Depressive Screenwriter

Starting on Tuesday, Sakura TV officially began promoting the finale of both 'Gilded' and 'Ancient Love Song'.

For the 'Gilded' production team, they clearly felt the immense pressure from 'Ancient Love Song,' which had secured the station's largest investment and top-tier promotional resources this season.

Since its premiere, it hadn't even broken 4% in viewership for a single episode, directly causing Sakura TV to lag behind its two old rivals, which was already embarrassing.

If 'Ancient Love Song' were to surpass it in viewership, ha, the value of several key members of the 'Gilded' production team in the eyes of the station's executives would plummet.

But for the television station, the situation was different. The better 'Ancient Love Song' performed, the more it would enhance the station's reputation, wouldn't it?

The viewership for 'Gilded' had been stagnant so far, and the thirteenth episode was also unlikely to break the 4% viewership threshold.

Rather than that, it would be better to give more support to 'Ancient Love Song' and see if its viewership could break 4%.

Of course, Ogota Aya played a significant role in these behind-the-scenes maneuvers at the station.

'Gilded' wasn't a drama produced by a producer under her command.

It didn't even belong to the faction of Production Department Director Yoshizaki Shigeo.

The producer of this drama, Matsumoto Jun, was still a direct subordinate of Akasaka Yoshitoki.

The success or failure of the drama was directly linked to Akasaka Yoshitoki's performance.

In that case, Ogota Aya naturally wouldn't hold back.

In the evening, Akasaka Yoshitoki was at home, watching Sakura TV.

During the golden hour of prime time, they were broadcasting a commercial co-produced by the two lead actors of 'Gilded' and a sports equipment manufacturer, and they were also announcing the finale date for 'Gilded'.

Next up would be the promotional commercial for the finale of 'Ancient Love Song'.

Akasaka Yoshitoki's anger flared up immediately, and he turned off the TV.

The situation was completely out of his control.

Akasaka Yoshitoki would never have imagined that a drama with an initial viewership ranking in the twenties could achieve this kind of result by its finale.

"Husband, that child Kiyota Sanji called this afternoon to inquire about whether the television station will be..."

The moment his wife mentioned Kiyota Sanji, Akasaka Yoshitoki became furious.

"Tell him to forget about it and hone his skills for a year or two. The television station will absolutely not shift its resource focus to him now."

"If he hadn't messed around with that drama 'Qingfeng,' how would Ogota Aya and Su Yan's group have had this opportunity? Without him, Su Yan's 'Ancient Love Song' would still be struggling in the online drama market. How could it have affected the status of 'Gilded'?"

The more Akasaka Yoshitoki spoke, the angrier he became. He slammed the water glass on the table, and his wife took a few steps back in fear.

Thinking back to the arrogance of that kid when he invited Su Yan to meet, and then thinking about the success Su Yan's 'Ancient Love Song' had achieved, Akasaka Yoshitoki was truly enraged.

He wondered how many colleagues were waiting to see him make a fool of himself.

On Wednesday, the promotion for 'To the Moon' officially began.

Because the first three days of January were New Year's Day and also a weekend, the whole country would be on holiday. In addition, major television stations would be organizing New Year's galas, so the official premiere date for a number of winter dramas would be the second week of January.

However, 'To the Moon' was confirmed to air on Sakura TV on Saturday nights at nine o'clock, so its premiere promotion would naturally not be neglected.

The 25 million investment was only the production cost. In fact, the value of the advertisements that Sakura TV was running for 'To the Moon' during a good viewing time slot was also considerable.

Under these circumstances, it wouldn't even take two days for the entire fan base of 'Ancient Love Song' and 'Rurouni Kenshin,' as well as industry colleagues, to know this news.

B-level drama, 25 million investment.

Moreover, Takezawa Kayano, a once-popular actress from fifteen years ago, and Oka Shunrin, a popular actor from the same era, would co-star in this drama.

These two had already retired from acting for ten years and were a married couple. They had been very close to Shinazaki Ikumi's mother back then, and they were giving a guest performance out of consideration for Shinazaki Ikumi's mother, playing the elderly Xu Han and the elderly Xiao Xi in this drama.

On Thursday, this news directly topped the hot search charts on the four major online video websites, reaching the top ten.

This couple was definitely a memory in the hearts of the previous generation of drama fans. They had already achieved financial freedom and stopped filming a long time ago, so being invited out by Shinazaki Ikumi's mother this time was considered an exception.

Moreover, the actors for the young Xu Han and young Xiao Xi were also chosen from two second-tier stars who were quite famous a few years ago but had seen their popularity decline in recent years.

In addition, the actors for the childhood Xu Han and childhood Xiao Xi were directly chosen from two popular child stars in Xia Country.

Su Yan and Gu Qingyuan, as the hot actors and stars of this season, once again made a guest appearance in this work.

This drama didn't have too many grand scenes and relied entirely on the actors' acting skills to support the plot, so Shinazaki Ikumi didn't need to worry too much about the use of the investment budget and tried to spend it on inviting powerful movie stars as much as possible.

For a time, the cast of 'To the Moon' became a hot topic in the television drama market.

The sealed memories of a group of middle-aged and elderly drama fans surfaced, and with these people, along with the fans of 'Ancient Love Song' and 'Rurouni Kenshin,' jointly promoting it, the current popularity of 'To the Moon' was not much worse than the four A-level dramas that the three major television stations were preparing to launch next season.

The internet was even more abuzz with discussion.

"'Ancient Love Song' is only a few days away from its finale, and a new drama 'To the Moon' has already been launched?"

"How prolific is Su Yan?"

"What kind of story does this drama title tell?"

"Don't panic, it's estimated that the promotional commercial video and actor stills for 'To the Moon' will definitely be released in less than two weeks."

"It's another drama starring Su Yan and Gu Qingyuan, will it be another tragic story?"

"It seems not, it's said that the two are not the main characters in this drama, but important supporting roles."

"The main characters are said to be a couple played by Oka Shunrin and Takezawa Kayano."

"Hahaha, these two are a couple in real life, and they're playing a couple in the drama? Isn't this like filming a drama like going home."

"Anyway, my dad isn't interested in ancient costume dramas like 'Ancient Love Song,' but he immediately got excited after hearing that Takezawa Kayano was participating in a new drama. Takezawa Kayano is the white moonlight of my dad's generation!"

"Oka Shunrin was also the little prince of my mother's generation of drama fans. It's a pity that these two got married and retired in their forties, what a pity."

"They're too old to compete with the young fresh meat and flower actors, why bother not retiring? But it's also good to occasionally come back to film a drama for a few years."

In the 'To the Moon' production team, Oka Shunrin, wearing a patient's gown and various fake medical electrode stickers, smiled.

"Teacher Su Yan, this drama is really interesting. I actually played a dying old man right from the start. But what will the subsequent script be like? I'm very curious, why does Xiao Xi keep folding paper rabbits and asking Xu Han those strange questions? What is the meaning of the lighthouse to her?"

Su Yan smiled upon hearing this.

"Teacher Oka, you don't need to ask. The answer to this puzzle will naturally be revealed when you get to the end of filming, and I can responsibly tell you that the ending will definitely touch and satisfy you."

Su Yan turned his head to Takezawa Kayano, who, although quite old, still showed signs of her former beauty.

After all, she was a generation of television drama goddess, and she definitely took care of herself. After putting on makeup and appearing on camera, she was also a great beauty.

"Ms. Takezawa, in the coming period, please give me and Gu Qingyuan a lot of guidance in acting."

"Teacher Su Yan, you're too kind."

Takezawa Kayano smiled, then she looked at Shinazaki Ikumi, a hint of nostalgia flashing in her eyes.

"You've grown so much. Actually, when you were born, I even held you in your mother's arms."

"Aunt Takezawa..." Shinazaki Ikumi's expression immediately became stunned, and she quickly changed the subject.

On Saturday, the thirteenth episode of 'Gilded,' the finale, was successfully broadcast.

But the finale was, after all, mediocre in plot, and the next day's viewership was only 3.91, a decrease from the previous week.

This result made Akasaka Yoshitoki's heart sink.

After the thirteenth episode of 'The Lone Doctor' aired in the evening,

A large number of viewers gathered at Sakura TV.

Anticipating the premiere of 'Ancient Love Song's' finale after midnight.

I will post the subsequent chapters in the afternoon and evening.

The notice was too sudden. I was notified at 10:30 p.m. that it would be available at 12:00 a.m.

If I had been notified last night, I could have stayed up late to write more.

I'm sorry.