Lily straightened her back and pretended to listen attentively.
The corner of Nanaya's eye twitched slightly.
He felt that he was looked down upon by Lily.
So Nanaya simply opened the newspaper and prepared to find two articles to read to Lily.
This newspaper is a standard entertainment newspaper, and all the information in it is related to the entertainment industry.
I don't know whether it was Lily's special request just now, or the staff thought that a big star like Lily would definitely be interested in entertainment newspapers and magazines, so they specially selected them.
What surprised Nanaya was that he actually saw the news about "Prologue" at a relatively front page of the newspaper.
"Hey, Nanaya, don't be silent all the time." Lily said to Nanaya teasingly, "Tell me what news is there."
Nanaya pointed to the poster image of "Prologue" under the headline of the news: "News related to our movie..."
"I know, Yumi's dress highlights her figure very well."
Lily rolled her eyes, but Nanaya's words "our movie" made him quite happy.
Lily was secretly delighted and continued, "You said you knew Chinese? Tell me what's written on it."
This time, Lily didn't intend to tease Nanaya. Instead, she wanted to know what the news said.
Although she knew it was impossible, Lily still looked forward to seeing the scandal about herself and Nanaya in the newspaper.
"OK."
After clearing his throat, Nanaya began translating between Chinese and English on the spot.
In fact, Lily is very good at both English and Japanese, and she can understand what Nanaya translates directly into Japanese.
However, due to the word order of Japanese, if translated now, Chinese speaking habits are closer to English, and the translation will be smoother.
"As the first most popular movie this summer, Fate: The Prologue hit the mainland screens at midnight on May 20 and immediately created a box office boom."
"In just one day, the box office of Fate: Prologue exceeded 100 million yuan."
"Then the box office of Fate: Prologue continued to rise, reaching RMB 780 million in just half a month. According to the exchange rate, the box office performance of Fate: Prologue in the mainland has exceeded US$100 million."
Nanaya paused here and turned back to look at the date on the newspaper.
This newspaper is from the end of May. It seems that the box office performance of "Prologue" should have exceeded 800 million RMB by now.
No, maybe even 1 billion RMB.
"Why is the movie translation "Fate: Prologue"? Where did [Grand Order] go?"
Lily tilted her head, seemingly not quite understanding.
"Maybe they're worried that the movie title is too long."
Nanaya shrugged.
The names given to imported films in China are quite confusing. It's already pretty good that they just deleted [Grand Order] and didn't give it a name that sounds too cheesy.
Nanaya was really afraid that the movie would be named "Grail of Fate" or "The Holy Grail".
"Hmm... why do you want to change the title?" Lily didn't quite understand. "Wouldn't it be better to just use the original name?"
Bang!
Nanaya hit Lily on the head with a knife.
"How dare you say that! You British are the ones who like to randomly change the titles of movies!"
The UK is famous for its love of changing the names of Hollywood movies.
For example, "Avengers 1" is called "Avengers Assemble" in the UK; the subtitle of "Pirates of the Caribbean 5" was also changed from "Dead Men Tell No Tales" to "Salazar's Revenge".
Translating from English to Chinese is considered a language switch, so changing the title of the film during translation is acceptable.
But as an English-speaking country, why do you have to translate it into English again?
Do we have to show the world that we are not the same as the United States?
By the way, the subtitle of "Prologue" was changed to "Wedge" by the British.
In this regard, Nanaya really wants to complain about whether those people who review films in the UK are too bored.
"Are there any other reports about 'Prologue'?" Lily became interested and urged, "I want to hear more."
"OK."
Nanaya flipped the newspaper back and immediately saw another article related to "Prologue".
"It is reported that the main creators of the currently popular movie "Fate: Prologue" will attend the Magic City International Film Festival."
"The famous Hollywood director Nanaya Kiryu and the well-known actress Lily Wettin will come to Shanghai in June to greet Chinese movie fans."
In fact, they were the only two people from the "Prologue" crew.
A certain Husky is currently touring Japan, taking advantage of the popularity of "Prologue".
As for Inukai and Yumi, they returned to the "Hundred Years War" crew to film after finishing their promotional activities.
In fact, Lily should be filming in the crew now.
But "Prologue" was a big hit in China, and Lily's fans grew explosively.
The Shanghai International Film Festival took notice of Lily's popularity and invited her.
Shion originally didn't want to let him go.
It's not that she doesn't want Lily to come to China for promotion, but if she is released, it will become an international tour for Nanaya and Lily alone.
What if something happens while you are playing in China?
Then the two people fell deeply in love and did that and that.
That would be too cheap for that beast Nanaya.
Although Nanaya has always promised that he would not do anything to Lily, a man's promise in matters like this is just for your listening and should not be taken seriously.
After all, a man's lower body has never been controlled by his brain.
Falling in love with someone and loving someone are two different issues.
Finally, Nanaya managed to convince Shion. After all, he was still thinking about recommending Artoria's army to China.
How could he miss such a good publicity opportunity?
But Shion's worries were not unreasonable. After getting in the car, Lily held onto Nanaya's arm and refused to let go, almost hanging on it like a sloth.
"Hehe, let's join hands~~"
Lily let out two silly laughs, she was very satisfied with the wording in the report.
Nanaya ignored Lily's strange behavior and gestured to the newspaper in his hand: "Do you want to continue?"
Lily nodded repeatedly: "Continue."
Nanaya had no choice but to transform himself into a newspaper reader again.
"Director Kiryu and Lily Wettin's appearance at the Shanghai International Film Festival is a recognition of the festival. Kiryu Nanaya has always been aware of the development of China's film industry and hopes to have a deeper cooperation with China."
"It is reported that the next stage of the Fate series will be the most important moments in the history of human civilization. As an ancient civilization, China is also one of the stages."
"Director Nanaya Kiryu came to Shanghai this time to participate in the film festival, and another purpose is to select actors. Many famous domestic movie stars may be invited, including..."
Lily interrupted Nanaya before he could finish reading out the list.
Lily raised her hand and answered, "I know. Sister Shion told me to be on guard against three vixens."
Nanaya's face was filled with black lines: "Where did three vixens come from? There are only two in total. Gao Chang Gong is a man, okay?"
"Damn! You really do have that idea!"
Lily was so angry that she twisted Nanaya's arm hard.
"Don't—Ah!!!"
Nanaya let out a scream like a pig being slaughtered, and immediately pulled his arm away from Lily's arms.
"You've become less and less cute since you stopped calling me [brother-in-law]." Nanaya complained while rubbing his arm.
"You deserve it."
Lily snorted coldly: "You already have a super cute beautiful girl like me, and you are still looking at the food in the pot."
Nanaya, knowing that he was in the wrong, did not make any excuses.
Although Lily is not his woman, she is his sister-in-law.
This time, just think of it as Lily doing it for Ryan.
However, Nanaya did not continue reading the newspaper in the following time.
Lily, feeling bored, started watching it herself.
Although she couldn't understand what was in the newspaper, she could still pass the time by guessing.
"Hey, Nanaya."
Lily's gaze suddenly stopped on a report for a long time, and she curiously put the newspaper back under Nanaya's nose.
"What does this report say?"
Nanaya took the newspaper and took a quick glance at it, his face suddenly turned ugly.
However, after reading the entire report, Nanaya still forced a smile.
"Nothing, I'm just analyzing why the box office of Prologue is so high." Nanaya said to Lily with a smile.
Lily obviously didn't believe it: "Then why do you look so bad?"
"Hmm..." Nanaya thought for a moment and then said, "The report said that the number of imported films released during the summer vacation will be reduced. From now on, the movies we released in July and August may have to wait until September or October to be released."
"What's the big deal? Doesn't it take Japan half a year to introduce Hollywood movies? This is a very normal thing." Lily waved her hand casually.
Every country has its own film protection measures, although no country has publicly acknowledged this.
This is also an unspoken rule in the film industry of various countries.
So Lily thought Nanaya was making a fuss out of nothing, so she leaned back in her chair and closed her eyes to rest.
Nanaya took advantage of Lily's inattention to secretly pull out the page containing the report and hid it close to his body.
This report is certainly not about protecting the moon, but about the bundled sales of "Prologue".
A viewer spent 80 yuan to buy a ticket for the 3D version of "Prologue", but when the ticket seller issued the tickets, he directly gave out two tickets.
One is from "Prologue" and the other is from other movies.
What is surprising is not the cinema's buy-one-get-one-free conscientious move.
On the ticket stub, the 3D version of "Prologue" showing at 7pm is priced at 20 yuan and is marked as a "group ticket".
Another movie shown at 10 p.m. has a ticket price of 60 yuan, and it is marked as a "discount ticket" on the ticket.
The audience member asked the ticket seller what was going on, and the other party replied that the cinema was holding an event called "double film screening".
Audiences can watch another movie after watching "Prologue".
Of course, the tickets for the latter movie are free, so it doesn't matter if you don't watch it.
Hehe.
Nanaya sneered. Not to mention that the audience had already finished watching the more than two-hour "Prologue", whether they still had the energy to watch the second movie.
That 10pm show time is outrageous.
It's not a crazy fan movie, who would watch it until the early morning?
Of course, these are not the main points. The main point is that Nanaya wants to know how much the audience spent 80 yuan to watch "Prologue" and how much the ticket price of "Prologue" was recorded in the cinema's accounts.
This involves your own money!