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In this world's Japan, although the light novel world was a little bigger than the light novel world in Kato Hiko's previous world, it was still very rare for two light novels to have millions of sales at the same time.
It should be said that such a thing had never happened before. In the light novel world, a novel that could sell 100,000 copies per volume was considered popular. A novel that could sell a million copies per volume would only appear once in a few years, or even once in a few years!
Light novels had been around for decades since the last century, but it was extremely rare for a single volume to reach a million copies. Even the previous generation's number one light novel, Mr. Braveheart, had never managed to reach a million copies.
And now? As the banned magic book catalog became more and more popular, this novel, which was not very popular before its release, could actually enter the million-sales hall together with My Girlfriend Has Been A Little Strange!
If it was in the past, the light novel industry would not even think about it. But now, after the hot atmosphere of the Forbidden Magic Book Catalog was created, this kind of thing that they did not even dare to think about in the past seemed to really happen!
June 11th, 2016, Saturday, in the meeting room of Sneaker Literature.
The sales statistics of all the light novels in the Undying River Bookstore last week and the subsequent development documents were all sent to the editors in the meeting room at this time. When all the editors in the meeting saw this document, their expressions were quite depressed.
In fact, before the weekly sales report was released, the editors of Sneaker Literature knew that their prices had fallen sharply this summer. They didn't even need a document from the headquarters to know that their two main novels, The End of the World and Magic Hunter, had fallen sharply this summer.
However, they did not know how much they would fall in the end. From the documents sent by the headquarters, it seemed that the fall this time was really, really tragic.
As the number one author in the light novel industry, the first volume of Kaoru's new book, The End of the World, had sold less than 30,000 copies in the first week. Although the sales of 30,000 copies in the first week was a cause for celebration for most light novels, after all, 20,000 copies in the first week was considered a bestseller in the light novel industry. 30,000 copies in the first week could hit 100,000 copies.
If this was just an ordinary new author's work, whether it was Kaoru Yuno's 30,000 sales or Suzuki's 20,000 sales, it would indeed be worth celebrating. But were these two ordinary new authors?
These two were god-level authors who had taken up all of the literature library's promotional resources. Although Suzuki-sensei was indeed a newcomer, he, the author who had won the first place in the light novel award, was equivalent to a god-level author. Under such circumstances, when these two people took up all of the literature library's promotional resources, their combined sales only reached 50,000 copies in the first week. This made people speechless.
In order to promote these two novels, the Literature Library had cut off the promotion of many other authors 'novels. This directly led to the sales of many of the other novels of the same period or even before the Literature Library. It was simply unbearable to look at.
Perhaps before this, Sneaker Literature had thought that under the pressure of Akiyama Shinobu, they would eventually fail, but they had never thought that they would fail so thoroughly. After all, in their report to the headquarters, it was written that Yongye Kaoru's novel could sell at least 300,000 copies, while Suzuki's novel could sell 200,000 copies without any problem. But now?
It would be good if Kaoru's novel could sell 100,000 copies. As for Suzuki's novel, it was estimated that it would only reach 50,000 copies.
Moreover, as time passed, as the novels signed by Kaoru Yongno and Suzuki were slowly sold out, the sales of their novels would fall even more severely.
After all, not only did their novels not sell well, but they were also not well-received by professionals and readers. Overall, their reputation was very average. A signed novel could only attract attention for a while, and the quality of the novel was the foundation to ensure that the novel would sell for a long time.
Of course, from Sneaker Literature's point of view, the quality of these two teachers 'novels was very good. After all, one was a work of a great god, and the other was a work of a great award. How could the quality be bad?
However, things like quality and reputation needed to be compared. At the very least, compared to Kato Hiko's Forbidden Magic Book Catalog and Akiyama Shinobu's My Girlfriend Has Been A Little Strange Recently, the quality of these two teachers 'works was rather average.
Therefore, looking at the infuriating sales figures on the document, the entire Sneaker Literature was really speechless. Putting aside the matter of Shinobu Akiyama's novel, although the sales of 980,000 copies in the first week of this novel seemed shocking, it was still acceptable.
But what about the Index of Forbidden Magic Books? One must know that a week ago, Sneaker Literature and Fantastic Literature were still struggling under the pressure of Lightning Strike Literature. Now, Fantastic Literature actually stood up. The Forbidden Magic Book Catalog released by Fantastic Literature actually sold 500,000 copies in the first week. Just based on the daily sales, the Forbidden Magic Book Catalog was actually constantly approaching my girlfriend's sales!
One had to know that when the sales of Shinobu Akiyama and Hiko Kato's two novels ended on the first day, it was 300,000 to 110,000. Shinobu Akiyama's novel was about 200,000 copies ahead of Hiko Kato's novel.
And now? Although judging from yesterday's sales, Shinobu Akiyama's novel was still ahead of Kato's, the gap between the two was not that big.
After all, Shinobu Akiyama's novels had been animated, and live-action movies were still popular. Kato Hiko's novels had not even been animated. However, according to this trend, the sales of the first volume of the Forbidden Magic Books Catalog was likely to reach 1.5 million copies. According to the information from the headquarters, the Forbidden Magic Books Catalog had decided to be animated, and it would be released half a year. At that time, after the animation was released, the sales of the single volume of the Forbidden Magic Books Catalog would rely on the advertising effect. It was simply too easy for a single scroll to get two million.
If it weren't for the existence of a monster like Shinobu Akiyama, a light novel with 200 copies in a single volume would have been the best-selling light novel in the history of light novels. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it was the best-selling light novel in history!
But now, they realized that they were actually competing with two historical novels. This simply made them want to cry but had no tears.
At this moment, the editors of Sneaker Literature suddenly felt sympathy for Isuno Kaoru and Suzuki-sensei. The fight between the gods between Shinobu Akiyama and Kato Hiko had caused all of them to suffer. The light novel world only had such a small pool, and now that two gods had suddenly appeared, the others simply had no room to survive.
" Alright, everyone, don't be depressed. We can't blame ourselves for this. We've already worked very hard, but there are some things that can't be solved just by working hard."
Thinking of Suzuki-sensei, who was still lying in the hospital, the chief editor of Sneaker Literature looked at the rather disappointed editors below and said helplessly and dejectedly. Now, he suddenly envied Machida Yuanzi. As a direct descendant of the Undying River Bookstore, Sneaker Literature, which had originally won the Undying River Bookstore's light novel award, was definitely the best in terms of quality. Even if Thunderbolt Literature excluded mobile novels, Akiyama Shinobu was the leader of the three super authors. Just in terms of traditional light novels, it was far inferior to Sneaker Literature. But, how did such an outlier like Kato Hiko suddenly appear?
Why didn't this guy come to the Literature Awards to submit his thesis? He actually chose to submit it directly. Was the prize money of five million yuan too little? So unattractive?
At this time, the chief editor of Sneaker Literature was a little confused. If only Kato Hiko was from Sneaker Literature. If Kato Hiko was the author of their library, coupled with the support of the headquarters and richer resources, Sneaker Literature could even make Kato Hiko's novel reach a higher level.
In fact, that was indeed the case. Kato Hiko really did not like the 5 million prize money from the light novel award. 5 million was indeed not a small sum, but he could not even afford half a toilet in Chiyoda.
Right now, Kato Hiko's pricing of money was based on Chiyoda's toilet. 10 million was half a toilet, 20 million was a toilet, and so on.
It was just that the chief editor of Sneaker Literature didn't know. If he knew what Kato Hiko was thinking, he would probably be quite speechless. This was simply a disgrace.
Of course, because of the explosion of the Forbidden Magic Book Catalog, Sneaker was really a little lifeless. It was already very difficult to fight head-on with a god, and now there was another god. This was simply impossible to play.
Compared to Sneaker Literature, Thunderbolt Literature was much more relaxed at this time. At the very least, as Kato Hiko's competitor, Akiyama Shinobu was still relatively calm.
"This novel is indeed very well written. It's not surprising that it has such results."
At this moment, Akiyama Shinobu, who was reading the forbidden magic book catalog, had a satisfied smile on her face after reading the novel in her hand. To her, geniuses were also rather lonely. From the moment she debuted, she basically did not have a single opponent she could beat. It was the same in the mobile novel world, and it seemed to be the same in the light novel world at the beginning.
And now, the sudden appearance of Kato Hiko had indeed ignited the crazy sadistic soul of Shinobu Akiyama. He even had a pair of scissors in his hand!
Of course, compared to Shinobu Akiyama, Shuuzuka, who was also a psychopath as her editor, had already begun to think of ways to get rid of the threat of Kato. She was willing to do anything for Shinobu Akiyama.
Of course, Kato Hiko knew that his novel seemed to be trending, but now his eyes had completely left the novel and turned to the animation of his novel.
Especially as the original anime author and screenwriter, Kato Hiko was currently struggling with the issue of anime seiyuu!
This was especially true for Sister Pao and Student Hei Zi's voice actors. Sister Pao was one of the female leads in the novel. If this character eventually collapsed because of the voice actor, then his Super Electromagnetic Cannon would suffer a major blow. There was also the problem of Student Hei Zi's voice actor. This problem was even greater. Although Student Hei Zi's plot in the Forbidden Magic Book Catalog was not very much, Student Hei Zi was one of the female leads of the electromagnetic cannon. If the voice actor was not chosen, It would definitely affect the animation of the super electromagnetic cannon in the future.
And the difficulty of choosing a voice actor for Kuroko was simply at the level of history!
Therefore, in the past week, Kato Hiko had seen the performance of a large number of voice actors, even those from the Japanese world, but he still could not find a suitable candidate.
Don't think that the selection of the seiyuu wasn't something that Kato, as the original author and screenwriter, was responsible for. No matter how you looked at it, this kind of thing was the responsibility of the animation supervisor. The editor or the original author was just giving their own opinions.
However, if that was all, Kato Hiko wouldn't be so conflicted. Let's not talk about whether the voice actress chosen by the animation supervisor would ruin the animation, or ruin the animation in Kato Hiko's mind.
Just based on the weight of the animation production team, Kato Hiko's original work and screenwriter had more influence than the supervisor to a certain extent.
For example, in Kato Hiko's previous life, the warrior of love, Xu Fugen, was only the screenwriter of the magical girl, Round Face. The supervisor of Round Face was Mister Minazawa Eighteen. However, no matter how Mister Minazawa Eighteen looked up at the sky at 45 degrees, he still had to consider Old Xu's opinion. At the very least, for Round Face's work, Old Xu's status was not lower than Mister Minazawa Eighteen.
Another example was Fate/Zero. Old Xu was the original, but his influence on the work far exceeded the supervision of this animation.
Although Kato Hiko's current status in ACG was not as high as Old Xu's, he was the original author and screenwriter of this work. In fact, Kato Hiko's influence on the Forbidden Magic Books Index was no less than Old Xu's.
According to his request, the selection of the voice actor was one of his jobs!
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