Depressive Screenwriter

For Su Yan, although the awards ceremony was tonight, he didn't show much anxiety on his face even today.

Everyone in the Xia Country television industry could guess that he had a sixty to seventy percent chance of winning the Best New Screenwriter Award.

Because in the past year, none of the new screenwriters in Xia Country had particularly outstanding achievements.

If we had to say, besides Su Yan, Kiyota Sanji was the second best performer of the year.

But everyone understood the results: "Breeze vs. Rurouni Kenshin", "Night Cherry vs. Ballad of Gu Xiang" both ended in disastrous defeats.

If the Xia Flame Awards Committee were to give the Best Screenwriter Award to Kiyota Sanji or someone else, the backlash would probably be huge.

As for Best New Actor, Best New TV Music Award, etc., there would be competition.

However, Su Yan's main job is screenwriting, and his side job is acting, music creation, or other things, so he is quite indifferent about whether he can ultimately win those two awards.

First, get the Best New Screenwriter Award, and then aim directly for the Annual Best Screenwriter Award, become a legend in the Xia Country film and television industry, start a company, make big money, accumulate emotional value, shoot all the works he wants to shoot, and bring love and happiness to the people of Xia Country.

This is Su Yan's plan for his life in the next few years.

But Gu Qingyuan and Shinozaki Ikumi are obviously different.

Gu Qingyuan is usually quite aloof, but it doesn't mean that she is indifferent to everything. She is willing to study acting and engage in this industry because she likes acting.

Moreover, her parents and all her relatives are waiting in her hometown tonight, ready to watch her win the final award tonight, which puts a lot of pressure on Gu Qingyuan.

And Shinozaki Ikumi has been very anxious since the afternoon.

Her mother is a producer, and she can be considered to be following in her mother's footsteps, so how could she be indifferent to this most important award in her early career?

Of course, in terms of results, the "Ballad of Gu Xiang" she produced last year was definitely the best among all the new producers.

The drama produced by her second-ranked competitor had a peak rating of only fourteenth in the season.

But the problem is that her "Sakura Island Love Song" in the first half of last year also had terrible results. What she is worried about now is that the organizing committee will consider the terrible results of "Sakura Island Love Song" and directly award the prize to the second-place competitor.

That would simply be a nightmare she would never want to remember.

She would be angry for the rest of her life!

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the three of them, who happened to be in the crew's dressing room, had finished their looks for the evening's appearance.

Shinozaki Ikumi wore a red dress, revealing her slender legs, with skin as white as snow, and wavy black hair draped over her shoulders, making her look beautiful and alluring.

Gu Qingyuan wore a black礼裙, with not much makeup on her face, exuding a faint, aloof temperament, just like Tomoe Yukishiro in black.

As for Su Yan, he also dressed up a bit, as is customary.

After all, he has been busy writing scripts and other tedious things, and has basically not appeared in public. Hundreds of thousands of his drama fans in Xia Country are waiting to see his performance tonight, so he can't be too careless.

The three looked at each other outside the dressing room, and everyone's eyes flashed with a hint of recognition.

This is the recognition between high-value people, and also between appearance-obsessed people.

They took the crew's car to the center of Shanghai, and as soon as they got out of the car at the scheduled time and place, they were immediately surrounded by reporters taking pictures.

The dense flashing lights dazzled Su Yan's eyes.

Especially since the reporters always asked some tricky questions.

"Excuse me, Teacher Su Yan, what do you have to say about the fact that the online reviews of 'To the Moon' three weeks after its premiere are not as good as expected, and the score of 'Ballad of Gu Xiang' you created is 9.4, the score of 'Rurouni Kenshin' is 9.6, while 'To the Moon' is only 8.3? Many film critics say that you don't even have three tricks up your sleeve, and that you're already running out of talent in your third work. What's your explanation for this?"

"Let the bullets fly for a few more weeks, and the results of 'To the Moon' will answer everything," Su Yan said.

Su Yan was not used to reporter interviews, but he deliberately slowed down his pace on the way to the awards ceremony.

How could he miss the opportunity for free publicity for his work?

"Excuse me, Teacher Su Yan, there are rumors online that you were treated unfairly by Sakura TV and are preparing to leave Sakura TV. Is this true?"

"Hahaha, how can you believe everything on the internet? They're all some half-true and half-false rumors," Su Yan said with a wave of his hand and a smile.

So it's half-true and half-false, not completely false?

When the surrounding reporters heard Su Yan's words, they understood that this young screenwriter was not tight-lipped. Wouldn't saying that give everyone unlimited imagination?

What's true and what's false about you being treated unfairly and wanting to leave Sakura TV?

Shinozaki Ikumi's expression changed, and she quietly tugged at Su Yan's arm.

Su Yan responded with a smile. Shinozaki Ikumi immediately understood Su Yan's meaning.

Anyway, you've already offended Akasaka Yoshitoki in the TV station, what are you afraid of? Will speaking for him erase the grudges?

As long as you don't give a positive answer and don't cause any definite damage to the TV station's reputation, the TV station won't have any punishment for this ambiguous answer. On the contrary, Akasaka Yoshitoki, the suppressor of online rumors, will be scolded even more by netizens online.

After the reporters asked Su Yan a few more questions, their attention turned to Shinozaki Ikumi.

But the first question they asked her made her face turn dark.

"Excuse me, Producer Shinozaki, what do you think about the online rumors that you're just lucky and found a genius screenwriter to latch onto? If you hadn't met screenwriter Su Yan, would 'Sakura Island Love Song' be the swan song of your career as a producer?"

"No comment," Shinozaki Ikumi said with a dark face, and immediately took the lead, leading Su Yan and Gu Qingyuan into the venue.

"It's infuriating, can these people talk, can they talk? What latching on? It's just two like-minded people working together," Shinozaki Ikumi cursed as she walked.

Su Yan didn't want to interrupt this topic.

However, Gu Qingyuan, who had a good relationship with Shinozaki Ikumi, spoke very bluntly.

"Don't worry about the opinions of these reporters. If I hadn't participated in Teacher Su Yan's drama, I should be growing grapes in my hometown now. In terms of results, I'm just lucky. But throughout history, how many successful people are unlucky? Everyone is favored by luck. Don't attribute your achievements only to luck. Luck is strength."

Shinozaki Ikumi rolled her eyes at Gu Qingyuan.

The way you say that doesn't sound like you're comforting me, but like you're advising me to accept the fact that I'm latching on and then enjoy the fate of latching on?

Gu Qingyuan, I didn't expect you to be such a salted fish.

But Gu Qingyuan's always somewhat dull personality made it impossible for Shinozaki Ikumi to get angry when she said these words.

Looking at Su Yan, who was smiling silently beside her, she sighed in her heart.

Although I know my own situation, can you reporters say that in front of the person involved? Isn't that embarrassing for everyone?

After arriving at the venue and sitting down in the reserved seats, the three of Su Yan looked a little excited.

Probably more than half of the male and female stars and directors who have become famous in the Xia Country film and television industry in the past ten or twenty years are at this venue.

Some are nominees, some are special guests.

Among them, there are many directors and investors and producers of film and television companies who give Su Yan their business cards.

Even if Su Yan is with Sakura TV, he can still sell scripts to them.

Of course, the premise is that Su Yan's 'To the Moon' also achieves good results, proving that he is not a flash-in-the-pan genius.

But not long after, a group of people also sat down in a flurry on the seats next to the seats of Su Yan and the other two.

The leader was a tall, stern-looking middle-aged man.

And next to him were Su Yan's old friend, Kiyota Sanji, and of course, several producers from Sakura TV's production department.

Akasaka Yoshitoki then turned his head, met Su Yan's eyes, and then smiled slightly.

At this time, Su Yan, who is in Sakura TV's screenwriting department, and Shinozaki Ikumi, who is an employee of the production department, should at least step forward and greet Akasaka Yoshitoki, the acting director of the production department.

After all, with Yoshizaki Shigeharu on vacation, Akasaka Yoshitoki is now in charge of the production department's affairs.

But whether it was Shinozaki Ikumi or Su Yan, they simply tilted their heads, pretending not to see him, and didn't move for a long time.

Akasaka Yoshitoki's breathing became heavier, and he clenched his fists.

Soon, the awards ceremony began.

The TV station broadcasted the entire ceremony live.

Many of Su Yan's fans also saw Su Yan, Shinozaki Ikumi, and the other two sitting under the stage through the TV camera lens, and also spoke on the internet one after another.

As for the awards ceremony process...

At least Su Yan found it very boring.

Anyway, it was just the final winners going on stage to receive their awards and then giving their acceptance speeches, thanking their parents, thanking the director, thanking their significant others, etc.

It was all the same, and some even cried on the spot.

And half an hour after the opening, the Best New Actress award was revealed.

After the host read out Gu Qingyuan word by word, the Kenshin fans and Ballad of Gu Xiang fans on the internet collectively boiled.

Next was the Best New Screenwriter Award...

"Su Yan!"

Su Yan got up, walked past the seats of the people in the aisle, past the unwilling Kiyota Sanji, and also past Akasaka Yoshitoki, who was looking at him with a cold expression.

"Many people can come to this venue by luck, but those who rely on luck often don't have the chance to be invited to this awards ceremony for the second time in their lives!"

Akasaka Yoshitoki then spoke softly in a voice that Su Yan could hear.

This was, in a way, the first time he and Su Yan had met and spoken face-to-face.

And the meaning was also very clear.

Hearing this, Su Yan did not stop walking and went on stage.

After taking a small trophy from the host's hand and exchanging a few words with the host, the host asked.

"Screenwriter Su Yan, you won the Best New Screenwriter Award at a young age. What are your future career plans and goals?"

Hearing this, Su Yan's eyes changed, and he said into the microphone, looking at the audience with a smile.

"Before I came on stage, someone said that I was nominated for the Best New Screenwriter Award by luck, and that I wouldn't be able to come to this awards ceremony again in my life."

Su Yan looked at the stage, at the camera lens aimed at his face, and this scene was broadcasted in high definition by the TV station.

"But the thing I like to do most in my life is to say 'no' to those who are self-righteous!"

"So, I will be coming to the Xia Flame Awards next year!" Su Yan said with a smile, raising the index finger of his right hand.

After Su Yan finished speaking, a group of colleagues in the film and television industry under the stage only thought it was youthful spirit, and didn't think there was anything arrogant about Su Yan's words.

The fans who were watching Su Yan speak in front of the TV naturally thought it was a matter of course.

Colleagues and haters who were jealous of Su Yan were already imagining how to write articles criticizing this so-called genius.

Only Akasaka Yoshitoki's expression was livid. He really didn't expect that Su Yan would respond to his words like that, without enduring even a bit of anger.

The thing I like to do most in my life is to say 'no' to those who are self-righteous?

How arrogant?

Aren't you the one who is self-righteous?

Beside Akasaka Yoshitoki, several producers who had also heard Akasaka Yoshitoki's words to Su Yan were actually slandering in their hearts, and were somewhat happy.

This young screenwriter is really daring!

But seeing their boss being slapped in the face, they were actually secretly laughing.

Gu Qingyuan and Shinozaki Ikumi laughed directly.

Two hours later, the Xia Flame Awards ceremony ended.

Best New Screenwriter Award.

Best New Producer Award.

Best New Actress Award.

Su Yan, Shinozaki Ikumi, and Gu Qingyuan had a total of five nominations, but in the end they only won one award each.

However, the satisfied Shinozaki Ikumi treated, and the three of them had a rare drink together that night.

The next day, everyone cheered up.

Winning the award is a thing of the past. What is important now is the filming of 'To the Moon'.

Soon, Saturday night, the time for the premiere of the fourth episode of 'To the Moon' arrived.