Thankfully, this is a public place like a comic convention, otherwise Nanaya felt that Ori would probably just launch a series of lecturing punches at him.
But even so, Nanaya could imagine what kind of torture he would suffer when the comic convention was over and they were alone.
So Nanaya walked to the booth of Washimine Entertainment with a desperate look on his face, waiting for Ori to bring the fax over.
There is still some time before the official opening, but some tourists have already started their San Diego Comic-Con journey in advance.
The fans who have already entered are basically those with connections to the booth. They entered the venue in advance by relying on their relationships with the booth staff.
Some of them are avid fans who want to buy the venue-related items they want in advance.
The other part is the "enthusiastic peripheral carriers" who will buy limited venue peripherals before the opening.
Wait until the exhibition is over and then sell it to those who want the venue's surrounding items at a "suitable" price.
Similar things happen at comic conventions everywhere, and Nanaya doesn't have any bad feelings towards these people.
After all, the number of people who can come to the scene is always a small number, and those who cannot come here can only buy these limited products through these "kind-hearted people".
There is nothing wrong with "good-hearted people" making money by running errands, after all, that's how they make a living.
What Nanaya really hates are those who maliciously speculate on prices.
However, despite their malicious intent, Nanaya himself had no better way to stop these people.
Don't think that there are such people only in China, they can be found all over the world.
It's just that among these "kind-hearted people" in China there are often uncles and aunts who are obviously not in the social circle.
In fact, whether in Europe, America or Japan, there are always many "good Samaritans".
Moreover, these people are all senior industry insiders, and they can even make very accurate judgments about what will increase in price.
When these "kind-hearted people" stand in front of you, you have no idea whether they are real fans or just "kind-hearted people".
Because these people are originally two-faced people who can switch between them at will.
At this year's San Diego Comic-Con, Washimine Entertainment's booth was located directly opposite the main entrance.
Washimine Entertainment, which has become one of the six new members, is no longer what it used to be.
Nanaya remembered that when he first came to the San Diego Comic-Con, the geographical location of the booth was really terrible.
It's not like now, where we can occupy the most prominent position in the entire comic exhibition.
This kind of C-position booth cannot be obtained just by having money. The organizer must also consider the content of the booth and the status of the booth applicant.
From the current perspective, Washimine Entertainment is obviously given high hopes by the organizers, who hope that it can drive this year's San Diego Comic Con.
This can be regarded as a tacit understanding between the organizer and Washimine Entertainment.
The organizers also knew that Washimine would definitely take drastic measures at this comic exhibition.
After all, everyone knows that Washimine will release the second movie of the FGO series this year.
But after the release of "Prologue", apart from the few concept drawings at the end of the movie that filled the entire screen with mosaics (actually just blurred wind), there has been no news about the sequel to FGO.
No information was given other than that the sequel will be released in 2011.
There are no servant names, no time period in which the story takes place, and nothing else except knowing that Mash and Ritsuka will be the protagonists.
Some even suspected that the film might not be finished yet, and then Washimine would announce the decision to postpone the release.
Although the follow-up plans for the FGO movie are shrouded in mystery, fans are very clear about one thing.
That's San Diego Comic-Con.
After all, this is the best platform to announce movie information, and it is also the one that can give everyone the most surprises.
Everyone believes that at the San Diego Comic-Con, Washimine will tell everyone everything about the new FGO movie.
The San Diego Comic Con is also aware of this situation. After all, this comic convention was originally organized spontaneously by anime fans.
Even though Washimine only submitted his activity schedule application form and did not reveal any information about the content.
But after seeing that Nanaya Kiryu would host the press conference, the organizers resolutely decided to leave the C position this time to Washimine.
It turns out that the move by the organizers of the San Diego Comic-Con was correct.
There is only a little time left before the official opening, and Nanaya takes this time to quickly browse the latest sales data of FGO peripherals.
It can be seen from the report that in the past few months, FGO's peripheral product sales in North America alone reached 200 million US dollars.
Sales performance in other regions is also quite encouraging.
Even in China, sales of peripheral products for "Prologue" reached a staggering 70 million RMB.
It can be seen that the Chinese film market is gradually being standardized and people's consumption concepts are also beginning to change.
These are all good things. Nanaya naturally hopes that FGO's sales performance will be as high as possible.
Among them, the best-selling items are the weapon ornaments of Mash and Black Saber.
The design of the Black Holy Sword and the dining table shield is very gorgeous and beautiful, and has become the favorite of all Fate fans.
The next best-selling peripheral item is Black Saber's clothing.
Nanaya could guess this from looking at the Cosplayers at the entrance of the exhibition.
I just wonder how many of these pieces were bought by men for their wives or girlfriends.
Anyway, Nanaya has already tried it on Ryan, and it feels quite good.
Cough cough.
However, what surprised Nanaya was that the sales of peripheral products of the character Romani, played by him, were also quite good.
Especially the few action figures that were available, whose sales were even higher than those of Medusa.
"It seems that you are very popular."
Ori commented in a mocking tone, standing behind Nanaya.
"It means I'm very popular."
Nanaya shrugged.
Ori continued to insist, "Why do I feel that those people buy your models to take them home and grill them on the gas stove?"
Nanaya rolled her eyes and said, "How is that possible? That would damage the stove."
"That means using a flamethrower to directly turn the figure into ashes." Ori sneered.
"...Can you think of something nice?"
"Senior, don't you think about it? You are just a minor character. How can you have so many fans and purchasing power?"
There was a hint of contempt in Ori's eyes.
"Maybe...it's to form a team..."
Two drops of cold sweat flowed down Nanaya's face. In a trance, he seemed to see someone holding a flamethrower and spraying the Romani figurine.
However, Ori's words also reminded Nanaya that there have been too many FGO peripheral products recently.
If the pit is too big, it is easy to drain the fans' consumption potential.
In order to ensure a sustainable operating strategy, Nanaya feels that the types of FGO peripheral products should be temporarily reduced.
Nanaya remembered the scene from "Avengers 2" in his previous life. That was probably the only setback the Marvel Cinematic Universe encountered in the middle stage of its development.
Judging from the box office alone, "Avengers 2" is undoubtedly an outstanding commercial film.
But on the other hand, "Avengers 2" is also a failed movie because Disney over-commercialized the Marvel IP during that period.
This negative consequence was reflected when the reputation of "Avengers 2" collapsed after its release.
The large accumulation of peripheral products caused Disney to suffer a loss.
In the end, Disney admitted that "Avengers 2" was a commercial failure.
But of course Disney would not admit that it was they who overdrawn the commercial potential of the IP, so they put the blame on Marvel and cleaned up the senior management.
Nanaya doesn't want FGO to end up like in "Avengers 2".
So Nanaya called the relevant department of Washimine Entertainment directly and asked them to collect some information first.
I will revisit issues surrounding FGO after I return to New York.
After Lily, Yumi and others entered the exhibition hall, the San Diego Comic-Con activities officially kicked off.
The press conference was scheduled for the afternoon, and in the morning, the Washimine booth only arranged for interactions with fans of a few actors.
Don't say there's nothing new.
For fans, it is a chance to meet and talk with their idols, and then get their autographs.
A set of processes is already very exciting for fans.
However, Nanaya did not participate in the fan interaction in the morning.
This is not because he does not value fans, but it is related to FGO's publicity strategy.
After all, directors are different from stars and actors and do not need to deliberately show affinity to fans.
As a behind-the-scenes worker, the director needs to maintain his own mystery, which will make the audience more interested in the director.
Moreover, Nanaya has to host a press conference in the afternoon and receive fans in the morning, which would be too tiring.
However, Nanaya still prepared his own signed FGO poster as a lottery gift for the lucky fans present at the exhibition.
After lunch, when Nanaya arrived at the press conference, he found that the conference hall was already packed with people.
There is no need to count, just by looking you can tell that the number of visitors to this press conference seriously exceeded the limit.
Although it is not yet time to sell tickets, Nanaya has already seen fans who bought tickets to wait in line.
Of course, these are all jokes. Fans can come and watch the press conference as long as they make an appointment in advance online.
This is also the reason why there is serious overcrowding.
If this press conference had not been broadcast live online, there would have been even more people coming to the event.
However, despite the large number of spectators, the order was still good.
Everyone is waiting to see what kind of surprises Nanaya can bring to everyone.
When the clock struck 2 p.m., Washimine Entertainment's San Diego Comic-Con press conference finally began.
Nanaya walked up to the podium wearing a white shirt and simply greeted everyone present.
"Hello, everyone." Nanaya waved to the audience, "I know why you are here, and I also know what you want to see. So I won't waste my time talking nonsense and will directly bring you what you want."
Nanaya pointed behind him, and the entire conference hall became dim.
Immediately afterwards, the promotional video of "Prologue" began playing on the big screen at the press conference.
The audience, who were originally cheering, began to talk in a flurry.
Watching the battle between Mash and Black Saber on the screen, the entire lecture hall was filled with black question marks.
"That's it?? That's it?! That's it!!"