A perfect life starting from a light novel writer

After the completion of the release of all three volumes of the BD Dragon Kingdom TV animation of Cyberpunk Edge Walker, the overseas release plan of the BD discs of these three volumes of animation has also been put on the agenda. ,-*' ^ '~*-.,_,.-*~ ~*-.,_,.-*~' ^ '*-,

Generally speaking, the two-dimensional culture of Dragon Kingdom is quite famous in the world, although in overseas countries, these works may not have the same profitability as those in Dragon Kingdom.

But basically, if the quality of a work is normal, the sum of its various peripherals, copyright sales, and accumulation in Dragon Kingdom and overseas countries will be a "ten to seven" ratio.

In other words, if the BD of an animation has a sales volume of one million copies in the Dragon Kingdom, the cumulative sales in overseas countries will be more than 700,000 copies.

Therefore, Xia Yan is also interested in the overseas earnings of an animated work like Cyberpunk that is very popular and can be released in the industry.

I definitely won’t have the time to go abroad for promotion, but under the arrangements of the company’s operations department, it is also necessary to meet with overseas peripheral publishers and shoot some short videos with overseas fans.

For example, a partner from the peninsula country next door came to Long Country to visit Xia Yan and brought Xia Yan a local specialty, peninsula instant noodles. Although Xia Yan found it quite unpalatable, he still praised this local specialty in the video he shot. After all, the flavor of specialty products must be elegant.

After dealing with a wave of matters regarding overseas partners, the release date of Cyberpunk Edgewalker's theatrical animation "Cyberpunk 2077" bd has also been set in the middle of next month.

After all, the theatrical version of the animation had already been launched when the TV version was still in production. A special production team was set up, and hundreds of people worked on it prosperously for a year.

Of course, the plot of Cyberpunk 2077 is relatively more ordinary than that of Cyberpunk Edgerunner.

Because the original work is a game, it focuses on the gameplay and world view. As for the plot, it is relatively lacking.

But overall it is above the standard.

It is difficult to achieve the same results as last year's Rebellious Story, but Xia Yan's purpose in producing it was just to bring this work to an end.

In the parallel world, Cyberpunk Edgewalker ends in that place because of the existence of the game. The purpose of this animation is to use this open ending to attract anime fans into the game.

But in Dragon Kingdom, there is no Cyberpunk 2077 game, so no matter what considerations Xia Yan had, he had to create a 2077 plot, at least let David, the protagonist of Edgewalker, kill Adam Hammer, a decent way to die.

Of course, it is impossible to tell all the content of 2077 in the two plots. Xia Yan’s script during production was also deleted. The main story of Jack and V’s acquaintance and the life-and-death relationship between the two who went on a mission together will be detailed. characterization, but some trivial aspects of prosthetic body transformation and bar chatting are simply skipped.

So after the time has entered November, the home page of the official website of Xia Tang Animation Production Company

Direct showdown.

A high-definition poster promotion picture of Adam falling to the ground with a heavy hammer and being beaten until he vomited blood is given.

Stop pretending and just show your cards.

If after watching Edgewalker you are dissatisfied with Adam Hammer, the ultimate villain who kills Rebecca and kills the protagonist David, then buy the Cyberpunk 2077 animated bd. It has everything you want to see.

After this promotional poster was released,

Xia Yan's tens of millions of animation fans had their memories awakened again after two months.

"Holy crap, this promotional poster for the theatrical version of BD is so simple and clear! It directly depicts the death of Adam Hammer!"

"Maybe it's just a feint by the old thief. Adam Hammer, the ultimate modified human whose whole body is more than 95% prosthetic, as long as his brain is not dead, it doesn't matter to him if his hands or feet are cut off like when we cut fruit and hurt our fingernails. ”

"But no matter what, he will definitely die in the movie version. How can the animation be finished and let the villain go free?"

"That's true, but it's hard for me to imagine that anyone else can beat Adam's Hammer. David is so strong and was ravaged by Adam's Hammer. How can other bastards in Night City fight against him?"

"Why do you think so much? This world was created by an old thief, and whoever he wants to die must die. But I saw the BD promotional trailer for the theatrical version. The protagonist is a homeless man named V, right? I don't understand, it feels like He is not a talented cyberpunk!"

"I saw that the trailer seemed to mention some kind of biochip. I feel like there is another high-strength prosthetic body in 2077!"

"The trailer also seems to mention Johnny Silverhand. This name was heard in Edgewalker's Afterlife Hotel. It seems to be one of the legends of Night City, but it seems to have been dead for decades."

"I don't understand. I thought Edgewalker had almost told the story, but when I saw the trailer for the theatrical version of Night City, I felt like there were still a lot of things that were left unfinished."

"Go, go, go, I'll definitely buy the BD movie version when it comes out on November 16th."

"Even the works of old thieves are very expensive. Cyberpunk 2077 sells for ninety dragons. It's really expensive!"

"Is it expensive? The Story of Rebellion is two hours long and is released in two volumes. The cheapest version costs 160 if you want to buy both volumes. Cyberpunk 2077 is a two-part theatrical version, which is more than three hours in total. The total is only Although the second part of the theatrical version will only be released in December, the price is more than 180 yuan. "

"Now it all depends on the quality of the animation bd of 2077. The story of the rebellion of the old thief is the only theatrical animation bd in Longguo that has sold more than 3 million copies per volume. If these two 2077 can also have such sales data, then the old thief will completely establish the first position in the animation market of Longguo. You can say that one work is successful because of dog luck, but two works are like this. Hehe, those old thieves and little black guys will probably disappear again. []"

In early November, the animation market in Longguo was immersed in Xia Yan's promotion of Cyberpunk 2077.

This theatrical animation, which was only released in the middle of the month, has become the most popular topic on major two-dimensional websites in Longguo.

Another few days have passed.

At Beizhou Comics, the second episode of Hunter x Hunter comics was released along with the release of the journal.

The plot of this episode mainly tells the story of the protagonist Xiaojie's encounter with his new partner Leorio during his journey to find a hunter to participate in the hunter competition.

Together, the two uncovered the true identity of the fake hunter who pretended to be a hunter, and saved a large group of animals persecuted by this fake hunter.

As for the plot, it is generally stable.

But the pace is still slow.

The work has been serialized for two episodes, but there is no sign of when, how, and what the hunter assessment will start.

Fans are actually very upset.

But even so, this issue of Hunter x Hunter still ranks the highest among all the serialized works of Beizhou Comics, and the number of votes is 2.8 million more than the first episode.

Although many fans will complain about the slow pace of the plot on the Internet, they are unambiguous when supporting Xia Yan. If it were another creator, the plot might be so slow, which would inevitably lead to a decline in popularity, but this work was created by Xia Yan after all, and most fans still have the patience to read the serialized comics for two or three months.

Another week has passed, and the content of the third episode of Hunter x Hunter has been serialized.

In this episode, the plot finally entered the main line.

The protagonist Gon and his companion Leorio boarded the boat to the hunter assessment site together.

The hunter assessment

actually starts here.

The bumpy sea waves, illness, physical discomfort, and physical and mental tests are everywhere.

Moreover, on the ship, the crew members who do not obey the orders of the red-nosed captain were even ordered by him to be thrown into the sea to fend for themselves.

The wind and waves on the sea, the new character Kurapika that the protagonist Gon and Leorio met on the ship

The duel between Kurapika and Leorio because of a dispute over oral sex.

And

When the storm crisis at sea comes, the three people put aside their past grudges and save each other.

Although, in the second chapter, what is the plot of the hunter assessment, everyone is still in the clouds, but in fact, this work has deeply portrayed the characters, and many sensitive viewers have already felt it.

"It seems that Lao Zei's work doesn't seem to rely on the world view setting to win! The early plots all focus on describing people."

"The first episode is about Aunt Mitte's gentleness, the second episode is about Leorio's hard mouth and soft heart, and the third episode is about Kurapika's rigidity and kindness. Although it has only been serialized for three episodes, I have remembered at least four characters' names."

"And there is a foreshadowing in the third episode. When Kurapika was eating, his eyes turned red after seeing a spider, and his expression became very scary on the spot. Is he afraid of spiders? Or is there something else hidden? It feels like a foreshadowing."

"Indeed, after reading dozens of episodes of many comics, I may only remember the names of two or three characters, including the protagonist."

"It has been confirmed that this comic is a slow-burning type. It is estimated that this hunter assessment may take one or two months to be serialized before the assessment is completed."

"One or two months, I'm afraid it will be more than that? Now the plot of the protagonist looking for the hunter assessment location has been serialized for three episodes, plus the assessment content, I estimate that the content of half a year and thirty episodes may not be able to be clearly described."

"So what is the content of the hunter assessment?"

"Don't think so More. I was quite disappointed at first, thinking that this kind of world without superpowers, where the protagonist fights with a fishing rod and the enemy fights with a pistol is quite boring, but now after watching three episodes, it is actually quite good and my interest is completely aroused. "

"Me too, it is lighthearted and not depressing. The old thief can actually portray these daily youth-oriented plots very well. I don't understand why Initial D let Tu Hai be cheated, and in Sword Art Online, let the character Xu Xiang be arrogant for so long. "

"Don't mention Xu Xiang, I'm actually out of money. In the latest chapter, he actually threatened Asuna that if she didn't listen If he did, he would violate her body in the real world, which disgusted me to death. "

"Fortunately, he is a pervert who likes to make Asuna submit to him physically and mentally. Otherwise, if he were a pervert of a lower grade, who would care what you think? I guess Asuna in the real world would have been killed by that. "

"Disgusting, let's not discuss it. I hope the old thief will kill this bastard as soon as possible. I'm about to have a brain hemorrhage. "

"So after watching Sword Art Online, I watched Hunter x Hunter again. Suddenly, I felt that the plot was so comfortable. There weren't so many intrigues, the protagonist was not a saint, and the supporting characters were not stupid. It was pretty good. "

"Anyway, I feel comfortable following Hunter X. Those haters can do whatever they want. Based on my understanding of the old thief, he is slow to warm up. This comic will definitely have a hot spot in the tenth chapter. Let's wait and see whether those haters say that this comic is popular now because of the support of old fans, and the popularity will collapse in a dozen chapters, and the popularity will be cut in half in the 20th chapter."

"Is there really such a hater who has such an expectation? What about his IQ?"

"What IQ do the haters have? Hahaha."

Xia Yan just came out of the company and looked at the comments of fans on Initial D on the Internet. Of course, because of the recent plot of Sword Art Online, Xu Xiang came out to show his presence, which made fans a little disgusted, resulting in the topic of Sword Art Online occupying the comment area of ​​Hunter X Hunter.

But this is also a good thing. It shows that a considerable number of Sword Art Online fans have paid attention to this comic because of Xia Yan. His three waves of fans in the fields of animation, comics, and novels are switching between each other within a reasonable range.

As for the online criticisms that Hunter x Hunter has no superpowers and that the whole work is boring, Xia Yan laughed inwardly. In terms of settings and worldview, Hunter x Hunter's ability to read is one of the ceilings of imagination in the battle-themed comics of the parallel world island country.

There is only one thing. In this work, the ability to read did appear a little too late.

It appeared almost dozens of chapters later, the most important combat system of this work.

Would a normal comic do this?

It is not possible to explain the slowness of the battle system of this work after dozens of chapters.

Could it be that the original author Togashi did not think of setting up such a thing as the ability to read from the beginning, but the inspiration came to him during the serialization, just like the domineering of One Piece.

Xia Yan was actually a little confused about this.

But who cares

The next day, Xia Yan got up at five in the morning. He took a leave of absence from school. He took a six o'clock flight in the morning and arrived in the imperial capital area in two and a half hours.

After all, the release date of the animation bd of Cyberpunk 2077 is two days later, and the fan meeting and publicity that should be held must be held.

In the imperial capital area, outside the stadium, early in the morning, there were crowds of people outside the stadium.

At the entrance of the stadium, a 20-meter-long poster promoting the animation of Cyberpunk 2077 can be seen from a long distance, and the promotional trailer of the animation of Cyberpunk 2077 is also played on a loop on the huge LCD screen outside the stadium.

For this fan meeting, Xia Yan expected that only 5,000 people would attend, but in fact

the staff who arranged the fans to enter the venue had already arranged it in advance and were now overwhelmed, because the number of people attending the venue exceeded expectations by a large margin, and there were not enough seats in the venue, so many people could only stand after entering.

Dozens of reporters and media also came, and set up cameras in the C area of ​​the venue to prepare for live broadcast.

Some famous old creators in the animation industry were also invited by Xia Tang Animation Company as additional guests.

This scene is even more than the new work release conferences of the three major animation production companies in Longguo.

Behind the venue, Xia Yan, who was still putting on makeup, studied today's venue arrangement process and memorized them in her heart.

Fans of Xia Yan who had time to visit the site in the imperial capital got up early in the morning to line up. Fans who didn't have time to come to the site were also waiting in front of the TV and computer for the live broadcast.

At this moment in the official live broadcast room, the number of online people exceeded 600,000 before the fan meeting and BD release speech began.

The only live broadcast of this interview was TV1 in the Magic City. Early in the morning, the ratings reached more than 4.1%, which was almost double the ratings of the same time period on weekdays.

Although Xia Yan did not deliberately market in this direction.

But in fact, the release of the Cyberpunk 2077 theatrical animation BD has almost become the most important event in the Dragon Country animation industry this month, attracting the attention of the entire animation industry.

This is Xia Yan's current influence in the industry.