Depressive screenwriter.

Chapter 30: Growth and New Works

Early in the morning, Su Yan, wearing a black work uniform, walked into the screenwriting department.

once in
"boom!"

"boom!"

Accompanied by a few salutes, colorful ribbons fell from the sky.

"Congratulations!"

"Congratulations Su Yan!"

"Congratulations to Rurouni Kenshin for his great achievement!"

"Sure, Su Yan, you have such talent, why don't you show it earlier? Why do you do internship for two years? You should debut as a creative screenwriter earlier. You are definitely one of the talented newcomers in our screenwriting industry. You won't let Wen Yutong from Hudu TV and Zuo Yuhan from Zhongxia TV run wild."

"Based on this situation, it's not too long before Rurouni Kenshin's total viewership exceeds 14 million by the end of September!"

The staff in the screenwriting department applauded sporadically at this moment, and everyone looked at Su Yan with smiles on their faces.

Su Yan was stunned for a moment and then reacted immediately.

This is an old habit of the screenwriter department.

Whenever someone in the department is promoted from an episode writer, dialogue writer, assistant writer or other position to a creative writer, and then successfully produces and broadcasts a drama without any problems in the process, after the drama ends, the free employees in the screenwriter department will always organize some celebration activities for this person.

"Congratulations to Su Yan. Rurouni Kenshin has finished its broadcast. If nothing unexpected happens, it will be the best-performing online TV series of the quarter among the four major online broadcast platforms."

A colleague said with a smile.

Of course, the best result he mentioned refers to the online drama category.

The three major TV stations, Sakura, Zhongxia and Hudu, produce a total of more than 20 TV series that can be broadcast on TV every season.

These works have a lower viewership of 2%, 3%, or higher of 5%, 6%, and will attract the attention of tens of millions of TV viewers.

These dramas will also be released on online streaming platforms during the broadcast process on TV stations, but it will be one to two weeks later.

This will provide a channel for those who are unable to catch up on the drama on time due to overtime work on weekends or various reasons.

Or some people may not have followed a drama at the beginning, but want to keep up with the TV station's broadcast schedule after the drama becomes popular. They can also keep up with the schedule through video websites.

Then there are some people who don’t like watching TV and prefer to watch TV series online through their computers.

Or some people like to watch these high-definition series a second or third time on video websites after watching them for the first time on TV.
After these dramas that have been broadcast on TV and have huge audience traffic are put on online streaming platforms, they often start with millions of views per episode, or even higher sales levels.

The sales performance of these works cannot be compared with pure web dramas such as Rurouni Kenshin and Seifuku. That would be really unfair.

"Thank you, everyone." Su Yan quickly thanked everyone in the screenwriting department.

"Let's go drink together tonight to celebrate."

"Okay, I'll treat you." Su Yan said with a smile.

"Su Yan's Rurouni Kenshin is so popular, you have to be mentally prepared! Maybe soon a successful producer from the production department will come to invite you to write a script."

Su Yan paused after hearing this, then said.

"I'll think about this carefully."

Returning to his workstation, Su Yan let out a long sigh.

Not far from him, Kiyota Sanji's seat was empty.

Because most of Qingfeng's scripts were written by Kanzaki Yusuke, Kiyota Sanji stayed in the office for a long time some time ago, enjoying the praises from everyone in the screenwriting department.

But when Rurouni Kenshin became a huge success, he stayed on the crew all day long.

Although he had never communicated with him, Su Yan knew what he was thinking.

He must be cursing in a dark corner that Rurouni Kenshin's grades will plummet from today onwards, and he will lose to Qingfeng in the end.
"But how can it be so simple?"

Su Yan turned on his computer and looked at the large promotional ad on the homepage of Sakura.com today, which was about the finale of Rurouni Kenshin.

The operators of Sakura.com are not fools.

In the past few weeks, I have been watching Kenshin's performance and reputation. After all, a four-episode short drama may not make a lot of money even with some publicity.

But now that the fourth volume of Kenshin has been completed, the payment rate and word of mouth have exploded. Seeing the benefits, the operators have also started. Whether it is publicity or recommendation, it is not too late to make up for it later.

It is mid-August.

Although the plot of Rurouni Kenshin has ended, this is just the beginning for this work.

The average paid viewing volume of Rurouni Kenshin episodes has soared from 200 million, 250 million, to 270 million.
Every day when I open the website, I see that Rurouni Kenshin's data is growing rapidly and there is no sign of slowing down.

And on August 277st, Rurouni Kenshin surpassed Qingfeng's average paid data of 273 million per episode with an average paid data of million per episode, completely surpassing Qingfeng in terms of word-of-mouth and average paid data per episode.

The popularity of Rurouni Kenshin, which was highly anticipated by Kiyota Sanji, faded within two weeks after its completion, and the subsequent lack of growth in viewing volume did not occur.

When he stayed in the crew, what he cared about most every day was not the writing of Qingfeng's last two episodes of the script, but Kenshin's data.

Kenshin's data continued to grow, making it difficult for him to sleep.

"why?"

After being scolded by his uncle again, Kiyota Sanji's eyes were red and full of anger.

He looked at Kanzaki Yusuke, who was in the crew office, frowning and thinking about the script for the last two episodes of Qingfeng, and became angry.

This rubbish is not even as good as Su Yan, a newbie. It makes me lose face.
Why should I count on him?
I am the most important person in the crew. Without me, there would be no crew.

Why should I leave Qingfeng's fate to him?
The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. He walked over, grabbed Kanzaki Yusuke's script, crumpled it up, and threw it into the trash can.

Kanzaki Yusuke looked angry, but he calmed down after seeing Kiyota Sanji.

Although he is arrogant, he also knows who can help the drama Qing Feng get off the ground.

Without Kiyota Sanji, why would the TV station production department invest 10 million in his script?

Xia Guo has young screenwriters who are talented but have no opportunities.

Kanzaki Yusuke can look down on Kiyota Sanji, but he cannot show it.

"What is there to think about?" Kiyota Sanji sneered.

"Your ideas and plot settings are completely outdated."

"What, what do you mean?" Kanzaki Yusuke asked, suppressing his anger.

"Don't you understand yet how Rurouni Kenshin's reputation rose and his achievements eventually surpassed Qingfeng?" Kiyota Sanji said.

"?" Kanzaki Yusuke's eyes widened and he understood what he was going to do.

What level are you at? You spent four years in college and barely graduated. After joining the TV station, you worked as a screenwriter assistant in various crews, working as an episode screenwriter to gain experience and get paid.

What is co-creator? Isn’t it just a new way for your uncle to improve your qualifications for you?

We will work like slaves to help you build your reputation as a talented screenwriter.

Are you still going to give me lectures and guide me in writing scripts?

But Kanzaki Yusuke still spoke in a gentle tone.

"So what do you mean, Sanji?" "Although the performance of the first three episodes of Rurouni Kenshin was good, it was still within a reasonable range. The performance skyrocketed after the fourth episode was broadcast, surpassing Qingfeng's in all aspects." After seeing Kanzaki Yusuke's smiling face, Kiyota Sanji restrained his anger a little and spoke.

"Actually, there's nothing amazing about the plot of Rurouni Kenshin's fourth volume."

Kanzaki Yusuke's scalp tingled when he heard this.

Nothing amazing?

This episode created a heroine like Tomoe Yukishiro who will be remembered for a lifetime.

The film portrays Kenshin as a real man who grew up enduring grief for the sake of his country and his people.

Is it so easy in your mouth?
"The reason why Rurouni Kenshin's performance took off after the fourth episode is all due to the forced sensationalism and tragedy of the plot," Kiyota Sanji looked at Kanzaki Yusuke and said word by word.

"If this can be a hit, it means the audience likes to watch tragedies, likes to be depressed, and likes to cry, so you should write these plots."

"Qing Feng has only aired its ninth episode, and the final eleven and twelfth episodes will begin filming next week. I've given you the general direction, but you can rewrite the scripts for the last two episodes, and you can control the details of the plot yourself."

Kanzaki Yusuke was almost suffocating.

The play Qing Feng is a comedy about campus romance. How can you ask me to write a tragedy?
"But the theme of Qingfeng's works is romantic comedy," explained Kanzaki Yusuke.

"What you mean is that your ability does not support the creation of scripts in line with market trends anytime and anywhere according to market style trends?" Kiyota Sanji glanced at Kanzaki Yusuke.

Kanzaki Yusuke didn't say anything.

"Okay, September hasn't come yet, and we haven't lost yet. I believe in your ability." Kiyota Sanji said in a deep voice.

"Rurouni Kenshin was able to take off thanks to its last episode, and its viewership numbers have soared. Qingfeng will surely be able to do the same!"

No one knows what kind of IQ-degrading operations the genius new screenwriter "Kiyota Sanji" is doing in the deserted corner.

But nowadays, he is definitely not the protagonist in the online drama market.

In addition to the timely recommendation and promotional resources provided by Sakura.com, major film and television media also published articles to praise the event.

[The debut work of talented new screenwriter and actor Su Yan amazed the summer. Millions of people shed tears after watching it and gave it a high score of 9.6. 】

[Rurouni Kenshin, I watched this drama in the hot summer, but I felt endless sadness and chill. The characterization of Tomoe Yukishiro is a model for the characterization of a heroine. If you are short of dramas to watch in the summer, watching Rurouni Kenshin will give you a different experience of watching dramas. ]

[A depressing drama that is not meant to be sad for the sake of being sad! If depression is graded, I would give Rurouni Kenshin full marks. ]

[Who would have thought that Rurouni Kenshin, which was only invested 120 million, would surpass Qingfeng, which invested 1300 million, in terms of performance. The success of Rurouni Kenshin has given a wake-up call to all film and television industry practitioners. Instead of endlessly increasing the budget and piling up the picture quality, perhaps we should realize that the soul of a drama is the script. ]

[The co-creative screenwriter team of Kanzaki Yusuke and Kiyota Sanji is questioned! Perhaps the real genius screenwriter is Su Yan. 】

[Zhongxia TV's top screenwriter Zuo Yuhan published an article praising Rurouni Kenshin, calling it the best TV series of this season.]

[On September 360, the average paid viewing volume of Rurouni Kenshin exceeded million. Rurouni Kenshin is going crazy. ]

It's really a killing spree.

But it’s more than just paid plays.

It also includes the emotional value obtained by Su Yan.

During the broadcast of Rurouni Kenshin, the first three episodes received a total of less than three million emotional points.

And it’s only been three weeks since the fourth episode aired.

The total emotional value that Su Yan obtained from Rurouni Kenshin has exceeded five million.

"Based on this situation, perhaps Rurouni Kenshin will eventually provide me with more than 7 million emotional points. And the average paid viewing volume per episode will exceed 5 million."

Su Yan whispered.

After all, Kenshin was only broadcast on Sakura.net, and the vast majority of drama fans in Xia Country were children, the elderly, and housewives.

In this era, not a large proportion of these people go online, but they basically follow the three major TV stations.

Although Kenshin: Memoir of a Sword is a masterpiece in Su Yan's heart, the subject matter of ancient warriors and the problem of broadcast channels have always restricted the upper limit of its performance.

Su Yan put his legs on the table in his office and looked up at the ceiling.

On the day when the average paid views of Rurouni Kenshin exceeded three million.

The screenwriting department specially set up an independent office for Su Yan so that he could focus on his creation.

According to current estimates, Rurouni Kenshin can bring at least tens of millions of dollars in revenue to the TV station.

After all, Sakura.com is also a website controlled by the TV station, and its share of online broadcast revenue also belongs to the TV station.

With his achievements and commercial value, it is natural to give Su Yan an office.

"It's already September. Logically speaking, I should be able to submit a new script to the production department in a few days."

Su Yan looked at the rising emotion value in the upper left corner of the system display page, and his expression showed thoughtfulness.

Logically speaking, Su Yan's Rurouni Kenshin performed so well that it was the work with the best broadcast data and reputation among the web series created by the station in the summer time slot.

As a screenwriter, Su Yan should be approached by many capable producers in the station at this time.

But in fact, there is not one. Everyone in the production department knows that Rurouni Kenshin's winning the first place in the web series means that Su Yan blocked the way of Seita Sanji and offended the deputy director of the production department, Akasaka Yoshitoki.

Today, the production department director Shigeyoshi Yoshizaki is old, at the age of 72, and is said to be showing signs of Alzheimer's.

If he really retires one day, the production department will be led by Yoshitoki Akasaka, who is 47 years old and in his prime.

Su Yan's Rurouni Kenshin is indeed a good achievement.
But no one was willing to cooperate with Su Yan at this time to make Akasaka Yoshitoki "remember" them.

Apart from
Ding ding ding, ding ding ding!
Su Yan's cell phone rang.

He put the phone to his ear and Shinozaki Ikumi's voice came out.

"Hey, have you finished writing your new script? Do you have any inspiration? I'll find you some assistant screenwriters. Or are you planning to take advantage of your success in the fall while your fame as a swordsman hasn't faded? Prepare to take a break in the fall."

Su Yan smiled.

Apart from Shinozaki Ikumi, no one cares whether Su Yan will have a new script.

She and Su Yan are grasshoppers on the same boat, so she is not afraid.

After all, Akasaka Yoshitoki is still the "deputy" minister.

There is still one Yoshizaki Shigeyoshi away from taking control of the production department.

"No need for that. The assistant screenwriter is totally affecting my creative thinking."

Su Yan paused, made up his mind, took a deep breath and said.

"In fact, I already have the inspiration for a new work."

　Thanks to RexlipNEW, Moonlight Funeral Song, Super Electric Power and Hanabi Kon for the tips.

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