There used to be an interesting joke online about showing off wealth:
Every day, I wake up from a 100-square-meter bed, walk two minutes to a 500-square-meter bathroom to wash up, and then take another five minutes to reach my walk-in closet, which has over 10,000 outfits for all four seasons without repeating a single one. Under the guidance of my personal stylist, I select what to wear for the day.
Although Fang Jueyu's life hadn't quite reached such a luxurious level, it wasn't too far off. In fact, if he wanted, he could easily turn that joke into reality.
For the next period of time, Fang Jueyu's life became relatively calm. He either played games online with a few of his friends or spent time binge-watching dramas and movies. This was the typical summer break for university students nowadays.
A few days ago, Cheng Kai and the others had finalized their game proposal, and Zhuang Ying passed those ideas to one of her gaming companies for evaluation. Surprisingly, the plan received high praise.
From there, things progressed smoothly. Fang Jueyu invested 20 million yuan to set up a gaming company, where he held 70% of the shares, while his three roommates shared the remaining 30%. In fact, they only agreed to take the shares after Fang insisted on giving it to them.
As for the subsequent tasks like recruiting staff and finding an office location, those were left for them to handle. Fang Jueyu didn't want to waste his energy on such matters.
One evening, as usual, he logged into the Bamboo platform to watch live streams. He was shocked when he checked his account. In just over a week, his personal account had gained over a million followers, along with tens of thousands of comments. Many were either asking to date him or trying to curry favor.
"This computer is amazing! It displayed tens of thousands of comments without a single lag!" Fang Jueyu praised, "Who knew that all-in-one computers had become this good!"
"Host, which part of this looks like an all-in-one computer to you?" Xiao Yi's voice suddenly chimed in his ear.
"What do you mean? This computer doesn't have a separate tower, just a screen. Isn't that what an all-in-one computer is?" Fang Jueyu leaned down, but all he could see under the desk was a spotless white fur rug — no computer tower in sight.
"Host, do you see those cables behind the monitor?"
Only then did Fang Jueyu notice a small connector linking the computer to the wall. It looked like the cables ran directly into the wall.
"Wait, is the computer tower inside the wall?" Fang Jueyu was acting like someone who had never seen the world.
"There's a small supercomputer underneath this villa," Xiao Yi replied.
"What? A supercomputer?" Fang Jueyu's jaw nearly dropped. Supercomputers were strategic technological assets used for national defense and scientific research, and he was using one to play games, watch videos, and view live streams?
"This is a design your father created using my blueprints a long time ago. It only takes up about 200 square meters, but its processing speed is quite slow — only around 500 petaflops per second. Still, for your daily use, it's more than sufficient."
"Whoa! When did they install this here?" Fang Jueyu couldn't believe it had been there the whole time.
"About a month ago. Miss Zhuang Ying felt that you were most likely to live here long-term, so she transferred it from Mr. Fang Huai's residence."
"Incredible! I'm speechless!" Once again, Fang Jueyu was left stunned by his family's wealth. He had been living here for over a week and only now realized there was a supercomputer beneath his house. If word got out, it would definitely cause a stir.
"Xiao Yi, can you filter out all the spam comments for me?"
"Consider it done!" The computer screen flickered, and all the irrelevant comments were automatically filtered out.
"Welcome, VIP level 10 user 'Lin Shen Jian Lu' to the stream of host Teacher Pu!"
"666666, welcome Mr. Lu!"
"Mr. Lu, did you see my private message? If you want, I can warm your bed tonight!"
"Shameless! Stop trying to steal my man!"
…
"Mr. Lu, you're here! Want to join us for a game? We're one player short in our team!" Teacher Pu had just finished a game, and one of his teammates had logged off, so he invited Fang Jueyu to join.
"Sure!" Fang Jueyu didn't have anything else to do, so he accepted the invite to join the team.
"By the way, I don't have an account on this server. Can anyone lend me theirs? I'll make it worth your while. Just send the account details to Teacher Pu!" Fang Jueyu casually typed in the chat.
"Use mine, Mr. Lu. It's a Diamond-ranked account!"
"Pfft, Diamond? That's nothing. Use mine! I'm a King with 700 points!"
"You guys can fight over it. I just want to see what Mr. Lu means by 'making it worth your while!'"
"Count me in!"
…
Soon, a Master-ranked account was sent over, and Fang Jueyu logged in. Without saying a word, he recharged the account with 100,000 yuan — that's 10 million gamecredits, enough to buy every non-limited skin in the game!
"Mr. Lu is so generous!"
"Who's the lucky one?"
"Damn, I just joined the stream and missed it. Mr. Lu, let me know next time you need an account!"
"Mr. Lu, let me introduce you to my teammates. They used to be my teammates when I was a pro player — Baldy, Shadow, and Little Kid!"
"Nice to meet you!" Fang Jueyu greeted the former pro players over voice chat. He still remembered watching Little Kid's match during his first time watching a League of Legends game.
"OMG, Mr. Lu's voice is so soothing!"
"If he doesn't go into voice acting, it's a waste."
"That's creepy, but I like it!"
"Mr. Lu, which position do you play?"
"I'll go mid; that's my usual spot!" Fang Jueyu immediately locked in Viktor, his favorite mid-lane champion.
"Watch as Mr. Lu gets camped by the enemy team!"
"I dare anyone to try! If they do, Mr. Lu will throw money at them!"
"Mr. Lu, no cheating with hired players!"
Although Fang Jueyu was decent at the game, he was no match for the former pro players. However, Shadow frequently ganked mid-lane to help him, and by the end, they even dove the enemy fountain to help him secure a pentakill.
This was the perfect example of how money could bend the rules.
They kept playing until 10 PM, when fans in the chat started to stir.
"It's 10 PM, time for Mr. Lu to leave!"
"Mr. Lu's fan club, assemble! Meet at Xin Yu's stream!"
"Haha, Mr. Lu, are you leaving already?"
"Hehe, it's a habit!" Fang Jueyu laughed.
"Alright, I won't hold you back," Teacher Pu replied graciously. "By the way, ChinaJoy is in three days. Are you interested in coming to Shanghai for it?"
"Sure!" Fang Jueyu had always wanted to go, but he never had the spare cash.
"Great! When you get to Shanghai, hit me up. I'll introduce you to some friends."
"Okay, see you in three days in Shanghai!"