Depressive screenwriter.

Chapter 87 A Tragedy with a Perfect Ending

"I don't know what to say. I can't find any reason to criticize old thief Su Yan, but why do I still feel so uncomfortable?"

"The plot of the tenth episode was pretty much what I expected, but the only thing I didn't expect was that when the two of them landed on the moon, Xiaoxi took the initiative to hold Xu Han's hand. And in the ending song, Xiaoxi, who had been waiting for Xu Han, finally met him."

"The memories in the ending song are what the screenwriter wants to tell us. Xiaoxi and Xu Han's life is actually happy, right?"

"I believe that their lives are absolutely happy, but there are some regrets."

"Do you think the stream simulated by the instrument really has its own personality?"

"I think that's for sure. Otherwise, why would Xiaoxi be admitted to the space agency and go to the moon with Xu Han? Xu Han's subconscious understanding of Xiaoxi and Xiaoxi's real-world data together constructed Xiaoxi's personality in the virtual memory. If that world is another parallel world, Xiaoxi and Xu Han's fate must be like this."

"Brothers, what should I do? I'm so conflicted now! I like all the plays written by Su Yan, but I get scared when I think about the works he will create in the future. It seems that all his works are in this style!"

"Me too, I want to scold him, but I also like his work. How can people be so contradictory?"

"Do you think it's possible that someone has gotten used to abusing someone?"

"No way. No matter how many times I re-watch Rurouni Kenshin, I always feel so bad after watching the end."

"I can't sleep tonight."

"Same."

"Why is this drama so damn popular? This is exactly the ending I wanted, Xiaoxi and Xu Han went to the moon. Why is it so unsatisfactory?"

"Maybe it's because Xiaoxi is dead! She didn't really go to the moon!"

"A masterpiece, nothing much to say."

“I will remember this play for the rest of my life.”

"Me too. I feel like every time I look up at the moon in the future, I'll probably think of this story."

"I've been scolding Su Yan for half a year. Only tonight, I kind of want to thank him for filming this story. With his talent, he can definitely produce a TV series that is very popular as soon as it is aired, but he still presented such a slow-burning drama at a critical stage in his life."

"Me too. Although this drama makes me feel very uncomfortable, I really can't criticize the screenwriter Su Yan who created this story. He has tried his best. Within this plot framework, this is the best ending!"

To the Moon has ended, but fans of the TV series stayed up all night discussing related topics.

Six of the top ten hot searches on Sakura.com are about going to the moon.

Even on video websites such as Hongsong, Raccoon, and Xingxia, the discussion about going to the moon is extremely high.

Online drama fans are basically this group of people. As long as the quality of Sakura TV's dramas is high enough, people will also pay attention to and discuss them on other online broadcasting platforms.

This situation made the Shanghai Television Station, especially the entire crew of "The Bloody Magician" feel uneasy.

The Bloody Magician and the tenth episode of To the Moon were aired on the same night, except one started at 8 o'clock and the other at 9 o'clock.

But no matter what, with the two dramas airing only one hour apart, why is there such a big difference in the proportion of discussion posts on the two dramas online?

Even the Bloody Magician crew rigorously compared the data from the previous weeks.

It was found that the number of new discussion posts about the Bloody Magician today was almost the same as before.

But the number of posts discussing going to the moon has increased significantly compared to previous weeks, even significantly exceeding that of the Bloody Magician.

No way.
Many relevant employees of Shanghai TV Station have already had bad expectations in their minds.

Su Yan did not sleep all night, and he kept an eye on the comments on the ending of To the Moon on the Internet.

He would also smile knowingly when he saw the comments from the fans.

The drama To the Moon is like this. The prerequisite is that Xiaoxi dies first, and then Xu Han comes up with the idea of ​​going to the moon.

It can be said that the audience realized the deepest tragic core of the story until the end.

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Xu Han might have found the stream he lost on the moon in his false memory.

But Xiaoxi never found the boy who accompanied her to watch the stars until her death!

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However, there is nothing that can be done about it.

This kind of thing was already a fact before the first episode was aired, and it is also the main setting of the show.

The fans were not being unreasonable, so naturally they couldn't blame Su Yan.

But the depressing feeling won't go away.

This also directly caused the emotion value in Su Yan's system to soar, and now its total value is almost approaching 20 million.

"It's over." Su Yan lay on the soft bed.

He couldn't sleep now and had no time to sleep.

With dark circles under my eyes, I looked at the sky which was gradually becoming brighter.

"The broadcast of Going to the Moon has ended. And in less than three weeks, when my contract expires, my career as a screenwriter at Sakura TV will also be completely over."

Su Yan felt extremely relaxed at this moment, but also a little melancholy!
After lying in bed for half an hour, Su Yan got up, took a shower, rinsed his mouth, and changed his clothes.

Although I have decided to leave, I still have the most basic professional ethics.

I left the rental house, went downstairs to have breakfast, and then drove to Sakura TV Station.

In the screenwriting department, Su Yan was the first to arrive today. He went straight into his office, picked up a newspaper and started reading.

Anyway, there will be no new dramas produced next quarter, and he doesn’t have to write scripts, so what can he do in the screenwriting department?

It's nothing more than drinking tea and reading newspapers mixed with time and salary.

But after Su Yan, every screenwriter who came to the screenwriting department frequently looked towards Su Yan's office.

We are not stupid. There was so much discussion after the conclusion of To the Moon last night, which shows that the ratings of To the Moon must have been very good last night.

Last week, To the Moon surpassed Gates in ratings.

What about this week?

Is there really a chance that it will surpass The Scarlet Magician and top the ratings?

Time passes little by little.

Soon, it was eleven o'clock in the morning.

Over at the TV station's production department, the ratings data for the works broadcast at each time period on Sakura TV yesterday were compiled and distributed to various departments of the TV station through various channels.

As for Su Yan, his cell phone vibrated. It was a message from Shinozaki Ikumi.

Click to take a look.

[To the Moon Episode 4.38, Rating %. Ranked first this week.

The tenth episode of Bloody Magician had an audience rating of 4.21%, ranking second this week.

The tenth episode of "The Gate" had a rating of 4.03%, ranking third this week. The tenth episode of "To the Moon" not only ranked first in the ratings of the eleventh week of the winter season, but also the episode with the highest ratings since the start of the winter season.

Su Yan, we did it, first place. 】

The text message sent by Shinozaki Yumi was a bit messy, and Su Yan could imagine how excited she was when she was editing this text message.

"4.38%!" After seeing this result, Su Yan smiled and felt a little happier.

But only slightly.

To put it bluntly, whether it is "Ancient Love Song" or "To the Moon", their ratings are only relatively good in the last quarter and this quarter.

But this is also because the three major TV stations have not aired any particularly outstanding dramas in these two quarters.

Just like Su Yan's previous life, there are usually only one or two hit dramas a year, and sometimes it is hard to see one in two years. Most of the time, the quality of works broadcast in the TV drama market is average.

Although the plot of To the Moon is very good, its disadvantages compared to other A-level dramas were obvious when it was first broadcast. It is impossible for it to get any incredible ratings under such conditions. The performance of film and television works depends not only on the work itself, but also on the capital investment.

But no matter what, first is first
Su Yan will have plenty of opportunities to produce truly hit dramas in the future.

[Congratulations. I'll treat you to dinner tonight!] Su Yan sent a message to Shinozaki Yumi.

[Ok, I'll call Director Shi Peihua and Qing Yuan to come along! We'll all be the core creators who have been together since the filming of Rurouni Kenshin, and we'll all be together to celebrate the fact that To the Moon has topped the ratings!]

Ikumi Shinozaki was in the top production department of the TV station and sent a message to Su Yan with a smile on her face.

Today, she was very proud of herself in the production department. It was the first time in her life that she entered the production department. All her colleagues in the department applauded her. Those gold medal producers who usually looked down on her now greeted her with a friendly look on their faces.

The person who had secretly mocked her last year, saying that she would definitely be fired from the station because of Sakurajima Love Song, also came over to chat with her in a flattering manner.

To put it bluntly, the TV industry is all about results.
Even if everyone thinks that Shinozaki Ikumi is just lucky and achieved this result because of Su Yan's support, it doesn't matter.

It's all jealousy.

Why don't you find someone to hug?
Su Yan sent a copy of Rurouni Kenshin's script to all of you. Why didn't you dig out this gold nugget?
Ah.
"Producer Shinozaki"

At this time, Okashige Nobuyuki from the production department came to Shinozaki Ikumi's office.

"What's the matter? Is there something wrong?" Shinozaki Ikumi paused, but still asked with a smile.

Oka Shigenobu was Yoshitoki Akasaka's assistant.

At night, in a private room of a hotel.

"Akasaka Yoshitoki is looking for you?"

Su Yan asked in surprise.

"Yes, he asked me to go to his office and ask if I was interested in joining his team. He could transfer me from Group 3 of the production department to Group 2 under him," said Ikumi Shinozaki with a smile.

"I rejected him on the spot. Are you kidding? My mother has been friends with the three aunts, Aya Kosakida, for decades, and the four of them have been competitors with Yoshitoki Akasaka for more than a decade. I'm going to join Yoshitoki Akasaka? Then my mother will definitely sever the mother-daughter relationship with me on the spot."

"He can't find a breakthrough with you, so he wants to recruit me and rely on me to bring you under his command as well." Shinozaki Ikumi sneered.

"Don't mention that he is just an acting minister. Even if he is promoted to a full-time minister, I will never work under him."

Shi Peihua and Gu Qingyuan next to them didn't say anything.

One of them is a director who has retired from TV station for several years, and the other is a non-staff actor. It is not easy to do such things as wiping their mouths.

"Well, after all, Yoshizaki Shigeyoshi is in the hospital for recuperation, and he is in charge of the production department. I am a member of the screenwriting department and I am not under his jurisdiction, so I am not afraid of him. As for you, you are nominally under his command. What if he uses his position as acting director to force you?" Su Yan asked thoughtfully after hearing this.

"This is a matter of principle. I won't give in." Shinozaki Ikumi paused when she heard this.

"Besides, before he is officially promoted, he will never have such great power."

"What if he becomes a regular employee? Will he force you to transfer to his team?" Su Yan asked.

"Aunt Xiaoguan won't watch this happen." Shinozaki Ikumi paused, then changed the subject.

"Su Yan, it's time to decide on your contract. Aunt Xiaoguan has asked me about it several times."

"Let's talk about it later. I'll wait and see." Su Yan said with a smile.

To the Moon completes Day 2.

The news that its final episode topped the ratings spread throughout the television industry and fan base.

4.38%
This is the highest single-episode ratings among all the TV series and movies aired this quarter.

The news media and critics began to report on going to the moon like crazy.

[The masterpiece is finished, and the movie "Go to the Moon" has a perfect ending. 】

[To the Moon, the most touching love drama in the past decade! ]

[Genius screenwriter Su Yan will gain a firm foothold in the screenwriting world after he goes to the moon. No one will dare to describe him as lucky anymore.]

[The most romantic confession, go to the moon! ]

[The most tear-jerking TV series in Xiaguo in the past five years is To the Moon. It will definitely be nominated for the best TV series this year! ]

[From the eighth place in the quarterly ratings to the first place in the quarter, a true masterpiece will not be buried. 】

[The pressure is on Bloody Magician. With two weeks left before the show ends, can it regain the highest ratings of the season before the show ends? ]

[This season, it’s not just going to the moon that will be celebrated. Screenwriter Su Yan will also become famous in the industry! ]

Along with the news media reports, the paid playback volume of Going to the Moon on Sakura.com is still growing wildly.

On Wednesday alone, the average paid viewing volume per episode exceeded 960 million.

According to this situation, To the Moon, which has already ranked first in paid broadcast volume this quarter, may break through the 10 million average paid broadcast volume mark in the next few days.

Although the broadcast of To the Moon on television has come to a temporary halt.

But its influence and popularity are still growing as it comes to an end.

This situation makes colleagues in the industry envious and jealous.

The production cost of going to the moon was only over 20 million.

The online streaming platform is expected to generate sales of over 100 million yuan.

Plus the advertising revenue during this prime time period.

Sakura TV is making a lot of money.

The screenwriter of this drama, Su Yan, conservatively estimated that the drama would generate millions of dollars in revenue.

Add to that the earnings from his previous two dramas, damn.
Doesn’t it mean that this new screenwriter’s total income will exceed 10 million in less than a year since his debut?
Now, many colleagues are really jealous.

But no matter what, these intense emotional fluctuations related to Su Yan will eventually turn into his emotional value.

Within the system, Su Yan's cumulative emotion value quietly exceeded 20 million at night.

(End of this chapter)