Depressive Screenwriter

Su Yan and Yumi Shinozaki's film and television company was located near the film and television shooting base in the suburbs of Shanghai.

There were many independent small film and television companies like theirs in this area.

Some cooperated with small and medium-sized TV stations to shoot sitcoms or low-budget dramas.

Some were companies that directly filmed web dramas and did not consider TV broadcasting at all.

And some were in the film industry, shooting low-budget theatrical movies.

It could be said that there were colleagues everywhere.

Although the company's conditions were simple, Su Yan didn't care about them.

In the future, when the company grows and makes money, he can directly buy a building as headquarters.

Now, he had to save every penny to shoot "April."

In fact, although Su Yan had not yet decided which TV station would broadcast "April," the preparations for the drama had not been delayed at all.

After all, no matter what happens and whether it can be broadcast in July as Su Yan wants, the drama must be filmed.

Moreover, the earlier it is filmed, the more time there is to polish the post-production effects.

So, these days, Yumi Shinozaki and he had started the work of forming the crew.

After the recruitment of some basic company personnel was completed, Su Yan set his sights on the five major TV stations other than Sakura, Shanghai, and China TV.

First of all, Su Yan did not consider Northern United and Binan TV, two of the five major TV stations.

Because the headquarters of these two were not in Shanghai, but in the capital.

It would be too much trouble for Su Yan to cooperate with them, and he would probably have to move directly to the capital.

If that were the case, Yumi Shinozaki's network advantages as a producer in the industry would be greatly reduced.

Among the remaining three TV stations, Qingkong, Bingying, and Bindong TV, all of which have their headquarters in Shanghai, were all within Su Yan's consideration.

In fact, all three were very interested in Su Yan's proposal to broadcast "April" on their own TV stations.

Perhaps for TV stations like Sakura, it was a pity that a talented screenwriter like Su Yan with achievements left, but it would not shake the development of the TV station.

However, for these five, they often rarely see a drama broadcast on their own station with a rating of over 4% in a year. Talents with a little ability in the industry all run to the top three, and those who stay in their few are basically second-rate.

The attitude was definitely different when a talent like Su Yan came to the door.

Su Yan's "Ancient Love Song" could even break through 4% in the midnight slot.

What could be more convincing than this achievement?

No matter how much the senior executives of several TV stations thought the top three were strong, they would not think that their own TV station's weekend slot would be worse than Sakura TV's midnight slot.

Therefore, the dramas that the station strongly promoted would be staggered from the dramas broadcast by the top three at eight o'clock, and the seven o'clock and nine o'clock on weekends would be the time slots with the best ratings among the several TV stations.

Bingying TV sent the director of the script department and a senior executive from the production department to visit, and first watched the first three episodes of the script of "April is Your Lie."

They were a little disappointed to learn that it was a youth romance drama with a music theme.

There were too many youth romance dramas in China, and the audience was tired of watching them.

Among Su Yan's past three dramas, "Rurouni Kenshin" had excellent martial arts elements.

"Ancient Love Song" had the original reverse time-travel element.

"To the Moon" had a bunch of sci-fi elements in it.

All of them were innovative, and the two even felt that the success of Su Yan's three dramas was largely related to these innovations.

As for "April," a traditional music romance drama...

The two expressed doubts.

But no matter what, the other party still gave a broadcast copyright fee of 10 million yuan in view of Su Yan's past achievements, and also bluntly said that they could give one of the best time slots to "April" for broadcast.

As for Bindong TV, two senior executives also came.

However, Bindong TV's prime time broadcast slot in July was already full.

They had already produced two B-level dramas and introduced several fantasy and sports-themed dramas customized by film and television companies, and the contracts had been signed. The July schedule could not be freed up.

However, the other party promised that if Su Yan's "April" was willing to be broadcast on the TV station's October autumn schedule, they would be willing to spend 15 million to introduce the broadcast rights of Su Yan's drama.

In early April, Su Yan, who spent a week eating and drinking with senior executives from several TV stations, also recounted the content of his conversation with senior executives from Bindong TV last night to Yumi Shinozaki.

"As a result, all three TV stations agreed that we only sell the broadcast rights, and all agreed to give 'April' the best broadcast slot in the station." Su Yan still felt a little dizzy today.

"Bindong TV offered the highest price, 15 million, but 'April' can only be broadcast in October. Bingying TV offered the lowest price because they don't particularly favor 'April is Your Lie!' And Qingkong TV is moderate in everything," Su Yan said softly.

"What do you think?"

"Isn't the answer obvious?" Yumi Shinozaki said.

"We can't wait for Bindong TV for a quarter. If we really wait from April to October, after half a year, the popularity of 'To the Moon' will decline, and the ratings of your new work will definitely be affected. Although it has 3 million more in broadcast rights purchase fees, it is not worth mentioning compared to the impact on ratings."

"As for Bingying TV. If they don't favor 'April' from the beginning, the publicity before the broadcast of 'April' on the TV station will definitely be much smaller, and I don't recommend it."

"You think the same as me," Su Yan said.

"Moreover, although Qingkong TV's popularity is not as good as the top three such as Sakura, in the ranking of the influence of Chinese TV stations in the past three years, it has never fallen out of the top five domestic TV stations. And the year before last, it produced a drama with a rating of over 4%, but the top three TV stations each produced an S-level drama in the same time slot, so that drama was not very famous. But being able to break 4% in ratings shows that the upper limit of the TV station's traffic audience still exists."

In fact, Chinese audiences, like Su Yan's previous life, also prefer special effects and large-investment dramas.

The audience for pure romance and youth dramas is relatively fixed.

However, special effects dramas can be watched by men, women, and children, so the ratings of such large-investment special effects, costume martial arts, or sci-fi and supernatural fantasy dramas are mostly better than daily campus and workplace romance dramas.

It is also the investment direction of the S-level dramas of the top three TV stations.

Otherwise, tens of millions or hundreds of millions of investments cannot really be spent on hiring a few leading actors, right?

"Since we both have the same ideas, there is no need to discuss it anymore," Su Yan said.

"I have no objection. Given the indifference of China TV and Shanghai TV to our new drama, Qingkong TV's conditions are already excellent," Yumi Shinozaki said.

"But I always feel that everything is going so smoothly! The negotiations with several TV stations have been very smooth. In fact, they all gave very good conditions. Even the conditions given by Bingying TV, which has the lowest price, are better than those of China TV and Shanghai TV, which directly exceeded my expectations. I thought the lower the influence of the TV station, the lower the treatment would be," Su Yan said.

"That's natural." Yumi Shinozaki looked at Su Yan.

"With your achievements, you are a scarce resource in the eyes of the senior executives of these five TV stations. Although they can't get the full copyright of 'April,' if 'April' performs well after the broadcast, the TV station's GG revenue will be much higher, and people will naturally be willing to give you a high price."

"But for the top three, they want more. They can also produce dramas with high ratings themselves. Even if they don't cooperate with you, the achievements and revenue of the top three TV stations will not be much different. The conditions they offer you will naturally be lower."

"In the end, it's just that my current achievements haven't made them feel that I'm indispensable," Su Yan smiled after thinking for a while.

"But... one day, we will make China TV and Shanghai TV personally come to us and ask to cooperate with us."

"It's best if you have this attitude." Yumi Shinozaki smiled upon hearing this.

"If you can create a hit drama with a rating of over 5% or even higher in the future."

"I dare say that the production department heads of China TV and Shanghai TV will personally come to you to discuss purchasing the broadcast rights and broadcasting them during prime time."

Su Yan and Yumi Shinozaki are both action-oriented people.

When they chose to leave Sakura TV, they also had a certain prediction of the current situation.

Although the new drama was not broadcast on the top three, "Ancient Love Song" was able to reverse the ratings even when it was broadcast in the midnight slot.

Su Yan is at least confident in broadcasting "April" on Qingkong TV.

The treatment is much better than that of "Ancient Love Song" at the beginning.

Since the cooperating TV station was determined, detailed contract negotiations were immediately launched with the other party.

After all, many actors who have booked roles also want to see which TV station "April" will be broadcast on before deciding whether to join the crew.

Otherwise, if "April" is broadcast on an unknown platform or even directly on the Internet, many stars who cherish their feathers will definitely not choose to join.

Early April

After Su Yan had settled everything with Qingkong TV and signed the contract.

Qingkong TV first released an announcement.

Su Yan's new drama "April is Your Lie!".

Will be broadcast on Qingkong TV during the July summer schedule.

After this news was released, the Chinese film and television industry was in an uproar.

After Su Yan left Sakura TV, he did not go to China TV and Shanghai TV to cooperate.

He went to cooperate with Qingkong TV?