Depressive screenwriter.

Chapter 154 August
Time, it's Friday again.

The Garden of Words has been in theaters for exactly one week.

The film rating remained unchanged at 9.1, and the total box office reached 2.1 million.

This box office data may not be a big deal in the history of Chinese films, but it is already extremely outstanding in this summer movie market.

After all, among the three movies in July with investments exceeding 2.3 million yuan, "My Girlfriend" had a total investment of nearly million yuan. It has been released for more than half a month now, and the total box office is only million yuan, and the daily box office has dropped to only million yuan.

However, even on weekdays, The Garden of Words still maintains an average daily box office of over 1500 million, and even on Friday, as it was close to the weekend, its box office once again exceeded 3000 million.
For a week in a row, it was the single-day box office champion in the Xiaguo film market.

Moreover, on the following Saturday and Sunday, the box office once again won the daily championship with 3200 million and 3010 million respectively, and the total box office officially exceeded million.

However, when Monday came again, the box office had dropped sharply, with an average daily level of only tens of millions.

But in this situation, both Su Yan and Shinozaki Yumi were very satisfied.

Although The Garden of Words had a very high reputation in Su Yan's previous life, its performance was mediocre because Makoto Shinkai was still a small animation director when it was broadcast.

Although it was released in Xiaguo Movie, Su Yan's popularity in the film industry was average.

But no matter what, the 40 million yuan spent on production and promotion is several times better than what it received in its previous life.

When it comes to movies, their performance is strongly correlated to capital support.

Good works, without the support of capital, will mostly be forgotten by the crowd.

But even bad works can make a splash in the market with the support of capital.

This was the case in the film industry, whether in Su Yan's previous life or in Xia Country.

At least Su Yan spent 40 million, which can barely allow the work "The Garden of Words" to reach its ceiling in Xia Country.

Not to mention that it can be considered a masterpiece in the Xia country's film industry.

But at least so far, among the 15 million people who have watched it in Xia Country, the vast majority think it is an excellent love movie, otherwise it would not have such a high rating.

It wouldn't stand out among so many movies of the same level of investment in this period.

During the screening of The Garden of Words, the filming of the two dramas, Love in Tokyo and Circle of Magic, was also progressing smoothly in the Tokyo area.

"Su Yan, the local TV station in Tokyo is planning to invite you to participate in some TV shows next week. What are your intentions?"

"Sure. After all, it's already August, and Tokyo Love Story will be airing in less than two months. I think this TV series will get more attention in the Tokyo area, so just treat it as promotion."

"Some of the special effects videos of Puella Magi Madoka Magica have been sent over. Su Yan, come and take a look and see if there is any difference from what you imagined and whether you need to make any changes."

"Su Yan, three companies want you to be the spokesperson for their products. The endorsement fee is quite high. Are you interested?"

A lot of work is created every day, and a lot of work is eliminated every day.

During the month in Tokyo, Su Yan became thinner than when he was in Shanghai. He only slept for five or six hours a day and spent the rest of the time working.

After all, apart from filming, the company's various businesses are also very complicated.

"It's 3.95 million. Tomorrow, The Garden of Words will have grossed over million."

When Shinozaki Ikumi has nothing to do, she keeps staring at the real-time box office information on her mobile phone.

"Yes, yes, I understand." Su Yan responded to her with a smile.

"But judging by the current box office trends, this movie will probably only gross around 500 million. Even if you don't spend so much energy on it every day, it will still make a lot of money."

"What do you know?" Shinozaki Ikumi glanced at Su Yan.

Being in Tokyo, she tends to dress in local style. When the crew had a dinner together two days ago, she even wore a light red kimono, which amazed the entire crew.

"This is the first movie I'm producing! It's not just your debut movie. It's mine too. How come you don't care about its pitiful box office?"

"But seriously, Su Yan, your movies are so popular in the Xia country market. You can definitely write more movie scripts in the future~" Shinozaki Ikumi suddenly said at this time.

Before The Garden of Words was released, she told Su Yan that even if the film didn't perform well, it could be used as experience to lay the foundation for the release of new works in the future.

Now that the movie’s box office has exceeded expectations, I’ve started to think about all kinds of things.

"How can it be that simple?" Su Yan said with a smile.

"Even for me, inspiration doesn't come as easily as drinking water or eating. But you are right," Su Yan said after pondering for a moment.

"Since The Garden of Words has achieved good results, the company can indeed invest more in movies in the future."

Su Yan's lottery draw is highly random, but Su Yan does not necessarily have to obtain works through the lottery.

If he needs to produce a certain work, he can directly exchange it with emotion points. The only difference is that the exchange value will be much higher than the lottery.

Just like Dong Ai, Su Yan can draw out 40 to 50 million emotion points, but if he exchanges them directly, it will cost over 100 million.

If Su Yan really wants to designate the production of a movie, he can just draw it directly if the emotion value is high enough.

"By the way." Shinozaki Ikumi said at this time.

"Aunt Xiao Guantiancai called me last night. Next quarter, that is, October."

"Sakura TV has a work with a considerable investment that will also be broadcast. The investment is 60 million, and the name of the work is "Blood Road". Well, it is a curious, bloody, action-oriented campus-themed TV series." "Three first-line TV stars from Xia Country have been invited to participate in the show, and the screenwriter of this show, Akiyama Shunsuke, is also one of the best screenwriters of the previous generation in Xia Country. Although we have already confirmed that we can win the Best TV Series Award at the Xia Yan Awards next year with Edge Walker, this Akiyama Shunsuke won this award twice ten years ago, so he should not be underestimated."

"Is Akasaka Yoshitoki still not giving up?" Su Yan became interested at this time.

"The top management of Sakura TV gave him a death order. He must get back the face he lost from you by stepping on you." When Shinozaki Yumi said this, a smug look appeared on her face.

After all, I feel happy just thinking about the fact that I can make Akasaka Yoshitoki lose face.

"So after Tokyo Love Story was confirmed to be broadcast in October, Sakura TV was forced to accept the offer. It was not realistic to invest heavily in producing an S-level drama with high special effects in such a short period of time, so Akasaka Yoshitoki directly hired Akiyama Shunsuke according to our Tokyo Love Story investment."

Su Yan nodded upon hearing this.

A famous screenwriter in the Xiaguo industry like Shunsuke Akiyama may have created the script many years ago and is just waiting for an opportunity to release it.

The script of Blood Road must have taken a long time to polish, otherwise he would not have accepted Yoshitoki Akasaka's invitation.

"It seems like Akasaka Yoshitoki is just following us and passively taking our attacks." Su Yan said with a smile.

"Whatever we do, he does."

"He has no choice. Strictly speaking, his performance after taking over Sakura TV is quite good. Putting aside his character, he is very capable," said Ikumi Shinozaki.

"But, letting you escape because of him is his biggest mistake. Moreover, Edgewalker also snatched away the Black Gate's season championship. He must wash away this shame in order to secure his position."

"Aunt Kosekida Aya said that if he fails to prove his worth within the next year, it is very likely that Akasaka Yoshitoki will be dismissed from the station."

Hearing this, Su Yan lowered his head and thought for a moment, then smiled.

"In that case, let's drive him into complete despair in October."

"No matter how good the drama called Blood Road is, it has chosen the wrong opponent if it goes head to head with East Love."

"Are you so confident?" asked Shinozaki Ikumi.

"Confident? Of course. From the first episode to the last, East Love will never give this work a chance to surpass East Love in ratings." Su Yan said softly.

"I'm not making a prediction to you, I'm stating a fact!"

"?" Shinozaki Yumi looked at Su Yan in surprise.

When Su Yan said this, it was not just about confidence.

"Although my investment in Dong Ai is not as high as that of Edge Walker, it does not mean that Dong Ai is worse than Edge Walker," Su Yan said after thinking for a while.

"Didn't you say that the ratings record set by Edgewalker would be hard to break in the near future?"

Shinozaki nodded depressedly when he heard this.

"It's not that it's impossible to break it. If the three major TV stations are determined to gather the most popular stars in the market, and if they can get an excellent script from Xia Country's top screenwriters, and invest at least hundreds of millions to produce a TV series, then there is still hope that this record can be broken."

But a quarterly drama with only a dozen episodes and an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars is no longer a TV series. It can be said that it is being produced directly according to the specifications of a movie.

"I think this record will be broken in October." Su Yan said with a smile.

"Being loved by the East"

Shinozaki Ikumi was stunned when she heard this, and then her scalp went numb.

It started, and it started again. This was Su Yan’s prophetic statement before the TV series even aired.

To this day, no matter how outrageous Su Yan's words are, she will choose to believe them at the first opportunity.

It's like a person who gets 100 points in every exam. If he tells you that he will get 100 points in the next exam as well, would you believe him or not?
"You you!" Shinozaki Ikumi took a deep breath.

"It's been so sad to be in the same business with you for the past two years! I'm your partner, and I want to see you fail once. Just a random word from you makes me feel so irritated."

Su Yan smiled lightly, but didn't say much.

From early to mid-August, The Garden of Words still led the box office. Although the box office was just over 10 million on weekdays, the weekend box office was much lower than previous weekends.

But other films released during the same period fared even worse.

By mid-August, the total box office of The Garden of Words exceeded 4.7 million.

The media and film critics have been praising The Garden of Words non-stop over the past half month.

The Xia country's film industry is not a market that only cares about box office. Even though the two films Gun Grave and Firefly, which were released in early to mid-July, had higher box office than The Garden of Words, in terms of media reviews, The Garden of Words far surpassed both.

Many news media, including film fans, also remembered Su Yan through The Garden of Words.
In the film industry, Su Yan's reputation is being established.

At this time, two other big-budget movies were scheduled to be released in August, and the media and moviegoers' attention was slowly shifting away from The Garden of Words.

The popularity of the movie came and went quickly.

Unlike a seasonal drama, at least the broadcast time has to last for a quarter.

After the popularity of The Garden of Words faded, Su Yan's fans immediately turned their attention to Su Yan's new drama.

"Tokyo Love Story"!
What kind of TV series will it be?
(End of this chapter)