Depressive screenwriter.

Chapter 347 Heart
July.

Not only in Xiaguo, but in many overseas countries, posters for the live-action TV series of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED have been posted everywhere.

If it weren't for the example of Code Geass, perhaps TV drama fans around the world would still have doubts about whether this kind of giant robot TV drama is good.

But after Code Geass, everyone has only four words in mind about the Mobile Suit Gundam TV series.

【Masterpiece Predestined】

Even similar remarks have begun to circulate in major Su Yan fan forums around the world.

"Do you think Lelouch will appear in this drama?"

"Didn't Su Yan say that this drama has nothing to do with Lelouch?"

"Hasn't that old thief cheated people enough? If you believe his words, even my sow can climb a tree."

"Although it is a future era and an interstellar war, there is always a history of development on the blue planet before humans stepped into the starry sky. This drama is most likely a story that takes place hundreds of years after the Lelouch era."

"Maybe we can see some information about Lelouch in the plot! I really can't accept that Lelouch died at the end of the plot. It feels like Lelouch's death was faked."

"Come on, it's been a long time, it's time to wake up. The old thief is not short of money, and he is not going to waste the money on his own work. The second season of Code Geass is the final one, there will be no more."

"Moreover, the style of the mechas revealed in the Gundam series is very different from Lelouch, including the performance description in the trailer. In Lelouch, a mecha has a hard time breaking through a building, while a mecha in Gundam can destroy a city, and the performance is improved ten or a hundred times. They are both giant robots, but they are not on the same level."

"My wallet is thirsty for money. I hope the Gundam series mecha models will come out soon. I can't spend all the pocket money my dad gave me this month. It makes my muscles itch!"

"The rich guy upstairs hit me 50 times to see how strong I am!"

"I don't want fifty, beat me for ten and see how strong I am!"

"Beat me five bucks to see how strong I am."

Before Mobile Suit Gundam SEED was aired, Su Yan's fans' attention quickly shifted from the FSN UBW chapter to it.

Although fsn is also a popular masterpiece worldwide, it is obvious that more people like this type of mecha TV series.

A few days later, on July 4th, Sunday, at 8 o'clock in the evening, the Gundam SEED TV series started airing on time.

The plot is different from what most viewers imagine.

Everyone thought that Gundam would be a war for hegemony like Lelouch, but in the first episode, the protagonist Kira was inexplicably involved in the war, inexplicably driving a Gundam, and then inexplicably helped the Archangel escape the crisis with his god-level performance. He and his college classmates became a member of the Archangel and headed towards the Blue Star Base.
It can be seen from the first episode that the protagonist Kira and Lelouch are completely different. Lelouch is a handsome man, but his mecha driving ability is lousy, so the plot of Lelouch mainly depends on the protagonist's command of the battle.

But after the first episode of Mobile Suit Gundam was aired, almost all viewers' minds went blank.

When watching the animated version of Gundam Seed in my previous life, I only felt that the protagonist was awesome and the animation was great. But because it was an animation, it was not as shocking as watching a live-action science fiction movie.

But the audience in Xia Country is different.

The Gundam SEED space fighting scenes, powered by the special effects paid for with a lot of money, stunned the audience.

The only exciting fighting scenes in Code Geass are between Suzaku and Kallen, and each time they are just enough. The two of them clashed more than a dozen times in the two seasons of the story, but the outcome was always unclear.

How can it be like the space war in the Gundam plot?
The colonial satellite was pierced and destroyed by the Gundam, hundreds of thousands of people were annihilated in the starry sky, and space battleships fired at each other in space.

All these scenes and plots are beyond the audience's imagination.

Especially the handsome shape of the Gundam model. When the protagonist Kira stood on the lifting platform of the Gundam cockpit and the comparison shot of the body of the machine appeared, countless children, teenagers, middle-aged people and elderly people around the world had shining eyes.

Before this type of work appeared, no one felt anything, but now, many people understand the meaning of that sentence.

The sea of ​​stars is romance.

The work did not improve the ratings much. After all, in the Xia country, 7% ratings are already close to the limit, and they can't increase much more.

But in the work IP market, when the first episode of Gundam was aired, the pre-order volume of its eye posters, figure peripherals, and co-branded products increased by an unimaginable amount in just two days.

Because the work has just been launched, the peripheral products have not been fully rolled out. In Shinozaki Yumi's expectation, Gundam SEED will have to be aired for about a month, and its popularity will spread comprehensively before the sales of peripheral products will have a more obvious increase in orders.

But this time it will only be broadcast for three days.

Among the global TV dramas aired at the same time as counted by major institutions around the world, Gundam ranks second with a huge lead.

It has been four or five years since Su Yan's works began to be broadcast overseas on a large scale. He has accumulated a huge fan base overseas. What is most impressive about Su Yan among these fan groups now is not the heights achieved by any of his works, but that he has never produced a bad work.

The inertia of thinking is very scary.

Even though Gundam has only aired its first episode, fans around the world have already regarded it as a work on the level of Code Geass, and are confident in purchasing these peripheral products, and are certainly not afraid of the plot collapsing in the later stages.

On the contrary, when many peripheral products are first launched on the market, people are hesitant, worried that there will be better ones in the future. Later models are discontinued and become out of print. If you want to buy them, you can only buy them on second-hand trading platforms at several times the price, and then you regret it.

Su Yan's fans, who have suffered losses several times, have naturally learned their lesson.

As the second-in-command of Su Yan's company, Ikumi Shinozaki is the boss of all departments under the company when Su Yan is not in the company these days because he is busy promoting the Gundam TV series around the world.

Sitting in Su Yan's office handling a number of company matters, his face suddenly lit up with joy.

Some shameless rich people like to say that money is just a number and it is useless to earn too much.

But Shinozaki Ikumi is a worldly person. Although her equity dividends from the company's profits are only a few hundred million a year, she can spend as much as she wants in a month. Her expenses in Tokyo are only about a million, but she will definitely be very happy if she can earn more money.

Even if you can't spend it all, you can donate it to poor people or relatives and friends around you, and if one person gets rich, the whole family will be well-off. That's also a good thing. How can the money you earn be just a string of numbers?
Seeing the popularity of the Gundam TV series and the sales of peripheral products, she was in a good mood. In the reports submitted by her employees, several employees made mistakes at work and caused some losses to the company, but she was too lazy to pursue them. Several employees who should have been fired were just given warnings.

After finishing the company's affairs, Ikumi Shinozaki got in the car and the driver took her to the shooting location specially built by Dimension Film and Television Company for the two TV series Naruto and One Piece.

In these two dramas, the protagonists are basically some new young actresses. Of course, before they were hired, they also signed a series of contracts with Dimension Film and Television Company.

Su Yan was not interested in the contract of selling himself, and the terms of the contract were not harsh. But if an actor became popular by playing a role in One Piece or Naruto and wanted to do something crooked, Su Yan would definitely not be so stupid.

These works often take more than ten or twenty years to shoot. If you decide you don't want to act anymore after a few years and want to go out and work on your own, then the loss of Su Yan's re-casting will be too great. These risks must be avoided at the contract level. Su Yan will not treat them unfairly in terms of remuneration, but he will also resolutely resist the use of his company as a springboard.

In the two TV series, Zhuang Yuxin, Shen Liqian and Gu Qingyuan also played guest roles to varying degrees.

With the global popularity of Su Yan's works, the status and fame of the three of them in the global film and television industry have also soared.

If Su Yan has any big-budget works suitable for them, he will definitely consider choosing them as the heroines first. However, in the three works of Naruto and One Piece, Su Yan arranged for the three of them to play roles similar to Tsunade, Kurenai Yuhi, Robin, and Alrita after eating the fruit.

When Ikumi Shinozaki came to the set, the three of them took the initiative to come over and greet Ikumi Shinozaki.

The only people who own shares in Dimension Film and Television Company are Su Yan and Shinozaki Yumi.

However, Zhuang Yuxin, Shen Liqian, Gu Qingyuan and others are Su Yan's long-time friends and partners. They basically have certain rights to profit from the profits of Su Yan's works when they participate in his works. The profits accumulated over the years plus the film pay and commercial performances.

It can be said that each of them is a wealthy woman in the entertainment industry. In addition to participating in Su Yan's works, they also make some investments in the film and television industry. Therefore, in the crew, basically even the director is very polite to them, and the leading actors of One Piece Naruto do not dare to show any sense of superiority in front of them.

"It's a pity that Su Yan didn't play the leading role in Gundam SEED. Otherwise, the ratings would probably be even higher."

When a few people gathered together, the topic soon turned to Su Yan. Shen Liqian said this immediately after Shinozaki Yumi talked about the results of Gundam SEED.

"He has a lot of work on his plate now, so how can he have time to act in TV dramas? Apart from Rurouni Kenshin and Gilgamesh in the Fate series, in the dramas that have been aired since Code Geass, he has at most made cameo appearances," said Gu Qingyuan.

"If things continue to develop like this, in another ten or twenty years, the boss will become a legendary actor in the film and television industry. By then, if the boss suddenly makes a comeback and stars in a TV series, that would probably be another ratings miracle." "Why think so much about things that will happen in ten or twenty years?" Shinozaki Ikumi smiled.

"And there's no need to wait until then. Right now, you're basically a legend in the film and television industry."

Several people sat in the room and talked about Su Yan, which became boring after a long time. After all, Su Yan has been leading the industry for a long time.

They have basically read the scripts of One Piece and Naruto, which are currently being filmed, and are very clear about the production standards.

Although it is impossible to determine the upper limit of the performance of the two works after they are broadcast, the lower limit can definitely be estimated.

No matter what, it won't be worse than the Fate series.

The reason why the topic has always revolved around Su Yan's work performance is that the real purpose is not so great.

"So, Sister Yumei, Su Yan really said a few days ago that after finishing Naruto, One Piece, and the two new movie scripts, he would take a few months off?" Shen Liqian suddenly asked.

"Yes, he did say that." Shinozaki Yumi looked at Shen Liqian.

Since Su Yan debuted at the age of 20, he has basically never given himself more than two weeks of vacation.

He is either writing scripts, composing music, supervising the filming of TV series and movies, or traveling all over the country. He has no time for love.

Now that Su Yan has time now, some of their ideas began to surge.

"But Su Yan's vacation should just be for relaxing, traveling in Tokyo's Sakurajima area, and seeing the beautiful scenery! He told me that he wanted to forget about developing the company and filming movies and TV series, and just have fun in this world." Shinozaki Ikumi said softly.

"I understand." Shen Li smiled.

Zhuang Yuxin and Gu Qingyuan were also thoughtful.

Two days later, Su Yan returned to Tokyo.

After the promotion of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED is over, Su Yan will basically not make any big moves from now until the broadcast of One Piece: Naruto next year.

The work of his employees has been arranged until the year after next. No one can do anything Su Yan wants to do.

Once people get away from work, their thoughts start to wander.

First, I drove to a professional three-game store and bought a bunch of games regardless of whether I wanted to play them or not, including the Fate series, Rurouni Kenshin series, and a bunch of big-budget games produced by local game companies in the Xia Kingdom plane.

Although Xia Guo’s film and television works are not very good, his games are really amazing and are not inferior to Su Yan’s previous life. He has been coveting these works for a long time.

However, a few days after returning to Tokyo, when he got up every day, Shinozaki Yumi was fine. She was Su Yan's deputy, and the two of them had to discuss a lot of work decisions every day. The average daily communication time was more than one or two hours. But Zhuang Yuxin, Shen Liqian, and Gu Qingyuan had been frequently chatting with Su Yan on the communication software these days.

They mentioned one by one the activities that Su Yan had always been interested in but had no time to do, such as horse riding, archery, snorkeling, mountain climbing, skiing, etc., and asked Su Yan if he wanted to go and play with them.

At first Su Yan didn't take it seriously. Everyone had worked hard for so many years, and it was normal to want to enjoy themselves now. But after three days of doing this, they suddenly came to their senses.

“This is not right.”

"So didn't I tell you before? You just react now?" After noticing Su Yan's troubles, Shinozaki Ikumi came to Su Yan's house today and brought some documents for Su Yan to sign. She laughed out loud and stared at Su Yan.

"You're all in your twenties, there's no need to be so shy. They've already made their attitude clear, they just haven't said it directly. Which of the three do you like? I'll help you connect them, the process will definitely not be awkward."

"What if I say that my friendship towards them is pure?"

"I don't believe it." Xiaozaki Yumei gave Su Yan a white look.

"If you don't even like them, then I can only suspect that you don't like women."

Su Yan's expression froze.

Although he is the only one in this world, he feels like he was urged to get married in his previous life.

In my previous life, it was the same every year when I went home when I was approaching thirty. It was the same in the Xia Kingdom plane. When I reached this age, even my long-time friend and partner, Shinozaki Yumi, began to give me such advice.

Su Yan closed his eyes and thought carefully for a few minutes.

He admitted that when filming with Gu Qingyuan, Shen Liqian, Zhuang Yuxin and others, he would be very immersed in the role, and his heartbeat would speed up slightly when filming some intimate scenes, and he would have some distracting thoughts, but this is still a distance away from liking them. Strictly speaking, he still regards them as friends.

But if we talk about the opposite sex friends that Su Yan has met since coming to this world, who has Su Yan's thoughts and feelings for that are slightly beyond friendship?
Su Yan unconsciously turned his gaze to Shinozaki Yumi, who was looking at him with curiosity in her eyes and a smile on her lips.

Although I spent a lot of time with Gu Qingyuan and the others, most of it was spent filming.

Apart from acting, the person who has spent the longest time with Su Yan in this world is undoubtedly Shinozaki Ikumi.

We met almost every day, and because I was too used to her being around, I had never thought about these issues. But now that I had moved my thoughts away from acting and working at the filming company, I began to think about relationships, marriage, and other issues. The first person I thought of was her.
Of course, this is still a long way from liking someone or having a crush on someone. At best, it can only be considered a liking for the opposite sex above friendship.

"Hey, why are you looking at me?" Shinozaki Yumi saw Su Yan staring at her.

"No, nothing." Su Yan said with a smile.

"You" Shinozaki Ikumi's eyes flashed with suspicion and her heart skipped a beat.

Some things don’t matter until you think about them, but once distracting thoughts arise, you can’t stop them.

Why has Su Yan never had any scandals with Shen Liqian and the other two for so many years? It's impossible that he really doesn't like girls, right? And why is he so shy when talking to Su Yan about this issue? He even stared at me just now.

Could it be that?
No, no, no. Su Yan hasn't expressed that kind of thought to me for such a long time.

But what if this is true?
When Shinozaki Ikumi thought of this, another idea came to her mind.

But seriously, if I really want to find someone to fall in love with, is there anyone better than Su Yan in the world?

Those who are richer than him are not as talented and good-looking as him.

I haven't met anyone in real life who is more handsome than him, but even if I did, she isn't as rich and talented as him.

Well, it seems that there is no one more talented than him.

A person who is proficient in martial arts, acting, music composition, and playing of various musical instruments, and is recognized by the industry as being at the top level in all aspects. Who else can surpass him in talent?

Consider this perspective
"Eh"

"Eh"

Both Su Yan and Shinozaki Ikumi noticed each other's awkward expressions, and the atmosphere became extremely awkward.

"I remembered that I have something else to do, so I'll leave first." Shinozaki Ikumi quickly grabbed her bag.

"Do you want me to take you there?" Su Yan also said.

"No, I drove here myself."

After Shinozaki Ikumi left, Su Yan sat on the sofa and thought carefully for a while. Soon, he figured out some problems.

"Or, give it a try?"

(End of this chapter)