Chapter 34: The Possibility of Becoming a Writer
The story of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" is indeed wonderful, and this online novel that created a new genre was taken out by Zhang Yao in advance, which also lives up to its reputation. If it weren't for the wonderful story, it wouldn't attract so many people to listen, but it is because there are too many people listening to it that the radio station will want to maximize its benefits.
From the standpoint of the radio, of course, I can't wait for "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" to never end, and the current grand occasion can continue forever. In the past, because the situation of radio stations was becoming more and more embarrassing, it was already good to have businesses to advertise, and there was no room to bargain, but now advertisers are sending them to the door.
Under such circumstances, it is reasonable for the radio station to slow down Zhang Yao, originally the first episode of the program talked about ten chapters in one go, but now it is pressed to about five chapters. Although the content is less than half, the duration of the show has not changed much, except for the fact that there are several minutes of advertisements in between, and it is mainly related to the speed of speech.
After all, he is not a professional host, and his grasp of the festival is so poor that there is no festival at all, and he originally had the mentality of coping, and he didn't think about what kind of festival is the most suitable, so he spoke quickly, and the audience had little time to taste, and if he was not careful, he would miss a lot of content.
Southerners are already fast talkers, and with a certain degree of psychological reasons for being in front of the microphone in the broadcast studio, the result is that the speed of speech is much faster than usual. This is not conducive to the listener to digest the content of the story, slowing down the tone can bring the listener into the rhythm, and it will be better to give the listener a certain amount of time to taste the effect, which is what Lisa Rong taught him when recording the second episode of the program.
However, no matter how slow the speed of speech is, there will still be a day when it will be finished, and the story of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" is originally concise, unlike other online novels, which are stinky and long, and can easily reach millions of words. The first part of the original book is less than a million words, and the expression methods of words and language are still a little different, and it is impossible to directly read them.
In less than a week, the story of "Exquisite Ancient City" was finished, and at the end of the program, the preview of the next story "Longling Grotto" was specially made, and a chapter was also told to hang the audience's appetite, which is also a necessary means, so as to only capture the hearts of the audience.
"Zhang Yao, you are becoming more and more handy now." Every time the show is recorded, Lisa Rong will watch from the outside, she is the producer of the show, and she also wants to hear the story for the first time, of course she will not miss it.
After the recording, there was nothing to do, Zhang Yao and Lisa Rong sat in the lounge of the radio office building, drinking coffee and laughing: "I also feel that I am getting more and more into the state, I didn't expect it to feel really good to have fans, no wonder so many people want to be stars." ”
The show became popular, and Zhang Yao, the anchor and author, was also famous, almost all listeners became his fans, and some people were even simply obsessed with his voice. There have long been "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" and his post bar on the Internet, and there are many related topics on Tianya Forum and **, in addition to the storyline of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", there are also about him.
Radio is different from television, listeners can only hear him but not see him, and fans naturally want to know what kind of person he is. So far, except for the radio station and the people in the love apartment, the others can be said to be completely ignorant of him, and even the media reports have used the word mystery to describe it.
This was unexpected by Zhang Qiuxi, he didn't expect to be able to attract fans like this at all, and if he continued like this, it seemed natural to complete the task of becoming a public figure, so he was becoming more and more motivated.
"It's good if you think so, it means that you are still interested in continuing, we are really afraid that after the Exquisite Ancient City finishes speaking, you will announce that it is all over, in that case, the whole radio station will have to cry." With Zhang Yao, Lisa Rong not only did not keep a straight face, but occasionally made jokes, Zeng Xiaoxian has always envied such treatment.
Although he signed a contract, Zhang Yao did not join the radio station and was not an employee of the radio station. The contract only says that after telling the story of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", when will it be finished, how many stories will be completely up to him, if he is not happy that "Exquisite Ancient City" is finished, there is no way to announce the end of the radio station, and if he is happy, even if he takes out the fanfiction and continues to tell it, the radio station will not be unhappy.
"The ghost blows out the lantern has actually been in my head for a long time, and it is estimated that there are about eight stories, but it is really impossible to say whether it can do a machine show, and it will be shorter than what may be long and some will be shorter than the one that may be in the Exquisite Ancient City. No matter how long the story is, there will always be a day when it will be finished, and I will not be able to do anything at that time. ”
"Eight stories? It's already exceeded our expectations, so let's talk about it then. Lisa Rong said: "Zhang Yao, someone from a publishing house has approached our radio station before, and their intentions are needless to say, I suggest that you sort out the story and publish it, and the sales of this story will definitely not be bad with the popularity of this story." ”
"Ghost Blowing the Lamp" is a best-selling novel that has been on the sales list all year round, and it has been recognized by the market, this Zhang Yao couldn't be clearer, but he smiled bitterly and said: "Lisa, I haven't passed my composition since I went to junior high school, I usually like to make up some stories, but it would be too difficult for me to write a book." ”
Literary description needs to depict artistic conception, atmosphere, psychology, environment, etc., but some things that are not needed for oral description are indispensable to express in words. If he can remember the original content word for word, then he can copy it down like silent writing, but who can remember so much, and he has no golden finger to use, after all, it is not a real copy.
His memory is already very good, but he only remembers the main plot story, and if he can't remember the details when he tells it, he will make up for it by himself, and this is how the ancient city of "Exquisite Ancient City" is finished. In addition to "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", I have also read a lot of similar novels such as "Notes on Tomb Robbery", and I also know a lot about the type of novels such as tomb robbing.
If he were to repeat it now, it would certainly be very different in terms of details, because it would be impossible for him to remember what he said word for word. Zhang Yao spread his hands to express his helplessness, and Lisa Rong said: "You conceived such a story before, didn't you think about what kind of way to release it?" ”
"I really haven't thought about it, it's just pure nonsense. And this story was discovered by me after reading the post in the ghost story of Tianya Lotus Peng. Zhang Yao tried his best to think of a reasonable explanation, after all, it is easy to make people doubt if it doesn't make sense, and then said: "If I wanted to have the level of writing a book, I wouldn't have waited for this time, and I would have submitted it to the publishing house a long time ago." ”
Pulled a reason to fool Lisa Rong, saying that it was a pity in her heart, if you can really do a copyist, the task will be easier to complete. Not to mention that writers are not public figures, but current writers are more idols than idols, just look at those in your own time and space.
Writing novels has been able to gather a large group of die-hard fans, and perhaps it can be further done as a public knowledge, opinion leader or something. If you can't be idle, you can also cross over to be a director, and the stars are dazzling compared to singers and actors, what is this not a public figure?
The more he thought about it, the more regretful he became, Lisa Rong said, "That's good, I'll ask the radio station to sort it out for you and hand it over to the publishing house." ”
"Uh, does that count as a gunslinger?" Zhang Yao felt that if this was the case, it would not be good.
"It's all said to be sorted out, how can you be considered a gunman, at most you can be regarded as a recorder, the only job is to transcribe your dictation into words, not to write for you." Lisa Rong reassured him, and then said: "Let's talk to the publishing house for you about the publishing thing, so that you should be able to get some more royalties, but you also have to be mentally prepared, although the show is popular, you are still a newcomer after all, so it can't be high." ”
Zhang Yao nodded and said that he understood, no matter what industry is like this, the treatment that newcomers get will not be very good. If you go to talk about the publishing house yourself, you may still lower the price, but the radio station will come forward differently. Said it was the radio station, but it was probably Lisa Rong herself, although he only focused on the task and didn't care about these things, but he still smiled and said, "Lisa, thank you." ”
The content of Zhang Yao's cooperation with the radio station is only to continue to tell the story of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" on the radio, and all the copyrights are still in his hands, and it is also his business to publish it. It is unlikely that the radio station will worry about such a thing, and it is likely that Lisa Rong herself wants to help him, so she plans to use the name of the radio station to talk to the publishing house.
Lisa Rong smiled and said, "Don't be busy thanking me yet, there are many related extensions." The radio station will license the program to the online platform, and will also make it into an audio novel for sale, and you will also have a share of these benefits, but it will not be too much. ”
"Something is better than nothing." Zhang Yao nodded in agreement, there are still such rights and interests radio stations, and the contract has been clearly written. He didn't look at the contract carefully, but Hu Yifei and Lin Wanyu reviewed every clause to make sure he wasn't fooled.
In fact, since the official signing with the radio station, the recording of the program has been circulating on the Internet, which may have been recorded by listeners while listening to it, and now it is very simple to download, and you can search it in Baidu. To a certain extent, this has affected the listening rate of the radio, but it is also a helpless thing, and no one can stop it.
The only thing to be thankful for is that the recording is not clear, the noise is very loud, and the quality is certainly not as good as the sound source of the radio. However, it is conceivable that when the authorized online platform or the audio novel is launched, it will definitely be spread everywhere in a short time, and you don't necessarily have to find the genuine version to listen to it.