Undertale, adalah sebuah game bergenre VRMMORPG yang sangat di gemari para gamers. Seorang pemain peringkat tinggi menerima kontrak dari developer game tersebut untuk membuat demonstrasi dari fungsi baru yang akan di luncurkan oleh developer game.

Sebagai pemimpin Guild Top Circle, Andika memiliki kewajiban untuk memimpin anggotanya untuk melaksanakan kontrak yang telah dia setujui dengan developer game.

Pada awalnya, semuanya berjalan dengan sempurna tanpa hambatan yang signifikan. Namun sebuah insiden yang tidak terduga terjadi ketika Andika akan menerima hadiah dari misi tersebut. Andika secara tiba-tiba dipindahkan ke dunia lain seorang diri, tanpa teman-temannya yang mengikutinya.

Ma Yiqun returned from Boss Pei's office, feeling less confused than he was before. 
When he went back upstairs, he passed by the editors' department and saw all the young editors vetting and editing manuscripts seriously. These young people seemed to cherish this job opportunity. 
As a second-tier city, Jingzhou did not have many tech ventures. There weren't many internet businesses either. The main source of jobs was in traditional industries. These traditional industries were known for torturing fresh graduates. They were worldly, hierarchical, and boring; most fresh graduates could not adapt to working in traditional industries. 
At first, these people lacked direction for their own futures. They could not get recommendations for post-graduate studies, and their academic results did not qualify them either. Yet, they could not find jobs that they were passionate about. 
Companies in traditional industries looked down on them, and they looked down on traditional jobs in return. They practically despised each other. 
They watched as their own classmates became carefree after securing jobs and post-graduate positions. Some of them had even been offered high starting pays and had become the envy of many. 
On the other hand, they did not have a single offer. They faced as many rejections as they did interviews, and they felt like they had already thrown their resumes into the deep sea. One could only imagine the immense pressure they were under. 
Initially, some of them were prepared to retake their examinations. Others decided to go back to their hometown. None of them expected the tables to turn! 
Coincidentally, a new website was set up. All of them were recruited. What's more, they landed editing jobs that were slightly related to their majors. Their luck was extremely good! 
In the beginning, some of them were unhappy with the job and even despised web novels. However, after interacting with other classmates who were already working, they realized that the job was extremely good! 
In Jingzhou, the salaries they were earning were considered high for sure. 
In terms of job content, reviewing manuscripts could be dull and tedious at times. However, it was much more interesting than working as an administrative staff in most offices. 
On top of this, their boss was young and easy to talk to. The atmosphere in the company was relaxed and harmonious. Everyone very quickly took a liking toward their new job and decided to work hard to transition from being a student to being part of the working class. 
When Ma Yiqun entered the office, a small-sized, skinny boy stood up suddenly. "Brother Ma, we have finished reviewing the manuscripts for today." 
Ma Yiqun nodded and said, "Good. Do whatever you want for now. I'll gather everyone for a meeting later on." 
This boy's name was Zhu Anxing. He was the liveliest person in the batch of fresh graduates. He was not as autistic as the rest, and he was much smarter as well. He was one of the few editors Ma Yiqun was happy with. 
Zhu Anxing's academic results were horrible. Even when he was about to graduate, he failed three subjects. That was why he proudly delayed graduation. 
Considering the difficulty of examinations for humanities majors, he still managed to fail three subjects before graduation. It was obvious how much he hated learning. 
Delayed graduation meant that Zhu Anxing would only get his graduation certificate at the end of the year. However, Ma Yiqun did not care too much about this. After all, to him, academic results were not important for determining whether one would be good at editing or not. The correlation was not strong. 
This Zhu Anxing read online literature and played games while he was at university. He had a wide variety of interests. That was why he was learning the ropes of this editing job relatively quickly. 
Ma Yiqun decided that once Zhu Anxing's skills were satisfactory, he would promote the latter to become the editor-in-chief of a popular channel. This would take some burden off Ma Yiqun as well. 
Ma Yiqun returned to his desk and made some minor arrangements. Then, he invited the good seedlings, who had chances of becoming editors-in-chief, to attend a meeting. There, he briefly explained what Boss Pei had instructed. 
In the future, they would ease the criteria for accepting manuscripts. They would also attract authors to write for them with full-time benefits. Their main goal would be to fill the library up. 
After that, Ma Yiqun addressed the problem of them not having enough work to do. 
People like Zhu Anxing, who were learning quickly about online literature, could start working as editors if they were really needed to. What's more, since there were very few manuscripts being submitted, they could quickly finish their reviewing work. 
If they had no other work to do during the remaining time, they could learn from Infinite Chinese Network's popular online literature.
Ma Yiqun scanned the group and said, "If you feel like you do not have enough work to do—apart from reading popular online literature, you could also try to write something.
"You might all be editors, but who knows if you would be able to write a hot-selling novel? You must still have dreams. 
"What's more, we don't have many manuscripts on our website at the moment. The standard of the manuscripts we are receiving is not great as well. I'm sure we could recommend any book you write in good positions on the website. You could take this opportunity to give it a shot." 
There was nothing wrong with what Ma Yiqun was saying, but it had no practical significance. If no one visited the website, it would not matter even if he recommended their books there.
Ma Yiqun paused before adding, "If you really have nothing to do, I will give you something to do: think about the theme and plot for Repent and be Saved." 
Initially, thinking about the theme for Repent and be Saved was Ma Yiqun's job as the plot planner.
However, life was full of twists and turns. Ma Yiqun had unexpectedly been promoted. Logically, Ma Yiqun should have handed this task over to someone. However, Lu Mingliang was stunned. He said to Ma Yiqun, "If you don't do this, no one else would be able to." 
The only other person who was fit to do the job was Boss Pei. However, Boss Pei was extremely busy. How could he personally work on the plot? 
Ma Yiqun thought about it and decided that it was not a big deal. He could afford to write the theme for the game. 
Thus, Ma Yiqun put on two hats. He thought about the theme for Repent and be Saved while he worked on Zhongdian Chinese Network. 
Now that the initial preparation for the website was more or less complete and Boss Pei was fully supportive, Ma Yiqun felt a lot less stressed.
All of a sudden, Ma Yiqun realized a problem. He had brothers around him. He did not need to fight the battle alone. They could work on Repent and be Saved's plot together! 
When the twenty-odd people found that they had nothing to do, they could think of a plot for Repent and be Saved. The few of them who majored in Chinese, like Zhu Anxing, had a good foundation in ancient Chinese anyway. 
According to Boss Pei's request, Repent and be Saved had to have a huge amount of ancient Chinese riddles and puzzles. Ma Yiqun had to work on all of these on his own. He would be able to complete it, but if he worked on it by himself, the quality would be compromised for sure. 
Now that there were so many people there to help him, he could split the workload. Wouldn't they be acting as a plot team, then? 
Ma Yiqun briefly explained the direction for Repent and be Saved's theme to everybody. 
The initial design for the theme was already complete. There would be traditional Chinese scenes and elements of Buddhism, Taoism, and ancient mythology. They would not emphasize any one element over others. Instead, there would be sprinkles of everything. 
It was possible for the game to only have Buddhist-themed scenery. They could even make Sanskrit part of the art resources in the game. However, after some discussion, Ma Yiqun and Lu Mingliang decided that it would not be appropriate. 
Having purely Buddhist-themed scenery would make the entire game cohesive. The style would also be very clear. However, it might not be able to accurately portray the characteristics of ancient China. 
In other words, the main point of the game might be obscured.
Buddhism was a foreign religion after all. It was no indigenous enough. It did not bring out traditional China's style. 
That was why Ma Yiqun and Lu Mingliang decided that they would include elements of Buddhism, Taoism, and ancient mythology. They would come together to express a unique, traditional Chinese style. 
As for whether it would look like a mess of different styles or not… 
They did not have to worry. Big Boss Ruan Guangjian would be in charge of curating the style of the game. He would use the epic ink oil painting style to create art resources. Ma Yiqun trusted that the effect would be beautiful.


I really just want to lose money! T_T
Best boss ever, prodigy of the business world, genius creator, visionary of the century.
These are the descriptions used for Pei Qian, President of Tengda Corporation.
Ever since his rebirth, Pei Qian finds himself in possession of a system that rewards him if he manages to lose money.
Instantly, a brilliant idea comes to mind — making crappy games!
"If the game flops, all my investment cost will be lost!"
"How difficult can it be to lose money?"
Indeed... how difficult can it be?
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This book is highly popular in China and has set off a new trend. Webnovel has very high expectations for this book and has gotten the author to refine the first chapter as an exclusive for global readers. We hope everyone will enjoy reading it.

Thanks for all your support till now. I was able to write till now, only because of you. To be honest, I'm really busy IRL with my part-time jobs. When I pause writing, It takes time to resume it again, and these few chapters took most of my day. I can't continue it this way.
I'm here to improve myself and with how I currently am, it wouldn't progress much. I rushed many things after many considerations, as I have less time in hand, I can't elaborate and do much research. But I still deleted lines and lines which are boring in editing. Probably, it made chapters much shorter. 
In the last few days, I started roughly writing and completed approximately around 30 chapters. And it sure needs a lot of editing because they are no different from the information dump. So, don't assume I'll drop this. Ok?
That is all, you can remove it from your library if you're not interested to wait any longer. As I will take time to finish all my tasks.
I wouldn't be online for the time. 
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DISCLAIMER: I do not own the characters or settings of ATG at all and I am only creating this story for entertainment purposes.
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Synopsis:-
Our MC is different from the OG and was tasked by the Gods to conquer the ATG Universe in a span of 10 years. Not like forcing, but more like to improve his own standing.
Previously, desiring to lead a life with no restrictions. He stumbles this path to make his dreams come true. Losing his memories of the world he resides in, join his journey as he explores this Universe.
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Author Note:-

*No Qingyue in harem*

Well, if you want an MC where he doesn't go for looks or at least treats his harem well and not as toys. Then it's for you. 
My story was birthed from the question "What if?"
This is a story where MC doesn't leave his harem and it will be more like their journey. 
I'm not a pro, so don't go on to expect great things, but I will try to make it an enjoyable experience for you.
I'm bad at English. I mean, grammar, if you point them out I will correct them.
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And thanks for reading!

Hello! 

Really sorry for vanishing for two months without any prior notice. I could have dropped a notice or something,  but honestly, I never expected to be gone for so long. 

Truthfully, I believe actions speak louder than words and excuses are useless. But I would still like to apologize and just give a brief summary of what happened. 

Some of you  might have seen me online complaining or criticising books,  so it was nothing major,  but just time consuming. Due to a sudden Order,  I had to join in and help my parents in our family business. That took majority of my time,  and that's why I was rarely online during April and May. 

After that it was job rush. I am planning for MBA in the future,  but it requires about a minimum 2-3 years work experience.  Along with that,  my current resume has nothing but my bachelor's degree. Which is bad. So searching for skill sets to add,  jobs to try for,  the continuous interviews... it's been a busy June.  In between all this,  I completely forgot about the novel. ( I am sorry! ) 

I would just log in for few minutes every once in a while to catch up,  mostly while travelling or waiting. Writing a chapter requires anything between half an hour to few hours,  depending on my mood,  inspiration and what not. So, writing was not possible. I hate writing in batches,  as I always go back and start rewriting,  editing, and changing the story to make it feel better. Although the end result has won me prizes before,  it takes a long time. And many times I have dropped story's just because of this. So I write in a single sitting,  or almost two or three sittings. Which is... sorry... was currently,  impossible with my travelling schedule... and inherent laziness. 

Anyway, the story itself has not been planned. I have a brief outline and I am just adding on it. Like three months later,  I am feeling that I should have added a Dumbledore Chapter,  along with the abandonment issue,  before the French Chapter. 

I am learning. So just point out my mistakes,  and I would do my best to correct them. 

It was only yesterday,  when I saw the HPFF notice on Qidian,  that I recalled the novel. ( Yeah,  I have a shitty memory.) I still haven't read the notice yet. 😅

So yes. The story has not been dropped. I would be posting a chapter today or by tomorrow. The schedule is still undecided,  as I am also preparing for my Entrance Exams. 

Once again,  I apologize.

Harry Potter is born three years earlier and that changes everything. Being cast aside for his younger brother who is The Boy Who Lived,  he is thrown to the Dursleys. Fortunately,  he's saved by his Grandparents and this proves to be the turning point. Learning that strength is everything he starts  his journey to become something more than just a wizard.

But is everything that simple? 

Now he needs to navigate Wizard Politics, a delusional Old Man who believes in Greater Good, Aristocrats with multiple agendas, a civilization still stuck in Victorian Era and romance. 

What you can expect? 
Strong MC,  later OP. 
Wrong Boy Who Lived. 
MoD in later chapters.
Dumbledore, Weasley,  Potter Bashing. ( To some extent.) 
Sneak Fighting
And things which break the laws of reality. Like a two year old rapping,  and earth being flat. 
Harem... most probably no. 
Possible Romance Interest:  DG 
MC will be dark grey with his own agendas. 
An alien invasion? 

No fixed schedule...

Chapter 63. V-tube (1)

<Ark's second large scale patch.>

<System update - What new kingdoms and scenarios would be unlocked? All the rumours going on in the forums.>

<Pegasus corporation official press release.>

<Official interview with James Ray - The creator of Ark.>

<Various rankers reacted to the sudden system update. Here are the interviews of some of them.>

These were the top searches on the real-time search rankings of every search engine all over the world.

Ark was a game that interested the whole world and the people of every country wanted to know about the second large scale patch of Ark. 

The media was trying to get more information from the Pegasus corporation but the proposals of most of the interviews were rejected.

Aside from one…

"He is really charismatic and fluent."

Lu Fei said as he chewed on some potato chips. He was currently watching the interview of James Ray.

Although Pegasus corporation released a press release, it was not enough to calm the media.

That's why, this morning James Ray decided to give an interview to Sky net - One of the global broadcasting stations that focused mostly on VR games.

-So, you are saying new regions would be introduced? Can you tell me more about them? 

-I can't do it. You would know about it after the update. If you still wanted to know, how about I tell you about myself?

The beautiful female interviewer on the screen giggled when she heard that.

She locked eyes with James Ray and Lu Fei could notice her eyes shining. It looks like she was interested in knowing more about James Ray. 

"Are all playboys like this?"

Lu Fei muttered with a look of slight jealousy. 

James Ray - Not only he was one of the smartest people alive, he was also rich and most importantly, he was a certified playboy. 

There were many rumours of him hooking up with actresses and idols. 

'He is certainly skilled in flirting.'

Lu Fei didn't like playboys in general. He doesn't like the idea of one night stands and casual relationships. 

One can call him boring and a person with an old mindset, but that's just how Lu Fei was.

Although he doesn't playboys, he still has to acknowledge the flirting skills of James Ray.

Lu Fei was sure that he would have gone on a date with the female interviewer after the interview. 

'I hope Xiaomei doesn't get entangled with a playboy.'

Lu Xiaomei was going with a high school student and that's when most people would start dating.

It doesn't mean that his sister would also be the same but he can't say the same about guys.

"I should warn her."

Lu Fei thought as he finished the packet of chips.

No matter what, he didn't want his sister to get entangled with a playboy. He didn't know what he would do if that came true.

After thinking about all that, Lu Fei suppressed his protective brother's side and watched the interview. 

-So, at what time will the servers of Ark again go online?

-It would on Sunday, 2 PM in the afternoon.

Today was Tuesday, so there were still four days until Lu Fei would be able to play Ark again. 

In the meantime, he can try to sell some items he had got from the Goblin nest. He also has to think how he should sell the antidote. 

It looks like he would be busy in the next four days.

"Sigh! I didn't get much information from the interview."

The interview finished after sometime and Lu Fei can't help but sigh. 

He was watching the interview to get some information about the update, but he only got some basic information. 

James Ray was really tight-lipped whenever he would be asked about the system update and what changes it would bring. 

In the end, Lu Fei wasted an entire hour. 

'Isn't there a little information on the internet?'

Lu Fei thought and started to read some articles but most of them were the same, only the words used were different. 

In the end, he opened the A.L.F community.

At least 95% of the posts were about the second large scale patch of Ark and the rumors about it.

Some of the posts were about the reactions of rankers and how they are feeling about this update.

Lu Fei opened a post and started reading the replies on it. 

-SickInTheHead: I'm getting impatient. Can't they update it faster?

-Innocent heart: If they rushed it, then it would be bad.

-Lewd loli: I can't wait for long. I want to play Ark. I was even in the middle of a D rank quest. 

-Cool geek: Do anyone know about the new regions and monsters that would be introduced? 

-Nurie: They haven't released anything about it yet but from what I have heard, a completely new, unexplored area would be introduced.

-Heartless: They are so heartless!! I want to bloody play Ark.

-Soul mate: I have also heard about an event but they are still considered rumours.

-Plutass: I just watched the interview of James Ray. He was flirting more than talking about the second large scale patch. 

-Astral plane: Pegasus corporation is really protecting any information from leaking out.

-ShotaLove: I just wished they would hurry!!!

'There isn't much.'

Just like that, Lu Fei scrolled through some more posts and read some more articles and from all that, he was only about to guess two things. 

One was that a new region would be opened. It can be a new area, kingdom or even an empire. 

There were also rumours about some new kind of monsters. 

Lu Fei was sure that the top guilds would be moving to be the first one to step foot in the new region. 

Not only them, many players would also want to explore the new undiscovered places.

The second thing was the rumour of some kind of event. Lu Fei didn't know what it would be, but he was curious nonetheless.

Ding!!

As he was thinking about all that, he suddenly heard the ringing of his phone.

It was the alarm he had set earlier.

"Ah, it's time to go to work."

Lu Fei sighed a little as he shut down his old, lagging computer and headed towards the bathroom. 

He was earning good money from Ark, but he was still working in the Forest cafe. 

* * *

"Lu Fei, I finally see you here. I have been coming here everyday, just to see you."

"You were not here for a few days. So, we were thinking that you left the job. It's nice to see that we were wrong."

"Forest cafe feels empty without you."

Lu Fei smiled towards the regular customers and slightly bowed his head. 

He was busy with playing Ark from the past few days. Moreover, he was also taking out some time to study. 

As he had decided to enter a university, he had to at least study. 

Because of these two reasons, he had already resigned from some part time jobs and the time he spent working at the Forest cafe had lessened. 

Creak!

As Lu Fei was taking orders, the door to the cafe opened and a familiar figure walked through. 

"Brother Lu!!"

Lu Fei turned his head to see Xiao Ming walking towards him.

"Xiao Ming, why are you here?"

"I came here to meet you. I have been calling you for the whole week but you didn't pick up the phone. Today, I went to your home but your sister told me that you were here."

Lu Fei made an apologetic smile when he heard that.

He was busy in his quest. So, his phone was on silent. Moreover, he doesn't even have friends that would call him.

So, he normally doesn't even check his calls as most of them are from insurance companies. 

"So, is there something you want to tell me?"

"Yeah, it's something regarding Ark."

Lu Fei became interested when he heard that, but his shift was still not over. 

"Can you wait? My shift is still ongoing."

Xiao Ming nodded his head and quickly sat down on a seat near the window. He even ordered an iced coffee. 

Lu Fei also finished his shift quickly.

He wondered what Xiao Ming wanted to tell him as he sat down in front of him. Then, he opened his mouth. 

"So, what is it?"

Xiao Ming smiled as he started speaking. 

"Do you know about V-tube?"

"Of course, I know about it."

V-tube!

It was a worldwide streaming platform where gamers can post videos of hunting monsters or conquering a dungeon. 

It was too common for a gamer to earn through posting videos.

He had even heard that one can earn thousands of dollars per month. That's why many people wanted to create a channel on V-tube.

Those who earn through V-tube are called V-tubers. One can also refer to them as live streamers.

"Why are you asking me about V-tube?"

"Actually, I made a channel on V-tube some days ago and posted some videos of me hunting monsters."

Lu Fei showed some surprise when he heard that. 

Not just anybody can make a channel on V-tube. One has to pay a fee to make a channel. 

Even after that, only skilled players would garner attention.

Becoming a V-tuber and earning money through it seems easy, but only the skilled can make money.

"So, what was the response?"

Looking at Xiao Ming, Lu Fei can already guess that his channel didn't work. 

"It was a disaster. I got some comments but most of them were just criticising my skills and said that I can't become a V-tuber."

Lu Fei already knows that most people will not act nice online.

They don't have to show their face there online. So, they would write whatever they want, without thinking about the other party. 

"You should know that you have to work hard and give time for your channel to grow. Becoming a V-tuber is not easy."

"I know all that but I already realised that what I'm lacking is skill."

Lu Fei felt that Xiao Ming was looking down on himself. He already knew that the laughing fatty in front of him has an inferiority complex. 

It was because of him being bullied most of his life. 

Lu Fei wanted to help Xiao Ming with that but it was not easy to cure an inferiority complex. He had tried but the result was failure.

'I should try encouraging him.'

Lu Fei thought but Xiao Ming's next words surprised him.

"Anyway, Brother Lu, how about you take over my channel?"

"What do you mean?"

"I'm not skilled but you are good at fighting. I'm sure that you would be able to become a famous V-tuber."

"No, it's your channel. Moreover, I don't know editing at all."

It was not like Lu Fei had never thought of becoming a V-tuber. It was a way through which he could earn more money. 

But there were some problems. 

First of all, he doesn't know editing at all. You can record a video in Ark but it would be messy. 

To make it presentable, you have to edit it, but Lu Fei has no relations with editing. 

Even if he knew editing, Lu Fei was not the type to sit on a chair for hours and edit his videos. 

He can hire a person to do the edits but those professionals were really expensive. He doesn't have that kind of money. 

"You don't need to do any editing."

"If I uploaded the video without editing it, then it would just become a mess of moving images."

"I don't mean that."

Xiao Ming laughed as he said that. 

"What do you mean?"

"Actually, I know editing and I'm quite good at it. At least, I had never received any negative remarks on my editing skills."

"So?"

"Brother Lu, let me edit your videos."

Lu Fei, a debt ridden orphan who struggles through his daily life. His only wish is to provide a good life to his sister.

With the threats of the loan sharks knocking on his door, he sets out to try his luck in the VR game called 'Ark'.

With a dark past as a returner and Ian has his alias, he fights in Ark for a better future for his sister.

Will he be able to reach the top?

What will happen when he suddenly got a mysterious class and he can hear the voices of spirits?

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This novel is inspired by novels like LMS, OG, EOSP, Praise the orc etc.

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8am 

Amy is used to waking up at 11am so until now she is still sleeping. Her phone had already rung twice but she just turns it off and goes back to sleep

But, she never set alarms?

So on the third ring she looked at her phone and saw it was Gabby who is calling her so she answered the call

"Amy! Where are you? You're starting your work today, have you forgotten?" Gabby asked her with a concerned tone, guessing she must've had a hard time last night after what happened online yesterday

"I'm sorry, I overslept. I'm going there now" Amy said hurriedly and jumped off her bed to get ready quickly and ran to the studio

...

"I'm... sorry... I'm late" Amy said while she is catching her breath. The studio was far from her apartment and she has no time to take a taxi, luckily she easily remembered what path she should take

"It's fine. Come there is something I need to discuss with you" Gabby said and led her to the editing room "The magazine is scheduled to be released tomorrow, but I have to get your opinion because of the issues online about you, not to mention there were 2" Gabby added and opened his laptop to copy the pictures from the camera's SD card into the laptop

Amy looked confused "What issue?" 

"You have not seen the posts online?" Gabby asked surprised

"I just moved into an empty apartment, I don't have any source of online connection, so no I have no idea what is happening online" Amy admitted. So Gabby showed her his phone about Mia's post "This is one of them. She is the model that is supposed to be on Snap!'s magazine"

"How shameless! She is just a vlogger how could she have been qualified to replace Mia for the cover?"

"How pathetic, stealing jobs from others because she desperately need it"

"She deserves to be kicked out, even out of the country!"

Amy read almost all of the comments and it mostly contained negative ones. There are only a few that still supported her, she guessed it must be her loyal followers

"Maybe there is a decent reason. Everyone should not judge her immediately"

"Why is she not acceptable to be the replacement? Her beauty is out of this world!"

Amy just now realized who is the Mia that caused the trouble. Of course she knows Mia George. She once admired her because of her fashion and she is aware Mia was one of her followers. Mia on the other hand, also admired Amy's fashion that is why she follows Amy's accounts and sometimes mentioned her name that she was her inspiration on her outfits when she was in interviews

So with Mia's influence and mention of Amy's name one time, Mia's fans checked out Amy's account and also liked her, so most of Amy's fans are also Mia's.

Amy was aware of this so her followers decreased rapidly from a million to only a few hundreds

As Amy read further, there are a lot more negative comments, even talking about how she had always been a liar because she was adopted

A liar? She could never lie! Growing up she was conditioned to be like that

And who says she is adopted?

"Adopted?" Amy was confused looking at Gabby, she is guessing it must be related to the other issue. She gave back Gabby's phone to ask for the other issue and he was hesitant to show it to her but he has no right to hide it. Besides she will know about it soon, it's better to show her now

This time it was a recorded video from her sister and mother's press conference

With the addition of this information from her family, the few hundreds of followers that were still following her felt betrayed by their so-called "honest" vlogger. And so the count once again decreased from a few hundreds to less than 20!

After watching the video she was tempted to throw the phone, good thing she gave it back immediately before throwing a hard punch on the air and releasing a silent cry out of anger

A few second she recovered and faced Gabby

"I just want you to know that what my family said was the real lie. I am indeed conditioned to not lie so I always tell the truth but I always make sure it is true or not before telling it. Unless I witnessed it with my own eyes, it is the truth to me and I will never expose something I have never seen" Amy explained sincerely

"I believe you. You do look honest and your family has a vibe of a person wanting to cause trouble to others" Gabby comforted her

"I want to know if you are still going to use my pictures for your front cover, I know I did not deserve the job because I am inexperienced compared to a top model like Mia. I understand if you don't but please, don't take my job away as your assistant" Amy explained her thoughts honestly like what she truly was and pleaded to still accept her to work with them

Gabby had thought for a moment and also replied honestly "I had also discussed about this with my staff earlier and they said to get another replacement. They are worried because of your reputation in the public, it will affect Snap!'s first magazine"

"I understand..." Amy lowered her head but was cut off by Gabby

"But... Seeing your pictures here in my laptop now, I personally want to use them for the cover" Gabby said sincerely "And don't worry you are still my assistant"  he added 

"Then I agree with you to use my pictures. I believe you are the best photographer in the country and I would not doubt your decision. You also know it is the studio's first magazine and will be greatly affected by my reputation but I think you knew it won't disappoint the citizens" Amy was aware of her beauty as well, of course adding her new hairstyle, her appearance was now unique. The Snap! studio does always make amazing pictures and Gabriel Lores is their best photographer as well as its owner. The only problem is Amy's reputation to the public. She was worried she'd be blamed by the studio so Amy thought of something

"Sir Gabriel, I have an idea since I am still worried for the magazine's sales" Amy started

Gabby smiled "Please call me Gabby no one calls me 'sir' here it sounds weird" Gabby laughed

Amy also smiled "Yes, Gabby, I just thought that if you decided to use my photos, we should edit how it would look like on the cover and let the other staffs to vote if they will agree to it. If not, I will be willing to contact and apologize to Mia or any other model you would like that will suit on the cover as well" Amy suggested 

Gabby was thinking about it, if majority of the votes was a 'no' then he will suggest to make her pictures part of the content, he doesn't want to waste such great pictures. But he didn't tell Amy about this

"I agree" Gabby excitedly said and started editing making sure everyone will agree with him this time

Shameless. Thrown out. Not needed. No one cared about. A MISTAKE!

We'll see about that...

My name is Amy, I have a condition that I should always speak the truth and never once in my life I lied, because I believe telling the truth gains more trust than stacking up lies.



Author's Note:
Hello! This is my first book and I just started writing so please just give support and feedback ?

Tl;dr: Sorry, but the length of chapters/paragraphs won't change.
 
In the month or two since I've been editing and publishing The Misanthropist's Guide to Philanthropy online, the most common critique I have received is in regards to the length; paragraph, chapter, and sentence structure have been pointed out as having been longer than what most readers are accustomed to. I would like to address that here. 
While I am very grateful there are a handful of people reading, and even more grateful that some of you take the time to analyze and critique my work, I have to inform everyone that I unfortunately have no intent to change the story's composition.
I have to stress that I WROTE THIS MANY YEARS AGO. These days I work two jobs and as a martial arts instructor. As much as I'd love to turn writing into a profession, the entire reason I'm publishing online is because that avenue of my life has been closed. What you read on Webnovel or Wattpad is material I have completed long ago and am merely spending an hour or two a week editing.
As for why I wrote it this way…
If you have read the preface, you would know that I am a fan of both classical literature, epics, and fantasy. Gun to my head, I would probably name Edgar Allan Poe as my favorite author of all time. My style of writing was heavily influenced by authors like him, Mark Twain, H.P. Lovecraft, and Wu Cheng'en.
 It is a product of the times, I feel, that you don't see works like theirs anymore. As more forms of media become the dominating vessel of consumption, books have kind of gone by the wayside. With television, social media, video games, and work dominating so much our time these days, I feel like many people don't have the time or energy to devote to a good, long reading session.
If you go back and look at books like "The Count of Monte Cristo," or the "Sherlock Holmes" stories, you'll see what I mean. People spent their leisure time reading when there was nothing more to do, and as such authors truly had to refine their craft to appeal to the well read masses. You saw expansive lexicons, references to other languages, and idiosyncratic styles of writing (such as Poe's excessively drawn out, macabre paragraphs).
MGP, which I wrote many years ago, sits at about a 120,000-140,000 word count (some of what I wrote is stuff for Volume 2 and material I never included in the initial manuscript, hence the word range). For reference, a book like Adrzej Sapkowski's "The Last Wish," whose story format heavily influenced Volume 1 of MGP, is about 89,000 words long. Homer's, "The Iliad" is roughly 150,000 words long.
Across the ~130,000 words are a total of 24 chapters spread across 15 individual stories. Like the authors of old, whom I have come to revere, I aspired towards that excessive, grandiose method of writing, with run-on sentences and a vocabulary non-conductive to modern colloquialisms. This is to exaggerate the main character's contemplative thought processes and age. Keep in mind, it's written in the first person and the protagonist is a very old man.
 This book was written in my college years. I was, and sadly still am, a very jaded, very angry man. This book was written as my sort of "Catcher in the Rye." I was born on the Autistic Spectrum and have had little to no social interaction most of my life. As a result, I have born witness to the human condition from a sort of extrospective perspective. I have seen and been part of horrible things and have always looked at life with a lack of "humanity." I felt that this idea, this philosophy, could best be conveyed through the medium of books done in the style of that ye-olde vernacular.
 While I could never claim to be as eloquent or impactful as Edgar Allan Poe, it was his style of writing which dominated my thought process as an author. From the contemplative, lumbering passages to the wildly eccentric and sporadic quips, I saw in his work a vessel for my disdain, for my misanthropy.
Obviously I could never hold a candle to people like Poe or Dumas, and as just another gen-y boy my vocabulary may be limited, but I tried my best to emulate without compromising my own style. 
Unfortunately for most of you, my readers, this prolixity is, as I view it, integral to my style and not likely to change. I did not write this with the idea of "paragraph comments" or yelp(?) reviews. I did not write this thinking of Twitter or Youtube clout. I did not write this to appeal to the sensibilities of a generation of people who can't sit down for five minutes without looking at their phone or who only read Japanese Isekai LNs. I wrote this for people who know how to use a bookmark. I wrote this for people who can remember what happened in their story yesterday because they can't "binge watch" it in one day. But above all, I wrote this for myself.
I am glad there are some people out there interested, and I thank you all profusely for your time! But as I said, unfortunately - not only as a byproduct of my lack of time or energy, but also because it is integral to my style – the structure of this volume will remain unchanged. 
I thank you for your time and patronage!
-Z

The Misanthropist's Guide to Philanthropy is an anthology chronicling the exploits of a disturbed and wild individual as he attempts to justify his life and choices. Written in the guise of a dark fantasy, the stories highlighted in this volume exaggerate the sinister side of human nature from the perspective of someone disassociated from the species.

UPDATED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As everyone was discussing her superb power Kia Didn't felt anything about she just ignore them and directly spoke.
"If you dare to trouble me again I promise the consequence will be worth than a humiliation. Take you sidekick and get lost. You are not capable to even touch me." At this time Mila and others also came and seeing the crowd they curiously went to check it but this scene shocked them. Kia coldly faces her and warned her.
These words are the exactly that bitch had told her one year ago now it's her turn to pay back to her.
Then Mila (the ex-bestie) and her group left after Kia left her. Cara was fuming in anger, just how she becomes so powerful suddenly; she was a weakling than her. So she just assumes that it was maybe because of her distraction she can do that. She wasn't willing to admit that she was wrong. But who cares anyway. With Mila, the people with Clair and Mila also move away from there. They don't to interfere in this.
As she was fighting, those who wanted to have a try on her, were now scared and don't dare to annoy Kia. KIA and Lilly then happily ate their lunch and went to class, since they are in same class no they naturally sat together. After canteen incident no one dares to block their path now.
The class started after this small break now she doesn't get the looks like lust but still got the unhappy looks and envious looks.
Beautiful girls always get attention no one can deny that.
(But I'm not advertising beauty here and discrimination against black, I think black people has more good and bigger heart than white people)
.. Head teacher came and announced that there's going to be a monthly test at the end of this week. Everyone was too exhausted and didn't want to give exams but what to do there's nothing they can do for KIA, it's doesn't matter because she is already ahead in her studies there's no problems in giving small tests.
After she splits up with her friend Lilly after school. She got back to her Apartment.
Now she was thinking how to make money. She Search online for job and fortunately she got many, she saw a job for graph designing, editor, and others computer related things. She got many jobs and she was thinking about collection of money than eating honey.
She was already planning to involve in business so she doesn't had any problems with the article writing and translator job because she needed to know and for promotion of her company that she must be someone who has knowledge. After accepting jobs, she kept her phone aside and as class was going on. Soon she got notified of the acceptance in many things and jobs. Such as translate, editing and proofreading as well as article, as she was Searching for local permanent job too she got to know that a restaurant was hunting for part timers fortunately she got that chance to earn money too.
. And after freshen up she started doing her work she accepted. It wasn't her first time so it's easy to do the jobs. Her classes end at 2, she take 30 Min to clean herself up and arrange everything.
At 8 pm she completed her work and send back the work through email soon, she got the feedback and money in her account. She has accepted 5 to 8 jobs so she got total amount of 50,000 Rupees, although it's not much but it's sufficient, then she open another bank account she transferred 10,000 in that account, she has planned on trading and purchase some shares of low prices of big companies.
She again accepted many jobs. But she will do that work again tomorrow. After she study some for monthly test and soon she started feeling hungry she has ramen in her kitchen, so she had cooked them and eat them for mid-night snacks.
After completing her task of the day she retired to bed. Next day when she got up and she went for running. As she was running, a thief was running towards her. She just run towards him and suddenly she catch his hand and fold it hard punch his face multiple times resulting in the swelling of his face and broken nose.
The lady was thankful that someone helps her get her things. She came closer unable to catch her breath.
After she catch her breath. She thanked the Kia.
"Thanks, thank you so much "lady sincerely thanked her
"It's nothing" Kia said airily. She wasn't being arrogant and she just calmly replied.
"This Miss, may I know you name??" The lady asked normally.
"My name is ki Ara" she replied casually.
"Oh hello my name is Ella Jackson."
"Hello"
"You did a great help, this purse was having all the important things if it got stolen, I don't know what will do then. This is my card, if you need any help in future, please find me. I live in this area also."Ella thanked her and give her contact but kia doesn't change her phone because she can't give anyone her phone just like that.
"__"
Kia was speechless she doesn't know what to say. So she just exchange the name card with her but when she got to see the name card she was surprised, she's an owner of professional investment firm .Kia was thinking does by getting a hit her luck also got a changed, she felt like laughing on herself. She may be the only one who was feeling lucky after getting hit.
Lady was in hurry so she just said goodbye, continue with her work.
After running and training her for 1 hour she goes back to her apartment and fresh her up and get ready for school.
After coming to school she got on canteen for soy milk and bread. Today no one commented on her and day went by peacefully.
But a rumor started spreading that Kia is breaking apart the couple. Well she started laughing at such stupid people.

How important was editing to a film? Before editing, films were simply life fragments. Employees Leaving the Lumière Factory featured employees entering a factory. The Arrival of the Mail Train showed a steaming train arriving at a station. It had been shot with a fixed camera. There was no story in it at all. After the initial curiosity they had poked in the audience, such "tricks" had been called boring and dull. Who would go to see how the gardener from Tables Turned on the Gardener played with a hose? Wouldn't it be more entertaining to play with a hose yourself in your own garden?
Then, The Great Train Robbery came. It had been the first film that actually told a story, composed of fourteen different shots. The sparks evoked by the continuity of those shots constituted a complete film story. The audience could understand what the story was about perfectly, even without lines or explanations. It told a story wherein some outlaws carried out a robbery on a train and were chased and shot dead by a posse later.
Story and plot were what piqued interest in the audience. That is why they were willing to spend money on movies. The movie industry had developed very fast. There were more and more types of camera shots and more and more ways to format a montage sequence. In a word, editing was extremely important. It had made the movie industry rise and gave life to movies.
Almost all Hollywood blockbusters had more than two hundred hours of footage. Even High School Musical had nearly twenty hours of footages. Through editing, two different versions could be made from the same story. If frames, instead of footage, were calculated for a movie, since one film usually ran at 24 frames per second, there would be millions of frames. It was exactly the sequencing, collision, and combination of those millions of frames that formed a complete movie.
One frame more or one frame less could make a huge difference. Those extra frames or seconds could make a movie clumsy and tedious, and without those necessary frames, the plot of a movie could be illogical. As a result, the switching of scenes could be so abrupt that the characters in the movie popped up somewhere unexpected. Film editors' jobs were to order these frames in a good sequence, without extra frames and not lacking necessary ones. The editing needed to be seamless and had to fit in the rhythm of the movie so that the story could be told and the emotions could be presented in the ideal manner.
During the shooting of a movie, the director and the cameraman were a couple. When it came to the editing phase, the movie couple would become the director and the film editor. Whether they had a happy "marriage" would decide whether it was a good movie or a terrible one. The couple should have chemistry between them, in terms of character, good collaboration, aesthetics, and so on. Otherwise, the marriage would probably end in divorce—and the cause of the divorce would be domestic violence.
Quentin Tarantino, the director of Pulp Fiction, once said, "When I was doing my first movie, the only thing I knew is that I wanted a female editor because I felt a female editor would be more nurturing to the movie and to me. They wouldn't be trying to shove their agenda or win their battles with me. They would be nurturing me through this process."
Apparently, Wang Yang's editing teacher agreed with him. And as a result, Wang Yang also thought Quentin Tarantino's remark made sense. Female editors were supposedly more patient. Besides, for High School Musical, women should know the youthful and positive feeling better than careless men.
After non-stop interviews in one week, Wang Yang finally found the right editor for him—Margaret Goodspeed, a middle-aged white woman in her forties, always wearing a pair of black-framed glasses. Very experienced, she had edited many films, including Four Rooms. She was even-tempered. During the interview, she had shown that she knew pretty well what High School Musical needed, which was a light, youthful, warm, positive feeling—an impression that everyone could go for what they wanted.
At the moment, Margaret was looking at the screen of a video editing computer in the editing room. On the screen, a set of shots to present Troy Bolton's mental activity was being played. Moving the mouse, she was going to delete a few frames from the current set of shots. Wang Yang, next to her, called right away, "No! No! No! Margaret, you can't delete these frames. I need them!"
"You need all of them." Smiling gently at Wang Yang, Margaret said, "The movie lasts two hundred minutes after the initial editing. What we need to do now is make it under one hundred minutes." She comforted him, "Young man, I can relate to you. Directors are always greedy. If possible, they won't delete a frame. But why does a director need an editor? Because some shots have to be deleted, and directors can't do it themselves. So, that becomes our job." Then, she clicked the mouse and deleted those frames.
Wang Yang sighed helplessly. Pulling his hair, he said in a low voice, "Okay." But soon, opening his eyes wide, he shouted again, "No. No. You absolutely can't delete this set of shots! If you keep deleting things like this, there will be nothing left." Seeing Margaret very insistent, he said, heartbroken, "You can't do this. Come on. Oh, my God. It's screwed!" He said again after a few silent moments, "Margaret, go back to where we were. I have thought about it. You can't edit that part this way."
That was how editing went on. The director and the editor would never stop their bargain. They would try out all kinds of combinations of shots, arrange frames in different sequences, recover the deleted frames, and then delete them again. Consequently, editing was more tedious than shooting, and less interesting, too, especially for directors. Sometimes, it even felt like mental torture for them. It certainly did not feel good to see great materials that they had made a great effort to get at the shooting site be deleted like trash.
The director was the boss at the shooting site, but in the editing room, it was the editor that made the decision. Even great directors like James Cameron and Steven Spielberg would not work like a dictator in the editing room. As Margaret had said, directors needed help when it came to keeping or deleting frames.
At the same time, the promotion of the film was also in progress. Two days before, the release date and plan were announced on the official website of High School Musical. The five hundred schools where the film would be showed in the first week were also published. These schools' cinemas had a high rate of attendance, which was naturally beneficial for the film's box office gross. However, students from schools not on the list were pretty angry. They even protested on the official website, saying what High School Musical was doing was discrimination.
However, Wang Yang and the studio had seen that coming. As a result, they'd announced an event called "Show Your Talent," targeting schools across the United States. This event would start in March and end on April 20th. Participants just needed to upload their dancing videos or singing videos onto the official website. The top ten places would be decided through voting. Winners would get great prizes and travel to Los Angeles for free to attend the premiere of High School Musical. In addition, as long as you'd participated in the event, you could become one of the one hundred lucky people to win a free trip to Los Angeles for the premiere as well. Although there were no additional prizes, the one-day trip to Hollywood and the return air ticket would also be free.
It was estimated this event would cost around $2,000,000. As a result, the budget for the promotion had risen to $7,000,000. However, these two million dollars would be absolutely worth it. Firstly, the event could calm those angry students down. Secondly, and most importantly, it would involve more students and more schools creating a singing and dancing craze together with the release of High School Musical.
How would they attract students to take part in the event? Prizes were not the most important thing. The focus of the promotion was put to the event's slogan, "Show your talent. Show your youth and beauty!" However, if you wanted to win a prize, you had to start practicing singing and dancing immediately and not forget to canvass your schoolmates in the voting phase.
Wang Yang had a lot of faith in this event because of his successful experience with Paranormal Activity. That event called "Who is scared the most?" made him realize one thing – in fact, everyone wanted to show themselves and share what was great about them with other people.
When the release date of High School Musical had been announced, the media remained very cold to the news. Only some online media reported it. If it were not due to Wang Yang's fame, even online media would have ignored the news.
Some people wanted to take advantage of his fame as well. For example, Idle Hands. They seemed to want to make their film topical. The producer, Andrew Licht, said in an interview, "I stick to my opinion. That girl will regret it. Oh, well, stop asking me about that, please. Anyway, I guarantee that Idle Hands will be an outstanding movie. It has a very interesting story."
The director, Rodman Flender, said, "Our films will be on in the same period? I'm not worried about that. Our films both speak to teenagers, but we are not trying to compete with them. Wang Yang is a very creative young man. I hope he will succeed again this time." One was playing the bad guy, while the other was playing the good guy. Typical.
Neither Wang Yang nor the studio responded to their comments. This kind of topic would not help with the promotion. What High School Musical needed were healthy and upbeat topics, not some disputes. That being said, if it were Star Wars jumping out to challenge them, declaring, "Let's compete!" it would be a different story.
However, the most important thing was to implement their own promotion to a satisfying extent, like the school event "Show Your Talent" as a small show to teach people how to dance.
"Yang, no television station will be interested in collaborating with us unless we pay a certain commercial fee," Mark Strong said very calmly in an I-told-you-so tone. He added, "That is at least fifty million a month."
Fifty million? In his head, Wang Yang rolled his eyes right at Mark Strong's face, since the latter was not before him. He got to his feet with his cellphone. Walking toward the balcony of his apartment, he said to the cellphone, "Well, forget about it then. It's way too expensive. We'll do Plan B. We will upload the videos onto our official website and play them in those school channels."
This small show could not only create idols but also promote the event "Show Your Talent". Mark Strong knew that. So, he answered, "Okay. And we should set about preparing for the production."
After ending the call, looking at the evening sky, Wang Yang made another phone call. Smiling, he said, "Hi, Jessica. Rachel, Zachery, and you have got a new job. Yes, it's the show I mentioned to you earlier." Leaning against the rail, he went on, "Oh, no. I won't be the director. This kind of show doesn't need a director, does it? I have no idea. I need to focus on the editing of the film. I almost fought Margaret today. Ha! Just kidding…"
They talked for a long time. Wang Yang put the cellphone away after hanging up. He came into the kitchen and opened the fridge to get some soda and food because he wanted to watch an NFL game. Due to a labor dispute, the NBA, his favorite, was still in a lockout. No one knew when the season would start again. However, his fridge was empty. There was nothing stocked in it. Scratching his head, Wang Yang decided to go to a supermarket nearby to do some groceries.
Michael Pitt had moved out of Wang Yang's place some time ago. He was living with George Harry at the moment. They'd rented a small apartment together. He had also started a part-time job. He would go to auditions whenever such opportunities came up. He was making an effort to advance toward his next role.
Wang Yang went downstairs and walked a little, and he felt as if he were being followed. He looked back warily and saw a blond, middle-aged, white man trailing behind. It was that paparazzo again! Wang Yang shouted at him helplessly, "Hey, man, you have been following me for some time." Many paparazzi had followed him, but only here and there. However, this guy had been following him almost every day.
Seeing himself exposed, the bearded, white man simply came up to him. He lifted the camera hanging around his neck and took a photo of Wang Yang. Smiling, he said, "This is my job. My name is Cole."
"Thank you for your hard work," said Wang Yang. He went on walking. Looking at Cole, who was walking next to him, Wang Yang felt a little bored. He asked Cole, "Why are you following me? I'm not any kind of star." He had even stopped going to dates with Jessica lately because of this paparazzo. Rolling his eyes at Cole, he said, "You should be following Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, or Tom Welling."
Still following him, Cole answered, "Yang, you have been very popular lately. You are a star, even if you don't know it yet. Everyone is paying attention to what you are doing." Spreading his hands, he said, "Eighteen years old, and almost nineteen. A multi-millionaire without a girlfriend? No one buys that."
Wang Yang said with a smile, "So, are you trying to take a photo of me spending time with my girlfriend?"
Shrugging his shoulders, Cole said, "Or boyfriend."
"Of course, it would be better if I could capture something more thrilling," Cole added.
Wang Yang asked him with interest, "Like what?"
Cole said with a smile, "Like taking two hot girls home, smoking marijuana, peeing in public, or giving someone a beat-down on the street. Such kind of things would be great."
Wang Yang burst out laughing. He said, "I bet you want me to beat you."
Nodding, Cole said, "Exactly. I do want you to beat me."
"Putting aside those photos, you know how much a photo of you and your girlfriend making out is worth?" Cole lifted his camera again and took another photo of Wang Yang.
Wang Yang asked out of curiosity, "How much is it worth?"
Cole said with a smile, "I have no idea, man. It would be the first one, so it must be worth a lot! Maybe I could change my car with the money I get from it."
"Keep up with the hard work, then." Wang Yang walked faster after speaking.
Lagging behind, Cole said, "I think I will capture one very soon. It will be your birthday in a few days, won't it?"
Looking back at him, Wang Yang said unhappily, "Come on. Can't you just give me a break and let me celebrate my birthday in peace?"
Cole took a photo of his impatient face right away. He said with a satisfied smile, "Finally got something. This one should be worth between $300 and $500."
Wang Yang could not help but laugh. He thumbed up at Cole. This guy had really shown his talent, though not out of his own free will. However, he was afraid Cole would be disappointed because he was not going to throw a party for his nineteenth birthday. He would only meet up with some good friends to celebrate it in a simple way.


Wang Yang never stopped pursuing his dream of becoming a director and making movies that could amaze the world. However, the fate seemed to play a malicious joke on him. He got wrongly accused and expelled from USC. Fortunately, when God closed a door to Wang Yang, he opened a window for him. After a baby stroller hit him on the street, he began to be able to watch the movies from the future in his head! 
Since then, the year of 1988 was destined to be an extraordinary year. Besides the miracle written by “Titanic”, one of the most legendary directors in the 21st century was rising quietly… 

In late Autumn after months of filming, Director Sheng's latest masterpiece, The End's Predator, was finally due for release.
Aside from the public relations staff, who were working hard on the advertising of the newest film, the main cast was also doing their jobs and diligently promoting it through various means.
"Miss Fang Shufen, how was your experience whilst working on the set?" The woman sat opposite her asked with a polite smile.
Fang Shufen, who was dressed in a beautiful outfit, wore a warm smile, contrary to her true personality, said, "Most of the crew were very kind to me and treated me very well, of course."
"Most?" As any competent interviewer would, she took every chance to dive in further, hoping to dig out any sliver of gossip from Fang Shufen. "Did you not get along with some of your coworkers?"
"I know that it's impossible to get along with everybody you meet but," Fang Shufen put on a slightly hurt expression, "One of my co-workers seem to dislike me quite a bit..."
"Really? Who?" The interviewer asking with an empathetic smile, trying to fish some more information out of her.
"Ah, I don't want to name names since this is a personal matter haha." she said, "Actually, originally I had auditioned for her role but inexplicably the crew changed their minds and replaced me with her."
The interviewers' eyes gleamed brightly.
It wasn't too difficult to understand what Fang Shufen was implying - somebody had used their connections to enter through the backdoor.
"But it's fine, I also really like the character I'm playing. I resonate with her deeply...." Fang Shufen changed the subject pretentiously.
After the interview was over, the warm, kind smile was immediately replaced with her usual arrogance and a hint of pride.
Although she knew her actions would cause her manager and the staff of The End's Predator to be angry, she didn't care.
Like most spoiled second generations, Fang Shufen thought that as long as she had money, she could do whatever she wants and all she wanted right now was to drag that woman, Xia Zhilan, down.
Her eyes burned with anger every time she thought back to the times Xia Zhilan caused her to be humiliated in front of everyone on the set.
With the rumours about her exploding online, she was determined to drag her name through the mud even further.
The interviewer was also extremely satisfied.
Recently, Xia Zhilan was a highly popular topic. Her name was practically dominating the hot search bar every day.
The interviewer's eyes glowed happily as she thought about the praises she was gonna get from her boss.
'Perhaps I'll even get a raise! Or maybe a bonus!' She thought giddily.
Just as she expected, when the interview was finished editing and posted on their site online, it was massively popular - for all the wrong reasons, of course.
People online are horribly nosy and naturally, their favourite hobby was conjuring up conspiracy theories.
It didn't take too long before they worked out who Fang Shufen was hinting at.
On the same evening, another explosive piece of news came out.
The main character of all this drama, Xia Zhilan, signed an S-tier contract with Orchid Entertainment.
Chaotic was the only word that could describe the mess online.
"OH SHIT!"
"Omg, she actually did it-"
"Wait, Xia Zhilan actually managed to snatch up that president like she said she will?"
"An S-tier contract?!"
"Even Rose Wu only managed to get a B-tier one despite her success."
"Ew, how is somebody that disgusting even allowed in the film industry?"
"Relying on her looks and body to climb up?"
"She probably has no skills or talent to resort to these means."
However, the people who claimed she had no talent had no choice but to shut their mouths when the highly anticipated film, The End's Predator, was officially released.
Movie critics had nothing but raving reviews for it and the film had practically blown all its competitors out of the water in the box office.
Like most of Director Sheng's works, it was very difficult to point out any flaws.
This included Xia Zhilan, who had supposedly gotten the role through the backdoor.
Although she had showcased her skills in The Star's Window, many were still unconvinced of her talent. However, after the release of this movie, Xia Zhilan's acting was no longer up for debate.
Her stunning performance had even caused many to consider shortlisting her name to the list of nominees for various prestigious acting awards.
...
At the celebratory banquet for the success of The End's Predator...
Xia Zhilan, dressed in a beautiful fiery red dress, sat in an inconspicuous corner sipping from her wine glass elegantly with her cute little assistant, Qiao Min, next to her.
"Miss Xia, the netizens are going crazy after you!" she said proudly.
"This is nothing." Xia Zhilan pulled up her lips to form an enchanting smile, "Qiao Min, I'm planning on stepping onto the international stage in two years time. Are you prepared to come with me?" she asked calmly.
Qiao Min's eyes widened slightly "International?"
If it was anybody else saying that, she would've laughed and called them insane. Is obtaining global success as an actress such a trivial matter?
However, it was Xia Zhilan.
Qiao Min looked into her dark eyes.
There was not a single fluctuation of emotion in the depths of her beautiful eyes. Everything seemed so inconsequential to her as if it was a matter of course.

Xia Zhilan, a not-so-ordinary woman, was unexpectedly bound to System 005 and is forced to fufill the wishes of unfortunate and pitiful side characters, cannon fodder, or even protagonists from different worlds. 

Beautiful and pure flower? Only a lowly scheming bitch. Goddess of the entertainment world? More like, a dirty gold-digger. A cold, domineering CEO? Just an arrogant brat who 'somehow' destroyed the successful business he inherited..

Watch as Xia Zhilan ruthlessly destroys reputations, careers and love lives of her enemies or pretty much anyone who happens to get on her bad side.

"Host! You cannot kill the male lead! It'll disrupt the balance of this world!" System 005 wailed 'what did I do to deserve this stubborn host?!'

"What? You literally told me to destroy him!"

"I meant to ruin his life! Not murder him!" The system cried in despair. 'What did I do to deserve this kind of human?'



Arc 1: Seducing The Future CEO!

Arc 2: The Ex-Assassin Is A Cultivator!

Arc 3: The Rise Of The Forgotten Film Empress


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No upload schedule.

This story is just something I write for fun during my spare time. Also, it's not a really serious novel it's just meant to poke fun at cliche plots with a badass main character

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