Depressive Screenwriter

#144 - script

Su Yan wasn't one to procrastinate. Once he decided on a project, he would start writing the script that very afternoon.

Although it was an adaptation, many things had to be changed.

The subtle cultural differences between Tokyo in Su Yan's previous life and the Sakurajima region of Xia had to be adjusted in "Tokyo Love Story."

Then there was "Puella Magi Madoka Magica."

The basic images of the five magical girls in the main cast would definitely be retained, but the details of their transformed appearances might need to be redesigned.

Some makeup and styling that looked great in anime might not work in the real world.

In his previous life, Su Yan had seen many cosplayers at anime conventions who looked awkward despite being attractive and having good cosplays.

This was because their image was too close to the original.

Anime and TV series were two different mediums after all.

Of course, the main style wouldn't change, but some details would be modified to make the TV series more in line with the aesthetics of the Xia country audience.

There were many things to consider.

Although "Cyberpunk" had finished airing, the heat it generated wouldn't disappear in a short time.

On Xing Xia Net, the paid views of "Cyberpunk: Edgerunners" continued to rise, with a large number of new viewers still joining in.

There were still a lot of people in Xia who were too busy with work and study to follow TV broadcasts, so they would choose to watch dramas on online platforms based on popularity.

"Edgerunners", which had the highest ratings this season, broke a five-year record, and had a lot of controversy online, was definitely the first choice for these people.

Moreover, thanks to the explosive success of "Edgerunners" this season, the sales of Su Yan's previous dramas such as "Ancient Love Poetry", "Rurouni Kenshin", "Your Lie in April", and "To the Moon" also saw a surge on online platforms.

Although Su Yan had left Sakura TV, the screenwriter royalties for these sales still had to be paid.

Moreover, now that a week had passed since the end of "Edgerunners", Su Yan's fans had finished being excited and finished complaining.

They also began to come back to their senses.

Hey, I remember that when "Edgerunners" ended, there seemed to be a movie trailer at the end of the ending song.

It was also by Su Yan, and the release date seemed to be very close.

Often, TV stations put these kinds of ads to give the audience a small impression.

As long as the audience had this impression, when "The Garden of Words" was released and promoted on a large scale, it would immediately reinforce their memory.

At this time, a bunch of Su Yan fans, after getting over the depression brought by "Edgerunners", immediately began to pay attention to "The Garden of Words".

"A movie? Is this Su Yan's first movie?"

"Su Yan actually took the time to shoot a movie while filming 'Edgerunners'?"

"'The Garden of Words', what a strange name! Does anyone know what the story is about?"

"It should be a love movie!"

"There are quite a few movies being released in July! Judging from the latest promotional news, there are more than three movies with a production cost of over 100 million. There are more than seventeen movies being released in July in total. Will Su Yan's movie do well?"

"Let's go support it, and the box office will be good, right?"

"Exactly."

"'Edgerunners' gave me too much trauma, I'm a little afraid to watch it!"

"Although Su Yan is inhuman, it's still better than other screenwriters showing me garbage. I'll still go see his movie if I have time!"

"It is rumored that the investment in this movie is over 40 million!"

"Don't talk nonsense, the filming only cost 20 million, but Su Yan also gave another 20 million for promotion."

"Isn't that the same thing? Those movies during the Xia country Spring Festival, what are they claiming to have invested 400 to 500 million in, aren't they just spending 100 million on filming and 300 to 400 million on promotion, they all include the promotion costs in the movie's cost."

"You have a point."

"It's just that the trailer for this movie hasn't been released yet."

"But the cast and crew have been announced. Su Yan is the male lead, Gu Qingyuan is the female lead, and Shen Liqian is making a cameo appearance."

"These three again! It's them again!"

"There's no way, this is a fixed combination. It's like a golden partner in the film and television industry. As long as these three are involved in a romance-themed work, a large number of 'Edgerunners', 'Kenshin', and 'Ancient Love Poetry' fans will flood in."

"Perhaps this is Su Yan's intention, to create some character regrets in every drama. Although the characters are gone, Su Yan is a real person, so these regrets are all transferred to the actors involved."

"That makes sense."

"What sense does it make! It's just that Su Yan has a problem with his brain, and he likes to take pleasure in our audience's depression and wailing! And it's not just him who's sick, it's also me. I'm clearly hurt by Su Yan's works every time, and I'm determined not to pay attention to his dramas anymore, but every time I see that he has a new work coming out, I always go to watch it!"

"To put it bluntly, Su Yan's fans are all masochists. It's not that they can't feel the pain, but they like the pain, a typical M attribute!"

"When you say it like that, I feel like I'm a bit of a pervert!"

"Let's all pay attention to 'The Garden of Words' first. After the trailer comes out, take a look at the type, and if it's suitable, let's all go to the theater to support it."

"After all, it's Su Yan's first movie, we still have to support it!"

Now that the time had come, Su Yan's fans had dissipated most of their resentment, and their attitude towards Su Yan had also improved.

By the way, they also began to be curious about the movie "The Garden of Words".

In the following days, there were more and more related discussions online.

After time reached late June.

The Xia country's Spring Festival档 period this year completely ended.

The two dramas "Nanmeng" and "Heimen" concluded with ratings of 5.13% and 5.35% respectively, not showing the slightest threat to "Edgerunners"' seasonal crown in the final stages of their broadcast.

After the Spring Festival档 dramas were broadcast, people in the Xia country's TV drama industry probably understood.

Not only the seasonal crown, but also the annual champion work this year, 99% of it is "Edgerunners".

To put it bluntly, if records were so easy to break, then it wouldn't have taken five years for "Dawn"'s 5.52% ratings to wait for "Edgerunners" to break it.

Now "Edgerunners" has pushed the upper limit of TV series ratings in the past five years to 5.65%.

Expecting the three major TV stations to have a work explode in the second half of the year is simply too unlikely.

Last year, this drama in April, the three major TV stations worked hard and could temporarily launch a surprise attack to snatch away its annual crown.

But this year...

Sakura or Shanghai, they have to endure and hold back, even if they are unhappy.

Next year's Xia Yan Award gala, the organizing committee will definitely not dare to award prizes blindly, making moves on the award list, doing things like only nominating "Edgerunners" but not awarding it a prize.

Otherwise, this awards gala will completely lose its credibility.

As all of this gradually settled, Dimensional Film and Television Company also jumped to become the top TV drama production company in Xia country.

Although it has only been established for a year and has only released two works.

But the status of Dimensional Film and Television Company and Su Yan in the industry, no one can question it anymore.

Absolutely top-notch.

On Monday, after more than a week, Su Yan finally finished writing the script for "Puella Magi Madoka Magica" and the first three episodes of "Tokyo Love Story".

In fact, Su Yan could write the script for "Tokyo Love Story" in one go, but that would seem too exaggerated to the people inside the company.

How could a screenwriter create the scripts for two dramas in one or two weeks? Even if you have the entire story in your mind, the details of the characters' lines, storyboards, scenes, etc. in the script take a lot of time to write and polish.

Su Yan can show himself as a genius in front of outsiders, but he must never show himself as a freak.

The entire script of "Madoka Magica" needs to be created in advance for special effects production, there is no way around that.

But for "Tokyo Love Story", he can create the first few episodes first, and then slowly take out the later scripts after the casting is completed and filming begins.

The first thing Su Yan did when he arrived at the company was to find Shinozaki Ikumi.

As summer was approaching, Shinozaki Ikumi was wearing a black dress, her hair was tied up, as the vice chairman of the company, her pretty face also carried some majesty at this time, but after seeing Su Yan and the two folders in Su Yan's hand, she guessed something and her eyes suddenly lit up.

"Two new scripts?" Shinozaki Ikumi asked with anticipation.

"Yeah."

Su Yan handed the folders containing the two scripts to Shinozaki Ikumi.

"Take a look first. One of them has the entire script written. The other one has only written the beginning..."

"Tokyo Love Story."

Shinozaki Ikumi first opened a folder, looked at the title of the play, and glanced at Su Yan a few more times.

In the Xia country plane, Tokyo is also the capital of the Sakurajima region. Although Su Yan could change the title of the play to something like "Shanghai Love Story", "Emperor Capital Love Story", there was no need.

Su Yan knows his positioning very well, if there is no need to change things in the original work, try not to change them.

Many humanistic thoughts in "Tokyo Love Story", such as Rika's direct attacks, Wanji's indecisiveness, including the personalities of Rimi and Kenichi, are still different from those of people in the mainland of Xia, and forcibly changing the background and characters to Shanghai or the imperial capital would be uncoordinated.

It's better not to change it directly, and set the background in Tokyo.

He doesn't need to bother his brain to round out the character settings for the thoughts, love views, etc. of the characters inside.

Shinozaki Ikumi sat down and quietly began to read the script of "Tokyo Love Story".

She only saw the first episode, only saw the end.

Rika and Wanji's night farewell.

The two of them kept nagging and wanted the other to leave first, but in the end they agreed to turn around together and go home separately.

The two turned around to each other, and when Wanji realized something was wrong, and then looked back suspiciously, what he saw behind him was Rika's cheerful smile.

At this moment, let alone Wanji in the script, even Shinozaki Ikumi's heart was moved!

The foreshadowing of the character Rika in the entire episode of the plot exchanged for the heartbeat of this turning back.

She was already imagining this scene in her mind.

"Su Yan, you are single, right?" Shinozaki Ikumi took a deep breath, looking at him with curiosity and disbelief in her eyes.

"Yeah, do you think I have time to be in love?" Su Yan drank coffee, shifting his attention from the computer in his office.

"Then how do you know so much?" Shinozaki Ikumi pointed to the script in her hand.

"This is the first time in so many dramas you've created that the first episode of the script has made me feel moved by a character! Rika is really attractive."

"Well, talent plus a little effort, I guess." Su Yan said casually.

Talent?

Effort?

Shinozaki Ikumi's eyes were very strange.

Although she felt that it was unconvincing and a little unacceptable, she still gave birth to two words in her heart.

Awesome!

Maybe this is the world of geniuses.

Shinozaki Ikumi continued to read.

Next, is the constantly pulling four-cornered love in "Tokyo Love Story".

The emotional entanglement of Kenichi, Rimi, Rika, and Wanji.

Rika's famous lines, her bold, unconventional but not annoying love view.

In the second episode: