A perfect life starting from a light novel writer

In a private place, Xia Yan was invited again to meet with Hu Yi, the deputy editor of Beizhou Comics Club.

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

There are millions of novel fans throughout the Dragon Kingdom waiting for his new work to be released.

Moreover, the quality of the comic book Initial D cannot be overemphasized as far as the first few chapters are concerned.

Moreover, Xia Yan's past novel serialization experience also told Beizhou Comics Club that his ability to control later plots is also top-notch.

So far, none of Xia Yan's works has collapsed in the later stages, which is amazing.

So after Hu Yi reported that Xia Yan was going to collaborate with an unknown beauty cartoonist to contribute to Beizhou Comics and received feedback from the comics agency.

In fact, Beizhou Comics Club recently held three meetings specifically for this matter.

"So, Teacher Xia Yan, this is the situation. We at the comic club collectively support your submission of the comic "Initial D". Although you have never created a comic before, we are still willing to make an exception for you. Let this work be serialized in "Beizhou", the highest-selling comic magazine of our comic club," Hu Yi said with a smile.

"Eh?" Xia Yan was stunned when he heard this.

He still didn't react.

"Is it that simple?" Xia Yan hesitated and asked doubtfully.

"Beizhou", as one of the four major comic periodicals in the Dragon Kingdom, has 22 fixed serialization slots and a weekly circulation of 11 million copies in the entire Dragon Kingdom.

It can be said that Beizhou Comics Club is a company that is comparable to Liuli Book Club in terms of scale, sales of its works, and influence. (-_-) (-_-)

Xia Yan originally wanted to serialize his work in "Liu Li" and spent so much effort. However, now, in the "Beizhou" comic journal of the same level, he has so easily obtained the qualification for serialization.

A little too smooth.

"Teacher Xia Yan will definitely wonder why our comics society so easily agreed to serialize the initial D in "Beizhou" instead of first serializing it in the secondary comic journal "Pingzhou"" Hu Yi laughed road.

There is of course a reason for this.

Beizhou Comics Club has no shortage of outstanding cartoonists to cooperate with, and the qualification to be serialized in a popular periodical such as "Beizhou" is naturally being watched by cartoonists across the Dragon Kingdom.

The reason why Xia Yan's initial D was chosen so easily is that in addition to the fact that the first three chapters of this comic were jointly reviewed by forty-nine senior comic editors last week and unanimously scored a high score of 9.4, there is another reason. important reasons

"Teacher Xia Yan may not be very clear about things in the comics industry." Hu Yi cleared her throat.

"In the comics industry of Dragon Kingdom, there are nine large-scale comic companies, but four of them are the most outstanding, Squirrel, Xuefeng, Beizhou, and Nixing. Because only these four companies have comic periodicals with weekly sales exceeding 10 million. Similar to the novel industry, only a company with a weekly magazine with a sales volume exceeding 10 million can be called the top publishing magazine in the Dragon Kingdom. "

Xia Yan nodded when he heard this

"But in the past two years, in fact, the entire Dragon Kingdom two-dimensional industry, whether it is the novel world or the comic book world, has been a little bit like that." Hu Yi paused and said.

"Rice circle."

"Today's readers, in addition to paying attention to the quality of a work, will also pay attention to the creator's appearance, talent, academic qualifications and other factors."

"Our Beizhou Comics Club has always been ranked second among the four major comics clubs. However, in the past two years, in the Internet and comics circles, the topic popularity has been directly at the bottom. Because our comics club does not do that, we always I feel that comics are comics, and the most important thing about the work is that the plot is good, rather than doing things like online marketing. But in the end, things turned out to be different from what we imagined." Hu Yi said.

"For example, Song Yihua from Squirrel Comics is 27 years old. His comic serialization performance is only in the top ten of the top comic journal "Squirrel". But because he does know how to do marketing, his appearance is not bad. , and people are also active, and the level of fan activity can be said to be very high. He has greatly contributed to the reputation and influence of the comic journal "Squirrel". "

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When Xia Yan heard this, he understood what Hu Yi meant.

Indeed, if the creator of an excellent comic or novel is a beautiful girl or a handsome boy, it will be extremely helpful for the promotion of the work or even the serialized periodical.

Xia Yan's appearance is not bad in the entertainment industry, but he is very good in the two-dimensional circle. In addition, he is very popular in the novel circle. When Beizhou cooperates with Xia Yan, he also wants to imitate Squirrel Comics Club. Recommend the case of Song Yihua.

Moreover, the work Initial D that Xia Yan submitted this time is also of high quality. Even if these things are not considered, this comic is strong enough to be serialized in "Bei Zhou".

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

"That's natural, I think so too, but the company's senior management sees others gain from doing this and wants to follow suit, so we can only follow orders, right?" Hu Yi said with a smile after hearing this.

"Just give it a try. Anyway, Teacher Xia Yan has an image and strength. It is true that you can rely on your strength to make a living, but this does not conflict with managing your own image and attracting fans with the help of the company." ah."

Xia Yan pondered for a moment after hearing the words.

Forget it, no matter for what purpose Beizhou Comics decided to cooperate with me so readily, no matter what, I won't suffer any loss anyway.

After seeing Xia Yan's expression, Hu Yi guessed what he was thinking.

Then he and Xia Yan discussed the conditions for cooperation between the two parties.

Xia Yan now straddles the world of novels and comics at the same time. 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

Xia Yande cooperated with Beizhou Comics Club to a certain extent in publicity, theatrical activities, and TV variety shows.

It can be understood that Beizhou Comics Club is ready to give Xia Yan a try and promote Xia Yan as the front cartoonist of Beizhou Comics Club.

The strength of this facade cartoonist does not necessarily have to be the highest in the journal, but the image must be decent.

Of course, because Xia Yan is a cartoonist team tied to Mo Ran, Mo Ran also has to sign the content of this contract, but their cartoonist team is dominated by Xia Yan.

Xia Yan had no objection to these conditions. As for Mo Ran, after she made sure that the contract was not a trap, she still relied on Xia Yan's opinion.

"Teachers Xia Yan and Teacher Mo Ran are really happy. Today, only the preliminary conditions of cooperation have been confirmed. In a week, I will sort out the contract documents, and then I will invite you two to the headquarters of our comic book club to attend the signing ceremony. .We will arrange everything”

"Signing the contract." Mo Ran's eyes widened and he said two words.

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

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

"Of course. Teacher Xia Yan, you are the sixth most popular novelist in the Dragon Kingdom's Emperor Star Award last year. You have created three consecutive volumes of "Unheard Flower Name", "To the Moon" and "Parasite", each of which sold more than five million copies. . How can you sign a contract with our Beizhou Comics Club in obscurity? Besides, I just told you two, Mo Ran and Teacher Xia Yan, that the book club will publicize your duo and this during the cooperation period. For publicity, naturally starting from the time of signing, we will not only hold a special event, but also invite some news media in the comic industry to broadcast it live. "

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

Xia Yan became famous so quickly that he never had a clear understanding of his position in the two-dimensional industry.

I always feel that the Emperor Star Award is sixth, so what does that mean? Only sixth.

But in fact, if someone can be ranked among the top 20 for the Emperor Star Award, then he is an extremely awesome person in the novel world, and he is a truly popular novelist. The status is directly compared to the comics authors in the four major comics companies, who are ranked at least in the top seven of the top journals.

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

The meeting and conversation between the three people ended quickly.