Chapter 739 "Lord of Mysteries" In Chinese and English
On November 20, Xu Nuo posted a dynamic.
"Qiyue.com is the starting point of my online writing career. Some people may think that I am not doing my job properly. I gave up my music career and went to write online articles. They think this is my black history, but this is the way I came. Let's work hard together in the future. Handshake jpg and tag Qiyue.com."
At the same time, Qiyue.com also posted a dynamic in response.
The two sides commented on each other, just like an "official announcement".
Netizens are very puzzled. Fanxing and Qiyue.com are completely unrelated companies except that Nuoyan once wrote novels. What are they announcing?
Fanxing Studio has been very active recently, including movies, TV, and music, but online articles have been suspended for a long time.
There is no news about "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", and countless readers have urged for updates.
"What's this for? Are you going to resume updating?"
"Cooperation? What cooperation?"
"You can tell with your toes that it's impossible to resume updating! Who would make such a big fuss about updating!"
There was a lot of discussion on the Internet, and soon an insider broke the news that Fanxing Studio had reached a strategic cooperation with Qiyue Group and exchanged equity.
The whistleblower did not say how much it was, but judging from the reactions of both parties. It must be a large amount.
"So there is hope to see Nuoyan's new work online?"
"The red-haired monster returns to suppress the heavens!"
"My intuition tells me that it won't be that simple. There's no need to make such a big fuss just to continue writing novels."
At this time, Xu Nuo had already invested in Qiyue.com and became its strategic partner. At the same time, Qiyue.com also acquired Fanxing's shares.
Both parties took 3% of the shares. Qiyue.com is backed by Penguin and is a big mountain in the capital world, while Fanxing is a rising star with official support. The two sides are essentially mutually beneficial.
After the official announcement of the cooperation, Qiyue.com issued a notice, "Qiyue.com and Fanxing Studio & Anti-Fraud Center launched: Go All in Essay Writing Activity, requirements..., 1 first prize, Fanxing Studio purchases 100 film and television copyrights, second prize 500,000... third prize 200,000..."
This essay writing activity, on the one hand, is to warm up "Go All in", and on the other hand, it is to cooperate with Qiyue.com to absorb the script for film and television adaptation.
After "Go All in Essay" was submitted for review, the anti-fraud department attached great importance to the film and provided a large number of fraud cases, even including many detailed training methods.
After the film was released, the anti-fraud department prepared to increase publicity efforts to deal a heavy blow to fraud crimes.
This is not over yet, Fanxing Studio soon updated the dynamics again.
"Good news, Fanxing Studio's overseas entertainment company Super Star will fully promote the internationalization of online literature, and Super Star will share resources with Qiyue.com to jointly develop overseas markets."
With the nature of penguins, they actually cooperated with Fanxing to share resources. It goes without saying who contributed.
One has a golden body, is the favorite of the review and has the influence to go abroad, and the other has capital and resources. The two sides hit it off.
Online literature going overseas is the second step of cultural output.
For foreigners, calligraphy, opera, porcelain, etc. are all for fun, but no one will keep reading these things.
But online literature is different. This thing is more tempting than their tobacco leaves.
Some people abroad have even quit their addiction to drugs because they are addicted to online novels.
The drama that the overbearing president falls in love with is loved by people all over the world.
Of course, this is just a superficial pleasure. After the foreigners are satisfied, they will study the various artifacts, factions, characters, and ways of doing things in the novel.
Cultural output is in it.
When foreigners see Sun Wukong, don’t they have to study which faction Sun Wukong belongs to?
Taoism or Buddhism?
Who are the Three Pure Ones?
Why is the Investiture of the Gods so powerful?
Why does the protagonist save or kill people?
After this set of processes, culture will naturally be exported.
The biggest selling point of online literature is the counterattack of losers. Whether you are a black person at the bottom of society or a white person who is down and out, everyone wants to turn over a new leaf.
Want to turn over a new leaf in real life? Sorry, just be born into a good family in the next life.
But you can't say that. If anyone talks to them like that, he will be slapped in the face.
So getting a chance to turn over a new leaf from works of art has become a common way for all countries.
Why is Spider-Man so popular? It's because he is a loser who turned over a loser and became a hero loved by everyone.
Just thinking about this can make people excited.
The first overseas online novel launched by Xu Nuo is called "Lord of the Mysteries", which is translated as "Lord of the Mysteries".
The reason for choosing this book instead of translating "The Great Ruler" is mainly due to a cultural custom issue.
First of all, the subject matter, Cthulhu, Victorian style, steampunk, these elements are all familiar to the West.
The protagonist Zhou Mingrui travels through time and becomes Klein, a history major, to explore ways to return to the world.
For foreigners, the familiar environment, familiar names, and the story they are telling make it easier for them to immerse themselves in the story.
As a western fantasy novel, "Lord of Mysteries" has a difficult name and a very difficult environment to immerse oneself in, but it has an average of 200,000 in China and is also very popular abroad.
When foreigners become familiar with Chinese online literature and gradually fall in love with it, we will give them a chance to fight against it.
Cultural output will then have a direction.
On November 22, Zhao Lei's "Chinese Dream" and "Men Should Be Self-reliant" and Wu Gaofeng's "Tai Chi" were released.
Taoist robes, monk robes, Tai Chi, Shaolin Changquan, it was dazzling.
The mysterious world of martial arts made foreigners dazzled.
On November 23, Qiyue.com and Fanxing Studio officially announced that "Lord of Mysteries" will be released soon.
Before a novel was published, it was promoted by the whole network, ranking ninth in the hot search. This is Xu Nuo's current influence.
However, this popularity is actually all due to Xu Nuo's own account. The number of fans on Qiyue.com is not even a fraction of his.
"What is "Lord of Mysteries"?"
"It's obvious that it was written by a newcomer, who doesn't understand online writing at all."
"I advise you not to write anymore, just be a ghostwriter for me to practice, 50 cents per thousand words."
"Good fellow, your words are darker than charcoal, the great author will give a minimum of 50 cents."
On November 24, Xu Nuo posted on Weibo: "My new book "Lord of Mysteries" will be launched on Qiyue.com & Fanxing.com at 8 pm. Half a month later, it will be launched on Qiyue.com overseas version and super star simultaneously, so stay tuned."
The pen name Red Hair Monster has become a story that countless online readers talk about with relish.
He didn't want to be a good composer, but quietly came to write online articles that the entertainment industry looked down on. The editors and readers were not optimistic about it, but he made a name for himself and became a god with one book.
Many readers said that it was not only Ye Fan who worked hard, but also Xu Nuo who wrote the book.
Since "The Great Ruler", countless readers have called on him to write a new book. "The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" is not considered an online novel, it is all literature.
"Those Things About the Ming Dynasty" is a historical book, which must follow the facts. In short, it is not exciting enough.
At 8 o'clock in the evening, "Lord of the Mysteries" was officially launched. Two chapters were released on the first day, and the number of collections on the second day exceeded one million.
In one day, the Hundred Alliances Competition was completed and dozens of records were broken.
At 6,000 words, it had already rushed to the third place in the monthly ticket list.
For the circle of online writers, Xu Nuo's popularity is a dimensionality reduction attack.
Those who came to support the event included not only fans, but also netizens and a large number of celebrities.
In the entertainment industry, the status of online writers has always been low, and they cannot compare with celebrities in popularity.
The number of active users of Qiyue.com soared by more than 300,000. At the same time, Fanxing.com began to be known by netizens.
Fanxing.com has just started and has never been promoted to the outside world. This time, it started to promote it with "Lord of the Mysteries".
Many people just found out that Fanxing Studio has actually set up its own website.
Click on the website, the content is very simple, divided into six major sections: music, TV series, movies, variety shows, live broadcasts and online articles.
The website also has a bit of war damage style. Except for a few sections, there is nothing else. It looks like a joke.
And after registering on Fanxing.com, all the content in it is free to watch.
The resources on the homepage are "Soldier Assault", "The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils", "Lost on Journey", "The Voice of China" and other resources.
Further down, there is music. The music under Fanxing is the big part. There are hundreds of songs, each of which is a classic. Many people come here just to listen to the songs.
Among them, the online article section is "The Great Ruler", "The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils", "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" and some online articles in cooperation with Qiyue.com.
Although Fanxing.com does not charge, these fees are actually paid by Fanxing Studio to Qiyue.com, and are charged according to the high-v member discount.
In general, online writers have increased their income channels, readers read books for free, and Fanxing has gained new users, each getting what it wants.
With this wave of popularity, the number of registered users of Fanxing.com exceeded one million.
The entertainment industry was shaken. The emergence of Fanxing.com meant that a new competitor appeared in the entertainment platform.
In the past, everyone wanted to cooperate with Fanxing. As long as they cooperated with them, it would mean a hit.
But since the official launch of Fanxing.com, the cooperation status of major platforms with Fanxing has changed.
In their eyes, Fanxing has changed from a "worker" to a "challenger".
When facing a challenger, their first reaction was to find out the details. When they opened Fanxing.com, the entertainment giants couldn't help laughing.
"Is Nuoyan here to make fun of people? Why is this website the same style as ten years ago?"
"It's probably just a small fight. This style almost took me back to ten years ago."
"I bet Nuoyan can only last for a year at most."
After watching the simple Fanxing.com, everyone made the same judgment that Fanxing.com would not last long.
In addition to the TV series produced by Fanxing, there are only some resources of Dragon TV. The variety shows and movies are the same. There is not much to watch, and it can only be considered a threat in terms of songs.
The online literature is barely OK because of the relationship with Qiyue.
Little did they know that this was the purpose of the promise, to lower the vigilance of all parties and make them feel that they were just making a small fuss.
Although netizens also complained about the simplicity of the website, for most users, whether the website is good or not has nothing to do with them. Whether the TV series is high-definition, whether the streaming is smooth, whether the novel can be read, and whether it can be commented on, these are the key points.
Fanxing.com is now a rotten appearance with a golden jade inside.