Depressive Screenwriter

#112 - Ending and lies

"'Your Lie in April' charge!"

This book is first published on the entire network by 𝕥𝕨𝕜𝕒𝕟.𝕔𝕠𝕞

"A mere 4.74% viewership rating has made that group of Xia Fenghua's fans go wild, even saying they would livestream eating if 'Your Lie in April' surpasses them again? Hehe, I've already marked them. I'll be watching to see if they are real men of the internet or just keyboard warriors!"

"Although I haven't emerged from the shadow of the tenth episode of 'Your Lie in April', now is not the time to curse Old Thief Su. We are not fighting for Su Yan, the Old Thief, but for Kaori Miyazono!"

"I don't care about the struggle between Su Yan, the Old Thief, and Sakura TV. But Kaori Miyazono absolutely cannot lose!"

"I didn't used to have any feelings for Shen Liqian. Two years ago, her behavior of angrily berating the director, producer, and Sakura TV executives made me think she was too brainless. But now it's different. Kaori Miyazono is just that kind of person. She won't talk to you about emotional intelligence. She says what she has to say and never lets herself be wronged. I support Kaori Miyazono, and I also support Shen Liqian."

"Charge! 'Your Lie in April', tonight we must take the first place in viewership ratings without any suspense!"

"Su Yan, the Old Thief's first web-broadcast drama was the number one in the web-broadcast market for the season. His second drama was third in viewership ratings for the season. His third drama was first in viewership ratings for the season. If this fourth drama exceeds 4.74% in viewership ratings, is it possible to win the annual viewership crown!"

"That's probably not possible. If 'Your Lie in April' really wins tonight, then the three major TV stations will definitely use every means to surpass this result in the last quarter of this year."

"In previous years, the annual viewership crown generally required a viewership rating of over 5%! How come the data in the TV drama industry has generally declined so much in the past two years?"

"Because the three major TV stations haven't been producing S-level dramas in recent years! An S-level drama costs 60 to 70 million in investment. Although the data looks good after broadcasting, the return on investment may not be as high as these A-level dramas!"

"That's right. For example, the investment in the two A-level dramas of Zhongxia TV this season combined can make an S-level drama, but that kind of drama has a great risk. If the results are not good after broadcasting, the loss will be huge. The production departments of the three major TV stations are very cautious about investing in this kind of drama unless necessary."

"If I were one of the three major TV stations, I would definitely do the same! Anyway, there are only these three high-end player TV stations. It doesn't matter who wins the seasonal crown. Everyone makes some low-risk A-level dramas, scams some advertising fees from GG merchants, and then relies on luck to win the seasonal and annual viewership crowns. As long as the three companies all lie flat and don't make S-level dramas, there is no performance risk, and everyone can win peacefully together. But if one TV station starts making S-level dramas, then all three have to start competing. However, in the Xia country's TV drama market, if three S-level dramas premiere at the same time, it is difficult for all three dramas to make money. It is often a winner-takes-all situation, and two companies lose money. Why bother?"

"Then if 'Your Lie in April' wins the seasonal viewership champion this season? Can they still be so stable?"

"Hey? If that's really the case, then I guess either the three TV stations will join forces to target Su Yan, the Old Thief, or... Su Yan, the Old Thief, will cooperate with one of Zhongxia or Shanghai TV, and then the other two will join forces to target Su Yan, the Old Thief."

"I still miss the three TV stations from three years ago. Sakura TV would make an S-level drama in the spring season, Zhongxia would make one in the summer season, and Shanghai would make one in the autumn season, and then everyone would collectively lie flat in the winter season. There was a great tacit understanding! But later, they found that other TV stations were no threat to them even if they didn't make S-level dramas, and they still got advertising fees, so they simply lay flat."

"It's not that simple now. If 'Your Lie in April' wins the seasonal crown this season, the shareholders of the three major TV stations may not be able to accept this kind of thing! They have to put some pressure on those in the production department."

This group of TV drama viewers in Xia country has long been extremely resentful of the current state of the industry.

Everyone is already sick of the pile of uninspired, mediocre dramas that the three major TV stations have been making, relying on their leading position in the industry.

Most casual viewers are now supportive of 'Your Lie in April' topping the viewership ratings.

Did you really think there would be no cost to fooling companies and fooling the audience?

There will always be those who innovate in this industry who will rise.

If 'Your Lie in April' wins the seasonal viewership crown on Qingkong TV, let's see if you still dare to leisurely make these old-fashioned TV dramas?

While a group of 'Your Lie in April' fans were chatting and discussing these issues on the forum, nine o'clock arrived.

The final episode of 'Your Lie in April', the eleventh episode, aired on time.

Gong Yan closed the forum page on his phone and looked at the TV.

The theme song for the last episode of 'Your Lie in April' has changed, becoming even more sad than before.

Gong Yan remembered the plot of 'Your Lie in April' from last week, and his heart skipped a beat.

The joy of speaking freely on the forum just now, spraying the three major TV stations, gradually dissipated and began to recall the plot of 'Your Lie in April' from last week.

The suspense in this last episode of 'Your Lie in April' is not just whether the viewership ratings can surpass Xia Fenghua's eleventh episode.

There is also the life and death of the female lead, Kaori Miyazono.

Can her surgery succeed?

The eleventh episode begins with a scene of the male lead, Kousei Arima, shutting himself in his room in despair.

Three years ago, he became withdrawn and unable to play the piano again because of his mother's death.

Now, he has just emerged from the shadows because of Kaori Miyazono, but now he is told that Kaori Miyazono's illness will be fatal.

She will enter the operating room soon, live if the surgery is successful, die if the surgery is successful.

At this time, Kousei Arima's life fell into confusion.

The person who supports him to continue walking will disappear again.

In the original work, Kousei Arima was a little too withdrawn here, and even cried in front of his mother's friend because of this.

However, Su Yan did not make him so useless in the Xia country TV drama version.

Although he will not make too many changes to the plot of the original work, he will not copy the Japanese people's personality of inexplicably withdrawing to the bottom and then despairing of life because of a little thing.

The female lead is still actively facing life and plucking up the courage to face the surgery. What are you, the male lead, doing here?

Even if it's acting, you have to run to the female lead and comfort her with a fearless expression.

So Gong Yan can accept this plot.

Although Kousei Arima's mood is low, in the end, he is no longer the boy who collapsed when his mother died.

He came to the hospital. Because Kaori Miyazono wanted to eat outdoors, Kousei Arima carried Kaori Miyazono, who was smiling at him, to the rooftop.

The rooftop was covered with falling snowflakes.

"Isn't there me?" Kaori Miyazono saw his depression and smiled to encourage him.

"My surgery is scheduled for February 18th. I will struggle desperately, until the last moment!"

"It's your fault." Kaori Miyazono pointed to Kousei Arima.

"I will struggle like this, wanting to live desperately, all because of you!"

Gong Yan's nose soured.

Is this a confession?

Kaori Miyazono held the snowflakes in her hands and then clenched them in the air.

Just like having a violin in her hand, she started playing it in front of Kousei Arima.

The two people with rich music theory knowledge only needed to go through this action, and the sound of the violin seemed to ring in their ears.

Kaori Miyazono opened her eyes, stopped the movements on her hands, and looked at Kousei Arima.

"Miracles, will happen soon!"

"In my heart, there is you, Kousei Arima!"

Gong Yan looked blankly at this lively and lovely girl in the TV series.

He felt a burst of emotion in his heart.

Miracle

Su Yan, the Old Thief, the miracle is in your hands. If you dare not give Kaori Miyazono a miracle, just wait!

On the rooftop, Kaori Miyazono lost her balance and fell into Kousei Arima's arms.

At the moment when Kousei Arima hugged her, her optimistic eyes trembled slightly.

No matter how strong she is, she is just a middle school girl!

"I'm so envious of Tsubaki, who knows everything about you. I want to know more about you."

The clip of the preview at the end of the tenth episode appeared at this moment.

"I'm so scared..." Kaori Miyazono cried out in Kousei Arima's arms.

"I'm so scared, I'm so scared... Don't leave me alone."

At this moment, the defense line built in Gong Yan's heart completely collapsed, and tears slipped from his eyes unconsciously.

In this drama, Kaori Miyazono revealed her weakness and inner fear for the first time.

Revealed to the person she loves the most.

"So where does Kaori Miyazono like Ryota Watari? She clearly likes Kousei Arima the most! Su Yan, the Old Thief, you should have arranged the plot like this earlier..."

Su Yan made a small original creation in this plot after the two met on the rooftop.

The surgery time remains the same, but Kaori Miyazono and her family have a choice in front of them.

Whether to maintain the existing medical team to receive surgery. Or, transfer to another hospital and have another team perform the surgery.

One is a team of doctors who have been trusted and continuously treating Kaori Miyazono for a long time and know her condition best.

The other is a medical team that is said to have a novel and risky medical plan, but the cure rate and mortality rate of surgery for this disease are more extremely polarized.

In fact, whether in film and television dramas or in reality, different hospitals and different medical teams treating the same disease may have huge differences in results.

Diseases that are defined as terminal illnesses in Xia country's county hospitals may be cured if they go to large hospitals in the imperial capital, provided there are treatment funds.

In the innovative plot selection here in the plot, Kaori Miyazono's family naturally follows the original plot, where the disease is treated, and the surgery is performed in that hospital.

Be conservative.

Gong Yan felt a little strange when he saw this.

It's the last episode, why does Su Yan, the Old Thief, still have to come up with this choice?

No matter which one you choose, no matter what the result is, you can't prove that the other option is better or worse. In that case, why does the TV series spend a minute to let Kaori Miyazono and her family make this decision?

But the plot progressed without letting him think carefully.

Soon, February 18th arrived.

The day of Kousei Arima's music competition semi-final was exactly the day Kaori Miyazono entered the operating room.

While she was pushed into the operating room with tubes inserted, Kousei Arima's two opponents, Emi Igawa and Takeshi Aiza, took the stage to perform, and the five-minute music plot gradually calmed Gong Yan's mood.

Next, it's Kousei Arima's turn!

Before going on stage, he was still painfully entangled in the surgical results of Kaori Miyazono.

But going on stage and continuing his music journey is Kaori Miyazono's wish.

"I have to play!"

Kousei Arima walked onto the stage...

Thinking that the person he likes is in the operating room with an uncertain life or death, his mood became more and more chaotic.

He lowered his head and dared not look at the piano.

But Kaori Miyazono's words once again echoed in his mind.

"You lowered your head again!"

Kousei Arima raised his head and looked at the audience stage.

All the friends he knew were watching him in the audience.

At this moment, Kousei Arima's fear was dispelled, and the girl's smile appeared in his mind.

His fingers moved slightly.

The sound of the piano rang.

Gong Yan breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Kousei Arima did not have the old problem of not being able to hear the sound of the piano again.

If he had watched so many episodes and the protagonist still hadn't made any progress, then he would definitely scold Su Yan.

Next, a music performance that moved Gong Yan, and all the April fans in Xia country, and understood it began.

With the performance of the piano music.

The piano music played by Kousei Arima on the stage and the scene presented in his mind were jointly captured by the audience in front of the TV.

He forgot that he was in a competition and forgot the audience on the stands.

As if he was on Mirror Lake.

Beside him, Kaori Miyazono's voice slowly emerged, holding a violin in her hand, looking at him with a smile.

Gong Yan's heart kept sinking. This kind of plot has too obvious symbolic meaning.

The common wish of the two people, once again co-playing.

At this moment, Kousei Arima's heart and Kaori Miyazono's in the operating room seemed to be connected, co-playing music on this imaginary Mirror Lake.

Colorful snow fell from the sky, and there were only two people on the boundless mirror lake.

Only the duet of the two people in this vast sky...

The world becomes small.

Gong Yan just widened his eyes, and unknowingly, tears poured down.

During the performance, Kousei Arima's piano sound continued, but Kaori Miyazono put down the violin and looked at Kousei Arima with a nostalgic look.

She didn't say a word, but the look in her eyes explained everything.

"Wait a minute, don't go!"

Kousei Arima's trembling voice rang.

Gong Yan's lips trembled slightly.

He seemed to understand something.

The piano sound became hurried, and Kaori Miyazono's figure also became transparent.

The few fine funds in the April drama cost a lot in this special effects scene.

The background returned to the music hall.

Kousei Arima cried and finished playing this piano piece.

When the last note fell, he raised his head and looked at the top of his head.

The girl who played with him in his mind and spiritual world completely lost track.

"Goodbye forever," Kousei Arima said with a sob.