Depressive Screenwriter

The head of the scriptwriting department, Teruyoshi Miyagi, spent the entire morning trying to persuade Suyan to stay, stating frankly that whatever price other TV stations offered, Sakura TV could match it.

In fact, although Suyan's contract as a new screenwriter didn't have a non-compete clause or any other messy restrictions on leaving...

...it wasn't as if there were absolutely no constraints.

At the very least, if faced with poaching from rival companies, Suyan had to give priority to renewing his contract with Sakura TV under the same conditions.

Unless Suyan didn't work for another TV station within two years of leaving.

Or unless another TV station offered a price that Sakura TV wasn't willing to pay.

Only then could Suyan switch jobs without any risk.

This was also why Yoshitoki Akasaka wasn't particularly worried about Suyan jumping ship.

Suyan's works had managed to reverse the ratings and reach number one for two consecutive quarters. Sakura TV couldn't possibly watch him be poached.

Because Sakura TV could definitely afford the price that other TV stations could offer; it would just mean spending a little more money.

Given Suyan's performance in the three dramas so far, his potential, and Yoshitoki Akasaka's anger towards Suyan, there was no way he would let Suyan escape Sakura TV, escape his grasp.

As the newly promoted head of the production department, he desperately needed a potential workhorse like Suyan to help him achieve results.

As for reprimanding Suyan, there would be plenty of opportunities after he signed a long-term contract.

But what his assistant, Shigenobu Oka, told him was...

Suyan had explicitly stated that he would not work for any other TV station after leaving, and would definitely not violate the contract agreement.

The reason for his resignation on the resignation letter was:

[I don't like Yoshitoki Akasaka, the head of the production department. If I need to cooperate with the production department led by him in the future, I would rather leave Sakura TV!]

This news had spread throughout the entire TV station.

Yoshitoki Akasaka's head spun.

"Suyan, you're an adult, can you be so childish?" Yoshitoki Akasaka said through gritted teeth.

Directly naming him, without any concealment.

Is this the work attitude of young people these days?

Without any tact, making their petty thoughts known to the whole world?

Now that's great.

If Suyan successfully resigned.

The entire industry would know that it was him, Yoshitoki Akasaka, who forced Suyan away.

Inside the scriptwriting department.

The head of the scriptwriting department, Teruyoshi Miyagi, looked at Suyan with a helpless expression.

He had been trying to persuade him all day, but Suyan was unyielding. There was nothing more he could do.

"I'll accept your resignation letter for now. Your contract expires in two weeks. If you change your mind before then, feel free to come back and ask for it back," Teruyoshi Miyagi said with a sigh.

It was so rare for the scriptwriting department to produce a genius like this, but he was resigning for such a ridiculous reason.

Although the scriptwriting department had always been half a step weaker than the production department, which controlled the funds...

...he would definitely bring this matter up at the high-level company meeting.

He, Teruyoshi Miyagi, and Yoshitoki Akasaka were department heads of equal rank in the company, and he wasn't afraid of Yoshitoki Akasaka.

"Thank you for your concern, Department Head Miyagi," Suyan said.

In fact, he had a generally good impression of his colleagues and leaders at Sakura TV.

Yoshitoki Akasaka was just a superficial excuse for leaving.

Even without Yoshitoki Akasaka, Suyan would still leave for the sake of his future development.

However, it would be even better to use this reason to disgust Yoshitoki Akasaka before leaving.

After Teruyoshi Miyagi left, Sayaka Sekita quickly followed to Suyan's office.

But this time, she wasn't here to criticize Suyan.

After all, with Ikumi Shinozaki being forced to resign, if Suyan continued to stay at the TV station, Yoshitoki Akasaka would eventually find various reasons to assign his own producers to work with Suyan.

On the contrary, Suyan's decision to leave Sakura TV and call out Yoshitoki Akasaka made Sayaka Sekita feel very happy.

She had heard some news from Ikumi Shinozaki.

Suyan was planning to start his own film and television company after leaving.

Over the years, Sayaka Sekita had seen many screenwriters and producers who had taken this path lose everything, pouring all their life savings into it.

After all, TV stations had deep pockets, and you could afford to make mistakes.

But if you started your own film and television company, you would be ruined forever if your work performed poorly even once!

Investments of tens of millions or even more were no joke.

But if Suyan were to achieve something after leaving Sakura TV...

...then Yoshitoki Akasaka, who had been suppressing Suyan's work for a long time and ultimately forced Suyan away, would bear the blame.

Sayaka Sekita even looked forward to Suyan creating even more brilliant achievements after leaving than he had at Sakura TV.

After talking with Suyan for a long time, Sayaka Sekita also left Suyan's office.

"Alright. All these trivial matters have been dealt with."

It was now late March. Ikumi Shinozaki, who had just resigned today, had already started working on finding the connections and completing the procedures for starting a new film and television company.

As for Suyan, he had to start writing the script for the "Your Lie in April!" drama series.

There were no secrets that could be kept in the TV industry.

As the twelfth episode of "Crimson Magician" aired in the thirteenth week of the winter season, the viewership rating was only 4.27%.

This officially meant that "To the Moon" had the highest viewership rating of the winter season.

On the other hand, an outrageous piece of news spread.

The news that the genius screenwriter Suyan had been heavily suppressed at Sakura TV, angrily resigned and left Sakura TV, and had established his own independent film and television company, spread like wildfire on major video websites in Xia Country in one day.

Especially Suyan's fans, who initially thought it was fake news and were just watching the drama, couldn't sit still after discovering that it was real.

Suyan was leaving Sakura TV?

This kind of genius was being suppressed and leaving?

What the hell?

And a hot screenwriter like Suyan would definitely be followed and reported by media reporters.

For several days in a row, they had been blocking Suyan at the entrance of Sakura TV.

However, Suyan was too lazy to explain in detail to the reporters about how his work had been suppressed by Yoshitoki Akasaka.

There were no secrets in this industry. As long as you became famous, even if you glanced at a beautiful woman on the street, there would be snapshots posted on the internet, let alone such suppression events? There were too many introduction posts online.

Some of the people who wrote the posts were probably people who had offended Yoshitoki Akasaka in the past.

But since the media was reporting on him, Suyan would definitely focus on the important points.

"That's right, I'm planning to establish a film and television company after leaving Sakura TV."

"And... I have an idea, an idea for a new script that I think can bring more emotion to everyone than 'To the Moon', 'Ancient Love Poetry', and 'Rurouni Kenshin'."

"The name of the script is 'Your Lie in April!'"

"I hope that the new drama can meet everyone in the July summer season."

This was the most important news.

This information spread across the internet in a very short time.

At the end of the winter season, the public opinion exploded.

So the news on the internet was true?

Also, Suyan, you old thief, you still have ideas for new dramas in this situation? How big is your heart!

But 'Your Lie in April?'

This drama's name is so strange, what type is it?

And a work that can bring us more emotion than 'To the Moon', 'Ancient Love Poetry', and 'Rurouni Kenshin'?

Something feels weird.

Are you sure it's really emotion?