Depressive Screenwriter

At first, Su Yan's fans thought he had changed his ways, switching from depressing content to pure romance.

But as they watched 'Kimi ni Todoke,' everyone realized something was off.

Didn't the first episode of this drama clearly show that the male and female leads liked and had a crush on each other?

Why are they still at the friendship stage by the sixth episode?

Also, why is the main plot of this drama progressing so slowly, yet the audience is still eagerly anticipating the next episode every day? It's supposed to be a pure love comedy, so why does everyone feel so frustrated and desperate to rush to Su Yan's house to interrogate him about the upcoming plot after watching each week?

"It's making me suffer!"

"This plot is driving me crazy."

"Su Yan, you old thief, you're really outrageous! I'm a guy, and I'm actually watching this girly pure love drama with great interest."

"Me too. As a working adult in my twenties, I strongly relate to Sawako Kuronuma. And I'm a guy!"

"Many times while watching the drama, I feel like my girlish heart is bursting. Seeing Sawako Kuronuma and Shota Kazehaya interact makes my heart race!"

"Guys feel that way too?"

"Of course. Initially, my colleagues didn't even consider it when they heard it was a girly pure love drama, but after I persuaded them to watch a few episodes, let's just say they were completely won over!"

"It's not about the genre, it's about the plot! As long as the plot is good, what does the genre matter?"

"Gu Qingyuan has been in the spotlight this summer. 'Your Name' is approaching 2.4 billion at the box office. Judging by the situation, it really might compete for the annual box office champion. 'Kimi ni Todoke' is another wildly popular drama. Although the viewership ratings aren't as outrageous as 'FZ,' they're already at 5.81% now."

"I have a premonition that next year's Xia Yan Awards for television and the Di Jing Awards for film might be completely dominated by Su Yan and the artists and production staff under him!"

"I can already imagine the scene of Gu Qingyuan and Zhuang Yuxin competing for Best Actress in the Xia Yan Awards, and Gu Qingyuan competing with Shen Qian's Kamiya Kaoru for Best Actress in the Di Jing Awards with her role as Mitsuha Miyamizu. In the past, the Di Jing Awards and Xia Yan Awards were basically competitions among various parties, but now it seems like Su Yan is about to unify them."

"Don't other people in the Xia Country film and television industry have any objections?"

"Of course they do! But the problem is, Su Yan isn't just some nobody anymore. In the four or five years since Dimensional Pictures was established, it has produced so many excellent films and dramas. Some capital bosses in the Xia Country film and television industry have failed to compete with Su Yan, but there are also many companies that have made a lot of money from Su Yan's works. To name a few, the four major online streaming platforms, Sakura Net, Star Xia Net, Red Pine Net, and Raccoon Net, have all earned hundreds of millions by selling the paid viewing rights to Su Yan's dramas over the past few years. Not to mention a bunch of peripheral channel vendors, offline peripheral shop owners, and cinema owners. The current Su Yan isn't someone you can suppress just because you don't like him."

"That's right. He wasn't even afraid of Sakura Television's suppression when he was still a newcomer. Now that he's a major capital player in the industry, who is Su Yan afraid of now?"

"In less than two years, Su Yan will become the biggest capital in the film and television industry. Not to mention 'FZ' and the currently popular 'Kimi ni Todoke,' in terms of movies, 'Rurouni Kenshin' and 'Your Name' alone probably have box office revenue sharing of over 2 billion, plus the sale of other copyrights. Those listed film and television companies in Xia Country with valuations of hundreds of billions are completely crushed by Dimensional Pictures in terms of the company's annual profits and revenue rates!"

As always, Su Yan's fans gathered together, often discussing and then starting to talk about Su Yan's income and the company's future development direction.

Everyone in the Xia Country film and television industry and the audience knows that at Su Yan's level, still filming and writing scripts is truly out of passion.

A young man in his mid-twenties, starting from scratch and possessing billions in assets, and in cash assets, is indeed too outrageous. Most people would have retired behind the scenes by now. There is probably only one case in the world like Su Yan, who is still struggling on the front lines.

And the fans don't get jealous when they discuss it.

People only get jealous of those who get rich by luck. People who earn money through their own strength, no matter how much they earn, will only be admired and rarely envied.

On Wednesday, the audition for the 'Code Geass' drama began.

At Su Yan's current stage, it is difficult for him to take the time to personally select the cast members for the 'Code Geass' drama one by one.

Some minor supporting roles are left to the assistant director and others to choose. Su Yan is only responsible for the selection of the main roles, such as CC, Suzaku, Shirley, Euphemia, and others.

Moreover, all the characters in this drama, except for the protagonist Lelouch, are basically agile types. In addition to acting skills, there are also many close combat scenes. After narrowing down the comprehensive conditions, the audition progress is actually relatively slow.

During this process, the Xia Country media indirectly inquired and even took secret photos, exposing some audition videos, which also topped the hot search lists on major websites in Xia Country.

However, Su Yan wouldn't care too much about these. They couldn't reveal any substantial content about Lelouch anyway, so he just treated it as the media helping him with publicity.

Moreover, Su Yan deliberately released some information.

The 'Code Geass' drama will be broadcast in two seasons, with a total investment of over 600 million.

This is the most important news about the preparation stage of this drama.

This not only stunned people in the Xia Country drama circle, but also people in the film circle!

Works with this kind of investment are absolutely rare in the Xia Country film and television industry.

In a one-by-one, error-free version!

Even the production department executives of the three major television stations were a little scalp-numbing.

In the entire Xia Country, besides Su Yan, who dares to say that they can profit from investing so much money in a drama? Is there a second person who dares to do this?

In an era where S-level dramas have an investment of about 100 million, Su Yan has created a work with an investment of 600 million. Although it is for two seasons, it is still exaggerated.

Wouldn't the effect of this be a movie-quality drama?

In the past, people only thought that Su Yan's works were leading in terms of script level, but now...

Even the production level seems to be from another dimension.

For several days in a row, Su Yan and Dimensional Pictures were busy with the preliminary preparation work for 'Code Geass.' Time passed, and the weekend came again.

'Your Name' has been released for three weeks, and its momentum is still strong. On Friday, the box office exceeded 40 million, and on Saturday, the single-day box office was still as high as 60 million.

Released for three weeks, it has maintained the top spot in the single-day box office since its release.

Even when another big-budget film was released in mid-August, its box office was still firmly suppressed by 'Your Name' on the day of its release. Even the news media didn't want to report it.

Su Yan's fans routinely opened their records and discussed information about the movie 'Your Name.'

Soon, Sunday arrived, the broadcast day of the seventh episode of 'Kimi ni Todoke.'