Depressive screenwriter.

Chapter 3 Production Department

"This is the script sent from the writing department today."

"I know! Just leave it there."

Shinozaki Ikumi took a deep breath and said to the staff member who brought a frame of script into her office.

Just like the screenwriters in the screenwriting department are eager to be noticed by the station, so that the scripts they write can be adapted and broadcast on TV.

The producers in the production department also don't want to just produce variety shows, documentaries, prank shows, and travel interview programs that are broadcast on the Internet.
In the current industry environment, those who engage in online broadcasting projects will always be third-rate practitioners.

This is because the big capitals in the domestic entertainment media industry come from these top TV stations, and their capital is all focused on the programs broadcast on the TV stations.

These programs broadcast on the online platforms controlled by the company will not receive much attention or much resources.

If you want to become a big shot in the industry, you have to produce blockbuster works that can be broadcast on TV.

But let alone works that can be broadcast on TV.

The romantic TV series "Sakurajima Love Song", which Ikumi Shinozaki led the investment and production of last quarter, still suffered a major failure in terms of online broadcasting.

During the winter season in January, there were more than 20 variety shows, TV dramas, and music programs invested and produced by Sakura TV and broadcast online on Sakura.

Among so many works, Sakurajima Love Song ranks last in terms of paid clicks, praise rate and attention with an overwhelming advantage.

The investment cost was more than three million, but only more than one million was recovered.

And it wasn't just the winter season in January. Even before that, an online variety show she led and produced during the autumn season in October last year also caused Sakura TV to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars.

She had already anticipated that her assessment index for the first half of the year would definitely be the lowest D rating given by the judging panel.

And
According to the assessment standards of the last-in-first-out system of the company's production department.

If her KPI indicators are not met in the second half of the year, her dream of becoming a legendary producer of a TV station, which she has longed for since childhood, will be shattered in her first year after graduation.

Being fired is a foregone conclusion.

“No, absolutely not.

Ikumi Shinozaki couldn't help but pinch her arm and stood up from her seat, her fair and beautiful profile showing unwillingness.

Junior high school, high school, college
Most of her friends are playing, enjoying their youth, and dating, but she is the only one studying.

The goal I set since I was a child was to become a producer, and it has never changed. How can I fail here?

"You can do it, Yumi. As long as you lead the production of some high-profit projects in the second half of the year and make up for the losses in the first half of the year, you will still be the elegant and beautiful Yumi Shinozaki who will never fail."

"Being fired for being too incompetent? This is not an option in your life."

Shinozaki Ikumi patted her face to comfort herself.

But the effect of this thing only lasted for three minutes, and soon she became mentally exhausted again.

“Who will work with me?”

As a daughter who followed in her mother's footsteps and has only been working as a producer for a year.

With two consecutive works causing losses, Sakurajima Love Story not only lost money, but was also ranked second among the top ten bad dramas in the first half of the year by a group of drama fans on the Internet in Xiaguo.

Even the actors and directors of the TV series were criticized by online trolls and dared not speak out.

This also led to the variety show directors, film and television screenwriters, directors, and actors that Shinozaki Ikumi had known before deliberately not answering her calls in the past few days.

No one wanted to be involved in her project, as it would make her a laughing stock in the industry and add a black spot on her resume.

After a long moment, she sighed.

Ikumi Shinozaki looked at the script that the staff had just brought over.

Sakura TV's screenwriter department has many members. Any screenwriter who is officially employed is eligible to submit a script to the production department every quarter for review by a group of producers.

But in fact, let alone the top producers in the station, even the producers with some achievements have their regular cooperating screenwriters. The same is true for screenwriters. How can a conscientious script written by a capable screenwriter be put here like cabbage for a bunch of people to pick?
Therefore, the scripts submitted by these new screenwriters will most likely only be studied seriously by the new producers in the station.

Ikumi Shinozaki knew a few screenwriters who were well-known in the industry, but now...
"Ugh!"

Although Shinozaki Ikumi felt there was little hope, she still started reading the scripts.

What if among the screenwriters recruited by the TV station this year, there are one or two geniuses?
Thanks to her love of reading various famous books at home and abroad since junior high school, Ikumi Shinozaki reads scripts very quickly and with good results.

But as she watched, Ikumi Shinozaki started to complain.

“Vulgar!”

“It’s so ridiculous!”

"I thought you were going to poop big, but you ended up pooping so much?"

"Oh my god! How could this screenwriter Liang Heng come up with such a plot? Is there stinky tofu in his head? The plots he came up with are so stinky."

"Poison, minotaur, die!"

Time passed little by little.

Ikumi Shinozaki still hasn't found even one script that impresses her.

And it was at this time that she picked up a script called "Qingfeng".

As she watched, the frown on her brow gradually relaxed.

ten minutes later.

"Oh, it's unexpectedly good?" Shinozaki Ikumi blinked.

It was a pure and beautiful love-themed script. At least she felt quite involved while reading it.

Look at the screenwriter's name column.

Kanzaki Yusuke, Kiyota Sanji.

His brows furrowed.

When the name Aota Sanji was revealed, Shinozaki Ikumi gave up her fantasy.

He's the nephew of Yoshitoki Akasaka, the deputy director of the production department.

Never mind. With his name on the show, there will definitely be a lot of producers vying for his drama. Even if it is just a web series, as long as the money is enough and the production level is high, it is likely that the payment volume and reputation will be among the top on the platform during the same period after it is released on Sakura.com.

This kind of thing can be confirmed with a high probability before it is broadcast that the actors, screenwriters, and producers will all achieve certain results.
There was no way she could get it, as she was currently at the bottom of the KPI indicators in the production department.

Sighing, Shinozaki Ikumi said to herself.

“Next one.”

The white and slender hands picked up a sealed document and opened it.

The four big words "Rurouni Kenshin" appeared before my eyes.

Because the title of this work is so unique, Shinozaki Ikumi was quite impressed at first sight.

But that's all
The script has no music, no pictures, and it is not even like a novel, with a lot of narration describing the scenery and the inner thoughts of the characters. It is indeed boring to read.

But for a cultured producer, reading the text will reconstruct the scene in his mind.

So, after just reading Rurouni Kenshin's script for less than five minutes, Shinozaki Ikumi's eyes had changed slightly.

From the initial scrutiny, it turned into investment.

(End of this chapter)