A Perfect Life Beginning as a Light Novel Writer

Chapter 321 Discussion and Launch

The tv animation of Sword Art Online is not produced by Xiayan Company, and its broadcast time is also the result of joint discussions between Liuli Book Club and Xianliu Animation.

After all, the light novels of Sword Art Online officially became the No. [-] volume-per-volume works in the history of Longguo novel industry in the last quarter. If it is not as good as before, then this data will fall back.

Of course, the sales volume of Sword Art Online has been very stable, but Liuli Shushe wants to strike while the iron is hot, so that Sword Art Online can quickly widen the gap with No.2, so it directly broadcasts Sword Art Online in the spring schedule.

For the commercial considerations of the Fiction Book Club, although Xia Yan is the original author of this work, he did not get involved too much.

Anyway, as long as it’s not broadcast at the same time to compete with each other for ratings, Sword Art Online will be broadcast at 08:30 on Saturday night, and the rebellious Lelouch will be broadcast at [-]:[-] on Sunday night. If all goes well, the two works will become Two masterpieces in the animation industry in the spring schedule.

This was Xia Yan's idea, and it was also the idea of ​​Liuli Book Club and Xianliufu Animation.

But in fact
That's not what fans think.

Where there are people there is competition.

From the perspective of history, fans in Xia Yan's novels, animation, and comics have always helped each other, and most of them even have three fans at the same time.

Previously, the three works belonged to different sections and fields, and everyone had a good time.

But since it was confirmed in early December that Sword Art Online will be broadcast in January, the atmosphere has completely changed.

"Brothers, I'm sorry, I'm going to betray."

"Although I am cc's loyal licking dog, there is no way, Asuna is my true god, and I am the Sword Art Online faction."

"Lelouch has been arrogant for more than half a year, that's enough. Last year, the animation industry was ruled by Lelouch. This year, Sword Art Online seems to be the new god ascending the throne."

"I like the most words from Lelouch fans, Lelouch is invincible in the world. Hehe. I can't wait to see the scene where Lelouch's ratings and popularity are beaten by Sword Art Online."

"You guys are overthinking. Fans of Sword Art Online's novels are really scary, but Lelouch has been on the air for more than half a year, and he has accumulated a lot of animation fans. Do you really think Lelouch will be overtaken by Sword Art Online?"

"Anyway, I'm a neutral order. Lelouch also likes to watch it, and Sword Art Online also likes to watch it. Before, I followed one animation a week, but now I'm fine, and I follow two animations a week."

"By the way, does it make sense for Sword Art Online or Lelouch to have a higher ratings? Anyway, they're both works by old thieves, so what's there to argue about?"

"You don't know that. Nowadays, in the field of novels, the most popular female character is Asuna, and in the field of animation, it is CC. The protagonists of the two works, Li Tongren and Lelouch, are better. Everyone doesn't care at all. What fans care about is The result of the battle between cc and Asuna's popularity queen. Obviously, as long as the ratings of the works are higher, whoever has the capital to ridicule the other side."

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"Is there something wrong with you, what is there to argue about?"

"What's the point?"

"No matter what, I just can't allow cc to lose to Asuna."

"Hey, Asuna won't lose to a heartless witch like CC."

"You fans of Asuna, in the novel, Yasuna lay in the sao game for two years, and then as soon as she woke up, she kissed Li Tongren who rushed to the hospital. You can see how the animation describes Yasuna in the animation Sina hasn't brushed her teeth for two years."

"Come on, the CC fans above are just old hags like CC who have lived for hundreds of years, and they are still in love with Lelouch? This is not something that can be explained by a relationship between a woman and a grandson. Even if Asuna hasn't brushed her teeth for two years, she still has a relationship. It must be delicious. CC is not necessarily the case, the appearance of a girl, the heart of an old hag, and this is why she is competing with Asuna for the queen of popularity? Dreaming!"

January [-], New Year's Day.

A group of Two-dimensional fans in Longguo started arguing on various forums early in the morning.

Before Sword Art Online was confirmed to start broadcasting in January, fans of Lelouch's work walked sideways in the Two-dimensional circle.

Even if Xia Yan has so many black fans, no one dares to take the lead. After all, Lelouch's animation has almost become a myth in the hearts of fans.

until today
Everyone in the Dragon Kingdom Two-dimensional industry finally saw what it was like to have fans tearing apart two super popular works of Dragon Kingdom.

In the Two-dimensional section of the Jiuxiao Forum, there is no room for discussion on the third animation work.

On the board forum, look from top to bottom.

Posts related to Lelouch and Sword Art Online appear alternately.

All major Two-dimensional news media and commentators have published articles. .
[Will the launch of Sword Art Online end Lelouch's half-year viewership hegemony? 】

[CC and Asuna, who is the most popular sister in the anime circle? 】

[Lelouch's status is not guaranteed, and this quarter ushered in the biggest challenger. 】

[Sword Art Online's broadcast ratings estimate, whether it can reproduce Lelouch's original glory. 】

[It turns out that Lelouch is not invincible, it also has opponents! 】

[Looking back on his six-year creative career, Xia Yan realized at this time that his enemy is only himself. 】

The Internet sparring between Sword Art Online and Lelouch fans was beyond Xia Yan's expectation.

And
He can't control this kind of thing at all, and he doesn't even dare to send messages and make speeches.

If fans think that the creator of Xia Yan's work intends to help a certain work, then he will definitely be smashed by another group of fans.

This is not a joke.

The plots in Xia Yan's previous works, no matter whether they are broken chapters or caused depression, they only use the supporting role to make the knife, and do not involve the protagonist at all.

Now the fans are fiercely fighting for the position of Asuna and CC. If Xia Yan doesn't handle it properly, I'm afraid there will be a high probability of being blocked by angry fans on the way to work in the future.

However, Liuli Book Club, Xiatang Animation and Xianliu Animation actually reacted quickly.

Although it was New Year's Day, Xia Yan and the top management of the other two companies also called the employees of the operation department who were on vacation to start a wave of marketing planning on this matter.

The short video, various posters and remarks on the company's official website, to a certain extent, also made the competition between the two animations more intense.

Fans of Sword Art Online and the rebellious Lelouch of the two works are sparring, which actually makes another part of Xia Yan's fans envious.

That is the manga fans of Hunter x Hunter.

Hunter X Hunter manga has only been born for more than a year, and animation is naturally on the agenda, but the speed must be delayed.

In the best case, there may be news in the second half of the year. If the speed is slow, we may not see it until next year or the year after.

The news of watching the show by the fans of Hunter x Hunter finally did not make the controversy over the heroine's popularity of this work more uncontrollable.

But in just a few days, the atmosphere of the entire animation industry has completely changed.

After the end of the New Year's Day holiday, Longguo's Spring Festival animation works have finally started broadcasting one after another.

Basically, there is an unspoken rule for the launch of these animated works of Longguo.

Low-cost, low-popular animations are often broadcast from Monday to Friday.

The TV station will not give them any good schedule, and if they really give them any good broadcast time, basically, they will only be reduced to cannon fodder.

The Sword Art Online broadcast on Saturday and the rebellious Lelouch on Sunday are known to the animation industry and TV stations all over the country. These two time slots must be avoided.

After a few days in a row, the situation of the animation market during the Spring Festival is basically clear.

As before, there are not many popular works, but there are many high-quality animations.

If Xia Yan hadn't risen, the ratings of these works could even be called excellent.

It's a pity it's now.
The 2%, 3% ratings at the start of the broadcast, that's it.

Many writers in the animation field don't even bother to comment.

Finally, the first Saturday of January is here.

The first season of Sword Art Online, the first episode started broadcasting.

Because the animation of Sword Art Online is not produced by Xia Yan Company, Xia Yan cannot control many production details.

For example, the bgm of the animation, the production budget, and the character design can only be determined by the specific consultation results between Xianliu Company and Liuli Bookstore.

In fact, many fans are also very disturbed.

There are countless novels and comics in which Longguo was tragically animated.

They also don't want to see a sword art online animation with a strange style.

But in the end, after the first episode was broadcast, most fans were relieved.

Of course, Xianliu animation did not completely design the animated characters according to the character images in the illustrations of the Sword Art Online light novels.

Although the images that Mo Ran helped design at the beginning under Xia Yan's request were excellent, and even won the hearts of fans.

But Xianliu Animation itself is not a small company, and they are also quite experienced in animation adaptation.

The character design has been slightly changed. Compared with the original work, the painting style is more gorgeous and beautiful. Asuna's character costume is also more sassy and less lustful. Fans may like that kind of butcher character design Dressed up Asuna, but the person in charge of Xianliu Animation hopes to make Asuna more beautiful and handsome, not like a vase.

Moreover, the bgm of the animation is also purely original by a well-known musician in Dragon Kingdom, helping the Sword Art Online animation to design in line with the theme from the beginning to the end.
Of course, this adaptation to a certain extent is just a cultural difference between the two planes.

Xia Yan used to like to extract the successful elements from the original animations of these works in the parallel world, and integrate them into the Dragon Kingdom version, but this does not mean that the practitioners in the Dragon Kingdom cannot do these things well, it is just that Xia Yan wants to To avoid risks, just strengthen them with ready-made things.

Finally, after the first episode of the Sword Art Online animation was broadcast, it received a high score of 9.4 points.

The only thing worthy of criticism is that the transitions in some places of the animation are not delicate enough.

But that's also understandable.

Xianliu animation is not Xiatang animation, with a rate of return of several hundred percent, people will definitely be more conservative in investing in animation, and the funds will only be used wisely, regardless of insignificant details, it is not as good as Lu Luxiu .

But the next day, the ratings for the first episode of Sword Art Online were released.

5.46%
One, pretty good ratings data.

Although it is not as high as Lelouch's 6.50%, everyone in the Dragon Kingdom animation industry knows it well.

Sword Art Online's ratings results, this is just the beginning.

Of the 5.46% audience rating, at least half of it was contributed by fans of Xia Yan's novels, but if a work wants to become popular, it must not rely solely on fans of the original novel.

Especially if a work wants to achieve more than 6% ratings, it is basically impossible without good popularity.

Just like a traffic star, no matter how high his traffic is, he can make a movie with a box office of one billion. Do you want the box office to rise further?That won't attract passers-by and movie fans to enter the venue, so it's all for nothing.

Xia Yan sat in the office, watching the ratings of the first episode of the Sword Art Online animation sent by his staff.

This result was actually beyond his expectations.

If everything is normal for the Sword Art Online animation, it would be perfectly normal for the ratings to reach the same level as Lulu Xiu.

They are all excellent and popular works leading their respective eras in the island region of the parallel world.

But it was 5.46% at the beginning of the broadcast, which is indeed an exaggeration.

"Is it the result of the previous quarrel between the fans of Sword Art Online and the rebellious Lelouch fans? They helped the two works get advertisements and popularity on the Internet for free." Xia Yan smiled.

He looked at the foundation forum.

There will be a statistical organization on the relevant websites of the Dragon Kingdom to publish these data, so people in the entire Dragon Kingdom who are paying attention to the Sword Art Online animation are also aware of its launch results just like Xia Yan.

this result
It can only be said that it is within the conjecture of most people in Longguo, but even so, many colleagues in the animation industry of Xia Yan still gasped.

In fact, no fool would think that the ratings of Sword Art Online will surpass Lelouch as soon as it starts broadcasting.

After all, a considerable part of Lelouch's ratings are passer-by TV viewers. Sword Art Online just started. In terms of the absolute number of this part of the audience, it is definitely not as good as Lelouch, who has already started broadcasting.

But what is the concept of 5.46% broadcasting?
Anyway, when the first season of Lelouch first aired, the first episode of Lelouch, who has inherited a lot of attention from cyberpunk animation fans, only had this rating.

"Based on this situation, it won't be long before Sword Art Online catches up with Lelouch?"

"Don't talk too much. It took four months for Lu Lu to break through 6% ratings. Although Sword Art Online's ratings are good, who knows what will happen next?"

"That's right, but the plot behind Sword Art Online is actually quite good. In other words, the first chapter of Sword Art Online, sao, is the most exciting chapter so far in the whole work. I think its ratings are breaking 6%. Compared with The first season of Lelouch is definitely going to be fast."

"I have been in the industry for more than ten years, and only in the past two years have I seen an animation with a rating of 6%, but now the market is going to tell me that in the same quarter, there are two animations with a rating of 6% % of works, and these two works are created by the same author?"

"Don't brag, the plot of Sword Art Online's novel is fine, but the animation production, you have to be careful, wait and see for a few more weeks, and see if Xianliu animation has magically changed the original plot to cause fans' anger. Don't brag too much now."

The opening data of the first episode of Sword Art Online caused huge waves in the animation world the next day.

In the evening, Lelouch fans have been looking forward to for several weeks, the No. 14 episode of the second season of the rebellious Lelouch, started broadcasting.

The plot continues where it ended in mid-December last year.

Luo Luo plotted against Xia Li, but Lelouch could only watch Xia Li's life go by at his fingertips.

While making up his mind in his heart, he must eradicate Luo Luo, but on the surface, he has to continue to properly handle the relationship with him.

Even when I saw Luo Luo again, I had to praise him for doing a good job.

Killing Xia Li was like helping him deal with a threat of knowing his secret identity.

And later, Xia Li's sudden death also made Suzaku suspicious of Lelouch.

The plot of the whole episode is basically advancing these contents.

It's not particularly exciting, and it doesn't have the plot where Lelouch directly kills Lolo out of anger that fans were expecting.

But the ratings remained stable at 6.45%.

Also did not go up a level.

Lelouch, while seeking to break the magic circle ratings record.

Behind its tail, there also appeared the challenger "Sword Art Online" that had just started broadcasting and was chasing after it.

Dragon Kingdom this year's spring animation market.
In the eyes of many people, it is finally a little fun, and it is not Lelouch who swept everything in the previous quarters.

only.
The situation is delicate now.

Did Lelouch animation break the magic circle ratings record first, or did Sword Art Online catch up first before that?
Will the battle between cc and Asuna for the queen of popularity come to fruition this quarter?

Related topics have become a new focus of discussion for all members of the animation industry.

(End of this chapter)