Depressive Screenwriter

Akasaka Yoshitoki, Kosekita Aya, Ume Bi Hong, and Yu Delan's group all looked at him.

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“I believe that both scripts should be approved for production.”

“However…”

Everyone knew that the main point would come after the turning point.

“The station's funds for this quarter are not very abundant, so it cannot support the production of two B-level dramas. Therefore… each of the two works will be given a production budget of 15 million, and they will be approved for production according to the standards of a C-level drama,” said Yoshizaki Shigeo.

Akasaka Yoshitoki closed his eyes and clenched his fist.

Kosekita Aya, Ume Bi Hong, and Yu Delan all looked delighted.

Akasaka Yoshitoki had previously felt that, based on Kiyota Sanji's success with Kiyokaze, he had a sure chance.

He had calculated the station's budget and was prepared to fight for B-level drama approval for Kiyota Sanji's “new work,” *Night Sakura*.

In other words, if there was no *Ancient Love Song*, the 27 million investment for *Night Sakura*, the treatment of a B-level drama, would have been 90% certain.

But now, the 27 million investment has become 15 million.

The B-level drama has been downgraded to a C-level drama.

My money, all my money! It was snatched away by those three little bitches and given to their subordinates.

Akasaka Yoshitoki was about to explode with anger.

But what could he do?

Logically, if *Night Sakura* was to be approved, then *Ancient Love Song* had to be approved first.

He could now drag Kosekita Aya and the other two to self-destruct, simply not consider his nephew Kiyota Sanji, and directly propose that both *Night Sakura* and *Ancient Love Song* be thrown into the trash and not approved, stirring up trouble so that no one would have a good time.

But his reason would not allow him to do so. Harming the enemy by a thousand while losing ten thousand oneself, isn't that foolish?

As for Kosekita Aya and the others, they had not expected *Ancient Love Song* to win the approval treatment of a B-level drama.

In addition, Akasaka Yoshitoki would definitely be disgusting.

Your purpose is to strive for C-level drama treatment, so write the plan according to B-level drama standards, giving the higher-ups room to bargain.

But now, the director is happily cutting, with precise knife skills.

In particular, the current approval funding for *Ancient Love Song* was almost entirely snatched from *Night Sakura*.

Last quarter, *Kiyokaze* snatched 1.2 million in budget from *Rurouni Kenshin*.

Now it's all been returned, all to *Ancient Love Song*.

*Night Sakura*'s 27 million was cut to 15 million, a loss of 12 million in investment.

Exactly ten times to make it a round number.

“But I have a suggestion…” Akasaka Yoshitoki took a deep breath and said.

“The station has a broadcast slot open on Saturday at 10 PM next quarter. I hope to give this slot to *Night Sakura*.”

Saturday at 10 PM is considered a sub-prime time for broadcasting.

This time slot is only qualified for B-level dramas to be released.

In other words, Akasaka Yoshitoki wants to fight for C-level drama investment for *Night Sakura*, but B-level drama publicity resources.

“Okay,” Yoshizaki Shigeo nodded.

“And…” Akasaka Yoshitoki raised his eyes to look at Kosekita Aya and the others.

“Hasn’t the station always wanted to develop the Sunday ‘Midnight Slot’? After all, China Central Television and Shanghai Television have had several successful works broadcast in the Sunday midnight slot in the past two years.”

“Since Director Kosekita Aya, you think that this young screenwriter named Su Yan is a promising talent, then let his *Ancient Love Song* be broadcast at this time, and strive to make a name for the station’s Sunday midnight slot.”

The Saturday 10 PM broadcast slot is a sub-prime time slot. There will definitely be more people watching dramas on the weekend, and 10 PM is not too late.

But the Sunday midnight slot… is after 12 o'clock.

Who doesn't have to go to work or school the next day and is still watching dramas at 12:00 midnight?

This is directly a salted fish slot.

It sounds so nice, but it's actually expressing dissatisfaction.

Yoshizaki Shigeo looked at Akasaka Yoshitoki for a few seconds, thought for two seconds, and then said.

“Okay.”

Kosekita Aya and the others were about to say something, but Yoshizaki Shigeo waved his hand at them and shook his head.

The three first shut up, and after thinking carefully, they understood the director's meaning.

The director didn't want them to argue about this kind of thing anymore. The TV station's drama broadcast slots for each quarter are fixed. If it's not Ancient Love Song, it will be other C-level dramas broadcasting in this slot.

In that case, why can't it be Ancient Love Song?

Giving Su Yan's Ancient Love Song an opportunity, but also giving this work a very ordinary broadcast slot.

The carrot and the stick go together.

If Su Yan is really a talent, he will always achieve brilliant results.

Kosekita Aya sighed.

The opportunity was given to Su Yan.

Even if it's a bad time slot, if his work really has the strength, it can naturally be like those dramas broadcast at the same time on China Central Television and Shanghai Television's Sunday midnight slots.

Occasionally, a successful one can achieve a 2% viewership rating.

Even last year, there was a drama that broke the television industry's ten-year viewership record for the Sunday midnight slot, with a viewership rating of over 3%.

If there is no strength, like most of the dramas broadcast by the station at this time in the past, it will be mediocre with a viewership rating of about 1%, or even 0.6%, then you can't blame others.

Kosekita Aya and the other two exchanged glances and discussed, and finally nodded.

In the afternoon, the news that Ancient Love Song and Night Sakura had been approved for production spread throughout the scriptwriting and production departments.

Su Yan and Kiyota Sanji, as the main screenwriters who took office in the summer quarter and created their first online drama...

They were unexpectedly appreciated by the station in the autumn quarter, and their new scripts were directly approved.

And it's no longer an online drama.

But a genuine drama that can be broadcast on television.

What kind of winner's life start is this?

Moreover, the relationship between the two is obviously not good, and they are competing again in the new quarter.

Obviously there is fun to watch.

Real genius vs. well-connected person, it's exciting to think about.

This kind of thing is too topical.

When Shinozaki Ikumi learned that *Ancient Love Song* could really be broadcast on Sakura TV, she first did a set of radio exercises in the office to calm her mood.

Then, after learning that because of Akasaka Yoshitoki, *Ancient Love Song* didn't even get a normal time slot like 10 PM on a weekday night, but was assigned to the salted fish slot of 12 PM on Sunday night.

The radio exercises directly turned into military boxing, while punching and cursing Akasaka Yoshitoki for being inhuman.

But after calming down, analyzing that because Su Yan and *Ancient Love Song* disrupted the situation, turning *Night Sakura*'s B-level drama and 27 million investment into 15 million, and all the cut 12 million funds were in *Ancient Love Song*...

The bad breath that *Rurouni Kenshin* was caused last quarter was completely vented.

“There are gains and losses, don't be too greedy.” Shinozaki Ikumi looked at the mirror in the office.

Inside, a beauty with black hair, dark and clear pupils, and snow-white skin gently revealed a shallow smile.

“Su Yan is indeed a creative genius, this difficulty is probably, should, perhaps not be able to stop him. As long as I hug his thigh and create some successful works, one day I will be able to climb up, and then confront that dead Akasaka Yoshitoki head-on.”

In the office, Su Yan, who was still writing some interlude scores for *Ancient Love Song*, also received a call from Shinozaki Ikumi.

“I see, I understand…”

After figuring out all the details, Su Yan thought for a while and chuckled.

“An investment of 15 million is at least four times more than the 4 million investment in Ancient Love Song in my previous life, which is already a victory. As for the salted fish slot…”

*Ancient Love Song* in Su Yan's previous life only had a total investment of 4 million, so what kind of publicity resources could there be?

In his previous life, it was an ancient costume drama broadcast on Bilibili, a gathering place for anime people.

Can the salted fish slot environment of Sakura TV be worse than that?

But *Ancient Love Song* in Su Yan's previous life won more than 200 million views from paying members and a high score of 9.9 from tens or hundreds of thousands of people.

In this world…

Su Yan didn't think that difficulties such as the salted fish slot could stop this drama from becoming famous.

Su Yan whispered.

“We'll see.”

Thanks to Moonlight Requiem, Electromagnetic Fireworks, and Light Music for the rewards.

Thank you for the boss's reward.

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(After reading the comments, many book friends complained about why the protagonist hasn't run away yet, and why this villain is staring at the protagonist.

Let me explain a little more, because the protagonist is not Akasaka Yoshitoki's person, his achievements are the achievements of Akasaka Yoshitoki's opponent, and cannot be counted on Akasaka Yoshitoki.

I originally thought that writing about workplace struggles might make the daily life part more interesting, but if everyone is unhappy, then I will write less about these later.)