A perfect life starting from a light novel writer

Xia Yan himself did not take too many confidentiality measures for his actions. After all, he just had a new work plan, and whether the news was leaked or not would not affect his plan. In fact, some unfounded information leaks made it easier to spread the heat.

So much so that in his fan group, many people heard a little information from some people in the industry and started to spread all kinds of news all over the Internet.

"Brothers, I heard from the internal staff of Lao Zei's company that Lao Zei seems to have a new work plan?"

"Haha, today is September, not April Fool's Day, don't play this trick, who will believe it? Lao Zei is now serializing Hunter, Sword, and Slam Dunk at the same time. The company also has a Pokémon game to be released in October and a Doraemon animation BD to be launched in November. In addition, his previous works are also being adapted into movies and games. Does he still have the energy to make new works? Don't spread this rumor."

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"My friend told me that Lao Zei seems to be in the field of comics and light novels in the name of the company. In recruiting some industry professionals, it is said that Lao Zei himself knows that his energy is limited, so he is preparing to start some new work plans. He is responsible for controlling the direction of the story and letting the recruited people take care of the details. "

"? I don't understand, is there any difference?"

"Just like some novels are filmed into several versions of TV series, it is equivalent to Lao Zei providing a story outline and letting these recruited employees to fill in the details. "

"Ah? Then are such works still created by Lao Zei? "

"Of course! Many cartoonists in Longguo also work in the studio model. The main creator provides the story outline, and the drawing is mostly done by his assistants, and then the cartoonist supervises it himself. As long as the level of the hired employees is high enough, sometimes The quality of the work is even higher than that of the original author alone. "

"That's true. Some martial arts novels from the last century were adapted into different versions of TV series. If the director is good, it will make people feel that the TV series surpasses the original, but if the director is poor, the original work will be ruined. If Lao Zei really wants to do this, it's not impossible. He is too busy to control everything, but as long as he can grasp the key details, the quality of the work will not be too bad, provided that the quality of his new work is not low. "

"Is there any need to doubt Lao Zei's ability to write plots? He is married now, and he will probably earn money for milk powder in a few years. He will definitely be more serious than before, so there is no need to worry about this. "

"So now You are already discussing this issue before any news is exposed. If it turns out to be fake news, isn't it a pure waste of time? "

"That's right, don't get too excited. This kind of news is most likely fake news. No matter how perverted the old thief is, he is now a model worker. Which creator in Longguo is like him in the fields of novels, comics, film and television, games, and animation? Even so, you still want him to release a new work. Don't be too whimsical. He can't do it even if he is exhausted to death. "

On the Internet, Xia Yan's fans are arguing about some groundless news, and in reality

Xia Tang Animation Office Building, starting from this Monday, a large number of people come to Xia Yan's office for interviews every day.

A lot of the news on the Internet is half true and half false. It is true that Xia Yan is interested in opening more comics, but it is definitely nonsense that the light novel industry is also preparing to find a ghostwriter.

With that little time and a ghostwriter to explain so much, Xia Yan can complete the code himself. A weekly update of 20,000 words is nothing to Xia Yan now. The plot is all in his mind, and it only takes a few hours.

He recently interviewed a series of comic studio members that Mo Ran found through her connections in the comics industry.

In Longguo, there are talents who shine in the field of comic assistants, but are a mess in creating original works.

Often these people are active in the field of adult comics and 18+ light novel illustrations.

In terms of painting skills, they are impeccable, but ask them what masterpieces they have in their comic life.

In fact, there are none at all.

In fact, strictly speaking, Mo Ran also belongs to this category of cartoonists, but her painting skills are indeed varied and outstanding, and... she is lucky.

In the early stage of Xia Yan's development, she established a good relationship with him and gained Xia Yan's friendship and trust. Although Xia Yan only gave Mo Ran a share of the comics royalties, excluding other copyright changes and peripheral income from the works he created, but just this, it also made Mo Ran the top of the income ranking list of Longguo comics, and the combination with Xia Yan is recognized as the first in the history of Longguo comics.

So in the small circle of the industry, when Xia Yan asked Mo Ran to spread the news that he was interested in setting up a comic studio, Xia Yan would provide the script outline, and other cartoonists would create new works according to Xia Yan's requirements, a large number of cartoonists of this type in Longguo took the initiative to find Mo Ran.

No author's signature? What does it matter? It was Xia Yan who provided the script outline. Those who are good at drawing but not satisfied in the comics industry don't care at all.

Anyway, working for Xia Yan to draw comics, you can tell with your ass that you will definitely not suffer any loss. Xia Yan's high salary at Xia Tang Animation is well-known in the industry, and the average salary of the position is more than two or three times that of the same position in other companies.

If Xia Yan can be so generous to his comic workers, then the income will definitely be more promising than drawing those bad works in those unknown comic magazines.

Xia Yan, who had a honeymoon after marriage, returned to work again in just over a month.

As for his wife Tang Yin, she is still responsible for the large and small business of the company's cooperation with external parties. After all, Xia Yan's own energy is not enough to focus on creating work scripts. The company's management aspect really does not have the time to focus too much on it.

Xia Yan was in the office, and Mo Ran, who was wearing a green skirt, was sitting next to her. The two of them were looking at a large pile of comic manuscripts on the table and talking non-stop.

"Look at this Zhou Qing, his artistry is relatively mellow. At first glance, he was good at drawing cute works in the past. His characters are not distinctive enough and not impressive enough."

"And this Xu Mu, um. His comic skills are pretty good, but he didn't have a good reputation among the fan community in the past, and he was said to have questionable character. He was financially strapped in his early years and was detained for stealing."

"This guy named Qin Yu is actually my favorite, but he is too old. He is already forty years old. I don't know if he can meet your requirements Xia Yan when he has enough energy at work."

Mo Ran had heard before that Xia Yan seemed to have more than two new comics, and now she was working with Xia Yan to select a suitable comic writer.

Of course, no matter how you choose, Xia Yan's new comics are all under the pen name of the cartoonist "Xia Yan. Mo Ran". When it really enters the serialization stage, it is Xia Yan who provides the script, and Mo Ran is responsible for the overall direction of the comics. Mirrors, etc., these selected employees are responsible for drawing some details. Once the work becomes famous, Mo Ran will be mainly responsible for the series of operations and publicity of the work.

Xia Yan's expression gradually became serious as he listened to Mo Ran's introduction to the lives and professional qualities of these cartoonists.

The two comics he plans to serialize are Naruto and Pirates, both of which span more than ten or twenty years. If possible, he hopes that there will be no changes in the comic's creative team during the serialization process.

Otherwise, slight changes in painting style and other aspects will have an impact on the enthusiasm of fans of the work.

The most intuitive thing is that in my memory, there are two versions of the Hunter animation. Although the voice actors of Hisoka in the Hunter animation are very good, Xia Yan likes the old version of the animation for no reason. Doraemon comics have been serialized for dozens of years. In 2017, Xia Yan preferred comics with old style drawings, and the same was true for Tom and Jerry animations. The animation style of the older version was very comfortable, and I didn’t want to watch anything that came out later.

It’s not that the later ones won’t work, but that the inertia of preconceived ideas is too strong.

Since Xia Yan is planning to serialize these two long novels, he has to think about the serialization span within decades.

You can't form two teams. If you have some achievements, the people below will make various demands, and then leave to work alone. In the end, Xia Yan found someone again, but the fans must not adapt due to problems such as the change of painting style.

"By the way, is it really possible for Xia Yan to endure comic books and pirate-themed comics? Isn't he thinking too far ahead?" After Mo Ran and Xia Yan discussed these interview comic drafts, they leaned back in their chairs. Go up, looking at him with a curious and puzzled expression.

It is normal for a new power system in a comic to have various new terms.

For example, the "Hunter" in Full-Time Hunter.

The "alchemist" in steelmaking.

But that ninja had such a strange professional name, but according to Xia Yan's introduction, he was just a mercenary armed group.

That’s okay, who is that Pirate King!

A pirate as the protagonist?

Something doesn't feel right, even though Xia Yan said that the protagonist is adventuring on the sea as a pirate, and what the protagonist basically does is rob other bad pirates.

But even so, will the audience like the story of a pirate protagonist who is evil and evil?

Of course, Mo Ran also knew very well that Xia Yan had basically been surrounded by doubts along the way. In fact, those who doubted him were often slapped in the face by reality.

It's not that Mo Ran has no confidence in Xia Yan, he's just curious.

How would Xia Yan describe these two themes in his works?

"Be brave enough to innovate. Longguo didn't have works of this type before, but from now on, there will be." Xia Yan looked at Mo Ran beside him and said with a smile.

"Okay, after studying the information of other cartoonists tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, we can start to form a drawing team for the two works."

Xia Yan's eyes became solemn.

"Mo Ran, you understand, I am currently involved in many things, and I can no longer discuss everything with you in detail and discuss it clearly like I did in the previous series of Hunters and Initial D. I can only provide a general idea and two specific works. The final effect of the comic is mainly controlled by you.”

"But let me make it clear first. These two works are both very long works. If everything goes well, we will be at least forty years old by the time the serialization of the two works ends."

"Pfft" Mo Ran almost spilled the tea cup she was drinking from, and looked at Xia Yan in disbelief.

Forty years old?

"Hey, are you serious? Are you saying that these two comics are both long-form comics that can be serialized for more than ten years?"

In the history of the Dragon Kingdom comic industry, there are very few super-long works of this kind, almost none.

The reason is very simple. A long-form work must be a popular comic.

Without this kind of popularity and this kind of fan base, it is impossible for the market to buy this work after it has been serialized for hundreds of chapters. If the plot is not particularly exciting, with this kind of length, the fans will have gone away long ago. .

"Yes, as expected, the ratings of these two works may not necessarily be higher than those of The Hunter and Initial D. But in terms of commercial value, they will be several times, or even ten times more than them." Xia Yan said softly.

But the weight of Xia Yan's words made Mo Ran dizzy.

Hunter has made the two earn hundreds of millions, several times, or even ten times more in commercial value?

What is that?

The ease on Mo Ran's expression also disappeared.

She knew very well that Xia Yan was not the kind of person who liked to brag. Even judging from the past, Xia Yan was actually conservative.

I thought Xia Yan started a new comic just because he had too strong a desire to create, but if he had this confidence.

Mo Ran took a deep breath and looked at the submitted comic manuscripts on the table.

The selection of studio personnel for these two comic works must be more careful.

In the next few days, Xia Yan was busy with this matter.

At the same time, he also informed Beizhou Comics of the information about his new comic.

Xia Yan knew that once he determined the studio personnel, the production speed of the finished comic would be very fast.

He had to greet Beizhou Comics in advance and reserve a serialization seat for the comic journal.

Beizhou Comics was naturally very surprised by this.

The sales of Beizhou magazine have been stable and ranked first in Longguo so far, but it is not so advantageous.

Xia Yan is indeed very popular, but his one work is just a finishing touch to the sales of Beizhou comics, not all of it.

A comic magazine has 20 works, and the quality of other works is also critical.

But if Xia Yan has two more works to be serialized, it will be different.

The quality does not have to catch up with Hunter, and it is enough to have Hunter, Initial D and other works that are 70% or 80% as exciting.

Of course, Xia Yan's new comics need to set up a studio to create, and the requirement of full copyright is not a problem for Beizhou.

It is already very good to rely on Xia Yan's works to stabilize the position of Longguo's first comics club. At this time, greed will force Xia Yan away, which will not be worth the loss.

So in this regard, everything is going smoothly, and Beizhou Comics Club even recommended several unknown but strong and financially distressed cartoonists to Xia Yan as references for studio candidates.

September just passed by like this

In early October, the first generation of Pokemon games was released.

Unlike the mediocre results expected by the outside world, the sales of the Pokemon game have greatly exceeded everyone's expectations.

Indeed, there are not many teenagers who buy this game, but among elementary school students

This kind of pet-raising adventure game is a god!

Less than two weeks after the release, the total sales of the game in Longguo exceeded 1.5 million, and exceeded 3 million worldwide.

This result is nothing in the history of the game industry, but considering that this is the result of Xia Yan's first game

It is outrageous.

Xia Yan did not expect the Pokemon IP to take off worldwide with the first generation of games. Anyway, he has plenty of patience to take it slow.

The first generation of games is just to build a fan base.

The real big investment, big money, and amazing game graphics of the second generation of Pokemon games are now being developed by the company's game department.

By mid-October

Xia Yan's comic studio team was established, and

Xia Yan had handed over the early scripts of One Piece and Naruto to Mo Ran.

He only asked his subordinates to follow his character design and painting style, and Mo Ran was responsible for other aspects.

Beizhou Comics finally announced to tens of millions of comic fans in Longguo in October.

In the first week of "Beizhou Comics" in November, Xia Yan will publish two new comics.

"Naruto" and "One Piece" will be serialized in the first episode simultaneously.

These two works, together with Death, are the three major popular comics in the parallel world.

In Longguo, Xia Yan also let them compete with each other, spreading the battle of Fire Sea in the parallel world to Longguo.

As for Death Sea.

After the Hunter is finished, if Xia Yan still has enough energy, he may let it join the battle.

Let Death Fire Sea also become the three pillar works of the history of Longguo comics in this period.

The fans of Beizhou Comics and Xia Yan are still unclear about what kind of changes the two new comics to be serialized in November will bring to the Longguo comics.

Xia Yan's fans simply saw the news.

On this day, they fell into a collective carnival.

The news that has been circulated on the Internet for two months is actually true?

Is Xia Yan really planning to start a new work?