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Chapter 6 Star Coins
"Those old people's students?"

Fang Yan was stunned for a moment, completely unaware of who the so-called old man was referring to.

Following the story he had prepared earlier, Fang Yan said seriously, "I'm sorry, I don't know who the old man you're talking about is. In fact, the teacher never mentioned his own identity. We just met by chance on the Star Network. I called him teacher, and he just called me by my name."

"In the past few years that I've been with the teacher, I've noticed that he seems very reluctant to reveal his background and experiences. Perhaps he has some unspeakable secrets."

"And my teacher has told me more than once that it's best not to mention anything about him to outsiders. I'm telling you the truth today out of trust in your identity and status. I believe that as the director of the Space Power Community, you will keep it a secret for me, right?"

Of course, Fang Yan's words were fabricated. Whenever someone encounters something that he cannot explain, he will blame it on a chance encounter or a mysterious teacher who appears out of nowhere. This has always been a common plot in all kinds of fantasy novels.

However, the story Fang Yan made up according to the plot of the novel made Aliat even more convinced, and he forcibly linked Fang Yan with those great figures who had not appeared in the world for a long time.

Although those old men broke with the alliance because of the intelligent brain incident and even betrayed the alliance, and were hated by the ruling class, they are still highly admired superstars in the academic circle.

Thinking of this, Aliat gave Fang Yan an "I understand" look, nodded slightly and said, "Since it's what the teacher wants, I can't say anything. Don't worry, I will never reveal this matter to anyone, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble to him."

"By the way, the article you posted as a visitor has already caused a huge stir in the pan-galactic field, so we would like to invite you to become an official member."

"The author of the spatial perturbation optimization theory has been missing for a long time, causing widespread discussion. If you could formally respond as a member and address everyone's concerns, the situation would be resolved."

Fang Yan was stunned and said puzzledly, "I've read your rules. To become a formal member, you need to be a certified engineer in the alliance. I don't have that. I don't even have a college diploma."

Aliat was stunned. The young man in front of him could write articles that shocked the galaxy, but he couldn't even get a college diploma on Earth?

What on earth is going on!
Is the educational level on Earth so high?

After Fang Yan's explanation, Ariat finally understood that his parents had died in a car accident shortly after the Earth joined the Galactic Alliance. After that, Fang Yan dropped out of school and stayed at home, becoming an idle person who had dropped out of college.

"You don't have to worry about membership."

Aliat patted his chest and assured him, "Although you are not a licensed engineer, you are after all a student of that old man, and you can write such a groundbreaking theoretical article."

"You know, there's a big difference between registered members and visitors. Not only can you access our advanced database, but you can also participate in seminars, commission articles, and earn revenue from article clicks and downloads..."

The speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously. After listening to Aliat's introduction, Fang Yan realized that there is a fee for writing articles on the forum.

Although the income is not high, it is also a measure to stimulate creative enthusiasm. As for the source of royalties, it comes from forum advertising fees and membership fees paid by members.

"I don't know if I got paid for that article. The clicks and downloads are pretty high."

Fang Yan pondered, "Since it's a community in the Galactic Alliance, they should pay me with Star Coins, right? What's the current exchange rate for Star Coins to Earth Dollars?"

Before he knew it, Fang Yan's thoughts had completely strayed to the topic of how much royalties he could get.

So when Aliat asked Fang Yan to write an article and invite him to attend an advanced seminar, he just nodded vaguely and didn't take it too seriously.

The two chatted for a long time.

Now that the real author has been found, and Fang Yan has no objection and agreed to the commission, Aliat contentedly quit the chat and went to do other things.

Next, Tarun will be responsible for registering Fang Yan as an official member.

It's worth mentioning that, thanks to discovering Fang Yan's article, Tarun, while still yet to secure his contract, has already begun taking on many important tasks and is confident that his wish will be fulfilled soon. In this sense, Fang Yan is Tarun's benefactor; he successfully helped him become a full member and explained many important forum matters in detail.

Fang Yan listened patiently until Taren left, then he couldn't wait to open his membership account and go straight to the income section.

"One, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand!"

Fang Yan looked at the numbers on the income column, and his excitement was immediately beyond words.

In just two days, his earnings reached 94,187!

You know, this is not Earth Yuan.

But star coins!

Fang Yan checked the exchange rate between Earth dollars and star coins, and found it was an exaggerated 1 to 3,850.

One Galactic Alliance standard credit currency is equivalent to an entire month's income for an ordinary Earth worker!
Such an exaggerated exchange rate is full of discrimination and inequality, but it also reflects the huge gap in civilization levels between the Galactic Alliance and the Earth Federation.

After all, across the galaxy, almost all trade settlements require star coins.

In this new era of the universe, star coins are the real hard currency. Earth dollars are like a piece of waste paper and no one will accept them.

Fang Yan studied the rules and found that after binding the bank account, the star coin balance in the forum account could be transferred to his own name at any time.

This is undoubtedly convenient.

But the problem is that the deposit account of the Earth Bank does not have the ability to be used for pan-galactic exchange, and an alliance account is required.

"If I want to get the money, I have to open an alliance account as soon as possible." Fang Yan said to himself.

……

Two days later.

early morning.

Fang Yan stood at the door of his house and looked around this familiar place for the last time.

Since his parents passed away, home has become his only safe haven. For seven years, he has been staying at home, intentionally or unintentionally avoiding everything in the outside world.

However, this time he had to leave and go to the capital to open a high-level alliance account, because there was the only permanent institution opened by the Galactic Alliance on Earth.

Soon, Fang Yan boarded the high-speed train to Beijing.

The scenery outside the car window passed by quickly. Although it was already the era of the great universe, since the earth had just joined the Galactic Alliance, everything seemed to have not changed much from ten years ago.

It was not until the train entered the capital that Fang Yan saw the legendary existence from afar.

White Dome!

(End of this chapter)