Depressive screenwriter.

Chapter 158: First Week of Fall Season

In the first week of October, Xiaguo’s TV and film dramas of this season began to air one after another.

A total of five A-level dramas and sixteen B-level dramas were aired this quarter, and the market was filled with a strong drama-watching atmosphere.

But among them, the most popular dramas are undoubtedly Blood Road and Tokyo Love Story, which are far ahead in popularity.

Although a famous screenwriter and actor like Su Yan has a large number of fans in Xia Country, there are also a large number of people who dislike him.

The reason is also very simple.

A genius who became famous at a young age has achieved such results in the Xia country's film and television circles for two or three consecutive years, from a newcomer to his current net worth of over 100 million.

There are many people in Xia State who have never read Su Yan's works but are jealous of Su Yan for no reason.

Whenever he sees someone better than him, he hates them.

Whether in Su Yan’s previous life or in Xia Country, there are many such people.

After the conclusion of Edge Walker, Su Yan's fame in the Xia country's film and television circles reached a peak. The Garden of Words was a small success with great box office and good reputation. For a long time, Su Yan's name appeared in the headlines of the film and television industry almost every day, which made these people even more unhappy with Su Yan, a young man who was less than 23 years old.

This season's Tokyo Love Story was met with hostility from many people before it aired, and these people were expecting Tokyo Love Story to flop in the ratings.

But no matter what, before the two dramas were aired, Tokyo Love Story's popularity in the Xiaguo TV drama industry was stronger than Blood Road.

No matter how great the screenwriter of Blood Road, Shunsuke Akiyama, is, he was only an active screenwriter in the market about ten years ago.

And Su Yan is a genius who just set the record a few months ago.

Although the cast of Blood Road is slightly better than Tokyo Love Story.

However, after collaborating on many dramas, the trio of Su Yan, Gu Qingyuan, and Shen Liqian has also gained a huge influence in Xia Country.

But Su Yan’s previous works have achieved outstanding results, and none of his works has ever failed.

Both the media and practitioners in the Xiaguo TV drama industry were optimistic about East Love before the two dramas were aired.

Filming for Tokyo Love Story and Puella Magi Madoka Magica wrapped up early on Friday night.

Su Yan returned to his residence in Tokyo early and turned the TV in his room to Sakura TV.

Su Yan was also curious about the quality of the drama that Yoshitoki Akasaka asked his producers to create under his current situation.
At 8pm, the first episode of Blood Road will be aired.

Su Yan's eyes also narrowed and he focused his attention.

The rhythmic and percussive theme song of the drama Blood Road sounded.
An hour later, Su Yan watched the ending theme of Blood Road with an unsatisfied look.

Honestly, it looks good.

Even though Su Yan was hostile to Akasaka Yoshitoki, he had to admit that the first episode of this drama was really interesting.

The subject matter and viewing experience of the work are extremely similar to those of the previous island country's bloody and bizarre adventure dramas such as "As the Gods Say" and "Alice in Borderland".

And the plot rhythm is not bad either.

Judging from the viewing experience of the first episode alone, Su Yan even felt that it was more interesting than Sakura TV's spring season "Black Gate".

but
Su Yan is well aware of the problems with this kind of drama.

These works are bloody, bizarre, dark, and the focus is on the battle of wits and courage. In most cases, they start high and end low.

Because the audience must be given a wave of new and exciting experiences that are stronger than the previous ones in order to keep the audience excited.

But the screenwriter is not a god, so how could it be possible for the plot to have one climax after another, each one stronger than the last?

There will always be a period in the middle where the plot quality suddenly declines, and the audience will find it boring and abandon the show.

"Well, it shouldn't be a big problem."

Su Yan turned off the TV and went to bed peacefully.

But the TV drama fans in Xia Country won’t be able to sleep tonight.

Whether they are Su Yan’s fans or Su Yan’s haters, they can all feel the quality of the first episode of the drama Blood Road.

"Interesting! Akiyama Shunsuke hasn't been heard from for a few years, and it turns out he has quietly created works of this kind."

"Eight people died in the first episode. It gave me a rush of adrenaline."

"My daughter was so scared that she started to cry. How can a dead person's eyeballs explode and be captured in such a clear close-up? Bad review."

"This is not good! Although I am a fan of Su Yan, the drama Blood Road is very interesting. I will also watch it next week!"

"I think it's OK. Edgewalker is much more interesting than Blood Road. This work is indeed watchable, but it's not worth bragging about."

"But none of Su Yan's works this season are cyberpunk! You don't think any of his plays are cyberpunk!"

"It's only the first episode, what's there to brag about?"

"Don't forget, Su Yan said that even for a week, Tokyo Love Story's ratings would not lose to Blood Road. It would be funny if Tokyo Love Story's ratings were blown away by Blood Road in the first week."

"I just want to see the moment when this stubborn genius gets slapped in the face. Never lose even once? Who does he think he is? No matter what, Shunsuke Akiyama is a senior in the industry. How can he say such a thing?"

"Hey, all the haters of old thief Su Yan have shown up. Akiyama Shunsuke took the initiative to touch the old thief in order to increase the popularity of Blood Road. Now he has the nerve to say these things?"

"Let's wait and see. I'm going to see what the ratings are for the first episode of Blood Road tomorrow!"

"How can it be so easy to win the ratings championship with such a clever and bloody scene?"

On the night that Blood Road was broadcast, Su Yan's fans, Sakura TV's Akiyama Shunsuke, and his black fans quarreled on the Internet for the whole night.

The next day at noon, the ratings for the first episode of the drama Blood Road were announced.

4.91%.

During the spring season this year, the ratings of the three S-rated dramas on the three major TV stations all exceeded 5%, but were only slightly more than 5%.

In fact, even for an S-level drama, an opening viewership rating of over 5% is an excellent result.

And 4.91%
Generally speaking, this kind of result is the premiere result of an S-level drama with average performance.

After the data was clearly counted, all the staff of Sakura TV breathed a sigh of relief.

At least this proves that dramas with themes like Blood Road definitely have a market in Xia Country.

Although its investment is not as high as that of S-level dramas, the performance of its premiere is already at that level.

After the results of the first broadcast of Blood Road came out, the pressure came to Su Yan.

Shen Liqian, Gu Qingyuan, Shinozaki Ikumi and other main creative members of the crew all had heavy things on their minds.

Although I have confidence in Su Yan.

Sakura TV's Blood Road this season has really good reputation, public praise and results.

Su Yan said that Dong Ai will never lose and will win the championship this quarter.

Although the later plot of East Love is indeed very exciting, they were shocked by the script countless times during the filming process.

Only they know these things, the audience in Xia Country does not know.

First of all, can the ratings of the first episode of East Love exceed 4.92%?
The next day, Sunday, the Xia country's TV drama media was overwhelmingly involved in praising Blood Road.

On the Internet, the battle between Su Yan's fans and other black fans has become increasingly intense.

Millions of people in Xia Country are watching the premiere of the first episode of East Love tonight.

"Su Yan, don't embarrass me!" Xia Shijun posted a message on Xingxia.com through the computer.

[If the ratings of Tokyo Love Story's premiere tonight lose to Blood Road, I will live-stream my hair, which I have kept for three years, and cut it short! ]

As the group leader of Su Yan's three fan groups, she has been fighting against all kinds of black fans on the Internet these days, and she is exhausted.

In order to suppress the arrogance of black fans, he even posted this kind of message to express his support for Su Yan as the leader of the fan club.

Xia Shiyun was not just talking nonsense, although she had originally intended to change her style from long hair to short hair.

But I definitely don't want to cut my hair short under these conditions.

At this time, it was almost eight o'clock in the evening.

The footage on Zhongxia TV is all previews of the launch of Tokyo Love Story, which can be described as a brainwashing loop.

Xia Shiyun was also chatting nervously with a group of friends in the fan group. Time passed, and soon it was eight o'clock in the evening.

The picture on Zhongxia TV paused.

A shot of a plane landing at the airport from the sky appears.

The camera turned and saw a handsome man in a white windbreaker, carrying a briefcase, observing near the airport exit with a scanning expression.

When Xia Shijun saw Su Yan's face, she felt relieved.

Still so handsome.

[Complete treatment. Nagao complete treatment! 】

A lively and lovely voice sounded.

A beautiful woman appeared, holding a pick-up sign, waving it vigorously with both hands and showing a bright smile.

The plot moves at a fast pace.

The male protagonist, Kanji Nagao, came to Tokyo by plane to take up his job.

This lovely woman, named Rika Akaname, is a colleague from the business department who was sent by the company to pick up the new employee, Kanji Nagao, at the airport.

The plot at the beginning of the TV series focuses on the daily office life of Nagao Katsuji and Akana Rika.

Because Nagao Kanji is a newcomer, as a senior in the company, Akaname Rika naturally has to guide Nagao Kanji in many business matters.

This plot allowed Xia Shiyun to see the personalities of the male and female protagonists clearly.

Nagao Kanji, a man who is somewhat indecisive but has a strong sense of responsibility.

And Akana Rika.
Lively and cheerful, definitely not naive, and has strong working ability.

and also
She looks so beautiful when she smiles.

Before the broadcast of East Love, Xia Shiyun always thought that the character played by Shen Liqian in this drama had a similar personality to Miyazono Kaoru in April.

But after watching for a few minutes, she realized that was not the case at all.

Although Akana Rika is also lively and cheerful, she is definitely not stupid. She has her own opinions on things and...
I understand boys' hearts very well.

At least in the drama, just a few minutes into the show, Nagao Kanji was encouraged several times by her words.

The plot in the company was quickly skipped, and then it was about Nagao Kanji coming to Tokyo and meeting with his friends in the Tokyo area.

In this film, a man wakes up in a big bed, and then wakes up to find his high school friend Kenichi Mikami lying naked next to him. Also featured is his high school friend Satomi Sekiguchi, who is now a kindergarten teacher in Tokyo.

These three people were good friends in high school, and the plot also clearly revealed that Sekiguchi Satomi liked Kenichi Mikami.

It's been a long time since Nagao Kanji started working in Tokyo. He brought together three high school friends for a reunion of high school classmates in the Tokyo area.

Of course, in addition to the three of them, there are other classmates working in Tokyo who will also come.

Seeing this, the first ten minutes of the show have ended.

Of course, the audience in Xia Country has the patience.

The first episode of a romance drama must portray the characters and personalities that will appear in the rest of the drama, which requires a lot of words to describe.

If Su Yan was an unknown screenwriter, perhaps this plot would cause the TV series ratings to drop significantly.

But with Su Yan's current fame, there is basically no need to worry about this phenomenon.

[Will the girl you have a crush on go too?] Akaname Rika showed a curious but sunny smile on her face.

[Yeah! We haven't seen each other for five years.] Nagao Kanji paused, then nodded.

[Yes, then you can meet your sweetheart.] Akaname Rika looked at her junior in the company and said with a smile.

[It would be great if you could meet that girl successfully at this party. ]

When Xia Shiyun saw this, she was a little confused.

Judging from the trailer and the information released on the official website of Tokyo Love Story, the heroine of this drama is Rika Akaname.

In the first episode, the male protagonist Nagao Kanji has a crush on someone, and Akaname Rika also encourages the male protagonist to pursue Sekiguchi Satomi, played by Gu Qingyuan?
The plot continues to advance.

Because of a misunderstanding on the road, Rika Akaname and Kenichi Mikami met and got to know each other by chance, and also sneaked into the class reunion of the three protagonists.

After the party, the four of them went home together.

Just the first half of the first episode, Kenichi Mikami, Kantsuji Nagao, Satomi Sekiguchi, and Rika Akagi.

The four main characters of East Love got to know each other and became friends.

this.
Kenji likes Rimi, and Rimi likes Mikami. Mikami is a pervert who flirts with girls everywhere and has one-night stands.

Then Rika Akaname also mixed into their small group of three.

There was a hint of bad look on Xia Shiyun's face.

Something was wrong, this show was different from what she had imagined.

It is highly unlikely to be a youth romance drama.

[It’s still the same as in high school. Whenever I talk to a girl, I’ll feel a pair of contemptuous eyes staring at me from behind.]

At the cocktail party, Kenichi Mikami, who had just finished chatting up a girl, said this with an unhappy look on his face as soon as he came back.

[It seems that Rimi's cleanliness obsession is incurable. 】

The plot develops very quickly.

After helping the audience sort out the relationships between the four people, it immediately delves into the grudges between them.

(End of this chapter)