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Chapter 316 Nanaya's New Mission
🕑 Added 2025-04-29 15:02:52 +0000 UTC"Hahaha, your jokes are really funny."
Nanaya laughed awkwardly twice, but Shion and the other three did not laugh.
"It's true." Shion said with a smile, "I offered you a salary of 1 million US dollars, after all, your acting skills seem terrible."
"You know my acting is terrible, but you still let me perform!"
Nanaya said angrily: "You have become rich recently, right? Are you planning to make fun of the investment of hundreds of millions of dollars!?"
"No, no, no, this is the result of our careful consideration."
Shion held up a finger: "You also know what that damn father of Illya said recently, right?"
"Of course I know that."
When it comes to Kiritsugu's outrageous actions, Nanaya is speechless.
Because he was about to start preparing for the project, Nanaya sent out audition invitations for several Japanese roles in FZ before the New Year.
The two most important roles in these auditions are Kiritsugu, the second of the three protagonists, and the young version of Mapo.
Kotomine Kirei will definitely have to be replaced. After all, there are a lot of fighting scenes in FZ, and Uncle Matsushige's old bones will probably end up in the hospital after finishing one scene.
Besides, although my uncle has taken good care of himself, he still looks a little old.
The young version of Mapo will definitely have to be played by someone else.
The invitation was only sent out for a few days, but we have already received applications from many actors, including some well-known actors.
Everyone has seen the box office performance of Fate this year. Except for a few who are really not interested in commercial films, all other Japanese male actors are very interested in this role.
However, there were not many applications for another character, Emiya Kiritsugu.
The reason is that a certain mad old father actually stated in the circle that whoever plays the role with the same name as him in FZ will never be able to find a role in the Japanese entertainment circle for the rest of his life.
Of course, this statement is definitely an exaggeration, but the problem is that if you play this role, you will definitely be hated by Lin Bao’s current chairman.
If they were actors who had already become famous, they would definitely not pay much attention to Kiritsugu's warning.
But most of these actors are 40 years old or above, so it seems a bit inappropriate for him to play Kiritsugu in FZ.
And those young actors didn't dare to offend Kiritsugu at all.
Actors are not fools. Even if they become famous thanks to FZ, it is still the Japanese entertainment industry that can turn influence into reality.
After the hit of Fate, the most popular actress among the audience was not Lily Wetting from the UK, and the popularity of other actresses did not increase much in Europe and the United States.
At most, he can be considered as a passerby.
Therefore, most male actors are waiting and watching for the role of Kiritsugu.
Chairman Lin Bao’s words are still very influential now, after all, Lin Bao is still considered the industry leader.
They were waiting for the outcome of the fight between Washimine and Lin Bao. If Washimine won, they would naturally follow suit.
But if Lin Bao won, they would probably give up the role.
Anyway, there are so many characters in FZ, so there is no shortage of this one.
Kiritsugu Emiya only forbade everyone to play the role of the same name, but he did not stop everyone from starring in this movie.
It’s not like there aren’t people with reverse thinking who applied for the role of Kiritsugu.
However, after looking at the information about those actors, Nanaya felt that they were a bit far from the character design of Kiritsugu, so he rejected them.
Nanaya originally thought that if there really was no one, he might as well look for Asian actors internationally.
Anyway, there is no need to stick to the setting that Kiritsugu is Japanese.
However, among all the options, Nanaya definitely did not include himself!
"Are you guys crazy?"
Nanaya felt that they were definitely joking with him, but the expressions of Shion and others told him that they were serious.
“No.”
Illya said happily, "Think about it, Oni-chan. Who else in the world could play this role and make that old man so angry?"
[Although I really don't like that guy, I still think he is really pitiful. ]
Illya's attitude of trying her best to betray her father made Nanaya determined to strengthen the education of his children, at least to prevent them from being disloyal.
Well, if there is a child after seven nights.
However, Nanaya’s primary concern right now definitely has nothing to do with the education of his own children.
"You all know that I'm not a good actor."
Although Nanaya has already experienced the experience of playing Shinji Matou during the filming of UBW.
But I believe everyone can see that Nanaya’s acting skills are not that good, and can even be called bad.
Although Nanaya did portray the character of Kelp as a fierce-looking but weak-hearted person, the situation was completely different in other places. It can only be said that he barely passed the role of Kelp.
This is because the character of Kelp is a relatively flat villain in the movie, without any inner fluctuations or changes that require profound processing.
On the other hand, Kiritsugu is different. Although this character looks expressionless, his psychological activities and character depth far exceed those of Shinji Matou.
Nanaya knew very well that he would not be able to handle this role with his current acting skills.
"Of course we know that your acting is terrible." Shion didn't give Nanaya any face at all, "So we found a very professional instructor for you."
"Who?"
Shiki pointed at himself with his thumb and said, "Of course it's me! Didn't you say before that we two brothers should work together? This is the best opportunity!"
"I'm sorry, but I refuse."
Nanaya's answer really didn't hesitate for even a second.
Putting aside other things, just giving up FZ's director position was something he could not accept.
"Hey, don't be so quick to refuse."
Shiki Matsuno smiled bitterly and said, "It's not like I'm directing the entire movie. I'm only responsible for the scenes where you appear. You can shoot the rest of the content, and I won't ask for the final editing rights. All these rights are yours."
Nanaya's eyebrows rose. "Oh? You actually agreed to this? Don't you hate commercial movies the most? And you will allow your power to be restricted?"
Nanaya was well aware that Shiki and he were essentially the same kind of people.
Even though Shiki Matsuno has never been involved in commercial films, he has just as much power as Nanaya in his crew.
And compared to himself who is able to communicate well with the actors, Shiki is obviously much more rude.
Nanaya had heard rumors about the tyrant on the Shiki Matsuno set more than once.
Nanaya was surprised that Shiki was willing to take the initiative to reduce his power.
[What kind of magic potion did this woman give Shiki Matsuno? ]
Nanaya secretly glanced at his female boss, but all he got was a faint smile.
"After all, this opportunity is really rare. I finally found a chance to scold you harshly, and you can't even talk back. This kind of good thing doesn't happen once in hundreds of years!"
Shiki's nasty expression made Nanaya want to punch him on the nose.
"And I've read the scripts. Both FZ and HF are still commercial films, but compared to your UBW, they appear darker and heavier, and have a stronger artistic style."
Shiki Matsuno nodded and said confidently: "Although I have no plans to get involved in commercial films, even art films need to continue to grow. This cooperation with you may be a good opportunity."
"Wait a minute, what is this HF you're talking about?" Nanaya asked with a frown.
"Of course it's for you to practice." Shiki patted Nanaya's shoulder, "Your acting is so bad, so even I can't do it if I ask you to play Emiya Kiritsugu.
"It just so happens that Shinji Matou in the HF line can be used as a transition in terms of both his role and character image. This way, you and I don't have to start directly at the Hell difficulty."
Nanaya's face was full of black lines: "Hey, am I as bad as you say?"
"It's a hundred times worse. I've seen your NGs on set. You're not even as good as an extra."
When Shiki Matsuno starts to curse Nanaya, he doesn't care about the relationship between him and Nanaya. It's more like because the two have a good relationship that Shiki curses more unscrupulously.
"Didn't you suggest changing the HF line to a TV series? It's just right that we can shoot a movie and a TV series together." Shion said her idea, "This way, the actors and scenes can be shared, which should save a lot of budget."
Changing the HF line into a TV series was the result of Nanaya’s careful consideration.
If the same movie is made, Nanaya estimates that few fans will be interested in re-watching the story with the same structure, even though the development paths of HF and UBW are completely different.
Therefore, changing it to a TV series that is more fan-oriented will not only be more targeted to the audience, but I believe it will also satisfy the fans.
In addition, some of the plots in the HF line are too large in scale. Harmonizing them will affect the depth of the story, while keeping them will easily affect the film's rating.
It would be better to just make it into an R-rated TV series, which would not only make some details clear but also make the review process easier.
And there is one most important reason, which is that this is also a great opportunity to promote the [See Moon] platform.
Although [See Moon] now has a lot of traffic, it has also cultivated a group of users who recharge their membership to watch movies online.
But Nanaya and Shion are both very clear that [See Moon] lacks its own unique features. If they don’t make up for this content as soon as possible to increase user stickiness, then when similar and better websites come out, their users will definitely be drawn away.
Let’s take a look at the future of Netflix. As a streaming media company, Netflix focuses most on producing and updating exclusive content on its platform and using it to expand its reputation.
Taking all the above reasons into consideration, Nanaya and Shion communicated several times and finally decided that the HF line would be made into a TV series.
However, in Nanaya's conception, this TV series would not start until the FZ project was completed.
Unexpectedly, Shion would directly merge the two projects together.
Of course, this little thing was nothing compared to the fact that a few of them forced themselves to play the role of [Emiya Kiritsugu], which surprised Nanaya even more.
"Although mixing the two projects can indeed reduce some costs, if there is confusion in management, it may lead to a situation where 1+1>2 in costs."
Nanaya said with some hesitation.
"Of course I understand that."
Shion covered her mouth and snickered as she said, "So I'm going to trouble you. You need to come up with a complete schedule so that the budget can be best controlled."
"I knew that I would be the one doing the most tiring work in the end."
Nanaya blew up the loose hair on his forehead. He had already anticipated the endless work he would have to do after the holiday.
