If so, do you know "The Witch and the Magic Book"?
If you like to read fantasy novels on 17k, you will definitely know this book - this is a matter of course. The big picture of the book looks familiar even to me, who doesn't pay much attention to novels.
It starts when I go home one day - oh, I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Chen Xiaofeng.
He is an ordinary man who married his sister.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t need to remember such boring settings.
Anyway, when I got home that day, my wife and sister did not prepare dinner as usual, but stared at the screen of her mobile phone with a mysterious look on her face.
Well, a reasonable man like me would not interfere in his wife's private life, not to mention that mutual trust between husband and wife is the basic requirement for maintaining a happy (in every sense) life.
However, it would be a lie to say that I am not curious!
I walked to the refrigerator and took out the milk.
"...What are you looking at?"
He asked pretending to be casual.
"..."The Witch and the Magic Book"."
My lovely wife Chen Lai replied without raising her head.
It seems to be the name of something.
"what is that?"
"Eh?" It seemed that he didn't know what it was, which was a very surprising thing. Anyway, Minato raised his head in surprise, "No way? Haven't you read "The Witch and the Magic Book"? Brother?"
"Uh... what on earth is that? A TV series? A movie? Or something else?"
"It's a novel! A novel! By the way, brother, you haven't read it yet? It's so good, and it belongs to the same company as us!"
Ah, so it’s a colleague? But I usually don’t care if my colleagues around me work on that book. Maybe I might recognize someone when I see them, but that’s not necessarily true when it comes to the title of the book.
"As for novels... I usually only read "Psychological Research Department of a Certain University" and "Magic Harem Academy"."
"All I read are harem novels! Brother!"
Perhaps because I accidentally exposed my hidden attributes, my dear sister's tone became much more serious.
"...This...is considered normal for an able-bodied male, right?"
Minato puffed up her face. Even after being married for so long, she still never gets tired of this expression.
"It seems that my brother's reading also needs to be checked!"
Minato handed over the phone, which was the main page of 17k Fantasy.
"Did you see the channel's big picture push and the editor's recommendation? You can see "The Witch and the Magic Book" everywhere on the page. Brother, you are completely behind the trend!"
"Hey, do you want to use such serious words..."
"Hmph! If you are my contractor!" (suddenly doing the same action as when sword met Xun for the first time)
It seems that I have completely fallen into that book. If we were still in middle school, I would definitely think that Minato has not graduated from the second grade of middle school, but he is still in his twenties. It would be bad if he has not graduated.
"...Let me tell you, what is the book you have been holding since just now?"
"It's the Magic Book of Swords! Please take a look clearly. This is the form of sword before Xun and sword were signed! This is a cospaly collector's edition that I asked the relevant people within the company to get!"
How could I know that kind of thing! And...why is there still a y? It's obviously just an ordinary novel company, right? But if this question is asked out loud, I'm afraid it won't be as simple as it is now.
However, no matter what, Minato seemed to really like this book.
"Ahem, brother, let's take a look together!"
Physical book? Minato was so enthusiastic that he even prepared this thing!
"...As for books, even e-books are fine...actually, physical books or something..."
"What nonsense are you talking about? It's disrespectful to a masterpiece if you don't read the physical book! Brother, I also hope that many people will buy our physical book, right?"
Having said that, there must be sales... On the contrary, instead of buying physical books, I hope that the subscriptions can increase. After all, maintaining the subscription list is already very laborious.
Now, I kind of know what this is - it's like strongly recommending something you like to others, this kind of "preaching" thing.
It is futile to resist now.
"In that case...it's okay, just feel the charm of this work!"
But...if Minato really likes it so much——
——"Hey, God Ji, do you know "The Witch and the Magic Book"?"
…
Probably in a few days.
That is, a few days after my wife Minato recommended that book to me. Wait a minute, you don’t know who my wife and I are? In this case, please Baidu for the book "Conquering Area 11"!
Ahem, above, the obligatory publicity is completed.
In short, after these few days, I finally got news about the work I entrusted to Ji Shen. Ah, he is indeed a powerful second-generation rich man, and his work is reliable.
Of course, if I say the thing you asked me, it will appear quite untrue. Ji Shen also took this into consideration, so I don’t need to do anything after that.
Well...it's about time for a call, right?
Sitting on the sofa, reading the newspaper, I secretly glanced at Minato's mobile phone.
Finally, the bell rang.
Minato answered the phone curiously. After a series of "yes" and "um", he seemed to hear something explosive. Minato, who was always known for being reserved, couldn't help but jump up from the sofa.
"Really, really?! Yes! Yes! Okay! Please leave it to me! ... Well, okay, let's discuss the details when we meet!"
Then he hung up the phone.
Even I have never seen such a sloppy look.
"Is there something good going on?"
I didn't raise my head knowing that I was asking.
"Brother! I can meet sword!"
"Oh? If you want to meet, you can basically see her as long as you go to the company."
"It's not that simple!" Minato fiddled with his phone for a while and opened the interface of station b (why did Minato know about this first gay dating site?). The homepage showed a large picture with the words "District 11 x Magician"
Books—girls’ private conversations!”
"Oh, really? That's great."
"What an attitude! So cold!"
Uh...after all, I already know this kind of thing. If there is no surprise, I won't jump for joy.
"Hey! Why are there still photos of you?"
"Of course, after all, it is hosted by sword and I!"
"Oh, so that girl next to you is Sword?"
"That's right."
"She looks quite delicate. Well, she feels very powerful."
"Really?"
She seems to be five or six years younger than Minato and I, that is, around sixteen or seventeen years old, probably to adapt to the dress in the book. Anyway, her dress is quite retro.
Having said that, it still has a fashionable feel overall.
"It feels so awesome."
"Didn't I tell you this a long time ago? Because their construction period was about the same as ours, and they are also very popular in fantasy, so I have long wanted to meet Sword!"
What kind of person would it be that Minato could admire so much?
"Also, the little fox is super cute. It will be super comfortable to use as a pillow when sleeping! Maybe Sword will introduce the little fox to me!"
In that case, is it taking an advantage of me? No, no, no! How could you have the idea of being disloyal to Minato? It's so sinful.
"Ahem...you wouldn't do it for this reason..."
"No! Sword itself is very cute and beautiful, but she is not suitable as a pillow."
"...Well, your enthusiasm has been fully conveyed to me..."
It seems that the decision I made was right. Being able to make Minato smile like this is really worth the sacrifice!
(Sacrifice is: if God Ji falls into the Shura field in the harem one day, I must rush over to save him from the fire and water... After all, if I have to run away, is my ability too destructive?)
"...It looks like it will be a very happy job."
"Well, I'm super happy."
"Then work hard!"
"Ah? What are you talking about? You want to go too."
"Varied--"
Let me go, I have never asked Ji Shen to do such unnecessary things!
All in all, on the day of the live broadcast, Minato and I went to the company's live broadcast room - this is obviously a novel company! Why is there a live broadcast room!
“No matter how you look at it, our company’s building is so majestic.”
Maybe because he was in a good mood, Minato rarely spoke like this.
"Well, I heard that it seems that it will be moved to a bigger building in the near future."
"Eh? Wouldn't that cost a lot?"
"What are you afraid of...I heard that this place is supported by the Dark Moon Consortium."
"Darkmoon Consortium? What is that?"
"As I told you, the book "Psychological Research in a Certain University" that I used to read often. The Dark Moon Consortium is Ji Shen's personal bank."
For some reason, Minato's expression changed subtly.
"Why is that consortium related to the company?"
"It is said that the editor-in-chief of 17k, Blood Pay, was Dark Moon's younger brother before he debuted."
"Brother? Is it something like the underworld?"
"I don't know about this...Ji Shen has never told me about this matter, but when I asked him, he just smiled and said nothing."
However, this makes it feel like it's being concealed.
"Although I don't know the relationship between Blood Pay and Dark Moon, it is said that even now Blood Pay still has secret meetings with Dark Moon, and it is said that he is planning something terrible that will endanger world peace... Of course, these are just rumors.
"
"...Brother, let me ask, where is the source of the 'rumor'?"
“Baidu!”
——With just this sentence, the credibility is greatly reduced.
But originally these things have nothing to do with us.
"Having said that, if there is really an inside story, it seems that this meeting is not that simple."
Did Minato feel something?
"……Why do you say that?"
"After all, Sword and I are both works in the fighting series, and the God Ji you are talking about is also a daily harem series, so it doesn't matter how you look at it, right?"
"Indeed, if it's Senior Ye Lin, there won't be any problem."
"That's not what you said. Senior Ye Lin is very busy."
Anyway, that's the end of this topic. From the looks of Minato, it's not that he has any doubts, but he's just talking nonsense because of his high-level nature.
Then Minato and I walked into the company while chatting.