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"Jingle Bell……"

Meng Huo was woken up from the bed by the loud ringtone. He picked up the phone in a drowsy state and connected it in a daze: "Alice, what's the matter?"

"Who is Alice!"

A clear girl's voice came from the opposite side, and Meng Huo finally realized: "Shen Jie, it's you, why are you calling me?"

He looked at the time, it was only seven o'clock in the morning, it was too early, the school hadn't started yet, why would Shen Jie call him so early in the morning?

"Meng Huo, have you surfed the Internet? He Xi published a new novel on the Internet. It's super classic. He's so talented. If you haven't read it, go check it out sooner. Don't miss it!" Shen Jie said excitedly.

"Oh."

Meng Huo mumbled feebly, "I see, I'm going to sleep."

"Hey, wait, I have one more thing!" Shen Jie hurriedly stopped: "Next week is a holiday, can you accompany me to a place on November 22nd."

"it is good."

Meng Hao agreed with a yawn.

"That's great. I'll inform you of the specifics before then. You should prepare well."

Shen Jie happily hung up the phone.

Meng Huo suddenly became sober, ready, ready? Could it be that Shen Jie wanted him to do something? He actually agreed without asking, making a mistake.

He sighed, unable to sleep any more, so he got up and went to wash up. Li Qin left the house very early, and came back with the vegetables and made breakfast not long after.

During breakfast time, a news flashed on the TV.

"Yesterday, the famous cartoonist He Xi publicly published the novel "Wukong Biography" on the Internet, which has more than one million hits in half a day. Some people say that this is a response to the romance princess Qin Ya's launch of girl comics. This station interviews Qin Ya to see how she evaluates this This novel."

"Hello everyone, I'm Qin Ya. I read "Wukong Biography", which is a very good novel. I didn't expect He Xi to be as good at two skills as me. I admit that I underestimated him. I hope He Xi can continue to work hard." , be promoted to a first-class novelist earlier."

"Miss Qin Ya is already a top-notch novelist. Of course, the above are the personal opinions of the reporter and do not represent the opinions of the station."

Meng Huo stopped moving at the dining table, not because he was afraid of Qin Ya, but Li Qin had always opposed him being too eye-catching, so he didn't know how he would react at this time.

"You did such a big thing again." Li Qin ate the noodles without changing expression, very calm: "Don't be nervous, I knew it last night, and I won't be surprised now."

"Yes."

Meng Huo wiped his sweat.

"However, there is something I must say."

Li Qin put down the bowl and chopsticks, his face suddenly turned cold, and he glared at Meng Huo: "If you stay up all night doing one thing for more than ten hours, then don't blame mom for being angry."

She is already angry.

Meng Huo quickly apologized, not daring to disobey the mother who had brought him up.

After breakfast, the tomatoes came.

"Mr. He Xi, I'm coming to work!" Tomato entered the door with an extremely excited expression: "Mr. He Xi, after "Wukong Biography" is published, you must sign it for me. That novel is so beautiful!"

Meng Huo nodded happily: "Let's talk about it after publication."

He was a little worried about whether it could be published smoothly,

Alice came to the house last night and told him that Phoenix Company would not publish "Wukong Biography".

This surprised Meng Huo, he didn't publish even if he was rich, what was he playing for? However, Alice's explanation is also very clear, Phoenix Company is a professional comic publishing company, there is no need to get involved in novels for a short while, and they do not intend to compete with Longteng in the novel market.

The novel market is even more cruel, and it is very good to do a good job in the comics industry.

In fact, just publishing a novel is not a very troublesome job for Phoenix. The main problem is that Meng Huo does not want ordinary publishing. He wants to use "Wukong Biography" to enhance his influence. The company must spend huge sums of money on advertising , otherwise it has little effect.

Phoenix Company believes that there are too many variables in it. If the advertisement is too large, it will even mislead the company's external image, and attract the vigilance and hostility of many novel groups. If this is the case, then it is better to hand over the copyright of "Wukong Biography" to show sincerity.

Meng Huo was a little disappointed with this decision, but at the same time admired Phoenix's decision.

Xu Jing, who led the development of Phoenix, is a cautious character and can withstand temptation. He knew that "Wukong Biography" would create great economic benefits, but he gave up in order not to get involved in the novel market. This kind of behavior is not easy to say before. The idea of ​​dabbling in animation is exactly the same.

Xu Jing is very careful in every step, Phoenix Company has his leadership, let alone the future development, at least the possibility of accidents is very small.

But in this way, Meng Huo had to negotiate with other publishers. He wrote "Wukong Biography" not for money at all, money is secondary, what is important is the impact "Wukong Biography" can bring, this novel will attract more people to know him, and thus be interested in his comics.

Meng Huo became more and more aware of the gap between China's novel and comic markets through investigation.

It can be explained with a very simple example: CCTV Culture Channel reports the news of the novel world and introduces new excellent novels almost every day, which is equivalent to a round-the-clock promotional advertisement. One can imagine the status of the novel industry in China.

However, comics have not been listed separately on CCTV so far. As a new and fast-growing industry, only a few local TV stations have opened comics programs, and most of them are comics adapted from novels.

In this world where intellectual copyright is strictly protected, comics are still a minority, but novels have become a mass culture comparable to TV and movies...

He Xi's "The Legend of Wukong" will enter the mainstream media within a few days, not to say that it is much better than comics, but that the novel itself has the advantage of promotion.

If he can find a powerful publishing company, then there is no need to worry about promotion and advertising, and this kind of promotion will definitely drive more readers to read comics.

Qin Ya proved this point. The novelist published comics, and the sales volume skyrocketed. In addition to some readers who were originally comics, there were quite a few people who bought comics for Qin Ya. They usually have the habit of buying books. Buying a comic is no pressure for people...

"But who will the publishing rights be given to..."

Meng Huo was thinking about this question. In the morning, Mr. Tomato suddenly asked a question during his work break.

"Teacher He Xi, you won't leave the comics world, will you?"

This sentence was boldly asked by Tomato after a long time of thinking. Now that people have seen He Xi's novel talent, many people are wondering whether he will leave the comics industry just because of this.

"Won't."

Meng Huo smiled slightly and said, "The future comic industry will definitely not lag behind the novel industry. Why should I leave?"