Depressive Screenwriter

Although the TV ratings of "Kimi ni Todoke" and "Fate/Zero" are similar, the viewing figures on online platforms are vastly different.

The latter has the advantage of premiering a year earlier, but the fact that its viewing figures are more than double the former is enough to illustrate the point.

There are many drama fans in Xia, but not everyone has the time to watch dramas on TV every week. Nearly half of them watch dramas online, and the spread of these works' IP influence is mainly driven by online viewers.

Three months before the premiere of the "Fate/Stay Night" drama series, Dimensional Pictures launched a promotional campaign, with Zhuang Yuxin, dressed as Artoria, holding a press conference and fan meeting in Tokyo. In just three hours, "Fate/Stay Night" topped the trending searches in Xia.

It wasn't just the top trending search in the film and television category, but the top trending search across all industries in Xia that day.

Zhuang Yuxin's fans from all walks of life showed up and started commenting.

"I've been waiting for more than half a year. Is there finally news about Su Yan's 'Fate/Stay Night' drama series?"

"I just watched the live broadcast of the press conference. It seems that this time, 'Fate/Stay Night' will not only be broadcast in Xia, but also on the TV stations of six medium-to-large countries overseas, and it will also be launched on NK, the second-ranked online streaming platform overseas, along with SZ's drama series."

"Oh wow, really?"

"Is Old Su going international?"

"That's awesome. Is he directly spreading his work to the West?"

"Why bother with those foreigners? It's common knowledge that the tastes of Xia people and Western countries don't match. Over the years, popular works in Xia are not popular in the West, and works that are popular in the West receive a mediocre response when introduced to Xia. Why should Old Su wade into that water?"

"You can't say that. Su Yan is already at this level in Xia. To develop further, he can only advance into the foreign market!"

"I'm just afraid that in order to cater to the tastes of Western audiences, the plot and style of 'Fate/Stay Night' will change drastically and offend domestic 'Fate/Zero' fans first."

"It shouldn't be that bad. 'Fate/Zero' had a lot of Western elements from the beginning, and there were a bunch of myths and historical events created by Su Yan himself interspersed throughout. If you really want to be strict, I think 'Fate/Zero' would have been a big hit if it had been broadcast in Western countries from the beginning."

"Su Yan is really going all out this time. Broadcasting simultaneously on TV stations in so many countries and streaming online, the publicity costs will probably be astronomical."

"It might be unbearable for other film and television company bosses, but for Su Yan, it's probably just a drop in the bucket. His annual GG fees for movies and TV series, broadcast rights, online streaming revenue, peripheral revenue, co-branded copyright fees, etc., from previous works plus new works created that year, are at least billions, completely bearable."

"Billions was last year's income. It's estimated to be even higher this year. The box office split from 'Rurouni Kenshin' and 'Your Name' alone will be more than that."

"I'm really envious. He achieved success and fame in his twenties, earning hundreds of millions a month. I'm a year older than him and still looking for sugar daddies to spend money on me, and I can't even afford to eat with my girlfriend."

"But you have a girlfriend! How can someone like Su Yan understand your happiness."

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"It seems true. Su Yan was 20 years old and single when he filmed 'Rurouni Kenshin'. Now he's 26 and still single, and in a few months he'll be 27."

"Ah? Has it been almost seven years? Was the 'Rurouni Kenshin' drama series a work from almost seven years ago?"

"Yes, I became a fan of Su Yan in the first year of high school, and I'll be graduating from college next July!"

"Same here. I watched 'Rurouni Kenshin' in the third grade of elementary school. Now I'm in high school and plan to go to Tokyo University to study film and television-related majors. I want to become a screenwriter when I grow up!"

"Upstairs, I'm already a junior in college and have sold two scripts during college. I also studied this major under the influence of Su Yan."

"I study acting. I hope to be able to play a minor role in Su Yan's drama one day."

"Are so many people entering the film and television industry under the influence of Su Yan?"

"Of course. I didn't understand why girls liked to chase stars before, but now I understand. It's hard not to like someone who is handsome, talented, scandal-free, amazing in action scenes, incredibly talented in music, proficient in playing multiple instruments, and has such a good personality, smiling at you in dramas every day."

The launch of various promotional activities for "Fate/Stay Night" sparked a series of discussions in the market about Su Yan and his works.

The entire trending search lasted for a full three days.

This situation also made a group of Xia colleagues sigh.

How can they compete?

Su Yan's "Fate/Stay Night" hasn't even premiered yet, and just a promotional press conference can cause such a big stir.

As for the three major TV stations, Sakura, Shanghai, and China, they have already begun to send people to Tokyo to discuss the matter of importing the drama.

Su Yan has repaid the favor to Ayaka Koseki, the head of the production department of Sakura TV, with the drama "Kimi ni Todoke". From then on, the broadcasting rights of his works will be a fair competition among all parties in the market.

And among these three major TV stations, the most enthusiastic about the broadcasting rights of "Fate/Stay Night" is undoubtedly Shanghai TV.

Since Su Yan founded Dimensional Pictures, he has cooperated with China and Sakura on many works, but he has never cooperated with Shanghai TV.

Five years ago, Su Yan ran away from Sakura and personally came to seek cooperation, but the Shanghai TV executive who turned Su Yan away had long been fired because of this incident. This is considered a joke among colleagues in the TV industry in recent years.

For the executives of Shanghai TV, they basically understand.

If you can't beat Su Yan, join him. It's not embarrassing.

So, in addition to filming these days, Su Yan also has to take time to meet with Ikumi Shinozaki and the negotiation personnel sent by the three TV stations.

Time came to mid-October.

Episode 15 of "Kimi ni Todoke" premiered.

As fans had guessed, the male and female leads did not confess their feelings in this episode.

But what's even more painful is that the plot began to develop in a heart-wrenching direction.

Because of the existence of the new character Kento Miura, the balance in the class was broken. Although this character has no malicious intent, by mistake, Kazehaya, Kento Miura, Sawako Kuronuma, Kurumi, and others got together, leading to a huge misunderstanding between the male and female leads.

Shota Kazehaya, as the popular king of the school, the closer he gets to the female lead, the more the female lead will be suspected and hated by other girls.

But because he had this idea in his heart, he was somewhat cautious in his interactions with Sawako Kuronuma, causing Sawako Kuronuma to think that she was hated by Kazehaya, and the misunderstanding between the two deepened.

Until the end of the fifteenth episode, Shota Kazehaya saw the scene where the female lead got along very well with Kento Miura and other classmates in the class, but there was a distance between him and her.

The ending song started.

At this moment, a group of "Kimi ni Todoke" fans in Xia felt a pang of pain in their hearts.

When this drama wasn't pushing the main plot, they said the plot was too slow and the relationship between the male and female leads was progressing slowly, but only two weeks after the main plot was pushed, a group of fans began to panic.

No way, is it going to take a depressing route again?