Depressive screenwriter.

Chapter 54: One Step Away from the Goal

After the seventh episode of Ancient Lovesickness Song was aired, it was definitely the most heated discussion among fans since the show started airing.

At one o'clock in the morning, three topics of Ancient Acacia Song ranked in the top ten of the hot search list on Sakura.com.

The number of paid views of the first episode of Ancient Love Song is skyrocketing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The viewers of Sakura TV's Ancient Love Song finally realized it.

I need to watch this drama twice!

One swipe is just the beginning.

The confusing plots in the first episode can only be understood after watching the seventh episode a second time.

Many people clicked on the first episode of Ancient Lovesickness Song.

What comes to your face is a flood of comments about the first episode.

[I can’t stand it anymore! Reviewing the first episode. 】

[Forgive me for laughing at Lu Yuan when I watched the first episode. I really didn’t understand what she was doing at the time.]

[How can there be such a drama? What is the screenwriter thinking? ]

[Is this episode the last one for Lu Yuan and Shen Buyan? ]

【I don’t want it! 】

[Does this mean that the normal timeline of this drama is to be watched in reverse? That’s why the title of the first episode is, “Episode 14: This is the first episode!”? ]

【The second time I watched it, I had a completely different experience.】

When these second-time viewers saw the first episode, after Lu Yuan finished her three questions and three answers, Shen Buyan turned back every few steps and said to Lu Yuan, "I'm really leaving. I won't be coming back after I leave."

Then Lu Yuan choked up, tried to smile and replied to Shen Buyan, "I know."

[Lu Yuan must have thought that Shen Buyan had left and she would never see him again, right?]

[Of course! Shen Buyan didn't recognize her this time, which means it was their first meeting. Shen Buyan left and will never come back, forever, forever.]

[Cry for me. I won’t allow this part, only this part will make me cry to death. ]

【This is our farewell.】

【Lu Yuan had waited for 21 years since she was 15, just for this one hour of night tour of Shangsi Festival. Just for this moment of willow branches soaked with dew, to purify Shen Buyan and remove disasters, just for Shen Buyan to personally pick up the willow branches she held in his palms. Then, she waited for Shen Buyan's reply.

"This kind of thing doesn't make sense to me."

[Stop talking. I couldn't sleep at night. The more I watched, the sadder I became.]

[Was the screenwriter abandoned by Bai Yueguang when he was a student? Why is Rurouni Kenshin also cruel, and why is Gu Xiangsi Qu also cruel! Can a normal person come up with these plots? Didn't he feel uncomfortable when he was creating it? ]

【Perhaps, he is not a normal person? 】

【He is not a human being.】

When the scene was that 36-year-old Lu Yuan blocked the arrow for Shen Buyan, she fell into Shen Buyan's arms and said to him with a weak smile, "Don't be afraid, you will see me again!"

The comments were so crazy that they almost covered the screen.

That night, fans of the TV series "Gu Xiang Si Qu" could no longer bear it.

On Sakura.com and even in the forums of the other three video websites, topics related to Ancient Acacia Song were flooding the screen.

After waking up one night, all fans of movies and TV dramas who like to surf the Internet will know from the discussion posts that Sakura TV has released an ultimate "sweet drama" "Ancient Love Song" in the Sunday midnight slot this season.

People are always curious.

Ancient Love Song ranked first in the quarter with a score of 9.3, and had such a high rate of positive reviews for the work and negative reviews for the screenwriter on the Internet.

Once again, it attracted a wave of people to join the game.
And the Internet radiates reality.

Many people who don’t go online have heard many people around them discussing this drama in their daily lives.

At this time, the autumn season is just halfway through.

"2.86%"

In the crew of Ancient Love Song, Shinozaki Yumi and Shi Peihua looked at the result in a daze.

Of course, they must have imagined this result.

But when fantasy comes true, reality becomes like a dream.

“This is a midnight show.”

Shinozaki Ikumi looked at Su Yan.

"Yes."

"It's only the seventh episode." asked Ikumi Shinozaki.

"Yes."

Shinozaki remained silent with a depressed expression.

In January, she went through a low point in her life because of Sakurajima Love Song.

In November, I reached the peak of my life.

She really couldn't grasp the ups and downs of life. The waters at Sakura TV were too deep.

She never thought that from the lowest point in her life to the highest point in her life, she only needed to go to the screenwriting department to find a young screenwriter who had just been hired as a full-time writer this year.
She needed some time to digest this fact.

"Last week, Yeying's ratings seemed to be around 3.1%." Shi Peihua was a little more stable.

"Based on this rate of increase in ratings? It's exceeded that in just two or three weeks?" Shinozaki Ikumi looked really confused.

When the production department of Sakura TV discussed the two late-night dramas from Zhongxia TV and Hudu TV that broke 3% ratings last year, everyone had expressions of envy and jealousy.
Your drama was broadcast in the prime time with an average 4% viewership. What kind of achievement is it to get a 4% viewership for an A-level drama with an investment of to million? It would be a sin if you can't achieve it!

But being able to get a 1% viewership with a C-grade drama with a 3 million investment in a garbage time slot with an average % viewership, that's an achievement, that's ability.

Who can question it?

No matter whether this success is due to strength, market chance, or the right time and place, it is a huge qualification for the career of a producer, screenwriter, or director.

And now, Shinozaki Ikumi seemed to see a long time into the future.

Xiaguo's colleagues in the film and television industry repeatedly mentioned the achievements made by Gu Xiangsiqu this quarter and her name, Ikumi Shinozaki.

"Su Yan, Aunt Teacher!"

Xiao Qi Yumei looked at the two of them, and finally, she remembered Gu Qingyuan who was still on the set filming Lu Yuan's scene.

"And Gu Qingyuan, the four of us feel like we're going to be famous in this industry."

"The autumn season hasn't ended yet. Don't jump to conclusions. Perhaps the final result will exceed current predictions." Su Yan said with a smile.

He felt that if the Xia country audience had not rejected the plot of Ancient Love Song after watching it till now.

I don’t think fans will go crazy about the ending.

Maybe we need to think more and squeeze a few more places into the top ten in ratings?
For Su Yan, although he knew that dramas like Ancient Love Song had a market in his previous life, it was still unknown how much of a response it would have if it was moved to Xiaguo TV station for broadcast.

He actually feels uneasy inside.

But now it seems that the reputation and achievements have exceeded what he initially imagined.

"Yes, you must be careful. There are many dramas that were complacent in the middle stage, but failed to pay attention to details in the later stage, resulting in a decline in reputation." Shinozaki Ikumi nodded in agreement.

"If the ratings of Ancient Love Song really exceed those of Night Cherry Blossom, then we must stick to our ranking and never give it a chance to overtake."

After a few days, the average paid playback volume of the Ancient Acacia Song collection on Sakura.com rose to 540 million. Among them, the paid playback volume of the first episode of Ancient Acacia Song exceeded 800 million, and it is still growing.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the paid viewing volume of "Ancient Love Song" will definitely increase significantly in the future. Eventually, the more than 8 million paid viewers for the first episode will gradually radiate to the second, third, and final episodes.
This drama naturally has the potential to be watched twice. In addition, many fans of the drama could not stand the online promotion of "Gu Xiang Si Qu" by fans, so they came to Sakura.com to watch the drama in large quantities. This directly led to its performance in the online drama market, even better than a number of A-level dramas.

On the same day, the ratings ranking for the seventh week of the fall season was released.

Ancient Acacia Song ranked 2.86th in the quarter with %.
Night Cherry Blossom's ratings dropped slightly to 3.03% this week, ranking eleventh of the season.

At this time, the talents from the production and scriptwriting departments of Sakura TV came to their mind.

Su Yan made a bold statement to the crew before the broadcast of Ancient Love Song.

【Gu Xiang Si Qu’s goal for this season is to be in the top ten in ratings! 】

It's funny and outrageous, but this goal seems to be coming true.

"Is Su Yan really going to do it?"

"How did he do it?"

"This kind of person only became a full-time employee after being an intern in the screenwriting department for a year?"

"Shinozaki Yumi is so lucky that she can even pick up such a genius?"

Everyone in the production department was extremely jealous of Shinozaki Ikumi at this moment.

Jealousy is tearing them apart.

Office of the Deputy Director of Production.

Yoshitoki Akasaka frowned as he looked at the ratings report for this week's TV drama market.

For a long time, the wrinkles on his brow did not disappear.

He wanted to support his nephew, Kiyota Sanji, to become a fake genius.

How could I have thought that I would meet a freak like Su Yan.

He killed all the Sunday midnight slots.
In all his years of career, this was the first time he had encountered a freak like Su Yan.

But he had no choice now. He couldn't possibly cause trouble for the broadcast of Ancient Love Song at this time.

The competition between his nephew, Kiyota Sanji, and Su Yan, the talented screenwriter.
We can only leave it to the market.

For two consecutive days, the ancient love song began to be reported by the more famous media and news in Xia Country.

[Su Yan, a talented screenwriter from Xia country, has emerged, and Ancient Love Song has become the biggest dark horse in the autumn season. ]

[A sadomasochistic love story, Ancient Love Song is definitely the most creative script of the year. 】

[The ratings of Ancient Love Song are amazing, and the paid streaming volume in the online drama market is even more amazing. The ratings are ranked first among all dramas in the autumn season. Su Yan may win the Best New Screenwriter Award in Xiaguo this year! ]

[The autumn season is halfway through, and it is too early to talk about "genius" now. The reputation of "Ancient Love Song" may collapse in the later plot and become another Qingfeng. 】

[Sakura TV has two C-rated dramas this season. Night Sakura surpasses a number of B-rated dramas and ranks 11th in the ratings. Ancient Love Song may go one step further in the short term and enter the top ten in the ratings. ]

[Su Yan, the genius screenwriter of depressive dramas, debuted with two dramas and earned countless infamy by torturing the audience to the point of stomach aches. He has opened up a new track.]

Up to now, Ancient Love Song has become one of the mainstream discussion topics in the Xia country's TV drama market.

A considerable number of fans of Xiaguo dramas are aware of this dark horse drama which ranked first in ratings upon its launch.

In this quarter's market where a lot of dramas are of average quality, "Gu Xiang Si Qu" will definitely become more and more attractive to these drama fans.

For those who are short of TV shows to watch, the midnight slot is not an insurmountable hurdle.

The Internet in this world is not as developed as it was in Su Yan’s previous life, and the public’s entertainment is mainly still based on movies and TV dramas.

There are many people in Xiaguo who can stay up late.

The only difference is whether he is willing to endure it.

Time has come to Sunday again.

It's the familiar day when the seventh episode of "Doctor Lone" is aired.

However, this week, after the show "Doctor Alone" ended, unlike in the past, a large number of TV drama viewers simply turned off the TV to rest.
Instead, a considerable number of these viewers switched channels to Sakura TV, waiting for the latest episode of Ancient Acacia Song to be aired in the evening.

Staying up late.
trivial.

　Thanks to Qingkong Wuxian and Chao Dengji for their rewards.

　　Thank you, boss!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)