Depressive screenwriter.

Chapter 149 Eve of Release
Because there are no hotly discussed movies during the summer season, audiences in the country's film industry have also begun to pay attention to other small and medium-investment movies during the period.

Among them, thanks to Su Yan's popularity in the TV circle and the promotion of the distribution company, the topic of The Garden of Words has become increasingly popular as the release date approaches.

Su Yan has a large number of TV drama fans ready to go.

But at the same time.
Among the six movies that premiered on July 31, the battle over the release schedule has reached a fever pitch.

Before a TV series starts airing, it is necessary to find a good broadcasting platform to achieve success.

Before a movie is released, if you want it to do well, you must get a good first-day schedule for the movie.

If a movie is shown ten times a day in a theater or only once a day, will its box office be the same?

It is the movie that caters to the audience's viewing time, rather than the audience waiting for the broadcast time of your movie.

Most moviegoers will definitely not wait if this movie is not scheduled in the theater at the moment, but will go directly to watch other movies, which will directly affect the box office.

Although the box office does not completely represent the quality of a movie, a high-grossing movie is not necessarily a good movie. But a low-grossing movie, even if it is good, must be a niche one, and most people will definitely not be able to watch it.

The first-day box office data and word-of-mouth ratings basically determine the choice tendencies of Xiaguo movie fans after the second day of release. The strong will always be strong, and the weak will always be weak.

There are still three days until The Garden of Words is released, and the competition for the screening schedule of movies released on the 31st has come to an end.

"9% screening schedule" Su Yan frowned.

"It feels a bit low! Didn't Tianxing say they could get 11% of the screenings?"

The 20 million yuan publicity fund and the 20 million yuan shooting fund of The Garden of Words are not considered huge in the Xia country's film and television circles, but they are not that unbearable.

The distributor Tianxing clearly vowed a few days ago that it could secure 11% of the screening time.

"Among the movies released on the 16st, there is a love movie called "Cape". Its investor is Xia Country's second-ranked cinema chain [Fuying Film and Television]. With the support of Fuying's own theaters and communication with other cinema chains, they managed to squeeze out % of the screening time for the movie "Cape." Upon hearing this, Ikumi Shinozaki also sighed.

"At present, the two movies "Gun Grave" and "Firefly" have not been released yet. Although they have been released for more than half a month and the box office is not as high as at the beginning, the theaters will still give them about 8% of the screenings. Then there are a bunch of other movies released this month. Although the box office is sluggish and they have been released for a long time, the theaters will give them a total of about 20% to 30% of the screenings. As for our six movies released on the 31st, on average each of them has only 10% of the screenings. However, after being squeezed out by "Cape", everyone's screening share will definitely decline."

"Okay." Su Yan said after thinking for a while.

"I can accept this reason."

Su Yan is not an unreasonable person. As long as Tianxing, the publisher, is not perfunctory and does not do his job, it will be fine.

As for not being able to compete with other people with connections, there is nothing we can do about it.

Others would like to contribute, but Kotonoha No Nia has to be strong and work harder so that others can get higher screenings for Kotonoha No Nia.

But the fact is that Su Yan is not important enough in the film industry right now, and distributors are not omnipotent. Although it is very uncomfortable, some things must be accepted.

Shinozaki Ikumi looked at Su Yan's expression and nodded slightly.

Even though the screening rate has only dropped from 11% to 9%, it’s only a 2% difference.

But in fact, for The Garden of Words, the first-day screening schedule was cut by one-fifth.

In other words, when the audience is unaware of these works, their reputation, or their plots, and chooses which movie to watch completely randomly, the screening schedule is reduced by one-fifth, which is roughly equivalent to a one-fifth reduction in the first-day box office.

If it were an ordinary investor, he would have jumped up and cursed.

It is indeed rare for Su Yan to be so calm.

"Tianxing has also tried its best. For other movies released at the same time, their screening schedules have been cut by 3% or 4%." Shinozaki Ikumi said carefully.

"You don't have to be so cautious." Su Yan said with a smile.

"I do not blame you."

"The film industry and the TV industry are actually basically the same. To put it bluntly, we are just not getting enough attention from theater chains right now," said Su Yan.

"We are not well-known in the film industry right now, so we can only accept this kind of thing."

"But I hope that romantic movie called Cape is of good quality."

"What do you mean?" asked Shinozaki Ikumi in surprise.

"It's nothing. That movie is also a love movie, right?" Su Yan said.

"It's a similar film to The Garden of Words, and it's released on the same day. If its quality, attendance, and word-of-mouth are not good enough, the cinema chain will reallocate the screening schedule of the films starting the next day."

"What do you mean?" Shinozaki Ikumi looked at Su Yan.

"We will suffer a little loss on the first day. I didn't plan for The Garden of Words to be a big hit on the first day. It's not that type of movie, and it doesn't have that external conditions. But in my opinion, this movie will be a long-term success. If that movie doesn't have a good reputation, The Garden of Words will take over all the screenings within a few days after its release."

"How do you know?" Shinozaki Ikumi asked in surprise.

"Well, market sense. Before my works are broadcast, I always have a prediction of how they will perform in Xia Country after they are released." Su Yan said with a smile.

In fact, the reputation and achievements of these works in Su Yan’s previous life are used as a reference to infer their achievements in Xia Country.

"So that's just your speculation?" Shinozaki Ikumi thought for a while and said.

“It may not be accurate!”

"What do you think has brought us to where we are today?" Su Yan smiled.

"If my predictions were wrong, we would have been defeated long ago."

Shinozaki Ikumi was speechless after hearing this.

I wanted to refute it, but I couldn't say a word.

Because none of Su Yan's works have ever failed.

Time passed, and soon it was the 30th.

The filming of Tokyo Love Story has entered a white-hot stage in the past two days. Su Yan plays Nagao Kanji, Shen Liqian plays Akana Rika, and Gu Qingyuan plays Sekiguchi Satomi also took makeup photos and posted them on the official website of "Ciyuan Film and Television Production Company", attracting the attention of many fans of Su Yan.

As for the script
Shen Liqian and Gu Qingyuan started studying two weeks in advance.

In the drama Tokyo Love Story, the charm of the character Sekiguchi Satomi is completely defeated by Akagi Rika. Even the actor who played this role in the original work was hated by a large number of Tokyo Love Story fans after the show ended, and people threw stones at her on the subway.

Gu Qingyuan could also see that this character was unlikable.

From today's perspective, this character is a bit of a green tea.

However, she was not dissatisfied with Su Yan's decision to give her the second female lead in this drama.

She knew very well who she relied on for her current status and fame in the Xia country's film and television industry.

Although I realize that the character setting is not likable, I am still working hard to figure out how to play this role well.

To put it bluntly, the reason why green tea girls are disliked is probably because they are not pretty enough.

If she is really good-looking enough, she is just a considerate and kind sister.

Although Su Yan himself also felt that, based on the comparison of the characters of Akaname Rika and Sekiguchi Satomi, no matter how god-like the actor is, the latter's popularity would never exceed the former.

But at least don't be too one-sided. At least put up some resistance and have some party strife. This way the ratings will be higher.

As for Shen Liqian, she got into the state immediately after getting the script.

She only got the first three episodes of the script and didn't know where the story would go next. But in just the first three episodes, she had a feeling that the charm of Akana Rika's character was about to overflow the script.
After it is broadcast, this drama may create a big stir in the Xia country's TV drama industry just like Cyberpunk.

Of course, Su Yan and the other three have collaborated on many dramas and are very familiar with each other, so the filming was easy and there were very few NGs.

But Shunsuke Satake, the second-tier actor from Natsuki who was signed by the crew, will have to adapt.

During the filming process, he had to pay constant attention to the emotional problems of Su Yan, the screenwriter, investor and leading actor.

He looks very handsome, and standing next to Su Yan, he is actually more eye-catching than Su Yan, which is in line with the original work.

In the original work, Kenichi Mikami is a handsome playboy.

Moreover, as the only Sakurajima person among the main characters, he also points to the theme.

After all, it's a Tokyo love story, and it's a bit funny that there's not a single Sakurajima person among the actors.

This is also one of the reasons why Shinozaki Ikumi and Su Yan chose him to play this role.

On the 30th, after the filming of Tokyo Love Story was completed, Su Yan posted the video he had prepared in advance to the official website of Dimension Film and Television Production Company, as well as his own certified creator account on the three major online broadcasting platforms.

The reason why it is one of the top three is because Sakura.com directly banned Su Yan’s account.

The content of the video is very simple, just to remind fans once again.

Tomorrow, July 31st.

His first film, The Garden of Words, will be released nationwide.

【.I and Gu Qingyuan are the male and female protagonists of this film, and there is absolutely no death or stabbing in this film. It is a touching and emotional film about redemption and healing! 】

Su Yan's video ends with such suggestive words.

This is an emotional movie starring Su Yan and Gu Qingyuan, not a love movie.

After all, until the end, the heroine didn't accept the hero's confession, so how could there be love?

So naturally there is no such thing as depression in love.

Similarly, fans will subconsciously think that this is a movie with a happy ending, and that it is starred by Su Yan and Gu Qingyuan, so many of their CP fans will definitely be excited at this time.

A large number of fan comments immediately appeared in the comment section of Su Yan’s account.

"Oh my god, this means we can really see a work with a happy ending for Gu Qingyuan and Su Yan?"

"Go, go at 1:00! The first movie is at 7:00 pm tomorrow! Who wants to join us?"

"I'm also going to watch the movie at 7 o'clock tomorrow!"

"Trust the old thief Su Yan once more."

"I thought that old thief Su Yan would concentrate on filming dramas after going to Sakurajima, but I didn't expect that he still hasn't forgotten The Garden of Words!"

"Of course. How can we not take his first movie seriously?"

"Everyone, go and give me your full support! We can't lose!"

"It's just that the screening ratio of this movie is not very high, only 9%! Can the box office on the first day be million?"

"Probably not! There are so many movies coming out tomorrow! The box office should be spread out and evenly distributed."

"Don't think about the first-day box office. As long as the reputation of the work is good, there have been movies in Xiaguo that have a box office of 10 million on the first day and eventually exceed 700 or 800 million. On the contrary, like Gun Grave, the box office was so good on the first day, but now it can barely make 500 million. What's the point?"

"Right!"

"No matter what, I believe in Su Yan. Whether it's a TV series or a movie, his ability is obvious to all. As long as the script of The Garden of Words can be as good as his TV series, the reputation and box office will definitely be good!"

Although a number of movies were released on the 31st, because it was Friday, the first movie was broadcast at pm, which is also an industry practice.

The night passed quickly.

In the morning, the sun rises.
The 31st, the release date of The Garden of Words, is coming.

(End of this chapter)