I loaded the geek game

Chapter 840: The Whale Movie Ends

Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.

The cinema located in the shopping mall has a constant stream of customers coming and going.

In the viewing area, three college-age boys moved out with the crowd.

Yoji Shimokawa, Tsunayoshi Hidaka, and Fumiya Takahashi are all old fans of GENIE.

The first monster movie "The Whale on the Seaside" released by GENIE Studio has been officially released in major theaters for nearly a month and a half. Although the number of screenings in major theaters is still large, it will be taken off the shelves at the end of the month.

As loyal fans of GENIE, these three never miss any issue of the monster TV series launched by the studio, or the monster manga magazine "One Hundred Demons Night Parade" published by the studio's Night Tour Company.

Let's go watch "The Whale on the Shore" together today. Except for Hidaka Yoshinaga who was watching the movie for the first time, the other two had actually watched the movie on its premiere day. This time they just watched it for the second time with their friends.

The main reason why Liang Gang read it so late was because he was delayed by something.

When the movie was first released, he returned to his hometown, Yokohama.

After returning to Tokyo, I was busy preparing for the exam.

Compared to the other two friends who each have side jobs, Hidaka Ryousuna is indeed the most hardworking one among the three in academics.

By the way, during the few days when Hidaka Tsunayoshi returned home earlier, his sister who stayed in his hometown to attend junior high school took him to the Sikin Shrine in Konantai near their home to worship the god Siken, in order to pray for both of them to have smooth academic performance.

Tsunayoshi generously imparted his learning "experience" to his sister -

Before entering the examination room for every exam, I would silently say in my heart, "Miss Mary, please bless me."

Hidaka Tsunayoshi solemnly assured his sister that although Miss Mary was just an urban legend and her image as a "goddess of luck" only appeared in the anime "Miss Mary", this trick would definitely improve her luck in the exam!

The brothers and sisters of the Hidaka family each have their own set of new and old metaphysical concepts.

At this moment, Hidaka Tsunayoshi, who came out of the cinema, was still a little unsatisfied and was obviously still immersed in the movie-watching experience just now:

"It's really good, this movie "The Whale on the Seashore". The script written by Mr. Suliu is as brilliant as ever, and the production skills of the studio are still online. Moreover, the little whale king is so cute. As the first big movie produced by GENIE, it should be considered a success, right?"

"It is indeed a success." Takahashi Fumiya nodded in agreement. "According to the data currently released, the domestic box office revenue of The Whale on the Beach has exceeded 5 billion. We are optimistically estimating that by the time it is finally finished, it will hopefully exceed 6 billion or even 7 billion."

Takahashi has a channel on YouTube for film and television reviews, and is now considered a semi-professional film critic.

He is quite sensitive to information about anime and movies.

"The conservative estimate is 6 billion. I thought it would be over 10 billion. The response online is obviously very good, right? There are a lot of discussions and positive reviews." Hidaka Tsunayoshi smacked his lips.

"There aren't that many movies with a box office of over 10 billion. If it exceeds 10 billion, it will basically be ranked in the top 20 of the box office rankings of all time." Takahashi shook his head, and then continued more earnestly, "As GENIE's first movie, this result is already very outstanding. If nothing unexpected happens, "The Whale on the Shore" will firmly rank third in this year's annual box office, and only movies of the same magnitude as Conan the Movie will rank ahead of it."

"A theater version..."

Hidaka Tsunayoshi seemed to have thought of something and looked at Shimokawa Yoji on the other side: "Yoji, why doesn't GENIE's first big movie have a theatrical version? Whether it's "Karasu Tengu's Monster Retreat" or "Miss Mary", as long as it is a theatrical version, with GENIE's production capacity and the fan base of the anime, the box office will definitely be very high, right?"

As a professional film critic, Takahashi Fumuya has a very good grasp of current news.

Yoji Shimokawa, who is developing into a professional cartoonist and has a contract with GENIE's Night Tour Club, has exclusive inside information.

"I don't know about that either. The core project has been kept secret for a long time..."

But unfortunately, even Yoji Shimokawa could not answer Hidaka Tsunayoshi's question.

Takahashi Fumiya: "Perhaps, GENIE's business strategy is to expand in multiple areas. Anime, comics, and possibly even virtual anchors, and now movies... And the first movie uses independent characters and plots, which shows that GENIE is very determined to enter the film industry and is not limited to theatrical versions of anime. It seems that the concept of the monster universe that was promoted before is serious."

"That's right." Shimokawa nodded. "I also heard that GENIE is planning to invest in or acquire independent game studios."

"Ah? Didn't they say that the core project is confidential?"

"I just heard such rumors, that's all."

"In short, the ambition shown by GENIE is definitely to become a complex pop culture company. And so far, the quality of the works it has produced is guaranteed. It can be clearly felt that GENIE is trying its best to ensure the reputation of each work, regardless of the cost, even to the point of making it well-received even if it is not a box office hit. But no matter what, this is a good thing for us fans."

Takahashi's words sounded like a closing statement.

And he was right, GENIE studio's behavior was sometimes a little abnormal.

It's not just about being keen on cross-border business and rapid development. Looking back at what GENIE has done in the industry in the past two years, it has done a lot of things like "losing money to gain publicity".

It feels as if this thriving studio itself doesn't have profit as its primary goal.

As for why this happened, Takahashi couldn't understand.

Maybe the president behind this company is really rich...

When talking about GENIE, Hidaka Tsunayoshi is always very interested: "By the way, in almost all of GENIE's major works, you can see the participation of Sukuryu-sensei. I saw someone joke on the Internet that if you analyze the amount of work that Sukuryu-sensei has to do in a year, he doesn't even look like a human being."

Rational Takahashi didn't care about this statement: "Shuliu-sensei should only be responsible for the flagship work, and then follow up on other projects as supervisors to ensure quality, right?"

"It is true that for many planning tasks, Mr. Sukuryu is only in charge of supervision. But there are also many things that he does completely by himself. So everyone in the company calls him 'the ever-tireless Mr. Sukuryu'." Shimokawa said with a smile.

He does have more say in this regard.

And when it comes to the workload within GENIE, Shimokawa thought of an interesting topic: "Speaking of this, it reminds me. There seems to be a legend of a 'ghost team' circulating in the GENIE headquarters. It is said that there is a group of invisible colleagues who have been working with everyone."

"Ah? There are ghost stories in the studio? What's the origin?"

"Not really. It seems to be an outsourcing studio that has a close relationship with GENIE. But this studio is a little bit mysterious. Although the work efficiency is very high, under normal circumstances, it only directly connects with Ms. Kamiya, the general affairs director, and there is no information about this studio within the industry. Even if other people have work contact with the studio, it is completely online. Because it cannot be seen in reality, it is as if it does not exist, so it is called the 'ghost team'."

The three boys were talking as they walked, and when they were leaving the mall, Yoji Shimokawa's cell phone suddenly rang.

The caller information is displayed as——

[Tracing Teacher]

The call from Teacher Suliu is a big deal.

Shimokawa gestured to his two friends and quickly connected the call.

The call lasted about ten minutes.

During this time, Takahashi and Hidaka watched Shimokawa's expression change visibly from surprise at the beginning to excitement and joy.

"Okay, Mr. Suliu, I will definitely do my best."

Shimokawa finally expressed his positive attitude and then hung up the phone.

His two friends gathered around him again, and Hidaka couldn't help but be curious: "What's wrong? Did something good happen?"

"Great news! A new comic book project is being planned by Mr. Sukuryu, and he wants me to be his assistant!"

The serialized comic planned to be launched in "One Hundred Demons Night Parade" is called "Yanma Girl".

Yoji has already heard the general outline of the plot from Mr. Sukuryu.

[If the strong obsession cannot be calmed, Yanma girl will come stepping on the red spider lily...]

[This is an ancient monster legend, and the content of the legend is indeed true.]

[The girl's name is Xun.]

[Normally she is just an ordinary high school girl, but once she resonates with a certain strong obsession that remains in the world, she will transform into Yan Mo!]

After signing the contract with Yeyousha, Yoji Shimokawa has been working as an assistant to some mature contracted cartoonists, mainly learning and accumulating relevant experience.

Although the job I received this time was still to be an assistant, I was working as an assistant to the famous teacher Sukuryu...

How can it be the same!

Moreover, Mr. Suliu's situation is rather special; he is really too busy.

For the work "Yanma Shoujo", Mr. Sukuryu only provided the script and simple storyboards, and was responsible for the quality control and modification of the drawings, giving Shimokawa a certain amount of creative freedom.

In his previous work "The Fall of Wu-chan" submitted to Yeyousha, Yoji Shimokawa showed a strong talent for creating content about cute girls, especially in the daily life, and then he spent so much time on it.

Mr. Sukuryu seems to be very optimistic about Yoji and expressed his belief that Yoji can perform well in this new comic.

"In fact, it's not just as simple as being an assistant. Mr. Sukuryu said that as long as the quality of the first manuscript I give him is satisfactory, I can be a co-author of the serialized comics!" Shimokawa Yoji's face was still excited, "No, no... Sorry, I have to go to the Night Tour Club right away."

Hidaka and Takahashi could naturally understand their friend's excitement at the moment and expressed their understanding.

Afterwards, Yoji Shimokawa rushed to the Night Tour Club without stopping.

Being able to participate in the creation of Mr. Su Liu's serialized comics is a great opportunity for a new cartoonist like him to show his talent!

……

In ordinary times, flowers and bells are strangely shaped.

The casket stands quietly beside the path in the gloomy cherry blossom forest, surrounded by various shrines. The yellow-green fluorescence quietly lurks above this strange and solemn building complex.

"almost."

Kamiyagawa stood in front of the group of shrines and took another look at the small shrine belonging to Huajing.

A sad atmosphere permeates the azure ocean shrine, and the two red candles standing beside the shrine are about to burn out.

As a small lord of a maritime country, Huajing has the support of the Munakata Taisha Shrine, which houses the Three Goddesses of the Sea. And for a long time, the Ainu missionary group within the Shintakamaga-ga-hara faction has been making every effort to spread his beliefs and deeds.

In addition, in reality, shrines related to the Three Goddesses of Munakata, such as Itsukushima Shrine, basically secretly enshrine special whale statues.

Coupled with the final wave of hype, the movie "The Whale on the Beach" achieved gratifying box office results.

The little whale is absolutely foolproof when it comes to his belief in becoming a god and obtaining the "anchor point".

This time, the deification ceremony went as planned, without any incidents. (End of this chapter)