Depressive Screenwriter

"Here it comes, the final episode."

"Hope the screenwriter Su Yan gives us a good ending."

"I spent all night yesterday on Sakura Net watching from episode one to ten. I cried my eyes out."

"Heard this screenwriter likes tragic endings?"

"Going to the moon was already a tragedy. Xiao Xi was already dead, leaving only Xu Han struggling in the world."

"The thought that the main plot of this drama is just to let Xu Han die happily makes me feel terrible. Why didn't Cheng Li and Shen Yi come a few years earlier! That way, Xiao Xi would know that Xu Han didn't forget that night himself; it was all the effect of the drugs."

"Do people with autism like Xiao Xi really exist in reality, unable to express anything when something happens?"

"Su Yan, you old thief, at least make tonight's ending perfect for me. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me; you can't fool us fans three times in a row."

On the internet, the heated discussion among 'To the Moon' fans before the broadcast pushed 'To the Moon' to the top of the trending list.

Many colleagues in the industry were also paying attention to the finale of 'To the Moon'.

In Xia Country, it's rare to see a B-grade drama like this that makes a comeback all the way, even faintly threatening to top the quarterly ratings chart.

Su Yan did it once last quarter.

If he does it again this quarter, his status and value in the Xia Country screenwriter circle will immediately skyrocket.

Cao Peisheng sat in the living room, watching the GG ending with complex emotions as the theme song of 'To the Moon' started.

As a middle-aged man, and one whose middle-aged wife died of illness, 'To the Moon' deeply touched his heart from the very first episode.

He didn't feel any of the shortcomings that many people online mentioned about the dragging plot in the middle of 'To the Moon'.

Having followed it from the first episode to the tenth, he didn't know how many times he had cried.

With such deep empathy, he just wanted to see the scene of Xu Han finally fulfilling his dream.

The plot of the tenth episode of 'To the Moon' once again focused on Xiao Xi and Xu Han.

In order to successfully carry out the mission to land on the moon, the two of them could be said to be fully cooperating in training at the aviation base, except for eating and sleeping.

And with such accumulated time, it was obvious that Xu Han and Xiao Xi had developed feelings for each other.

The drama filmed the development of their emotions very implicitly.

But it was these subtle performances that made Cao Peisheng's heart ripple.

Yes, that's it.

Cao Peisheng became excited.

Although the reset memory world in this drama spanned several months, even a year,

Xu Han, who was plugged into tubes in the real world, had perhaps only spent a few minutes.

The machine was rapidly generating his new life memories; every time his heart beat, several days passed in the memory world.

The TV series detailed how Xiao Xi and he gradually developed feelings in the space agency, from strangers to acquaintances, from being wary of each other to showing smiles to each other.

Completing one test after another.

Passing one assessment after another.

They were the most tacit partners.

And ultimately, they were also selected as the final candidates for the manned moon landing spacecraft astronauts.

The plot was not complicated at all; Cao Peisheng could even guess it.

It's already the tenth episode; what big plot twists can the screenwriter Su Yan come up with?

From the moment Xu Han discovered at the space agency that his moon landing partner was Xiao Xi, the audience had only one expectation for this drama.

The two of them, together, go to the moon!

To fulfill their childhood promise.

【If we get lost, then we'll meet on the moon!】

Cao Peisheng's eyes were filled with tears.

Cheng Li and Shen Yi in the drama watched this rapidly jumping memory world as bystanders.

Finally,

The memory machine completed all of its mission.

With the cooperation of Xu Han's brain, Xu Han's memory world came to that day.

Under the setting sun, outside the launch base.

The sky was dyed orange-red.

The people of an entire city not far from the launch base were looking in that direction.

Everyone in the entire country was also watching the related news.

Xu Han and Xiao Xi became celebrities.

They were about to carry everyone's expectations and land on the moon.

On the central bridge of the city.

Xu Han's friends, including his dead brother Xu Qiao in the real world, his mother, and all the important people in his life, gathered here to watch the spacecraft carrying him to the moon.

This was the best world.

The best dream, unique to Xu Han.

He and Xiao Xi had no grudges.

His mother loved him and his brother Xu Qiao, and there was no tragic accident.

His friends were healthy and had no worries.

And he would also fulfill his dream, to go to the moon!

Cao Peisheng was already teary-eyed at this moment.

Touched that Xu Han in the drama could gain happiness in his dream.

But he couldn't help but feel sad when comparing it to his own life situation.

If there really was such a machine in the real world, how great would that be.

Even if it was a dream, he estimated he wouldn't want to wake up.

In the real world, Cheng Li exited the memory world, and he finally started the final program of the instrument.

Xu Han's body was not optimistic; he was about to die, and he had to complete his memory and fulfill his wish before Xu Han died.

At that moment, the entire memory world seemed like a real world.

Everyone performed their duties; the instrument simulated the real rocket launch steps in the memory world through the information and knowledge of the space agency in the real world.

The most expensive scene in 'To the Moon' appeared.

Special effects scenes produced more than three months in advance.

The rocket's tail flame propelled it.

Xiao Xi and Xu Han in the spacecraft, enduring the enormous acceleration, broke through the atmosphere, broke through the Earth's gravitational constraints, and headed towards the huge moon in the sky.

Cao Peisheng's heart was pounding at this moment, as if he was there, watching Xiao Xi and Xu Han fly into space.

Xiao Xi and Xu Han looked at each other in the silent spacecraft.

Fragments of Xiao Xi and Xu Han's real memories flashed.

Xu Han and Xiao Xi's promise on the moon.

The two watching a movie in middle school.

Going horseback riding together to treat the illness.

Xu Han and Xiao Xi's wedding and the two dancing on the lighthouse.

These scenes flashed by, and finally all dissipated, leaving only Xiao Xi and Xu Han looking at each other in the spacecraft.

They would sail together in this spacecraft for a period of time, and finally land on the moon, hundreds of thousands of kilometers away from Earth!

In addition to the song 'To Xiao Xi' representing their love, the background music also included the sound of the electrocardiogram instrument representing Xu Han's lifeline in the real world.

Beep~ Beep~~ Beep~~~~

The frequency of the heartbeat was getting slower and slower.

Xu Han seemed to be aware of something; he shook his head left and right in the spacecraft, trying to find where the sound of the electrocardiogram instrument was coming from.

But these were the sounds he heard in the real world.

Xiao Xi looked at the uneasy and anxious Xu Han.

Her seat was right next to Xu Han's.

She suddenly took the initiative to reach out and hold Xu Han's hand.

Cao Peisheng's eyes widened, and tears couldn't stop streaming down.

Xiao Xi didn't say a word, but her eyes and her expression fully revealed her love for Xu Han.

Xu Han's unease and anxiety subsided; he looked at the girl beside him, and at this moment, it seemed that nothing else mattered.

The moment Xu Han and Xiao Xi held hands, his heartbeat clearly dropped to an extremely short frequency.

At this moment,

The moon was close at hand.

The spacecraft slowly landed, stirring up dust on the lunar surface.

The spacecraft they were riding in landed on the moon.

They went to the moon!

But neither Xiao Xi nor Xu Han cast their eyes on the bare moon for even a second.

The two held hands tightly, their eyes fixed on each other, their faces filled with happiness and loving smiles, only for each other.

Beep~~~~~~~

With the last heartbeat, the instrument maintaining Xu Han's life issued an alarm.

The picture of the TV series suddenly changed from the scene of the two facing each other on the moon to a black screen.

Xu Han, died!

In reality, Qiu Junlin, who played Xu Han, showed a happy smile on his old face.

All the medical equipment in his room issued alarms.

Cao Peisheng was already sobbing at this moment.

【What if we forget or get lost?】

【Then we'll always meet on the moon! Silly!】

The end credits song for the tenth episode of 'To the Moon' started.

But this time, the end credits song was not a black screen like before.

Instead, the scene came to the carnival the year after Xu Han and Xiao Xi first met.

It was still the tree stump, still the same spot, Xiao Xi was waiting for his arrival, holding the platypus doll that Xu Han gave her last year.

In the real world, the original Xiao Xi did not wait for Xu Han's arrival in the second year at all.

But here, she waited.

That boy did not break his promise.

She shifted some space on the stump, inviting Xu Han to sit up with a smile on her face, and admire the starry sky with her again.

Perhaps this was another kind of false dream.

Or perhaps, this was Xiao Xi's soul, after her death, always waiting for Xu Han here.

Xu Han, he kept his promise and came to watch the stars with her.

This was a dream, a beautiful metaphor about Xiao Xi and Xu Han that the screenwriter told the audience.

But this happy scene made countless viewers in front of the TV tonight, watching the finale of 'To the Moon', break down and cry.

They were clearly prepared.

Everyone could also guess the plot.

But why couldn't they help but cry.

At the end of the credits, was that lighthouse.

Next to Xiao Xi's tombstone, Xu Han's grave was tightly next to hers.

Shen Yi received a call from the company.

【New patient?】 Cheng Li asked.

【New patient.】 Shen Yi replied.

The two smiled at each other and left here, leaving only the scene of Xu Han and Xiao Xi's graves under the lighthouse in the camera.

【To the Moon. End】

Cao Peisheng leaned back in his chair, his expression a little dazed.

This ending.

This should have been the best ending of this drama in his imagination.

Xiao Xi and Xu Han went to the moon together, and Xu Han died happily.

But his heart became more and more uncomfortable, as if something had hollowed out his heart.

Depressing emotions were constantly accumulating.

If only Xiao Xi and John in the real world could end their lives like this.

When this thought arose, Cao Peisheng's heart shrank.

He understood why he was so uncomfortable.

He clearly knew from the beginning that the going to the moon and the memory reset in this drama were all fake.

But he still hoped that in the false memories, Xiao Xi and Xu Han could gain happiness.

But when this expectation is realized, you will truly realize.

This is far from enough.

Xu Han died happily.

What about Xiao Xi?

What kind of mood did she leave the world with before she died?

The best, the most complete ending of this drama.

In essence, it's also a tragedy!

After realizing this, Cao Peisheng's nose became sore again.

"The screenwriter is called Su Yan, right?"

Cao Peisheng logged into Sakura Net on his computer; he couldn't sleep tonight, and he had to write a review of the drama.