Chapter 14
“Mom, we’re leaving!”
“Take care!”
The next day, at 7:30 A.M., after a “sumptuous” breakfast, the Chen siblings left for school together.
Chen Yu carried Chen Sanke’s school bag in his left hand, Chen Erke’s school bag in his right, Chen Yike’s school bag in front of his chest, and his own on his back…. He looked like a living hanging rack that was leading the three little girls.
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Following the usual route, it only took them about five minutes to arrive at a kindergarten.
The group stopped in their tracks. “Listen to the teacher and have fun. Take care and stay safe.” Chen Yu passed Chen Sanke the bag in his left hand.
“Aye!” Chen Sanke took the bag and nodded seriously. She carried her bag and waddled into the school. Her steps were slightly unsteady.
“Nah, two words: get lost!”
“Big Brother Chen, why are you so cold to me today?” Li Liang complained like a girl.
In response to Li Liang’s words, Chen Yu pulled out a broken chair leg with nails from his table…
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“Do-Don’t fool around! Sleep! Sleep as much as you want!”
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When Chen Yu woke up, class had already started.
His form teacher, who had a hunched back, was standing at the lectern, teaching as he scribbled on the blackboard with his chalk. None of the man’s words were alien to Chen Yu, but when they were joined together, he couldn’t understand anything.
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Chen Yu’s math foundation was so weak that he could not understand high school mathematics even a tad.
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“Oh yeah!”
While trying to make sense of the “gibberish” that his teacher was saying, Chen Yu suddenly smacked his head. He then took out his phone immediately, setting it to silent mode before opening up Bilibili and refreshing the technology section like a madman.
It was long past 9 A.M. by now, so his review video should’ve been posted already. He was eager to check out the feedback for his video.
But as time trickled past, his video had yet to appear on his homepage despite him refreshing till his hands were sore.
He didn’t want to search up any related keywords in the search bar, as it would expose his identity.
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No stranger would search for a new uploader’s video unless it contained words that were trending. Only the newbie himself or someone who they knew personally would do so.
To keep his identity a total secret, Chen Yu could only refresh his homepage continuously if he wished to locate his video.
“Or did it not go through the audit?”
After persevering for another five minutes, Chen Yu exited Bilibili, opened up WeChat, and typed an inquiry.
[Chen Yu: “My video should have been posted. Is there a chance that it failed to pass the audit?”
[Transdimensional Marketing: “No. We pay attention to your video constantly, thus we would resolve any problems for you. This includes the audit, copyright, and many more, even problems like blacklisting.”]
[Chen Yu: “I have a question. Since you can edit, upload the videos automatically, and even have control over my channel, why don’t you just promote my videos yourself?”]
[Transdimensional Marketing: “According to Article 17 of the Earth Alliance’s Spacetime Anti-Monopoly Law, any business activities that involve other spacetimes must involve a natural citizen with perfect civic rights of that spacetime. He or she must also be given at least 51% of the profits. Note: Fame and promotion revenue generated from the advertisement are not included in the calculation of the actual revenue.”]
[Chen Yu: “Then where’s my 51% of the profits?”]
[Transdimensional Marketing: “You have donated them to charity.”]
[Chen Yu: “…”]
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[Transdimensional Marketing: “Do you have any other questions, Mr. Chen?”]
[Chen Yu: “How’s my video doing? How many views are there?”]
[Transdimensional Marketing: “Currently, your video has 48 views on Bilibili.”]
[Chen Yu: “That’s so few! Is it doomed?”]
[Transdimensional Marketing: “Bilibili’s promotion mechanism is separated into shares > comments > saves > bullet comments > views. Since you weren’t promoted by the editor of Bilibili, the number of views is still considered acceptable.”]
[Chen Yu: “Then I’m at ease.”]
Chen Yu exited WeChat and opened up Bilibili once again. He settled into a comfortable position and started scrolling up and down, up and down, up and down with his right hand….
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