Depressive screenwriter.

Chapter 148 Arrival and Arrangements

Early morning in Tokyo.
The sun rises and its rays illuminate the city.

Su Yan and Shinozaki Ikumi found something was completely wrong when they arrived at the airport.

There was a large group of Su Yan, Shen Liqian and Gu Qingyuan's fans blocking the airport, and the news came from nowhere.

The two were blocked at the exit.

"Teacher Su Yan! Sign."

"Teacher Su Yan, take a photo with me."

"what!!!"

"Look at me here."

"Teacher Su Yan"

Su Yan's daily life in Shanghai is very simple. He basically wears a mask when going out and is rarely surrounded by fans.

But Tokyo.
The residents here mostly watch mainland TV dramas and movies. Of course, just like the Hong Kong Island in Su Yan's previous life, they also have their own unique film and television circles.

But no matter what, Su Yan is a screenwriter and actor who has become so famous in the past two years, and the news has long reported that he will come to Tokyo to film a new drama.

Naturally, there are many powerful fans who know which flight Su Yan took.

After a lot of effort, they finally walked out of the enthusiastic embrace of fans at the airport and got on the special car that had been prepared long ago.

"This is horrible!" Su Yan wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"I'm sorry to embarrass you." Shinozaki Ikumi said a little embarrassedly.

After all, her hometown is in Tokyo. The two said they came here to film, but in fact, for Ikumi Shinozaki it was just going home.

"This has nothing to do with you." Su Yan took a deep breath.

"But the fans here are so enthusiastic, there won't be any trouble when we shoot on location, right?"

"That definitely won't happen. I take security very seriously." Shinozaki Ikumi said quickly.

At this time, Su Yan also looked out the car window.

It was similar to the Tokyo that Su Yan had seen on the news in his previous life, without so many tall buildings, and the pedestrians on the streets were all dressed in the characteristic style of the Sakurajima area. The only difference was that the signposts on the streets here were all in Xia Guoyu, and Sakurajima language was considered a local dialect here.

"The Garden of Words will be released in less than two weeks. In the next few days, you and Gu Qingyuan will have to cooperate to promote the movie in Tokyo. Sakurajima is the third largest economic circle in Xia Kingdom after the Shanghai circle and the Imperial capital circle, and the consumption level of residents is also relatively high. The Garden of Words is a movie set in Sakurajima. If its box office performance in Sakurajima is not good, let alone in the mainland." Shinozaki Ikumi said.

"I understand." Su Yan paused and nodded.

"Then if we want to catch up with the October broadcast, the filming of Tokyo Love Story must also start immediately..." Shinozaki Ikumi said solemnly.

The Garden of Words is only Su Yan's first work in the film industry. It would be great if it could be a hit at the box office. If it fails, it's no big deal. There are too many examples of flops in the TV drama and film circles in Xia country. It won't have much impact on Su Yan's career. If The Garden of Words really doesn't perform well, the company can afford the losses. Just learn from the failure and lay the foundation for the success of Su Yan's second film.

But Tokyo Love Story is the TV series created by Su Yan after the hit drama Edge Walker.

The amount of attention and media opinion it will receive will definitely be beyond imagination.

If Tokyo Love Story doesn’t perform as expected, it will have a huge impact.

At this time, Shinozaki Ikumi naturally attached more importance to Tokyo Love than The Garden of Words, otherwise she would not have rushed Su Yan and the crew members to Tokyo before The Garden of Words was released.

If the crew starts filming one day earlier, the quality of Dong Ai’s TV series will be one point higher!
The vehicle continued to drive towards the designated destination, and Shinozaki Ikumi continued to discuss the arrangements for this trip to Tokyo with Su Yan in the car.

There are also many film and television companies in the Tokyo area, so renting personnel and equipment is not a problem, and the prices are even cheaper than in Shanghai.

Ikumi Shinozaki, a staff member of the entire crew, also asked her mother Aki Shinozaki to arrange a place for them to live in advance. As the screenwriter, leading actor and chairman of the company, Su Yan naturally had very good living conditions.

But the situation of Shen Liqian, Gu Qingyuan, and Shinozaki Yumi was not so good, but overall they were above the standard and they had nothing to complain about.

After all, we are here to work, not to enjoy ourselves.

Regarding the rental of the venue for filming Tokyo Love Story, we are also negotiating contracts with the relevant owners.

The filming of the TV series of Puella Magi Madoka Magica is also being carried out simultaneously.

Because Magic Circle had to shoot many important shots first, and then cooperate with the special effects company to add special effects.

Although the crew is currently focusing on East Love, the progress of Madoka Magica must not be delayed.

Ikumi Shinozaki had just arrived in Tokyo, and she immediately started working mode without a second's rest.

Everything is still arranged in order.

After moving into the arranged accommodation, Su Yan and Shinozaki Ikumi split up.

The preliminary preparations for the shooting of the two dramas were arranged by Shinozaki Ikumi. As for Su Yan, he had just put down his luggage and went to the designated place with Gu Qingyuan and the publicity team members to meet fans in Tokyo.

Soon, two days passed.

Although Su Yan left Shanghai, the news about him in Tokyo was also transmitted to the mainland through the media. Now it is late July, and more than a dozen movies have been released in the summer season.

Among them, Gun Tomb, which has been released for more than half a month, has a total box office of 4.73 million yuan so far. The total box office in the first three days was more than million yuan. After more than half a month of release, the box office was only more than million yuan. This performance is definitely extremely poor.

The fantasy film Firefly was released a week later, but its total box office now stands at 4.76 million yuan, which is much better than previous media predictions. However, there are actually some problems as well, which is that the box office performance after its release is also insufficient.

The third comedy movie of the summer season, "My Girlfriend Is Super Power", which was invested over 8200 million yuan, was even worse. On the first day of its release, the box office was 4.1 million, but fans gave it an abstract score that evening.

The plot is exaggerated, the acting is exaggerated, and the special effects are obviously well-made.

It’s a pity that no matter how good the production quality is, it’s useless if it encounters a bad script and actors who have no idea what they are acting.

Purely terrible movie.

Movie fans in Xia country are not used to the director and leading actor of "Super Girlfriend". Although they all had very good achievements in the film industry, that was in the past.

If a movie like this is so eye-catching that it thinks it is funny but is actually full of awkward and bad jokes, the audience will use the box office to tell the creative team what the end will be.

The movie "My Girlfriend" grossed 8200 million on its first day, but only 1900 million on the next Saturday. On Sunday, due to poor word of mouth, the movie was scheduled for Firefly and Gun Grave, and its box office was a pitiful 1500 million.

A movie with an investment of 1.9 million yuan and tens of millions spent on publicity and promotion, grossed 1.16 million yuan in the first three days of its release, and only 900 million yuan on Monday.
The first tragedy of the summer season has occurred.

It has been made clear that this film will not be able to make back its investment from the film market. We can only wait and see if we can make more money from selling overseas copyrights and online broadcasting copyrights to reduce the losses.

At this point, the pattern of the film market in July has become clear.

Among the three movies with investments of over 100 million yuan, Firefly is expected to have a total box office of around 700 million yuan based on the current situation.

Gun Grave is average, and the total box office will be around 600 million.

As for High Energy Girlfriend, it would be a big deal if the total box office exceeded 300 million.

Among the other small and medium-investment movies that were released, there were no dark horse works. The best performing one was a love movie "Hearing", which had an investment of 2.5 million yuan, but the total box office is expected to be no more than million.

This is the current situation of the Xia country’s film market.

The media reported the news, but movie fans in Xia country were not happy.

They posted their opinions on online forums.

"This is all the summer season this year?"

"It's already halfway through, and I still can't see any eye-catching works!"

"Last summer, there was a movie that grossed over 1 billion, but this is the only one this year?"

"Aren't there two movies, 'Under the Aurora' and 'Assassination', coming out in August? Don't judge too early!"

"It's useless. The investment in these two movies is enough, one is 1.5 million, and the other is 1.3 million. But the heroine Gao Yuting of the former has been a well-known box office poison in the past two years, and the director of the latter has made four movies in the past three years, all of which are bad movies."

"The Xia country's film industry is going to be finished."

"Who cares? These investors and film companies like to make bad movies. That's great. I can save 19 yuan of Xia Guo currency right away. Wouldn't it be nice if I could use it to eat?"

"19? It costs more than to watch a movie here."

“I’m close to 40 here.”

"envious."

"And aren't there six movies coming out next week on the 31st? You can look forward to that!"

"If these big-budget movies perform like this, how can you expect movies with an investment of 200, 300, 300 or 400 million yuan to perform well?"

"The quality of a movie is not entirely determined by the investment amount. There are also good low-budget movies!"

"It's like trying to find a dark horse among these low-budget movies. I just can't believe it."

"Isn't there a very popular screenwriter named Su Yan? I've been frequently browsing his information about The Garden of Words on online streaming platforms these days. From the trailer, the style of the movie is pretty good, and both the male and female leads sound pleasing to the eye."

"I don't usually watch TV series, but my girlfriend really loves watching Su Yan's dramas. She even cried many times. I don't really understand her."

"Go watch Su Yan's drama and you'll understand why your girlfriend cried while watching it!"

"I don't even have enough time to play games, so how can I possibly watch TV series? At most, I occasionally go to the cinema with my girlfriend."

"I'm a fan of Su Yan. I can't guarantee how high the box office of Su Yan's movie will be, but what I can say is that this movie is definitely not a bad movie!"

"Anything produced by Su Yan must be of the highest quality."

"Support the Garden of Words."

"I'm bored anyway, so I'll just wait for the ratings from the first wave of moviegoers for The Garden of Words. Of all the movies released during the summer, the one with the highest rating so far is Firefly's 8.7. If The Garden of Words can get a 7.5, I'll go to the theater to see how it goes."

"I heard that this screenwriter named Su Yan's works are very tear-jerking and depressing. I'd like to go and see what's going on when the time comes."

(End of this chapter)