Depressive screenwriter.

Chapter 42 Riddler, Grades, and the Market
Now that Lu Yuan's three questions had been answered, Shen Buyan wanted to leave.

[You were vague when I asked you questions, I want to find the answers myself] Shen Buyan told Lu Yuan that he wanted to leave.

[Go ahead.] Lu Yuan responded with a tremor in her voice.

The way she stared at Shen Buyan's departing back made Nishimura Rie feel a little uncomfortable.

Because it's like meeting a lover whom you will never see again in this life.

"No way?" Rie Nishimura was not very clear about the setting of this drama.

But the emotions in the actors' performances told her enough.

Lu Yuan indeed regarded this scene as her last meeting with Shen Buyan.

That's why I was so reluctant to see Shen Buyan leave.

What made Nishimura Rie even more uncomfortable was that Shen Buyan, who had walked more than ten meters away, suddenly turned around, looked at Lu Yuan and said.

【I really left.】

[Yeah.] Lu Yuan stared at Shen Buyan.

[I'm leaving and I won't come back! ] Shen Buyan said again.

【I know. 】

In the TV series, Lu Yuan had her back to the audience and her face could not be seen, but Nishimura Rie could hear that she was almost crying when she said this.

Rie Nishimura felt more and more uncomfortable.

Afterwards, Shen Buyan no longer hesitated and left decisively.
Lu Yuan could no longer hold back the tears in her eyes, which flowed down her cheeks.

Something is wrong, something is wrong with this show.

The alarm bells had already started to ring in Rie Nishimura's heart.

This first episode has unclear specific settings, including the mystery of the male protagonist's time travel, the mystery of Lu Yuan, the mystery of the broken jade, and the old lady selling the broken jade.

These are all foreshadowings that have not been revealed, so Nishimura Rie feels that some of the plots do not make logical sense.

But the emotions revealed in the play are not deceptive.

Even if Nishimura Rie didn't understand the logic of the plot, she was shocked to see Lu Yuan crying as she watched Shen Buyan leave.
Rie Nishimura herself was almost moved to tears by the actors' overwhelming sadness.

I thought Gu Qingyuan’s Xue Dai Ba was at its peak.

How come her acting skills improved so much in her second drama?
And with this kind of sad atmosphere, why does it feel like this drama is also a depressing one?
At this time, Rie Nishimura suddenly remembered the title of this episode.

【Episode 14: This is the first episode! 】

This is the first episode of the drama, but the screenwriter Su Yan deliberately used this title. Is there any deep meaning behind it?

This autumn, counting from October 1, there are indeed fourteen Mondays.
Rie Nishimura felt as if she had grasped something, but before she could figure it out, the plot on TV interrupted her thoughts.

Shen Buyan, wearing a cracked mask, wandered alone on the streets under curfew.

But only then did he remember what Lu Yuan had said about the Shangsi Festival on March 3rd of the fifteenth year of Yuanqi.

After all, he studied the history of Sheng State for a long time in order to write the novel.

This day is an important moment recorded in the book when the wise minister Li Yong was framed by Lu Yuan.
In the setting, the male protagonist Shen Buyan, who is full of justice, has to stop Lu Yuan from committing a crime.
Shen Buyan went straight to the east gate where Lu Yuan hunted Li Yong as recorded in history.

On the other side, after learning that Li Yong was preparing to flee with the secrets of Sheng State's military secrets and the city defense maps of various cities in the country, Lu Yuan had foresight and ordered all the city garrisons to block the east gate.
It's another mysterious premonition.

How come she knows everything?

The following plot is relatively smooth.

Shen Buyan, who arrived at the East Gate in advance, saw Li Yong's treasonous conversation with the enemy's spy, and Li Yong's killing of the East Gate guard.

I have completely recognized the true face of Li Yong, the wise minister in history.

Just as Li Yong was about to leave, the army led by Lu Yuan also arrived.

As for Li Yong, he had already captured Lu Yuan's adopted son and threatened her to open the door and let him go.
The male protagonist Shen Buyan, who was lurking nearby, noticed something was wrong with the events recorded in the history book. Coupled with his own righteous inclination, he quickly jumped out and interrupted Li Yong's attempt to murder Lu Yuan's adopted son Chu Tongshang.
Although this behavior is a bit abrupt.

But in Su Yan’s previous life, if a modern person of the Chinese nation traveled through time to ancient times and saw Emperor Qin Shi Huang in danger, he would definitely want to save him.

The principle is the same. Other emperors could be allowed to die, but the First Emperor certainly could not.

According to the setting in Ancient Love Song, Lu Yuan's adopted son Chu Tongshang was the emperor who later unified the nine kingdoms.
Although Ancient Love Song is a fictional history, Nishimura Rie can understand its meaning and approve of the male protagonist Shen Buyan's behavior.

At the end of the first episode, Shen Buyan's mask was knocked off by Li Yong's men. Both Li Yong and the enemy country's spy chief exclaimed in unison after seeing Shen Buyan's face.

【It's you? 】

The ending song plays.

Nishimura Rie was watching the show with great interest, but now she looked confused.

This, this is it?

So what happened to the male protagonist? Why did he travel back to ancient times a thousand or two thousand years ago, and why did people recognize him wherever he went? There were so many foreshadowings in the first episode that Nishimura Rie was having a headache.

But now calm down and collect your thoughts
"It's good." Rie Nishimura let out a long sigh and first acknowledged the quality of the first episode of the show.

No matter what Lu Yuan’s inexplicable feelings for Shen Buyan.

Or was it Shen Buyan’s inexplicable time travel?

And Li Yong somehow knew Shen Buyan, and when he saw him, he looked as if he was an enemy.

These things are so appetizing.

I checked the time and it was already late at night.
Nishimura Riki was quite sleepy before the broadcast of Ancient Love Song, but now she is becoming more energetic.

I turned on the computer, logged into Sakura.com, and found the official page of Ancient Acacia Song.

Sure enough, those Kenshin fans and passers-by fans had already started arguing inside.

"So Lu Yuan has known the protagonist for a long time, right?"

"Yihua also knows him. Li Yong also knows him. Even the spy chief of Shengguo's enemy country knows Shen Buyan. But the protagonist Shen Buyan doesn't know any of them? What the hell?"

"It's a bit confusing. I don't understand the logic, but I instinctively think this drama is good."

"Can I say I cried? Lu Yuan's acting is so good. She broke off a willow branch, soaked it in dew and sprinkled it on Shen Buyan. She handed the branch with great expectation, but Shen Buyan responded with a meaningless sentence. It was so painful for me to watch!"

"What's so hard about it? You can't even understand it? I feel like I need to watch a few more episodes."

"There are too many foreshadowings in the first episode of this drama, which will definitely affect the viewing experience. But in fact, many plots can be guessed. Lu Yuan likes Shen Buyan. On the day of Shangsi Festival, she first went to Shangsi with Shen Buyan, and then went to arrest Li Yong. This shows that to her, Shen Buyan is even more important than the traitor prime minister. Now we have to wait for the second episode to fill in the gaps. Why was Shen Buyan so famous in ancient times?"

"Will this drama be as depressing as Rurouni Kenshin?"

"Not quite like it."

"What do you mean not similar? Didn't the background introduction in the first episode say that Lu Yuan, the demon queen, was killed by her adopted son Chu Tongshang after he grew up and took control of the government?"

"The history books also say that Li Yong was a wise prime minister. Just take these settings in the TV series for granted. They are all designed to mislead the audience. I think the plot is likely to develop into Lu Yuan running to the modern era to fall in love with Shen Buyan. Shen Buyan can travel back to ancient times, so Lu Yuan can also come to the modern era."

"Stop guessing. Can you guess what Su Yan is like? Who could have known that the finale of Rurouni Kenshin would be Yukishiro Tomoe's death? I have a feeling that this drama might achieve an unimaginable result this quarter."

"What can we learn from the first episode?"

“Although the setting of this drama is not revealed, you can tell if it is a really good drama just by watching the first episode. I also don’t understand the plot logic, but I can watch it to the end without blinking. I have been a fan of dramas for more than 20 years, and generally speaking, works that can make me watch dramas in this state of mind are very good.”

"It's this fragment. Sigh. It's so uncomfortable."

Noon the next day
The average viewership ratings for the first episode of Ancient Love Song are released.

1.38%.

After Su Yan learned about this result in the crew, he nodded slightly.

He didn't expect the first episode of Ancient Love Song to achieve such a great success in word of mouth.

After all, the first episode is all about foreshadowing, and the next thirteen episodes of the show are all about filling in the gaps in the first episode.

There are too many plot holes, which will definitely affect the excitement of the first episode.

For Su Yan, as long as there are no negative reviews after the first episode is broadcast, it will be considered a great success.

The key point is that after the later episodes are aired, Ancient Acacia Song will have to rely on word of mouth to become popular.

On the other hand, Kiyota Sanji from the Night Sakura crew also took the time to pay attention to the premiere performance of Ancient Acacia Song.

"1.38%? Haha, as expected, what a genius screenwriter! Even if it's a schedule like this, even a god can only achieve this result."

Kiyota Sanji's expression relaxed.

The ratings performance of the first broadcast of "Ancient Love Song" is above average for Sakura TV's Sunday midnight slot in the past two years.

But for the autumn film and television market, dramas with a 1% viewership rating are not worth paying attention to at all.

Starting from Monday, October 1st, the summer autumn market officially kicked off.

From Monday to Thursday alone, there were 2 dramas whose ratings exceeded 8% on the three major TV stations, while there were 1 dramas produced by other large TV stations other than the three major TV stations whose ratings exceeded 11%.

But these are not the highlights of the film and television market this quarter.

Starting from Friday, B-level and A-level dramas of major TV stations will also be premiered one after another.

These are the strong contenders for the top ten ratings dramas of the fall season.

It is also the long-awaited feast for thousands of drama fans in Xia Country.

Ancient Love Song is inconspicuous among these works, except for Rurouni Kenshin fans and passers-by who watched it at midnight after the first episode of Ancient Love Song was premiered.
Including a number of TV stations and a bunch of film and television media in Xia Country, almost no one will report on or pay attention to this drama.

　Thanks to Super Electromagnetic for the rewards for the songs "Fireworks Light Sound" and "Moonlight Funeral Song". Thank you all for your support.

　　
　
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