Single Unlimited Wonderful Life

But this piece of work by Li Wei is different. The details have reached the level of a photo. If someone else painted it, the whole picture might be quite messy, because Li Wei painted everything that can be seen very carefully. The fineness extends to a very far distance from the line of sight before being blurred to a certain extent.

It is precisely because of this rich detail that the whole painting gives people a very real feeling, and it is full of fantasy blockbuster feeling. She can even see the details of the soldiers' eyes under the helmet, and those who have lifted their visors Each soldier's face was very detailed, and she could see a variety of expressions on them. Fanaticism, perseverance, indifference, ferocity, piety, compassion, joking...

This kind of emotional expression makes the viewer feel as if he is facing this huge army head-on. The sense of oppression coming towards his face makes people unable to breathe smoothly.

How domineering this is!

How arrogant this is!

However, what Eiri Sawamura doesn't know is the subtle expressions of the soldiers. In this regard, Levi referred to Alexander the Great Iskandar's Noble Phantasm, "The Military Power of the King" in the "Fatezero" series.

Because the army under the protagonist of the novel has a wide range of members, including people of all identities, including robbers and bandits who block roads, down-and-out nobles who have lost power in political struggles, free mercenaries who are greedy for money, and aliens who are persecuted by religion. Meet the priests, slaves and commoners who were oppressed by the nobles and couldn't survive, as well as more soldiers and spellcasters who joined the male protagonist for various purposes.

Because of the chaotic composition of the members, Levi deliberately drew this slightly messy picture, which is to give readers a hint that the male protagonist relies on his extraordinary charm and dominance to draw all kinds of people under his control. under his command.

As for this promotional poster, Fusigawa Bunko has already processed it. In addition to marking the title of the book, there is only one slogan.

"God! Kneel down before me!"

If you take this to the extreme, coupled with this majestic and majestic painting, you will get goosebumps when you look at it.

Now, all the entrances of Fusigawa Bunko offline bookstores have been replaced with this promotional painting. This painting has a huge contribution to the explosive popularity of the new work.

Chapter 48. Everyday Versailles

Li Wei said: "Come back to your senses, a painting will let you do this, is that enough?"

For the current Li Wei, as long as he is serious, he can reach this level in every painting of this level, it just takes a certain amount of time.

"Li Weijun, you...you are so amazing!" Sawamura Eiri felt that she couldn't find the words to describe it. Although they are almost the same age, Li Wei's level can already be regarded as a master in the painting world, and she is still in the quagmire. , I don’t know where the future is. Sure enough, there is no comparison between people.

"As long as you are willing to work hard, you can also draw to this level. In this painting, I just piled up details without thinking, which is just to fool laymen. Why are you so surprised, Yinglili?" Li Wei looked completely unfazed. A caring tone.

Yinglili didn't know what to say. The handsome young man in front of her was simply Versailles to the extreme.

But she had to admit that Li Wei's ability in painting was already better than those of the lecturers at the Tokyo Metropolitan University of Arts. Although she had not officially entered the Tokyo Metropolitan University of Arts, it was undefended for her. , after all, she not only has extraordinary talent, but she is also the daughter of a diplomat and the eldest lady of the Spencer family. Her multiple identities allow her to be able to enjoy herself in most places.

It is precisely because of this that she often communicates with those great masters at the Tokyo Metropolitan University of Arts. Naturally, she knows what the top level in the painting world is like. Li Wei's level may be a bit excessive when talking about a master, but when talking about the painting world Top, absolutely no one dares to say no.

Sawamura Eiri knew that Levi, like her, was admitted in advance to the Tokyo Metropolitan University of Arts. She originally had some doubts about Levi's painting skills, but this painting completely conquered her. In her opinion, , Levi’s painting skills are really awesome.

This kind of use of pictures to tell stories, and the ability to gather a large amount of content in one picture, allowing viewers to search carefully without making it boring, is something she cannot do now, and she must admit this. .

Li Wei closed the screen and said: "During this period of time, my skills have made new breakthroughs, and the overall level has improved to a higher level than before. The previous paintings were much worse than this one. "

Levi was telling the truth. He had not received the Golden Finger before. Although his paintings were still among the best in the industry, they were still far from being a true master. But now, he is a master.

Levi clicked on the minimized black room and continued to type on the keyboard, writing the second volume of "His Majesty the Demon King". This feeling of just being a typist was great. There was no need to think at all, just based on the words. The content of the manuscript in my mind is typed on the keyboard at an astonishing speed.

Sitting opposite Li Wei, Kasumigaoka Shiyu heard the strong rhythmic sound of keystrokes. He leaned over and said, "Li Weijun, are you really not tapping randomly? I didn't hear the sound of keystrokes." If there is a disconnection, don’t you hesitate when coding?”

Li Wei gently touched Kasumigaoka Shiyu's forehead with his finger and pressed her back. Looking at Kasumigaoka Shiyu's expression of "You are rebelling", Levi said: "I have already thought about the content in my mind. Now I am just transferring the content in my memory to the outside world, so that's why Such smoothness.”

Now it was Kasumigaoka Shiu's turn to be shocked. As a person who writes light novels, she knew how difficult such a thing was. Anyway, she was thinking about it while writing, and she only had a rough outline in her mind, but the specifics How to expand it is all written down and then carefully thought about. How can Li Wei sort out all the contents in his mind from the beginning? This is already an inhuman level of thinking ability.

Levi had a strange expression that you rarely see, which almost caused internal injuries to Shiu Kasumigaoka and Eri Sawamura. The two girls had a consensus for the first time. Levi in ​​his Versailles state was a bit in need of a beating.

Levi stopped typing on the keyboard, put his hands behind his head, leaned back on the chair.

"Why did it stop suddenly?" Kasumigaoka Shiyu asked curiously.

"When I think that the new work has started to be promoted and will be on sale in a few days, I don't know why, but I feel a little uneasy in my heart." Levi said.

"Every new author will experience this kind of mood. When the first volume of "Metronome of Love" was released, I was much more nervous than you. However, in the same period, I did not get much promotion, because that issue was not yet There is a book called "The brave man was killed by the trap dug by me as a villager, so I can only succeed the brave man and face the devil." The title is really long. This book occupied a lot of publicity resources in the Immortal River Library. As a result, I wasn’t disappointed after it was released, but because I didn’t get any strong recommendations, my work became a little popular.”

Levi wanted to complain in his heart, are all the names of light novels these days so long? It's true that any messy thing can be turned into a light novel by adding a book title. But the name is quite interesting. Anyway, he really wanted to take a look at this work.

Levi asked: "So how is the sales of this work? It occupies a lot of publicity resources, how can it achieve good results?"

Kasumigaoka Shiyu sighed and said: "However, this book was cut in half. The author originally planned to write ten volumes, but it was cut in half in the fifth volume. The average sales volume of each volume is 73,000. , it’s a complete waste of such good publicity resources.”

Levi was a little surprised: "What's the quality of the book? At any rate, it sold an average of 73,000 copies."

Kasumigaoka Shiyu shook his head and said: "The first volume was okay, but there was an obvious decline in quality from the second volume, and the author didn't like to listen to the editor's suggestions and went his own way, and the work was cut in half in the fifth volume. It was because the author broke the contract and changed jobs, and then the library cut his works in half according to the agreement."

Li Wei was a little surprised in his heart. Sure enough, there are all kinds of weird things in this industry. His grades are declining rapidly, and he doesn't listen to the editor's advice. He is a great man.

Kasumigaoka Shiyu said: "Anyway, I don't recommend Li Weijun that you read that work. Not only is it a waste of money, but you also have to wash your eyes afterwards. That author is a person who goes his own way to an unbearable level, and his works are also In this way, you can let yourself go as you write."

Listening to Kasumigaoka Shiyu's words, Li Wei became even more curious.

Chapter 49. Rising popularity

The activity of the game production department only lasted for an hour, and everyone left separately. Now An Yilun has not come up with a decent plan. Even though Li Wei and others are ready for production, they have not Purpose and direction, no matter how well prepared we are now, we can only wait.

Levi did not stay on the road and returned directly to his rented apartment. There was no Internet in the school. If he wanted to access the Internet, he could only connect through his mobile phone. After all, mobile phones are not as convenient as computers.

After returning to the apartment, Levi turned on the central air conditioner, entered the study, put down the computer, and turned it on.

He planned to take out two illustrations while it was still early. After all, the typesetting work at the library would only take a few days. Taking out the illustrations as soon as possible would also allow the library to complete the printing and binding faster.

After all, enjoying the top publicity resources provided by Wenku, Li Wei is still very willing to cooperate with Wenku's publicity work. Naturally, he will not casually perfunctory things that are good for him.

After opening PS and connecting to the hand-painted tablet, Levi thought for a while, then opened the browser and clicked to enter Neon's largest light novel forum.

Clicking in, Levi found that his new work was very popular. More than 30 of the top 50 posts on the home page were related to his new work.

Levi clicked on the most popular post and began to check what the readers on Neon's side thought of his new book.

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Nara Cat Master: The Immortal River is engaging in such big propaganda again. Didn’t he learn a lesson from the last "Village"? I hope you won’t be another piece of trash who buys illustrations and gives toilet paper as a gift.

I, Dior, will never admit defeat: let’s wait and see for now, but according to the information revealed by Fusukawa Bunko, the illustrator of “His Majesty the Demon King” is the author himself.

Nara Cat Master: What? The artist is the author himself, which is really cool. Not to mention the content of the novel, the promotional poster alone is worth a thousand yen.

My big mistake: Old cat, you are ignorant. You should go to the official website of Fusukawa Bunko to take a look. The author of "His Majesty the Demon King" is very powerful. He is an art genius who was admitted to Tokyo University of Arts in advance, and he is good at literature. His attainments in this aspect are also quite high. Can a piece of trash like "The Villager" be compared with "His Majesty the Demon King"?

Nara Cat Master: Why are you all playing "His Majesty the Demon King"?

My big one: This is not a boast, but Fusukawa Bunko has found a treasure this time. Although the "Big Demon God" teacher is only a newcomer, he must be the strongest newcomer this year. The first volume of "His Majesty the Demon King" comes with at least eight high-quality color illustrations, and also comes with high-definition posters of promotional images. I heard that there will be a special setting collection in the follow-up. The world view of "His Majesty the Demon King" is quite huge, and Immortal Kawabunku has announced that "His Majesty the Demon King" will be the Eastern version of "The Lord of the Rings".

Nara Cat Master: I will go to their official website to take a look now. If this is really the case, then I will buy three sets of the works of the great devil!

Levi looked at the friends on the forum bragging, with a smile on his face. There are many "tap water" like this on the forum. This is the largest light novel exchange forum in Neon. There are currently about 400,000 people online. Around 8pm, during the peak period after 8pm, the number of people online at the same time could reach more than 700,000.

This forum is also a publicity ground for various libraries. Every time a certain library has a strongly recommended work on the shelves, it will build momentum in this forum. However, it is impossible to have the current popularity with artificial fueling, so the popularity of "His Majesty the Demon King" is even higher than Levi expected.

It is estimated that at the beginning, Immortal River Bunko employees pretending to be ordinary users were acting there, but with the success of the traffic diversion, more and more ordinary users went to the official homepage of Immortal River Library and saw the promotion of " "His Majesty the Demon King", was attracted by the information exposed so far in this new book, and then the popularity snowballed.

This kind of publicity strategy is a method used by all walks of life. Although it is a bit old, it has been tried and tested. However, there is also a problem with this kind of publicity, that is, the quality must keep up. If the quality is not good, no matter how hard you blow now, it will hurt when you fall down later.

After the "Village" deal, Immortal Sichuan Library already had a small flaw in its credibility, because "Village" was a typical example of false propaganda. The author not only had deficiencies in the quality of his work, but also broke the contract and switched jobs. This is what The most embarrassing place to break a leg.

That author is now nicknamed the "Great Writer" by the industry and readers. Although he is still writing light novels, due to the quality of his own works, his life in the library after changing jobs was not very good. Without enough publicity resources, coupled with the poor quality of his works, he has now become a third-rate light novel writer. It is estimated that it will not be long before he completely disappears from the public eye.

Li Wei always felt that the author who wrote "The Villager" had a serious sense of immediacy, just like a "great writer" in the real world. Probably because both of them were jokingly called "great writers" by readers, Li Wei unconsciously compared the two people to each other. However, he found that the similarity between the two great writers reached 60%. When it reaches 70%, it’s almost like a sibling from another world.

Just as Li Wei thought, in the beginning, it was indeed the secret publicists of Immortal Sichuan Bunko who were behind it, attracting the attention of forum users to "His Majesty the Demon King".

But the popularity that followed was entirely due to Levi's promotional poster, especially the large amount of content contained in the promotional poster, which has been interpreted for the most part. This made netizens who joined in the fun think that Levi is definitely A light novel writer who is good at telling stories, otherwise, he would not be able to add so much content to his paintings for viewers to decipher.

In a very short period of time, the influence of "His Majesty the Demon King" has exceeded this forum, and it has been discussed to a certain extent on the entire neon Internet. This is something that neither Levi nor Fusukawa Bunko expected.

Chapter 50. Win-win publicity techniques

Rising popularity is a good thing, but Levi has not started to slack off because of such things. Although the discussion of his works has increased, the popularity has not yet been converted into sales. This is all false. Only when the popularity is converted into sales Afterwards, Levi was able to sit down and count the money.

After closing the browser, Li Wei opened Net Yiyun, put on his headphones, and began to draw his illustrations honestly.

When typing, the percussion sound effects of the small black room are much more refreshing than music. However, when drawing illustrations, if you don’t give yourself some background music, you will feel bored over time.

In Li Wei's Wangyiyun, all his favorite works have been downloaded. In addition, now he is also a person who knows how to program, bypassing the control of Wangyiyun's background, even in another world without connection. By accessing the official database of Yiyun, you can also play downloaded music freely without being restricted by background programs.

According to conventional classification, the illustrations drawn by Levi are closer to concept design drawings, which are very different from conventional light novel illustrations.

Ordinary light novel illustrations focus on depicting characters, using a cute style to draw women, attracting readers' attention, and allowing readers to better understand the illustrations.

The illustrations drawn by Li Wei are also to make it easier for readers to better imagine the female characters in the book, but this is not to make it easier for readers to imagine the female characters in the book, but to allow readers to better imagine the fantasy and magnificent world. .

Besides, the protagonist of the first volume has not yet become a real ruler. He just raised a group of miscellaneous fish troops. To put it nicely, they are called rebels, and to put it worse, they are just a group of bandits and villains. In the first volume, apart from Except for a female bandit leader, there are no decent female characters at all. Even if Li Wei wanted to draw it, there was no suitable role.

Therefore, most of the illustrations in the first volume are in a new fantasy style where characters and landscapes are intertwined. The colors are relatively bright, and the character shapes and costumes are relatively gorgeous. If you have read Wolp's "Ghost Blade", you can understand that style more easily. .

With the draft in his mind, as his proficiency increased, Li Wei's painting speed also continued to accelerate. Originally, he expected to complete two illustrations in 80 minutes, but he did not expect to finish them in just one hour. After finishing it, there was still so much time before the game time agreed with Kasumigaoka Shiyu, so Li Wei simply continued painting and drew another illustration.

Levi clicked on Machida Enko's account in the communication software, packaged and sent the three completed illustrations. There was also a txt document in it, explaining where the three illustrations were in the first volume, which reduced library work. Personnel workload.

(Thank you, Great Demon God Teacher.)

(Sister Yuanzi, you are the one who deserves to be credited with the hard work, and the staff who worked overtime, I have to say thank you.)

The official release date is not far away, and having to make preparations in such a short period of time is a challenge for the employees of Fusukawa Bunko.

It is precisely because he knows this that Levi expresses his gratitude directly.

(This is something that is part of the library staff, and everyone can get bonuses for this round of overtime work, so everyone is full of motivation. Have you read your new work, Teacher Da Maoshen? , the discussion on the Internet is quite high.)

(This is all because the publicity work of the library is well done.)

(Thank you, teacher, for your praise. In fact, I was the driving force behind this promotion. But I just started it. The current level of discussion is all due to your own talent, teacher.)

(By the way, I would like to ask, after I finish all the illustrations here, can I draw some paintings related to the works and post them online to continue to increase my popularity? Will doing so have any impact on the publicity plan of the library? )

(If you, teacher, want to do this, the library will support it. The reason why many light novels do not use such promotion methods is because of cost issues. You must know that not every light novel writer can have the same experience as you, teacher. With the painting skills, you can add illustrations to your own works. Let the painter specialize in painting promotional posters. If the quantity is small, it can be affordable. If the quantity is large, it is also a big expense, especially for those works whose sales are not guaranteed. It is said that this kind of thing can only be paid for by the author himself. After weighing the pros and cons, few authors are willing to do such a thing.)

(I understand, in the final analysis, it is still a matter of funds, but since I can paint myself, there will be no such problem. I will make this work sell better.)