In the last few days before the premiere, in addition to communicating with sponsors, Nanaya spent most of his time running promotional notices.
With the arrival of the last day of 2009, the premiere of "Madoka Magica" in China is about to begin.
"I didn't expect that you would come too, Lily."
On the way to the premiere theater, Nanaya joked to Lily, who was sitting next to him, "You're not an actor from Madoka Magica, why are you here to join in the fun?"
"But I'm the main cast of the Fate series!"
Lily waved her hands and said, "I am also going to Japan for a meeting."
"Then why don't you just go to Japan directly after the New Year?"
Nanaya rolled his eyes and said.
"It doesn't matter, I already spent Christmas at home." Lily said indifferently.
"Your parents will cry."
"Father won't cry over such a small setback!" Lily laughed like a silver bell. "Dad would rather talk to you, brother-in-law, than to me."
Mr. Wettin's reminder emerged in Nanaya's mind, and he couldn't help but shudder.
"We'll talk about it later when we have a chance."
Nanaya felt that he would never set foot on British soil again, otherwise he would definitely be treated in a very inhumane way by Mr. Wettin.
"Where's your mother?"
Nanaya quickly passed over the topic about Mr. Wettin.
"Well, my mother doesn't care at all. She would rather see the birth of an heir to the Wettin family than for me to stay at home~"
Lily snickered and moved closer to Nanaya.
"So, brother-in-law, when are you going to have a baby with your sister?"
Nanaya pushed Lily's head back and said, "I don't have that idea for now."
The smile on Lily's face became even wider. She blew into Nanaya's ear and said, "You don't want to be with my sister, so how about with me..."
Pop.
Nanaya hit Lily hard on the head.
"If you say anything like that again, get out of the car!"
Nanaya reminded angrily.
"Tsk, I'm the only one who can't do this." Lily pouted angrily, "I'm obviously having a lot of fun here, and I even had a threesome with my sister."
"Who told you this nonsense?!"
Nanaya's voice almost blew the roof off the car.
"Sister Shion~~"
Lily glanced at Nanaya and said, "She said you were making a lot of noise here and took in two new concubines."
She specifically gave Nanaya a thumbs up: "Brother-in-law, you are the best!"
"…"
Nanaya didn't know what expression to show.
Smile?
"Obviously, those vixen who have only met once can do it, but I can't~"
Lily played with her fingers resentfully.
"So, what is the difference between me and them?"
"You girl, do you really want me to throw you down?!"
Nanaya pretended to open the car door.
Of course, the door couldn't be opened when the car was moving, and Nanaya just wanted to scare Lily.
Seeing that Nanaya was really angry, Lily stuck out her tongue and changed the subject.
"Brother-in-law, your activities here are very successful."
Lily turned the topic to the promotion of "Madoka Magica" and pointed at the "Madoka Magica" posters on the street.
"Brother-in-law, you've made quite a fuss here. I came here yesterday and took a special look. I saw news about you everywhere in the newspapers, on the Internet, and on TV."
Nanaya shrugged his shoulders and said, "That's because the entertainment industry here is not yet fully developed. In a few years, this method will not work anymore."
Propaganda of this kind must keep pace with the times.
Just like last century, the main means of promotion for movies was positive reviews from critics.
In today's cinemas, carpet bombing propaganda would have a great effect.
But after a few years, the game will be completely different.
If you can't keep up with the trend, you will be beaten to death on the beach by those who come after you.
"Whatever."
Lily gave Nanaya a heartfelt compliment: "Brother-in-law, you have caused an unprecedented sensation in the film history of this country."
Nanaya smiled and shook his head.
He was very clear that his formation was nothing.
Whether it's "Shaolin Temple" which has been watched by more than 500 million people, or Cameron's "The Big Ship".
The movie-watching craze it sparked in this country was far greater than that of "Madoka Magica" today.
Perhaps "Madoka Magica" can surpass those two movies in terms of box office, but Nanaya feels that it will definitely not reach the number of moviegoers.
The car gradually approached the Premiere Theater. Even though there was still some distance between them, Nanaya saw a huge crowd of people.
There are so many movie fans who chose to attend the premiere because of the publicity these days.
After all, in this year, Hollywood does not pay much attention to the Chinese market.
The crews of dramas like Madoka Magica where all the staff come to promote the drama are a minority among the minority.
You can meet Nanaya Kiryu, the world's best director, in person, and interact closely with famous actors such as Rin Tohsaka.
This is a very special experience for Chinese audiences.
Gao Chang Gong was one of them.
But unlike most people, he didn't come to the premiere to see Hollywood filmmakers.
He came to the premiere just to watch the movie.
Originally Gao Chang Gong wanted to say hello to Nanaya before the movie started, so he rushed here early this morning.
But after coming over, he found that he still didn't come early enough.
Although it was just past ten in the morning, a large number of fans were already waiting in the red carpet area, and the best seats were basically taken.
You know, the premiere officially starts in the afternoon.
This made Gao Chang Gong a little depressed. With the number of people here, he probably wouldn't be able to meet Director Kiryu today.
"Forget it, just think of it as coming here to enjoy a movie."
Gao Chang Gong was quite open-minded. While comforting himself, he followed the crowd to the cinema, behaving no differently from any other movie fan.
Although Gao Chang Gong is also in the entertainment industry, he has not yet made his official debut.
In the parlance of the industry, he is still just a trainee.
So no one would know him at all.
As for Gao Chang Gong's identity as another son of the Gao family, there is even less to say.
Although the Gao family is indeed rich, neither Gao Chang Gong himself nor his father are the kind of people who are overly ostentatious.
So the ordinary people around them didn't know that there was a rich second-generation among them.
As more and more people gathered, the police special police team rushed over to maintain order.
Because there were so many people at the scene, looking around, it was packed with people.
If a stampede happens, it will be a real disgrace to the whole world.
In this regard, the Celestial Empire has always been very cautious.
Originally Gao Chang Gong was worried that the event would be cancelled due to too many people, but fortunately, the situation he was most worried about did not happen.
As time went on, the atmosphere in front of the theater became more and more intense.
Gao Chang Gong looked at the huge poster hanging on the front door of the theater for a while, and then observed the lively crowd around him.
He felt very excited. After all, it was difficult to have such a lively premiere in the country.
"I hope it will be the same when Avatar is released in the country."
Gao Chang Gong exclaimed excitedly.
By noon, there were still large numbers of fans rushing here.
Fortunately, the organizers were well prepared and sent additional guards to maintain the scene, so good order was maintained.
However, because there were too many people crowded on both sides of the red carpet, the fans who came later could only stay far away outside the iron railings.
Even so, there are still a large number of people queuing up to take up space.
This scene really surprised Gao Chang Gong.
Although he knew that Director Kiryu and "Madoka Magica" were very popular on the Internet and in the media these days.
But it's just a Hollywood movie after all.
However, this kind of scene can only be seen as a grand occasion if it is attended by the most popular stars in the country or the premiere of top directors like Feng Zhang.
"Is this the influence of the world's top filmmakers?"
Gao Chang Gong squeezed in the crowd and muttered to himself: "I suddenly feel that even Director Cameron probably can't reach this level? Obviously Director Cameron is more popular in China!"
In fact, this situation is the result of Washimine Entertainment's all-round publicity.
But Gao Chang Gong, who has not yet fully entered the entertainment industry, would not understand.
It was not until 1:30 p.m. that the red carpet ceremony for "Madoka Magica" began.
Gao Chang Gong did some calculations based on the conversation he had just overheard.
He found that fans who occupied advantageous positions had been waiting in line for at least six hours.
Some people even arrived at five in the morning to reserve a seat.
But seeing that they were still excited, Gao Chang Gong felt that these people were in very good spirits.
The first people to appear on the red carpet were not the crew members of "Madoka Magica", but domestic stars and directors.
There are many big names among them, and it seems that some of them came here specially, such as Director Feng and Director Zhang, who are very familiar to everyone.
Watching these two big names walk by one after another, Gao Chang Gong felt that today might be a major event that would shock the national film industry.
"Kiryu Nanaya has a lot of face."
A man who was about the same age as Gao Chang Gong said, "So many people from the country came to support him."
"Why do I feel like these guys are here to mess things up?"
Another fan wearing glasses said suspiciously, "I saw the previous interview, and Director Kiryu seemed to have some unpleasantness with these people."
"Hmph, just them."
The person who spoke first made a disdainful sound.
"If they have the guts, they should first get the world's No. 1 movie box office! The global box office of Madoka Magica has already reached 2.2 billion US dollars. Who among them can achieve this result?!"
Gao Chang Gong twitched his ears. He really didn't know about this.
Although he is confident in his idol's movie, can "Avatar" really achieve this result?
Just as Gao Chang Gong was feeling anxious and worried, the time was gradually approaching 2:30.
According to the information previously released by the organizer, the crew members of "Madoka Magica" will start to appear on stage on time at 2:30.
All the fans on both sides of the red carpet were looking forward to seeing their idols for the first time.
In order to facilitate on-site coordination, the stars present first waited in the tent at the front of the red carpet before walking onto the red carpet.
The traffic in the imperial capital is notoriously congested, even though the premiere was not held during rush hour.
But there are so many people coming here today.
Therefore, Nanaya had already notified everyone and asked all the main creative staff participating in the red carpet ceremony to arrive early to avoid being late due to traffic jams.
"Last five minutes! Get ready!"
Inside the tent, the staff reminded Nanaya and others.
"There are two more guests ahead. When the time comes, Miss Luvia, you must come on stage on time!"
The order of appearance of the red carpet crew was carefully arranged this time.
As the director, Nanaya will definitely make the final appearance.
Therefore, the task of arousing the audience's emotions in the beginning was given to Luvia, who did not have many roles in the movie but was extremely popular in China.
As for whether Luvia can mobilize the emotions of fans, Nanaya has never been worried.
This is the most basic quality in Hollywood, and with Luvia's qualifications, it is not a problem at all.