Depressive screenwriter.

Chapter 39 Establishment
They all work for the same TV station. Su Yan spends the whole day on the set filming, writing scripts, designing the storyboards for the fight scenes of Lu Yuan and Lu Shi in "Ancient Love Song", and composing the music scores for the original drama's interludes such as "Watching on the Wall" and "Waiting in Space".

He could still hear news about the drama Yeying from his colleagues in the screenwriting department.

At least the Yeying crew's requirement for this drama is that the ratings exceed 3.2% and the ratings rank among the top ten in the autumn schedule.

"There's nothing we can do about it, Su Yan." Upon hearing this, Shinozaki Ikumi looked helpless.

"I don't want to lose to Yeying, but the difference in the broadcast schedules of the two dramas is really too big. Saturday night at 2.86 o'clock has always been a broadcast time with high ratings for TV stations, and the average ratings of the dramas aired are %.

In the past three years, the dramas aired in this time slot had a highest average viewership rating of 4.12% and a lowest average viewership rating of 1.95%.

"And do you know what's going on with Sakura TV's Sunday night midnight show?"

Ikumi Shinozaki didn't keep anyone in suspense either.

"Over the past three years, the average viewership of dramas aired during this time slot was 1.02%. The highest rating was 1.96%, and the lowest was 0.73%. I don't need to explain the difference between the two time slots."

In order not to upset Su Yan, Shinozaki Ikumi did not tell him some things.

According to what she knew, the star actors, directors and production team members who participated in the Night Sakura crew were almost all promoted by the producers of Akasaka Yoshitoki's faction back then.

Some people did it to repay favors, while others may have been promised by Akasaka Yoshitoki about their future career development, so they all agreed to join the crew for extremely low pay.

In addition, under the operation of Yoshitoki Akasaka, a lot of publicity resources were given to Yeying.

On the surface, Yeying is a C-level drama with an investment of 1500 million, but in fact its crew configuration is that of a B-level TV series with an investment of about 3000 million.

Otherwise, I wouldn’t dare to set the goal of being in the top ten next quarter.

"But as far as I know, Zhongxia TV and Hudu TV have both had dramas with ratings exceeding 3% in the Sunday midnight time slot in the past two years, right?" Su Yan asked puzzledly, pondering the memories of the original owner of this body in his mind.

"Isn't it enough if we can also achieve this kind of results?"

"That was an accidental situation!" Shinozaki Ikumi took a deep breath and said.

“There are always some works that are inexplicably not favored by everyone before they are broadcast, with unpopular schedules, low costs, and zero publicity, but the final results are a big hit. But that cannot be regarded as the norm.

They said that letting "Ancient Love Song" be broadcasted on Sunday night was to boost the sluggish performance of this period. What the hell was he doing before? This is just the excuse of revenge by that big idiot. "

Everyone present knew exactly who the big idiot Shinozaki Ikumi was referring to.

"The TV station executives actually won't really let Gu Xiang Si Qu compete with the dramas aired during prime time for ratings. As long as our work can outperform the dramas aired during the same time slot, then in the eyes of the TV station executives, Gu Xiang Si Qu will pass."

Su Yan thought about it after hearing this.

"If Zhongxia TV and Hudu TV can produce such a breakthrough drama, why can't Ancient Love Song achieve the same or even better results?"

"Are we worse than others?"

"If these historical release data also applied to our work, Rurouni Kenshin would have flopped long ago."

Shinozaki Yumi and Shi Peihua were stunned when they heard this and could not say anything to refute.

"If Yeying's goal is to be in the top ten in the ratings during the autumn season. Then our goal is to rank at least one level higher than it!" Su Yan said in a serious tone.

"Rurouni Kenshin cut our budget, but Ancient Love Song was scheduled for such a useless time slot? How could we remain silent and not fight back? Is Akasaka Yoshitoki's goal to promote his nephew? Then our only goal is to give him a slap in the face and let the TV station executives know that his nephew is a hopeless case."

After hearing this, Ikumi Shinozaki thought carefully for a long time.

To be honest, her anger towards Akasaka Yoshitoki was also provoked by Su Yan's words.

"But once this goal is set, it will quickly spread within the crew, and eventually spread to the TV station's production and screenwriting departments. If the goal is not achieved in the end, it will most likely become a laughing stock within the TV station," said Ikumi Shinozaki.

"Goals are not set for others to see. Goals exist in one's own heart." "I don't care whether insignificant people will laugh at me. I only care whether the people I hate can still laugh in the end!" Su Yan said.

The other two people in the room were silent for half a minute.

"I understand."

Shinozaki Ikumi took a deep breath and turned around, crossing out the goal of 1.4% ratings and ranking in the top for the quarter that she had written on the whiteboard with a marker.

What the hell are you scared of?
No matter what the final result is, if you don’t even dare to think about it, then you are a complete failure.

Of course, in fact, when announcing the expected ratings target for "Ancient Love Song" after its broadcast to all crew members, "Night Sakura" must not be mentioned.

As for personal grudges and the ultimate goal, only our own people know about it.

Therefore, the goal of "Ancient Love Song" announced by Shinozaki Ikumi is the same as that of "Night Sakura".
“Top ten of the quarter!”

After Gu Qingyuan learned this from Su Yan, she couldn't calm down.

When the other crew members heard this goal, they all smiled happily.

It's not to the point of being laughed at, but everyone's feelings about this goal are basically the same as the neighbor's kid saying that he wants to go to the capital university when he grows up.

They thought that Su Yan, Shinozaki Ikumi and Shi Peihua, the three giants of the crew, were joking and making big promises.

But Gu Qingyuan is different.
When she heard this goal from Su Yan, her first reaction was to imagine this scene coming true.

"I've been affected too!" Gu Qingyuan let out a long sigh.

As someone who has never been a fan of any star, she now has some understanding of why some people like to chase stars.

During the time when Gu Qingyuan and Su Yan were filming Rurouni Kenshin.

I saw with my own eyes that Su Yan showed his abilities in swordsmanship and martial arts, and that he could act and write scripts.

I thought these were exaggerated enough.

But during the filming of Ancient Love Song
Su Yan taught her how to play the konghou instrument throughout the whole process.

And three days ago, Su Yan also showed his ability to create music.

At that time, Su Yan handed over the music scores of several songs to Shinozaki Ikumi.

And when Ikumi Shinozaki knew that those songs were composed by Su Yan, and the copyrights were registered after the arrangements were completed, and he asked Ikumi Shinozaki to pay the copyright fees, Gu Qingyuan and Ikumi Shinozaki's expressions were extremely exaggerated.

So the reason you asked yourself to decide which songs to use for the interludes in the drama was not because you found capable musicians to help you compose the songs, but because you took the time to compose the music yourself during the process of filming and writing the script?
Next comes the classic questioning session.

It is also a classic face-slapping segment.

Su Yan then played the tune of "Watching from the Wall" on his flute in front of Xiao Qi Yu Mei, Shi Pei Hua and Gu Qing Yuan, and the whole audience fell silent.
It's not just the music that's well written.

Su Yan's flute sound is so emotionally rich, and is definitely not limited to just being able to play. I feel like he will have no problem finding a job in some well-known large orchestra.

Would someone as powerful as Su Yan speak nonsense and set random goals?

Although reason told her that under the current conditions, it was too dreamy for Gu Xiangsiqu to be in the top ten in the quarterly ratings.

But emotion made Gu Qingyuan's thoughts go astray.

"Is this really a difficult challenge for Su Yan?"

(End of this chapter)