Depressive screenwriter.

Chapter 2 Submission and Review

At night, Su Yan was still revising the script of Rurouni Kenshin: Memories.

The content of the reminiscence chapter itself is only one to two hours long, and its script is only tens of thousands of words.

It is normal to spend one to two months or even longer to write a script of tens of thousands of words.

But Su Yan started copying and turned into a ruthless writing tool. Before eight o'clock in the evening, he had written the scripts for the first two chapters of the Remembrance, "The Murderer" and "The Lost Cat".

After all, this was the first time he had done this kind of work since traveling through time, and Su Yan's typing speed was slow, so translating the original plot into a text in the format of a script did not mean he didn't need to use his brain at all, so this was the amount of work he had to complete in one afternoon.

But it doesn't matter. Xiaguo's film and television dramas are influenced by the Sakura Province and adopt the mode of shooting and broadcasting at the same time.

In most cases, screenwriters will modify the script based on the audience's attitudes and opinions after watching it.

Even if a series flopped after it was released, it would be quickly cut short at the request of the station to minimize the losses from filming. This was normal.

There is no need to complete the script before submitting it.

At this time, most of the people in the screenwriting department had left. Su Yan walked to the window, looked at the dark sky outside and the brilliant neon lights of the city, and let out a long sigh.

"Although it's still hard to accept the fact of time travel, but now that I'm here, I have to live a more exciting life than my last one!"

After leaving Sakura TV Station, Su Yan took a bus and subway for more than an hour and finally returned to his rental house on the outer ring road of Shanghai.

A single room of more than ten square meters.

The screenwriting industry sounds glamorous, with people easily involved in film and television investments of tens or hundreds of millions.

And in the Xia Kingdom plane, influenced by the Sakura Province, the status of screenwriters in the industry is much higher than in the previous life.

In the production of a film or TV work, the status of the screenwriter is no less than that of the director and producer. A famous screenwriter can earn millions or even tens of millions from royalties and share of the profits from a script.

But that's a screenwriter.
For a newcomer like Su Yan who just became a full-time employee after an internship, a few thousand yuan a month in Shanghai is really tight.

Both parents died, single, poor
This is the label on Su Yan.

As expected, he is a time traveler.

When Su Yan thought about his own situation, he found it very classic.

The next day, Su Yan got up at six o'clock, bought two buns on the road, jogged on the subway, and arrived at Sakura TV before eight o'clock.

There are many similarities between Xia Kingdom and Su Yan’s previous life’s China, but there are also many differences.

Taking the television industry alone as an example, except for the Imperial Capital Television Station which is the official media, other television stations are privately-owned.

Sakura TV, Shanghai TV and Zhongxia TV are the three major players in the industry, and their headquarters are all in Shanghai.

Of course, there are five or six large TV stations and dozens of small and medium-sized TV stations distributed in various provinces of Xia Country. However, there is a clear gap in audience share and production strength compared with the three major ones.

Moreover, although the world has entered the Internet age, the development of video websites is not as explosive as in the past.

The big capitals in the media industry are these TV stations, and they are very cautious about the development and investment in video websites.

There are indeed several video sites on the Internet with a large number of users.

But the shareholders behind it are also several large domestic TV stations that hold controlling stakes and it is their subsidiary company.

This has also led to the fact that until this day, the main channel for Xiaguo's film and television audiences to watch popular TV series is still watching TV.

The country's top and best film and television dramas are broadcast on TV stations.

Then some low-cost, low-quality, and small-budget film and television series are produced and broadcast on online streaming platforms.

Just like Sakura.com, which is under Sakura TV, it is one of the top four video websites in China.

Su Yan didn't have much illusions about Rurouni Kenshin: Reminiscence.

There is definitely no way it can be made into a TV series and broadcast on Sakura TV.

It’s not that the quality of Reminiscence is unworthy.

But Su Yan doesn’t have the qualifications.

There is so much competition at Sakura TV that every TV broadcasting opportunity is competed for by veteran screenwriters and production teams who have been with the station for more than ten years or even longer. How can Su Yan, a newcomer, compete with those people?
When he wrote the script for the memorial episode, he was not aiming for television broadcast, but hoped that after it was produced, it could be broadcast on the Sakura website.

The four chapters of Reminiscences were filmed into four small episodes and broadcast over four weeks.

Of course, this is if everything goes well.

Enter the screenwriter department's office area.

"Good morning! Su Yan."

"Good morning, Yoshii-san. You look so beautiful today."

"Good morning, Sister Nishimura. Congratulations on the huge ratings for your co-scripted work, Tears of Sakura. If this continues, the station may definitely let you be the chief screenwriter next season and form a crew for your work."

"Good morning, Senior Xu Fang."

"Su Yan, you look handsome again today. You shouldn't be in the screenwriting department of the company. You should go sign a contract with an entertainment company and become an artist."

As he walked, Su Yan greeted his colleagues in the screenwriting department.

After all, Su Yan had just been promoted to a full-time employee and had the least experience here, so he had to be sweeter in words to prevent someone from disliking him and making things difficult for him.

Soon, his eyes focused and he greeted a handsome man with an indifferent expression in the same way.

"Good morning, Kiyota-senpai."

Although Kiyota Sanji has only been in the screenwriting department for half a year, he is older than Su Yan. In addition, he has a relationship with Su Yan, so Su Yan still has to show some respect to him.

To be honest, Su Yan hates this kind of polite way of addressing colleagues.

It's a pity that Sakura TV is a company in Sakurajima. The local corporate culture is strong and there are a lot of people with connections. More than half of the people in the station are Shanghai immigrants who were recruited from Sakurajima. Su Yan has no choice but to act like a grandson in front of these seniors.

Su Yan was even more cautious when it came to this guy, Kiyota Sanji.

He graduated from a prestigious university in Sakura Province with a major in film and television directing. He has good looks and comes from a wealthy family.

Besides, his uncle is Yoshitoki Akasaka, the deputy director of the production department, so everyone in the entire screenwriting department has to give him some face.

Although Kiyota Sanji has average ability, he was arranged by his uncle to join several film and television screenwriter project teams in the station to improve his qualifications.

In all aspects, except for appearance and height, Kiyota Sanji is better than Su Yan.

But because of this, Su Yan could clearly feel his slight jealousy towards herself.

Among the three most important elements for men, being tall, rich and handsome, wealth can be acquired through hard work.

But there is nothing we can do about Gao and Shuai.

"Just work hard. The script department is where ability is valued. There's no need to be so polite and smooth." Kiyota Sanji raised his eyelids and started lecturing for no apparent reason.

Su Yan's expression froze a little when he heard this, and then he smiled lightly.

It depends on ability, right?

With your personality, I greet other people but not you. If you don't make things difficult for me, I will just eat it.
But Su Yan had also attended classes for several years in his previous life, and there were many people who were more disgusting than Kiyota Sanji. Su Yan complained in his heart and forgot about it.

As a full-time screenwriter for a TV station, Su Yan was doing miscellaneous assistant work to help other screenwriters with their projects before his own work was approved.

Complicated and boring.

But every screenwriter goes through this.

Not long after he started working, Su Yan's master, Teruhiro Sawai, came over.

He launched a low-budget TV series on the station this quarter, and the ratings were pretty good, so he has been in a good mood recently and is always smiling.

"What script are you going to submit to the production department?" Teruhiro Sawai asked with a smile.

Su Yan handed him the script of Rurouni Kenshin: Reminiscence which he had prepared long ago and printed out.

"Rurouni Kenshin?" Teruhiro Sawai looked at the title of the work and was a little surprised.

This work name is very Sakurajima-style.

"What type of story?" Teruhiro Sawai asked casually.

"Ancient costumes, martial arts, and romance." Su Yan said

"How long is the work?" asked Teruhiro Sawai.

"Well, it's a short drama, about three to four episodes long, which is not suitable for broadcast on TV. I hope that after it is produced, it can be broadcast on Sakura.com, which is owned by the TV station."

Sakura Network.
“That’s right, your current fame does make it difficult for TV producers to decide to make a big investment in you.

Sakura.com is an online broadcasting platform that was established less than ten years ago under the control of a TV station. Although the number of viewers is far less than that accumulated by Sakura TV over decades, as long as the works are good enough, there are many works that have become popular in recent years. "Sawai Teruhiro said after a moment's hesitation.

He actually didn't think that Su Yan's script would be really favored by the production department, but he had to say something positive after all.

"I understand. I will submit your script to the senior management of the screenwriting department for review in a while. This will speed up the process by several days. After the senior management of our department approves it, it will be sent to the production department for review tomorrow."

The famous screenwriters at the TV station all have their own capable and well-connected producers in the station to work with. If there is a good script, they are too lazy to go through this process and will directly contact them privately.

Only a novice screenwriter like Su Yan who has nothing would go through this process, and the chances are very small. It would be considered good if a novice screenwriter could win the favor of the producer once out of ten submissions and get the chance to get the script approved.

To succeed in this industry, both talent and opportunity are essential.

"Thank you, Master Zejing." Su Yan said gratefully.

"You're welcome. I brought you up. If you can achieve something in the station, it will be a proud thing for me, no matter what the final result is." Sawai Teruhiro patted Su Yan's shoulder.

“Work hard and persevere!”

Teruhiro Sawai quickly left and rushed to the crew of his own work.

Su Yan looked at the slightly empty office area. Those who would stay here at this time were all marginal people in the screenwriting department like him, and were only fit to do odd jobs and serve as assistants to other screenwriters to handle small matters.

"Kenshin, whether I can make a comeback in the screenwriting industry depends on you!"

The emotional value that Su Yan exchanged for Kenshin's script was obtained after the work that the original owner of the body participated in during his internship career in the past two years was broadcast.

If Jianxin's script was rejected by the station, it would take at least another year for Su Yan to collect 2 million emotional points to draw for other works next time.

After submitting the script, Su Yan inevitably became a little anxious.

In the afternoon, at the screenwriting department of Sakura TV, several senior reviewers casually flipped through the scripts submitted by the screenwriters in the department.

The viewing experience of a script without pictures and music is much worse than that of a film or TV series, and can even be quite boring.

During this time, Cheng Junsen had been staring at an unfinished script of 10,000 to 20,000 words for half an hour.

"It's written with real feeling." Cheng Junsen closed his eyes, as if he could imagine that cruel era of swords and sabers.

An assassin from Kyoto, a murderous boy.

A script is just a script. Before it is made into a film and achieves success, for reviewers like Cheng Junsen, whether it is interesting or not only represents whether the work meets his appreciation level, not the appreciation level of the general public.

But Rurouni Kenshin. Through this short script, just a few strokes.

The image of a young man who was born in troubled times, whose relatives were killed and who was starving, but who still hoped to save the world and longed for peace, was outlined in his mind.

The story of Kenshin, who became a murderous weapon in the hands of a politician, and Tomoe, a girl full of mysteries, temporarily ended in the second act of the Kyoto fire and the two's escape from Kyoto.
Cheng Junsen, who has worked in the screenwriting industry for more than 20 years and has read a large number of original scripts, rarely has that desire to read the subsequent plot.

"It's interesting! But it's a pity that it's just a short story." Cheng Junsen blinked.

It was only then that he noticed that Rurouni Kenshin's screenwriter Su Yan's expectation for this work was to adapt it into a four-episode short story and then broadcast it on Sakura.com.

"Su Yan? Is he the apprentice brought up by Teruhiro Sawai?" Cheng Junsen thought about it.

That’s right, a new screenwriter should forget about having a first work that will receive a multi-million dollar investment and become famous after it is broadcast on major TV stations.

It would be great if the station could invest one or two million to allow his works to be put on online platforms and make a small profit, allowing him to get rid of the label of "newcomer".

Cheng Junsen thought for a moment and put Rurouni Kenshin's script in the document box representing qualified.

After a while, another screenwriting work that passed the review was put into this document box.

It is the work of a young screenwriter named Kanzaki Yusuke from the station and his relative Kiyota Sanji, who are the co-creators and screenwriters.

He is said to be the co-chief screenwriter, but based on Kiyota Sanji's past performance, it is most likely that the main writer is Kanzaki Yusuke, and Kiyota Sanji just did some assisting work and got the title of chief writer.

This work was also a script that was intended to be released on the online platform Sakura Online from the beginning.

After all, if you want to be on TV, the review requirements will be much higher.

Kiyota Sanji has only been at Sakura TV for half a year. Even with the help of his uncle, it would be difficult for the scripts he writes to get this level of resource support from the station given his qualifications.

That's why Kiyota Sanji needs to do these operations.

With the help of his uncle who is the deputy director of the production department, any script with Kiyota Sanji's name on it is often easy to pass the review of the production department and get the opportunity to invest in the project from the station.

Kiyota Sanji is rapidly gaining experience, and perhaps it won't be long before the script he writes can be approved for filming and broadcast on Sakura TV.

Both of them get what they need.

"There are people in the station who are just amazing."

Cheng Junsen looked at the script of Rurouni Kenshin, then looked at the script co-written by Kanzaki Yusuke and Kiyota Sanji, and shook his head.

There is a 99% chance that the script with Kiyota Sanji's name on it will pass the review and be approved.

But the resources of the station are limited. If it is confirmed that the script for Kiyota Sanji is approved.

Under the same circumstances, how much can be left for Rurouni Kenshin?
Although he prefers Rurouni Kenshin.

But, this is workplace competition.

Relationships are also part of ability.

It all depends on the luck of Teruhiro Sawai's little apprentice.

(End of this chapter)