Depressive screenwriter.

Chapter 62: End of the Quarter and Final Sprint

[That day you asked me, if you knew a person would die in ten days, would you choose to tell him? ]

[Then let me ask you, if you were to separate from the person you loved in ten days, would you choose to leave on the first day, or would you stay with her for the remaining nine days? ]

The twelfth episode of Ancient Love Song ends with Lu Yuan asking Shen Buyan this question.

Shen Buyan's dazed and frozen expression had already told the audience his answer.

Episodes 11 and 12 combine to tell only one story.

That is, through the previous time travels, Shen Buyan understood that what he did was part of history. Whether he was willing or not, Lu Yuan's death at the age of 36 had already been determined.

He couldn't change it when Lu Yuan was 26 years old.

It couldn't be changed when Lu Yuan was 21 years old.

His series of actions to resist fate and change history were themselves part of history and the direct cause of Lu Yuan's death at the age of 36.

If he had realized his mistake earlier and done nothing, Lu Yuan might not have died at the age of 36.

After understanding this, Shen Buyan came to Lu Yuan when she was 18 years old, just to meet her for the last time, teach her a lot of knowledge, and then use a trick to help Lu Yuan's family escape from slavery before preparing to leave.

He was still fantasizing that if he hadn't made Lu Yuan fall in love with him this time, perhaps Lu Yuan's future destiny would have changed.

But it was during this process that the 18-year-old Lu Yuan fell uncontrollably in love with this man whom she met for the first time, but the other party cared about her so much, taught her attentively, helped her family escape slavery, and saved her brother Lu Shi.

She asked this question at the moment when Shen Buyan taught her a lot of things and was about to leave.

Having experienced the depression caused by several previous time travels, the audience of Ancient Love Song thought that their tear threshold was already very high.

But after the twelfth episode was aired, a group of people still clicked on the comment section of Ancient Love Song with tears in their eyes.

"So this is why 36-year-old Lu Yuan didn't tell Shen Buyan anything. Because Lu Yuan is that kind of person. She knows that Shen Buyan will continue to meet her past self until he finally sees her at 18. The result is not important, the process is the most important."

"If the person you love will die in ten days, Lu Yuan will not choose to tell him/her, and the unknown future will be full of possibilities and hope. If you have to separate from the person you love in ten days, Lu Yuan will love him/her for ten days without hesitation, and then accept the separation on the tenth day without regrets. This is Lu Yuan."

"This heroine is really well-shaped."

"I cried again. This drama has been making me cry every week since episode 7."

"In fact, the character that touched me the most in this episode was Li Yong. At this time, he was still an honest official. Facing Lu Yuan's report, he did not defend his subordinates or protect each other. Instead, he enforced the law impartially. He even blamed himself for being blinded by corrupt officials and wrongly killing an ordinary person."

"When I saw Li Yong's face full of grief after he faced the evidence of the report brought out by Lu Yuan, saying, [No, I was just wondering why I killed a good man by mistake. I, Li Yong, was the top student in high school at the age of 20. I was promoted seven times in ten years and jumped ten levels. My vision has never changed. What I hate most is these parasites of the country.], I really felt that the character of Li Yong came alive. He was once a good official with a dream to make Shengguo strong!"

"No one is bad from the beginning. If Li Yong had never been good, why would Lu Yuan be willing to follow him for three years and help him with things and get information? In fact, if Shen Buyan hadn't interfered when Lu Yuan was 21 years old, Li Yong might not have really betrayed his country out of jealousy."

"There are only two episodes left in this drama, so when will the plot that the screenwriter said, where Shen Buyan and Lu Yuan will both realize their dreams, appear?"

"Maybe it will be until the last episode. For example, Shen Buyan suddenly found a loophole that can circumvent the rules of history and save Lu Yuan's fate?"

"I don't understand, but no matter what method is used, the screenwriter must let these two people be together happily."

"I suddenly have a feeling that episode 13 might be very sad."

"Pfft, pfft, don't be such a pessimist. It's obvious that episode 18 is about the sweet love story between Lu Yuan and Shen Buyan. What a joke! The best scenario is that Shen Buyan finds a way or a tool to change Lu Yuan's fate when she's 21, and then lives with Lu Yuan in this era until she's 26, 36, , and grows old together. As long as the screenwriter follows this direction, this drama will be a hit!"

"Yes, yes, that's right. The screenwriter must have thought so too. How can there be an unchangeable fate? Whether it can be changed or not is just a matter of the screenwriter's pen."

At noon the next day, the ratings data for the 12th episode of Ancient Lovesickness Song were released.

3.53%
The ratings have increased significantly compared to last week.

If this result is compared with the performance of various dramas in the 11th week of the autumn season, "Gu Xiang Si Qu" will directly rank fifth in the quarterly ratings.

仅次于三大电视台三部a等级剧画中人第11集的4.09%，独行医生第11集的4.05%，镀金者第11集的3.95%，以及中夏电视台本季度的一部b等级奇幻恋爱剧《读心人》第11集的3.63%。

At this point, the attention and discussion of the drama "Ancient Love Song" in the Xia country's film and television industry has reached an unprecedented high.

It's already incredible that a Sunday midnight drama can make it into the top ten of the season. Now it's in the top five?

Even if the quality of Xiaguo's film and television drama market is generally recognized to be poor this quarter, it shouldn't be enough to make a low-budget midnight drama explode like this, right?

If "Gu Xiang Si Qu" had been broadcast in prime time from the beginning, wouldn't the ratings of "Gu Xiang Si Qu" have skyrocketed this season?

On the other hand, the growth rate of paid playback volume of "Ancient Love Song" on Sakura.com has slowed down a lot.

The weekly increase in the ratings of "Ancient Love Song" is basically due to the fact that people who have caught up on the previous plots on these online streaming platforms have kept up with the update progress of the TV station.

Once the growth rate of paid playback volume of "Ancient Love Song" on Sakura.com slows down, it means that the number of new viewers will no longer increase, and the ratings of this drama will also slow down.

Fifth quarter
This should be the final result of this drama.

At most, "Gu Xiang Si Qu" squeezed out "The Mind Reader" from fourth place in ratings before it ended and became fourth itself.

But it is unlikely to pose a threat to the three A-level dramas of this season.

This is the unanimous opinion of a group of practitioners in the television industry, and even the production and scriptwriting departments of Sakura TV.

But Su Yan is definitely not included in this.

In the crew, he and Ikumi Shinozaki kept each other warm in the office.

After all, it was almost winter and the set was cold.

"If Ancient Love Song is as many fans on the Internet say, with the story simply telling Shen Buyan to find some method in this era that allows him to transcend the limitations of historical time, change Lu Yuan's fate and live together with Lu Yuan until old age in this era, then I admit that the ratings of Ancient Love Song will indeed stop at fourth or fifth." Su Yan said.

"A work that is bland, stable, meets the audience's expectations and is successfully completed will also have bland and stable ratings without any ups and downs."

"But Ancient Love Song is not like that. Until the last episode, the last moment, the plot is full of ups and downs, beyond the audience's imagination. This also means that its final ratings will most likely fluctuate greatly."

"In other words, Su Yan, do you think that the ratings of Ancient Love Song can impact the top three A-level dramas with the last two episodes?"

Shinozaki Ikumi's voice became a little strange. She took a deep breath. She didn't even dare to think about such a thing.

"I'm not sure." Su Yan smiled.

"But I think there is a chance. At least, I think, or I hope, that the ratings of Ancient Love Song will exceed that of Gilded Man once before it is finished."

Shinozaki Yumi blinked her eyes. In fact, Su Yan’s words made her dizzy.

Su Yan, you dare to think about it!

The TV drama market has been collectively performing poorly this quarter, with all dramas having average ratings. Even Sakura TV's Gilded Man has never had a rating of more than 4% since its premiere.

Moreover, the theme of "Ancient Love Song" is too novel in Xia Country, with high ratings and controversial plot. Its popularity attracted a large number of passers-by, which is why "Ancient Love Song" has its current ranking.

Further up.
It's actually very reluctant.

"Everything depends on human efforts. The achievement of Ancient Love Song actually exceeded my expectations." Su Yan said.

"The Ancient Love Song is now the fifth in the quarter and the second in the ratings of the Sakura TV series. So in the end, I hope that before the end of The Ancient Love Song, the Gilded Man, which is the third in the quarter and the first in the ratings of the station's self-produced drama, will be squeezed out. Let The Ancient Love Song take its place.

Even if this result only lasts for a week, it will be enough for us."

Shinozaki Ikumi's heart began to pound as she heard this.

The current ratings of "Ancient Love Song" are still 0.4% away from those of "The Gilded One".

She didn't dare to think so much, but now
Su Yan's words were truly the devil's whispers.

If Su Yan had set the goal of being in the top three of the quarter and surpassing the gilded people within the TV station from the beginning, she would definitely have thought Su Yan was a fool.

And now.
She began to feel dizzy, but also started to imagine that scene.

(End of this chapter)