Chapter 744: Light Novels and the Internet

At the annual meeting, in addition to the organizers announcing their performance, there is also communication between authors.

There are not many occasions for Shen Xin to participate in similar activities. After meeting other authors, it is inevitable to exchange pleasantries.

Since the copyright of "DN" was sold out, there was only one game copyright left. As for turning "DN" into a game... Shen Xin didn't think much about it.

There were also some companies that wanted to contact Shen Xin, and Shen Xin recommended them to Wang Wenhong.

Xi Muhan is also the focus of the annual meeting.

Although it is not the first time for her to participate in the annual meeting, but last time, she was still a newcomer in the comic circle. This time it is different. The appearance is pure and lovely, attracting the favor of many companies, but also stopped by Wang Wenhong one by one.

Seeing Xi Muhan holding Shen Xin's hand all the time, the person in charge of the company could only laugh dryly and shift his gaze to Wang Wenhong.

As time went by, the author gradually left. After Shen Xin greeted Bao Jiyi, Shang Haozhi, and Yu Chen, she took Xi Muhan and Lu Ning and left first. Wang Wenhong didn't drink because he had to drive, but Yan Fei drank a little A little bit, looking a little blurred.

A group of people left the manor, a cold wind blew, and snowflakes floated in the sky.

Wang Wenhong went to the parking lot to drive, while Shen Xin and others stood by the road and waited.

Xi Muhan tightened his clothes and held Shen Xin by his small hand.

Shen Xin felt that Xi Muhan's hand was a little cold, she turned around and asked, "Is it cold?"

Xi Muhan shook his head, "It's not cold. I met a lot of cartoonists today, which made me feel that I am also a member of this circle."

"What's so good about being in the comic circle?" Shen Xin said helplessly, "Every circle is pretty much the same."

Every circle has a dark side, not only the comic circle, but also the web circle before crossing.

Author and author, author and reader, author and editor, author and contract...

The complexity of various relationships is hard to imagine.

Small circles, ghostwriting, swiping tickets, being swiped...these things also exist.

Ordinary authors just want to create works, but "the forest wants to be quiet but the wind keeps on",

Many times, situations can spiral out of control.

Facing Xi Muhan, Shen Xin didn't want to be so realistic. Moreover, hard work and dreams are still very useful in most cases.

Lu Ning glanced at Shen Xin and Xi Muhan, smiled wryly and said, "You two are comfortable, but sister Yan and I suffer..."

Shen Xin glanced at Lu Ning, and saw that she was covering her ears with her hands, stomping her feet non-stop, and her clothes were covered with snowflakes.

"What are you suffering?" Shen Xin turned her head, "You can also hug Sister Yan."

"Yes, you can hug Sister Yan."

Xi Muhan winked at Lu Ning, who was so angry that Lu Ning almost scratched her.

Yan Fei felt a little sleepy and didn't say anything.

At this moment, the headlights flickered, Wang Wenhong drove a black MPV, and slowly stopped in front of the crowd. After everyone got into the car, he handed a can of sober drink to Yan Fei, and then the car started slowly .

"By the way, isn't the animation of "Ding Shi" released? How is the sales of the booklet?" Shen Xin glanced at Xi Muhan behind him through the rearview mirror, and asked curiously when she saw that she was looking out the window.

"I don't know, maybe he didn't come out so soon?" Xi Muhan shook his head.

The sales statistics of the booklet are based on the unit of week, and it will be two days later when the editor gives feedback to the author.

"I looked at some statistics, and it's not bad. It sold more than 100,000 copies this week." Yan Fei rubbed her face, and she regained her energy.

"Hundreds of thousands? Brother Xin's new book has already exceeded one million." Xi Muhan felt a little low.

"Xiaohan, "Ding Shi" hasn't released a new book yet, so it's good to have such a result. Really—" Yan Fei quickly explained, and at the same time she felt a little happy in her heart, "There is really no comic in China that can compare with "DN" , I originally thought that the sales of the single book would be affected by the last time the performance fluctuated, but I didn't expect that the sales volume was the most among the three books."

"The readers of the booklet and the magazine are not exactly the same." Shen Xin said with a smile, "Many of the readers who bought the booklet are engaged in work. They usually don't have time to read magazines, so they buy the booklet during the holidays. Therefore, even if the public opinion some time ago is against "DN" is not kind, and they will buy it."

"This is indeed one of the reasons. When the animation is released, it is estimated that the sales will skyrocket again. Mr. Shen, do you think the weekly sales of "DN" will exceed two million?" Yan Fei asked.

"No." Wang Wenhong answered.

"I'm asking Teacher Shen." Yan Fei was a little dissatisfied with Wang Wenhong's interruption.

"I agree with Brother Wang's words, the sales volume in a single week should not reach 2 million."

"Why? The sales volume is obviously very good." Xi Muhan asked puzzled.

"Because... "DN" is an evil comic. The number of readers who like evil comics is not as large as that of kingly comics." Shen Xin explained, "The average sales volume of "DN" may reach 2 million copies, but it exceeds 2 million in a single week. ,Not too possible."

It's like fantasy novels, with a large readership base, even if there are no die-hard fans, the novel's income to the author is likely to be higher than that of novels with niche themes.

This has nothing to do with the quality of the work, but with the base of readers.

Thinking of online novels, Shen Xin remembered what Bao Jiyi said at the annual meeting.

"By the way, Yan Fei, what does Mr. Bao mean by online light novels?" Shen Xin was also an online author before time travel, so she was more concerned about online literature.

"Oh, you said that... You also know that although novels are not as intuitive as comics, the update cycle of novels is short. Only one person can create a novel, and the cycle to verify whether a work is acceptable to readers is also short. If there are really good light novels, the magazine can find cartoonists for the light novels, and then serialize them on the app."

"Do you want "Comic Future" to be different from the app?" Wang Wenhong immediately understood when he heard this.

"clever."

"Then how does the author of the novel make money?"

This is what Shen Xin is most concerned about.

For any industry to thrive, it must be profitable. Before charging for online novels, the authors also updated their Buddhism, because online authors must survive, and when online novels cannot bring them income, they must find another livelihood.

Serializing light novels on the Internet is very similar to online novels, but I don't know how to charge.

"No, there are only some coupons for reading comics."

Point...point coupon...

Shen Xin has black hair, and it really is the pattern of Internet literature back then.

In the beginning, many people also started to serialize on the Internet for their literary dreams.

It is no exaggeration to say that at that time, many authors were worried about making a living, but relying on their love of literature, they uploaded their written articles to the Internet—although many of them had already been finished by TJ.

But this is also something that can’t be helped. Before the livelihood is settled, the creators simply cannot calm down and create.