Depressive Screenwriter

In just a day or two, Su Yan's creator account was flooded with private messages.

Rurouni Kenshin was Su Yan's first work in Xia, and it can be said that 90% of his fans have seen it.

The importance of the character Tomoe Yukishiro in the hearts of his fans goes without saying.

Some viewers could tell from the details in the trailer that the movie version was going to change the female lead.

Some people could accept it, but many fans couldn't.

Some of the more extreme ones even cursed at Su Yan in the background.

But Su Yan was already used to this kind of thing.

Every time a popular character died in one of his works, some extreme fans would send him private messages with curse words. After all, among tens of millions of people, there are always some more impulsive viewers.

However, the best thing about Su Yan in Xia was his mentality.

These works were just brought to Xia by Su Yan. He wasn't the original author of the plot, so he didn't feel any pressure even if he was scolded because of the plot.

"Alright... the promotion has fully begun."

Su Yan looked at the documents in his hand.

These were detailed materials on the eight competing films in the Spring Festival档.

Including Rurouni Kenshin, there were a total of nine films released this year during the Spring Festival档.

Movies that can enter the Spring Festival档 basically have a production cost of over 100 million, and they also need to spend at least 100 million on publicity.

Otherwise, if the movie doesn't gain momentum, the theaters won't give it showtimes.

Even though the production and publicity costs for Kenshin exceeded 400 million, Kenshin's investment could only be considered above average in this year's Spring Festival档.

There were still two movies with larger investments than Kenshin.

After focusing on those two movies, Su Yan memorized their names.

If he was bored on the first day of the Spring Festival, he could invite Shen Liqian, Gu Qingyuan, Yumi Shinozaki, and others to go to the cinema to watch movies and learn about the competing films.

The third weekend of January.

Today, the popularity of two works in the entire film and television market was comparable.

The third episode of FZ, which was about to air tonight, and... the movie version of Rurouni Kenshin, which was going to be released in more than half a month.

All day long, a large number of Su Yan's fans were stirred up by the topics of the two works, and the number of people online in a bunch of film and television forums and fan groups climbed to new highs.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the third episode of FZ was broadcast on time.

After the setting introduction of the first episode and the heroic spirit background foreshadowing of the second episode.

The fighting that the audience liked the most began in the third episode.

When filming Fate, Zhuang Yuxin's fight scenes were personally taught by Su Yan.

However, she was not a professional after all, so the difference between her fight scenes and Su Yan's performance in Rurouni Kenshin was definitely huge.

However, compared with the overall fighting level of Xia's TV dramas, it was obviously above the passing line.

Saber and the battle of the unknown lancer.

A duel between two true knights.

Alexander, who was watching from the sidelines, and Kirei Kotomine and Tokiomi Tohsaka, who were hiding in the dark.

Moreover, as the plot progressed, the identities of the heroic spirits who appeared also began to be revealed.

Overall, the third episode's main storyline progressed slowly. It was just fighting from beginning to end, but because they were afraid of being attacked by other hidden people, they didn't go all out.

It was considered a slight introduction to the audience of the combat methods of the seven heroic spirits.

And, it showed the audience the special effects of this drama.

After the broadcast, as always, the discussion about this drama topped the list on major websites.

"That old six, Kayneth, is really disgusting. The lancer is respecting the spirit of chivalry and not attacking Saber, but he actually uses a command spell to order his lancer heroic spirit to attack."

"Who is that Berserker! The old thief doesn't seem to have revealed his identity in the plot. As soon as he sees Saber, he wants to come up and fight to the death. Does he know Saber?"

"After watching this episode, I'm relieved! This drama is purely a hot-blooded battle-themed drama. I don't have to worry about seeing a depressing plot!"

"It's still early, you can see what's going on after only three episodes?"

"Is this work going to be like this for ten episodes?"

"It shouldn't be. There will definitely be other turns later."

"Don't you understand this drama yet? It's a group portrait, and one of the highlights is revealing the purposes and identities of the heroic spirits, and then combining them with their character stories. It's only just begun."

"I guess the old thief will update the lancer's character story on the official website tonight! Everyone can go and study it then."

"The old thief's works are not that simple. Now we are exploring the inner world and past of the heroic spirits. I estimate that after a few episodes, the focus of the story will be on exploring the masters. Fighting is just the appearance, the focus of the story is still on the people."

"I'm having a great time watching it anyway. I'm a fan of Alexander, the King of Conquerors!"

"I like the golden glitter played by the old thief!"

"Is it just me who thinks the heroine Saber is good, but that her master Kiritsugu Emiya is weird? That kind of gloomy man looks like a schemer. He talks about changing the world all day long. Doesn't it feel a little ironic for someone who kills people all day long to say these things?"

"I'm a little unaccustomed to this pure fighting drama after watching so many of the old thief's romance dramas. But it's very enjoyable to watch!"

"I actually prefer Madoka Magica. On the surface, it's a war between magical girls and witches, but in reality, it's all about portraying how witches despair. FZ doesn't do depression anymore, and I feel like something is missing."

"You've been too influenced by the old thief. You're complaining because he's not depressing anymore?"

The next day, the viewership rating for the third episode of FZ was 5.43%.

The viewership rating increased a lot, just as industry insiders predicted.

Strictly speaking, the audience's perception of FZ is temporarily like watching a popcorn blockbuster.

It looks very enjoyable, and you feel a little unsatisfied after watching it.

But the plot progresses relatively slowly.

But Xia viewers actually prefer watching dramas without using their brains compared to those brain-burning works.

Su Yan, who was far away in Tokyo, relaxed after receiving the information from Sakura TV.

He looked at the opinions of fans on the internet about this drama.

Refreshing.

Explosive burning battle drama.

Full of high energy, the ceiling of fighting dramas.

Not depressing...

"Heh, it's only these few weeks," Su Yan chuckled.

"After these few weeks have passed, when the plot fully unfolds, everyone will basically understand what a warrior of love is!"

In Su Yan's previous life, Gen Urobuchi became famous all over the world with the two works Madoka Magica and Fate/Zero, and was jokingly called the warrior of love by fans.

How could a simple hot-blooded battle work have been so popular in the previous life?

The early plot is just foreshadowing, getting to know the characters, and then in the later stage, it's a knife every episode, until the end...

Not a single one left!

Taking a deep breath, Su Yan updated the new document he had organized to the official website page.

During the serialization of the FZ plot, Su Yan would also announce the backgrounds and past settings of the relevant characters as their identities were revealed.

Of course, the reason for doing this so laboriously instead of throwing it all out at once was also to avoid spoilers.

For example, if Su Yan were to update the story details of Lancelot and King Arthur in a big way now, then smart fans would definitely guess that the unrevealed Berserker was Lancelot.

So he only mentioned this person in the previous Altria setting collection.

After sending out the document, Su Yan got up and came to the conference room before the agreed time.

Next, people from various departments of the company would meet to discuss the company's work arrangements.

Starting this week, while preparing to receive the Xia Yan Award, he also had to start cooperating with the operations department to promote the Kenshin movie release.

He was going to start getting busy.

Thank you to Super Electromagnetic for rewarding the fireworks and light music, thank you boss.