In an office building in Tokyo, Japan, Shiori Kaede's hands were typing quickly on the keyboard.
Although it was already lunch time, he still stared at the computer and refused to relax.
To Shiori Kaede's right hand side was a crumpled-up sandwich wrapper, which was his lunch today.
"Shiori, you're working so hard? It was the same yesterday. Why are you working so hard all of a sudden?"
The colleague sitting next to Shiori Kaede looked at him curiously.
The other person was carrying a lunch box and preparing to go out because he became curious when he saw Shiori Kaede still working.
In his impression, although Shiori Kaede was not lazy at work, he definitely would not work so hard.
After all, no matter how hard you work, there will always be a lot of work to be done, and you will definitely have to work overtime in the end.
In this case, it is better to take your time and complete the work more carefully.
"Well, I want to get off work early these two days." Shiori Kaede answered without taking his eyes off the computer screen.
You have to work overtime. It is impossible to avoid working overtime in this life.
But if all the work is done, it's okay to leave work an hour or two early.
"Oh?"
The colleague immediately became interested. He tapped Shiori Kaede's back and asked, "Do you have a girlfriend?"
"No, I don't have time for a blind date."
Shiori Kaede opened the hand that was poking his back to avoid disturbing himself.
"Why is that?"
My colleagues were very confused and wondered what else, other than women, could make a man burst out with such great motivation.
Shiori Kaede rubbed his eyes, then casually wiped the eye boogers on his fingers onto the sandwich wrapping paper.
"I've been watching movies these past two nights. I didn't finish half of the movie last night, so I wanted to go back and finish it early today."
"Watching movies in consecutive nights? You rented so many DVDs?" My colleague began to wonder, "Which DVD rental store is offering discounts?"
Shiori Kaede shook his head. He first stood up and secretly glanced at the leader's seat.
After making sure that the annoying supervisor was not at the station, Shiori Kaede secretly said to his colleague: "Instead of renting a disc, have you heard of [See Moon]?"
Shiori Kaede's tone sounds quite like that of people in the neighboring country recommending Amway health products to each other.
"No, the name of this shop sounds like it sells whips."
The colleague answered seriously.
"Fuck you, Kazutani." Shiori Kaede punched him in the chest. "This is a video website. There are so many movies and TV series to watch."
"That's nothing. I can rent a disc and watch it. If you have the time to do this, you might as well just date a few more girlfriends like me." Kazutani said disdainfully.
Shiori Kaede frowned slightly at his colleague's words, but as a corporate slave he certainly wouldn't say anything that might affect his office relationships.
"Even at the cheapest DVD rental store, you'll still have to pay several hundred yen for a movie, right?"
Shiori Kaede paused deliberately, and after whetting Kazutani's appetite, he quickly added, "Here, you can watch thousands of movies for 1,198 yen a month."
"Is this true or false?"
The price of renting a movie usually ranges from 300 yen to 500 yen, and it may be more expensive if it is a popular movie.
Being able to watch thousands of movies by renting three to four movies every month sounds a bit magical to Kazutani.
Is this not some pirated website?
"This is a website created by Washimine Group. How could it be a pirated version?"
When Kazutani asked this question, Shiori Kaede waved her hand to deny his guess.
"Isn't Washimine a game developer? Why is he doing this if he's not working on a new game for The Saint and the Brave?"
Kazutani didn't quite understand.
Shizhi Kaede's expression was a little suspicious: "How come you, a popular person, even know this?"
Everyone knows that Kazutani is a popular man among popular men. He plays among flowers all day long and has nothing to do with games and animation.
But Shiori Kaede didn't expect that this fashionable man with thick eyebrows and big eyes actually knew this kind of thing.
"Ahem, it's a movie. A movie. The previous movie "The Saint and the Brave" never had a sequel, right?"
Kazutani's face flushed, and he changed the subject stiffly: "Let me see the website you mentioned, and I'll see if there are really so many movies. If so, I can recommend it to my new girlfriend."
Kaede Shiori was skeptical, but his intuition told him that the "Saint and the Brave" that Watani was talking about was the game series, not the live-action movie.
However, Shiori Kaede still followed Watsuki's request and opened the [See Moon] website on his work computer.
The first thing Kazutani saw was a blonde beauty in a swimsuit. Although her figure was not good, her clear eyes immediately attracted his attention.
Soon, the girl's photos jumped from those in a swimsuit to those wearing glasses and reading a book.
Although not as lively as the previous one, the quiet literary girl style also attracted Kazutani.
Kazutani quickly shook Shiori Kaede's arm and asked, "Who is this? It's rare to see such a beautiful girl in real life."
"Reality?"
"Um... I mean this girl looks like she came out of a painting. Tell me, who is she?"
"Her name is Lily." Shiori Kaede answered, "This is a promotional column for the movie she starred in. Because the movie was produced by [Erque Studio] and Washimine Entertainment, Washimine is now promoting it vigorously."
"That studio, let me see what the promotion is about?"
"No, it will be troublesome if the boss comes in. Don't you want to see the movie interface? Here." Shiori Kaede opened the online cinema classification page of the website.
Seeing that his colleague was unwilling, Kazutani could only keep this matter in mind.
The page that Shiori Kaede clicked on contained many movies, but most of them were marked with members-only icons. Most of the movies that could be watched for free were extremely old, or some movies whose names had never been heard of.
However, there were two free movies that caught Kazutani's interest.
"Titanic and the first and second chapters of Kara no Kyoukai can both be watched for free? That's fake, right?"
"Really." Shiori Kaede said proudly, "There are also the "Lord of the Rings" series and the "Terminator" series. These movies are considered user benefits during the promotion. As long as you register as an ordinary user, you can watch them. After a month, these movies will become available for VIP members to watch."
"That's great. Besides movies, what TV shows are there?"
"All the TV series that have been broadcast by the five major TV stations are here. In addition, there are also many anime series, but you probably won't be interested in these."
"Really? I mean the TV series have them?"
Shiori Kaede was startled by Kazutani's sudden action, "Yes, what's wrong?"
"Nothing, I just feel happy. After all, renting DVDs of TV series is not cheap."
"Okay, if you have anything you want to see, go to the website and look it up. I still have work to do here."
Shiori Kaede switched the computer interface back to the work spreadsheet and continued his work.
"Oh."
Kazutani did not continue to disturb his colleagues as he had already obtained the information he wanted.
So Kazutani didn't even plan to go to the lounge to eat his lunch box. He just took the lunch box and returned to his seat, planning to eat lunch while browsing [See Moon].
But things don't always go as planned.
As soon as Kazutani returned to his seat, their annoying supervisor walked into the office.
Because he didn't have the courage to use the company computer for unrelated tasks under the supervision of his boss, Kazutani could only suppress his anxiety and follow Shiori Kaede's example to finish the work as soon as possible.
This afternoon was particularly difficult for Shiori Kaede and Kazutani. On the one hand, they had to endure the hunger in their hearts, and on the other hand, they had to complete the work at hand as quickly as possible.
After finally making it to the end of the workday, the two forced themselves to work two more hours, then submitted their over-fulfillment results to their supervisors and hurriedly left the office amid the envious and jealous gazes of others.
Like Shiori Kaede, Kazutani also lives alone, so when he left the tram station he bought dinner and breakfast for tomorrow.
In fact, unlike what he shows on the outside, Kazutani is not a popular person at heart, but a typical otaku.
Games, novels, comics and animations are what Kazutani loves the most.
The girlfriends he boasted about to his colleagues were actually his paper wives.
Unlike the relatively relaxed atmosphere in China, discrimination against otakus in Japan is much more severe, and some companies will even directly fire employees for this.
Therefore, in order to cover up his two-dimensional attributes, Kazutani could only pretend to be very realistic in the company.
Only when he is alone at home will Kazutani reveal his true self.
"Let me see..."
Kazutani directly clicked on the homepage of [See Moon], and the first thing that caught his eye was the banner with the nature of a photo album.
"Fate Stay Night, this is a promotion for the new movie, right?"
Kazutani first admired Lily's various photo albums for a while. Even he, who had never liked three-dimensional movies, was attracted by Lily's beauty.
"The movie is out, I'm definitely going to watch it. Even if it's just to support this girl named Lily."
With this thought in mind, Kazutani clicked on the promotional column of Fate, and at the top of the promotional page was the 2-minute first trailer of the movie.
Kazutani first clicked on the video to cache it, and then he browsed the movie introduction below.
According to the synopsis, the film tells the story of a modern magician summoning ancient heroes to snatch a treasure called the Holy Grail.
"The director is Nanaya Kiryu, the director of the live-action movie of "The Saint and the Brave"."
Kazutani rarely goes to the cinema to watch live-action movies, but "The Saint and the Brave" is an exception. After all, this movie is adapted from his favorite game series.
Like other fans, Kazutani really hopes to see the second part of "The Saint and the Brave", but unfortunately Washimine has not given any response.
"If this movie sucks, I will definitely send two razor blades to that director named Kiryu, one for "Saints and Brave Men 2" and the other to speak up for Miss Lily!"
With this thought in mind, Kazutani clicked on the cached trailer.