Roaming the universe, all thanks to your many dark skills!

At this time, the Beiyang government was in power. The south was bustling with activity, but the north was like a stagnant pool. There was an occasional war, but it was still fought over territory and benefits, which was really discouraging.

Meanwhile, Xiao Ri outside is sharpening his sword and preparing for war. Anyone who is not blind can see his wolfish ambition, and anyone who is not a fool can understand who he is targeting.

But everyone in the hall seemed to be blind, deaf and stupid. They were busy fighting for power and profit all day long and ignored everything else.

At times like these, ordinary people dared not speak out, but one can imagine how heavy the resentment in their hearts was.

The Legend of the Desert Heroes became an instant hit throughout Beijing as soon as it was released, and then spread to the northern provinces at an extremely fast speed.

Rosen's royalties naturally continued to rise, which really made him realize what it felt like to be able to buy a courtyard house with the royalties from half a month or ten days.

As fame and fortune grew, troubles also followed.

As a romance for adults, martial arts novels are naturally loved by the lower classes, especially those martial artists who are quite obsessed with it.

Because Rosen described the fighting scenes in the book too realistically, many martial artists took it for granted that Rosen was also a martial arts expert, and they tried every means to find him and compete with him.

Fortunately, Rosen used the pen name Miki when submitting the article and did not reveal his address, otherwise he would have been sent souvenirs by readers.

Rosen was safe for the time being, but the newspaper was in trouble.

As Legend of the Desert Heroes becomes more and more popular, more and more martial artists come to it.

Those who were more particular would leave a visiting card or write a letter and ask the newspaper to pass it on, while those who were not so particular would just make it clear that they wanted to challenge Miki, and if he did not accept the challenge, they would burn down the newspaper.

This made the entire newspaper office worried and miserable. They wanted to give up serializing The Legend of the Desert Heroes several times, but when they saw the ocean rolling in, they decided to grit their teeth and continue to endure.

In addition to enduring the endless harassment from a group of martial artists, the editors of the newspaper also had to find ways to win over Rosen, for fear that he would switch to other newspapers if he was unhappy. If that happened, a cash cow would just run away, and they would have no place to cry.

To this end, in addition to increasing the manuscript fee, various kinds of gifts were also given. The main point was not to show off the newspaper's presence, but to express the newspaper's importance to Rosen. All these behaviors were almost the same as those of the bootlickers who were despised by countless people in later generations.

On this day, Liang Shixia, the editor who was mainly responsible for Rosen's manuscripts, came to visit again.

"Brother Sanmu, your place is too far away from our newspaper office. Coming here is like going to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures." Liang Shixia pushed his round-frame glasses on the bridge of his nose and said with ulterior motives.

"If you want to obtain the true scriptures, how can you show your sincerity without working hard?!"

Rosen glanced at him and said, "Besides, you want to run eight times a day in a week. Now you think it's too far? How about I transfer the manuscript to a newspaper that is closer to here?"

"No, no." Liang Shixia waved his hands quickly and said with a smile: "Just kidding, what I said just now was just a joke, please don't take it as an offense, Brother Sanmu."

"What a coincidence. What I just said was just a joke. Don't take it seriously." Rosen said.

The two looked at each other and burst into laughter.

"Boss, your tea." At this time, Xiaodouzi came over with two cups of tea and was about to put one in front of Rosen.

"Let me serve you some good tea first," said Rosen.

Xiao Douzi understood and quickly placed the tea on the table next to Liang Shixia. He then served tea to Rosen before quietly leaving.

"Brother Sanmu, you have improved a lot compared to the last time I came." Liang Shixia praised: "There is a bit of bookish air between your eyebrows."

"A man of culture is naturally elegant." Rosen smiled, pointed at himself, and said complacently, "I taught you that."

"Good job." Liang Shixia gave a thumbs up and then chatted with Rosen about all sorts of things.

When the tea was almost finished, Liang Shixia seemed to remember something important. He took out two tickets from his briefcase and handed them to Rosen, saying, "Tomorrow night, there will be a Farewell My Concubine by Mei at Qingtonglou. These tickets were obtained by our editor-in-chief with great difficulty. You must go." (Note)

After putting down the ticket, Liang was still a little worried and started to babble to Rosen about how good Boss Mei's plays were, how beautiful her looks were, and how melodious her singing was.

They were even more obsessed than some fans in later generations who chased after young handsome guys.

Suddenly, Rosen understood.

It turns out that the things that appear in fan circles in later generations already existed at that time, and they seemed to be more upscale.

After all, what they are pursuing is Peking Opera and supporting the leading actors.

Although nowadays, even the biggest stars will be despised by those who look down on them as low-class actors, they are at least more elegant than the singing and dancing groups and idols of later generations. (Note 2)

"Okay, okay, give me the ticket and go back to where you came from." Rosen said as he picked up the teacup.

Upon seeing this, Xiaodouzi hurriedly sent the guest away.

Liang really wanted to say a few more words, but seeing that Rosen was obviously a little impatient, he was afraid of angering him, so he could only follow Xiaodouzi out.

Before leaving, he did not forget to remind him again: "Brother Sanmu, don't forget to go. Teacher Mei's play is very exciting and rare."

"Get out of here." Rosen cursed with a smile.

It has been a long time since he came to this world, especially in this capital city, so Rosen has naturally heard of the name of Boss Mei.

Not to mention that he already had a high reputation in Peking Opera. In May this year, he received Rabindranath Tagore, and was recently invited by Xiaori to perform. As a result, his fame became even greater, and he seemed to be famous all over the world.

Rosen had never dealt with this person and was not familiar with him, so he could not make any comments.

Now that the tickets were in front of him, he really hadn't decided whether or not to go and see how this leading actress of the four great actresses performed.

As soon as Liang Shixia walked out of the Rosen family's door, two burly and rough men sneaked out from the door of a house next door.

"Did you see it clearly? Is this the one?" The guy in the lead, who had a leopard head, round eyes and a knife slanted on his waist, patted the people around him and asked.

"Mr. Jin, I can tell for sure from my eyes." The man next to him patted his chest and said, "It must be this house. The Sanmu you are looking for must live here."

"Okay, since we are here, let's go and challenge him." The man with round eyes laughed and said, "He is the most famous person in the capital right now. If I agree to his request, I will become famous. I can open a martial arts school and recruit some disciples. I will not have to worry about food and drink, and I can take care of my brothers more."

"Mr. Jin is so righteous!" The man next to him gave a thumbs up and praised.

"Then let's go." Jinshan tightened the leather bag around his waist, walked straight to the door of Rosen's house, raised his hand and clenched his fist, and banged it three times in a row.

"I heard it, I heard it, stop knocking." An impatient shout came from inside the door, which was obviously a little shrill because of the anxiety, and then it was followed by the sound of footsteps coming back.

crunch.

The door opened, and Xiao Douzi's face appeared. He glanced at the two burly men outside and said, "Who are you? Why are you here?"

"My name is Jin Shanzhao. I'm here to find Sanmu and challenge him." Jin Shanzhao clasped his hands together and said in a deep voice.