Katsushika gently stroked her long dark purple hair. Although she has been working in the United States, her hair is always tied up in a strong Japanese style.
“Young people, don’t be fooled by appearances. Even if the red carpet lineup is magnificent, if the quality of the film is not good, the audience will still not buy it.”
"Young people……"
The cameraman was a little speechless. It seems that you are not much older than me, right?
However, compared to how the senior addressed him, the cameraman cared more about something else.
"Do you think this Iron Man movie will be able to outsell Night at the Museum at the box office?"
After all, he is in the circle, and the cameraman is not completely ignorant. He is aware of Ben Stiller's box office appeal.
It's just that as a Japanese, the cameraman is naturally not interested in superheroes.
Even before coming to the premiere, he couldn't figure out whether Iron Man was a human or a robot.
Hearing the cameraman's words, Miss Katsushika's lips curled up: "Of course, I believe in his vision. Since he is willing to be the producer of this movie, it means that this movie must be unique."
"He?"
Because he had no idea about the Iron Man movie, the cameraman had no idea who the "he" this senior was talking about.
But Miss Katsushika didn't seem to be going to explain. She pointed to the distance and said leisurely: "Besides... the red carpet lineup here is not bad either."
As if to confirm Miss Katsushika's words, the audience seats opposite the press area suddenly burst into cheers.
The cameraman then saw a girl with blonde hair and a ponytail walking towards him from a distance.
"Wow! Lily Wettin!"
The cameraman seemed to be crazy and took pictures of the girl with a ponytail with his camera.
Fortunately, there were many people doing this on this occasion, so the cameraman did not stand out.
In fact, the fans on the opposite side seemed even crazier, with many girls even shouting that they wanted to give birth to Mordred for Lily.
Along with Lily, other actors who had appeared in FSN appeared, and their appearance also caused enthusiastic cheers from fans.
But the FZ actors who appeared on FSN right after were not as popular as the former.
The cheers on the red carpet also became much quieter.
"Who are they?"
The cameraman, who was originally taking pictures with great interest, couldn't help but put down the camera in his hand, and then he was patted on the head by Miss Katsushika.
"Keep taking pictures for me!"
"ah?"
Although the cameraman raised doubts, his body still obediently did as he was told.
“Why do you want to photograph them?”
Miss Katsushika said confidently: "Because I have a feeling that they will become big stars in the future. Because they are the actors he chose."
"Forehead..."
Although I still don’t know who [he] is, I believe he is the same person as the previous [he].
The last actor to appear was Nanaya, and although the cheers from the fans when he appeared were better than those from Johnson and others, they were still not as loud as those from Lily and others.
Apparently, in the minds of fans, he, the director of FSN, does not stand out too much.
But Miss Katsushika is different. As a reporter who has been following Nanaya since "Goblins Slayer", she certainly knows that he is the key to FSN's success.
"Director Kiryu!"
Miss Katsushika took the initiative to step forward and greeted Nanaya with a smile across the isolation tape.
Nanaya heard Miss Katsushika's call. He took a look and found that it was a reporter from the press area.
Originally, Nanaya was not planning to be interviewed on the red carpet, but the reporter who asked the question had big breasts, a thin waist, and a pair of long legs.
Beautiful women always have privileges. Although Nanaya thinks that this familiar-looking lady with black and purple hair should be a model instead of a reporter, since she has tried so hard to lean towards him, Nanaya thinks it would not be difficult for him to fulfill her small wish.
Of course, Nanaya would never admit that it was because the angle at which the other party leaned forward gave him a feast for the eyes.
"You can ask a question."
"OK."
Miss Katsushika did not bother about the director's limit on the number of questions she could ask. She asked at the fastest speed: "Which do you think will win the Christmas box office championship, Iron Man or Night at the Museum?"
“Iron Man, of course.”
Nanaya said this confidently and continued to walk forward. There were cameras filming the whole process of walking on the red carpet, and he didn't want to be misunderstood by the female boss who had been waiting for him in the cinema because he talked too much with the female reporter.
"Ah, Senior Katsushika."
The photographer whispered to Miss Katsushika, who was a little disappointed, "It seems that your [him] doesn't want to talk to you any more."
"Shut up and take two more pictures for me!"
Miss Katsushika stepped hard on the photographer's foot with a shy look on her face.
Nanaya had no idea what was happening behind him. He walked towards a separate visiting area at the end of the red carpet.
All the media reporters here are members specially invited by Washimine.
To put it simply, all the reporters here have been bribed by Washimine. The questions they ask will not go beyond the scope, and even if the interviewees say something inappropriate, they will pretend not to hear it.
When Nanaya arrived at the interview area, he found that someone was already being interviewed inside.
I saw an old man with wrinkles all over his face and wearing a pair of brown sunglasses talking in front of the reporters.
"Look, I wanted to challenge myself."
The old man smiled and told the reporters present about his experience back then: "It was the height of the Cold War, and the readers - of course the young readers at that time - hated war and arms the most. So I created a hero who represented the ultimate of this concept. He provided weapons for the military, he was rich, and he was also an industrialist."
The old man became more and more excited as he spoke, and he looked as if he had become ten years younger.
“I think it would be very interesting to stick a character that no one likes in the readers’ faces and force them to like him.”
At this point the old man showed a very regretful expression, shrugged his shoulders and concluded: "In the end, I didn't know that he was much more popular than I thought."
