Chapter 371 Starfish have no future (Happy Mid-Autumn Festival)
The royalties given to Pei Yuan for "Zero Zero One" were not high, only 200 yuan for 1,000 words.
However, this price is quite reasonable for a relatively unknown student like Pei Yuan. Moreover, he can earn a thousand yuan per manuscript, which is quite good for an ordinary author.
Moreover, Pei Yuan doesn't care about the royalties at all. Even if "Zero Zero One" doesn't require royalties, he will hand over the manuscript without hesitation.
There are definitely many authors who think the same as him. After all, you can make money later, but such a good platform and such good publicity opportunities are rare.
The quality of the manuscripts in "Zero Zero One" has always been very high. The previous issues contained manuscripts by famous writers, except for Zhang Zhong and Yu Dongyu. Most people would not be able to get into it.
During this time, the magazine was also trying to reduce the number of manuscripts by famous writers. The resident authors of each issue were Zhang Zhong and Yu Dongyu. Even Zhao Re, the original author, rarely appeared.
I heard that "Zero Zero One" magazine receives at least tens of thousands of submissions every week, but not many of them get published, and the rejection rate is very low.
After returning from the counselor's office, Duan Kun asked him: "What is Teacher Zhu looking for you for?"
When Pei Yuan received a call from the counselor before, he was so excited that he spoke incoherently, and Duan Kun didn't hear the key information. Later, Pei Yuan went out. When he came back now, Duan Kun gossiped about him.
Pei Yuan smiled and said, "The secret must not be leaked. You will know after a while."
"Tch, Qi Qian, looking at your expression there must be something good going on."
Pei Yuan just laughed and did not answer Duan Kun's question.
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A week later, Pei Yuan received the sample issue from the magazine.
And this day is also the day when "The Last Starfish" is officially released.
After Pei Yuan went to the express delivery point to pick up the sample magazine, he went straight to the bookstore in front of the school.
The bookstore in the school is so stupid. Most of the books they sell are exam materials.
When he arrived at the bookstore, a lot of people had gathered in the bookstore, most of whom came to buy a new book.
The new bookshelf was crowded with people, and Pei Yuan finally squeezed in and got a copy of "The Last Starfish Man".
This book is not too thick, but it is definitely not too thin either. It is estimated to be just over 100,000 words.
The price is forty-five yuan.
Pei Yuan did not rush to open the book. Instead, he patrolled the hall of the bookstore and found the place where the magazine was placed.
There were also a lot of people gathered there, because today happened to be the day when "Zero Zero One" was published.
Pei Yuan walked over and saw several students holding a copy of "Zero and One" in their hands.
Without exception, these students all turned to the "Harry Potter" section at the back first. Pei Yuan was also chasing Harry Potter, but this time was a little special, so he didn't read the magazine as soon as he got it.
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He waited nearby, hoping to wait until these people finished reading "Harry Potter" before reading anything else. Maybe someone would read his article. After all, his article was quite long.
But this wait took a long time. After these people finished watching "Harry Potter", they found Yu Dongyu's "Thousand Doors" series in the catalog.
Okay, let's wait until they finish the "Thousand Doors" series.
After some time.
Having finished reading the "Thousand Doors" series, these students unexpectedly found Zhao Re's article again. Pei Yuan was stunned. There was an article by Zhao Re in this week's magazine? He wouldn't have known it if he hadn't seen others reading it.
In fact, he is the most tormented when others are looking for the catalog, because he sees his own article in the catalog. His article is in the middle, not too conspicuous, and there is his name at the back.
He really wanted to pat the person reading the magazine on the shoulder and tell him: "Hey, that person named Pei Yuan also wrote quite good articles."
But he couldn't say it.
He waited for more than half an hour, but in the end no one saw his article.
After these people stood by the bookshelf and read Zhang Zhong's article, they paid the bill and left.
Somewhat disappointed, Pei Yuan sighed, found a seat and sat down, and started reading the book "The Last Starfish" in his hand.
The book quickly enters the theme, aliens are coming, and the super-lord is coming.
Moreover, the contact between the Overlord and the Starfish people is not described much. In a very short space of time, human beings were surrendered by the power of the Overlord.
This rapid speed made Pei Yuan feel the impact. When human beings faced powerful external forces, would they behave like this?
Then he shook his head again, this is science fiction, how could he take it seriously?
But if you think about it carefully, if a being like the Overlord really comes to Starfish, the final outcome may be the same.
With curiosity, Pei Yuan continued to look down.
What he especially wants to know now is what exactly the Overlords are, where they come from, and what they want to do.
Is it really just to maintain the peace of the starfish? Are the aliens just living creatures?
There must be some benefit, not even aliens can do such a thankless thing.
However, he was not sure. After all, they were super civilized and it was difficult for humans to understand what they were thinking.
What Pei Yuan didn't know was that his ambivalence was also reflected in the book.
Facing the Overlord, the Starfish people also behaved very conflicted.
Since we can't defeat them, we have to accept our fate. If aliens are so powerful, what can we starfish humans do if they really have some agenda?
However, there are also some people who feel that the Overlord has a big conspiracy and they must not surrender to them. They must find a time to rebel.
As time passed in the book, the Super Lord actually abided by the agreement made back then and always guarded the peace of Haixing.
The development of Starfish is even better than before the arrival of the Super Lord. The human world is peaceful, without violence or conflict. People live and work in peace and contentment, because although the rule of the Super Lord is not as violent as the storm, it is pervasive, as if everything in the world is
, they all know the same thing.
No one can escape the eyes of the Overlord, and since this is the case, no one can commit crimes outside the sight of the Overlord.
The book also calls this era the Golden Age of Starfish.
But Pei Yuan noticed one sentence in it.
"Gold is also the color of sunset and autumn."
Winter is coming.
Sure enough, winter comes quickly and the golden color fades quickly.
The Star Children appeared. Children under ten years old all had super powers and were picked up by the Super Lord.
By this time, although humans were shocked, they had not yet realized what the fate of the starfish was going to be.
Until a period of time later, no newborns were born on the starfish, and the youngest one was fixed at eleven years old.
Starfish had no future, and Pei Yuan suddenly felt a sense of desolation in his heart.
Although he was in a busy bookstore, he felt like he was the last starfish person.