Chapter 3: Preparing for the Livestream

One of the simplest and most direct ways to gain Popularity Value was to live stream.

Su Yu found her original phone in her small crossbody bag.

Then she went online and looked up the equipment and props she would need.

After some thought, Su Yu found paper and a pen from the drawer of her desk.

With the pen, she wrote down a list of required items and their prices on the paper.

1. One dedicated camera, price 2000 yuan.

2. Replace the previous 20M broadband with 500M for future streaming, price 500 yuan per month.

3. She did have a desktop computer she had brought with her, but it needed an extra RAM stick and a sound card, price 3000 yuan.

4. Peripherals like a microphone and headphones, price 5000 yuan.

5. Clothes and accessories for dancing, price 1500 yuan. The makeup was already on hand, as the original Su Yu had always been aiming to become a popular idol.

Hmm, that’s about it. She’d write down these five for now and add more if she thought of anything else.

Speaking of which, the prices in this world’s Zhaoge Kingdom were comparable to her home country in her past life.

If she wanted to stream her dancing, she would need to spend a total of 12,000 yuan, and that was with her being frugal.

Next, she had to face an extremely critical question.

Did she actually have any money?

In her memory, she seemed to have over ten thousand yuan in her account…

But she needed to confirm it.

Previously, in order to pursue the path of a popular idol, the original Su Yu had worked part-time at a maid cafe to earn money for cosmetics and related training classes because she was short on funds.

If she had money in her card, then the money problem would be solved.

With an excited heart, Su Yu opened the app on her phone, entered the password, and checked her account balance.

Zhaoge Coin Balance: 11295.00

Very good.

It was almost enough!

For the small amount she was short, she could probably haggle with the shop owner and get it.

But just as Su Yu was getting excited, fate dealt her another heavy blow.

She received a text message.

[Hualeme] -Your Hualeme payment for this month is due on August 20th. Your bill is 12912.00 yuan.

She checked the date. It was already 11 PM on the 19th. The payment was due in one hour.

This meant that once tomorrow arrived, not only would she have no money, she would even be in debt!

What was she going to do?

Don’t panic, there’s always a way…

Right.

She still had the system!

She remembered that the system’s Novice Gift Pack, besides the ‘Primal Spirit Returning Art’ cultivation technique and the ‘Body-Cleansing Pill’, had also given her access to the [Missions] and [Shop] functions.

She had already seen the missions function; the rewards were substantial.

And it had set a quick path for her to become stronger, the effect of which was certainly worthy of the title “transmigrator’s essential, golden finger system.”

Next up was the [Shop].

“System, open the shop,” Su Yu said, her red lips parting slightly.

She believed that the system’s [Shop] function would not disappoint her.

“Ding, Host is activating the shop for the first time. Detecting Host’s current currency value and Popularity Value, please wait…”

“…”

“Ding, after detection, the Host’s currency value is -891, and Popularity Value is -1617,” the system’s mechanical female voice sounded in Su Yu’s mind.

When she heard that both her currency and Popularity Value were negative, Su Yu’s head buzzed.

How could this be?

“Ding, currency value is the Host’s personal wealth in reality after deducting debts. Popularity Value is the result of the worldly emotions the Host has acquired throughout this life.”

Su Yu thought for a moment. The negative currency value was probably because she still had a debt to pay, so the 10,000-plus yuan in her card couldn’t be used in the system’s [Shop].

But what was the deal with the Popularity Value? Why was it negative?

She didn’t remember offending anyone. In her past life, she had thought three times before taking any step, terrified of saying the wrong thing…

Damn it!

She knew why.

This Popularity Value was clearly judging the Popularity Value of this body.

Recalling the memories in her mind, she had beaten up quite a few classmates when she was young, and had even beaten one unlucky guy for a full three years in middle school.

Su Yu looked at herself in the mirror again…

It was hard to imagine that with such a stunningly beautiful face, she could still manage to get her Popularity Value down to over -1000…

Just how many heaven-enraging, people-resenting things had the original owner done!

She wasn’t going to have to bear the consequences, was she?

No way, no way!

Don’t panic, she had the Valkyrie System. As long as she got through this current difficulty, everything would be fine.

The future would still see her reach the pinnacle of life, marry…

Hmm… at least after gaining great strength, she could go anywhere in the world, all according to her heart’s desire.

Besides, the things the original owner did were all in elementary and middle school. After high school, she had restrained herself a lot, and most of it wasn’t her starting trouble.

It’s been so long, surely no one would come seeking revenge for things that happened in childhood, right?

Both the currency and Popularity Value in the system’s [Shop] were negative.

Su Yu was in no mood to look at the items in the [Shop]. She knew without thinking that the items inside were good, but since she didn’t have a single dime, there was naturally no need to keep looking.

Could it be that she had to wait for the university entrance exams to start, get into a martial arts university, and participate in the school’s competitions to gain Popularity Value?

That was too slow.

If she had money, she could buy streaming equipment and stream her dancing to gain Popularity Value.

Once she had enough Popularity Value to offset the original owner’s -1617, any further Popularity Value she gained could be used to buy cultivation techniques and pills.

After reaching 1000 Popularity Value, she could even complete Novice Mission 3 and obtain the talent “Perception”.

But the premise of all these fantasies was that she had money…

Right!

Su Yu opened [Hualeme] and tapped the relevant Hualeme button…

The next moment, a new window popped up on her phone.

Your total credit limit is 13000 yuan. Remaining Hualeme credit is 88 yuan.

Seeing this screen, Su Yu nearly fainted from anger.

She threw herself onto the bed and rolled around a few times, hugging her pillow.

It was true that even a hero could be stumped by a single penny.

Even after coming to another world, it was still impossible to move an inch without money.

After venting for a while.

Su Yu calmed down and continued to think of ways to get money.

So, where on earth was she going to get this shortfall of over ten thousand yuan?

Hmm…

Su Yu lowered her head slightly, glancing at the budding mounds on her chest, then quickly shook her head.

What was she thinking?

That kind of thing was definitely not an option.

She was even somewhat unwilling to work at the maid cafe where the previous Su Yu had worked.

That would mean having to call strange men “Master” and even play games with them.

This… she couldn’t accept it either.

In the future, she was going to become a rising and powerful grandmaster of martial arts!

How could she have such a shameful past?

Excluding this path and the option of borrowing money from apps, there weren’t many ways left to get money.

Su Yu filtered through the options in her mind. If she didn’t count illegal activities, the only way to get over 10,000 yuan in cash in a short time was…