Depressive screenwriter.

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The second week of July.

Competition in the film and television drama market remains fierce.

Some TV series that are very popular on TV have a viewership rate of 5% or even 6%. The cost of inserting advertisements during the broadcast time of the series is as high as tens of millions of Xiaguo currency.

Moreover, after the popularity of popular TV series declines, they will be transferred to video websites to attract a second wave of viewers.

The popular TV series on TV are the battlefield for capitals in the film and television industry.

On the online streaming platform, after the second episode of "Qing Feng" was aired, the number of paid views exceeded 130 million in the first week.

As for the first episode of "Qing Feng", its paid playback volume exceeded 200 million after two weeks of accumulation.

Judging from the online broadcast data alone, this can be regarded as the second best result for online dramas aired in China this summer.

In the winter season in January, Zhongxia TV had an online drama with an investment of only 900 million yuan, but it achieved an average paid online broadcast volume of 440 million per episode, making Zhongxia TV a huge profit.

But such examples of low-budget online dramas becoming a big hit are rare to come by once a year.

In the July summer season when there are no dark horse web dramas, "Qing Feng" is undoubtedly the number one web drama on the four major online video platforms.

The crew has money, the quality of the script is remarkable, and they have invited some popular stars. In addition, with the resources of Sakura TV, it is natural to achieve this result.

This achievement also made Kiyota Sanji famous in Sakura TV.

Most screenwriters have experience in the online drama market early in their careers.

It is indeed extremely rare for a web drama for which one serves as the chief screenwriter to achieve such results.

Some knowledgeable people in the screenwriting department may know who the real screenwriter of "Qingfeng" is?

But in the eyes of many middle and senior executives of Sakura TV.
Kiyota Sanji is now a rising star in the station's screenwriting department, a talented person with great potential.

The past few days, Kiyota Sanji is in high spirits and seems to be floating even when he walks.

As for the short drama "Rurouni Kenshin" which has not yet been aired.
No one in the entire station was really looking forward to it.

How much can a short play with an investment of one million yuan lose? How much can it earn? At most, it can make a few hundred thousand yuan. For Sakura TV, it is just a drop in the bucket and not worth spending too much attention on.

And at this point in time, Ikumi Shinozaki returned to the TV station and worked in various departments.

But it's called promotion, in fact, it just means that the Rurouni Kenshin crew edited a promotional video of less than one minute and submitted it.
“It’s only five days away from release.”

Shinozaki Ikumi, who was wearing a black dress and had long hair draped over her shoulders, had a solemn look on her pretty face. Her palms were sweaty as she handed the relevant information to the reviewer at the station.

She had dark circles under her eyes, as she hadn't slept well for two days. Although she often appeared to be an optimist on the set, in reality, stress was accumulating.

Whether her career as a producer will come to an end here depends entirely on the performance of Kenshin's upcoming promotional video and the premiere data of the first episode of Rurouni Kenshin in a few days.

"Please, you can't make mistakes three times in a row and fail in your career three times in a row.

As Shinozaki Ikumi walked out of the door of Sakura TV and rushed to the crew, she took a deep breath and encouraged herself.

July 18th.
Some prominent parts of Sakura.com, a video website with tens of millions of users per day.

A strange new drama promotional link appeared.

"Rurouni Kenshin?"

"Does Sakura.com have new dramas?"

“What a strange title.”

After all, it’s almost the end of July. Shouldn’t online dramas be released at the beginning of the month as usual?
It goes online at the end of the month, which is indeed rare.

Many people clicked in out of curiosity.

And after reading the introduction of the series, everyone understood.

The page information clearly states that it is a short drama with only four episodes, so it really doesn’t matter when this kind of work will be released.

But what’s so interesting about such a short work where the story isn’t even clearly told?
But even as I was thinking this, my eyes were unconsciously attracted to the promotional poster on the page.

In the snow, a handsome young man with black hair and cold eyes was holding a smiling woman in white who was covered in wounds.

This kind of promotional poster is actually nothing new, but the problem is that the makeup and appearance of the two people in this poster are indeed eye-catching.

Even in the entertainment industry where there are many handsome men and beautiful women, the two of them are quite good-looking. Besides, some things about temperament cannot be defined by appearance.

The look in the eyes of the knife-wielding boy in the poster makes people feel a little scared if they take a closer look.

The grief and murderous intent in the eyes give the poster a poignant atmosphere.

It's just a trailer anyway, just watch it before leaving.

With this in mind, Yue Zhi clicked on Rurouni Kenshin's promotional video. Background music started playing.

In the snow.

A conversation between a naive boy and a young man.

[I will use this power to save those who are suffering. Even if it’s just one life, I want to protect it with my own hands.]

The boy spoke to the young man with a childish expression and the greatest courage he could muster.

[I can’t control an idiot like you. Get out of here now.]

The handsome young man turned around but his inner narration sounded.

[My foolish apprentice chose his path. It is precisely because of his simplicity that he has this inevitable path.]

The camera zooms out and the two people in the snow go their separate ways.

Screen switching.

Several men dressed as warriors surrounded a man in fancy clothes and walked in the alley with a lantern.

In front of them, the young man appeared.

His eyes were indifferent, his posture was upright, and in his hand, he held a long sword that emitted a cold glow in the moonlight.

After a few lines of dialogue, the two sides started the fight that Yue Zhi had expected.

Soon, Yue Zhi's pupils widened and her body leaned forward.

Because the posture of the young man who was blocking the road in the trailer raising his sword and killing someone was so handsome.

The speed of movement, the look in the eyes, the expression are all based on her aesthetics.

In the picture, the group of characters who were obviously extras roared, but unlike in other stupid martial arts dramas where they attacked one by one, everyone cooperated with each other and covered each other while slashing with knives.

But the young man opposite was so fast that it was astonishing. He didn't avoid at all and went straight towards him.

Draw the sword, dash, swing the sword, release the force, jump, flip in the air, and behead.
In less than three seconds, a smooth and stunning fight that was so handsome that it gave Yue Zhi goosebumps ended, and the five men fell to the ground.

One shot, no editing.

Yue Zhi has watched quite a few martial arts dramas, but compared to this scene, the action scenes in those dramas are really childish.

When the last handsome warrior man was killed, he shed tears and blood came out of the corners of his mouth.

But at the last moment of his life, he recalled a white, beautiful, stunning woman in his mind.
The trailer bgm instantly speeds up the pace.

The preview screen starts jumping.

Fighting in the rainy night.

The blood on the boy's cheek.

The girl holding an umbrella walked out
An epic martial arts atmosphere was created quietly.

The young man was awakened from his sleep by the thin blanket she was covered with, and he instantly drew his sword and put it on the girl's throat.

The fire in Kyoto, the boy slashing enemies with a knife, and the boy pulling the girl away.

Later, the girl covered the boy with a thin blanket again, but this time, the boy clung to the sword and fell asleep without being awakened.
The trailer turns lyrical.

Another series of scenes skipped.

Fight, roar, kill
Until the end.
The woman in white hugged the sleeping boy with the sword in his arms from behind.

The four big words "Rurouni Kenshin" slowly emerged.

In the trailer, this series of camera switches left Yue Zhi confused and she had no idea what the plot was about.

But her emotions fluctuated with the ups and downs of the music.

A cool trailer
It’s just a short drama, the fighting scenes are so cool, and the BGM is so beautiful.

Do the hero and heroine in the story end up together?
Yue Zhi's anticipation for this work instantly rose.

“I hope it’s not a trailer scam.” Yue Zhi didn’t hesitate and used her own account to subscribe to the drama and click on the broadcast reminder on the page.

I’ll watch one episode after it goes online.

Just for the actors' looks and fighting skills, you won't lose out at all.

(End of this chapter)