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Chapter 452: Dark February
🕑 Added 2025-09-10 15:15:31 +0000 UTCUnder the moonlight atmosphere created by the lights, Nanaya stood on the balcony in the front yard of Einzbern Castle dressed as Emiya Kiritsugu.
He leaned against the guardrail, looking at the green screen in front of him, imagining that it was a forest at night.
"Kiritsugu."
Illya slowly walked behind Nanaya and called out.
Nanaya responded and turned around slowly.
The expression on his face was like that of a hurt and helpless child, trying hard to hold back tears.
In front of the camera, Nanaya tried hard to show the cowardly side of the magician killer he played in front of his wife.
“Kiritsugu, you…”
Nanaya hugged Illya without saying a word, his chest trembling as if he was trying to find his own support.
“Cut!”
Shiki in front of the monitor shouted stop.
Nanaya immediately let go of Illya. He said to her with a dissatisfied tone, "I say, Miss Lin Bao, can you please stop twisting your body every time I hug you? This is the fourth time."
Nanaya certainly knew the reason why Shiki Matsuno called a halt just now.
As soon as he hugged Illya, she started rubbing against him randomly.
"Snort."
Illya crossed her arms and pouted unhappily as she said, "Oni-chan, who told you to leave Illya aside during the New Year and flirt with other women? This is Illya's punishment for you!"
If we were to say who was most upset about the scandal that Nanaya caused during the Chinese New Year, it would definitely be Illya.
At least Rin, Sakura and the others arrived at the scene immediately and tortured Nanaya.
But Illya was never able to step out of her home from beginning to end.
It’s not that Illya doesn’t want to get involved, but her grandfather and father, both of whom are Illya fans, won’t allow her to leave the house during the New Year.
Perhaps the reporters and the public who are unaware of the inside story will be misled, but this definitely does not include Kiritsugu and Mr. Ryutani.
Letting your beloved daughter (granddaughter) go to the home of a man who has unclear relationships with so many women.
This was absolutely unbearable for both of them.
So Illya could only stay at home in depression, and watch other people showing their affection with Nanaya on TV.
This of course made Illya very unhappy.
So the little girl took the opportunity to play opposite Nanaya to carry out her own little revenge.
"Oni-chan was so happy hugging the old woman from the Washimine family on TV, but she couldn't even stand Illya's little coquetry." Illya twitched her little nose and snorted coldly.
"Hey! What are you imagining, girl? There's no way Shion and I act like this on TV!"
Nanaya frowned, but there was a hint of guilt in his tone.
"If it's not on TV, then it must have happened in private?" Illya immediately caught the loophole in Nanaya's words.
“Pfft—haha.”
When Nanaya heard Shiki laughing there, he immediately glared at him.
"Still laughing?! Why don't you say anything to her?"
Shiki Matsuno held his stomach and laughed, "What does it matter? This is the last set of shots anyway. Just let this young lady vent a little. Isn't this your own romantic debt?"
Nanaya really wanted to pick up the prop cigarette box on him and throw it at him.
This scene is a literary drama before the battle scene in Einzbern Castle.
Because when Nanaya was editing, he found that when he was shooting for the first time, his and Illya's standing positions were a bit wrong during editing.
So he decided to reshoot several shots of the scene.
This scene is the last set of shots that need to be reshot in the first half of FZ. After this scene is completed, Nanaya will begin to devote himself to post-production.
Fortunately, Illya was just acting coquettishly towards Nanaya to express her dissatisfaction.
After that, she became much more cooperative.
But every time, Illya would deliberately linger on Nanaya before the official shooting began.
And in this scene, Nanaya had to hold Illya for most of the time...
[This little bitch really needs to be punished. ]
Nanaya looked very embarrassed, the photoshoot had clearly ended but this girl was still holding on to him.
Because the distance was so close, the faint fragrance from Illya's body kept coming into his nostrils.
Add to that the gentle embrace and the two senses of oppression coming from the other side's mountain.
Nanaya suddenly felt that his lower body was almost having a strong reaction, as well as some inexplicable impulse.
A month has passed since the New Year, and Nanaya's body has long since fully recovered.
In addition, Nanaya has been busy with the recruitment of new members to Trier this month, and he hasn't been intimate with a woman for some time.
Nanaya used a lot of effort to suppress a bold idea in his mind.
After thanking other staff members, Nanaya prepared to go to the dressing room to remove her makeup.
When passing by Shiki Matsuno, Nanaya kicked the guy who was still covering his mouth and laughing hard in the butt.
"Hey! You are seeking revenge for your personal gain!"
Shiki said dissatisfiedly, covering his butt.
Nanaya gave him a middle finger in return: "Bullshit, this is called fair and square revenge!"
"Look at what you said."
Shiki Matsuno rubbed his buttocks and followed happily.
"Hey, are you planning to pretend to be dead during the promotion period like you did in the previous movies?" Shiki asked secretly.
"How is that possible? I am the lead actor this time."
After hearing this, Nanaya rolled his eyes.
In the past, when it came to the critical period of movie promotion, Nanaya would always make excuses for various reasons except for necessary activities.
But not this time.
Even though FZ is an ensemble drama, Emiya Kiritsugu is the irreplaceable protagonist. In addition, with his triple identity as director and producer, Nanaya will naturally join in the promotion of the film.
But this promotion is not right now, because Nanaya’s first priority is to finish the movie first.
However, FZ's large-scale publicity plan is much faster than Nanaya's movie production speed.
Starting with the 2007 Super Bowl preview, Washimine's global publicity machine began to operate.
Ever since Nanaya bought the first Super Bowl trailer when making "Goblins slayer", every time a new Nanaya movie is released, Nanaya will play a special trailer at the Super Bowl.
Although Nanaya felt a little uncomfortable with this matter, he always felt that he was giving money to the TV station.
But the publicity is really good.
Besides, other big-budget movies also advertise during the Super Bowl, so if Nanaya doesn’t advertise, I’ll always feel like I’m lagging behind.
Today's Super Bowl trailer for FZ basically didn't reveal much, except for an excerpt from the last part of the first act where Kiritsugu, Tokiomi, Waver, and Kariya summoned servants together.
The entire trailer ends with Saber uttering the classic line "I ask you, are you my Master?"
Then the slogan [2007.03.28 The King Returns] appeared on the screen.
In fact, except for Washimine’s internal staff, everyone was a little confused about why Nanaya scheduled the movie for the spring season in March instead of the summer season starting in May.
But the big names in the summer season are still very satisfied with the result.
After all, the Fate series can be said to be a very popular movie IP at present.
It is very stressful for everyone to have such a strong opponent join the competition for the summer season.
Nanaya is also satisfied with the film's release date in March.
Although his original purpose of doing so was to avoid The Dark Knight with FZ in the second half of next year, the competition in the summer season of 2007 was indeed very fierce.
After all, this summer season has seen a surge in blockbuster titles, and many of these works are sequels to well-known series.
Let's take a look at what's in store for the 2007 summer season.
"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", "Transformers 1", "Spider-Man 3", "Shrek the Third", "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", "Jason Bourne", and "Rush Hour 3".
Looking at this series of film titles, Nanaya always feels that Hollywood in 2007 seems to be having a hard time with the trilogy, as the final chapters of various trilogies were released.
These are all movies that have box office revenues of over 100 million yuan. There are also many other movies that have not yet exceeded 100 million yuan, but still achieved box office revenues of over 90 million yuan.
And in Nanaya's memory, this summer season had so many blockbusters that, although it set a record for total box office, the performance of each movie was not too far apart.
The difference between the first place "Spider-Man 3" with 330 million and the fifth place "Order of the Phoenix" with 290 million is less than 50 million US dollars.
It can be seen how much the data between these movies are bitten by each other.
From this perspective, it may not be a bad thing for FZ to avoid this year's chaotic summer season.
After all, the popularity of Fate's IP no longer depends on the release date.
Of course, such a schedule arrangement is also very painful for Nanaya.
Because he didn't have much time to polish the film.
Although a lot of post-production work has been completed before the New Year, there are still many trivial details that need to be completed.
In addition, time must be left for film review, publicity, and test screenings to build word-of-mouth, which puts Nanaya under a very tight schedule.
As time entered February, Nanaya also entered the busiest period since post-production.
He temporarily put aside all the trivial matters and devoted himself to post-production, even turning down Downey's invitation to a celebration party for "Iron Man".
If I really have to describe it, Nanaya really feels like a Japanese office worker.
I get very little rest and sleep, and basically eat and sleep in the editing room.
Although Nanaya often considered leaving some work to others, and Shiki Matsuno also helped to deal with a lot of it, as the overall person in charge of the entire project, he had too many things to see and deal with.
Therefore, he works seven days a week from morning till late at night, and weekends and holidays are non-existent for him.
By the end of the period, seven consecutive 40-hour workdays had become the norm.
Only when he could no longer hold on would Nanaya walk out of the editing room and sleep on the floor in the corridor.
Nanaya didn't dare to rest in the editing room at all. He would have no mind to rest if he was looking at those video materials.
Fortunately, Nanaya’s efforts were not in vain, and he finally got his reward.
