Depressive Screenwriter

Late June.

The internet in Xia Country was flooded with information about "Kimi ni Todoke" on film and television forum websites.

At the same time, the films to be released during the summer season also began their pre-release publicity work.

This year's summer season had a total of six films with investments exceeding 100 million, with four being released in July and two in August.

Among the four big-budget films released in July, besides "Your Name," two were released on the same day as "Your Name."

Although the summer season lasts for two months, there are only two or three time slots that are truly suitable for new film releases.

Judging from past experience, release dates in late July are often when the summer season box office champion is born.

In the summer season two years ago, "The Garden of Words" was just a work that everyone thought would flop before its release.

And in last year's summer season, Su Yan had already won the season's championship.

And this year...

Among the five films with investments exceeding 100 million, Su Yan's "Your Name" ranked first with an investment of 800 million. This was just the production cost; the publicity expenses were not included, because it was only late June, and there was still a month before the film's release. The specific amount of publicity expenses would only be determined after they were spent.

In terms of momentum, Su Yan's "Rurouni Kenshin," released five months ago, had just won this year's Spring Festival box office champion. As Su Yan's next masterpiece after "Rurouni Kenshin," countless movie fans in Xia Country had been anticipating this film for months.

Although Su Yan didn't play the lead role in "Your Name," he made a cameo appearance as an important character!

Therefore, in late June, a group of media people in the Xia Country film circle had a very consistent prediction for this year's summer season box office trend.

The vast majority of people believed that "Your Name" would be the season's champion.

The only difference was how much the film's box office would be.

At the same time, at this time, the tearing war between Su Yan's fans and the fans of other movie stars also kicked off.

There are people in this world who don't even love money, and naturally, there are more people who hate Su Yan. People from all sides had already set up various flags from the end of June.

June flowed away.

July arrived.

"Cut!"

In the "FSN" crew, Sato Yuhiko, the actor playing Emiya Shirou, felt his heart sink when he faced Director Shi Peihua, whose expression was a bit angry.

If Su Yan wanted to turn the Fate series into an IP, he would definitely have to determine all the characters in this work clearly.

Like the selection of Emiya Shirou's actor in the Fate series, it took him a lot of effort in May.

The reason why he decided to have Sato Yuhiko, who debuted as a child star before this and is now 17 years old, play this role was mainly because he valued his older brother, Sato Yuji.

In "FSN," Archer and Emiya Shirou are the same person. You may not be able to see it in the anime, but in the film and television drama, there must be some hints.

So, Sato Yuji, who looked very similar to Sato Yuhiko but was much more mature, was chosen by Su Yan.

After all, as his older brother, he also had a very good martial arts foundation, which meant that the expression of Archer's close combat fighting in "FSN" would be at another level.

The two brothers are considered very famous people in the Xia Country film and television circle, but they were naturally very nervous when facing a group of big names in the television industry in the Fate crew.

Fortunately, Shi Peihua only said a few words in an unkind tone.

"Good luck." Su Yan, who was still playing Gilgamesh in this drama, smiled at Sato Yuhiko from the side while wearing golden armor.

"You have to show some masculinity during filming. After all, the Emiya Shirou you play is going to be in a relationship with Altria, the top female character in the current Xia Country television drama circle. If your performance aura is weak, Zhuang Yuxin's fans will scold you until you're unrecognizable."

Sato Yuhiko's expression froze after Su Yan said this, and Shi Peihua also narrowed her eyes.

They had never heard of such a thing. After all, Su Yan hadn't created the later scripts yet. Judging from the early scripts, it felt no different from the Holy Grail War with Emiya Kiritsugu!

Shinozaki Ikumi was even more confused.

What the hell?

Altria is going to be in a relationship?

In FSN?

"Is this the setting for your drama?" Shinozaki Ikumi quickly pulled Su Yan over.

"Of course, it will be in the later plot," Su Yan said.

"This is too risky, right? That's Altria! Letting her be in a relationship, do you think Fate fans can accept it?"

"Why can't they accept it?" Su Yan smiled.

"What they want to see is this kind of plot!"

The reason why Altria was popular in her previous life was because the FSN plot became popular. FZ only fueled the flames. Su Yan wasn't worried about the plot. What he was worried about was whether the actors' performance was good enough.

Otherwise, his scenes would have been finished long ago. Why would he continue to supervise in the crew?

"Forget it..." Shinozaki Ikumi looked at Su Yan's expression, sighed, and didn't say much.

How could she, a producer, persuade Su Yan on the plot arrangement?

Although she felt that it was not good for Altria to be in a relationship, if everything was done according to her feelings, Dimensional Film and Television Company would probably have gone bankrupt long ago.

After chatting with Su Yan for a few words, she talked about serious matters.

"This afternoon, the部長of the game department that the company just formed wants to meet you. I have already met and talked with him. He has some very interesting ideas, so I arranged for him to discuss the details of the Fate series game development direction with you. Also, tomorrow morning, Sakura TV will have someone to interview you. It will be edited into the promotional video for the broadcast of 'Kimi ni Todoke'. Remember to dress formally and look handsome."

"Understood." Su Yan paused and said with a smile.

"Thank you. I still have to rely on you, the vice chairman, to help me handle these things, otherwise I simply wouldn't be able to handle it..."

"How many years have we known each other? Don't say that." Shinozaki Ikumi was stunned for a moment, then smiled easily.

That's what she said, but it was obvious that her whole mood suddenly rose.

The company now has movies, TV series, games, and in the future, it may also acquire several specialized peripheral manufacturing factories to customize peripheral products for Su Yan's works.

With diversified development, there is too much work. Shinozaki Ikumi will handle everything she can handle for Su Yan, but Su Yan is not only the chairman of the company, but also the company's popularity and traffic king. Many businesses require Su Yan to come forward in person.

Su Yan's daily schedule is already very full. There are not many employees in the entire company who work more market than Su Yan, but Shinozaki Ikumi is definitely one of them.

Time passed day by day.

While Su Yan was immersed in the Rurouni Kenshin movie in the Tokyo area and the FSN crew, the release date of the "Kimi ni Todoke" TV series was also getting closer and closer.

Three days.

Two days.

One day...

Finally, the time came to July 7th, Sunday.

From the daytime, Su Yan's fans all over Xia Country began to revel.

In the fan groups and forums, today's member activity was several times higher than usual.

Sakura TV pulled out all the stops.

From morning to afternoon, basically as long as there was an advertisement inserted in the program, the priority was definitely to put aside the "Kimi ni Todoke" trailer.

In the subway and bus stations of major first-tier cities along the coast of Dijīng and Hùdū, posters for the broadcast of "Kimi ni Todoke" were posted.

Su Yan's white shirt high school uniform and Gu Qingyuan's black hair cascading down, with her beautiful face slightly red, secretly looking at Su Yan's role as Kazehaya Shouta, the youthful atmosphere was overflowing.

The focus of the entire Xia Country TV drama circle was on the broadcast of "Kimi ni Todoke" at eight o'clock tonight.