A perfect life starting from a light novel writer

The number of competitions in the animation market next summer alone for broadcast animation will be 20% higher than the same period last year.

This data directly caused the major TV stations in Dragon Kingdom to increase the charging standards for broadcasting TV series and animations on them.

Again, if it is a work based on the original work, such as an animation adapted from a popular game, novel, or comic book, the animation production company will also spend a lot of money on the production.

Even if this work is broadcast on those well-known TV stations, not only will they not charge money, they will also pay to compete for the right to broadcast this work.

Because popular works can bring traffic to TV stations, while those unknown low-cost animations are here to gain traffic from TV stations. Although they are all animation broadcasts, the principles are completely different.

And for the four major TV stations.

With a work title like Puella Magi Madoka Magica that doesn't hold much value at first glance, and a mediocre production budget of 16 million, these TV stations naturally attribute it to the latter type of work to gain traffic and broadcast GG. Animation works.

"Then if I choose to announce my identity as a "Yuanqing" novelist, will those TV stations give discounts on broadcast prices?" Xia Yan suddenly felt dizzy when he heard Yao Jiyong talking about these TV stations raising broadcast prices again. .

For the four first-tier TV stations, the previous threshold of 10 million was high enough. Now it is said that the fees will be increased by 20 to 30% on this basis. Xia Yan's funding gap in this area is even greater. Asked directly.

"No." Yao Jiyong paused and shook his head.

"For the four first-level TV stations that you want to cooperate with, boss, they will only look at novels adapted from the three major novel periodicals, or comic-book animation works from the four major comic periodicals, as well as game world Only animations or TV series adapted from popular games with sales of more than 4 million copies will have discounted broadcast prices. Depending on the popularity of the original work, the four major TV stations may even spend money to compete for broadcast rights.

"As for animated works like Puella Magi Madoka Magica that have no basis in the original work, the four major TV stations will definitely not even think about it and will not agree to price concessions."

The three major novel periodicals refer to "Liu Li" by Liuli Bookstore, "Xingkong" by Xingkong Novel, and "Qingze" by Qingze Library.

The thirty novels serialized in these three periodicals will only be adapted into animations, which will make the heads of these four TV stations take a high look.

Although Xia Yan is the first among the new gods, the animation adapted from the previous work Unknown Flowers has also set off a wave in the animation industry.

But after all, Magic Circle is an original animation without a fan base for the original work. Even if Xia Yan has a good performance in the animation adaptation of the previous work, the four major TV stations will not cut their own profits and give Xia Yan preferential treatment.

OK

Xia Yan nodded when he heard this.

"So judging from the current situation, if I want Magic Circle to be broadcast on the four most popular TV stations, how much money will I need to prepare?" Xia Yan asked.

"First of all, during prime time, the four major TV stations will definitely broadcast works that are low-risk, very popular, have stable ratings, and will not damage the reputation of the TV stations. Others should not sell them to us." Yao Jiyong is very direct. said.

"Some broadcasting time periods that are closer, such as between ten and twelve o'clock in the evening, may cost 12 million. And the late-night animation time at one or two o'clock in the middle of the night is even lower, four to five hundred Ten Thousand Households also sells it, but that time period is too rubbish. There are many people who stay up late in Longguo, but there are not so many people who stay up until midnight waiting to watch animations and have serious illnesses. "

"In other words, you need at least 12 million or more funds to negotiate with the other party, right?"

"That's right."

So expensive.

Xia Yan sighed.

But this kind of behavior is actually equivalent to spending money to buy GG spots. Broadcasting on a popular TV station is an excellent GG opportunity. As long as the quality of the work is high enough, this effort will definitely be rewarded, otherwise others will not dare to The price is set so high.

After finishing the conversation with Yao Jiyong, Xia Yan walked out of the conversation room and went directly to Tang Yin's office to explain the matter clearly to her.

Tang Yin, who was wearing a red skirt and black silk high-heeled shoes, also looked a little tired.

During this time, she basically spent all her time contacting people she knew in the animation industry in the Magic City area, and even used some of her connections with her father's "Sugar Man" film and television to facilitate the broadcast of Magic Circle.

If you have money, you must also have channels to spend it, so that your work can take the lead in the summer animation market four months from now.

But after hearing Xia Yan's words, Tang Yin blinked.

"If we are short of money, I know someone who might be willing to lend us money."

"Who?" Xia Yan became more energetic after hearing this.

"Song Lingjun." A smile appeared on Tang Yin's lips.

"Although she doesn't make as much money as you in the novel world, her previous works have accumulated sales of several million copies. She may not be able to get tens of millions, but she has a gap of several million. ”

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"This is several million, not a small amount." Xia Yan's expression paused when he heard this.

Although he and Song Lingjun had a good relationship, it was okay to have a pure friendship without money. It still felt weird to borrow money from her, which was still several million.

"Are you embarrassed?" Tang Yin said after thinking for a while.

"No, I think the relationship between me and her is just that of ordinary friends. It doesn't matter if we borrow a few hundred yuan, but just a few million..." Xia Yan shook his head.

"Well, that's true. I'll go with you tomorrow. It's not enough for you to borrow money alone, so adding me should be enough." Tang Yin said half-jokingly.

"?" Xia Yan looked at Tang Yin with a speechless expression.

"Okay, although I don't know where your confidence in Mo Yuan's work comes from, as long as I have known you, the things you have confidence in have never failed. If it is not convenient for Song Lingyun to borrow it, It shouldn't be a big problem if I go back to my house and coax a few million out of my father." Tang Yin said with a smile.

Of course, this is an alternative plan for Tang Yin. Now that she is an adult, she still doesn't want to look to her family for things she can solve on her own.

In fact

Wait until Xia Yan and Tang Yin find Song Lingjun and explain the matter clearly the next day.

"Okay." Song Lingjun only thought for less than a minute before nodding in agreement.

This made Xia Yan very surprised. Does he have such a great reputation? Song Lingjun agreed so quickly.

"I only have five million in total." Song Lingjun looked at Xia Yan.

"I think it would be too troublesome to borrow money. How about I follow Tang Yin's example and invest in your company?"

"Buy shares?" Xia Yan's expression condensed upon hearing this.

"Why are you interested in Tang Yin and I's company?" Xia Yanduo asked.

"It's nothing. I'm not interested in this animation company, but I have confidence in you." Song Lingjun looked at Xia Yan.

"Although I don't know what's so special about your new work, with your character willing to gamble all your assets and even come to ask me to borrow money, I feel that this work will definitely earn a lot of money when it is broadcast. , Besides, it’s a bit wasteful to put money in the bank, so let’s treat it as the first investment in my life after making money from novels.”

"I'm willing to invest in you."

Song Lingjun said softly. Of course, her reddish ears showed that her mood was not so calm, and her true thoughts may not be like this.

But Xia Yan didn't know about her habit of making her ears turn red when she said things she didn't mean, but Tang Yin knew a thing or two about it, so she looked at Song Lingyun thoughtfully.

Only Xia Yan really thought that Song Lingyun was discussing business with him.

The other party was so willing to support him, and Xia Yan was also weighing the pros and cons.

After hesitating for a long time, Xia Yan said.

"The total investment in Magic Circle is only 16 million, plus the broadcast fee of over 10 million, I can't accept your 5 million proposal to buy all the shares. But you can use 3 million to buy 9% of the shares. I’ll pay you back the remaining two million with 15% interest after the animation makes money. Do you think that’s okay?”

Calculated in this way, Xia Yan holds 82% of the shares of this company, and Tang Yin and Song Lingjun each hold 9% of the shares.

For Xia Yan, all the copyrights of the works he gave to the company belong to him. If there is any in-depth copyright development for subsequent works, all the profits will be with Xia Yan. All Tang Yin and Song Lingjun could earn were direct sales profits from animations. This level of cooperation was still acceptable to Li Xiayan.

Nine percent of the animation sales revenue was a reward for Xia Yan's trust in Song Lingyun, who was willing to invest millions in him without asking anything.

"Okay." Song Lingjun agreed to the proposal without thinking too much, with a smile on his face.

Xia Yan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this. After all, among the people he knew, Song Lingyun was the only one who could lend Xia Yan so much money.

As for borrowing money from banks, that requires collateral. What collateral can a start-up animation company have? Mortgage the magic circle animation that has not yet been produced?

In the early days of starting a business, this level of success was acceptable to Li Xiayan, but it became impossible later on.

Xia Yan repeatedly confirmed that Song Lingjun's decision was the result of careful consideration.

After the three of them confirmed the details of their cooperation, they had a dinner together at a restaurant near the school for the first time in a long time.

The three of them all drank a little, and the atmosphere at the table was harmonious.

But when he was about to leave, Tang Yin quietly pulled Song Lingjun and asked meaningfully.

"Why did you agree so readily? With your character, you make decisions first. If you want to invest, you will at least read the magic circle script first. You just invested millions without even reading it. Are you trying to help? Xia Yan, but he was afraid that someone with his personality would be in debt and suffer a heavy psychological burden, so he deliberately said it was investment."

Song Lingjun's expression condensed when he heard this, and he thought for a while before speaking.

"I'm overthinking it, but I would have forgotten it if you didn't tell me. Now I want to invest in the company. I will go to the company tomorrow to read the script of Xia Yan's masterpiece."