Depressive Screenwriter

"It's here."

"The long-awaited pure love television drama from the old thief, after two years."

"A purely romantic work, the last one should be Tokyo Love Story!"

"Don't mention Tokyo Love Story, I'm still heartbroken."

"Who would have thought that Gu Qingyuan, who played Rimi in Tokyo Love Story and was heavily criticized by everyone, would now be playing the female lead in From Me to You?"

"It's just that we had opinions about Rimi, not about Gu Qingyuan. For the past five or six years, we've always targeted the characters, not the actors, except for the old thief."

"A campus youth romance drama... brings back memories, but the pinnacle of this genre is Your Lie in April, right? If the old thief can't surpass April, he might as well just do a fantasy drama."

"How do you know he can't surpass April?"

"Although there's no reason, I just feel it's impossible to surpass April. That drama is number one in my heart, and all the old thief's works after April haven't reached that height."

Starting at 7 p.m., Sakura TV's ratings climbed at a terrifying rate.

Since Ayaka Sekita took office as the head of the production department at Sakura TV, Su Yan, including From Me to You, has given all three of his consecutive dramas to Sakura TV for broadcast.

Even though people from Shanghai and China Central Television came to negotiate, hoping to buy the broadcasting rights at a higher price, Su Yan didn't agree.

Back then, with Ayaka Sekita's support, she secured the filming funds for Su Yan's three dramas during his rookie period, so now that she's the head of the production department, as long as the conditions aren't too harsh, Su Yan has also continuously sold the TV broadcasting rights of his three dramas to Sakura TV, considering it as helping her boost her performance.

The end result is that Yoshito Akasaka didn't achieve any results in his two years as the head of the production department, while Ayaka Sekita won the annual ratings champion twice in two years, and the contrast is obvious.

But that's only limited to these three works. After From Me to You, this kind of preferential treatment is gone. When the three major TV stations want to compete for the broadcasting rights, it will be a matter of whoever offers the highest price.

Su Yan is, after all, a businessman. He can repay favors, but he can't repay them for a lifetime.

Ayaka Sekita understands this, and so do the major TV stations in China.

As the broadcast approached, Lin Youyou shifted her attention from online forums and fan groups to the TV.

The commercials before the premiere of From Me to You were ridiculously short, basically not exceeding ten seconds, and most of them ended after briefly introducing the product.

Even so, the commercial effect was exaggerated, and a group of companies from China wanted to bid at a special bidding conference held by Sakura TV.

There's a group of companies in China that specifically keep an eye on Su Yan's dramas and bid for commercial slots around the time of the premiere.

Lin Youyou watched for a few minutes, and her head was spinning.

But when it was eight o'clock, the TV screen paused, and a dark, somewhat eerie toilet scene appeared.

【This is bad! I heard that if you make eye contact for more than three seconds, misfortune will befall you!】

In the toilet, a female student, whose voice clearly indicated she was an extra, whispered to her companion at the sink.

【Yeah, yeah! It's scary, so scary. I heard that Yuka got sick after making eye contact with her.】

"That must be true then."

The two said with somewhat sinister expressions.

Lin Youyou's curiosity arose.

【Um...】

Just as the two were about to leave after washing their hands, a somewhat effeminate voice sounded behind them.

Behind them, a beautiful woman with black hair hanging down, a smile on her face, and her eyes staring straight at the two said.

Beautiful as she was, combined with the black and white filter in the drama and the lighting effect around her that seemed to be dimming.

The atmosphere of horror was at its peak.

The two girls took a few steps back, and then their expressions revealed panic...

Lin Youyou immediately understood who they were talking about.

Because she had seen the trailer, she knew that the female lead of this drama, Sawako Kuronuma, was nicknamed Sadako because of a joke in elementary school where her classmates misread her name as Sadako Kuronuma. Since then, Sadako became her nickname.

And because Sadako became her nickname, by the time she reached middle school, everyone really thought she could communicate with spirits and that being with her would lead to misfortune.

However, the classmates in middle school were only half-convinced.

Unfortunately, the female lead, Sawako Kuronuma, was a little too naive and had a relatively introverted personality. In addition, the rumors became more and more exaggerated after she entered high school, and she herself had been isolated for a long time, which made her smile and speak with too much emotion, making her seem awkward. With everyone's preconceived notion of her as Sadako, she gave off a terrifying vibe.

The rumors had evolved to the point where talking to her would cause illness and bad luck, and being haunted by ghosts.

The story begins by introducing why the female lead, Sawako Kuronuma, is isolated at school...

Just this beginning made Lin Youyou want to cry.

Because she had been bullied in elementary and middle school, she knew deeply how much psychological trauma those who spread rumors could cause to the person involved.

However, the female lead of this work, Sawako Kuronuma, although a little disappointed that others were afraid of her, was able to regulate her emotions because she was too naive.

She would just deliberately keep her distance from others.

Since others were afraid that being too close to her would lead to bad luck, although she knew it was nonsense, she wouldn't take the initiative to approach others in order to avoid causing panic.

Moreover, she would feel that she had failed others' expectations because she couldn't summon ghosts or see monsters, which led to misunderstandings.

Lin Youyou felt really uncomfortable after reading her background introduction.

Longing to have friends, but afraid of causing trouble to others, she just silently reduced her presence at school.

It was precisely because she was the most unpopular person at school.

That Sawako Kuronuma paid special attention to the most popular person at school, Shota Kazehaya.

"Emmm, this beginning."

Lin Youyou's eyes were questioning.

How come, it really feels like a youth campus romance drama.

The female lead really can't see ghosts?

Doesn't that completely debunk the topic that fans were hotly discussing before the drama's premiere, that this drama is a ghost-catching fantasy battle genre drama?

Lin Youyou continued to watch.

Shota Kazehaya and Sawako Kuronuma are classmates.

And the two had an encounter before entering high school.

At the intersection under the cherry blossoms, the boy asked Sawako Kuronuma, a fellow student wearing the same school uniform, for directions.

And Sawako Kuronuma at the time politely gave the boy directions.

【Thank you!】The boy said to the girl with a smile.

For the first time in her life, someone thanked her with a smile instead of leaving in fear.

Although she knew it was a drama, and knew that the female lead could really withstand the malice of those around her.

But this "for the first time in her life, someone thanked her with a smile" made Lin Youyou unable to hold back.

Too miserable, right?

Can a student's elementary school, middle school, and high school life be so miserable in the Sakura Island region just because of some rumors?

The previous memories were from the time of enrollment, and the next plot was that the class would hold a class activity at the end of the semester, and the whole class would participate in the evening and hold a test of courage activity near the school.

However, holding these activities required someone to take on some miscellaneous tasks, so the unpopular Sawako Kuronuma was recommended by the class to be responsible for these tasks.

And the male lead, Shota Kazehaya, angrily accused the others in the class of always doing this, pushing things they didn't want to do to others, especially to Sawako Kuronuma.

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Lin Youyou saw something was wrong.

This male lead, could it be that he likes the female lead?

Of course, in a romance drama, there must be a plot where the male and female leads like each other, but it can't be in the very beginning of the first episode, right?

If that's really the case, wouldn't that mean they'll confess in the second episode and get married in the third episode?