Depressive Screenwriter

The day after submitting the script, Su Yan still hadn't received any information from the TV station.

Normally, for a new screenwriter like him, any notification of results within a week of submitting a script would be considered fast by the station's production department.

But that's just how people are; the waiting process is always filled with anxiety.

After all, it's not guaranteed that the production team will study every script that's submitted.

What if the production department was full of slackers?

Or if their judgment was poor?

It wouldn't be surprising if no one took a liking to the Rurouni Kenshin script.

Su Yan's experience with so many terrible dramas in his previous life had fully proven that there were plenty of incompetent people among professional producers.

Just as Su Yan's mind was wandering, some commotion broke out in the screenwriting department.

Su Yan turned to look and saw many employees in the screenwriting department gathered around Kiyota Yamaji's desk, discussing something.

A few minutes later, Su Yan understood.

The script "Qingfeng," jointly created by Kiyota Yamaji and Kanzaki Yusuke, had been contacted by the station's producer, Tu Heng.

It wasn't strange that Kiyota Yamaji's submitted script had attracted the interest of a producer, given his uncle's connections.

But it was different that the producer in charge was Tu Heng.

Tu Heng had joined the company for five years and had grown from a new producer to produce two TV series that had aired on Sakura TV.

The detective drama "Black Mist" he produced last year even achieved the ninth-highest national ratings of the season.

Even if Tu Heng couldn't be called a golden producer at the station, he was still a senior with some achievements. After being silent for half a year, he actually lowered himself to help Kiyota Yamaji produce a web series.

"Impressive."

It could only be said that Kiyota Yamaji's uncle was indeed powerful. This wouldn't have been something that the young producer Tu Heng, with a bright future, would have requested on his own; it must have been a political task forced upon Tu Heng by the Deputy Director of the Production Department, Akasaka Yoshito.

Comparing that to Su Yan's original body, who had worked as a gofer in the screenwriting department for two years before being promoted from an intern, and was still working hard for the approval of a low-budget short web series.

Su Yan smiled and shook his head.

He was also a mortal.

He wouldn't despise those with connections; the purpose of people's hard work was to bring convenience to those around them.

If Su Yan were an ancient emperor, he would also let his son inherit the throne; if he became a tycoon, he would also help his relatives and friends.

He was just lamenting that he hadn't been reborn into a wealthy family to start a carefree life.

He still had to start his struggle as a screenwriter.

As expected of me…

But Kiyota Yamaji was currently enjoying the praise of a group of colleagues in the office. For someone with such a strong sense of vanity, the focus was never on those who flattered and fawned, trying to curry favor with him.

But on the others in the office who hadn't yet expressed themselves.

He happened to see Su Yan smiling and shaking his head, and his brows furrowed.

What are you smiling at?

What are you shaking your head at?

Are you laughing at the fact that I didn't contribute much to the "Qingfeng" script that I co-created with Kanzaki Yusuke, and that I'm just a figurehead?

Or are you shaking your head at me using my uncle's connections to get Tu Heng to be the producer of my work?

The more someone relies on connections, the more sensitive they are.

Kiyota Yamaji already disliked Su Yan, so he deliberately said.

"Su Yan, I remember you submitted a script to the station yesterday as well, right? How is it? You must have heard something, right?"

Kiyota Yamaji asked Su Yan, who was not far away, with a gentle smile on his face.

Su Yan was stunned, looked at the dozens of pairs of eyes in the office and Kiyota Yamaji's gentle smile, thought for a moment, and showed a smile on his face.

"Not yet, Senior Kiyota."

"I've said it before, Su Yan, you don't need to call me senior. Although I'm older than you, you joined the TV station two years earlier than me. We can just call each other by our names," Kiyota Yamaji said gently.

"But your script was only submitted yesterday, so perhaps the news of its approval hasn't reached our screenwriting department yet. But I believe that with your two years of experience, your first script submitted to the station will definitely be approved. If you have any good news, be sure to tell us, and we'll all celebrate with you."

Su Yan looked at Kiyota Yamaji, his eyes narrowed.

Hmm… that tone, you're definitely being sarcastic, right?

Heh…

"I understand, Kiyota Yamaji. If there's news that my script has been approved for filming, I'll tell everyone."

Kiyota Yamaji?

?

You're really taking the opportunity to be rude, not even calling me senior?

Kiyota Yamaji felt a tightness in his chest.

He said that, but he didn't expect Su Yan to actually dare to call him by his name.

He looked closely at Su Yan's face, full of smiles, handsome and innocent, like a natural airhead.

Is he really that clueless?

Kiyota Yamaji hesitated.

But for Su Yan…

He wasn't from Sakura Prefecture. Working at Sakura TV and calling someone senior was just doing as the Romans do, but it was only basic respect. If you don't want that respect, then forget it.

The attitude of Kiyota Yamaji towards Su Yan was somewhat wrong, and other employees present also noticed some.

At this moment, someone from the front desk of the screenwriting department came in and shouted.

"Screenwriter Su Yan, Ikumi Shinozaki from the production department is looking for you. Do you have time now?"

"Yes," Su Yan was stunned when he heard this.

What could the production department want from him? Did he even need to think about it?

He instantly put the unpleasantness brought by Kiyota Yamaji behind him.

"Sorry everyone, I have something to do now, so I'll leave first," Su Yan said to a group of colleagues in the production department.

Then, he quickly wanted to walk out of the screenwriting department, but suddenly thought of something, came to the cabinet at his workstation, picked up a file bag, and left in a hurry.

Ikumi Shinozaki from the production department?

A group of people in the screenwriting department recalled this person.

In any department, the best and worst people are definitely the most memorable.

Because Sakura Love Song was ranked second among the top ten worst web dramas in the first half of the year, and the main creative team was from their own TV station, Ikumi Shinozaki was naturally well-known by the people in the screenwriting department.

After all, no one wants to step on a landmine in the future.

When looking for a producer to cooperate with, you have to find someone reliable, capable, and with strong connections. This way, the other party can help your script attract more investment, more famous star actors, and a more powerful team.

Ikumi Shinozaki was obviously in the caterpillar category in the screenwriting department's evaluation criteria for the producers at the station.

What could Ikumi Shinozaki be looking for Su Yan for? She must have taken a liking to his script!

Kiyota Yamaji understood this and nodded thoughtfully.

A new screenwriter who only became a regular employee after two years of internship, paired with a producer who just led the production of a well-known bad drama last season, a match made in heaven.

Are they going to put on a grand performance?

A flop configuration!

Moreover, if Su Yan's script is really liked, and it really passes the production department's budget review and is produced, it will definitely be launched on a web platform, and may even be launched at the same time as his "Qingfeng".

Huh?

Feels okay.

Wouldn't Su Yan's work then become the background board to highlight Qingfeng's excellent results?

Because he didn't like Su Yan, it would be refreshing to say hello to his uncle and have his script directly fail the project review in the production department.

But wouldn't it be even more refreshing to directly step on his script with the results of his work during the same period?

Outside the screenwriting department, Su Yan tidied up the corners of his clothes and his appearance.

Then, under the guidance of the front desk, he met the person who came to him in the reception room outside the screenwriting department.

Under a light green dress were black silk stockings and long legs, her beautiful hair was draped over her shoulders, and under the sun hat was a fair and delicate face. Her clear pupils focused on Su Yan as he walked into the room, and a smile appeared on her face.

Ikumi Shinozaki…

Su Yan didn't expect that this producer, who had been discussed for several days by the editorial department for producing the bad drama Sakura Love Song last season, would be such a beauty.

On the other side, Ikumi Shinozaki also had a similar thought in her mind.

She didn't expect that this new screenwriter, who had only become a regular employee after two years of internship in the screenwriting department, would be such a handsome and masculine boy.