Chapter 109: Chapter 109 Interview
Nanaya felt speechless and annoyed by these players who gathered to protest.
When preparing for the project earlier, Nanaya told Washimine not to rush to promote it, fearing that Washimine would give up the project due to interference from fans.
When Nanaya was a fan himself, he thought these protesting fans were seeking benefits for everyone and were on the righteous side. But now that Nanaya is a real creator, he knows how annoying these so-called core fans, or those who claim to be core fans, are.
It is probably a habit retained from modern times. Europeans and Americans like to go on strike and protest at every turn, as if they think this is a manifestation of their exercise of power.
But let alone Nanaya, even Europeans and Americans themselves are extremely annoyed by this matter. Not to mention other things, just talking about the annual airport strike, it can cause a lot of inconvenience to ordinary people.
Therefore, Nanaya still prefers diligent Japanese employees. Although they organize people to ask for salary increases every year to carry out the "Spring Fight", they all sit down and negotiate with the big bosses in a friendly manner, which will never affect the company's operations.
The Japanese habit of not causing trouble to others can be said to have been fully demonstrated in this incident.
As for those European and American fans, Nanaya didn't know what to say. Just because something was slightly not to their liking, they protested against what they liked, unwilling to admit that this was what they liked.
To be honest, these people are just selfish guys who only think from their own perspective.
Please Spielberg, they are the ones who can say such things.
Do you think Washimine didn't try it before?
Not only did they ask DreamWorks to distribute the film and take its share of the profits, they were also only willing to be the producer and not personally direct it.
Although the reason given by the other party was that he wanted to direct "Catch Me If You Can", anyone with a discerning eye knew that this was just an excuse, because Washimine had no specific start time for filming at the time.
The schedule conditions were negotiable, but that guy insisted on the price.
Ultimately, Spielberg is a businessman before he is a director.
For businessmen, profit comes first.
"It's okay. When DreamWorks goes bankrupt in two years, you can just sit on that old guy's face and curse him."
When Shion complained to Nanaya over the phone, Nanaya activated the Great Prophecy Technique without hesitation.
"I hope there will be such a day."
DreamWorks is now at its peak and can be said to be the number one among the Big Seven.
However, Nanaya knew very well that DreamWorks' good days were coming to an end, after MGM completely sent itself to the grave because of "Windtalkers".
DreamWorks became a thorn in the eyes and flesh of the other six big Hollywood studios, and then died from the joint strangulation of the others.
However, almost no one would believe this statement now, as everyone thought that DreamWorks had the potential to challenge Hollywood's top production companies.
That being said, fans' emotions definitely need to be appeased, otherwise the impact will be too bad.
After all, if even the most die-hard fans of a work are against it, such a situation can easily scare away passers-by.
But we also cannot spoil these fans, otherwise it will be more difficult to serve them when they get too high.
Nanaya remembered it very clearly. When the filming of "Star Wars 8" did not meet the fans' wishes, this group of people directly sent death threats to the director. It was simply crazy to the extreme.
"Fortunately, I'm not like Rian Johnson (director of Star Wars 8), who received death threats from fans."
However, before Nanaya could feel relieved for long, Shion on the phone poured a bucket of cold water on him.
"It's not that there aren't any, it's because they sent them all to the North American branch."
"Why?"
"International postage is too expensive."
[It's really great that the fanatical fans are so stingy. ]
As for whether Washimine's North American employees would suffer psychological trauma from these death threats, Nanaya didn't care too much.
Shion directly made a request to Nanaya: "Hurry up and give me some advice on this matter. Don't forget that I started this project because of your advice."
"What can I do?"
Shion started to act like a rogue: "I don't care, just solve this problem for me! You are my strategist, and it's time for you, the dog-headed military strategist, to show up. Otherwise, why would I keep you?"
"Anyway...just ignore these guys for now."
Nanaya sighed. He knew the psychology of these fans very well. The more you care about them, the louder they will yell.
If we really want to discuss it with them, they will definitely make extremely excessive demands.
You know, the movie is now almost done. Since Washimine is unlikely to change the direction of making the movie because of these guys, he can only ignore them.
Anyway, there are only a few core fans who really come to protest, and most people won't participate in such a thing. When these fans find that protesting is useless, they will disperse on their own.
Nanaya doesn't think that fans who can't even afford international postage can last long.
We all have to make a living. How can we get the money to pay off our credit cards if we don't work for a month? !
"Is this really okay?"
Shion was still a little worried.
Nanaya said firmly, "It's okay. These people are in high spirits right now. Whatever you do will be wrong. It will be easier to deal with them after their enthusiasm has died down. Look at the Lord of the Rings next door, isn't it the same? There were quite a few people protesting against them at the beginning, but now they have basically died down. As long as they don't attack the branch office, it's okay."
"All right."
The subsequent development was exactly as Nanaya had expected.
At the beginning, this incident did cause quite a stir, and even many entertainment media rushed to report on it.
After seeing these reports, the protesters were very excited. They thought their efforts were widely recognized, so they all planned to fight to the end.
But things quickly took a turn for the worse, as Washimine seemed to turn a deaf ear to these people's protests. No matter how they jumped up and down, Washimine just ignored them and continued to do what the North American branch was doing.
This kind of disregard made the fans extremely angry, but they were helpless because they really had no further actions besides protesting. They couldn't just storm the office, right?
Those security guards holding batons look like they are not easy to deal with, but as players, they are basically lazy otakus who don't have the ability or the courage to really take action.
Plus, as time goes by, even the media doesn't pay much attention to protests. You know, there are thousands of new events in Hollywood every day, who would keep paying attention to the news of protests against a movie adapted from a game?
So in this situation, William and other protesters became increasingly embarrassed.
I don't have the courage to take a step forward, but I feel embarrassed to take a step back. I'm stuck in the middle, caught in a dilemma.
In the end, no one knew who started it, and the group gradually dispersed.
They have no choice but to leave, as these people have run out of money and have to go to work.
Of course, like all villains, this group of people made some harsh remarks before leaving.
"We will never play Washimine's game again!"
"It's not like they need more. Even if they don't watch the movie, they will still have to buy the new version of "The Saint and the Brave" when it comes out."
This is what Nanaya said to Shion when she called her after the protesting crowd dispersed.
Nanaya, who was a fan in his previous life, knew the nature of these people too well. No matter how they cursed, his bodies remained obedient.
After a new game comes out, I still spend money to buy it.
Nanaya himself cursed at the release of "PM Sword/Shield" before it was released, but he just didn't cancel his pre-order.
This is probably the sorrow of fan.
Although the protest has subsided, many issues have not been completely resolved. The reason for this incident is that fans do not know much about the movie.
The reason for ignoring the protests before was to avoid upsetting the fans who were already angry. Now that the protests have stopped, the follow-up publicity work should begin.
The first thing was to start disclosing relevant information, and the R-rated movie information, which was used as a promotional selling point, was pushed to the forefront.
For this purpose, Nanaya also specially accepted a media interview arranged by Washimine.
In this interview, Nanaya expressed his creative concept for his film: "After discussing for a long time, we finally decided to show the Hyrule continent to the audience in a way that has never been done before. All the current "Saints and Braves" games describe the ultimate battle between the brave and the devil, but rarely focus on ordinary adventurers in Hyrule."
"So there are no heroes in this movie?" the reporter asked.
"My film tells the story of the struggle between ordinary people and the Demon King on the Hyrule continent from the perspective of ordinary adventurers."
Nanaya did not directly deny or confirm it. After all, the subsequent development of the story of "Goblin Slayer" depends entirely on the box office performance, and it is not a good idea to make too many promises now.
"Then why give the movie an R rating?"
The reporter didn't pay much attention to Nanaya's evasiveness. He was a media outlet arranged by Washimine, and it was up to the officials to decide how much information they wanted to reveal. He himself had no intention of asking further questions.
"Because I want to show a more realistic world." Nanaya replied with a smile, "In the past, as the narrative background of the story, people always said that the devil made people live in it, but how cruel it was was rarely described directly. The reason for choosing the R-level standard is that it will give more creative freedom and can more intuitively show the cruel side of the adventure world."
"I heard that the main antagonist chosen for this movie is a goblin?"
Nanaya admitted: "There will be other monsters, but they will mainly be goblins."
"Why is that?"
"The general impression is that goblins are the lowest-level enemies, but in fact they are very difficult to deal with. I often died at the hands of goblins when I was playing the game "Saints and Heroes", so I think it is necessary for everyone to realize their danger."
The reporter didn't seem to take it seriously. He probably thought the danger was something like the orcs in "The Lord of the Rings" that put the protagonist in a tough fight.
But unfortunately, the goblins here in Nanaya are more dangerous than that.
CREATORS' THOUGHTS 
Onigiri
Onigiri pS: In fact, Mi Jiang is quite disgusted by those fans who treat the works in a particularly rude attitude just because the works do not meet their expectations. These individual fanatical fans sometimes often make the outside world have a strange view of the entire circle.
It is normal to take some normal measures such as giving bad reviews to works you don’t like, not purchasing them, or complaining about products through official channels, but it is highly undesirable to use extreme means to harass those who they believe are responsible for the fault, especially when their actions often hurt completely unrelated people.
The perpetrator who burned Kyoto Animation was actually a sick fan. According to the current investigation, he was trying to submit his work to Kyoto Animation but failed. He then saw that Kyoto Animation used the words he "invented" and started to hate it. He eventually resorted to arson, the most vicious criminal method, to retaliate.
Ultimately, when excessive enthusiasm hurts others, no one is a winner, whether it is the person who hurts others, the person who is hurt, or even the bystanders.
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