Depressive screenwriter.

Chapter 182 Spring Season

Soft music played.
【It’s a dream! 】

The girl, dressed in her bestiality, stood up and drew aside the curtains of the room.

Bright sunshine, fair and beautiful girl's face, bright eyes, lively and lovely smile, pink hair fluttering in the wind.

Yeah, that's right.
This is what we want to see!

Next preview screen.

The evil witch, the cute rabbit that suddenly appeared, the prayer of the magic girl, the determination to make her wish come true. And Gu Qingyuan's black silk JK suit.
With the help of music and pictures, this trailer satisfied the expectations of many fans.

Moreover, the dialogue between Gu Qingyuan and Shen Liqian in the trailer has a strong sense of CP.
It seems that not having a male lead is not a big deal.

"I'm awesome! I declare that the winner of this year's Xia Yan Award for Best TV Drama is Madoka Magica!"

"I wonder if anyone dares to say this drama is definitely a tragedy this time!"

"It's a story about a group of girls who want to defeat an evil witch and fulfill their wishes by becoming magical girls. Yes, this is a TV show that's perfect for the baby physique of Xiaguo!"

"As long as there is a drama starring Li Xiang, I will definitely follow it."

"I've developed a disease where I can't concentrate unless I pay attention to Shen Liqian."

"I'm relieved! As long as there's no love, even if Su Yan creates a tragedy, it won't be that sad."

"Has the old thief Su Yan really transformed?"

"Has he given up his depression? Although I'm happy, I'm still a little uncomfortable."

“As for the art style and music style, needless to say, it’s awesome!”

"I only saw the eye candy. The story of five beautiful girls. Su Yan, that old thief, understands me too well! Romance between men and women is outdated. Girls' friendship is the way to go."

"Although I didn't think highly of this drama at first, after watching the trailer, I was attracted to it. This kind of cute TV series seems to be quite good."

"And the magical girl transformation in the trailer is really interesting! How did you come up with this idea?"

"I have already predicted that in July, when the summer season comes, there will be a lot of imitation dramas produced by film and television companies in Xiaguo."

"Su Yan, the old thief, created the magical girl. His colleagues borrowed from the magical boy~"

"Why are you all so optimistic? Haven't you ever thought that this trailer is a scam?"

"Don't be paranoid. It's pointless to always assume the worst of old thief Su Yan!"

"Su Yan's dramas are all depressing because of the love themes. As for Puella Magi Madoka Magica, I don't see any depressing points. You don't think this drama can be turned into a tragedy, do you?"

"Not necessarily! In Su Yan's drama, any plot direction is possible. You guys just continue to be optimistic. I'll be on high alert anyway."

On Xingxia.com, the trailer for Puella Magi Madoka Magica was released first.

Soon after, the trailer for Puella Magi Madoka Magica was also broadcast during prime time on the Midsummer TV station.

The news about Madoka Magica topped the hot search list in the film and television industry in less than half a day.

Xiaguo media also began to take advantage of the traffic.

[The promotion of Su Yan's new drama has begun. Judging from the trailer, the style of Magical Girl Madoka Madoka seems to be heading towards a new path. 】

[The trailer for Puella Magi Madoka Magica was online for three hours and the number of views exceeded six million. Su Yan's drama has taken the lead in popularity in Xia Country. ]

[A school youth friendship drama? Puella Magi Madoka Magica looks mediocre from the trailer. Can such a drama be accepted by fans of Tokyo Love? ]

[Puella Magi Madoka Magica is just a re-skinned drama with no new ideas. The setting is not exciting, and the trailer is all about the looks of the leading actors. From the trailer, we can predict that this drama will most likely flop! ]

[Another masterpiece after Tokyo Love Story by the genius screenwriter Su Yan. Can Puella Magi Madoka Magica replicate the popularity of Tokyo Love Story and become another representative work in the history of Su Yan's creative career? 】

[The total production budget of Puella Magi Madoka Magica is 87 million, and the total production budget of Sakura TV's S-level drama Warriors has reached a staggering 92 million after post-production. If Warriors loses to Madoka Magica in ratings again this quarter, Akasaka Yoshitoki's career in the Natsuki film and television industry will come to an end.]

[It is said that the broadcasting rights of Puella Magi Madoka Magica sold to Chung-Natsu TV cost as much as 49 million. Just the broadcasting rights alone are comparable to the production costs of a high-quality A-level drama. Add to that the co-branding contract and the advertising placement contract of Puella Magi Madoka Magica, and perhaps most of the production costs will be recovered before the show even starts airing.]

The heated discussions among fans and the media pushed the popularity of Puella Magi Madoka Magica to its peak in just one day.

Yoshitoki Akasaka of Sakura TV frowned as he watched the market reaction.

He was a little annoyed, but also helpless.

But at least, he is still the director of the production department, and he has great power in the development of all business operations of the entire TV station.

He had never been so serious and unreserved about the broadcast of TV series on the station before.

But at this critical moment of life and death, he can't care about so much.

All connections and relationships are mobilized.

Not only did he serve as the direct person in charge of many instructions and tasks, but even when the investment in the drama "Wushuang" was so huge, he continued to ask the top management of the station for additional production funds.

The entire Sakura TV station and all its channels gave the green light to the drama Wushuang.

This is the drama that Yoshitoki Akasaka is betting everything on.

If you fail.
Yoshitoki Akasaka looked at the photo of the list of senior executives in the production department in his room, and finally stopped at Aya Ozekida.

By then, Ogidena Aya and the senior board members behind her will definitely attack him.

Even his backers in the TV station's decision-making circles would not be able to protect him.

In the next half month.

In every corner of the Xiaguo film and television industry, advertisements for the two dramas Puella Magi Madoka Magica and Warriors are everywhere.

Although in terms of expectations among the fan community, Puella Magi Madoka Magica is far ahead.

But in the offline market, everyone’s senses are similar.

In terms of the publicity of the two dramas, Wushuang is even better. After all, Akasaka Yoshitoki is trying his best to use all the publicity resources he can get. As for the issue of taking the blame, he no longer considers it!
He also mobilized all his connections in the industry and asked them to speak out in the industry to express their disapproval and criticism of the show Puella Magi Madoka Magica.

But the effect is just like that.

But people in the industry can all feel the tense atmosphere between Sakura TV and Su Yan's Dimension Film and Television Company.

It's late March
As the weather warms up, cherry blossoms are in full bloom.

The crew of 5 Centimeters per Second also started filming the scene in the first act, Sakura Cha, where cherry blossoms are falling all over the sky, and the end of the third act, when the male protagonist Takaki meets Akari after more than ten years.

Although Su Yan did not serve as an actor, he still came to the set every day.

There are still differences between the movie and the original animation, and with a different director, there will definitely be some differences in the style of the work.

However, Su Yan still explicitly requested the director of 5 Seconds to keep the creative direction close to the atmosphere of Makoto Shinkai's original work.

Maybe he has other excellent insights into the script, but Su Yan won't take the gamble.

Su Yan is the investor and the top boss of the crew. The director will not act freely unless Su Yan has made clear requirements.

As a well-known love film director in Xia Country, he felt that Su Yan's suggestions were quite unique, and then he made improvements on some of the shortcomings based on Su Yan's suggestions.

Of course, the film has not remained unchanged throughout.

At the end of the third act of 5 Centimeters per Second, when the movie theme song plays, there are a lot of flashback shots, but the interlude used in this shot cannot be the original version of the song.

After all, 5 Centimeters per Second is a Chinese movie, and most of its box office is in mainland China, so it is not very appropriate to put a Sakurajima song in it.

Therefore, the song chosen for this plot was a song of similar style created by a well-known musician from Xia Country, whom Su Yan specially hired at a high price.

In general, the shooting progress of 5 Centimeters per Second is advancing little by little. In no more than two months, its shooting will be completely completed and enter the post-production stage.

Then there is the promotion and release.
At the end of March, Su Yan, Shen Liqian, Gu Qingyuan, Shi Peihua and other main creative staff went to Zhongxia TV Station to record two variety shows for the promotion of Magical Girl Madoka Magica.

Just like that, March ends and April arrives.
As April began, the atmosphere in Xiaguo's film and television circles changed again.

Fans of Madoka Magica occupy the majority of public opinion in the market and are promoting her crazily in various forums.

However, all of Su Yan’s haters chose to support the drama Wu Shuang.

As for the main drama of Shanghai TV this season, Cicada Song
What's that roadside?
No one is interested at all and the media are too lazy to report it.

In this season with two S-level dramas competing, all other works are just runners-up.

Friday, April 2nd.

Under the attention of colleagues in the Xiaguo television industry, the first episode of "Wushuang" on Sakura TV was successfully broadcast.

That evening, all the hot search terms on Xia Country's major news media and film and television forum websites were dominated by information related to Wushuang.

Su Yan always accused Akasaka Yoshitoki of being bad, but never said he was bad.

From the script to the production level, cast, and publicity, there is nothing wrong with the drama "Wushuang".

It represents the top level of Xiaguo's TV drama industry.

Even Su Yan's fans who hated Akasaka Yoshitoki and the Xiaguo media who had been mocking him had to praise the quality of the first episode of the show on Saturday.

There's really nothing to be ashamed of.

Regardless of whether the plot will collapse later on, the first episode of the drama "Wushuang" is simply very good!
If it weren't for Su Yan's Magic Circle this quarter, many Xiaguo TV drama fans would even dare to announce in advance that this drama would be the quarterly or even annual ratings champion.

At noon, the ratings for the first episode of the drama Wushuang were released.

5.11%.

If we only look at the first broadcast results
In recent years, the first episode of the S-level drama "Wushuang" has the highest ratings.

It surpassed the first episode premiere performance of Edge of Tomorrow and Tokyo Love Story.

After all, Akasaka Yoshitoki spent a lot of money on publicity, so the Xia media was not surprised to achieve such results.

It’s just that Su Yan’s fans feel a little pressured.

“It’s a bit explosive!”

“5.11%, that’s outrageous.”

"What will be the ratings for the first episode of Madoka Magica? Will it lose?"

"No, I will win!"

"You people who are worried about the old thief losing, you have no idea how popular the character of Akana Rika is, right? As long as Shen Liqian is the heroine of the drama Madoka Magica, don't worry about how the plot develops later. At least in the first episode, Rika fans will give Madoka Magica face."

"Although 5.11% is a bit scary. But don't forget that Wushuang is the challenger. It has to face Su Yan, who created a miracle of 6.02% ratings, and the new drama created after Dong Ai."

"I can't stand it anymore. I feel like there are ants crawling in my heart. Puella Magi Madoka Magica, please start the show!"

"In fact, I suddenly feel that Akasaka Yoshitoki is quite pitiful. If it weren't for the old thief Su Yan, the Sakura TV station led by him last year would have won the annual ratings championship and runner-up. All the achievements made by the old thief Su Yan in the Xia Yan Award will belong to Sakura TV station. But now, even though they have produced such an excellent drama like Wushuang, everyone is still more optimistic about the old thief Su Yan!"

"That's nothing. There are so many artists who left the industry because of Akasaka Yoshitoki's suppression. Don't they feel sorry for him? He is a villain who met a god and was suppressed! It's what he deserves!"

"I look forward to seeing all of Akasaka Yoshitoki's fantasies being shattered when the first episode of Magical Girl Madoka Magica airs tomorrow night. Do you still want to surpass that old thief? Get lost. Pack up and leave now!"

The controversy over the drama "Wushuang" lasted for a whole day.

But suddenly, on Sunday, the controversy disappeared altogether.

Xiaguo TV drama fans' interest in Wushuang is limited to Fridays and Saturdays.

And Sunday.
That’s the day when Puella Magi Madoka Magica was first aired.

Throughout the day, fans of the drama in Xiaguo were noticeably more active.

(End of this chapter)