In this pangalactic era, due to the distance barrier of celestial bodies, and the expensive communication cost of buoy network. Whether it is television or civilian networks, they are naturally divided into countless fragments by a separate galaxy, and mankind seems to have returned to the era of "the earth is not a village", and this opportunity has rejuvenated the publishing industry for a second time!

Within Starlink, there are four big monopoly giants in the publishing industry - I won't say the specific name, but the largest of them is called "People's Literature Publishing House". In order not to repeat the mistakes of the past, these industry giants are actively diversifying their operations, not only dealing in electronic publications, but also developing a new commodity - "portrait media".

"Portrait media" and electronic publications are closely related. How so...... It's like a virtual scene. Most of today's e-books are somatosensory, importing books into universal tools and then connecting to holographic devices, so that you can have an "immersive" feeling. For example, you pilot a battleship as the protagonist, you pilot a fighter plane as the protagonist, and you pilot a missile as the protagonist...... Hawkers, as we all know, once somatosensory prevails, driving electronics will inevitably become the mainstream.

When you go through the catastrophe, slay Reknay, kill Krogan, fight the Turi Legion, and finally save the weak Asari, of course...... Ahem, you need one/more girls to be by your side! So here's the question - this is a virtual reality novel! It's no longer a sentence of "Ling Bo microstep, Luo socks are dusty", or "clever smile, beautiful eyes"...... It will be possible to make the reader YY thousands of years by the time!

The image must be concrete, realistic, interactive, and able to come out of the novel! Thus...... "portrait media" was born! Take, for example, Shepard...... Ahem. It's still Jane. Alexia. If she wants to be a star, it's simple – sign a contract with a publishing company. And then under the guidance of the publishing house, targeted self-cultivation is carried out – yes. That's what it means literally!

For example, the roles you have in your contract include a sexy female warrior, a green/building top brand, and a sexy agent...... And so on, similar characters. All you need to do is get in shape, get regular body scans, and then take daily images, keep a diary, or post some VR videos to your personal website. OK! You don't need to contact anyone, do any substantive services, and make money.

Users who have sold their publicity rights. The only thing to do is two things - first, constantly maintain your image; Second, it automatically forfeits any rights regarding likeness, body shape, etc...... Even if someone records a video with your avatar XXOO and uploads it to the Internet. The right to sue also rests with the publisher...... In short, this is an industry that makes a lot of money by virtue of its innate conditions. Of course, cartoonists are also happy, they don't have to look good. Relying on the two-dimensional characters who come out of the creation of zào can also make a lot of money - but the Japanese style of changing hairstyles and clothing in the past can also make a lot of money. It's over.

When Li Yunchen helped Lu Yuan deliver it, several major publishing companies were first excluded - this is a text-only novel, with no relevant peripheral added value, and large companies will not read it. Moreover, the rise of virtual reality has led to the dulling of human perception in general—when new media stimulates greatly, human perception begins to dull; Human beings are blunted, and novels must be stimulated more - in the end, each novel does not jump a few spaceships or have a pillow fight. You're embarrassed to publish!

Li Yunchen reluctantly voted for a distribution network company when the publishing industry was in the dark......

this company. It is the inevitable fate of all authors who have no means of publishing. The author signs a formulaic contract and does not care at all. The company is also not responsible for publishing, it plays the role of managing the resource pool, where countless publishers, large and small, search for buried treasures.

If a book is ready to be adopted by several companies, then they will use a bidding mechanism to complete the coordination work, and then there are standardized standard processes for revenue, taxation, publishing, etc., to ensure the interests of several parties, this process is almost not any human intervention, and of course there is no need for the author to be involved.

In this way, "My 20th Century", a three-no novel (no physical feeling, no tied portraits, and no exciting scenes), was thrown into the resource pool and sank directly to the bottom. It wasn't until a month had passed that it was accidentally turned over by a person......

*****

Tom Brown, Boss and Editor-in-Chief and Marketing Specialist of Tomman Publishing. Adams, brushing his teeth, leaned in front of the mirror to look at his dark circles. With thinning hair, a high hairline, and loose and dull skin, anyone can tell that this is a tired middle-aged man.

After a brief wash, milk and sandwiches, and in his pajamas, Tom walked into his workshop, which was Tommen Publishing.

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

"Hey, Joe." Muttering in reply, Tom sat back in the sofa chair, staring blankly at the terminal. Damn working from home, I've been at home for six days without going out – I need the outside world now! Human interaction is required! Need fresh air! Need...... That one!

He really wanted to yell at the boss so loudly, and then dropped something and said "I resign"!

But no, he can't yell at the mirror, that would look silly, because he's the boss himself. Yes, Tomman Publishing, the newly opened and supposedly powerful publishing company, is actually the only employee, and well, add a half-finished intelligent AI - a self-aware AI system prohibited by Starlink law - that is "Joe" disguised as an analog intelligence VI tool.

"You look too tired and you need to rest." Joe said.

"Yes, I need to rest, I need to go out......" Tom muttered vaguely as if he had something in his mouth, "but Starlink doesn't rest!" 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 qiē need? Xingyuan! XingyuanTM can't buy love, but it can buy Julie! That's the problem......"

The AI seems to know that its boss has fallen into terrible self-talk again. So I changed the subject: "Do you need to see the submission list?" ”

"Oh?" Tom looked up, "Check, cast it on that wall." ”

Point to the wall on the left. Tom kicked his feet on the ground and slid the sofa chair over.

The holographic screen opened, and rows of sorted books came out, all of which were read by AI Joe and added various summaries, which were clear at a glance. Of course, this kind of prior reading is also strictly monitored and regulated.

"The Ultimate Ma Run"

"My Woman Lee Thrush" (this one is called John. It's time for the author of Farrell to be dragged out...... ）

"Iron Wall"

"Life and Death"

……

"War! War! Or damn war! Tom threw the pen out in anger. I hate Li Huamei! The original theme of war is long overdue...... But Li Huamei pulled the reader back again! You know what? This will be followed by a whole wave of individual heroic novels, and then boom!! The publishing industry has been shaken – I think. We know, and the big publishers know it, but the damn authors don't know! ”

Since the Great Discovery of the Galaxy. Humanity has encountered all kinds of races, strong, weak, peace-loving, war-loving, all kinds of races surrounding the human world. When the Star Alliance was still very weak, humanity was always in fear of war. That vague sense of fear permeates the lives of every earthling. We don't have dreadnoughts, we don't have aircraft carriers, we don't have supernatural warriors, and we're thousands of years behind in scientific research...... But others can fly to our door at any time because of the storage of quality repeaters! These facts haunt humanity like a nightmare. As a result, social resources as a whole are tilted toward the military, scientific research resources are tilted toward the military, and so on.

At the same time, YY novels about "the miraculous tactics of the passage guò to win the interstellar war" and "the lone hero saves the world" are in vogue – and people who are haunted by feelings of despair can find some solace in these books. Yes, when the strength is not strong, we still have magical tactics that have been passed down for thousands of years, and there are lonely human heroes who continue to emerge. We haven't failed yet!

Today, less than 20 years have passed. The Star Federation has already installed a new generation of dreadnoughts and trained soldiers who are fully adapted to interstellar warfare - the military strength of the Star Federation is already the first in the Flying Council in the galaxy! Starlink has become a force to be reckoned with.

At the same time, humanity has also learned that the Citadel Council, which now governs the galaxy, is a ruler committed to peace. They prohibit any full-scale conflict, regulate and suppress local wars, and diplomatic solutions have always been the first choice for solving problems. As a result, the Star Alliance made diplomatic efforts, cooperated with Turui to develop warship technology, exchanged scientific research results with Serarius, and actively participated in the exploration of the ruins of the Protheans, which greatly shortened the gap between the three races of the Citadel Council.

Today, when everyone lives and works in peace and contentment, the decline in the rate of volunteers joining the army, and the vigorous development of civilian science and technology all imply that the shadow of war has dissipated. In this general trend, it is only a matter of time before war-themed novels decline, as can be seen from the change in sales this year.

The publishing company has mailed the market feedback to each author, but unfortunately, it is still receiving batches of war novels! Especially under the fanatical influence of the "Skirian Raid", the authors of war novels have said that they can fight for another five hundred years!

"Throw all this garbage away, I'd rather publish a cook's guide than manipulate these novels! God, this is a damn chance! But where are the damn clever authors! ”

Tired, irritable, neurotic, and in midlife crisis, Tom. Adams is incomprehensible.

"Tom, there's a text-only book here, and I think it's a little special." When Tom calmed down, Joe, the intelligent AI, displayed a book without a cover on the screen and recommended.

"A text-only book? Don't have a sense of the body? No VFX? No music? "Tom. Adams is like seeing aliens...... Oh, and aliens are common now...... It's incredible to see Julie back.

"Nope." There is no doubt about the AI's answer. When Joe was destroyed, the AI code that escaped with the help of electronic devices was incomplete.

"Damn, how can there be such a book now?! Just kidding, right? Open the first few chapters for me to see. "Tom. Adams came the spirit.

The holographic screen changes, showing a semi-autobiographical first-person novel written by Lu Yuan.

"My 20th century, is it a time-traveling novel?"

Tom. Adams muttered to himself, but he watched line by line as he did an unfamiliar operation. The book without a sense of sensation made it very awkward for him to read, but Tom was quickly attracted to the content of the book before he could get used to it......

By the time he looked up from the book, the whole morning had passed, and his neck was completely stiff with his head tilted up. He writhed in pain, thinking, and subconsciously fiddling with the pen in his hand.

"Joe, I think...... It's a good book...... Although there are no legends, no plot of spaceship jumping, no magnificent war...... But that's what a good book is! "Tom. Adams is starting to get excited! "I can't really describe this feeling to you, it's like...... It's like the old days, Julie made dinner, and then we ate together at the table - ordinary, but very real!

What's more, the qiē described in that book is very novel...... Perhaps the author's writing is average, but his archaeological and research skills are superb! There are no flaws in the whole book...... I'm sure some readers will be interested. What is hidden under the slightly rustic writing is the details and logic that can withstand scrutiny. This author, as if he really came from two hundred years ago! ”

Tom flipped through the book to the author's bio, a small photograph composed entirely of black and white, with long hair, emaciated, somewhat haggard and melancholy figures, which seemed out of place in the current era of endeavor.

Of course, if he really understands the 20th century, he knows that this is a typical image of a decadent 2B youth in literary and green rock. It took Lu Yuan a lot of time to make himself like that, and finally fixed it through the guò "face changing technique". Familiar people can confirm that this is Lu Yuan, and unfamiliar people can't tell that this is the same person with a photo, and the subtle angle makes the means of measuring pupil distance and facial features lack contrast.

…… This is new technology for the Dawn.

"Survivor of the First Contact War, orphan of the Shanxi colony...... This is an interesting introduction! Tom looked at the author's bio with interest, "Joe, do people like him usually belong to anarchists or absolute liberals?" ”

"Absolute liberal."

Seeing that Tom was still flipping through with great interest, Joe reminded him to click on the almost exhausted trial time and said, "Then are we going to bid for the copyright?" ”

"Of course! I want this book! Bid now! We do whatever it takes! ”

The publishing bidding system is a super complex system operated by distribution network companies, and of course, the system that has developed to the point where human society has developed today is super complex - such as kissing to death XO. The publisher will convert the share, the number of distributions, distribution publicity, etc. into bidding scores, and then bid on a certain distribution area, and the highest price wins. In this book that describes human life, the distribution area of the Star Alliance will be the main source of profit and the focus of the struggle.

Tom fidgeted and waited.

In terms of the bidding system, he is still a lone offer.

"What's the matter, are all those people blind? They don't see the value of the book?! Or rather...... Is this book worthless? "It's hard for him to be competing, but it's even more anxious to be in a weird situation like the one now. It's a pity that the real situation is that although large companies also buy treasures from this pool, this text-only book failed to enter the evaluation system of large companies at the beginning! The analog intelligence VI of a large company is nothing more than a computer program, and the book is automatically filtered out at the first time.

Text-only? Ha!

And so, after 24 hours of hard work, Tom and his Tommen Publishing Company were given four weeks' distribution rights at a near-guaranteed price......

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PS: Let's send a big chapter. It's either food poisoning, or I'm a northerner, and I'm spoiled by long-term business trips. This time, I was dragged to eat seafood, and I was put down...... (To be continued......)