Gamer Superstar

Chapter  166 - News

The response to the Duncan Family episode was much bigger than I thought it would be.

Especially for the role of Jack, who we all thought would be a minor supporting character, it seems that I managed to get a lot of interest from the public just by being normal, but because I did that song, it made the public's interest in Jack skyrocket even more.

By the end of the night, [Up Down - Jack Storm] had over 200,000 views, which surprised me a lot.

As soon as I appeared in the episode, my Instabram DMs were bombarded by followers who watched the episode and recognized me immediately.

Since the show was on TV and it wasn't possible to see the audience's reaction in real time like the streams I used to do, I had to open Twipper and see people's comments there.

Of course I wasn't disappointed because most of the comments were surprisingly about me, just the guest artist that was on the show.

I thought it was funny that they thought my acting was so bad, to the point that Jack looked a little strange as he looked around the house in amazement, as if I was just an amateur who couldn't hide his surprise at being on a TV show.

But the difference in how Jack acted before he thought of the song and after he thought of the song was very big, making the audience realize that this was intentional and not due to a lack of skill on my part.

Another positive thing that surprised me was that my GAA ranking increased slightly during the broadcast of this episode.

[BlackVelvet - 40,321th -> 35,551st D Rank].

Even though it was easier to climb up the ladder from the bottom, I didn't expect to move up 5,000 positions in just one episode!

I think the reason for this was that my character really got a lot of attention and generated a lot of discussion on Twipper, so I ended up getting a lot more attention and recognition than such a small character would have.

Even though the show was on a major network like UBC, I knew that I shouldn't have gotten so much popularity for just appearing in one episode.

As soon as the episode was over, I began to receive several messages from family and friends, mainly from my father's family, with my uncle Carlos being the first to send a message about seeing me on TV. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

This was followed by my other uncles and aunts who also heard that I was on TV and went to see if it was really me.

When I confirmed by text that it was indeed me on their TV, their surprise was huge.

I just smiled happily as I chatted with them for a while before putting my phone away and going back to paying attention to my parents.

We also watched the episode together on the couch at home, and throughout the episode they asked me questions to satisfy their curiosity about the show.

"Your interaction with Harley was very intimate, wasn't it, Noah?" My mom asked, looking at me with interest. "When you came to pick up the helmet after school, was that to take her somewhere on the bike?"

Hearing this, I froze and looked at my mom in surprise, seeing a playful smile on her face.

Watching her, I was amazed at how she had changed without me even noticing.

Because of Helicopter Fighter Lauren, my mother has managed to overcome a lot of the insecurity and overprotectiveness she has had for us since I was born and is now able to deal with these things much better.

"Yeah... she asked me to take her to the acting audition, I helped her with a scene and they invited me to audition for Jack the following week." I explained.

"So you really did take a pretty girl on the back of your bike..." Liv laughed, pretending to be offended.

I just shook my head at her antics and we chatted some more before I went to the garage.

What used to be a garage with just my dad's car and my motorcycle was now a garage with two cars and a motorcycle.

One of the cars was still my dad's car, the bike was still my bike, but the other car was my new toy.

The blue Honda/Acura NSX that I wanted so much... the car was beautiful...

[Visual representation on Discord.gg/NunuXD]

I bought it last weekend as soon as I received the money from MeTube.

Last month's money had been $55,000, which with the $24,000 I already had in my bank account from the shows and the TV show payment, had risen to $79,000...

That was a lot of money... I had to use $35,000 to buy the car, which brought the total down to $44,000, of which I transferred $10,000 to my father to help with the household bills, leaving me with only $34,000, which I still had to pay for some equipment for my small studio in the basement, pay my school fees, and have the car serviced at my uncle's garage, which brought the amount left in my account down to $30,000.

It was still a lot of money... I didn't even know how to spend that much money in a single month, so I used my idea to start investing.

My knowledge of investing was very low, so I had to focus on a small investment without too much risk, so that while I was learning about it, there was no chance of me losing money.

My way out was to invest in real estate funds, which served as a safe choice that would earn me about 1% a month, which for an investment of $15,000 meant I would make $150 a month, which was not much? Yes, but it was the beginning of an investment portfolio for me, something that I would slowly grow to the point where it would become another major source of income for me.

That left me with just $15,000 in my bank account, which I treated as a fund for fun or an emergency reserve in case something happened and we needed urgent cash without having to ask anyone.

The car was still stock, with no drastic aesthetic changes and no engine or performance modifications that I knew I would want to change over time, so some of the money left in my account would eventually be spent on parts to customize the NSX...

Of course, the more money I had left in my bank account each month, the more money I would have to invest, not to mention that I also started researching investments to try to find more profitable ways to invest and get more than just a 1% return on my investment each month.

I just had to not rush into it and give myself enough time to learn about it safely.

While I was in the garage proudly looking at the car, I received a phone call from Selena with a very big surprise.

Since I had been focusing a lot on my acting career the past few weeks, it was time to focus on my singing side, which has always been my passion, and with the offer Selena had received, I was excited to get back to it.]