Chapter 32: Chapter 29: Born in the Wrong Era _1
Translator: 549690339
When in doubt, ask —
Immediately, Lin Yuan went online to search for information related to the supernova.
After reading, Lin Yuan found that the so-called supernova was the New Novelist Grand Award hosted by Silver Blue Books, one of the four major publishers in Qin Continent.
Held once a year.
This grand award only accepts novel submissions with youth fantasy themes.
Because the targeted readers of this competition are strictly under thirty, novels that do not target this demographic will be rejected by Silver Blue Books
Youth are the driving force behind entertainment consumption.
Youth fantasy novels, are the most popular genre in Qin Continent!
In the minds of many young novel lovers, youth fantasy novels have a very high standing!
What’s even more important is…
Youth fantasy novels are well-suited for adaptation into animation and games, they have extremely high potential value.
So, to harvest these young readers, many publishing houses host similar new novelist awards.
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Among them, Silver Blue Books’ Supernova Award is one of the most influential new novelist awards in Qin Continent, where just making it into the top five can grant one an opportunity to publish their novel, becoming a true novelist.
Of course.
It’s not that Qin Continent only has youth fantasy novels.
In culturally diverse Blue Star, every genre of novel has substantial market space, but novels of other genres naturally have other submission channels —
These works differ substantially from those of the youth fantasy genre.
Like art films and commercial blockbusters, although both are part of the film industry, their circles and intersections in reality are quite shallow.
In that case, things become simple.
Lin Yuan directly searched for the currently popular youth fantasy novels in the market.
He wanted to see what styles were trending in Qin Continent.
After all, even under the four words “youth fantasy”, there are a plethora of novel categories.
As a result, he uncovered —
Most of the youth fantasy novels in Qin Continent are primarily centered around adventures in different worlds.
The protagonists of these novels, often laymen, suddenly travel to different worlds and obtain golden fingers at the very beginning.
The story then revolves around the main characters defeating monsters with their golden fingers, meeting various girls along the way, continuously winning over the girls, and eventually defeating the demon king to establish a large harem.
There are also those that place emphasis on their hot-blooded aspects.
Some do not venture to different worlds, instead directly set in the urban area, portraying the protagonists with superpowers, but they all give off a sense of deja vu.
How do I put it ?
It’s a bit like the web novel model from the previous era, as well as the light novels popular in Neon country.
The combination of the two, gives a rough overview of the hot youth fantasy novels in Qin Continent.
Lin Yuan made a special search to see what sports-themed content is in youth fantasy novels.
Alarmed, he found that such themes were rare!
There were one or two that focused on sports, but their performances were lackluster–
Youth fantasy novels centered around competitions are almost an entirely untouched field!
This moment, Lin Yuan suddenly understood why the System gave him a copy of “King of the Net”.
It wants him to fill the existing gaps in the market.
For Qin Continent’s novel market, the theme chosen by “King of the Net” can be considered innovative. However, the fact that it’s innovative also suggests that the creative direction this novel aims for is very unconventional.
Lin Yuan suddenly became a little bit worried.
Even though “King of the Net” can be considered a youth fantasy novel, could such a unconventional theme really help him accomplish the task of having more than ten thousand literary prestige points?
No one knew what lies ahead for “King of the Net”, Lin Yuan could only await the opening of the application channel for the Supernova competition.
End of month.
He returned to the office.
As soon as he stepped into the music composition department on the tenth floor, his colleagues congratulated him on the success of “Big Fish”; it was clear everyone had listened to the song.
Wu Yong even gave him a thumbs up:
“I said before that such a custom-designed impressionistic tune like ‘Big Fish’ would probably not be popular. I didn’t expect you to prove me wrong right away.”
“I didn’t.”
Lin Yuan denied immediately.
It took Wu Yong a long time standing there, pondering over Lin Yuan’s inference before he managed an exasperated laugh: “That’s not what 1 meant by being proven wrong…”
Let’s not dwell on that.
Wu Yong sat next to Lin Yuan, expressing regret: “Actually, ‘Big Fish’ was released in the wrong month. Otherwise, with its quality, it definitely could’ve climbed higher.”
Lin Yuan was taken aback. “Wrong month?”
Wu Yong was also surprised, “You don’t know?”
Lin Yuan’s reaction said it all: the boy really didn’t know.
Wu Yong had no choice but to explain: “Doesn’t our Qin Continent update its music chart every month? That’s why most artists who care about the chart will release their songs on the first day of the month. It will gain more public attention.”
Lin Yuan nodded.
He did know that many artists choose to release their songs on the first day of the month, but he never fully contemplated the reason behind it.
Was it to climb the charts?
Wu Yong sighed: “‘Big Fish’ had a chance of making it onto the new music chart. Although it was released in the middle of December, it didn’t matter because the quality is good – ”
Lin Yuan interrupted: “But what?”
Since the popularity of his songs affected his prestige value, he was quite concerned about this.
“But!”
Wu Yong shrugged: “‘Big Fish’ was born in December, and December is crazy difficult! Every year at this time, several singing kings and queens try to push their end-of-year results, so the competition for the new song chart is fierce. Plus, your song wasn’t released until the middle of the month, there wasn’t enough time for it to make a mark, hence, it only ranks thirteenth.”
Lin Yuan was thoughtful: “Where can 1 find the new song chart?”
Wu Yong smiled bitterly: “You’re indeed a complete newcomer. Let me show you. Search for ‘Qin Continent Music’ now. These are all official charts, without any prejudice. The first one is the New Songs Chart. You found the Rising Star Chart there before too.”
“OK.”
Lin Yuan followed his instructions and successfully visited the official website of Qin Continent Music. Sure enough, he found his song in 13th place.
“See.”
Wu Yong said: “The top ten are either new songs by A-list singers or established singing kings and queens.”
“Let me listen.”
Lin Yuan, out of curiosity, listened to a few songs that ranked higher. After listening, he made a conclusion in his mind.
To be fair.
The quality of the top three songs can already compete with “Big Fish.” The Qin Continent music scene is indeed full of talents. Moreover, the composers of these songs are all top-tier, and the singers are also top professionals in the industry. It’s fair that they rank higher.
However…
The songs that rank after the top three, in comparison to “Big Fish” which ranks 13th, lack some quality.
“You see?”
Wu Yong said: “With the quality of ‘Big Fish’, it doesn’t have to be top three, but it definitely has the potential to be in the top ten. It’s a pity there are too many strong contenders in December and your song was released halfway into the month, thus it didn’t make it.”
Lin Yuan nodded.
Wu Yong laughed: “But don’t be too regretful. ‘Big Fish’ was customized for a movie in Qi Continent, so it must be released accordingly. Moreover, it’s not just about the quality of the song that determines its ranking. The popularity of the composer and the singer matter significantly too. You are not as famous as those well-known composers, and Jiang Kui is a newcomer, it is understandable that you couldn’t make it to the top ten. Unless the quality of your song could overshadow these weaknesses…this why those top-tier composers like to cooperate with A-list singers. It’s a powerful collaboration. Nonentities may be cheap, but they lack popularity!”
Lin Yuan said, “I see.”
But, I still choose nonentities.
Wu Yong continued to blabber: “That’s why every November is a ‘newcomer season’. It’s a form of protection for newcomers. Without the protection of the ‘newcomer season’, they will be at a disadvantage competing against established industry veterans. Unless the quality of their songs can overshadow these weaknesses… the difficulty level is pretty high though.”
Just then.
Someone called from outside the door: “Xian Yu, come here for a moment, Ms.
Zhao is looking for you..”