Depressive Screenwriter

For "Kimi ni Todoke" fans tonight, this episode's plot is what they've been eagerly anticipating.

Everyone has been jokingly complaining every week about how a romance drama could air for four or five months without the male and female leads confessing their feelings.

But tonight, it's finally here.

Such a slow-paced romance work is rare not only in Xia, but even in Su Yan's previous life.

In Su Yan's previous life, among Japanese romance anime, "Kimi ni Todoke" and "NANA" were definitely at the top of their categories in terms of success.

During its peak, "Kimi ni Todoke" competed with "Bleach", "Naruto", and "One Piece" on the annual manga sales charts, while "NANA" surpassed even those giants in its most popular year, topping the manga sales charts.

Even though the work is in a different world, and even though fans are uniformly complaining about the slow plot development that's driving them crazy,

If there were really any problems with the plot of this work, the viewership ratings would have dropped long ago.

The next day, a group of Xia media outlets started reporting.

【Pure Love Drama "Kimi ni Todoke" Airs for Over Four Months, Male and Female Leads Finally Confess.】

【"Kimi ni Todoke" Episode 17 Ends on a Cliffhanger, Millions of Fans Go Berserk That Night, Dimensional Film and Television Company's Official Website is Overwhelmed by a Group of Angry Fans, Causing the Website to Crash.】

【In Just One Night, Su Yan's Account Comment Section Gains Over 100,000 Posts Scolding Him!】

【The Purest Romance Drama, "Kimi ni Todoke" is Considered the Pinnacle of Xia Romance Works.】

【After Waiting Bitterly for Four Months, Good News, "Kimi ni Todoke's" Male and Female Leads are Finally Going to Confess. Bad News, It Ends Just as They're About to Confess.】

【"Kimi ni Todoke's" Crucial Plot Point Cut Off, Causing Fan Uproar.】

In fact, the cliffhanger at the end of the seventeenth episode of "Kimi ni Todoke" did make many fans uncomfortable. Early the next morning, many "Kimi ni Todoke" fans were squatting downstairs at Su Yan's company, trying to block him.

If this drama is watched all at once, it's extremely exciting. But if you're watching it as it airs, the feeling is worse than being constipated for half a month.

However, this drama has been airing for two or three weeks and is about to end.

Now that Su Yan has reached this point, under normal circumstances, he wouldn't excessively use his influence to guide the public opinion of his work while it's being released and broadcast.

But since it's about to end, Su Yan also wants to boost the drama's viewership ratings.

It's basically impossible for "Kimi ni Todoke" to surpass "Fate/Zero's" viewership ratings, but he wants to strive to create a new high in the romance genre.

So Su Yan also began to frequently accept media interviews in the next two days, held fan meetings in the Tokyo area, and increased the publicity offensive for "Kimi ni Todoke" in the Sakura Island area and the inland areas.

With the addition of many factors, a large number of viewers who were preparing to binge-watch later also understood from multiple channels that this drama was about to end.

Dimensional Film and Television's publicity offensive made many drama fans a little confused.

"It's about to end?"

"I looked at the official website information, and it ends in two weeks."

"So fast? Is this drama ending tomorrow?"

"Su Yan designed this from the beginning, right? The drama's name is 'Kimi ni Todoke' (From Me to You), and now everyone understands what they want to convey. The drama ends when the male and female leads successfully confess!"

"What kind of romance drama is this! Shouldn't they show some affection after a successful confession?"

"The old thief carefully portrayed the plot before the two fell in love, and you said it was padding. In fact, the plots of romance dramas showing affection after a successful confession are the real padding."

"That's right, romance dramas should end at just the right moment, without any dragging. Once the male and female leads are together, that's another level of plot."

"What is it?"

"Family ethics drama. Daily life, endless quarrels, I don't want to see those."

"Bullshit, can Kazehaya Shouta and Sawako Kuronuma quarrel?"

"As long as they're together for a long time, they will! I don't want to see the old thief filming these plots after the two confess."

"But what should I watch after 'Kimi ni Todoke' ends?"

"It's November now, wait one or two months to watch FSN. Su Yan's schedule is full next year. FSN in January, the second "Rurouni Kenshin" movie in February, "Code Geass" in April... And according to convention, there's a high probability that a new movie will be released during the July summer season. After all, Su Yan has had a movie enter the summer season market for three consecutive years."

"Now that you say that, I suddenly feel that Su Yan, the old thief, is really awesome, he's really a workaholic!"

"I can do it too if I have two or three hundred people to assist me."

"You really can't. You'd be frowning over an 800-word essay. How is it possible to write so many scripts in a year, and scripts that the market likes?"

"I used to think the plot was dragging, but now I feel a little sad and uncomfortable, it's about to end, sigh..."

"Brothers, let's get up these two weeks and boost the viewership ratings of 'Kimi ni Todoke'!"

"Rush! It's basically certain that this drama won't be a tragedy. As long as the old thief creates sweet dramas, then I'll be his loyal fan for life!"

Starting on Friday, Su Yan's fans spontaneously began to promote the ending of "Kimi ni Todoke."

With two weeks left, fans can probably guess the plot.

Episode 18 should be the confession, and then episode 19 will wrap up the two's young love story in this drama, with an open ending.

Experienced veteran drama fans know that the endings are predictable, except for the development of the story in the work.

The Xia drama industry is turbulent.

During the process of promoting the ending of "Kimi ni Todoke", the promotion page for the broadcast of the FSN drama began.

Especially Su Yan's side, the groups from the three TV stations gathered in Tokyo. At this time, the three are still competing for the broadcasting rights of FSN. Although none of the three are short of money, the broadcasting rights of just one work have been speculated to tens of millions. With this money, they could make their own S-level drama, but the three delegations are still unwilling to give up.

Su Yan himself felt that it was not good to wait for a higher price.

Even if Su Yan develops well in Xia in the future, he is only the boss of a film and television production company, at most spending some money to buy shares in the three major TV stations and become a small shareholder.

If these three become red-eyed in competition and continue to do so in the long run, they will definitely turn their attention to Su Yan in the end. This is not what Su Yan wants to see.

With Su Yan's current status, maintaining good cooperative relations with the three TV stations is the first choice.

So Su Yan directly decided this time to broadcast the FSN drama on Shanghai TV Station in January at a price of just over 60 million.

His relationship with the senior executives of Sakura TV Station and China TV Station is pretty good, but he has never cooperated with Shanghai TV Station before.

After confirming the relevant details, the people sent by Sakura and China were very sorry, but also grateful for Su Yan's decisiveness.

Otherwise, even if they competed for the broadcasting rights, but spent too much money, would it be merit or demerit when they returned to headquarters?

Soon, time came to Sunday again.