Chapter 101
Chapter 101
During the preliminaries, they replaced Carmen’s submission with Aubree’s work. Since she had the scores to back her up, when Aubree ghostpainted for her in the finals, no one suspected a thing.
Since Carmen stole her achievements in her previous life, and now this evidence had fallen right into her hands, Aubree would be wasting a heaven-sent opportunity if she didn’t use it.
Aubree’s expression turned steely as she rummaged through her memory for a contact, the vice president the two had just mentioned, Stan Frazier.
Stan lived and breathed art, remaining a lifelong bachelor.
In her previous life, he was the only one who questioned Carmen’s results. But lacking concrete evidence, he could only postpone her award for as long as he possibly could.
Aubree faintly recalled how, in her previous life, the spirited, white-haired Stan had come to Rithol High School clutching the painting she had ghostpainted for Carmen. When he asked if she was the true artist, his eyes shone with such intense passion and hope.
Aubree anonymously sent the recording to Stan’s email, making sure to point out that he could check the security footage from both the restroom area and the hallway.
She wasn’t the least bit worried that Stan would just brush this off. He was a true master who treated art with absolute dedication. In her previous life, he’d managed to track her down with only the faintest clue. Now that there was both audio and video evidence, there was no way he’d let it slide.
After finishing everything, Aubree finally left the exam hall. Unnoticed by her, as she walked past a sleek black Maybach, its tinted window slid down silently, revealing Daxton’s face watching her intently.
Daxton thought with a sneer, ‘What’s Aubree doing here? Don’t tell me this trash actually came for the competition?’
Frowning, Daxton watched Aubree’s back, noticing the clear pencil case in her hand, standard exam gear. He scoffed inwardly, ‘Seriously? Did she actually come for the math competition?
‘What an embarrassing disgrace. She doesn’t even know her place.
The prelims had concluded, leaving a few days before the finalists’ list would be announced and the championship round began.
At the esports club, the head coach was overseeing operations. He had recruited a new batch of staff and signed a promising rookie at the draft event.
They would decide on the rest during the post-season transfer window.
Aubree took some time out of her busy schedule to check on Playzy’s progress. The team Turner Group sent over proved their competence, a prototype version of the app was already up and running. She would review it before they refined and pushed for further improvements.
The hardware for live streaming was already well-developed. It was just that no one had the idea yet. Honestly, getting it up and running wasn’t all that hard.
But even after the app was developed, it still needed stress and bug testing, which were both time-consuming. And right now, time was exactly what she didn’t have.
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12:39 pm
Chapter 101
To motivate her first batch of employees to put in extra hours developing Playzy, Aubree promised each a 2% equity stake once the platform launched. While this might seem like a modest share at first glance, these professionals clearly recognized Playzy’s boundless potential.
That 2% stake would set them up for life. The whole team was absolutely buzzing, working overtime like crazy.
Aubree firmly reminded the team, “We need to speed up the app development. Don’t cut corners on the subsequent testing. It would be unacceptable if the app crashes during use.
“Once Playzy is ready, I’ll have esports players and celebrity influencers do beta testing to generate buzz. After that, we’ll roll out the live streaming feature to all users.”
“Got it!” the team responded enthusiastically.
Aubree mapped out a detailed timeline for everything, with clear deadlines for each task. Now, it was a race against time.
Rubbing her temples, Aubree felt the weight of the challenge ahead. Just having esports players like Hector Ross and his team isn’t enough,’ she thought, “They can only guide the gaming side, but in my previous life, streaming platforms covered
so much more.’
She couldn’t let Playzy be pigeonholed as just another game streaming platform.
Signing established celebrities and discovering fresh talent to cultivate into stars was essential.
Different fields required different expertise, and honestly, this just wasn’t her thing. She didn’t really know much about showbiz at all.
Aubree searched her mind and locked onto a target, Peace Entertainment.
She thought, ‘Back when I was bending over backwards for Carmen in my previous life, I did some basic research on the entertainment industry. Peace Entertainment was founded by an award-winning actress and, as far as I know, it’s one of the few clean companies out there. At least if we work with them. Playzy won’t get dragged into any tabloid scandals after launch.’
