Depressive screenwriter.

Chapter 43 Ranking
On Sunday, after two days, Friday and Saturday, almost half of the TV series to be broadcast in Xiaguo’s autumn season have been broadcast.

In the crew of Ancient Love Song, Su Yan and others also gathered together to study the ratings data.

These are competitors after all.

"The first episode of "Late Night Gourmet" had a viewership rating of 2.66%, ranking 13th among the TV series and movies aired in Xia Country this week."

"The first episode of Under the Blue Sky received a viewership rating of 3.11%. It ranks 7th among TV dramas that have aired this week."

"The first episode of Night Cherry Blossoms received a viewership rating of 3.01%. It is currently ranked 10th in the viewership ranking."

These works were all produced by Sakura TV, so Su Yan and his friends were naturally more concerned about them.

"The result of Late Night Gourmet is a bit poor." Shinozaki Ikumi said somewhat uncomfortably.

"'Late Night Gourmet' was invested with 29 million, which is several million more than 'Under the Blue Sky!'. Not only is its ratings much lower than 'Under the Blue Sky', it's even lower than 'Night Sakura', a C-level drama? I don't think 'Night Sakura' will really make it into the top ten of the quarterly ratings, right?"

"The investment in "Night Sakura" is only 3.01 million on the surface, but the actual crew configuration and publicity resources make it a solid B-level drama. It's not too exaggerated to beat "Late Night Gourmet". However, the first episode only had a 10% viewership rating and it is temporarily ranked th in the ratings. This shows that the quality of the dramas produced by major TV stations this quarter is very average!" Shi Peihua looked at the data on the report.

Sakura TV produced one A-rated drama, two B-rated dramas, and eight C-rated dramas this quarter.

There are a total of 11 self-produced dramas, among which "Ancient Love Song" ranked 9th in the TV station's internal ranking and 27th in the national ratings.

In fact, this result has already surprised many people inside the TV station.

The Sunday midnight slot has always been ranked among the top two worst time slots on Sakura TV. If its two competitors, Hudu and Zhongxia, had not insisted on airing some new dramas during this slot, Sakura TV would have cancelled this slot long ago in order not to fall behind its competitors, and replaced it with some old and bad dramas to be rebroadcast during this time period.

It was aired at such a slow time slot, but the ratings of Ancient Love Song weren't the last in Taiwan?

Moreover, the first episode ranked 27th in the national ratings.

Something.

"But the data of the Gilded Ones is quite good. As expected, high investment will bring high returns!" Su Yan said.

"The Gilded Man premiered at 3.89 p.m. on Saturday. The first episode had a viewership rating of %, ranking second in the overall market for TV dramas in the autumn season!" said Ikumi Shinozaki.

"That's only temporary. We'll have to wait until "Doctor Lone" is broadcast on Shanghai TV tonight to find out whether "The Gilded Man" is second or third in the first week of the competition." said Ikumi Shinozaki.

"In fact, in the past few seasons, the three major TV stations usually have one or two A-level dramas that have a ratings of over 4% at the beginning of the broadcast. But this season, there has not been even a single drama with such a score. It is indeed the same as what Director Shi said. The quality of the dramas that have been aired this season is indeed lower than usual."

As Shinozaki Ikumi spoke, a smile appeared on her face.

"This is even better. If the ratings of these competitors weren't so low, Ancient Love Song wouldn't have made it into the top 1.38 of the schedule with a 30% rating for its first broadcast. This is a good start."

"Don't forget, our goal is to be in the top ten of the quarter! And the most important thing is to beat Yeying and Kiyota Sanji. Now Yeying's ratings are more than twice ours." Su Yan reminded.

"Yes, yes, I got it. No need to remind me all the time. Although I still don't know how the ratings of Ancient Lovesickness Song will go up, but since you are so confident as a screenwriter, it means that the subsequent scripts are promising, right?" Shinozaki Ikumi looked at Su Yan.

The three of them sorted out the information in their minds.

Among the dramas produced by Sakura TV.

The A-level drama "The Gilded Man" is currently ranked second in the quarterly ratings and first among the station's self-produced dramas.

The B-rated drama "Under the Blue Sky!" ranked seventh in the quarterly ratings and second in the station.

The C-level drama "Night Sakura" ranked tenth in the quarterly ratings and third in the station.

"Ancient Love Song" ranked 27th in the quarterly ratings and 9th in the station.

This result is nothing to be happy about for Su Yan, whose goal is to be in the top ten of the quarter.

But for the entire crew of Ancient Love Song, it was definitely worth celebrating.

During the filming process in the afternoon, Su Yan could clearly feel the excitement of the crew members around him.

There is no need to compare Ancient Lovesickness with the dramas broadcast in the prime time of the station.

Compared with other dramas that were also broadcast on Sunday midnight in previous seasons, "Gu Xiang Si Qu" obviously performed much better than those "predecessors" when it premiered.

Moreover, compared with the ratings of new dramas on the same Sunday midnight slot on Zhongxia TV and Shanghai TV, "Ancient Love Song" is the drama with the highest ratings in the same time slot.

Judging from this situation, after the broadcast of Ancient Love Song ends, maybe the station will give out a small extra bonus?

On the set, Su Yan was giving martial arts guidance to Gu Qingyuan.

"Teacher Su Yan, what do you think the ratings for the second episode of Ancient Love Song will be in the early hours of this morning?"

While putting on the armor for filming, Gu Qingyuan looked at Su Yan sitting opposite her and asked curiously. She also knew that there was no answer to this question, so what she actually wanted to know was whether Su Yan's expectation of Gu Xiang Si Qu squeezing into the top ten of the ratings this season remained unchanged after knowing the performance of the first episode.

"Episode 2?" Su Yan thought about it.

The drama Ancient Love Song actually follows a certain mysterious three-episode rule.

The third episode is the point where the early stages of the story are completed and things start to look really good.

The first episode sets a big trap, and the second episode continues to set small traps, and even has many confusing settings.

Starting from the third episode, this drama begins to unravel the mystery.

How did Lu Yuan know Shen Buyan.

Why did she end up becoming the demon queen Lu Yuan in history even though she clearly liked Shen Buyan?

Why did Li Yong, as the prime minister, commit treason?

Why did Li Yong and Lu Yuan eventually become enemies?

What role did Shen Buyan play in this?
How the story of Shen Buyan and Lu Yuan became extremely depressing and tear-jerking.

"No one can predict the exact value of the ratings. But the ratings will definitely go up for the second episode."

"And what I can be sure of is that after the first episode of Ancient Lovesickness Song is launched on Sakura Online next week, its word-of-mouth rating and paid playback volume will probably exceed the imagination of many people at the TV station." Su Yan said with a smile.

TV series and movies aired on Sakura TV are usually released on Sakura.com one week later, providing a multi-viewing channel for viewers who want to watch the show a second time.

It’s just that normal viewers won’t spend extra money to watch a drama again on online video platforms after watching it on TV.

Unless they are truly big hits at the A-level or even S-level, even if they are later released on online streaming platforms, they can still have an average of more than 10 million paid views per episode.

After the drama became a huge hit, many viewers who had never watched the drama before could only watch it through video websites, which naturally pushed up the payment data.

The ancient song of love
Su Yan can be very clear that no matter what level the final performance of this drama will reach.

By then, many people will watch Ancient Love Song for the second time on Sakura.com.

Because this drama needs to be watched a second time to get the essence of it.

Especially the first episode.
If you finish watching the fourteenth episode of Ancient Love Song and then watch the first episode, you will understand how sad Lu Yuan was in the first episode, and how she had the courage and determination to meet Shen Buyan, who didn't even know her, for the last time in her life.

"So do you still think that The Ancient Love Song can eventually rise to the top ten in the ratings of the quarter?" Gu Qingyuan asked directly.

"Of course," Su Yan said with a smile.

"I am the screenwriter of this drama, and I have 100 percent confidence in its plot."

Su Yan stopped talking.

He changed the subject and directed Gu Qingyuan's attention to the martial arts moves.

"Okay, stop talking nonsense and focus on the business."

"Gu Qingyuan, stretch your arms straighter and higher. Yes, that's right. Watch me demonstrate it. Then use your waist to spin in the air and land like this."

Gu Qingyuan was stunned when she saw Su Yan spinning and landing gracefully.

As expected, Su Yan led my thoughts in another direction.

What is waist strength and core strength?

"How can you jump so high?"

"Don't be afraid, you will be suspended by wires, it will be very easy." Su Yan said with a smile.

Gu Qingyuan had a strange look in his eyes.

Why can you always say such things so casually, Su Yan?

You can do the movements that we need to do with wires with your bare hands. Is it the same for us if it is very simple for you?

Gu Qingyuan has always considered himself to be the smartest among his peers.

But after filming with Su Yan for a few months, the frustration of always being outshined by others was unprecedentedly high.

How does Su Yan study and improve himself on a daily basis?
Flute playing, konghou playing, martial arts, scriptwriting, music composition, lyrics writing.
How come he knows everything?
What does he have that he hasn't revealed yet?
(End of this chapter)