French People: Japanese Media Are Even Worse Than Us!

In fact, Saber's choice in this battle was not problematic.

Facing a formidable Caster and a Master who is just an ordinary person, prioritizing the elimination of Kuzuki, who is also an ordinary person, is a tactic that is not inherently flawed.

However, due to her overconfidence in her Servant abilities and carelessness, Saber's choice led to one of the most classic scenes in FSN.

After Caster used Reinforcement Magecraft on him, Kuzuki's fist strength had reached the level of a low-grade Noble Phantasm.

He first blocked Saber's first slash with his enhanced body, then completely overwhelmed Saber, who was wielding a sword, with his left fist.

Just as Saber was about to manage a weak counterattack with her left fist, Kuzuki decisively grabbed Saber's neck with his right hand.

So Saber, who had the victory in the bag, was knocked unconscious by Kuzuki smashing her against the concrete wall at 200 miles per hour.

Then Servant Teacher Kuzuki unleashed his Musou mode, defeating Saber and then taking down Tohsaka Rin in one fell swoop.

If Shirou Emiya hadn't desperately Projection his twin swords to hold out until Saber regained her fighting strength, they would probably have all been sent to the morgue by Kuzuki.

"Damn, three against one and they still got killed? Do these guys even know how to play?!"

"Weren't Servants supposed to be really strong? Why can't they even beat a teacher?!"

"This isn't an ordinary teacher. Didn't you hear Saber say? His fists are comparable to Noble Phantasm."

"Is this because of Caster's enhancement? Is it Caster who's awesome, or the teacher?"

"I don't know, but she's definitely cooler than Saber."

It's no wonder Saber didn't want to watch this part of the story; it's practically her dark history.

The mighty King Arthur was actually choked by a human.

Throughout the battle, Kuzuki only received an enhanced fist from Caster, ultimately achieving a significant victory at the cost of injuries to his left fist and left arm.

First, he suppressed and stunned Saber, rendering her unable to fight and protect her Master. Then, he nearly killed Tohsaka Rin with his fists. After that, he easily fought against Shirou's Projection of Gan Jiang Mo Ye and Bakuya.

Towards the end of the battle, noticing Saber's signs of activating her Noble Phantasm, Kuzuki managed to escape the battlefield in time and flee with Caster.

It's safe to say that in this battle between the main characters and the Caster group, Kuzuki and Caster's side undoubtedly had the upper hand.

Meanwhile, Shinji, having lost his Servant, went to Kirei's place seeking the church's protection, only to be told by the priest that there was another new, ownerless Heroic Spirit.

As for the identity of this new Heroic Spirit, veteran Fate fans immediately guessed who it was upon seeing the iconic blond hair.

"Gilgamesh, it's you again!!"

Upon seeing this golden, joyful King appear, the audience's first reaction was that he was about to cause trouble.

However, although viewers guessed that Gilgamesh's appearance was to boost his popularity, placing him at the end of the fourth episode was to create suspense.

But the audience, especially the female fans, just loved it; they had been waiting for Gilgamesh appear for a long time.

Although those female fans now have their favorite Diarmuid, who wouldn't love the blond, Gilgamesh?

With its deviation from the movie's plot, the exposure of the Caster group, and the appearance of Gilgamesh, the fourth episode of UBW is full of hype.

After the fourth episode in North America, the show's viewership had risen to 13 million, making it one of TNT's best-performing TV series in recent years.

In Japan, the viewership ratings for the fourth episode of UBW began to rebound, rising from 28% in the third episode to 31.2%.

Although it's still a significant drop from the first episode's 40%, the fact that viewership has started to rebound speaks volumes.

Veteran employees who have worked at the TV station for many years know very well that as long as UBW's plot doesn't contain any particularly strange developments that cause its ratings and reviews to plummet, then the drama's viewership is considered stable.

Even if the ratings continue to decline, the final average rating of the series will definitely be above 25%.

What kind of achievement is this? It's an absolutely phenomenal achievement!!

The moment the ratings for the fourth episode of UBW were released, the entire Japan entertainment industry was once again blown away by this drama.

Chapter 106 The France: The Japan media are even worse than me!

The bottom line of media professionals is far more flexible than that of politicians; their skin is even thicker than that of Sir Humphrey.

It's probably because Shinji's public outburst against the media last time left them with psychological trauma.

With the ratings rebounding for the fourth episode of UBW, the media's attitude instantly made a 180-degree turn.

Those voices that were originally skeptical and mocking all turned into affirmation and praise. The "shameless face" that Shinji had ridiculed was once again vividly portrayed by the media reporters.

Of course, amidst the widespread praise, there were also those who stood up to criticize the TV series.

Film critics have stated that although the TV series version differs significantly from the movie version in terms of plot, it is essentially a rehash of old material.

Not only do they rehash old ideas, but they also slack off by repeatedly using the same actors and roles. If other film and television companies learn from this behavior, it will greatly lower the creative standards of the entire film and television industry!

Of course, these doubts didn't cause much of a stir. Most people felt that Fate had accomplished a seemingly impossible task by using the same characters to tell completely different stories and still making them enjoyable.

A film like this should be celebrated.

So, apart from film critics who still held firm to their principles and relentlessly criticized every loophole in UBW, media reporters changed their stance as quickly as possible.

The speed at which these media outlets surrendered is probably embarrassing even to the France at least held out for 42 days during World War II and for 3 days on arms orders.

Japan media reporters changed their stance the day after the fourth episode aired.

Articles praising UBW, such as "The same characters, but different storylines!", "A genius Director shows us the True Magic of the film and television industry!", "A rebound from rock bottom: How to save a TV series' ratings", and "What exactly is the difference between TV series and movies? FSN answers for you", etc., instantly flooded major Japan media platforms.

Anyway, these gossip reporters, who have mastered the art of being opportunistic, have long since given up on shamelessness.

At the Emiya Residence, Kiritsugu Emiya was drinking with his godson Shirou Emiya.

Neither Kiritsugu nor Shirou felt there was anything wrong with it; they had both been to the Middle East battlefield, so how could they not know how to drink?

"Let's take one down."

Kiritsugu and Shirou lightly clinked their sake cups together.

Shirou downed a glass of sake, smacked his lips, and looked somewhat sullen.

Kiritsugu glanced at the television in the room; it had just been broadcasting the news, which was naturally related to UBW.

"What's wrong?"

Kiritsugu took a small sip of his sake, looked at Shirou, and asked, "Your Lead Actor series is a huge hit; you should be happy."

The huge success of the UBW drama series meant that the popularity of the film studio his wife had invested in in Fuyuki City would continue to rise, which Kiritsugu saw as a good thing.

On the contrary, Shirou Kiritsugu n't rely on his looks anyway.

Shirou put down his glass, shrugged, and said, "No, I'm just a little confused."

"Confused?"

Kiritsugu asked curiously.

"Tohsaka went to study in Britain, Shinji is pursuing his own career, and even Sakura has her own goals and wants to become Shinji's assistant. But I can't find my direction in the future." Shirou shook his head with a smile.

Unlike Shirou Emiya from FSN, he doesn't dream of becoming a hero, nor does he have the burden of inheriting his family business like Tohsaka Rin.

Despite having acted in movies and TV dramas, Shirou did not develop an interest in acting; he felt that the entertainment industry was not suitable for him.

"Shirou, there's no need to rush," Kiritsugu with a kind smile. "You're still young, you have plenty of time to decide your own path."

"Well, seeing that everyone has already decided on their future, I'm getting a little anxious," Shirou said with a self-deprecating laugh.

Kiritsugu clinked glasses with Shirou again. "Don't worry, whatever you do, we'll support you. Why don't you become a mercenary like me?"

"Forget it, that kind of thing is just not for me. Last time you tricked me into going to the Middle East, Dad, I almost didn't make it there."

Shirou sighed, feeling a sense of dread about the past.

Hearing Shirou say that, Kiritsugu didn't press the matter further, but instead asked, "Speaking of which, where's Shinji? I haven't seen him for the past few days."

Kiritsugu had originally planned to bring Shinji along for drinking today, Matou Family informed him that Shinji hadn't been home for several days.

The Magecraft circle in Fuyuki City is only so big, and Kiritsugu a little curious since he hadn't seen Shinji for so long.

"It seems that Sakura was unhappy with her role, so she tied Shinji to the bed while he was sleeping and stuck a 'non-combustible trash' note on his forehead. This made Shinji afraid to go home."

"Oh wow~"

Kiritsugu smiled slightly.

"That kid only ever gets humiliated by his own sister. But won't his avoidance of Sakura make her even angrier?"

"Probably not?" Shirou replied while sipping his drink. "Anyway, Shinji used work as an excuse, so he should be able to get away with it."

"That little rascal."

Kiritsugu chuckled and cursed, but didn't pursue the matter further.

In fact, Shinji did use work as an excuse to avoid Sakura, but it wasn't entirely an excuse.

Currently, the first reorganization of the Type-Moon Group has been fully completed. In order to maximize the strength of the integrated company, the Second Master has quite a lot of work to do.

While Shinji is making preparations for filming "Super 8", he is also frequently trading stocks.

It's not that Shinji felt he was short of money and wanted to emulate Buffett or Soros by becoming some kind of stock market guru.

It was simply that with the bursting of the dot-com bubble at the end of the 20th century, more and more related companies saw their stock prices plummet, and some even faced financial difficulties.

It would be a disgrace to be a Transmigrator not to make a quick buck at a time like this.

Shinji knew very well that he was not a financial expert, nor was he thinking of maximizing returns. He only bought into technology companies that were destined to rise sharply in the future, as well as entertainment companies that would help his career.

Apple needs no introduction; for at least the next 20 years, smartphones will undoubtedly be the most important electronic product in people's lives.

Similarly, Netflix is also Shinji's target.

However, Shinji's attitude towards Netflix is completely different from his attitude towards Apple. Shinji only bought Apple stock to wait for its value to appreciate, but he bought Netflix because he valued its distribution channels and wanted to use it to develop his own streaming media.

Besides these two companies, several other well-known companies are also in Shinji's acquisition plans.

For example, IMAX Company.

The IMAX Company in this world is even more miserable than Shinji was in his previous life.

Although Type-Moon media outlets took the opportunity to hype up IMAX when Fate/Zero was released.

However, with only one commercial film worldwide using IMAX technology each year, this situation simply cannot bring about a fundamental change for the company.

As the company suffered losses day by day, some members of IMAX's board of directors began to consider selling their shares in exchange for a more promising company.

Shinji then seized the opportunity to take over.

However, the Second Master feared that his controlling stake in IMAX Company might lead to antitrust lawsuits from European and American countries in the future.

Although such a situation wouldn't cause any major problems, it would certainly bring him considerable trouble.

So Shinji simply gave all the shares to the Velvet family, since what he needed was IMAX's technology, not the company's profits.

That's right, Waver currently holds the largest stake in IMAX Company, exceeding 23%. Although he doesn't yet have absolute control, he has secured a seat as the largest shareholder on the board of directors.

It's not impossible that Waver might later try to compete for the chairmanship.

Waver is already working so hard that he has dark circles under his eyes. If he were to become the chairman of IMAX, he would probably fight Shinji the death.

After becoming the de facto controller of IMAX through Waver as a "puppet," Shinji proposed using IMAX technology to shoot his new film.

The plan was unanimously approved by the IMAX Company board of directors. Everyone thought that Shinji's suggestion was excellent and a feat comparable to changing from a single day off to a two-day weekend.

Although Shinji has stated that his first film will only be an experimental work and that its box office performance will not be very high.

Even so, everyone at IMAX Company was overjoyed.

After all, having hope is better than having no hope at all.

Unfortunately, IMAX Company has great confidence in its technology, but the mainstream film market doesn't use it at all.

Commercial films offer a completely different experience when shown on the big screen, but art films...

Unless it's a documentary focusing on scenery, the only benefit IMAX technology can offer to mainstream films is allowing viewers to clearly count the number of hairs on a female actress's body after she takes her clothes off.

Therefore, even though IMAX technology has been around for decades, it is only used in some science and education museums such as planetariums.

The films shown were mostly educational documentaries about the universe and the ocean.

IMAX Company has long coveted the film market, and the company was even founded with the sole purpose of grabbing a slice of that market.

However, technological limitations prevent IMAX Company from competing in a global film market worth tens of billions of dollars, much like Pigsy wanting to marry the Queen of the Women's Kingdom—I wanted to, but she wouldn't let me.

Now that a Great Director has finally become one of their own and is willing to play along, the IMAX board naturally gives their full approval.

Yes, the IMAX board of directors is all men.

IMAX Company cooperated very actively with all of Shinji's requests.