Chapter 80

Days passed in a blink.

Edward's life continues at the same brisk pace. After the weekend, the regular class resumed, recording sessions continued as usual, and his bass practice was still in full swing.

On Saturday, September 25,

Another skit filming began, and the next day, the group skits were edited and uploaded.

Time flew past, and before he knew it, the month had already ended and another one began.

Looking at his notebook, Edward couldn't help but have a bright smile after making a calculation.

₱96,300.

That was the total revenue that he had earned throughout the month of September.

Most of them had come from his private account; the sponsorship from Musika Inc. and the revenue from the views had given him a total of ₱55,000.

As for the second account, it only earned $41,000... Much lower than his first account. However, considering that all the revenue only came purely from views, without any sponsorship or advertisement involved, such a result was already shocking.

You know, on Edward's personal account, "Edward M," viewership is already stable at around 90k to 130k, but compared to Nouvea Studio's account, which has 300k to 550k views per video, it's not worth mentioning at all.

The difference in their viewership numbers is quite substantial and makes Edward's personal account's performance seem relatively modest.

"Mr. Morales, may I ask what you are smiling at?"

"Eh?" Raising his head, Edward was dumbfounded to see that everyone was looking at him strangely.

"I said, What are you smiling?"

"What happened?" Edward asked hesitantly, looking at Patriciai beside him.

"Ma'am D was asking you to read a paragraph on page 34-"

"You're not allowed to answer, Miss Patricia."

"...." Edward was at a loss for words and really couldn't help but want to complain about how strict teachers are at this time.. Damn, first it was Miss C, and now it's Miss D.

Am I really a magnet for trouble?

Edward sighed again, but none the less, he still explained in an apologetic tone, "Sorry, ma'am, I just remember something happy..."

"Are you listening to my class?"

"Y-yes.." Edward lied. He usually never listens to lectures; he just lets Patricia do everything for him. It has always been like this, but today both of them were caught off guard by Miss D, and he couldn't react at all.

"Very well, please read what I'm asking you to read."

"E-eh, okay.. in the context of "organizational structure and behavior" in the field of business and management-"

"Not that!"

"..."

Fuck! 

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A while later.

At Lunch.

Edward, together with Patricia, James, and B, sat on the corner, chatting as they ate their lunch.

"By the way, you guys.. why are you two acting strange?" Edward asked as he looked at James and B strangely.

"T-this.." James and B looked at each other with hesitation, as if not wanting to say something, but were interrupted by Patricia.

"Y-yeah, I notice that you two have been acting strange since a few days ago," Patricia said, a bit hesitant and curious.

"..." Ones again, the two didn't know how to respond; they looked at each other as if asking for others confirmation before finally nodding.

"Well, you know... Well, we're kind of dating.."  James said as both he and B had a flushed expression.

"No way?" "How?" Edward and Patricia blurted at the same time, as if disbelief from the sudden event... The two of them don't look like people who would like each other.

Not that they are judging them, but to be fair, the two of them seem to dislike each other... Well, not very disliked... They just don't get along well.

They never even hang out or acted flirty, so hearing that the two of them were dating was shocking.

"Well, it started two weeks ago..." James sighed helplessly and then began to tell the whole story. "It's actually strange to be honest.. we just chatted casually and then started teasing and then.."

"And?"

"We started sending photos.."

"Nude photos?"

"Yes." Both James and B nodded, a bit embarrassed.

"Damn..." Edward blurted as he looked at them with disbelief. such vulgarity, even Edward couldn't help but be astonished.

"Then you?"

"Then it happens; we were kind of dating, but not very seriously.."

"What do you mean by not very serious?x

"Well.. kind of like friends with benefits? Both of us weren't sure yet about our relationship."

"...." Looking at them, both Edward and Patricia looked skeptical, feeling that their relationship was complicated... However, they didn't dare to say much..  weren't the two of them the same? 

The only difference was that the former was undecided, while the two of them were already official.

At around two in the afternoon, the class ended.

Bidding farewell to their classmates, Edward and Patricia went back to their apartment and began their usual recording a while later.

For the next few hours, the same routine went on until eight in the evening.

The two had just finished their meal at a nearby restaurant. After returning, they said their goodbyes and went to their respective units.

Entering the apartment, Edward headed towards the music room, opened his desktop computer, launched Google Chrome, and then typed BitcoinMarket.com.

A while later, as the page was loaded, Edward found himself in a simple website interface, and he couldn't help but put a smile on his lips.

Finally, after months of waiting, he could finally engage in cryptocurrency trading.

Ever since he crossed, buying BTC has always been something he regarded as a must-goal.

In his mind, as long as he bought a few hundred, in a few years or so, he wouldn't have to worry about his financial status anymore.

Unfortunately, at that time he doesn't have funds, let alone buy some; he doesn't even have to pay the transaction fees, so in the end, he could only decide to delve into the online video market in hopes of getting funds to buy BTC.

Now that months had passed and he had finally succeeded in getting enough funds, Edward thought that it was finally time to implement his plan.

What is his plan?

Isn't it only to buy BTC and wait until its value skyrocketed?

Well, that was the original plan.

Because of his lack of funds, at that time, he was limited by his vision and only thought of planting and harvesting.

However, now that he has funds, he has more choices. Now that he thinks about it, there are actually a lot of ways to earn money through BTC.

The most popular was 'Mining', in which miners are rewarded with new Bitcoins and transaction fees by solving complex mathematical problems to validate and record transactions on the Bitcoin network.

Miners are important integral parts of cryptocurrency, not only in BTC but in other blockchain-networked cryptocurrencies as well; otherwise, transactions cannot be done without them.

Not to mention that miners at this time were very few compared to the future, and with the demand for miners exceeding the supply, the cryptocurrency exchange website naturally offers high transaction fees to them.

Another way was through staking, on which cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin's allow you to stake your coins in a wallet to help secure the network, and in return, you may earn staking rewards.

Regarding the mining and staking method that was mentioned above, Edward only thought of it for a bit but shook his head immediately, as such tasks were very laborious and time-consuming in his opinion.

There are other ways, such as freelancing, interest accounts, trading, etc., each has its own advantages and disadvantages, but in the end, Edward chose the method that he thought was most suitable for him: trading.

'Trading' in cryptocurrency was a method of buying low and selling high... Such a method is quite risky; after all, prices can fluctuate dramatically, and you can incur losses if the market moves against your position.

It also requires a thorough understanding of market analysis, as trading can lead to poor decision-making and losses.

For others, trading can be quite risky, but for him, it wasn't.

Who is he?

A time traveler who knew the future

He might not know the exact value of BTC at each period, but he knew the general trend.

BTC will dominate the cryptocurrency market; its value will increase as time goes on, and of course there will be inevitable fluctuations in between. As long as he takes a shot, he could make a fortune!

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AN; By the way, guys, I did a Major revision regarding the MCs financial statement. I made a mistake in my calculation so I modified a lot of parts... 😭