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Chapter 315: Chapter 315: The Triumphant Questioning Path Deity Chapter 315: Chapter 315: The Triumphant Questioning Path Deity By this time, the entire venue was already filled with people. As the ten o’clock bell rang out, the conference room quickly fell silent. The Wenlian vice-chairman, Cheng Dequan, who resembled a Maitreya Buddha, sat at the front hosting desk. He first stood up to salute the audience and then spoke into the microphone, “Colleagues from the animation industry, I am Cheng Dequan, vice-chairman of the Zhonghai City Wenlian. The ten o’clock bell has sounded, and I now declare the Heavenly Country Animation Brand Summit–concerning the future development directions of Heavenly Country Animation, and the feasibility seminar on adapting IPs such as web novels and web dramas into manga–officially open!”

Applause crackled through the room as the animation summit officially began.

What followed were speeches from cultural leaders and addresses from several giants within the animation industry. A few veterans spoke, mostly about the development of the animation industry, its current status, and issues. Wang Hao listened until he felt drowsy from the lengthy discussions.

Finally, after these speeches concluded, Cheng Dequan took the microphone and said, “The previous speakers have all made excellent points regarding the current development of the animation industry, which I believe everyone here is already familiar with. Today’s conference theme is about the feasibility of adapting IPs such as web novels and web dramas into manga. Naturally, we cannot avoid discussing adaptation issues. As you all are aware, the web novel industry has grown rapidly, becoming popular across the country with tremendous popularity. Next, we invite Mr. Ask the Daoist from Storm Chinese Network, a top author, to have a thorough exchange with everyone present here. Since this is a seminar, it’s needless to say that we will have discussions. Hence, if anyone here has any questions, feel free to ask them on the spot, thank you.”

With these words, enthusiastic applause immediately erupted from below!

In the past two years, especially in the latter half of this year, the web novel industry could be said to have developed at breakneck speed. The traffic to Storm Chinese Network had been rising almost geometrically, like riding a rocket!

Otherwise, why would we specially convene such a large conference to research the feasibility of adapting web novels into manga?

“Supreme God Ask the Daoist, I know him; he is the number one author of Storm Chinese Network, absolutely top-tier!”

“Indeed, if his book were adapted, it really should be a big hit! I came today specifically for this report!”

“That’s for sure; after all, he is the Supreme God, and no one here in our evaluation team can compare with his understanding of web novels!”

The journalists in the audience flashed their cameras non-stop as Ask the Daoist, seated among the guests, slowly stood up, walked to the podium with his head held high, and first bowed to the audience. Then he cleared his throat.

The flashlights once again went off in rapid succession, brightening the whole scene like daylight.

Meanwhile, Wang Hao, sitting below, curled the corners of his mouth slightly and let out a snicker.

He was waiting for just this moment, thinking of going up against him, huh? Just wait, I’ll soon show you that not everyone is so easily provoked!

Soon, the entire venue fell quiet, and Supreme God Ask the Daoist looked at his speech and began slowly, “Respected leaders, esteemed guests, and colleagues from the animation industry, good morning.”

“I am greatly honored to be here today to take part in the animation industry seminar. I am very happy. Animation is a big industry, and it has a very wide audience, ranging from uncles and aunts in their thirties and forties to children as young as five or six years old learning to talk, who can all easily accept manga culture.”

“Therefore, I often wonder if web literature, which is also a form of entertainment, could be adapted into manga to reach even more people? I thought about it for a long time, and the final conclusion is, yes! And it most certainly can!”

“Adapting web literature into animation offers one very significant advantage,” Ask the Daoist continued with a smile. “Web novels have a very broad audience. Take for example my new book ‘Heavenly Martial Heroes’; it gets about three hundred thousand clicks per week! The number of recommendation tickets per week generally stays around forty thousand, indicating very high popularity. Now, the collection has exceeded a hundred thousand, which means that at least a hundred thousand people are very willing to read my book. If it could be adapted into a manga, there’s a great chance that these readers would be willing to purchase the legitimate manga.”

As Ask the Daoist referred to the performance of his book, everyone in the audience drew in a deep breath!

Looking at his book’s data, it was indeed impressive!

At that moment, someone asked, “Ask the Daoist, the physical industry has experienced a serious decline in the past two years. Even if web literature can be adapted into manga, and with your popularity, the physical market still seems to be struggling. I wonder what your thoughts are on that?”

People were quickly silenced in the meeting room when someone raised a critical question.

“Regarding physical books,” Wendao said with a smile, “we authors are the ones who feel it the most, indeed the publishing industry. I’ll give you two examples, and everyone should understand. Before 2014, my physical books would sell around 500,000 sets each year, an astonishing number. But in the last two years, sales have plummeted to less than 200,000 sets a year. If the publishing of text is like this, what more can we say about the comic industry? Therefore, I dare to assert that there won’t be any more successful physical works in the future, things will only get worse!”

The audience immediately nodded in agreement.

The issue Wendao spoke of was something everyone could empathize with.

The sales of physical books in the past two years have dropped severely!

Someone from the audience asked, “Master Wendao, you said traditional media won’t do, but original forum comics are very popular now, what’s your take on that?”

“Overall, the popularity of current original comics is not as great as in the past,” Wendao said with a laugh and a shake of his head, “New original comics don’t have the popularity to support them, so how high can their clicks go? How many shares and comments can they get? But online literature is different, it’s been tested by readers, the popular ones are generally good books, so the effects after adaptation are definitely not bad.”

Another question came, “Master Wendao, since you understand online traffic so well, what do you think about adapting other content besides online literature? For instance, the recently popular Domestic Agent. Our company has been evaluating this series, and it has an incredible number of hits.”

“Speaking of that show,” Wendao said with a disdainful smile, “although it is indeed popular, I don’t think it is suitable for adaptation. Because the drama is just too short, a comic adaptation would run out of content after just a few episodes, there’s no room for development.”

“Supreme God always speaks plain truths,” someone from the audience remarked, “Master Wendao, does this mean online literature definitely has potential? Then, if we were to adapt your comic, how big do you think the outlook would be?”

“Of course,” Wendao replied with a smile, “within the realm of online literature, popularity is still very stable, especially for the more experienced authors with a fixed readership, which makes it very suitable for adaptation. Just take the popularity of my books, for instance, after adaptation and the addition of online dissemination, plus some promotion to my readers, the sales will definitely not be bad.”

“Master Wendao, have you sold the rights for this book of yours?”

So much talk, and finally someone started asking about the rights!

Wendao’s eyes lit up, and he said, “Not yet, I am waiting for someone with a genuine interest to discuss it.”

“Then, Master Wendao, how much do you plan to sell the comic rights for your book? Or let’s say, how much could a book of your accomplishment sell for?”

“Well,” Wendao thought for a moment and then replied with a smile, “I think, five million should be doable.”

The audience exclaimed in surprise, “That high! Amazing!”

“Master Wendao,” another person raised their hand and said, “I also know a bit about online literature. Your book is currently ranked third, so what do you think of the top two books?”

As that person brought up this topic, many in the audience who knew about online literature started discussing, “I know those two books, their data is simply crushing! So popular!” “Yeah, Break the Heavens and Devouring the Stars, especially Break the Heavens, that’s my favorite! The opening is grand, the world background is massive and complex, exceptionally impressive!” “I prefer Devouring the Stars, the Earth setting is just brilliant!”

Upon mentioning these two books, Wendao spoke slowly, “Sir, you’re talking about Break the Heavens and Devouring the Stars, aren’t you? Of course, those newcomers appear impressive, but they don’t have the experience, and readers may not recognize them. Whereas we veteran authors have a lot of experience, our work tends to last longer. And moreover!”

He emphasized his tone at this point and stated, “As for my stats, up to now, the total clicks are 320,000, with 40,000 weekly member clicks, and 46,000 recommendation votes. Yet, these two books, their numbers are incredibly high, it’s off the charts–Break the Heavens has 660,000 weekly member clicks, a total of 540,000 clicks, with 120,000 recommendation votes! Devouring the Stars has 580,000 weekly member clicks, totaling 520,000 clicks, with 110,000 recommendation votes! Don’t you all find that strange?”

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