A Perfect Life Beginning as a Light Novel Writer

Chapter 168 Decision
In a private place, Xia Yan was invited again to meet Hu Yi, the deputy editor-in-chief of Beizhou Comics Club.

Needless to say, Xia Yan's popularity in the two-dimensional world of the Dragon Kingdom, it has only been two months since April, and the popularity of his sixth overall nomination for the Emperor Star Award has not dropped.

There are millions of fans of novels all over Longguo waiting for his release of new works.

Besides, the comic work of Initial D is indeed in terms of the quality of the previous chapters.

Moreover, Xia Yan's past experience in serializing novels also told Beizhou Comic Club that his ability to control the plot in the later stage is also very top-notch.

None of Xia Yan's works has collapsed in the later period, which is very powerful.

So after Hu Yi shared the information that Xia Yan was going to collaborate with an unknown beauty cartoonist to contribute Beizhou comics and the comic agency’s feedback.
In fact, Beizhou Comic Club recently held three meetings specifically for this matter.

"So, Mr. Xia Yan, the situation is like this. Here in our comic club, we collectively support your submission of comic "Initial D". Although you have never created comic works before, we are still willing to make an exception for you. Let this work be serialized in "Bei Zhou", the highest-selling comic periodical of my comic agency." Hu Yi said with a smile.

"Eh?" Xia Yan was taken aback when he heard the words.

He still didn't react.

"Is it that simple?" Xia Yan hesitated for a moment and asked questioningly.

"Beizhou", as one of the four major comic periodicals in Longguo, has 22 fixed serial positions, and its weekly circulation is 100 million copies in Longguo.
It can be said that Beizhou Comic Club is a company comparable to Liuli Book Club in terms of scale, sales volume of its works, and influence.

Xia Yan put so much thought into serializing his work in "Liu Li" at the beginning, but now, in the "Beizhou" comic periodical of the same level as the benchmark, he has obtained the serialization qualification so easily.

A little too smooth.

"Mr. Xia Yan will definitely think why our comic society so easily agrees to serialize the initial D on "Bei Zhou" instead of letting it be serialized on the secondary comic journal "Xing Zhou"" Hu Yi laughed road.

There is, of course, a reason for this.

The Beizhou Comic Club has no shortage of excellent cartoonists to cooperate with, and the serialization qualification of a popular journal like "Beizhou" is naturally watched by cartoonists all over the country.

The reason why Xia Yan's initial D was chosen so easily was that the first three episodes of this comic were unanimously scored 49 points after the joint review by 9.4 senior comic editors from the comic agency last week. reason
"Mr. Xia Yan may not be very clear about things in the comics world." Hu Yi cleared her throat.

"In the Dragon Kingdom comics industry, there are nine large comic companies, but four are the most powerful, Squirrel, Xuefeng, Beizhou, and Nixing. Because only these four companies have comic periodicals with weekly sales of over [-] million. Similar to the novel industry, a company with such a weekly magazine with a sales volume of more than [-] million can be called the top publishing magazine in Longguo."

Xia Yan nodded
"However, in the past two years, in fact, the entire Longguo Two-dimensional industry, whether it's the novel industry or the comic industry, has been a bit of that." Hu Yi paused and said.

"Fan circle."

"Now readers, in addition to paying attention to the quality of a work, they also pay attention to the creator's own appearance, talent, education and other elements."

"Our Beizhou comic club has always been ranked second in the strength of the four major comic clubs, but in the past two years, in the Internet and comic circles, the topic popularity has been directly at the bottom. I think comics are just comics, and the most important point of the work is that the plot is good-looking, rather than doing things like online marketing. But in the end, things developed differently than we imagined.” Hu Yi said.

"For example, Song Yihua from Squirrel Comic Club is 27 years old. His comic serial performance is only average in the top comic journal "Squirrel", and he is only in the top ten. But because he does do marketing, his appearance is not bad, and People are also active, fans are very active, and he has greatly promoted the reputation and influence of "Squirrel", a comic journal."

Xia Yan understood what Hu Yi meant when he heard this.

Indeed, if the creator of an excellent manga or novel is a beautiful girl or a handsome guy, it will be extremely helpful for the promotion of the work and even serial periodicals.

Xia Yan's appearance is not bad in the entertainment circle, but he is very good in the two-dimensional circle, and he is very popular in the novel circle. Bei Zhou and Xia Yan also want to emulate the squirrel comics. The case of Song Yihua recommended by the society.

Moreover, the quality of the initial D of Xia Yan's contribution this time is also high. Even if these things are not considered, the strength of this comic is enough to be serialized on "Beizhou".

"Actually, I also think that your company's idea is very correct. The most important thing about comics is that the works are good-looking. It is useless to engage in the flow of comic authors." Xia Yan shook his head and said.

"That's natural, and I think so too, but the company's senior management sees that others will benefit from doing so, and if they want to follow suit, we can only follow orders, right?" Hu Yi said with a smile.

"Just try it out. Anyway, Teacher Xia Yan has both good looks and strength. It's true that you can rely on your strength to make a living, but it doesn't conflict with managing your own image and attracting fans with the help of the company. ah."

Xia Yan pondered for a moment when he heard the words
Forget it, no matter what purpose Beizhou Comic Club decided to cooperate with me so readily, whatever it is, I won't suffer anyway.

After seeing Xia Yan's expression, Hu Yi also guessed his thoughts.

Then he talked with Xia Yan about the conditions for cooperation between the two parties.

Xia Yan is now across the world of novels and comics at the same time, so Beizhou naturally knows that it is impossible to bind Xia Yan with a long-term contract.

After all, Xia Yan is no longer an amateur, and has the strength to negotiate terms with these large companies.

Signing a contract is just a step of signing the initial D, but the most important content in the contract is
To a certain extent, Xia Yan had to cooperate with Beizhou Comics Club in publicity, drama activities, and TV variety shows.

It can be understood that the Beizhou Comics Club is going to try it out and recommend Xia Yan as a front manga artist of the Beizhou Comics Club.

The strength of this facade cartoonist does not necessarily have to be the highest in the journal, but it must have a decent image.
Of course, because Xia Yan is a cartoonist group tied with Mo Ran, Mo Ran will also sign the content of this contract, but the cartoonist group between the two is mainly based on Xia Yan.

Regarding these conditions, Xia Yan had no objections. As for Mo Ran, after she confirmed that the contract was not flawed, she also relied on Xia Yan's opinions.

"Mr. Xia Yan and Mr. Mo Ran are really refreshing. Today, the preliminary cooperation conditions are confirmed. I will sort out the contract documents in a week. At that time, I will invite the two of you to walk to the headquarters of our comic book club to attend the signing ceremony. .we'll take care of everything"

"Sign up." Mo Ran opened her eyes wide and said two words.

"Ritual activities?" Xia Yan finished the last four words for her.

"Sign a contract and hold an event?" Xia Yan and Mo Ran were confused.

"Of course. Teacher Xia Yan, you are the sixth emperor star award in Longguo last year, and you are a popular novelist who has successively created three volumes of "Unheard Flower Name", "To the Moon" and "Parasitic Beast" with sales exceeding 500 million copies. How can you sign a contract in obscurity when you cooperate with our Beizhou Comics Club? Besides, I told Mo Ran and Mr. Xia Yan just now that the book club will publicize your duo and hype during the cooperation period. , naturally from the moment of signing the contract, not only will a special event be held, but some news media from the comics industry will also be invited to broadcast live."

Xia Yan and Mo Ran looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

Xia Yan became famous too quickly, and she never had a clear understanding of her position in the two-dimensional industry.

I always feel that the Emperor Star Award is sixth, so what is that?It's only sixth.

But in fact, if he can enter the top [-] for the Emperor Star Award, then he is an extremely powerful person in the novel world, and he is a truly popular novelist.The ones whose status is directly benchmarked are the comic authors who are among the top seven comic book clubs in the top journals.

"That's fine." Xia Yan and Mo Ran looked at each other the same way, then nodded.

The conversation between the three of them ended quickly.

(End of this chapter)