Depressive screenwriter.

Chapter 47 is starting to get sweet?
This letter from Lu Yuan marks the first major turning point in the play Ancient Love Song.

This is also a letter that gave goosebumps to a bunch of fans of the ancient Chinese opera tonight.

[We didn't just meet by chance. Rather, you have always been in my life. I knew you would appear on the night of Shangsi in the fifth year of Yuanqi. When you met me that night and acted like you knew nothing, I knew that my future self would say nothing to you.]

The audience understood.

It turned out that this was the 36-year-old Lu Yuan who didn't say anything to Shen Buyan, but just used three questions and three answers to trick Shen Buyan into traveling to Shangsi with her.

Because of her past experiences, she didn't want Shen Buyan to fly into her fire like a moth.

What was that past experience?
Obviously, the show has only aired its third episode, and it will definitely be discussed later.

So the 26-year-old Lu Yuan decided not to recognize Shen Buyan again on this Shangsi Night.

And the 36-year-old Lu Yuan also adhered to the beliefs of her 26-year-old self.

[That day I asked you what year it was. You said, probably, the fifteenth year of Yuanqi. I knew that after this time, I would have to wait another ten years to see you again.]

In the drama, after the content of the letter was revealed, many viewers could not hold it in any longer.

Because those viewers with good memory can remember that in the second episode Shen Buyan said that he appeared in about the [15th year of Yuanqi].

Lu Yuan was silent for several seconds.

At that time, she really thought that if she did not recognize Shen Buyan, Shen Buyan would not be in danger during this time travel and interfere with her fight with Li Yong.

But I won't recognize you this time, see you next time.
It will take ten years.

But she held back, pretending to be well behaved all the time, and always refused Shen Buyan to get close to her.

It was not until Shen Buyan, through his relationship with the stupid emperor, managed to get a position as a military supervisor and forced his way to follow his brother Lu Shi's army to Huofeng Fort.

In order to save Lu Shi and her, he was willing to wear a general's mask and armor to pretend to be Lu Shi and be a bait to die.
Lu Yuancai was forced to expose himself.

Knock Shen Buyan unconscious and use him as bait.

[I know that what you said is true. Every time I have expectations, they are shattered. If fate can really be reversed, the person wearing the mask should not be you. If someone must die, I hope that person is me. Because you, like Lu Shi, are the most important people in my life.]

The content of the letter ends.

The camera flashed to the scene where Beilie's army ambushed Lu in Liuli Valley.

The masked man leading the army looked at the valley ahead and rode forward without hesitation.

The third episode of Ancient Love Song ended at a point that was unacceptable to the late-night viewers at the moment.

In the first episode, no one could understand the plot setting. Although they subconsciously felt the sadness, at least it was not to the point of being painful.

In the second episode, everyone felt a little pain.

Because the 36-year-old Lu Yuan died in Shen Buyan's arms with a smile, he should not be afraid, and should go meet her at the age of 26, and experience the beautiful time that existed in her memory, which belonged to the two of them alone.
The third episode
Lu Yuan told Shen Buyan everything, and in order to prevent Shen Buyan from becoming bait and dying, she smiled and walked into the valley full of ambushes.

"I knock, is the screenwriter heartless? Shen Buyan will not travel through time for the second time and make Lu Yuan's death come forward to the age of 26?"

"No, if Lu Yuan died at the age of 26, how could she still be alive at the age of 36?"

"Parallel time and space? Every time Shen Buyan travels through time, a parallel world will be created?"

"I don't understand. I can't figure out the plot, but I really can't stand it. I really cried in the third episode."

"How could this be? The history book in the drama says that Lu Shi died in battle at Liuli Valley, but if we want to change this history, does one of Lu Yuan and Shen Buyan have to die?"

"No way, it's all the scriptwriter's fault."

"To be honest, if the heroine dies, I will quit the show."

"Lu Yuan must be saved. She can't die at the age of 26. She can't die at the age of 36."

"Everyone was stunned by this episode. One boy's eyes turned red from watching it late at night."

“Why isn’t such a good show famous?”

"No, I can't stand it. I can't be the only one suffering from such a healing drama. I can't let other drama fans in Xia Country watch those stupid dramas leisurely. I have to trick them into coming here to suffer together."

"Yes, that's right. Why should we be the only ones who are trapped and suffering and watching TV dramas late at night with our noses sore, while others are actually enjoying watching TV dramas?"

"Su Yan, right? After I finish watching Ancient Love Song, I will put this guy's dramas on my blacklist and I won't watch them anymore."

"Just block them. The same thing goes for that Shinozaki Ikumi, who made a movie called Sakurajima Love Song, which is as disgusting as Qingfeng. Then she found a new track and worked with Su Yan to make these depressing dramas that broke the defenses of a grown man like me. These two are too bad, block them together."

"Everyone, bear witness. After I finish watching Ancient Love Song, if I watch any drama starring these two people again, I will turn into a dog."

One night, the fans of Ancient Love Song couldn't stand it anymore.

Post various messages in the comment section of other dramas.

What a sweet drama! There are comments everywhere that you will regret it if you don’t watch it.

And if they want to deceive people, then of course the information is half true and half false.

Elements such as time travel in this drama were also somewhat spoiled by these viewers.

In a world without time-travel themes, this concept is indeed very attractive when it first appears.

What's more, although fans of the drama "Gu Xiang Si Qu" scold Su Yan, they really like Lu Yuan.

There is an absolute dividing line between works and creators.

Su Yan being criticized did not affect the first place of Ancient Love Song. After the second episode was launched on Sakura.com, a lot of people gave it a high score of 9.0.

This season, with so many TV stations, hundreds of self-produced dramas have basically been released on the four major online streaming websites.

As for ratings, the four major websites are actually given by a group of TV viewers who like to comment.

Overall, although the ratings of Ancient Love Song are only 23rd in the quarter, the score of 9.0.
It is one of the top five TV series of the season among the many TV series aired in the fall season.

Many casual drama fans also began to be attracted.

"Ancient Love Song" has such high ratings even in the midnight time slot, and its score is also so high. Is it really a good movie that was buried in the garbage time slot?
Let me see what's going on!

Many people go directly to Sakura.com for extra lessons.

It’s only two dollars for two episodes online, who can’t afford it?

The next day, the third episode of Ancient Love Song saw a rise in ratings again, with a 1.88% audience rating, making it the highest-rated drama in the same time slot.
The popularity and paid playback volume of Ancient Love Song on Sakura.com have increased significantly.

This scene surprised many people within the TV station.

"Is it really that amazing? The third episode of the drama "Ancient Love Song" has such a high viewership rating?"

“Will it continue to rise?”

"The ratings increased by 0.21% from the first to the second episode, and by 0.29% from the second to the third episode. Will the ratings break 2% for the fourth episode? This is a Sunday midnight show!"

"A 9.0 website rating? Why does it feel so familiar? The first episode of Su Yan's Rurouni Kenshin also had a rating of over 9 when it first aired, right?"

While a lot of TV dramas have maintained their ratings at the level of their first episode, the fact that "Gu Xiang Si Qu" has been rising in ratings for two consecutive weeks is indeed extremely noticeable.

Production department director Shigeyoshi Yoshizaki fell into deep thought as he looked at the latest internal TV station ratings data analysis.

At this time, Yoshitoki Akasaka was also thinking about something in the office.

"Night Sakura" currently ranks twelfth in the ratings of the quarter, which is some distance from the top ten he expected.

But he couldn't blame his nephew, Kiyota Sanji, for this.

Kiyota Sanji is just a mascot for the drama "Night Sakura", staying in the crew just to make up the numbers.

The script was bought by Yoshitoki Akasaka, and the main production members of the crew were basically Yoshitoki Akasaka's subordinates, and the actors who participated in the performance were all people who had a good cooperative relationship with his faction in the past.

Yeying's results are not as good as expected for now, and I can't blame anyone else.

"But this Su Yan"

Yoshitoki Akasaka frowned as he looked at the latest viewership rating of 1.88% for "Kosouki".

It can be said that it was luck that made the short drama Rurouni Kenshin popular.

"Ancient Love Song" can still perform so well in the Sunday midnight time slot three weeks after its launch, which really shows its strength.

But unfortunately, Su Yan was promoted by Xiao Guantian Cai.

Ugh.
"Card."

“Finally finished filming”

Su Yan got up from Gu Qingyuan's arms and wiped the blood off his face.

"Congratulations. The filming of Shen Buyan's second time-travelling scenes in this drama has finally been completed."

Gu Qingyuan's red eyes and crying expression disappeared instantly, replaced by a smile.

"How was my acting just now, Teacher Su Yan?"

"Great. I almost couldn't catch your act." Su Yan praised generously.

Because Gu Qingyuan, a graduate of a professional acting school, is really talented, Su Yan is often led by her while acting with her.

Honestly, watching this drama in my previous life was depressing enough, and filming these scenes myself made the feelings even more profound.

After this scene was finished, today's filming plan was over, and the odd jobs and members of various departments of the Ancient Love Song crew began to pack up the props and instruments. Although it was only Friday, the ratings of several big-budget dramas on the weekend had little impact on the Ancient Love Song, which was still ranked at the bottom.

It is basically certain that "Ancient Love Song" will rank 1.88th in the third week of the autumn season with a viewership rating of 19%.

First time in the top 20
At this time, the ratings ranking of "Ancient Love Song" was only less than ten places away from "Ye Ying".

Shinozaki Ikumi finally felt the hope that her goal was right in front of her.

At this moment, all members of the crew received the news and were invited by producer Ikumi Shinozaki to go out for a meal and drink to celebrate in the evening.

"In this case, we will reshoot some scenes of Shen Buyan returning to the modern era tomorrow. The [10th and 9th episodes] of this drama, which are actually the 5th and 6th episodes, will all be finished. The second time-travel story of the hero Shen Buyan has also come to an end." At this time, Shinozaki Ikumi also walked towards the two of them with a pile of documents.

"Su Yan, your script for episode 7 has not been submitted yet. Please submit the script by tomorrow morning at the latest so that I can negotiate the location rental contract for the filming."

"Oh, wait a moment." Hearing this, Su Yan hurriedly ran to the chair, took out a paper document from his bag and handed it to Shinozaki Yumi.

"This is the entire plot of Shen Buyan's third time traveling through time in the play Ancient Love Song."

"Huh? You wrote so fast? Four episodes, and handed me four episodes of scripts at once?" Shinozaki Ikumi said in surprise.

"After all, I promised you that I would never delay the submission of the manuscript. You are already very busy, so I must be more self-conscious and not add to your workload."

Su Yan looked at Shinozaki Yumi's beautiful but increasingly tired face and said seriously.

For a girl like her, this was her first time as the producer of a seasonal TV series. Moreover, she was targeted by Yoshitoki Akasaka within the production department. She was obviously under a lot of mental pressure.

It was obvious that Su Yan's words made Shinozaki Yumi very happy and a smile appeared on her face.

"I wish everyone in the crew could give me peace of mind like you do."

Shi Peihua is old and needs to go home and rest early.

So Shinozaki Yumi just took the two leading actors, Su Yan and Gu Qingyuan, into the company's car and went to the reserved celebration restaurant.

On the way, Shinozaki Yumi carefully studied the script that Su Yan handed to her. She was just reading it casually out of boredom. She wanted to figure out how to arrange the scenes in the script, how many actors were needed, and how much budget these scenes would require. All of this would have to be discussed tomorrow after she, as the producer, convened a meeting with her subordinates to research the budget.

But the more he looked, the weirder her expression became, and she frequently looked towards Su Yan.

Because of this plot.
It made her eyes red, and she couldn't bear it anymore.

Especially at the end of the third time travel, Shen Buyan and Lu Yuan parted ways behind a curtain in the carriage.
I gave her a stomachache.

"Su Yan"

In the car, Shinozaki Ikumi's voice rang out.

"I remember you said that the play Ancient Love Song is not a tragedy, right?"

"Yes." Su Yan met Shinozaki Yumi's eyes and said calmly.

“It’s really not a tragedy!”

"Then what's the matter with this script?" asked Ikumi Shinozaki.

"What's wrong?" Gu Qingyuan asked at this time.

"This," said Shinozaki Ikumi.

"Su Yan, if you write Ancient Love Song as a tragedy again, all your fans will run away. Those Jianxin fans came to watch this drama, not to watch Lu Yuan and Shen Buyan's separation."

Shinozaki Ikumi took a deep breath.

To be honest, the scripts for these four episodes are really well written.

But she doesn't like tragedy!

I also don’t like to continue to be criticized for making tragic films and TV series.

"Is the plot heading towards the direction of Rurouni Kenshin and Yukishiro Tomoe's tragic death?" Gu Qingyuan's eyes widened.

Depressive themes are too risky, and one bad handling could lead to a huge collapse in reputation.

Qingfeng last quarter is an example.

Although many plots in the filming of Ancient Love Song were very sad, Gu Qingyuan always believed that the plot would have a happy ending in the end.

"Lu Yuan died again?"

"No, don't guess." Su Yan said quickly.

"It's just the story of the protagonist Shen Buyan's third time traveling through time, and it just fills in some holes. Compared to the previous two times, the story is a little more difficult."

"A little?" Shinozaki Ikumi sneered.

"I can assure you that in the end, 36-year-old Lu Yuan will definitely not die that night!"

"Really?" Shinozaki Ikumi asked with a suspicious look.

"Really. I've already thought of the ending of the script. It's a scene where Lu Yuan ends with a smile on her face." Su Yan said.

Um.
Laughing indeed.

It was indeed Lu Yuan.

It just might be different from what Shinozaki Ikumi imagined.

In order to prevent Shinozaki Ikumi from exercising her authority as a producer and asking Su Yan to change the plot, Su Yan could only say this.

He did not lie to Shinozaki Ikumi, but he only told half the story.

"Okay. I believe you can make it work."

Ikumi Shinozaki looked at the four episodes of the script from episodes six to ten in her hand. She showed an expression of trust, put aside all distractions, and nodded to Su Yan.

"It doesn't matter if the process is a little tear-jerking, but the ending must satisfy the audience's expectations for a happy reunion. Only in this way can the ratings be high, and your quarterly top ten ratings goal be achieved. I think the scene you mentioned of Lu Yuan ending the show with a smile is pretty good, so don't change it."

"Sure." Su Yan said with a smile.

"?"

Gu Qingyuan, who was standing next to him, looked at Su Yan's expression and felt a little strange.

I felt like something was wrong, but I couldn't figure it out.

Soon the three of them arrived at the scheduled dining place.

The series has been filmed for more than a month, and this was the first time the crew had a dinner together for team building. The relationships between people were strengthened during the process of eating and drinking.

After drinking all night, dozens of people's numbers appeared on Su Yan's contact list.

Time passes, and it's another Sunday.

After the hit drama series The Lone Doctor was aired that evening, fans of Gu Xiangsiqu on Sakura.com immediately became active.

The eleventh episode of Ancient Lovesickness Song, which is actually the fourth episode, has begun airing.

At the beginning of this episode, a lot of puzzles about the setting of this drama were solved.

For example, in reality, it was Li Yong who colluded with the Beilie Army and betrayed Lu Shi's information in order to kill the general who had supported him but threatened his power.

However, they didn't expect that Lu Yuan pretended to be Lu Shi, and the real Lu Shi led another army to attack the Beilie army, recaptured the Huofeng Fort which had been occupied for many years, and defeated the Beilie army.

Then Lu Yuan fought desperately. Although she was used as bait, she survived on the battlefield. After the effect of the drug wore off, she met Shen Buyan who rushed to her desperately after learning the contents of her letter.
This time, there was no covering up, no hiding. She no longer concealed her feelings and hugged Shen Buyan directly after the crisis was resolved.
The plot is very sudden.

But it's also sweet
For Lu Yuan, Shen Buyan is the person she has loved for many years.

To Shen Buyan, Lu Yuan was a mysterious person whom he had just met.

But it was this demon queen from history who was hugging him at this moment, and was even willing to die for him twice during his two journeys through time.

But in the end, the ending is good.

Lu Shi did not die in the Battle of Liuli Valley.

Lu Yuan did not publicly display the token representing the queen's status obtained from the foolish emperor during this war, and then use her status as queen to control the army.
History has been changed.

Lu Yuan did not become the queen, and Lu Shi was not killed, which means that the future of Lu Yuan's death at the age of 36 no longer exists.

Of course, the second half of this episode is full of sweet moments.

Because Huofeng Fort is not only the territory lost by Sheng State several years ago.

And according to Lu Yuan, it was her and Shen Buyan’s former home.

When this plot was revealed, the audience in front of the TV were stunned.

What exactly happened between Shen Buyan and Lu Yuan in the past?
Not only did the 26-year-old Lu Yuan know that he was a time traveler, but she also lived with him in Nanmeng Lake in Huofeng Castle for a period of time?
Screenwriter Su Yan, please hurry up. We all want to see this part about Lu Yuan’s past. It must be very sweet.

In addition to the sweet plot between Lu Yuan and Shen Buyan, there is also the emotional entanglement between Lu Shi and Yi Hua.

Distribute sugar throughout the process.

This episode completely dispelled the doubts in the hearts of many Rurouni Kenshin fans.

It seems that this drama really has nothing to do with depression.

Good.
(End of this chapter)