Depressive screenwriter.

Chapter 191 Conception and Extraction

In May, the cold fades away and spring is in full swing.

Among the people going to work in the morning in the mainland and Sakurajima area, you can often see a group of people using their mobile phones to log on to Xingxia.com on the subway to catch up on the TV series Puella Magi Madoka Magica.

In fact, many times, Su Yan’s works may not be liked by many audiences and drama fans, but everyone around him has seen them, and if he doesn’t watch them, he will have no common language with his friends.

Puella Magi Madoka Magica was very popular in Su Yan's previous life. It was considered to be one of the most commercially valuable works in the Sakurajima region, apart from those long-running anime. But its influence could only spread within the anime circle.

In Xia Country, Su Yan has basically become a big celebrity in the film and television industry. When Xia Country TV drama fans think of works of this type, they will unconsciously pay attention to Su Yan. Although the work has only been aired for more than a month, the theme of magical girls has already become popular.

Many TV stations have begun thinking about creating new dramas imitating related settings in the next few seasons.

The overall style of Su Yan's Puella Magi Madoka Magica is so tragic, which is obviously wrong. Why do magical girls have to have a tragic fate?

Couldn't it just be a normal happy ending where magic practitioners defeat evil?
Innovators in Xiaguo have already begun to conceive works about "authentic" magical girls.

Related inspirations and the collision of artistic sparks spread across Xia Country.

A few years after Su Yan traveled through time, his colleagues in Xia Country did not just watch Su Yan to show off. They also learned from him and sought opportunities to surpass him.

This can be seen from the obvious increase in the ratings of film and television dramas on major TV stations in Xiaguo in the past two years, which is not entirely due to the major TV stations increasing their investment in TV dramas.

In the afternoon, Su Yan, who had watched the entire filming process in the Hualian crew, walked up with a smile on his face.

"Congratulations! Very well acted."

"Thank you for the compliment." Shen Liqian narrowed her eyes and smiled brightly.

Both 5 Centimeters per Second and A Bouquet of Love are works about everyday love.

There is basically no difficulty in shooting.

What's more, all the actors in the work "A Bouquet of Love" are first-line stars with mature acting skills. The filming of "Five Centimeters per Second" was completed half a month ago.

The love that is like a bouquet of flowers only lasts for a few days.

Su Yan came to the set to supervise at the end of the filming.

The company now employs a large number of people. After the filming of the two films is completed, Su Yan will also have to consider the company's future development direction.

No matter whether 5 Centimeters per Second and Love Like a Bouquet of Flowers flop or become a box office hit after their release.

At least at this stage, Dimension Films is considered a wealthy private film and television company in the Xia country's film and television circles.

The company will not have any major financial problems due to the performance of the two films.

The company currently has 500 million Xiaguo currency in liquid funds in its account. In addition, the company's previous works actually have a continuous income of tens of millions every quarter.

Judging from the current performance of Puella Magi Madoka Magica, it will be able to contribute at least several hundred million in revenue after its completion.

This is not the inflated stock market value of most listed companies, but the actual cash that Su Yan can take out. After all, since its establishment, Su Yan's company has never borrowed money from banks or any private individuals, nor signed any agreements.

There is money in the pocket, and the system space has accumulated nearly 300 million emotion points since the broadcast of Dong Ai.

At a time like this, Su Yan would definitely not waste time.

He came to the crew to observe the shooting progress in detail, and then Su Yan also considered sampling some new works after returning home in the evening.

It has been more than three years and almost four years since Su Yan came to Xia Country. Although we cannot say that Su Yan is the number one in the history of Xia Country’s TV drama industry, basically no one would refute that he is the number one in the current TV drama industry.

Su Yan will definitely continue to delve deeper into the TV drama industry.

But when it comes to movies, he needs to step up his game.

In the film industry, he can only be considered to have achieved some results, but he is still some distance away from being at the top.

As the chairman of the company, Su Yan, Shen Liqian and the main members of the Hua Lian crew would have dinner together at a nearby hotel every once in a while.

It can be considered as a way for bosses and subordinates to cultivate friendship.

In addition to the cold Xia currency, the connections between people still need some social interaction to maintain.

Shen Liqian was a little nervous facing the bouquet-like ending of her love.

Although he has been in the TV drama industry for seven or eight years.

But strictly speaking, Bouquet of Love was her first time making a movie in her life.

A lot of seniors in the TV drama industry have come to the film industry to try their hand, and many of them have been called box office poison.

Gu Qingyuan has already proved herself as an actress among moviegoers through The Garden of Words, and now it’s her turn.

She is different from the quiet and Buddhist Gu Qingyuan. She knows very well how much impact the performance of a debut film can have on a female star.

There are many first-line movie stars who have fallen from grace because of a flopped movie, let alone her, a newcomer in the film industry.

Normally, I have to appear confident in the crew, but when Su Yan is around, I really start to talk.

After all, she considered herself not only an artist under Su Yan's company, but also a friend of Su Yan.

"Don't be nervous. Love Like a Bouquet of Flowers will definitely not fail at the box office. You acted very well, just keep it up." Su Yan kept comforting Shen Liqian during the meal.

"And even if there is a powerful competitor during the same period, causing the performance of the work to fall short of expectations, we just need to work harder next time." Su Yan said with a smile.

"Next time, I don't know how long I have to wait. People don't have infinite life, so how can they have infinite opportunities?" Shen Liqian drank a little wine and her face turned slightly red.

"At least you are the second artist signed by my company."

Su Yan understood what she was worried about and gave her reassurance at this time.

"First of all, I think Love Like a Bouquet will do well at the box office. If it doesn't meet expectations, it's my misjudgment. The responsibility is mine, not yours. Secondly, opportunities will come soon. You won't be able to wait until Love Like a Bouquet is released. I guess you will have a new role to play."

Shen Liqian's fingers holding the wine glass suddenly became very steady.

His eyes, which had been a little lazy due to drinking, instantly focused, and his pupils were full of clarity as he looked at Su Yan.

"Teacher Su Yan, what are you doing?"

Su Yan responded with a smile, but didn't say much. But Shen Liqian could understand what Su Yan meant.

The crew dinner ended quickly, and after hiring a designated driver to take him back to the villa, Su Yan's drunkenness was almost gone.

After entering the house, Su Yan took off his clothes and went into the bathroom, while diverting part of his mind to enter the system space.

If you participate in a lottery, you can make a small profit with a big investment, but you cannot control the type and style of the works.

This has happened in many draws in the past.

Not all the works Su Yan had read in his previous life were suitable for change in Xia Country.

Before today, Su Yan actually already had some preliminary ideas about the works he wanted to draw.

If we talk about the works in his memory bank of an old 2D fan in his previous life that are suitable for adaptation into live-action movies, they are only the works of several masters such as Hayao Miyazaki, Makoto Shinkai, and Satoshi Kon.

Then there are a lot of theatrical versions of popular animations from previous lives.

But it is obvious that for most of the popular animation theatrical versions, it would be meaningless to take them out alone if they are not supported by the popularity of the original works.

But there are exceptions.
That is Rurouni Kenshin.

In fact, Su Yan’s first short TV series filmed in Xia Country was Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning.

Over the years, audiences in Xia Country have been leaving comments in Su Yan's comment section expressing their desire to see the sequel to Rurouni Kenshin.

Su Yan didn't consider the original animation. It was too long. It would take at least seven or eight seasons to make it into a TV series.

But the live-action movies in the previous life were different. There were only a few in total, and their commercial value was extremely high.

The cumulative box office of the series adds up to tens of billions of yen.

If converted into the US dollars of Su Yan's previous life or the Chinese yuan, this result might not be too outrageous, but it was achieved only in the Sakurajima area, which has a population of 100 million.

Rather than comparing the absolute value of the box office, the proportion of the number of moviegoers mobilized by a movie to the national population can better reflect its popularity.

Su Yan's rise in Xia Country in recent years has proved that people in Xia Country are into the live-action film and television dramas of Sakurajima's previous life.

So Su Yan didn't think too much about it and spent 90 million emotion points to directly exchange for the first part of Rurouni Kenshin's live-action movie.

It is now early May. According to Su Yan's plan, he is preparing to speed up the filming of this movie and strive to release it during the Spring Festival in February next year.

Nine months is plenty of time for shooting and post-production.

Next, Su Yan continued to allocate 1.5 million from the remaining emotion points and used them directly for the lottery.

Su Yan still has a certain gambling nature. Anyway, the company now has money in the account. No matter what kind of work is selected, as long as it is suitable for filming in Xia Country, there will basically be no big problem.

Especially if we take TV dramas out of the picture, with Su Yan's current popularity in Xia Country, it would be difficult for him to consider those general works.

Either don't shoot at all, or shoot a high-quality one and don't ruin your reputation. High-quality dramas, even S-level dramas, usually take a lot of time to produce. It's also good to take some time out in advance to consider preparations for production.

Soon, the results appeared.
Su Yan's eyes narrowed.

A work title appeared before his eyes.
fate zero!

Is it it?

Su Yan looked a little stunned.

Although he felt that he had enough money, the system wouldn't really give him such an expensive work, right?

As for the works in the "Fate" series, strictly speaking, it is quite appropriate for this kind of group portrait work to be adapted into a TV series. However, the funding demand for special effects is extremely large, probably even higher than that of Edge of Tomorrow and Madoka Magica.

But
This type of work is very good for developing overseas markets.

The fact that a large number of overseas companies, TV stations and online streaming platforms approached Puella Magi Madoka Magica to seek cooperation before the show even finished airing shows that special effects battle dramas are the most popular subject matter in every world, regardless of culture or region.

"Okay, alright!" Su Yan looked at the tens of millions of emotion points remaining in his system space and didn't think about it anymore.

With the human and material resources of his current company, the filming and production of a movie and a TV series is considered saturated.

It is impossible to produce more works at the same time.

After knowing the result of the extraction, Su Yan walked out of the bathtub directly. His whole body was red. He put on a bath towel and went back to bed and lay down to sleep.

As for how to shoot and arrange these two works, as well as the casting of actors, that will be considered after tomorrow.

Soon, a few days passed by.

On Friday, the sixth episode of Wushuang premiered.

The ratings did not increase but decreased, closing at 5.14%.

On the other hand, the public opinion about Puella Magi Madoka Magica has been fermenting for several weeks.

The average paid viewing volume per episode on online platforms is approaching 20 million.

However, because the plot was a bit too depressing, the word of mouth was given a low score by angry fans, from 9.6 to 9.4.

But in fact, Xia Guo’s colleagues all know that Su Yan’s fans have given extremely high praise to the drama, and the lowered ratings are directed at Su Yan.

Sunday, the day when the love affair that was like a bouquet of flowers was completed.

Su Yan told her that he had an idea for producing a new movie and an S-level drama.

Shinozaki Ikumi was no longer surprised by Su Yan's speed. For a genius, everything is possible.

Even if Su Yan behaved like an alien, Shinozaki Ikumi would not have any more random thoughts.

He just responded calmly and asked Su Yan to write the script first!
As for her, all her attention today was focused on the sixth episode of Puella Magi Madoka Magica which was to be aired in the evening.

After all, strictly speaking, tonight's episode of "Magic Circle" is the most exciting, most expensive single-episode production, and also the most depressing episode since the show started.

She was also afraid that her fans would not be able to accept it and would lose control of their emotions.

(End of this chapter)