Depressive Screenwriter

"I don't know what to say? I can't find any flaws to criticize Su Yan, the old villain, but why do I still feel so bad?"

"The plot of episode ten was about what I expected, but the only thing I didn't expect was that when they landed on the moon, Xiaoxi took the initiative to hold Xu Han's hand. And in the end credits, Xiaoxi, who had been waiting for Xu Han, finally met him."

"That memory in the end credits, is the screenwriter trying to tell us that Xiaoxi and Xu Han's life was actually happy, right?"

"I believe their life was definitely happy, just, with some regrets."

"Do you guys think that Xiaoxi simulated by the instrument really has Xiaoxi's personality?!"

"I think it definitely does, otherwise why would Xiaoxi also be admitted to the Space Agency and go to the moon with Xu Han. Xu Han's subconscious understanding of Xiaoxi and Xiaoxi's real-world data together constructed Xiaoxi's personality in the virtual memory. If that world is another parallel world, Xiaoxi and Xu Han's fate must be like this."

"Brothers, what should I do? I'm so conflicted right now! I like all the dramas created by Su Yan, the old villain, but I'm scared when I think about the works Su Yan will create in the future, his works all seem to be this style!"

"Me too, I want to scold him, but I also like his works. How can people be so contradictory."

"Do you think it's possible to get used to being tortured?"

"No way, no matter how many times I rewatch Rurouni Kenshin, I feel extremely uncomfortable every time I see the end."

"I can't sleep tonight."

"Same."

"Damn it, why is this drama having such a strong aftereffect. This is clearly the ending I wanted, Xiaoxi and Xu Han went to the moon. Why am I so unsatisfied?"

"Probably because Xiaoxi is already dead! She didn't really go to the moon!"

"Masterpiece, nothing more to say."

"I can remember this drama for the rest of my life."

"Me too, I feel like as long as I look up at the moon in the future, I'll probably think of this story."

"I've been scolding Su Yan for more than half a year. Only tonight, I kind of want to thank him for filming this story. With his talent, he can definitely make a TV series that is popular as soon as it starts, but he still presented such a slow-burn masterpiece during a key stage of his career."

"Me too, although this drama makes me very uncomfortable, but, I really can't bring myself to criticize the screenwriter Su Yan who created this story. He has tried his best, within this plot framework, this is the best ending!"

"To the Moon" has ended, but all night long, the drama's fans discussed related topics throughout the night.

Six of the top ten trending topics on Sakura Net are about "To the Moon".

Even on video websites such as Red Pine, Raccoon, and Star Summer, the amount of discussion about "To the Moon" is extremely high.

Internet drama fans are basically this group of people. As long as the dramas on Sakura TV are of high quality, other online broadcast platforms will also have people paying attention and discussing them.

This situation directly made the entire crew of "Blood-Colored Magician" at Shanghai TV Station feel a thud in their hearts.

"Blood-Colored Magician" and episode ten of "To the Moon" premiered on the same night, but one premiered at eight o'clock and the other at nine o'clock.

But no matter what, with only an hour apart, how could the proportion of discussion posts about the two dramas on the internet be so different.

The "Blood-Colored Magician" crew even strictly compared the data from the previous few weeks.

They found that the number of discussion posts about "Blood-Colored Magician" that were newly created today was about the same as before.

But the number of posts discussing "To the Moon" was significantly increased compared to the previous few weeks, even greatly exceeding "Blood-Colored Magician".

No way...

Many related employees of Shanghai TV Station already had an ominous expectation in their hearts.

Su Yan didn't sleep all night, and followed the online comments about the ending of "To the Moon" the whole time.

He would smile when he saw the fans' comments.

"To the Moon" is such a drama, the prerequisite is that Xiaoxi dies first, then Xu Han will have the idea of going to the moon.

It can be said that although the audience realized the deepest tragic core of the story at the end.

[Xu Han may have found his lost Xiaoxi on the moon in the false memory.

But Xiaoxi didn't find the boy who watched the stars with her until she died!]

However, this is something that cannot be helped.

This kind of thing was already a fact before the first episode aired, and it was also the main setting of the drama.

Fans are not being unreasonable, so naturally they can't scold Su Yan.

But that depressing emotion will not disappear.

This directly caused the emotion points in Su Yan's system to soar, and its total value is now approaching 20 million.

"It's over," Su Yan lay on the soft bed.

He can't sleep now, and he doesn't have time to sleep.

With dark circles under his eyes, he looked at the gradually brightening sky.

"The broadcast of 'To the Moon' is over. And in less than three weeks, when my contract expires, my career as a screenwriter at Sakura TV will also be completely over."

Su Yan felt extremely relaxed at this moment, but also a little melancholy!

After lying in bed for half an hour, Su Yan got up to wash, rinse his mouth, and change clothes.

Although he has decided to leave, he still has the most basic professional ethics.

He left the rental house, ate breakfast downstairs, and then drove to Sakura TV.

In the screenwriter department, Su Yan was the earliest to arrive today. He went directly into his office, picked up a newspaper and started to slack off.

Anyway, he doesn't have to produce a new drama next season, and he doesn't have to write a script. What can he do in the screenwriter department?

It's nothing more than drinking tea, reading newspapers, and mixing up the contract time and salary.

But after Su Yan, every employee of the screenwriter department who came to the screenwriter department frequently looked towards Su Yan's office.

Everyone is not stupid. The amount of discussion after the finale of "To the Moon" last night was so high, which means that the ratings data for "To the Moon" last night must be very good.

Last week, the ratings of "To the Moon" exceeded "The Door".

What about this week?

Will there really be a chance to surpass "Blood-Colored Magician" and top the ratings?

Time passed little by little.

Soon, it was eleven o'clock in the morning.

After the production department of the TV station compiled the ratings data of the works broadcast on Sakura TV at various time slots yesterday, it was distributed to various departments of the TV station through various channels.

As for Su Yan, his phone vibrated, it was a message from Ayumi Shinozaki.

He opened it and saw.

[To the Moon Episode 10, ratings 4.38%. Ranked first this week.

Blood-Colored Magician Episode 10, ratings 4.21%. Ranked second this week.

The Door Episode 10, ratings 4.03%. Ranked third this week.

To the Moon Episode 10 is not only ranked first in the eleventh week of the winter season, but also the highest single-episode ratings since the start of the winter season.

Su Yan, we did it, first.]

The layout of the short message sent by Ayumi Shinozaki was a bit messy. Su Yan could imagine how excited she was when she edited this short message.

"4.38%!" After seeing this result, Su Yan had a smile on his face, and his mood was slightly happier.

But that's just a little bit.

To be honest, whether it is 'Gu Xiangsi Qu' or 'To the Moon', they are only considered to have relatively good ratings in the last quarter and this quarter.

But this is also because the three major TV stations did not have any particularly excellent dramas broadcast in these two quarters.

Just like Su Yan's previous life, blockbuster dramas, etc., are often only one or two a year, and sometimes it is difficult to see one in two years. Most of the time, the quality of works broadcast in the TV drama market is average.

Although "To the Moon" has a very good plot, the disadvantage compared to other A-level dramas when it started broadcasting is there, and it is impossible to have any heaven-defying ratings with this broadcast condition. What kind of results can film and television works have, in addition to looking at the work itself, it also depends on capital investment.

But no matter what, first is first

Su Yan will have many opportunities to produce truly meaningful blockbuster dramas in the future.

[Congratulations. I'll treat you to dinner tonight!] Su Yan sent a message to Ayumi Shinozaki.

[Okay, I'll call Director Shi Peihua and Qingyuan! Several of us core creators who have been together since the filming of Rurouni Kenshin will all gather to celebrate the top ratings of To the Moon!]

Ayumi Shinozaki sent a message to Su Yan with a smiling face from the top production department of the TV station.

Today, she has gained face in the production department. For the first time in her life, she entered the production department, and all the colleagues in the entire department applauded her. Those gold medal producers who usually put their noses in the air are now greeting her with friendly faces.

Those who were secretly mocking her last year that she would definitely be fired by the TV station because of "Sakurajima Elegy" also came over to chat flatteringly.

To put it bluntly, the TV station industry looks at results.

It doesn't matter even if everyone thinks in their hearts that she, Ayumi Shinozaki, is just lucky to have a good leg to hug Su Yan to get these results.

It's all jealousy.

Why don't you find a good leg to hug?

Su Yan sent a copy of the "Rurouni Kenshin" script to all of you back then, why didn't you go and dig up his gold?

Heh.

"Producer Shinozaki"

At this time, Okazaki Shigenobu from the production department came to Ayumi Shinozaki's office.

"What's the matter?" Ayumi Shinozaki paused, but still asked with a smile.

Okazaki Shigenobu is Takashi Akasaka's assistant.

In a private room of a restaurant that night.

"Takashi Akasaka is looking for you?"

Su Yan asked in surprise.

"Yes, he asked me in his office if I was interested in switching to his command. He can transfer me from Group 3 of the production department to Group 2 under his command," Ayumi Shinozaki said with a smile.

"I rejected him on the spot. Just kidding, my mother and Aunt Sayumi Sekida have been friends for decades, and the four of them have been rivals with Takashi Akasaka for more than ten years. I'm going to take refuge in Takashi Akasaka? Then my mother will definitely sever our mother-daughter relationship on the spot."

"He couldn't find a breakthrough here with you, so he thought of recruiting me and then relying on me to bring you to his command," Ayumi Shinozaki sneered.

"Don't say he's just an acting minister, even if he's officially appointed, I will never work under him."

Shi Peihua and Gu Qingyuan next to him didn't speak.

One is a director who has retired from the TV station for several years, and the other is an outside actress, so it's not good to get involved in this kind of thing.

"Well, but after all, Yoshizaki Shigeo is hospitalized for recuperation, and he is acting as the head of the production department. I am a screenwriter and not under his control, so I am not afraid of him. As for you, after all, you are nominally under his command... What if he uses his status as acting minister to force you?" Su Yan asked thoughtfully after hearing this.

"This is a matter of principle... I will not back down," Ayumi Shinozaki paused after hearing this.

"Besides, he can't possibly have such great power before he is officially appointed."

"What if he is officially appointed? Will he definitely force you to transfer to his command?" Su Yan asked.

"Aunt Sayumi will not watch this kind of thing happen," Ayumi Shinozaki paused, and then changed the subject.

"But it should be decided on Su Yan's contract issue. Aunt Sekida has asked me several times."

"Let's talk about it later. I'll wait and see," Su Yan said with a smile.

The day after "To the Moon" ended.

The news that its last episode topped the ratings spread throughout the TV station industry and among fans.

4.38%

The highest single-episode ratings achievement in this quarter's broadcast of film and television dramas.

News media and drama critics are now reporting on "To the Moon" like crazy.

"Masterpiece ends, 'To the Moon' ends successfully."

"'To the Moon', the most touching love masterpiece in nearly ten years!"

"Genius screenwriter Su Yan will completely gain a foothold in the screenwriter world after 'To the Moon'. No one will dare to describe him with the words 'good luck' anymore."

"The most romantic confession, 'To the Moon'!"

"The most tear-jerking TV series in the Xia Kingdom in the past five years is none other than 'To the Moon'. It will definitely be nominated for Best TV Series this year!"

"From eighth in the quarterly ratings all the way to first in the quarter, a true masterpiece will not be buried."

"The one who was consecrated this quarter is not only 'To the Moon'. Screenwriter Su Yan will also become famous in the industry!"

Along with the news media reports, the paid views of "To the Moon" on Sakura Net are still increasing crazily.

Only on Wednesday, its average paid views per episode exceeded 9.6 million.

According to this situation, "To the Moon", which was already the first in paid views this quarter, may break the 10 million mark for average paid views per episode in the next few days.

Although the broadcast of "To the Moon" on TV stations has temporarily come to an end.

But its influence and popularity are still growing with its completion.

This situation is envious and jealous of industry peers.

The production cost of "To the Moon" is only more than 20 million.

The online broadcast platform can have an estimated sales of hundreds of millions.

In addition to the GG fee income during this prime time period.

Sakura TV made a lot of money.

It is conservatively estimated that the screenwriter Su Yan of this drama will earn millions of dollars through this drama.

Adding the income from his previous two dramas, damn it.

Isn't this new screenwriter going to break 10 million in total income in less than a year since his debut?

Now, many peers are truly jealous.

But no matter what, these intense emotional fluctuations related to Su Yan will eventually turn into his emotional points.

Within the system, Su Yan's accumulated emotion points also quietly passed the 20 million mark at night.