Depressive screenwriter.

Chapter 31 Script
Su Yan hung up the phone.

It was drizzling outside the window and the sky was covered with dark clouds.

For many famous screenwriters in Xia Country, it is completely fine to take a break for a few months or half a year after a work has achieved success.

No one is a nuclear-powered donkey, inspiration is like the sea

But Su Yan couldn't do that. Akasaka Yoshitoki must have something against him for not taking advantage of his recent achievements and creating a new script while people in the screenwriting and production departments were still paying attention to him.

A few months later, when the popularity of Rurouni Kenshin declined, if Su Yan wanted to get his script approved by the production department, he would definitely suppress it severely.

Although Rurouni Kenshin is still providing him with a large amount of emotional points every day, by the end of the month or next month, the emotional points may accumulate to seven or eight million. More emotional points will definitely produce better works.

But there is no other way, I have to get the work out now, otherwise it will not be able to make it in time for the autumn schedule in October.

Su Yan took a deep breath and looked at the system.

With a thought, the emotion value of over five million in Su Yan's system space was instantly cleared, and there seemed to be some information flow surging in his brain.

Half a minute later, a huge stream of information flooded into Su Yan's mind.

The script, music, storyboard, creative points and other information of this work appeared out of thin air.

The big words "Ancient Love Song" appeared in front of Su Yan.

?

Su Yan looked confused.

It turned out to be it.

And then another piece of information emerged.

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining the flute performance expertise. ]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining the konghou performance expertise. ]

Su Yan's eyes narrowed. The flute and guzheng are the exclusive instruments of the male and female protagonists in the story.

The system's skill lottery bonus is really well chosen.

However, it just so happened that Su Yan himself didn't know much about music theory, but in film and television dramas, music theory and interludes were extremely important. If Su Yan wanted to move the interludes of a number of excellent film and television dramas from his previous life and arrange them accurately, this knowledge would be very useful.

Dispelling all distracting thoughts, Su Yan focused on the play itself.

The work "Ancient Love Song" is a website-made drama about Su Yan's previous life.

They hired a bunch of unknown actors who were almost new, and the total production cost was only over 4 million yuan. This is a very poor configuration.
But after it was aired, this costume TV series, among a large number of fans of two-dimensional anime, has won more than 200 million views with its quality and extremely depressing plot, and has long been ranked first in the website's hot search for TV series.

And because "Gu Xiang Si Qu" is a drama that only members can watch, the more than 200 million views are member clicks, that is, they are clicks and plays by paying users.

In fact, if pirated clicks are included, this figure may double.

Of course, B-zhan was not a giant among the video websites in Su Yan’s previous life, and it was also a place where anime and two-dimensional fans gathered. Its traffic was much worse than that of the three giants iQiyi, Tencent Video and Youku.

This also led to the fact that the fame of Gu Xiangsi Qu only spread within the B-Zhan community. For users of other video websites, they may have never heard of it at all.

After all, whether a work can become a big hit or not, the quality of the drama itself and the channel through which it is broadcast are equally important.

But the fact that tens of millions of people have watched it and given it a score of 9.9 is enough to prove its quality.

At least, in Su Yan's heart, it is an absolutely memorable work.

Although it is a time-travel drama, it is not a clichéd time-travel drama. It is a time-travel drama that goes against the timeline.
The story setting is exactly the same as the classic Japanese movie "Tomorrow I Date Yesterday's You", but from Su Yan's perspective.
The Ancient Love Song is more depressing and has a better plot than the latter.

As a work on the theme of love, it is similar to Rurouni Kenshin, but it is not limited to trivial love, but is mixed with the feelings of family and country.

The first time the hero saw the heroine was when she died. He faced the heroine who had waited for him all his life with the most unfamiliar eyes.

The last time he saw the heroine, she didn't recognize him at all when she met him for the first time.
After Su Yan finished watching this drama, he was truly emo for several days. The depressed mood took a long time to dissipate and had a strong aftereffect.

After seeing the words "Ancient Love Song", Su Yan's dusty memories emerged.

It has similar elements to Rurouni Kenshin, including period drama, romance, depression, and...
It has proven in the past that big-budget productions can be popular and receive high critical acclaim without big-name stars.

Su Yan didn't think that he could get a lot of investment from the production department based on his achievements in Rurouni Kenshin.

The reason is simple, Akasaka Yoshitoki will definitely cause trouble.

Considering this point as a premise, it is surprisingly appropriate to draw the work "Ancient Love Song".

"But I don't have much choice." Su Yan thought for a moment and smiled. "At this stage, I don't have the right to be willful. I can only make what I draw. I can't make whatever I want."

Su Yan is a man of action.

In the next few days, Su Yan was completely immersed in writing the script.

It doesn’t mean that this drama is without any flaws just because it was popular in the past.

At least the protagonist's background setting needs to be slightly strengthened.

After all, he knows the art of war, and in the later part of the story he can teach the heroine a lot of survival skills in troubled times. With his knowledge, he must be a well-read generalist.

The political struggles between some of the countries in the story also need to be more rigorous.

How could the Queen Mother jump off the city wall and die?

Even if the emperor ordered a death sentence in public, it had to be in accordance with etiquette and rules.

Also, when writing the script, you need to consider the setting and cost of the play.
If there are war scenes, is there a cost to express them?
If there is no cost to shoot those scenes, it is better not to waste time and effort in the script from the beginning, so as to avoid making a joke of a big battle that turns out to be a small village fight.

While Su Yan was busy writing the script of Ancient Love Song.

The summer season isn’t over yet in September.

Except for Rurouni Kenshin, which ranked first in terms of average episode viewing data and ratings this quarter, which has already ended, the other quarterly web series are all at the final stage of their conclusion.

The response to the tenth episode of Qing Feng was mediocre after it was broadcast, and many netizens even bluntly said that it was another drama that started off well but ended badly.

But overall, Qing Feng's number of views has not declined. After all, the plot is just mediocre, not shit.

The average paid viewing volume of Rurouni Kenshin's episodes also exceeded 4 million this week

Although the work has been completed, a large group of Rurouni Kenshin fans are still upset. Not only did they speak out in the comment section of Rurouni Kenshin's broadcast page, they even went to the comment section of Sakura TV's official website to demand that the TV station and Su Yan produce a follow-up plot for Rurouni Kenshin.

Su Yan also paid attention to this. In addition to the reminiscences, Rurouni Kenshin also has a very long main comic story.

Even without discussing the comics, there are four or five live-action movies with a combined box office of nearly 30 billion yen.

But the system didn't allow him to draw those works, and Su Yan had no choice.

that's all.
Monday, September 9th.

Shinozaki Yumi, who hadn't seen Su Yan for more than a week, came to Su Yan's office in the screenwriting department wearing a black formal suit and black stockings, looking beautiful and intellectual.

At the door of the office, Ikumi Shinozaki took a deep breath.

"Okay, let's see what the script that Su Yan confidently claimed on the phone would be a hit if it was made into a TV series looks like?"

Ikumi Shinozaki knocked on Su Yan's office door three times.

　In the early stages, the author will let the protagonist create some works that are not particularly famous but that I think are very good.

　　Because it also fits the current development of the protagonist and the value of the work that can be drawn from his emotional value.

　　Including Japanese comics, games, or excellent domestic works.

　　Like going to the moon.

　　I’m actually still thinking about Life is Strange.

　　Life is Strange also made me emo for two or three days after I finished the game.

　　However, many readers should know about Life is Strange. It is a milestone in story-based interactive games.

　　Although many readers may not have read Ancient Love Song, it is really good.

　　At least I felt miserable for a week after watching it.

　　I think it is not inferior to many depressing Japanese anime masterpieces.

　　And you don’t have to worry about not being able to read the novel if you haven’t watched the drama.

　　Based on my previous experience, most readers have not read the works in my book, but they can still keep reading.

　　Just like Rurouni Kenshin, there are probably many readers who haven’t read it but can still follow it up to here.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)