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"Of course, in cooperation with your library, the upload and online promotion of this short animation will focus on promoting your book. I also think that adding a promotion for the product at the end of the short animation can be a good way to encourage people to buy it."

Amid the uproar in the audience, the reaction was that many people realized that this extremely gorgeous animated short film was a fan animation of a certain novel.

——"Kamiigusa's new animation is actually a promotion for a book?"

——"It was mentioned in the previous promotional video."

——"I've never heard of this author's name."

——"Mu Zi Jin Xin? Search it... New author, new book? Or just an excellent award from Phoenix Library?"

——"And this is also promoted by an animation of this quality specially made by Igusa Misaki? What a big deal. Who is the son of the senior executive of the library?"

——"The animation looks quite interesting. Is it the plot of this book? I'll buy a copy and read it later."

"..."

Li Nian knew that the announcement of the animation was to cooperate with the library's promotion of the novel, but he had never thought that it would be such a direct way of promotion. In his opinion, this animated short film is essentially the personal work of Senior Kamiigusa, and it is considered a good promotion if the original work is mentioned in passing. Now, it seems as if Senior Kamiigusa herself funded and worked on the animation just to promote his crappy book.

So he glanced up at the well grass.

The reflection of the screen slightly illuminated Shang Jingcao's expression. With that little light, Li Nian could see clearly that Shang Jingcao was also standing with his hands on his hips, grinning at him triumphantly as if asking for credit, as if saying "Are you surprised? Are you surprised? Come on and praise me!" That expression would normally make Li Nian very angry, but now it looked pleasing to the eye.

I know that this person doesn't have so many subtle considerations in his mind. I'm afraid that when he discussed the promotional matters with Ms. Machida, he had already made every effort to use the release of this animation to promote his book, Li Nian.

Li Nian also understood that this was an arrangement to maximize profits. Even with this promotion, the evaluation and traffic that this animated short film deserved would not be reduced.

But he certainly wouldn't take this kindness for granted.

Li Nian said frankly.

"Kamiigusa-senpai, that's thoughtful. Thank you very much. Now, everyone who watches this short animation might want to buy my book and read it?"

"Based on the traffic of Kamiigusa's past works, it is conservatively estimated that the increased exposure of this animated short film can probably increase the sales of your work by about 100,000?" Ryunosuke calculated on the side and threw out an estimated figure lightly.

“One hundred thousand?” Kanda was shocked. “So scary? Even if it’s Misaki-senpai’s animated short film, it wouldn’t have this kind of influence, right?”

Ryunosuke snorted coldly. As a programmer, he was a very steady person and would never exaggerate with data. He said a conservative estimate of 100,000, and that was it. "Kanda, you underestimated the influence of Igusa Misaki. Maybe we can't reach this figure in the short term, but in the long run, there will definitely be a sales volume of 100,000... This is based on the attention that Misaki-senpai's works can get under normal circumstances. As an outsider like me, I think the quality of this animated short is higher than before, and the data may be higher. If the gorilla's work is well received, the sales will increase even more."

"One hundred thousand... one hundred thousand sales... this will help Li Nian make a lot of money..." Kanda had no idea. He just felt that it was a huge income. It wasn't his, but just thinking about it made him excited. He felt proud and happy for his friend.

"Six million." Li Nian directly said a number: "My income has been settled during the printing stage. One hundred thousand x the price of the single volume 600 x % is six million in royalties, and this is before tax... Of course, the actual situation is definitely more than this. The higher starting point I can stand on will have a long-term impact on the follow-up, and my benefits will not stop here."

Kanda didn't understand what long-term benefits were, but the number of six million was very clear to him, and it scared him.

"Senior Ren, how much did it cost you to make this 20-minute animation?" Li Nian suddenly asked.

"It's probably just over 10 million." Senior Ren casually reported a number.

"Thousands, tens of millions... that's it?" Qingshan couldn't understand how he could easily report such a number. Was it because it was Senior Misaki who spent the money? "I know that making animations is very expensive... but like this..."

Nayuta couldn't help but widen his eyes.

Li Nian felt that it was even less than expected.

"Ten million? That's less than I expected. With this quality, the static drama part is fine, but the fighting part looks very dynamic, so it needs animation to support it. Doesn't it increase the cost? Shouldn't it cost at least fifteen to twenty million?"

"The bulk of the budget was indeed spent on commissioned paintings, but the cost of that part is basically fixed and varies according to the number of shots. It's not much more. And most of the other parts were done by ourselves, so we saved a lot of money."

Li Nian smiled, knowing who actually did most of the work: "Well, the rest was basically done by [us] ourselves, which means that we and Senior Ueigusa designated the killing of Gaga together, and we were responsible for Gaga and she was responsible for killing, right?"

"If we're together in Sakurasou, then of course we're going to kill people like crazy!" Kamiigusa Misaki shouted happily, not caring at all that the current topic of discussion was the 10 million that she, Kamiigusa Misaki, had spent. The main point that this person was focusing on was just a word that seemed very cool.

Li Nian ignored her and said to Senior Ren: "Can I make back the money? If not, I will pay for it myself. It will be considered as a promotional animation commissioned by you. I have mentioned this before. Don't refuse this time. As Ryunosuke said, the direct sales increase brought by the animation short film alone is worth mentioning. What's more, the animation project that will inevitably be launched later, plus the impact on my personal career as a writer, my income cannot be only 6 million or 10 million. As a beneficiary, I should pay this money."

Senior Ren shook his head and said, "Don't worry, Ms. Machida has already contacted us on behalf of the Phoenix Library to discuss the subsequent animation matters. For Misaki's reputation, this animation will not be made in vain."

Li Nian fell silent.

As soon as he saw Li Nian's expression, Senior Ren knew that although this person accepted the words, he obviously remembered them in his heart and felt that he owed us something. He smiled and said, "Oh, don't put on that serious expression. You don't need to feel that you owe us something. It's not just you who benefited. Misaki also benefited from it. Making this animated short film can be regarded as her another blockbuster after a long period of silence. She has also gained a lot. It is incredible that she can make an animation of this quality with 10 million. The industry will naturally attribute this achievement to her. But in fact, the help you provided to make this film, Li Nian, was also huge. Without the various [designs] you provided and the help of everyone in Sakurasou, Misaki and I would not be able to achieve this effect."

At this time, after the sales promotion of the work was played on the screen for a while, the staff list began to be played. In addition to the many painters involved in the production, everyone in Sakurasou was mentioned. Ryunosuke was even listed as a photographer, and Kanda and Nayuta were also classified as "cooperators".

It is worth mentioning that the name that appears most frequently, besides Misaki Kamiigusa who serves as director, performer, animation inspector, etc., is Li Nian. In addition to original work, voice acting, script, and martial arts instructor, he also inexplicably has some strange titles such as model designer and costume consultant.

Li Nian noticed it, but didn't care. At that time, Li Nian thought that no one would look at the staff list at the end of the film, and she didn't understand how much attention she would receive if she was given these titles.

After the staff list was finished, Misaki dragged everyone from Sakurasou onto the stage, and under the bright lights, she gave a final speech to everyone. However, she did not say anything polite like expressing her gratitude for the completion of the production. Instead, she raised the hands of seniors Zuo Youren and Li Nian high up and shouted solemnly.

"We, Sakurasou, are number one in the universe!"

Li Nian looked at her in bewilderment. What made her even more confused was that after hearing Misaki's illogical shout of joy, the audience inexplicably burst into extremely enthusiastic applause again, as if they were in resonance with her.

In short, just like that, the animation of Kamiigusa's new work was released and ended successfully.

At the same time, major video sites on the Internet also uploaded the animation video at the scheduled release time.

Chapter 493: If gold shines, it will naturally attract attention

As soon as the animation was over, senior Kamiigusa Kazuhito was surrounded by many people, many of whom were previously sitting in the special guest area and were practitioners from various production companies in the animation industry.

As the saying goes, experts see the details while laymen see the excitement. When the new work of Kamiigusa was released this time, ordinary audiences saw a visual shock. However, those practitioners in the animation industry saw the control of the content by the animation producer Misaki Kamiigusa, the sophistication and completeness of various designs, the gorgeous design of the most crucial fight scene, and the terrifying physical details, which created this extremely excellent animation.

They have many questions about this and would like to ask this animation production team for answers.

There were many people asking questions, but few answering them. Even when faced with content related to animation production, Kamiigusa rarely behaved like a normal person, could explain things clearly in a language that humans could understand, and could answer questions from his colleagues together with Mitaka Jin, but he was unable to cope with these people for a while.

So, not only them, some people also came to find other people in Sakurasou.

Kanda and the others were chatted by a bunch of adults, including reporters from various media, and were asked enthusiastically about the inside story of the animation production. They were very nervous, feeling that they had not contributed much, but it was difficult for them to refuse the adults' enthusiasm. However, being in Sakurasou, everyone was actually drafted into various aspects of the animation production by Misaki without hesitation and helped out. They learned a lot from her and were able to answer some questions.

However, after Ryunosuke coldly rejected some people's questions on the grounds of "commercial secrets, no comment", they were reminded and remembered that there were some things that could not be said, such as the various "reference materials" provided by Li Nian. When it came to that part, they would actively cover it up.

However, this does not mean that Li Nian's contribution can be covered up. The staff list that Li Nian thought no one would look at was carefully checked by this group of industry professionals. They did not miss that he was the martial arts instructor, and he was also the consultant for the background, costumes, props and various designs. The four Chinese characters in the original work, Namu Zi Jin Xin, must be his.

When asked questions like "The battle part is amazing, how was it designed?" and "The temple scene is very detailed, where was the material taken from?", Kamiigusa did not hesitate and even said with excitement and boasting: "They are all our Sakurasou's ultimate tool man, Lee Doraemon~! He helped with it! He was a great help in the production of this animation!"

So everyone knows who made great contributions to the production of this animation besides Kamiigusa.

But they couldn't find Li Nian herself.

"...The one standing next to you before is Mr. Li Nian, right? Did you see where he went?"

After being asked this question, Nayuta looked around for someone and said in frustration.

"Senior...seems to have abandoned me and run away."

Yes, as soon as Kamiigusa finished her speech and saw a group of people rushing up to the stage, Li Nian, realizing that the situation was not good, immediately slipped away and left the stage silently from the other side. He had no interest in dealing with this group of people, nor did he know how interested they were in him. He just felt that now that the animation was over, there was no reason for him to show up in public, so he just needed to keep Senior Kamiigusa there to accept praise and honors and handle various requests for cooperation.

At this time, Li Nian had already found An Yi, who was selling books at a stall outside the auditorium.

As soon as the animation ended, An Yi rushed out of the auditorium, and in a hurry he found his friend who was looking after a pile of books outside and asked him to take over the books and start setting up a stall on the spot.

That pile of books was naturally the first volume of "Magic Covenant" that An Yijin had purchased.

The location he chose was at the exit of the auditorium. When Li Nian arrived, the stall was already crowded with people. The stacked books were decreasing at a visible rate. An Yi was so busy collecting money and making change that he was too busy to keep up. It seemed that the stall would be sold out quickly before this unregistered stall was discovered and driven away by the executive committee.

Everyone in the club was standing by the stall watching An Yi selling books with great interest.

Li Nian walked over to Kasumigaoka and was somewhat surprised at how quickly An Yi was selling books: "It's selling so fast."

"Now that you're here, of course the sales will be fast. Anyone who has watched that animation will definitely want to buy a copy now," Sawamura was excitedly chatting with everyone about the content of the animation, and was still holding his phone to repeatedly appreciate the video that had been uploaded to the website. Seeing Li Nian coming, he also had a lot of related things he wanted to talk to this guy about, and he seemed extremely excited: "It's worthy of being an animation made by Kamiigusa. This terrifying expressiveness gives people goosebumps, especially the fight scene designed by you, which has become even more gorgeous after being animated. The visual effect is amazing. This animation is bound to become a hit! And you are also the voice actor of the Demon King, right? Great, worthy of you, your dubbing can be as simple as a professional?"

Kato seemed a little absent-minded, still immersed in his previous experience of watching the animation, and seemed more excited than usual. He smiled and said to Li Nian, "That animation is so good. I kind of understand what you guys have been talking about, the joy of seeing your favorite characters come alive in front of you. I'm really moved... If it weren't for the book that Amami gave me before, I would definitely want to buy a book to read now."

Yes, people who buy books at the Aki stall now have the mentality of "Hey, there's someone selling the book that appears at the end of the animation at the door? Hurry up and buy it and read it."

"Looking at this situation, the goods that An Yi bought will be sold out in minutes."

Kasumigaoka looked at this scene with complicated eyes, and said with undisguised envy: "After today, I'm afraid your books will also be sold like this on the shelves of bookstores outside."

After actually watching the animation made by Kamiigusa and the product promotional clip that popped up along with it, Kasumigaoka was convinced at that moment that the new writer Muzi Jinxin would no longer face the same predicament as she did at the beginning, and would develop at a speed far beyond her imagination... and then easily surpass her.

Li Nian took one look at the senior sister's expression and knew what she was thinking. She smiled and said, "Yes, now at least I don't have to worry about my book being cut off like you did in the past. I can write a few more volumes and sell them."

"After seeing the grand occasion today, can you make a more promising speech? Are you still thinking that not getting cut off is a success?" Wu Geng said these words with contempt, but he was also smiling and happy for Li Nian: "Be bolder, and make a prediction. The target is 88,000 sales in the first week!"

"Oh! The target is 88,000!"

Li Nian cooperated very well and yelled a few times, but in fact he still didn't care about the sales volume and had no motivation to check it himself. He would probably only get excited when the sales volume turned into small amounts of money and was transferred into his bank account and the numbers popped up to increase the information. He felt that what was more important at this moment was that his friends seemed to have gained a lot of emotion from watching this animation.

"Well, at least everyone enjoyed the animation, and I thought it was worth it to arrange the guest seats for them."

Sawamura nodded vigorously and patted Li Nian on the shoulder: "It's really a pleasure to be able to watch anime on a big screen in the best position. It's a good arrangement! I'm very satisfied."

An Yi was having some trouble over there, and she yelled, "Anian, do you have any change? I don't have enough change, and I can't make the change!"

"Oh, yes, enough for you!" Li Nian threw the money directly into the box. He had spent lavishly today and had a lot of small expenses, so he had quite a lot of change.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, An Yi sold out hundreds of books. Everyone found a small shop to sit down and continued to chat enthusiastically about animation-related topics.

During this time, Sawamura had been staring at his phone, staring at the feedback on the animation with great curiosity. Just within an hour after uploading, the number of views of this animation on major websites has been increasing rapidly, and every time he refreshed it, a large number of comments would appear. He suddenly said.

"Hey, Li Nian, it looks like you're going to be famous too."

"What?" Li Nian didn't participate when everyone was chatting enthusiastically. He only said a few words when asked. He thought Sawamura was talking about his book and thought it was a matter of course. At this point, there was no need to emphasize the role of animation in driving sales, so he just answered nonchalantly: "If the animation is popular enough, then of course my book will be popular too."

"No, I mean you."

"What? Me?"

"Your name appears too often in the staff list and has been noticed."

“…Is there really anyone who has nothing better to do than to look at the staff list at the end of the film?”

"The most amazing part of this animation is the battle. I can tell that it was drawn completely based on your and Isayama-senpai's performances, which is why it has this effect. Others also know that it was designed by the martial arts instructor. Your name is on it, and you also have various titles including the original author. If you discover it and think about it, you will find it very interesting. The comments discussing your name also seem to care about this."

Li Nian thought about it and felt that it was true: "Maybe, but now that it's discovered, most people won't care about it. It won't make me famous."

“…That’s right.”

"Why do you look a little disappointed?"

"Because I really want to see if you, a person who likes to hide things, will show a troubled expression when you are exposed to the sun."

"What a malicious intention... It's a very disturbing situation indeed."

"I'm just kidding." Sawamura narrowed his eyes and looked at Li Nian: "Actually, I just think that people with corresponding abilities should receive corresponding attention."

"It's enough to let the ability itself get the attention, not the person... This is too idealistic. This is an era where even good wine will not be appreciated if it is not well known. No one will care about your ability if you don't have a reputation. The connection between fame and fortune is very deep."

"Oh, you really understand this, why don't you take this opportunity to debut as an idol?"

"I prefer to rely on my handsome appearance to be a movie star in a romantic film."

"You're more suitable to be a movie star in an action movie... or a romantic animation movie?"

"I don't know what that is."

They just chatted about some random things that followed the topic, and neither of them really took it seriously.

Over there, Kasumigaoka was looking at Li Nian, thinking about how she saw him and Nayuta holding hands like a couple, talking and laughing today, and suddenly asked.

"By the way, Li Nian, what is your class project?"

"A theatre performance."

Speaking of this, Wu Geng got angry: "I still remember clearly that you left me alone to go out and play today. While you were happily enjoying the maid's service with a lewd expression, I was busy helping with the sewing and making of costumes in the class. Is this your sense of class honor?"

Li Nian didn't plan to ignore the class, even though he didn't like watching the gay scene. He also planned to take over the class and help watch the place, so that his classmates could go out and have a look at the school festival.

"Sorry, I will honestly take over tomorrow."

"Morning or afternoon?" asked Kasumigaoka.

"In the morning... What do you mean by asking this, Senior?"

"I want to go. Can I ask you to accompany me?"

"I'm sorry, but we don't provide this kind of service... Of course, if you come, Senior, I can only accompany you."

"Then it's settled. I want to see you waiting for me tomorrow morning."

"Again, our class project is a dramatic performance."

Wu Geng opened his mouth but in the end said nothing.

……

……

In the evening, Li Nian returned to Sakurasou and listened to the topics discussed by everyone in Sakurasou at the dinner table. They were still talking about the release of the animation. Everyone was discussing the enthusiastic response after the release of the animation, and the rapid increase in popularity on the Internet.

Li Nian didn't feel anything at first, until he heard Ryunosuke, who rarely appeared at the dinner table, report the data growth related to the uploaded videos of major websites that he had sorted out. Li Nian found that the growth of animation popularity on the Internet seemed to be even faster than he had estimated.

Senior Ren's phone was vibrating almost non-stop. Senior Ren didn't answer it, but smiled wryly and said to Li Nian, who was looking curious, "If you don't want to be like me, with your phone ringing 24 hours a day, I suggest that you don't reveal your contact information.