At the start, I tricked the school beauty, and ended up with twins?

The room was pitch-dark, save for the glowing computer screen.

Yu Xiaochuan, an online content creator, was sitting in front of the computer, slurping up freshly prepared instant noodles.

His eyes were fixed, unblinking, on the playback data of the Li Bibi backstage platform.

One of the newly released videos named "Newcomer Discovery! A single by Lonely Brave hits your tear ducts! Bibo Burn!" was rapidly increasing in viewership.

Beyond that, coins, shares, favorites, and comments were also rapidly increasing!

Just then, the creator\'s backend sent three messages in the span of one short minute.

[Congratulations! Your submitted video "Newcomer ..." has been recommended on the traffic support tab!]

[Congratulations! Your submitted video "Newcomer ..." has been recommended in the hot section of the entertainment category!]

[Congratulations! Your submitted video "Newcomer ..." has been recommended on the homepage!]

"It\'s blowing up! It\'s blowing up hahaha! Cough cough cough..."

Yu Xiaochuan laughed excitedly, which caused the noodles to go down the wrong way and then spray out of his nose.

He almost choked to death on his laughter, hastily grabbing the Hongniu drink from the table and gulping down a big mouthful.

"Damn it, I won\'t have to eat instant noodles this month!"

Yu Xiaochuan, looking at the multifold increase in playback statistics, had a face blooming with joy.

Based on his experience, the final view count of this video would definitely break through two million!

According to the creative incentives from Li Bibi, a thousand views would bring him about thirty yuan in revenue, so two million views would net him somewhere between five to six thousand yuan!

That amount of money was enough to cover his living expenses for the month in Modu!

Besides, he had more than one piece of content, just releasing one submission a day for the next few days would suffice.

With his eight hundred and fifty thousand follower base and the traffic from this viral video, he could totally hit a few more videos with a million views each!

"I\'m truly rich now! Forget the damn noodles, order some fried chicken!"

Casually throwing the unfinished noodles into the trash bin, Yu Xiaochuan opened the Hungry Bar app to order some midnight snacks.

A whole chicken set for fifty-five yuan?

Buy!

A glass of cola for five yuan?

Buy two!

What? A twelve-yuan night delivery fee?

Forget it, find another place to order.

It\'s the same psychology as online shopping: people will buy items worth five hundred or a thousand yuan without hesitation, but when it comes to a ten-yuan delivery fee, they balk at paying it!

Even if a merchant sets the price at a thousand and ten yuan, buyers would pay, but if the delivery fee is separated out, it just feels annoying.

Yu Xiaochuan placed his order, put on a Disco track, and then leaned back in his chair to start editing a new video.

Holding the mouse, the video editing software was working on a video featuring Gu Yu and Lin Xinyue\'s performance.

However, unlike other entertainment submissions, he was quite hesitant about whether to release this particular video.

The video zoomed in on Gu Yu\'s right hand, showing skin turned inside out, bloody and raw.

It was a sight that shockingly grabbed attention!

He played the video back and forth over a dozen times, his speculations growing deeper with each viewing.

Gu Yu\'s performance with injuries last night wasn\'t for show effect!

It was very likely that he truly got hurt!

So the perfect-looking gala last night actually witnessed an accident!

"Haidong Celebration: Meticulously prepared theatrical effect? No, it was an accident!"

Yu Xiaochuan uploaded the edited video and finalized the title.

With just a light click on the "Publish" button in the upper right corner, the video would be released within three minutes and quickly pass the review.

Leveraging the heat from "Bibo Burn," it would soon climb to the top of the hot list.

Then onto the trending search, where he could catch another big wave of traffic.

But...

Yu Xiaochuan\'s mouse moved a centimeter to the left and he clicked save into the draft box.

He didn\'t post it, because Haidong University was his alma mater.

Once this video was released, his alma mater would surely be engulfed in a public opinion maelstrom.

He couldn\'t do that, he could not be a person who betrayed trust and loyalty.

After saving the video to the draft box, Yu Xiaochuan gently slapped himself.

"Yu Xiaochuan, oh Yu Xiaochuan, you make entertainment videos just for entertainment. Why on earth are you muddling in with real news? Got too much time on your hands?"

Having slapped himself, Yu Xiaochuan felt much better inside.

Of course, by doing so, he also slapped away the potential of earning a few thousand more that he might have had in hand.

He kept emphasizing to himself that he should focus on good entertainment, aiming to rank in the top hundred again this year.

Yu Xiaochuan leaned back in his chair, deciding to relax properly.

He turned on his phone, initially wanting to swipe through Dou Ying to watch other people\'s videos to learn editing skills, but then he thought better of it and opened the Shengda Game Platform APP instead.

Besides video editing, his entertainment activities consisted mainly of watching videos or finding some casual games to play.

Even though Shengda Network had been on a decline these past few years, with few new excellent casual games released, Yu Xiaochuan still habitually searched for games on Shengda\'s platform.

Unlike most young people, he preferred playing the game Legendary Blood.

After all, he was usually busy, and this game for the most part could be left running in the background, fitting well with his fragmented time schedule.

Upon opening the APP, the interface still sported that old-fashioned blue-gray color scheme, indicating that the app hadn\'t been updated in a long time.

The startup screen still displayed frivolous online dating app ads: things like single young ladies within fifty meters ready to meet...

He closed the popup ad, and what he saw next was the icon for the mobile game Legendary Blood, along with a host of other new and old Shengda games.

Most were in the same vein as Legendary Blood, that kind of auto-battle leveling MMORPG.

The same routine, the same style.

This was also why Shengda Game was on a downhill trend, with new games lacking innovation and sustained playability.

It had a pure flavor of letting things slide.

Out of habit, Yu Xiaochuan glanced over the homepage recommended games, feeling nothing but blandness.

Then he tapped on the "New Releases Today" section.

This section often featured games made by small game companies.

Lacking their own platform and not having enough marketing resources, they could only pay to release their games on the Shengda Game Platform.

Of course, most of these games were also template-like in design.

Only some players with little gaming experience, or content creators reviewing games, would bother downloading and playing them.

It didn\'t exclude the suspicion of reskinning the game to scam money either.

After all, finding a good game here was as difficult as panning for gold in feces.

Yu Xiaochuan merely casually glanced over them; out of twelve games, nine had covers featuring beautiful female dealers.

Only two card games looked somewhat serious, but they too had those ubiquitous app icons that sparked no desire to delve in.

He was about to exit when his gaze accidentally landed on the last game.

"Life Restart Simulator?"

The game icon featured a white rewind arrow with a black figure in the middle, presumably symbolizing a restart.

It had a quaint indie game vibe.

His curiosity piqued, he clicked to see the game details.

There were only two lines in the game description.

"Tired of a life full of monotony and hardships? Restart your life now!"

He glanced at the developer: Ideal Paradise Network Technology.

It was indeed an obscure small company.

Yu Xiaochuan hesitated for a moment but decided to download it for a try.

After all, the game was only 20MB; it wouldn\'t take much space!

He tapped download, and in two seconds, the installation was complete.

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He launched the game.