Depressive screenwriter.

Chapter 61 Smooth Production Meeting
The next day, the ratings for the eleventh episode of Ancient Lovesickness continued to rise, closing at 3.38%.

If it were ten years ago, a work with average ratings at the beginning would hardly have such a rapid increase in ratings in the later stages.

After all, the audience has no channels to catch up on the drama, and can often only catch up on the progress by watching TV reruns or something, and finally follow the drama simultaneously, which is also too restrictive.

But with the online broadcasting platform like Sakura.com, everything became a natural outcome.

The paid playback volume of "Gu Xiangsi Qu" on the online streaming platform this quarter is second only to "The People in the Painting", which has the highest ratings of the quarter. And as Gu Xiangsi becomes more famous, "The People in the Painting" will sooner or later have to give up the top spot in paid playback volume on the online streaming platform.

Now that the dramas produced and broadcasted by various TV stations in the fall season have basically reached the final stage.

Originally, Ye Ying was hovering on the edge of the top ten. If it weren't for Gu Xiang Si Qu, its ratings would have just made it into the top ten.

But after "Gu Xiang Si Qu" entered the top ten and squeezed out one spot, its ratings dropped to 11th to 13th place for two consecutive weeks.

The drama Yeying has only two episodes left before it is finished.

So far
There is no suspense in the struggle between Su Yan and Kiyota Sanji, the strongest new screenwriter of Sakura TV.

Su Yan also became famous throughout the TV station with his performance in Ancient Love Song.
In less than half a day, the news about Su Yan's every move spread throughout the TV station.

In particular, there was a piece of gossip that began to spread on Tuesday.

"Have you heard? It seems that Su Yan also submitted a new script to the production department in the winter season in January."

"Yes, yes, I heard about it too. Director Xiao Guan of the production department has been working frantically these past two days, preparing to ask the production department to squeeze out a budget for her."

"Alas, before the production department meeting, it was basically determined which scripts would be approved and funded. Suddenly, Su Yan's new work popped up, and some screenwriters and producers are going to be upset. The total budget of the production department remains unchanged. If Su Yan's new script is to be approved, either the budget of other dramas will be cut, or the approval qualifications of certain dramas will be revoked directly, and the entire budget will be given to Su Yan."

"I heard that the investment in several projects that Akasaka Yoshitoki was in charge of will be cut, and the money will be used to support Su Yan's new drama."

"Ah? Really? Cutting the project of a producer under Akasaka Yoshitoki? Akasaka Yoshitoki has always treated others like this. Is there anyone else who can treat him like this?"

"The results speak for themselves. Su Yan's Rurouni Kenshin and Ancient Love Song have made a lot of money for the station, so the station will definitely give him the green light."

"The news I heard was that they directly cut off the budget for a C-level drama and a web drama under Akasaka Yoshitoki and gave it to Su Yan's new drama."

"What the hell is this! If these two projects use their budget to give to Su Yan's new drama, then wouldn't the starting price for his new drama be the same as the investment for a B-level drama?"

"Of course! For a screenwriter who has proven his commercial value twice in a row, the TV station will naturally not be stingy. Maybe he will not only be treated as a B-level drama, but also as an A-level drama."

"Forget about the A-level treatment. The A-level drama that the station is going to air in January has actually been decided a long time ago. Because it is a fantasy drama, there are many special effects scenes that need to be produced in advance, so the budget has been allocated to that work several months in advance. It is impossible to free up the budget for another A-level drama."

"It is indeed unlikely that such a huge amount of money would be allocated to Su Yan's new drama on short notice. After all, the budget given by the TV station's top management for the winter season is lower than that for the autumn season. But for a new screenwriter, the first work in the summer season is a web series, the second work in the autumn season is a C-level series, and the third work in the winter season is most likely a B-level series. This is already extremely incredible."

"Damn it, I'm so envious, is this a genius? If Su Yan's new work in the winter season performs as well as "Ancient Love Song", then if he works in the TV station for another year or two, wouldn't it be possible for his scripts to be approved as A-level or even S-level dramas?"

"That's only possible if his works remain so popular. Aren't there many geniuses in the history of Xia's film and television industry who are popular for a year and then become obscure?"

Throughout the whole day, the discussion about Su Yan within Sakura TV was even more heated than that about some veteran, gold medal screenwriters and producers.

A genius screenwriter who stepped on Akasaka Yoshitoki's nephew to get to the top, and now he has begun to step on Akasaka Yoshitoki himself
Isn't this a very topical topic?
Even though Yoshitoki Akasaka's information was cut off, he naturally realized that his prestige within the TV station had been damaged.

Su Yan
Akasaka Yoshitoki took a deep breath and slowly calmed the emotions in his heart.

On Thursday, a meeting of the production department was held.

What happened at the meeting came to life through word of mouth among Sakura TV insiders.

Yoshitoki Akasaka said at the production department meeting that Su Yan was a newcomer, his creative ability was unstable, and the new script he submitted did not show any obvious highlights. The TV station should guard against risks and should not bet heavily on newcomers.
But Ozekida Aya stepped on Akasaka Yoshitoki's face in the meeting. She criticized Akasaka Yoshitoki's nephew, Kiyota Sanji, for being incompetent and his performance was not as good as Su Yan. When Akasaka Yoshitoki supported Kiyota Sanji, he did not think about preventing risks, which was obviously double standards.

He also brought up the relationship between Kiyota Sanji and Akasaka Yoshitoki.
Several executives in the production department quarreled with each other every quarter over the budget, but rarely was it so intense.

People all over Taiwan were watching the show online.

This is the chain reaction brought about by the achievements of Su Yan's two works.
Even if Akasaka Yoshitoki still wanted to continue suppressing Su Yan, the production department director Yoshizaki Shigeyoshi would never agree.

He made the final decision at the production department meeting.
On Friday, Su Yan, who was still filming the last episode of Ancient Love Song, learned the news from Shinozaki Yumi.

The script of Going to the Moon passed the project meeting of the production department and obtained investment approval for a B-level drama from the station.

Grant amount: 2500 million.

"It's a pity that the station's budget has been reduced again this quarter, otherwise we should be able to get a higher investment amount." Shinozaki Ikumi said with some regret.

"Nothing in this world is perfect." Su Yan said with satisfaction.

The work "To the Moon" was filmed as a live-action drama, and there are not too many large scenes. Of course, investment can be spent to a certain extent, but for "To the Moon", if you want to film it with high quality and quantity, this investment is enough, and you can even invite some famous and powerful stars to participate.

In fact, rather than the amount of funds allocated by the station, Su Yan was most worried at the beginning that the script of the first few episodes of "To the Moon" would be rejected by the production department because of its overly bland plot.

Sakura TV is such a large TV station, and the production staff are not stupid. They must have noticed these problems, but out of their confidence in Su Yan and the performance of Rurouni Kenshin and Ancient Love Song, this time, they chose to believe Su Yan unconditionally.

"So what role will you play in the play To the Moon?"

It was so easy to get funding support from the station to go to the moon, so Ikumi Shinozaki was naturally in a very good mood. At this time, she had already started to consider the filming plan for the crew to go to the moon.

"I don't have a suitable role to play in this drama." Su Yan thought for a while and smiled.

"Forget about the leading role, but Gu Qingyuan and I can play some minor roles in the script, so as to attract the fans of Ancient Love Song and Rurouni Kenshin to go to the moon. Also, in the last few episodes of this drama, some special effects shots need to be produced. I will write the scripts for those shots that need to be added with special effects. Producer Shinozaki, you may have to find some special effects companies to produce them first."

"Special effects?" Shinozaki Ikumi looked doubtful.

“A very complicated special effect?”

The Xia country's film and television market says that it is produced while shooting, but in fact it depends on the situation.

This can be done for dramas without special effects shots, after all, post-production processing only involves routine work such as editing and dubbing.

But for dramas with special effects shots, the difference between them and Su Yan’s previous life is not too big, and the production cycle is not short either.

"It won't be particularly complicated. It only takes a few minutes of footage in total, and it basically only appears in the last episode. The production time of the special effects should be enough." Su Yan said.

Those special effects shots are actually the shot at the end of To the Moon where the rocket takes off and the male protagonist drives the spaceship to the moon.
It is not difficult to make, but it is extremely important and is one of the highlights of the show "To the Moon".

A few days later, another Sunday arrived.

The day has come for the twelfth episode of Ancient Lovesickness Song to be broadcast.

Su Yan’s fans had no idea that he had already begun to focus on setting up the crew for the new drama.

At this point, the play "Ancient Love Song" has finally entered the final chapter of the whole work.

This is the most frustrating chapter of the whole work.

(End of this chapter)