Depressive Screenwriter

Late at night, Sakura Network and Sakura TV's official website were swamped by angry fans in a late-night surge.

"Screenwriter, I'm knocking! Are you even human?"

"Su Yan, you old fox, stop playing dead! Can you even write? If not, hand the pen over to Kiyota Sanji. I'd rather trust that low-IQ screenwriter than trust you again. This is too much! How could you arrange the plot like this?"

"I can't take it anymore. It's been half an hour since episode ten, and I'm still so upset! If you're going to make Shen Buyan betray Lu Yuan like that, don't give her hope! Saying they'd enter the palace together, stay by each other's side in the deep palace, and then he's back in modern times in less than two minutes. Did you ever think about how desperate Lu Yuan, left behind in ancient times, would be?"

"The next time they meet will be five years later. Lu Yuan knows nothing and experiences Shen Buyan's sudden disappearance in that situation, waiting for him for a full five years."

"I shudder just thinking about the earlier plot. It's really killing me."

"Damn it, I thought Rurouni Kenshin was the peak of depressing stories, but who knew it was just the beginning of Su Yan, the old fox's depressing journey? Is he out of his mind?"

"I can't take it anymore. I can't criticize the show, so I can only criticize Su Yan."

"Why is it that when I watch many tragic dramas, I just drop them and call them trash, but I can't do that with 'Ancient Love Song'? I can only call the screenwriter an idiot? I'm still so upset."

"Because 'Ancient Love Song' isn't tragic for the sake of being tragic! All the characters' choices come from their hearts. The screenwriter isn't forcing them into tragic fates to trick tears and ruin the plot. Lu Yuan has a choice, but precisely because she is Lu Yuan, she resolutely chooses to save the country! The characters are innocent; the screenwriter is guilty. Even if everything develops logically, the culprit who makes this fate logical is still Su Yan. He deserves to be scolded."

"I can't accept it. I have no idea how I should watch the next few episodes of this show."

"I don't care what anyone says; I absolutely refuse to accept Lu Yuan's death at 36. Absolutely not."

"If Su Yan, you old fox, thinks you can tell me a story about an unchangeable fate with a dozen episodes, then I'll let you know that you'll never be successful in the screenwriting industry in your life. Failure is your destiny. Everyone will collectively boycott your new dramas in the future."

"Yes, I support that. He's been playing dead since the show started, not even opening a screenwriter account on Sakura Network. Hah, this is the first time I've seen such a aloof screenwriter."

"He's afraid of being scolded, right?"

"Does playing dead mean he won't be scolded? Since he knew he would be scolded, why did he write these plots? His crime is doubled. I'm going to start going to the official website to scold him every day until he writes Lu Yuan alive at 36!"

"But even though I'm scolding, the character of Lu Yuan is really well-developed! A true female lead should be like this, with flesh and blood, and a sense of national identity. Her perspective is immediately elevated, instead of just being consumed by romance and disregarding everything else."

On the night of the premiere of the tenth episode of 'Ancient Love Song,' it directly occupied four of the top ten spots on Sakura Network's hot search list.

Opening the comments section, the audience's surging resentment seemed to leap off the screen.

But the show's rating didn't decrease at all. Mixed among the many posts scolding Su Yan were quite a few praising the touching nature of the tenth episode of 'Ancient Love Song.'

All viewers now recognized the reality: this show was a thoroughly depressing drama.

Changing fate, changing history—it was all fake.

Shen Buyan is just a closed loop of history.

He's not changing history; rather, the reason history is the way it is is because of his participation.

Now everyone understands that Shen Buyan has one last chance to travel back in time in this show.

That is Lu Yuan and Shen Buyan's first meeting.

Likewise, this time travel will also be Lu Yuan and Shen Buyan's farewell. But the previous few time travels didn't change anything in history, so what can the fourth time travel do?

Having aired up to this point, the depressing atmosphere of 'Ancient Love Song' is maxed out.

The topic's heat and the amount of discussion even surpassed 'Gilded' on Sakura Network.

At noon, the ratings data for the tenth episode of 'Ancient Love Song' was released.

3.28%

Compared to last week, there was another significant increase.

Inside the 'Ancient Love Song' production team, Su Yan, Gu Qingyuan, Xiaozaki Ikumi, and others breathed a sigh of relief after seeing this result.

It's still rising.

That means that the top ten ratings for 'Ancient Love Song' isn't just a one-week wonder.

This rating also basically confirms that 'Ancient Love Song' will definitely be in the top ten in ratings this week. The only difference is which position it will be in.

"If we're lucky, we might even surpass the ratings of 'Under the Azure Sky.' If that's the case, then within Sakura TV, 'Ancient Love Song' will become the second-highest-rated drama this season, second only to the A-level drama 'Gilded,' which the TV station invested in," Xiaozaki Ikumi said, her blood flow accelerating in her head.

This kind of scenario is too dreamlike!

Before the premiere, her expectations for this show were only 1.4%!

"But the premise is that the audience has to remain steady, and the ratings have to remain steady as well," Shi Peihua pondered.

"I'm worried that the plot of the last episode was too heart-wrenching, and many viewers can't take it and won't dare to watch any further."

"Don't worry too much about the audience's ability to handle it," Su Yan said with a smile.

"They're not that fragile. Or rather, those who haven't dropped the show after watching episode ten won't leave before seeing the final result, before watching the remaining fourteen episodes."

Su Yan was confident about this.

However...

Su Yan thought for a moment.

"Ms. Xiaozaki, I'd like to open my screenwriter account on Sakura Network and have the TV station verify it."

"What are you doing that for?" Xiaozaki Ikumi looked at Su Yan in confusion.

"Just like many 'Ancient Love Song' fans have said, as the show's lead actor and screenwriter, it's not good for me to be too aloof. I have to interact with the fans a little..." Su Yan said with a smile.

Interaction was just the reason, but he couldn't let the drama's fans continue scolding like this.

After all, if the drama's ratings wanted to continue to increase, how could it work if the comments section was full of people scolding the screenwriter?

In the evening.

On the official streaming page of 'Ancient Love Song' on Sakura Network.

In the cast and crew information, the column that originally only contained text information for Su Yan's name became a link, directly leading to the personally verified account of "Su Yan," a screenwriter contracted with Sakura TV, and you could even click to follow the account.

Of course, the vast majority of viewers wouldn't notice these details.

So, in the comments section of 'Ancient Love Song' on Sakura Network, Su Yan used this officially verified account to directly post an official announcement and pinned it to the top of the comments section.

[Thank you everyone for your love and support for 'Ancient Love Song' and for me personally.]

After greeting the drama's fans with very official and polite words, he then generously introduced the achievements of 'Ancient Love Song' and the role the audience played in hundreds of words.

Of course, in the end, the most important information from this article posted by Su Yan's account was revealed.

[This drama, 'Ancient Love Song,' is definitely not what everyone imagines—Shen Buyan doing useless work. Lu Yuan will not die on the Shangsi Festival at the age of 36. Her and Shen Buyan's dream will ultimately be realized in the final episode!]

Just like Su Yan's previous comforting to Xiaozaki Ikumi.

This was a very misleading spoiler.

The male and female leads realized their dream.

All viewers would subconsciously think it was the dream of the two of them building a hut by Nanmeng Lake in the drama.

Thinking that Su Yan would make the ending a happy reunion.

But in reality...

Heh.

But at least for now, the information released by Su Yan's officially verified screenwriter account was directly seen by a group of 'Ancient Love Song' viewers on the website.

And what could be predicted was that these website viewers would promote this information to the 'Ancient Love Song' fan groups in reality.

In an instant,

These people's hearts were filled with hope again, and the entire comments section instantly boiled over.

Su Yan, the screenwriter and lead actor, had said so himself.

Who would dare say that the ending of this drama was a tragedy?

Who would dare?

We knew it; Su Yan still had a heart.

How could he really let Shen Buyan and Lu Yuan have a tragic ending?

These were the characters he created.

He should love them more deeply than anyone else.

Soon, the posts that were angrily scolding Su Yan in the comments section last night were instantly covered by a large number of posts praising Su Yan.

Thank you to Electromagnetic Fireworks, Deep Dome Water King Star, and Starry Sky for the rewards.

Thank you, big bosses.