The Writer Rich List of 2016. Translated from zuojiabang.cn. USD values were converted using an approximate exchange rate of 1 USD=6.64 RMB.
I found this when I was researching to update my Twelve Olympians article for 2016. That ranking based on a voting system will also come out soon.
There is also an author ranking for authors, scriptwriters, foreign authors and others.
| Rank | Author | Age | Royalties (RMB * 10000) | Royalties (USD) | Bestseller/Seminal Work |
| 1 | Tang Jia San Shao (唐家三少) | 36 | 12200 | 18,373,494 | Douluo Dalu |
| 2 | Tian Can Tu Dou (Heavenly Silkworm Potato/ 天蚕土豆) | 28 | 6000 | 9,036,145 | Wu Dong Qian Kun |
| 3 | Wo Chi Xi Hong Shi (I Eat Tomatoes/ 我吃西红柿) | 30 | 5000 | 7,530,120 | Stellar Transformation |
| 4 | Yue Guan (Moon Gate/月关) | 45 | 4800 | 7,228,916 | Embroidered Guard Walking In The Night (TV adaptation: Braveness of the Ming) |
| 5 | Ku Lou Jing Ling (Skeleton Elf/ 骷髅精灵) | 36 | 4600 | 6,927,711 | Holy Hall |
| 6 | Tian Shi Ao Si Ka (Angel Oscar/ 天使奥斯卡) | 41 | 4500 | 6,777,108 | Magnificent Tang |
| 7 | Meng Ru Shen Ji (Ecstatic Dream Machine / 梦入神机) | 33 | 2700 | 4,066,265 | Dragonmark |
| 8 | Chen Dong (辰东) | 36 | 2600 | 3,915,663 | Perfect World |
| 9 | Liu Xia Hui (柳下挥) | 29 | 2500 | 3,765,060 | Inverted Dragon Scale |
| 10 | Gao Lou Da Sha (Skyscraper/ 高楼大厦) | 37 | 2100 | 3,162,651 | Unparalleled Heavenly Lord |
| 11 | Yan Yu Jiang Nan ( 烟雨江南) | 43 | 1900 | 2,861,446 | King of Eternal Night (1, 2) |
| 12 | Feng Huo Xi Zhu Hou (烽火戏诸侯) | 31 | 1800 | 2,710,843 | The Snowy Path of the Heroic Blade |
| 13 | Demon Night (妖夜) | 33 | 1700 | 2,560,241 | The Indestructible Dragon Emperor |
| 14 | Wu Zui (Not Guilty/无罪) | 38 | 1660 | 2,500,000 | Sword Dynasty |
| 15 | He Chang Zai (何常在) | 41 | 1650 | 2,484,940 | Aspire To The Throne |
| 16 | Shap Knife (小刀锋利) | 34 | 1300 | 1,957,831 | Murdering Heaven’s Edge |
| 17 | Fishman The Second (鱼人二代) | 34 | 1280 | 1,927,711 | School Beauty’s Personal Bodyguard |
| 18 | Forest Wolf (Cong Lin Lang) | 42 | 1250 | 1,882,530 | The Strongest Soldier King |
| 19 | Goose Is Old Five (鹅是老五) | 42 | 1100 | 1,656,627 | Immortal Mortal |
| 20 | Rain Demon (雨魔) | 35 | 1000 | 1,506,024 | Beast King |
The works they use to represent authors may be the most recent work or their most famous.
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