Depressive screenwriter.

Chapter 133: Arrangements and Competition in the Garden of Words

[The third episode of Cyberpunk Edgewalker dropped to third place in the ratings. Will the miracle created by Su Yan come to an end? ]

[In the third episode of Edgewalker, David joins Mann's team, and the show gradually becomes an ordinary mercenary action drama.]

[Su Yan didn't understand what kind of plot his fans like to watch. If Edgewalker completely turns into a TV series with gun battles and action scenes, his fans will definitely not buy it.]

[In the third week of the spring season, Edgewalker's plot slowed down, causing its ratings to fall to third place. ]

[Su Yan became famous through this romantic drama in April. Why, starting from Life is Strange, there are fewer and fewer romantic elements in Su Yan's works? Doesn't the genius screenwriter have this little judgment? ]

[The third episode of Edgewalker has full special effects, but the plot has become mediocre. The plot of the protagonist David Mann's team becoming cyberpunks to carry out the mission obviously does not meet the expectations of Su Yan's fans! ]

When the ratings were good, the media praised the special effects of Edge of Tomorrow, its novel plot, and the amazing quality of the series.

After the ratings ranking dropped, the media were able to find "shortcomings" from various angles.

Any work will have episodes that make it a masterpiece and episodes that lay the groundwork. The third episode of Cyberpunk Edgewalker is at a turning point in the plot.

The male protagonist David met Mann, joined Mann's team, and became a cyberpunk.

Pira, the technical expert in Mann's team. Rebecca, the sharp-tongued and foul-mouthed gunner played by Shen Liqian. Dolly, Mann's girlfriend and fighter. Falco, the driver. Qiwei, the hacker, and Lucy, the heroine.
The appearance and characterization of these characters will definitely take up a lot of space in the third episode, making the advancement of the main storyline a bit slow.

Although Rebecca's sharp-tongued gunman character easily reminds the audience of Miyazono Kaori, thus attracting a wave of fans.

However, the overall slow and introductory plot of the third episode naturally cannot keep more viewers watching like the first two episodes.

But the drama Cyberpunk Edgewalker itself tells the story of the demise of Mann's team.

When all the members of the team died one by one in the process of being cyberpunks and carrying out dangerous tasks, the tragic fate of this group of like-minded and laughing partners who eventually fell apart is the biggest highlight of the show.

To put it bluntly, the third episode of Cyberpunk Edgewalker has just entered the main storyline.

Su Yan also expected the ratings to grow slowly.

But the media couldn't wait any longer and published various articles to mock.

Sakura TV.
Akasaka Yoshitoki was feeling half happy and half unhappy today.

The good news is that Cyberpunk: Edge of Tomorrow's ratings dropped to third place.

But what’s disappointing is that the show with the highest ratings was not Sakura TV’s “Kuromon”.

"Forget it. Starting next week, the drama Kuromon will begin to make a comeback." Akasaka Yoshitoki smiled slightly.

Yoshitoki Akasaka is very confident about the drama "Kuromon". Although the filming took only half a year, the script was polished for more than two years. From the fourth episode, the plot really entered a white-hot stage and the excitement increased greatly.

But if its previous dramas can maintain the second place in the ratings, then by the end of the broadcast, it is a foregone conclusion that "Kuromon" will top the ratings.

Yoshitoki Akasaka's expectation for this drama is that its highest single-episode ratings will exceed 5.5%, breaking the record of Shanghai TV's S-level drama "Dawn" five years ago, winning the seasonal and annual championships, and then this work will sweep all the major awards at the Xia Yan Awards next year as a finale.

At that time, not only will Su Yan be defeated head-on and Sakura TV be proven, but this result will also be the greatest achievement of Akasaka Yoshitoki after he became the director of the production department, stabilizing the current market and internal public opinion about him in the TV station.

Dimension Films Production Company.

It is almost May, and in addition to dealing with the broadcasting of Cyberpunk Edgewalker, Su Yan also has to focus part of his energy on the production and promotion of The Garden of Words.

In the field of TV dramas, Su Yan is definitely a celebrity now.

But in the field of film, he is just a newcomer.

In Su Yan's previous life, a lot of popular TV stars switched to the film industry but their performance was mediocre, and the same was true for Xia Guo.

The Garden of Words had a very good reputation in Su Yan's previous life because it was an early work of Makoto Shinkai. At that time, Makoto Shinkai did not have the fame or funds to promote the work, which resulted in mediocre performance.

But
Su Yan is famous and rich now.

No matter how many movie fans this fame can convert, it will definitely be a hot topic before the release!
As for funds
The advertising placement companies during the broadcast of Cyberpunk Edgewalker were a great help.

The film distributor that Su Yan's company found was only willing to help Su Yan solve the basic distribution problem of the film. The film's publicity funds and publicity channels were very average.

Of course, if Su Yan himself is willing to spend additional money on publicity and promotion, they can also increase their efforts and help Su Yan negotiate with managers of theater chains across the country about screening schedules.

Having seen TV stars fail in the film industry, this distribution company was not very enthusiastic about Su Yan's film.

Of course, a film distributor like it cannot get too high a share of the final box office revenue. Su Yan will pay the bulk of the funds for publicity and promotion himself, so he will definitely get a higher share of the box office revenue!
"So this is the situation! The filming of The Garden of Words is not difficult, and it will be completed in no time. Then the post-production and editing will take some time, and we will be able to see the finished film in June." said Ikumi Shinozaki.

"It's the publicity and promotion costs for The Garden of Words."

"The other party is called Tianxing Film and Television Company, right?" Su Yan said with a smile as he looked at the information in his hand.

"Well, it's quite famous among the film distribution companies in Xia Country. The summer season of The Garden of Words lasts for more than a month, and more than twenty movies will be released during the entire period. The other party doesn't think that our The Garden of Words can achieve any good results in it, so their attitude is natural." Shinozaki Ikumi looked a little embarrassed.

Although I know that this is the attitude of the film industry towards Su Yan, I still feel a little angry after all.

"Okay, it doesn't matter if we pay some of our own money." Su Yan said after thinking about it.

"But we have to pay for it ourselves, and we have to negotiate with the other party on the increased box office revenue share."

The cinema's box office sharing ratio is fixed. What can be negotiated is the box office sharing ratio between the producer and the distributor.

"I hope the other party won't regret it then." Su Yan said.

"By the way, read less media comments online recently. I see that you are like this, and you spend nights reading online comments. You can't sleep well because of media comments. You have dark circles under your eyes."

"It's easy to say, but people's hearts can't be controlled so easily. I actually understand that the essence of the plot of Edgewalker will not be revealed until Mann dies, and the ratings will most likely increase by then. However, seeing Edgewalker's ratings drop to third place, I am still unwilling to accept it. It's bad enough that they lost to Namco, but they also lost to Sakura TV's Kuromon."

"Although I believe in Edgewalker very much, both Black Gate and Namco are S-level dramas. The plot of Edgewalker is getting better and better, so what about our two opponents? Will they be the same?" Shinozaki Yumi looked at Su Yan
"Your guess makes sense." Su Yan thought for a moment and said.

"But regardless of whether Black Gate and Namco will continue to have high ratings in the later stages, I believe that Cyberpunk Edgewalker will definitely surpass them and win the championship this season!"

"As the creators of this show, we both must have this confidence! We beat the three major TV stations in the season that premiered in April, and now we can do it again."

Although Shinozaki Ikumi knew that this was just spiritual chicken soup spoken by Su Yan to her, she still felt inexplicably benefited from it.

After all, judging from previous experiences, most of Su Yan’s chicken soup words have come true.

Late April, weekend.

The fourth week of the spring season begins.

The fourth episode of Black Gate had a surprising plot twist, and on the night of its premiere, the number of new comments about the show on Sakura.com increased significantly compared to the previous week.

The work's rating rose to 9.4 overnight.

The next day, the ratings for the fourth episode of Black Gate were released.

5.31%.

Compared to the third episode, the ratings have soared. Many people in the industry have noticed something is wrong.

Why does it feel like the drama Black Gate is just starting to gain momentum now?
The fourth episode's plot, music, special effects, and story depth were all so impressive that many fans cried on the spot.

In comparison, the fourth episode of Nanmeng, which premiered on Saturday, received good reviews from the audience as always.

But obviously, it is far worse than the public opinion aroused by the fourth episode of Black Gate.

The fourth episode of Nanmeng had a viewership rating of 5.23%, which was a slight drop compared to the third episode.

The fourth episode of Cyberpunk Edgewalker premieres on Sunday.
As the show is about to start, Su Yan’s fans on the Internet have already taken their positions.

"coming!"

"Don't be lazy this week. Even if you can watch the online broadcast resources on Xingxia.com in two days, why spend money when you can get it for free on TV? The most important thing is to contribute to the ratings of this drama!"

"EdgeWalker dropped to third place last week. I'm really angry!"

"Go, go, go, everyone, work hard. Let's get Edgewalker back to number one in ratings tonight."

"Although I like this drama very much. But I always feel that since it is a story about fighting and love, Rurouni Kenshin is much better than Edge of Tomorrow!"

"Of course. Kenshin is a close combat, while Edgewalker is a gun battle. In terms of viewing pleasure, Kenshin is definitely better. In addition, the ideal of the hero in Kenshin to save the world is intertwined with his feelings for Tomoe Yukishiro, which makes the work more profound. But Edgewalker has not reached that level yet."

"This is only the third episode. After two more episodes, the theme of the story may be different. I believe that Mr. Su Yan is willing to invest so much money in Cyberpunk Edgewalker to make it an S-level drama. This script must be his absolute masterpiece!"

"Yes, I believe in old thief Su Yan!"

Zhou Panpan was reading the comments on the Internet with great interest, and before she knew it, it was eight o'clock.

She didn't look up until the familiar electronic theme song of the cyberpunk Edgewalker came from the TV.

"It starts again!"

Zhou Panpan drank some milk.

"I hope there will be less gunfights and more romance this week. Su Yan, old thief, I'm here to see your romance scenes. Don't always portray your cyberpunk fighting career!"

Soon, the theme song ended and the plot continued from the third episode last week.

There aren't that many fighting scenes in this episode, but instead it starts to shape the communication between David and the various members of Mann's team.

Pila has long prosthetic arms, likes to tell dirty jokes, but actually has a generous personality.

Rebecca is a sharp-tongued yet lovable character who pulls out a gun and gives others the middle finger when she disagrees with something.

She said that to David with a sweet and lovely smile, holding the gun in her hand.

【See you later, David! 】

Zhou Panpan suddenly became excited.

It would be nice if Shen Liqian and Su Yan were also in love in this drama!
In order to improve physical fitness and become a qualified cyberpunk.

Mann asked Lucy to take David for daily physical exercise.

Perform missions and work out with Lucy.

Here, Su Yan added to the plot that after David joined Mann's team, he learned that the hospital where his mother died was run by the "Scavengers", a gang in Night City that specializes in stealing organs.

I realized that my mother's death must have been unclear. Maybe her organs were removed while she was still alive, and then the remains were burned into ashes.

Then when David was carrying out the team's mission, he also took the opportunity to let David take revenge and shot the black-hearted doctor one by one.

When Zhou Panpan saw this, she also got into the state.

Although it is not her favorite love story,
It seems like my blood is getting a little excited.

David gradually integrated into Mann's team.

From a rookie in the beginning, he gradually became adept at dangerous gunfights, explosions, and assassination missions.

He used Sian Westin's elusive and unclear movements to become a very useful member of the team.

The plots in the first half of the episode are very interesting.

But for Zhou Panpan, what is more interesting is the second half of the episode where Mann teaches David how to pursue Lucy.

You can talk to Lucy during physical training.

David didn't think Lucy had that kind of intention towards him.

But Mann saw that was completely wrong and encouraged him to be brave.

Unconsciously, Zhou Panpan smiled like an auntie. But there are also a lot of details in these daily interspersed plots.

And in this episode, in addition to Lucy and David's physical training, Rebecca is also learning about David's firearms training.

And it's clear that Rebecca is very fond of David.
Affection developed.

And then there's this episode with a huge twist.

Mann's team on the streets at night after their mission.

I encountered a man who was standing on a container and urinating.

He took off his pants, put his hands on his hips, stood on a high place, and looked at them with a confused expression.

Zhou Panpan’s eyes widened.

Although the key parts are blocked, this drama is really daring to shoot!

It’s bad enough that there are no good people in Night City, but why are there so many perverts?

Pyrrha, the long-armed member of the team, couldn't stand it anymore and went up to reprimand him.

then.

boom! ! !
Zhou Panpan's heart was pounding at this moment.

With the help of special effects lenses, Rebecca's brother Pila was shot in the head by a pistol, and his eyeballs and mandible flew directly in front of David.

The scene was so beautiful that Zhou Panpan felt a little nauseous about the milk in her stomach.

(End of this chapter)