Depressive Screenwriter

In late December, trailers for the four A-level dramas of the winter season were released one after another.

The trailer for "Rain of Shanghai. Sequel", with its extremely popular predecessor, surpassed 10 million views in two days, proving its popularity and market attention.

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The dramas "Blazing Sun" and "Mystery of Time" also received positive reviews from many viewers for the quality of their visuals and overall production after their trailers were released.

However, the trailer for "Strange Life", which had garnered much attention before its premiere, left many film critics and drama viewers somewhat puzzled.

"Judging from the trailer, does this seem like a crime-solving detective type of drama?"

"Time regression... Damn, Su Yan is a genius with his imagination!"

"Isn't this similar to 'Ancient Love Poetry'? Another drama that manipulates timelines?"

"Oh my god, I'm intrigued. I'm hoping that Su Yan will create a drama like 'Ancient Love Poetry' that plays with time and history."

"However, this drama doesn't have a male lead. Is it focusing on the friendship between two female leads?"

"Forget it, let's just look forward to it!"

"Let me see the elements in the trailer: gangs, murder, school bullying, a psychopathic killer, time regression, detective puzzles... Su Yan has never created a drama like this before. Can he handle the plot?"

"You're doubting Su Yan? Although his previous dramas were mostly romance-oriented, that doesn't mean he can only create romance dramas."

"Whatever, as long as this drama isn't too depressing."

"Yes, but the depressing parts in the Old Thief's previous dramas were always about couples facing life and death. This drama doesn't have a male lead, so... I guess it won't be that depressing."

"What you said makes sense! Now that I think about it, I'm only easily affected by the separation and death of couples. I should be indifferent to something like the friendship between two women in the trailer, even if one of them dies."

"Okay, I'm relieved after hearing you guys say that. Let's go for it!"

Soon, amidst the anticipation of Xia's drama viewers,

December ended, and January arrived.

This season featured four A-level dramas, sixteen B-level dramas from the three major television stations and other medium and large stations, and several C-level dramas.

January 3rd, Friday.

First, Sakura Television's "Rain of Shanghai. Sequel" premiered its first episode.

That night, a large number of fans of the previous work waited expectantly in front of their televisions.

And the plot of the first episode of "Rain of Shanghai. Sequel" did not disappoint the fans.

A super interesting development: the lives of the male and female leads after their love affair in the first work are indeed... just like the first season, full of ups and downs.

Followed by a sudden, sweet ending shot.

The premiere episode of this drama reached a rating of 4.43%.

Then came the premiere of "Mystery of Time" and "Blazing Sun" on Saturday night.

Because "Strange Life" directly announced its premiere date for the 8 PM time slot on Sunday back in October.

If the A-level dramas of the three major television stations were to premiere in this time slot, they would inevitably compete with Su Yan's new drama for viewers, resulting in mutual destruction.

Although the production departments of the three major television stations were very angry, no one dared to run into this time slot and self-destruct with Su Yan, due to the aftereffects of April.

Su Yan was so arrogant that he dared to scold Akasaka Yoshito before leaving Sakura Television.

By simply cooperating with Qingkong Television, his goal was to directly aim for the seasonal championship.

Now that he insisted on staying in this time slot, what could anyone do to him?

Su Yan was not afraid of other dramas coming to self-destruct with him. At worst, they would both be injured, and everyone would fail together.

But which of the production department employees of the three major television stations dared to gamble their future?

To put it bluntly, those with nothing to lose are not afraid of those with something to lose.

In the past, Su Yan had no fame or achievements, so he would actively avoid the premiere times of the A-level dramas of the three major television stations.

But if he still avoided them now, wouldn't his efforts in the industry for more than a year have been in vain?

In the end, Zhongxia and Shanghai Television compromised.

Among the four A-level dramas, "Blazing Sun", which had the weakest presence before its premiere, voluntarily scheduled its premiere for 9 PM on Saturday night.

However, the three major television stations were not prepared to endure this without doing anything.

The three major television stations started replaying their own classic film and television dramas at 8 PM on Sunday night, with the obvious aim of creating trouble for "Strange Life".

In the summer season, the B-level drama "Scarlet Romance" had suffered too miserably, and the production departments of the three major television stations did not dare to collide with Su Yan in the same time slot again.

But using some popular old dramas to disgust Su Yan's new drama would not cost too much.

On Sunday noon, the first episode ratings of "Mystery of Time" and "Blazing Sun" were released.

4.23% and 4.39%

The results were beyond everyone's expectations.

On the contrary, "Blazing Sun", which had a worse premiere time and a lower presence before its premiere, had much better ratings than expected.

However, the drama with the highest ratings was still Sakura Television's "Rain of Shanghai. Sequel".

Therefore, the media did not pay too much attention to "Blazing Sun".

The feud between Su Yan and Sakura Television was well known.

This season, the work with the highest ratings was Sakura Television's, and the only A-level drama that had not yet premiered was Su Yan's "Strange Life".

Currently, this topic is full of hype.

At noon, in the "Strange Life" crew.

Su Yan, Ayumi Shinozaki, Qingyuan Gu, Liqian Shen, and others gathered together.

"It seems that our number one opponent this time is Sakura Television," Su Yan said with a smile.

"In terms of reputation and achievements... Sakura Television's 'Rain of Shanghai. Sequel' is temporarily ranked first."

4.43%

Everyone present felt a sense of pressure from the achievements of "Rain of Shanghai. Sequel".

This was just the premiere rating. Who knew how high the ratings would be when the drama ended?

"Alright, we understand the situation of our opponents. Next, tonight is the premiere of 'Strange Life'," Su Yan said with a smile.

"Although my works have always gained momentum in the later stages, I hope we can have a good start tonight!"

Starting at 7 PM, Su Yan's fans who were suffering from a drama drought couldn't hold back in the comment section of his account.

One discussion topic and post after another appeared.

Cen Jia took a deep breath, looked at the fans' comments on the forum, and counted down the time waiting for the premiere of "Strange Life".

Qingkong Television naturally wouldn't see a significant increase in traffic just because of a drama that premiered in April.

However, most Xia drama viewers still supported the premiere of Su Yan's new drama and were willing to temporarily change their viewing habits and tune their televisions to Qingkong.

Qingkong Television had not had a drama with ratings exceeding 4% since the end of April.

And tonight,

When the time just reached 8 PM.

The real-time ratings officially broke through the 4% mark.

The theme song of "Strange Life" rang on the television.

Soon, the scene entered the plot.

At the beginning, a girl was struggling to move forward in a stormy weather.

A very strange deer was leading her forward.

She went up the mountain alone, dodging the trees that were blown down by the storm.

Suddenly, a huge tree fell down and blocked her way.

Her eyes narrowed, and time and space in the television screen seemed to be distorted and blurred. When she opened her eyes, time had gone back to before the tree fell.

And she also accelerated and sprinted, rushing past that section of the mountain road before the tree completely collapsed again.

Having seen the trailer, Cen Jia understood what this scene meant.

The female lead, Xiao Mai, used her ability to rewind time to before the tree completely collapsed.

She came to the top of the mountain and saw the devastated city under the ravages of a huge tornado, and then... the lighthouse on the top of the mountain collapsed and smashed towards her.

Next, the scene changed.

The female lead, Xiao Mai, woke up from a nightmare.

She was a photography major in college and was taking a class at school... but she had fallen asleep just now.

The dream was too real, and her movements were too big after she woke up. She was criticized by the photography teacher, who asked her to answer a question.

Cen Jia blinked.

A dream?

Was that a dream?

But the following plot quickly attracted Cen Jia's attention.

Xiao Mai found that she seemed to be able to activate the ability to rewind time whenever she wanted, just like in her dream.

She didn't answer the photography teacher's question clearly and was punished by the teacher, who asked her to stay and talk after class, but the teacher also told her the answer to the question later.

Then she activated her ability.

After rewinding time, she perfectly answered the question.

"Oh my god, a cheating artifact!" Cen Jia was instantly thrilled.

Isn't this ability a divine skill for buying lottery tickets or doing bad things?

Next was the main plot of the first episode.

After solving a bunch of problems, Xiao Mai came to the school's toilet, where...

She first used the camera she carried with her to take a photo of a blue butterfly in the toilet.

A close-up of this photo was given here.

However, Cen Jia and the audience in front of the television could not understand the meaning of this shot.

Next, Xiao Mai, in the school, encountered a murder case that she and the audience never expected.

Li Sen (Nathan), the son of a rich man whom everyone in the school hated, had some disputes with a female student from another school about contraband.

And this girl...

Was the other female lead, Xiao Yi, played by Shen Liqian.

Xiao Yi's negotiations with Li Sen broke down.

The two began to argue fiercely and even had pushing and shoving.

With a bang.

In the toilet, Xiao Yi fell in a pool of blood.

Li Sen looked at the gun in his hand with a terrified expression. The ferocity he had before was gone from his face.

Xiao Mai, who was hiding in the deepest part of the school toilet, witnessed this scene and also recognized Xiao Yi as her best friend from a few years ago.

Her eyes showed fear and a trace of determination.

Cen Jia instantly understood what she was going to do.

The wheel of fate began to turn.

It was also the beginning of the final tragedy.

At this moment, out of fear and the desire to save her former friend, she activated her ability to rewind time.

Cen Jia's eyes widened.

So this is how this ability is used.

Unlike Su Yan's previous dramas, the plot of 'Strange Life' was very interesting from the beginning, and this development directly drew her into the drama.

This development was much more interesting than other fantasy dramas in Xia.

Although the background setting was Xia's most famous crime city from decades ago, the development of private college students hiding guns in school and daring to shoot was indeed different from the style of dramas on the market now.

Moreover, the setting of time regression as a superpower was really attractive to her.

At least, the plot of 'Strange Life' after its premiere was completely different from what she had imagined.

I feel like many readers don't understand 'Strange Life'. Deciding to have the protagonist work on this work is also one of my hobbies. After all, writing novels is about things and developments that are unlikely to exist in reality. But today, after thinking about it carefully, it seems that this is not very friendly to novel readers. After all, authors need to be down-to-earth when writing.

Although I think this work is really good, if everyone doesn't understand it, then I will try to write faster and skip to Cyberpunk and The Garden of Words.

Most of the people reading this book should be Japanese anime enthusiasts. Although this game is an island country game and is very famous in story-driven games, it has no fame among my novel readers, so it has no meaning.

I'll write faster.