A Perfect Life Beginning as a Light Novel Writer

Chapter 118 Manuscripts and Strangers
early july.
The booklets of the top ten works of Xin Shen ascended the ranks were jointly issued by the "Seven Book Society Committees".

Last month, when Xia Yan was busy with the college entrance examination and looking for a new home, the fame of Going to the Moon was spreading wildly among Longguo light novel fans.

The word-of-mouth reputation of going to the moon is obvious to all. Many readers, even if they didn’t follow up and buy the New God Ranking Journal, have already had great expectations for this work after a couple of months of publicity for the work. Now that the booklet is released .
Even if Xia Yan is in the Modu area, he can still see that the booklet of going to the moon is piled up extremely prominently in the local bookstore, and its sales volume is very high.
Obviously, the other nine novels that were released in separate volumes sold much faster than Xin Shen Deng Jie.

The outside world now agrees that, relying on the popularity of going to the moon during the serialization period and the quality of the book, the single volume of this novel will sell more than 400 million copies within three months of its release across the country.

This estimated sales volume is actually extremely exaggerated.

I have never heard that Huaming animation is so popular. With the help of animation, the unheard of Huaming's book has only exceeded 500 million copies after it has been released for almost a year without the support of any large-scale publishing channels.

Although Going to the Moon has the support and promotion of the seven major book clubs and committees in the whole country, they will certainly not provide top-level resources to support a non-profit novel like Going to the Moon.

Looking at it this way, the estimated sales volume of the 400 million volumes of To the Moon is really quite high.

However, after the animation film production of To the Moon is launched, the sales volume of the single book of To the Moon should usher in a second wave of skyrocketing.

Xia Yan looked at some data sent by the staff he was communicating with, and then looked at the tall buildings in the distance.

After arriving in Shanghai, in the first few days, he has been busy with Tang Yin's father's "Sugar Man" film industry in order to adapt the animation to the moon.

then now
He was heading to the agreed place to meet Jiang Jing's manager "Bai Xuan".

In the center of the magic city, in an elegantly decorated coffee shop.

Xia Yan came here almost half an hour earlier than the appointed time.

On his left hand side are the first five chapters of the adapted novel of Parasitic Beast.
The classic piano music from the plane of Longguo was playing in the coffee shop. Xia Yan noticed the girl who was playing the song in the middle of the coffee shop.

The girl's skin is whiter than snow, her temperament is elegant, her hair is tied into a single ponytail, and her fingers twirling on the piano keys create a series of afterimages of her fingers.

The reason why Xia Yan noticed her
It's because not long after Xia Yan sat here, the girl's gaze has been fixed on Xia Yan, and Xia Yan can obviously feel that her piano sound is a little scattered after she came in. .

After all, when he collaborated with Song Lingyun to compose two pieces of music, Xia Yan had at least cultivated his ears, at least he felt so.

As for why the other party stared at him, Xia Yan guessed
Maybe he recognized him, he was a fan of his novels.

Xia Yan thought for a while, and called a waiter in the coffee shop to ask.

"Who is she?"

Xia Yan pointed to the person playing the piano.

"Hello, guest, she is a student of Shanghai Metropolitan University who works part-time in our coffee shop during the summer vacation. What's the matter? Is her performance dissatisfied with you?"

Students of Shanghai University?

summer job.

That's my senior.

Xia Yan immediately put away her indifferent attitude, if she is a fan of passers-by, forget it, since she is a senior who is doing a summer job, and she may be a fan of her novels.
"Oh, no. I mean, she played pretty well."

Although Xia Yan earns tens of millions a year, to be honest, he basically has no time to enjoy luxury, so his mentality is still common.

Although he felt a little distressed, he still took out one hundred dragon national coins from his wallet and handed it to the waiter.

"For her, a reward."

Just take it as a support for your own novel fans, anyway, this kind of situation is not common.

"These are all tips for her, right?" The waiter looked at Xia Yan with a hint of expectation in his eyes.

Xia Yan was taken aback for a moment, and immediately realized that he took out another fifty and handed it to the waiter.

"this is for you."

Damn, 150 yuan is basically a day and a half of wages for the working class in Shanghai, and it is also Xia Yan's income for about 10 minutes.

After all, the purchasing power of Longguo currency is about half of that of the dollar in the parallel world. Besides, many working-class people earn three to four thousand a month. Xia Yan's move is actually quite generous in the eyes of the waiter.

"Thank you, guest."

Xia Yan smiled, and no longer cared about the girl playing the piano.

But after the waiter handed the tip to the girl, the piano sound in the coffee shop changed soon.

A familiar tune sounded.

"To the brook!"

Xia Yan's eyes were stunned, and he looked at the senior sister.

The other party also looked at him.

Sure enough, she knew me.

But before Xia Yan could say anything more, a woman in a white dress and high heels walked in.

The woman is tall, about 1.7 meters tall, carrying a small luxury bag, and light makeup on her fair and beautiful face. As soon as she entered the coffee shop, many men looked at her involuntarily.

"Hello, Teacher Xia Yan, right? I'm "Bai Xuan", the manager of Liuli Publishing House."

The woman looked at Xia Yan with a smile on her face.

She heard about Xia Yan from Jiang Jing, and she also knew what her colleague Meng Lin was thinking.

For a person like Xia Yan who is unwilling to even sign a long-term contract and is afraid of being bound, after learning that Xingkong Novel and Qingze Library have serious nepotism, he will definitely not give priority to those two.

Meng Lin only needs to deal with Xia Yan coldly for a month or two. At that time, Xia Yan will most likely follow Meng Lin and sign a ten-year contract with Liuli Publishing House.

Of course, Bai Xuan didn't care what the other party did. After all, the book club arranged for Meng Lin to meet Xia Yan, so it was not easy for Bai Xuan to intervene.

only.
Now Xia Yan took the initiative to come to her, which is not considered breaking the rules.

"I have a general understanding of the situation. Teacher Xia Yan wants to cooperate with me, so I am naturally very happy. After all, you can easily defeat the novel genius author "Jiang Jing" who I spent a lot of time digging out." Bai Xuan crystal clear He took a sip of coffee with his lips.

"But my business ability and relationship network may not be stronger than Meng Lin. If she can't give you, I probably can't give it either."

"I know that I only have two simple conditions. First, my new novel is eligible to be serialized in Liuli Publishing's sub-journal "Liuli Color". Second, I don't sign a long-term contract." Xia Yan said.

It is said to be two simple conditions, but in fact, it is not simple.

"It's okay not to sign a long-term contract. The impact on you is that the manuscript fee will be reduced. Also, if your work is released in a single volume in the future, the publicity resources given by the publishing house may only be [-]% of that of long-term contract authors with the same grades. About seventy. But how should I say it? In a word, the writing is so good." Bai Xuan laughed.

"If it's a real blockbuster novel, even if the bookstore is thinking about its own profits, it won't be perfunctory. Even if the author of the novel is not the book owner's contracted work."

To put it bluntly, for ordinary novels, whether the author signs a long-term contract or not will affect the level of publicity resources, which will affect the sales of books, and then convert it into the author's direct income.

But is there any book society that thinks that the works of the blockbuster level are too much money to make money?As long as the bookstore can see the benefits, it will push it with all its strength.Long-term contracts, in many cases, actually protect the interests of middle-level novelists.It restricts the performance of high-level novelists, and prevents him from asking for a lot of money after he becomes famous.

"As for what you said about your new novel, you want to be in "Liu Li Color!" "It will be serialized in this journal. That kind of thing is not about me, but about yourself, Mr. Xia Yan. I will help you fight for opportunities, but if your work is not strong, it will be useless for me to fight for it." Bai Xuan laughed road.

"I understand." Xia Yan nodded.

In fact, the two had already chatted on the Penguin for a few days before this meeting, and the details of the cooperation were roughly finalized by both parties.

Xia Yan handed over the manuscript of the novel on her left hand side to Bai Xuan.

In fact, the job content of a novelist's agent like Qi Da overlaps a lot with that of a novel editor.

But they are more to help contracted novelists to develop their personal values ​​in an all-round way.

For example, use the funds provided by the book club to reflect good public opinion on the Internet, organize meetings between novelists and fans, help the works of novelists under their command to carry out all-round and in-depth IP adaptation, and even regularly monitor the physical and mental health of novelists , when necessary, hire a doctor to provide psychological dredging for some stressed novelists, so as to save some people from having poor serial performance and being overwhelmed after being scolded by millions of readers.

Otherwise, how many people who write novels understand this?Even if you understand, how many people have the energy to handle these trivial matters?

"Parasite?" Bai Xuan opened the file and simply read it.

In her working group in Liuli Bookstore, several employees helped her deal with affairs. Whether there were any problems with the plot of the received novel, and what suggestions could be made mainly depended on the opinions of those people after review.

But Bai Xuan must have the basic ability to read manuscripts.

Anyway, she will not judge with an overly professional eye when reading manuscripts, because in fact, she will often be restricted by standards when reading manuscripts.

She regarded herself as a reader, not thinking about anything, staring at the manuscript of the novel of "Parasitic Beast".

Parasites invade the earth?
Seeing this setting, Bai Xuan frowned.

It's not that it can't be done, it's mainly because of Xia Yan.
Change the subject again?

The works of young girls on the journey of youth have become about friendship without knowing the name of the flower.

As for going to the moon, it is more like a work praising love, but it is very different from youthful love.

And the parasite
No matter how you look at it, they are all fighting novels.

Bai Xuan continued to read.
Parasitic beasts randomly parasitize various animals, invade the brain, and then disguise themselves in human society
What you thought was a gentle wife, a kind mother and a lovely daughter, put you beside your bed in the dead of night
eat.
eaten?
Seeing this, Bai Xuan's eyes widened.

There are no such three gourmet novels as Tokyo Food, The Retreating Dwarves, and Parasitic Beasts in the Long Kingdom novel world.

This kind of thing, just setting it up makes Bai Xuan feel extremely
interesting.

Cannibalism is of course scary, but it is not so scary when it is written in a novel, because readers know that the protagonist will definitely not be eaten so badly.

The protagonist who was invaded by the parasitic beast, but the parasitic beast failed to invade, so he could only give up the brain of the parasitic protagonist. Instead, he had no choice but to parasitize the protagonist's right hand in order to survive.

In this way, the protagonist in the story has a super strong golden right hand that is not under his control, can be soft or hard, fast or slow, and can even change various postures.

At first, Bai Xuan just thought that this novel was a passionate novel in which the male protagonist fights by relying on parasitic beasts.

But looking at it, something is wrong
The more I read it, the more I feel that the plot of this novel is a bit deep and depressing.

Compared with the improvement of the hero's combat power in the novel, it is better to say that the whole novel is more about portraying the change of the hero's mood.

Especially in Chapter 5.
When the hero returned home and received a call from his seriously injured father telling him to call the police and not trust his mother.

Bai Xuan's whole heart was troubled.

The novel uses a lot of space to describe this plot.

How the protagonist welcomes his mother's return at home with a disturbed mood.

And how unbelievable it was that his mother's head split open like a twisted twist in front of him, split into a sharp blade made of flesh, and pierced his heart with one knife.

The person you love the most in the world turns into a monster little by little in your eyes, and takes your life with your own hands.

Snapped!
Bai Xuan folded the manuscript of the novel with both hands, took a deep breath and looked at Xia Yan.

"It's quite innovative." Bai Xuan could only say so temporarily.

But with a strong desire to know the follow-up plot in her heart, she was telling Bai Xuan that the quality of this novel was extremely high.

"The manuscript is temporarily placed with me. I will go back and discuss with the relevant personnel of the bookstore to confirm, and draft a contract. At this time, if everything goes well, it will be within a few days."

Bai Xuan stood up and extended her palm to Xia Yan.

Xia Yan immediately shook hands with her.

Bai Xuan had a lot of things to do, and it was impossible for her to drink coffee with Xia Yan all the time, so she left soon.

As for Xia Yan, he let out a long sigh of relief.

It can only be said that the title of No.1 in the selection of the new gods is easy to use.

With historical achievements, talking about these things is a matter of course.

Otherwise, if Xia Yan was a pure newcomer novelist, then Bai Xuan wouldn't talk to him at all.

You say you have talent and potential?Then come to me when you become famous.

Xia Yan was sitting on a chair drinking coffee, but not long after, a girl suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Senior sister?" Xia Yan was taken aback when she saw this girl working part-time in a coffee shop, and blurted out a sentence.

"Sister?" The girl looked at Xia Yan suspiciously.

"Are you also a student of Modu University?"

"No, I just want to apply for Shanghai University." Xia Yan was a little embarrassed.

"So sure you can make it? The score line hasn't come out yet, right?" The girl looked at Xia Yan curiously.

"I have checked the answers of the college entrance examination online, and I feel that I should be sure." Xia Yan said.

After all, he only needs 440 points for the special move. As long as the composition of an uncertain subject like Chinese doesn't deduct big points, Xia Yan's score is above 440 no matter what.

"Senior sister, are you looking for me for something?" Xia Yan asked.

"Almost. I'm a part-time cartoonist, and I'm also a fan of your novels. I've followed you for a long time, and I happened to meet you today, so I wanted to come over and ask you to sign an autograph." The girl said calmly.

(End of this chapter)