Depressive Screenwriter

Strictly speaking, the first half of the sixth episode of 'Ancient Love Song' imitates the 'Empty Fort Strategy' from 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms,' combined with a fake Zhuge Liang (fake Lu Shi) scaring away the living Zhongda (Northern Fierce Army) to repel the Northern Fierce Army.

After all, 'Three Kingdoms' is too classic, and there are no copyright issues. The screenwriter of 'Ancient Love Song' directly used this plot, and no one can say anything.

In his previous life, Su Yan found this part a bit funny.

But for the audience in Xia, they exclaimed 'Wonderful, wonderful!' after watching this plot that night.

So, this is how to repel the enemy?

Xia does not have 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms,' so the 'Empty Fort Strategy' and 'using falsehood to confuse the truth' are original in Xia.

A group of late-night viewers watched with great interest and immediately felt a sense of immersion in the male protagonist Shen Buyan's character as a miscellaneous scholar.

However, the second half of this episode leans towards power struggles and politics.

After Lu Yuan revealed her identity as the Empress, she took over Lu Shi's original army. Li Yong, relying on spies planted in the army, pretended to be an assassin to kill Lu Shi, aiming to control military power. Now that Lu Yuan has intercepted it, he is definitely dissatisfied.

But Lu Yuan's goal is not to fight Li Yong, the Prime Minister, to a mutual defeat, allowing the surrounding enemy countries to benefit.

She can only put down her monstrous hatred for Li Yong and choose to cease the war for the future of Sheng. She did not lead Lu Shi's army to start a war to 'cleanse the monarch' as the Empress with Li Yong.

However, at the end of the sixth episode, Yi Hua harbored great hatred for Li Yong because of Lu Shi's death and even prepared to assassinate Li Yong in front of him.

Shen Buyan foresaw Yi Hua's abnormality in advance, directly snatched Yi Hua's weapon, and decisively stabbed Li Yong in the shoulder.

He didn't want to see Yi Hua assassinated and killed for assassinating the Prime Minister.

Nor did he want to see Lu Yuan implicated by Yi Hua, her maidservant, because of this matter.

After the weapon stabbed Li Yong, Shen Buyan was also killed by Li Yong's guards and finally fell into Lu Yuan's arms.

History formed a closed loop.

He said the same words that 36-year-old Lu Yuan said when she fell into his arms in the first episode.

"We'll have a next time!"

The next time that 36-year-old Lu Yuan spoke of was for Shen Buyan to meet her 26-year-old self.

And the next time that Shen Buyan spoke of at this moment referred to the first meeting between him and 36-year-old Lu Yuan in the first episode.

Thus, the second time travel of the male protagonist Shen Buyan in 'Ancient Love Song' came to an end.

The ending of the sixth episode once again moved a group of viewers to tears.

Su Yan's emotional value in the system that night was pouring in.

That night, after the sixth episode of 'Ancient Love Song' aired, the discussion popularity of 'Ancient Love Song' on Sakura Network was significantly higher than in previous weeks.

After all, it had already accumulated a considerable number of viewers.

A drama ranked 16th in the quarterly ratings cannot be deserted.

"It's been a long time since I've seen such a wonderful war scene. Is the 'Empty Fort Strategy' really feasible?"

"This strategy has never appeared in history, but it's really enjoyable to watch!"

"To put it bluntly, this strategy is designed to restrain smart people, not fools."

"It's enough to enjoy watching it, don't think so much."

"Yeah, so at the end of this episode, is Li Yong dead?"

"If Li Yong dies, then Lu Yuan's fate will also be changed."

"The efforts to prevent Lu Yuan from becoming Empress and prevent Lu Shi's death have not been successful. Is it possible for Li Yong to die so easily?"

"Shen Buyan is still too weak. At that distance, if he used Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū like Kenshin, Li Yong would have lost his head directly."

"Don't cross dramas... These are two different dramas, okay."

"I feel a little uncomfortable!"

"Actually, watching this drama so far, from Shen Buyan's perspective, he only returns to modern times after each failed attempt, and then returns to history through the broken jade. His encounter with Lu Yuan is uninterrupted, only from 36 years old to 26 years old. But what about Lu Yuan? She has to wait another ten years to see Shen Buyan again. I never rewatch dramas, but I went back to watch the first episode last night and cried to death."

"Yes, in the first episode, Lu Yuan waited for Shen Buyan for ten years, waiting for the first time he met her, a Shen Buyan who didn't know her at all. Shen Buyan didn't know about Lu Yuan's battle with him at Fire Beacon Fort. He didn't know about the oath the two had made to build a cottage by South Dream Lake after the world was at peace. Lu Yuan's joy turned into a blankness... Moreover, the first thing Shen Buyan did when he met Lu Yuan in the first episode was to hold a knife against her neck and say to her in a condemning tone [Empress Lu Yuan]."

"Stop talking, I don't dare to watch the first episode. The more I think about what Shen Buyan did in the first episode, the more I think he's a big jerk. He doesn't know anything, and his words hurt people."

"So after the sixth episode, the 26-year-old Lu Yuan endured the pain of losing her brother, holding the hope of seeing Shen Buyan again at 36. In order to prevent Sheng from falling apart, she jointly governed Sheng with her enemy Li Yong. After waiting for ten years, she spent one or two hours with Shen Buyan on that Shangsi Festival night in the first episode, only to die to save Shen Buyan?"

"No wonder Li Yong wanted to betray the country in the first episode. He must have known that Lu Yuan would settle accounts with him sooner or later. After all, Lu Yuan is the orthodox Empress, and her adopted son Chu Tongshang is the only illegitimate son of the Northern Prince An, the younger brother of the foolish emperor, and the only bloodline of the Sheng royal family. After Chu Tongshang grows up, with Lu Yuan's support, it is 100% certain that he will settle accounts with Li Yong, a prime minister who comes and goes."

The discussion about 'Ancient Love Song' in reality and online is getting higher and higher.

Even within Sakura TV, the popularity of 'Ancient Love Song' has completely risen.

Su Yan, as the screenwriter of this drama, 'Rurouni Kenshin,' which was the highest-rated online drama last season, was created by him.

This season, 'Ancient Love Song' has directly received the highest episode rating from the audience among all the dramas that have been broadcast.

Although the quality of the dramas produced by various TV stations this season is generally average, the results of 'Ancient Love Song' are too exaggerated.

Early in the morning, Kiyota Sanji couldn't sleep. After getting up, he looked at the mirror in front of the bed. The man in the mirror had a decadent expression and bloodshot eyes.

While waiting for information from the internal staff of the TV station, various thoughts surged in his mind.

After a while, the latest TV ratings data was sent to his phone.

Kiyota Sanji's expression was恍惚.

What on earth happened?

Kiyota Sanji was a little suspicious of himself.

The decline in the reputation of 'Qingfeng' was caused by his own random changes to the script.

He admits this.

But what about 'Yinghua'?

This time he didn't do anything and followed his uncle's arrangements completely.

Why are the ratings of 'Yinghua' hovering at 3.1%, while 'Ancient Love Song' can rise from 1.38% at the beginning of the broadcast to 2.65% in the sixth episode?

That's right, the ratings of the sixth episode of 'Ancient Love Song' have risen again.

The ratings gap between it and 'Yinghua,' which was highly anticipated before the broadcast, is less than 0.5%.

In the entire Xia autumn film and television market, the results of all dramas are deviated.

Only 'Ancient Love Song' is an absolute dark horse.

So what if 'Ancient Love Song' still hasn't entered the top ten in the ratings rankings?

The audience, media, and film critics in the market are not stupid and have their own judgments.

They will never measure the actual performance of a drama by the absolute value of the ratings, but will comprehensively consider the production, publicity, and broadcasting conditions of the drama.

'Ancient Love Song' was able to start broadcasting in that schedule and with those publicity resources, slowly accumulating fans through word of mouth, and achieving this result now.

Which drama this season dares to say that it can do the same under the same conditions?

Even if 'People in the Painting,' which has a rating of 4.07% in the fifth episode and is the number one in the ratings this season, is moved to the Sunday midnight slot, it is difficult to say whether it can have a rating of 2.65%.

Kiyota Sanji's mind is now revolving around one thought.

Will the senior executives of the TV station see Su Yan's potential and choose to support Su Yan starting from the next season?

Then I... Could it really be possible that I will become a loser in competing with Su Yan?

Thinking that he couldn't suppress Su Yan even with the support of his uncle Akasaka Yoshitoki, Kiyota Sanji felt as uncomfortable and frustrated as if he had eaten ten rats.

How can this be acceptable?

Kiyota Sanji clenched his fists.

"This season is not over yet... Su Yan, a new screenwriter, will definitely make the mistakes that most screenwriters make. The work starts high and goes low."