Armed with more trusty plot armor material, it was now time for Bob to begin preparing - indeed, tilling the soil, planting and growing - the Valentine Richést persona, so that he could hopefully harvest an exponential genetic yield as part of his future Genetic and Aura Farming plans.
The first step was to actually be legit. Whilst he had achieved a semblance of this in Chapter 1, Bob had now become even more legit. He was now on the verge of achieving a significant breakthrough in genetic quality, and alongside his ongoing and continually refined research in Epigenetics - as well as his triple degree study of multiple relevant topics in Science, Technology, Humanity, Business and the Arts - he knew that it was about time that he developed his plans to further his genetic legacy on a larger scale - and help people as usual in the process (for a fee).
Secondly, he now had to create the legend, and bring Valentine Richést to life. Like a virtual larger-than-life hologram made real, Bob decided it would probably be a good start by making him the face of his Become-A-Hero company. Being a fairly good looking guy thanks to his intense Epigenetic training, and to preserve integrity for potential future clients, Bob basically made Valentine a doppelgänger for himself, but just gave him a new name, different haircut and fashion sense, which was close enough, I mean this pretty much made him a different person he figured.
Hardly anyone knew Bob relatively speaking, and besides, aside from a few rare instances when he would now randomly get compliments from people on the street for looking similar to a celebrity, it wasn't a big deal. And besides, who actually seriously looked at guys anyway?!
As a result, Valentine was featured in a video that explained the principles of Becoming-A-Hero and 'The Art of Rizz ' which was heavily promoted, and eventually going viral, leading to both the Become-A-Hero Company and Valentine Richést becoming more and more well known.
[Excerpt from Valentine's viral video]
"✨~~~Helloooo lovelies and legends~~~ ✨" *Valentine, radiating rizz powered by Bob's 9800000000*5 Rizz Stat, dances onto the speakers stage, immediately melting innumerable hearts into melted puddles of Anti-Rizz, and making Normal Normans immediately give up on life having witnessed this gold standard of Rizzified manliness.
You may be wondering where is the rest of the video, and you, esteemed reader, would be very astute, beautiful, charming, intelligent and *correct* in realising the truth - that it was of course not that the author couldn't be bothered to write it, but in fact, that it actually didn't really matter what he said, since Valentine Richést was friggin, smoking, flaming 🔥 🥵 *hot!!!* 🥵🔥 And as we all know, that was basically enough.
In the video, Valentine skilfully and eloquently promoted "Become-A-Hero Co.", which would aim to preserve the future and diversity of the Human race by providing the opportunity for people to opt in to a special project - provided they had met the requirements - which would be dedicated to Epigenetic and Genetic Improvement for the future of Mankind - The "Future of Humanity" Project.
Rumours were circulated, via Bluedit, social media networks, and after some Googlé SEO, AI drip feeding, and most importantly, several skilled entries on the Rick(y)-(roll)-pedia and Urbané D***-tionarié pages which basically cemented Valentine's status as a Rising Star of 'Rizz, the legend of Valentine Richést was born!!!
[Excerpt from select 'reliable' online articles]
"...originally trash, born at F- quality, Valentine Richést, after becoming enlightened unto the ways of Rizz, hacked his way out of the Jungle Slums armed with just his Rizz and a plastic butter knife, and became a [literally, Bob noted as he personally typed the article] 'self-made' man who made his way up through the pits of Peters, levels of Leroys, acclimatising and ascending through the Adams, exceeding the Erics, and finally rising to the level of Consummate Chad, through sheer grit, spit, and of course a touch of elbow grease. He has single-handedly mastered the secrets of what he credits for his Success, a mysterious mantra known as "The Art of Rizz", and intends to share his blessings with the World, via the Future of Humanity Project..."
One of the things that should inspire everyone with hope is the fact that, regardless of the reality, on the whole, People do not really care about the details as much as we might think about anything, unless it was known how it might affect them, be it directly or indirectly. Moreover, perception was often a fluid construct, owing to most people's poor long term memory retention.
The fact was, if you did something great, or even if you didn't, for most people, life would still go on. After a time, without constant reminder, people would not care about the past. They would not even care about you - not because they didn't want to, or have the capacity to, but simply because they got too busy with other life stuff and basically forgot about it!
Instead, humans were wired to only care about the things directly in front of them, like eating, sleeping, or any relevant results that you could currently provide them depending on their goals, and how beneficial this result would be to achieving them - in short, frankly, how much real-world value you could provide, because in the end, everyone is just trying to make the most of limited time and life, and the act of living, although a blessing, is already not easy.
At this point, Bob, via the Valentine Richést persona, could now start to reach out - and indeed, people also increasingly reached out to him - regarding the future of their Genetic Legacy and the Future of Humanity, and Bob had begun to build a large waiting list, hype, and connections regarding the release of the Future of Humanity project, which would be floated to the public in short order, pending on tweaking the finer details - such as the technological, moral, and capital components - and as soon as he could breakthrough to the A++++++ grade!!!!
Valentine Richést represented hope, a shot at immortality, that went deep to the core of humanity's greatest desire - to Live and To Matter.
Accordingly, Bob knew that in order to achieve his goals, in particular, the third prong of his genetic plans, "Spray and Slay", success was not a zero-sum game - he had to, and wanted to, make win-wins for everyone.
As Valentine, Bob quickly acquired investment via wealthy billionaires who wanted in, since even though they had lots of money, they often didn't have much of other stuff they wanted, which Valentine offered.
People appear to grow up, but it is rare for their fundamental essence to change. It is merely that the goals are adjusted depending on their life situation - the toy cars would be replaced with Ferrari's, the doll houses for real estate - but in the end, the underlying humanity driving change remained the same.
Via countless years honing the Become-A-Hero Co, Bob had utilized this knowledge of meeting wants and needs with exceptional results, and just as the peanut butter sandwiches were exchanged for lunch money through the power of his Rizz, soon Bob had exchanged his originally mediocre situation for real capital leverage.
Utilizing the unique knowledge that he gained from his Epigenetic research and which had been continually researched and refined, he could offer the greatest chance for people - particularly those who had everything except more life and meaning - both of these things, he could offer them the chance to attain genetic immortality.
Of course, Bob as always was not a scammer.
Via Valentine, he was transparent with the situation, and explained that process would take time, and that there were no guarantees, only an increased chance of success. That said, it would surely be making a difference, as an investment for Humanity's Future.
Accordingly, by the time Bob had completed his triple degree, his future sperm bank was just about ready to open its doors, and Bob, thanks to the rapid, rizz-powered rise of his larger-than-life alter ego Valentine Richést, was now rolling in equity!!!