Chapter 7: Advice from an Editor
"I don't know how much you know about our book club, but I'll give you a rough idea. Red Maple Literature, with a total of one hundred and three periodicals of all sizes, is one of the five major novel serialized periodicals in Southern Province, this one hundred and three periodicals, including three daily, weekly, monthly, and even annual....."
Most of these are some information that Xia Yan knows.
The two-dimensional culture of the Dragon Kingdom is prevalent, but unlike the parallel world, most of the Chinese anime novel periodicals in the parallel world in Xia Yan's memory are semi-monthly or monthly.
In the island country, the source of the spread of the world's two-dimensional culture, light novels are issued in single volumes, and the interval between releases is not fixed, while comics and animations are generally weekly.
As for the light novels of the Dragon Kingdom, they are basically released in a serialized manner, which is a bit similar to the parallel world when Mr. Jin wrote martial arts novels at the beginning of the newspaper and daily magazines.
However, the light novels that are serialized and famous in the Dragon Kingdom are often released in a single book, after all, money.... Who wouldn't want to earn a second time?
From this point of view, basically, the light novel reading in the Dragon Country is similar to the serialization mode of the domestic comics in the Dragon Country, and the difference is only that the transmission carrier of the work is different.
The more culturally developed the region, the more demanding the update time of the work.
When it comes to the light novel world of the Dragon Kingdom, some popular light novel journals even issue an issue every three days.
The number of words serialized in each novel and each issue of the journal is basically about 10,000 or 20,000 words, three days.... This update speed is not much better than that of online literature in parallel worlds. The difference is that one is a physical publication and the other is an online reading material.
After all, in the dragon country with a population of more than one billion, some people write novels well, and some people write quickly, but they want to get ahead in the cruel industry... You have to write well and quickly, and be able to keep up with the speed of a journal like Trinity.
If you want to eat this bowl of rice, you have to be able to withstand this kind of creative speed and quality, otherwise Longguo is recruiting people in factories, and there are not too many employment requirements.
"In your case, the journal with the largest circulation in our book club, "Red Maple", you must be fine, after all, the editorial department will not agree to let newcomers with no achievements test the waters on the front journal of the book club...."Tang Yin said slowly.
Red Maple, the light novel journal with the largest circulation of Red Maple Literature, fluctuates around 700,000 copies, typical of a three-day magazine. Of course, it is said that it is a three-day magazine, in order to cultivate the buying habits of magazine fans, in fact, it is published every Wednesday and every Sunday, and the interval between issues is three days and four days.
When Xia Yan heard this, although he knew that it was reasonable, he also had a trace of loss.
"Actually, from my point of view, your journey to youth... It's more interesting than many of the novels serialized in Red Maple magazine, but the problem is ..... The question of your qualifications, there are no adventurists in the top of our company, so the teenager.... Come on, work hard, accumulate a certain number of novel serialization results, and serialize works on "Red Maple", for you... Maybe not in the future. Tang Yin said softly.
"As for the serialization of novels in the company that are suitable for the type of novel of your youth journey, and there are recent periodicals that are on the verge of completion or halving, resulting in a vacancy in serialization... There are three copies..."Tang Yin continued.
"First, "Searching for Sound". There is a serial seat available. Second, "Instant Fanghua" has two serial seats. The third is "Orange Heart", which has three serialized seats vacant in recent times....."
The three serialized periodicals are all serialized publications with the theme of girl's love light novels.
"Seeking Sound".... Each issue has a circulation of about 130,000, and it is a very popular fiction journal under Red Maple Literature.
"Orange Heart" ..... With a circulation of only 30,000 per issue, it is a niche publication of Red Maple Literature.
As for "Instant Fanghua", with a circulation of 250,000 per issue, and sometimes even more than 300,000, it is the third serialized publication with the highest circulation of Red Maple Literature, and most of the serialized on it are some high-quality submitted novels, because the quality is not enough, they lose to other higher-quality novels at the serialization conference, and lose the opportunity to serialize on "Red Maple".
But it is impossible for the book club to give up these contributions.... Therefore, it can be understood that it wants to compete for the serialization qualification of the "Red Maple" periodical, and it is a gathering place for losers' novels.
And the publication "Instant Fanghua" is different from "Red Maple", "Red Maple" will definitely not publish newcomer novels, but "Instant Fanghua" is different... As long as everyone thinks you can do it at the serialization meeting.... The newcomer's work can also be on.
After Tang Yin's explanation, Xia Yan gradually understood the approximate status of these three journals.
Without a doubt, the best serialization option is "Instant Fanghua", followed by "Seeking Sound"....
The sales volume of a journal determines the dissemination of the work, and no matter how good the work is, if it is serialized in a journal that only 20,000 or 30,000 people will buy, the influence will not be disseminated.
Moreover, the manuscript fee that Xia Yan can get is also related to the journal platform where the novel is serialized.
"So.... I will help you with your youth journey and strive for the serialization opportunity of these three journals at the serialization meeting the day after tomorrow, but I have to inform you about this matter first, you ..... If you have any comments or ideas, please put them forward. Tang Yin crossed her fingers with her hands, holding her snow-white chin and looking at Xia Yan.
"I can accept that the journey of youth is serialized in the two journals "Instant Fanghua" and "Xunyin", but if "Orange Heart" is concerned, forget it..."Xia Yan said.
For periodicals with a circulation of 30,000 yuan, the manuscript fee is average, and the most important thing is that the work of youth journey is blind.
After all, it is the cruel island country industry that can be no less than the two-dimensional world of the Dragon Kingdom in the parallel world, from a comic book to an animated, cinematic, and novel work... Xia Yan showed Tang Yin the plot, but in fact, the plot was not written in the essence of the story.
The actual excitement of this work is much higher than the impression that Tang Yin got through the first three chapters of the youth journey novel.
In fact, it is absolutely more than enough to put it on "Red Maple" to serialize, and the quality of the work is extremely high, but because I am a newcomer in the novel industry, the company's senior management does not agree to serialize, so there is no way.
However, which book club Xia Yan changes to submit, this basic situation will not change. Therefore, Xia Yan can accept this work to be serialized in periodicals such as "Instant Fanghua" and "Xunyin", which have sales of hundreds of thousands, two or three hundred thousand, but if it is serialized in "Orange Heart", then Xia Yan would rather submit his youth journey to other book clubs...
"Hmm... Got it. Respect your opinion..."Tang Yin paused for a few seconds, then nodded.
"Then our preliminary cooperation intention has been reached." Tang Yin smiled, and the office was filled with a touch of bright scenery for a while.
Tang Yin stretched out her white and delicate hand to Xia Yan.
"Hope we have a great time working together! If all goes well, in three days, you'll be one of my contracted novelists! ”
Xia Yan paused and reached out to hold her hand.
Soft, slightly cool, yet powerful.
"Xia Yan, although your work has not yet been approved at the serialization conference, from my point of view, I have to tell you in advance and let you take precautions. You'd better take advantage of the time now to conceive the follow-up plot of "Youth Journey" before the novel is officially launched. Tang Yin said with a smile on her pretty face.
"Although the outcome of the serialization meeting is not yet known, you need to be prepared for your work to be able to pass the serialization decision. The two periodicals, Instant Fanghua and Xunyin, are both three-day magazines, which are issued simultaneously in the whole province of Southern Province every Wednesday and Sunday. A novel with about fifteen chapters in length is actually only one or two months away from the beginning of the serialization to the end... When the time comes..... Don't get close to the deadline and tell me about Carvin, I have no inspiration, so I can't submit the manuscript..."
"When the time comes, I will urge you to come to your house, no matter what method you use, even if you don't sleep for three days in a row, it will definitely drain all your strength and let you complete the task on time..... Well, a smooth delivery. Speaking of this, Tang Yin may have felt that the words were ambiguous, and added two more words.
"Also, if the plot of your novel collapses in the later stage, the book society takes the initiative to cut your work in half, but as a contracted novelist, you must not play missing, let alone take the initiative to change the work eunuch during the serialization of the novel... Otherwise...."
Tang Yin still had that indifferent smile on her face, but her tone was a little dangerous.
"Otherwise, I would never be so easy to talk about by then."
Xia Yan sighed in his heart when he heard this.....
He knows very well...
I am indeed true, and I only know the first half of the plot of the youth journey.
But at this moment, men can't weaken their momentum.
"Don't worry, editor Tang.... I Xia Yan dared to step into this light novel world, but I never thought that there would be such a thing as a plot carvin. So far, my creative career has been done in one go, and there is no blockage in my thinking.... It was like this before, and it will always be like this... Broken change, delayed change, unfinished, eunuch such words... I have nothing to do with this life. ”
Xia Yan's expression was full of spirit, and his tone was loud, and he himself was infected by the emotions he pretended.
"It was better to do so."
Tang Yin sat down, her head tilted slightly, her pupils as clear as spring water carefully looked at Xia Yan's face, and finally, nodded with satisfaction.
"Next time, don't call me Tang Biao.... I don't like this kind of title, I feel like the old editors, and it makes me feel old. In the future, call me by my name, Tang Yin....."
"Then it's better to call Sister Tang, right?" Xia Yan still didn't think it was appropriate.
"When I was growing up, many people called my aunt Sister Tang.... That's why I didn't like that title when I was a kid. ”
Xia Yan saw Tang Yin's slightly narrowed eyes, and immediately changed her words and went along with her wishes.
"Tang Yin...."
When Tang Yin heard this, a satisfied smile appeared on her face.
"Okay, I won't delay your time, at most three days, you can know the results of the review of the work of Youth Journey in our Red Maple Literature Serialization Conference."
When Xia Yan heard this, he hurriedly left Tang Yin's office.
To be honest, with her in the second half of the conversation, Xia Yan felt a certain amount of pressure.
The main thing is that she is talking about the words "breaking the change", "delaying the change", and "eunuch", and the dangerous atmosphere in her tone is very heavy....
Xia Yan... The heart is empty.
Because of thinking about this, Xia Yan didn't notice that when he entered the elevator, he passed by a girl wearing a mask.
Counterpart.... It was the girl who came with him in the elevator yesterday.
Song Lingyun turned her head curiously and looked at the back of Xia Yan leaving until the elevator door closed.
After standing and thinking for a few seconds, she also walked towards Tang Yin's office with the revised manuscript of yesterday's starry sky.
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