บท 8: Live broadcast
As soon as they arrived back at the house they went straight to the kitchen which to her surprise was quite well stocked compared to the rest of the house. The available equipment was old but good enough to be used.
"Justin, can you bring me some water from outside in this..." she looked around for something that could carry water, "This bowl." Her eyes located a medium sized bowl which she handed off to him.
"Okay." Justin responded and run outside quickly.
The moment his little body disappeared, she scanned her storage space and brought out two baskets of potatoes, some salt and ketchup. Her reason for going for potatoes was that they were already available in the capital.
She could claim to have bought them from a black market dealer and she could plant them first as a trial.
Still, she was desperate for money because their living conditions were not the best. According to Scarlet's memory, every four months mutated beasts would attack them. Each time it happened, lives were lost. A crumbling house like this one could not provide proper security in the long run.
Some mechas served as houses however their family was not allowed to keep a single working mecha when they were forced to leave the Sun star.
She searched the star net for 'quick ways to make money.'
Most of the answers in this world were similar to those from earth, like being a musician, an actor or actress. Becoming a mecha warrior or mecha fighter, Mecha warriors served in the army while mecha fighters were like professional wrestlers back on earth. She could not help equating them to robot fights only in this case, people were controlling the robots from the inside.
Other ways to make quick money were investing, starting a business, volunteering to mine on the Red star.
All of these were not going to work for her because she had no means to even begin and the Red star was a death trap. Just as she was about to give up, the very last text at the bottom of this post caught her eye.
'Live broadcasting' it said. And just like magic, something clicked in her mind, Scarlet Su may be a hated woman in the empire but she had five million followers on her star net account. Granted, all of them were anti-fans but if she carefully exploited this angle, anti-fans could be turned into fans. If it didn't work she could look for plan B, hopefully she would not have to resort to blackmail like the original Scarlet.
She had no fancy camera broadcasting equipment but she could set her bracelet up for now. She found the best angle to do it and set it up.
She used an old mirror from her storage to tidy herself up, apply some lipstick and a little make up. Good looks and beauty usually contributed to the success of an online celebrity.
She accessed her star net online account; I hate the mecha king and started a live broadcast. Not even thirty seconds passed and comments started pouring in, most of them awful of course.
A few comments were made by people asking her why she had changed her name to 'I hate the mecha king.'
She ignored them, and smiled, "Hey guys, this is Scarlet from the Blue star planet and I am trying something very different today. I know that my usual content is pictures or videos of the father of my child but I will not be doing that anymore."
Several questions followed her announcement but she ignored them again.
"I will not be answering any questions but if you give me a generous gift, I might decide to satisfy some of your curiosity."
She would not be giving out the details of her life for free, if they wanted to know what was going on in her life, they had to make her wallet happy.
Five golden castles with fireworks filled her screen and she laughed. Those were at least five thousand star coins, Scarlet was really famous. She was famous in a bad way but still, famous.
"Thank you very much for the generous gift dear fan, I will answer your question now." she made her voice adorable.
[Are you getting a divorce?]
She paused for a moment, then she blinked and said, "I am not getting a divorce at the moment however if I decide to do so, I will announce it on my live broadcast. If you want to keep up with Scarlet, follow my page, watch my broadcasts and donate generously."
[I knew she was not getting a divorce.]
[What a pretender, she is just trying to get the mecha king's attention.]
[We hate you Scarlet, go and kill yourself.]
[Where did you buy your outfit from? The bottom pants look comfy.]
She ignored the ugly comments and replied to the one who wanted to know about her bottom pants.
"These are called jeans, they are indeed comfy, easy to wear and go with almost anything. I am selling them but the stock is very limited, I have only made ten pairs of jeans for now so if you want to snap them up, do so as soon I establish my online shop."
She had around a million or more jeans in her space, it was like a large mall and it had over fifteen years' worth of goods that she collected. However, the art of the sale was in the rarity of an item.
She heard Justin's little steps running into the kitchen so she turned around and took the little bowl of water from him. There were little beads of sweat on his forehead and he was slightly flushed red in the face and heaving. She could conclusively judge that he had gone a long way to bring this little bit of water.
"Are you tired?" she asked.
He shook his little head and she ruffled his hair. "Drink some juice." She gave him a bottle of orange juice whose label she had ripped off already.
Justin sipped it and smiled happily while licking his mouth. "It's sweet." He declared.
"What do you say when mummy gives you a snack?"
"Thank you." He replied and giggled.
[He is so cute and adorable; his hair is the same silver shade as his father's.]
[Is that the mecha king's son?]
[What is he drinking, I don't care about anything else just tell me what he is drinking?]
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