Depressive screenwriter.

Chapter 124 Public Opinion
After the ratings of Life is Strange dropped from third to fourth place at the beginning of the show, Su Yan thought that Shinozaki Yumi, who liked to be anxious, would definitely be so anxious that she couldn't sleep.

But after a few weeks, it was discovered that she had no such signs at all. Instead, she was becoming more and more adept at her work on the crew of Life is Strange and Cyberpunk Edgewalker.

Moreover, Shen Liqian and Gu Qingyuan were not discouraged by the fact that the ratings of Life is Strange were deviating from the top goal set at the beginning.

On the night after the fourth episode of Life is Strange was aired, Su Yan and a few others continued filming the TV series until midnight. A group of people had a meal in a store near the filming base. Su Yan looked at the group of people laughing and talking and finally asked curiously.

When the show started airing in April, these people were so anxious that they couldn't sleep in the office group late at night. They were still reading online comments at one or two in the morning, discussing the approximate range of ratings for the next day in April.

Now, the ratings of Life is Strange are not as good as the tone, and they are more relaxed.

"I thought everyone would be disappointed if Life is Strange's ratings weren't as good as expected. I had thought of a lot of words to comfort you, but I didn't expect that you guys would be so positive."

"What's there to be disappointed about?" Gu Qingyuan understood what Su Yan meant and said after a pause.

"No. 4 in the quarterly ratings is a good result anyway."

"That's right. Although it seems a bit disappointing that Life is Strange won't have a higher viewership than Shanghai Rain. The Sequel." Shinozaki Ikumi put a piece of roast beef into her mouth and looked at Su Yan.

"But it's an A-level drama with a 4%+ viewership rating, and it's well-received and rated number one in the quarter. Let alone airing on Blue Sky TV, even if Life is Strange's current viewership ratings were put on the three major TV stations, the production departments of the three major TV stations would definitely not be able to find fault with it."

Su Yan thought about it carefully and realized that this was indeed the truth.

"Teacher Su Yan, you should try not to be so harsh on yourself. Victory and defeat are common in the military. It's just that the results are not as good as we imagined, but its results are definitely not a failure." Shen Liqian looked at Su Yan.

"The A-rated dramas I filmed before even had ratings drop to 15th in the quarter. That was truly hopeless."

As soon as Su Yan heard it, he knew she was talking about the drama that had caused the dispute between him and Sakura TV.

"Although we are a little unwilling that the ratings did not exceed Sakura TV's "Shanghai Rain. Sequel", I guess that old bastard Akasaka Yoshitoki must be laughing at us in the office. But..." Shen Liqian clenched her fists slightly.

“Isn’t this season over yet? Maybe Life is Strange’s performance will turn around in the second half of its run. And even if Life is Strange’s performance doesn’t turn around, we can get back on track with Cyberpunk: Edgewalker next season.”

Shen Liqian and Gu Qingyuan are both participating in the filming of two dramas, Life is Strange and Edge Walker.

The two of them knew all the plots of the second half of the two dramas.

Especially the edge walkers.
Shen Liqian and Gu Qingyuan are very confident about this drama.

After the two read the script of the tenth episode of Edge Walker last week, the extreme depression they felt in their hearts was no worse than any of Su Yan’s previous dramas.

The two knew that as long as the special effects of this drama were good enough, it would definitely be a blockbuster in the TV drama market next quarter.

Even Sakura TV and Shanghai TV are planning to release an S-rated drama each in the next quarter.
They also don't think the Edgewalkers will lose.

"But no matter what, the winter season is not over yet. It's too early to give up now. We all know that the plot of Life is Strange will be in its peak in the later stages," said Shi Peihua, who had been eating nearby.

"Everyone knows why the ratings of this drama are growing so slowly. There are many crime and bloody elements in the plot, and the plot is also heavy. But the quality of its script is beyond doubt. I think that starting from the fifth episode, the ratings of this drama will definitely see a wave of growth."

The next day, the ratings for Life is Strange Episode 4.30 were released. The ratings were %, still ranking fourth in the quarter.

The mainstream media still maintains a high opinion of the plot of Life is Strange.

But the two TV stations, led by Sakura TV and supplemented by Hudu TV, started.

Film critics who have a good cooperative relationship with them have published articles one after another, and the two online broadcasting platforms controlled by them, Sakura.com and Red Maple.com, are full of articles mocking Su Yan.

[The genius screenwriter Su Yan's true colors are revealed, and Life is Strange's ratings drop to fourth place! ]

[There is no eternal winner. Su Yan's peak as a screenwriter is this work in April~]

[Life is Strange, a work that is extremely bad. The inexplicable ability to go back in time, the strange interpersonal relationships, and its performance not being as good as expected prove that the level of Xiaguo’s audiences is improving year by year! ]

【TV dramas are an art form created to relax the audience. A drama filled with death, shootings, bullying, suicide, and discrimination will eventually be abandoned by the audience! 】

[After leaving Sakura TV, Su Yan's level has gradually declined! From Life is Strange, we can see that Su Yan's new drama Edge Walker next season will definitely be a bad drama. 】

Naturally, Su Yan’s fans became furious after reading these articles.

Although the subject matter of Life is Strange is not appealing, it shouldn’t be ridiculed like this, right?

Even if the ratings are not particularly high, the reputation of this drama is number one this season. Is it your turn as the media to slander Su Yan like this?

In mid-February, a fierce battle broke out between Su Yan's fans and the internet trolls and media hired by Sakura TV and Hudu TV.

The reason why there is no Zhongxia TV station is that people still give face to Su Yan.

After all, Su Yan’s S-level drama Edge Walker will be released in Zhongxia in a month or two. Wouldn’t it be digging a hole for yourself to discredit Su Yan at this time?

But for TV dramas, ratings are the gold standard. No matter how much people argue, the fourth place in ratings of Life is Strange is still not confident.

Soon, it was mid-February.
At this time, the filming of Life is Strange entered the post-production stage.

At the same time, the filming and special effects production of Cyberpunk Edgewalker entered a critical stage.

Su Yan, Shen Liqian and Gu Qingyuan have to cooperate with the special effects company to carry out various tasks at any time.

It can be said that the money in Su Yan’s company account flows to these special effects companies every week.

Under such circumstances, the sixth episode of Life is Strange was aired.

The first five episodes of Life is Strange explore the mystery of the disappearance of Shen Qiu, another close friend of Xiao Yi, from the perspectives of Xiaomai and Xiaoyi, two friends who meet again after a long separation.

In the process, he established friendships with Xiao Yi's stepfather, Xiaomai's university security captain, Shen Qiu's boyfriend, and Qin Ling who was bullied at school, and found some clues from all parties.
If you piece these clues together, you will find that everything points to the rich second generation in the class, Li Sen, who dared to shoot and kill people in the school in the first episode.

However, the plot took a huge turn in the sixth episode, because Xiaomai's time-traveling ability had evolved.

No longer could she only briefly go back in time.

Instead, by concentrating on observing the photos, you can return to the era when the photos were taken.
But after returning to that era, she could only control her own body at that time and move within the range captured in the photos.

Xiaomai has always been brooding over the fact that Xiaoyi's father died in a car accident.

It was because of her father's death and her mother's remarriage that Xiao Yi dropped out of school, got to know so many dangerous people, and became so withdrawn and vicious.

What if the death of Xiao Yi’s father five years ago could have been avoided?
After realizing the real power of her ability, the heroine Xiaomai did not hesitate. She chose to go back to that morning through a photo she took five years ago.
Then, through various means, he prevented Xiao Yi's father from driving out that day.

The world line is reversed.

Xiao Yi's father is not dead
Xiao Yi's mother never remarried, and the stepfather she hated never appeared in her life.

She is still that top student with excellent grades.

Successfully passed the entrance exam to a key high school, and then.
When she graduated from high school, her father gave her a car as a reward.

She was involved in a car accident and became paralyzed from the waist down, and her life has been in dire straits ever since.

It is from the sixth episode that the true touching moments and heavy plot of Life is Strange begin to be revealed.

In the new timeline, Xiaomai still lost contact with Xiaoyi five years ago because of moving, and then came to this city again because of college.

However, Xiaomai, who has crossed the timeline, can't wait to see her good friend Xiaoyi, whose life is no longer a mess and has a new and shining life.

But when she opened the door, she saw Xiao Yi lying on the hospital bed, unable to move, with only his head moving and smiling at her.

Xiao Yi in this world line is indeed very gentle and a good girl.
Didn't drop out of school, but couldn't go to school either.

No longer have to make a bunch of bad friends in society.

But I was also paralyzed, without even a single friend.

Xiaomai is the only person who came to visit Xiaoyi at home during the years when she was paralyzed. She is her only friend.

Although Xiaomai changed the outcome of Xiaoyi's father's death, it also caused Xiaoyi's fate to suffer severe damage.

The so-called changing of other people's destiny is ultimately just arrogance!
In the sixth episode, Xiao Yi and Xiao Mai meet again after five years and have a lot to talk about.

She let Xiaomai push her in a wheelchair and stroll along the beach.

She had a lot of fun that day.

After returning home, she didn't want her family to continue to worry about her medical expenses. She didn't want her parents to live in fear every day about how to continue her life and the fear that she would become seriously ill and die. She didn't want to be a burden to her family anymore.

In this world line, Xiao Yi made the only request in his life to Xiaomai, his only best friend.

[I really want to run around outside with you like we did when we were kids! ]

[Xiaomi, please, let our experience today become the last memory of my life! Just adjust the medicine delivery valve from the fourth gear to the eleventh gear, and let me sleep like this. I will dream about the scene of us being together. Forever.]

He told Xiaomai the location of the painkillers at home, and then asked Xiaomai to inject the maximum dose into her body.

End her life without pain!

Just like all the dramas in Su Yan’s previous life where he changed the world line, arbitrarily manipulating the timeline and trying to change someone’s fate would often lead to a more tragic ending for another person.

The same is true for Life is Strange.

But Su Yan had acted in quite a few dramas of this kind in his previous life, so the audience often has psychological expectations when watching such dramas.

But the audience in Xia country.
I was completely dumbfounded by the ending of the sixth episode.

At the end of episode 6, Xiao Yi in the new world line died in Xiao Mai's arms with a smile, and closed his eyes peacefully.
It silenced the fans of Shen Liqian and Gu Qingyuan.

The foreshadowing of the previous five episodes has made the images of the two characters, Xiao Yi and Xiao Mai, deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Their friendship and the faint, indescribable feelings between them have moved the audience.

But after this scene appeared, everything was torn apart.

Everyone has been saying that this drama is heavy and the work has depth.

But what is that compared to episode 6?

This is so fucking tear-jerking!
After this episode was aired, the reputation of Life is Strange once again soared.

But at the same time.
The drama is also well-known for its extremely heavy plot.

It is different from the depressing love dramas Su Yan had created before.

This drama is depressing at the level of life.

The first episode showed shooting, the second episode showed bullying, and it took five episodes to portray the friendship between Xiaomai and Xiaoyi.

But in the sixth episode, Xiaomai ended her best friend's life with her own hands, paying the price for her arrogance in thinking she could change other people's fate!

Even if Xiaomai can use her ability again to return the world line to its original state, the memory of killing her best friend with her own hands will not disappear.

　Thanks to Super Electromagnetic for the reward on Light-On Fireworks, thank you big brother!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)