In this era of the galaxy, due to the barriers of celestial distances and the expensive buoy network communication costs, both televisions and civilian networks were naturally divided into countless fragments by individual galaxies, and humans seemed to have returned to the era of "the earth is not a village". This opportunity has rejuvenated the publishing industry for its second youth!

Within Star Alliance, there are four major publishing industry monopoly giants - I won’t mention the specific name, but will I talk nonsense among them, the largest one is called “People’s Literature Publishing House”? In order not to repeat the same mistakes, these industry giants are actively moving towards diversified operations, not only operating electronic publications, but also developing a new product - “portrait media”.

"Portrait media" is closely related to electronic publications. How to say it... it is similar to a virtual scene. Most of the electronic reading materials today are somatosensory. Importing books into universal tools and then connecting them with holographic devices makes you feel "immersive". For example, you are driving a warship as the protagonist, you are driving a fighter jet as the protagonist, and you are driving a missile as the protagonist... As everyone knows that once somatosensory prevails, driving electronics will inevitably become the mainstream.

When you go through all the disasters, kill Reknay, kill Klogan, fight against the Turi Legion, and finally save the weak Asari, of course... ahem, you need one/multiple girls to be with you! Then the question is - this is a virtual reality novel! It is not the sentence "Lingbo's micro-steps, the silk stockings are dusty", or "A clever smile, beautiful eyes"... it will make readers yy for thousands of years!

This image must be specific, realistic, interactive, and able to come out of novels! Therefore... "Portrait Media" was born! For example, for example, Shepard... Ahem, if she wants to be a star, it is very simple - sign a contract with a publishing company. Then, under the guidance of the publishing house, carry out targeted self-cultivation - yes, it means literally!

For example, the roles you are playing include sexy female warriors, young/loft top brands, sexy agents, etc. Similar characters. All you need to do is maintain a perfect figure, do regular body shape scans, then take pictures every day, write a diary, or play some virtual reality videos to upload to your personal website. OK! You don’t need to contact anyone, do any substantial services, and make money.

The only thing a user who sells his image rights has to do is two things - first, constantly maintain your image; second, automatically lose any rights about portraits, body shapes, etc.... Even if someone records a video of your virtual image xxoo uploaded to the Internet, the right to sue will belong to the publisher... In short, this is an industry that makes a lot of money based on innate conditions. Of course, cartoonists are also very happy, they don’t have to look good. They can also make a lot of money by relying on the created two-dimensional characters - but the creative characters in Japan who changed hairstyles and clothing styles in the past are finished.

When Li Yunchen helped Lu Yuan submit, several major publishing companies were first excluded - this is a pure text novel. Without relevant peripheral added value, large companies would not read it. Moreover, the rise of virtual reality has led to the universal slowness of human perception - new media is very stimulating, human perception begins to become dull; human beings are dull, novels must be more stimulating - in the end, each novel does not jump a spaceship several times, or a pillow battle, you are embarrassed to publish it!

Li Yunchen had no choice but to invest in the distribution network company when the publishing industry was in a bad state...

This company is the inevitable destination of all authors who have no publishing channels. If the author signs a formula contract, he doesn't have to worry about it at all. This company is not responsible for publishing. It plays the role of managing the resource pool, and there are countless publishing houses of all sizes looking for buried treasures in this pool.

If several companies are ready to adopt a book, they will use a bidding mechanism to complete the coordination work. After that, there will be standardized and standard processes to ensure the interests of several parties, such as income, taxation, publishing, etc. There is almost no manual intervention in this process, and of course there is no need for author intervention.

In this way, the three-no novel "My 20th Century" (no body feeling, no binding portrait, and no stimulating scenes). After being thrown into the resource pool, it sank directly to the bottom. It was not until a month later that it was accidentally turned up by a person...

, brushing his teeth while leaning in front of the mirror to look at his dark circles. His sparse hair, high hairline and loose and dark skin, could be seen by anyone that he was a tired middle-aged man.

After a simple wash, holding milk and sandwiches and wearing pajamas, Tom walked into his workshop—this is Tom Publishing.

"Hey, Tom." A young man's voice sounded from the terminal, and the company's assistant Vi Joe was greeting him.

"Hey, Joe." replied with a muttering response. Tom was lying on the sofa chair, staring at the terminal with his eyes blank. Damn it, I've been staying at home for six days and haven't gone out-I need the outside world now! I need interpersonal communication! I need fresh air! I need... that!

He really wanted to roar at Boss so loudly, then fell down and said casually, "I'll resign"!

But no, he couldn't yell at the mirror, that looked stupid because he was the silly himself. Yes, Toman Publishing Company, a newly opened and well-known publishing company, is actually only one employee, and he also has to add a semi-finished intelligent AI - a self-conscious AI system prohibited by Star Alliance law - is "Joe" disguised as a simulated intelligent Vi tool.

"You look too tired, you need a rest," Joe said.

"Yes, I need to rest, I need to go out..." Tom muttered vaguely as if he was holding something in his mouth, "But his/her Star Connection doesn't rest! Do you know, Joe, I need to succeed! Yes, I need to succeed. I need Julie back, I need her to come back to me! And what does this require? Xingyuan! Xingyuan tm can't buy love, but it can buy Julie! That's the problem..."

Ai seemed to know that his ss was falling into a terrible conversation again, so he changed the topic: "Do you need to check the submission list?"

"Oh?" Tom raised his head, "check it out and cast it on that wall."

Pointing to the wall on the left, Tom slid the sofa chair over with his feet.

The holographic screen is turned on, and rows of sorted books come out. After reading it, various abstracts are added to Ai Qiao. It is clear at a glance. Of course, this kind of pre-reading also has strict monitoring and specifications.

"The Ultimate Ma Run"

"My Woman Li Huamei" (…)

"Iron Wall"

"Life and Death"

...

"War! War! Still a damn war!" Tom threw his pen out angrily. "I hate Li Huamei! The original theme of the war should have been outdated... But Li Huamei pulled the readers back! Guess what? Next, a large wave of personal heroic novels will appear. Then bang!!! The publishing industry is shaking - I think, we know, and big publishers also know, but those damn authors don't know!"

Since the discovery of the Galaxy, humans have encountered various races, powerful, weak, peaceful, war-loving, and various races surround the human world. When Star Alliance was still very weak, humans were always in the fear of war. That vague sense of fear permeates the lives of every person on earth. We do not have dreadnoughts, we do not have aircraft carriers, we do not have superpowered warriors, and our scientific research has been lagging behind thousands of years... But others can fly to our doorstep at any time because of the existence of mass repeaters! These facts linger on the entire human being like nightmares. So the overall social resources are tilted towards military, and scientific research resources are tilted towards military, and so on.

At the same time, the popular description of "winning the interstellar war through magical tactics" and "sacrificing the world by lone heroes" - people who are entangled in despair can get some comfort from these books. Yes, when we are not strong, we still have magical tactics passed down for thousands of years, and there are the continuous emergence of lonely human heroes, and we have not failed yet!

Today, in just under twenty years, Star Alliance has equipped a new generation of dreadnoughts, cultivating soldiers who are completely adapted to the interstellar war. Star Alliance's military strength is in the Milky Way. It has ranked first in the Feichang Parliament! Star Alliance has become a force that cannot be ignored.

At the same time, after a deep understanding of the current situation of the Milky Way, humans learned that the Divine Castle Council, which now dominates the Milky Way, is a ruler committed to peace. They prohibit any comprehensive conflicts, regulate and suppress local wars, and diplomatic resolution has always been the first choice to solve problems. So Star Alliance made greater efforts in diplomatic efforts, cooperated with Turui to develop warship technology, exchanged scientific research results with Serrari, and actively participated in the exploration of the relics of the Prosolites, etc., which greatly shortened the gap with the three major races of the Divine Castle Council.

Today, when everyone lives and works in peace and contentment, the rate of volunteer joining the army has declined. The booming development of civilian technology all implies that the shadow of war has dissipated. Under this trend, it is a matter of time before the decline of war-themed novels, which can be seen from the changes in sales this year.

The publishing company has mailed market feedback to every author, but unfortunately, it has received batches of war novels! Especially under the fanatical influence of the "Skyrien Raid War", the authors of war novels have all expressed that they can fight for another five hundred years!

"Don't throw away all this garbage, I'd rather publish a cooking guide than operate these novels! God, this is a damn opportunity! But where are those damn smart authors!"

Tired, irritable, neurotic,.

"Tom, there is a pure text book here, which I think is a bit special." After Tom calmed down, Smart Ai Qiao showed a book without a cover to the screen, recommended.

"A book with pure text? No body feeling? No visual effects? No music?"... Oh, aliens are already very common now... It's as incredible as seeing Julie come back.

"No." Ai's answer is undoubtedly true. Qiao was the code that escaped with the help of electronic devices when the Moon Ai Research Institute was destroyed, and the core was incomplete.

"Damn it, how could there be such a book now?! Just kidding? Open the previous chapters and let me see it."

The holographic screen changes, which show the semi-autobiographical first-person novel written by Lu Yuan.

"Is my 20th century a time travel novel?"

, but while operating unfamiliarly, he continued to read the book line by line. The book without feeling made him feel uncomfortable, but before Tom adapted, he was quickly attracted by the content of the book...

When he raised his head from the book, the whole morning had passed, and his head was tilted all the time to make his neck stiff. He twisted in pain while thinking, subconsciously fiddling with the pen in his hand.

"Joe, I think... this is a good book... Although there are no legends, no plots of jumping into the spaceship, no magnificent wars... but this is a good book!"! "I really can't describe this feeling to you, just like... it was like the dinner made by Julie in the past, and then we had a meal at the table together - ordinary, but very real!

What's more, everything described in that book is very novel... Maybe the author's writing style is average, but his ability to search for information is superb! The whole book has no flaws... I believe some readers will be interested. What is hidden under the slightly simple writing is the details and logic that can resist scrutiny. This author seems to have really come from two hundred years ago!"

Tom turned the book to find the author's profile. A small photo consisted of black and white, with long hair, thin, a little haggard and melancholy image, which seemed out of place with the current era of progress.

Of course, if he really understood the 20th century, he would know that this was a typical image of a literary and rock decadent 2b youth. Lu Yuan took a lot of time to make himself like that, and finally fixed it through the "face change technique". Familiar people can confirm that this is Lu Yuan. Unfamiliar people can't tell that this is the same person even when they hold the photos. The subtle angle makes the pupil distance measurement, facial features and other means lack contrast.

...This is the new technology of Dawn.

"The survivor of the first contact war, orphans of the Shanxi colony... This introduction is very interesting!", Tom looked at the author's introduction with interest, "Joe, people like him usually belong to anarchists or absolute liberals?"

"Absolutely liberal."

Seeing Tom still flirting with interest, Joe reminded him to click on the almost exhausted trial time and said, "Then do we want to bid for the copyright?"

"Of course! I want this book! Start a bidding! We will spare no expense!"

The publishing bidding system is a super complex system operated by distribution network companies. Of course, the system that human society has developed to this day is super complex - for example, kissing until death xo. Publishers will convert the division, distribution quantity, distribution promotion, etc. into bidding points, and then bid on a certain distribution area, and the higher price will be the most important. This book describing human life, the distribution area of ​​the Star Alliance will be the main source of profit and the focus of the struggle.

Tom waited restlessly.

In terms of the bidding system, he is still a lonely quote.

"What's going on? Are those people blind? They can't see the value of this book?! Or... this book is worthless?" Although some people are competing, it makes him uncomfortable, but the strange situation like now makes people even more anxious. Unfortunately, the real situation is that although large companies also buy treasures from this pool, this pure text book failed to enter the evaluation system of large companies from the beginning! The simulated intelligent vi of large companies is just a computer program, and the book was automatically filtered out immediately.

Plain text? Ha!

In this way, after 24 hours of hard work, Tom and his Tomman Publishing Company obtained the four-week distribution rights at a nearly guaranteed price...

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ps: Let me post a big chapter. It’s either food poisoning or my stomach and intestines of northerners. I’m also bad for my long-term business trip. This time I was pulled to eat seafood and I was knocked down... (To be continued)
Chapter completed!