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The sudden rise to stardom caught Jiang Qi off guard. Although Wang Erya's rise to stardom was also sudden last time, he was somewhat prepared when the video went viral.

Old John was still far behind on his progress yesterday, but his star suddenly rose today. Now Jiang Qi doesn't even know where Old John is.

When Jiang Qi heard the game prompt, his first reaction was to find Old John, his second reaction was where Old John was, and his third reaction was to ask Feng Guihua where Old John was.

"Grandma Feng, do you know where Teacher John is? Did he come to the braised food restaurant for lunch today?" Jiang Qi stepped forward and grabbed Feng Guihua's hand and asked.

"Ah?" Feng Guihua was confused by this sudden question.

"He has just been promoted to three stars. The last time he was promoted to three stars, the three-star selection lasted for nearly 20 minutes. During the entire selection period, she was in a state of idleness. If Teacher John is opening the book now, it will be in trouble if the players see it."

Jiang Qi emphasized that Feng Guihua remembered: "Come for dinner. I remember Xinghua girl said that Xiao Huang didn't make lunch today. There was a part-time girl who seemed to have asked him to change the book. He should be in the old shop in the alley now. inside."

After hearing this, Jiang Qi ran towards the old store.

Feng Guihua stood there and thought for a while, then took small steps and ran towards the old store, as enthusiastic as if she was rushing to the next village to watch others quarrel.

Although she is not very familiar with Old John now (Old John talks less), Feng Guihua feels that she cannot miss it because there is such a lively event as being promoted to three stars.

Feng Guihua not only ran over by herself, but also took out her mobile phone and sent a message to Wang Xinghua and others to tell them that Old John had been promoted to three stars, so that everyone could come and watch.

When Jiang Qi ran into the old store, Old John was sitting on the sofa and dozing off.

Of course, it just looks like a nap.

His head was hanging down, his eyes were closed, and his head was supported by his hands in a posture similar to that of a student sleeping in class. There was also an open character book under his elbow. It looked like he was too sleepy after reading half of the book. Keep this position and squint for a while.

From the current point of view, this gesture is very confusing. At least he successfully confused Wang Erya who was making milk tea.

Wang Erya was at the bar. When he turned around, he could see Old John and didn't notice anything wrong.

"Boss, what's the matter? Are you in a rush for the milk tea orders at the new store? I have two cups left and they'll be ready. I'll send them over when they're done." Wang Erya saw Jiang Qi in a hurry. He rushed in and asked.

"No." Jiang Qi shook his head, "Old John has been promoted to three stars."

Wang Erya was so surprised that she opened her mouth slightly, and immediately turned to look at Old John on the sofa. She found that he looked normal, and couldn't help but sigh: "Teacher John is so smart, he still knows how to pretend to be asleep even after he has been promoted to three stars."

"It will probably take a while before Samsung chooses. Let's just wait here." Jiang Qi said, walking to the bar and sitting down.

As soon as she finished speaking, Feng Guihua walked into the store.

"Boss, I have already given it to Xiao Huang. Xinghua girl has two...it turns out that Erya is here." Feng Guihua's attention was instantly attracted by the snow cup in Wang Erya's hand, "Erya, you Can you teach me how to make milk tea? I haven’t really touched this thing before."

"Okay." Wang Erya smiled and nodded, "Making milk tea is very simple. Grandma Feng, your cooking is so delicious. I can definitely learn how to make milk tea in no time."

Feng Guihua walked into the bar and washed her hands. While waiting for Old John to make a three-star selection, she learned to make milk tea.

Taking advantage of this time, Jiang Qi could calm down and think about why Old John suddenly rose to stardom.

Jiang Qi first clicked on Old John's live broadcast recording and found that the number of clicks had not skyrocketed. Obviously, it was not because the recording became popular that the traffic skyrocketed and the number of stars increased.

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Qi searched for videos related to advanced mathematics teaching on several video apps. The popular videos had nothing to do with Old John. Obviously, they did not suddenly become popular because some marketing accounts were idle and bored.

Why?

Jiang Qi scratched his head in confusion. Why did so many people suddenly contribute reputation points to Old John during the Chinese New Year? Old John had no special achievements on the Internet other than giving live broadcasts and teaching advanced math courses. Although his textbook has basically been compiled and is currently undergoing final proofreading, it has not been published yet.

There is no way a hacker could have hacked into the computer Jiang Qi bought for Old John and taken the textbooks and posted them online for the benefit of postgraduate candidates.

Wait, take the postgraduate entrance exam!

Jiang Qi suddenly realized something.

Jiang Qi decisively clicked on QQ, which he had not clicked for nearly a month, and waited for a few minutes for updates and data to be loaded.

The group chat at the top is surprisingly Old John's fan support group. There are not many people in the group, more than 400 people. They all got up at six o'clock every day to follow the live broadcast and learn advanced mathematics.

After Old John talked about all the advanced math and work numbers, Jiang Qi didn't pay much attention to this support group. Although the anchor has stopped broadcasting, the postgraduate entrance examination candidates in the group still chat with each other every day to share postgraduate entrance examination materials, notes, news, progress, and encourage each other, turning this group into a postgraduate entrance examination mutual aid group.

But today, the news in the group was flowing very fast.

Jiang Qi clicked into the group chat and saw a scene of joy in the group.

Teacher John is my god: I have crossed the line! ! ! My high math score is 117! ! ! Thank you Teacher John! ! !

Teacher John yyds: I’ve crossed the line. I’ve crossed the line. Thank you, Teacher John, for saving my life! ! ! ! !

An ordinary graduate student: [Crying] I only scored 37 points in the English test and failed to pass the test, but I only scored 111 in advanced math. I am too bad. I’m sorry for Teacher John’s online class.

Wuhu ashore: touch

May Teacher John bless all the believers who come ashore: Hey, we saved three o'clock to get the results...

Fried chicken is so delicious: same

Please come ashore: We will save the day after tomorrow and suffer QAQ

…

All the chat in the group is about postgraduate entrance examination results.

"How is Brother John? Has he remembered everything? Is he still there? He won't be gone, right? Brother John..." Huang Fugui rushed in and saw old John sitting on the sofa. rest assured.

"He is still making a three-star selection." Jiang Qi explained.

"Oh, Uncle Huang, why are you running so fast? I almost flew and couldn't catch up with you. Don't worry, Teacher John will definitely not choose to go back. What will he do if he goes back and reincarnates?" Huang Fugui walked into the store, Wang Xinghua said The back foot floated up, and the person floated in. Not to mention he also grabbed a bag of melon seeds in his hand.

"Boss, do you want to eat melon seeds? I bought them at a convenience store last night. I made a mistake and bought the original flavor. It's not as delicious as the caramel flavor." Wang Xinghua handed the melon seeds to Jiang Qi, and Jiang Qi grabbed a handful.

"By the way, why did brother John suddenly become a star?" Huang Fugui felt relieved when he saw that old John was still here, sat down and asked.

"It should be because some provinces released their postgraduate entrance examination results today." Jiang Qidao, seeing several people looking at him with confused expressions, quickly explained, "You should know that the audience of Teacher John's online live broadcast before was mainly people who took the postgraduate entrance examination. Bar?"

Huang Fugui, Wang Erya and Wang Xinghua all nodded. Only Feng Guihua was still a little confused and began to reflect on whether she didn't know her colleagues well enough in the past few days.

"The results of the postgraduate entrance examination are usually announced at this time. The time for announcing the results of each province is different, but they are very close. There is only a few days difference at most. Last year, my postgraduate entrance examination results were announced on the Lantern Festival, so I always feel that the postgraduate entrance examination results are announced at this time. The scores should be announced around the Lantern Festival, but I didn’t expect it to be possible during this period, so I didn’t pay attention.”

"I just took a look at Mr. John's fan group. Most of the people who sent messages passed the line. The few who didn't passed the line also failed in other subjects. The high scores are generally quite high."

"This shows that Teacher John's live teaching is very useful, at least for these loyal viewers. For them, Teacher John has contributed a lot to their ability to pass the postgraduate mathematics entrance examination and get good grades. Today I checked the scores and found that Not only is it a high score for crossing the line, but the first reaction is of course that Teacher John has contributed to it, and the reputation value of being extremely loved, respected and recognized is very normal."

"I have doubted before that one person can contribute three kinds of reputation points at the same time. I have contributed respect before and now I will contribute extreme love. Teacher John is not too far behind, so it is reasonable to reach the maximum at once. "

Huang Fugui nodded in sudden realization, and Wang Xinghua was thoughtful.

"It turns out that Mr. John is so good at teaching, should I ask him for advice on how to teach physics and mathematics? Erya's progress in mathematics and physics is too slow compared to English." Wang Xinghua murmured.

Jiang Qi:......

Shouldn't a normal person's first reaction be to ask Old John to teach Wang Erya mathematics and physics?

"Is Xiao Yue really a teacher?" Feng Guihua was a little confused. "What did he teach? Mathematics? Is their British mathematics the same as ours? I have always heard that foreigners are special in mathematics. Difference."

Wang Erya quickly explained Old John's situation to Feng Guihua, so that she could understand when Old John recalled all his memories and told everyone.

Speaking of which, Old John is probably the one with the most memory loss among everyone.

Although Feng Guihua is only one star, she at least has a flashback in "New Year's Eve Dinner". Therefore, Feng Guihua not only remembers the moments between herself and her relatives, but also has memories of what she did before and what the situation at home was like. , her fragmented memories can at least be connected together.

I don't think about Old John, it's also a fragmented memory, but it can't be put together at all. It's too fragmented. Even now, no one knows how Old John went from being a top student from a wealthy family to what he was like later.

Everyone gathered around the bar and waited quietly for Old John to make his three-star selection.

The strange thing is that the time it took for Old John to choose this time was longer than the time Wang Erya chose last time.

Logically speaking, with Wang Erya at the front, Old John roughly knows the Samsung selection process, so the speed should be faster. But everyone was waiting at the bar. Wang Xinghua would float upstairs from time to time to see if anyone came downstairs. Wang Erya had already made milk tea and sent it to the new store, and Old John hadn't finished choosing yet.

"No, Brother John probably thinks that the working hours are too long, and he doesn't want to stay here and wants to go back directly?" Huang Fugui was a little panicked, "I remember Brother John told me before, what law says about working a week? The duration cannot exceed a certain number of hours.”

Jiang Qi:......

"...No...that's not the case, right?" Jiang Qi felt a little guilty inexplicably, "I have bought all the medical and social security for regular employees, and signed the labor contract. I also bought Erya's medical insurance. I will wait until you have a household registration. We will also buy them together. Although the working hours are a bit longer, it can still be considered a regular company, right?"

Just when Jiang Qi started to reflect on himself, Old John moved.

As if he had just woken up, he slowly opened his eyes, sat upright calmly, closed the book, looked at the people at the bar, and said expressionlessly: "I have three stars."

Huang Fugui rushed forward excitedly and gave Old John a hug.

"Great, Brother John, I knew you would stay!"

Old John who was suddenly hugged:...

When did he give everyone the illusion that Huang Fugui thought he might leave, and he would die if he went back.

"Teacher John, do you remember what happened before?" Wang Erya trotted up to Old John and asked expectantly.

Old John nodded and began to tell his story under everyone's expectant eyes.

Compared with the story of Old John's son Little John in "Mask Club", Old John's story is actually more dramatic and more scripted.

Old John was a nobleman.

He was not an aristocrat from Country Y, but a nobleman from a small country in the Middle East that was rich in oil resources.

The culture of the world that Old John belongs to is very diverse, to some extent even more diverse than the world that Wang Xinghua belongs to.

His original country was a feudal monarchy + slavery, and the country he lived in later was a capitalist country. And the world he belongs to also has pure slavery, pure feudal monarchy, chaotic warlord rule, semi-colonial and semi-feudal, pure colonial and socialist countries.

In such a chaotic world, Old John, as a nobleman of a small and wealthy country, could be said to be a master by birth.

Old John's aristocratic life lasted until he was 20 years old.

"Because I have an extraordinary talent for science and engineering since I was a child, my learning progress has always far exceeded the teaching content of the school. So after I finished elementary school, I stayed at home and was taught by a special tutor. When I was 16 , I went to study in country Y on the advice of my tutor and learned about bridge construction."

"In order to make my study abroad life enjoyable, my father bought a property for me in country Y, rented a bank safe and stored a large amount of cash, checks, jewelry and gold bricks in it so that I could access it at any time."

Jiang Qi:? ? ?

He really doesn’t understand the life of your rich nobles very well, so is it just a matter of studying abroad?

Perhaps seeing Jiang Qi's expression, Old John continued: "Actually, I was surprised that my father stored so many belongings in the safe at that time, but since those belongings were not very large for my family, I I didn’t ask any more questions.”

"Due to my heavy academic workload, I have not been back to China since the year before graduation. My father was very active in this matter. Not only did he not urge me to find a time to return to China like my mother did, but he also asked me to go back to China. I stayed in Country Y to complete my studies with peace of mind. At the time, I just thought he was abnormal but didn't ask any more questions. It wasn't until the news came that he was beheaded by the new king that I understood the reason."

"My father and my uncle were on the wrong side of politics. He may have anticipated his fate before sending me abroad. My father, mother and my uncle were executed for treason, and my sister was caught on the way to escape. A death sentence is imminent.”

"A wanted order was issued for me in China, but for various reasons it was impossible to carry out a cross-border pursuit. At that time, I tried all possible methods to rescue my sister in country y but failed. Just when I was desperate, I received a message from the Mask Club invitation letter.”

"Actually, I have heard of the Mask Club a long time ago. Most of the people associated with this club are dead or crazy. There are only a handful of people who have become famous but have kept silent about this club. I know this club. Somewhat divinely inspired me, I attended the party at the time and place specified in the invitation.”

"You exchanged your sister's life?" Jiang Qi asked.

Old John nodded: "Life is the most expensive commodity in the club, and the second most expensive commodity after life is freedom. The irony is that the most expensive items in the club are life and freedom, but it does not accept these two things."

"It doesn't like to let traders die too quickly. It likes to see them suffer, see them struggle, and see them despair."

"When I was trading, I thought the most valuable things in me were my mind and the property my father left me. But the clubs didn't value these things. The cheapest thing to trade was money, and they didn't care about my mind either. interest."

"Then what did they take?" Wang Xinghua asked.

Old John lowered his eyes: "A lot."

"Family, friendship, love, career, opportunity, luck, the right to enjoy life, surname and everything else that doesn't matter."

"After the transaction was completed, my sister was acquitted and released, but she had to be expelled from the country. At that time, I did not believe in evil. I did not believe that the club could take away all those intangible things."

"I tried to contact my sister, but she seemed to have forgotten me and there was no response to the letters I wrote."

"I tried to interview with companies, but I never got a response from my resume. I went to interview for jobs with lower salaries, but I was rejected for various reasons."

"The contents of the safe belong to me, but every time I try to go to the bank to get them, I fail. The house is mine, but I can't walk in."

"My former classmates and friends began to alienate me, so I could only do some odd jobs and immigrate to country Y as a refugee. I began to live in poverty and live like a lonely tramp. Other tramps can still have friends, But I can’t even make homeless friends.”

"Just when I was feeling hopeless about my life, my ex-wife suddenly started pursuing me."

"She was born in the slums, but she is a rare beauty in the slums. Her sudden pursuit was like a life-saving straw for me. I began to feel that if the club failed to take away my love, then other things that were traded might also be possible. Come back again.”

"Maybe I didn't love her, maybe there was never love between us, but I quickly married her to grab this life-saving straw."

"She is an extremely mentally unstable person, sometimes normal and sometimes crazy. The marriage lasted for more than four years, during which three children were born, and eventually broke up. You should all know what happened next, and it is as written in the script Same."

"I moved to a cleaning hut in a wealthy neighborhood, accepted a street sweeping job arranged by the government, and lived like that until I died."

"As for why my ex-wife suddenly pursued me crazily and married me, the reason is actually very ridiculous."

"She thought I was some weirdo rich guy."

"She must have met me before, when my parents were not dead yet. She thought I was role-playing to pretend to be poor. In addition, she was extremely mentally unstable and may have some mental illness. There was no emotion in this period. My marriage actually lasted for four full years, and she divorced me only after she was sure that I was really a poor person with nothing."

"After the divorce, I chose to move into that cleaning hut because my house was right next to that hut. The books in the house were all bought by me when I was in college. The only useful thing that the club didn't take away was my mind. , although it can no longer be used for any purpose, reading can at least become my pastime."

"My character is becoming more and more weird, withdrawn and less human. Only reading can help me find myself briefly and make me feel that I am a living person and will not collapse and commit suicide."

"Now that I think about it, I seem to have been competing with the Mask Club for the rest of my life. I know it wants me to collapse, to despair, to go crazy or to seek death, but I don't want to."

"I'm going to live next door to my own house, I'm going to live in poverty, I'm going to use my brain, I'm going to look like a human being."

Old John looked very melancholy and depressed after recalling all his memories. There was nothing he could do about it. At least those memory fragments were not that bad when I lost my memory. But now that my memory is restored, basically all I can think of are bad things.

Old John's life after the age of 20 was completely unhappiness. The most ironic thing is that he obviously owned a very considerable amount of property, but because of the transaction, he lost it. The Mask Club did not take away the money he had during the transaction, but it took away his money forever.

"Then...what's your last name, Teacher John..." Wang Xinghua was a little hesitant to speak.

"Survival, survivor." Old John said, "This can be regarded as a kind of competition. It took away my last name, and I have to give myself a new one."

Huang Fugui opened his mouth and didn't know what to say. He thought for a long time before saying: "Brother John, you are a man!"

"It's that damn thing that's really not a thing. How come there's no evil cultivator in your world to end that organization?" Huang Fugui said angrily, "It's such a harmful thing. If you want to trade, trade, trade with your life." Just accept your fate. To torture people is really not a good thing!"

Jiang Qi:......

"Is it possible that the Mask Club itself is an evil cultivator? I think its trading model and deception methods are similar to the evil cultivators in my world. Wasn't my father deceived by the evil cultivators in this way and then died? ?" Wang Xinghua analyzed calmly.

Jiang Qi \u0026 Old John:......

Old John suddenly felt that he should read a few books to calm down.

"By the way, Brother John, have you given anything to the boss?" Huang Fugui asked.

"Give it away." Old John said, "I don't have much, the most is money."

Jiang Qi:!

Is he going to get rich?

He wants to make a fortune and get to the top of his life by giving gifts to his employees? !

"But the voice told me that because the world is different, my real estate cannot be given away directly, and most of the money cannot be given away directly. It made a long list for me, saying that it could be given away with the same value as my property. There were too many items and the list was too long. After listening to it for more than ten minutes, I really lost the patience, so I just sent the most expensive one."

Jiang Qi:! ! !

Old John, you are my god!

"I actually don't know exactly what you are sending."

At this moment, Xiaoka's message came over.

Card Game Studio - Customer Service Card: Congratulations to Qinqin for upgrading [Character Card: John Survival] to three stars. Since we have already explained several features of Samsung cards to Qinqin last time, we will not repeat them again this time. .

Card Game Studio-Customer Service Card: Players will receive a real-life gift from Samsung Card [Character Card: John Survival]. The gift will be delivered within 7 days. Please pay attention to strange phone calls~

Card Game Studio-Customer Service Card: Dear Jiang Qi player, the identity certificate and household registration certificate related to your Samsung card [Character Card: John Survival] have been sent, and we will deliver it within 24 hours. Please note that Sign for receipt, specific character information can be viewed in the card details.

Jiang Qi:......

What you said is the same as what you didn't say.

Old John didn't know what he gave, and Xiaoka didn't say what Old John gave. After working on it for a long time, he now only knew that Old John had sent something particularly valuable, but he didn't know what it was specifically.

It’s really exciting!