Depressive Screenwriter

The overall impression of the Fate/Zero trailer is that it's gorgeous.

The acting, costumes, makeup, special effects—everything gives the Chinese audience the direct feeling that this drama is burning money.

And in fact, it really is.

From the start, an investment of over 100 million was budgeted, but later, with Su Yan's demands for the quality of the special effects and the increasing number of special effects scenes, the investment continued to accumulate.

On the day the FZ trailer was released, colleagues in the TV industry across Xia quietly watched.

In the entire Xia, in the private film and television company industry, who else but Su Yan would dare to make such a large investment in a TV series?

Even if the ratings are very good after the broadcast, it is still very likely to lose money.

A trailer that's less than half a minute long has completely reactivated Su Yan's fans, who had been silent for several months.

"Nothing to say, support!"

"Looking at the picture quality of FZ, and then looking at the picture quality of the Rurouni Kenshin TV series, it's really hard to imagine that the two dramas are from the same screenwriter!"

"After watching the trailer, I only have one thought: the old thief is going to be a god again!"

"What I can't understand is the setting of this drama. What are Heroic Spirits and Masters? Does anyone know what's going on?"

"There is relevant information on Su Yan's company's official website, as well as the world view setting collection for the story's setting. You can go and learn about it. But if you're not interested in learning, it shouldn't be a big problem. The old thief should explain it in the plot!"

"That's right, isn't it just a fictional world's mythology? It's the same as Xia's Xianxia TV series. Anyway, you'll understand the world view as you watch!"

"Charge!"

"January, right? Sakura TV, right!"

"So annoying, can the autumn season hurry up and get out of here! I want to curse when I think that there are still one or two months until January!"

"Cherish this TV series. Judging from the old thief's current creative speed, after FZ, it's likely that we'll have to wait more than half a year to see his new drama!"

"But another good news is that there's also a Rurouni Kenshin movie to watch in February! The promotional materials for this movie should be coming out soon! I'm looking forward to seeing what Kenshin's life is like after Yukishiro Tomoe's death!"

"Actually, I'm a little nervous. I'm afraid that the Kenshin sequel will ruin the beautiful artistic conception created by the TV series version!"

"Believe in the old thief, don't panic!"

"The old thief has never created a work that I think is garbage so far, and I think it's impossible to see that kind of work in the future, so don't worry!"

"You have that much confidence in the old thief?"

"Of course. Do you think his many works are popular because of luck? To be honest, this screenwriter of his should be much more picky than us viewers. He doesn't have writer's block, and he doesn't show any signs of arrogance after his success. On this basis, if there is any garbage script, it will be rejected by himself in the stage of reviewing the manuscript!"

"While you are discussing here whether the old thief might flop, I'm thinking about whether FZ might have higher ratings than Madoka Magica?"

"Anyway, it will definitely be the ratings champion in January. As for whether it exceeds Madoka Magica, I don't care. I'm a fan of the old thief, not a fan of one of his works!"

Online, discussions about Su Yan's new drama swept the four major online broadcasting platforms overnight.

And the next day, the promotional channels for all TV series in Xia were fully opened.

As the newly promoted director of the production department, Ogata Aya has great expectations for the achievements of Fate/Zero!

Originally, Su Yan should have been from Sakura TV.

Even if he is very capable, it seems that if Akasaka Yoshitoki hadn't disgusted him, he would have left sooner or later.

But at least his first choice for cooperation after leaving should have been Sakura TV.

But now, the situation is that Zhongxia TV has stolen the chicken for a few years, allowing Zhongxia TV to create some new ratings records.

The entire Sakura TV, including Ogata Aya, feels extremely uncomfortable about this.

Su Yan values ratings, after all, this directly determines the commercial value of FZ and the price of copyright sales.

But his mentality is still calm. It would be best if FZ could exceed the ratings of Madoka Magica, but if it can't, it's also reasonable.

The two works themselves are two ceilings in Su Yan's previous life's island country anime, and it's hard to say which is stronger.

And Sakura TV vented its anger directly on the market from November. Although the copyright of FZ is not in their hands at all, they only have broadcasting rights. Even if this drama is broadcast with such a promotional effort, it will be a loss in terms of economy, they still have to fight for this title.

Sakura TV's promotion of FZ is more intimate than a biological son. They are sparing no expense, and all channels are firing on all cylinders.

This point made both Shinozaki Ikumi and Su Yan stunned.

Su Yan himself hasn't exerted much effort yet, and the prepared promotional funds haven't been put into the market yet. He saw Sakura TV's advertisements about Fate/Zero on the streets and alleys, buses, subways, and GG brand in the city center of Tokyo.

Sakurajima is the main base of Sakura TV. Most of the employees in the station are from this place, but the economic center of Xia is in Shanghai, so the headquarters of the TV station is set up there to facilitate cooperation with partners.

But the people in the Sakurajima area undoubtedly have a mysterious liking for Sakura TV, a local TV station enterprise. When the TV station starts promoting, the support in the Tokyo area is terrifyingly strong.

Leaving Su Yan aside for the time being, the actors participating in Fate/Zero were invited by a group of media in the Sakurajima area to be interviewed before the drama was broadcast. Offline commercial performances and deep application contracts came one after another.

It's only November, but the Xia TV drama market seems to have entered garbage time because of the launch of FZ's promotion.

A group of popular A-level dramas in the current season are not discussed or paid attention to in the market.

But FZ, which is about to be broadcast, has become the protagonist in advance.

Late November.

The filming of the Rurouni Kenshin movie is all over.

The entire Rurouni Kenshin movie crew gathered together to hold a celebration banquet.

Before the release of Byousoku 5 Centimeter and Karen, the members of the Rurouni Kenshin crew were actually very nervous about this movie, which was scheduled to be released during the Spring Festival.

That is the Spring Festival, the biggest capital battleground in the Xia film circle every year.

Su Yan is indeed strong, but can this movie really break through in that kind of capital duel?

But after the box office results of Karen and Byousoku 5 Centimeter were finalized, everyone's distracting thoughts disappeared.

"Celebrate in advance that Rurouni Kenshin will achieve results in the Spring Festival that exceed market expectations!"

"Cheers!"

"Cheers!"

"Everyone should dare to think. Byousoku 5 Centimeter can win the summer box office champion, so doesn't the Rurouni Kenshin movie have this possibility?"

"If this assumption really comes true, I will run a marathon naked in Tokyo!"

At the celebration banquet, the Rurouni Kenshin crew members who were drunk dared to say anything and dared to think anything.

As the company boss, Su Yan also drinks, but he only takes a sip and stops, and won't be carried to the hotel by his employees like before.

"It's that time again."

Shinozaki Ikumi came to the window where Su Yan was sitting with a wine glass.

"This is the moment when the company develops to a critical point."

"Before it was Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. After it broke the ratings record, our company's position in the Xia TV drama circle was completely able to talk to the three major TV stations on an equal footing. Now it's the Spring Festival Rurouni Kenshin again."

"I don't know what kind of results it will have in the schedule?"

"It will be higher than Byousoku 5 Centimeter at least," Su Yan responded with a smile.

"I don't know if it can create any miracles in the Spring Festival. There are also many talented creators in the Xia film and television industry, but the theme of the Rurouni Kenshin movie is much more pleasing than Byousoku 5 Centimeter."

Unlike the previous Remembrance arc TV series, the TV series plot is biased towards romance and healing, and the audience will be relatively small.

But the movie version of the plot is complete in structure and more inclined to fighting action movies.

And precisely... Su Yan is very confident in his performance in the movie version.

Su Yan doesn't dare to say that the plot is the best, but in the Spring Festival, Su Yan dares to guarantee that no one can surpass Rurouni Kenshin in the fighting scenes.

"Don't worry..." Su Yan looked at Shinozaki Ikumi.

Su Yan knew what Shinozaki Ikumi was worried about.

The Xia Spring Festival is the most competitive market in Xia.

Often more than ten movies are released together, but only one or two movies are the winners, and one or two movies break even.

All other movies lose blood.

Because if you want to enter this market for release, the starting point is 100 million in promotion funds, otherwise the theater chain will not let your movie enter the theater at all.

The more Shinozaki Ikumi understands the box office failures in the history of this schedule, the more panicked she will definitely be.

"None of our works from our debut to now have failed... It is absolutely impossible to become an industry joke in the Spring Festival," Su Yan said.