Chapter 42: Third Review Product (1)
Chapter 42 – Third Review Product (1)
Creak…
After opening the security door, Chen Yu dragged his exhausted body into his house. Upon entering, he noticed that both his parents were out, with only his three little sisters at home.
“Brother, you’re back.” x3
“Mhm.” Nodding, Chen Yu tossed his bag to a corner. He then turned to look at Chen Yike and asked, “You’re back from your autumn trip?”
“Mhm!” Chen Yike nodded with a very excited expression.
“Did you have fun?”
“I did! What about you, Brother? Were you happy with your tests?”
“Yes, I’m extremely happy…”
Saying so, Chen Yu slowly shuffled toward his room. “Carry on doing your own things and don’t disturb me. I want to be alone.”
After returning to his room, Chen Yu locked the door and lay on his bed in a daze. Although he shut his eyes and tried to sleep, he could not do so, no matter what.
The reason for this was the lyrics “My motherland and I cannot be separated for a moment! Wherever I go, I have a song for you…” still playing ceaselessly in his head.
Seeing as sleep had no plans of visiting him, Chen Yu decided to do something else to divert his attention. With this intent, he sat up in his bed and grabbed his laptop to check on his Bilibili account’s latest statistics.
The first review video on the Nuclear Energy Laboratory had already exceeded 800,000 views. The donations, saves, and shares the video received were also extremely high.
As for the second review video on the Quantum Reading Gla.s.ses, with the promotion of Bilibili’s editors and the support of his subscribers, the video had already garnered over 300,000 views!
The number of private messages he received from subscribers had also skyrocketed, with the majority asking what kind of product he would be revealing on his third review. Interestingly enough, there was also a minority of messages asking whether he would like to review their products.
In addition to these messages, he had also received three private messages of support and encouragement from Bilibili’s representatives.
At this point, Chen Yu could already be considered the most well-regarded up-and-coming uploader on Bilibili’s website.
After briefly browsing through the messages, he exited Bilibili’s platform and opened his profile on the Transdimensional Marketing Terminal, his gaze hardening with resolve as he did so.
This was the data he was most concerned about.
…
[Name: Chen Yu]
[Access Level[1]: E (Prohibited from Worldwide Livestreaming)]
[Subscribers: 18,664]
[Main Target: Complete at least two of four missions. Target achieved. (2/2)]
[Additional Target: Complete at least three of four missions. (2/3)]
[Mission 1: Reach (472,793/500) viewers and (18,664/50) subscribers on the first advertis.e.m.e.nt. Mission complete.]
[Mission 2: Reach (472,793/5,000) viewers and (18,664/500) subscribers on the second advertis.e.m.e.nt. Mission complete.]
…
I already have over 400,000 subscribers on Bilibili, yet the Transdimensional Marketing Company only acknowledges about 18,000 of them… Chen Yu frowned when he saw the numbers in his profile. I have over 470,000 acknowledged viewers, yet less than 20,000 of them are acknowledged as true subscribers. Do my review videos lack something?
Even after giving the matter some thought, Chen Yu failed to reach a conclusion on his own. He then pulled out his phone and sent a short message through WeChat.
[Chen Yu: “You there?”]
[Transdimensional Marketing: “Mr. Chen, if you have something to say, please just say it. No need to ask if I am here or not.”]
[Chen Yu: “Oh. I want to ask you something. My videos currently have over 470,000 acknowledged viewers, yet less than 20,000 of them are subscribers. Isn’t this ratio a little low? It’s much worse than the 10-to-1 ratio at the beginning. Is it because of my videos’ quality?”]
[Transdimensional Marketing: “There is indeed a problem. Although your review videos are good, the products you are reviewing aren’t actually considered advanced technology. It is very difficult for you to attract the viewers’ hearts. Moreover, in my company’s system, only those that are extremely fond of your videos are considered a subscriber, Mr. Chen.”]
[Chen Yu: “In that case, I understand. The third product will be delivered at nine tomorrow morning, right?”]
[Transdimensional Marketing: “Correct. Please patiently await its arrival.”]
[Chen Yu: “Can you let me know what it is in advance?”]
[Transdimensional Marketing: “That is not allowed, Mr. Chen. Please patiently await its arrival.”]
[Chen Yu: “Alright, then. Hopefully, it’s a better product this time.”]
[Transdimensional Marketing: “:)”]
Exiting WeChat, Chen Yu set his phone aside and lay back on his bed for a nap.
They’re not going to loop in my brain again this time, right?
As soon as Chen Yu thought so, the drug-like melodies started a.s.saulting his mind once more, the lyrics of the songs flooding every neuron in his brain…
My motherland and I cannot be separated for a moment…
Lying like a bow! Standing like a pine tree…
Flower’s heart’s deeply hidden, I missed seeing it blossom…
“Save me!!!”
…
At eight in the morning, the next day, Chen Yu left his home with his bag and made his way to Sixth High.
He still had two more tests to take today—biology and chemistry.
Once he finished these two papers, his monthly examination would officially be over.
After arriving at the fourth-floor exam venue that belonged solely to him, Chen Yu took his seat and waited for the biology test to start.
Shortly after he sat down, the invigilating teachers arrived. Their number had also increased from three to four.
Of the four invigilators, one held a small gong, one held a bongo, one held an erhu, and the last held a suona[2].
Giving himself a facepalm, Chen Yu asked, “Are you guys here to invigilate or take part in an arts exam?”
“Isn’t our school holding an autumn sports festival soon? We’ll be performing as one of the shows there. Since we have time now, we might as well use it to practice.”
Pa!
Clapping his palms together, Chen Yu prayed, “Dear G.o.ds, can you not choose to practice in an exam venue? I still need to take a test! Have some humanity!”
“We’ll be quiet when playing. We’ll make sure we won’t disturb you.”
“How quiet can those things in your hands possibly get?! You guys better not go too far!”
At Chen Yu’s words, the four invigilators turned to look at each other. They then simultaneously looked at Chen Yu and asked, “Can we negotiate?”
“No! I want to take my test! Don’t disturb me!”
d.a.m.n these bunch of b.a.s.t.a.r.ds!
“Then…fine.” Shrugging helplessly, Chen Yu’s biology teacher said, “We won’t practice.”
“Thank you.” Chen Yu nearly genuflected when he heard the teacher’s answer.
“If we’re not going to practice, why do we need so many people here?” one of the teachers wondered. He then suggested, “Should we play mahjong?”
“We’ll still disturb Student Chen Yu if we play mahjong,” Chen Yu’s biology teacher said before exiting the cla.s.sroom. He returned with a stereo shortly afterward and said, “Let’s disco.”
“Scram!” Chen Yu bellowed.
…
An hour and a half later, the biology examination came to an end.
At 10 A.M. sharp, the chemistry examination began.
The teacher invigilating Chen Yu’s test this time was a bespectacled woman, the head of Sixth High’s chemistry department.
When she entered the room, she held Chen Yu’s test papers in one hand and a cloth bag in the other.
“h.e.l.lo, student. Here are your test papers,” the chemistry teacher said.
Suspiciously receiving the test papers, Chen Yu carefully evaluated the chemistry teacher before asking hesitantly, “You’re alone?”
“That’s right. How many people do you need to invigilate one examinee?”
“You’re not going to interrupt me?”
“I don’t have that much free time,” the chemistry teacher said, clicking her tongue. Holding up her cloth bag, she continued, “I don’t care about that little bonus. Just take your test properly. I can use this free time to do my own work.”
Upon hearing the chemistry teacher’s words, Chen Yu nearly broke down in tears as he said, “Teacher! You truly are the savior of Sixth High!”
“Stop spouting nonsense and take your test. No cheating.”
“I definitely won’t!” Chen Yu said as he patted his chest. “Teacher, you busy yourself with your own work while I focus on my test! I definitely won’t let you worry.”
“Sure.”
The chemistry teacher smiled and nodded. Afterward, she opened up her cloth bag and started pulling out beakers, measuring bottles, droppers, nitric acid, alcohol, mercury, pota.s.sium nitrate, high-concentration sulfuric acid, and various other chemicals and placed them on Chen Yu’s table one after another.
Chen Yu: “…”
…
By the time Chen Yu arrived back home, he had already thrown the matter of his test results to the back of his mind. He only felt fortunate to have returned alive today.
“Once I’m rich, the first thing I’ll do is flatten Sixth High! d.a.m.nit!”
After tossing his bag aside and briefly greeting his three little sisters, Chen Yu returned to his own room and locked the door. When he saw the big, white box sitting in the middle of his room, he finally revealed his first smile of the day.
His third review product had arrived.