Although the previous "Prince of Tennis" was only serialized for a few months, and even ended in less than half a year, Chu Kuang has accumulated some fans during the serialization of this novel. These fans have also been paying attention to the Silver Blue Bookstore, waiting for news about Chu Kuang's new book, so when they saw that Chu Kuang was going to publish a new book, these people were quite excited and looking forward to it.
“Faster than I thought.”
It hasn’t been long since the completion of “The Prince of Tennis”. Most other authors would take a break for a few months after finishing a book, but Chu Kuang doesn’t seem to plan to take a break and is working non-stop to finish a new book.
"I just like Chu Kuang's unpunctuality!"
"Because I fell in love with competitive novels on the Internet, after Chu Kuang's work was finished, I found a lot of similar novels to read. There are quite a lot of people who follow his trend in the market, but compared to Chu Kuang, I always feel that other people's competitive novels are not as good as others."
“After all, Chu Kuang is the ancestor!”
"Chu Kuang's new book is still about competition."
"Should I ask Chu Kuang about his new book or whether he's gay?"
“Hahahahahahahaha, I feel like you guys have ruined the Qingxue Tennis Club. You keep saying that they’re gay, even though this is a serious tennis competition novel (serious face).”
"… "
Because "The Prince of Tennis" is a novel aimed at men, the novel perfectly portrays the characters of the Qingxue Tennis Club. In addition, there are some interesting daily life in the novel, with a group of men sweating all over each other every day, so many readers jokingly call this novel a gay novel disguised as a competitive novel.
Because of this property.
Although it is a novel aimed at men, "The Prince of Tennis" has attracted many female fans. Of course, these female fans don't care about the competitions in the novel. They only pay attention to the daily interactions between the characters and all kinds of gay imagination, which they enjoy watching.
This is the world that values copyright.
If there were no copyright disputes, I'm afraid that fan fiction of "Prince of Tennis" would have been everywhere long ago. Never underestimate the creative ability of fujoshi. If they were allowed to write freely, it would not be a problem for them to support a few novel websites that boys probably wouldn't click on.
But it is worth mentioning.
Almost all fans thought that Chu Kuang would continue to write about sports and competitive themes. After all, the market for this theme was created by Chu Kuang himself. He would not give up the results of his hard work for "Prince of Tennis" after opening up a huge market for himself, right
This is logically self-evident.
Moreover, the writer is very concerned about the stability of his fans. The pen name Chu Kuang is closely linked to the field of fantasy novels and sports and competitive novels. If he really wants to change the subject matter, his fans may not buy it.
It's not just fans who think so.
Other companies in the publishing industry also think so. After all, sports and competitive sports are no longer considered a niche category. Although it is still a bit niche compared to the mainstream genres, this niche market can easily support a few best-selling books.
Just keep writing about this subject.
No matter how bad Chu Kuang is, he can at least get decent sales. Moreover, with Chu Kuang's ability in writing about sports and competitive events, can he just get decent sales? Publishing companies in the industry will not underestimate Chu Kuang. Everyone tries to think highly of him.
Maybe it’s another “Prince of Tennis”!
Everyone was even a little panicked, especially some publishers that were in fierce competition with Silver Blue Bookstore, because Chu Kuang's new book was launched too quickly. How could a new book be launched right after the old one was finished
Are you a tentacle monster
If there is another work that is popular enough, the ending of "Prince of Tennis" will not be a bad thing for Silver Blue Book Library, but a good thing, because it means that Silver Blue Book Library has another high-quality work!
…
Chu Kuang is indeed a tentacle monster, and the industry has not guessed wrong about this. However, everyone has guessed one thing wrong, that is, Chu Kuang's new book does not continue to write about sports and competitive themes, but two themes that seem a little unfamiliar to everyone at first glance:
Fairy tale!
The Silver and Blue Books did not keep the secret. They announced the news that Chu Kuang was going to publish a new book that evening. The next day, the website banner announced the subject matter of Chu Kuang's new book. They also launched a massive publicity campaign on various channels, so much so that Chu Kuang's fans were stunned for several seconds.
"What the hell?"
"Xianxia novel?"
"Not a competitive article?"
"Why don't you continue writing about sports? It's obvious that Chu Kuang is extremely talented in this genre. Even if you don't write about tennis, and change it to something like basketball or football, I can totally accept it!"
“Isn’t that too big a leap?”
"This is a direct jump from the passionate sports arena to "The Battle of Immortals and Demons". The problem is that I really don't like watching immortal heroes. Such an ancient theme has long been eliminated. What on earth is Chu Kuang thinking?"
"… "
It is true that no one writes fairy tales, but the influence of "The Battle of Fairies and Demons" is still quite large. This novel was even made into a TV series and is a childhood memory of many people. Everyone's concept of fairy tales basically comes from this work from many years ago.
The fans were stunned.
The industry was actually a little confused. They carefully looked at the banner of the Silver Blue Library, which did say that Chu Kuang's new book was about immortals and heroes. The slogan was also very arrogant, with just two sentences:
“Zhu Xian will be released on July 1st!”
"See how Chu Kuang redefines the immortal hero!"
Many people in the industry are a little hesitant. It’s not that they are pessimistic. Silver Blue Bookstore is not stupid. If what Chu Kuang wrote was really that rubbish, why would their company go to so much trouble to promote Chu Kuang’s new book? They should have just rejected the manuscript.
But how well does Chu Kuang write
How well can a fantasy novel be written
As for the so-called redefinition of fantasy, those who are familiar with it know that such words are just for show. There is no advertising slogan without some exaggeration. Those bad movies even say that their movies will be epoch-making before they are released.
"I see."
An industry insider speculated: "Perhaps this novel called "Zhu Xian" is well-written. You know, there are always some novels that are in the middle level. It would be a pity to kill it directly, and it is not easy to sell well if it is released. In addition, the author of this novel is Chu Kuang. Yinlan Library certainly does not want to offend Chu Kuang. After all, Chu Kuang's ability is obvious to all, so they simply gave Chu Kuang a chance?"
Best-selling authors have a say.
The editors will reject the manuscripts from non-best-selling authors, but the editors will not easily reject the manuscripts from best-selling authors even if they are not particularly well-written, especially when the best-selling author himself insists on publishing it. In order not to offend the other party, the publishing house will most likely give it a chance.
What if it becomes popular
The editor's vision is not 100% accurate. There are indeed some examples where manuscripts that were rejected by No. 1 publishing house turned out to be hot sellers when published by No. 2 publishing house. Besides, wasn't the subject matter of "Prince of Tennis" also not favored by the industry in the first place
Chu Kuang seems to like this.
He insisted on writing something challenging.
Most people in the industry accepted this statement, but the editor-in-chief of Dingsheng Publishing House always felt that things were not that simple, because the publicity given by the Silver and Blue Bookstore was too grand, and if it was just to appease Chu Kuang, there was no need to do it to this extent.
"Is there a bomb hidden in there?"
It's no wonder that the editor-in-chief of Dingsheng Publishing House is suspicious. It's mainly because "The Prince of Tennis" slapped him in the face once. People of his level will learn their lesson after being slapped in the face once, unlike some people who still look at things with the old perspective after being slapped in the face once. He believes that more than one person is worried.
"wrong!"
“There’s a problem!”
"Lü Bei is not stupid!"
"He's hiding a bomb!"
The more Editor-in-Chief Dingsheng thought about it, the more he felt that his idea made sense, and he paced back and forth in the room. But no matter how hard he thought, he couldn't imagine how the fantasy theme could become a bomb in the book market, so his eyelids kept twitching.
This feeling made him very uneasy.
What did Chu Kuang write this time