Chapter 99 - Two Separate Millions (2/2)

“Fatty you’re going to be 404’d like this!”

“I can tell it’s not a good thing based on seeing the name. I have to go report it!”

The extensive increase in collectors was incredible. After advertising it on stream, Meng Fan checked the interface. The collector count had gone from 100 or so to over 10,000.

Then… A ‘ding’ sounded in his head!

Didn’t the [Collector of Millions] task have phases? How come it rang after only 10,000 collectors?

Hearing it again, it had no relationship to the collections task.

“Ding! You’ve unlocked the task [One Million Merits].”

“Task requires your online manga publication to receive 1 million HXB worth of merit points.”

“Upon completion, you will receive the achievement title [One Million Merits] (Drawing skill +3, set design +3, screenwriting +3)”

The rewards were exactly the same as [Collector of Millions]. It also had the same process with only one task, rewarding +100 points and no other attributes.

Meng Fan looked at the task progress. 8/1,000,000.

Following after, it increased to 18,26,126… evidently, his fickle netizens had been giving his manga merit points.

So clicking based on popularity doesn’t trigger anything, but merit points will? This system really f*cking treats anyone with money as their father, doesn’t it?

The currency exchange ratio for Penguin animation’s merit points was 100:1. These merits were directly converted into HuaXia currency in the process of being gifted.

The animation and manga creations on Penguin’s platform could receive merit points without having a contract, but they would not be able to receive the monthly pass—for example, if they earned an honorary trophy worth 100,000 points, they could earn 5 monthly passes, but people without contracts wouldn’t be able to receive them. Of course, it’s even less likely to receive a recommendation by the platform if you are not signed to a contract.

It’s too hard to become famous without support from a platform.

When he logged off the stream, he had received over 60,000 collections, and several merit points as well, over two thousand HXB!

His popularity increased to over 1 million.

“Does popularity only increase by these merit points?”

Meng Fan was uncertain about how his popularity would be calculated. He searched the web but did not find an official explanation, nor an editor to ask.

Editor?

The editor probably would ask you which sky you fell from!

Once the campus editor Yi Xin saw the review for ‘Guide to Campus RoMANce’, they had directly added the manga to his list of concerning subjects. It wasn’t because of the inappropriate content he feared for the manga contained, but the art style, and the artist’s skill!

As a manga practitioner, and an editor for a manga platform, Yi Xin was very observative. Regardless, if the plot was good and the art style mattered a bit more. And this person’s drawing style was really up there!

Badass!

This was Yi Xin’s evaluation for the manga. Conservatively estimating, this manga could rival over 97% of the authors in this industry!

For a newcomer, this style of art was to his appetite. It was comfortable to look at!

As for the storyline, he was still inconclusive.

Better observe it for a while.

He did not expect that in such a short time period, the manga’s numbers began to soar. No matter how he looked at it, it was not a data anomaly.

And this author’s name, he couldn’t remember it for a long time. Could it be some god’s throwaway account?

After reading the comments under this manga, it wasn’t difficult to realize what was going on. Several people mentioned the name ‘Meng host’, which made Yi Xin more confused. Could it be a popular artist from the drawing category of a stream?

After searching “Meng Fatty’s Open Server”, eight links immediately popped up. After clicking into it, the stream was already offline. But he was still able to extract some data, such as the amount of viewers and how many gifts he received etc.

Originally the plan was to observe for a while. But now, Yi Xin felt like it could sign a contract off the bat. After all, not every author was so popular.

According to the data from “Meng Fatty’s Open Server”, this author’s own popularity could rival that of a small god.

The blackened interface was short so it did not respond for a long time.

Yi Xin thought about it and decided to fill out his info from the account details, then added Meng Fan on QQ.

Meng Fan hadn’t logged into his QQ in centuries. How could he have seen it?

Even if he did log in, based on the number of friend requests because of his presence, there was no way he would see it.

After waiting for a while, Yi Xin thought about it for a moment, then called the number listed on the account.

Hehe. Unknown numbers were straight-up blocked!