Depressive screenwriter.

Chapter 40 October and the start of broadcast

Within a few days, the news that the crew of Ancient Acacia Song was aiming to be in the top ten in ratings during the autumn season spread within Sakura TV.

Even colleagues from Shanghai TV and Zhongxia TV heard about it and smiled.

A drama airing on Sunday midnight wants to be in the top ten in the ratings?

This is really too dreamy.

But if you think about it carefully, it makes sense.

Who hasn’t been young?
After all, he is a young screenwriter. The last web drama he created was so successful. He feels that he can once again create a dark horse drama in a garbage time slot. It is normal for him to be confident and proud. However, after a few weeks of the fall season, the reality will cool his enthusiasm.

On the other hand, Kiyota Sanji, who stayed in the "Night Sakura" crew all day, heard the news but didn't take it seriously.

Although he hated Su Yan, he didn't really think that Su Yan could pose a threat to him this quarter.

Instead of worrying about the possibility of "Ancient Love Song" rising in the "Sunday midnight slot", it is better to worry more about whether "Night Cherry Blossoms" will flop in the "Weekly 6 o'clock slot"!
Uncle Akasaka Yoshitoki said that "Night Sakura" might lose to "Ancient Love Song", but he was not referring to the fact that "Ancient Love Song" had a huge hit and the ratings soared to 3% or 4%.
Rather, it is possible that the ratings of "Night Cherry Blossoms" plummeted to the 1% level due to a shooting accident or news of the leading actors committing crimes during the shooting.

If you worry about everything, then you don't need to do anything and will just be worrying about nothing all day long.

In the last few days of September.

Qing Feng finally ended its broadcast this season with an average of 307 million paid views per episode and a rating of 4.7 points. If word of mouth is not taken into consideration, its performance ranks second among the online dramas in the schedule.

Rurouni Kenshin ranked first among all online dramas during the period with an average of 537 million paid views per episode and an extremely high rating of 9.6.

This does not take into account the slow growth in viewing volume after the end of this quarter, nor the subsequent rush to rewatch the series once the actors, screenwriters, and others become more famous.

Based on the current achievements alone, Su Yan's pre-tax profit from the contract dividends after deducting the production costs as a screenwriter is certain to be 47. After the tax is withheld, the money will be deposited into Su Yan's account within two days.

Of course, director Shi Peihua, producer Shinozaki Ikumi and others also made a considerable amount of money.

With money, Su Yan's mentality has improved a lot. After all, the original owner of this body was indeed a poor person.

On the other side..
In the past few days, the three major TV stations have been promoting the TV series that will be aired next season.

Trailers for The Lone Doctor, The Painted Man, and The Gilded Man were plugged in around the clock.

Night Sakura, Late Night Gourmet and other works also left an impression on the audience of Sakura TV with the support of strong publicity.

As for the ancient love song
Although the trailer is quite attractive, for most TV viewers, it is better to forget about the show after midnight on Sunday night, as they really cannot bear to stay up late.

Soon, it was Sunday, September 30th.

The premiere dates of the main dramas of the three major TV stations this season are basically concentrated on October 5th, 6th and 7th.

So even though tomorrow is Monday, fans of movies and TV series in Xia Country are not very excited.

But Rurouni Kenshin's fans started to get excited at 9 o'clock in the evening and started to speak crazily on the official page of Ancient Love Song on Sakura.com.

"I'll be able to see Kenshin and Yukishiro Tomoe again after midnight, yay!"

“I hope that the first episode of Ancient Love Song will give me a lot of sweets! It will make up for the regret of Rurouni Kenshin.”

"I heard that the hero played by Mr. Su Yan in this drama has no fighting power!"

"You're right. Teacher Su Yan is described on the official website as an ordinary person who traveled through time from the modern era. But the good news is that the heroine Lu Yuan knows martial arts. We will most likely see Gu Qingyuan holding a three-foot-long sword to protect Teacher Su Yan in the Ancient Love Song."

"Oh, the offense and defense have changed. Could it be that Gu Qingyuan A has been replaced in this drama?"

"The name of this play is Ancient Love Song. Does it mean it is a theme that has a lot to do with music?"

"I'm not sure, but the makeup photos released on the official website include photos of Teacher Su Yan playing the flute and Gu Qingyuan playing the guzheng. To be honest, I feel that the makeup is even more beautiful than Rurouni Kenshin."

"That's for sure! The costumes worn by Rurouni Kenshin are of very poor quality, but Ancient Love Song is obviously a big upgrade. The crew is rich, so it's different. I guess the cost of a set of period costumes for the main characters is five figures."

"Anyway, after watching the first episode tonight, everyone should help promote Ancient Acacia Song. We should try to get the ratings of Ancient Acacia Song to break 2%."

"Don't think too much. For a time slot like Sunday midnight, a premiere rating of over 1% is good enough. The two dramas on Shanghai TV and Zhongxia TV that had ratings of over 3% in the same time slot last year were the only two dark horses in this time slot in the past ten years. In most cases, the ratings of dramas broadcast on the three major TV stations on Sunday midnight are all below 1.5%."

"The world is still uncertain, how do you know that Gu Xiangsiqu is not a darker horse?"

"That's right, as long as Ancient Love Song is of Rurouni Kenshin quality, I would believe it even if it had a 3% viewership rate during this time slot, let alone 4%."

"How can it be that simple? Most screenwriters' works are either amazing or terrible! Teacher Su Yan is a young man, and his creative state may not be very stable. I just hope that if the plot of Ancient Love Song is not as good as expected, everyone will not immediately turn from fans to haters and madly criticize Teacher Su Yan. Many new screenwriters can easily break down like this."

"As long as Mr. Su Yan doesn't feed someone as big as Qingfeng last season, I will never criticize him no matter how ugly the plot of Ancient Acacia Song is."

The only people who are looking forward to the Sunday midnight broadcast of "The Legend of the Ancient Sword" are the die-hard fans of Rurouni Kenshin.

Among them is Rie Nishimura, who came to the imperial capital from Sakurajima.

After two days of hard play over the weekend, she was already a little tired.

"There are still ten minutes left."

Rie Nishimura looked at the time.

September 9, Sunday, 30:23.

On a normal day, she would have been ready to go to bed at this time, but there was nothing she could do. After all, who knew when Kenshin and Tomoe Yukishiro would work together again? She would definitely finish watching Ancient Love Song.

I was bored and scrolling through the forums on my phone while watching the promotional ad for "Night Sakura" on Sakura TV.

"Huh? It's you, right? The screenwriter of the sequel to "Seifeng". What night cherry blossoms? Even dogs won't look at them." Rie Nishimura looked at me with disdain.

Time passed by second by second.

It is late at night in most parts of Xia Country, and the number of night owls who will stay in front of the TV to watch TV series is much less than that during the day.

Finally, the last second of September passed and October arrived.

"Ancient Love Song" will be broadcast on time at 00:00 on Monday, October st.

The first picture is a handsome face.

Rie Nishimura's first reaction was Kenshin Himura, but as the camera zoomed out, the man's modern clothes were revealed, and Rie Nishimura sighed.

I really hope Su Yan will create a TV series based on the sequel of Rurouni Kenshin.

In the noisy execution ground, a woman in luxurious clothes was standing in the center, surrounded by a group of crazy people who were shouting to kill her and wanted to judge the woman.

Although the camera did not give a full picture of the woman, Rie Nishimura could recognize her just from her exposed eyes and lips.

It's Gu Qingyuan
And it was Gu Qingyuan who deliberately made up to look like an older woman. But her bones were still there, and she was still beautiful.

Shen Buyan was wearing modern clothes and standing among the crowd at the execution ground. No one would pay attention to this strangely dressed man at this time.

Because everyone's eyes were fixed on the demon queen Lu Yuan who was about to be tried in the center of the execution ground.

Here, the narration gives some text prompts to introduce Lu Yuan's background.

When the young emperor ascended the throne, the empress dowager ruled the country in chaos, and then the emperor settled accounts with her when he grew up.

There are too many such things in history, and Nishimura Rie quickly accepted her character.

Of course, this is just the superficial background introduction of Lu Yuan in the first episode.
[This strange woman seems to be inextricably linked to me. ]

Shen Buyan walked forward a few steps, looking at Lu Yuan who was about to be executed with curiosity and trance, and his inner monologue sounded.

Finally, before Lu Yuan met her death, she looked at the crazy crowd cheering for her impending death.
The indifferent and calm look ready to die suddenly caused ripples.

Because she saw Shen Buyan in the crowd, looking at her with strange eyes.

Before she died, she was holding an ancient jade in her hand, and Shen Buyan happened to see the shape of this ancient jade.

[Her eyes seemed to penetrate me.]

The narration of the male protagonist Shen Buyan continued.

BGM starts.

In an instant, the atmosphere became sad.

A hint of smile appeared at the corner of Lu Yuan's lips, whose entire face was not captured in the photo.

There seemed to be a tear falling from the corner of the eye.

The punishment started, the life was lost, and the jade was broken into five pieces.
The OP song of this drama sounded.

The sad tune, without any lyrics, accompanied by ancient ink painting, reveals the information of the production members of the crew one by one.

Soon, the title of the play "Ancient Love Song" appeared.

Then, a line of words appeared.

【Episode 14: This is the first episode! 】

"Puff!" Rie Nishimura spat out a mouthful of tea.

What is this? This is too much. Why is this episode marked as the 14th episode when it is clearly the first episode, and the title is to remind the audience [This is the first episode! ]

Now all the viewers, including Rie Nishimura, don’t know how depressing the plot just now, in which Shen Buyan seemed to see the execution scene of Lu Yuan, the witch queen of the ancient Sheng Kingdom, in his dream, will be when they review it after watching the entire work.

I also don’t understand why the first episode is marked as episode 14.

But after all, this is the foreshadowing of this episode of Ancient Love Song.

After the title episode, the plot quickly gets on track.

The background information of the male protagonist Shen Buyan is expanded. He is a well-known writer by profession and has interests in miscellaneous subjects. He has studied military strategy, economics, politics, music, history, physics, science, and cryptography.

He is a talented and famous person with some fame.

Anyway, Su Yan strengthened the background of the male protagonist Shen Buyan in this version of the script, but without making it too exaggerated.

Otherwise, it would be hard to explain how an ordinary person like Shen Buyan could cultivate a person like Lu Yuan.

Then the plot advances
Because Shen Buyan had that almost realistic dream.

The execution of Lu Yuan, the witch queen of the ancient Sheng Kingdom, and the dream in which she looked back at him before she died.

He developed a strong interest in the ancient Sheng State, whose historical records were incomplete. He studied history and wanted to write a biographical novel with the demon queen Lu Yuan as the protagonist.
At the launch of the first volume of the novel, Shen Buyan was angry because the organizer typed Lu Yuan's name as Yuan instead of Yuanyang.

On the way out of the scenic area where the novel launch took place, I met an old lady selling some antique fragments under a huge ancient tree, which was said to be very effective for making wishes by hanging a sign on it.

Coincidentally, he saw the five-petal broken jade pendant here.
It was exactly the same jade pendant that Shen Buyan saw in his dream and fell to the ground and shattered after Lu Yuan died.

Seeing this, Nishimura Rie became excited.

Is it such a coincidence?

What was that dream? Was it really a dream?

The male protagonist Shen Buyan and the old lady had an argument about whether Lu Yuan was called the Evil Queen and was liquidated because she emptied the national treasury, murdered wise ministers, and lived a luxurious life in history.

He thought Lu Yuan deserved to die.

The old lady hinted that the witch queen was just a false accusation made by later generations.

In the end, the old lady smiled like a riddler and sold the broken jade to Shen Buyan.

The background introduction at the beginning did not get into the main theme, and the plot seemed a bit watery.

But the drama "Ancient Love Song" is like this. There are a lot of foreshadowings in the first episode, and the foreshadowings are indeed a bit confusing before they are solved.

But apart from these Riddler plots, Rie Nishimura feels that the first episode of Ancient Love Song is still quite different from what she had imagined.

Rurouni Kenshin begins by describing the cruelty of troubled times.

The plot of Ancient Lovesickness Song is laying the background at the beginning.

Shengguo, Lu Yuan, Demon Queen
Although it looks quite interesting, the difference in style made Rie Nishimura think that the screenwriter had been replaced.

The transitional plot at the beginning of the first episode ended quickly.

At night, Shen Buyan, who was playing with the five pieces of broken jade and thinking about how to write the second volume of the novel "Nan Sheng Yu Shi", had a nosebleed and dripped blood on the broken jade.
In his own room, raindrops were dripping from the sky.

"Rainwater?" Nishimura Rie's eyes widened.

The next second, the camera turned, and Shen Buyan, who had just been at home, instantly came to a magnificent, solemn and murderous palace.

Heavy rain fell from the sky.

Because he had studied the history of Sheng State, he could tell at a glance that the architectural style and decoration here were extremely similar to those of Sheng State.

The attire of the palace guards who subsequently appeared confirmed his guess.

[This is the ancient Sheng Kingdom. I have come to the ancient era of the ancient Sheng Kingdom.]

Nishimura Rie blinked.
I knew about this setting from the trailer a long time ago.

But when I really saw it, I was still shocked.

She was still wondering how to travel through time.

But does this setting need a reason?
A few pieces of broken jade and a few drops of blood allowed him to travel through time without any sense of disobedience.

In order to avoid being hunted down by the palace guards, Shen Buyan hid in the palace's library.

By the way, he also found historical materials of Sheng State here, and Shen Buyan became excited.

The material for the novel is here!

“?” Nishimura Rie was surprised.

I'm still thinking about your crappy novel.

You've traveled through time, why are you still so serious about your work?
You’re destined to work for a lifetime!

In the next plot, in the study, Shen Buyan met Yihua, a beautiful female official who was wearing a plain white dress and had a pretty face with a sad look!

[Don’t be afraid, sir. It’s me, Yihua]

Yihua's first appearance made Nishimura Rie confused after the first sentence.

No matter how you look at it, this wording sounds like the tone that only acquaintances would use.

If it is the first time you meet someone, you should not say "Nice to meet you. I am xxx who holds xxx position in the palace."

The word "It's me".

Does that mean she thinks Shen Buyan will know her?

[The lady said that if you come, she will come to the study first and let me pick you up.] Yihua continued.

Rie Nishimura started using her brain CPU.

The male protagonist just traveled through time.

But someone knew he would come to the study, and it seemed that they knew all this long ago.
This plot is interesting.

So there is also a secret behind the male protagonist’s time travel?
[Miss? Who is Miss?] Shen Buyan asked in confusion.

Yihua's expression paused, and he stared deeply at Shen Buyan.

After a long time, she seemed to realize something and sadness flashed in her eyes.

[Let's go.] Yihua's tone of voice became obviously a little sad at this moment.

After watching the drama "Ancient Love Song", you will find these details inexplicable.

But if you watch it a second time, you will know what information Yihua realized at this moment.

You will know why she has this expression.

On the way to meet the lady Yihua mentioned, Shen Buyan noticed Yihua's plain and simple clothes. Based on the customs of Sheng State, he guessed that her lover had died.

Then, a scene appeared that made Nishimura Rie's pupils tremble and her heart beat faster.

After turning a corridor, a magnificent palace appeared in Shen Buyan's eyes.

The gauze fluttered in the wind. In the middle of the palace, a beautiful woman in a red dress sat cross-legged in front of a qin, plucking the strings with her fingertips.
She looked back, her stunning profile was as white as snow, and her eyes looked at Shen Buyan with a hint of complexity.

Snow Daba.
Rie Nishimura was cheering in her heart.

No, her name in this drama is Lu Yuan.

Since the end of Rurouni Kenshin.

Rie Nishimura has been waiting for this scene for more than a month.

Although it is not a sequel to Rurouni Kenshin.

But just watching the two actors face to face like this made me want to cry.

Kenshin's stamina will never disappear, it will only be temporarily suppressed.

but now.
"Forget Rurouni Kenshin for now. This drama is an ancient lovesickness song." Rie Nishimura took a deep breath.

She didn't feel involved in the plot of Ancient Love Song before.

But now, it has!

　Thanks to Xingchen Shangsenlie, Chao Dengji and K-On Hanabi for the rewards, thank you everyone!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)