There was a YouTuber who lived alone... One day when he was editing a video, he heard footsteps in the kitchen, and he went to investigate... He was shocked to see what happened to his kitchen.

My husband and I have only been married less than a year. We do have some good advice though if any of you are interested. Feel free to apply some of this to your dating relationships.

The next day...
Zhang Xiaohua arrived early at the company, finding that Yuan Datong and the others had already gathered together to do their work.
Because Zhang Xiaohua's description was concise and detailed, it wasn't difficult for everyone to create the setting for shooting the scenes he wanted. As for the follow up, that would be Zhang Xiaohua's job as the director.
Zhang Xiaohua felt a little nervous at this time.
After all, this would be his first time acting as a director. Although he was just shooting a music video, this would be their fans first impression of them and would help them decide if the incoming album was worth buying or not. After all, if the video quality was not good enough, the quality of the entire album would be up for question. It was the most critical stage. The video could either solidify their position in the industry or destroy it, leaving their image as a one-hit wonder.
Therefore, it was inevitable that he would be a bit apprehensive.
Just after eight o'clock, Zhou Yi sent over the camera crew and brought two professional photographers and four lighting technicians, along with all the necessary equipment.
Their equipment was very simple. It included only professional cameras and spotlights. They also had an on-site camera drone and a real-time monitor. He felt that these would be enough for the videos.
In addition, because the music video's storyline was entirely in the mind of Zhang Xiaohua, there would be no wasted time planning out scenes as long as no accident occurred. Zhang Xiaohua could basically finish the video in around two days. Considering the time post-production would take, he believed that before the end of the month, they could release the entire album along with their accompanying videoclips.
First, Zhang Xiaohua decided to shoot the video for 'Broken Hearted Woman'. In his memories, this song's video was very monotonous, requiring only two different sets of clothes: one for the indoors scene and another for the outdoor scene. As the video required only 15 frames per second, both scenes could be done in just a matter of moments, so recording them would not take much time.
Looking around the company's surroundings, Zhang Xiaohua discovered that some scenes could be directly shot here. Thus he promptly asked Wang Jingwen to change her clothes.
A while ago, Zhang Xiaohua had spent some time using the computer, and with the knowledge he learned during those late nights, he quickly described all the sub-camera angle shots to the crew including the time needed to be spent on each shot and the rough angles they must shoot from. It was comparable to professionals.
The two photographers were free to act independently, but they had been informed of the type of mood their photos needed to portray. The four lighting technicians set up their equipment in the proper location, connected it to the studio's power supply with the help of Xiaohai and others, and adjusted the light curtain to the best condition. Done with the preparations, they could only wait for Wang Jingwen to get in position.
Yuan Datong served as his assistant. Although this was a very humble job, Yuan Datong had volunteered to take this position, so the role of the assistant was decided.
In order to save time, Zhang Xiaohua used an arbitrary shooting method instead of following the conventional way. 
There were no fixed rules, and they could say whatever they liked or offer any suggestions. Anyway, with his precise notes and the fact that they would synthesize all the scenes for editing at a later period, they were not afraid of chaos.
The first scene was set on the stairs:
Wang Jingwen would slowly walked down the stairs and after reaching the middle, she would sit down on the steps. Shaking her hair, she would look into the space as if daydreaming with eyes looking full of inexplicable expectations. Yet, she would also carry a bit of ambiguity, sadly stroking her hair as though feeling defeated.
When everyone was ready, Zhang Xiaohua sat in front of the monitor and officially assumed the director's job. Not to mention how excited he was, looking closely, one would realise that he was slightly trembling.
After a moment, Zhang Xiaohua slowly lifted one hand and immediately swung it as he shouted, "Action!"
Suddenly, all the machines were up and running through the monitor. Soon afterwards, Wang Jingwen's shadow appeared on the screen.
Wang Jingwen used to be a professional singer, and during that period of time, she made several videos, so her performance was very good. She didn't show any nervousness and naturally stepped down the stairs, but she was a bit too fast.
"Cut!"
Zhang Xiaohua took the lead and decided to terminate the shooting. He immediately strode to Wang Jingwen and reprimanded, "Big Sister, we are filming a music video, not a catwalk. Can you not do this? Can you temporarily think of yourself as an individual, not as a god? In addition, the theme of this song is a heartbroken woman. Can you show a little bit of sadness? Don't look like you're at the top of the world... And your eyes, what I need is yearning and confusion, not pride. Do you understand?"
Zhang Xiaohua was so rude that Wang Jingwen immediately blushed all the way down to her neck, ashamed, she wanted to find a hole to hide in.
However, in Zhang Xiaohua's opinion, if the actor was not in place, then the director could hardly be resigned.
In other words, this showed that his work had not been properly done, resulting in Wang Jingwen's failure to comprehend his own thoughts.
In order to make Wang Jingwen enter the correct mood as soon as possible and to shoot his ideal music video, Zhang Xiaohua thought hard. He suddenly remembered the video where he first saw Wang Jingwen and found his inspiration. It was this video that made Zhang Xiaohua have a keen interest on Wang Jingwen: "Remember the time when you filmed 'Last Supper'."
Wang Jingwen nodded, listening to Zhang Xiaohua say: "Follow the mood from that time. Remember to not exaggerate too much, and don't be too pessimistic. Just think that you have just lost the love of your life, but you're still trying to maintain your hope in romance."
Wang Jingwen nodded again. After being scolded by Zhang Xiaohua, her ability to comprehend was significantly enhanced.
With Zhang Xiaohua's orders, the shooting was gradually getting on the right track.
This time, Wang Jingwen completely followed Zhang Xiaohua's request. Regardless of her demeanour or movement, Zhang Xiaohua found that they were flawless. She had absolutely achieved his desired results.
Zhang Xiaohua was satisfied with the shooting, and in a very excited mood, he rushed to the car. "Emma, help Wang Jingwen change her clothes, bring the cosmetics on the way. Everyone else, put the equipment on the car, we need to swap venue. Remember, two weeks is all we have left. We have to complete all the works on time. Go, go, go!"
Suddenly, the whole company got really busy as everyone responded with enthusiasm. The scene was like a bustling market that even Zhou Yi and his staff were deeply affected. It seemed that Zhang Xiaohua was being treated as the sole leader. And if the leader had orders, how could they not obey?
In this way, under the leadership of Zhang Xiaohua, everyone was very positive and cooperative. They worked overtime every day for almost 24 hours. They did two days of work in a day. Although a bit tired, they were ecstatic, because everyone believed that if they worked hard, they would be equally rewarded.
Next, under the full authority of Zhang Xiaohua, the shooting progress was surprisingly smooth beyond everyone's imagination.
Just two weeks later, the music videos of the six songs were filmed. The recording speed of these videos was so fast that it definitely broke the record speed of the category.
Zhang Xiaohua defined the title of the album as 'Hearts Emotions', with a close-up photo of Wang Jingwen as the cover in a grey rainy weather. It matched with the songs on the album, and eventually got the unanimous approval of all members of the company. The editing of the videos was handed over to Sparrow Company to complete.
They did not dare to idle. Because according to Zhang Xiaohua's request, Sparrow Company not only had to be responsible for post-production, but they also had to produce 300,000 records within half a month. This workload was not small, so how would they dare dally around and act slowly?
After the work was handed over to Sparrow Company, Yuan Datong finally let out a sigh of relief. He was tired, both physically and mentally.
In these two weeks, Zhang Xiaohua had really learned a lot of things, and he also got a certain understanding of multimedia shooting, which fully laid a solid foundation for the future 'films and television programs'.
Taking advantage of this enthusiasm, Zhang Xiaohua wrote the Mandarin version of the 'Broken Hearted Women' overnight and told Yuan Datong to help Wang Jingwen perform the recording work for inclusion in her album.
In this way, Wang Jingwen's first album would contain seven songs. At the end of the songs, he would use the six music videos to make a short movie. Letting fans know about Wang Jingwen's past situation and her struggles. This would encourage fans who were willing to spend money to buy the genuine records.


Zhang Xiaohua was a washed-up artist who tragically passed away in a car accident after heroically saving a child’s life. After his death, Zhang Xiaohua’s soul was transmigrated into a parallel universe where the entertainment industry has become sluggish. 

With a group of small musicians, memories and just his wits about him, he is forced to create something for himself in his new environment, working hard to sustain himself and his mother, while also trying to regain control of his father's company.

Follow his journey as he attempts to become a world-class entertainment mogul and conquer the entertainment world by storm.

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He was editing a video on his system,and was on a phone call,he was talking to the person on the other end about the video he was editing
Kelvin: we hit the jackpot baby......I never knew she could be this foolish.....it's just so easy to record it.......she didn't even suspect anything.......this will be our checkmate........ Of course it looks like  professional porn........oh baby do you think I wouldn't blur out my features?....nobody would even guess it's me....OK love,I have to run now....I love you too bby........
Wait,my weak heart  skipped a beat. I took a peek at the video and lo and behold!, it was a paused video of everything we did earlier so he made love with me,or permit me to say he fucked me just to film a video,I went mad with fear,anger and shame and I did what I shouldn't have done.I confronted him
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Me: who is on the phone
Kelvin:let me call you back baby.......love you more
Me:how dare you!,flirting with some slimy bitch in my presence and what video are you guys discussing?,I felt like strangling the life out of him as he looked at me with disdain
Me:I deserve an answer hey!!!!!! Or let me say I demand to why you filmed everything we just shared,and why you're discussing it with some bitch
Kelvin: *chuckles*well it was nice of you to poke your cute little nose in my business and make my work easier
Me:so you used me all this while?
my face turned ugly as he flashed his Superman smile
Kelvin:Oh love,aren't you being difficult. to be fair,I'd say you used me too,we both used each other, you used me for your bitchy needs,and I used you in achieving a goal.
I could sense the heavy mockery his words were laced in. It only aggravated the matter


Me:what the hell is funny,and how dare you call me a bitch
Kelvin: *smirk* oh baby what should I call you? virgin Mary  or queen Elizabeth or goddess Lakshmi we both know you're a bitch,a silly stupid one at...........I silenced him with a punchthat sent him down to the ground,and he got up cleaning the gush of blood oozing from the fresh cut on his lips
Before he could regain balance,I took him off guard with a thunderous slap that sent him down again. I wasn't thinking straight, I wanted to give him a piece of my mind,and that I did, but I regret it till date
Note ⚠ 60% of what I said was not true,I only said it to get even with him 
Me:you think you're a hero huh! A cute guy with his body like that of a stallion, he can get whatever he wants and how ever he wants it huh?, a very smart guy with the looks to kill and the money for die for??!,you're wrong man,whoever told you that needs to be checked for mental problems,let me tell you the real truth; you make me sick,you're nothing but a beast and a coward,you think you're great in bed huh?,of course not!,even a dog will fuck me better that you do asshole,I was about to make a dramatic exit to all the lies I just said , but he grabbed me and pulled me roughly towards him
Kelvin: you think I'm a coward huh,I'll show you what cowards are capable of doing, I Kicked  his  and made to leave,but the kick had little effects on him,so he dragged the duvet and  made me trip, I fell like a pack of cards on the heavy rugs of the study but I was'nt going to loose to this dangerous loser,so I made to get up but he dragged my legs before I could,he didn't let go of my legs,he dragged me down the hall way to his room, he then trashed the strength out of me with punches,then he handcuffed my hands and tied a gag to my mouth, and then threw me on the bed like a sack of dead fish,he then opened my  thigh  wide and drove in with full force,I couldn't scream, I felt pain raw for the first time in my life,it was then I realized that you don't have to be a virgin before you get raped,neither does the rapist have to be a stranger

He drove in and out like a sex machine I  Cried but it was only muffles to him,I couldn't scream out all the pain I felt ,he treated me like a doll,cummed on my face,in my eyes,my ears and turned me over and cummed on my ass,I thought he would do the doggy,or set me free,but he just rammed his huge dick right into my Asshole,then I saw the devil in his full red and black regalia I couldn't bear more pain,he didn't stop there,he continued riding with full speed till I lost consciousness



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Cai Songyin had always been proud of the sound quality of the top-grade stereo surround sound system imported from Germany. However, today was the first time she hated how the sound quality was too realistic. If this was an impersonation, then their skills were far too impressive… Tan Dongbang's voice was so familiar to her and had spoken in her ears for so many years that she could hardly tell the difference from this impersonation! All their beautiful, youthful memories, their romantic and loving past all suddenly collapsed under the blow of the two people's explicit pillow talk emanating from the stereo. Cai Songyin stood expressionless in the middle of the room and slowly raised her increasingly shaky hands to cover her ears as she screamed madly, "Ah–!"
It's fake! It's fake! This isn't real! Cai Songyin wanted her screams to overpower the disgusting sounds from the stereo, but she discovered that no matter how loudly she screamed, those intimate conversations found a crack to delve into her ears, brain, and heart. Unable to stand the toture, Cai Songyin finally burst into tears and cradled her head in her hands as she sat on the floor. The floor was covered with a fine-quality handwoven wool rug imported from the Middle East. She opened her eyes to look at the vine pattern on the rug while she screamed and cried her heart out. The bedroom had excellent sound insulation, so no one outside would hear her, even if she screamed until she lost her voice. She took this opportunity to vent without any self restraint. After crying, Cai Sonyin supported herself on the ground to slowly climb up. Grabbing the remote on the vanity, her face was ashen. At this moment, the voices in the stereo had already changed like a movie montage changing locations.
She heard someone saying urgently, "...Where's the Prime Minister? He needs to sign this document right away!"
"Just wait, the Prime Minister… is in a meeting." The person speaking was totally serious and was none other than Tan Dongbang's chief secretary. His tone and inflection proved that he was totally aware of what Tan Dongbang and Gu Yanran were doing. Cai Songyin completely froze. The chief secretary's words clearly proved that these shameless adulterers were actually having a tryst in the Office of the Prime Minister!
She couldn't take it anymore and raised her arms to viciously throw the remote towards the wall-mounted speakers. There was a loud bang, and the top-quality speakers fizzled a few times before retreating into silence. Cai Songyin panted as she stood in the bedroom for a long time before she expressionlessly dressed herself and looked in the mirror to put on a coral-colored lipstick. This color would brighten her skin tone. Her face was currently dark and oppressive, so she couldn't go out in public without some brightening.
Taking out her phone, she opened the control system for the speakers and logged in to find the file containing the sounds so she could download it onto her phone. To her surprise, the file was actually a video file with sound. If she played it on her phone, she could not only hear the voices but also see the footage! On the phone, she saw the two people on the bed twisted in all sorts of positions, and the last shred of hope in her heart died. The voice wasn't an impersonation, nor was this a trap. It was actually her beloved husband. They had been friends for decades, yet his image totally collapsed in front of her. She knew she was done for, and her life was unsalvageable now. Their many years of love didn't overcome this man's political ambitions. There was no way she could ever support Tan Dongbang ever again.
A shrewd person like Tan Dongbang would only see Cai Songyin as his burden that would drag him down in the future. No wonder he couldn't wait to get involved with Gu Yanran. She was the wealthiest person in Barbados and had a fortune that rivaled a nation's. She was also young, beautiful, and was in her prime. There was no single thing in which Cai Songyin could win against her. She was nearly 50 and at her age, losing her marriage and husband meant losing everything. But if these two people thought Cai Songyin would obediently retreat from the stage, then they were seriously mistaken. Tan Dongbang wanted to get rid of her? Gu Yanran wanted to use her to get ahead? Dream on…
Cai Songyin expressionlessly began using the professional video editing software on her phone to begin editing the video. She had originally worked in media, so making video edits like this was a piece of cake. First, she blurred out the background and Tan Dongbang's body and face to only reveal the general image of the bed. Then she also processed his voice until it couldn't be recognized. As for Gu Yanran, Cai Songyin enhanced clarity and contrast tools to even preserve the high resolution so that her body was explicitly exposed on the screen. Even the obvious birthmark on her right breast could be clearly seen. Finally, Cai Sonyin selected the most shocking part of the footage to save into two files. One was a two-minute short film, while the other was a 30-second spotlight feature on Gu Yanran. She uploaded the original video file to her cloud drive and protected it with a password before deleting the backup on her phone. She then used her phone's video player to watch the two-minute short film several times to ensure that it didn't reveal even a sliver of Tan Dongbang in it. She finally smirked. Taking several deep breaths, Cai Songyin walked out solemnly.
She came down the winding staircase, and when she was halfway down, she saw that the projector was in use downstairs. On the white projection screen that was as tall as a wall was the pink diamond crown Gu Yanran had gifted to Tan Guiren. Afterwards, she overheard Gu Nianzhi accuse Gu Yanran of stealing her possession to curry favor with someone else and even say she would make sure to take every single thing back…
Because of her daughter, Tan Guiren, Cai Songyin had always disliked Gu Nianzhi. But somehow she felt strangely elated to hear Gu Nianzhi berate Gu Yanran. Just as their ancestors said, the enemy's enemy was a friend. Cai Songyin snickered as she took out her phone to connect to the projector's control app and discreetly send the two-minute short film she had just edited onto the video player for the projector. Because all the electronics in the Prime Minister's official residence were controlled by a smart system, all the other places aside from the bedroom could be controlled by a phone instead of remotes. She only needed to download a central control app, and Cai Sonyin happened to use this app to upload the two-minute short film. Afterwards, Cai Sonyin logged into her own secondary Weibo account to upload the 30-second spotlight feature on Gu Yaran…
…
Gu Nianzhi had just berated Gu Yanran and threatened to "expose her" and make her "prostitute herself," so the words were still echoing in everyone's ears. Gu Yanran's sorrowful look gained sympathy from many as they thought Gu Nianzhi was being too aggressive and crossing the line. Suddenly, the dimmed projector illuminated with a beam of light once again to shine onto the projection screen ahead. It turned on by itself. Everyone's eyes were naturally glued to the beam of light and looked towards the projection screen. In the blink of an eye, two people tossing around in bed suddenly appeared on the white screen! The man's body and face had been blurred out, so no one could tell who it was. However, no one would really care, even if they could see it, because the woman's body and face on the screen captured everyone's full attention! Everyone only needed one glance to immediately recognize that the woman curling like a snake around the man was Gu Yanran!
Yin Shixiong's eyes widened, and he quickly glanced around before covering Ma Qiqi's eyes with one hand. "Don't look at it!"
Ma Qiqi was eagerly watching it, so why wouldn't she keep looking? Stomping her foot down, it caused Yin Shixiong so much pain that he jumped away. Ma Qiqi could then widen her eyes and watch the short film clearly, as the female lead was just standing not far from her.
The hall echoed with Gu Yanran's soft and alluring sex sounds. She was not the typical siren. People who had just thought Gu Nianzhi was being too aggressive immediately changed their perspective. This Gu Yanran was too big of a hypocrite! If it wasn't for this adult rated film, barely anyone would've known Gu Yanran had such a side to her!
…
Gu Yanran was already very humiliated after arguing with Gu Nianzhi. She never thought that something more embarrassing awaited her! Starting at her own naked body on the giant screen, she saw that the resolution was extremely high with enhanced contrast and color treatment. She began to black out! Without thinking, she looked at Prime Minister Tan, but he looked at her like she was a ghost and stumbled as he nearly ran upstairs to escape.
Tan Guiren turned around to glance at the screen and was also shocked. Covering her mouth, she stood on the winding staircase and didn't know what to do. Cai Songyin was the only one to slowly walk down the stairs step by step to stand before Gu Yanran, who was shaking uncontrollably. She covered her smile. "Miss Gu, what are you doing? Today is Little Darling's birthday party. How could you be so careless as to play your private video and share it with everyone?"
Gu Yanran couldn't stand it anymore and turned around to point at Gu Nianzhi as she screamed, "You're too shameless! How can you play such a thing to get back at me!? You violated my privacy!" In her anger, she even forgot to claim the video was Photoshopped. Of course, with a high resolution video like that, whomever she accused of using Photoshop would have had to possess incredible skill.
This incident obviously had nothing to do with Gu Nianzhi. She rolled her eyes and already knew who was behind it all. Spreading her palms, Gu Nianzhi said calmly, "Gu Yanran, don't bark up the wrong tree. Why would I have your filthy things? Look carefully at who the male lead in the video is. This video was most likely made by the male lead's wife or girlfriend."
Gu Yanran instantly understood that it wasn't Gu Nianzhi but Cai Songyin who was behind this! She then looked at the continuously replaying video and felt even more humiliated and angry. Lunging over, she frantically tried to shut off the projector, but for some reason, she couldn't turn it off. On the screen, she continued to tumble, and everyone in the hall got over their initial shock to find the video more and more hilarious.
The quick-reflexed people took out their phones to record it. However, even people who didn't record it on their phones but saw it with their own eyes had a hard time erasing the endlessly looping video from their heads. It was made far too well! Even special original footage from Japan couldn't rival it. There was a beautiful soundtrack, emotional dialogue, and although the male lead had been blurred out, that left even more to the imagination.
Amid the chaos, He Zhichu and Huo Shaoheng walked inside. They glanced at the video replaying in the hall, and Huo Shaoheng folded his hands unhappily behind his back as he said coldly, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is a birthday party at the Prime Minister's official residence—not an adult-rated party. Please show some self-respect."


Gu Nianzhi had no idea how to get the aloof and handsome Major General to fall in love with her. 

His eyes were dark and serious. "...Seduce me. If you can do it, I’m yours." 

Gu Nianzhi: "!!!"

Disclaimer: The following stories contains sexual assault, rape, nonconsensual acts, mentally abusive relationships, and violence towards women. Readers are advised to proceed with caution.

After settling the matters regarding the Outstanding Employee Selection, Pei Qian returned to his rented apartment. He took out the express delivery package that had just arrived. 
Pei Qian bought two phones this time around. 
The first phone was Shenhua's latest flagship phone model—Shenhua N7. It was priced at 4199 yuan and was mainly targeted at office workers. The other phone was the latest flagship phone model of an overseas company called MSC—the B90 model. It was priced around 4600 yuan. 
Many industries in that universe were a little different from those in Pei Qian's memory. In the current year, domestic phone companies should only be at their developing stages. They found it hard to fight against overseas phone companies. However, in that universe, Shenhua's mobile phones were developing very quickly. 
Although the overall strength of their flagship phone model could not be compared with Pineapple phones, the value of their phones could be reasonably priced at the 4000 range. What they achieved was three or four years ahead of the progress of the domestic phone companies in Pei Qian's memory. 
Of course, considering the development stages of cell phone and mobile games in that universe, Shenhua's achievements did not give Pei Qian too much of a shock. 
Anyways, those were just a side note. 
The main thing was that the Shenhua N7 was about to become the second victim today. 
He should leave the MSC cell phone for the next episode. 
Similar to the previous episode, Pei Qian shot the video with his cell phone and ran through the procedures. He dipped it into the water, threw it from midair, smashed it apart, and rewound the clips. Anyways, he did whatever he could to give the phone a hard time. 
After completing the standard procedures, he did some simple editing and rendering to the clips and uploaded the final video. 
"Good. I'm done!" 
Pei Qian stretched his body. Working was really tiring. 
To his surprise, the Shenhua N7 model had pretty good drop protection. Its rear cover was even sturdier than the Pineapple phones. Pei Qian had some difficulty trying to pry the rear cover of the phone open, and he spent quite some effort in doing so. However, as the saying went, blunt force led to miracles. There was not a single phone in the world that Pei Qian could not pry open. 
After completing all of that, Pei Qian felt that the duration was shorter than he had expected. He still had some time to do other things. 
"Umm… that's great, why don't we finish the MSC flagship cell phone model today as well? 
"After that, we can stop working on cell phones temporarily. We can explore other digital products, such as headphones, cameras, and laptops. Those were all worth considering."
Pei Qian yawned and opened a can of cola to wake himself up. He continued working on the third episode of Hardcore Reviews. 
He most certainly could not upload two episodes at the same time. Pei Qian wanted to wait for the responses of this video that he had just uploaded. If the responses were good, he could upload the MSC episode either tomorrow or two days later. 
… 
… 
After 'Hardcore Reviews Episode 2: Shenhua N7' had been uploaded onto Aili Island, viewers that had previously subscribed to this account quickly received a notification. 
Even if the 'Hardcore Reviews' account did not have many fans, many viewers that saw the first episode had subscribed to this account. Therefore, when the second video was uploaded, there were quickly many voices in the comments section. 
"Holy sh*t. Episode 2 was uploaded so quickly!" 
"Previously, it was Pineapple 4, now Shenhua N7? The total number of views for these two videos had not even reached 5000, and yet the production cost of both videos reached 10,000?!" 
"Pineapple 4 was almost 5000 yuan while Shenhua N7 was 4199. The cost was around 9000 in total! I can only say that we cannot understand the life of a baller!" 
"Could these videos be reposted?" 
"They are not reposted. You can't find the 'Hardcore Reviews' account at any other platforms. Aili Island seems to be the first platform that these videos had been uploaded onto." 
"That's a real baller!" 
"There's no need to say anything. Like. Tip. Share. I need to support this video no matter what simply because of its production cost!" 
Many viewers shared the video. 
Because of the user volume from the first video, there were more views for this episode. 
Moreover, there was no news conference for new products during this period. Therefore, the electronics area in the platform was rather inactive. There was not much new content that was uploaded. 
Since the video was uploaded at such timing, it naturally had more views. 
Furthermore, the keywords of the video's caption included words such as hardcore, reviews, and Shenhua N7. If people searched for similar words, this video would appear in the search results. 
… 
At night… 
Shenzhen… 
Hu Xiao had just finished a 'battle' with an enthusiastic netizen in the forum. He was still trying to calm himself down. 
As the creator of Shaohu Reviews, Hu Xiao had been living a rather lavish life due to the earnings from his videos. Viewers nowadays could be easily fooled, and it was easy earning the money of his fans. Many overseas companies were also very generous with the money they offered him. 
As a professional hater of Shenhua, Hu Xiao took the responsibility of criticizing Shenhua. However, Shenhua's cell phones were becoming increasingly popular. That made him very angry. 
He had just had a 'battle' with an enthusiastic netizen in the forum and had ended the conversation by demeaning each other's relatives. 
Hu Xiao opened the page leading to the electronics area of Aili Island. He originally wanted to just scroll through the videos and check if there were any new videos. 
"Huh? 'Hardcore Reviews Episode 2: Shenhua N7'? I have never heard of this review organization. Is this new?" 
Brimming with curiosity, Hu Xiao clicked on the video. 
The video was not very long and was only about ten minutes. Although most of the content was recorded in a single shot, he could tell that there was some evidence of simple editing in some parts of the video. 
However, the content caused Hu Xiao to almost laugh out loud. 
How the f*ck was that a review? That's just aggressive testing! 
He dipped it into the water, threw it onto the ground, and chopped it with a kitchen knife… 
The dismantling part at the end was even more hilarious. He used a flat head screwdriver and pried the rear cover of the phone along its gaps. The way he dismantled the components of the phone proved the 'blunt force leads to miracles' theory. He did not care if the cables at the back were connected and was also unconcerned if there were any dispensing. He simply gouged the components out of the cell phone. 
One could clearly see the veins on his hands. That showed how much force he was using. 
When there was nothing more to dismantle, the phone was utterly ruined. It was similar to the scene of a car accident. 
The most absurd part was that the video creator said that he would revive the phone, and yet the only thing that he did was to rewind the clips of him dismantling the phone aggressively. 
"Good job! It feels nice watching someone smashing a Shenhua cell phone. I need to share this video! I want to smash it too. It's a pity I do not have the money for it." 
After arguing with the netizen who supported Shenhua phones, Hu Xiao was still a little enraged. Seeing a video that smashed and cracked a Shenhua cell phone made his mood turn for the better. 
No need to say anything. Share! 
Hu Xiao mainly used Weibo for his Shaohu Reviews. However, his account at Aili Island had three to four hundred thousand subscribers. 
Although he did not have many subscribers, they were all very active. Moreover, Hu Xiao also had the contacts of professional fake reviewer teams. Therefore, he had a strong influence on the internet. 
After sharing the video, he added a caption: 'A Baller Smashed the Shenhua N7 in Anger. The Reason was…' 
After writing those words, Hu Xiao almost laughed at what he wrote. 
Those who did not know what happened might think that the baller smashed the Shenhua N7 phone because he was unhappy and angry about its quality. 
It was a little unethical of him to do so, and yet Hu Xiao did not go overboard. His actions could only be considered ordinary title sensationalism. It was not enough to spur public hate and cause him to be scolded by all netizens. 
If there were people who really came to him looking for trouble, he could resolve it by teasing them: If you treated that seriously, that meant that you have a glass heart and you wanted to raise ordinary issues at the level of big issues about nation, society, morals or politics. 
That was the highest realm of creating disgust for others. Hu Xiao was extremely familiar with that. 
After sharing the video, Hu Xiao had a question. 
What kind of team was behind Hardcore Reviews? Reviewers like Hu Xiao would normally make videos to earn money and get a free phone. 
However, it was evident that Hardcore Reviews did not have any sponsored partnerships. 
If Shenhua really wanted this review organization to promote their cell phones, they would definitely have some requests regarding the actual content of the video. How could they allow the video creator to demean their cell phone? 
Moreover, everyone within the industry knew that Shenhua did not like to look for review organizations. Hu Xiao did not receive sponsored partnerships with Shenhua. Therefore, his love for Shenhua products gradually turned into hate, and he became a professional Shenhua hater. 
Then… could it be that the Hardcore Reviews spent its own money to seek attention? 
Before the testing, the display was on. The video creator had also toggled the functions of the phone after soaking it in water. It was obvious that he was using a real phone instead of a duplicate. 
Ruin a real cell phone in each episode of the show? 
Hu Xiao did not really understand the life of the ballers… 
Hu Xiao did not take the matter to heart. Contented, he hummed a song and went to take a bath. 


I really just want to lose money! T_T
Best boss ever, prodigy of the business world, genius creator, visionary of the century.
These are the descriptions used for Pei Qian, President of Tengda Corporation.
Ever since his rebirth, Pei Qian finds himself in possession of a system that rewards him if he manages to lose money.
Instantly, a brilliant idea comes to mind — making crappy games!
"If the game flops, all my investment cost will be lost!"
"How difficult can it be to lose money?"
Indeed... how difficult can it be?
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This book is highly popular in China and has set off a new trend. Webnovel has very high expectations for this book and has gotten the author to refine the first chapter as an exclusive for global readers. We hope everyone will enjoy reading it.

The next day started like usual, Sam woke up and took a shower, prepared breakfast for Em and then took her to school. After all that happened yesterday it was weird that the day started so normally but Em seemed to have forgotten about it so Sam didn't say much and just left her be after a reminder, even if she spoke about what happened yesterday who would believe that Sam had a gun ? If someone believes her and called the police they wouldn't find anything so everything was fine. He was a bit worried about Tony and Leo trying to take revenge but they were just small time gangsters, of course they'll be too afraid to try him when he could be carrying a gun all the time. Back at the present Sam dropped Em at school, he greeted teacher Rose on his way and left for school. As the bike was way faster than the subway it took him way less time to arrive.

"Hey Sam you got a bike ?"
"Yo Eric, cool right ?"

Eric came closer to take a look and then looked at Sam weirdly...

"This sticker..."

He was speaking about a half torn Yamaha sticker on the front.

"Did you steal this from Tony ?"

"What do you mean steal ?! I'm not a thief ! I bought it from him."

"Come on man he would never sell it, you shouldn't steal even from villains man..."

"I told you I didn't steal it, he gave it to me... from his own volition."

Eric kept looking at him weirdly, would someone really give away his beloved bike to someone he hate?

"Let's go or we'll be late for class."

Said Sam, the weird look Eric threw him really made him uncomfortable. When they arrived in the class Tony was already sitting in the front row, he looked back and slowly took a piece of paper from his bag. He walked with shaking legs toward Sam and then gave him the piece of paper with misty eyes, it seemed like he was gonna cry. He just wiped his eyes and left back to his seat, meanwhile Sam was checking the paper. Now the bike was his, he'd just have to change the name on the paper and everything was done.

After school Sam picked up Em and went toward the recording studio, he directly went into Keith's room without knocking.

"Yo Keith, I wanna do an original song. Can you help me ?"

Keith was sitting in front of his computer and playing a game, he looked at Sam and smiled

"Do you have anything ready ?"

"Yeah I've worked on the guitar melody, I'm busy with the lyrics at the moment and I'll need you to do the post prod work."

Em was already sitting on the couch playing a game on Sam's phone, she never cared much about what they talked about. Whenever they came here she just sat on the same couch and played the same games.

"Yeah I can help you..."

Then they started working on the song, the instruments, the pace, the rhythm...
They were finally done around 7 pm. Em was tired and wanted to go home so he left Keith do the rest of the work, he gave him the instructions and now just had to wait for him to get done with his job.

Keith was a very nice guy, he didn't ask for anything in exchange and just helped him. They were getting closer for sure and Sam felt like they already were friends.

Time went by slowly, Sam had tons of works to do. With the help of Keith they came closer and closer to a satisfying result, since Sam couldn't keep Em with him everyday she'd spend a lot of time at Annie's place playing with her friend Rika.

Right now the song was written, recorded and produced. Sam's fulfilling feeling was accompanied by a confused one, 'what next ?' He thought, what was the next step ? 

"Yo Keith, what's the next step ?"

He was sitting on a second chair in front of Keith's material and both of them were eating a sandwich they had bought from a convenience store not too far.

"What do you mean ? The song is ready, you'll have to publish it on streaming platforms I guess ? I don't know much about this."

"You don't know either ? I guess I'll just keep going on YouTube for the moment, opportunities will present themselves."

After a long week of work the song was done, during this week Sam had skipped at least half his classes. School was useful for normal people but with the system it was just a loss of time, if he used the system to get top grades he could end up with a good job in 4 years but that would be a waste of a god sent opportunity, if he used the system the right way he might even end up richest, strongest or even most famous person in the world. 

Well this will be in the future, in the present he went and took Em home before once again sitting on his old computer's chair. Usually he would have images to go with his covers, they were the videos of him singing. This time also he had shots of him, and Keith working on the song but he wanted to make it look better so he opened the video editing software. This was actually the most expensive software on the market and of course he didn't buy it, a while ago he dowloaded illegally it but never tried it.

After a double click a short window appeared, the loading bar kept going until his screen went black and the computer turned off.

He finally remembered why he went to the pc room to do his video edits until now, this computer was really an antique... It was finally time to buy a new one, he didn't know much about computers but he could at least guess that the more expensive it was the better it will be.

He turned on the computer again and just went on a simple web site, Amazon. He knew that at this day it was the best online store, you could find anything you wanted on there.
After a bit of research he was hesitating between an Apple product or the last laptop by Acer. Both were excellent and had their pros and cons, thinking back to the students taking out Macs laptops in class he couldn't refrain from choosing that. Mac had top notch design, it looked so pure and clean that no other brand could rival them on that point.

Finally he decided to buy a silver MacBook Air for the insane sum of 1400€. Now that he had money he wouldn't mind wasting some on his own pleasure. With this purchase he had used up almost all the money he got from the sponsorship, he'd need another video with their Logo on it to make money so he'd do his best to make the guitar look better in his next video.

After making the purchase he went to sleep, the computer will be arriving in less than 24 hours and tomorrow both him and Em didn't have class so he wanted to rest because she'll probably want to do some crazy stuff as usual.

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The next morning when Em woke up breakfast was already ready and sitting comfortably on the table only waiting for her.

Sam was sitting in front of TV watching a french movie, the acting was terrible but he thought he could learn a thing or two from them in case he had to act one day, it wasn't a rare occurrence that singers or rapper are invited to act in a movie or a series, for exemple if you watched attentively you can see Ed Sheeran as a guest in Game of Thrones.

"Why are you watching this ?"

Em' asked while holding her breakfast and sitting near him.

"What do you want to watch ?"

"Cartoon !"

She said with her mouth full, she even spat a bit on Sam.

"Aaah i told you to don't speak with your mouth full !"

He didn't yell at her and just rebuked her a little, he had to teach her some things but he loved her way too much to yell at her. Then he did as asked and put cartoons on TV.

"Hahah sorry!"

She said after slowly chewing and swallowing her food. 

"Anyway, what do you want to do today ?"

The last time they had some free time together was when he took her to film him doing the outside "show". Today he wanted her to have a real fun day, not to help him.

"Whatever I want ?! Hahah ok then let's go shopping !"

At the same time he got a message from Roland saying : "Hey Sam, taking your time for a new video huh ? The boss is becoming impatient."

He finally remembered that the boss originally didn't want to make a partnership with him, his mind was changed by the luck stats so he must probably be wondering why he changed his mind.

"Coming soon, stay tuned."

Was the short answer Sam sent him.

Sam and his little sister live alone but his life is already hard enough trying to end his studies and give her the best life possible while facing bullies and financial issues. This is when he acquires the choice system which from time to time give him the choice between two skills or attributes.

If someone likes my work and can do me a better cover than the one I did myself for free I’ll take it thankfully haha

I know it's a long break (more than a year) but I had to focus on my studies. Now into a 2-year internship with lots of free time in my hand. Thus I've decided to continue the novel, at the very least I can guarantee that I can keep writing for the next couple of years.

Guys, I'll officially upload the next new chapter in a couple of weeks; I'm editing all the chapters released, to improve the standard. Re-evaluation of the novel showed my standard of writing is weak, which's obvious given the fact that English is only my third language.   

I'm working on improving my writing skills but for the immediate results, an Editor software has been subscribed for premium.  

Readers are welcomed to re-read the chapters edited, all edited chapters will have the date of editing in the 'author's thoughts'. I'll be editing at least three chapters every day.

I know many readers might be angry or disappointed with the inconsistency and huge break for which I extend my humble apology to all the readers. And will be extremely grateful for all those re-joining the ride and thanks for reading my book.

Alistair strolled through darkness shunning himself from light, he was plunged into the depths of hell by the greed of his own family. He crawled from those depths leaving trails of blood, craving for vengeance and toiling like a crazy wounded wolf.
 
After years of struggle he stands at the peak, a peak no one could touch, a peak where he could disdain anyone. Alistair had long got his revenge and quenched his burning fire with blood of those wronged him. 

The man who was supposed to have achieved everything one could possibly attain in a lifetime was actually left with nothing but felt utter isolation and icy solitude before his inevitable end, the death.

*****

Alistair was given another chance, reincarnation, with a system and the inheritance of the entire universe. 

He’s determined to lead an entirely different life, a life in which he truly pursues happiness with lots friends, lovers and a lovable family.

Will he get over his past and really turn a new leaf??? 

Will a place where law of jungle has long seeped into the society allow him lead a pleasant life without any carnage or bloodshed?????? 

 
This Story is also published in Royalroad.com

Song Bai hesitated for a while, but he decided to trust Black Flower. 
He opened the door to his bedroom, "Come in." 
Black Flower walked into this room with curiosity. The room seemed a bit dark because the curtains had been drawn, but that didn’t impact it very much.
Song Bai sat into the chair in front of the desk, put on a pair of headphones and said, "I’m going to work now. Please be good." 
As soon as he got home, he imported the video clips from his SD card into the computer. Seeing that the transmission had been completed, he launched Final Cut Pro and began to edit the videos he recorded today. 
Some vloggers tended to show their daily lives to the audience with little to no editing to their videos, but Song Bai preferred to make his content seem more coherent, so he edited every issue of his vlog painstakingly. He became increasingly adept at editing videos, and now he was focusing on the videos and the timeline slider on the computer screen. 
Black Flower walked around the room, which was completely different from the pet shop. There was no smell it was familiar with to make it feel at ease. Black Flower raised its head to look at its new owner, who was sitting in front of a computer. His upper body was slightly tilted forwards, mouth opening a little bit, eyes swiftly moving from left to right, and he would swallow saliva from time to time.
"Meow" cried out Black Flower gently. 
Song Bai didn't hear it. 
"Meow" 
This time Song Bai heard it, and lowered his head to look at it. 
"Black Flower, go play by yourself, I have things to do," answered Song Bai perfunctorily. He turned back to focus on the computer screen blinking with videos. In the dark room, the lights glowing on the screen were reflected on his face, which was changing into different colors constantly. 
Black Flower found a bit lonely that its owner didn't play with it. 
Back in the pet shop, Black Flower never felt lonely, for a group of kittens always kept its company. They chased and played with each other and rolled together on the ground. When their fur became dirty, they would lick each other’s fur for each other. Whenever it was tired or thirsty, Black Flower would run to drink from the water bowls prepared for them in a corner. When they needed to pee or poop, the kittens would go to the other corner where there was cat litter, and there were two young men responsible for cleaning their litter. Its life in the pet shop was so free and happy! 
But the puppies were different. Black Flower thought those puppies were very sad, for they were always locked in the display cases. They would stick their tongues out and look at the kittens eagerly as the kittens were playing happily outside. They didn't even have freedom when it came to peeing or pooping. There was nothing Black Flower could help them with; besides, it didn't want those puppies to occupy their places to play. 
Sometimes that special black and white kitten would join their games. It would chase the kittens or ask the kittens to find it, and it was always the winner. Black Flower felt it was fun to play with, and every other kitten seemed to like the kitten in black and white.
At only rare moments, the proud and solemn Queen of the Cats would show up in front of them and teach them some movements they must remember. Black Flower, along with the other kittens, squatted on the ground and listened carefully to the Queen’s instructions. It didn't know who the Queen was, but there was some voice inside its body that kept telling it that in front of it was the Queen, and it must obey the Queen’s orders unconditionally. 
As for the owner of the pet shop... he didn’t leave much impression on Black Flower; rather, he seemed more like a servant to the Queen.  
The new owner was saying something into the microphone in a language other than Chinese. It was a language that Black Flower didn't understand at all but had heard the parrot in the pet shop spoke before. The new owner seemed very busy and had no time to play, so Black Flower decided to find fun for itself. 
Black Flower tilted its head and saw a strange thing in the corner of the bookshelf that it had never seen in the pet shop before. 
Black Flower ran over to the shelf, gave a push to the thing, and it landed on the ground. 
That was a slightly curved board with some skate wheels beneath it. With a simple push, it began to slide smoothly. 
Black Flower stepped onto the board. At first, it was hard to keep its balance. Black Flower was frightened and jumped off the board. 
The board changed course slightly, bumped into the wall, bounced back, and stopped on the ground. 
Black Flower observed it for a while. Making sure the board would cause it no harm, it trotted closer to the board, and stretched out its paws to push the board. 
The board glided backwards because of the reaction, and when the board bypassed Black Flower, it jumped onto that again. The board slowed down with Black Flower on it. This time, Black Flower stood very stably for it had learned to use its tail to keep its balance. However, the width of the room was limited, and the board was about to bump into the wall on the other side. 
Black Flower jumped off the board before crashing into the wall. 
Influenced by the reaction, the board changed course and was heading to the owner's feet. 
Black Flower tried to stop the board but there's no time for that. It worried that the owner would get angry for he didn't want to be disturbed. 
In the past, Song Bai’s English was very poor, especially when speaking. If he had gained anything after becoming a vlogger…apart from those bunches of digital devices and his proficiency in video editing, his biggest improvement would be his oral English. Although sometimes foreign audience members left comments to complain about his English, at least he was much better than he used to be. 
He had just finished narrating for the video in English. Just when he was about to add subtitles, he felt something slightly hit his ankle. 
He lowered his head. Turned out it was his skateboard. 
Why was his skateboard here? 
"Meow," whispered Black Flower. 
It looked around restlessly, trying to find excuses for what it had done. 
"Was it you?" asked Song Bai, "Were you playing with the skateboard?" 
"Meow..." 
Song Bai thought for a moment and pushed the skateboard towards Black Flower. He adjusted the course, so the board wouldn’t rush directly towards Black Flower.
Black Flower stared at the skateboard, and when the board approached it, it jumped onto the board agilely. 
The skateboard kept sliding with Black Flower on it, but the wall was waiting in front of them. 
"Watch out..." shouted Song Bai, and then he saw Black Flower jumped off the skateboard before crashing into the wall. 
Song Bai was really surprised by Black Flower’s cleverness and agility. 
Many vloggers liked skateboards to explore their cities and hunt for all kinds of interesting things for their videos, and so did Song Bai. He was too old to be a skateboarder, so he hadn't played with his skateboard for a long time. Since the moment Black Flower tried to touch his camera lens, Song Bai had the feeling that they would hit it off, and now finding its unexpected talent of skateboarding, he was really delighted. 
He walked over to it, squatted down and touched its little head, "Black Flower, sorry for not keeping you company. Please wait a little while, and then we'll go out for skateboarding, okay?" 
Black Flower narrowed its eyes and meowed gently. 
"Come here," Song Bai tried to hold it. 
Black Flower didn’t escape or struggle, it just let him hold it. 
Song Bai brought it back to his chair and put it on his lap. He pointed to the screen, "Look, you are among the dancing kittens. Have you found yourself?" 
The videos in which the kittens were dancing together appeared so clear that every fur of the kittens could be seen, because the videos were recorded in 4K resolution. Black Flower was in the center among those kittens, dancing to the music beats. 
Black Flower was looking at the screen quietly; it didn’t seem to have recognized itself on the screen. 
"I’m telling you, vlogging isn’t just for fun, though my parents have been criticizing me for wasting my time," said Song Bai while operating his mouse. He had never confided to anybody about these things, but he found this kitten very congenial, so he decided to temporarily be himself in front of it. 
"Vloggers can make money, you know," said Song Bai seriously. "One day, if my videos become popular, YouTube will insert advertisements to my channel, and how much money I can make totally depends on the views of my videos. It is sad that if there were over 100,000 people subscribed to my channel, the income I would make could completely support me for my life. When that time comes, I will have more time to play with you. We can go skateboarding in every street and alley, shoot videos of all kinds of people, cuisine, interesting things...I can even buy more pets to keep you company. Don't you like how that sounds?"
"Meow!" Black Flower stretched out its paw to push at his shoulder as if it was not satisfied with the last item he mentioned. 
"Ha-ha. All right. No other kittens. Only you," smiled Song Bai. 
Black Flower raised its head to gaze at him as if asking, "Do you really mean it?" 
"Of course." Song Bai touched its head with his left hand, "I don't think other kittens will be as congenial to me as you are." 
The videos had been edited into one final version. He reviewed from beginning to the end and didn't find any flaws. He set the cover picture as the one where Black Flower was stretching its paw to touch the camera lens, and was ready to upload the video. 
He found a ladder to cross over the Great Firewall to log into YouTube. This ‘ladder’ was his VIP membership purchased at a VPN software, yet the upload speed was still very slow. 
For uploading the video, he needed to think of a name for this issue of vlog. 
"What should we call it? Black Flower, any advice?" he raised Black Flower up in the air and looked into its eyes. 
"Ha-ha, just kidding, I’ve already thought of the name." 
Song Bai put down Black Flower on his laps and tapped a string of English words on his keyboard. 
Over the Great Wall. 
There were a few implications of this name. 
First of all, he had to climb over the Great Firewall to log into YouTube. 
Secondly, he decided to do what the Great Wall Club failed to do. He was going to surpass the Great Wall Club and reintroduce Dragon-Li cats to audiences all over the world. 
When everything was ready, Song Bai clicked the upload button. 
"Come, Black Flower, let's go outside for skateboarding! I might not be tall, but I’m really good at this." Song Bai put down Black Flower, tucked the skateboard under his arm, put on the safety helmet that he hadn't worn for a long time, and fixated a GoPro action camera on his helmet. 
He had generated the idea of his next issue of vlog already – skateboarding with a kitten. 
After he and Black Flower left the apartment, his bedroom became quiet again. Only the computer screen was still on, with the upload progress bar climbing gradually to the finish line.


1. Download a suspicious game
2. Catch a few magical pets as partners
3. Go through interesting daily routines and lead the pet shop to a whole new level

Starting a new day, Hayden carried out his morning routine. He danced for an entire hour, learning four choreographies at once before exercising intensively.
 
With only three days of exercising, Hayden can already lift the 40-kilogram barbell he had at his home with extreme ease, do 100 pull-ups in one breath, perform 100 crunches without feeling pain on his abdomen whatsoever, perform 100 tiptoe squats without breaking a sweat, as well as do 150 push-ups as if he was drinking water.
 
"The rate of the increase of my physical ability is too stunning," Hayden examined his body. "Within three days of exercise, my muscles are already dense enough, and my abs are being slowly sculpted."
 
He thought he needed to buy a much heavier barbell if he wanted to increase his physical abilities more. "Until then, I guess I'll do one-hand pull-ups, push-ups, pistol squats, and cross crunches…"
 
"I need money," Hayden sighed. "I shouldn't have to depend on my parents to buy things anymore… perhaps I should start a Streamlink channel?"
 
An idea popped up in his head, which was to start a Streamlink channel so that he could earn money without going out of the house.
 
…..
 
With the construction of the World Government, credit cards and debit cards became redundant as credits were hailed as the universal currency in all countries without exception.
 
With this, the World Government promoted online banking and online currencies, turning phones into banks. Now, all phones have built-in connections to the existing wireless currency provided by the World Government. This made it susceptible from hacking, and to prevent that, the World Government created an entire team of absolutely skilled hackers, the Cyber Guards.
 
At the start of this, the people didn't support it, and there was chaos all around the world. Fast forward a few years later, many admitted that it was worth it switching to this form of currency as it was convenient.
 
Paying with phones was not a new concept, however, it was an innovative and practical concept. On top of that, without needing anything else, once a person gets into high school, they will have their own bank accounts named under their Identity Numbers, protected by the Cyber Guards and the Phantom Defense System, whom the Cyber Guards created.
 
…..
 
"Yeah, I simply need to link my bank account, and once I make it big…" Suddenly, Hayden found a hole in his plan. "This will take a long time… Unless I actually make such good plays. Right now, I'm only a D-Rank (1) in War of Honor, not a good starting point for streaming, especially since this is my main account… I need to grind more trophies…"
 
He sighed. He couldn't think of any other way for a high school student like him to earn money. He didn't want to do part-time work as it will be a waste of time in his opinion, baby-sitting wasn't an option as Hayden didn't like kids all that much, especially unruly ones, and lawn mowing was definitely not a good thing. Meanwhile, he wouldn't be able to make use of the talents he's practicing except as a hobby and pastime.
 
"I guess I have to bitterly rank up…" The way to ranking up to an A-Rank commander in War of Honor was filled with harsh struggles, what more, going into S-Rank, Supreme General, and Apex Rank. "It really is the only way I can think of…"
 
Deciding that this would be the only way, he spent 30 minutes to play one ranked game for War of Honor. "I can also join tournaments if the time comes…. Perhaps the Pro Assembly even!"
 
He set his sights high up there in the air, desiring to go to the Pro Assembly while being a D-Rank player. If anybody heard this silly dream of Hayden's, they would laugh their ass off.
 
…..
 
Going inside his classroom, Hayden sat. The past three days, he always arrived at 7:05, this day was not any different. Remembering what happened yesterday, he was a little distraught.
 
"I hope she's fine…" Hayden mumbled to himself. Just because he was an introvert and disliked socializing to the point of abhorring it, doesn't mean he can't feel emotion or sympathize with other people. "Well, nobody can recover that fa-"
 
Before he can finish his sentence, the door to their classroom opened, and in came the person he least expected to come, Faye.
 
Hayden didn't drop his phone, still silently reading. Regardless, he activated Divine Perception and observed Faye.
 
Her pretty face had hints of obvious exhaustion. Her eyes were red from crying, and her always cheerful expression was nowhere to be seen. Hayden empathized as he knew he would also be in a state like this if any of his parents died, more so a gruesome murder.
 
If that happened to him, he'd, without a doubt, go crazy and hunt down all murderers around the world, serving just deserts. What's wrong with that is he'd kill them all, not imprison them, using his Abilities to hunt down murderers.
 
At that second, Faye saw Hayden, yet, she wasn't excited at all. She was still aggrieved of the events that transpired the night her father was murdered by that goddamn Aswang.
 
Sitting on her chair beside Hayden, she stared towards the board listlessly, her eyes devoid of her soul. At that moment, she couldn't take it anymore and tapped Hayden's shoulders.
 
Hayden, as someone who couldn't stand the sight of innocent lives suffering in the hands of the oppressors and malevolent, removed his earphones and asked Faye the question that made her break down. "You want to talk about it?"
 
Faye's eyes became visibly wet in an instant. Nodding her head, Hayden patted it, and said something she didn't expect. "Don't worry, I'm here. I'll listen."
 
She broke down and recounted everything she experienced that night. She had no outlet whatsoever, her mom was more heartbroken than her, all her family members never really cared about her dad, and all her friends consoled her, but she never did get to release all of the emotion. Today, with Hayden's words, the final straw snapped inside of her and she told Hayden of what she has seen.
 
…..
 
June 5, 2057, Tuesday, 8:00 PM, Makati City, the day Hayden showed off at school.
 
Faye was getting ready for bed, chatting with her friends on Chatbox, a messaging platform widely used by people around the world. They were talking about school, how Hayden was so cool when he did all those stunts and maneuvers during physical education time, and other typical girl stuff.
 
For an hour, she was only lying down. 9:00 PM, she was able to sleep tightly. Despite that, she was awoken by a sound in their house, a sound that terrified her. A bad feeling went through her head, proceeding to not check the sound out as it was too horrifying.
 
The sound stopped, and unknowingly, Faye was drifted to sleep. Waking up at 5:00 AM, she walked out of her room, brushed her teeth, and took a bath.
 
Feeling something was wrong, when she got out of bath, she put on her clothes. When she went out of her room once more, she noticed the bloody door handle to the room of her parents. As she was too sleepy earlier, she didn't notice it.
 
Pushing the door open, what she witnessed gave her an immense shock, disgust, sadness, and trauma. She threw up while crying as she knew who that was. It was her father, who else would be in their house? Fortunately, her mom was out of town at that time, having a business trip. When her mom caught wind of what happened, without delay, she booked a flight to Makati City from Visayas.
 
…..
 
"The guts, intestines, liver… That scene…" Faye gagged, forcefully swallowing the vomit that rose. "I knew that coping up within my house would be worse than actually going to school, hence, here I am…"
 
Hearing this, Hayden pitied her, albeit, didn't express it. Aswang caused her so much suffering, will he really let Aswang be? Hayden was in a dilemma because of this situation. On top of that, he didn't know what to say to console Faye.
 
"Don't worry," Faye said while wiping her tears. "I already know you don't talk much. This gesture alone is enough. Thank you for listening. You can go back to reading now."
 
"Don't worry, everything's going to be fine." Hayden acted as if he was okay. Internally, he was enraged for a few reasons. First, how dare Aswang kill people. Hayden wouldn't have been this livid if it was simply a house break-in, or a robbery, but killing people was such a shitty thing to do! Especially when it's innocent people. Losing one's property is still way better than losing their lives.
 
Second, thinking up to here, Hayden heard of the descriptions of Aswang's killings and how there was no evidence at all, not a fingerprint, not a sound, no witnesses. With this, Hayden was partly sure that Aswang is a Wielder! If his conjecture was correct, it endangers the existence of wielders!
 
He knew there were other wielders in the entire world, he was also certain that there were wielders that were older than him, who awakened much earlier than him. He can't possibly be the only one who has an Ability, right? And to think that being able to go this far without the government finding out regarding their existence, Aswang, if he ever was a wielder, was risking the entire wielder community's existence!
 
If Aswang was caught by non-wielders, it would be a huge catastrophe, more so if it was the Triple A that caught him. Lastly, look at what the effects of the murder brought Faye! If Aswang was doing it for his own enjoyment and satisfaction, then Hayden has to stop him! Such a dangerous figure shouldn't be left out.
 
'Alas, it is not my duty to do this.' Hayden thought hard before coming to a decision. 'There's too much risk at stake. If I ever get embroiled into this case and I fail, who'll protect my family? I'm sorry, but I have to protect my own. I am powerless as of now, I'm sorry I would not be able to avenge your father, Faye… It's not my responsibility.'
 
Hayden was no saint. He would not play the hero who killed the villain. He would only be risking his life and the lives of his parents if he plays the role of the hero. 'I cannot let such a thing happen…'
 
Pushing this matter to the back of his mind, he spent the day focused on his studies. He decisively chose to not get involved in any of this, with him acting the part as the guardian of his family.
 
…..
 
Arriving at his house, Hayden quickly changed clothes, did his assignments, learned Korean for two hours, and wanted to set up a channel for Streamlink.
 
"First off, if I want to upload videos in Streamlink, I need an editing software…" Hayden browsed through a list of good editing software. As his computer was up to date with the latest computer software, it already had a built-in screen recorder.
 
Assessing tens of editing software, he saw that the best one with the best reviews was the Video Director. Looking at its price, and looking at the amount of credits he had, he heaved a sigh of relief.
 
"It's a good thing I resisted spending this money on games…" He was lucky that he let his frugality get the best of him when he was playing War of Honor, Gods Awaken, and many more games. "I have 5,600 credits in my account as my parents give me 100 credits to spend per week. As I only spent, at most, half of it most times, sometimes even only as little as 20 credits, I have gotten here in three years of painstakingly saving money."
 
100 credits were not a big or a small sum. 100 credits were enough for a single average working person to live for a week in terms of food expenses, provided that they had knowledge about budgeting. The average spending per month of a regular white-collar worker was 2,231 credits, thus, 5,600 credits was indeed a huge sum, for a student like Hayden that is.
 
Video Director's license price per year was only 100 credits, a paltry sum compared to Hayden's 5,600 credits. Buying it, he opened it, activated Divine Perception, and looked through the list of functions and tools included in the Video Director's guide.
 
Hayden wanted to test the absolute limits of Divine Perception, whether scanning the list without actually reading would allow him to 'take a picture' the words, or would it not,
 
Closing the tab of the list of functions, Hayden tried to remember everything. To his surprise, he remembered every single word with only looking at it all, without focus, and not trying to read whatsoever.
 
"I'm like a human camera now." Hayden thought that this was perhaps the most useful aspect of Divine Perception. "It seems that the eidetic memory power of Divine Perception isn't simple eidetic, there's much more to it!"
 
Now, all he needed to do was buy a camera and a mic set so that he would have a beginner's recording set up. Looking for a 4k camera, he saw that the prices were too astronomical for him, at least for his sense of what was 'astronomical.'
 
"600 credits for the one with the highest price-quality ratio?" It was too big of a price in Hayden's opinion. "Well, if I want to make quality videos off the bat, then, I would need it…"
 
With great pain in his heart, he bought the 4k camera. Next, he browsed for a condenser microphone, the best quality one being 150 credits. This 150 credits were well-spent as it was considered the best, whether it be recording quality, reviews, or star rating, it even came with a free pop filter!
 
On top of that, he bought green and black clothing, along with stands, so that he can either use a black backdrop or a green screen. These three items combined were merely 100 credits. His orders would arrive tomorrow at the exact same time that he ordered the items, meaning, 7:00 PM.
 
"Now, all I need to do is climb the ranks!" Hayden said to himself, satisfied. This sense of satisfaction went away instantly when he looked at his account balance. "I only have a measly 4,700 credits left in my account. All those credits, gone in an instant…"
 
Thinking up to here, he consoled himself that it will be a worthwhile investment. He didn't need to buy gaming gear anymore as his parents gifted him a gaming set when he passed the Makati City Scholar Academy entrance exam.
 
If any student were to hear of Hayden's thoughts, they would, without a doubt, smack him in the head. "You think 4,750 credits are small? Small your ass!"
 
"Wait, why did I buy a 4k resolution camera if I wasn't planning to reveal my face yet…?" Hayden suddenly realized of a great blunder. "I forgot that I will only record my hands as I would not want any of my classmates to reveal that I am a great celebrity or any of the sort…"
 
Slapping his forehead, he was disappointed in letting his urges run amok. "Well, if this takes off, I'll become successful anyways…"
 
Consoling himself, he played ranked games until 10:00 PM, allowing him to finally stepped in the C-Rank in War of Honor. "Finally… I got hard-stuck on D-Rank because of pig-like teammates, now, I have the capabilities to solo carry as a top laner!"
 
He almost shouted from joy of getting out of D-Rank general status. Not just that, he wanted to shout even more due to playing champions that he sucked prior to dropping War of Honor and he still carried those games!
 
"It's such a fortune that I actually came to possess such a power…" Hayden was grateful for the Origin Crystal's Abilities. Needless to say, he still didn't know the origin of the Origin Crystal, which made him distrust it a little.
 
Tossing this matter out of the window, he said to himself. "I guess the only way I can actually record now is to do a Rank Climbing series…"
 
A Rank Climbing Series in War of Honor meant that a player would climb ranks using an alternate account, or if a person was low enough in rank, in their main account. Streamers often did this to troll low-ranked players, or a way to gain money, while those who were low in rank did this for making money and grinding out their accounts.
 
Generally, low-rank players referred to players in the F-Rank E-Rank, and D-Rank. These players usually had low skill, too unlucky to be paired with good teammates in ranked games, putting them in the so-called low-rank hell, or casual players who played the game only once in a while, resulting in a sharp drop in skill, eventually leading to dropping the game completely.
 
Hayden can be considered a mid-rank player as he is currently a C-Rank General. He wanted to use this to his advantage by doing a Rank Climbing series, from C-Rank General, to Apex Rank General.
 
"This will be fun…" Hayden grinned as he lay down on his bed, visualizing of various scenarios. While letting his imagination run wild, he was finally able to sleep.
 
…..
 
1 As said, there are a total of 8 ranks in War of Honor, that is, starting from the lowest, F-Rank, E-Rank, D-Rank, C-Rank, B-Rank, A-Rank, S-Rank, and Apex Rank. F-Rank through D-Rank are considered low-ranks, and in our modern MOBA games, they are called Low Elo. The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players, such as in chess and MOBA games, created by Arpad Elo. In League of Legends, Low Elo referred to the ranks of Iron, Bronze, and Silver, the Mid Elo ranks were Gold and Platinum, while the High Elo ones are Diamond, Master, Grandmaster, and Challenger. In order to participate in e-sports, you have to at least have Diamond-rank.
 
In War of Honor the low-rank is the Low Elo, meaning, F-Rank, E-Rank, and D-Ranks are all low-rank players. C-Rank and B-Rank is mid-rank, or Mid Elo, and A-Rank, S-Rank, Supreme General, and Apex Ranks were all high-rank, or High Elo. Also, in each rank, with the exception of S-Rank Supreme General, and Apex Rank, all have 5 sub-ranks, 1-star, 2-star, 3-star, 4-star, and 5-star, much like League of Legend's Grandmaster and Challenger.
 
Players of War of Honor are called Generals, and to rank up, one must collect trophies by winning games. Ranking up from 1-star F-Rank to 2-star F-Rank needed 10 trophies, which meant 10 wins without losing for two games in a row, i.e., Win, Lose, Win; Win-Lose-Lose would result in a loss of a trophy. In mid-rank however, if one loses, they would lose a trophy immediately. When one loses their last trophy and loses for two times in a row, they would be demoted.
 
After acquiring the 10 trophies, one must finish their Advancement Trials, which were three games for low-ranks, two of which one must win in order to move up. The Advancement Trials for mid-ranks consisted of five games instead, three of which one must win. The ranking up from A-Rank onwards were more strenuous, with the move from A-Rank to S-Rank needing 10 games for the Advancement Trials, needing to win at least six games.
 
Once one reaches S-Rank, one would have to devote all of their time to the game as the Top 1000 S-Rank players of the server are the only ones who get to rank up to the next rank, the Supreme General. Meanwhile, the move from Supreme General to Apex Rank General was even harder as one must be in the Top 100 of the Supreme Generals of the server.

Wouldn't you just want to possess superpowers in this modern world? What would you do if you suddenly come to possess superpowers? Would you want to play the hero? Or perhaps the villain? Or continue living your life, using your superpowers for your own personal gains and well-being, instead of planning evil acts, or trying to save the day?

Well, that is the precise situation that Hayden Emperador, the main character of our story, is going to face.

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