Depressive Screenwriter

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“Alright, that’s the end.”

Su Yan stretched languidly after signing the contract.

“Teacher Su Yan, you’ve worked hard.” The person in charge of this negotiation from China Summer TV collected the contract with a grave yet excited expression.

Only now that the cooperation with Lelouch was finalized could he breathe a sigh of relief.

It had to be said that the minister was farsighted, having cut some funding for self-produced dramas in advance, which is why there was still money left at the end of the quarter to compete for Su Yan's new drama.

While the person in charge was mentally flattering his own production department minister, he also kept a close eye on Su Yan's actions.

“Let’s go, Director Zhou, let’s go grab a meal together.” Su Yan stood up and said with a smile to the person in front of him.

“No need, Teacher Su Yan, I still have to return to Shanghai, there are many things to do, so I won’t trouble you.” The person in charge said quickly.

Now that Su Yan had signed the contract, China Summer TV would be busy.

The more than 100 million yuan in introduction funds would definitely have to be earned back from the advertisers during the drama's broadcast period. When the time came, with this contract signed by Su Yan, many Summer Kingdom advertising companies would come flocking at the scent.

“Then I won’t force you.” Su Yan smiled, didn’t say much, and turned to leave.

He made sure to cooperate with the three major television stations—Sakura, Shanghai, and China Summer—from time to time, so that they wouldn't become hostile towards him.

Otherwise, if Su Yan only cooperated with Xia Guantian Cai, who had the best relationship with him, the consequence would be that China Summer and Shanghai TV would do whatever it takes to become enemies with Su Yan.

Su Yan wasn't afraid of positive competition in the market, but competition often came from behind, such as the Summer Kingdom's official review department, official censorship, and the like.

Although Su Yan, who had only become famous for a few years, had now become a major force in the Summer Kingdom's film and television industry, and had cultivated a good relationship with the officials, the three major television stations had been working in this industry for decades. If they were really pushed to the brink, who knew what would happen.

Su Yan didn't think that just because his works were far ahead of the industry, he could completely disregard these three large television stations.

If he ate meat, he always had to leave some soup for others.

Walking out of the building, Su Yan, who had just signed the contract, basked in the breeze of late May, warm and sleepy.

“Summer is coming again!”

June, the temperature began to rise.

Almost everyone in Dimensional Film and Television Company started overtime mode during this period.

The first season of Lelouch's production was indeed basically completed, but the promotion of this TV series and the cooperation with major overseas online broadcasting platforms and TV stations required people to connect.

At the same time, Weathering with You, which was released at the end of July, also had to start promotion, and Su Yan had to prepare and arrange the itinerary.

At the same time, the personnel of the company's subsidiaries, such as the peripheral sales and production subsidiaries, were now working overtime to produce and process the many model machines in Lelouch.

Lelouch had not yet started broadcasting, but everyone basically defaulted that this drama would definitely be a hit after it started, and the entire Dimensional Film and Television Company activated the entire industrial chain from top to bottom.

In addition to the 600 million yuan of filming funds invested by Su Yan in this drama, a large amount of funds from China Summer TV, major Summer Kingdom companies that wanted to advertise, offline disc manufacturers, overseas online broadcasting platforms, TV stations, and other parties were all revolving around Lelouch.

The economic activities generated in this process also drove the income of tens of thousands of workers up and down the industrial chain.

Soon, it was mid-June.

After two years, Su Yan and China Summer TV cooperated again.

Speaking of which, after Su Yan left Sakura TV, works such as Tokyo Love Story, Marginal Man, and Madoka Magica were all broadcast on China Summer TV, but later he had to repay favors, so Su Yan put the later episodes on Sakura TV. After more than two years of twists and turns, he has now turned to Sakura TV again.

Therefore, when Sakura TV invited Su Yan to Shanghai to record a promotional variety show about Lelouch's premiere, Su Yan only considered it for a day before agreeing.

After all, he did have a good relationship with the senior management of China Summer TV. Although he was very busy, he would still give this face.

In the interview program about China Summer TV, Su Yan also revealed a lot of ideas about Lelouch, or about mecha-type works.

If Lelouch does well, there is actually a series of mecha-themed scripts in his mind.

It's hard to say what the specific story is, but what can be revealed is that the work name will have the two words Gundam!

Gundam?

For the fans of Summer Kingdom, this name is too unfamiliar, and they don't understand what it is at all.

But this is the first time in public that the name of a phenomenal film and television IP in Summer Kingdom for the next few decades has been mentioned.

This interview with Su Yan was also remembered by Gundam fans all over the world for many years to come and placed in the hall of Gundam IP history.

To Su Yan's peers now, they may feel that Su Yan is already at the peak of his life.

But looking back twenty years later, they will realize that Su Yan is still only in the rising stage, far from the peak.

The trip to Shanghai for the interview was both work and vacation for Su Yan.

The first season of Lelouch has been completed, and the second season has also been filmed and is in post-production.

Other works have basically been filmed, and as for Howl's Moving Castle, the filming of the heroine Sophie's scenes while Su Yan was not in Tokyo did not affect the progress.

Su Yan also had a pleasant week, taking a short trip to the inland area.

During this time, time passed, the temperature gradually increased, and time was approaching July.

In late June, the movie promotion trailer for Weathering with You was officially launched.

In terms of quality and plot, Weathering with You is actually different from Your Name.

Especially the ending, which was criticized by a group of Chinese audiences when Su Yan's previous life movie was released.

But this work happened to have a good reputation in Sakura Island in Su Yan's previous life, and as time went by, its reputation in the Chinese group rose again.

In fact, in Su Yan's perception, the biggest problem is that the male protagonist seems too weak and indecisive in many plots. The heroine Hina may not be inferior to Miyamizu Mitsuha in terms of charm, but the male protagonist's charm is far worse, so in the filming of the Summer Kingdom movie version, the male protagonist is slightly more decisive in his performance.

The plot is still the same plot, but the character of the protagonist of this type of work still needs to be slightly changed to conform to the aesthetics of the Summer Kingdom people.

In the last week of June, the third trailer for Lelouch was released.

The total number of clicks on major online broadcasting platforms exceeded 30 million in two days, and there were hundreds of thousands of related discussion posts.

Under the joint promotional offensive of Dimensional Film and Television Company and China Summer TV, the premiere of Lelouch of the Rebellion on Sunday, July 6th, at 8 pm was basically known to everyone in the Summer Kingdom film and television drama fan group.

Thousands of TV drama fans were counting the days waiting for this day to come.

Soon, time passed, and a few days passed, and June ended.

July is coming, and summer is officially starting.