Chapter 7
As soon as Chen Yu opened the box, a thick manual came into his view.
Taking away the manual revealed a metallic box that resembled a toolbox. Through the transparent glass cover, Chen Yu spotted a few fun-sized but of-unknown-purpose tools lying in it.
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“What’s this?”
Puzzled, Chen Yu tore off the plastic wrapper around the manual and flipped opened the first page.
[Thank you for purchasing Yue Tu Company’s children’s educational toy series.]
“Child… children’s toy…?”
Chen Yu was in a daze. After a short pause, he pulled out his mobile phone to send a WeChat message.
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“Whatever, let me get my script out and finish filming as soon as possible.”
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Electronic devices would always leave behind traces. In order to eliminate all possibility of his identity being leaked, Chen Yu chose to pen his script down on a piece of paper so he could burn it after he was done with the filming.
Knowing his strengths and weaknesses well, Chen Yu kept his script short, simple, and straight to the point, since he had no idea how to host or sweet talk.
After half an hour, it was all done. The script consisted of four different sections.
Firstly, the unboxing of the product.
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Secondly, introducing the product.
Thirdly, demonstration of product use.
Lastly, ending with a conclusion.
He re-read the script twice. After being certain that everything was alright—that there weren’t any wrong words and that it flowed nicely—it was time to arrange the setup.
Chen Yu first pushed his bed to the window, freeing up a huge space in the room. He then took two bed sheets to cover up the wall and the floor. Finally, he made a makeshift table with a big box.
A simple studio was done….
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Just then, there was banging on his door. “Brother! Are you trying to tear the house down? Why is it so noisy?” Chen Yike’s shout could be clearly heard.
“I’m working out! Don’t disturb me!”
“I’m coming in to take a look.”
“No! Go away! Do not disturb me.”
Bang! Bang! Bang!
“Brother! Are you trying to commit suicide!?” Chen Yike shouted, banging on the door again.
Cough…
Chen Yu nearly choked on his own saliva.
“Brother! Open up! Don’t scare me!”
“You should stop watching those stupid dramas. I’m not opening up. Get lost.”
“I’ll tear down the door if you’re not going to open up!”
Chen Yu pulled his hair in frustration. He walked to the door, threatening Chen Yike. “Do you still want money for the school trip?”
“Yes.”
“Then get lost!”
“Okay.”
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Hearing Chen Yike’s footsteps getting further away, Chen Yu went back to his makeshift studio, but before he could sit down, he heard Chen Yike shouting at his door once again.
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“Brother! There’s no compensation for committing suicide! Don’t be stupid!”
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“Get lost!”
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“Okay.”
After everything was done, Chen Yu changed into an old set of clothes and put on the Peking opera mask he bought. He started his camera and stared into it silently.
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“…”
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He had forgotten his lines.
Hurriedly, Chen Yu grabbed the script to take a glance at it. He took a deep breath and grabbed the Uranium-235 Nuclear Energy Laboratory, banging it onto the makeshift table.
“Hello everybody, welcome to Transdimensional Review’s first episode. Today, the product we will be looking into is a children’s puzzle toy by Yue Tu Company. It’s called the Uranium-235 Nuclear Energy Laboratory…
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“…as everyone can see, there are a number of different fun-sized laboratory apparatuses here in the lab. I’ll do a short explanation for each of them. This is a spinthariscope, used for observing individual nuclear disintegrations…
“…we will now follow closely the instructions of the manual. Put the spherical detonator on before inserting the uranium into the projectile…. Let me repeat myself, this is an educational toy for children….”
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Three hours later, filming finally ended.
The video that was about three hours long consisted mostly of mistakes. Thus, Chen Yu only had twenty minutes that would come in handy. After editing, the final product would be about fifteen minutes long.
However, none of that mattered to Chen Yu now….
He pulled out his legs from the fallen makeshift table and stood up with the help of the wall. Chen took a glance at the Nuclear Energy Laboratory that was now in tatters. He took off his mask and pulled out his mobile phone, an incredibly ugly expression on his face.
[Chen Yu: “Are you there?”]
[Transdimensional Marketing: “May I help you, Mr. Chen?”]
[Chen Yu: “Didn’t you say that it would not explode!?”]
[Transdimensional Marketing: “?”]