Depressive Screenwriter

On Saturday, "Hana Koi" (Love Story) earned 110 million at the box office, and slightly less on Sunday, with 105 million.

Compared to "5 Centimeters Per Second," its momentum wasn't as strong.

After all, even though "5 Centimeters Per Second" doesn't have a strictly defined protagonist, the male and female leads in their childhood, high school, and adult years were all played by well-known actors in the Xia country film industry.

In contrast, while Shen Liqian has a large following in "Hana Koi," it's mainly limited to the television industry, and her drawing power in the film industry needs to be built up slowly.

Moreover, when it comes to the overall impact on the audience after watching both movies, "5 Centimeters Per Second" undoubtedly has a greater impact.

So Su Yan understood why "5 Centimeters Per Second" had a better opening week performance than "Hana Koi."

However, "Hana Koi" overwhelmingly suppressed the films "Immortal Mountain" and "Truth" in the same period.

In terms of total box office for the opening weekend, "Hana Koi" topped the charts with 306 million.

"Immortal Mountain" ranked second with 235 million.

And "Truth" only had a total box office of 196 million in its opening weekend.

Judging from this opening weekend performance, the possibility of "Hana Koi" surpassing "5 Centimeters Per Second" in total box office seems small, but the problem is...

If "Hana Koi" suppresses the two films "Immortal Mountain" and "Truth,"

The summer movie market landscape will be basically set.

"5 Centimeters Per Second" will rank first in the period with a total box office of 1.43 billion.

As for "Windmill," which is currently ranked second in the period's box office, it has only reached 1.18 billion so far.

And strictly speaking, "Windmill's" second-place position is at risk.

Because although "Hana Koi's" performance is unlikely to beat "5 Centimeters Per Second," it has a very high chance of competing with "Windmill" for the second spot.

The two films had very similar performances in their opening weekend.

On Monday, a group of Xia country media outlets began:

[The summer box office competition has come to an end! "5 Centimeters Per Second" is basically locked in as the period champion.]

[A true genius, a person truly born for the film and television industry!]

[Su Yan's first film, "The Garden of Words," took third place in the period last year. This year, "5 Centimeters Per Second" and "Hana Koi" may simultaneously take the top two spots in the summer box office. A genius screenwriter like this has never existed in the Xia country film industry in the last decade!]

[Su Yan's total box office for three consecutive films may exceed 3 billion. With this achievement, Su Yan is definitely the fastest and youngest screenwriter in the history of Xia country cinema to achieve this!]

[Su Yan, who is not yet twenty-five years old, has achieved great success in both television and film. There is no doubt that he is the number one genius screenwriter in the history of the Xia country film and television industry!]

["5 Centimeters Per Second" is like a powerful drug, exploding instantly at the end. "Hana Koi" is like a slow-acting poison, making you no longer believe in love after watching it. Su Yan's two love films have made his fans in Xia country feel completely chilled this summer.]

[From his debut until now, he has not created a single happy ending. The title of "King of Depression" is well-deserved for Su Yan. Let us look forward to "Rurouni Kenshin" in the February Spring Festival档 next year, and let us look forward to the fantasy drama "Fate/Zero" in January next year!]

[The hot search index of Dimensional Film and Television Company and Su Yan continues to rise. The length of "Hana Koi," like "5 Centimeters Per Second," has caused great controversy!]

[I thought "Rurouni Kenshin" was just cannon fodder for the Spring Festival档 next year, but now, the major film and television companies in Xia country will face Su Yan and his Dimensional Film and Television Company squarely, treating the "Rurouni Kenshin" movie as a strong enemy in the Spring Festival档 next year!]

Tokyo, "Rurouni Kenshin" crew.

The box office data for "Hana Koi" on Monday was also released.

Although it was a working day, it still had a daily box office of over 46 million.

As the female lead of this movie, Shen Liqian's acting state has been obviously excellent these past few days.

Although "Hana Koi's" performance did not surpass Su Yan's other film, "5 Centimeters Per Second," Shen Liqian was very satisfied with this result.

After the role of Rika Akana, her popularity in the Xia country television industry directly jumped to one of the top few in the industry.

But in the film industry, she is still a newcomer. Judging from the current box office data and reputation of "Hana Koi," the final total box office exceeding 1 billion is a very likely event.

What is she dissatisfied with?

Shen Liqian is now a star under Su Yan's banner, and she and Gu Qingyuan are considered the most valued signed artists under Su Yan's company.

Although Zhuang Yuxin, who was recently signed by Su Yan, also has great fame within the company.

But Zhuang Yuxin's mixed-race status is both a blessing and a curse.

How could Su Yan have so many works suitable for mixed-race actors to participate in?

Su Yan's base is Xia country. It's okay to occasionally have a film and television drama with foreign faces, but how is it possible to continue like this?

So if Su Yan has a new movie project next, he will definitely choose her and Gu Qingyuan first.

Shen Liqian flicked a strand of hair behind her ear, took a deep breath, and walked towards Su Yan.

"Teacher Su Yan is so amazing! The fight scene just now was great."

Although she knew that Su Yan was basically immune to other people's flattery.

But Shen Liqian still said a sentence from time to time.

"Well, it can actually be done better, but if my speed is a little faster, the martial arts actor I'm working with won't be able to catch my movements." Su Yan took the towel Shen Liqian handed over.

Although he is agile and knows the Flying Heaven Sword Style under the influence of the system, his physical strength is a big problem compared to Kenshin Himura in the movie.

At least Kenshin Himura can still have the strength to fight after killing hundreds of people, but Su Yan, who writes scripts in the office every day, has to sweat after filming half an hour of martial arts scenes.

"Here, drink water."

"Thank you."

"Teacher Su Yan must be hungry, this is the pastry I brought, would you like to try a bite?"

"Oh, sure, I'm a little hungry."

"Does Teacher Su Yan think there is a problem with my Kaoru Kamiya's part today? For example, is it a bit too weak, should my eyes be stronger?"

"I think you performed very well... better than the original... um, very similar to the Kaoru Kamiya I imagined. But Shen Liqian, you have to be prepared, you will inevitably be compared with Yukishiro Tomoe by Kenshin fans when you play this role, and Yukishiro Tomoe is an absolutely irreplaceable female character in this series of movies!" Su Yan said softly.

"You have to be prepared to be nitpicked by Yukishiro Tomoe fans."

"I'm mentally prepared for this." Shen Liqian nodded.

When she got the script for the Rurouni Kenshin movie, she realized that the charm of Kaoru Kamiya's character was indeed somewhat lacking compared to Yukishiro Tomoe. However, since the script was like this, what she had to do was not to be picky about these, but to play the role well.

In fact, Su Yan was quite satisfied with her portrayal of Kaoru Kamiya.

In the previous Rurouni Kenshin live-action movie, the image of the actress who played Kaoru Kamiya was actually quite different from the one in the manga. To put it bluntly, her appearance was too low.

Compared to Kasumi Arimura's Yukishiro Tomoe, let alone the charm of the character, her appearance was already blown away.

But in the Xia country version, to say nothing else, at least the appearance of Shen Liqian's Kaoru Kamiya is definitely not a problem, and she is tall, and she looks good standing with Su Yan.

The other people in the crew watched Su Yan and Shen Liqian's conversation in the distance.

In the entire Rurouni Kenshin crew, Shen Liqian was the only one who dared to talk to Su Yan like this during breaks, and even the director was a little afraid.

Although Su Yan has a good temper, his identity is different, especially for these people in the Sakura Island area, the concept of rank preparation is deeply rooted in their hearts.

Su Yan's triple identity as the screenwriter, lead actor, and investor of this crew, the director didn't even dare to speak loudly in front of Su Yan.

But seeing Su Yan's relaxed expression while talking to Shen Liqian.

It was also easy for everyone in the crew to empathize and inevitably fantasize.

The results of "5 Centimeters Per Second" and "Hana Koi" are already like this, so what about the "Rurouni Kenshin" that is currently being filmed?

What will its performance be like when it is released in the Spring Festival档?

Will it be better?

Over the next period of time, Su Yan shuttled between the Rurouni Kenshin and Fate/Zero crews.

After "Hana Koi" was released, he was spared the work of going around Xia country to hold fan meetings for publicity, and devoted himself to the filming of the two dramas.

And the box office results of "Hana Koi" accumulated day by day.

Four hundred million, five hundred million, six hundred million...

Although following the rules, the daily box office gradually decreased as the release time was prolonged, the same was true for other movies in the same period.

So "Hana Koi" basically firmly occupied the daily box office champion.

At this point, there was no suspense in the summer period.

August passed, and September arrived.

"5 Centimeters Per Second" had a total box office of 1.46 billion until it was taken off the screens.

It did not exceed the 1.5 billion mark, but it was still the summer box office champion this year.

As for "Hana Koi," the box office was still accumulating step by step.

The focus of Xia country's media is now basically on who will win the summer period runner-up between "Hana Koi" and "Windmill."

Without Su Yan stirring up the situation, the entire film and television market became calm.

The quality of the film and television dramas broadcast by major TV stations is getting better and better due to Su Yan's influence, and the ratings have also begun to rise. The results of the seasonal crown works can basically end with a rating of 4.8% or 4.9%.

It's just that Su Yan has been silent in the TV drama industry for too long.

Now he mainly creates S-level dramas, with production cycles of half a year or more at every turn, and then interspersed with movies in the middle.

Although the quality of these works is excellent, compared to Su Yan's previous output, it is obvious that his fans are a little uncomfortable.

"It's September, sigh!"

"It's only September, waiting for Su Yan's new drama, plus September, there are still four months, it's so hard!"

"There's no way, the old thief is now focusing on quality. Like the previous Rurouni Kenshin TV series, works with good plots but low production standards can only be called good, not deified! The old thief has improved from Tokyo Love Story to Madoka Magica, and now he is improving the quality of the script and the quality of the episode production together, otherwise, do you think the 6% rating is so easy to break?"

"But I still want to see three or four TV series a year from the old thief like before, that's enjoyable. This year, there is only Madoka Magica, and then there has been a drama shortage. Although there are two movies released in the summer, one movie a month, who is enough to watch! One movie a day is about the same!"

"What can I do? The old thief's creation speed is limited, and more importantly, the shooting speed is limited..."

"In fact, the quality of the three major TV stations' self-made dramas in the past few seasons is okay, much better than in the previous years, but... compared with the old thief's works, there is still a gap!"

"Sigh, it's September, everyone accept this fact, from now until Fate/Zero starts broadcasting in January next year, the popularity of Su Yan's discussion will gradually decline... Brothers, let's gather in the forum again in January next year!"

"I'll also take the opportunity to play the games I want to play, everyone, see you in a few months, and then chat in the forum after Fate/Zero starts broadcasting in January!"