Chapter 112 Creating a Fake Account to Praise Oneself
Garcia slammed the phone down, clearly done with Charles' nonsense.
With some free time, Charles decided to look for houses, focusing on listings in Harmony Gardens.
Today, he pulled off a Role Reversal with Alice and scored $7.7 million. It was a huge, unexpected windfall.
This was the biggest reward he'd ever gotten from the system. So, he figured he'd buy a house for himself and a villa for his parents back in the county. That way, during holidays and family gatherings, his parents would get more respect.
But he needed a good cover story for the money. If he suddenly flashed $7.7 million, people might think he robbed a bank.
Even robbing a bank wouldn't net you that much in one go. So, he needed a believable excuse for the cash.
Becoming an internet celebrity seemed like a solid option to explain his income, but he had to keep his influencer persona separate from his Mr. Smoke identity. Otherwise, the fallout could be huge and cause unnecessary trouble.
Besides that, Charles decided to create multiple Ultra-rich Patron identities. Just one 'Mr. Smoke' wasn't enough. The Special Funds in his system account were too massive!
If he used just one account to drop tens of millions on various streaming platforms, even the government might come knocking. So, he needed multiple virtual identities.
Charles had been too focused on showing off earlier and hadn't thought things through.
Now, he had to fix that. Plus, creating multiple identities had extra perks. He could interact with female streamers using different personas without making up lame excuses. The more he explained, the less believable it got. And by using different identities to send gifts, the girls who knew his Mr. Smoke persona wouldn't get jealous, keeping their goodwill intact.
Looking at it this way, the benefits of multiple identities were endless. No wonder some people had several Facebook accounts, feeds, and even phones. They could switch identities anytime. Even if their rep was trashed in one circle, they could still flirt with others.
Charles was a man of action. He started creating new identities on various streaming platforms. One was named TomatoCharmoisseur, a random pick.
The new TikTok account was just set up when, unexpectedly, Jessica started her live stream.
[Jessica, why haven't you streamed for days?]
[Streamer, are you getting lazy? Did Mr. Smoke sponsor you, so you don't want to work hard anymore?]
[Mr. Smoke, that big perv, is gifting female streamers everywhere. He probably forgot about our Jessica!]
[Jessica, you'll lose followers like this!]
Seeing the comments, Jessica smiled and apologized, "Sorry, everyone. I've been busy setting up my new house these past few days, so I haven't streamed. But it's all ready now!"
[Wow, Jessica, your house is huge! Is this a villa?]
[Streamer, I want to be your top supporter!]
While fans marveled at Jessica's luxurious new home, a user named "TomatoCharmoisseur" suddenly boasted that he would become her top supporter.
This was pretty amusing. Everyone knew Jessica's top supporter was Mr. Smoke.
Who was Mr. Smoke?
An absolute Ultra-rich Patron who could drop tens of millions on various streaming platforms!
Even though he had only gifted Jessica once, it was over $1.5 million.
To become her top supporter, one would have to give more than that, right?
[Bro, you're brave to even think about surpassing Mr. Smoke. Good luck!]
[Probably just a kid who has no idea who Mr. Smoke is, with no sense of reverence!]
[This idiot makes me laugh my ass off!]
The live stream comments were full of ridicule, and the hostility was intense.Netizens kept bringing up Mr. Smoke to argue their point.
It was infuriating and very annoying!
Charles didn't know if he should be angry. He couldn't possibly get mad at himself, right?
But to show that his new alias and Mr. Smoke were not the same person, Charles started cursing in the live stream.
[Who the hell is Mr. Smoke? I've never heard of him. You losers can't even sense the aura of a true powerhouse. Just wait, I'm going to top up my account right now!]
TomatoCharmoisseur began to talk big, angrily retorting in the comments as if he was above everyone else.
Even Jessica frowned.
[Streamer, why not just mute this guy? Is he a troll? A loser? Just trying to get attention?]
[You've never heard of Mr. Smoke? Do some research before you speak. Don't take pride in your ignorance!]
[This idiot calls himself TomatoCharmoisseur? You're just Salsa!]
[I've seen plenty of trolls like this. They say they're going to top up, but who knows, they might have already run away. They love to engage in flame wars to attract attention, probably because their real lives are miserable!]
While several high-level accounts in the live stream were busy looking down on TomatoCharmoisseur, a luxurious carnival gift appeared on the screen.
[TomatoCharmoisseur sent Jessica a Carnival x1]
[TomatoCharmoisseur sent Jessica a Carnival x2]
[TomatoCharmoisseur sent Jessica a Carnival x3]
Charles might be a troll, but he was also generous.
Despite trash-talking others, including himself, his gifts kept coming.
This time, he wouldn't be outdone by Mr. Smoke.
Unlike Mr. Smoke, he wanted to create an arrogant and domineering Ultra-rich Patron persona. He had to be so arrogant that he dared to insult God. Only then could people distinguish between Mr. Smoke and TomatoCharmoisseur.
And he had just trashed Mr. Smoke. No one would probably think that Mr. Smoke would be so bored as to create a new account to trash himself. Wasn't that absurd?
At first, everyone looked down on this TomatoCharmoisseur.
They thought he was just a fool, a troll, a loser, a nobody.
But half an hour later...
The entire live room was in shock!
In just half an hour, TomatoCharmoisseur had sent over 5,000 Carnivals, successfully surpassing Mr. Smoke's top supporter position.
But he didn't stop sending gifts!
Jessica's live stream viewership also skyrocketed from 2,000 to 200,000, topping the platform's hourly chart.
More and more people flooded into Jessica's live stream.
An hour later...