Depressive Screenwriter

So Su Yan still went to play the male lead, Kanji Nagao. As for Rika Akana, who is lively, cheerful, and independent-minded, her image has some similarities with Kaori Miyazono in April, and Shen Liqian is naturally suitable to play her.

In Tokyo Love Story, Rimi Sekiguchi has always been criticized, but she also has a lot of screen time, and she is played by Gu Qingyuan.

Gu Qingyuan herself is suitable for playing this kind of quiet role, and her acting skills are beyond doubt.

It's just that this role is not very pleasing.

After finalizing the three leading actors, the most critical role is Kenichi Mikami.

For the actor of this role, there are actually only two requirements: he must be handsome, at least not overshadowed by Su Yan.

Also, his appearance and temperament must be more mature and rogue-like, definitely not the fresh meat type, otherwise it will be completely ruined.

Tomorrow, there will probably be seven or eight second-tier male stars of Xia Country in this style to audition at the Dimensional Film and Television Production Company.

As for why no first-line male stars come to audition, it's not that Su Yan's current level can't afford to invite these people, but it's unlikely that first-line male stars will come to play supporting roles, which is too demeaning, and no one would be willing.

Similarly, the same is true for Puella Magi Madoka Magica.

In this drama, Su Yan will definitely make a cameo for the sake of topicality.

The few male characters in Madoka Magica are Kyosuke Kamijo, who Sayaka likes.

Although this character has a terrible reputation, Su Yan doesn't care.

Similarly, among the five-color magical girl team, Gu Qingyuan is most suitable to play Homura Akemi, with her black long straight hair, cold and sassy demeanor.

Although Homura Akemi in the original work is a girl with a flat chest, Gu Qingyuan is actually quite voluptuous.

However, Xia Country does not have the original Madoka Magica animation, so Su Yan can be a little careless about such details.

As for the heroine, Madoka Kaname.

Wasn't there a lot of CP fans of Shen Liqian and Gu Qingyuan after the drama "Life is Strange" was broadcast?

Then let them ship it again in Madoka Magica.

Although Shen Liqian has never played a silly, sweet, and virgin-like role like Madoka Kaname in the early stage, Su Yan has repeatedly discussed the role with her, and she clearly stated that she can play it, and she has auditioned several times. With her acting skills, she does feel very good when she plays it.

Madoka Kaname and Homura Akemi, in Su Yan's previous life's Madoka Magica circle, fans jokingly called the two girls wives and husbands.

What really gives Su Yan a headache is the casting of Mami Tomoe, Kyoko Sakura, and Sayaka Miki.

First of all, needless to say, the acting skills of these three must be good, and then the appearance can be slightly weaker than Shen Liqian and Gu Qingyuan, but it must be at the same level.

Otherwise, there will be a sense of unevenness when the five-color team stands together.

Overall, Su Yan is now considering the actor's popularity, appeal, and the fit between her image and the role.

Seeing Su Yan's somewhat headache expression, Ayumi Shinozaki smiled.

"Don't worry. With your current fame and status in Xia Country, you can invite any actor you want for your new drama. The only difference is that it will take more time for auditions."

"I understand. But understanding is understanding, I'm still worried that I won't find a suitable role at the audition." Su Yan chuckled.

After all, it is a work adapted from animation.

Su Yan himself, an old ACG fan in his previous life, will definitely have an original filter for manga adaptations, and the innate requirements are extremely high. He is really afraid that there will be no actors in the audition who meet his requirements.

But there is no point in being anxious about these things now. Su Yan quickly shattered the distracting thoughts in his heart.

"By the way, I'm still communicating with Zhongxia TV Station about the broadcast time of "Puella Magi Madoka Magica" after it is produced. They don't quite understand what a magical girl-themed TV series is, but they know that we are willing to produce this work on the scale of an S-level drama, and the cooperation intention immediately becomes great, and it should only be a matter of time before a complete agreement is reached."

"But as for "Tokyo Love Story", I have communicated with the production department minister there, and it will be in October this year, if everything goes smoothly... the same broadcast time as "Cyberpunk: Edgerunners". Sunday at 8 p.m." Ayumi Shinozaki looked at Su Yan and said.

"October?" Su Yan thought for a while.

It's July now, and three months of production time is more than enough for a work like "Tokyo Love Story".

"Then we have to speed up. We can't stay in Shanghai for too long." Su Yan said.

Although three months of production time is enough, everyone understands the principle.

The more time you leave, the more carefully you can polish the quality of the episode.

Su Yan attaches great importance to the drama "Tokyo Love Story". After the main actors are determined, he doesn't want to waste too much time on actor selection and auditions.

"Got it, so in the next few days, you have to work hard too. We..." Ayumi Shinozaki thought for a while, and then said.

"A bunch of characters from the two dramas, we probably have to audition more than 200 people!"

"This is not easy!"

The next day, Su Yan, Ayumi Shinozaki, and Pei Hua Shi, as the troika of the creative team, officially started the audition for Madoka Magica and Tokyo Love Story.

Tokyo area on-site shooting.

Madoka Magica is an S-level drama, and although Tokyo Love Story is not so exaggerated, the investment of 60 million is more than an A-level drama in the general sense, and it is also a quasi-S-level drama.

Although the protagonists were taken over by Su Yan and his two partners, Gu Qingyuan and Shen Liqian, in advance.

But with Su Yan's popularity, the probability of actors becoming popular after participating in these two dramas with such investment, even if they are female or male supporting roles, is higher than playing the male and female protagonists in a general A-level drama.

A group of amateur actors and famous second- and third-tier actors in Xia Country are flocking to Su Yan's audition for the two dramas, looking for various relationships in the industry, and reaching out to the vice producers, vice directors, and other middle and senior personnel in Su Yan's crew, and through various channels, submitting resumes and real photos to Su Yan and Ayumi Shinozaki.

And after the audition for Su Yan's two dramas was launched.

The news that he has new works to produce and broadcast can't be completely concealed in the Xia Country TV drama industry and on the Internet.

Su Yan's fans are still paying attention to the news of the release of the Garden of Words movie at the end of the month. Who would have known that Su Yan was silently using his energy and time to audition actors for two new dramas at this critical moment?

After the audition, he still has to spend a lot of money to shoot on location in the Tokyo area?

Fans are a little outrageous.

Related news instantly topped the hot search lists of major online broadcasting platforms, and Su Yan's fans collectively became active.

"How does Su Yan, the old thief, have this energy? Two new works?"

"It is said that the names of the two works that have been circulated are called "Tokyo Love Story" and "Puella Magi Madoka Magica". The former is a quasi-S-level love drama with an investment of 60 million, and the latter is an S-level fantasy drama with an investment of 80 million."

"This makes me feel that these TV dramas broadcast in the summer season are not interesting at all. Let time pass quickly, and let Su Yan, the old thief's TV dramas be broadcast soon."

"I'm shocked, Su Yan, the old thief, is crazy. Other famous screenwriters can't come up with a work in two years, but Su Yan, the old thief, came up with two scripts in less than a month?"

"What can support Su Yan, the old thief's, such a high creative desire!"

"Of course it's money. From a long-term perspective, "Cyberpunk: Edgerunners" can provide Su Yan's company with a total revenue of more than 200 million. If it were you, you would probably want the creation speed to be as fast as possible, with ten dramas a day."

"But this is too outrageous. And "Tokyo Love Story" and "Puella Magi Madoka Magica" are really confusing names."

"Why Tokyo? Isn't Shanghai good?"

"You don't care what Su Yan, the old thief, thinks. Tokyo is Tokyo. After all, it is one of the top five largest cities in Xia Country, not worse than Shanghai, only a little worse than the Imperial Capital."

"What is "Puella Magi Madoka Magica"? The name sounds like a low-level children's TV series! Wouldn't it be a tokusatsu drama like Masked Rider that airs on Sakura TV at 6 p.m.?"

"It's unlikely. It has been determined that "Tokyo Love Story" is a love triangle story drama of Su Yan, Gu Qingyuan, and Shen Liqian. And Madoka Magica, Shen Liqian, and Gu Qingyuan are participating in the filming together, and the probability is that they will do a two-person CP like "Life is Strange"."

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"Su Yan, the old thief, and the love triangle of Shen Liqian and Gu Qingyuan? I'm shocked, this is a must-watch)"

"Shen Liqian and Gu Qingyuan have another CP drama starting production?"

"I can't do it anymore, let time pass quickly, I want to watch Tokyo Love Story, I want to watch Madoka Magica!"

"Although the names are weird, I will definitely follow both dramas!"

"It's still you, Su Yan, the old thief! The savior of our Xia Country TV drama industry, the only true god of our drama-starved masses!"

Su Yan did not prevent these gossip from spreading in Xia Country, after all, it is also a kind of publicity.

But these information are exciting for fans, but in the ears of Yoshitoki Akasaka in Sakura TV, it is another taste.

He has already given the high-level a military order that he will do everything at all costs to defeat Su Yan, the traitor of Sakura TV.

The tragic defeat of Black Gate and the ridicule of the media really made Sakura TV lose face.

Su Yan has a new work in such a short time?

"Tokyo Love Story? Puella Magi Madoka Magica?" Yoshitoki Akasaka took a deep breath, a cold light flashed in his eyes.

The arrow is on the string and has to be fired. To this day, whether he wants to or not, he has to be pushed to the shelf.

The release dates of these two dramas have not yet been set, but at least the investment budgets of a quasi-S and an S-level drama, Yoshitoki Akasaka knows in his heart.

Damn.

Must do it!

Be sure to completely defeat Su Yan's two dramas and prevent him from being arrogant in the market again.

If Su Yan doesn't fall, Yoshitoki Akasaka will fall.

The undercurrents in the TV drama industry have little impact on the film industry.

Time passed.

Su Yan was generally very satisfied with Su Yan's audition.

Although it was not perfect, the important characters of the two dramas generally found actors with extremely appropriate images and temperaments.

Su Yan also breathed a sigh of relief.

In this process, in early July, the movie "Gun Grave" with an investment of nearly 200 million was released first.

The box office on the first day was 82 million, the box office on the second day was 87 million, and the box office on the third day was 91 million.

The box office soared by more than 200 million in the first three days, which is a very good result.

The Xia Country film industry is not as exaggerated as Su Yan's previous life. The main reason is that the purchasing power of Xia Country currency is relatively stronger, and the inflation in the Xia Country market is very small. Movie ticket prices are also low. Movie tickets that cost 70, 80, or 100 in Su Yan's previous life are rare in Xia Country.

Most movie ticket prices are only 20 or 30, so the total box office of Xia Country movies is not as low as Su Yan's previous life, but the number of moviegoers is not bad at all.

Movies with the highest box office of the year basically have more than 100 million moviegoers.

Moreover, what is different between the Xia Country film industry and Su Yan's previous life is that Xia Country audiences are very rational.

If your movie is good and the word-of-mouth rises, the box office stamina will be very strong.

There are many examples of high-reputation movies with average box office during the early release period rising against the trend in the mid-to-late release period.

And those pure fan movies basically have no market. The box office data may look better for the first day or two before the release, but afterwards, the box office will collapse immediately.

Xia Country people do not chase stars, but they chase the actors' and screenwriters' abilities and acting skills!

So for movies like "Gun Grave", although the box office data was very good in the first three days of its release, the movie score of 7.3 given by the media and the audience directly caused the box office of this movie to plummet on Monday, directly falling to the 20 million level.

Although Monday is a working day, this is too bad...

Subsequently, in mid-July, another movie with an investment of over 100 million was released. The total box office for the first three days of the week was 170 million, but its reputation was very good, 8.6 points, and the box office on Monday's working day was still over 50 million.

In this process, a bunch of small and medium-sized investment movies were released one after another, and the Xia Country summer movie market officially kicked off.

The publicity activities for the release of the movie "The Garden of Words" also unfolded intensively.

After cooperating with the distribution company in roadshows and publicity activities before the movie's release, Su Yan also flew to the Tokyo area by plane in late July.

Along with him were a large number of employees of Dimensional Film and Television Company and the actors of the two dramas who had completed the signing.

After all, the shooting plan has been determined, as for the promotion of The Garden of Words

Su Yan has been to Shanghai, the Imperial Capital, and coastal economic zones for roadshows and publicity.

Tokyo, as another economically developed region in Xia Country, is Su Yan's last stop.

Su Yan is here this time not only for filming, but also for the promotion of The Garden of Words.