Depressive screenwriter.

Chapter 91 Leaving
At the end of March, the news of Su Yan's resignation from Sakura TV Station had completely fermented and became a hot topic.

All major news media have reported on this.

[It is a foregone conclusion that Su Yan, the screenwriter of To the Moon, will leave Sakura TV. Where will his future go? ]

[Some people always mistake platforms for abilities. After leaving Sakura TV, Su Yan, a talented screenwriter, may just become a nobody.]

[Young people who are too impulsive may suffer the consequences. They want to leave the original platform after achieving some success. This is typical ungratefulness! ]

[Su Yan's new work Your Lie in April is trending on the Internet! Rurouni Kenshin, To the Moon, and Ancient Love Song fans collectively expressed their support for Su Yan. 】

[Yoshitoki Akasaka, director of the production department of Sakura TV, denied suppressing Su Yan, and bluntly said that Su Yan was a very poor person in the TV station and was arrogant. Even if Su Yan did not leave Sakura TV, he would not be able to stay in his station for too long. ]

[Several anonymous screenwriters from the Sakura TV scriptwriting department were interviewed and commented that Su Yan had no respect for his teachers and had very low emotional intelligence, and that he was a character that everyone in the scriptwriting department hated.]

[It is rumored that the reason why screenwriter Su Yan decided to leave Sakura TV was because his partner, last year's Best New Producer winner Shinozaki Ikumi, was unfairly transferred due to her lack of ability.]

Su Yan's resignation was considered big news in the film and television industry at the end of the quarter. For more than a week, all kinds of outrageous information came out every day, some true and some false.

Some even said that Yoshitoki Akasaka bribed some media to discredit Su Yan.

The reason for Su Yan's resignation was said to be due to his own character and moral cultivation.

But Su Yan’s fans definitely don’t believe it.

The whistleblowers in the news that slandered Su Yan were even anonymous. Who could they deceive with such things?

In fact, Su Yan, who was caught up in this public opinion storm, has basically not spoken out since he was interviewed by several media outlets last week.

To put it bluntly, Su Yan has no hatred towards Sakura TV.

At least Su Yan became famous on Sakura TV, and he was only targeting Akasaka Yoshitoki.

We are not prepared to allow the TV station to be smeared too much by the media.

Soon, it was the end of March.

"You have to be careful after leaving Sakura TV. Starting your own company is no joke. Even if all ten of your works are well received, as long as one or two of your works receive bad reviews and suffer losses, you may not be able to recover!"

"I see. Thank you, Master Zejing, for reminding me."

"If you, Su Yan, have thought it through and want to come back to Sakura TV, you are always welcome here."

"Understood. Thank you Minister Miyagi."

"Have you decided which TV station will broadcast the new drama produced by your company after you leave?"

"I haven't discussed this yet. I hope it can be broadcast on the three major TV stations."

"You've offended Akasaka Yoshitoki, so you have no hope at least with Sakura TV. They will definitely not introduce your drama to the TV station for broadcast. Although the two large TV stations, Zhongxia and Hudu, also introduce dramas from some film and television companies, most of the dramas they introduce are written by evergreen screenwriters in the industry who are well-known. You are not familiar with them, so it will be difficult to sell your drama to them."

"It all depends on people!"

Su Yan had a smile on his face as he looked at several people in the screenwriting department who were familiar with him.

This included his master screenwriter Teruhiro Sawai, several colleagues of the same period, and the head of the screenwriting department Terukichi Miyagi who wanted to retain Su Yan even at the last moment.

"Okay, don't be too sad." Su Yan waved to them.

"I just left Sakura TV, but I'm still in Shanghai. If you need anything in the future, just call me directly."

After saying that, Su Yan picked up his packed things and left the scriptwriting department of Sakura TV.

A room in the upper echelons of Sakura TV
Yoshitoki Akasaka looked at Su Yan's leaving back through the one-way translucent glass with a gloomy expression.

Su Yan would rather resign from Sakura TV than meet him even once or say a word to him. This was the first time in Akasaka Yoshitoki's life that he experienced the deep-seated contempt for him.

"Well, let's see what great things you, a so-called genius, can accomplish after leaving Sakura TV."

"You don't want to work under me? Then become my enemy!"

Akasaka Yoshitoki sneered and pulled down the blinds, and Su Yan's leaving figure disappeared from his sight.

Outside Sakura TV.

Ikumi Shinozaki's red car stopped by the roadside, the window slowly lowered, revealing Ikumi Shinozaki's smiling face.

"Let's go, get in the car!"

As we drove along the ring road, Ikumi Shinozaki said as she did so.

"During the few days you spent at the TV station, I finally got our company's business license through my mother's connections. I also rented the company's office space and contacted the people the company needed to recruit. We just need to wait for them to start work. However."

"But what?" Su Yan asked.

"I didn't spend much effort on Sakura TV. Shanghai TV and Zhongxia TV don't seem to be very willing to purchase the broadcasting rights for your new drama." Shinozaki Ikumi paused.

"What exactly is the situation?" Su Yan asked calmly. In fact, he could guess it himself.

If Su Yan wants to join the two TV stations, they will definitely welcome him.

But if Su Yan wanted to sell the broadcasting rights to them, their enthusiasm would surely fade. "They know that the film and television company you and I jointly invested in has a total capital of 20 million, and this capital will be used entirely for the filming of Your Lie in April. My idea is at least to strive for a time slot in the second prime time of Zhongxia or Shanghai TV stations, similar to the time slot for Going to the Moon. But the people who contacted me from the two TV stations said that this is impossible."

Su Yan looked at Shinozaki Ikumi.

"They said that if we only sell them the broadcasting rights for Your Lie in April, they would only be willing to pay 850 million at most. And they will not give the show any prime-time broadcasting time. They will only give it a broadcasting time slot at p.m. from Monday to Thursday. They will keep all the really good time slots for their own original dramas," continued Shinozaki Ikumi.

The fees the two TV stations paid Su Yan were just the copyright fees for broadcasting. If Su Yan's drama was broadcast on the online platform, all the profit sharing would belong to Su Yan and would have nothing to do with the TV station.

Including advertising placements in film and television dramas, peripheral products, overseas copyrights, etc., all belong to Su Yan.

The only profit point for TV stations to introduce these dramas is the advertising fees they receive after the dramas achieve good ratings.

Therefore, when TV stations acquire the broadcasting rights for these dramas, the price they pay is often less than half or even one-third of the production cost.

After all, it is a one-time deal. The TV station spends the investment in a C-level drama and gets a B-level or even A-level drama to broadcast, saving production costs and increasing profits from advertising fees.

The producers of imported dramas have gained traffic and attention through TV stations, but whether they can make a profit through other channels in the future depends on their own abilities.

"Of course, the heads of the two TV stations have another proposal. Although they haven't read April's script yet, out of trust in you, they are willing to buy all the copyrights of April's drama directly for 35 million, and are willing to broadcast it during the prime time of the TV stations. If we do this, we will make a profit without any loss. If the TV series is really a big hit, we can also earn some fame."

"Sure enough, I knew it wouldn't be that easy." Su Yan smiled when he heard it.

"Can you still laugh?" asked Shinozaki Ikumi.

"What's there to not laugh at? I left Sakura TV and didn't join Hudu and Zhongxia. They definitely don't want to use a good time slot to broadcast an imported drama without full copyright." Su Yan said.

"But it's too naive to think that you can buy all the copyrights for April for only 35 million."

It is certainly good to be able to sell a 80 million investment for million, which means a profit margin of %.

But Su Yan's Ancient Love Song, Going to the Moon has such a high number of views on the online streaming platform, how could Su Yan sell the full copyright for such a small profit.

But there is a balance here.

That is, a drama must be broadcast at a good time slot on a TV station with high traffic to become well-known, gain the favor of a large number of paying users on online broadcasting platforms and other channels, and ultimately achieve profitability.

If it is really broadcast in the garbage time slots of the three major TV stations, the exposure of this drama will not be enough, and its profitability in other channels will definitely be affected, and the probability of loss is not small.

Therefore, it is difficult for these independent film and television companies to strike these balances.

At least the small profit is in the pocket.

If you want great profits, you have to take the risk of big losses.

"First of all, I would rule out the idea of ​​buying out the copyright," Su Yan said.

"If I accept this condition, why would I leave Sakura TV? I can just sign the contract and make money, and save a lot of trouble with the management company."

Shinozaki Ikumi was not surprised by Su Yan's words.

"Then we only have two options. First, we really sell the broadcasting rights for April to Zhongxia or Hudu TV for 850 million, but the broadcast time is on an ordinary weekday. We can try to create a miracle in April like Ancient Lovesickness did during a slow schedule."

"Second, sell the broadcasting rights for April to one of the other five major TV stations in Xia Country. With your popularity, I think your new drama will most likely get a prime time broadcast time on their TV station." Shinozaki Ikumi said.

There are a total of eight television stations that can be considered large in Xiaguo.

But apart from Sakura, Zhongxia and Hudu, the other five TV stations are obviously inferior in popularity and scale.

"Although the popularity of these five TV stations is not as high as that of the Big Three, they are not completely overwhelmed. Occasionally, they will have a hit drama with a viewership rate of more than 4%. And unlike the Big Three, basically less than one-third of the dramas they broadcast each quarter are produced by their own investment. The rest of the dramas they broadcast are basically works produced by these independent film and television companies."

"These non-three major TV stations are the largest broadcasting locations for dramas produced by Xiaguo's film and television companies."

"Actually, Su Yan. Based on my experience, if I compare the weekday schedules of the three major TV stations with the weekend schedules of these five major TV stations, I prefer the latter." Shinozaki Ikumi said.

"Of course, you are the chairman of the company, so my words are just suggestions. You have to decide what to do."

"Well, we can talk to them and see what their conditions are." Su Yan said after thinking for a while.

"But I'm not very familiar with the senior executives of these five TV stations." Shinozaki Ikumi said a little embarrassedly at this time.

"After all, we at Sakura, Hudu, and Zhongxia TV stations have always looked down on them. I have to find someone in the industry to get their contact information."

"Don't worry. Although I am not familiar with the top management of these five TV stations, I have a lot of contact information for their top management," Su Yan said with a smile.

"Huh?" Shinozaki Ikumi's eyes widened.

At this time, Su Yan began to rummage through the pile of documents he had taken out from Sakura TV Station.

There was a pile of business cards inside.

some of.
The business cards of the production directors, screenwriter directors, and even some of the people in charge of operational decision-making of these five TV stations are among them.

"A few months ago, they were calling me frantically and inviting me to join them. But now." Su Yan said with a smile.

"I feel like the business cards I received back then can finally be put to use."

(End of this chapter)