Chapter 149: Cultural Route

However, Chen Ziyan refused.

Xu Xiaoyin was very puzzled and didn't understand why.

Chen Ziyan said: "Editor Xu, Yan He is just a young man, only nineteen years old. It's fine for him to chat with young authors like Liu Jiazhen, but he doesn't have that much accumulation yet to chat with those famous great writers. Let's take it slow. I know your good intentions, but you can't become a fat man in one bite. Adding weight to Yan He right from the start makes it easy for him to flip over. After all, he is not a professional host."

Xu Xiaoyin finally understood Chen Ziyan's intention.

It turned out to be for this reason.

She sighed a little.

To be honest, setting aside Lu Yan He's age being inappropriate and perhaps not having the ability to handle a famous great writer, being able to let a bestselling great writer go to his livestream channel is definitely something that can bring many benefits. If it were given to other book-selling streamers, this opportunity would definitely be fought over.

Of course, this is also a fantasy. On the current livestream platform, how many people are livestreaming reading books? There are some, of course, but none have any influence.

Watching someone read a book for several hours is almost like a static image. How many people would watch that?

It can only be said that Lu Yan He has something.

Livestreaming studying over the past year has accumulated a batch of fans for him who are very tolerant of static image livestreams.

The day of the livestream with Liu Jiazhen and Ming Yin was not something that could be handled by Lu Yan He alone with a laptop.

Jiang Yin Publishing House set up a place in their building and set up the livestream equipment.

Behind the three people chatting was a background board with quite a scholarly atmosphere, which was a thick wall of books, all books published by Jiang Yin Publishing House.

Lu Yan He was taken to the publishing house by Chen Ziyan.

Lu Yan He inexplicably felt it was incredible. Who would have thought that after the college entrance exam, his first job would be to come to the publishing house to do a livestream, even if this job had no remuneration.

He was wearing simple black pants and a white T-shirt, and he didn't wear makeup.

Chen Ziyan said: "You are doing a livestream with two young writers, there is no need to make it so grand. It doesn't look good in comparison. It's good for you to appear in the camera so simply, generously, and naturally. After all, you are a high school school hunk, you need to maintain the handsomeness of a plain person."

Lu Yan He: "..."

When Chen Ziyan praised his looks like this, he always felt a bit embarrassed.

When they arrived at the place, Xu Xiaoyin brought Xu Mingyue to receive them.

They specially prepared a lounge for them.

Before Lu Yan He could sit down, he was dragged by Chen Ziyan to find Liu Jiazhen and Ming Yin to say hello.

Their lounge was right next to his, so it was convenient to say hello.

In fact, Liu Jiazhen and Ming Yin were not old. The former was only twenty-eight, and the latter was even younger, twenty-six.

Of course, Lu Yan He was a little brother in front of them.

Lu Yan He greeted them properly.

Liu Jiazhen and Ming Yin didn't seem to be extroverted and generous people either. When Lu Yan He bowed at a slight thirty-degree angle, they both dodged to the side at the same time, not daring to accept it.

After dodging, Liu Jiazhen stammered: "Don't be so polite. I, I also want to thank you for letting many people know about my book and even buying it."

Ming Yin also immediately said: "Yes, I heard from the editor that because of your recommendation, many people went to buy our books. Thank you."

Both of them were new authors and were not familiar with this kind of occasion.

All three of them were incredibly polite.

Chen Ziyan watched the three of them politely exchanging pleasantries, knowing that these young people were all relatively reserved.

She smiled and said: "How about I take a photo of the three of you first?"

Liu Jiazhen and Ming Yin nodded immediately and very proactively moved to the sides, leaving the middle position for Lu Yan He.

Lu Yan He was embarrassed and immediately circled to the side, letting Ming Yin stand in the middle.

"Let's take it like this."

Chen Ziyan paid attention to this move by Lu Yan He and was very satisfied.

A person's quality is reflected in such details.

The communication between the three had an outline.

Xu Xiaoyin prepared an outline for them to avoid having nothing to talk about.

But after the livestream actually started, the three of them didn't know what to talk about even with the outline, and they were very constrained.

Lu Yan He had visible nervousness on him.

However, the number of viewers in the livestream channel was not small. There were tens of thousands of viewers as soon as it started, mainly because of the homepage push and traffic diversion from J-Station, plus the publicity from Jiang Yin Publishing House, which let many people know about this livestream event in advance.

Lu Yan He looked at Liu Jiazhen and Ming Yin, who were also a bit constrained and uneasy, and thought, at least I am the host, I can't be too disappointing.

He took a deep breath and said: "Hi, I'm quite unaccustomed to today. In the past, I was the only one livestreaming with a laptop, reading books, and doing problems. This is the first time I've invited others to my livestream channel, and it's a great honor. Today, I can chat with Liu Laoshi Jiazhen and Teacher Ming Yin about their new books, 'Nineteen Years of Crime Records' and 'Star Orbit'."

"Friends who have been watching my livestream channel should know that I read 'Nineteen Years of Crime Records' a few days ago. I bought it myself when I was browsing a bookstore. Later, Editor Xu Xiaoyin, who is in charge of this book at Jiang Yin Publishing House, contacted me and said that another novel she is in charge of, 'Star Orbit,' will hit the shelves this Thursday, and asked if I could help promote this new book. I was very embarrassed, after all, my livestream channel doesn't have much traffic, but because I really like these two novels, I read these two books in the livestream channel."

"Under the matchmaking of Editor Xu Xiaoyin, this exchange event happened." After saying so much, Lu Yan He slowly relaxed, and the nervousness was not so intense. "First of all, welcome the two writer teachers, Liu Laoshi Jiazhen, the author of 'Nineteen Years of Crime Records,' and Teacher Ming Yin, the author of 'Star Orbit'."

Liu Jiazhen and Ming Yin waved to the camera mechanically.

In the bullet screen, many people were talking about the embarrassment and constraint of the three of them.

Mainly because the three of them performed too obviously.

Lu Yan He was a little better later, but Liu Jiazhen and Ming Yin remained the same.

Lu Yan He started to throw questions according to the chat outline: "When did the two of you start creating novels?"

Liu Jiazhen turned his head to look at Ming Yin for the first time.

Ming Yin also looked at him.

"You go first."

"How about you go first?"

Lu Yan He had to say to Liu Jiazhen: "How about you go first?"

Liu Jiazhen opened his mouth and said "Ah," "Ah, I go first?"

A group of people in the bullet screen were stunned at first, and then they were happy, a group of people brushing "Hahahaha."

Many people who came to watch this livestream had read "Nineteen Years of Crime Records" or "Star Orbit." They had all kinds of imaginations about the authors, but very few people imagined them to have such personalities. Under their pens, whether cold or fresh, the style is unique, which is also a misunderstanding of many readers. Because they were moved by the works, they beautified their imagination of the authors.

However, Liu Jiazhen and Ming Yin were just unexpectedly introverted. Especially when several introverted people met, the effect produced made many people even feel as if they saw themselves greeting strangers.

Human psychology is very strange. They may not be willing to see others perform so perfectly, especially several newcomers and young people.

Their exposure of such social shortcomings made everyone feel intimate instead.

After an exchange, Lu Yan He just chatted with them about the stories of creation according to the outline.

Finally, he seriously recommended these two novels to everyone.

The livestream event was considered over.

Xu Xiaoyin said very happily: "During the hour of the livestream just now, more than ten thousand people clicked on the sales link we sent to the comment area. 'Nineteen Years of Crime Records' sold more than 7,300 copies, and 'Star Orbit,' because it is a new book that just hit the shelves, sold more than 12,000 copies."

This sales figure can be promoted as a bestseller in the current publishing market.

Liu Jiazhen and Ming Yin both showed shocked and surprised expressions when they heard this sales figure.

Especially Liu Jiazhen, "Nineteen Years of Crime Records" has been on the shelves for several months. The sales performance in the first few months was not obvious, only a few thousand copies, and the first printing volume was not sold out. But since Lu Yan He read this novel in the livestream channel, the sales of this novel have started to sell again from being unsalable.

Especially this week, including today's sales, a total of more than 20,000 copies have been sold, which is double the first printing volume.

Xu Xiaoyin felt as if she had picked up a treasure.

At first, she just thought that she could promote these two books through Lu Yan He's livestream. She didn't expect that with the deepening of cooperation, today's livestream could also bring such good market feedback.

It was mainly the people newly diverted into Lu Yan He's livestream channel from J-Station today.

Lu Yan He added quite a few fans, and Jiang Yin Publishing House sold more than 20,000 books, a win-win.

Xu Xiaoyin had a thought in her mind, thinking of more follow-up cooperation methods.

This author dialogue activity can be continuously created.

Perhaps in the future, the authors under her can use this path for early publicity when they publish books. Of course, first of all, Lu Yan He must like the book and be willing to do such promotion.

At this time, Ming Yin was also softly asking Lu Yan He: "Can we add each other as friends?"

"Of course," Lu Yan He said immediately, and looked at Liu Jiazhen, "Let's add each other as friends too, Liu Laoshi, I am your reader."

Liu Jiazhen hurriedly waved his hands and said: "Don't call me Liu Laoshi, I don't deserve it."

A person looked terrified.

"Just call me by my name."

"Brother Jiazhen." Lu Yan He added a brother.

"I... okay, if you want to call me that." Liu Jiazhen scratched his head.

Lu Yan He could see that this kind of address with a respectful meaning still made Liu Jiazhen a bit unaccustomed.

Xu Xiaoyin asked: "If everyone has time later, shall we have a casual meal together?"

Chen Ziyan intended to maintain a long-term cooperative relationship with Jiang Yin Publishing House, so she nodded and said: "Okay."

Saying it was a casual meal, but it was not ambiguous at all.

Editor-in-Chief Liu Cheng also came.

Liu Cheng had just returned from a business trip from another place, dragging her suitcase to the restaurant.

As soon as they met, Liu Cheng greeted: "Hello, student Yan He. Look at this fate, I am a classmate with your head teacher Liu Qin, do you know?"

Lu Yan He smiled and nodded, saying: "Liu Laoshi told me."

Liu Cheng is a very dashing woman.

Her temperament in some aspects is quite similar to Chen Ziyan's, but although it is said to be similar, Chen Ziyan is more inclined to the elite and exquisite style, while Liu Cheng looks more bold and has a sense of intimacy.

Liu Cheng first chatted with Lu Yan He with a smile, and then went to congratulate Liu Jiazhen and Ming Yin.

"Our two new sharp writers from Jiang Yin have become popular overnight this time." Liu Cheng was full of smiles, launching two new sharp writers with great potential in one go. As an editor-in-chief, Liu Cheng was of course happy. Being able to unearth a new sharp writer with market potential is already great luck. Now that two have been unearthed at the same time, according to the current trend, both books are likely to complete the record of sales exceeding 100,000 copies within a year—of course, provided that the follow-up sales situation does not collapse.

Liu Jiazhen was still a bit more social, and immediately said: "Thank you, Editor-in-Chief and Editor Xiaoyin, for supporting us."

Liu Cheng: "Xiaoyin indeed supports you. You also know that it is difficult for new writers to publish books now, and it is always difficult to get approval. In order to publish the books of the two of you, Xiaoyin quarreled with different people at the topic meeting and argued on reasonable grounds to get the opportunity to publish. Later, she asked channel merchants, the Marketing Department, and media friends to work one by one, and only then did these two books appear."

Liu Cheng did not take the credit for herself.

She also said: "Of course, the most critical thing is to thank student Xiaolu. With his own strength, he drove the bestseller of these two books. Now the search volume of these two books on various platforms has increased more than ten times. I believe that with the quality and reputation of these two books, such hot sales will continue in the future. Come on, let's toast together first to celebrate!"

Because those who drove didn't drink, and those who didn't drink didn't drink, this meal finally turned into everyone not drinking, all drinking beverages.

Originally, Chen Ziyan wanted to get familiar with the people from the publishing house through this meal, but halfway through the meal, Liu Cheng suddenly mentioned another piece of news.

"In the past few days, several film and television companies have come to ask about the film and television copyrights of these two novels, wanting to chat about the development into film and television dramas," Liu Cheng said. "Actually, when the manuscript was finished before, there were film and television companies that cooperated frequently to see the manuscript, but now film and television companies are more pursuing big IPs and have more concerns about novels by new authors. Now although they have some intentions, they are still not firm. I also want to ask, from your point of view, are these two novels suitable for adaptation into film and television dramas?"

Chen Ziyan actually didn't finish reading these two novels from beginning to end, just flipped through them roughly, knowing what these two novels were about. Suddenly asked by Liu Cheng, she thought for a while and said: "Actually, the adaptation of film and television dramas is a matter of luck. Many original works that we think are not suitable for adaptation have very good effects in the end, and many that we think are very suitable are very rotten after adaptation. The key is to see whether the company that wants to adapt and that person really like this story, or are they just rushing because they are popular these two days and feel that the sales data is better, so they come to buy the copyright. The person who adapts is more critical."

Liu Cheng nodded when she heard this.

"You are a big publishing house, usually there should be many sales of such film and television adaptation rights, right?"

"Yes, there is a special department to connect with this matter, but there are also many acquaintances who know that I am the editor-in-chief of the novel department, so they come to ask me for my evaluation of these two novels," Liu Cheng sighed. "The problem now is the same as what you said. They didn't read this novel at all, and they didn't have time. They were very busy, so they judged whether it was suitable for adaptation from various digitized indicators."

"There is no way, any industry has many such opportunistic people," Chen Ziyan said. "Judging from the reader feedback of these two novels, I personally feel that there is no rush to sell, because a high-reputation story, as the reputation slowly ferments, will be known by more and more film and television companies. Each company has a special IP procurement department. At first, they look at the data. When the reputation gets higher and higher, maybe more film and television practitioners will understand this book and read this book. Maybe they will encounter some famous actor or producer or director who has a strong desire to adapt this story, then handing the story to them for production will have a much higher success rate. If it is not such a situation, then various film and television companies will come to bid, and then see who is the best according to comprehensive conditions."

Liu Cheng nodded.

Chen Ziyan was thinking that Lu Yan He's livestream channel can really be continued.

Look, because of Lu Yan He's promotion, "Nineteen Years of Crime Records" and "Star Orbit" have become hot sellers, and the negotiation of film and television has also started.

There will be other books in the future.

Through this line, Lu Yan He can know more and more people in the publishing industry and film and television industry.

For example, today two authors were invited. Then after the film and television copyrights of these two novels are sold, can we invite producers and purchasers to the livestream channel to chat about the vision and views on the film and television adaptation of the story?

For film and television drama projects, this is also publicity, and it is key publicity—the two original works took off in Lu Yan He's livestream channel, and no film and television company will miss the place with the highest content of original readers.

Various ideas were woven in Chen Ziyan's mind.

For Chen Ziyan, this is a fresh idea that she has never tried since she has been an agent for so long.

An artist like Lu Yan He who can take this route is rare, one in a hundred.

Lu Yan He is still very young, not in a hurry to fight for status or anything. Before the age of thirty, he has plenty of time to take an unusual path.

For example, the cultural route that is faintly emerging now?

Anyway, no one in the current entertainment industry is taking this route.

This requires solid dry goods.

After the meal, everyone said goodbye with laughter.

Chen Ziyan took Lu Yan He to the parking lot, ready to send him back, and at the same time reviewed his performance in the livestream in the car.

"What a coincidence." Suddenly a voice came from the side. ===== CHAPTER 150 =====