A perfect life starting from a light novel writer

Like last week, Initial D is still very topical in this week's "Beizhou" comic journal, but fans are discussing it and the topic has changed slightly. ░▒▓█►─═ ═─◄█▓▒░

After all, if a group of two-dimensional people can suddenly go off topic when discussing an excellent work, then they must be talking about another excellent work.

Initial D has only been on sale for two weeks now, and its reputation is still only fermenting in the circle of Beizhou Comics Journal.

As for Mo Yuan, everyone who is a fan of Dragon Kingdom’s second dimension knows it.

The journal order for the second episode of Initial D was released at the speed of light the next morning.

Last week it was eighth.

This week, it’s sixth.

And the rating also rose to 9.4 from 9.2 last week.

This data increase made all the editors in Beizhou Comics look solemn.

They knew exactly what this meant.

After this week's report data was released, several senior executives of the editorial department stayed in the conference room for a meeting.

"So, judging from the data of the first two chapters of Initial D, I think the development potential of this work is very huge, and our comic book club should allocate more resources to it."

After finishing his half-hour speech, deputy editor Hu Biao sat down slowly with an elegant expression.

He can be said to be very proud today.

There is nothing more exciting than the fact that a month ago, under heavy pressure, Initial D was forced to be serialized by using its privileges, and was criticized by many people in the comic book club. Now, the reputation of Initial D's works has exploded.

From the beginning, he thought that after Initial D was serialized for a period of time, it might rise to the top eight of the journal.

However, the first episode of this work is ranked eighth, and the second episode is ranked sixth.

This result directly made Hu Yi have other thoughts in his mind.

The top three works in the "Beizhou" journal are all top-notch works with domestic comic volume sales exceeding 10 million. Their top three cannot be shaken.

As the three main comics in the periodical, their monopoly status has been in the top three for three full years, and no other work has challenged them.

However, Hu Yi felt that with Initial D's current development, its popularity might soon rise to the fourth spot in the journal.

If we say that the three main comics in the "Beizhou" comic journal, "Forbidden Gate", "Winter Miracle" and "God's Paradise", are the stars of this journal.

Then Hu Yi definitely hopes that the initial D he signed will become the best in the world.

Of course, if Xia Yan knew what Hu Yi was thinking, he would definitely complain in his heart that as the deputy editor of the comics club, he didn't have a rich imagination and didn't dare to make bold guesses.

But in fact, this is just like the comic industry of the island country in the parallel world. No matter how popular your new comic is, and no matter how unfavorable the performance trend is, it is difficult for anyone to think that this work will have a chance of surpassing One Piece in popularity.

These are all influenced by inertial thinking.

This meeting in the comic book club ended quickly. As the deputy editor-in-chief of the editorial department, Hu Yi wanted to get some publicity resources for the works she signed. Who could refute it without a legitimate reason?

A resolution regarding additional promotional resources for Initial D was passed quickly.

This is the advantage of having a good co-editor in the book club who is capable, well-connected and well-connected.

Xia Yan chose a grassroots editor to cooperate with. First of all, the initial D was difficult to pass at the serialization meeting. After all, this was the Beizhou Comics Club. It was not that the initial D was not good, but the benefits involved in a serialization seat were too huge, and it was easy to get involved. Tens of millions of profits are involved, and the quality of the work is only one of the factors that determine whether it can be serialized.

As the artist of Initial D, Mo Ran naturally keeps an eye on the various data and online reviews of this work every day.

But Xia Yan is different. He has a lot of work and is very busy.

The first week of anime bd/dvd sales data for the first two episodes of Puella Magi Madoka Magica are released.

"Puella Magi Madoka Magica, volume 1 bd first week sales. 478069."

When the company employees read out this data, all members of the company took a collective breath.

Although bd/dvd is one of the important channels for earning money for an animation, in fact, their sales are not particularly high.

After all, everyone has watched the plot on TV, and many people are reluctant to part with the money.

So normally, for an animation with normal popularity, it is normal for the sales volume to be tens of thousands of copies. The sales volume of very popular animations in Dragon Kingdom is only a few hundred thousand copies, but only those very, very powerful animations will have an average volume of over one million copies.

The sales volume of the first volume of the Puella Magi Madoka Magica anime is really exaggerated.

With sales of 470,000 copies in the first week, it is certain that the total sales of the first volume will exceed one million.

Moreover, the audience is not stupid. After watching TV animation, they must know which episode of this animation is the best and most interesting, so they will only buy the bd containing the content of this episode.

As we all know, the content of the first two episodes of Puella Magi Madoka Magica's first volume is relatively non-explosive compared to the entire series, with no explosive content.

But the BDs for the first and second episodes have a high probability of eventually selling a million copies.

What about the third episode of Headless Senpai?

The sixth episode in which Puella Magi Madoka Magica's true nature is revealed, and all the plots that become more and more powerful and gradually become super god starting from the sixth episode. What will be the sales volume of their included bds?

"Okay, everyone knows the data." Xia Yan coughed and looked at everyone in the conference room.

"Puella Magi Madoka Magica's disc sales are pretty good."

not bad?

Everyone, including Song Lingjun and Tang Yin, looked at him strangely.

The first week sales exceeded 400,000, which means that the first volume of this animation will eventually sell over a million, which is a very high probability. Such works have only been produced in the history of the entire Dragon Country animation industry, and are even rarer in this era.

Of course, this data is limited to the sales data of animations broadcast on TV stations. The sales of theatrical animation BDs produced after the TV animations became popular are not included.

But no matter what, this is okay in Xia Yan's mouth?

"But we have to make persistent efforts. Starting this morning, the second volume of the animation of Magical Girl Madoka has been sold. We will be very busy in the next month." Xia Yan looked at everyone in the conference room.

"After all, there is still a month before the Magical Girl Madoka the Movie "The Story of Rebellion" will be released throughout Dragon Country." Xia Yan said, and stopped there.

But it also gave a group of people in the conference room unlimited reverie.

Fans have basically watched the content of the first volume of the main story animation on TV, and so many people bought it. How much will the sales of the theatrical version of the content that has not been watched be?

Xia Yan also has expectations for this, but he is more casual.

The work of Puella Magi Madoka Magica is indeed a phenomenal animation that was popular in the parallel world and won numerous awards.

However, it is only ranked seventh or eighth in the historical sales list of animation BDs in the parallel world island country.

The works ahead of it are two Gundams, Umamusume, Bakemonogatari, Love Live, and Neon Genesis Evangelion.

And the sales data of Neon Genesis Evangelion is nearly three times that of Madoka Magica.

The works that are ranked ninth and tenth with the sales of Madoka Magica BD are Lelouch of Code Geass and Haruhi Suzumiya.

The specific sales data of Neon Genesis Evangelion is 200,000 copies, and Madoka Magica and Lelouch of Code Geass are about 70,000 to 80,000 copies.

However, these are the sales data of TV animation, that is, the sales data of animation content broadcast on TV.

In the parallel world, a BD in the island country costs 7,000 to 8,000 yen, which is equivalent to 400 to 500 RMB. A dozen episodes of animation are sold in 5, 6, 7 or 8 volumes. If you want to buy a complete set, it costs several thousand RMB. It is too expensive. The people of the island country also think it is a rip-off, and many animation fans will not be fooled.

But the theatrical animation is different, because it has not been broadcast on TV stations, and fans also buy it.

Generally, the sales of BDs of animation content broadcast on TV stations will be doubled or tripled.

Yes, here we are talking about Neon Genesis Evangelion. The BD discs of TV animation have an average sales data of 200,000 per volume, but the theatrical animation "Prologue", "Part 3" and "Q" basically have BD sales of 500,000 to 900,000.

So why do a group of people in the parallel world always complain that the producers of Evangelion will only make theatrical versions to make money when they have no money?

The sales of theatrical BD animation are hundreds of thousands per volume, and the average price of the disc is about a few hundred RMB. After so many years, not to mention other peripheral income, such as figures, models, copyright authorization, games, etc., the sales of theatrical animation BD have exceeded 1 billion RMB.

In this office, everyone is a senior person in the animation industry. From the sales data of the first volume of Puella Magi Madoka Magica BD, we can roughly estimate the sales of the subsequent volumes of Puella Magi Madoka Magica BD.

And from these data, we can roughly guess the sales of the BD of the Puella Magi Madoka Magica movie "The Story of Rebellion".

At this time, think of the production cost of Puella Magi Madoka Magica plus the cost of buying broadcasting slots, which is only more than 20 million.

Everyone looked at Xia Yan with a strange look.

In fact, this year it can be basically confirmed that Xia Yan is the animator with the highest return rate in the animation industry of Longguo.

No one else

And the fact is the same as Xia Yan guessed.

Compared with the first volume of Puella Magi Madoka Magica BD, the enthusiasm of fans in the second volume of Puella Magi Madoka Magica BD actually began to be released gradually.

After all, this animation has been popular since the third episode, and this animation content is included in the second volume of the bd.

The first volume was out of stock on the second day of its release, while the second volume of the Madoka Magica animation bd was basically sold out in the whole Dragon Country on the day of its release.

Seventeen provinces across the country have flooded the answering line of Xia Yan's company with orders.

This also makes Xia Yan a little painful.

Xia Tang Animation Company is a small company that has been established for less than a year because of its small size.

Those large peripheral manufacturers look down on Xia Yan's company. When they negotiated cooperation with them a few months ago, they were too busy and didn't want to deal with Xia Yan's company.

There is no way, so they can only find some small companies with average strength to cooperate.

These small companies are also limited in strength, and their production capacity and channels are average. They know that they can make money as long as they can produce products, but they have already run their machines at full capacity, with only this little production capacity.

"Hurry up and make money, Xiaoyuan, I'm waiting for you to make money now so that I can make new animations and upgrade the company's personnel configuration and partners." Xia Yan sighed.

I'm having a huge writer's block tonight, and I've written another 5,000 words. But I'll have to update more tomorrow, at least 8,000 words, to make up for the 1,000 words I missed in the past few days.