Depressive Screenwriter

What?

There's an IF route too?

And it's first going to be broadcast on Zhongxia TV at eight o'clock, then online on Xingxia Net at nine o'clock.

Holy crap!

My previously low mood has suddenly soared.

What do you mean this ending is already good enough for Rika? Screw that.

If there's a happy ending, why would I want to let go?

Who decided that life must have setbacks? Isn't that stupid?

I just want to see Rika have a relationship without setbacks, is that so bad?

Tao Lei and a bunch of 'Tokyo Love Story' drama fans hadn't even recovered from the information in that text.

Soon, the screen paused.

A dark and gloomy environment.

The city was destroyed by a hurricane, and buildings were blown into the sky by the strong wind.

At the very top of the sky, a huge monster, covering the sky and sun, with a distorted shape, stared indifferently at the city suffering from disaster below.

A girl with black hair, wearing a black JK uniform, leaped quickly through the wreckage in the sky, fighting the monster above, but was repelled again and again.

Tao Lei blinked.

This, isn't this Gu Qingyuan?

[If you give up, it's over!]

On the other side, a cute rabbit-like creature said to a pink-haired girl.

[But, you, you can change fate!]

Seeing that face, Tao Lei looked stunned!

Rika... Rika?

No, wait, it's Shen Qianli.

[Make a contract with me and become a magical girl!]

The rabbit said to the girl in a gentle voice.

[Puella Magi Madoka Magica.]

The trailer for the 'Tokyo Love Story' IF route was only three seconds long.

The trailer for 'Puella Magi Madoka Magica' was less than ten seconds long.

Su Yan also knew that most of the audience who watched 'Tokyo Love Story' were still immersed in the afterglow of the plot. If you made these promotional trailers too long, people wouldn't be interested in watching them carefully at all.

Just let the audience know that there is such a work about to be broadcast.

And the reality was just as Su Yan hoped.

After the eleventh episode of 'Tokyo Love Story' was broadcast, the 'Tokyo Love Story' IF route and 'Madoka Magica' were pushed to the top five of the hot search list in less than fifteen minutes by fans.

"'Tokyo Love Story' IF route? Su Yan, you old fox, you should have said so earlier! If you had said so earlier, I wouldn't have scolded you!"

"And this time, it will not only be launched on Xingxia Net, but also be broadcast publicly on TV stations?"

"Hahaha, I knew Su Yan wouldn't be so willful. I declare that tonight's main ending is a joke, and the IF route ending is the orthodox ending!"

"I've been chasing it all the way from April, and I'm not panicked at all now. I've already expelled the plot of the eleventh episode from my head."

"Actually, I think, although it is this kind of ending, it is also very good. The finally relieved Rika is also very charming. Is it really better to forcibly arrange a happy ending for the ending?"

"Why are there such comments again? Don't evaluate this ending from the integrity and theme of the work. We viewers are so tired from going to work and getting off work every day, we just want to watch a little bit of sweet drama. Maybe this kind of ending is more cliché, but I'm a basic person, and I love to watch it! If you don't like to watch it, don't watch the IF route ending, and treat the ending broadcast on TV tonight as the orthodox ending. Isn't it just asking for scolding to make these remarks?"

"That's right, it's good to have an IF route ending, and you're still picking and choosing here. What work theme, depth, character growth arc? I don't care about those, I just want to see Rika's happy smile."

"As long as Su Yan has the 'Tokyo Love Story' IF route ending, I will be his fan for life!"

"Although this ending is good, the IF route will obviously be better. Thumbs up!"

"Why do you think the IF route will be better? Haven't you ever thought that Kanji will hurt Rika in another way in the IF route?"

"If you are stupid, don't treat Su Yan as a fool. If it is that kind of plot, what IF route is he doing? Is he sick? Does anyone want to be scolded twice after being scolded once?"

"I had already decided that 'Tokyo Love Story' was a sad ending and gave up chasing his 'Madoka Magica'. Now, 'Tokyo Love Story' is so good, 'Madoka Magica', I'm coming..."

"Although, after watching 'Tokyo Love Story', looking at Gu Qingyuan's face in 'Madoka Magica', it really feels awkward. Watching the ten-second trailer, she seems to be on the same side as the protagonist in this drama, but why do I want the villain to beat her to death!"

"Speaking of the 'Madoka Magica' trailer, I feel that its special effects are pretty good! It's almost up to the quality of a movie, judging from this theme, is it a battle-type TV series?"

"I feel that Su Yan is transforming? There is no male protagonist in this drama, is he going to take the yuri route?"

"Isn't yuri called transformation? Isn't 'Life is Strange' like that?"

"We Yuanqian fans are in luck. At first glance, this drama knows that Shi Su Yan is giving us benefits!"

"Support, Su Yan, forever the god!"

"Last week, the whole network was scolding frantically, but tonight the reputation has become like this. What can I say? You Su Yan fans are so pathetic, easily manipulated by Su Yan in the palm of your hand!"

Starting from the fifth episode, tonight is the most harmonious time on the entire network since 'Tokyo Love Story' was broadcast.

If there was no news about the broadcast of the IF route, it is estimated that Su Yan would have been completely lost in the comments section of his account by his fans tonight.

But with the news of the IF route, everyone calmed down.

The comparison between the ending in April and the IF route has already explained everything.

If you don't accept tonight's TV ending, just clear your brain and wait until next week to watch the IF route.

Some black sheep who were ill-intentioned and wanted to take advantage of the ending of 'Tokyo Love Story' to create rhythm were also dumbfounded.

The rhythm can't be brought up at all.

On the contrary, overnight, the full network score of 'Tokyo Love Story' rose to 9.7.

At noon, the ratings for the eleventh episode of 'Tokyo Love Story' were announced.

Compared to the tenth episode, there was another huge increase.

5.84%

After this result appeared, some people in the entire Xia Country TV drama industry couldn't sit still.

Especially the other two of the three major TV stations.

Normally, a TV series will not have an IF route after a orthodox ending appears, which will have a bad impact on the fan base.

But Su Yan's drama is different, the fans strongly demand it and they also buy it.

But Su Yan's IF route ending in April was broadcast on the online platform, why is it also broadcast on TV this time?

Now the reason is known.

Zhongxia TV, is Su Yan preparing to hit the 6% ratings mark?

Looking at the 5.84% ratings score.

With the discussion about the 'Tokyo Love Story' IF route already soaring on the entire network, Su Yan's peers have already sensed something.

Su Yan, who was in Tokyo, also breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the news of this result.

In fact, he didn't plan to put the 'Tokyo Love Story' IF route on TV at first.

Because his idea was very simple, the ending broadcast on TV was the main ending, and the online broadcast platform was a parallel world setting.

But the proposal to put the IF route ending on TV was strongly recommended by Zhongxia TV two weeks ago.

Because the ratings of 'Tokyo Love Story' have been wrong since the ninth episode.

Although the fans scolded wildly every week, the ratings soared and the reputation was steadily improving.

Especially the tenth episode, the ratings exceeded the score created by 'The Outsider'.

But the 5.7% level of ratings last week, it is not very realistic to want to cross the 0.3% gap and break through the 6% mark in one week.

So...

"Zhongxia TV wants the 'Tokyo Love Story' IF route to create a new ratings record. And I need it too," Su Yan said softly.

Although no matter what the highest ratings of 'Tokyo Love Story' are, for Su Yan, he is the screenwriter with the highest ratings for creative works in Xia Country in recent years.

But being able to break 6% and not being able to break 6% are two different levels.

The last time there was a TV series in Xia Country with ratings breaking 6% was more than ten years ago.

At that time, the Internet was only in its infancy stage, watching a dynamic picture would be stuck, downloading a movie would take several hours, and the mobile phone network speed could only be used to view pictures and e-books, let alone online broadcast platforms, the ratings of TV broadcast dramas were generally much higher than now, and there were not a few examples of A-level dramas with ratings breaking 5%.

It can only be said that a masterpiece is a masterpiece.

This kind of traditional love drama can also mobilize the traditional middle-aged and elderly audience in Xia Country to a great extent.

The production quality of 'Tokyo Love Story' is not as high as 'The Outsider', and the investment and publicity efforts are not as great as 'The Outsider'.

But the results are better than 'The Outsider', and even have the opportunity to touch the 6% ratings mark in this era.

Just as Su Yan was pondering, outside the office, Xiaozaki Ikumi came directly in.

Black silk long legs stepped on high heels, making a sound of footsteps on the floor.

"Don't be dazed... Tonight is the celebration banquet for 'Tokyo Love Story'. Tonight, you, the chairman, have to drink well with the people in the company and draw big cakes for them. Take another day off tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, the movie shooting of '5 Centimeters Per Second' and 'HanaKoi' will officially begin."

Xiaozaki Ikumi said while holding a pile of documents to Su Yan's desk.

"This is the contract quotation for overseas TV stations and online broadcast platforms to introduce 'Tokyo Love Story'. In view of the ratings data and reputation performance of the last episode of 'Tokyo Love Story', I have added another 11% on the basis of their quotation. Please read it and sign and seal it as soon as possible, so that other personnel in the company can be responsible for the follow-up work."

"Also, your several works have been welcomed in many regions after being introduced overseas. You, Su Yan, are also famous overseas, so some film distributors in some regions are interested in introducing the film release rights of 'The Garden of Words', but the quotation is not high, what do you mean?"

"Agree," Su Yan said without much hesitation after looking at the document.

"As long as it is not an insulting price, the introduction of copyright is easy to negotiate. We are not just filming 'The Garden of Words', in the future, the films produced by the company will not only be broadcast in Xia Country, but overseas is also the goal... Now let's cultivate overseas movie fans first, and consider making money later."

"I know, your idea is the same as mine," Xiaozaki Ikumi smiled.

"After 'The Outsider', 'The Garden of Words', and 'Tokyo Love Story' achieved excellent results this year, our works have also become a sweet treat for various operators and TV stations in overseas regions. In the past, only the three major TV stations' Xia Country TV dramas would be generally introduced and broadcast overseas. Now, the overseas TV drama industry practitioners attach as much importance to our company's works as the works of the three major TV stations."

"So in the future, our company's works will have more channels to obtain the support of overseas audiences, right."

"Yes, the profitability will increase a lot," Xiaozaki Ikumi nodded.

"Making money is secondary," Su Yan said subconsciously.

Mainly emotional value.

The more people watch, the more emotional value you get.

"How can making money be secondary?" Xiaozaki Ikumi corrected Su Yan's statement.

"More money, more investment, can produce better works. Just like your 'Rurouni Kenshin', if you had enough money at the beginning, you wouldn't have filmed such poor pictures. In the film and television industry, money and the quality of works are closely linked partners."

"Don't fall into the trap of not caring about the commerciality of the work, only caring about the artistry," Xiaozaki Ikumi said quickly.

She has seen too many geniuses in the film and television industry. After producing a few successful works, they started to engage in art.

Then, after a few artistic works failed, their hearts were broken and they eventually became ordinary people.

If Su Yan just wants to be a famous screenwriter.

Then he already is.

If he wants to be a legendary screenwriter and create a legendary film and television company.

Artistic things cannot be said to be impossible, but the commerciality of the produced works must be before the artistry.

Making money is not important, how is that possible?

There is no legendary film and television company that is a poor company that cannot even pay wages.

"Yes, yes, yes, my mistake! Making money is very important..." Su Yan said with a smile.

"Okay, hurry up and leave to attend the celebration banquet. I don't have the habit of being late."

Su Yan got up, picked up the coat that Xiaozaki Ikumi brought into the room and put on the shelf next to him, and draped it over her shoulders.

"It's December, the weather is cold! Don't catch a cold."

"Yo, you still care about people?" Xiaozaki Ikumi said incredulously after putting on the clothes.

"If you get sick, who will be responsible for the production work of my two dramas?" Su Yan smiled.

"After all... haven't you already decided to put 'We Made a Beautiful Bouquet' and '5 Centimeters Per Second' on the summer vacation file next year... Time is tight, only half a year, and it can't be delayed."

For Su Yan, he has to plan at least the work for the next half of the year this year.

"5 Centimeters Per Second" and "We Made a Beautiful Bouquet\

,"One will be released in mid-July.

One will be released in mid-August.

They are considered two relatively good release time nodes in the Xia Country summer vacation file.

Unlike "The Garden of Words", this time, Su Yan is preparing to compete head-on with the summer vacation file of a group of big productions in Xia Country in the same period next year with his two films.

When "The Garden of Words" was released, he didn't have money, and there was no way.

But for "5 Centimeters Per Second" and "We Made a Beautiful Bouquet", Su Yan found a group of well-known movie stars in Xia Country to participate in the performance, and the company account also has a lot of funds to prepare for the release of the two works.

His goal...

The box office champion of next year's summer vacation file.