Mysterious Assistant of the Washed-Up Queen-Chapter 529 - 340: New Book Confirmed, Difficulties in Later Stages

Chapter 529: Chapter 340: New Book Confirmed, Difficulties in Later Stages

The Tomb Robbing series was pretty much settled at this point. If he published new books, they would inevitably need to be of a different genre.

After all, Chu Tian was still dedicated to releasing books, not just for some pocket money, but more importantly, for managing the IP.

The IP surrounding Tomb Robbing was essentially well-crafted by now. What followed was a planned approach to film and perfect the entire IP world.

Therefore, the new book he selected next must be related to the IP.

But with so many new IPs out there, which one should he choose?

He had been considering whether to write "The Golden Eyes" because, while there were novels in this world about treasure appraisal and adventure, there weren’t any combining the supernatural ability of appraisal with adventure.

After all, fiction at this time was still in the era of the Martial World and, comparatively, it was somewhat outdated and off-track.

At the same time, he originally wanted this book to complement the world of Tomb Robbing. Tomb robbing, archaeology, and treasure appraisal all went hand in hand, being part of the same circle.

However, a single comment from his assistant made him hesitate.

"Immortal Sword" had wrapped up production. If all went well, post-production would follow, and it was highly likely to air this year.

By then, themes revolving around the life of a Sword Immortal and cultivation would undoubtedly emerge triumphantly.

So, the best choice right now would seemingly be a cultivation novel.

However, with cultivation novels came a new problem.

In his mind, there were a variety of novels about cultivation, but not many could be considered both classic and innovative.

Logically, "Immortal-Slaying" upset him the most; "Buddha Is the Path" was the deepest; "Mortal" was the most passionate; but "Ethereal" was what had enlightened him and laid the foundation for the world of cultivation.

Each of these works had its strengths and weaknesses, and it was really hard to make a choice. But if he had to pioneer a whole new world from scratch...

Chu Tian considered for a long time and still felt that "Ethereal" was the most suitable. The reason was simple: this book constructed the worldview of the cultivation world too perfectly, and it also served as a great foundational prelude to later books.

But to say "Immortal-Slaying" was great wasn’t wrong either; it was just that "Immortal-Slaying" focused more on character development, and its worldview was a bit weaker by comparison.

Thus, to craft a cultivation world to support "Immortal Sword" and boost its popularity, he decided to go with "Ethereal."

Another reason was that "Immortal-Slaying" and "Immortal Sword" tended to be overly similar: they both depicted the cultivation world, they both emphasized characters, and both ended tragically, stirring deep emotions.

One gut-wrenching story was enough; for his own peace of mind, he thought it was better to opt for safety.

After all, when he imagined future readers or viewers who loved cultivation stories, on one side they would be continuously hammered by "Immortal Sword," and on the other, they would be backstabbed by "Immortal-Slaying."

Feeling anguish for Lin Yueru and Zhao Ling’er on one side, and then mourning the death of Bi Yao on the other?

Forget it; he was afraid these people wouldn’t be able to handle it if it was too overwhelming.

The key thing was, he was afraid of leading newcomers astray.

He meant, consider this: once the cultivation world came into being, if all the novels and TV series ended in tragedy, folks would realize this was how stories in this world were supposed to be written, right?

In the end, once one flipped to the cultivation channel, the screen would fill with heart-wrenching tragedies; it would be a disaster. The readers might think, ’Might as well finish us off, why bother?’

How could decent people stand to be metaphorically stabbed with every book they read?

Just imagining that scene almost made Chu Tian laugh out loud.

So, at last, he settled on "Ethereal."

Only, the latter part of that book was a bit of a letdown, possibly for the sake of money; it felt like the ending was rushed and watered down.

No problem. Now that he had prestige, he could use some of it to refine the end of the story.

Having made his decision, he exchanged for the complete book and let the system optimize it before setting it aside for the time being.

The editors were just urging him on; it was not yet time to release it.

After arranging all these affairs, he remembered that his assistant was still waiting outside.

After calling him in and getting the general idea, as usual, the investors typically showed up for the completion of a new series.

One reason was to celebrate the series wrapping up, and the other was to thank the crew for their hard work and effort.

Personally, he didn’t want to go. It was too much hassle. It would be fine to just send someone else since the director and such were all his own people.

But then his assistant mentioned that Cao Zheng wanted to discuss post-production because, according to Chu Tian’s previous ideas, the special effects required seemed to be currently unavailable in their country.

The best work done there involved special effects in Martial World films. Conversely, the results were quite good for science fiction movies.

In other words, domestic special effects know-how had focused on realism and physical properties, like real textures, physical collisions, physical destruction, and technology modeling—ironically, these areas were better developed than in his own world.

So Cao Zheng wanted to consult with him about how to proceed with the special effects in post-production.

As Chu Tian understood it, Cao Zheng probably lacked confidence, and he might not even know what these effects were supposed to look like.

Since the production team had not yet disbanded, Cao Zheng wanted him to drop by and take a look, offering some advice and giving a definitive opinion.

For instance, some scenes required the portrayal of the ethereal combat of the Immortal World, the destructive power of cultivation techniques, and so on.

After all, so far it had all been about the Martial World, where the fights involved low-level martial arts, ultimately boiling down to fisticuffs.

But in the Immortal World, it was all about flying around, and it just didn’t seem right to revert to brawling when everyone gathered.