Depressive Screenwriter

"Huh?" Shinozaki Ikumi's expression froze. She thought she had misheard.

"What are you saying?"

"I'm leaving Sakura TV."

"Why? What are you talking about? Even if Akasaka Yoshitoki is out of his mind, he wouldn't force you out too, right?" Shinozaki Ikumi asked in disbelief.

Her brain was working frantically.

"Oh, that guy Akasaka Yoshitoki? His assistant approached me yesterday and told me to wait for him at 7 PM tonight in a private room at a hotel called 'Yan Shen Me Hai'."

"But I was so engrossed in reading the newspaper in the office this afternoon that I forgot all about it. Look, it's already 7 PM. I guess he'll definitely hold a grudge and fire me. That's why I immediately came to discuss my plans after leaving Sakura TV with you," Su Yan said jokingly.

But seeing Shinozaki Ikumi's increasingly red eyes, he quickly stopped.

If he really made her cry, he wouldn't be able to coax her.

"Okay, the truth is I'm planning to start a film and television company, invest myself, film dramas, and make money. Then I need a partner to help me handle a lot of external work. You know, I'm a complete novice when it comes to coordinating a production crew," Su Yan said.

"I've had this idea since last year. I told you before that I would have something important to discuss with you after 'To the Moon' finished airing. That's what I was referring to."

"Why start your own company?" Shinozaki Ikumi asked with some disbelief.

"You can clearly enjoy the treatment of a top screenwriter at Sakura TV. The station will definitely approve your next script as an A-level project. It will be broadcast during prime time and promoted with the highest specifications. Even if Akasaka Yoshitoki doesn't like you, he certainly wouldn't be so narrow-minded. For the sake of profit, he can swallow his anger."

"If you just attend his dinner tonight, he will arrange for the station's top producer to collaborate with you and find the best production team he can find to produce your drama."

"That way, you will be completely famous in the Xia country's screenwriter circle before next year, and maybe you'll even win the annual best screenwriter award."

"That's right, you're right," Su Yan said with a smile.

"When Akasaka Yoshitoki's assistant, Oka Shigenobu, approached me yesterday, he already revealed this information. He even told me that as long as I arrived at the dinner at 7 PM tonight and proactively offered Akasaka Yoshitoki a toast, saying a few words to admit my mistake, all previous grievances between him and me would be cleared up, and he would cultivate me as a confidant. I would have a bright future, and he even thoughtfully prepared a top-notch screenwriter contract for me."

"However..." Su Yan looked at Shinozaki Ikumi.

"Can you really believe what someone like him says? If I really sign it, wouldn't my future life be controlled by him?"

"Also, if I really go and rely on Akasaka Yoshitoki, how can I invite you to dinner as a friend in the future?"

Shinozaki Ikumi was stunned upon hearing this.

"Leave Sakura TV with me and start a film and television company. I'll be the chairman, and you'll be the general manager. I'll give you 5% of the shares," Su Yan said.

"I have about a little over ten million in funds on hand. As the producer of several of my dramas, your salary, bonus, and commission won't be less than mine. You borrow ten million in your personal name to our newly established company, and then we'll raise twenty million to start filming a new drama... After we make money, I'll return your investment to you."

"How about it? Isn't this more interesting than continuing to stay at Sakura TV and transferring to some logistics position?"

"Or, you want to go to another TV station to work. But I remember you said that the real core figures of other TV stations are all cultivated by themselves. Even if you switch jobs, you'll just be an second-class employee and never get the greatest trust and support."

Su Yan almost completely replicated what Shinozaki Ikumi had said to him back then, when she advised him not to listen to the high-level executives of other TV stations and not to switch jobs.

Shinozaki Ikumi's expression was a little dazed for a moment.

After Su Yan learned that Akasaka Yoshitoki had become the head of the production department, he guessed that Shinozaki Ikumi would encounter unfair treatment. Although he felt a little sorry for her, in fact, Su Yan hoped to see such a result.

It would be too difficult for Su Yan to use words to persuade Shinozaki Ikumi to run away, make her disregard her mother's opinions, and disregard the views of several high-level aunties to resign.

But Su Yan had to call Akasaka Yoshitoki's divine assist a good move.

Moreover, Su Yan really didn't have enough funds to shoot the drama "April is Your Lie".

A low budget would inevitably affect the quality and results of the work.

Pulling Shinozaki Ikumi into the car could also allow him to borrow money from her, which would be a win-win situation.

"I..."

Shinozaki Ikumi opened her mouth, unable to speak for a long time.

She looked at the resignation letter she had written halfway on the computer screen, and an idea came to her.

Would leaving Sakura TV, finding a new job, or working as a producer at another TV station prevent this kind of thing from happening again?

Suddenly, something in her heart was broken.

"I... I'll invest ten million. But I want 15% of the company's shares," Shinozaki Ikumi said after thinking for a long time, raising her head.

"Half of your ten million will be considered an investment, and half will be considered a loan. After the company makes money, I'll return five million to you. Your shareholding in the company will increase to 8%," Su Yan said.

"This is my bottom line. There's no room for further negotiation."

Su Yan and Shinozaki Ikumi sat face to face, and the atmosphere was silent for a moment.

"I agree," Shinozaki Ikumi said, nodding after thinking for a long time.

It would be difficult for a normal person to persuade Shinozaki Ikumi to take such a risky move with just a few words.

But Su Yan was an exception. Su Yan's three dramas had earned huge profits for the TV station with very little investment.

As long as Su Yan had two more dramas that could maintain such returns, then even an 8% share dividend might be worth millions.

Of course, if they really left Sakura TV and completely lost Sakura TV's traffic and promotional support, it was unknown whether Su Yan's dramas would be popular. Maybe the ten million invested would be lost completely.

But then again, is there a 100% risk-free investment in this world?

If there was no risk at all, would Su Yan come to her to discuss this kind of thing?

Even Shinozaki Ikumi felt strange that Su Yan was willing to give her 8% of the shares.

"Su Yan, there are so many capable producers in Xia country. The reason why you came to me and offered me such cooperation terms... You wouldn't be..."

Shinozaki Ikumi came back to her senses at this time, asking with a strange expression on her beautiful face.

"Don't misunderstand," Su Yan said quickly.

"No matter who I look for to pull in investment, I have to give up some benefits to others. In that case, why not give it to you?"

"Moreover, my conditions are also very harsh. Invest ten million in me and accept only owning 8% of the company's shares. Besides you, I guess there aren't many people who wholeheartedly believe that I have such high value."

Shinozaki Ikumi thought about it upon hearing this, and she also fell silent.

"However, what I can promise you is..." Su Yan said with a smile.

"I won't ask my good friends to do a losing business with me! This will be the most profitable investment in your life."

Shinozaki Ikumi looked at Su Yan.

"You haven't eaten yet, have you?"

Seeing that they had talked enough, Su Yan stopped the topic at just the right time.

He knew that he and Shinozaki Ikumi had settled this matter.

Unless Akasaka Yoshitoki cancels Shinozaki Ikumi's transfer order tomorrow.

"Let's go, my treat!"

In a private room at a certain hotel.

Akasaka Yoshitoki and his subordinates were three-parts drunk.

Until the dinner party broke up, there was still one person who hadn't come.

Sitting in his car, he instructed the driver to drive home.

Akasaka Yoshitoki's expression became very ugly.

Su Yan's actions...

He really didn't know what was good for him.

Of course, Akasaka Yoshitoki would never remember the afternoon when the viewership ratings of the fifth episode of "To the Moon" declined, when he was planning in his mind how to suppress Su Yan and prevent him from turning over after the viewership ratings of "To the Moon" plummeted.

He would only ever remember that Su Yan was petty and rejected his good intentions three times.

But he didn't remember that he had repeatedly tripped Su Yan's drama when it was broadcast.

The next day, in the production department head's office.

Shinozaki Ikumi's resignation letter was submitted to Akasaka Yoshitoki by his assistant, Oka Shigenobu.

He immediately signed it, and then this resignation letter was submitted to the personnel department for stamping.

The whole process was smooth and flowing. He had expected this.

Although that hateful woman Shinozaki Aki, who had been against me for more than ten years, had retired and I didn't have the chance to punish her, it's good that her only daughter was kicked out of Sakura TV by me. That should disgust her for a few months.

A smug smile appeared on the corner of Akasaka Yoshitoki's mouth.

But soon, his assistant, Oka Shigenobu, brought another piece of news.

On the screenwriter department's side...

Su Yan's resignation letter was also submitted to the head of the screenwriter department.

Akasaka Yoshitoki's expression was dumbfounded.

What the hell?