Chapter 195 Brewing

Sugarman Pictures can be regarded as an upper-medium-sized company in the Dragon Kingdom area, active in the film, television, TV series, and animation industries.

I am engaged in many businesses, but I am actually not very proficient in any of them.

At the beginning, Xia Yan sold the copyright to go to the moon to Tangren because this was Tang Yin's father's company.

But in fact, Xia Yan didn't know much about this company.

But those were not important. After meeting and having dinner with the main creative team of the animated movie, Xia Yan also began to cooperate with them in promoting the movie "To the Moon" in late September.

The fields of animation and light novels are now all affected by Puella Magi Madoka Magica. The forums are full of news about this work. It may take more than a month for the situation to get better.

The film industry was not so greatly affected by Puella Magi Madoka Magica, so the news that the movie To the Moon will be released on October 3rd spread quickly and was not covered up by Madoka Magica's popularity, attracting the attention of many movie fans.

The original work was the No. 1 novel in the New God Ranking novel selection. More than a year after its release, the average sales volume of a single volume reached an astonishing 7.8 million copies. The reader score of this novel on the Jiuxiao Forum reached a terrifying 9.7 points. , on major ticket purchasing apps, millions of people expressed their expectations for the movie before its release.

Judging from all aspects, this movie is definitely a work worthy of attention among recent movies.

Moreover, the movie's promotional page directly carries the slogan of the masterpiece of "Yuanqing", a well-known novelist and cartoonist from the Dragon Kingdom, which suddenly reminded many people of the memory.

Many people in Long Kingdom may have seen Xia Yan's works, but are not interested in Xia Yan as the creator. When the movie promotion page reminded them, these people immediately reacted.

"Yuanqing? Are you the author of the comic with the initial D?"

"It seems that the author of Parasite Beast is also Minamoto Kiyoshi!"

"Yes, by the way, let me tell you more, this is also the animation screenwriter whose name is unknown. If anyone has seen his animation works and has confidence in him, you can go to the theater to support him."

"Holy crap, I've read all these works, but I didn't pay attention to the author's name."

"Normally, many works have become famous on the Internet, such as To the Moon and Unknown Flower Names. When mentioning tear-jerking love two-dimensional works, these two works will definitely be mentioned, but there are not many creators. I want to know.”

"Isn't this Yuanqing a comic artist? I follow his initials D every week. Why is he still writing novels and working as an animation screenwriter?"

"Yes, this man is only nineteen years old. How come he has created so many works and made achievements in so many industries?"

"Because he is a genius."

"Nineteen years old? Are you telling me that the author of Initial D, Genkiyo, is only nineteen years old?"

"No, don't you all know this? The photos of these two people have been included twice with the Initial D serial magazine "Beizhou". Xia Yan and Mo Ran, the talented and beautiful cartoonist duo of the Dragon Kingdom, Anyone who reads comics will probably not know this, right? There are three-dimensional posters of the two of them everywhere in bookstores!”

"I don't really understand. I just throw the posters and small gifts that come out from time to time in the "Beizhou" comic magazine in my locker without even looking at them. I'm only interested in the comics, not the author."

"Listen to what you are saying. Is the screenwriter of the movie "To the Moon" to be released on the 3rd quite famous?"

"Does that need to be said?"

"Compared to "Love Warrior?" In the animation, novels, comics, and game industries, the only people I know who have been in the industry recently are "Survivor of Love". Even if I don't watch anime, I know that Ryuukoku's recent work called "Puella Magi Madoka Magica" is amazing. This Comparing "Yuanqing" and "Warrior of Love", who is better?"

"Although "Yuanqing" teacher is very powerful, compared with "Love Warrior", I feel that he is still a little inferior."

"A little? A lot, okay. A phenomenon-level animation like Puella Magi Madoka Magica is rare in ten or twenty years. "Survivor of Love" can be regarded as a god in the animation industry. But in Minamoto Kiyoshi's words, the initial D Only "Beizhou" reached the top, and in the novel industry, "Parasite Beast" is only sixth after "Liu Li". Judging from the results, whether it is the comics industry or the light novel industry, Yuanqing can only be said to be the top in the industry, but not yet. To the point of overpowering the rest.”

"But I just think Mr. Genkiyo's Initial D is very beautiful. Although Puella Magi Madoka Magica is also beautiful, I don't think it is better than Initial D."

"I feel the same way. The initial D attracts me more than the magic circle."

"What kind of rubbish is "Yuanqing"? Does it deserve to be compared with the "Soldier of Love" teacher?"

At first, it was just a normal post discussing Xia Yan's pen name "Yuanqing".

But after the mysterious animation scriptwriter of "Warrior of Love" was introduced in the comment area, the comment area of ​​the animated movie To the Moon soon changed.

After all, in the two-dimensional industry, among the new faces that have emerged in the past year, apart from the warriors of love, Yuan Qing’s achievements are the most eye-catching.

In fact, these two people have been often compared by others recently, and similar topics have aroused the sensitivity of fans on both sides.

However, this is only the behavior of some fans. Most people are quite sensible and just enjoy the show.

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However, this can be regarded as increasing the reputation of To the Moon before its release to a certain extent.

October 3rd is the day when the civil war ended in the history of the Dragon Kingdom. On this date plus the weekend, the Dragon Kingdom has five consecutive days off.

It can be regarded as a relatively good movie schedule in the Dragon Kingdom film industry in a year, otherwise this movie would not be released at this time.

Although the fan base of the original work "To the Moon" is very high, the other five works competing in the same period are basically big-budget movies by big directors and starring Dragon Kingdom stars.

So in the next few days

Although Xia Yan also cooperated with Sugar Man Pictures to promote the movie "To the Moon", in fact, the outside world was not particularly optimistic about the performance of "To the Moon" in this period.

Of course, that’s not to belittle it. The media in the film industry just treat To the Moon as an ordinary novel turned into a movie, and it’s also an animated version.

Based on the 30 million production cost of "To the Moon" plus the more than 10 million publicity and distribution costs and the pre-release popularity of the movie, the media have given pre-release predictions for the movie's box office with a total box office of no more than 130 million.

What is a movie? It is the end of the entertainment industry. Slightly popular novels, comics, games, animations, and even classical mythology works will move in this direction. The original To the Moon is indeed very popular, but compared to other movies, it is also popular. Actors, excellent screenwriters, and directors are joining the cast, and the investment is higher than going to the moon.

This kind of expectation from the outside world is also normal.

As for Xia Yan, he probably felt this kind of atmosphere when he joined the publicity team that went to the moon.

Including "Tian Fu", the animation director of "To the Moon", the box office expectation for this movie is to exceed 100 million, which is considered qualified, and if it exceeds 150 million, it has achieved an excellent pre-release box office target.

After all, animated movies do not necessarily have to rely on box office profits. There is also great potential for revenue from surrounding markets.

Just when Xia Yan left the Magic City and helped go to the moon for roadshow promotion in several first-tier cities in the Dragon Kingdom.

September 27

In the Magic City area, inside Liuli Book Club.

The fourth voting meeting in the book club ended.

Every serialization slot in the journal "Liu Li" is extremely important, not to mention that Xia Yan's new novel "Sword Art Online" is planning to skip the competition at the serialization meeting, and instead decides on this serialization quota within the dormitory's internal editorial department.

In this case, the review process within the book club is naturally more stringent.

But with Xia Yan's current reputation in the industry.

The sixth overall pick for the Emperor Star Award last year, Beizhou Comics is now the most popular cartoonist with two identities superimposed.

Even if there are many cooperating light novelists within the book club and even "Liu Li Book Club" who are dissatisfied with Xia Yan's behavior of airborne to steal the serialization quota, they can only endure it.

Xia Yan himself is so popular in the industry, and the plot of the first few chapters of the Sword Art Online novel he produced is so attractive. It can only be said that the opponents can't fault it.

On this day, Baixuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After learning about the meeting's decision, he immediately called Xia Yan to inform him of the matter.

"Passed?"

Listening to the news on the phone, Xia Yan had a smile on his face.

"Well, it's going very quickly. The first chapter of Sword Art Online will be published in the mid-October issue of the "Liu Li" novel magazine."

"So fast?" Xia Yan was stunned.

"Of course," Bai Xuan said in a deep voice.

"But Xia Yan, in fact, many editors in the book club and cooperating novelists have been waiting for this serialization opportunity for several months. But "Sword Art Online" has just reserved a serialization seat. In fact, many people are also hostile to you. ”

Xia Yan blinked when he heard this.

"Competition exists no matter what industry you are in. You have never failed since your debut. Each of your works has a good reputation and is more popular than the last. I still remember what you said at the beginning, you will create a movie that will not lose to the initials." D's popular novel is coming out. I hope you can achieve your original goal, but don't let you, don't let us, be laughed at by those who are jealous."

Why did the meeting wait until the fourth meeting to decide on the serialization qualifications of "Sword Art Online"?

The reason is that many people within the book club have opinions and there are great conflicts.

Xia Yan is indeed very powerful, but what does it have to do with other people? I finally waited until a "Liu Li" serialization seat became available, but was taken away by Xia Yan Tiansheng.

Baixuan and those who were unconvinced and secretly engaged in secret fighting within the book club for several days. If Sword Art Online is not popular after being serialized, then these people in the book club will have to jump to the sky.

Of course, these things are her job as an agent. Her words like this are just a hint to Xia Yan to cheer up and be more serious about creation.

"I understand. I will finish the movie promotion of "To the Moon" as soon as possible, and then devote myself to the novel creation of "Sword Art Online". "Xia Yan responded.

On the other end of the phone, Bai Xuan had a smile on her face.

"It's best if you think like this. Finally, I wish your movie adaptation "To the Moon" a great success."