Depressive Screenwriter

"I Want to Tell You" is arguably the most exciting show for all viewers this week since its premiere.

Initially, everyone thought it was a depressing drama disguised as pure love, but after watching two episodes, they realized it was genuine pure love.

Later, everyone assumed that since the first episode established the mutual crush between the male and female leads, the pace would be fast, like "Tokyo Love Story," with each character experiencing breakups, reconciliations, and more breakups and reconciliations within a short dozen episodes.

However,

After six episodes, the male and female leads haven't even held hands, while the second female lead, Kurumi, has started to become disgusting.

Outsiders cannot understand the excitement of the "I Want to Tell You" drama fans at the end of the seventh episode when Shota Kazehaya grabbed Sawako Kuronuma's hand.

And the anger they felt when the ending song started playing.

The Dimensional Film and Television official website was flooded with fans late at night, all targeting Su Yan's account.

"Su Yan, you old thief, can you sleep? I can't."

"Can't you film just one more minute? It's like this every week. Is there something wrong with your brain! Get up and make the TV station update another episode. Update one episode every day."

"I declare that "I Want to Tell You" is the pinnacle of pure love dramas in Xia, but Su Yan is the pinnacle of disgusting people in Xia. This cliffhanger... it's almost 1 a.m., and I'm still thinking about the drama and can't sleep."

"Speaking of which, isn't it always said that Su Yan is basically a workaholic who doesn't date? Why are his romance dramas so good? Does this kind of thing really not require actual experience?"

"I also find it strange. Su Yan's dramas basically have romantic elements. How does he come up with these plots without dating? Especially Ryu Sanada in this episode is so attractive. Shota Kazehaya is a bit unrealistically handsome and cheerful, but Ryu Sanada is the kind of good man you'd meet in real life!"

"Some things really depend on talent. Like those martial arts drama writers, do they also go and learn martial arts? Although Su Yan doesn't date, perhaps that's why he can create a girl like Sawako Kuronuma, who doesn't exist in reality."

"It made me uncomfortable to watch. Give us more close-ups of Kurumi in this episode! That bad woman, trying to steal the chicken but losing the rice!"

"Please, let them confess in the next episode!"

"It's already the seventh episode, they really should confess, or this season will end."

"I heard that "I Want to Tell You" seems like it won't finish broadcasting in one season. It seems they'll take out half a season to broadcast in the winter slot next January."

"Really? If they confess in the eighth episode, what kind of plot will support such a long duration?"

"So, is there a possibility that these two won't confess in the eighth episode?"

"?"

"Don't jinx it."

"I'm already dying of anxiety watching this drama. If they don't confess in the eighth episode, won't it suffocate people to death?"

"Dragging it out for the sake of dragging it out is meaningless. In a romance drama, the male and female leads confessing to each other is a natural progression, and then it ends in one go. That's the right way to do it."

"But although I think the main storyline is progressing slowly, I don't think the plot is padded at all! The biggest problem is that the viewing time passes too quickly, and it's over in a flash."

"That shows the plot has captivated you!"

"Please, stop torturing people, this drama is too anxiety-inducing, the plot is going to drive people crazy."

Late at night, Su Yan was at home browsing the fans' discussions about the plot, feeling the increase in emotional value in the system.

Although he sympathized with these drama-chasing fans, there was nothing he could do. For more emotional value, he had to end on cliffhangers.

Su Yan went to bed around 2 a.m.

The next morning, he woke up early.

After all, there was something important to do today.

The driver waited outside Su Yan's Tokyo villa twenty minutes early.

The Kojima area has many residents, and although the villa Su Yan bought is more valuable, it is actually much worse than his residence in Shanghai.

At least the infrastructure, greenery, and environment of Shanghai cannot be compared to this place.

If possible, Su Yan would still prefer to stay in Shanghai for a long time, but the works he draws are often from island countries in his previous life. Instead of pulling them out and modifying them beyond recognition, it's better to create a fictional setting myself.

Like "Code Geass," if Su Yan moved the background to a future Xia, how would the Chinese Federation in the original work be set?

So, some works can have their backgrounds changed, but dramas like "Code Geass" cannot.

Sitting in the back seat of the car, eating the breakfast that had been prepared in the car.

Although he wasn't eating in a formal restaurant to save time, the dishes and everything were all of the same standard. After all, the extended version of the car he bought was big enough, and it had all kinds of functions, including a TV, refrigerator, and small dining table.

Su Yan is not an extravagant person, but he has indeed been making money too fast in the past two years. If he doesn't indulge a little, he feels like there's no point in earning money, and it's also contributing to Xia's GDP.

Soon, Su Yan's car arrived at the location that the company had prepared long ago.

The filming location for "Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion."

This drama is actually mainly divided into two lines.

One is Lelouch's daily school life.

In Ashford Academy!

The other is Lelouch, under the alias Zero, leading a revolutionary army in the Britannia-controlled Sakura Island area, which is Area 11.

In short, it starts as small-scale armed militants, and as the plot develops, it becomes a large-scale armed force, a warlord, and then finally seizing the world.

The plot is relatively chuuni.

But

This is the choice of the market. All "Code Geass" fans in Su Yan's previous life thought so, but it doesn't affect their love for this work.

In order to film this drama, Su Yan rented a large manor with a hundred years of history on the outskirts of Tokyo, using it as the core to transform it into Ashford Academy in the drama.

As for the mecha battles and action scenes in the drama, the company has already started to customize the filming location and special effects based on Su Yan's script.

Su Yan arrived early, twenty minutes before the scheduled time.

But the entire crew, including actors, filming staff, directors, and members of various teams, more than two hundred people in total, had already arrived.

Seeing Su Yan walk into the filming location, a group of people collectively put down their work and said in a scattered and uneven voice.

"Hello, Teacher Su Yan!"

"Teacher Su Yan, you've worked hard!"

"The boss looks so handsome today."

"You guys are busy, don't mind me!"

As Su Yan's biggest investment in Xia to date, you can see the difference from the preparation stage. The people who can join this crew are basically the best in their respective fields in the industry, and there is absolutely no room for mediocrity.

Walking all the way to the conference room at the filming location, in addition to the three most popular actresses under Su Yan's company, Zhuang Yuxin, Shen Liqian, and Gu Qingyuan, first- and second-tier actresses from other entertainment companies in Xia were also everywhere.

Almost all the roles that are considered important in this drama are played by second- and third-tier stars or above, and the pay is lower than the market price. After all, Su Yan wants to save money to film large-scale scenes. But even so, this group of Xia stars are still rushing to participate in Su Yan's drama.

A drama with an investment of 600 million, looking forward, this is the only case in Xia, and looking back, it will probably be difficult to have another one.

After all, even the most popular S-level dramas on the three major TV stations may not be able to recover this kind of cost. How could capitalists invest in a project that doesn't make money and has huge risks?

If they miss this opportunity, these actors probably won't be able to touch this kind of big project in their lives.