After all, as someone who personally experienced the last war, King Hubbard should have had considerable hatred for the Orc Kingdom, just like his contemporaries, and should have even witnessed the tragedy that the Orc Kingdom inflicted on the Human Empire.
However, after everything they had gone through, the other side still chose to accept the Orc Kingdom and chose to re-establish diplomatic relations with the other side. This requires sufficient determination and keen political wisdom to achieve.
While Durin was sighing, King Hubbard seemed to notice his thoughts and smiled:
"It looks like you came here for a purpose. Let me guess. Did the Beast King see the possibility of trade with our empire and ask you to make a movie to promote trade communication between the two countries?"
"Can you guess this?"
"We were prepared. After all, we know our neighbors much better than they know themselves."
"this… "
Once again shocked by King Hubbard's wisdom, Durin did not hesitate and immediately took out the movie script of "Spice and Wolf" and handed it over.
"Oh, is this the new movie you brought?"
"Yes, I have promised the Beast King that I will help make a movie to promote trade between the two countries."
"Haha, are you ready so soon? I'm really looking forward to it."
King Hubbard smiled and opened the movie script of "Spice and Wolf" in his hand and began to read it quickly!
Chapter 471: His Majesty the King’s comments on “Spice and Wolf”!
Chapter 471
King Hubbard did not read the script quickly, it could even be said that he was very slow.
This was the first time this had happened. When I had shown him other movie scripts before, he had finished them at an extremely fast speed, but when he was reading the story of Spice and Wolf, he stopped several times in the middle, and even just stared at a section of the plot without saying anything for a long time.
In this way, after a long time, His Majesty the King finally finished watching the entire movie written by Du Lin and said with emotion:
"It's a wonderful story. I never thought that Baron Durin could write such a story."
"So you are satisfied?"
Facing Durin's expressionless look, King Hubbard nodded and said:
"I am very satisfied. Or rather, I am too satisfied. Such stories can be used to make movies, and can even be used to guide merchants in the market and teach young merchants some simple rules. Before this, I didn't expect that Baron Dulin was so knowledgeable about business. I am really curious about where your inspiration for writing these stories came from."
"Thank you for the compliment..."
Du Lin didn't stay on this topic for too long. He never wanted to listen to such boring flattery.
Seeing this, King Hubbard quickly calmed down, carefully thinking back to the story he had just read, and finally nodded:
“Spice and Wolf is a really wonderful story. The orc girl in it is really likable, enough to change people’s simple view of orcs after reading the story. At the same time, the most distinctive feature of this story is its very detailed business development. The perspective of a businessman protagonist can be said to completely subvert the format of all previous movies, which should be a big selling point.”
"As the first step to restart the trade route between orcs and humans, the story of Spice and Wolf is perfect. It can not only reduce people's hatred of orcs, but also teach people some basic business rules and allow some young people who are interested in this to embark on the road of business. I have to admit that your story this time, Baron Durin, meets the requirements very well. It can almost be said that there is no better story than this."
After hearing King Hubbard's high evaluation, Durin slowly breathed a sigh of relief. At first, he was a little hesitant about the story of "Spice and Wolf", thinking that some of the settings in it were too exaggerated and whether the description of business would be inconsistent with this world.
But it turns out that no matter what world it is, many things are common.
In the end, it all comes down to whether the story itself is interesting or not.
Obviously, "Spice and Wolf" is a very interesting story, which is enough to touch the hearts of the audience in this world and make people like this story.
So, after getting King Hubbard's approval, Du Lin immediately packed up the script and decided to go back to officially shoot the movie "Spice and Wolf".
At this moment, King Hubbard suddenly stopped him and said:
"Regarding the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Orc Kingdom, I plan to hold a bilateral friendship conference between the two countries in more than a month. The venue will be set up in Ludasas in the western border. I hope you can broadcast the movie at that time."
"I see."
Knowing that King Hubbard intended to use the movie to liven up the atmosphere and ease the embarrassment of the diplomatic conference, Durin immediately nodded and left the palace.
At this moment, even Du Lin felt a little pressure after realizing the many missions he was carrying.
But he quickly recovered. After all, he was used to this kind of pressure and even hoped to have more pressure, because in this way, he would have more motivation to devote himself to the filming of the movie.
…
The next day, the filming of "Spice and Wolf" officially began.
Since the film had to recruit actors at the beginning and this task would take a long time, Du Lin finally handed everything over to his subordinates.
After all, he had already found the actors for the most crucial male and female protagonists in advance.
During this period, he went to the familiar Eastern Territory of Alkans, where he met another crew that was ready.
"Director Du Lin, you are here."
When Chase saw Du Lin coming, he immediately came forward to greet him.
In response, Du Lin just looked at the many actors behind him who were ready. Almost all those gathered here were actors who came to film "Fate Stay Night".
Among them, he saw the familiar actor who played Saber, Lia, the vice-captain of the Imperial Knights; the actor who played Archer, the captain of the Imperial Knights, Wycliffe; the actor who played Gil, a member of the Imperial Knights; and the actor who played Kotomine Kirei.
Most of these people are actors in "Fate Zero", so Du Lin is very familiar with them.
In comparison, he hardly recognized most of the other actors.
Therefore, after many hints from Chase, he finally came over this time to formally meet with many of the actors of "Fate Stay Night".
"Hello, Director Du Lin."
The first person to come to Du Lin was the actor who played Shirou Emiya. He had actually met Du Lin a long time ago. He came to audition for the role in "Fate Zero" at that time, but his attitude was too arrogant and he was not selected.
After that, after fully realizing the charm of movies, he continued to practice and finally got the recognition of his manager Chase and was selected as the protagonist of "Fate Zero".
"You look better now than you did before."
The young man scratched his head awkwardly at Du Lin's sigh. He was obviously very embarrassed about his past attitude. His current admiration for Du Lin was almost heartfelt.
On the other hand, Du Lin also met the actors of many roles, such as the actress who played the main heroine of this UBW, Toosaka Rin.
The other person was a girl with a personality similar to Toosaka Rin. When she saw Du Lin, she was still talking nonsense and complained about the various small flaws of the actor who played Emiya Shirou many times, which made the other person feel embarrassed and made people around her laugh.
Dulin also met Chase's niece, the girl who played Illya. When she stood with Chase's daughter, it seemed like they were two different periods of the same person, which made Dulin marvel and feel the magical genes of Chase's wife's family.
Soon, Du Lin got to know everyone in the crew.
Basically, all the actors were carefully selected by Chase, and they are very suitable for the roles. It can be said that he really put his heart and soul into filming this movie and put all his efforts into it.
Now, after taking a few days' rest, he couldn't help but rush to the front line of filming again, putting all his energy into making a better movie.
For this reason, Du Lin, while expressing his deep emotion, also admired the other party's attitude.
It can be said that only when there are more and more people like Chase, the world's film market will truly burst into vigorous vitality.
So, he rekindled his passion after a long time and quickly joined the other party in the filming of the new movie.
Chapter 472: "fsn" and "Lang Xin" are officially finished! Bilateral conference is held!
Chapter 472
Time flies. When Du Lin devoted himself to the filming of the new movie, a lot of things undoubtedly happened in the Human Empire and the Orc Kingdom.
First of all, in the Orc Kingdom, influenced by the last civil war, the vast majority of orcs have completely given up the idea of war and no longer believe in the war faction's views.
However, even if they gave up the war faction's views, the orcs were still confused about the future of the entire country and could not figure out where this country should go next.
After all, poverty within the Orc Kingdom is an unchangeable fact, and the people need food to maintain their necessary survival.
Under such circumstances, chaos inevitably arose within the Orc Kingdom. Although the War Faction disappeared, other similar organizations began to re-emerge.
In response to all this, the Beast King acted decisively and cut off all signs that the war faction might make a comeback, and even took some overly drastic measures.
All this naturally led to protests from ordinary orcs, who believed that the kingdom faction represented by the Beast King was also useless and could not solve the difficulties within the orc kingdom at all.
Faced with the doubts of the orc people, the Beast King did not respond at all, but just waited patiently for the opportunity to come.
More than half a month later, the Human Empire and the Orc Kingdom jointly announced that they would hold a bilateral conference in Ludasasburg in the western border in half a month, marking the first time in four or five decades that the leaders would have a dialogue.
This news shocked all the orcs and all the humans who knew the news. People on both sides fell into chaos for a moment, unable to believe that all this was true.
…
The orcs were the first to be shocked when they heard about the bilateral conference.
Although the orcs' views on humans have become more moderate due to the influence of the movie "No Game No Life - Zero", they still can't believe that the two countries would start communicating again after decades.
After all, although the war in the last era was first started by the orcs, because the overall strength of mankind has made tremendous progress in the past thousand years, especially the number of great sages is about to break through double digits, in the end it was the orcs themselves who suffered the greater sacrifice.
Therefore, the orcs' views on humans have always been in a very contradictory and delicate state, and it is difficult for them to calmly accept this fact.
"What happened to the Beast King? Why is she communicating with the Human Empire? Is she planning to surrender to the Human Empire? Is she trying to gain benefits by ceding land?"
"I can't accept this. Although the power of the human empire is far beyond ours, how can we orcs succumb to them? Instead of this, we might as well let General Fontrey out of prison and start another war!"
"This... isn't your idea a bit too extreme? Maybe the Beast King just wants to reestablish normal trade relations with the Human Empire and alleviate the problems within the kingdom?"
"Who knows? Anyway, I don't care about anything else now. As long as I can solve the problem of food, I can do anything. If we continue to starve like this, who knows how many people will starve to death."
"Even if it's for food, we can't give up the dignity of our race."
"How much is dignity worth in the face of survival? If the Human Empire is willing to sell us food, we can agree to it no matter what the price is."
"It's better to have a bottom line."
"… "
In the face of this bilateral conference, the orcs had a heated discussion.
However, due to the current crisis and the influence of the movie "No Game No Life - Zero", the orcs basically supported the convening of the meeting and did not have much resistance.
On the other hand, the Human Empire was very resistant to the conference. Many people, under the influence of the interest groups behind the scenes, even issued a collective protest. They did not want such a bilateral conference to be held, and even less wanted to allow the Orc Kingdom to establish normal trade and diplomatic exchanges with the Human Empire.
King Hubbard was naturally prepared for all of this. He issued a strict order on the first day the news was released, insisting that the conference between the two countries be held normally.
To this end, he even used his own prestige to ask the dukes of the four territories to restrain public opinion in their respective territories, suppress those speculators who put profit above all else, and ensure that no one would force the cancellation of the bilateral conference under the influence of racism.
The Duke of the Four Realms would naturally not go against the old king's request. After all, the high-ranking officials of this generation of the empire had all gained friendships through fighting on the battlefield.
Although they were somewhat puzzled by King Hubbard's behavior at first, they eventually saw the meaning behind the conference and agreed with His Majesty's choice.
Therefore, many disputes were completely eliminated before they even started.
Even though it seemed like a storm was brewing on the first day the news was released, rumors were rife throughout the empire, including the capital. Racists and people with ulterior motives spread all kinds of remarks everywhere, trying to disrupt the normal holding of the bilateral conference.
But in the end, under the unified coordination of the entire human empire from top to bottom, the pressure from public opinion was quickly extinguished, and everything began to proceed in an orderly manner.
Although there are still many people who show extreme rejection of orcs and even violent conflicts occur, all this has not caused much trouble in the end.
Time passed gradually, and the bilateral conference between the Human Empire and the Orc Kingdom was finally about to begin.
…
Arkans, Eastern Border of the Empire.
As soon as Du Lin arrived here, he heard the news that Chase had completed the production of the entire "Fate Stay Night" UBW line.
During this month, he almost ran back and forth between the two crews.
While filming "Spice and Wolf" between the cities in the West, I came to Alcans in the East to follow the filming of the "Fate Stay Night" UBW line.
In the end, when Du Lin was almost extremely exhausted and fainted, the two films were finally completed as scheduled and officially finished shooting before the bilateral conference between the two countries began.
At this moment, facing the two imaging crystals that had appeared in his hands, a smile slowly appeared on Du Lin's face.
He knew that another epoch-making change was about to happen before him.
So, he turned to look at the actors who were already tired to the point of numbness, and said with a smile:
"Well, congratulations everyone, the UBW line of "Fate Stay Night" and the other side of "Spice and Wolf" have been completely completed!"
"Next, let's wait for the good news about the movie's release!"
For a moment, after hearing Du Lin's words, even though the staff were extremely tired, they stood up excitedly and cheered.
It can be said that all the fatigue in the past has completely disappeared without a trace when facing the reality of the successful filming of the movie, and all the past investment has turned into rewards at this moment!
Chapter 473: The Two-State Conference and the Release of a New Movie!
Chapter 473
It is now mid-September, and the bilateral conference between the Human Empire and the Orc Kingdom is about to be held.
As the venue for the conference, the entire Ludasasburg was in an extremely tense state. A large number of security personnel were roaming around all the time, trying to ensure that the entire meeting was absolutely safe from beginning to end and not affected by any outsiders.