Chapter 146 0146, Entering the Audiobook Industry

Wu Qiu, ID of Bilibili [Quick Mouth Old Wu].

Three years ago, he released his first video, which was a speed reading of the original work of Journey to the West. The language was humorous, and it was accompanied by various pictures and videos similar to the original plot, making the speed reading more vivid. As a result, he became popular and attracted countless fans.

After making the speed videos of the four famous classics, he found some popular and high-quality online novels as materials.

Last October, when I was browsing Panda Chinese Network, I saw that "The Great Confucian Hero", which had dominated the list for twelve months, was squeezed out of the top spot by a book called "Zhu Xian", and I immediately became interested.

And after seeing this, I couldn't stop and became a fan of the cross-border king, and made speed videos of both "Zhu Xian" and "Ghost Blowing the Lamp".

Later, when Fengyun Comics came out, the cross-border king became Chao Yun Mu Yu, and he went from an ordinary fan to a loyal fan.

Today, I was writing the copy for the speed video of "Cat's Eye", and I never thought that the author himself came to me.

Wu Qiu stared at the private message blankly.

Really...

Immediately, I became extremely happy, even a little excited.

What does cooperation represent?

It represents the recognition of my speed reading video.

"Hold on, hold on, hehe..."

Wu Qiu couldn't help laughing.

At this moment, he received another private message: "I'd like to ask, is making videos on Bilibili your main business?"

The videos on Bilibili are free to watch, and there are three ways for UP hosts to earn income.

1. After signing a contract with Bilibili, UP hosts can get a basic salary;

2. According to the number of views and readings of videos and articles, UP hosts will receive corresponding incentive bonuses;

3. For videos they like, viewers will send gifts to UP hosts, thereby obtaining corresponding revenue sharing.

Wu Qiu immediately replied: "Yes, I have been doing this as my main business for a year."

"Have you signed with Bilibili?"

Wu Qiu didn't understand the purpose of asking these questions, but still answered truthfully: "I haven't got the contract with Bilibili yet."

"I think your speed reading video is very good. As for comics, I not only want to make such speed reading videos, but also want to make audio comics. I want to ask you, are you interested?"

Wu Qiu didn't rush to reply, but thought about it carefully.

I am definitely interested.

But...

If it's just a hobby, the workload is too large, and it is likely that the effort is not proportional to the benefits.

If it's just a hobby, there are not so many concerns, but after all, it depends on this for a living.

Wu Qiu scratched his head and was struggling with his conscience.

At this time, another private message came: "On behalf of Youxianqi Magazine, I extend a sincere invitation to you, and hope you can join us."

This is...

Wu Qiu widened his eyes and was a little confused.

Also, this is a bit dramatic.

Before, Xianqi Magazine was recruiting, and he had submitted his resume, but it fell into the sea and he did not receive an interview call.

Now, he actually received a direct invitation.

After being confused, he was excited, happy, and nervous...

Wu Qiu no longer hesitated and replied directly: "I am willing to join."

"We will discuss the specific benefits when you come. Xianqi Magazine is located in Modu..."

Wu Qiu fell back and lay on the sofa, feeling like he was dreaming just now, a little unreal.

After a long while, he picked up his phone and started to book a flight.

At the same time, in Modu, Xianqi Magazine.

Zheng Rong just heard a proposal from Yun Feng and exclaimed: "What, you want to set up another studio?"

"Yes, an audio and video studio." Yun Feng nodded and said, "And we need to build a website at the same time."

Zheng Rong: "..."

Seeing his puzzled face, Yun Feng said, "I looked around and found that there are only a few websites that do audio novels and audio comics at home and abroad, and they are not very large. This is a good opportunity."

Zheng Rong didn't know much about audio novels and audio comics, so he asked, "What are audio novels and audio comics specifically?"

"Audio novels are also called voice novels, or audio books. As the name suggests, they are It is a novel that can make sounds, which is extended to a kind of novel that retains the rich plot of the novel and expresses the text through language through the announcer to form an audio "reading book", and then cooperates with the post-production synthesis to become a novel with rich emotions and beautiful background music. "

Yunfeng swallowed his saliva and continued: "And audio comics are audio comics. Some excellent comics are adapted into dubbing scripts, and finally the comics and audio are synthesized, and simple film and television special effects are added to form audio comics, which give comics more multimedia attributes. "

After listening to his explanation, Zheng Rong nodded and fell into deep thought.

Yunfeng went to the Internet to check it when he was chatting with Kuaidu Lao Wu just now.

In today's digital publishing and online publishing, when the competition and cooperation between traditional publishing and new media are going on like a hot tea, both publishers and readers seem to have overlooked a very potential market-audio books.

Due to various reasons, the development of audiobooks in the Blue Star Publishing Market has not reached the ideal level and effect. The few websites that produce audiobooks at home and abroad have very few works, and most of them use AI-simulated voices, which are far inferior to real-life recordings in terms of emotional expression and speech speed and rhythm.

In the previous life on Earth, there was an audiobook website called "Himalaya FM", which was doing very well, with a market share of more than 70% in the mobile audio industry and nearly 100 million monthly active users.

Seeing the current situation of audiobooks on Blue Star and the development of audiobooks on Earth, the idea of ​​making audiobooks came to mind.

Seeing that Zheng Rong had not spoken, Yunfeng organized his words and said: "It is not just audiobooks and audio comics. The industrial chain can be expanded outward. Through such a website platform, publishers, writers, broadcasters, fans, brands, etc. can be connected together. In today's world where everyone has a high awareness of paying and copyright, the audiobook brand can be quickly established through the fan effect, and the economic benefits can be transformed. It can be realized through audience subscriptions, rewards, etc., and the profit is considerable."

The sun set, and the sunset shone into the office through the window.

Zheng Rong looked at Yunfeng with a strange look. After being a writer, singer, and cartoonist, is he going to be an investor again?

However, after hearing this, the market prospects of audiobooks seem to be quite good.

The office fell silent again.

Zheng Rong looked at Yunfeng in the afterglow of the sunset and was suddenly stunned.

At this moment, a strange feeling rose in his heart.

Yunfeng was much more mature than his age, and he didn't look like an 18-year-old college student at all.

"Brother Zheng..." After a moment, Yunfeng spoke again: "If the work of the magazine is too busy, I can do this separately..."

"Not busy." Zheng Rong interrupted: "I can."

Now that the staff of Youxianqi Magazine is complete, he is responsible for strategizing. To be honest, he is not particularly busy.

Besides, he is now the boss and editor-in-chief. If he is too busy, he can hire a chief editor.

Next, the two had a detailed discussion on this matter for two hours.

As a result, Youxianqi Magazine also became "Youxianqi Information Technology Co., Ltd.", divided into three departments, Youxianqi Novels, Youxianqi Comics, and Youxianqi FM.

And Yunfeng invested another five million, and his shareholding increased from 49% to 55%, and at the same time became the legal person of the new company.

Zheng Rong had no objection to this. The previous monthly novel report almost went bankrupt, and now it has reached this scale, and he is very happy.

The next day, Yunfeng came to the Blue Music Group.

"I reserved a recording studio for you."

Chen Cheng was not as surprised as before that Yunfeng wrote another song, and he was used to it.

Yunfeng smiled and said, "Thank you, Brother Chen."

"Why are you being polite?" Chen Cheng asked casually, "By the way, Xiaoyun, what song did you write this time?"

Yunfeng replied, "Single love song."

"Single love song?" Chen Cheng was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Is it the song title or the theme of the song?"

Yunfeng smiled and said, "It's the song title and the theme of the song."

"Oh." Chen Cheng nodded, took two steps, and suddenly stopped, turned his head and looked at him, saying, "You don't want to release it on the Chinese Valentine's Day, do you?"

Yunfeng blinked and asked back, "Is it not possible?"

"You can release songs at any time, but..." Chen Cheng said seriously, "Release a song about being single on the Chinese Valentine's Day, which is contrary to the theme of the festival. Isn't it a bad idea?"

Yunfeng smiled and said, "There's nothing wrong with it. Don't forget that there are hundreds of millions of single adults in our country of China."

Chen Cheng shook his head and smiled, saying, "You are absolutely amazing."