Chapter 22: Chapter 22 Screening
After two months of post-production, Nanaya finally produced the finished film of "Kara no Kyoukai".
At this time, the outside world has already entered summer from spring, and people have started wearing short sleeves, which makes Nanaya, who is still wearing spring clothes, look a little out of place.
"Luckily I'm not so isolated that I look at a butterfly and ask, 'What kind of bird is this?'"
Nanaya tugged at his collar. Wearing long sleeves in this weather was indeed a bit torturous.
Ori immediately stopped Nanaya from being so unkempt. He looked at him with a warning, "Don't mess around. Senior, I clearly told you to remember to wear a short-sleeved shirt."
Nanaya didn't care at all: "I forgot, it's fine if I wear formal clothes anyway."
"Today is an important preview meeting, how can you not pay attention, senior! Could it be that you have been hanging out with Shonan all day and have been infected by his stupidity?" Ori glared at Nanaya with his hands on his hips. He was very dissatisfied with Nanaya's nonchalant attitude.
"Wrong, today's screening is not important at all." Nanaya corrected, "Because Chairman Ryutani has already agreed on everything with the TV station. As long as our movie is not as bad as Plan 9 from Outer Space, it will definitely be approved. Similarly, even if our movie is better than Titanic, we will not be given special treatment. It will still depend on the ratings. However, for a late-night movie show with an average rating of only 5%, what do you think are the chances of us getting 10%?"
"How can this be..."
Ori was very disappointed with the result. He thought that if the movie was good, it might be able to get better broadcast conditions, such as moving the movie from late night time to prime time.
As if he couldn't bear to see his junior so disappointed, Nanaya hurriedly comforted him: "Well, if the quality of the movie is better, there will be more or less preferential treatment, such as one or two more advertising spots. However, I didn't expect Ori to care so much about this movie."
"Of course, this is a movie we worked hard to make, so we hope to get a good result."
Nanaya said regretfully: "I thought it was you who was worried that your screen debut would fail. But even if it really fails, it doesn't matter. At most, you can debut again as a boy."
"Don't bring up anything that's not relevant to me!"
"Okay, you two, hurry up and follow me." Hanai Ryuichi, who was walking in front, stopped the two people who were playing.
"yes."
Nanaya and Ori didn't dare to act unruly in front of Ryuichi, they quickly followed their teacher's steps.
Recently, Hanai Ryuichi was in a good mood. His apprentice's debut film was finally finished. As long as the film was above average, his 15 million yen investment would not be completely wasted by selling the broadcasting rights to TV stations and offline videotapes. At most, it would just be a little slow to recover the funds.
So after setting a trap for that little bastard, Ryuichi, who had no work on hand, also came to participate in this preview.
In fact, with Hanai Ryuichi's status, there is no need for him to come with his disciple, but he still can't let go of his silly disciple.
"Don't worry, teacher. When we get there, I will definitely be well-behaved and obedient and won't leave your side for even a step." Nanaya said hurriedly in a low voice.
Seeing the two disciples being well-behaved, Ryuichi's serious expression eased a little. He whispered to them, "Nanaya, what you said is indeed good, but don't forget that your mission today is to leave a good impression on the leader of the late-night movie program of TBS TV station who is attending this preview."
Nanaya complained somewhat dissatisfiedly: "Teacher, why do you say that I am only fit to hang around in TV and movies?"
Film directors are also divided into different levels, and TV film directors are undoubtedly at the bottom of the industry's contempt chain. Although his debut work had to be broadcast in the form of a TV movie for various reasons, it did not mean that Nanaya had any intention of continuing to mix at this level.
"What do you know, kid?" Ryuichi said angrily, "Don't sell the broadcasting rights of your other movies to TV stations in the future?! If the other party has a good impression of you, can't you offer a higher price at that time?"
Nanaya flattered Ryuichi: "Old people are more experienced, after all, he is my teacher. I can't help but accept it."
"Don't try that on me, you naughty monkey." Ryuichi grabbed Nanaya's ear and said, "If you embarrass me later, I'll tear your head off and kick it like a ball!"
"I understand, teacher, please let go!"
But there was no way Ryuichi would let him go this time, so Nanaya screamed all the way.
When everyone arrived at the entrance of the building where the Lin Bao Film Company was located, Nanaya felt like his ears were swollen from being twisted.
Walking into the Linbao building, Nanaya discovered that Ryutani Nobuyuki was already waiting for him with a few middle-aged men in suits.
This treatment was obviously completely different from the previous times Nanaya came, but Nanaya also knew that this treatment was definitely not for him.
Because from the beginning, these eyes never lingered on Nanaya, they were all looking at his teacher Hanai Ryuichi.
As a well-known director in the industry, although Ryuichi Hanai cannot be compared with big names like Akira Kurosawa, he is also one of the best directors in the Japanese industry. In particular, his outstanding performance in youth romance dramas has made him a hot commodity in the eyes of people in the industry.
Therefore, Nanaya was not surprised that everyone at the scene looked at his teacher. The only person who did not do so was Ryutani Nobuyuki. However, as the person with the highest status at the scene, he could not lower himself and take the initiative to greet Nanaya.
"Ryuichi, long time no see."
Nobuyuki pretended that he hadn't seen Hanai Ryuichi for a long time and shook hands with him. Then he introduced a fat middle-aged man beside him to him: "Ryuichi, this is Naito Hirono, the producer of TBS's late-night movie program."
The chubby uncle was very enthusiastic and took the initiative to bow and greet Hanai Ryuichi: "Director Hanai, my name is Naito. I heard that Director Hanai's new film "Campus Window" is about to be released. Do you have any ideas about the TV premiere of the movie?"
"We'll talk about it when the time comes."
Ryuichi said this with a hint of anger, just thinking about the movie where the protagonist had badly screwed his master and apprentice, he couldn't swallow this anger. If he hadn't already dug a trap and was waiting for revenge, he would definitely curse out loud.
However, Naito obviously misunderstood. He thought that Ryuichi was reluctant to sell the first broadcast rights and planned to wait for a higher price, so he could only laugh and end the topic.
"There's no rush. So today's protagonist is..."
Ryuichi gave Nanaya a push from behind, and then introduced her to everyone: "This is the bad disciple Kiryu Nanaya."
"Hello, Producer Naito."
Nanaya immediately dressed himself up as a pure little white rabbit, and he blinked his eyes and greeted all the big guys present.
"I didn't expect Director Kiryu to have this side of him."
As an accompanying "family member", Tamari Tsukasa also sighed at the end of the team. He felt that compared to the irritable state that Nanaya showed at work, the current Nanaya could be said to be a completely different person.
Ori snorted: "It's just a routine act of being good, otherwise how could he please the teacher."
Tamari smiled awkwardly. All the people present were big shots whom he could not afford to offend, so he did not dare to do anything presumptuous.
After a brief greeting, everyone went to the small screening room on the middle floor of the building.
Once everyone was seated, the movie started quickly.
Frankly speaking, Naito didn't care much about the screening at first. What he cared about was that the person sitting next to him was Ryuichi Hanai. As a representative of youth campus idol film directors, his works have always been sought after by young people.
Naito's original goal was to win the other party's favor through this film produced by his disciple. Even if he couldn't get the first broadcast rights for the other party's new film, it would be great to get the broadcast rights for a few of the other party's old films.
After all, as a producer of a movie program, the quality of the movies on the program determines his status. If he can get the help of this big boss, what does it matter if he pinches his nose and sends a rubbish movie to the program? Even if he makes a fuss to the director, he is right.
Obviously, in Naito's mind, the first work of a young man like Nanaya must not be very good. It's not that he thinks Hanai has a bad eye for apprentices and accepted a rubbish apprentice. It's just that the position of director requires a lot of experience, and Nanaya, a guy with no experience, is still lacking in experience. He even heard that the heroine of this movie quit halfway through, and the current heroine joined later, which further confirmed his view that this movie is a bad movie.
So even though Naito's eyes were on the screen, his mind was not on the movie itself.
However, just like what Wang Jingze said after eating the fried rice, "It's so delicious", his attention was immediately captured by the story after the movie started.
The pace of this movie is much faster than many current Japanese movies, and it even has a hint of Hollywood style.
However, the film contains some urban legends, giving it a very familiar Japanese movie feel.
This experience was very novel, especially the sense of mystery created in the early part of the film, which made Naito curious about how the story would develop next.
When Ryougi Shiki was at a disadvantage in her first fight with Kirie Fujou in the movie, although he knew that the protagonist would win in the end of the story, Naito still couldn't help but worry for the girl.
Although many details of this movie are not perfect, these minor flaws have long become insignificant in the face of the excellent plot and unique narrative techniques.
Soon the movie came to the most crucial plot. When Ryougi Shiki stood on the rooftop of a high-rise building and looked at Fujou Kirie from afar, the atmosphere reached its climax under the heavy background sound.
On the screen, Ryougi Shiki had a sneer on her face. She jumped from the rooftop and jumped towards Fujou Kirie. In mid-air, she threw off her raincoat and revealed a cold and handsome smile.
"Oh my god…this movie is so good!"
Naito couldn't help but exclaim, but no one cared about his rudeness because everyone was amazed by this scene.
[Is this guy really going to let the actors jump off the rooftop of a building? If so, that would be too crazy.]
Naito glanced at Nanaya in the back row out of the corner of his eye. He had a feeling that he might be witnessing the rise of a miracle today.
At this time, Nanaya's eyes were not looking at the screen. He was carefully observing the audience's reactions. When he found that everyone was amazed at the scene of Ryougi Shiki jumping up, Nanaya showed a confident smile on his face.
He knew he had succeeded!
CREATORS' THOUGHTS 
Onigiri
Onigiri pS: Plan 9 from Outer Space, directed by Ed Wood. Don't watch it, it's a terrible movie. It's even commented by many media as the worst science fiction movie in history. Nowadays, there are still many young people in Europe and America who watch this movie with their friends when they are bored, and bet on how many minutes they can watch it without leaving.
As for director Ed Wood, he is probably the epitome of the second half of Edison's famous quote. He tried very hard to be a great film director, but he really didn't have any talent to do it.
However, it can be regarded as God's compensation to him. After his death, his passion for movies gradually made him famous in small circles, and he even had many die-hard fans, including the famous film director Tim Burton.
This guy not only made an alternative black-and-white biographical film "Ed Wood" in 1994 to commemorate his idol, but also spent $100 million in 1996 to remake Ed's B-level science fiction film and named it "Star Wars Destroyer" to justify his idol.
And the reviews for this movie are surprisingly pretty good.
All I can say is that when fans get enthusiastic, they can do anything.
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