Iris Firestone doesn't dream much until a Mysterious game downloads itself onto her phone.

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Zack Vernon is an immortal Observer sent to watch the world on behalf of the Creator.  When his suicide attempt fails spectacularly and earns him a spot on the national news, the other Observers are drawn to him.

They believe Zack to be the reincarnation of a rebellious Observer from a previous world.  Several of them plan to punish him for the sins they believe he committed.  One of them wants back the man she has loved through hundreds of worlds.  But Zack remembers nothing before the present.  All he wants is a chance to end his life.

2004 - Metropolis, Kansas - LexCorp

With Lionel Luthor in prison with a degenerative liver disease and the Luthors taking the heat for the crimes committed by LuthorCorp, Lex was forced to liquidate most of his investments in order to be able to afford his new company LexCorp. 

Over the years, he has survived despite the odds. Because he was able to avoid staying in Smallville, he had significantly less interaction with meteor freaks and the typical Smallville danger. There was the odd kidnapping and assassination attempt here and there, but he is ultimately still alive. 

Lex is accused of killing a woman, and without Clark helping him, he received severe burns and had to undergo reconstructive surgery and skin grafts to recover. The screams from his burning body are what caused the bodyguards to come running and using the curtains to smother the fire. This scandal harmed Lex's ongoing projects by further damaging his already awful reputation. His upward mobility in the business world was slowed by this scandal.

2004 - Smallville, Kansas - Kent Farm

I spent most of the weekend going closer than ever near the sun, meditating by sorting through my memory. I've finally figured out a mind palace technique and sorted all my memories of my past life, Smallville and DC canon, and sorted all the years I've spent here. The easiest information to sort was the downloads from the fortress as the information and training seemed to be compartmentalized or at least fragmented in a manner where it was easy to detect how it was sorted considering all of the data was accumulated at the same time (didn't have to worry about other memories getting mixed up with the downloads). At this point, my brain works like a far-in-the-future supercomputer, especially when factoring in the Speed Force.

I've spent the rest of the weekend practicing heat vision to the point where I'm able to perform targeted laser surgery on something if I want to. I can also flood the energy like when Clark did in canon when he evaporated the collapsed flood waters from a dam.

I've refused to get involved with Lana Lang beyond a solid friendship. Pete Ross didn't leave town on bad terms because he wasn't carrying the burden of my secret with him, but he still ended up in Wichita due to his mother getting a new job - which ended up being a good thing because he was the one who didn't seem to buy my new geeky Clark Kent civilian persona. Chloe Sullivan is also clueless and never learned my secret because Alicia wasn't there to expose me. 

All of my yearbook pictures have all included horn-rimmed, dorky glasses, business casual attire similar to Brooks Brothers, and unkempt hair. In other words, they've matched what I wear all the time. It's better than wearing blue-and-red outfits 24/7. I don't know how the hell the whole world didn't figure out Clark was the Red-Blue Blur considering Clark wore nothing but red-and-blue and was suspiciously always at crime scenes or assisted people when they asked Clark for help.

I've been doing my saving only in costume to avoid any "Why is Clark Kent always at crime scenes?" trope. And when I'm with people and unable to get away without being weirdly suspicious, I do the save in super speed and come right back to where I was with no one the wiser.

For the past few years, our farm has eliminated our debt using my improved speed to utilize all of the land owned by the Kents (which includes the back 40 acres). With the increased income comes better farm equipment, an addition added on the home to accommodate all of the people that keep coming to the Kent farm, and any worries about paying for college is an afterthought (especially considering how much money I've saved writing as a contributor for the Daily Planet).
I'm not a full-time reporter, even though they've offered me a contract, because I prefer not to have regular hours while I'm finishing high school and all of my college classes. 
I've had the Fortress construct special watches connected to the fortress to monitor them when I'm not around. I helped design them to be like a signal watch that Jimmy Olsen used in the comics. It sends out a signal only I can hear so I can get to their location. In addition, I've had a more advanced watch with an AI named Kelex that's connected to the fortress and collaborates to assist my work and help me multitask in my very busy life.
I've used Kelex to play the stock market and amassed a small fortune. I've been investing in companies like Amazon and Google before they blow up in value in the future. I've also bought stock in Queen Industries, Wayne Enterprises, Lexcorp (bought stock when they tanked after Lex's many troubles), Palmer Technologies, Ace Chemicals, Big Belly Burger, and a few other major companies to diversify my stock portfolio. 
I purchased the old theater and surrounding shops and buildings and turned it into The Talon. The venue is much bigger and holds concerts, has a media bookstore (like Barnes & Noble), and is now the go-to place in Smallville. I bought out the competing coffee shop when they went out of business and turned it into a small diner that is affiliated with The Talon, I've named it The Talon's Catch. Martha Kent uses her business degree to manage these stores.

After Queen Industries cleaned up the meteor rocks, I chased down any storage facilities with kryptonite and absorbed the radioactive properties of the kryptonite, turning the green stones to clear stones (like when Clark's ship turned Lana's necklace clear). I've broken into LexCorp facilities to neutralize their storage of kryptonite as well. Even though kryptonite doesn't hurt me, it does have mutagenic properties that turn people into mutant freaks that rage throughout the town of Smallville. 
Whenever I've had free time, I've combed through every inch of Smallville to double-check areas that have been cleaned up by Queen Industries to ensure all kryptonite has been removed from the earth. When cleaning up the kryptonite, I've vaporized parts of the surrounding dirt to ensure no contaminated dirt or spores or mutated nature escaped my notice. I paid close attention to any sources of water and cleared them of kryptonite as well.
Kryptonite is very rare at this point. Whenever it mysteriously appears in civilian's hands (e.g. through sale of snowglobes, etc.), in super speed, I absorb the radioactive energy to neutralize the kryptonite.

I transmigrated into the body of a teenage Clark Kent in the Smallville universe. What will I do differently?

"Hehe, My Dear," the dark horse that had, near the end of the season, burst through the gates from nowhere, continued its impressive run like a hot knife slashing through butter.
On June 25, "Hehe, My Dear" hit 1.7 million downloads and broke into the top 20.
On June 26, it reached 1.9 million downloads. Ranked 18th.
The song’s ability to maintain its ascent this late into the season sent shockwaves through the industry. It even forced other record companies to dip into their contingency plans, tapping promotional platforms previously off-limits for newcomers.
For example, seeing the tides had turned, the company behind No. 17 diverted marketing resources from other singers, pushing the song to No. 14 overnight.
Singers who were crowded out were freaking out too. They scrambled to lobby their own labels for more exposure.
Some labels were willing to divert their resources, but others did the math and decided it wasn’t worth it. They concentrated their marketing efforts on newcomers they considered promising.
The huge stone Fang Zhao had cast caused major ripples.
On June 27, "Hehe, My Dear" hit 2.2 million downloads and climbed to No. 12 in the rankings. It was less than 1,000 downloads away from the No. 11 spot. At that point, No. 10 had 2.4 million downloads.
A gap of 200,000 downloads.
With three days left in the season.
Following the chart movements, Zeng Huang was even more excited than Fang Zhao. He called Fang Zhao and said, "Big Zhao, you’re about to overtake Fang Sheng!"
"Uh-huh." Fang Zhao was combing his dog in his black street apartment. After his last shave, the dog had grown about two centimeters of fur again. The fur was also slightly curly. He had asked the owner of the drug store about it, but he too was dumbfounded, only saying that some dogs were different. After the apocalypse, some animals developed certain quirks. That maybe explained the fast fur growth.
Fang Zhao’s lack of emotion didn’t dampen Zeng Huang’s excitement. He was still ecstatic. "Big Zhao, at this rate, you’ll overtake him by tomorrow or the day after that. Many people say that ‘Flight’ is actually quite flawed."
"Indeed."
Zeng Huang wanted to criticize Fang Sheng’s song some more, but then he remembered that Fang Zhao was the real composer. Criticizing the song would be slapping Fang Zhao in the face. That would be f*cking awkward.
Sensing the awkward silence, Fang Zhao responded, "He can’t win because of the arrangement. He only stole the score and a fraction of the demo, but he got stuck arranging the song."
"Ah, so that’s what happened. I see. Fang Sheng isn’t much of an arranger. I’m sure Neon Culture assigned him one, but I bet they weren’t able to communicate with each other, ha ha." Even though Zeng Huang was neither a composer nor an arranger, he knew the business.
Arrangers usually communicated with the composer to better understand the creative process and matters of craft, style, and so on, but Fang Sheng had stolen just the score and part of the demo. He knew nothing about the emotions behind or origins of the song. Even if he forced the original Fang Zhao to tell, he couldn’t match the actual composer’s passion for the song.
And clearly, the arranger Neon Culture assigned to newcomer Fang Sheng wasn’t the best, which prevented the song from reaching its full potential. Otherwise, "Flight" wouldn’t have stalled at No. 10. It would have gained at least a few spots.
What a shame.
Zeng Huang also felt that it was a pity. He also had mixed feelings about watching as Fang Zhao was about to overtake Fang Sheng. The few of them grew up together but still ended up enemies.
June 28, 1 a.m.
Fang Sheng’s frozen face and wooden eyes stared at the numbers shuffling on his screen. The New Pioneers Chart was in a state of constant flux. Fang Zhao had long claimed the No. 11 spot and was about to overtake him.
Ever since Fang Zhao joined the contest, Fang Sheng hadn’t had a good night’s sleep, plagued by nightmares every night. He often dreamed he was standing on the surface of the sea. Beneath his feet lay a deep, blue ocean. A huge sea monster broke the surface, flashing its sharp fangs, and charged straight at him.
Wasn’t his situation similar in real life?
1:32 a.m.
No. 10: "Flight," 2,430,561 downloads.
No. 11: "Hehe, My Dear," 2,402,796 downloads.
2:15 a.m.
No. 10: "Flight," 2,434,129 downloads.
No. 11: "Hehe, My Dear," 2,419,582 downloads.
3:55 a.m.
No. 10: "Flight," 2,437,643 downloads.
No. 11: "Hehe, My Dear," 2,437,596 downloads.
4:00 a.m.
No. 10, "Hehe, My Dear," 2,437,710 downloads.
No. 11: "Flight," 2,437,709 downloads.
Fang Sheng turned pale. His lips started twitching and the hand on which he wore his bracelet trembled violently.
"I lost. Hehe, I still lost…"
Bang!
He hurled the shiny bracelet he bought after signing with Neon Culture to the ground, shattering it into pieces.
Neon Culture wouldn’t allocate more marketing platforms to Fang Sheng because he had already asked once when he sensed Fang Zhao becoming a threat. If he asked again, the label wouldn’t agree.
A big company like Neon Culture was loaded with talent and established stars. It could only concentrate so much in the way of resources on a single newcomer. If you were overtaken, you couldn't blame the record label.
Speaking of priorities, Neon Culture did invest in Fang Sheng. After all, he had climbed to the top ranks of the chart. But special attention was impossible. The company’s muscle was still lined up behind the virtual idol it had launched this year. Everyone else had to take a number.
No. 10 and No. 11 might have been separated by just one spot, but for Fang Sheng, it was the difference between heaven and hell.
As the sun rose, people started another busy day.
Insider Silver Wing Tower.
Fang Zhao was summoned by Du Ang first thing in the morning to discuss his full-time contract. Fang Zhao was already in the top 10 and gaining on No. 9. No matter what, a top 10 finish was guaranteed. A promotion was guaranteed.
Du Ang was in a particularly good mood. He wasn’t yelling at anyone for a change, and he wore a beaming smile when he was discussing the terms of the contract with Fang Zhao. He even lobbied for additional benefits, so the discussion went smoothly.
"Oh, have you checked the company’s message board yet?" Du Ang asked.
"No, I haven’t." Fang Zhao found some information about the message board in his new memory, but not much. The original owner of his body didn’t browse the message board much.
"Go take a look. There are quite a few messages for you."
Guided by Du Ang, Fang Zhao logged into the company’s official website and visited the message board.
The top threads revolved around the label’s biggest stars. Fang Zhao searched for his name. There were indeed quite a few messages. Nothing compared to the major stars, but some 1,000 messages was a lot for a newcomer.
Fang Zhao left Silver Wing Tower and boarded a train back to the suburbs. He clicked on the messages after he boarded.
Because Fang Zhao was only an intern and not a full-time employee, fans could only leave a message but not gifts. Some left written messages, while others recorded them. He could, however, listen to all of them using the broadcast mode on his bracelet.
Fifth comment: "Why does there have to be ‘hehe’ at the beginning of the song? Without the ‘hehe,’ the song would rise to another level. Why didn’t Silver Wing release an altered version of the song?"
Sixth comment: "What a joke. Why release an altered version? Someone at our school muted the human laughter at the beginning of the song when they played it in public and was booed until he played the original version. And you’re nitpicking about the laughter. You are testimony to the saying that those who missed out on treasures are always restless and those in possession of them treat them like a pair of shabby shoes.
…
Twelfth comment: "I don’t care. I like the original. Ever since I discovered it, I’ve stopped falling asleep in class. I just daydream."
Fang Zhao had read some of the online discussion before, but he could see how strategic intervention by the marketing team at Silver Media promoted the song.
The laughter track wasn’t in the diary entry the original owner of his body left behind, but he did chuckle before he wrote the entry. Speaking of which, Fang Zhao had to admit that Silver Wing vetted its singers properly. Even though he had gone off the rails, Bei Zhi was very talented and his experience with heartbreak could help him perform the song better than someone else.
After reviewing the comments, Fang Zhao felt assured that his arrangement still struck a chord with the public. Did that mean he could release his old pieces too?
He kept listening.
…
Fifty-first comment: "I almost missed out on this song. Now downloaded and added to my library."
Fifty-second comment: "Ha, I almost missed it too. On my first listen I was thrown off by the laughter too, thinking what kind of gimmick was that? But after 10 seconds, the intro sounded OK. I replayed the song. After I was done, I couldn’t stop singing ‘hehe, my dear,’‘hehe, my dear.’"
…
Who knew who had leaked the information that Fang Zhao’s song was inspired by being dumped. In any case, it helped many people understand the song.
One hundred and twenty-ninth comment: "Word has it that Fang Zhao wrote the song after he was dumped by his girlfriend. If I could write a song like this, I’d be willing to be dumped by my girlfriend."
One hundred and thirtieth comment: "Dude upstairs, first…"
One hundred and thirty-first comment: "You need…"
One hundred and thirty-second comment: "…a…"
One hundred and thirty-third comment: "girlfriend…"
…
Two hundred and seventy-second comment: "The worst thing for a man is meeting a girl you want take care of for the rest of her life when you’re least capable. I don’t know Fang Zhao, but I can empathize with his feelings."
…
Three hundred and sixteenth comment: "You go, bro! I spent all my pocket money on you on the 15th, betting that you’d crack the top 10. My last impulse buy before graduation. I’m counting my cash now."
…
Four hundred and twenty-ninth comment: "Don’t be afraid. Even if the world has given up on you, you still have your music, Fang Zhao."
…
Five hundredth comment: "Go get ‘em, alum Fang Zhao—from Year Five arrangement majors at the Qi’an Academy of Music."
…
Admiring the bustling cityscape beneath the sunlight, Fang Zhao smiled. "Rest assured, this is just the beginning."


"Every time background music plays in my head, I feel like there is nothing to be afraid of." —Fang Zhao
Toward the end of the apocalyptic period, Fang Zhao lost his life. However, instead of dying, he found himself 500 years later in the body of a young and aspiring composer who shared the same name. Having received a second chance at life, Fang Zhao sets out to achieve the previous owner's dreams.
Armed with the experience of living through an apocalyptic age and his profession as a composer before that period, Fang Zhao uses his talent, wits, and knowledge to make his mark in the entertainment industry of the future.

China's cinemas may be fearing bankruptcy [1]due to protracted COVID-19-related lockdown restrictions, but businesses offering online entertainment are upbeat about the future.
Nearly 10 new films that were originally scheduled for release at cinemas, had reached audiences for free using online channels as of June 23. The first in the series is Lost in Russia on ByteDance's platforms like Toutiao and TikTok.
China's cinemas may be fearing bankruptcy due to protracted COVID-19-related lockdown restrictions, but businesses offering online entertainment are upbeat about the future.
Nearly 10 new films that were originally scheduled for release at cinemas, had reached audiences for free using online channels as of June 23. The first in the series is Lost in Russia on ByteDance's platforms like Toutiao and TikTok.
The new films' online releases have provoked uproar in China's film industry. Some fear massive loss of ticket sales revenue. Even though film production companies reportedly said online releases are not going to generate adequate profits, they still shifted to online solutions, in case waiting for theatrical release may cause more loss given the current situation.
For instance, Lost in Russia was reportedly under a bet-on agreement with HG Entertainment to receive over 2.4 billion yuan ($340 million) in box-office receipts in exchange for free distribution and a 600 million yuan payment. Given the coronavirus outbreak, the ambitious goal seemed less unlikely. On the other side, ByteDance's offer of 630 million yuan without further obligations was certainly more attractive, market insiders said.
Enter the Fat Dragon team told media that its switch to online release was to pre-empt pirated versions in China, as the film has been released in many countries, including Malaysia and Singapore.
With more films releasing online, traffic to video-streaming platforms has soared of late.
Take Lost in Russia. Within three days of the film's e-release, online views surpassed 600 million. Video-streaming apps of ByteDance like JinriToutiao and Xigua saw increasing downloads. Xigua even topped the list of free downloads on App Store, according to a report by news website 36kr.com.
China's cinemas may be fearing bankruptcy due to protracted COVID-19-related lockdown restrictions, but businesses offering online entertainment are upbeat about the future.
Nearly 10 new films that were originally scheduled for release at cinemas, had reached audiences for free using online channels as of June 23. The first in the series is Lost in Russia on ByteDance's platforms like Toutiao and TikTok.
The new films' online releases have provoked uproar in China's film industry. Some fear massive loss of ticket sales revenue. Even though film production companies reportedly said online releases are not going to generate adequate profits, they still shifted to online solutions, in case waiting for theatrical release may cause more loss given the current situation.
For instance, Lost in Russia was reportedly under a bet-on agreement with HG Entertainment to receive over 2.4 billion yuan ($340 million) in box-office receipts in exchange for free distribution and a 600 million yuan payment. Given the coronavirus outbreak, the ambitious goal seemed less unlikely. On the other side, ByteDance's offer of 630 million yuan without further obligations was certainly more attractive, market insiders said.
Enter the Fat Dragon team told media that its switch to online release was to pre-empt pirated versions in China, as the film has been released in many countries, including Malaysia and Singapore.
With more films releasing online, traffic to video-streaming platforms has soared of late.
Take Lost in Russia. Within three days of the film's e-release, online views surpassed 600 million. Video-streaming apps of ByteDance like JinriToutiao and Xigua saw increasing downloads. Xigua even topped the list of free downloads on App Store, according to a report by news website 36kr.com.
China's cinemas may be fearing bankruptcy due to protracted COVID-19-related lockdown restrictions, but businesses offering online entertainment are upbeat about the future.
Nearly 10 new films that were originally scheduled for release at cinemas, had reached audiences for free using online channels as of June 23. The first in the series is Lost in Russia on ByteDance's platforms like Toutiao and TikTok.
The new films' online releases have provoked uproar in China's film industry. Some fear massive loss of ticket sales revenue. Even though film production companies reportedly said online releases are not going to generate adequate profits, they still shifted to online solutions, in case waiting for theatrical release may cause more loss given the current situation.
For instance, Lost in Russia was reportedly under a bet-on agreement with HG Entertainment to receive over 2.4 billion yuan ($340 million) in box-office receipts in exchange for free distribution and a 600 million yuan payment. Given the coronavirus outbreak, the ambitious goal seemed less unlikely. On the other side, ByteDance's offer of 630 million yuan without further obligations was certainly more attractive, market insiders said.
Enter the Fat Dragon team told media that its switch to online release was to pre-empt pirated versions in China, as the film has been released in many countries, including Malaysia and Singapore.
With more films releasing online, traffic to video-streaming platforms has soared of late.
Take Lost in Russia. Within three days of the film's e-release, online views surpassed 600 million. Video-streaming apps of ByteDance like JinriToutiao and Xigua saw increasing downloads. Xigua even topped the list of free downloads on App Store, according to a report by news website 36kr.com.
The new films' online releases have provoked uproar in China's film industry. Some fear massive loss of ticket sales revenue. Even though film production companies reportedly said online releases are not going to generate adequate profits, they still shifted to online solutions, in case waiting for theatrical release may cause more loss given the current situation.
For instance, Lost in Russia was reportedly under a bet-on agreement with HG Entertainment to receive over 2.4 billion yuan ($340 million) in box-office receipts in exchange for free distribution and a 600 million yuan payment. Given the coronavirus outbreak, the ambitious goal seemed less unlikely. On the other side, ByteDance's offer of 630 million yuan without further obligations was certainly more attractive, market insiders said.
Enter the Fat Dragon team told media that its switch to online release was to pre-empt pirated versions in China, as the film has been released in many countries, including Malaysia and Singapore.
With more films releasing online, traffic to video-streaming platforms has soared of late.
Take Lost in Russia. Within three days of the film's e-release, online views surpassed 600 million. Video-streaming apps of ByteDance like JinriToutiao and Xigua saw increasing downloads. Xigua even topped the list of free downloads on App Store, according to a report by news website 36kr.com.
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Translated by Coldtaco
Edited by Aelryinth
Shi Huazhe wasn't stupid and knew that Chen Mo had many weird and wonderful ideas up his sleeves. It was entirely possible that Chen Mo could make something that would attract the attention of many people, driving up the sales quickly. Therefore, in order to try and keep what remained of his dignity, Shi Huazhe didn't dare lowball his estimate.
But, what if he really made it to a hundred thousand?
There wasn't an inch of Shi Huazhe that wanted to believe that. In his view, the success of Flappybird was completely accidental, as all of Chen Mo's skills were utterly terrible. Surely he was not able to get lucky like that again and again in the future?
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12 PM...
Plants vs Zombies was released into the market on time. The players that had been waiting for it were all racing to download the game.
PC players were few and far between in this world, making it an unexplored territory. Therefore, Chen Mo chose to focus on the mobile players.
Despite having the game on the PC market as well, Chen Mo didn't expect it to get close to the top there.
Chen Mo set the price at 10 RMB.
The app store had set the pricing on games, ranging from free, one RMB, ten RMB, twenty RMB, fifty RMB, or above fifty RMB.
As the official app store in this world mainly catered to users inside China, there wasn't a problem with currency exchange, so there was no need for 6 RMB or other odd numbers like that.
Chen Mo could've made it free or just one RMB, which would make it much easier to increase the number of downloads, but he felt that he was losing out on too much by doing that.
Plants vs Zombies wasn't suited for in-game ads, and Chen Mo didn't want it to affect the experience of the players, either.
If he sold it at one RMB, two hundred thousand copies would only result in a hundred thousand RMB net, which wasn't even enough for him to make ten draws!
Therefore, ten RMB was quite an approachable price. Of course, this didn't mean Chen Mo was running a charity, he was just going for low price at high volume.
Plants vs Zombies was expected to be popular among all ages. Primary or high school students with not much money, or even the older generation, were part of Chen Mo's target market. Making it cheap enough to fork out money without much hesitation was part of Chen Mo's plan.
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Jia Peng and his friends inside the experience store had already downloaded it, and gave it a five star rating.
"Manager, we've downloaded the game and gave it a five star review!" said Jia Peng.
Chen Mo said, "Thanks! I'll give you all a free cup of milk tea for your trouble."
"Thanks, manager!" Jia Peng and his friends were very happy.
Jia Peng said, "Senior Wen and the others will come over during the afternoon, as they have class during the morning."
Another guy said, "That's great, we can watch the game completely destroy the new games list together."
Jia Peng said, "Of course! It will surely dominate the leaderboards, it's so fun! We'll be the witnesses here!"
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Many others also had their eye on the sales of Plants vs Zombies.
On the official app store, the statistics for games were updated hourly, the games leaderboards were updated every three hours, and recommended spaces were updated every twenty-four hours.
Many gamers were downloading the game.
Some of them were brought over from the ads on Flappybird, others came from Chen Mo's Weibo, and some of them just liked the idea behind the game.
However, many players were still observing from the sidelines, waiting for the hour to pass and check the reviews before deciding if they should buy it.
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At 1 PM, the statistics for Plants vs Zombies were finally updated!
Jia Peng rubbed his eyes. "Wow, did they misplace the decimal point and made it seem ten times more than it should be? That number's unreal!"
Plants vs Zombies had received 887 downloads, with a score of 9.7/10 after an hour.
Despite not being too familiar with the video game industry, the students knew the significance of those numbers.
Adventures of the Storm Rider was considered doing quite well with four hundred downloads in twenty-four hours, but Plants vs Zombies managed eight hundred and eight-seven in an hour!
Just looking at the twenty-four hour downloads, this wasn't just a popular game, but an extremely popular game, and made in only a few months at that!
Chen Mo was quite calm. Although these numbers were better than he had thought, it was still within the realms of his consideration.
Flappybird would be continually driving players to Plants vs Zombies, and the video game media had basically promoted Chen Mo's game for free, with more than a thousand reposts on Chen Mo's post. As a result, the people that had seen the game might be in the hundred thousands, all of which were potential players.
Plants vs Zombies wasn't on any leaderboards or promotional places, only because they hadn't been updated yet. With numbers like that, Plants vs Zombies would without a doubt kill the new games leaderboard.
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As the topic gained traction, the downloads of Plants vs Zombies kept increasing.
1,333 downloads at 2 PM.
1,914 downloads at 3 PM.
It seemed like the downloads were increasing by five hundred every hour, with no sign of slowing down.
At a speed like that, including the late night slow down and the increased traffic from eight to ten PM, Plants vs Zombies might break ten thousand in twenty-four hours!
Ten thousand copies on the first day?
That was crazy!
Moreover, the ratings were ranging between 9.1 to 9.4, and never dipping below 9. This meant that the players rated the game very highly, and would more than likely maintain this in the future.
Jia Peng was shocked, and exclaimed, "Look at the new games leaderboard!"
First place on the new mobile games leaderboard was now Plants vs Zombies!
"Yeesh, isn't that too fast? Being on the leaderboard just after one cycle, that's insanely good!" Jia Peng couldn't believe it either.
The new games leaderboard wasn't impossible to climb. Companies like Emperor Dynasty Entertainment or Zen Entertainment could easily reach the top of the leaderboard right after release by advertising and hyping up the game.
However, Chen Mo hadn't spent a single cent on advertising Plants vs Zombies! Reaching the top of the new games leaderboards one hour after release, that was the stuff of fairy tales!
On the new games leaderboard, Adventures of the Storm Rider was in third place, while Plants vs Zombies was at the top in first place.
After receiving a recommended space, Adventures of the Storm Rider had been gaining momentum. But it stood no chance against Plants vs Zombies.
If Adventures of the Storm Rider had a standing start, Plants vs Zombies had a shooting start. How can you compare when the number of players are of different magnitudes?
The video games media was also shocked. They also thought that Plants vs Zombies had a high chance of going viral, and becoming the biggest dark horse of the month!
Although the statistics at the twenty-four hour mark were more significant for extrapolation, the three hour numbers for Plants vs Zombies were extremely good, even beating some works from large companies!
The explosiveness of Plants vs Zombies caused some minor panic within the video game media, but this was all within Chen Mo's calculations.
Climbing to the top of the new games leaderboard? That wasn't even a small goal for Chen Mo...


Chen Mo liked calling himself a video game designer, despite being a mere video game producer.
After dying one day from work-related stress, he transmigrated into a parallel world as himself, right after he graduated. He was now in the body of his younger self, who also aspired to be a video game designer. 
Will he be able to fulfill his dream after being reborn in this oddly different new world, and become the best video game designer in that world?
Follow Chen Mo on his romp through video game classics as he brings the great games of the past to a whole new world in pursuit of his dreams!
Note: This Novel has been continued as a passion project by its translator. The continuation of this novel will not affect the result of Trial Reading or Voting Pool. 

After some breakfast mike opens a laptop and keeps an eye on the app feedback and no of downloads.

currently, the app beta version is free. He plans to charge after some user feedback and some user review over the app.

Mike looking at the background data of app there are no downloads and no of registered users. Overall downloads up to really exaggerated 20000 views in a single day and no of registered users 10000 members overall it's a good start.

when mike uploaded the app on the Android platform.

A certain location an author is checking the market for an app to reduce his work stress then he stumbled on the app which is the voice app he knows that's just fake no perfect voice input app is available until now. But under curiosity, he opens the app to try it for a trail.

His name was Harry. He was a professional author needed to submit a minimum amount of 10000 code word per day. As a professional to keep maintain good quality and quantity of daily updates.
when he is trying the app he uses daily work as a practice and pronunciation are perfect whether it is the word or phrase.
keep in mind he wanted to test to write his article. And uses the app to start writing an article and he keeps on using until the end of the article. He was surprised to find that Article is over and he just used 1hr to write 10000 codewords which are maintaining quality and quantity. His performance increases double at least. Today His performance is doubled and it was kind of fun to use an app with it my writing frequency increases at the same time my earnings.

He shared his experience in his author circle to help his friends to earn some money.

Then a friend replied harry is it real...
Harry: of course I just used and shared my experience you just have to experience to feel the miracle.
His friend said he will try it and download the app for the trail. Similar thing happening on author circle everyone is experiencing the voice input app and no of downloads keep on increasing.
 
Mike just watching background data and analyzed that it will break 100000 users until night.
He was just excited to see the market response keep daydreaming about his first bucket of money.

This is a story of youth, who worries about his feature. after the graduation of college.when he became ordinary otaku who is doing nothing but ordinary life watching movies and novels.
     A day changed his life when one night when he was reading a novel on his bed.a starry light came from the universe changed his life.
      from that moment he became genius changing the development of the country.praised as a genius by people, technology leads the life. starts the journey of technological empire.

After being in academia for so many years, this was Lu Zhou's first time hearing an editor recommend him to split his thesis into two parts.
Generally, the authors had the habit of splitting their thesis into two or more parts for publication. They would even cite their own theses to increase the number of references. Oftentimes, the editor would ask the author to compile the theses together.
But here, the editor was asking the author to split the theses into two parts…
This was something that was rarely heard of.
"Theorem 1 is one of the core problems in manifold classification and differential topology…" Lu Zhou stared at the email and rubbed his chin. "Sullivan conjecture? The hell is that, I've never even heard of it."
He threw his suitcase aside and went upstairs.
He sat in front of his computer and began searching the database.
Rows upon rows of theses appeared in front of him.
I had no idea.
This conjecture is actually pretty popular.
I don't recognize any of these people. I guess the Sullivan conjecture isn't connected to other disciplines, but it's still an important problem in its own mathematical branch.
This is just like the twin prime conjecture.
No one outside of additive number theory would study that conjecture.
"… Jesus, no wonder it was so difficult. It took me an entire day! It turns out to be an actual mathematics conjecture?"
Basically, the first seven pages of his Annual Mathematics thesis contained the proof of theorem 1. In fact, this theorem proved the Sullivan conjecture for smooth complex manifolds.
This conjecture was about classifying smooth manifolds, and it had been around for more than half a century. 
It was one of the core problems in differential topology!
This meant that he solved a half-century-old differential topology problem without knowing it…
After Lu Zhou finished reading the relevant literature, he felt a little shocked.
He was shocked at how nutty he was, but he was also shocked by Professor Chen.
Somehow, Professor Chen was able to connect the hyperelliptic curve analysis method with a classical conjecture in differential topology.
"Regardless… If the Sullivan conjecture is true, then the hyperelliptic curve analysis method can be applied to differentiable manifolds.
"I feel like I took another step forward to solving Riemann's hypothesis.
"I just don't know how many more steps it will take…"
Lu Zhou looked at the computer screen and opened his original thesis. He began reformatting the content.
This part was quite simple. He just had to take out the theorem 1 proof from his original thesis, write a few lines of abstract, and submit it as an independent paper.
Professor Frakes even wrote the thesis title for him.
[Proof of Sullivan's Conjecture on Smooth Complex Perfect Manifolds]
As for his original thesis, he just had to add a reference to this new thesis.
After ten minutes or so, Lu Zhou sent the reformatted theses to Professor Frakes' email.
After that, Lu Zhou was about to send an email to Professor Chen Yang. However, he suddenly remembered that he previously uploaded a preprint to arXiv.
Even though he rarely made edits to his manuscript, it was common practice in academia to also change the arXiv preprints when making new modifications.
Lu Zhou logged onto his arXiv account and was about to upload a new version of the thesis. However, he was shocked by the number of downloads.
22,000 downloads!
"Jesus Christ, it's only been two days! Is there really that many downloads?!"
Normally speaking, a well-written thesis in a popular area of research would have a couple hundred downloads at most.
Theses that had tens of thousands of downloads were theses in popular research fields that had been uploaded a long time ago.
Differential topology wasn't a popular branch of mathematics at all, especially when it came to manifold classification. There were less than 20,000 scholars in the world in this area of study.
Therefore, the number of downloads was a bit abnormal.
There was only one possibility.
Which was that his thesis caused a commotion in other branches of mathematics.
His thesis was so popular that scholars in other areas of research were curious…
Lu Zhou suddenly realized something, and he immediately logged onto his Mathoverflow account.
Just like he had expected, people on this world-renowned mathematics forum began talking about his thesis on the front page…
[Jesus, did anyone see Professor Lu's latest work?]
[I just read it, it's just a corollary to the hyperelliptic curve analysis method… What's so special?]
[That's not the main point! Have you read theorem 1! People outside of differential topology might not know this, but this is another form of the Sullivan conjecture!]
[My friend has a master's degree in differential topology, he said that his supervisor was working on differentiable manifold classification. I asked about his opinion, and he said this thesis is the real deal.]
[Professor Lu really is amazing, how does he casually produce such amazing research results.]
[I feel like I wasted my time learning differentiable manifolds…]
[Perfect, I'll use this as a topic for my discussion class tomorrow.]
After reading the forum posts, Lu Zhou sighed.
"These people are so boring."
Why don't they use their time to research something themselves?
It's just some random conjecture…
What's the big deal…
Lu Zhou closed his browser and placed his laptop aside.
Annual Mathematics was going to find a qualified reviewer for the peer-review process.
What he had to do now, was to prepare for his trip to Shanghai…


After suffering from a heat stroke while working under the scorching heat of summer, Lu Zhou, a hardworking but poor university student, somehow becomes the owner of an advanced technological system. With the cheat given by the system, his university life changes overnight. 
  
A Master's degree? Easy. 
  
PhD? Not a problem.   
  
From a nobody, he quickly becomes a huge celebrity in the world of science. With the missions given by the system, he is on his way to winning a Nobel Prize.   

"System, can points be exchanged for money?"
  
"No."
  
"F**k, what use are you then!?"
  
"This system will make you the ultimate scholar, the kind that lords over all of humanity. What use will money be to you?"

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NAME: FRANK WEST

GENDER: MALE 

AGE:16

Job Musician 

MONEY:4000 HGF 

POPULARITY point (p.p): 1

Fame point (f.p): 0

SINGING: 89/100 « EXPERT »

GUITAR: 85/100 « GREAT »

CREATIVE: 70/100 « GREAT »

COORDINATION: 90/100 

EMOTIONS: 89/100

SHOP

INVENTORY: 
?
?
?
------------  IN ZEDON ---------

★FIRST-PERSON P.O.V (FRANK)★

After arriving home I took a good shower and went to sleep because singing is very exhausting.

The next day I up and logged into the band account and I was dumbfounded by the number of views, subscribers, and downloads we got in just 1 day.

-views:2000, subscribers:200, downloads:2000-

"Holy shit" (shouting)

"I NEED TO CALL THE BAND"

-----------5 minutes later--------------

"Dante hey are you awake"-frank 

"Yes, what the problem "-dante 

" call everyone I have big news"-frank 

"Ok, it better be good or I will be pissed off because I am in the middle of leveling up to level 100 in call of duty: advance battlefield "-dante 

" don't worry it will be good "-frank 

" then see you later bro "-dante

" ok"-frank 

After hanging up the phone I call up the system so that I can see my information.

*system open my interface*

‹ OK HOST ›

NAME: FRANK WEST

GENDER: MALE 

AGE:16

Job Musician 

MONEY:4000 HGF

POPULARITY point (p.p): 1 (+200)

Fame point (f.p): 0 (+20)

SINGING: 89/100 « EXPERT »

GUITAR: 85/100 « GREAT »

CREATIVE: 70/100 « GREAT »

COORDINATION: 90/100 

EMOTIONS: 45/100

SHOP

*thanks, but the system can you open the store and tell me the price for professional video editing or just editing because when the music reaches 1 million we will have a sufficient amount of money to make a music video for the Subscribers *

‹OK HOST ›

« SKILL: VIDEO EDITOR «GREAT» COST=100 F.P »

*why is it so expensive, can't anything in this store be cheap*

‹YOU SHOULD BE THANKFUL BECAUSE AS YOUR FAME INCREASES SO DOES THE PRICE FOR SKILLS AND SONG SO BE THANKFUL NOW BECAUSE IN THE FUTURE YOU WILL BE CRYING HAHA›

* sometimes I think that you do this just to make a big joke of me, but don't worry I will get you someday for your stingy habits *

‹i will be waiting›

*system be for I go can I but anything else in the store?*

‹YES HOST, YOU CAN BUT IT WILL COST MORE THEN A SONG, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU WANT TO BUY THE SONG LIST  OF IMAGINE DRAGON YOU WILL HAVE TO PAY 1 MILLION F.P AND IF YOU WANT TO BUY EQUIPMENT OR INSTRUMENTS FOR YOU OR THE BAND, IT WILL COST BUT DON'T WORRY   THEY ALL COME IN DIFFERENT VALUES SO THE PRICE WILL VARY.

THE VALUES ARE 

«OK»

«GREAT»

«EXPERT»

«LEGENDARY»

«DEMI-GOD»

« GODLY»

«? »

›

*why is one of the value locks *

‹ IT BECAUSE YOUR LEVEL POPULARITY IS TOO LOW AND ALSO YOU NEED TO PRODUCE A LOT FOR MUSIC IN EVER CATEGORY BEFORE TOU CAN UNLOCK AND ALL HAVE TO BE BEST SELLERS ›

*that going to be fucking difficult, can't I do anything less difficult to get it *

‹THERE IS A LESS DIFFICULT WAY OF GETTING IT BUT YOU DID NOT UNLOCK IT YET ›

*whatever stingy system, I have to go I will talk to you later*

‹BYE HOST ›

After talking to the system I head to the hideout very quickly because they might be waiting for me.

---------------- 20 minutes later ------------
★THIRD-PERSON P.O.V★

After frank reached the hideout he was treated with a sweet punch in the chest because he was late to his meeting.

"So frank what is the news "-jerry 

" it better be good, I have to write my homework before tomorrow"-jack 

"Don't worry it well, but first let be login to the band account "-frank 

" why what happens?"-dante 

"Nothing, but greatness"-frank 

"?_?"-everyone

" don't worry its not something bad "-frank 

after logging into the web net frank call everyone to look at the song.

" wow, the song got 4000 view and 2000 likes "-jerry

" forget the views look at the downloads. we are going to be rich "-jack 

" people even subscribed!!"-dante 

"Told you guy this song is going to make us big "-frank 

" who said we ever doubted you "-dante 

" We are rich "-jack 

" relax jack this is just the beginning because if we refresh the page we can see that the song is trending and right now we are 20th Place in The rookie star competition "-frank 

" really, shit we are gold baby, we are fucking gold "-jack (shouting)

" hay watch how you are talking jack or I will bleach that mouth of yours "- Jerry 

" ok bro, I just overreacted "-jack 

" let celebrate "-dante 

" wait before we celebrate I want to tell everyone that I am planning to make new music, but it won't be now but after the competition is over so I hope everyone works hard so that we can make it big "-frank 

" you already planning a new song?"-jack 

"When are you never with surprises frank  "-jerry 

" don't worry we will try our best because practice makes perfect "-dante 

" I know "-frank 

After their talk, the band went to their favorite restaurant to celebrate their new achievement but light-years away the popularity of the song is speeding like wildfire, and the number of views, subscribers, likes, and downloads is increasing drastically. 









this is a story about a frank west who transmigrated into a new body in the far future where technology had advanced very far and the humans had formed a large empire covering the whole galaxy. but the entertainment industry is lacking and some bands and singers that suppose to be in history for their songs are not there and as a result, frank is given a system that will make him and his band the greatest singer in music history.

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