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nTranslator: Exodus Tales

nEditor: Exodus Tales

n“Mom, we’re leaving!”

n“Take care!”

nThe next day, at 7:30 A.M., after a “sumptuous” breakfast, the Chen siblings left for school together.

nChen 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.

nFollowing the usual route, it only took them about five minutes to arrive at a kindergarten.

nThe 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.

n“Aye!” Chen Sanke took the bag and nodded seriously. She carried her bag and waddled into the school. Her steps were slightly unsteady.

n“Let’s go!” Chen Yu commanded, pointing to the front, and resumed his job of leading the way.

nAbout eight minutes later, they arrived at a primary school. Chen Yu passed Chen Erke the bag in his right hand.

n“Second Eldest, listen in class and don’t daydream. If anybody bullies you, tell me.”

n“Okay.” Chen Erke took her bag and trotted into the school. Within no time, she was out of sight.

n“Let’s go!”

nA few minutes later. Chen Yu and Chen Yike arrived at a middle school.

nChen Yu removed the bag on his chest and threw it to Chen Yike. “Listen up, no dating! Or I’ll break your leg!” And that was all he said.

nChen Yike: “…”

nChen Yike took the bag silently. Flushing red, Chen Yike kicked Chen Yu in his legs firmly!

nBang!

n“Ah!”

nChen Yu crouched on the ground slowly, grabbing his leg in pain.

n…

nAfter sending off his sisters, Chen Yu made a turn and walked along the streets, passing four traffic lights. He soon arrived at his school, Jinzhou District Sixth High School.

nIt was a peculiar school that was well known across the entire province.

nIt was said that top-tier schools focused on results, second-tier schools focused on discipline, and third-tier schools focused on hygiene.

nHowever, Sixth High did not focus on anything.

nInstead, Sixth High took an approach that was similar to university life; as long as it wasn’t fighting, the school would close an eye to anything the student did.

nEntering the classroom blocks, Chen Yu came to Class 2-2. He was welcomed by his classmates, who were “partying.”

nThere were students snacking, flirting around, reading comics, boasting around…. All of his classmates were doing almost everything except for studying.

n“Hah… A group of bad students who are engrossed with having fun. What a disgrace.” Chen Yu curled his lips, secretly looking at his classmate’s degenerate actions in contempt. He walked along the side of the classroom to the last row and sat down on his seat, then began reading R18 novels…

nIt was now 8:12 A.M., about 40 minutes until the release of his video.

nAfter scrolling through Bilibili for a while, there was nothing that caught his eyes. Chen Yu rolled two paper balls and stuffed them in his ears. He then rested his head on the table, ready to take a nap before class.

nHe did not have a good sleep yesterday night. The excitement of earning a sum and the butterflies in his stomach due to the fact that his video would be uploaded today at 9.A.M had him half-awake the entire night.

nThe dreams he had were weird too.

nBecoming the head of state…

nTurning into a prisoner…

nBeing dissected by a group of people in white robes…

nBeing assassinated by people from the future…

nCausing an explosion during unboxings…

nIn summary, he couldn’t sleep well and was feeling fearful for reasons unknown even to himself.

nChen Yu thought that, in school, which was crowded with people, he would have a sense of security and be able to sleep well. However, as soon as he drifted off to dreamland, a smack on his back woke him up.

n“Brother Chen! You got yourself some new shoes?”

nHe looked up with bleary eyes to realize that it was the bald teenager sitting right in front of him who woke him up.

n“Bald Li! Are you crazy?”

n“This is not the time to sleep! What are you supposed to do if you can’t sleep during class later on?”

n“Get lost, get lost!” Chen Yu waved his hand in annoyance. He rested his head on the table once again and turned away.

nBald Li’s real name was Li Liang. As he started balding since young, he decided to just shave his head to avoid getting mocked, which eventually gained him the nickname of “Bald Li.”

nDue to the two of them being seated close to each other, Chen Yu and Li Liang frequently interacted with each other. In school, Li Liang could be considered one of Chen Yu’s close friends.

n“Hey! Wake Up! Brother Chen, did you get these shoes online? Why are they so dope? Are they a new model? How much did they cost?”

nNot even looking up, Chen Yu stretched out two fingers slowly.

n“Two thousand?” Li Liang gasped.

n“Nah, two words: get lost!”

n“Big Brother Chen, why are you so cold to me today?” Li Liang complained like a girl.

nIn response to Li Liang’s words, Chen Yu pulled out a broken chair leg with nails from his table…

n“Do-Don’t fool around! Sleep! Sleep as much as you want!”

n…

nWhen Chen Yu woke up, class had already started.

nHis 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.

nChen Yu’s math foundation was so weak that he could not understand high school mathematics even a tad.

n“Oh yeah!”

nWhile 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.

nIt 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.

nBut as time trickled past, his video had yet to appear on his homepage despite him refreshing till his hands were sore.

nHe didn’t want to search up any related keywords in the search bar, as it would expose his identity.

nNo 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.

nTo keep his identity a total secret, Chen Yu could only refresh his homepage continuously if he wished to locate his video.

n“Or did it not go through the audit?”

nAfter persevering for another five minutes, Chen Yu exited Bilibili, opened up WeChat, and typed an inquiry.

nChen Yu: “My video should have been posted. Is there a chance that it failed to pass the audit?”

nTransdimensional 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.”

nChen 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?”

nTransdimensional 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.”

nChen Yu: “Then where’s my 51% of the profits?”

nTransdimensional Marketing: “You have donated them to charity.”

nChen Yu: “…”

nTransdimensional Marketing: “Do you have any other questions, Mr. Chen?”

nChen Yu: “How’s my video doing? How many views are there?”

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nTransdimensional Marketing: “Currently, your video has 48 views on Bilibili.”

nChen Yu: “That’s so few! Is it doomed?”

nTransdimensional 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.”

nChen Yu: “Then I’m at ease.”

nChen 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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