A Perfect Life Beginning as a Light Novel Writer

In the first half of November, Xia Yan went abroad for a business trip as the chairman of Xiatang Animation Company, and held two fan meetings under the arrangement of the foreign partner.

The two-dimensional industry of the Dragon Kingdom belongs to the crazy export stage in this world, and the general situation is similar to that of the island countries in the parallel world.

The two-dimensional atmosphere in overseas countries may not be as strong as in China, but so many countries in the world add up, and the sales revenue they can contribute is even higher than that of the Longguo market.

In fact, Xia Yan's income from so many works in the past, overseas income is higher than that of Longguo's local income.

Xia Yan's half-month trip abroad can be regarded as enjoying a wave of fans' enthusiasm overseas, and the local media of Longguo also reported the whole process.

During this process, the Dragon Kingdom's local slam dunk, steel refining, hunter, and sword continued to be serialized.

And this month, Xia Yan's Pokémon, which has been brewing for nearly a year, also began to promote in Dragon Kingdom.

Its derivative animation will be launched simultaneously in April next year.

As for the first-generation game, we have to wait until the end of next year to launch the animation first, which can be regarded as a warm-up for the game.

As for ratings and game sales, Xia Yan did not ask too much. This kind of work spends money to accumulate popularity in the early stage, and then once it explodes, it is simply hoped that the first generation of Pokémon games or animations will be a big hit in Dragon Kingdom, even surpassing the success of irrigation. The possibility of basket magic circle is still too low.

However, Xiatang Animation's series of large investment promotions for Pokémon still attracted the attention of many Xiayan fans in Longguo.

"Pokémon? What a weird name!"

"I went to Xiatang Animation's official website to check it out, and it seems interesting. It's the kind of work that develops monsters from other worlds. The main topic is the battle between extraordinary monsters."

"Huh? Isn't it human fighting?"

"It doesn't look like it, but the monsters that appear in it are quite cute."

"Looking at the old thief's plan for this work, it seems that its main battlefield is the game."

"? The old game thief is really ready to attack the game industry?"

"Let me just say, the two-dimensional industry is a huge field, animation, comics, novels are all involved, how can it be possible not to enter the most profitable game industry?"

"I didn't make any moves in the game industry before. The main reason is that the initial development investment of games is too large, and the investment cycle is too long. Now the old thief has made his own capital, and he can invest as much as he wants."

"That's right. Novels and comics also take time. After they are created, they can be submitted directly. The cost of dissemination is with the publishing house. In fact, 1000 million yuan is barely enough for animation production, such as the magic circle. The most difficult thing to get is the game. The investment itself It can be tens of millions, but the game investment is only a small amount of money, and the publicity investment is the big one. In the game market of Longguo, if there is no total investment of tens of millions or hundreds of millions, the splash will not splash."

"That's why the old thief is only now starting to enter the game industry."

"Is it a little late?"

"Too late? The old thief is only 23 years old! How many scholars have not graduated from college at this age, why do you think it is too late?"

"I mean, if the old thief's game production is launched at the same time as the original works such as Magic Circle, Lelouch, and Cyberpunk, the animation will gather popularity for the game, and the game will feed back the animation, that will be the best ecology. To be honest, I I really want to play the magic circle game.”

"It's really a pity for you to say that. Although the old thief can spend money to make up the games of these works, the effect will definitely be much worse."

"So, the Pokémon of the old thief, will it be the king of the game industry? After he enters the game industry, he also plans to be the boss of the game industry?"

"I think it should be impossible. Pokémon should be just a kind of work to test the water. I saw the game investment, and it was only in the early 7000 million. The animation investment is more than 5000 million, which is more than 1 million. In fact, it is not bad. This kind of Investing in the game industry is considered a small and medium investment, and it is unlikely to become a phenomenal game.”

"That's right, if you think about the old thief's light novels, it is only after the third or fourth works of his creative career that he really became famous, and the animation is also the same. The magic circle in the third part is considered a big hit. For games, there is a high probability that they will be produced first. One or two films will test the waters, and we will make big productions later.”

"Actually, I feel that among all the old thief's works, it is the most interesting to turn the cyberpunk edgewalker into a game. Of course, it is not about re-enacting the story line of David and Lucy, but about the night in the cyberpunk edgewalker. It’s great to think about making a city into a game map for players to explore.”

"Indeed, when you think about it this way, the old thief's Xiatang animation is really a treasure! The old thief just eats his previous works and makes various adaptations, and he can eat for ten years."

"That's true, and I've seen Xia Tang Animation, which has recently established a TV drama department and a movie department. It's very likely that the old thief has already thought about making his previous works live."

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"Really? If the magic circle turns into a real person, I'll blow up the old thief."

"Xiatang animation yyds, how does it understand our fans so well?"

"Fry this cold rice hard for me, I like to eat cold rice."

"All of a sudden it made me excited for the big night."

"What about the letter D? I want to watch the live-action version of Tu Haiqiu's famous mountain racing."

"Sword Art Online also has a live-action version. I want to see Kirito perform Starburst Abandoned Healing Slash."

"Haha, that's true. I want to watch the live-action version of Ganglian even more. To be honest, I now feel that Ganglian is only short of a normal ending. As long as this ending can maintain the quality, I would like to call it the first work of the old thief."

In mid-November, a series of promotional activities launched by Xia Yan's Pokémon game and eye-derived animation directly made his fans active.

And after this series of discussions and exchanges among fans, many people discovered that Xia Yan's Xiatang animation has grown to such a point now.

In the fields of comics and novels, it is impossible for Xia Yan to do it alone.

Among other things, Liuli Book Club and Beizhou Comics Club have a sales network all over the country. If Xia Yan wants to go it alone, it will be impossible to establish it in seven or eight years. This kind of thing doesn’t mean that you can spend money on it. of.

Just like if you give your wife [-] million yuan to eat supplements, it is impossible for her to have a baby for a month. Money is not everything. The establishment of sales channels just needs time to incubate.

That's why Xia Yan is willing to share the copyright of his works with these cooperative publishers. After all, cooperation is a win-win situation.

In the field of animation, Xiatang Animation is already the top animation company in Longguo in terms of production. It is backed by TV1 in Shanghai, and the promotion channels for its works are also top in the industry.

Then the following live-action novels, comics, animations and other dramas will most likely be launched on Magic City TV1.

In terms of movies, it has been successfully screened in the past to go to the moon, so it can be considered as having experience.

In addition to entering the game industry
As you can see now, Xia Tang Animation is already a large company spanning several fields such as animation, games, TV series, and movies.

There are thousands of employees, and nearly tens of billions of cash flow in the company's account, and the most valuable thing about this two-dimensional cultural company is not the paper money in the account, but the copyright value of the company's various works.

The works of Moyuan are finished, but it doesn’t mean that their value is gone. As long as Xia Yan is willing, he can cook a little bit of cold rice and shoot live-action TV series or games of these works in three to five months. The popularity of old works will skyrocket immediately, and the revenue of works will follow suit. To be honest, the copyright value of Xia Yan's so many works is not lower than the company's assets.

Many fans of Xia Yan counted carefully
"It's a pity that the old thief Xia Tang Animation is not listed, otherwise the first stock in the animation field should be Xia Tang Animation."

"Xia Yan's old thief is not stupid. Is his company short of money? He asked a few investors to restrain himself for the listing financing? He must be sick. Besides, Xia Yan's works are very good, and his business war wisdom is probably at the level of a normal 20-year-old young man. , Introduce capital into the company, and the company may become someone else's at any time. He will definitely not do it!"

"If the old thief can raise funds and go public, I will definitely have how much money to buy. He is called a potential stock. He is 23 years old and has founded a company worth tens of billions. If he holds shares in Xia Tang Animation for ten years, I'm afraid How many times."

"A lot of people who have capital have approached the old thief, but the old thief just ignored it. People who don't even have bank loans, go public? Thinking too much."

"This is the 23-year-old old thief. Why is there such a big gap between people? I was 23 looking for a job in Shanghai. I interviewed more than a dozen companies, but all of them were rejected. I just want to find a job with [-] yuan a month." Is it that difficult?"

"Don't talk too much, it will be tears. They are all graduates of this year. They have been looking for jobs in July and now in November, but they haven't found them yet. They lied to their family members that they have been working for two months. In fact, it took them two months. The sales were all borrowed, and I owed my classmates thousands of dollars. Now when I look at the old thief, who is in his twenties and has tens of billions of assets, I can only say I admire him, but I can’t get jealous, the gap is too big.”

"This is the first time I feel that commenting on a rich man in the comment area is so harmonious, isn't it hateful?"

"I'm not jealous of the old thief making money. After all, I know very well that he makes money not because of luck, background, or family. He has a poorer family than mine, and he grew up in a poorer environment. He has come to this point thanks to his talent. Cursed by the rich." The only ones are those who seem to be crooked at first glance. There are also those who buy a lottery ticket and win [-] million. The former is scolded and accused of being morally corrupt. Unbalanced, an old thief who relies on ability, who hates him for being rich!"

"Right."

"There is a feeling that the old thief will start his life now. We thought that this moment is his peak, but in fact, this is the beginning. In another ten years, 20 years, will Xia Tang animation grow into a horizontal animation? The No. [-] company in the entertainment industry of Longguo, which spans Two-dimensional and live-action dramas?"

"According to the quality and quantity of the old thief's current creations, if it doesn't take ten years, it will only take five years. Xia Tang Animation will definitely be enough."

As Xia Yan's work focus is no longer on attending various events and maintaining the popularity of himself and his works as before, but has shifted to capital operation and company development.

The mystery that Xia Yan brought to Longguo fans is also getting thicker and thicker.

At the end of this year, a series of activities of Xiatang Animation made a bunch of companies in the game industry and film and television drama industry very nervous.

Two years ago, they would not have any extra thoughts about a young man in his 20s entering their industry, and they would come if they were willing to be cannon fodder.

But the current Xia Yan, the sense of oppression brought to these companies in the field of Longguo culture is too strong.

When the time came to the end of November, Xia Yan returned to Shanghai and started his stand work again.

In fact, in Xia Yan's opinion, serializing these long works is quite boring.

Sword Art Online has been serialized for almost three years, and it is still in the uw chapter. It is estimated that the serialization will take a year or two before it ends
Now writing novel manuscripts every week has no passion, just like dealing with errands.

In the same way, the same is true for the storyboard drafts of Hunter, Slam Dunk, Steel Refining, Hua Monogatari, and Tianyuan Breakthrough.

Xia Yan has already read the content of these works, and knows their plots in his heart.

I used to be able to find some fun by watching the performance of their adaptation animations rise.

Now these works are unshakably ranked first, second, third, and fourth in the weekly ratings, which is really boring. Even if there are occasional fluctuations and the rankings change a bit, he is still competing with himself after all.

Thinking of this, Xia Yan admires Oda, Akira Toriyama, Takehiko Inoue and others in the parallel world. They are the ones who really serialize a work spanning several years, ten years, or even decades.

He is already worth hundreds of millions, and has too much money to spend, but he still draws manga works seriously, unlike Xia Yan, who found out that he had reached the peak of the Dragon Kingdom, and there was no rival in the market, and now he feels that something is missing at work every day .

Xia Yan can't quite understand the efforts of Oda and others, but he can somewhat understand why Yoshihiro Togashi likes to play mahjong.

If you can earn tens of millions of dollars by lying down and doing nothing for a year, then most people will definitely choose to spend their time on entertainment instead of spending more than ten hours on creation.

Relying on the copyright of past works, he can earn tens of millions a year by lying down and playing.And if you work harder, sell more booklets, and earn 1000 million more a year, there will be almost no difference in your quality of life.But your life experience will be too comfortable.

"Could it be that after being invincible and lonely, I became lazy?" Xia Yan turned off the computer and laughed at himself.

After leaving the office, Xia Yan wandered around the company bored.

Hundreds of employees from various departments on the company floor greeted Xia Yanruo noisyly and in awe when they saw him.

After all, all the employees in the company know that it is Xia Yan who uses his works to bring them money, not they help Xia Yan make money. The company can run without anyone, but without Xia Yan, so the employees are convinced by Xia Yan , but also from the heart.

Xia Yan walked to Tang Yin's office, where she was still studying the company's development report carefully.

Xiatang animation has developed to the present, and Tang Yin has definitely contributed a lot in it.

Xia Yan's energy is limited, so he can only focus on creating works and moderately participate in the company's operations.

As for how the company develops, how to find partners, the authorization of derivative copyrights of works, price negotiations, copyright infringement lawsuits, and the company's official person in charge are all handled by Tang Yin with a team.

In the company, Xia Yan focused on internal skills, while Tang Yin focused on external skills, which made Xiatang Animation develop to the present.

"Hey, why do you have time to take the initiative to come to my place today?" Sitting in the office seat, Tang Yin immediately showed a smile on her beautiful and delicate face when she saw Xia Yan coming in.

"After finishing the work, I came over to take a look." Xia Yan said casually.

"Can you handle your work?" Tang Yin laughed.

"You are throwing all non-essential work to your subordinates now."

"That's for sure. Otherwise, I'll take care of everything. Why do I spend money to hire so many employees to come to the company? In fact, you are the same. These things in the company are too cumbersome. Otherwise, I will go to other companies to dig a few executives to help you deal with them." That's it, don't get too tired."

"No." Tang Yin shook her head.

"Although my ability in this area is definitely not as strong as that of a professional manager, I will not cheat you. Who knows if the person you invite will fool you or do something. Some things, you can handle them by yourself."

"You still have to pay attention to Xia Yan in these aspects." Tang Yin reminded Xia Yan.

"When my father started his family, he was tricked several times like this."

Xia Yan thought for a while, then nodded with a smile.

"One year flies by so fast!" Xia Yan didn't discuss this topic any more.

"Yeah, it's almost December now, and in a month or two, it will be the seventh full year I've known you." Tang Yin said softly, dragging her cheek with her palm.

"Seven years." Xia Yan was silent.

Usually I don't feel much, but when I think that it has been seven years since I stepped into this industry from that day, I still feel a little bit of the passage of time.

"But I didn't expect that in seven years, Xia Yan, you could grow from a high school sophomore who knows nothing to the No.1 gas king in the two-dimensional field of Dragon Kingdom." Tang Yin looked at Xia Yan.

"Now I feel more and more that my foresight back then was really good. I just dug you out of the vast sea of ​​people. Do you think it is possible that if I hadn't resigned from Hongfeng Publishing House, I would have continued to be the partner of you and Song Lingyun?" The editor, has now become a legendary editor in the Long Kingdom novel industry?"

Xia Yan thought for a while, then nodded and smiled.

"It's very possible. If you hadn't left Hongfeng, I might have serialized some of my works on Hongfeng. In this case, there is a high probability that Hongfeng Book Club can spread its reputation, and maybe it has developed into a It is a large bookstore in Longguo."

"Speaking of it this way, I have to blame me for leaving Hongfeng, which made them lose a great opportunity for development." Tang Yin got up from the office chair, went to the sofa where Xia Yan was sitting, and sat down next to him , and then leaned his head on Xia Yan's shoulder.

"The so-called fate of life was changed in that inconspicuous afternoon. If it wasn't for a colleague in the editorial department asking for leave that day and asking me to take a shift to handle on-site submissions, I probably wouldn't be able to get to know you in this life."

Xia Yan thought for a while, put his arm around her shoulder and said.

"Luck, many times can also be understood as a kind of necessity. The fact is that we have come to the present and we will get married next year."

When mentioning marriage, Tang Yin's heart beat faster and her face turned red.

"Get married"

"Well, get married."

"Tell me, you have so many fans in Longguo, how would you react if you heard the news?"

"It should be millions of fans congratulating me."

"I'm afraid that I will become your female fan public enemy." Tang Yin teased.

"Don't worry, they will definitely like you, you are so cute." Xia Yan said.

"Disgusting, your sudden sweet talk is so weird."

"There will be more time to get used to in the future."

The noon conversation between Xia Yan and Tang Yin ended in the conversation between the two. In the afternoon, the two of them each had their own work, and they were once again submerged in it.

The time comes to December.
The slam dunk has been serialized for more than half a year. At this time, the plot finally progressed to the basketball game with Xiangyang High School.

Slam Dunk's ratings soared to 6.78% as the game intensified.

But
Even so, the ratings data of Slam Dunk was crushed by another work throughout November.
That is steel refining.

From the start of the broadcast in January to the present, Ganglian has been serialized for eleven months, with more than forty episodes of content, worldview, and various characters.

As for the work of Ganglian, it is a work that is slightly slow in the early stage, and then slowly laid out the world view and setting as the plot progresses.

The early plot is just to make fans feel good, but the later plot
It is the true consecration of gods.

The struggle between the main character and the cyborg.

The final world view and setting of Ganglian are revealed.

This made Ganglian's recent popularity suppress the slam dunk, and the ratings once soared to 6.85%.
This ratings data is very sensitive.

It is only a small distance away from the feat of average ratings of 7% for a single complete episode that has never been touched by Longguo's works.

Ganglian's recent performance has made many fans excited.

Could it be that?
Apart from having the opportunity to break Lelouch's record against the heavens, this work of Steel Refining also has the opportunity to create another palace-level ratings and push its single-episode ratings to 7%?

(End of this chapter)