Depressive screenwriter.

Chapter 224 End of the Year
The overall feeling of watching the trailer of fate zero is gorgeous.

Acting, Costumes, Makeup, Special Effects
All of this gives the audience in Xiaguo the intuitive feeling that this drama is a waste of money.

And that is indeed the case.

At the beginning, an investment of hundreds of millions was planned, but later, with Su Yan's higher requirements for the quality of special effects and the increasing number of special effects scenes, the investment funds continued to accumulate.

On the day when the fz trailer was released, colleagues in the major television stations in Xiaguo were silent.

In the entire Xia country, in the private film and television company industry, apart from Su Yan, who else dares to make such a huge investment to produce a TV series?
Even if the ratings are good after the broadcast, there is a high possibility of loss.

A trailer video of less than half a minute directly made Su Yan's fans, who had been silent for several months, completely active again.

"Nothing to say, support!"

"Look at the picture quality of FZ, and then watch the picture quality of the Rurouni Kenshin TV series. It's really hard to imagine that the two dramas were written by the same screenwriter!"

"After watching the trailer, I only had one thought: the old thief is going to be awesome again!"

"What I can't understand is the setting of this drama. What is a heroic spirit, a master, does anyone know what it is all about?"

"There is relevant information on Su Yan's company's official website, as well as a collection of worldview settings for the world where the story takes place. You can go and check it out. But if you are not interested in understanding it, it shouldn't be a big problem. There should be explanations in the plot of Old Thief!"

"That's right, it's just a mythological story from an imaginary world. Just like Xia Country's fairy-tale TV series, you'll understand the worldview as you watch!"

"rush!"

"January, right? Sakura TV, right?"

"It's so annoying, can the autumn season just get out of here as soon as possible? I feel like cursing when I think there's still a month or two left until January!"

"Cherish this TV series. Judging from the current production speed of Lao Zei, after fz, it is likely that we will have to wait for more than half a year to see his new drama!"

"But the other good news is that there's a Rurouni Kenshin movie coming in February! The promotional materials for this movie should be out soon! I'm looking forward to seeing what Kenshin's life will be like after Tomoe Yukishiro's death!"

“I feel a little nervous, for fear that the sequel to Kenshin will ruin the beautiful atmosphere created by the TV series!”

"Trust the old thief, don't panic!"

"So far, the old thief has not created a work that I think is rubbish, and I think it is impossible to see such a work in the future, so don't worry!"

"You have this kind of confidence in the old thief?"

"Of course. Do you think it's luck that has made so many of his works so popular? To be honest, he is much more picky as a screenwriter than us, the audience. He doesn't have any literary problems, and he doesn't show any signs of being arrogant after achieving success. On this basis, if there is any rubbish script, he will kill it during the review stage!"

"You guys are here discussing whether or not the old thief will fail, and I'm the only one wondering whether FZ will have a chance to surpass Madoka Magica in terms of viewership?"

"Anyway, it will definitely be the ratings champion in January. As for whether it surpasses Madoka Magica or not, I don't care. I'm a fan of Lao Zei, not a fan of any of his works!"

On the Internet, discussions about Su Yan’s new drama swept across the four major online streaming platforms overnight.

On the next day, all publicity channels for TV dramas in Xia Country were fully opened.

As the new head of the production department, Aya Ozekida has great expectations for the performance of Fate Zero!

Originally, Su Yan should have been from Sakura TV.

Even though he was very capable, it now seemed that if Akasaka Yoshitoki hadn't disgusted him, he would have left sooner or later.

But at least Sakura Terrace should be the first choice of cooperation partner after leaving.

But the current situation is that Zhongxia TV has taken advantage of the situation for a few years, allowing it to create some new records in ratings.

The entire Sakura TV station, including Aya Ozaki, felt extremely uncomfortable with this kind of thing.

Although Su Yan attaches great importance to ratings, after all, this directly determines the commercial value of fz and the price of copyright sales.

But he is still calm. It is reasonable that fz can surpass Madoka Magica in terms of ratings, but it cannot surpass it.

These two works themselves are the two ceilings in Su Yan’s previous life in the island country’s anime, and it is difficult to say which one is stronger.

As for Sakura TV, they have been venting their anger on the market since November. Although they do not have the copyright of fz at all and only have the broadcasting rights, they still have to fight for the title even if the drama will lose money financially after its broadcast given the level of publicity.

Sakura TV promotes fz even more dearly than its own son, regardless of the cost, and uses all channels at full capacity.

Both Shinozaki Yumi and Su Yan were stunned by this.

Su Yan hadn't even put in much effort yet, and the prepared promotional funds hadn't been invested in the market, but he saw the advertisements about Fate Zero on Sakura TV on billboards in the streets and alleys of Tokyo, on buses, subways, and in the city center.

Sakurajima is the headquarters of Sakura TV. Most of the employees are from this place. However, the economic center of Xiaguo is in Shanghai. In order to facilitate cooperation with partners, the headquarters of the TV station is set up there. However, people in the Sakurajima area undoubtedly have a mysterious liking for local TV companies like Sakura TV. Once the TV station starts promoting, the support in the Tokyo area is terrifying.

Su Yan aside, the actors of Fate Zero were interviewed by a group of media in the Sakurajima area before the show was even aired. The offline commercial performance contract application came in succession.

It’s only November, but the Xia country’s TV drama market seems to have entered garbage time due to the launch of fz’s promotion.

This season's popular A-level dramas have received no discussion or attention in the market.

However, fz, which is about to be broadcast, has become the protagonist in advance.

Late November.

The filming of Rurouni Kenshin's movie has been completed.

The entire Rurouni Kenshin film crew gathered together to hold a celebration party.

Before the release of Five Seconds and Hana Koi, the crew members of Rurouni Kenshin were actually very nervous about this movie which was scheduled to be released during the Spring Festival.

That is the Spring Festival period, the battlefield where the biggest capital is fought in the Chinese film industry every year.

Su Yan is indeed strong, but can this movie really stand out in that kind of capital showdown?

But after the box office results of "Flower Love" and "Seconds of Midnight" were finally released, all these distracting thoughts disappeared.

"Celebrate in advance that Rurouni Kenshin has achieved results beyond market expectations during the Spring Festival!"

"cheers!"

"cheers!"

"Everyone should dare to think. If 5 Centimeters per Second can win the summer box office championship, then isn't it possible for Kenshin's film to win the same title?"

"If this idea really comes true, I will run a marathon naked in Tokyo!"

At the celebration party, the drunken Rurouni Kenshin crew members dared to say anything and think anything.

Although Su Yan, as the boss of the company, also drinks, he only tastes a little and is not carried to the hotel by his employees like before.

"It's that time again."

Ikumi Shinozaki came to the window seat where Su Yan was sitting with a glass of wine.

“This is a company that has reached a critical juncture in its development.”

"Before, it was Edgewalker. After it broke the ratings record, our company's position in the Xiaguo TV drama circle was completely equal to the three major TV stations. Now it's Rurouni Kenshin during the Spring Festival."

"I don't know how it will perform during its release period."

"At least it will be higher than five centimeters per second." Su Yan responded with a smile.

"I can't say whether we can create any miracles during the Spring Festival. There are also many talented creators in the film and television industry in Xiaguo. However, the subject matter of Rurouni Kenshin is much more appealing than 5 Centimeters per Second."

Unlike the previous reminiscence TV series, the plot of this TV series is more romantic and depressing, and the audience will be relatively small.

But the plot of the movie version is more complete in structure and is more like a fighting action movie.

And Qia Qia Su Yan is very confident about his performance in the movie version.

Su Yan doesn't dare to say that the plot is the best, but in the Spring Festival period, when it comes to fighting scenes, Su Yan dares to guarantee that no one can surpass Rurouni Kenshin.

"Don't worry." Su Yan looked at Shinozaki Ikumi.

Su Yan knew what Shinozaki Yumi was worried about.

The Spring Festival period in China is arguably the most competitive market in the country.

Often more than ten movies are released at the same time, but only one or two are winners, and one or two break even.

All other movies are a huge loss.

Because if you want to enter this market and release a film, you need to start with hundreds of millions of dollars in publicity funds, otherwise the theater chains will not let your film enter the theaters at all.

The more Shinozaki Ikumi knew about the historical box office flops during this period, the more panicked she must have felt.

"Since our debut, none of our works have failed. There is no way we will become a laughing stock in the industry during the Spring Festival." Su Yan said.

(End of this chapter)