Chapter 110
Recent StarBlog has been a carnival for a bunch of people.
Or rather, recent StarBlog belongs to a carnival of Earth Commerce’s new products!
Because—
Even though the items everyone received were things Earth Commerce already sold, their designs had changed into completely different looks.
According to statistics from certain bored people, just the pillow designs alone had launched no fewer than ten new styles. And the never-before-seen “suction cup” water bottles directly came out in two full series: the Milk Tea Series and the Twelve Zodiac Series.
Plus there were other new, ridiculously cute merch items: kettles, towels, blankets, and so on.
In addition, there were plenty of Earth Commerce’s classic bestsellers too, like fresh flowers and food.
Those items that people usually had to fight outside to grab, some folks—because they had tons of stamps—straight-up redeemed one year of flower delivery and one year of food delivery!
Yes. Everyone read that right.
Not one day. Not one week. Not one month.
A whole year!
A full year!
When that got revealed, it made people want to swap bodies on the spot.
No wonder!
No wonder so many people joined the event, yet so many top-floor prizes in the redemption tower were still left unclaimed. Turns out it wasn’t that they didn’t have stamps—people simply chose to spend their stamps on other items that were more valuable to them.
[I’m Just a Big Idiot]: Waaaaah, I’m jealous, I’m crying, I need prizes to get up again!
[So Mad I’m a Pufferfish]: I refuse to accept this! I lodge a strong protest! Earth Commerce can’t keep doing this. Next time you run an event, you MUST provide full event details, or I’m seriously going to file a complaint!
[Hands Up in Agreement]: +1. Waaaah this feeling is torture. Once is enough. Seriously, once is enough. I never want to experience this a second time in my life!
Friend, do you know what jealousy is?
Friend, do you know what envy is?
Friend, do you know what hatred is?
Netizens: cold face.jpg
Heh. We didn’t know before. Now we do!
As more and more people posted pictures, more and more people completely broke down.
At first, everyone could comfort themselves: “The people who got prizes are a minority, I was just unlucky, next time I’ll definitely get something,” blah blah blah.
But then—
Pictures here, pictures there. Adults posting pictures. Elderly folks posting pictures. Even kids posting pictures?
Oh wow. So the whole universe joined the event and redeemed prizes… except us?
This wasn’t just “missed out on a hundred million.”
This felt like being abandoned by the entire galaxy.
It hurt. It really hurt.
The kind of hurt where you don’t even want to talk.
And so, naturally… the contrarians appeared.
Or rather, the contrarians and haters who had always existed but never gained traction suddenly gained momentum.
Because Xie Xingchen’s unexpected move made the anti-fans excited!
They seized the chance to attack him on all fronts: “acting recklessly,” “being dissatisfied with netizens,” “lacking the magnanimity a major planet lord should have,” and so on.
In an instant, these kinds of comments flew everywhere. If you didn’t look at the top hot comments, you might honestly feel like you were back to the early days when Earth Commerce first opened and got targeted by hired trolls.
[All I Can Say Is LOL]: Xie Xingchen, you did this on purpose, didn’t you? You’re a major planet lord and this is what you do? You ran an event and still had to hide everything? Were you afraid too many people would show up and redeem too much of your stuff?
[Sharp Eyes ss89]: I’ve thought Earth Commerce’s way of doing things was wrong from the start! What big enterprise operates so randomly? One hammer here, one punch there—it’s unbearable to watch. Nothing like XXX. That’s what a real major planet lord looks like.
[Darkness Before Dawn]: Heh, unfollowed. xxc is annoying as hell. So rich yet stingy all day long. You called this a “big event”? And you still dare call it big? I’d rather go to the Paniya Festival—Paniya does it way better than you!
…
These days, being a paid troll is hard. Being a paid troll who targets Earth Commerce is even harder.
They’d been taught painful lessons too many times, so this time the trolls and haters didn’t dare get too vulgar. It even looked… kind of civilized?
But the passive-aggressive vibes were off the charts, and there was even a faint whiff of advertising.
Everyone: …It’s honestly hard to describe.
Don’t bully us for having slow internet. Isn’t this “Paniya Festival” just some shameless person’s knockoff festival that only appeared after Earth Commerce’s Lantern Festival event blew up?
They were clearly jealous, so they made a knockoff version—and then promoted it with righteous grandstanding. Purely riding coattails, seriously.
The “level” is totally different. How dare you compare and step on one to elevate the other?
And also—
This Paniya event… how do you put it? You can’t say it has nothing to do with the Lantern Festival event. You can only say it’s exactly the same.
The procedure is identical. The event segments are broadly similar. Even the content gives you that “haven’t I seen this before?” feeling.
They just slapped on a new skin—same core—and still dared to shout “brand-new event, innovative gameplay.”
Whether XXX has the magnanimity of a major planet lord, nobody knows. But everyone knows XXX definitely has a face so thick even a laser cannon couldn’t pierce it!
Worst of all, they actually had the nerve to hire trolls to poach players under Boss Xie’s StarBlog. Even worse, some idiots actually got lured over to join the event.
Everyone: 0.0
Tsk tsk. XXX really has no shame.
Forget everything else—the difference between a high-end event and a low-end knockoff is enormous.
Anyone who participated in Earth Commerce’s Lantern Festival event would probably look down on this so-called Paniya event.
But people who didn’t join Earth Commerce’s event seemed to praise it?
Thinking about it… that’s kind of normal.
Because the Lantern Festival event was just too strong.
It might genuinely be the most unforgettable event in history, no exaggeration.
So it’s not hard to understand why a knockoff that copied its core could still attract people.
It’s just that—
[Green Little Flower]: Trolls, get out. Stop clinging to fame—you’re not worthy!
[I Love the Luoyang Peony]: Seriously, you still have the nerve to come compare? Forget the plagiarism—“XXX is magnanimous”? LOL. You mean the planet lord “lets out big sighs,” right? What is this garbage prize pool? And the game fees are ridiculously overpriced!
[One Foodie]: ) smile.jpg So yeah, some people can’t even copy the essence when they plagiarize. Another day of “lol” giving you a thumbs up. XXX, stop embarrassing yourself. Keep it up and Boss Xie will sue you for infringement.
That light, casual “infringement” scared the trolls into running away.
They had to. If things escalated, not only would they not get paid—they’d probably lose money.
After all, under current laws, even if Xie Xingchen hadn’t applied for a game patent, his Lantern Festival event was an original creation, and it had ended only recently. If someone immediately copied it to fleece players, and he decided to sue, the Paniya organizers really would have to pay him.
The trolls ran. Earth Commerce fans immediately moved—reporting the comments one by one.
That level of seriousness frightened some contrarians into shutting up.
Because… you only have one account. If too many of your comments get deleted from reports, maybe you won’t get permanently banned, but getting muted or suspended for a while is miserable enough.
Even scarier: once the system marks your account as high-risk, everything you post in the future gets extra review. If you keep getting reported, your account might actually be gone.
With haters, contrarians, and trolls suddenly quiet as mice, Xie Xingchen’s StarBlog turned lively again.
That kind of happy bragging was honestly quite heartwarming.
Slowly, through fans’ joyful descriptions of the event, other people who’d had the same experience couldn’t help joining the discussion too.
And by the end of it, even some NPC actors showed up!
Only then did everyone realize that not all the NPCs in Earth Commerce’s Lantern Festival event were AIs. A large portion were played by real actors!
Especially the “event NPCs”—those were 100% real actors.
[Screeching Chicken]: Whoa! No wonder their acting was so good—turns out they’re actual actors in real life!
[I’m Bad with Words so I’ll Say It First]: Waaaah so who exactly was that vicious old woman who kept demanding tangyuan? Tell me, I want to go yell at her! That night I was doing good deeds and still got scolded. And I’m bad with words, so I only thought of the perfect comeback after the event ended—by then it was over! I was so mad I couldn’t sleep!
Netizens: heh, who wasn’t?
[Waaaah Crying]: I couldn’t out-argue her so I hit her, and then I got arrested by the yamen guards (:3<).
[So Infuriating]: +1, I hit her too and got arrested too. Just thinking about it makes me mad!
[Popcorn Crowd]: Hand raised. I watched the whole thing. Let me tell you: you’re not alone—hahaha that old woman scammed dozens of people. Several of them (including you?) got so mad they hit her and got arrested. Later she tried it again, but two young ladies reported her to the guards, and she finally got taken away!
Everyone who got wrecked by that old woman laughed out loud in satisfaction.
Hahahahaha, she finally got what she deserved.
Now that is the kind of ending that feels right!
Aside from certain annual awards, monthly awards, and the Hanfu/accessories/jewelry, all other prizes had already been shipped.
The flower and food annual/monthly awards were benefits Xie Xingchen gave to everyone.
Even though they required a lot of stamps on paper, when you did the math, they were actually a great deal!
Because it was weekly flowers/food, delivered continuously for a month or a year.
That subscription service was insanely worth it.
Converted out, it was basically countless priority purchase cards!
But for some reason—maybe nobody could resist the temptation of Hanfu—by the end, 90% of the people who had enough stamps for the monthly/yearly subscription still went to the top floor to redeem pretty clothes, jewelry, and accessories.
That honestly surprised Xie Xingchen.
Because if it were him, he’d absolutely choose what only a minority chose: redeem one year of food!
But maybe interstellar people were just more into looking good?
Anyway, everyone rushed the top floor without thinking.
At present, Earth Commerce’s Hanfu had two series: one was the high-end Hanfu produced by the system machines, which Xie Xingchen named Yonghua; the other was the lower-tier series derived from the high-end line, produced by Da Wang Apparel, which Xie Xingchen named Liuxian.
But whether it was Yonghua or Liuxian, the physical items were even prettier than the virtual versions. They weren’t just more charming—they also had better texture.
Of course, because of the craftsmanship, the production time was relatively longer.
But “long” wasn’t measured by modern standards—it was “long” by interstellar-era standards.
People complained about the wait, but the actual time used was far less than Xie Xingchen expected.
He didn’t know whether others were satisfied, but he was definitely satisfied.
Because the Liuxian series quality was seriously good!
Sure, it still couldn’t compare to the system-produced Yonghua series, but wasn’t that perfect? It created a clear difference between the two.
And the price was cheaper too.
That price honestly amazed Xie Xingchen.
As mentioned before, the interstellar era had abundant energy, and some mineral resources were so plentiful they were basically rocks—so prices were low.
But low price didn’t mean low quality.
Some cheap gemstones and ores weren’t just “not bad”—they were excellent.
Used in jewelry and accessories, in modern times every single one would be worthy of an auction house.
Luxurious jewelry at cabbage prices!
However, while materials were cheap, craftsmanship wasn’t.
Especially since Xie Xingchen was doing custom orders, not bulk wholesale. Just the modeling alone consumed enormous manpower, so the final pricing still wasn’t low.
But still—satisfied!
While Xie Xingchen was happily daydreaming about the future, Get-Rich walked over and said, “Boss, StarBlog is making a fuss again.”
Xie Xingchen turned, his handsome face full of confusion. “Still about the prizes?”
Logically, it shouldn’t be. It had been two weeks. This should’ve died down.
Get-Rich nodded, then shook his head. “It’s about the prizes, but also not about the prizes.”
Xie Xingchen: ?
What kind of riddle is that?
Get-Rich said, “Because the Yonghua and Liuxian series still haven’t announced their shipping date, some people suspect those two series prizes were just a gimmick.”
Xie Xingchen: )
A gimmick? What gimmick?
A written notice can still be a gimmick?
He was instantly speechless.
Fine. He didn’t even need to look to know what this was about.
Just yesterday he’d seen a trending topic—he forgot the details, but he remembered the gist: the Paniya Festival prizes would be distributed uniformly the next day.
Honestly, the comparison-and-stepping-on vibe was pretty obvious.
At the time, he only found it funny and shrugged it off.
But now StarBlog was again flooded with negative comments about Earth Commerce. Xie Xingchen could guess what was going on with his toes.
Some things can happen once or twice, but not three times.
Three times in a row—even a Buddha would get angry, let alone him, a mere mortal.
Xie Xingchen smiled. “Since they want to spend money so badly, let them spend a chunk of money.”
Every piece of Earth-related content, customs, games, symbols—everything he put out—he had registered patents for it. Those patents were free; when he registered them, he explicitly stated he was willing to authorize any compliant applications across the Star Alliance.
But people who kept causing trouble with malicious tactics? No.
Letting them use it would feel like they were dirtying his stuff.
And—
Normally, even if a patent is free, you still have to apply with the relevant Star Alliance department. If the usage is legitimate, it gets approved and stamped within 3–7 days.
But the person behind the Paniya event most likely wanted to cash in too fast, and their team probably didn’t even think about patents—so they rode the tail end of the Lantern Festival event to fleece players.
With that timeline, it was obvious their event was noncompliant.
Xie Xingchen had known this from the start. In fact, if they didn’t shove it in his face, he could’ve pretended it didn’t exist.
But now?
He had only one thought: crush them.
In truth, Xie Xingchen was only half right.
The Paniya organizer wasn’t initially that arrogant.
At first they forgot about patents. By the time they remembered, the event had already started, and they couldn’t apply anymore. They panicked for days.
But for several days straight, Earth Commerce didn’t move. Being the kind who judges others by his own standards, the organizer immediately stood taller, assuming Xie Xingchen forgot to file patents too, and he got bold again.
It wasn’t entirely his fault—patents are indeed hard to apply for.
Not only does it take time, you also need to apply before the event comes out (to prove you’re the originator). If you run the event first and then apply, odds are it won’t pass.
In Xie Xingchen’s case, when he built the Children’s Corner in the holographic marketplace, he had already filed a batch of related patents. Then after Chang’an City came out, he filed another batch. By the time the Lantern Festival event was approaching, there weren’t many patents left that still needed filing—otherwise he might not have made it in time either.
The Paniya organizer, now acting recklessly, didn’t fear Xie Xingchen at all. Worst case, he’d pay compensation, right? What’s a little compensation compared to what he earned?
And that arrogance punished him.
Because of violations, he not only paid Xie Xingchen a huge sum, he was also ordered to stop the event and got attacked and reported by netizens. In the end, relevant departments ordered him to refund the players who participated.
On top of that, his warehouse was now full of prizes he’d originally prepared for redemption.
This time, he lost everything.
And that instantly made all the other people who were itching to imitate go quiet as mice, terrified of meeting the same fate.
Xie Xingchen’s “kill the chicken to warn the monkeys” move also changed how others saw him.
So Earth Commerce’s boss isn’t weak at all!
He didn’t fight back earlier because nobody crossed his bottom line. But the moment they did, his retaliation was like a thunderstorm—heavy enough to kill with one strike, light enough to leave you barely crawling.
[Xie Xingchen V]: Thank you for everyone’s care and support! The Hanfu [Yonghua Series] and [Liuxian Series] still require 1–2 more weeks to complete due to complex production processes. Please be patient.
After dealing with the Paniya organizer, Xie Xingchen logged in and posted on StarNet.
Gimmick or not wasn’t important. What mattered was that Xie Xingchen didn’t like playing empty games.
Since there was a concrete completion timeline, he posted it.
He also added a little buffer, writing 1–2 weeks instead of 1 week, so if anything went wrong, there’d still be time to fix it.
Xie Xingchen: As expected of me! proud.jpg
[Instantly Overjoyed]: Wow, the Hanfu shipping timeline is out! Waiting obediently.jpg
[Little Bird Chirp Chirp]: Waaaah am I the only one who got emotionally destroyed by these Hanfu names? “Yonghua” sounds so luxurious and regal, and “Liuxian” sounds so ethereal and fairy-like. Oh my god—I’m crying from how beautiful Boss Xie’s naming is!
[Hehehehehe]: Sitting here waiting for my Liuxian skirt!
[Gagagaga]: Sitting here waiting for my Yonghua outfit!
[Jijijiji]: Sitting here waiting for my big phoenix crown!
The phoenix crown needed no competition.
Because the Lantern Festival prizes had been trending for days; by now, basically everyone knew the fame of the phoenix crown.
It was the most expensive redeemable item in the entire Lantern Festival event.
A phoenix crown that required two thousand base stamps to redeem!
And someone pulled it from a random draw with a title that even cats hated.
Say that out loud and people would think you were joking.
But that’s exactly how absurdly real it was.
There really are people with that level of ridiculous luck.
Thinking of that, everyone sighed and envied again.
They secretly swore that next time Earth Commerce held an event, they would absolutely work hard to earn a title.
But then again, in this world, nine out of ten things don’t go your way. Hearing other people describe how they earned titles makes you think, “I could do that too,” but in the actual event it becomes, “If you can, then you do it.”
The difficulty is inversely proportional to how easy it sounds. Calling it “brutal” still wouldn’t be brutal enough.
But that’s for later.
Right now, the moment Xie Xingchen posted, the people who had redeemed the Yonghua and Liuxian series began a day-by-day wait for their packages, as if time had slowed to a crawl.
As a mother with a dutiful, adorable, catnip-bodied son, Guan Ju had been walking with wind in her steps lately.
No other reason—her younger son was just too good, too sweet!
That day she had to go out and couldn’t stay home with her child. But when little Pei Yi got taken into StarNet by Pei Si, he somehow redeemed a Yonghua-series “Fairy Sister Set” just by petting cats!
Hearing that, even Guan Ju—who always maintained an airy, detached elegance—couldn’t help showing joy openly.
There is no gift in the world better than a child’s thoughtfulness.
Hearing little Pei Yi, in his baby voice, say he wanted to give it to Mom because Mom is pretty, Guan Ju almost cried.
Her reaction made Pei Si, who was watching, extremely speechless, and he couldn’t resist mouthing off a couple of lines. In the end… the unlucky older brother Pei Si suffered.
Looking at the sweet younger son, then looking at the older son who was good for nothing except eating, Guan Ju got a headache from anger.
She still remembered that Pei Si not only failed to win her an outfit, he even tried to “borrow” her skirt for himself.
She hadn’t even settled that score yet—how dare he speak up again and invite a beating?
With no further discussion, Guan Ju, whose mental power level was A-rank, dragged Pei Si into the training room. Face cold, she put him through “training” with absolutely no mercy until he begged repeatedly. Only then did she let him out.
Rubbing his sore, bruised butt, Pei Si’s pretty little face was full of grievance. “Mom, you hit way too hard! I was just telling the truth. So we can’t tell the truth now? But when I was little you taught me to be an honest child.”
Guan Ju said nothing and gave him a calm look.
Remembering his still-aching backside, Pei Si shut up.
Back in the living room, seeing his little brother leisurely drinking milk, Pei Si couldn’t resist poking at him. Then, when he saw Mom wasn’t watching, he swiftly grabbed the baby’s bottle, twisted it open, gulped down two mouthfuls, twisted it closed again with half the bottle left, and shoved it back into little Pei Yi’s mouth.
Little Pei Yi didn’t get mad. In his baby voice, he giggled and lifted his hands, trying to keep sharing his milk with his brother.
Pei Si stuffed the bottle back into his mouth and, glancing nervously toward the kitchen, leaned close and warned in a whisper, “Little Pei Pei, drink fast. Otherwise Mom comes out and beats me again.”
Obviously, he knew stealing his brother’s milk was unethical.
But… this was Earth Commerce baby formula!
It was freaking delicious!
Pei Si watched his brother drink, and his tongue couldn’t help licking his lips.
Only after the baby finished did Pei Si finally snap out of it and go to the kitchen for a nutrient drink.
Pei Si: puts on a pain mask.jpg
After gloomily forcing down the nutrient drink, Pei Si stared at the fruit that Mom had locked up and sighed so loudly the neighbors could hear.
Ugh. He clearly redeemed those prizes with his own effort.
But in the end, because “he eats too much,” his daily intake got restricted.
Letting the family eat some is fine, but limiting how much he can eat is completely unacceptable!
But what can he do… he’s weak!
He really can’t beat his mother.
Just as he eyed the fruit and considered challenging Mother’s authority again, the sound of a delivery robot suddenly came from outside the villa.
[You have a package from Earth Commerce. Please come to the door to confirm and sign for it!]
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