Depressive Screenwriter

Sakura TV Station.

"His new drama's female lead is Shen Liqian?"

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In the office, production department head Akasaka Yoshiki listened to his assistant's report, a flash of anger in his eyes.

Su Yan would rather leave Sakura TV and cooperate with Qingkong TV than work under him, and that's fine.

But the female lead he chose for his April drama was Shen Liqian, the actress he had already made it clear in the industry was his enemy if anyone used her.

This provocative meaning was too obvious.

He had asked to meet Su Yan three times in a row, but Su Yan ignored him.

And Su Yan's first drama after leaving Sakura TV went and found Shen Liqian, who had once cursed him on live television, to be the female lead.

Heh.

"Su Yan's new drama is broadcast on Sunday nights at nine o'clock in July, right?" Akasaka Yoshiki thought for a moment.

"That's right." Assistant Oka Shigenobu nodded.

In the evening, Sakura TV released an announcement.

The B-grade fantasy romance drama "Scarlet Romance," originally scheduled to premiere on Saturday nights at nine o'clock in July's summer season on Sakura TV, was directly moved to Sunday nights at nine o'clock.

Although moving schedules like this is common before a drama premieres, Su Yan had just revealed that his April drama's female lead was Shen Liqian.

The next day, Sakura TV made this response.

The taste of revenge is too strong!

Xia Guo's TV stations often have a tacit understanding between them.

Two A-grade dramas will not be broadcast at the same time slot.

And no more than three B-grade dramas will be broadcast in the same time slot, and if possible, everyone will try to avoid having two B-grade dramas in the same time slot.

Although there will indeed be more viewers on weekends.

But instead of several big-budget dramas premiering in the same time slot, it is better to choose a good time slot on a normal weekday to broadcast exclusively, and the ratings will be better.

There are so many time slots and schedules in a week, why bother squeezing together, vying for ratings, and ultimately hurting both sides?

Sakura TV's A-grade campus romance drama "The Simplest Love" in the July summer season was originally scheduled to premiere on Sunday nights at eight o'clock.

Now, the B-grade drama "Scarlet Romance" is scheduled for Sunday nights at nine o'clock.

Now, Sakura TV's targeting is obvious at a glance.

In the April crew, Ayumi Shinozaki, as a former Sakura TV employee, naturally saw Akasaka Yoshiki's intentions at a glance.

"Only knows how to play these little tricks, heh, aren't you afraid of shooting yourself in the foot?" Ayumi Shinozaki sneered.

There are still more than two months until July, and there are many good broadcast schedules that have not yet been officially announced for major productions. Akasaka Yoshiki insisted on putting "Scarlet Romance" on Sunday nights at nine o'clock, which is not the first choice a normal person would make.

"It doesn't matter... let him come." Su Yan smiled.

"Anyway, he is the head of the production department now. If these骚 operations cause the TV station to suffer any major losses, then he is the first person to take the blame. Does he really think he can do whatever he wants just because he has Sakura TV behind him?"

"If the results after April's premiere can be as good as To the Moon, Akasaka Yoshiki's actions will definitely be criticized by the higher-ups in the station by the end of the summer." Ayumi Shinozaki thought and said.

The number of Xia Guo viewers in the same time slot is limited.

If April's results can be like To the Moon, ranking first in ratings, then the ratings of other TV stations in the same period will definitely not be good.

"That's natural. Although it's an old-fashioned goal, I'm still aiming for the first place in the quarter for the results of this season's April drama. I will make Akasaka Yoshiki regret putting Scarlet Romance on the same schedule as April!" Su Yan said.

Ayumi Shinozaki wanted to say something more when she heard this.

But after thinking about it.

Now the situation and conditions are much better than during The Love of Hypnosis.

Su Yan is obviously more confident in this drama than The Love of Hypnosis and To the Moon.

Who said that Qingkong TV can't produce a drama with the highest ratings?

After working with Su Yan for a long time, she is actually a person who dares to fantasize.

Next, she discussed in detail with Su Yan the GG implantation issues of several well-known domestic musical instrument manufacturing companies, as well as the rental, scale, and funding issues for the extras in some concert halls in the April drama.

Pure youth campus romance dramas do not have high shooting costs.

But musicals are another matter.

Some high-end pianos with good timbres are worth millions, and the price of violins is also calculated in tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands.

Even renting them is not cheap.

The music competition in the drama must rent some large concert halls in Shanghai, and even find hundreds or thousands of extras to fill the concert hall to have a better shooting effect.

Of course, there are many college students in Shanghai who have time. Extras can be found among these people, or lunch boxes can be given to Su Yan, Gu Qingyuan, and Shen Liqian's fans. There are many people who are willing to come and watch their idols film for free.

After all, being able to listen to the live performances of Su Yan and Shen Liqian, two stars who are rumored to have quite good musical attainments, is definitely a great temptation.

Then there are some competition judges inside. It is best to invite some famous people in the Xia Guo music industry to guest star.

These must be planned and contacted in advance.

As soon as Ayumi Shinozaki discussed these with Su Yan, Su Yan's head suddenly grew bigger.

Looking at the dense work schedule on Ayumi Shinozaki's notebook, she had already planned what to do two months later. Su Yan could only sigh that the job of a producer is not something that ordinary people can do.

If the 20 million yuan in funding for the April crew is not planned properly, it is actually very easy to run out of money halfway through filming.

Soon, the lunch break ended.

The scene to be filmed in the afternoon is the scene where the male protagonist Arima Kousei and the female protagonist Kaori Miyazono first meet.

Shen Liqian, who was dressed as a junior high school girl and surrounded by a group of children playing a melodica at the highest point of the park, was very happy to film.

She was originally a person who loved music, so she naturally enjoyed filming music romance dramas.

Under the sunshine, cherry blossoms fluttered, and a lively and lovely girl met a silent boy...

Ayumi Shinozaki watched Su Yan, who was wearing black-rimmed glasses and using his mobile phone to photograph the corners of Shen Liqian's skirt, outside the filming site.

In the script, the male protagonist Arima Kousei felt that the scene of this girl playing with children was very warm, so he subconsciously took a photo.

But in reality, because a gust of wind happened to blow and lift the corner of her skirt, Arima Kousei was mistaken by Kaori Miyazono as a mobile phone pervert.

If someone else played this plot, it would really look like that.

But Su Yan and Shen Liqian's rivalry did not produce that kind of bad feeling, but instead felt that the atmosphere was quite youthful and heart-moving, the feeling of a boy and a girl meeting for the first time, and then what sweet story would happen.

"This is the power of beauty. Handsome men and beautiful women are right in everything they do." Ayumi Shinozaki sighed in her heart.

"However, Su Yan's acting skills have really improved. This scene has not been called to a halt by Shi Peihua until now. In the past, Shi Peihua would have found fault with it."

April passed in a flash, and the filming of Your Lie in April officially entered the right track.

When the time came to May, the dramas to be broadcast in the July summer season were also announced by major TV stations one after another.

It can be said that the film and television market in Xia Guo's previous autumn and winter seasons was relatively sluggish.

The drama with the highest quarterly results basically hovered around 4.2% and 4.3% in ratings.

Even if Sakura TV hadn't had The Love of Hypnosis's late counterattack in the autumn season before, Sakura TV would have set a new record in the past five years, with no drama on the station breaking 4% in ratings for an entire quarter.

But the film and television industry is like speculating in stocks.

After a few months of sluggishness, it will rise for a few months.

For the July summer season, major TV stations have begun to exert their strength.

Sakura TV invested 44 million, and invited first-line actress Bian Jingying and first-line actor Yan Jiuwen to cooperate in "The Simplest Love!" The pre-heating promotion itself was very sufficient and attracted a lot of attention.

Shanghai TV invested 47 million in the costume drama "Summer China", which also topped the hot search list on the entire network when the cast's makeup photos were released.

Although Zhongxia TV did not have a single drama with an investment of more than 40 million this season, there are two A-grade dramas with an investment of around 35 million, the workplace drama "The Hopeful" and the workplace romance drama "Single Men and Women".

Not to mention the more than a dozen B-grade dramas invested in or introduced by the three major TV stations plus five large TV stations.

Overall, the film and television drama market in the July summer season is obviously much larger than the previous few seasons in terms of investment.

The competitive pressure has also increased.

But even so, "Your Lie in April" still ranks among the top in the discussion heat among the new dramas that will be broadcast in the summer season.

No, the reputation of Su Yan's previous three dramas is too good.

So good that Su Yan's drama fans unconditionally believe in the quality of the April drama.

What if it's a B-grade drama?

Which of Su Yan's B-grade dramas is not better than the A-grade dramas of the three major TV stations in the same season?

Many media directly helped Su Yan say what he wanted to say in advance.

Although Su Yan left Sakura TV, is it possible...

Can Su Yan's "April" create a miracle on Qingkong TV, and the ratings will top the quarter like To the Moon?

The last time a non-three major TV station drama topped the quarterly ratings was thirteen years ago.

But at that time, the popularity advantage of the three major TV stations such as Sakura compared to other TV stations in Xia Guo was not as great as it is now.

The so-called three major TV stations have also emerged in years of TV station competition, and they are honored in this industry for their long-term monopoly on quarterly and annual ratings crowns.

Normally speaking, the industry cannot have this kind of expectation for Qingkong TV's dramas.

No matter who the screenwriter of this drama is.

But Su Yan happened to have the precedent of The Love of Hypnosis achieving a 4% rating in the midnight slot before.

And which is more difficult, Qingkong TV's quarterly rating topping and the midnight slot rating breaking 4%.

Everyone still thinks that the midnight slot rating breaking 4 is more difficult.

Su Yan has even done more difficult things. It is normal for viewers and media in the film and television industry to have a trace of this kind of fantasy about his new drama.

May.

The film and television base in the suburbs of Shanghai is considered to have a bunch of crews starting filming here.

But for the April drama, a considerable part of the plot is not filmed in the film and television base, but in the rented concert hall.

According to the initial plan, there are many scenes in the April drama where the female protagonist and the male protagonist have performance competitions in the concert hall.

Ayumi Shinozaki also recruited a considerable number of Su Yan, Gu Qingyuan, and Shen Liqian's fans to act as extras.

Although these people signed confidentiality agreements and cannot spoil the plot they saw during the extra process.

But things outside the plot must not be stopped.

In mid-May, an article about the genius screenwriter Su Yan being a hidden piano performance genius suddenly became popular on the Internet.

The writer is a fan of Shen Liqian. The first half of her article mainly praised Shen Liqian's violin performance level as being higher than she imagined.

After all, she is a high-achieving student in the music department of a famous university in Shanghai. Her article also exposed her identity and school ID information, so the content of the article is extremely credible.

But the second half of the article uses terrifying, exaggerated and other adjectives to describe the feelings of seeing Su Yan's piano performance scene as an extra in the filming process.

Moreover, at the end of the article, the writer also said that Su Yan even guided Shen Liqian's mistakes and improvement directions when she was playing the violin on the spot.

And give a conclusion.

Su Yan has the level of a senior professional performer in both violin performance and piano performance.

If only the author of the article said this, perhaps this article would only circulate in a small circle and be believed by a few people.

But in the comment section of this article, a large number of April crew extras have posted articles saying that the things described in the article are absolutely true and not exaggerated at all.

Now many fans of Su Yan and Shen Liqian are interested.

But at the same time, many passers-by directly questioned.

Everyone knows that Su Yan is a genius screenwriter. Everyone also knows that he can create songs. He also knows musical instruments such as the flute and the harp.

But Su Yan can play the violin and can also guide Shen Liqian, who was once the seventh in the Xia Guo Youth Violin Finals, during filming?

Then his violin and piano performances have the level of senior professional performers?

What are you kidding me?

How old is he, 21 years old?

Even if you learn from your mother's womb, you won't be so perverted, right?

You Su Yan fans are so embarrassed to praise him, can you be more outrageous?

Is this the new marketing method of the April crew?

For a time, many passers-by film and television fans and these fans who have really been extras in the April crew and have seen Su Yan's performance level on the spot can be said to have directly erupted in a dispute on the Internet.