The Glittering Empire, the Court of Stars.

One of its outer planets welcomed guests from other species, which was rare. These guests were all here to attend the pre-sale preview of Flash Empire.

The Flash Empire is a proud family, and this pre-sale trial reading will be a rare promotional activity.

"The Glitter Empire is a little strange recently. They are not smiling anymore." A reader whispered to his friend. After all, they are speaking ill of others in their territory, so they should keep a low profile.

"The books published by the Glitter Empire used to be very good." An alien from the same immortal race said, "Who knew that their quality would become lower and lower? It's because they always make fun of other authors' works. Who would be willing to submit their works?"

"Their laughter used to be very loud, but recently it has become very quiet. Have they changed their nature?" the reader asked.

The long-lived reader said, "Really? I'm hard of hearing."

"I heard that the reason we can't hear it is that the Shining Empire has been staying in the underground palace recently!" Another reader shared the gossip he had heard.

Changsheng reader said: "This is not good. If you don't get enough sun, you will get osteoporosis."

"Thank you for your hard work, old man." The other readers gave the immortal reader a larger space and continued to eat melons in a low voice, "The Flashing Empire did not change its personality, but learned to hide. In fact, they laugh wildly in the underground palace every day!"

"That makes sense, it's indeed something they can do..." The onlookers showed an "I understand" expression.

"It must be because the quality of the submissions was so poor this time. They finally learned to reflect on themselves, right?"

"Then I will be mentally prepared for this trial reading."

Da Zi's figure was vaguely visible in the sky, and many readers quickly shut up.

Da Zi landed smoothly and began to host many matters of the trial reading meeting. It distributed questionnaires and collected readers' opinions on the first batch of publishing plans.

Changsheng Reader flipped through the title of the book he saw, which was called "The Code of the Ancient Tomb", and squinted his eyes to turn to the next page.

Half an hour later, it had just finished reading the first 50 pages, but its entire body was shaking uncontrollably. The other readers were a little worried.

It raised its head tremblingly, and its voice was trembling with wavy lines: "Big purple cub, you must never forget history!"

Da Zi never bowed his head, and always looked down at the tiny readers, but he was somewhat touched when he heard these words.

There are strong historical elements in "The Tomb Code".

They can't build cool underground palaces like those in the books. Is it because they don't pay attention to their own history?

The Flash Clan was born from underground, and all the symbols of history are imprinted on their bodies. Who would care about the different geological traces on a piece of ore?

Other readers were shocked. There were aliens who dared to call the Glittering Empire a cub, and this usually arrogant race didn't even get angry?

"This book is very interesting!" Changsheng reader passed the copy to other readers while leaning on his cane. Other readers quickly stretched out their hands to receive it and read it curiously in their own seats.

An hour later, the entire preview session exploded!

"It's so good! When will the next part be released? Has the author finished writing it?"

"Fuck, what about Eternal Night Xun Ming? I think none of them can compare to Cang Hai! I think that in this essay contest, The Code of the Tomb is the best! I'll go back to the forum and post it now!"

"Why are you only thinking about provoking a fight right now... The quality of physical books is simply not comparable to online novels, right? When I flip through the physical book, my brain seems to be sleeping on the body of the Maotuan alien. I can fall asleep as soon as I close my eyes. This book makes me feel so comfortable that I even feel like I need to upgrade my reading ability."

Da Zi was very pleased to hear these readers' comments on "The Tomb Code". The Flash Tribe rarely talked to foreign creatures, and they did not welcome foreign creatures, because the microorganisms carried by foreign creatures would destroy their hard bodies. But thinking of his own reputation, Da Zi still said in a low voice:

"By then, there will be a limited-time purchase bonus event for Tomb Code, and you are welcome to purchase it."

After returning to the underground palace, I will double the print volume of "The Code of the Tomb Sweeping"!

Readers looked up at Da Zi and felt that the Glittering Empire was not what they had imagined.

Space.

"We are about to jump to the Pangshi galaxy. Please do not disconnect the spacecraft. Passengers are strictly prohibited from leaving the cabin."

A giant planetary ship announced to the slender, winding fleet behind it.

The universe is constantly moving. If you want to take a fixed route, you must rely on this planetary giant ship to avoid getting lost when traveling through the stars. In the fleet, several spaceships are particularly conspicuous. The main ship in the center is equipped with many weapons in appearance, and there are uniform rows of guard ships suspended around it. This is a merchant ship of a physical book merchant, which is as important as the money transporter on Earth in a sense.

On the merchant ship, several alien businessmen were using small talk to gather intelligence from each other.

"The Flash Empire is an old partner. I plan to buy 200,000 copies this time."

"Two hundred thousand? That's too mean of you. I plan to purchase three hundred thousand."

"Why did you buy so little this time?" an alien merchant asked in confusion. He was very tall and thin, almost reaching the ceiling. "Didn't everyone order at least one million last time? The sales were good last time. I've reserved five million this time."

The other booksellers looked at each other in bewilderment and smirked at this outlier, saying, "It seems that you are not very well-informed. There is nothing we can do about it. Whoever gets the first-hand information in the universe will make money first."

"What...just happened?" The tall and thin businessman became even more confused.

Seeing it so anxious, the other aliens laughed dryly and said, "Have you heard of the Feiya Chamber of Commerce in the Pangshi Galaxy?"

"Of course I know, but isn't online literature their main business? There is no comparison between online literature and physical books. The literary value of physical books is much higher and they can be read repeatedly. Readers don't spend money simply for the pleasure of reading." The tall and thin businessman showed disdain.

"You're wrong. Simple and straightforward writing has become a new trend in physical books." Other merchants said mysteriously, "Did you see the spaceship 0.3 AU away from us? They are star writers from the Disk Galaxy. They debuted as online writers, and then their physical books became a big hit, with sales exceeding 100 million on the first planetary day."

Other merchants moved closer.

"They happened to travel here. The Flying Duck Chamber of Commerce in the Pangshi Galaxy happened to invite them to settle in. Along the way, they also finished writing the draft. I have an informant who said that the feedback from the trial reading was quite good. They are just waiting to be published. Look, whose book do you want to buy?"

"Alas! I spoke too quickly and pre-ordered 800,000 copies of Glitter Empire. Now I regret it so much." A businessman burst into tears when he mentioned this. "I don't have the funds to buy the Flying Duck Chamber of Commerce. I'm not destined to make money! My colleague, if you can refund the money, please do it as soon as possible."

"I'll just quit." A businessman said with a straight face.

"Well, well, well, merchants must be honest." The tall and thin businessman said with difficulty, "Besides, the books published by the Flash Empire are still guaranteed..."

But other businessmen looked at him disapprovingly.

The tall and thin businessman lowered his head. He knew the rumors about the arrogance of the Glitter Empire, and the manuscripts received were getting worse and worse. Could it be that the manuscript collection would suddenly get better this time?

This time I might suffer a big loss...

The book-carrying spaceship shook violently, and in the blink of an eye, all the spaceships had jumped to the Pangshi galaxy, and then each dispersed to find its destination and land. The planetary giant ship would automatically be captured by the port star, circle the port star a quarter of a circle, and then speed away.

The book-carrying spaceship arrived at the Star Court of the Glittering Empire.

The light around Da Zi was solemn and dignified, maintaining the pride of the Flashing Clan.

The news that some booksellers regretted refunding came too suddenly, and it had no time to adjust the printing volume. But out of pride, it just silently carried out the physical book transaction. The tall and thin merchant who bought the most came to pick up the goods, and Da Zi just nodded slightly to express his gratitude for the other party's honest behavior.

Of the numerous physical books, only 20 million were taken away in the end.

Da Zi's underground palace for storing books was still packed.

After many booksellers left, Da Zi returned to the underground palace in silence and opened the group chat on the light brain. The name of the group chat was "A loving family."

It slowly gathered its luck and spoke loudly to the group chat:

"you--

If you dig up my underground palace again, I will be rude to you!"

…

The tall and thin bookseller planned to sell books in the Pangshi system first. All booksellers would do the same.

It came to its own offline physical bookstore, thought about it, and gritted its teeth to put "The Tomb Code" in the most conspicuous position, and wrote a personal recommendation:

"The favorite to win the Glitter Empire Writing Contest! The fantasy underground world is beyond imagination! For a limited time, purchase will come with a free illustrated booklet with the author's personal commentary!"

It hung the slogan in the most conspicuous place and then waited nervously for the first customer.

While waiting, he flipped through the booklet that came with The Tomb Code. The first page was the author's preface.

“Preface

Hello everyone, this is my first time writing a preface, so I asked Yu Jin how to write it, and he said just thank the people you want to thank. So I'm going to start. Thank you Yu Jin and Ganuo for your help during the writing of this book, I hope they are always safe and happy. Thank you Xun Ming and Yong Ye for providing me with fun while I was writing the book, thank you Blue Star for the inspiration that made me dream often, and thank you Flash Empire for publishing this book..."

"Is the author a newcomer? She's quite lively."

The tall and thin businessman flipped through the contents at the back, and the densely packed text descriptions made him feel a little nervous.

"Is it because I read too many online articles before that my ability to read deeply has declined?"

The tall and thin businessman planned to put the bonus booklet aside and read it after work. It went to deal with other books in the bookstore, and kept staring at the bookshelf where "The Tomb Code" was placed.

Now many customers came in, looked at the slogans, but were not very interested. It felt depressed.

Suddenly, a guest came in and looked carefully at the bookshelf of "The Tomb Code". The tall and thin businessman was delighted. Unexpectedly, the guest asked loudly: "Are there any books by those writers from the Coiled Galaxy?"

The tall and thin businessman said bitterly: "No, no..."

"Of course not. They haven't started publishing yet. It will take a few days. You heard the wrong news." A guest actually knew the news about the Panqu Galaxy and started chatting about it in public.

The tall and thin businessman couldn't bear to listen any longer, so he lowered his head to tidy up the bookshelf, planning to borrow some money to buy some new books later.

Another anxious guest ran in and asked breathlessly, "Do you have any—"

The tall and thin businessman said politely: "No, but we will pay attention to the news in this regard."

"Isn't it here?" The customer slapped his thigh and picked up "The Code of the Tomb Sweeping" from the bookshelf. He took one book after another, and took five books in total!

"Wrap it up for me, thank you!"

The tall and thin businessman was delighted, quickly packed the books, and asked in a friendly tone: "How did you know about our books?"

"Oh, I attended the preview of Glittering Empire before. Come on, I'm waiting to see the sequel." said the guest.

"It's already packed, please take care!" The tall and thin businessman personally escorted the customer out of the store. Looking at the customer's impatient back, he finally felt a little confident.

It returned to the bookstore and saw that it had forgotten to give its gift!

I had to pack it up first and wait for the customer to come back and pick it up.

The tall and thin businessman packed all the gifts himself and prepared them for the next customer.

But the store was full of people, but the bookshelf where "The Tomb Code" was placed was deserted. The tall and thin businessman frowned and shook his head, thinking that the hurried customer was just a special case.

It was not until the store was about to close that an idle customer randomly bought this book. This time, the tall and thin businessman did not forget to pack the gift and sent the customer out in a friendly tone.

It looked back at the full bookshelf and sighed inwardly.

…

When the news that "The Tomb Code" was not popular reached Xi Yujin, the Shining Empire did not blame Xi Yujin, but instead said that their promotional strategy was wrong and gave a part of the deposit according to the contract.

But if the subsequent Tomb Code still has poor sales, the cooperation between Canghai and Shining Empire will end here. There will be no more profit sharing, and there will be no sequel.

Xi Yujin replied politely, even though he was almost depressed.

He also learned a piece of bad news related to the eternal night.

There are too many mixed languages ​​on the Star Network, making it twice as difficult to access the Internet. This universe inexplicably has no translation AI, and is even more backward than Earth. So Xi Yujin has some difficulty understanding information. He recently learned from the reward list of "Mr. Zhong's Detective Collection" that a book friend forum has set off a bloody storm.

"Why do I have to write 'Xun Ming' on the reward list? Is this a common name?"

Xi Yujin felt deeply alienated by the cultural barriers and found the book club forum through the address on the reward list.

The hot post on the forum is hanging high.

>Title: Confessions of a former StarNet wanted criminal

-I am a former StarNet wanted criminal who just got out of a deep space prison. The more I read Mr. Zhong's Detective Cases, the more I feel involved. For some things, you really only know the details if you do them yourself. Like the motive for committing a crime, like trace retrieval. I am a little scared. Am I going to meet a real boss this time?

There were many replies below, and more than ten pages appeared after refreshing. Most of the creatures expressed shock.

Shocked! Why didn't they think of this! Yongye wrote such a good book, so there is only one truth! Yongye is a related practitioner!

"I'm also shocked. What went wrong with my vest creation? Am I not mentally ill enough?"

Xi Yujin was very confused.

He quickly figured out a way to solve the problem of Yongye's song. He just needed to issue a guarantee letter of no bad credit on the official website of Blue Star. The cosmic black box was used for black box operations.

He was just worried about the reputation of his pen name Yongye.

If you give the impression that you are a wanted criminal, your future articles may not sell well.

"Why is it so difficult to survive and make money in this universe..."

Xi Yujin felt a little tired, and his whole body seemed much dimmer in a physical sense.

Canghai earned very little, and Xun Ming made no money at all and was even fleeced.

Originally, Yongye was the one who made the most money, and that made him feel most at ease.

However, when Xi Yujin was on Earth, he was surrounded by wolves and felt uncomfortable spending money and making money. Perhaps it was because of his compensatory mentality that he was prone to impulse spending in this universe.

When I go shopping in physical shopping malls, I have Ganuo by my side to help me, so I can still control myself.

But once he was alone, he looked at the balance in his wallet, and in an instant, he felt arrogant, impulsive, and arrogant, as if he could buy the entire universe. He seemed to be able to spend a lot of money! Money is just a string of numbers! He couldn't bear it, so he bought the right to use the writing AI 20 times with 100,000 dust.

After deducting the money he had spent on food and drinks on the Commercial Star, he now had only 40,000 dust sands in his account.

Isn't this exactly the same as before coming to the Pangshi Galaxy!

There is no profit in rounding!

At this moment, the door of the reception room opened and Ganuo came in with the manuscript. He was visibly stunned when he saw Xi Yujin looking dejected.

Xi Yujin suddenly became even more depressed. He had no money left, so he had no money to pay Garno. Garno was paid for his work. Garno had never asked to leave, and it seemed that his energy was very expensive, so he had not yet collected enough money. If Xi Yujin could not pay for his future work, Garno would naturally leave.

But Xi Yujin didn't want to be without a companion to chat with.

He still wanted to keep up appearances, so he gave Ganuo a dry smile.

Gano stood there at a loss. He could see that Emberno was in a state of sadness. What was the reason? Could he solve it? In what position could he solve it?

He could only clumsily place the manuscript in front of Xi Yujin, and hesitated several times to speak, as there was no sentence he could recall in his mind.

"I'm fine." Instead, Xi Yujin saw his embarrassment and took the initiative to help him out.

Xi Yujin has a strong ability to self-regulate. He will be sad for a while at most. Now he has already found new ways to have fun, or no, to solve problems.

He said to Gano in a normal tone:

"It's just that something happened to my best friend. Canghai's book didn't sell well, Yongye was slandered by other creatures, and Xun Ming was even paying for the serialization of online novels..."

Xi Yujin's voice gradually became softer and seemed to come from far away.

"I'm worried about them. If they're sad, I'll be even sadder."

Ganuo's breathing also became lighter.

Zerg have always been emotionally indifferent. According to Zerg common sense, comforting emotions is the responsibility of the closest partner.

If converted into the customs of close friends on Blue Star, the close friend should be responsible for this matter.

But the spaceship was empty. From the moment Ganuo boarded the ship, he had not seen their figures. Xi Yujin took care of almost all the affairs on the spaceship.

This kind of close friend is totally unqualified, right?

He looked at Xi Yujin who was trying hard to hide his emotions, and complex emotions surged in his heart.

You worry about others day and night, but why don’t you see others standing by you when you are sad?