Depressive Screenwriter

Now that the decision to add an "if" route has been made, the script needs to be rewritten.

However, the "if" route for Tokyo Love Story doesn't require much thought. The pivotal point is definitely the scene in the last episode where Rika waits for Kanji at the station.

The two branches diverge based on whether she persists a little longer and Kanji arrives, or, like in the original ending, Rika is heartbroken and ultimately leaves.

Actually, based on Rika's behavior in the previous episodes, her personality suggests she would definitely wait it out.

Because in the second episode, Rika waited from 7 PM until late at night just for a dinner appointment with Kanji.

It doesn't make sense that she would be so impatient at the end.

But the original ending arranged it that way for only one reason: she was truly disappointed and lacked confidence in herself.

Therefore, Su Yan's revision of the script in this direction actually aligns with Rika's earlier character.

As for the plot after she waits, some scenes will definitely need to be dedicated to describing Rimi. After all, she's the only loser, and it's impossible for her to shamelessly pursue Mikami again. She can either remain single, or perhaps meet another excellent man at the end, leaving some room for imagination.

As for Kanji and Rika, the later episodes can include some sweetness, scenes of them showing affection, and portray Kanji's genuine determination this time, no longer influenced by Rimi.

Anyway, it's an "if" route, so we'll write whatever the audience wants to see.

And what does the audience want to see?

The millions of Tokyo Love Story fans from Su Yan's previous life have already provided the answer, so Su Yan can just copy it.

In the afternoon, Su Yan also cooperated with Tokyo Love Story's GG product placement company to shoot a short GG in a photography studio in Tokyo. In the evening, before leaving work, he received a stack of documents from Shinozaki Ikumi.

These were letters of intent from various overseas television stations and local video websites wanting to collaborate with Su Yan to import Tokyo Love Story. If Su Yan found them acceptable, the company would assign someone to handle the cooperation with those companies.

After processing this series of tasks, Su Yan returned to his residence.

Currently, the filming of Tokyo Love Story is nearing its end.

The same goes for Madoka Magica. Shinozaki Ikumi had previously suggested to Su Yan that since the company's first film had performed well, they could continue to release new works while the iron was hot.

To this, Su Yan had subtly hinted to Shen Liqian that if the company had a new film project, he would prioritize her for the lead role.

And now, a considerable amount of emotional value has accumulated within the system.

Most importantly, Su Yan needs to find new jobs for his group of employees.

Otherwise, it would be a waste of manpower, resources, and materials for the entire company to take a collective vacation after the filming of Tokyo Love Story and Madoka Magica concludes.

Since the primary goal is movies, Su Yan can only avoid drawing lots.

Drawing lots is too random.

Among so many film and television dramas, who can guarantee what will be drawn?

Most of the works that Su Yan knew in his previous life were games, anime, and a small number of island nation film and television dramas.

So, if he directly exchanges for something, his range of choices isn't that wide.

The Garden of Words' box office success means that, logically, Su Yan should continue to focus on exploiting Shinkai Makoto's works.

The first priority would be to exchange for Your Name, but this movie had too much commercial and critical success in his previous life, and both of these factors would increase its exchange price.

Su Yan can't afford to exchange for it right now. The same goes for...

Weathering with You and Suzume's Locking-Up.

Although the latter two works have generally mediocre reputations among Shinkai Makoto's works.

It can't withstand the fact that they have high commercial value. Among Shinkai Makoto's disaster trilogy in his previous life, Weathering with You, the worst performer, still had a total box office of over a billion Hua country currency across various regions.

And this "mediocre reputation" is only in comparison to Shinkai Makoto's other works.

Placed in Su Yan's previous life's entire film market, the evaluation is still quite good, at least better than a weight loss film's reputation.

Although some people may find some of the plot points awkward, this is mostly a matter of "one man's treasure, another man's poison" in terms of plot controversy.

Among Shinkai Makoto's works, the ones that Su Yan can afford to exchange for at this stage, and which are suitable for adaptation in Xia country, are only 5 Centimeters Per Second and The Place Promised in Our Early Days.

But the latter is too stream-of-consciousness, so Su Yan will exclude it for now.

However, although Su Yan's mind is very clear, the work he chooses to exchange for first is not 5 Centimeters Per Second. The reason is simple: since it has been determined that the movie is to promote Shen Liqian because she joined the company, none of the female characters in 5 Centimeters Per Second are suitable for Shen Liqian to play.

So Su Yan first chose to exchange for another work.

《Love Like a Bouquet》.

A Japanese romance film that Su Yan liked very much in his previous life.

It was actually released in Hua country in Su Yan's previous life, but the box office was average, around 100 million.

However, the box office of a movie depends on many factors.

For example, Japanese live-action films generally don't have high box office in Hua country.

Because these live-action films have been released in Japan for half a year or even more than a year before they are introduced to Hua country.

Pirated resources are already flying all over the internet in Hua country. Most of the people who want to watch these movies have already watched them through various resources online.

Naturally, fewer people will go to the cinema to watch them, and the box office will be greatly affected.

Moreover, Japanese films are often imported into Hua country in his previous life by buying out the copyright, and then directly releasing them in theaters. Before the release, it can't be said that there is zero publicity, but they only spend a few million to buy the movie, how much money can they spend on publicity?

As long as a low-cost film with a total box office of 30 million can be profitable, the importers will naturally not put much effort into publicity. They directly release it without publicity, relying on the support of some niche fans, and the pressure to break even is quite small.

But what if they spend too much money on publicity and then lose money on publicity?

In the film and television industry, which focuses on capital, Hua country people don't know Japanese stars, and the film promotion is not good, so naturally, many such films have very poor box office in Su Yan's previous life Hua country.

In Su Yan's previous life Hua country, as a bought-out film, zero publicity, garbage schedule, and the main creative team had basically no fame in Hua country when the work was released, and then still had a big box office explosion, there was only one Japanese film, Your Name.

So Su Yan's choice of which works to produce in Xia country does not entirely depend on its performance in Hua country in his previous life.

He more believes in his own judgment of the Xia country film and television market.

If The Garden of Words can be a hit.

Then in Su Yan's opinion, 《Love Like a Bouquet》 is definitely better than 《The Garden of Words》.

After exchanging for this movie, Su Yan looked at the remaining emotional value.

After hesitating for a while, he still exchanged for 5 Centimeters Per Second as well.

Anyway, Tokyo Love Story will continue to contribute a lot of emotional value, and so will Madoka Magica, which is being broadcast at the same time.

Su Yan doesn't need to worry about the problem of emotional value depletion.

After the filming of Madoka Magica and Tokyo Love Story is completed, the two movies, 5 Centimeters Per Second and Love Like a Bouquet, will be produced and released together.

The company now has money and people. Su Yan has such a big reputation in Xia country, and it's not like he doesn't have the strength, so there's no need to be too frugal.

Love Like a Bouquet can let Shen Liqian play the female lead.

As for 5 Centimeters Per Second, from beginning to end, other actors have to be invited to participate.

Um...

When enough emotional value is collected, the Shinkai Makoto disaster trilogy can be completely exchanged and made into live-action movies in Xia country.

After figuring everything out.

Su Yan let out a long breath.

Next, he will be busy again.

In the next few days, Su Yan's schedule was extremely busy.

It's not like he doesn't have to care just because Tokyo Love Story's results are so great.

The variety shows that should be attended still have to be attended, and the GGs that should be made still have to be made.

Reporter interviews and roadshows all have to be done.

And at this time, when facing reporter interviews, Su Yan would also promote Tokyo Love Story and Madoka Magica together.

Three weeks after its premiere, Tokyo Love Story firmly occupies the top spot in both ratings and reputation.

And this drama, Tokyo Love Story, is not quite the same as Su Yan's previous dramas.

Previously, Su Yan's dramas were more attractive to young people.

But Tokyo Love Story...

A large number of housewives and elderly people taking care of children at home can also watch it with relish. The viewing threshold can be said to be the lowest among all of Su Yan's dramas.

On Star Xia Online, the average paid viewership of Tokyo Love Story has exceeded 10 million in just three weeks since its premiere, and the online broadcast data is far ahead this season.

The media has also started at this time.

[Tokyo Love Story's ratings are the highest this season, perhaps surpassing The Peripheral to create a miracle!]

[Today is definitely a special year in the Xia country TV drama market. There is a 99% probability that Su Yan will win the year-end ratings champion and runner-up.]

[Sakura TV station is losing face. Before the premiere, they vowed to snipe Tokyo Love Story, but after the premiere, they are quietly silent! The possibility of Bloody Road's ratings surpassing Tokyo Love Story will drop to the lowest. Now, they can only pray that Tokyo Love Story makes a mistake!]

[Tokyo Love Story's ratings in the Tokyo area far exceed those in other regions of Xia country. A large number of Sakura Island people said that this drama captured the cultural essence of the Sakura Island region.]

[The bold love views of the male and female protagonists are common in Sakura Island. People in the mainland complain that Rimi is a green tea and Rika's values are too abnormal. But the people of Sakura Island said that these are normal!]

[Phone NTR, sleeping at the speed of light after confession, the plot of Tokyo Love Story shocked the world, but a large number of TV viewers also accepted the plot at the speed of light. What kind of magic does this drama have?]

[The top female lead character design in Xia country's love dramas. Rika, who has an affair with a married boss, should have been scolded by the audience, but the reality is that she is supported by a large number of fans. Does this world really mean that appearance and cuteness can surpass everything?]

[Shen Liqian's role as Akana Rika has basically locked in her nomination for this year's Xia Yan Award for Best Actress. Coupled with her substantive award for the role of Kaori Miyazono last year, Shen Liqian may win the Best Actress award for two consecutive years!]

[The ratings of Tokyo Love Story broke 5.2% in the third episode. Su Yan, Shen Liqian, and Gu Qingyuan will become the hottest actors in the Xia country TV drama market.]

[Housewives, aunts, and uncles collectively go online to catch up on dramas. The future ratings increase of Tokyo Love Story may exceed existing expectations!]

In the following days.

Tokyo Love Story's various data increased crazily.

It was even better than when The Peripheral was popular.

All kinds of situations made the atmosphere at Sakura TV station extremely depressing.

The scriptwriting department was okay. When Su Yan left, the head of the scriptwriting department tried his best to keep him, and even publicly accused Akasaka Yoshitoki at the senior management meeting.

In the production department, the producers of Akasaka Yoshitoki's faction began to feel suppressed.

Among the three major TV stations, because of the addition of Su Yan's several dramas, Zhongxia TV station's performance this year has been far ahead of the other two.

And Akasaka Yoshitoki, as the culprit of all this, was scolded for half an hour by several TV station shareholders at the senior management meeting two days ago.

Everyone in the entire TV station realized that the wind had changed.

As Akasaka Yoshitoki's right-hand man, Satake Hiroshi, the deputy director of the production department, was dismissed for being responsible for Sakura TV station's poor performance this year.

Ogata Aya, the director who had been suppressed by Akasaka Yoshitoki in this production department for many years, has now been promoted to the position of deputy director.

After all, it was she who saw Su Yan's potential, and it was she who overcame all opposition to ensure that Su Yan's dramas received the treatment they deserved.

If Akasaka Yoshitoki's suppression of Su Yan was a mistake, then Ogata Aya was naturally meritorious.

Of course, at the meeting, some people sarcastically said that if it wasn't for Ogata Aya, Su Yan might still be at the bottom of the scriptwriting department, without a chance to show his talents. In that case, Sakura TV station wouldn't have created such an enemy.

But as soon as this statement was made, everyone laughed.

A talented person like this, even if no one at Sakura TV station promoted him, would he really not be able to make a name for himself in the industry?

It was just a matter of time.

At least in terms of dealing with Su Yan, Ogata Aya was much better than Akasaka Yoshitoki in the eyes of senior management.

Ogata Aya, who became the deputy director of the production department, was also high-spirited and proud.

Last night, she talked on the phone for half the night with her long-time friend, Shinozaki Ikumi's mother, Shinozaki Aki, intentionally or unintentionally inquiring about Shinozaki Ikumi's movements in the Tokyo area.

Especially about the news of Madoka Magica.

Akasaka Yoshitoki's only comeback point now is that the S-level fantasy drama 《Musou》, which the station is currently producing, will surpass it in performance when Madoka Magica premieres.

Otherwise...

Akasaka Yoshitoki will be replaced soon.

And according to the news that Ogata Aya inquired about, the members of the Madoka Magica crew are collectively cautious about this drama.

Ogata Aya doesn't understand the plot settings of magical girls and so on, but in short...

Judging from the preliminary special effects that have already been produced, the news received is that they are very explosive, even higher than the production quality of The Peripheral.

"Su Yan, Ikumi, come on! Whether I can become the director depends on you."

In the office, Ogata Aya looked at the word "deputy" on the deputy director's sign in her office, and a hint of ambition flashed in her eyes.

Although the current situation is very funny, Ogata Aya also understands that this is her only chance in this life.

Su Yan is putting pressure on Akasaka Yoshitoki externally, and she, internally in the TV station, also has to increase the intensity on Akasaka Yoshitoki.