A perfect life starting from a light novel writer

The biggest advantage of being your own boss is the freedom of working hours.

For the current Xia Tang Animation Company, Xia Yan's hard work can make the company develop faster, but he can stay at home with his wife and put down some work, which will not cause any problems in the operation of the company.

His subordinates took over his work seamlessly, and he only needed to hand over the scripts of the works that were currently being serialized to his employees immediately.

The news of Tang Yin's pregnancy spread throughout the Tang Yin family in just a few days, and Song Lingjun and Mo Ran also knew it soon. The two of them came to see Tang Yin together as soon as possible.

Of course, the atmosphere during the process was rather strange, but at least the two of them cared about Tang Yin very much.

It was early spring at this time, and the flowers and plants in the courtyard garden of Xia Yan's home were blooming, and butterflies were flying. Xia Yan, who had been busy for nearly ten years, sat in the house, looking at the mottled light and spring scenery outside the French window. Behind him, his wife Tang Yin, Song Lingjun, and Mo Ran were talking about something with serious expressions.

Suddenly, there was a small feeling in my heart.

After being immersed in work for too long, Xia Yan's mind was full of how to make Xia Tang Animation a benchmark for the two-dimensional culture of the Dragon Country plane.

But the last time Xia Yan felt the spiritual and mental relaxation during the process of being forced to calm down and accompany his wife at home to rest was in high school.

At that time, I didn't understand anything. I studied in class and played after class. I had no goals, but it was the happiest time.

Of course, pursuing my own life goals now is also another kind of happiness, but there is a difference between the two.

"Hey, tomorrow." Xia Yan turned his head and looked at his wife and two best friends behind him, and said with a smile.

"Do you want to drive somewhere together and have a spring outing?"

"Spring outing?" Mo Ran's eyes lit up when he heard it.

Now she is the main painter and co-creator of the three major works of Naruto, One Piece, and Hunter. She can't say that she hates her job, but she is also very tired from immersing herself in comic creation day after day and year after year.

In the parallel world, cartoonists like Oda and Kishimoto who have been serializing their works for decades, who have not given up and continue to work diligently after making money, can definitely be called another kind of talent.

Mo Ran's ability to withstand pressure is not so strong. The pressure accumulated during the serialization of the three major works is also very terrifying. Even if it is just one day to forget these, it is also a huge attraction for her.

As for Song Lingjun, she thought for a few seconds, and then agreed with a smile on her face.

"It just so happens that the four of us haven't gone out to play together for a long time."

"Alas, Xia Yan, you and Sister Tang Yin are too fast. This may be the last time for the four of us to go out together. Next year, we will have to add a baby." Mo Ran also echoed beside him.

The next day, Xia Yan and the other four wore masks and played in the most lively spring outing area near the Magic City for a whole day. Fortunately, no one recognized them, so the four of them had a good day, and the awkwardness between them was also eliminated.

After all, everyone knows Song Lingjun's previous feelings for Xia Yan. Not mentioning it does not mean forgetting it.

But now, Song Lingjun's mind is all on how to defeat Xia Yan's fate in the new work. The little emotion in her heart is basically suppressed by her in the deepest level. After all, her love brain will only last for a period of time, and she also values ​​her friendship with Tang Yin.

Spring passed quietly under such circumstances.

April is coming

Since Xia Yan serialized One Piece and Naruto, there has been no news about the company's new works.

In the field of animation, Slam Dunk has entered the national competition plot, Sword Art Online is producing the final season, Initial D has been broadcast, and Hunter.

After the animation version was broadcast, the plot entered the climax stage.

Nowadays, what really makes Xia Yan's popularity in the market continue to rise are the two comics of One Piece and Naruto.

The popularity of Hunter is very high, and there is not much change after reaching a peak, but the two comics of Naruto and One Piece are completely different.

In the early stage of One Piece, from defeating Buggy the Clown to meeting Sanji in the restaurant, the plot was full of ups and downs, and the tear-jerking moments of the characters' memories were too strong. The sea adventure and the romantic style of men quickly attracted a large number of young fans in Dragon Country.

As for Naruto, its audience is actually more elementary school students and junior high school students. After all, the early plot of Naruto is typical of the kingly way of blood. After the chapter of the Land of Waves with Haku and Zabuza, the Chunin examination plot is immediately.

Orochimaru, Gaara, Rock Lee, Neji and other characters appeared one by one

In fact, strictly speaking, Naruto is indeed a little more popular than One Piece at this stage.

The two comics have been challenging the first place of Hunter's journal, and comic-related topics are flooding the Internet.

"So what is Orochimaru? How can he be so awesome? Why did he sneak into the Chunin Exam?"

"I don't understand. Lao Zei's updates are too slow."

"Last year, I thought Lao Zei would have problems creating three comics at the same time, but now I am really convinced. I feel more and more that Lao Zei's One Piece and Naruto comics will surpass Hunter in the future!"

"It is unlikely to surpass Hunter. Hunter is a comic that will be popular in the later stage. I feel that Naruto and One Piece will be difficult to draw in the future."

"Come on, you just need to know that the author of these works is Xia Yan. Don't think too much about whether it will be in the later stage or not."

"And it is said that Xia Yan is planning to draw these two comics into super-long works, with hundreds of chapters. It's really scary."

"Is it fake? Hundreds of chapters? How can there be so many plots? One Piece, look at it now. Hawkeye of the Shichibukai appears in just a few dozen chapters. Naruto is only a genin, a chunin, and a jounin. He can Can Shui come up with a plot that spans hundreds of chapters?”

"Who knows? Anyway, it just depends on how the old thief arranges the plot. I have confidence in him."

"Do you all like to discuss Naruto One Piece? I am still obsessed with the hunter plot. The ant king is really scary. I can't understand why the protagonist team can fight him. It feels like there will be a war. Completely abused.”

"It feels like there will always be endless discussions about the works of Chai Lao Pi. When the One Piece Naruto anime is launched next year, the influence of his comic works will definitely be even greater."

"It's not all comics anymore. The second generation of the old thief's Pokémon game is also about to be released. Damn it, the market response has been huge. My son made an agreement with me three months in advance. If he gets into the top ten in the class, I will I bought him genuine games when I was young. My son, who doesn’t learn anything despite all the sticks, now reads on his own until 11 o’clock every night, which makes me look stupid.”

"Pokémon in the elementary school group, Naruto in the junior high school, pirates in the high school, college, and adult bodies depend on hunters and steel to capture these works. Anyway, I can see it. The old thief is the whole Dragon Kingdom from children to middle age. People don’t let any group go at all. If he can’t create a work that everyone can like, then he can just create many, many works and let everyone choose the ones they like.”

"That's true, but I still can't figure out where the old thief's energy comes from? Is he really an alien? There is a creator like him who is indirectly or directly responsible for more than ten works. There has never been one before, and there will probably be no one in the future.”

"This is already the biggest unsolved mystery in the creative world of Dragon Kingdom. Anyway, after so many years of discussion, there is no result. In short, the word "genius" sums up everything."

After Xia Yan had almost finished today's work, he used his laptop to browse news about himself on the Internet.

"What's wrong? Today, you're still checking online messages all day long as if you just debuted?" Tang Yin, who had a slight bulge in her abdomen and a smile on her snow-white cheeks, sat directly beside Xia Yan and asked softly. (-_-) (-_-)

"Well, after all, I have to consider the market reaction." Xia Yan put his arm around Tang Yin's shoulders and smiled.

"But now, basically the messages about me on the Internet are all one-sided praise. If there is even the slightest objection, I will be attacked by the fan group. If you do this for a long time, there will always be problems." Xia Yan had an expression on his face. Say it solemnly.

"What do you mean?" Tang Yin asked.

"I mean, the more they love my work now, the more violent they will be if the plot is slightly unsatisfactory in the future."

Naruto, Pirates, and Hunters are the three works that Xia Yanxian is now mainly creating, so he is not worried for the time being.

But it will be different in a few years.

In two years, the plot of Hunter will be serialized to the end of the Ant King chapter, while the plot of Hunter in Memory Fragments will only reach the Dark Continent chapter.

Will he be urged to update by fans sending him blades? Xia Yan is actually worried about this.

Xia Yan knew very well that this comic would most likely follow in the parallel world, and fans would continue to urge it to be updated in the next dozen years.

Judging from the current serialization progress of the two Naruto and Pirates comics, they will basically enter controversial plots in ten years.

The quality of Naruto's Ninja World War and One Piece's plots after the War on Top have also been declining. Fortunately, Xia Yan himself knows where the problems in these works lie. It is unlikely that major plot changes will be made in the later period, but minor changes will definitely happen.

For example, in the serialization of the Naruto manga, Sakura's character creation will not be completely copied. After all, she is indeed not likeable. Her obviously controversial plots, such as mocking Naruto for being an orphan, are slightly softened. Some, so that the fans of the Dragon Kingdom will not hate her too much, causing the popularity of the work to disappear. In the same way, the role of the real heroine Hinata will also increase.

But no matter what, these long-form works will definitely be criticized by fans when they are serialized in the later stages.

Xia Yan is now too much of a myth in the Dragon Kingdom, and he is also on the lookout for unscrupulous people who can't stand his interests taking advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble.

"No one will be praised forever. But as long as there are no big problems, that's all." Tang Yin probably understood Xia Yan's thoughts and smiled.

"Throughout the past and present, not to mention you as a two-dimensional literary creator, emperors and scientists do not have various private life problems. The great writers in history also have their own peaks and valleys in life, and their works are also good and bad. You You have created dozens of excellent works, and your fans will not turn against you just because of a small flaw.”

Xia Yan thought about it and smiled.

"Indeed. I am worrying too much."

"But even though I am the deputy director of Xia Tang Animation, I still don't know what your future plans are." Tang Yin asked curiously.

"You are too obsessed with that work called Pokémon. Although its game sales have exceeded 10 million, the actual revenue is less than one-third of Lelouch. And your investment in Pokémon is Lelouch has been added several times, and there will be more in the future. Also Doraemon, the two comics of One Piece and Naruto, and Fate's novel." Tang Yin was very curious.

"You think so highly of these works?"

It was not easy to ask about these things before, but now that she is married to Xia Yan, she does not worry too much.

"That's natural." Xia Yan did not hide it.

He briefly talked about his future expectations for IPs such as Pokémon.

In the parallel world, the IP values ​​of Naruto and One Piece are both over 10 billion US dollars, Pokémon is 100 billion US dollars, and Doraemon is even a national treasure IP of the island country. In Dragon Country, to be honest, with Xia Yan's current influence and financial support, the development of these works will be stronger than starting from scratch in the parallel world, but it is impossible to accurately predict how far they can develop. It's just that Tang Yin just listened to the ideas described by Xia Yan to her, and she was actually a little confused.

After all, Xia Yan always talked about world-class IPs, investment plans spanning ten or twenty years, and the idea of ​​releasing several or dozens of games, animations, novels, comics, and live-action dramas in the future, and what about lying down and collecting money, laying a money-making factory for her child in her belly that she can't build for ten lifetimes.

It sounds magical, but this is Xia Yan's idea.

Looking back over the past ten years, Xia Yan's words have always been so magical, and the final results have all been realized, which makes it difficult for Tang Yin not to think too much.

However

"Your current money is enough for our family to live for ten lifetimes. With your personality, if it's just for money, you won't work so hard, right?"

"Of course." Xia Yan laughed when he heard it.

"But since it has come to this point, how can I give up halfway? Money does not mean much to me, but making Xia Tang Animation a benchmark in the world's two-dimensional industry and letting the reputation of these works in my mind spread all over the world will still make me feel accomplished." Xia Yan thought for a while, then said.

"Just like some people's hobbies are fishing, and my hobby is to spread these works."

"Your hobby is indeed a good thing for your fans." Tang Yin smiled when she heard it.

"What your fans are most afraid of is that you will retire after making enough money."

"How is that possible? As long as I am not dead, I will definitely not retire. At most, I will be a little lazy when I am old, and learn from Hayao Miyazaki to produce one work every ten years." Xia Yan laughed.

"Hayao Miyazaki, who is that?" Tang Yin asked in confusion.

"Oh, I know someone who is an old creator who is not famous in Longguo." Xia Yan paused and said.

Tang Yin lost interest after hearing this.

There are a lot of creators in the two-dimensional industry in Longguo. Since they are not famous, I am too lazy to get to know them.

The conversation between the couple ended here.

Summer is coming

The live-action adaptation of Initial D was also broadcast.

Once it was broadcast, its popularity accumulated for five or six years was completely released.

Although the racing in the live-action drama is not as immersive as in comics and animations, the pleasure of watching the protagonist pretending to be cool will not be reduced at all.

In the summer, the plot of Xia Yan's new novel Fate Zero was completely popular.

The essence of the Holy Grail War, Altria's purpose, and the childhood of the male protagonist Kiritsugu

After this dark and cruel plot came out, many fans of Xia Yan felt a familiar breath.

Yes, it is the breath of Magical Girl Madoka.

For this reason, fans also argued on the forum for several days, discussing whether the Fate novel will have a tragic ending.

At the same time, Song Lingjun's new novel is also coming in full force. At least Xia Yan continues to read it. For his taste, he doesn't think that Song Lingjun's new novel is much worse than the plot of Fate novels. In fact, Fate Zero's internal vote in Liuli Book Club was indeed threatened by Song Lingjun's new novel.

The news media also hyped up related topics and forced Xia Yan to challenge Song Lingjun in the field of novels.

At the same time, in the field of comics

Longguo has emerged with several comics imitating One Piece, Hunter, and Naruto.

Although they are imitations, the plots are remarkable and even have the prototype of their own style.

As for the animation field, the dominance of Slam Dunk and Sword is still unshakable.

But in the entire two-dimensional market, Xia Yan can clearly feel that the competitiveness is much stronger than in previous years.

The changes in the industry do not come from those old creators, but from the teenagers who grew up watching Xia Yan's works in the past ten years.

From April to May, the newcomer awards in the fields of Dragon Country novels, animation, and comics, such as the results of this year's selection of the new god's ascension that Xia Yan debuted in, were gradually revealed.

Several young people in their teens and twenties won awards again.

Standing on the award stage, they said with a smile that they have been fans of Xia Yan for many years, and their biggest dream is to defeat Xia Yan one day and reach the top of Dragon Country.

As a guest of awards, Xia Yan, who was invited to liven up the popularity of the awards, was also in a trance.

Thinking back to the birth of the first work Youth Journey, it feels like it was just yesterday. Thinking carefully.

It was almost ten years ago.

Xia Yan, who was only twenty-five or twenty-six years old, couldn't help but feel touched.

This summer schedule ends here.

In July, the Millennium Actress animated film was released nationwide.

However, due to the schedule, the box office of Millennium Actress did not explode like Howl's Moving Castle, and it was taken off the screen after stopping at around 1 billion.

But even so, it is the highest-grossing movie in Dragon Country this year outside of the Spring Festival.

Xia Yan, who works from home, occasionally participates in some activities, but spends more time with his wife Tang Yin.

As for the box office income of the Millennium Actress, I don't care too much.

His dozens of works in the past have provided Xia Yan with a stable passive income of 500 to 600 million yuan a year. In addition to the works that Xia Yan is currently serializing, Xia Yan's annual income is nearly 2 billion Dragon Country currency. This box office share is unlikely to cause him to fluctuate emotionally.

In the process of the orderly adaptation of Naruto and One Piece animation, Tang Yin's belly has also grown a little bit.

The due date is at the end of the year or early January, which makes Xia Yan more nervous.

On the contrary, Tang Yin is not panicked at all. She eats well and sleeps well. She also became addicted to online games because she was bored during the preparation for pregnancy.

The mentality is completely opposite to Xia Yan.

Finally

At the end of the year, it was another winter, and Tang Yin gave birth smoothly.

Outside the window, the wind was cold and the snow was flying. Xia Yan, who was in the obstetrics department, was emotional and difficult to control.

Tang Yin lay weakly on the bed, with a smile on her beautiful pale face, looking at the little baby girl lying beside her.

"I remember you said that no matter whether it's a boy or a girl, you'll give her this name."

"Xia Yu." Xia Yan said.

"I haven't changed my mind, so she'll be called Xia Yu."

"Really." Tang Yin looked at the sleeping baby with her eyes closed.

The baby inherited the genes of Xia Yan and Tang Yin, and was cute and beautiful when she was born. Her sleeping expression was very healing.

"Xiao Yu, I'm your mother, and the big silly guy next to you is your father." After Tang Yin said this weakly, she fell asleep due to exhaustion.

The news of the birth of Xia Yan and Tang Yin's daughter set off the entire Longguo two-dimensional industry on the same day.

Not only did the related news top the hot search list, but the forum was full of posts congratulating Xia Yan on the birth of his daughter.

Hundreds of thousands of posts.

This scene stunned the people in Longguo's entertainment circle.

After all, they were insiders, and they knew that this was not the result of Xia Yan buying hot searches, but that he really achieved this effect with his own traffic.

After recuperating in the hospital for less than half a month, Tang Yin asked to go home, as she felt constrained staying in the hospital.

Xia Yan couldn't persuade her, so he went home with her.

It was January, and there was heavy snow outside the window. Xia Yan held his daughter and coaxed her to sleep with a gentle expression.

Tang Yin lay on the sofa, watching the father and daughter's actions with a gentle face.

The three of them tacitly did not make a sound, but.

The atmosphere in the air became warm.