During Qidian's previous annual conferences, some people put the on-site news of the annual conference on the author forum to share with everyone. Usually the participating authors took photos and posted them to the author forum to attract attention. Qidian is also happy to hear about this.
Never stop it, after all, it is tantamount to advertising Qidian in disguise.
This year is no exception.
Not long after the Qidian Writers Summit ended, several participating authors posted some information about the summit on the author forum.
For example, Xianyu Anlaosun won the Rookie of the Year award.
As soon as this news came out, the author forum became lively.
First of all, some people question whether Xianyu Sun is qualified to win the Newcomer King?
The reasons for doubting are readily available - "The Ring of the Immortal Dragon" is the second book written by Xianyu An Laosun. The first one was "My Decathlon". If these two pen names had not been merged, it could barely be said that "The Immortal Dragon"
The author of "The Ring" is a newcomer, because under the pen name of Struggle Xianyu, there is really only one book "The Ring of the Immortal Dragon".
But recently, the pen names of An Lao Sun and Struggle Xianyu merged, so "The Ring of the Immortal Dragon" cannot be regarded as a new book by a newcomer. Under such circumstances, is Xian Yu, Lao Sun, still qualified to win the Newcomer King?
Because of this, there was a lot of noise, harassment, and debate on the author's forum.
It wasn't until someone pointed out that most of the serialization time of "My Decathlon" was also in 2007, and that in 2007 Xianyu Laosun did not just write "The Ring of the Immortal Dragon", the debate on the forum cooled down a little.
Yes! It’s 2008 now. On the surface, the Newcomer King awarded at the annual meeting held in 2008 seems to be the Newcomer King in 2008.
In fact, everyone in the industry knows that the awards awarded in 2008 only commend the authors for their achievements in 2007.
Because the Chinese New Year is in February this year, and it’s only June now, and more than half of 2008 is still not over. How can the various awards reward achievements in 2008?
For most of 2007, Xianyu Anlaosun's "My Decathlon" was serialized, and the results were good. The serialization started in the second half of the year, and the results of "The Ring of the Immortal Dragon" were even higher, and this
The two books were updated at the same time for a period of time, which is a double-open operation.
Under such circumstances, who can say that in 2007, Xianyu Sun was no longer a newcomer at all?
His performance in "My Decathlon" was very good, and "Ring of the Immortal Dragon" was even better.
When everyone realized that Xianyu Anlaosun in 2007 could also be said to be a newcomer, many people's arguments lost their foothold.
As for Xianyu Sun, have you published works under other pen names before?
Then who can take care of it?
Qidian has never delved into this point. In fact, many of Qidian's Rookie Kings over the years have been exposed to have opened other accounts, quit the market, changed their pen names, and their work performance soared, so they won the title of Rookie King.
title.
This is almost a semi-open secret in the industry.
For a truly new author whose writing style has not yet stabilized, the possibility of becoming a god in one book is very slim.
Compared with the chaos on the author forum.
The atmosphere in Sun Quan's several book fan groups is much better. Not many people question it. Most of them are happy to congratulate him and ask him for more updates.
When Sun Quan went online at night, he saw the chat records in the group and also noticed the criticism on the author's forum.
He selectively replied to some messages in the group, and also chatted with everyone for hours. As for the discussions on the author forum?
He didn't care anymore. He was very open-minded in this regard. No matter how his peers discussed or questioned, this year's Rookie King Award had already fallen into his pocket. It was safe to do so. Can he take back the starting point?
Now thinking about how nervous and uneasy he felt when he went on stage to receive the award today, he even found it funny when he thought about it.
The atmosphere at the scene was very joyful. He was obviously so nervous that he often said the wrong things, but people in the audience always thought he did it on purpose.
On the contrary, it creates a good speech effect.
After he came off the stage with the trophy, he slowly calmed down and regained his composure.
You already have the trophy in hand, and you’ve already said your acceptance speech, so what’s there to panic about?
What’s wrong with you being reborn?
What happened if someone else took the Rookie King title?
During the high school entrance examination and college entrance examination, didn't so many repeat students grab the admission quota for fresh graduates? Who said it was illegal?
Could it be that if those authors in the audience today had a chance to be reborn, wouldn’t they cheat?
They come, the security.
After rebirth, unless you are willing to die, as long as you work hard, you will definitely rob some opportunities and honors that originally belonged to others.
If he keeps worrying about this, then he will not have to do anything else in his life, and he will just act like a gourmand in any situation!
While Sun Quan was having these thoughts in his mind, Shen Ji came over wearing big pants, holding two cans of Wong Lo Kat in his hand, and handed one to Sun Quan.
"Thanks!"
Sun Quan took it, opened it and took a sip.
Shenji also took a sip. He leaned against the window and asked, "Have you read my latest book "Dragon and Snake"?"
Sun Quan nodded and said yes.
Shenji: "To be honest, I borrowed some of the settings and writing methods of this book from your "Ring of the Immortal Dragon". Do you mind?"
Sun Quan: "..."
Sun Quan, who knew what he was doing, was a little embarrassed at this moment, because he knew very well that his "Dragon Ring" actually borrowed some settings from "Dragon Snake".
But now Kamiki, who wrote "Dragon and Snake", told him that he borrowed from his "Ring of the Immortal Dragon"...
This is really a bit embarrassing.
"It's okay, it's okay! It's just a setting, it doesn't matter."
Sun Quan waved his hand quickly.
Shenji smiled and said, "How long will it take you to write "The Ring of the Immortal Dragon"? What will you probably write in the next book? Do you have any ideas?"
"The next book..."
Sun Quan shook his head slightly, "I've only written half of "The Ring of the Immortal Dragon"! It's still early to finish the book, and I haven't thought that far ahead about the next book."
Shenji nodded, "Yes, your book is very popular, so you should write it for another year or two to make more money!"
Before he finished speaking, someone knocked on the door.
"I'll go see who it is."
Shenji said, striding over and opening the door.
When the door opened, what he saw was Shalun's smiling face. "Can I come in and sit for a while?" Shalun asked with a smile.
Shenji smiled and nodded, opening the door.
When Sun Quan saw Sha Lun coming in, he quickly removed his laptop from his lap and stood up to greet Sha Lun.
"You didn't go out to drink with anyone tonight?"
When giving Sha Lun a chair to sit on, Sun Quan asked curiously.
Because he felt that Sha Lun was the kind of person who liked to make friends, and many authors were meeting to go out for drinks tonight. It was still early, so he was a little surprised when he saw Sha Lun coming to their room instead of going out to drink.
"I came to you specifically to talk to you about something, but I just didn't know if you were interested?"
Shalun sat down, took the can of Wong Lo Kat handed over by Shen Ji, and nodded in thanks.
"you say!"
Sun Quan stretched out his hand to signal.
Shenji also leaned against the window curiously and looked at Shalun with a smile.
Shalun pondered for a moment, looked at Sun Quan and Shenji, opened Wong Lo Kat, took a sip, and after swallowing, smiled and said: "I don't want to write novels anymore. It's too slow to make money in this line. I want to do something else.
I just wanted to ask if you two are interested in buying shares?"
Shenji frowned.
Sun Quan's heart skipped a beat. He was a little surprised that Sha Lun came to them for this matter, but at the same time, he was really moved.
The memory before his rebirth told him that Shalun's change of career was successful. His achievements n years later proved that even if he didn't write online articles, he could still stand out and prosper in another industry.
There is quite a bit of meaning: line by line, line by line.
"You have made a lot of money in the past few years at your starting point, right? You should have earned tens of thousands of dollars a month at least. Ordinary people now only earn one to two thousand, two to three thousand dollars a month. You are still making money at such a slow rate.
?”
Shenji spoke up, frowning, showing he didn't understand what Sha Lun just said.
Sun Quan knew that this lack of understanding was normal.
If he had no memory before his rebirth, and if Shalun had not been very successful after changing careers in the original time and space, he would also question Shalun's current decision.
Shalun is one of the platinum masters in the early stage of his career. He has senior qualifications, good writing skills, and tens of thousands of readers and fans. As soon as a new book is published, he can almost get one place in the air, firmly occupying the top position of the new book list.
After it is put on the shelves, it is fully capable of competing for the top spot in the monthly ticket rankings.
With such strength and popularity, he suddenly said he wanted to change his career?
Who can a normal person understand?
Sha Lun smiled and did not rush to argue. Instead, she looked at Sun Quan and asked with a smile: "Where are you, Old Sun? Are you interested in becoming a shareholder?"
Sun Quan glanced at Shen Ji, who was frowning and silent, and nodded slightly, "I'm a little interested, can you tell me what you want to change your career?"
Shalun: "Game! Develop online games! This is what I think. The paid reading market for novels is still too small now, and the cost of text piracy is too low. The novels we have worked so hard to write can be stolen from any broken website.
But the game is different! Even if someone can catch the bug in the game and steal our income, the bug can be blocked. Moreover, compared to the paid reading of novels, the recharge of the game is more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. In addition, we
We can write stories ourselves, so we can completely make up an original story ourselves and adapt it into a game. Haha, we are professional in story writing! It can even be said that we are top in China! If we talk about domestic game development, there are still
If there is hope, then we should do it and have the greatest hope of success!
If we can make a game that is recognized by the market and players, our revenue will be in the tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions is not impossible!
This is determined by the revenue ceiling of the gaming industry.
But if you only write novels, you will earn more than a million a year. If you want to earn tens of millions, you will have to write for at least ten years, and each book must be very popular!
How about it? Are you interested in doing it together?"
Shen Ji laughed at the side and shook his head slightly.
Sha Lun just smiled and looked at Sun Quan again.
Sun Quan narrowed his eyes and said, "If you buy a share, how much investment do you need from me? If it's tens of millions, forget it. Even if you sell me now, you won't be able to get that much money, haha."