The cross-border king of entertainment

Chapter 146 0146, Entering the audiobook industry

Wu Qiu, the ID of Station B [Quick Talk Old Wu].

The first video was released three years ago. It was a speed-reading of the original "Journey to the West". And red, attracts countless fans.

After finishing the speed video of the four major classics, I found some popular and high-quality online novels as materials.

Last October, when I was browsing Panda Chinese.com, I saw that "The Great Confucian Man", which had dominated the list for [-] months, was knocked out of the first place by a book called "Zhu Xian", and I immediately became interested.

But after seeing this, he got out of control and became a fan of the cross-border king, and made speed videos of the two novels "Zhu Xian" and "Ghost Blowing the Lantern".

Later, as soon as Fengyun comics came out, the king of crossovers became Chaoyun and Muyu, and even turned from ordinary fans to loyal fans.

Today, I was writing the copywriting of the "Maoyan" speed video. I never thought that the author himself would find me.

Wu Qiu stared blankly at the private message.

Really...

Immediately, the mood became extremely happy, even a little excited.

What does cooperation represent?
Represents the recognition of your own speed reading video.

"Hold on, hold on, hehehehe..."

Wu Qiu couldn't help laughing.

At this moment, I received another private message: "I would like to ask, is making videos at station B your main business?"

The videos at Station B are free to watch, and there are three ways for UP owners to earn money.

1. After the UP owner signs a contract with Station B, he can get a basic salary;
2. According to the number of videos and articles played and read, the UP owner will receive corresponding incentive bonuses;
3. For the videos they like, the viewers will send gifts to the UP host, so as to obtain the corresponding revenue share.

Wu Qiu replied immediately: "Yes, I have been doing this as my main business for a year."

"Have you signed a contract with Station B?"

Wu Qiu didn't understand the purpose of asking these questions, but he still answered truthfully: "I haven't got a contract with station B yet."

"I think your speed-reading video is very good. For comics, I not only want to make such a speed-reading video, but also want to make a sound comic. I want to ask you, are you interested?"

Wu Qiu didn't rush to reply, but thought carefully.

There must be a lot of interest.

but……

If only one person does it, the workload is too much, and the effort may not be directly proportional to the benefit.

If it's just a hobby, I don't have so many worries, but after all, I rely on it for a living.

Wu Qiu scratched his head and was doing a battle between heaven and man.

At this time, another private message was sent: "On behalf of Youxianqi Magazine, I extend a sincere invitation to you, and hope you can join us."

This is……

Wu Qiu's eyes widened, his head was a little dazed.

Also, it's a little dramatic.

He had been recruited by Xianqi magazine before, and he had submitted his resume, but nothing came of it, and he didn't receive a call for an interview.

Now, he actually got a direct invitation.

After the obsession, I was excited, happy, and nervous...

Wu Qiu no longer hesitated, and replied straightforwardly: "I am willing to join."

"The specific benefits and benefits, we will discuss in detail after you come here. The address of the Immortal Qi Magazine is Magic City..."

Wu Qiu fell back and lay on the sofa, feeling like a dream just now, a bit unreal.

After a while, I picked up my phone and started booking a ticket.

At the same time, in the capital city, there is the Immortal Qi Magazine.

Zheng Rong just heard a proposal from Yunfeng, and exclaimed: "What, you want to set up another studio?"

"Yes, the audio and video studio." Yunfeng nodded, and said: "At the same time, we need to build a website."

Zheng Rong: "..."

Seeing his puzzled expression, Yunfeng immediately said: "I looked it up, and there are only a few websites at home and abroad that produce audio novels and audio comics, and the scale is not very large. This is a very good opportunity."

Zheng Rong didn't know much about audio novels and audio comics, so he asked, "What exactly are audio novels and audio comics?"

"Audio novels are also called voice novels, and can also be called audiobooks. As the name suggests, they are novels that can make sounds. It is extended to a novel that not only retains the rich plot of the novel, but also expresses the words through language through the announcer to form a sound. The 'reader', and then cooperate with the post-production synthesis to become a sound novel with rich emotions and beautiful background music."

Yunfeng swallowed, and continued: "And comics with sound are comics with sound. Some excellent comics are adapted into dubbing scripts, and finally the comics and audio are synthesized, and simple film and television special effects are added to form sound comics. More multimedia properties."

After listening to his explanation, Zheng Rong nodded and fell into deep thought at the same time.

When Yunfeng was chatting with Kuaidu Lao Wu just now, he went to the Internet to check.

Today, when digital publishing and online publishing are prevalent, when the competition and cooperation between traditional publishing and new media are in full swing, both publishers and readers seem to have overlooked a market with great potential - audio reading material.

Due to various reasons, the development of audiobooks in the Bluestar publishing market has not reached the desired level and effect. The few websites that make audiobooks at home and abroad have very few works, and most of them use AI-simulated human voices to express emotions. , speech speed and rhythm are much worse than those recorded by real people.

In the previous life on Earth, there was an audiobook website called "Himalaya FM", which did very well, with a market share of more than 70% in the mobile audio industry and nearly [-] million monthly active users.

Seeing the status quo of audiobooks on Blue Star and the development of audiobooks on Earth, the idea of ​​making audiobooks came up.

Seeing that Zheng Rong hadn't spoken, Yunfeng organized his language and said, "It's not just about audio novels and audio comics, the industry chain can be expanded outwards. Through such a website platform, publishers, writers, broadcasters, fans, Brands, etc. are connected together. Today, when the awareness of payment and copyright of the whole people is very high, the brand of audiobooks can be quickly established through the fan effect, the transformation of economic benefits can be realized, and the profits can be realized through subscriptions and rewards from listeners.

The sun was setting, and the sunset glow entered the office through the window.

Zheng Rong glanced at Yunfeng strangely. After being a writer, singer, and cartoonist, is he going to be an investor again?
But after hearing such words, the market prospect of audiobooks seems to be pretty good.

The office fell silent again.

Zheng Rong looked at Yunfeng in the afterglow of the setting sun, and suddenly froze.

At this moment, a strange feeling rose in my heart.

Yunfeng is mature far beyond his age, not like a college student at all.

"Brother Zheng..." After a while, Yunfeng said again: "If the magazine office is too busy, I can discuss this matter..."

"Not busy." Zheng Rong cut off and said, "I can."

Now that there is a full staff of Xianqi magazine, he is in charge of strategizing. To be honest, he is not particularly busy.

Besides, he is now the boss and the editor-in-chief. If he is too busy, he can recruit an editor-in-chief.

Next, the two discussed the matter in detail for two hours.

As a result, Youxianqi Magazine has also become "Youxianqi Information Technology Co., Ltd.", which is divided into three departments, namely Youxianqi Novels, Youxianqi Comics, and Youxianqi FM.

And Yunfeng invested another 500 million in, increasing the shareholding from 49% to 55%, and at the same time became the legal person of the new company.

Zheng Rong has no objection to this, the previous monthly novel almost went bankrupt, and now it has reached the current scale, it is too late to be happy.

The next day, Yunfeng came to Zhanlan Music Group.

"I specially reserved a recording studio for you."

Chen Cheng was not as surprised as before when Yunfeng wrote another song, he was used to it.

Yunfeng smiled and said, "Thank you, Brother Chen."

"Why are you polite?" Chen Cheng asked casually, "By the way, Xiaoyun, what song did you write this time?"

Yunfeng replied: "Single love song."

"Single love song?" Chen Cheng was stunned for a moment, then asked again: "Is it the title of the song or the theme of the song?"

Yunfeng smiled and said, "It's the title of the song, and it's also the theme of the song."

"Oh." Chen Cheng nodded, walked two steps, stopped suddenly, turned to look at him, and said, "You don't want to release it on the Qixi Festival, do you?"

Yunfeng blinked, and asked back: "Can't you?"

"You can release a song at any time, but..." Chen Cheng said seriously, "Isn't it good to release a song about singles on Qixi Festival, which is contrary to the theme of the festival?"

Yunfeng smiled and said, "It's nothing bad. Don't forget that there are hundreds of millions of single adults in China."

Chen Cheng shook his head and smiled, and said, "Your hands are absolutely dead."

(End of this chapter)