Depressive screenwriter.

Chapter 59 Meeting, Conversation and Future Planning
The authentication account that Su Yan temporarily applied for was indeed useful.

In less than a day, more than half of the posts in the comment section that had previously complained and cursed at Su Yan had disappeared.

Ordinary drama fans are no longer influenced by the comment section, and the number of paid views of "Ancient Love Song" on Sakura.com has increased rapidly.

The total paid playback volume of the entire collection has exceeded 640 million.

Not only did the paid broadcast data within Sakura TV exceed that of Gilded.

Looking at the entire autumn season market, only "The Love in the Painting", whose latest episode ranked first in the quarter with a viewership rating of 4.13%, is better than "The Ancient Love Song". It also ranks first in the online broadcast market with an average of 670 million paid broadcasts per episode.

For this purpose, Shinozaki Yumi's direct leader, Ogide Aya and three others specially invited Shinozaki Yumi and Su Yan to a dinner at a well-known hotel near the TV station in late November.

Among the various factions within the production department of Sakura TV, the strongest one is undoubtedly the faction led by the director of the production department, Shigeyoshi Yoshizaki.

It's a pity that Yoshizaki Shigeyoshi is really old and not in good health. The production department coordinates the production of various projects of such a large company as Sakura TV. As the director, he has a heavy burden. He was hospitalized twice last year and this year due to overwork.

This is also why Yoshitoki Akasaka is only the deputy director, but has such a big say in the production department.

Many people don't want to offend him as their future leader.

If Yoshizaki Shigeyoshi retires at any time, the production department will be run by Akasaka Yoshitoki.

Below the above two people, the group composed of three senior executives of the production department led by Ozekida Ayamori has always had a bad relationship with Akasaka Yoshitoki.

But ever since Ozekida Aya and Akasaka Yoshitoki lost the competition for the position of deputy director of the production department four years ago, their small group has gradually fallen behind.

The work projects and funding applications of his producers were often deliberately suppressed and withheld by Yoshitoki Akasaka.

No matter how far Ancient Acacia Song's performance can go this quarter, it will definitely surpass Yeying.

After several years, Xiao Guantiancai once again experienced the feeling of winning the competition with Akasaka Yoshitoki. The look she gave Su Yan at the dinner table was like seeing her own son.

There was a large table full of delicious dishes, and the wine was brought by Aya Ogida from her hometown on Sakura Island. It was said that it was a fine wine that she had collected for more than ten years.

However, Su Yanzhen felt that the wine was not as delicious as the local wine of Xia Country.

"You are indeed a young genius. Su Yan, you were buried in the scriptwriting department for a year or two and were only discovered this year. This is indeed a problem with the promotion mechanism of the station. However, facts have proved that talented people will eventually shine."

Xiao Guantian Cai sat next to Su Yan and spoke in a gentle tone.

Although these words are polite, they do sound comfortable.

However, although Su Yan had drunk a few glasses of wine, he was not really dizzy. He remained sober at all times and responded with a smile.

"No, it depends on Director Ozeki and Producer Shinozaki if you are willing to help me invest in my work."

Shinozaki Yumi next to him looked at Su Yan with a smile on her face. Although she was reluctant, she still had to flatter and praise him to deal with the embarrassment of her aunts.

She could see that Su Yan really didn't like this, but there was nothing she could do.
The film and television industry is all about "human relations" plus "ability".

If you lack one of the two, you won’t be able to make it in this industry.

When the other party invited Su Yan to dinner at this time, it was naturally not just to meet Su Yan to win over their relationship.

In the second half of the meal, Xiao Guantian Cai straightened the messy cuffs at her wrists and looked at Su Yan with a shrewd look.

"Su Yan, I remember that you signed a one-year standard contract with the TV station, right?"

Su Yan, or rather Su Yan's predecessor before he traveled through time, only signed a formal employment contract with the TV station in March of this year.

The term is one year. Generally speaking, when the contract of such new screenwriters expires, the TV station will consider whether to fire them or offer them a long-term contract based on their performance during their tenure.

We won’t include outrageous non-compete agreements or heavy liquidated damages in new employees’ contracts.

The laws of the Xia Kingdom were much stricter than those of Su Yan's previous life. A contract in which an anchor with a monthly salary of 5,000 yuan was required to pay a penalty of tens of millions was directly against the law.

Moreover, the more clauses attached to the contract, the more costs the TV station will have to pay. It is not cost-effective to do these things for a screenwriter department that is unlikely to achieve results during the rookie period.

But Su Yan was exaggerating.

Most new screenwriters have no chance of gaining the favor of the producers in the production department or getting their works approved within a year of joining the company.

They all start out doing odd jobs under other senior screenwriters in the station to build up their network and abilities, and make friends with the staff in the production department. It is often not until the second or third year that they get the opportunity to get a project approved.

However, both of the two dramas produced by Su Yan in the past six months are blockbuster works with small investment and big returns. Xiao Guantian Cai must be unable to sit still at this time.

This is before Su Yan's contract expires in April next year. They are preparing to offer Su Yan a long-term contract with a high salary to completely tie Su Yan under their command.

However, after Xiao Guantian Cai expressed her intention, Su Yan was silent for a long time, and then said softly.

"As for renewing the contract, I haven't thought about it so much yet."

When Xiao Guantiancai heard Su Yan's words, her expression froze, wrinkles gathered at the corners of her eyes, and her eyes rolled around as she thought of something.

"Su Yan, tell me honestly. Has anyone from Zhongxia TV or Hudu TV contacted you? Don't worry, this is normal. The TV stations won't take any punitive measures against you for contacting them privately. But no matter what favorable conditions they offer you, I can tell you responsibly that our Sakura TV can afford it, too."

Then Xiao Guantian Cai told Su Yan a lot of unspoken rules of the three major TV stations in Shanghai.

The three major TV stations will do things like poaching from each other, but the best treatment will definitely be given to the talented employees they have trained themselves. The talents poached from outside will always be suppressed and discriminated against by the local employees.

Even if the other two TV stations offered Su Yan the same treatment or even a little more, he would never go there and become a second-class employee.
Su Yan could tell that although what Xiao Guan Tiancai said was exaggerated, it was all true.

When Shinozaki Ikumi heard this topic, her ears immediately pricked up.

In fact, there was no need to ask whether the other party had dug up Su Yan. Xiao Guan Tiancai already had the answer in her mind.

Unless the people at Zhongxia TV and Hudu TV are fools, how could they let go of a talented screenwriter like Su Yan, whose contract is about to expire?
"It's true that people from seven or eight TV stations called me and wanted to meet me." Su Yan interrupted Xiao Guantiancai's long speech and said directly without hiding anything from her. "But I refused."

Ozekida Aya and Shinozaki Ikumi's eyes lit up when they heard this.

Su Yan took a deep breath. Although he didn't like to flatter people, after all, Kousuketa Aya had helped him twice to get the scripts of Rurouni Kenshin and Ancient Lovesickness approved. For this favor, Su Yan didn't mind being shameless occasionally.

"I will repay your kindness on the Golden Terrace and die for you by supporting Yulong!" Su Yan's eyes were sincere.

"The reason why I can achieve some success in the film and television industry today is all thanks to the care of Producer Shinozaki and Director Kosekida Aya. How can I just walk away without considering the relationship when a random stranger contacts me?"

Recalling the related flattering articles from my previous life.

Su Yan endured the discomfort and continued to flatter.

I will repay your kindness on the Golden Terrace, and die for you with the Jade Dragon.
Both Ozekida Aya and Shinozaki Ikumi have been learning ancient Chinese poetry and classical Chinese since childhood. They can understand the meaning of this sentence without translation.

He was suddenly shocked and the look in his eyes when he looked at Su Yan changed.

The most important thing for a screenwriter is the accumulation of knowledge. Although Su Yan is so young, with his eloquent level, is there any other screenwriter in the screenwriting department of Sakura TV who can match him?

Su Yan actually already had plans for his future, but at this time he could only say half of it.

"Under the same conditions, I will never consider leaving Sakura TV. Secondly, as long as I am in Sakura TV, I will definitely choose to cooperate with producer Shinozaki. As for the contract renewal, I plan to wait until the contract expires," Su Yan said with a smile.

The first paragraph is flattery, and the second paragraph is the actual thought.

Under the same competitive conditions, he would indeed stay at Sakura TV, but the problem is that he was not prepared to change jobs or stay at Sakura TV.
Indeed, after the ratings of Su Yan's "Ancient Love Song" improved, not only Zhongxia and Hudu TV stations, but also several large TV stations with slightly less influence were contacting Su Yan, hoping that Su Yan would join them after his contract expired.

The film and television industry in Xia Country is so small that the relationship between the three major TV stations is tense, but the employees of the TV stations may still get together for dinner and drinks after get off work.

The story that Su Yan was disgusted twice by Akasaka Yoshitoki had long been spread throughout the Xia country's television industry.

Rurouni Kenshin invested 1600 million and achieved a return on investment of % with sales exceeding million.

Ancient Love Song premiered on Sunday at midnight, and with an opening rating of 1.38, the viewership rating increased to over 3%, making it into the top ten of the quarter!
This has become one of the legendary topics in the Shanghai TV industry this year.

As for Su Yan, he had already become famous among the producers and screenwriters of the three major TV stations.

As a talented screenwriter who was suppressed in the production department, he must be angry.

If you give Su Yan a little temptation at this time, you might be able to attract him over at a very small cost.

But the reason why Su Yan did not agree to change jobs.

It's not because he feels that doing so would be too unfair to Shinozaki Ikumi, with whom he has been working so far.

They are all adults. If Su Yan really has a better place to go and others offer more favorable conditions to poach him, Shinozaki Yumi may feel uncomfortable and unwilling, but she will also understand the reason.

But what Su Yan couldn't accept was that the conditions offered by those TV stations to poach people all included the signing of long-term contracts of up to five years.

Even including Sakura TV Station, Su Yan thought that the conditions offered to him next would definitely start from five years, and it would most likely be a long-term contract of more than ten years.

To be honest, Rurouni Kenshin TV station invested 120 million, and there was almost no publicity when it was broadcast on Sakura Online. The final sales exceeded 2000 million, and the screenwriter Su Yan received a copyright share of about 50, plus a project bonus of 20 and less than 5 in script fees.

It is estimated that the paid viewing volume of the first episode of Ancient Love Song will exceed 10 million sooner or later. The average paid viewing volume of the final episode is estimated to start from 7 to 8 million based on the current situation. If the 14 episodes are added together, the sales volume will be at least hundreds of millions.
Even during the Sunday midnight slot, after the ratings for the fifth episode of Ancient Lovesickness went up, the TV station found two companies to place advertisements in the show and earned over tens of millions in advertising fees.

But even so, the copyright fee of Ancient Acacia Song that Su Yan could get in the end might be just over three or four million.

Su Yan will do the math on his own.
He only had one thing in mind from beginning to end.

Go out on your own and be your own boss.

Working? Go to hell.

How could he possibly work for a long time, earn tens of millions, hundreds of millions or even more profits for others, and get less than 5% of the profit share?
The three major TV stations do not produce all dramas themselves. Occasionally, they will purchase large-scale dramas produced by other film and television companies founded by some of Xia Country's top gold medal screenwriters and top gold medal producers for broadcast.

In addition to the three major TV stations, there are four online drama platforms and dozens of large, medium and small TV stations.
If Su Yan were to strike out on his own and start a film and television company, he wouldn't have to worry about having no place to broadcast his works.

And
Sakura TV is not a long-term solution.

One day, Akasaka Yoshitoki will be promoted to the position of general manager.

By that time, Su Yan's achievements would not only be attributed to Akasaka Yoshitoki, but he would also have to bow his head in front of him and beg him to allocate funds for his script project during the production department meeting.

That's disgusting.

A new contract with a five-year or ten-year term must not be signed. If it is signed, Su Yan will be completely controlled by him when Akasaka Yoshitoki is promoted to department head.

Therefore, Su Yan's first goal is to not renew the contract with any TV station when his contract expires in March next year, to go out on his own, to set up a company and invest his own money in filming TV series.
But there are many things in film and television shooting that he cannot accomplish by himself, and he does not have the energy to learn to be a producer himself.

So Su Yan’s second goal was to figure out how to trick Shinozaki Yumi into resigning from Sakura TV and helping him.

But Su Yan naturally would not say what he was thinking at this moment.

It's only November now, and there are still four or five months until the end of March next year.

Xiao Guantian Cai thought that Su Yan was planning to negotiate terms with the TV station after the performance of "Gu Xiangsi Qu" became better.

She could understand Su Yan's thoughts, and she was satisfied with the outcome of the conversation.

As long as Su Yan doesn't jump to other TV stations and is not fooled by Akasaka Yoshitoki into cooperating with his producers on a new drama, there will be no problem.

(End of this chapter)