The King of Crossover Entertainment.

Chapter 146 0146, Entering the Audiobook Industry

Wu Qiu, ID at Bilibili: [Quick-talking Old Wu].

The first video was released three years ago. It was a speed reading of the original "Journey to the West". The language was witty and humorous, and it was accompanied by various pictures and videos similar to the plots of the original, making the speed reading more vivid. As a result, it became an instant hit and attracted countless fans.

After finishing the speed videos of the Four Great Classics, I found some popular and high-quality online novels as material.

Last October, when I was browsing the Panda Chinese website, I saw that "The Great Scholar", which had dominated the charts for twelve months, was actually pushed out of the top spot by a book called "Zhu Xian". I immediately became interested.

Once he saw it, he couldn't stop and became a fan of the cross-border king. He also made speed videos of both "Zhu Xian" and "Ghost Blows Out the Light".

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

Today, I was writing the copy for the "Cat's Eye" speed video, and unexpectedly, the author himself came to me.

Wu Qiu stared at the private message in a daze.

Really...

Immediately, my mood became extremely happy, even a little excited.

What does cooperation represent?
It represents recognition of my own speed-reading video.

"Hold on, hold on, hehehe..."

Wu Qiu couldn't help laughing.

At this time, I received another private message: "Excuse me, is making videos on Bilibili your main job?"

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 receive 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 the UP host and obtain corresponding revenue sharing.

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

"Have you signed with Station B?"

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

"I think your speed reading video is pretty good. As for the comics, I not only want to make a speed reading video like this, but also an audio comic. I want to ask you, are you interested?"

Wu Qiu did not rush to reply, but thought about it carefully.

I am definitely interested.

but……

If you do it alone, the workload will be too heavy and the effort may not be proportional to the benefits.

If it's just a hobby, there wouldn't be so many concerns, but after all, you rely on it to make a living.

Wu Qiu was scratching his head, struggling with his inner thoughts.

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's eyes widened, his head a little confused.

Also, it’s a little dramatic.

He had submitted his resume to Xianqi Magazine when it was recruiting before, but it fell into the sea of ​​responses and he never received a call for an interview.

Now, I actually received a direct invitation.

After the confusion, there was excitement, happiness, and nervousness...

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

"We'll discuss the specific benefits when you come over. The address of the Fairy Magazine is in Demon City..."

Wu Qiu fell back and lay on the sofa. He felt like he was dreaming and it was a little unreal.

After a long while, I picked up my phone and started booking a flight.

At the same time, in the Magic City, there is a Xianqi magazine.

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

"Yes, an audio and video studio." Yunfeng nodded, and then said, "We also need to build a website at the same time."

Zheng Rong: "..." Yun Feng saw his puzzled expression and said, "I looked around and found that there are only a few websites that sell 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 exactly are audio novels and audio comics?"

"An audio novel is also called a voice novel or an audio book. As the name suggests, it is a novel that can make sounds. It is extended to a kind of novel that not only retains the rich plot of the novel, but also 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."

Yun Feng swallowed his saliva and continued, "And audio comics are comics with sound. 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 gives comics more multimedia attributes."

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

Just now when Yunfeng was chatting with Kuaidu Lao Wu, he checked it online.

Today, when digital publishing and online publishing are prevalent and competition and cooperation between traditional publishing and new media are in full swing, both publishers and readers seem to have overlooked a market with great potential - audiobooks.

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 audio book website called "Himalaya FM", which was doing very well. It had a market share of over 70% in the mobile audio industry and nearly million active users per month.

After seeing the current situation of audiobooks on the blue planet and the development of audiobooks on Earth, I came up with the idea of ​​making audiobooks.

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

The sun sets and the sunset glow shines into the office through the window.

Zheng Rong looked at Yunfeng strangely. After being a writer, singer and cartoonist, is he going to be an investor now?
But after hearing this, the market prospects for audiobooks seem to be quite good.

The office fell silent again.

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

At this moment, a strange feeling arose in my heart.

Yunfeng is much more mature than his age and doesn't look like an 18-year-old college student at all.

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

"Not busy." Zheng Rong interrupted, "I can do it."

Now that the Xianqi Magazine has a complete staff, he is responsible for overall planning. 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 of them discussed the matter in detail for two hours.

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

Yunfeng invested another five million yuan, increasing his share from 49% to 55%, and at the same time became the legal representative of the new company.

Zheng Rong had no objection to this. His previous monthly novel report had almost gone bankrupt, and now that it had grown to its current size, he couldn't be happier.

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

"I reserved the recording studio specially for you."

Chen Cheng was not as surprised as before that Yunfeng had written another song. He had become accustomed to it.

Yunfeng smiled and said, "Thanks, Brother Chen."

"You're so 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, then asked, "Is it the song title or the theme?"

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

"Oh." Chen Cheng nodded, took two steps, and suddenly stopped. He 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, "Is it not possible?"

"You can release songs at any time, but..." Chen Cheng said seriously, "Is it not a good idea to release a song about being single on Chinese Valentine's Day, which goes against the theme of the festival?"

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

Chen Cheng shook his head and smiled, saying: "Your move is absolutely amazing."

(End of this chapter)