A Perfect Life Beginning as a Light Novel Writer

Chapter 127 Talking and Animation Investing

Some creators are very stubborn, and they don't allow anyone to get involved in their works. Even if it is an editor, if you suggest to modify the plot with him, he will ignore you. If Mo Ran has this kind of inclination, then there is nothing wrong with it, after all Working together to create comics is tantamount to sharing a bowl with others, and everyone has to work together and cooperate.Some people can stand it, some people can't stand it.

Mo Ran thought carefully for a while after hearing this, then raised her head and said.

"I don't resist what I say, I just want to become famous through being a cartoonist. As for becoming famous through comic plots or through comic drawings, it seems that I can accept it." Mo Ran blinked and said. .

"However... I haven't considered this direction before. And there is no example of a top cartoonist in the Dragon Country comics world who is only responsible for drawing and not conceiving the plot. Is this possible?"

"Why not? It's human effort. Someone has to set this precedent." Xia Yan said.

"That's what I said, but according to your suggestion, where can I find a partner who is worthy of my painting skills and who is in charge of plot conception." Mo Ran's headache was even more painful when he thought of this.

She saw Xia Yan at this moment
Xia Yan also turned his gaze at the same time.

I saw Mo Ran's thoughtful eyes.

He has figured out Mo Ran's character in the past few days: lively, cute, and straightforward.

Basically don't hide your emotions.

Ok?
Xia Yan was a little scared by her, and after a few seconds, he immediately realized what she was thinking.

"Senior sister, stop your imagination. I still have my own novel to update and my own animation to produce. I don't have the time and energy to work with you as a cartoonist." Xia Yan immediately interrupted her fantasy.

Xia Yan's voice extinguished the eagerness in Mo Ran's heart.

"That is to say, you are not going to develop in the direction of comics in this life?" Mo Ran's expression froze, a little disappointed.

Mo Ran also knew that her thoughts at that moment were a bit whimsical, Xia Yan and her were just ordinary college alumni.

Collaborative comics are a commercial act.

On weekdays, we study painting and music together, which is called cultivating sentiment and enriching hobbies.

But when it comes to business and money, how can it be so simple?
Who is Xia Yan?

A co-author of Liuli Book Club, No. 1 in the selection of Xinshen Dengjie novels, if the writing of light novels can enter the college entrance examination, it can be said that Xia Yan is the number one in the country in the light novel writing industry in the past two years.

Any one of his works is now serialized into a novel, and the profit is more than one million. To cooperate with her, a college student who has not yet debuted in the comics industry?She thought it was impossible.

If she were Xia Yan, if someone like this came to make such a suggestion, it would definitely make that person go as far as possible.

But Xia Yan didn't speak for a long time after her question just now, which made her a little strange.

Taking a closer look, I saw Xia Yan who was meditating.

[Aren't you going to develop in the direction of comics in your life? 】

Mo Ran's words, although light and airy, made Xia Yan think suddenly.

In the Dragon Kingdom Two-dimensional world, several categories such as comics, novels, and animations all intersect.

If a work wants to become popular, it must be novels, comics, and animations adapted from each other, and strive to accommodate all types of Two-dimensional audience groups.

Just like the copyright of Xia Yan's unheard Huaming manga has already been sold, the company is also negotiating the copyright of To the Moon's manga.

Will Xia Yan develop into the comics industry if he has a chance in the future?
The answer to this question should be that it is impossible for Xia Yan not to develop in this direction.

Works like Parasite can barely be adapted into novels.

But in fact, when Xia Yan adapted the novel of parasitic beasts this time, he felt that there was a problem.

The text version of Parasitic Beast has never been as deep as the original manga, and the animation is so clear and intuitive that the tension can only be reflected in some pictures.

If he could draw comics, then he would definitely not make the novel version of Parasitic Beast, but directly make it into a comic and send it to the comic magazine in Longguo for serialization.

The parasitic beasts are alright, it's just a little uncoordinated after the adaptation of the novel, which has nothing to do with the overall situation.

If I learn about Slam Dunk, Chess Soul and other works from Yuan Qing's memory in the future.
With hundreds of pieces on a chessboard, what is the situation of the game between the protagonist and the supporting role?How to describe it?

The position of ten players on the basketball court, how to move, how to defend, how to attack, how to describe this kind of thing?

Some excellent classics are not suitable for writing novels.

But it is impossible for Xia Yan to abandon it just because it cannot be written into a novel.

Although Xia Yan's suggestion just now was for Mo Ran, but now he thinks about it.
I seem to be one of the audience of this topic.

Xia Yan thought for a while, then looked up, and Mo Ran both looked thoughtful.

Mo Ran could tell from Xia Yan's hesitant expression and attitude.
Xia Yan, it's definitely not that he has no interest in the category of comics.

That's right, he has no interest in comics, why join his own comic club.

Of all the people she knew, no one was better at creating plots than Xia Yan.

At least the novel To the Moon completely conquered her.When I read the serialized chapters of this novel last year, I read it while crying with the three members of the manga club who have not yet graduated
If she really wants to find someone to cooperate with, Xia Yan is the strongest partner she can find at this stage.

But
She couldn't take the initiative to speak on this topic.

She was indeed moved by Xia Yan's proposal and vision.

But the gap between her and Xia Yan's status in the two-dimensional industry is too great.

Ordinary people who are poor and white want to cooperate with a genius in the light novel industry?Why?
Because of her beauty?Because she is cute and charming?With her gentleness and virtuousness, is she a rare good girl?
What does that have to do with Xia Yan?
Mo Ran still has this self-knowledge.

After entering November, Xia Yan's life in the Modu area has also stabilized.

I have classes during the day, participate in club activities when there are few classes, and then code and write novel manuscripts at night.

After the serialization of the novel of Parasitic Beasts started, Xia Yan and Tang Yin discussed the work of buying a stake in the animation studio.

If Tang Yin's animation studio hadn't been injected with capital, it would be a sure thing to disband at that time, but the residual value of her personnel structure, equipment and rented office space is also worth about 200 million.

And the anime Magical Girl Madoka.
Although the detailed investment is because Xia Yan has not fully created the script here, it is not possible to list a detailed data.

But in the animation studio, Yao Jiyong, who was the animation director, made the situation very clear to Xia Yan.

"Animation production is a way of making money, and there is a way of burning money. A magical girl-themed animation is cheaper, and it can be made for three to five million yuan. It is nothing more than reducing the quality, frame rate, and special effects. , draw less original paintings, if you want to save employees’ wages, you will definitely not be able to find excellent painters to join. For example, fresh graduates majoring in animation need a senior internship. Tell them that participating in this animation production can give them a resume Adding color, painting a big cake can also attract some low-cost interns to do the work of moving bricks at the bottom, maybe some of them don’t need money to work for free.”

Yao Jiyong is a very straightforward person. He is middle-aged, a little fat, with seniors and juniors, but he didn't lie to Xia Yan because he is a pure animation newcomer, but told the truth.

But in any case, an investment of 500 million yuan is definitely needed. For animation production, the labor cost is the largest, followed by publicity.

The price of general industrial technology products in Longguo is very low, but manpower is very expensive in high-income countries.

"But normally, a small animation company like ours will rarely spend more than 1000 million to produce an animation. Only those mature animation companies will spend about 2000 million to produce a quarterly animation, and those who really The cost of producing an animation by a large animation company is not capped, and there are hundreds of millions of dragon national currency to produce an animation, after all, those companies have foreign sales channels.”

Xia Yan went to the animation studio that Tang Yin rented in the outskirts of the magic capital, occupying one-third of the office building on this floor, and talked with Yao Jiyong for a long time, and he understood what Yao Jiyong meant.

put together in one sentence
you get what you pay for.

Animation, quality, painting, and viewing experience are all made with money.

"I understand." Xia Yan thought for a while.

The total funds in his account are now 300 million, and the passive copyright income of previous works will be credited almost every month, which is about one million yuan.

But Xia Yan never likes to go all-in when doing things.

He is not a gambler.

The probability of the Magic Circle hitting the street in this world is very low, but not zero.

If someone can win a million-dollar lottery with two yuan, the chance of the magic circle hitting the street is still far higher than the chance of winning the lottery.

"In this way, I can invest 600 million in our company's next work"

Xia Yan, in front of the company's animation director Yao Jiyong, music supervisor Chi Rong, painting supervisor...and a series of important members of the studio, clicked on the "Magic Girl Little" that he had written in three days on his laptop. Circle" animation project.

Of course, Xia Yan's ppt is quite average, even rubbish, but the content is concise and clear enough.

After he explained it for 10 minutes.
"So, Boss, are you going to invest 600 million yuan to make a magical girl-themed work that you originally created, Boss?"

(End of this chapter)