Depressive screenwriter.

Chapter 119 Undercurrent, Casting
Nowadays, Su Yan is definitely an extremely famous figure in the Xia country's TV drama community.

There are a lot of people in Xia Country watching his every move.

When Su Yan contacted people from Zhongxia TV and Hudu TV, it actually attracted a lot of attention.

What's more, it has basically been confirmed that we will cooperate with Zhongxia TV Station on an S-level drama in the future.

There is nothing impenetrable under the sun, and there are no secrets in the television industry. Related gossip has long been flying around.

"Have you heard? It is rumored that Su Yan is starting a new drama project!"

"I've heard about it, too. My brother-in-law who works at Zhongxia TV told me that Su Yan's new drama will be aired on Zhongxia TV!"

"Going to cooperate with Zhongxia TV? Impossible?"

"How is it impossible? Last quarter, two A-level dramas on Zhongxia TV ranked fourth and fifth in the ratings. It's really embarrassing. Instead of inviting some veteran, gold medal screenwriters, producers, and directors to come up with a big lineup to compete with Su Yan, wouldn't it be better to cooperate with Su Yan directly?"

"That does make sense. With Su Yan's current popularity and fan loyalty, ordinary A-level drama productions may not be able to beat him. Only by taking risks to produce S-level dramas can we steadily crush Su Yan. Since Su Yan is willing to cooperate with Zhongxia TV Station, there is no need to take this risk."

"What a pity! Qingkong TV just found a big partner, but now they have turned to Zhongxia TV."

"From what I heard, Su Yan is only going to cooperate with Zhongxia, but he may not be ready to cut off contact with Qingkong TV. Su Yan may cooperate with both TV stations at the same time. After all, as the owner of a private film and television company, he can't hang himself on one tree. He must have two or three fixed partners and a plan B!"

Colleagues at the TV station made all kinds of speculations about the gossip about Su Yan's new work.

But none of them guessed correctly.

The most outrageous imagination everyone has is that Su Yan will make a B-level drama or an A-level drama in collaboration with Zhongxia TV Station.

But on October 7
After Zhongxia TV publicly announced that it and Su Yan's "Dimension Film and Television Production Company" would broadcast an S-rated drama in April next year.
The entire market suddenly exploded like a volcano.

Especially Su Yan’s fans.

"S-level drama? I'm awesome. Su Yan is crazy."

"The money he made from this April production is only enough to produce an S-rated drama, right? Did he invest all of it?"

"This is crazy. The three major TV stations haven't made this level of investment in more than two years. Su Yan, the old thief, is even more powerful than the three major TV stations."

"That's not the case. It's not that the three major TV stations don't have the ability to produce S-level dramas, it's that it doesn't matter whether they do it or not. After all, the seasonal and annual championships are theirs. Without pressure, there's naturally no motivation to bother."

"But it's different now! It's already been confirmed that next April, Su Yan will have an S-rated drama airing. What are Hudu and Sakura TV going to do? Continue to slowly fool the market with A-rated dramas and let Su Yan win the quarterly championship? It's impossible, maybe even the annual championship result!"

"Su Yan's B-level drama won the seasonal championship, so his S-level drama should definitely aim for the annual championship, right?"

"Cyberpunk Edgewalker? I only know that cyberpunk is another name for works with future science and technology themes. Is Su Yan Laozei's S-rated drama a science fiction drama?"

“No, no, no. There are very few cyberpunk-themed works in Xia Country, because the production cost of such works is usually not low. However, science fiction is just a disguise. In fact, the core of cyberpunk themes is often "despair and tragedy". The social divisions born under high technology and low living standards often give rise to a series of tragedies and struggles, which are the highlights.”

"Despair? Tragedy?"

"Oh this. Scary."

"But it's not absolute! Just like April, wasn't the second ending of Su Yan Lao Zei done very well? Su Yan Lao Zei's science fiction drama may not necessarily be a tragedy."

Sakura TV.

When Yoshitoki Akasaka heard his assistant tell him the complete news about Su Yan, a light flashed in his eyes.

"S-rank drama?"

"That's right," said the assistant.

"Given the background of Su Yan's new company, producing this drama would probably bankrupt him." Akasaka Yoshitoki said coldly.

"That is to say, if the performance of his drama does not meet expectations, he will never be able to bounce back."

Akasaka Yoshitoki fell silent after saying this.

"We can't let a traitor who escaped from a TV station become too arrogant. He was lucky some time ago, and he managed to win the quarterly championship with that drama in April, but that's all," Akasaka Yoshitoki narrowed his eyes.

"Isn't it just an S-rank drama? We at Sakura TV can also produce it."

Akasaka Yoshitoki looked at his assistant.

"Spread the news to the production department, the screenwriting department, and the people from the film and television companies that have a good cooperative relationship with our station. Sakura TV will also produce and broadcast an S-level drama in April next year. We will avenge the failure of this season's "The Simplest Love!" and the ridicule of our Sakura TV station by the industry! We want to let the industry know that Sakura TV station has never been unable to operate without someone. In April next year, we will step on Su Yan's head and win the quarterly and annual ratings championships, and win the annual best TV drama award!"

"I understand! The minister is indeed a man of foresight. He dealt the opponent the heaviest blow when he was most proud and complacent. He not only killed him, but also destroyed his heart."

The assistant praised him excitedly, and Akasaka Yoshitoki enjoyed it very much. He nodded with a satisfied expression.

After the assistant left, Akasaka Yoshitoki looked out the window at the night view of Shanghai and whispered softly.

"Su Yan, don't think you can get ahead of yourself just because a few dramas have achieved some success."

"You can't just throw money at an S-level drama. You can't hire some actors, directors, screenwriters, and production teams without many years of connections in the industry. Even if you spend tens of millions to produce a drama, how can it compete with the works produced by Sakura TV with all its strength?"

Inside the company, Su Yan looked at the reports about marginal walkers in the media, newspapers, and the Internet, and he let out a long sigh.

"After all, it's an S-level drama, and Zhongxia TV is well aware that the sooner a drama like this is promoted, the better."

"But." Su Yan smiled slightly.

"But what?"

Shinozaki Yumi, who was in Su Yan's office, asked curiously.

"However, Hudu TV rejected our proposal to cooperate with us. I guess they have some big plans. And at Sakura TV, Akasaka Yoshitoki was exploited by us last season and became a big joke in the industry. I guess he knows that the S-level drama we produced will be broadcast in April next year. I'm afraid he won't do nothing!" Su Yan said with a smile.

"What you mean is." Shinozaki Yumi's eyes widened.

"By then, will there be more than one S-ranked drama airing at the same time?"

“Just guesswork”

"However, even if the situation develops like this in the end," Su Yan said.

"The final winner will be us."

After all, everything has been communicated with Zhongxia Television. With the highest-level publicity resources and prime-time broadcasting schedule, there will definitely be no inherent disadvantages when Edge Walker starts airing.

It is now October, and together with the broadcasting time in April next year, EdgeWalker has eight or nine months to produce special effects and shoot.

But on the other hand, Su Yan also reached an agreement with Qingkong TV.

Life is Strange will premiere in January next year.

There is also The Garden of Words, which has been decided to be a theatrical movie, so there are many processes to go through.

Scheduling, finding distributors, and filming a movie are definitely more demanding than a TV series. Shi Peihua cannot handle three dramas by herself, so she has to find some well-known directors in the film industry to take over the scripts.
Strictly speaking, these jobs are also extremely busy.

"By the way, how will you arrange the auditions for our three dramas? Are there any suitable candidates? With our current fame, most of the actors in Xia Country should consider participating in our works, right?" Su Yan asked at this time.

"David, the male lead of the drama Edgewalker, is you. And I want Gu Qingyuan to play the female lead Lucy, and Shen Liqian to play Rebecca." Shinozaki Ikumi said without hesitation.

Su Yan's expression was a little strange. Why are we three here again?
But he still asked tentatively.

"Why does Gu Qingyuan play Lucy?"

"Because according to your script, Lucy is a queen with a great figure. Rebecca is a cute flat-chested girl with a lively personality, right?"

Shinozaki Ikumi looked up at Su Yan and spoke selectively.

"Gu Qingyuan has a great figure, and is suitable for playing the roles of an iceberg or queen."

"And Shen Liqian's figure is very flat. This is determined by her appearance."

Su Yan thought about it and it seemed to make some sense.

"Life is Strange is even simpler. It's a drama with two female protagonists. The protagonist of the story is Max and the other female protagonist is Chloe," Shinozaki Ikumi continued.

"Two heroines, still them."

"The two dramas will be aired in January of next year during the winter season and April of next year during the spring season. They are chosen to play the leading female roles in both dramas. This arrangement can also attract the fans to the greatest extent."

Su Yan probably understood what Shinozaki Yumi was thinking.

When she chose the leading actors for these three dramas, she only focused on these three from the beginning.

"What about the Garden of Words?"

"You are the male lead, and Gu Qingyuan is the female lead." Shinozaki Ikumi pointed at Su Yan.

"Hey, why is everything centered around me, Gu Qingyuan, and Shen Liqian?" Su Yan couldn't help it.

"Are there no other actors in Xiaguo's film and television industry? It's impossible for the three of us to be versatile actors and play any role, right?"

"Of course not." Ikumi Shinozaki opened her laptop and opened a well-known website.

"This is Xiaguo Media, and industry professionals have come up with the results based on market data analysis."

"Shen Liqian has been ranked first on the Xia Country Actress Popularity List for three consecutive weeks since the end of Your Lie in April. Gu Qingyuan is ranked sixth on the list because of her role as Igawa Emi."

"As for the popularity and heat rankings of male stars, you have basically never fallen out of the top three on the list because of your performance as the character of Arima Kousei."

Shinozaki Ikumi looked at Su Yan.

"It's not that we can't find other actors, but considering their popularity, they may not be as good as you three. At least in the past six months, before the popularity of April completely fades away, the popularity of you three will definitely be at the level of first-tier movie stars. Besides, the company is short of funds now, and the pay of you three is easy to negotiate. We can save money to produce TV series and improve the quality of the finished film."

(End of this chapter)