Filed to story: A Little Princess's Journey from Darkness to Light Novel
At that very moment, Harvard was engrossed in editing yet another video. He had no intention of ceasing his efforts to generate views from this content until there was nothing more to offer.
“The ‘Full Story’ trilogy has amassed over a hundred million views!” Harvard exclaimed with delight. “I am going to achieve wealth beyond imagination; it is no longer a mere fantasy!”
He could vividly envision himself residing in an opulent mansion, cruising in a luxurious sports car, and indulging in a life of extravagance…
Harvard lay on his bed, calculating the potential earnings he would make.
The official statistics were not yet available, but he made a rough estimate. Sponsors, affiliate links, ads… at least a hundred thousand dollars!
“I’m going to be wealthy!”
Harvard’s heart was filled with joy.
He already had over five hundred thousand views, and reaching a million would be a piece of cake at this rate.
Once he achieved fame, earning millions every month was highly possible.
Even if he lost some subscribers later on, he would still have a minimum of two to three hundred thousand. With that many subscribers, he could easily earn at least fifty thousand dollars a month by accepting sponsors and including affiliate links in his livestreams.
Suddenly, Harvard felt that the bed he was lying on was too uncomfortable. He looked around and realized that his shabby room was barely livable!
How could he live in a house like this when he was going to make millions every month?
He immediately took out his phone and opened an app to browse through property listings. He considered looking for a luxury apartment to rent. But then he thought, what was a millionaire doing renting a house?
He was going to buy a house!
Just then, he discovered that his videos had been taken down.
Harvard sat up in shock and wondered, What is happening?
He opened the platform where he had uploaded his videos and saw a notification: “Your video has violated community guidelines and has been removed!”
Harvard burst into angry laughter. He had edited and filmed the video himself! There was no violence, nudity, or drug use involved… so which guidelines did he break?
Who was the jealous person who reported him?
Harvard glared at the screen and re-uploaded the video with a different title.
Then he realized… his account had been banned.
In a fit of rage, Harvard called the customer hotline and was informed that he had filmed videos of other people without their consent for personal gain, crossing their personal boundaries. These people were planning to sue him.
Harvard was speechless.
“You’re abusing your power! You’re just jealous because I became popular!” Harvard was overwhelmed with anger and shouted, “I want to file a complaint!”
The customer service representative responded coldly, “Apologies. We have more than enough evidence to remove your videos. You should be worried about the lawsuit.”
Harvard hung up in a fit of rage.
He didn’t care about the reason for the lawsuit. There were tens of thousands of videos that violated community guidelines all the time, so there was no way they could target him!
The worst thing that could happen was getting his account banned, nothing more.
Even if they were going to sue him, did they even know where he lived? He was going to move the next day!
The only thing that saddened Harvard was losing his account. Five hundred thousand subscribers!
Gone, just like that!
When community guidelines were violated, the platform had the right to ban any account.
In other words, the hundred thousand dollars he had just earned would all go back to the platform before he even received it!
“D*mn it!” Harvard cursed angrily. “This platform is a scam, preying on the weak and vulnerable!”
He switched to another account, but still couldn’t upload the video. It didn’t get through even if he censored most of it.
After several attempts, the alternate account was also banned.
This alternate account had also gained a small number of subscribers from his ‘Theory of Ghosts’ videos, and now they were all gone.
Harvard felt like he was going to vomit.
This issue had become a hot topic on all platforms, and Harvard was certain that such topics usually died down within a week.
When would he encounter such a rare opportunity again?
Harvard gritted his teeth. He had used his own details to create the main account and his mother’s details for the alternate account, so… he created another account using his father’s details.
“I’ve figured out how to gain attention… the first step is to find a trending topic! And create something new from it!”
Harvard’s new method was quite something.
He spent the entire night and finally found the profiles of the two girls who had fallen into the water but survived. There were also photos of them.
He even found a selfie video.
He then edited the pictures and videos together, creating a new video and posting it on his account.
Thus, he successfully impersonated the girls.
The next day was crucial. Harvard found a post-it note and wrote on it:
‘I’ve had enough. People keep telling me that he saved me and I should be kind to his parents! They even want me to give his family money! I don’t even know him, why should I have to pay respects to his parents? Did I beg him to save me? It’s his own fate that he couldn’t make it out alive, how is it my fault?’
The paragraph was written from the perspective of the girl who had been rescued.
He then bought a view booster and uploaded the video…
As expected, the video immediately went viral!
Netizens stumbled upon this supposed account of the girl who had fallen into the water and became furious.
“Are you seriously blaming him for saving your life? It’s bad enough that you’re not grateful, but to say all this too… are you even human?”
Harvard responded immediately. “Did I beg him to save me?”
Netizens saw this and practically exploded. “You’re alive! He was just saving a life!”
Harvard retorted, “And who the hell are you?”
The comments section was chaotic, with people tagging other accounts to check out the video and curse the girl together. Harvard responded to every single comment.
He knew how to hit where it hurt, attracting more and more hate. The video gained more and more popularity, surpassing a hundred thousand likes within a day…
Harvard smirked. “That’s the secret to going viral!”
He spent the next few days posting new content, waiting for the popularity to reach a certain level before deleting all the videos. He would change the account’s name and description, and copy the original information into a new account with a single video apologizing, saying ‘I’m done with the Internet’…
Then he would use the original account to post a few videos of beautiful places, inspirational quotes, and lock screen savers…
By doing this, it became difficult for the account’s followers to determine who was posting and they mistook him for just some random blogger. The followers remained, as content like this made it easy to maintain traction.
As for what might happen to the girl… Harvard didn’t really care. He had to prioritize himself! A few lies wouldn’t cause her any harm. No, making money was more important.
“Ha ha… ha ha…” Harvard’s gaze flickered with ruefulness.
He continued to manage the account, humming to himself and ordering takeout.
After a while, there was a knock on the door. Harvard assumed it was the takeout and opened the door to find a group of men wearing black t-shirts.
