Depressive Screenwriter

"Was Kenshin not invincible after all? Can he actually lose?"

"How is the second movie so much better than the first? The fight scenes are amazing."

"Kenshin and Sōjirō's fight at Takeda Kanryū's mansion really stunned me in the cinema. Both of them are so strong. Just how powerful is Shishio to have Sōjirō as his subordinate?"

"That old scoundrel Su Yan just said in his own account's comment section that Sōjirō's strength is not inferior to Shishio's."

"Damn it, what's wrong with Su Yan? Releasing a movie with an unfinished plot during the New Year, it's so frustrating."

"Why isn't anyone discussing Hiko Seijūrō's appearance at the end? Isn't the master's appearance cool? And what about Kaoru Kamiya, doesn't anyone care about her fate?"

"What's so important about Kaoru Kamiya? Yukishiro Tomoe is already dead, does it matter if she lives or dies?"

"I'm only interested in the combat power of the new characters introduced in this movie."

"Honestly, Kenshin in the Battōsai era should be the second strongest, according to the setting. After all, those who understand, understand. If he doesn't want to kill during a fight, he can't unleash his full power. That's why he lost to Sōjirō in the second movie. Also, the master should be the strongest. Kenshin in the Battōsai era probably couldn't beat him either. As for Shishio, I feel like he's strong, but he shouldn't be able to beat Battōsai Kenshin."

"Kenshin with the reverse-blade sword and Kenshin in the TV series are not on the same level at all. Back then, Kenshin only had one sheath for his sword, and that was Yukishiro Tomoe. Now, Kenshin has made a vow not to kill. The current Kenshin can easily beat weaklings, but against real experts, if you don't kill, isn't that a joke?"

"Anyone who has slaughtered a pig for the New Year knows that it's easy to kill it with one blow, but if you don't kill it and just want to hold it down so it doesn't run around, it's a lot of effort."

"So, there will be a third movie, right?"

"Of course. The plot isn't finished yet. Next, Shishio's goal is to take over all of Sakura Island. Kenshin should go and stop him in the third movie."

"This is so frustrating, I can't take it anymore. I'm going to the Dimensional Pictures website to rage at Su Yan."

Su Yan had already anticipated this situation before the release of the second movie, Kyoto Inferno, but in order to catch up with this year's Spring Festival release schedule, there was no way to film the third movie, The Legend Ends, and release it together. So, Su Yan acknowledges the scolding from his fans.

But similar operations are common in Su Yan's previous life's film industry.

Pirates of the Caribbean 2 also ended with an unfinished plot, and Fast \u0026 Furious had similar operations. Not to mention a lot of Marvel movies with similar operations.

Dividing an event into two movies, and then releasing them over two or three years, can indeed cause audience anger.

But even so, the audience's anger is directed at Su Yan, not the movie itself.

The audience isn't blind. The quality of the second Rurouni Kenshin movie is comprehensively better than the first.

The fight scenes, production level, and script are all better than the first.

And the villain Shishio, who was created, is also full of imposingness and highlights the atmosphere.

Everyone felt for the first time that Kenshin had encountered a strong enemy in this movie, instead of feeling like in the first movie and the TV series plot, that Kenshin's enemies were too weak, and Kenshin just couldn't use his full strength because of some non-killing oath and other ridiculous things.

Otherwise, if he really got serious, he would wipe out the villains in minutes.

But for the villain Shishio, most viewers even think that even Battōsai Kenshin would have a hard time.

After all, he is not only strong, but also has brains!

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Su Yan also put down his work and went to the cinema to watch movies.

Of course, he definitely didn't watch Rurouni Kenshin, but several other movies competing in the same period.

For him, these local Xia movies are actually pretty good, but for Xia audiences, Su Yan's works are the real novelty.

On the first day of the New Year, the box office of the Rurouni Kenshin movie came out. Unsurprisingly, it was the daily box office champion of the day, with a total box office of 1.1 billion, accounting for 36% of the total box office of the day with 26% of the screenings.

The fans' doubts and scolding of Su Yan are actually empty.

The score of 8 for the second Rurouni Kenshin movie and this heaven-defying crushing box office are the most real.

And this time, a group of media in the Xia film and television industry basically praised it, without questioning it.

In the past few years, Su Yan was a newcomer in the Xia film and television industry. It is inevitable that a newcomer will move the cakes of many old-brand interest parties.

But now, if Su Yan wants to eat the biggest cake during the Spring Festival, who can object?

Comparing money, people, and name qualifications, Su Yan is not afraid of any opponent. If he can't compete in terms of the quality of his works, don't even think about using tricks outside of the works.

Now Su Yan is confident in "fairly" competing with any competitor in the film industry! Regardless of whether the other party wants fair competition or not, Su Yan will definitely make the other party have to come to fair competition.

The first day of the Spring Festival movie market was thus ignited.

In the next few days, the second Rurouni Kenshin movie and the sixth episode of the FSN TV series fermented again in the market.

But for Su Yan now, he may spend energy paying attention to the achievements of the two works, but he will no longer be as eager as he was in the previous two years.

Standing at the top of the industry for the first time will be exciting.

But if he has been in this position for several years, and temporarily does not see the birth of a competitor in Xia that threatens him, then his mentality will indeed change.

The employees of the company are immersed in excitement every day, but Su Yan and Ayami Shinozaki are both very stable.

"How is the reaction in the foreign market?" On the seventh day of the new year, Su Yan asked Ayami Shinozaki beside him.

"On the day of its release, the daily box office in overseas release areas was basically in the fifth or sixth place. Today, the box office of Rurouni Kenshin has entered the top three of the daily box office charts in all three major countries where it was released."

When mentioning the box office performance of Rurouni Kenshin in overseas release countries, Ayami Shinozaki's expression became excited.

There are too many Sakura Island elements in the Rurouni Kenshin movie. The residents of Xia Mainland can barely understand it, but foreigners will definitely be indifferent.

But the excellent fight scenes in the Rurouni Kenshin movie can make up for these. As long as foreign audiences are not blind, they can also see the quality of the movie. Therefore, from the release of the Rurouni Kenshin movie to the present, the word-of-mouth and box office have been fermenting abroad for a week, and the box office has been rising.

"I understand, this result is not bad. After all, it is my first work released in a major foreign country. First, become familiar in that market, and then in the next few years..."

Su Yan thought about the sequels of the Rurouni Kenshin movie and the movies Howl's Moving Castle and Weathering with You, which are already being prepared for release in the overseas market, and smiled.

"In the next few years, we can slowly develop the market. The probability of relying on a movie to be popular in both the East and the West is indeed not high."

Ayami Shinozaki looked at Su Yan in surprise. She heard a different meaning.

"So, Su Yan, do you mean that you may shoot some works that meet the aesthetics of people in Western countries and release them in the West in the future?"

"Of course," Su Yan nodded.

The works that can be drawn from the system space are all those that Su Yan has come into contact with in his previous life.

Most of the works that Su Yan came into contact with in his previous life were island country fan dramas, but no matter what, he must have seen some of the most classic Western movies. Now Su Yan has not yet developed to that point, otherwise, when he really wants to open up that market in the future, he will definitely not be too rigid.

"Speaking of which, I have known you for seven years," Su Yan said at this time.

"Why are you suddenly mentioning this?" Ayami Shinozaki glanced at Su Yan, her expression curious.

"In seven years, we have gone from zero to one, and basically stood at the top of the Xia film and television industry," Su Yan took a deep breath.

"But next, it won't take seven years, I will make Dimensional Pictures and the names of both of us famous in the Western market! As famous as in Xia."

Ayami Shinozaki was stunned when she heard this, picked up the market research report on the Western film market for the second Rurouni Kenshin movie, and after a long time, she smiled.

"Then I'll wait and see!"

The release of the Rurouni Kenshin movie in Western countries is just a test for Su Yan. From the current point of view, the response is much better than he expected.

The Xia audience, groups, and colleagues do not know what Su Yan is planning in his head. They just envy and look at the outrageous box office of the second Rurouni Kenshin movie every day.

After a week of release, the total box office has exceeded 1.4 billion, and now it is the second week of release, and the average daily box office still exceeds 100 million.

When Xia's most conservative media predicted the box office of the second Rurouni Kenshin movie, they all believed that it would exceed the 3 billion mark, and even become the highest box office among Su Yan's film works.