Depressive Screenwriter

In mid-January, two weeks after its premiere, "Fate/Zero" (fz) sparked a huge discussion in Xia Country.

Judging solely from the two episodes that had aired, the production was excellent, and the visual quality was explosive.

However, what truly made fz a hit in Xia Country was its derivative world-building.

Creating a fictional world is already difficult enough, let alone when Su Yan simply extracted real historical myths from his previous life and adapted them into a novel for this world.

Many fans became even more engrossed after watching the drama and researching these myths.

After fz's viewership soared to 5.32 after just two episodes, Dimensional Pictures' official website also opened up many links.

Besides the broadcasting rights fees, fz itself was very suitable for developing derivative merchandise.

Su Yan had already been developing these items in sync with relevant manufacturers in Xia Country when the drama was greenlit.

The costumes and weapons of the seven Servants and seven Masters, as well as the magician props that appeared in the drama, had actually been designed and produced by manufacturers long ago, and were just waiting to be launched on Su Yan's company's official website with shopping links in sync with the drama's broadcast.

It could be said that Su Yan's company's official website was almost crashed by these enthusiastic fans buying everything, which once made Su Yan suspect that he had underestimated the purchasing power of Xia Country's residents.

Although fz's viewership wasn't much stronger than Su Yan's previous works, its commercial value was far greater.

As fz's influence rapidly spread in Xia Country,

Dimensional Pictures' new move also sparked huge attention in the Xia Country film industry.

On Thursday, January 18th,

The trailer for the "Rurouni Kenshin" movie was finally released.

Su Yan's various fan groups and video website forums in Xia Country were abuzz with the news.

Of course, Su Yan also spent money to buy a lot of promotional articles from relevant media.

A large number of fans found the trailer video online.

Opening the video revealed a somewhat strange sword blade.

The atmosphere was gloomy, oppressive, and terrifying.

A man was slightly crouching, the cross-shaped scar on his left cheek was very conspicuous.

In front of him was a group of people with fierce eyes.

Then,

The man jumped, picked up his sword, dodged, turned around, and sheathed his blade.

The movements were fast, smooth, and without any cuts.

Many viewers didn't realize the battle was over.

Then, everyone had the same thought in their minds.

"Holy crap!!!"

"So smooth?"

At this time, the audience noticed the sword in the man's hand.

The sharpened blade faced his own direction, while the unsharpened side faced the enemy.

Therefore, although the group of people who challenged him fell to the ground, they were actually only injured, not fatally.

A voice-over sounded.

Many fans who had followed from the TV series version knew that it was Gu Qingyuan's voice.

"You are the legendary"

"You can really stir up a storm of blood and rain."

This was a line from the TV series version.

The next scene in the trailer flashed to Gu Qingyuan in a white kimono, standing quietly in the falling snow.

The movie version will have some flashback scenes about the "Reminiscence" arc.

Su Yan would definitely not insert low-budget TV series footage filmed with two million into a high-quality movie, that would be too uncoordinated.

So the scenes in the memories were basically reshot by him and Gu Qingyuan.

Although it was just a glimpse of Yukishiro Tomoe, countless Kenshin fans were a little teary-eyed.

Some characters are just buried deep in the heart with time, but only need a trigger, and the emotions generated when understanding this character will suddenly burst out.

The scene then showed Himura Kenshin, played by Su Yan, running on the roof ridge of a tiled house with his sword.

Then he jumped down high and plunged into the crowd.

"After the new era arrives, I will never kill again."

The flashback scene in the trailer appeared, and the camera focused on Himura Kenshin's reverse-blade sword.

Many viewers then realized.

No wonder Kenshin didn't kill anyone in the fight just now.

It turned out that the timeline in the movie was after the new era arrived, Kenshin just didn't kill people, but when he saw bad guys, he would still go up and beat them.

Interesting.

The trailer continued to advance.

In a bustling city, a man with a relaxed expression and a cross-shaped scar on his face.

Kamiya Kaoru, played by Shen Liqian, quickly appeared.

Roughly letting the viewers understand the background structure.

Then came the fighting scenes in the trailer that could be called Su Yan's personal action show.

Melee.

Gunfight.

No Wia was used in the filming process, so it was extremely coordinated in the finished film, but it made the viewers stunned by the outrageous movements.

Kenshin in the plot was more flexible than a monkey, and his fight with the enemy could crash from the second floor to the first floor in two or three seconds, and then quickly climb up again, the whole process without editing, in one shot.

The memory screen reappeared

"If I pick up a sword and appear in front of you, will you kill me?" Yukishiro Tomoe said.

The next scene was the scene of Kenshin killing Yukishiro Tomoe with a sword in the "Reminiscence" arc.

The picture then switched to the scene of Kenshin desperately saving Kamiya Kaoru with his sword.

"Rurouni Kenshin, in theaters nationwide on February 10th."

As a few large characters floated up.

Even Su Yan's die-hard fans, who had a very high evaluation of this film, were a little dazed.

Old thief, are you serious?

Many of Su Yan's fans understand film and photography knowledge.

The actions in the movie trailer, after excluding the special effects scenes, if you want to have this kind of fighting texture, it is real-life shooting, and it is likely to be real-life shooting without the aid of any equipment.

So old thief, you want to defy the heavens with this movie!

The trailer action is so handsome, wouldn't there be more handsome fights in the real movie?

"Damn, it makes my scalp tingle."

"Too handsome, Kenshin."

"What has the old thief been doing before? He's so good at action scenes, make more martial arts fantasy fighting works!"

"I can't say anything after watching it. Turns out he was restrained in the TV series version?"

"I had a friend who stayed in the old thief's crew before, he said that the old thief in the TV series version was to take care of the martial arts actors who were acting with him, the movie version has money, the level of martial arts opponents that can be hired is different, the old thief's performance will definitely be stronger!"

"So how does the old thief know these things? How can a screenwriter's fighting scenes be so smooth?"

"How would I know if you ask me? Maybe he's just a genius!"

"The smile of Kenshin that I didn't see in the TV series version, I actually saw it in the trailer."

"Kenshin has changed so much after Yukishiro Tomoe's death!"

"That is, in this movie, it seems that the heroine is the woman named Kamiya Kaoru played by Shen Liqian, right? It's a bit difficult to accept."

"What's so hard to accept? Kenshin and Yukishiro Tomoe's feelings are all engraved on the cross-shaped scar on his face. You don't want Kenshin to grow old alone after Yukishiro Tomoe's death, that's too narrow-minded."

"I feel that the movie version focuses on fighting, and the emotional drama is much less than the TV series version."

"That's exactly what I want. I'm watching the fight!"

"February 10th... There's still more than half a month, let time flow faster to the Spring Festival!"

"Brothers, remember to support it when the time comes~ It's the old thief's first time releasing a movie during the Spring Festival, if the box office results are too bad, don't say the old thief can't save face, we Su Yan fans have no face either."

"Okay, no need to say more, based on the quality of this trailer, this movie is a must-see."

"I've never seen Su Yan's work before, but this trailer really amazed me!"

"I'll take my whole family to see it at that time, I hope the pictures aren't too bloody. Some of the scenes in the Kenshin TV series version are a bit too physically uncomfortable."

"Don't worry, isn't there a preview in the plot, Kenshin doesn't kill people? What are you afraid of?"

After the "Rurouni Kenshin" trailer was released, it broke ten million views in less than a day, and the "Rurouni Kenshin" hot search term directly topped the list on major video websites.

Su Yan's influence on TV stations and TV series websites is beyond doubt.

Even the competing movies during the Spring Festival are busy promoting at this time, but the effect is obviously different compared to "Kenshin".

Action movies, close combat, and fighting movies are originally popular with all ages.

What's more, the sword skills that Su Yan made in the movie... no one on the market can imitate them.

In terms of publicity effect, the production parties behind the movies released at the same time have already felt a little pressure.

After all, Su Yan is the one who just won the summer champion with "5 Centimeters Per Second" half a year ago.

Based on the theme, quality, and publicity of this movie, it doesn't look like a Spring Festival miscellaneous fish movie, but a real strength-based work.