Chapter 1

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Chapter 1: meow

In the sumMidsummer, Dawberry Entertainment.

The air conditioning in the office was turned up to 18 degrees Celsius (64 degrees fahrenheit). Wen Xingze was biting a lollipop and hugging his broken screen phone as he nestled on the sofa. His long legs were unceremoniously resting on the handrails, his white legs dangling in the air.

The Boss and the agent saw this scene when they walked in.

When agent Wu Youjin took a look at his phone, he almost lost his breath: “Wen Xingze, what are you doing?”

Wen Xingze: “Helping little green to check in the weibo, what?”

The relationship between artists and fans can reach this level, There is no one else who would do this.

This ‘Little Green’ was one of the only seven live fans of Wen Xingze. He heard that Little Green was preparing for the college entrance exams and was disconnected from the internet for the time being, but she did not want to break Wen Xingze’s super chat sign-in record, so she gave her microblogging account to Wen Xingze. She asked him to help her check-in on Weibo.

“I know you are checking in for her”, said Wu Youjin.”I said look at the picture! What kind of celebrity would post a picture like that!”

Little Green use to send out Weibo wishes every day, with a picture of Wen Xingze. Wen Xingze was entrusted by her and also continued this habit.

And today’s microblogging message didn’t have a problem, but the picture was: Wen Xingze was riding a broken tricycle, with 50 cents worth of crushed ice in his mouth. Written on a piece of cardboard in front of the tricycle was: ‘Recycling color TV, refrigerator, and an old computer’.

Before Wu Youjin could stop it, Wen Xingze had already sent that Weibo away before explaining,”She wanted a picture of me to go with it, and I just couldn’t find a picture she hadn’t used.” So he used a photo taken yesterday by a neighbor.

Wu Youjin: “……”

“Forget it,” t“Forget it,” the chubby boss puffed up, “It’s understandable, Xiao Wen doesn’t have many announcements, so no one will see it.”

As he said, after the Weibo post was sent out, there were 0 likes and 0 comments for a long time. It was only after sometime, the staff of DawBerry Entertainment and the six fans of Wen Xingze started to like it.

Wu Youjin, the only career-minded person in the room, was zapped twice.*

[ like thunderstruck.T/N: lol not once but twice!]

Wu Youjin stared at the photo of Wen Xingze pedaling a tricycle.

If you look at the entire entertainment industry, there are only a handful of people who can achieve this state without makeup. Wen Xingze’s beauty was the ‘one in a million’ type.

Unfortunately, Wen Xingze has always encountered all sorts of misfortunes: auditions are bound to meet with backdoor connections*, and variety shows are always stopped because of funding. The previous hard to get a male eighth in a courtroom drama, the broadcaster just happened to crack down on censorship.

[t/n: as in those actors who was getting that role by inside connections]

Otherwise, with this face, he should have been very popular!

Then their company would not have been reduced to this situation.

Wen Xingzi asked his boss sit down on the sofa.

The boss sat down, wiped his forehead with a sweat towel, and started drinking tea.

“How could I have been so unlucky to run into you two wastes,” as he looked at the two salted fishes sitting on the sofa, Wu Youjin’s anger rose from his heart, and all of a sudden he raised his voice, “Wen Xingze! You don’t even work hard, you’ve got all those opportunities given to you, but you can’t earn money! We can’t afford your face.… Look at Xu Baijing, who debuted at the same time as you, and then look at you!”

Since the debut of Wen Xingze, Wu Youjin has always compared him with Xu Baijing, because the two were from the same talent show. At first, they could barely compare, but now they couldn’t even get close to each other.

Xu Baijing became a popular traffic*, while Wen Xingze is still an eighteen line**. [T/N:*as in really populer! **Nobody]

Ten square meters of basement living space, a small tricycle for ride, and occasionally going out to sell some home-grown leeks, living as a retired grandfather. And Wu Youjin, who was already careful with his poisonous mouth. After so many years, he was almost incarnated as a lemon spirit*.

[t/n: lemon = sour]

Wen Xingze: “…”

Wen Xingze thought to himself, how he can compare with Xu BaiJing, who is protagonist of this plot, and Wen Xingzi, who is a poor cannon fodder.

Yes, Wen Xingze lives in a book.

The name of the book is called “luxury koi super rich”, as the name suggests, the protagonist Xu Baijing, he has koi luck and is a popular Star, and also has the support of his five wealthy fathers.

And Wen Xingze is a cannon folder, born poor but greedy for glory, because of being jealous of the protagonist, he persistently opposed him, so he finally end up miserable at the end.

The last appearance of the original owner was near the end. The protagonist saw the original owner, who was reduced to a car mechanic, in a certain car repair shop. The original owner was covered in filth, the original’s stunning face covered behind the motor oil. His whole person looked numb and dull, he didn’t even recognize the protagonist.

And the protagonist did have some compassion, and gave the original owner some money. The original owner knelt down in front of him with excitement and gratitude.

Then, he was sprayed by the Lamborghini’s exhaust gas.

In short, poverty is the life given to Wen Xingze by this book

One time he even bought a lottery ticket and won $20,000, but he was robbed before he could deposit it in the bank, and he broke his leg and paid backwards* for the medical bills. The money that Wen Xingze has can never be more than four figures.[T/N: paid a lot of money!]

Since he was born poor, it is impossible for him to become popular, after all, a popular person will certainly make money, and that violates the fate of this world.

“….”

fter Wen Xingze briefly recalled the plot, Wu Youjin over there was still spouting gibberish: “It’s been five years, the marketing numbers selling coupons are more red* then you – forget it, there is no point in saying this now.”

[ t/n: sorry! I use to think this was ‘rich’, but it was actually ‘popular’, one of my dear reader pointed that out to me, thanks for that!]

It wIt was only then that Xingze heard that Wu Youjin’s tone was somewhat wrong. Why does he feel that the other person’s tone today is extremely mean and grumpy, so it turns out to be…

“Our company is going out of business?”

Wu Youjin: “Hmph, you ask him.” He pointed at the boss.

The boss desperately took a sweat towel to wipe his forehead.

After a while, Wu Youjin’s glare made him scared and he almost cried, so the boss weakly said: “closing down, closing down, we don’t have good opeter a while, Wu Youjin’s glare made him scared and he almost cried, so the boss weakly said: “Closing down, closing down, we don’t have good operating conditions, and we will temporarily …… Well, close down, wuu wuu.”* [t/n: crying sound]

A broke company like theirs with only one eighteenth-tier artist, no one would be interested in acquiring it.

Wen Xingze sat upright, and he was a little upset.

There is no banquet under the sky*. Although he and the company have some past, have been together for so many years, and also in the bottom of the pot to develop feelings.**

[T/N: *there is no such thing as free lunch/**kinship of hard days, as in developed some kinship after going so many hard times together]

“Our company is going out of business?” Although it was a bit sudden, he had been preparing for this day for a long time – even the tricycle used to collect scrap had been borrowed. He planned that if the boss had no place to go, he could also invite him to come along.

“……”

Things have come to this point, Wu Youjin also can not even throw a temper.

After all, he and the boss, WenAfter all, he, the boss, and Wen Xingze, were considered to have started a business together, they really got along. It’s just that most people always wanted to be successful, and he can’t always waste his talents in a shitty place like this. Wu Youjin sighed.

“Wen Xingze, I’ll be honest with you, I’m also going to jump ship*, I’m going to Xu Baijing’s fellow junior. They are more pop“Wen Xingze, I’ll be honest with you, I’m also going to jump ship*. I’m going to Xu Baijing’s fellow junior. They are more popular than you and also more hard working than you.”[A/N: as in go somewhere else in same profession]

“This afternoon’s variety show, is your last work.”

The boss ordered a pizza takeout for lunch. The boss, who has been stingy, finally gave everyone a generous gift at the end.

“Today, we will use the air conditioning at will, and also we will use the wifi to its fullest …… Oh, the wifi has stopped,” the boss said, “Then let’s play poker, and it’s considered to be a full circle from beginning to end.”

A few years ago when the company was just starting out, the three of them were also playing poker here while watching the renovation team and supervising the work, but their state of mind is not the same as it used to be.

They played poker for a few rounds, and after sometime, Wen Xingze clicked the game app. His mobile phone, a five-year-old phone that can fry eggs by just starting a game, has rarely been logged in recently.

It was also because he was a little too addicted to the game, it reached the point of having to be forced to quit the game. At first, it was painful, but after a few months of suffering, he got somewhat used to it.

TheThe name of the game is “Desolation: The Awakening of the King”, and the introduction is “In the era of the smoldering universe, collect masters and unite the world! Build an empire of your own from the ground up…”

Although it looks disgraceful and crude, it’s actually quite fun.

As the ‘king’ of this world, the player has to start building an empire from a barren planet, gradually expanding from a small tribe, attracting subjects of various races, cultivate his own subordinates and army, with the ultimate goal of building a kingdom that dominates the universe.

The most important thing is that the game is free and the details are very worthy of looking closer. Several times it simply makes Wen Xingze feel that this world is real.

He cannot find any stratagy on the internet, so it took Xingze a full three years to achieve the phased goal of dominance.

The emperor who became the overlord of half of the universe, and the rival countries on the other side of the universe were far away from each other, restraining each other. After reaching his goal, Wen Xingze didn’t log in again for a few days, not knowing how things were going inside.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he logged in, he was reminded to download the update package, saying that it was going to update more features.

Moreover, before he could check the notification box, it started downloading automatically.

Wen Xingze took a breath of cold air: “Hiss–“

His data package!

HHe only subscribed to the cheapest package, and he downloaded an update beyond the data package. Wen Xingze’s heart was dripping with blood, and he could only temporarily make up for downloading the package. This is not good, the phone bill will be in arrears* soon.

[T/N: debt that is overdue after missing one or more required payments.]

Wen Xingze turned off the screen, he couldn’t bear to look at the phone again, and so he started to playing cards.

The recording of that variety show started at 3pm, and the venue was a bit far from their company, so Wen Xingze left two hours early.

The fat boss sent him to the door with his beer belly, and seemed to take a towel to wipe the corners of his eyes. The sunlight shinning in his eyes, but Wen Xingze did not see that clearly.

“This variety show is not very famous, the content is actually kind of okay, your goal is to solve the puzzles ……” Wu Youjin casually spoke to Wen Xingze and sent him to the cab.

Wen Xingze can’t help but doze off.

The broken-screen phone on the side suddenly lit up and a message alert from ‘Desolation: The Awakening of the king’ popped up

[The update package has been installed!]

[To thank you for your contribution to the construction of the parallel universe, the new function [Reverse cub Raising] is now online, the citizens of the Muse Empire are eagerly awaiting your arrival, come and interact with them in real time!]

The phone screen was blinking persistently, and it took a while before the light dimmed and finally went out.

Year 243 of the Galactic Era, the Muse Empire.

It was a day of great interest, and an elf named Uya, she works as a secretary for the king. she got up at five in the morning to freshen up for work. Like almost everyone else in the empire, she still didn’t feel the slightest bit of tiredness and sleepiness until two o’clock in the afternoon.

And, as that point in time got closer and closer, her heart beat faster and faster.

According to the light tower’s prompt, today, the cub Raising Program is going to go online.

Uya was going to serve the king.

After working In the castle for several years, she had only met His Majesty a handful of times, but she had never regretted it. At this moment, she is even more grateful: because she works for the king, she can get this opportunity that all the people in the empire can only dream of.

–She was given a spot in the “Cub Raising Program” beta-test!

As the name implies, this is a game where players can accompany and raise the game’s cub, and help him grow by doing quests or giving them krypton gold!*

[T/N: this is a currency in this universe.]

This kind of game is not uncommon, there have been such forms of it as early as hundred of years ago, but the “cub raising Program” is very special. Because just last week, Light Tower released a promo for the game.

The sky was blue and the cicadas were chirping. A young man with dark hair and light coloured eyes appeared in the picture from a distance, his hair wet with sweat and stuck to the side of his cheek. His amber eyes looked like they had been moistened with the light of an entire summer.

The main character of the promotional video has a tear mark at the end of his eye.

His body is long and well-proportioned, as he stepped on the tricycle of recycling in the noisy downtown through, looking careless and beautiful. The whole picture has a kind of film-like quality, so that people simply can not take their eyes off.

…… It is this promo that has sparked the enthusiasm of the entire universe. The …… It is this promo that has sparked the enthusiasm of the entire universe. The modeling of the main character of this game is incredibly good-looking, but the point that made them scream like crazy was not the face of the main character, but –

This main character, looks exactly like His Majesty!!!

Everyone speculates from the promotional video that this is a game is modeled after their king. not only the face, even the personality is exactly the same as the king.

God knows, the long-silent light tower suddenly released this news, and the whole universe was set off in an uproar. Not to mention the only one thousand places available for the game’s beta-test phase, even the reservation channel for watching the game live was paralyzed in half a second, and only one in ten thousand people in the entire star were lucky enough to be qualified.

After all, who doesn’t want to raise a king in their terminal?,

Your highness is great, but the only drawback is, his appearances in front of the media are too few and far between.

This cannot be helped, after all, the king has some kind of special disease, 80% of the time he spend sleeping, last month he did not woke up even once.

At one time, the king would wake up only a few hours a day, dealing with paperwork, touring the territory, and diplomacy …… he always had too much to do. People wanted to see him, but they had to watch the few news interviews over and over again.

But now it’s different, as long as you download the “cub Raising Program”, you can see the king anytime and anywhere, and even accompany him in his growth.

It was almost like a dream. Uya hugged the terminal happily.

“……”

Just under everyone’s anxious anticipation, the time went by, and it finally reached 3:00 pm.

The cub Raising Plan in the entire empire, was online simultaneously!

Edited by: Angel

Hello my fellow reader! My name is rei! And am a new translator here! This is my first translation ever! And I’m trying my best ! And if you find any mistake please tell me! English is not my first language, so mistakes are bound to happen, and also tell me if you have a hard time understanding anything, and I’ll try to make it more readable… (ahahaha ha ….ha …..ha I forgot to edit my chapter last night before updating it….. in my defense I can only say it was almost 2 am by the time I finished translating… and I upload it directly..)

[1] “salted fish: ” One frequently used term is 咸鱼 (xiányú), or “salted fish.” In Cantonese, a salted fish is a metaphor for a corpse, but can now mean people who have no intention of doing anything. [t/n: most of the time it is the second option]

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