Chapter 852: Heaven Slays the Dragon (I)

The next day, Luoyang officially announced to readers on Weibo that the final chapter of the Condor Trilogy, "The Legend of the Heaven and the Dragon Sword", had been completed. At the same time, the machines of the major printing plants under Shuimu Culture were roaring, publishing "The Legend of the Heaven and the Dragon Sword". Making final preparations to conquer the Dragon Kingdom book market——

The word "conquest" is not deliberately exaggerated.

Because the most dazzling work in the domestic book market this year is Mi Hu’s phenomenal romance novel "Blue Flower Pond"!

Judging from the popularity of major domestic media platforms, they will definitely be ranked on the so-called annual best-seller list. If Luoyang's "Yitian Sword of the Dragon" does not participate in the competition, then the number one best-seller this year will already be "Blue Flower Pond". , but the emergence of "Eternal Dragon Sword" has put a hint of suspense on this best-selling champion's throne.

"Luoyang Mihu, swordsmen and soldiers meet!"

"The war between martial arts and romance, the collision between the king and the queen through the air!"

"Friends off the field and the strongest competitor on the field, Luoyang Mihu performs the year-end derby!"

The industry has begun to send out news that "The Legend of Heaven and the Dragon Sword" and "Blue Flower Pond" are about to compete for the year-end bestseller list in the book market. Because Luoyang and Mihu have a good relationship in private, they appropriately use the word "derby" to describe "The Legend of the Heaven and Sword of the Dragon". The competition with "Blue Flower Pond" had a harmonious atmosphere, but to everyone's surprise, this non-competitive competition among writers suddenly attracted great attention from netizens across the country!

"A contest between the most handsome male writer and the most beautiful writer?"

"Haha, what I said above is right. The two most beautiful ones among our three kings and one queen of the Dragon Kingdom will compete in the ring."

"Mihu and Luoyang both have three phenomenal masterpieces under their names. It seems that Luoyang is preparing to use "The Legend of Heaven and Dragon Sword" to hit his fourth phenomenal masterpiece this time. Once the hit is successful, Luoyang, as the martial arts emperor, will In terms of the number of phenomenal works, she is once again ahead of the romance queen Mi Hu.”

"My focus is only on the appearance of two people..."

"I agree. Among the famous male writers in China, Luoyang University is undoubtedly the number one, while female writers are slightly more competitive. However, any female writer who is slightly beautiful will be called a beautiful writer. Mi Among them, Hu is definitely one of the outstanding ones, a perfect example of a literary goddess.”

Yes, everyone’s focus is not on the contest itself, but on the two’s superb looks!

This shows that the situation in the domestic writers circle is changing. In the past, although the status of Longguo writers was high, it was difficult for news about the writers circle to attract attention. This was probably because writers were generally older, so they could become respected teachers but could not. He has become an idol that is sought after by the world, but since Luoyang became popular, many companies in the industry have realized that this is an era of complete respectability!

Appearance can also have an impact on sales.

This is not unfounded. Luoyang's super good looks are definitely a weapon to attract fans. Not only looks, but also a series of external factors such as the writer's personality and the writer's achievements can have an impact on sales.

Now that Luoyang and Mihu's space-distance competition has attracted huge attention, it is a true reflection of the above factors. If Luoyang and Mihu are both middle-aged and elderly writers in their forties or fifties, then this news will probably only spread in the industry. If there is some splash, the outside world will definitely not pay so much attention. But now, since countless netizens are paying attention, the major media will naturally not miss this kind of big news that has attracted the attention of countless netizens. They have begun to hype Luoyang and Mihu's distance ring!

The intuitive effect is...

The works under the names of Luoyang and Mihu have experienced varying degrees of sales growth!

For this reason, Lu Yu'er made a special call to Luoyang and said with a smile: "Am I taking advantage of the popularity of national writers?"

Luoyang is naturally not a pedantic person, and he has no dissatisfaction with this win-win situation: "To be precise, they are trying to catch each other's heat. The Shuimu Propaganda Department also seems to be consciously promoting my new book in terms of appearance, which can increase sales without disturbing the public. It violates the bottom line of being a human being, why not do it and save the time to hold a book signing. "

Originally, Luoyang was planning to hold a book signing for "The Legend of Heaven and Dragon Sword".

Because the early ten chapters of "The Legend of Heaven and Dragon Sword" were serialized, even the protagonist was not officially introduced, so it did not achieve the explosive effect. In terms of Luoyang's reputation, it is tepid at best, so Luoyang occasionally worries about "The Legend of Heaven and Dragon Sword". "The sales volume will be affected by the first ten episodes of "Jiang Hu" serialization. Now the news is buzzing about the competition between "Eternal Dragon Sword" and "Blue Flower Pond" for the annual best-selling championship. This has given a wave of free publicity to the release of "Eternal Dragon Slayer". I It seems that there is nothing wrong with not holding a book signing.

Lu Yu'er said: "As far as I know, the company behind me is also talking about appearance."

After a pause, she added: "Not only the team behind us, but also many companies in the industry have recently consciously increased the exposure of writers with good images, making the writers' circle begin to resemble the entertainment industry."

Luoyang smiled and said: "This situation will not become a general trend. The profession of a writer is destined to only speak for itself through his works. When his works are recognized, the writer's own image will be noticed by the public, forming a mutually reinforcing effect. Otherwise, you can change If a popular young person in the entertainment industry writes a book, his popularity is enough if he doesn’t lose money to the publishing house in terms of sales.”

"It seems to be the case. I am enjoying the vested interests while complaining about this phenomenon. It seems that I don't feel back pain when I stand and talk."

Luoyang comforted her a few words, and the two chatted casually. Before hanging up the phone, Lu Yuer suddenly smiled and said: "In fact, I didn't expect that there would be a chance to compete with Teacher Theking. "Qinghuatan" is a real phenomenon. If you want to win the best-selling champion, you must produce a work of sufficient quality!"

Luoyang said calmly: "Then wait and see."

As the media said, the competition between Luoyang and Mihu fully meets the definition of "derby".

The two of them spent a year in Japan and cooperated in the translation of "The Detective Collection of Sherlock Holmes" for a long time, which led to the two becoming close friends. It was also for this friendship that on December 14, Luoyang sent Lu Yuer a hardcover edition of "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber"--

After Lu Yuer got the book, she worked late into the night.

At three o'clock in the morning, the romance queen with big dark circles under her eyes posted the final chapter of the "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" trilogy on Weibo.

When she tagged Luoyang in the postscript, she seemed to have no awareness of being a competitor: "I am honored to have obtained The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber in advance. I have already felt desperate after reading the 22nd chapter. I only hope that my king will show mercy and let me not lose so badly."