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Chapter 30 The Observed

However, even if Yue Qingyan and Mo Ersheng had already expressed their feelings to each other so much, the way they got along seemed to have not changed at all. Because they stayed in the printing factory late, they had a midnight snack together, and Mo Ersheng couldn't go back to school. Instead of having to knock on the dormitory door when they took a taxi, it would be better to stay at Yue Qingyan's house for one night.

Yue Qingyan said that he stayed up all night and let Moersheng lie on the bed. However, the next morning, Moersheng saw Yue Qingyan sleeping on the table with a coat. He glanced at the screen and found that the number of words he completed in one night was quite considerable, 7154.

He gently swept the ends of his hair on Yue Qingyan's cheek, and he woke up. Yue Qingyan's sleep was still good, but it was difficult to really sleep well while sitting.

"Stop making trouble."

"Why did you sleep on your stomach? You're sleepy and go to bed. I didn't lock the door."

"Yeah. Not suitable..."

"What? I think it's going too fast? You must lie down together and I'm going to do anything?" Mooresheng smiled.

"Lying together just as we were together seems to be unwilling. As for that... well, I don't have the strength." Yue Qingyan said in a speech while rubbing his face to restore his mind.

"You go wash your face. I'll go make breakfast."

"I agreed to go to Mingqian's company today...but this state."

After spending a long time of getting along and observing, Mo Ersheng has become familiar with Yue Qingyan's various states, and can fully see when he is working hard, falling into deep thought, when he is just sitting in a daze to recover his strength, and when he is already forcing himself.

It is not surprising that Yue Qingyan was excited yesterday and wrote more than 7,000 in one night. In fact, as long as he focused on it, he would definitely have six or 7,000 for three consecutive hours. The modification time was only four to five hours, and the efficiency was very good. But now, he obviously had reached the limit. It is normal to be able to write more than 7,000 in one night, but he fell asleep on his stomach because he had passed the excitement stage and entered a period of depression.

"If nothing big, let's make an appointment with them another day?" Mooresheng had already walked into the kitchen and opened the refrigerator to see if there were any remaining ingredients or leftovers that could be processed.

"Kim Yuan came here today and discussed the covers and illustrations of the next few volumes. The spine of the ten books will be practiced into a painting. Before, Jin Yuan only drew a corner, and this time he also came to discuss how to make up for it. Many things are there." Yue Qingyan said: "I didn't want to arrange it today, but Kim Yuen started to attend the comic exhibition tomorrow, so he only had time today."

"Now, do you know that the author has worked hard? In addition to writing, you have to mix so many things."

"I'm lucky that I'm pretty good at writing it. Otherwise, I'm not qualified to participate in such a thing." Yue Qingyan shrugged. On the Internet, many authors were tragically terrified by the publishing house when publishing books, and there was no way to do anything except crying. Now, it's already a very lucky thing to be able to participate in the design of the cover. As for the hard work? It doesn't exist.

"Then I'll go with you?" Mooresheng asked, "There is no class today. I'm going to learn."

Yue Qingyan agreed. Recently, Mooresheng has been almost an assistant for himself, so it is appropriate for her to study with such a job opportunity. Even he has only a little understanding of drawings, book publishing requirements, etc.

However, when he arrived at Mingqian Company and just sat down in the conference room, Xu Yingying looked at the two of them curiously.

"You... are you together?"

Xu Yingying's tone has been clearly confirmed, but two people need to verify it in person.

Moersheng felt strange now. It would be fine if the two of them acted intimately or deliberately showed their affection and were seen by Xu Yingying. Moersheng asked himself that today and Yue Qingyan had never acted differently than usual in front of these people before the Ming Dynasty.

"How did you see it?" Mooresheng couldn't figure it out.

"It's very simple," Xu Yingying said with a smile: "In the past, you first pay attention to his reactions whenever you do. Now, you start paying attention to our reactions. Of course, it's not necessary to know Xiaoyue's reactions first, because you have a clear mind. So we start to see if we can see it."

Yue Qingyan smiled and said, "Is it so popular for everyone to play like this now? It's very interesting?"

Xu Yingying said: "A little attention can be paid to you, and you can observe a lot. You can work and work hard on projects more efficiently."

"Okay okay. Everyone has no secrets. Let's rely on their own eyes." Yue Qingyan said with a smile.

Xu Yingying said to Mooresheng: "It's really not easy. But, besides writing well, where is this guy going to do it?"

As a girl, Xu Yingying is not as literary as Mooresheng. She wants to find a boyfriend who will always spoil her. She can't understand that Yue Qingyan is actually with Mooresheng in the end.

Of course, as the operator of a publishing company, she is happy that the company can have an author like Yue Qingyan. Yue Qingyan is really dedicated and the writing quality is high enough. But in other aspects, it is best not to look forward to it too much.

"Your honey is like a poison." Mooresheng smiled and said. She actually thought it very clearly.

"Jin Yuan has already set out from the hotel and will arrive in a while. After signing the confidentiality agreement, he has seen the fifth volume and the outline. He himself said that he has already drawn it almost. Today he will show us all the cover sketches and some illustrations of the conceptual sketches." Xu Yingying said: "This morning, there are also other channels to summarize the reservations, and the situation is very good. Look, can you speed up the publication?"

"You have already finalized the first five volumes. If you think it's appropriate, publish them." Yue Qingyan thought for a while: "Is the online chapters published in the original order?"

"This has been communicated with the website platform. They have no objection. The website is ready to participate in other projects in the later stage. They are very calm about the revenue from subscriptions. However, it will have a little impact on your electronic subscription revenue."

Yue Qingyan sighed: "With the printing number of 150,000 copies, it is not that important to have electronic subscriptions."

The authors calculate the interests of the authors. Now, the average subscription of 3,000 words in one chapter on the Internet can reach about 14,500,000, which is roughly equivalent to 4,500,000 words in a thousand words. According to a volume of about 250,000 words, it is about 100,000. But in terms of publishing, how much profit can it be? The price of the book is 25 yuan per volume and 6% royalty. The average pre-tax income for each book is 1.5 yuan. 150,000 copies is 225,000, and if tax is deducted, it is nearly 200,000. It is twice the difference from the online subscription income. Moreover, due to the bet agreement between Yue Qingyan and Mingqian Company, it is obviously more important to guarantee the publication income.

You can be very emotional and devoted when writing, but when dealing with your own business and expansion, you must put a lot of things down. You must consider all kinds of things clearly and weigh the pros and cons. You must not do anything you think.

"Okay, A Yue and Mr. Lian, I will discuss it back and make a plan, and then we will talk about this again."

A little editor took Jin Yuan into the conference room.

Jin Yuan is a tall boy, looking twenty-four or five years old, and is very neat and has no sense of a two-dimensional world at all. Instead, he looks like a capable senior white-collar worker.

As soon as he walked into the conference room, Jin Yuan's eyes immediately focused on Yue Qingyan.

"Teacher Yue, we finally meet. Your work is really eye-opening."

"Hello, hello, sorry for keeping up with the manuscript, I haven't been online with you. Finally we met."

After the two praised each other, they finally sat down. Jin Yuan took out a stack of drawings from his bag and showed them to everyone.

"Look, these are the standard version of the covers I made. I have finished the covers of the first five volumes and the back covers. The spine needs to confirm the drawings, so I didn't stack the pictures on the spine. Then, this is the full sketch of the spine connected to the pictures." Jin Yuan arranged the drawings on the table and explained the function of each drawing to everyone. "The LOGO design was made according to the version you gave me. I used the official settings, which was to do something about composition, light and shadow, etc. Then, let me show you this set of pictures. This was a dream when I was drawing the cover, and there were a few of them."

Yue Qingyan looked very satisfied with the cover picture. The last few books were not colored yet, but they could already see the finished draft. Jin Yuan is worthy of being a big player in the circle. Not to mention that he is a fan of "Yinying", he has studied the works very seriously for his work and has a very accurate grasp of the temperament of the works. In terms of the picture presentation, Jin Yuan's drawings are always full of tension and very textured.

"These paintings... are so interesting." Yue Qingyan picked up the illustrations that Jin Yuan took out later, and was attracted at first glance.

Jin Yuan used the composition and texture of famous paintings in history, and used the texture of oil paintings to make a set of illustrations. Among them, "The Death of Willy Yang" uses the composition of "The Death of Valkyrie", and placed the environment in Yang Weili's cabin on the starship, surrounded by Yurien, Felletligia and others. According to the composition and light and shadow of "The Last Supper", Jin Yuan painted a group portrait of the Federation and the Empire...

"It's great." Everyone said that they were amazed at this set of pictures.

"My idea is that this group of things will be published as peripherals or commemorative pictures." Jin Yuan said: "The painting circle is also very optimistic about this work. With the operation of you and the website, this book should be a system that can sustain revenue. This requires a mature design and art team to coordinate. Your operation is very powerful, but there seems to be no decisions in art. So, today I want to ask this thing: I want to be the main beauty of "The Legend of Yin Ying".

Jin Yuan is a very business-minded painter with a strong ability to make settings and creativity. On the one hand, he loves the works of "Yinying", and hopes to continue to create systematic works with strong vitality. At the same time, he also hopes that he can get more from it and let his works gain more recognition with "Yinying".

"This... I have no objection." Xu Yingying said quickly: "But I have to ask Mr. Lian for instructions. We do need a master beauty. We can increase your confidence. Yesterday, the first volume of volume 1 and the second volume was sent to the factory, and the first print count was 150,000 copies."

"Awesome. Why does the whole set have sales of millions of copies? With online sales, it is probably the best fantasy-themed works in recent years, right?" Jin Yuan exclaimed.
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