Depressive Screenwriter

This book is first published on the entire network by 𝕥𝕨𝕜𝕒𝕟.𝕔𝕠𝕞.

July 24th, Sakura TV Station, Scriptwriting Department.

Early in the morning, Kiyota Sanji woke up early and drove his sports car to work.

The morning breeze was warm and pleasant. Humming a tune and singing a song, he walked into the editorial department with his head held high.

Although Kiyota Sanji was nominally the main screenwriter of the drama "Seikaze," in reality, most of the important plot creation was done by his good screenwriter partner, Kanzaki Yusuke.

Therefore, he didn't have to stay on set all the time, tearing his hair out like Kanzaki Yusuke, desperately seeking inspiration for the final episode of "Seikaze."

But today, as soon as he arrived at the office, he felt that the atmosphere was not right.

The people in the office were gathered together, concentrating on watching something, occasionally exclaiming in surprise.

"What are you doing?" Kiyota Sanji walked over and asked.

"We're watching Su Yan's 'Rurouni Kenshin' that went online the day before yesterday! It's amazing. I never thought Su Yan's drama could be so powerful."

At this time, a female screenwriter from the scriptwriting department said with a smile.

"Who would have guessed it? With such a low investment and so little tilt in the station's publicity resources, it actually topped the hot search list in just two days after its premiere, and so far, the paid views have exceeded 410,000," said a middle-aged man.

Kiyota Sanji's eyes widened when he heard this.

Two days, 410,000?

"Su Yan was an intern at the station for two years before he was officially hired. I thought he was a dull person, but talent is really only visible in actual combat."

"At this rate, isn't it very likely that the paid views for the first week of Rurouni Kenshin will exceed one million?"

"More than that? More than 50,000 people have rated this drama since the first episode aired, with an opening score of 9.3. The word-of-mouth is exploding!"

"I got up early this morning to catch up on the first episode of Rurouni Kenshin. I can only say that Rurouni Kenshin deserves this achievement. Little Su is really amazing! He conceived such a script the first time he served as the main creator, and he's so good at the action scenes when he acts as the male lead."

"I created a costume martial arts drama a few years ago. You may not know what level Little Su's action scenes are in Rurouni Kenshin? I can tell you very definitely that this is definitely the ceiling-level shot in Xia Country's martial arts action dramas. It's just a pity that there was less investment, the texture of the costumes and props was a bit poor, and the acting skills of some supporting actors still need to be improved... But the flaws don't detract from the merits."

"Is it possible that Rurouni Kenshin will surpass Seikaze in terms of average episode views?" someone said at this time.

Suddenly, a group of people fell silent and looked at Kiyota Sanji, and the atmosphere became awkward.

"I'm sorry, I said the wrong thing..." The person who spoke just now quickly said with a smile.

The relationships in the scriptwriting department are complicated. There are always people who have strong connections and are not afraid of Kiyota Sanji. They also can't stand him stealing Kanzaki Yusuke's creative fruits in the name of a joint screenwriting team. Although they won't completely tear their faces with Kiyota Sanji, everyone can hear him deliberately mocking him.

Kiyota Sanji was almost furious at this moment.

But he still maintained a fake smile on his face and hated the person who spoke just now.

Everyone in the scriptwriting department sees each other every day.

Kiyota Sanji may have looked down on Su Yan's low-cost drama, so he wasn't interested in paying attention to it at all when Rurouni Kenshin actually premiered two nights ago.

But other colleagues are different.

Originally, after Rurouni Kenshin premiered on the evening of the 22nd, it didn't cause too much of a stir on the 23rd the next day. Although it was on the hot search list in the teens, that was it.

The paid views on the first day were only 130,000, which was barely passable. According to this data, the paid views for the first week would be 400,000 at most, and the final average episode views would be just over 1 million.

But the problem is that the first episode of Rurouni Kenshin was indeed amazing to a large number of viewers.

These first batch of viewers who watched Rurouni Kenshin frantically recommended and spread this work on the website during this day. Many people even edited and produced clips of Rurouni Kenshin, and short videos were spread on Sakura Net.

In addition, Sakura Net is not stupid. The premiere data of Rurouni Kenshin obviously greatly exceeded expectations, and the score and word-of-mouth were also very high, so the website operation naturally added publicity resources to the work to a certain extent.

The cooperation between the website and fans greatly increased the exposure of Rurouni Kenshin.

This led to the paid views of the first episode of Rurouni Kenshin exploding after only two days of its premiere, reaching 410,000 today on the 24th.

Kiyota Sanji's expression was wonderful after he understood everything.

He quickly ran to his workstation and turned on the computer.

After watching the entire first episode of Rurouni Kenshin.

Kiyota Sanji's expression was a little dazed...

It took him five or six minutes to recover.

He was indeed shocked by the quality and excitement of the Rurouni Kenshin drama.

Su Yan's fight scenes made him handsome.

Then, the raging fire of jealousy was rising in his heart.

And the more he thought about it, the more he felt uneasy.

Kenshin premiered for two days, and the paid views for the first episode exceeded 410,000.

But when Seikaze premiered, he remembered that the paid views for the first two days were only 430,000!

Moreover, Rurouni Kenshin's opening score was 9.2, which was a lot higher than Seikaze's 8.0.

What a joke?

The others in the scriptwriting department were watching the fun, but Kiyota Sanji had already sensed something was wrong.

First of all, the TV station gave the Seikaze crew an investment of over 10 million yuan, and also gave a lot of publicity resources. From the director to the producer to the crew, they were all people who had achieved results in the industry.

Originally, Seikaze's current results are quite good. It is the first of the four major platform web dramas this season. The four episodes that have been broadcast have already exceeded 2 million average views per episode, and it is still rising.

It is estimated that after the entire work is completed, the average episode views will exceed 3 million.

The total views of the entire series are also likely to exceed 40 million.

Calculated in this way, the total revenue from online paid views alone is more than 40 million yuan, and the profit shared with the Sakura TV Station production department, the producer, will exceed 20 million yuan.

There is nothing to fault, Seikaze has indeed achieved results.

But the premise is that among the web dramas produced by the station this season, only "Seikaze" can have this kind of result.

Only Seikaze can have good results, so that Kiyota Sanji, who is serving as the main screenwriter for the first time, can appear in the eyes of the TV station's senior management as a genius screenwriter.

If after the end of this season, Seikaze's results are actually at the same level as Rurouni Kenshin, wouldn't that be a joke?

All the limelight will be stolen by Su Yan.

The eyes of the station's senior management will turn to Su Yan instead of him.

Thinking of this, Kiyota Sanji felt a blockage in his chest, but there was nothing he could do. Now he could only comfort himself.

"Rurouni Kenshin's premiere results for the first episode are okay, but if the subsequent episodes are not well-produced, they will definitely be beaten back to their original form."

In the past, Kiyota Sanji only thought Su Yan was annoying.

But now, it has reached the point of disgust.

This is no longer a matter of whether he and Su Yan see each other's eyes, but involves interests and future development.

Any industry needs competition.

The convenience enjoyed by people with connections can only be within a certain range. His uncle is only the deputy director of the production department, not the director, let alone the TV station director and a group of TV station shareholders.

The greatest opportunities and resources will only be reserved for the best performers.

And in the station this year, he and Su Yan are the only new screenwriters who have been officially hired.