Whilst Ukan was on his secret side mission,
Bob had also learned a lot regarding the Art of Bizz.
It was no exaggeration to say that this material was life changing stuff.
If one were skilled at business, it was likely that they would never go hungry in their lives…!
As he read, meditated on and absorbed the new material from the manual, Bob now also gained a new Stat: the Affluential Index, which was based on his proficiency in the Art of Bizz!!!
This Affluential Index, otherwise known as Art of Bizz Index to make things simple, was an indicator and measure of Bob's ability to generate wealth, resources and influence.
Currently Bob's stats were as follows:
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Bob
Main Avatars: Valentine Richést, Darken Mysterius, Leon Artisté, Rafederokovic Phelps-Bolt-Ronaldo-Messi
Rizz Index: 179 000 000 000
Touch Index: 3 789 000 000
*NEW!* Bizz Index: 95 000 000 000
Subconscious Index: 754 000 000
Strength: 5 642 000 000
Intelligence: 7 987 000 000
Positive Intention Lv 234
Results Oriented Focus Lv 264
Respect and Morals Lv 256
Imagination Lv 273
Empathy Lv 274
First Principles Thinking Lv 245
Resilience Lv 294
Adaptability Lv 233
Objective Data Measurement Lv 231
Objective Analysis and Evaluation Lv 237
Proactivity Lv 247
Systems Understanding and Creation Lv 234
*Abilities*
[Zone State] Lv 74
[Automatic Response] Lv 86
[Flawless Perception, Flawless Judgement] Lv 92
[Expanded Awareness] Lv 96
[Flow State] Lv 77
*NEW!* [Plot Armor] Lv 7 Higher levels increase Bob's ability to increasingly do things that would maximize reader enjoyment, regardless of actual feasibility…
Actual Results: 4 stars (You've made some progress at last! But don't get *too* happy yet… No one said the stars maxed out at five…)
Magic Treasure Augmentation: (Black clothes) Rizz Index increased by 34%.
[Gift of the Goddess]: +15% to all stats. +25% bonus to Imagination, Empathy and Respect and Morals.
Genetic Quality: A+++++++++ (274 000 000 XP to next level unlock)
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*Of course, as the esteemed readers, we also get to read along as Bob opens the fabled folio…!!!!!*
Excerpt from the "Art of Bizz" Manual, Part 1
Welcome… Be it Rizzmaster, Ice Queen, or otherwise… If you are reading this, there is no question that you have exceptional taste, are extremely good looking, - and *here the immaculate handwriting changes into a scrawl that seems to have been hastily added in *
-love to give the wonderful excellent handsome and shameless author power stones and or comments so he can could continue to receive motivation to create premium quality! Also so he could upgrade his water quality so his instant noodles and tea would have a better tast-
Yeah ok… Whatever. Bob skipped over that part and kept going, whilst backstage in his cardboard box, author ground his teeth…
but it wasn't Bob's fault, since as Bob was in a way his creation come alive through the power of fiction, he had learned the Dao of Shamelessness off the creator himself, so shouldn't author actually be happy that Bob had learned this trait so well?!
Hmm… actually when you put it like that… then Bob was actually doing pretty good!
Fair enough! But still… one way or another… he glanced at the outline on his desk… he knew it was only a matter of time… before he would become the King of Powerstones…!!!
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*Going Back to the good stuff in the Art of Bizz Manual*
As we were saying… There are many misconceptions regarding the Art of Bizz, myths that would shroud many a less-well-informed person from the truth.
But obviously, not you!!! You who are *chosen*. There is no coincidence, for if you have read this far, it screams that you have immaculate intellect and transcendent taste!!!
This book accordingly aims to reward you with premium knowledge, knowledge that just might change your life…
One of the crucial lessons that the "Art of Bizz" Manual made clear was something called the "A-B Principle".
This could be, like all great laws and principles, applied to many things, but it was especially applicable in the world of business.
The A-B principle essentially suggested that all people have a current situation, "A", and an ideal situation they wanted to get to, labeled "B".
If one wanted to become truly great at the "Art of Bizz", then they needed to position themselves as the connector, the enabler, someone or something that allowed people to go from their "A" or their "current situation" to "B" their "ideal situation".
Depending on how badly they wanted or needed to reach "B", then this was where value would be created.
Imagine a very sick person. Being very sick would be their A. Maybe they only have a short time to live. B could be becoming healthy. As a result, one skilled in the "Art of Bizz" might provide them say with a magic pill that enabled them to become healthy once taken.
The exceptional Bizzmaster would barely need to even advertise. All that was needed was to let the sick person know of his magic pill or ability to heal them, and that was where the value (oftentimes money, but not always) was!
With his extremely high intelligence stat, Bob could see that the A-B Principle also applied to some degree to other areas of life as well, like relationships.
Obviously, it wasn't so black and white and so crudely expressed, but at the end of the day, many relationships were, to a degree, a kind of expression of this principle, where people entered into one by assessing, consciously or unconsciously, how much value was being provided…
Of course, unconditional love was a genuine thing, but it just illustrated the point that things such as friendship, kindness, trust, understanding, inspiration, all these unquantifiables could also be viewed as a kind of value, and not just money!
And a true Rizzmaster was someone who aspired to master and improve their abilities and understanding, not only in social interactions, the Art of Rizz, the Art of Touch… but also the Art of Bizz, which as we could see, was more than just being 'good at business' but yet another tool and way of seeing the world!!!
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After his dedicated continuous training, and in particular, receiving the "Art of Bizz" Manual, Bob had leveled up on his path towards Grand Rizzmastery yet again!!!
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(But the question remained as a critical plot event approached… would it be enough?!?!)