Chapter 116 Conversation

In fact, it has been almost a month since I got Jiang Jing's contact card, but Xia Yan has not contacted her.

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The reason is simple. No matter how she says that she admires Xia Yan and his novels, there is no doubt that the two are competitors.

One is the first in the New God Ascension, and the other is the second in the New God Ascension.

Xia Yan certainly believes that there are rivals in this world who admire each other, such as Song Lingjun to him.

But Xia Yan doesn't know Jiang Jing, so he has never had a deep contact with her.

But now that it is necessary.

Xia Yan entered her Penguin number on his mobile phone.

The other party did not agree immediately, maybe there was something wrong.

Xia Yan did not care, but sat on his desk, thinking about the two works of Parasyte and Magical Girl Madoka Magica, repeatedly watching in his mind, and checking the information about the two works in Yuanqing's memory

Parasyte, the original work is a comic work, which is divided into ten volumes, and the total sales of the single volume is as high as more than a thousand copies. It is a comic with an average sales of millions of volumes in the island country of the parallel world.

In the parallel world of Japanese comics, the average sales of a comic volume is generally used to measure whether a comic work is a popular work.

Basically, if the average sales of a comic volume exceeds one million, it is a popular boutique comic. If the average sales of a comic volume exceeds two million, it is a work of the level of Hunter, Kenshin, and Fullmetal Alchemist.

But if it exceeds three million, it is a work like Dragon Ball, Naruto, and One Piece that has such popularity and sales.

Basically, for these comics, if the average sales of a volume can reach more than one million, this work must be a boutique, but its popularity, influence, and status cannot be simply measured by the average sales of a volume.

For example, Slam Dunk, which has an average sales of 5 million per volume, is definitely more classic than Demon Slayer, which has an average sales of 6 million per volume. Devilman, a comic work with an average sales of 10 million per volume, is definitely far inferior to Dragon Ball, which has an average sales of 7 million per volume.

But different times and different capital operation strengths will lead to these sales gaps and work quality may not be completely consistent.

But anyway, judging from the sales of the work and the audience's evaluation of Parasyte in the parallel world.

Even if Parasyte cannot make everyone recognize it as a masterpiece, it is not a problem to call it a half-step masterpiece.

As for Puella Magi Madoka Magica

In one sentence.

The most awarded TV animation in the history of the animation industry of the parallel world island country!

This is enough to summarize its status.

It is basically a recognized masterpiece animation. You can't say that it is an unrivaled work in the animation industry of the island country, but it is indeed well combined in terms of commerciality and the fun of the work. ♦♦  ♦♦

It is a work that is both popular and commercially successful, and it is not on the same level as those toilet paper animations in the other world that are popular but have extremely low ratings.

After a long time, Xia Yan sighed.

Parasyte is okay. Even if it is presented in the form of a novel, it can well show the appeal of the original plot.

But Puella Magi Madoka Magica.

How to say this?

It is not that it cannot be adapted into a light novel, but if it is adapted into a light novel, the appeal of the original work may drop by a few points.

Just like Anohana, it is obvious that it is most perfect to present it in the form of animation. The plot and the ending song "Everything You Gave Me!" together will produce an effect of one plus one greater than two.

But the reason why Xia Yan serialized it into a light novel before was mainly because he had no capital and no fame, so he had to do it.

Now, if Xia Yan wants to present Magical Girl Madoka in this world, he must think of presenting it in the form of animation.

Apart from other things, the various incomes from the two novels Youth Journey written by Xia Yan in the past year and Anohana have also made Xia Yan's total net worth reach 13 million.

After all, during this period of time, due to the fermentation of animation and the support of animation fans, the average sales of the single volume of Anohana has exceeded 4 million copies. In another month or two, it is very likely to exceed the 5 million mark. This work has brought huge profits to Xia Yan.

In addition to the single volume of Going to the Moon that will be released soon.

In fact, if Xia Yan uses it sparingly, this money is enough for him to invest in an animation work.

After all, the commercial value of Puella Magi Madoka Magica is so great that Xia Yan would rather keep it in his hands than submit it to other animation production companies to help others make money.

But the problem is

Xia Yan knows nothing in the animation industry, has no connections, no connections, and does not understand the production process of works. If he rashly takes money to get involved, he will most likely be cheated.

Of course, Xia Yan immediately thought of Tang Yin. She said that she is now setting up an animation production company, but Tang Yin has already taken over an animation project. Even if Xia Yan goes to Tang Yin to discuss cooperation now, there is a high probability that she will not have the energy to take charge of two projects at the same time.

After thinking about it, Xia Yan has no good ideas for the time being.

The time for thinking passed in a flash, and soon, Xia Yan's mobile phone rang.

Jiang Jing accepted his friend request.

[What's wrong, Teacher Xia Yan? Finally remembered me today? You actually added me as a friend. ]

Xia Yan chatted with Jiang Jing for a while at first, talking about other things, until Jiang Jing finally couldn't stand it anymore and took the initiative to ask Xia Yan if he had something to ask her.

[Well, I'm sorry, because I have something to ask you. 】

Xia Yan saw this and continued the topic.

Although it is somewhat realistic to do this, Xia Yan can only try his best to return this favor when there is an opportunity in the future.

In the Magic City area, Jiang Jing, who had just attended a fan meeting and was resting in the lounge, gradually smiled while chatting with Xia Yan. Ten minutes later, she finally understood what Xia Yan meant.

Xia Yan is indeed interested in joining the three major library libraries: Liuli, Xingkong and Qingze.

But he made it clear that he was more confident in his future potential. He believed that any long-term contract offered to him by any of the three major book publishers would be a loss for him. He simply wanted to be a free man. Cooperation was possible, but not according to the contract. It takes time to collaborate, but to create a work, we collaborate only once.

The three major book publishers have dominated the Dragon Kingdom novel world for so many years, and there must be various methods for cultivating talents.

To be honest, this is how many top light novel writers in the Dragon Kingdom cooperate with these large book publishers.

[It’s not impossible if you want to do this, but if you do this, even if your work shows 100% potential, it is very likely to lose to those who only have 80% but the owner of the work will compete for resources. They are the group of people that the book club president invites writers to. 】

In online novels in a parallel world, writers compete for the recommendation position of the novel on the website, and in this world

What light novel writers compete for is the amount of publicity the book club will give to the novel after the novel is serialized, as well as the level of the journal in which the work is serialized.

The seven major bookstores, like several bookstores in Southern Province, each have a signature journal work.

For example, "Qingze" by Qingze Library, "Starry Sky" by Xingkong Novel, and "Liu Li" by Liuli Bookstore. Three journals.

The total circulation of each issue in the seventeen provinces of the Dragon Kingdom exceeds 10 million copies.

Specifically, today, the journal with the highest sales volume is "Starry Sky" in the Imperial Capital region, with sales of each issue ranging from 18 million to 21 million.

The second highest-selling novel periodical is "Qingze" by Qingze Library, with sales of about 14 million copies per issue.

The third highest-selling fiction journal is "Liu Li". Each issue sells around 12 million copies.

It can be said that the gap between the sales of 700,000 to 800,000 copies per issue and that of Red Maple Literature is the level of dimensionality reduction attack.

These three journals are weekly serialized novels, with only ten serialization slots in each journal.

Xia Yan has the reputation of being the first person selected for the New God Ranking. If he is willing to sign a long-term contract with the three major bookstores, then his new work will be eligible for the selection of serial vacancies in these three periodicals. Submitted to the serialization meeting.

Of course, he was only qualified to be submitted to the serialization conference, and at the serialization conference, the authors of the novels he competed with were all giants in the Dragon Kingdom light novel world. In the history of writing, everyone has created at least one novel with single-book sales exceeding five million or even tens of millions. In the eyes of others, Xia Yan's new work has a very low chance of being selected. .

Three periodicals, same period, thirty serial seats

This is the highest goal of all novel writers in the Dragon Kingdom light novel world.

As long as you can get one of the serialization seats, and the popularity of the work in the serialization journal is stable, until the end of the serialization, the book publisher will not move the work to a secondary journal of the bookstore because of the lack of popularity of the novel, and the serialization will be completed.

Basically, this writer is qualified to be called a well-known writer in the Dragon Kingdom light novel world.

It can be said to be a masterpiece.

But Xia Yan chose not to sign a long-term contract to compete for the thirty serialization seats. The probability that Xia Yan wanted to directly participate in the competition was too low.

Jiang Jing typed and communicated with Xia Yan, and received Xia Yan's response.

[Oh, I understand, so if I don’t choose to sign a long-term contract with the three major book publishers, but instead sign a short-term contract, what will happen after my works are serialized? 】

Jiang Jing had a good feeling for Xia Yan. After she first told what she knew about the situation, she didn't give much advice when she saw that Xia Yan still had a firm belief.

[Then if the quality is sufficient, it will be serialized in the secondary journals of the three major book publishers. For example, "Under the Starry Sky", "Qing Zeyu" and "Liu Li Color" are serialized in three secondary periodicals. 】

Xia Yan looked at the content displayed on the phone

[Why do you feel that the names of the journals are so similar? 】Xia Yan typed and asked.

[Of course, the novels serialized in "Under the Starry Sky" are basically works that were not popular enough in the "Starry Sky" journal and were moved over. "Qingze" and "Qingzeyu". "Liu Li" and "Liu Li Color" have a similar relationship. ] Jiang Jing replied.

If a novel is serialized in a top journal like "Starry Sky" and the results are not satisfactory, the book society will immediately remove it.

After all, the three major journals such as "Starry Sky" only have ten serialization slots, so there are not so many opportunities to waste on novels with insufficient potential.

But no matter what, even if the results of novels that can be serialized in "Starry Sky" are not ideal, they are only compared to other top-level novels in the same issue. In terms of the entire Dragon Kingdom novel world, they are still top-notch novels. Maybe cutting it in half is such a waste.

That’s why there are secondary journals corresponding to the three top journals.

The sales volume of these secondary journals is only about 40% of that of the corresponding top journals.

But the sales volume of five to six million copies per issue, or even seven to eight million copies, is still terrifying.

[The reason why I am called the best newcomer in the world of light novels in the Magic City in the past two years is because my last work was serialized in "Liu Li Color", and I got the third place among twenty works. ] Jiang Jing replied.

[Therefore, my next new work is eligible to be submitted to compete in the novel serialization meeting of "Liuli", but it is highly likely that I will not be able to compete. ]

[That is to say, if my next work wants to be serialized in the three major journals "Xingkong", "Liuli" and "Qingze", it is basically impossible without signing a long-term contract with the book company. Even if a long-term contract is signed, there is a slight possibility that it will be directly eliminated by the works of many veteran writers at the serialization meeting? ] Xia Yan replied.

At the same time, I was also surprised by the competitiveness of the novel industry in the Magic City and the Imperial City. With this level of competition, those top writers at the provincial and regional levels who come here are not good enough and may be cannon fodder.

Of course, in other words, it is because the potential writers at the regional level, such as Xia Yan and Song Lingjun, have all gone to the Magic City and the Imperial City, so the level of writers left in those provinces is not very high. It is completely different from the level of the Magic City and the Imperial City.

[Almost, but not absolutely. For example, since there is a downgrade mechanism for the two journals "Liuli" and "Liulise", there is naturally an upgrade mechanism. However, the latter is too harsh. Anyway, your work must obviously show great potential and the serialization results in "Liulise" are not ordinary. Then you have the opportunity to directly upgrade from a secondary journal to the corresponding top journal. 】

Conversion and upgrade of novel serialized journals..

Xia Yan's eyes condensed when he heard this.

There is such an operation?

As long as the results are good enough, everything is possible.

Jiang Jing talked a lot with Xia Yan

Finally, she said something that Xia Yan felt was very useful.

【So, as long as you can accept that the book club does not pay much attention to your resources, there are many agents in the book club who are willing to sign you. For example, my agent "Bai Xuan". 】

Jiang Jing typed.

She is relatively broad-minded, and she really likes Xia Yan's novels, so she is not afraid of wasting time talking to Xia Yan about these.

【My connections are limited to Liuli Book Club. I can't help Xingkong Novels and Qingze Library. But I advise you, if you really want to join these three book clubs, it's better to choose Liuli. Although the other two are actually the two strongest among the three book clubs, they are also the two with the most serious nepotism.]

There is another chapter later, but it will be a little later. Because I'm really busy these days, I caught a cold again.

I'm really unlucky, and everything happens. Oh. I won't say anymore, I'm going to stay up late to write, sorry to ask for leave again. I've already asked for leave for one day before, and I still owe 2,000 words. I can't go on like this.