Chapter 318: Chapter 318 How is this possible?! Chapter 318: Chapter 318 How is this possible?! “Mr. Wang Hao, just stop him from speaking,” soone from below was displeased, “Obviously, your comics are way cooler! Sold out physical copies! My God, how did you do it?!” “Is this ‘Detective Conan’ really a masterpiece?! I’ll check it out when I get back!”
At that mont, it was awkward whether to stand there or to leave.
But there was no helping it; if you dare to provoke Wang Hao, you’ve got to be prepared to be embarrassed!
“Since everyone is saying that, let just say a few words,” Wang Hao held the microphone and chuckled, “Is the physical sales really not doing well? I don’t think that’s necessarily true. It’s just that there are too few good works out there now. Readers need good works, good books; as long as it’s really a good book, readers are actually very willing to pay for it. The rise of smartphones has been rapid, but a smartphone is still a smartphone after all. Isn’t it a good thing to buy and collect a good work?”
This wasn’t Wang Hao just making things up; why did Mr. Jin Yong’s books sell out so quickly every ti they were printed in the past?
The reason is simple, great books, readers want to collect them!
Hearing Wang Hao’s words, everyone present felt the sa way.
Yeah, as long as the book is good, even though mobile phone platforms are dominant now, I believe many readers would still be very willing to collect a few masterpieces!
“Mr. Wang Hao, with such great success from your ‘Detective Conan,’ how many episodes do you plan to release?”
“Mr. Wang Hao, did you ever think it would be this popular before this book was launched?”
Listening to the questions below, Wang Hao smiled and said, “Of course I thought about it; I have a lot of confidence in our company’s works.”
“Mr. Wang Hao, what is your opinion on adapting your work into comics?”
“Of course,” Wang Hao nodded and slowly said, “The audience for online novels mainly ranges from ten years old to about thirty-five years old, and the audience for comics relatively overlaps with that of web novels. Moreover, when online novels are written, most of the focus is on describing scenes through text, while comics rely on visuals to allow readers to experience the scene and use text to advance the plot. So clearly, for comics, you just need to convert the text of online novels into visuals to combine the two very effectively.”
After Wang Hao had said this, various big shots from the animation industry began discussing—
“Indeed, when you think about it, web novels and animations are indeed quite easy to combine, which is good.”
“No wonder he’s a newly prominent god. He has a way of seeing things. Hearing him talk, I suddenly feel like adapting is actually quite simple.”
“Yeah, it seems we should buy adaptation rights for a few books.”
“So, Mr. Wang Hao, in your opinion, what types of books are best to buy rights for?”
Wang Hao smiled and said, “Of course, you should buy the rights for books that are really popular; after all, if a book is popular, it ans it has been recognized by the readers, and the overlap between web novel readers and comic readers is actually very high. Oh yes, everyone must be careful when selecting rights!”
“I understand, it seems it’s really worth studying.”
“Yeah, we’ll need to reassess the matter of adapting rights when we get back to our company.”
Hearing the discussions below, Wen Dao was grinding his teeth in frustration.
Although Wang Hao did not say much, it was enough for these big shots present to seriously consider adapting matters. Of course, the main focus would be on Wang Hao’s works, and as for his, perhaps so might consider buying, but the price might not be very satisfying.
“Wang Hao, are you intentionally opposing today?” Wen Dao’s face turned red, he glared fiercely at Wang Hao and said, “You’re cutting off my financial path!”
“Cutting off soone’s financial path?” Wang Hao looked innocent: “Weren’t you doing this before?”
Wang Hao mimicked the questions; “Both authors of these books are newcors, unknown newcors. Who had ever heard of Tian Can Dou, the author of ‘Break the Heavens’ before? And who had heard of Ai Chi Xi Hong Shi, the author of ‘Devouring the Stars’? Both are new authors, with no reputation at all, hence the data for these books are fake, obtained through so abnormal ans.”
With this, he simply returned the original words, and instantly stumped the questioner, who couldn’t utter a word for a long ti.
“If that had been all, I would have let it slide,” Wang Hao sneered, “Dostic Agent is not suitable for adaptation—you know who wrote the script of Dostic Agent? It was created by and Teacher Li Fei! Misleading everyone here, aren’t you essentially cutting off my ans of inco?! I only ca here to be a bystander, but you had to provoke . Are we that close? Why should I indulge you?”
After Wang Hao said this, the questioner was dumbfounded, and so was everyone else in the audience!
Who could imagine that ‘Break the Heavens’ was Wang Hao’s, ‘Detective Conan’ was Wang Hao’s, and even the recently popular ‘Dostic Agent’ was actually his!
“Good heavens, what is the background of this young man?!”
“All these are connected to him! I can’t take it anymore, is this what jealousy feels like?!”
“How is this possible? How can all these things be his?!”
“I…” The questioner was completely dumbfounded, unable to speak anymore—his words were all countered one by one. To continue speaking would only end in tears!
This was truly a battle between an ant and an elephant; he had thought of himself as the Supre God and was quite proud of it, but now he realized he was nothing compared to Wang Hao!
And just then, another person hurriedly rushed in. This ti, it wasn’t Cheng Dequan they sought but Director Guo, who had been sitting at the front of the chairman platform, the station manager of Vertex Comics, Guo Wending!
“Director Guo, this is bad! No, no, no, it’s fantastic! It’s fantastic!” the person shouted as he entered the door: “Our forum has produced a masterpiece! An absolute masterpiece!”
What’s going on? The crowd below exchanged puzzled looks—what kind of masterpiece?
“What’s all this fuss about,” Guo Wending was embarrassed by his assistant’s excited expression. Today’s face-to-face showdown between Supre God and the rising star Tian Can Dou was already sensational enough, and Guo had remained composed. Now this assistant cos in shouting, losing his composure; “This is embarrassing , when we get back you’ll get a good talking-to! But first, tell what the big deal is? What’s this ‘masterpiece’?”
Having stopped caring about the scolding he might receive, the assistant excitedly said: “Director Guo, you have to look! On our forum’s comic release page, there’s a masterpiece!”
“I’ll see about that. If you’re making a fuss over nothing, you’re writing a reflection when we get back!” Guo Wending humd, then opened the computer on the chairman’s platform, entered the Vertex Comics release section, and imdiately was dumbfounded!
“What the…” Guo Wending was astonished, looking at the top post on the screen: “‘Dragon Ball’?! 1.2 million views, over 30,000 replies?!”
The whole venue was stunned!
What comic has such high popularity?!
“Director Guo, hurry and open it, let’s see what book this is that’s so explosive!”
“Yeah, the clicks and replies on the other posts aren’t even close to this book, what’s going on?!”
Guo Wending was full of doubts. After opening the post, the comic displayed on the big screen showed up, and its rudintary style that could only be described as ga-like left everyone astonished.
“God, can this even be called a comic?!”
“How can such a jokey piece have such high click and reply rates?!”
Curious, many people pulled out their phones to start reading this comic. As soon as they began reading, they were completely baffled!
Suddenly, an eerie silence fell over the entire conference room; everyone was engrossed in the comic, continuously scrolling down. More than an hour had passed, and Wang Hao had even started yawning before people finally snapped out of their shock.
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