But It Still Can't Beat "Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy"

You should know that when the old man was young, he really did often hit people with his own hands.

Moreover, North American movie fans aren't interested in a Japan star. No matter how handsome Hiroshi Nagano is, he's just an ordinary face in their eyes, not as recognizable as Tiga after his transformation.

Compared to actors, Director Shinji Matou is more recognizable in Europe and America, and is therefore more vulnerable to attacks.

While Shinji years, he has also offended a lot of people.

Putting aside other things, there are quite a few filmmakers whose movies were released in the same period as the two Fate films, but whose box office was completely Shinji.

They don't care about whether their movie has problems; they only worry that without Shinji Matou, their movie wouldn't have been so disastrous.

These people may not amount to much, but they can still offer some support and encouragement.

For Toho, attacking Shinji Matou not only diverts fans' attention but also curbs the popularity of "Super Eight," making it a win-win situation.

However, Dongbao did not expect that Paramount's reaction would be much more intense than they anticipated.

They initially thought Paramount would at most create some scandals, but this snow-capped mountain was actually preparing to bury Shinji Matou alive in an avalanche.

Soon, numerous negative reports about Shinji appeared online and in many print media outlets.

Shinji Matou, a conman Director, a criminal in a sophisticated disguise!

Beneath this sensational headline lies a long string of descriptions, the truth of which is difficult to discern.

The writers hired by Paramount used this article as a starting point to smear Shinji from all angles.

They started by questioning Shinji's Shinji Matou achievements, citing his excessively young age.

For example, Shinji's incredibly worthless diploma, they found several Oxford University doctoral classmates who "theoretically" graduated at the same time as Shinji.

Through their interviews, they aim to let movie fans know one thing— Shinji Matou's Oxford diploma is suspicious.

That's obviously obvious. Shinji spent his years in Britain studying at the Clock Tower, so his understanding of Oxford wasn't much better than that of outsiders.

He might know which way the gates of Oxford open, but if you ask him how many gates Oxford has, he's out of luck.

Not only about Shinji's diploma, Toho also seized on some minor mistakes Shinji made while studying in the United States.

One of them was Shinji, who was clearly a minor at the time, yet he was able to drive recklessly through the streets and alleys of Los Angeles.

For example, there are some unusual relationships between him and the Jidai Group, which even implies that there is an abnormal business cooperation between Type-Moon Company and the Jidai Group.

In an effort to smear Shinji, these people even maliciously speculated that Shinji Matou, taking advantage of his good looks, seduced an executive of the Jidai Group —and they maliciously omitted specifying the executive's gender.

If Shinji hadn't discovered that the content described in the article had absolutely no resemblance to his own experiences, he might have even suspected that the article was actually commissioned by a female executive.

Under normal circumstances, it wouldn't be a big deal for Shinji to actually date a senior executive of the Jidai Group.

Even if it's a man, it doesn't matter. Although the "freedom of love" organization [with a long string of letters that keeps increasing] isn't that powerful in this era, the seeds of "correctness" are already sprouting.

The problem is that Shinji's age is problematic. If his deal with a certain executive actually went through and we go back two years... well...

All I can say is that Paramount's writers were truly vicious; every move they made was aimed at ruining Shinji's reputation.

However, Shinji was already used to Paramount's disgusting tactics; after all, this wasn't the first time they'd done something like this. 86,9?0 6?29 52

The time when Tom Cruise's divorces, religious beliefs, and other scandals were at their peak was when he was embroiled in a major lawsuit with Paramount over the copyright ownership of the Mission Impossible: Impossible series.

Once both sides reached an agreement and were ready to promote Mission Impossible: Impossible, these negative stories immediately disappeared.

To say that there is absolutely no connection between the two is to treat people like idiots.

Shinji and Type-Moon Group had anticipated these smear campaigns from Paramount.

With the support of the media company under the Jidai Group, Shinji was not afraid of these rule-based tactics and continued to fight back, always focusing on one point.

"Godzilla is actually a giant lizard!"

They repeatedly use this point to remind the audience, even though it might attract some busybodies or passersby to watch.

Shinji believed that as long as this content was used to influence core fans and lower the film's ratings, Godzilla would definitely lose even more viewers.

Thus, the two sides used the internet and entertainment newspapers as their battlegrounds, and the war of words escalated completely in the period leading up to the release of "Godzilla".

"Shinji Matou has an ambiguous relationship with an executive of the Jidai Group, and he's been seen frequently visiting luxury hotels in Tokyo, raising suspicions of some internal corruption being exposed..."

Paramount, regardless of whether it actually exists or not, is casting a wide net. They'll go all out to smear anything related to Shinji Matou, and they won't let anything that can be used to create hype slip by.

But Shinji always focuses on one point.

"Godzilla is actually a giant lizard!!"

"Shinji Matou is suspected of driving without a license while studying in the United States..."

"Godzilla is actually a giant lizard!!"

"Shinji Matou is suspected of diploma fraud..."

"Godzilla is actually a giant lizard!!"

"Unveiling the secrets of Shinji Matou and Type-Moon Company: their scouting of so many high-profile actors was to satisfy their own unknown fetishes..."

"Godzilla is actually a giant lizard!!"

Unlike the opponent's widespread attacks, Shinji focused his efforts on one point, constantly using his own online army to remind the audience that Godzilla's design was flawed.

In fact, Paramount also wanted to focus its attacks on Shinji Matou.

The problem is that many of Shinji's accusations are dubious, and if they dig deeper, they could be sued by Shinji for spreading rumors.

The only definite blemish is that Shinji Matou's diploma is indeed questionable.

Unfortunately, they couldn't investigate this lead at all, because Oxford University directly informed them that if they dared to continue saying that Shinji's diploma was problematic, they would let Paramount know how many outstanding alumni Oxford had.

Logically speaking, Paramount, an American company, shouldn't need to bother with a Britain university. However, Oxford's reputation is indeed prestigious enough, and many elites in the United States are Oxford graduates or honorary alumni.

Paramount's senior management discussed it and decided that since it wasn't their own mother being harassed by the Oxford principal, it wasn't worth fighting to the death with this school, so they had no choice but to give up.

But Paramount did not stop smearing Shinji and began looking for other breakthroughs in an attempt to completely destroy Shinji.

Shinji sometimes doesn't understand Paramount, that mad dog. He's only getting in their way from making money, why does it have to be so relentlessly attacked?

What deep-seated grudge could you possibly have? Did you even greet your mother?

Regardless of what Paramount thinks, Shinji has already harbored a grudge against the company.

However, in order to ensure the promotion of his own movie and avoid trouble, he can only choose to let things cool down for now and settle accounts later when the buzz has died down.

Actually, Shinji isn't letting Paramount get away with this. Despite the fact that the movie "Godzilla" has only had a few test screenings and hasn't even been officially released yet, thanks to the relentless slander from Type-Moon's online trolls, its reputation on the internet has been completely ruined.

Putting everything else aside, the initial audience rating on IMDb was 8.1, which is barely passing for a big-budget commercial production.

In stark contrast, * The Super Eight * maintained a strong online reputation, even after its opening weekend, with its IMDb rating remaining high...

Ahem, those who know, know.

The excellent word-of-mouth resulted in an exceptionally stable box office performance for "The Super Eight". Although the box office revenue over the five weekdays was not as high as the opening weekend, it was not far behind.

Before the second weekend even started, "Super Eight" had already nearly reached Type-Moon Company's target of $150 million at the North American box office alone.

The excitement of the executives at Type-Moon and Jidai Group. is understandable; this could very well be another Fate/Zero-level movie.

With the boost from its excellent box office performance, the attitude of the senior management of the Jidai Group towards Shinji and "Super Eight" is also quietly changing.

Originally, their attitude towards Super Eight was somewhat lukewarm because of the bet.

Despite the efforts to promote the film, it was merely a routine matter.

Now they've started supporting Shinji Matou in the war of words, and are spontaneously fighting for his positive image and online traffic to help him clear his Shinji.

Echoing the box office success is the ever-increasing sales of merchandise—especially various Ultraman transformation items, ranging from crudely made soft rubber sticks to Bandai's high-quality DX and UR models, which have become essential items for many movie fans.

Despite Shinji and Bandai not reaching an agreement on the distribution of Fate series merchandise, Bandai is still very quick to release Ultraman toys.

Since the beginning of this year, Bandai's various versions of transformation devices have been selling like hotcakes.

After the opening weekend box office results for "Super Eight" were released, Bandai also launched various soft vinyl figures of Ultraman and monsters, which were also quite popular.

In just one week, Ultraman -related toy products have generated nearly $17 million in revenue for all parties involved. Combined with revenue from other merchandise, sales of merchandise alone easily exceeded $30 million.

In the film industry, it's safe to say that there's no more direct and effective way to elevate a Director's standing in the eyes of Film Company than through box office revenue and merchandise sales.

Don't be fooled by everyone's talk of "for the sake of cinematic art." If there's no money, who the hell cares about art?

Thus, the idea that watching Shinji Matou was like watching the US dollar began to spread from one company to another within the Type-Moon universe, originating from IMAX Company and spreading to various other companies...

Now, Super Eight is entering its second weekend.

Its future commercial performance will depend not only on its own performance but also on the performance of its competitors.

If the competitors are too strong, it will inevitably create an impact.

And now, Godzilla, the rival of Super Eight in every sense, has finally arrived.

Chapter 254 But it can't compare to <Super Eight>

Before the sun had even risen on Friday, Hirotaka Matsuoka got up very early.

Instead of going directly to work, he paced back and forth around his yard.

He originally thought this method would help him calm down, but the more he walked, the more agitated he became.

In the end, he could only silently return to his room and living room, pour himself a glass of milk to calm down.

Judging from the audience's reaction at yesterday's premiere, the film doesn't seem to be as bad as expected.

He had made a special observation and found that no audience members left early during the entire screening, and the applause at the end of the screening was quite enthusiastic.

While this is likely just basic courtesy for audience members attending a premiere, Hirotaka Matsuoka hopes that these people are genuinely impressed by the film when they applaud.

If the other advance screenings perform as well as the premiere, Godzilla, while not a box office smash, will at least achieve respectable numbers.

At this moment, Hirotaka Matsuoka did not realize that his feelings had changed from completely defeating Shinji Matou and Super Eight a month ago to simply considering Godzilla's success as a victory.

Besides the fact that Super Eight is indeed outstanding, it's also related to the recent negative reviews of Godzilla, which have overshadowed it.

But people always have a bit of wishful thinking. After all, there are movies that have terrible word-of-mouth and are not favored by the outside world before their release, but have become box office hits after their release.

To take a recent example, Shinji Matou night is a very typical example.

Isn't Godzilla at this point quite similar to FSN back then?

Hirotaka Matsuoka thinks that Godzilla might be one of those lucky ones too.

But Hirotaka Matsuoka forgot that while FSN was not favored by critics and industry professionals, the audience reviews from its several test screenings were explosively positive.

However, when it comes to Shinji Matou, Hirotaka Matsuoka always feels a bit strange.

Shinji also attended the premiere last night.

Because of the recent war of words, Hirotaka Matsuoka has been carefully observing his opponent.

As a result, Shinji Matou behaved very well throughout the entire premiere.

Aside from occasionally talking to Chloe Flora, who was sitting next to him, during movie screenings, Shinji Matou other times.

Even after the movie ended, the other person personally shook hands with him and wished him great box office success.

Shinji Matou's behavior greatly provoked Hirotaka Matsuoka, not because the other party did anything, but precisely because the other party did nothing at all.

According to Hirotaka Matsuoka's understanding, a young person who achieves success at a young age should have a hot-blooded personality. Given the recent smear campaign, he should be provoking and attacking others indiscriminately.

As a result, the other party watched the movie obediently, just like other established Film Company owners.

"Could it be that that kid can actually distinguish between Toho and Paramount, which directly smeared him?"

Hirotaka Matsuoka found it somewhat unbelievable, but it seemed to be the only explanation that made sense.

Just as Hirotaka Matsuoka was feeling uneasy and lost in thought, his cell phone rang.

Hirotaka Matsuoka glanced at the caller ID; it was his secretary calling.

He quickly pressed the call button on his phone and held it to his ear, "It's me. Have the box office statistics for the advance screenings been released yet?"

"Just received it."

The sound from the receiver cut out for a moment, Hirotaka Matsuoka's heart began to sink.

The secretary's voice held no joy, only solemnity, which meant the news was definitely not good.

"Boss, the data is slightly lower than expected."

Where is the data from?

"The figures for North America and Japan are still being compiled."