A Perfect Life Beginning as a Light Novel Writer

Chapter 116 Talk
In fact, it has been almost a month since I got Jiang Jing's contact card, but Xia Yan never contacted her.

The reason is very simple, no matter what she says she admires Xia Yan and his novels, there is no doubt that the two are competitors.

A new god ascends to the first place, and a new god ascends to the second place in the selection.

Of course, Xia Yan believes that there are rivals who appreciate each other in this world, such as Song Lingyun to him.

But Xia Yan didn't know Jiang Jing well, so he didn't have any deep connection with her.

But now since it is necessary.
Xia Yan entered her Penguin number on the phone.

The other party didn't agree immediately, maybe something happened.

Xia Yan didn't care, but sat on his desk, thinking about the two works of Parasitic Beast and Magical Girl Madoka, repeatedly observing them in his mind, checking the information about the two works in Yuan Qing's memory
Parasitic Beast, the original work is a manga. The manga is divided into ten volumes. The total sales volume of the single book is as high as more than 1000 copies. It is calculated that it is a manga with an average sales volume of one million volumes in the island country of the parallel world.

In the Japanese island manga world in the parallel world, basically the measure of whether a manga work is a popular work depends on the average sales volume of its manga volume.

Basically, the average sales volume of more than 100 million volumes belongs to the popular high-quality comics, and the average sales volume of volumes exceeds 200 million, which is the work of Hunter, Kenshin, and Steel Refining.
But further upwards, more than 300 million volumes per volume, that is, works such as Dragon Ball, Hokage, and Pirates have such popularity and can achieve this sales volume.

Basically, the average volume sales of these comics can reach more than 100 million. This work is definitely a boutique, but its popularity, influence, and status cannot be simply measured by average volume sales.

For example, Slam Dunk, which sells an average of 500 million manga volumes, is definitely more classic than Ghost Slayer, which has an average volume of 600 million volumes.Devilman, a comic book with an average sales volume of 1000 million volumes, is definitely far inferior to Dragon Ball, which has an average sales volume of 700 million volumes.

But the times are different, and the intensity of capital operation is not the same, which will lead to these sales gaps and the quality of the works may not be completely consistent.

But in any case, judging from the sales of the work and the audience's evaluation of the parasitic beast in the parallel world.

Even if the work of Parasite cannot be recognized by everyone as a masterpiece, it is not a big problem to call it a half-step masterpiece.

As for Magical Girl Madoka
In a word.

The TV animation with the most awards in the history of the parallel world island country animation industry!

That suffices to sum up its status.

It is basically a recognized masterpiece of animation. If you want to say that it is an unrivaled work in the animation industry of the island country, it would not be true, but it does combine business and fun of the work very well.

It belongs to works that are well-received and well-received, and it is not at the same level as those other-world toilet paper animations that are popular but have extremely low ratings.

After a long time, Xia Yan let out a long sigh.

The work of Parasitic Beast is okay, even if it is presented in the form of a novel, it can well show the plot appeal of the original work.

But Magical Girl Madoka.
What do you say?

It's not that it cannot be adapted into a light novel, but if it is adapted into a light novel, the appeal of the original work may drop a little.

Just like the unheard flower name, it is obvious that it is the most perfect presentation in the form of animation. The plot and the ending song "All you gave me!" One blessing will produce an effect of one plus one greater than two.

But the reason why Xia Yan serialized it as a light novel before was mainly because he had no capital and no reputation to do it as a last resort.

Now, if Xia Yan wanted to present the magical girl Madoka in this world, he would definitely want to present it in the form of animation.

Among other things, Xia Yan's two novels Journey of Youth written in the past year and the various income from unknown names have also brought Xia Yan's total net worth to 300 million.

After all, during this period of time, due to the fermentation of animation and the support of animation fans, the sales volume of this work has exceeded 400 million copies per volume, and it is very likely to exceed 500 million in a month or two. Mark, this work has brought huge benefits to Xia Yan.

Plus the booklet To the Moon will be released soon.
In fact, if Xia Yan spends sparingly, this money is enough for him to invest in an animation work.

After all, the commercial value of Magical Girl Madoka is so great, Xia Yan would rather keep it in his hands and cover it, and it is impossible to submit it to other animation production companies to help others make money.

But the problem is
Xia Yan doesn't know anything in the animation industry. He has no connections. It doesn't matter. He doesn't understand the production process of the work.

Of course, Xia Yan also immediately thought of Tang Yin. She said that she is now setting up an animation production company, but Tang Yin has already taken over an animation project there. Energy is responsible for two projects at the same time.
After much deliberation, Xia Yan didn't have any good ideas for the time being.

The time for thinking flashed by, and soon, a beep sounded on Xia Yan's phone.

Jiang Jing approved his friend application.

[What's wrong, Teacher Xia Yan?Finally remembered me today?He actually added me as a friend. 】

At the beginning, Xia Yan chatted with Jiang Jing for a while, and talked about him from left to right. When Jiang Jing finally couldn't stand it, she asked Xia Yan if she had something to look for her.

【Well, I'm sorry, because I have something to ask you. 】

Seeing this, Xia Yan also followed the topic.

Although it is realistic to do this, Xia Yan can only see if there is an opportunity in the future, and try his best to repay this favor.

Jiang Jing, who had just participated in a fan meeting and was resting in the lounge in the Modu area, gradually smiled while chatting with Xia Yan. After 10 minutes, she understood what Xia Yan meant.

Xia Yan is really interested in joining Liuli, Xingkong, and Qingze, the three major bookstores.

But to put it bluntly, he has more confidence in his future potential. He thinks that no matter which of the three major bookstores offers him a long-term contract, it will be a loss for him. He simply wants to be a free agent. Time to cooperate, but to create a work, just cooperate once.
The three major book clubs have been in the Longguo novel world for so many years, and there must be various ways of cultivating talents.

To be honest, many of Longguo's top light novel writers and these large book clubs cooperate in this way.

[It’s not impossible if you want to do this, but if you do this, even if your work shows a [-]% potential, it is very likely that you will lose to those who only have [-]% in resource competition, but the owner of the work It's the group of people who are invited by the publisher of the book. 】

In online novels in parallel worlds, what writers compete for is the recommended position of novels on the website, but in this world
What the light novel writers are fighting for is the promotional power of the book club for the novel after the novel is serialized, and the level of journals for the serialization of the work.

The seven major book clubs, like the several book clubs in the southern province, each have a book club's signature periodical works.

For example, "Qingze" by Qingze Bookstore, "Starry Sky" by Xingkong Novels, and "Liuli" by Liuli Publishing House.three periodicals.
The total circulation of each issue in the seventeen provinces of Longguo exceeds 1000 million copies.

Specifically, nowadays, the periodical "Starry Sky" in the imperial capital area has the highest sales volume, and the sales volume of each issue hovers between 1800 million and 2100 million copies.

The second highest-selling novel periodical work is "Qingze" of Qingze Bookstore, with sales of about 1400 million copies per issue.

The third highest-selling novel periodical is "Liu Li".Each issue sells around 1200 million copies.

It can be said that the sales volume of 80 million copies per issue of Red Maple Literature is the gap in the level of dimensionality reduction.

These three journals are weekly serial novel journals, and each journal has only ten serial slots.

In Xia Yan's words, he has the title of No.1 in the selection of new gods. If he is willing to sign a long-term contract with the three major bookstores, then his new work is eligible for the selection of serial vacancies in these three journals. was submitted to the serial meeting.

Of course, he is only eligible to be submitted to the serialization meeting, and at the serialization meeting, the authors of the novels competing with him are all giants in the light novel world of Longguo.In the history of writing, everyone has created at least one novel with a sales volume of more than 500 million or even tens of millions. Xia Yan's new work, in the eyes of others, has a very low chance of being selected.

Three periodicals, thirty serial seats in the same period
This is the supreme goal of all novel writers in the Longguo light novel world.

As long as one of the serial seats can be obtained, and the popularity of the work in the serial journal is stable, until the end of the serialization, the work will not be transferred and published by the book club to the secondary journal of the book club because of the lack of popularity of the novel until the end of the serialization
Basically, this writer is qualified to be called a well-known writer in the light novel world of Longguo.

It can be described as an ascension to the sky.

But Xia Yan chose not to sign a long-term contract to compete for the [-] serial seats. The probability of Xia Yan wanting to directly participate in the competition is too low.

Jiang Jing typed and communicated with Xia Yan, and Xia Yan responded yes.

[Oh, I see, so if I don't choose to sign a long-term contract with the three major bookstores, but a short-term cooperation contract, what will happen after my work is serialized? 】

Jiang Jing has a good sense of Xia Yan. First, after telling what she knows, seeing that Xia Yan is still firm in her beliefs, she doesn't persuade her much.

[Then if the quality is sufficient, it will be serialized in the secondary periodicals of the three major publishing houses.For example, "Under the Starry Sky", "Qingzeyu" and "Liu Lise" are serialized in three sub-journals. 】

Xia Yan looked at the content displayed on the phone
[How do you feel that the name of the journal is so similar? 】Xia Yan typed and asked.

[Of course, the novels serialized in "Under the Starry Sky" are basically the works that were moved over due to lack of popularity in the "Starry Sky" periodical. "Qingze" and "Qingze Rain". The relationship between "Liu Li" and "Liu Li Color" is similar. ] Jiang Jing replied.

Once a novel is serialized in a top journal like "Starry Sky" and the data is not satisfactory, the book society will immediately remove it.

After all, the three major journals such as "Starry Sky" only have ten serial seats, and there are not so many opportunities to waste on novels with insufficient potential.

But no matter what, even if the novels that can be serialized in "Starry Sky" are not ideal, they are only for other top-level novels in the same periodical. In terms of the entire Longguo novel world, they are still top-notch novels. It may be such a waste to cut in half.

That's why there are sub-journals corresponding to the three top journals.

The sales volume of these secondary journals is only about 40.00% of that of the corresponding top journals.

But the sales volume of 600 million or even 800 million copies per issue is still terrifying.

[The reason why I have been called the best newcomer in the light novel world of Shanghai in the past two years is because my last work was serialized on "Liu Li Color", and among the [-] works, I got the third place. ] Jiang Jing replied.

[Because of this, my next new work is eligible to be submitted to participate in the competition at the "Liu Li" novel seat serialization conference, but there is a high probability that I will not be able to compete. 】

[In other words, if my next work wants to be serialized in the three major journals of "Starry Sky", "Liu Li" and "Qingze", it is basically impossible not to sign a long-term contract with the bookstore.After signing a long-term contract, it is also very unlikely that the serialization meeting will be directly killed by the works of many established writers? 】 Xia Yan replied.

At the same time, I am also surprised by the competitiveness of the novel industry in the capital city. This level of competition, those top writers at the provincial and regional level come here, it is not enough to watch, it is probably cannon fodder.

Of course, to put it another way, it is because the potential writers at the regional level, such as Xia Yan and Song Lingyun, have all left the capital, so the level of writers left in those provinces is not very high.Completely and the level of the imperial capital are two worlds.

[Almost, but not absolutely.For example, since the two journals "Liu Li" and "Liu Li Color" have a downgrade mechanism, they naturally have an upgrade mechanism.But the latter. The conditions are too harsh. Anyway, if your work clearly shows great potential and the serialization results in "Liu Li Color" are not generally good, then you have the opportunity to directly go from the secondary journals to the corresponding top journals. Serialize and upgrade. 】

Conversion and upgrade of novel serial periodicals..
Xia Yan's eyes froze when he heard this.

And this kind of operation?

As long as the grades are good enough, then anything is possible.

Jiang Jing and Xia Yan talked a lot
In the end, she said something that made Xia Yan feel very useful.

[So. As long as you can accept that the bookstore doesn't pay much attention to your resources, there are plenty of brokers in the bookstore who are willing to sign you.For example, my agent "Bai Xuan". 】

Jiang Jing typed and said.

She is relatively broad-minded, and she really likes Xia Yan's novels, so she is not afraid to waste time talking about these with Xia Yan.

[My connections are limited to Liuli Publishing House.I can't help Xingkong Novels and Qingze Library.But I advise you, if you really want to join these three major book clubs, it is better to choose Liuli. Although the other two are actually the strongest of the three major book clubs, they are also the two with the most serious nepotism.]

　There is another chapter, but it will be later.Because I've been really busy these days, and I've caught a tm cold again.

　　Really unlucky people, everything happened.well.Not to mention, I'm going to stay up late to code words, I'm sorry to ask for leave again.I asked for leave for a day before, and I still owe [-] words.It can't go on like this.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)