24 Chapter 24
"10:20 Am"
Edward looked at his watch and sighed again.
Tomorrow was Monday, the first day of school.
After renting an apartment, he still had many things to do.
Honestly, he should have done this days ago, but because he was too busy recording and spending time with Nina, he had forgotten it.
As a result, he has to do more work now.
"First, buy some furniture."
It's not too complicated, as there is a furniture workshop nearby.
In addition, they also offer a free delivery service, so the process of transportation did not take much time to complete.
At around one in the afternoon, all the furniture had been transported, and the next thing he did was buy some electrical appliances.
A refrigerator, a TV, a water dispenser and as for the washing machine, there's a laundry shop not far away, so it isn't necessary.
The same goes with groceries and food stocks, as there are many restaurants outside.
He could just eat at any one of them or make a call to order at any time, so there's no need to do it himself.
Anyway, his cooking is not even that good, so there's no need to waste time trying to hone it.
...
Noon, 5:00 PM.
After everything was settled, Edward sat on the couch.
"₱8,350."
Edward muttered after calculating how much he had spent this morning.
Seeing his expenditure, Edward didn't know how to feel.
As a stingy person by nature, he felt pain in his heart.
However, thinking of how much he had earned in the month of July, he felt that the money he spent was worth it.
After three consecutive uploads with "Musika Inc.'s" instrument and links, he had received a total of ₱15,000 in sponsorship fees.
Including the three videos with Musika Inc.'s sponsorship fee, there are another two that were uploaded earlier, which means he made a total of five videos in a month.
Of the five videos, three of them have more than 150k views, and the other two have more than 90k and 100k views, respectively.
After adding and rounding up, the cumulative views of five videos are over 650k.
After calculating the $0.30 per 1000 ad-clicked views, YouTube pays a total of $30 per 100k views, which means that he had earned a total of $195 in just a month!
Converted in the Philippine currency at this time, it's equivalent to ₱10,725!
Of course, this was only from views... If he added what he had earned from the sponsorship, the total amount of money that he had earned in a month would be around ₱25,725!
Such an amount, even he who already expected it couldn't help but feel dumbfounded.
You know... Today's peso isn't the same as in the future; the inflation rate is still at a controllable level, and right now necessities are still cheap.
Thinking of how hard he worked in his previous life, Edward doubted his whole life for a moment.
Is money always this easy to earn?
Is my hard work from the previous life all for nothing?
This is so unfair.
Edward lost it for a moment, but after a while, he shook his head, putting away his messy thoughts, and felt that it was not the case.
Money isn't easy to earn.
It has never been.
The only reason he was able to earn so much was because he used the information from the previous time-space to his advantage.
Thinking of how poor he was months ago and now that he has so much money, Edward was excited, of course.
He's freaking rich!
Errr... Rich may not be the right term.
He can't even buy a secondhand car with his money so rich... He is not.
But at least he had no need to worry about having no money to spend.
As for the tax... Edward had already thought about it.
The requirements for paying tax are that your personal income must exceed ₱250,000 annually.
Right now, the money that can be traced in his accounts is no more than ₱20,000.
As long as the money he transfers from his 'Google Adsense' account to his bank account does not exceed that mark, there's no need to worry about paying tax or issuing a personal income statement to BIR.
Thinking of this, Edward couldn't help but worry again.
After all, murder isn't the most serious crime in the country, but evading taxes is.
"I still had to hire a financial adviser."
Edward decided.
After all, he knows nothing about how to manage money, how to save money, or how to spend it.
He was poor in the previous time and space, so this kind of thing is not something about which he should be worried.
Laws, regulations, etc.—other than some basics, he knew nothing about them at all.
...
At around 6:00 p.m.
Edward had enough rest and took out his phone to dial his mom.
"Hello?"
"Mom, it's me, Edward."
"Eddie, how are you? How is the apartment that you rent? Are you sure you don't want me to send you some money? I still have some savings here, and your dad can help a bit, too."
"No, Mom, it's fine. Didn't I tell you that I earned a lot of money from Youtube? There's no need to send me money."
"Okay. Just tell us if you need anything, alright?"
"Well, I don't need anything at the moment. However, Mom, if you need some money, I can send you...
"No! You can keep your money and use it to buy some food or clothes. If you don't have any use for them, then donate it to the church."
"..."
Hearing her, Edward couldn't say anything and felt helpless.
A while ago, he told his parents that he earns a lot of money from doing advertisements on YouTube.
At that time, they didn't believe him and thought that he had been scammed.
However, a few days later, when he showed them the guitar from Musika Inc., they were dumbfounded and finally believed him.
His parents were not hypocrites.
After living in poverty for years and experiencing all kinds of financial trouble, they are very rational.
Instead of acting shameful and worried that he started earning at a young age, they are proud of him and even encourage him.
It was just that every time he tried to send them money, they kept refusing it.
Regarding this, Edward couldn't help but feel helpless.
However, he also understands what it means.
It's nothing more than keeping their last bit of pride as parents.
