Depressive Screenwriter

Late at night, the comment section of Sakura Net was overrun by angry fans of Rurouni Kenshin.

In this era where television stations are the biggest capital in the film and television industry, everyone knows that Sakura Net is a website controlled by Sakura Television, and also knows that Su Yan and Ayaka Ikumi are employees of Sakura Television.

They went all out, showing no mercy.

"I was dumbfounded. That final hug from Yukishiro Tomoe made a man in his thirties like me burst into tears."

"Although Yukishiro Tomoe is dead, her spirit is like the cross-shaped scar on Kenshin's face, forever protecting Kenshin."

"This is how a female lead should be portrayed. This drama is a god in my heart. But Su Yan, as a screenwriter, you're on my blacklist."

"I admit that as an actor, Su Yan's acting skills and action scenes amazed me. If the full score is ten, I would give Rurouni Kenshin a hundred points. But as a screenwriter and producer, Su Yan and Ayaka Ikumi are definitely tumors and black sheep in the industry."

"Don't these two have hearts? What is their sense of aesthetics? Don't they know what we viewers want to see? Ending the fourth episode like this... couldn't they let Yukishiro Tomoe live?"

"Are you worthy of us? rnm, refund the money. If you don't refund, then immediately shoot the fifth episode, turning Rurouni Kenshin from a martial arts drama into a supernatural drama. I want to see Yukishiro Tomoe's ghost living happily with Kenshin."

"I approve of this proposal. As long as Yukishiro Tomoe can retain her will, I can even accept a human-ghost romance."

"I'm completely dumbfounded. Why?"

"Sigh, stop scolding. Although I also want to scold the screenwriter, after thinking about it carefully, I really can't think of a better ending. Letting Yukishiro Tomoe live and creating a happy ending might indeed make people feel comfortable. But the charm of Yukishiro Tomoe and Kenshin in that kind of ending is not even a tenth of the cross-shaped scar ending."

"Petty love is ultimately difficult to reach the hall of elegance. Although I also watched with tears in my eyes, I fully recognize this ending. Yukishiro Tomoe is not the kind of sacrifice who dies for the sake of dying in those clichéd depressing dramas. Her sacrifice truly sublimated the theme of the story, allowing Kenshin to completely grow from a boy into a man, awakening from the ideal dream of saving the world and facing reality."

"The best drama I've watched this year is Rurouni Kenshin. The most atrocious screenwriter I know is Su Yan."

"And Ayaka Ikumi, her Sakura Island Love Song in the first half of the year made me want to vomit. I really didn't expect her to come up with such a blockbuster drama in the second half of the year, completely tricking me into shedding tears."

"Wuwuwu, I can't sleep! I know this ending is divine, and even if I think about it, I can't come up with a better ending. But I just can't accept it. Su Yan and Ayaka Ikumi, you two should reflect on yourselves."

"Why are you scolding Ayaka Ikumi? She didn't write the script."

"But she's the producer! If there was a problem with the script, she could have urged Su Yan to change the creative direction in the early stages. Yukishiro Tomoe's death is half the responsibility of Ayaka Ikumi and Su Yan."

"Does anyone know who the actress playing Yukishiro Tomoe is? Does she have any other dramas? I want to watch them, I want to see more of Yukishiro Tomoe alive."

The foreshadowing of the first three episodes of Rurouni Kenshin finally exploded in the fourth episode.

And Su Yan's prediction was correct.

The ending of Rurouni Kenshin did make the audience angry, and they even started scolding Su Yan online.

But no one targeted the drama itself.

The audience isn't blind. After watching the four episodes, they can appreciate the excellence of Rurouni Kenshin.

They just needed a channel to vent their sadness about the love between Yukishiro Tomoe and Kenshin.

Obviously, Su Yan, the screenwriter, and Ayaka Ikumi became the trash cans.

Overnight, the angry fans of Rurouni Kenshin made Sakura Net a mess.

Everywhere you could see discussion posts about Rurouni Kenshin, Yukishiro Tomoe, Su Yan, and Ayaka Ikumi.

Generally speaking, a drama that causes this kind of rhythm will basically face a one-stop process of reputation collapse, declining viewership, and angry viewers abandoning the drama.

But Rurouni Kenshin went the other way.

Despite the incessant scolding from the audience, its rating increased from 9.4 to 9.5.

Its paid viewership rate also had a significant increase compared to the previous few days.

The reason is simple.

Currently, there are four major online broadcasting platforms in Xia Country.

Sakura Net, Star Xia Net, Red Pine Net, and Raccoon Net.

The audiences of these platforms intersect with each other. Sakura Net suddenly has a drama like Rurouni Kenshin, which caused such a big commotion on the day of its finale, but its rating increased instead of decreasing.

At this time, the curiosity of these casual viewers was completely piqued.

What kind of drama could make these premiere viewers so distraught?

Since they were so unhappy with what they saw.

Why are so many people calling Rurouni Kenshin the strongest drama of the season?

Who is Yukishiro Tomoe?

Is the strongest martial arts drama in Xia Country in the last decade really that exaggerated?

Why are you scolding while also saying that this work is a divine drama?

A divine drama? Does this work, which only invested a little over a million and only has four episodes, deserve this title?

What strongest tragic love, is it really that tragic?

I don't believe it!!!

Once the curiosity of casual viewers is piqued, it's hard to extinguish.

The next day, when Ayaka Ikumi woke up and saw the comments online, her world collapsed.

"Why am I being scolded? Why is this happening?"

Ayaka Ikumi was completely dumbfounded.

She had imagined the scene of Su Yan, the screenwriter, being scolded.

She really didn't expect that as a producer, she would be so dedicated and produce this drama to such a high quality with such a low budget, yet still be scolded.

Now, the online comments clearly state that screenwriter Su Yan is the number one culprit for Yukishiro Tomoe's death, with nine out of ten fans scolding him.

Ayaka Ikumi is the second biggest culprit for Yukishiro Tomoe's death, with more than half of the people attributing the script's approval to Ayaka Ikumi's lack of ability as a producer.

Shi Peihua is praised, and everyone recognizes her level of guidance.

As for Gu Qingyuan...

Ten out of ten people feel sorry for her.

The character image of Yukishiro Tomoe is truly amazing.

Beautiful, strong, brave, principled, and daring to love and hate...

What is a female lead?

This is a female lead!

A large group of people are posting in the Rurouni Kenshin comment section saying they will be fans of Gu Qingyuan for life and will watch all of her dramas in the future.

But what made Ayaka Ikumi happy was.

The audience's scolding aside, the viewing data of Rurouni Kenshin was honest.

Overnight, the paid viewership of the fourth episode of Rurouni Kenshin exceeded 490,000.

And the paid viewership of the first episode of Rurouni Kenshin increased by 300,000 overnight compared to yesterday, and this increasing trend is still gradually rising.

Obviously, because of the storm caused by the fourth episode of Rurouni Kenshin, many viewers from other online broadcasting platforms also came over.

The drama's rating didn't collapse.

The drama's reputation didn't collapse.

The only things that collapsed were the reputations of screenwriter Su Yan and producer Ayaka Ikumi.

"Forget it, as long as the work can profit, make money, and have a good reputation, that's enough." Ayaka Ikumi took a deep breath and showed a sweet smile at the dressing mirror.

"It doesn't matter if my reputation as a producer is a little worse for the time being. One day, the audience will know that the culprit is Su Yan. As long as I pay attention in the future and don't produce depressing dramas, the audience will soon forgive a cute beauty like me."