In this pan-galactic era, due to the obstacles in the distance of celestial bodies and the expensive buoy network communication costs. www..com Both television and civilian networks are naturally divided into countless fragments by separate galaxies. Humanity seems to have returned to the era when "the earth is not a village". This opportunity has given the publishing industry a second youth. !
Within the Star Alliance, there are four large monopoly giants in the publishing industry - I won't mention the specific names, but the largest one is called "People's Literature Publishing House". Am I going to talk nonsense? ! In order not to repeat the same mistakes, these industry giants are actively diversifying their operations, not only operating electronic publications, but also developing a new product-"portrait media".
"Portrait media" and electronic publications are closely related. How should I put it... It's similar to a virtual scene. Most of today's electronic books are somatosensory. You can import books into a universal tool and then connect them to holographic devices to give you an "immersive" feeling. For example, as the protagonist, you drive a battleship, as the protagonist, you drive a fighter plane, as the protagonist, you drive a missile... Well, everyone knows that once somatosensory becomes popular, driving electronics will inevitably become mainstream.
When you go through all the tribulations, slay the Reknai, kill the krogan, fight against the turian army, and finally save the weak Asari, of course... ahem, you need one/more girls to accompany you. ! So here’s the question – this is a virtual reality novel! If it weren't for a sentence like "Lingbo walks slightly, socks are dusty", or "Smiles are beautiful, beautiful eyes are looking forward to"... it will make readers yy for thousands of years!
The image must be concrete, realistic, interactive, and able to step out of a novel! And so… “Portrait Media” was born! For example, Shepard... ahem, she is still Jane Alexia. If she wanted to be a star, it would be simple - sign a contract with a publishing company. Then, under the guidance of the publishing house, carry out targeted self-cultivation - yes, literally!
For example, your contract stipulates that the roles you play include sexy female warrior, Qing/Lou Tou Pai, sexy agent...etc. Similar roles. All you need to do is maintain a perfect figure, do body scans regularly, and then take images and write a diary every day. Or play some virtual reality videos and upload them to your personal website. OK! You don't need to contact anyone or perform any substantive service. Just make money.
Users who have sold their image rights have only two things to do - first, constantly maintain your image; second, automatically lose any rights to portraits, body shape, etc... even if someone records a virtual chat with you. Videos with a xxoo image are uploaded to the Internet, and the right to sue also belongs to the publishing house... In short, this is an industry that makes a lot of money based on innate conditions. Of course, cartoonists are also happy because they don’t have to be good-looking. You can also make a lot of money relying on the two-dimensional characters you create - but Japan's past creative characters* that changed their hairstyle and clothes are over.
When Li Yunchen helped Lu Yuan deliver it, several major publishing companies were excluded first - this is a pure text novel with no relevant peripheral added value, and even major companies will not read it. Moreover, the rise of virtual reality has led to a general dulling of human perception - when new media stimulates great stimulation, human perception begins to dull; when human beings dull, novels must increase stimulation - ultimately resulting in each novel not jumping into the universe several times. A spaceship, or a pillow fight, you'd be too embarrassed to publish!
Li Yunchen was in a dark situation in the publishing industry. I reluctantly voted for a distribution network company...
This company is the inevitable destination for all authors who have no way of publishing. The author signs a formulaic contract and doesn't have to worry about it at all. This company is also not responsible for publishing. It plays the role of managing a resource pool. There are countless publishing houses, large and small, looking for buried treasures in this pool.
If several companies are ready to adopt a certain book, then they will complete the coordination work through a bidding mechanism. After that, issues such as income, taxation, publishing, etc. will have standardized and standard processes to ensure the interests of several parties. This process There is almost no human intervention, and certainly no need for the author to get involved.
In this way, "My 20th Century", a three-novel novel (no physical sensation, no bondage portraits, and no stimulating scenes), was thrown into the resource pool and sank directly to the bottom. It was not until a month passed that it was picked up by a People accidentally turn it up...
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Tom Adams, the CEO, Editor-in-Chief and Marketing Specialist of Toman Publishing Company, brushed his teeth. While leaning in front of the mirror to look at the dark circles under his eyes. With his sparse hair, high hairline, and loose, dull skin, anyone can tell that he is a tired middle-aged man.
After a simple wash, holding milk and sandwiches, and wearing pajamas, Tom walked into his workroom - this is Toman Publishing Company.
"Hey, Tom." A young man's voice sounded on the terminal, and the company's assistant, Joe, was greeting him.
"Hey, Joe." Tom mumbled in reply, and Tom lay on the sofa chair, looking at the terminal with dull eyes. Work from home be damned, I’ve been stuck at home for six whole days without leaving the house – I need the outside world now! Human interaction is needed! Need fresh air! Need...that!
He really wanted to yell at the boss so loudly, then throw something and say "I quit" coolly!
But no, he couldn't yell in front of the mirror, that would look silly, because he himself is the boss. Yes, Tommen Publishing Company, this newly opened publishing company that claims to be powerful, actually only has him as an employee, plus a semi-finished intelligent AI - a self-aware AI prohibited by Star Alliance law. System - is "Qiao" disguised as a simulated intelligent vi tool.
"You look so tired, 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 damn Starlink doesn't rest! You know, Joe, I need to succeed! Yes! Yes, I need to succeed. I need Julie back, I need her back to me! And what does all this require? Xingyuan! Xingyuantm can't buy love, but it can buy Julie! That's the problem... "
AI seemed to know that his boss was talking to himself horribly again, so he changed the topic: "Do you need to check the submission list?"
"Oh?" Tom raised his head, "Check and throw it on that wall."
Pointing to the wall to the left, Tom kicked the ground with his feet. Slide the sofa chair over.
The holographic screen opened, and rows of organized bibliographies came out, all of which were read by AI Qiao and various summaries were added to them. It's clear at a glance. Of course, this kind of advance reading is also strictly monitored and regulated.
"Ultimate Horse Run"
"My Woman Li Thrush" (the author named John Farrell should be dragged out...
"Iron Wall"
"The Pursuit of Life and Death"
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"War! War! Damn war!" Tom threw the pen away angrily. "I hate Li Huamei! The original theme of war should have been outdated long ago... but Li Huamei brought readers back again! Guess what? There will be a large wave of personal hero novels next. And then boom!!! The publishing industry is booming Shock—I think we know it, the big publishers know it, but the damn authors don’t know it!”
Since the discovery of the Milky Way, humans have encountered various races, strong, weak, peace-loving, and war-loving. Various races surround 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 life of every person on earth. We don’t have dreadnoughts, we don’t have aircraft carriers, we don’t have super warriors, and we are thousands of years behind in scientific research... But because of the existence of mass relays, others are always at risk. Can fly to our door! These facts haunt the entire human race like a nightmare. So social resources as a whole are tilted towards the military, scientific research resources are tilted towards the military, and so on.
At the same time, YY novels describing "winning interstellar wars through magical tactics" and "lone heroes saving the world" became very popular - people who were entangled in a sense of despair could find some solace from these books. Yes, when we are not strong, we still have magical tactics inherited for thousands of years, and there are still lonely human heroes emerging. We have not failed yet!
To this day. In less than twenty years, the Star Alliance has fielded a new generation of dreadnoughts and trained soldiers who are fully adapted to interstellar warfare - the Star Alliance's military strength is unparalleled in the galaxy. Already ranked first among the countries with frequent flights! The Star Alliance has become a force that cannot be ignored.
At the same time, after humans had a deeper understanding of the current situation of the galaxy, they learned that the Citadel Council that currently controls the galaxy is a ruler committed to peace. They prohibit any all-out conflict, regulate and suppress local wars, and diplomatic settlement is always the first choice to solve problems. As a result, the Star Alliance made greater diplomatic efforts, cooperating with Turians to develop warship technology, exchanging scientific research results with Salarian, and actively participating in the exploration of the Prothean ruins. The gap between the three major races of the Citadel Council has been greatly shortened.
Today, when everyone lives and works in peace and contentment, the rate of voluntary military service has declined. The booming development of civilian technology all implies that the shadow of war has dissipated. Under this general trend. It is only a matter of time before war-themed novels decline, as can be seen from the changes in sales this year.
The publishing company has mailed market feedback to each author, but unfortunately, they still receive batches of war novels! Especially under the enthusiastic influence of the "Skylian Raid", authors of war novels have expressed that they can still fight for another five hundred years!
"Throw away all this rubbish. I'd rather publish a cooking guide than manipulate these novels! God, this is a damn opportunity! But where are the damn smart authors!"
Tired, irritable, neurotic, and in mid-life crisis, Tom Adams is unreasonable.
"Tom, here is a book with pure text. I think it's a little special." After Tom calmed down, the intelligent AI Qiao displayed a book without a cover on the screen and recommended it.
"A text-only book? No somatosensory? No visual effects? No music?" Tom Adams was like seeing aliens... Oh, aliens are very common now... It was like seeing Julie back. Incredible.
"No." AI's answer was without any doubt. Qiao was the AI code that used electronic equipment to escape when the Lunar AI Research Institute was destroyed, and the core was incomplete.
"Damn, how can there be such a book now?! Are you kidding me? Open the first few chapters and let me have a look." Tom Adams became energetic.
The holographic screen changed and displayed a semi-autobiographical first-person novel written by Lu Yuan.
"Is my 20th century a time-travel novel?"
Tom Adams was talking to himself, but while operating unfamiliarly, he read line by line. Books without physical sensation made it very awkward for him to read, but before Tom got used to it, 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 neck was completely stiff with his head tilted up. He was twisting in pain, thinking, and subconsciously playing with the pen in his hand.
"Qiao, I think...this is a good book...although there are no legendary characters, no plot of jumping into a spaceship, and no magnificent war...but it is a good book!" Tom Adams started to get excited! "I really can't describe this feeling to you, it's like... it's just like the old days when Julie cooked dinner and we ate together at the table - mundane, but very real!
What's more, everything described in that book is very novel... Maybe the author's writing style is average, but his archaeological and information research abilities are superb! The whole book is flawless... I'm sure it will be of interest to some readers. Hidden under the slightly plain writing style are details and logic that can withstand scrutiny. This author looks like he really came from two hundred years ago! "
Tom flipped through the book and found the author's introduction. A small photo was completely composed of black and white. The image was long-haired, thin, somewhat haggard and melancholy, and seemed out of tune with the current era of progress.
Of course, if he really understood the 20th century, he would know that this is a typical image of the decadent 2b youth of literary youth rock. It took Lu Yuan a lot of time to make himself look like that, but he finally fixed it through the "face-changing technique". Familiar people can confirm that this is Lu Yuan, but unfamiliar people can't tell that this is the same person when holding the photo. The subtle angle makes the interpupillary distance, facial features and other methods lack contrast.
…This is Dawn’s new technology.
"Survivors of the First Contact War, orphans of Shanxi Colony... This introduction is very interesting!" Tom looked at the author's introduction with interest, "Qiao, are people like him usually classified as anarchists or absolute liberals? By?"
"Absolutely liberal."
Seeing that Tom was still turning over the pages with great interest, Joe reminded him of the almost exhausted trial time and said, "Then do we have to bid for the publishing rights?"
"Of course! I want this book! Make a bid! We won't pay any price!"
The publishing bidding system is a super complex system operated by distribution network companies. Of course, human society has developed to today's systems, and each system is super complex - such as kissing to death xo. The publisher will convert the share, distribution quantity, distribution promotion, etc. into a bidding score, and then bid for a certain distribution area, and the highest bidder will win. For this book describing human life, the Star Alliance-wide distribution area will be the main source of profit and the focus of the struggle.
Tom waited restlessly.
In terms of the bidding system, he still made a single quote.
"What's going on? Are those people blind? Can't they see the value of this book?! Or... this book has no value?" It certainly made him uncomfortable when someone competed, but in such a weird situation like now It makes people more anxious. Unfortunately, the real situation is that although large companies also look for treasures from this pool, this purely text book failed to enter the evaluation system of large companies from the beginning! The simulated intelligent vi of large companies is nothing more than a computer program, and this book was automatically filtered out the first time.
Plain text? ha!
In this way, after 24 arduous hours, Tom and his Toman Publishing Company obtained the four-week distribution rights at an almost guaranteed price...
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ps: Post a big chapter. Either I have food poisoning, or I have a northern stomach and my long-term business trip has damaged my body. This time I was dragged to eat seafood, and I was knocked down... (To be continued) r655
