Depressive Screenwriter

Sunday, the third episode of "From Me to You" premiered.

The basic formula of "From Me to You" is to establish the fact that the male and female leads like each other from the start, and then interweave stories of the protagonists' friends throughout the process, deepening the relationship between the male and female leads by resolving the conflicts and entanglements between their friends to drive the plot forward.

Like at the end of the second episode, extremely negative rumors about Sawako Kuronuma's two friends, Yano and Chizuru, spread throughout the school, and after investigating, it was discovered that Sawako Kuronuma was the one who spread the rumors?

The entire third episode's plot revolves around Yano and Chizuru not believing that the female lead, Sawako Kuronuma, would do such a thing, but because both of them have awkward personalities, coupled with Sawako Kuronuma's natural naivety, they inadvertently make things even more chaotic in the process.

Su Yan's fans were extremely anxious watching this episode. Yano and Chizuru asked Sawako Kuronuma if she considered them friends.

They couldn't directly ask Sawako Kuronuma if she had spread those rumors, so they decided that as long as Sawako Kuronuma answered "yes", they wouldn't doubt her.

But the female lead's answer was "maybe."

As soon as she opened her mouth, it was "Rather than friends..."

People with good language skills know that the word 'rather' indicates a transition, the following statement is not important, the next sentence is the most important.

Unfortunately, Yano and Chizuru, in a state of disappointment, didn't restrain their emotions and didn't hear Sawako Kuronuma's next sentence.

By the third episode, the anxious atmosphere of this drama has become prominent.

The nickname of this drama in its previous life, 'I Want to Annoy You to Death', is not without reason. In the previous life, a group of fans would have their blood pressure rise after watching the entire series in one go due to the clumsy behavior of the characters in the process, let alone those who are following the series.

On the night of the third episode's premiere, Su Yan's fan forum exploded as usual.

"It's uncomfortable!"

"Why do I feel like Su Yan's pure love dramas are even more tormenting!"

"It's the third episode, haven't the male and female leads confessed yet? When will they confess!"

"I can't stand it."

"Why did Sawako Kuronuma say those words! Chizuru asked her if she considered them friends, she could have just said yes, how could she say 'Rather than friends...' with that kind of pause!"

"I feel like the female lead's next sentence should be more positive, but unfortunately, she didn't say it."

"I hate people who only say half of what they want to say the most. Is the old thief doing it on purpose?"

"Otherwise? If the plot goes smoothly without twists and turns, would that still be a TV series? Isn't that just your and my daily life?"

"You make me sad with what you said."

"I just want to see the male and female leads confess and fall in love quickly!"

"Don't panic, this kind of friendship plot is also good! I'm tired of those love TV series where they confess in three episodes, kiss in the fourth episode, and then are just sweet and greasy!"

"Although they are both love dramas, they are so different from Tokyo Love Story! In Tokyo Love Story, Rika basically makes a direct attack in the first episode, and the relationships between the characters in the first three episodes are like a roller coaster, reversing back and forth. In the fourth episode, Rika and the male lead do that. However, in 'From Me to You', it's the third episode, and the male and female leads are still secretly in love."

"Have patience."

"My patience is running out. 'Your Name' will be released next Friday, I'll go watch it three times first."

"Even during the release of 'Your Name', I will definitely continue to follow 'From Me to You'!"

"Enjoy this month. 'From Me to You' and 'Your Name' are released together. After the summer season ends, who knows when the old thief will have a new drama next time."

"Didn't I hear that FSN is already being filmed? Maybe it will be broadcast in January next year. And 'Rurouni Kenshin' movie part two, it's likely to be scheduled for the Spring Festival next year, right?"

"It's easy to say, it's only July now, and there are still half a year until next year."

"Actually, compared to Su Yan's special effects blockbusters, I think campus youth works like 'From Me to You' are even better."

"Same feeling, this campus romance work in April has always been number one in my heart! None of the old thief's later works have moved me as much as April, it's a pity that the old thief didn't make this kind of music romance TV series later."

All night, Su Yan's fans were complaining online about the plot of the third episode of "From Me to You."

This drama doesn't have any depressing plots, so Su Yan's rhythm this season is lighter, and fans' attitude towards him is much more peaceful, and they won't just start scolding if the plot is not satisfactory like before.

The next day, the viewership rating for the third episode of "From Me to You" was fixed at 71%.

Basically, the increase has become very slow, the basic audience for romance dramas is just that big, there is no way.

And starting from Tuesday, the information channels of major film and television media and websites in Xia were unanimously controlled by various film investors.

With an investment of more than 200 million and a publicity budget of nearly 200 million, the attention to "Your Name" during the summer season is undoubtedly number one by a wide margin.

After all, the reputation of Su Yan's previous work, "Rurouni Kenshin", is there, and there are a large number of his movie fans in Xia.

Cinema owners, theater chain executives, and other parties basically treated the movie "Your Name" with the highest specifications for the summer season.

On Tuesday alone, the pre-sale box office for the movie exceeded 100 million on the day of its release, and the screening rate on the day of its release on Friday also led by a wide margin with a ratio of 31%.

The horror suspense film "Bone Temple", which also had an investment of more than 200 million, only had a 19% screening rate.

The screening rate of the comedy film "Three Men" was squeezed to only 16%.

The most miserable one was another youth romance film released on July 26, "Summer Night". The theme collided with "Your Name". It was originally scheduled for the Spring Festival this year, but the competition during the Spring Festival was too fierce, and the investors took the initiative to withdraw. Unexpectedly, they encountered another movie by Su Yan when they came to the summer season. There was no way, the publicity funds had been spent, so they had to go on with it. Although the investment was also nearly 200 million, the screening rate was only 11%, which had already shown the Xia film industry's disapproval of this movie.

At home in Shanghai, Su Yan, who had finished a day of promotional activities, was studying the summer movie market.

Two years ago, when "The Garden of Words" was released, he was still very uneasy.

At that time, the screening rate and treatment of "The Garden of Words" were basically the same as this year's "Summer Night". It was not favored, and the theater chains only gave those screening rates because Su Yan had indeed spent so much on public relations and publicity.

But this year, before the release of "Your Name", the entire film industry basically unanimously regarded Su Yan and "Your Name" as the most powerful competitors for the summer box office champion this year.

"This is the origin of the very popular 'thirty years east of the river' in the previous life," Su Yan exhaled a long breath.

Su Yan looked at the general information of the three competing movies again.

The competition in the summer season this year is actually greater than in the previous two years, but Su Yan is the most stable this year.

In the film industry, the quality of the work and the publicity work are equally important.

Although "Your Name" had a general box office when it was released in China in Su Yan's previous life, only about 500 to 600 million, but that was the result of basically zero publicity and a garbage schedule.

After all, it is a Japanese movie, there is no domestic capital, and the theater chains are willing to give it resources.

Even so, it has won such a high box office.

And in Xia, Su Yan can be said to have given this movie all the external conditions to support it before its release.

At least in the summer season this year, Su Yan's goal has never been those few competitors in the same period, but to try to make the box office of "Your Name" exceed the "Rurouni Kenshin" movie released half a year ago.