Mastering the Sword Manual, sweeping across the globe

After finishing this, Hans went to sleep.

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The next morning, just after seven o'clock.

Hans walked into the workshop, munching on a piece of bread; the coffee machine was still preheating.

He casually refreshed the backend, and then stopped biting into his bread.

The last video I posted yesterday had 15 views.

Compared to exceptionally skilled accounts, this is nothing—even compared to average skilled accounts, this number doesn't even qualify as entry-level popularity.

But for a channel like "Fringe of Reality," which is barely surviving, this is its best result in half a month.

Even more outrageous is the number of comments: 371.

Hans clicked in, and the top comment immediately stopped him in his tracks—

@TruthHunter_Global: "Blogger, go check this out, it's Chinese Superman."

@Paris_Cafe_Simone: "And another one, the wedding officiant."

@Moscow_Volkov: "Rhythmic gymnastics, score 10000 points."

@Berlin_Basti_Official Certification (Engineer): "The Emperor's Strange Flight."

@Tokyo_Yuki_Official: "At the top of the city".

Hans copied the keywords and searched.

Three seconds later, his coffee had completely gone cold in his hand.

……

"The Wedding Officiant Gives Way to the Wedding Caravan," "30-Meter Transparent Flying in Ultra-Low Altitude," "Permanent Record of a Single-Arm Giant Swing," "At the Top of the City"...

As I watched them one by one, each video had at least 20 views!

Hans downed his coffee in one gulp and then started watching more videos.

Ten minutes later, Hans keenly spotted a business opportunity.

So far, no one has tried to make a compilation of Parkour Superman—or rather, no high-quality account has made a compilation of Parkour Superman yet!

Hans is finally able to reap the benefits of the narrow track!

So, another half hour later.

The Parkour Heroes compilation is now available! It's followed by a dense array of tags: "Chinese Superman," "Wedding Man," "Rooftop Walker," "Wingless Bird," "Flasher," "High-Altitude Dancer," "Rooftop Ballet King"...

Yes, this approach is low-class, but so what?

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Hans has already blatantly violated copyright law, so why would he care about such a trivial matter?!

—In any case, so far, no film or television company, distribution company, agency, actor, etc. has claimed that this is a preview of their own film clip.

—Since you like creating suspense and hype, then don't try to use it to help me gain more fans…

If it's not a movie or TV show, that would be even better!

In the video, that guy—whether he's a magician, a parkour master, or a video technology expert—is undeniably incredibly skilled, whatever his specific area of ​​expertise. But when it comes to patents, image, commercialization, risks, copyright, law, wrangling, and shirking responsibility—those shameless areas…

Hehehe...

By the way, this guy is most likely a citizen of Da Yang.

Hey Hey……

If you're so capable, come to Germany and sue me!

72. Great, more updates please!

The compilation is complete and will be uploaded immediately.

Hans watched the upload progress bar jump from 0% to 100%, his fingers typing the title on the keyboard:

【Runman.Chronicles | Parkour Hero: The Ghost on the City Top】

For the cover, he chose the most impactful frame—the one where he leaps from the rooftop of one residential building to another, just in time to be in the same frame as a flock of startled pigeons taking flight.

The human figure is blurry, but its posture is as graceful as an eagle's.

The flock of pigeons burst open in front of the camera, their wings edged in the afternoon sunlight.

Hans knew what kind of cover was most appealing: not gore, not violence, but a beauty that transcended reality.

Three hours later, the data started to move.

Views: 23000 → 87000 → 21 → 58.

There's no need to hesitate any longer.

Hans immediately started making phone calls.

The first one is Matthias, who is pursuing a master's degree in information engineering at the Technical University of Berlin, specializing in data mining and public opinion analysis. He earns a living by doing web scraping for a few small companies.

"Matthias, I've got a big job. Help me track a person's activities—or rather, track a 'phenomenon.' I need to know roughly which city he's active in, and if there are any trending topics in that city that match his activity level."

Matthias yawned lazily on the other end of the phone: "Your UFOs again?"

"More interesting than UFOs."

"Okay, send me the link."

The second call was to Luca.

Luca was his college roommate, who studied comparative literature. After graduation, he couldn't find a proper job, but he had an unusual skill—he could simultaneously track social media trends in seven languages, from Arabic tweets to anonymous posts on Japanese forums, with a typing speed as fast as playing the piano.

"Luca, keep an eye on all discussions related to 'Runner' for me. English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Russian, Japanese... and Chinese too. Even though your Chinese isn't great, you can use a translation tool to filter them first and mark the valuable ones."

Luca yelled from the other end, "Brother, did you win the lottery? You can afford to treat me?"

"We'll take a cut based on clicks, you won't lose out."

"make a deal."

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That's why there aren't any decent accounts doing this kind of content.

In most fields of this world, once you reach a certain level, you still need the support of professional skills.

—This excludes items related to luck extraction.

Matthias's side has already achieved results.

He ran a simple spatiotemporal clustering model using edge data from several public social media APIs and short video platforms.

The result is quite interesting:

Over the past week, all videos labeled "suspected parkour hero" were filmed in locations concentrated around three coordinates: Y City, Ji'an City, and Yingtian City.

To be more precise, Y City is the core of daily activities, while Yingtian City and Ji'an City were the result of a "nighttime raid" a few days ago.

Matthias also caught a batch of newly uploaded videos that hadn't yet been tagged by the platform.

Four of them are clips of high-speed rail races.

The filming took place between 3 a.m. and 6 a.m., along a railway line, with a witness every few dozen kilometers.

Matthias said on the phone, "Hans, this guy isn't running, he's commuting. He's conservatively estimated to be going over 200 kilometers per hour, and he can maintain that speed for at least two hours."

Hans remained silent for five seconds.

"Add these high-speed rail videos to make a second-phase compilation."

The effect was very strong after the collection was further expanded in scale.

The second compilation garnered over 180 million views within six hours of its release.

The tone of the comments section has started to shift.

Previously, it was all about "parkour master", "amazing special effects", and "requesting tutorials".

There are now many more comments like this:

"Don't you find it strange? If it's special effects, why are there so many videos of passersby from different angles? And the lighting, time, and weather in each one match up perfectly."

"I'm a video editor. If this were special effects, the production cost would be tens of millions. Who would spend tens of millions just to go viral online for three days?"

"Is it possible that this is a viral marketing campaign for a new movie?"

"Which film company is so stupid as to rely entirely on candid photos taken by passersby for publicity?"

At that moment, Hans received a compressed file from Luca.

Inside is the third batch of materials.

First batch: Push the head of the inconsiderate driver into the water.

The second batch: middle-aged women who own dogs without leashes will be locked up on the roadside like dogs.

The third batch: The scrap yard owner, who made noise early in the morning, had his ears shaken until they bled.

After Hans finished reading, he dragged the progress bar back and read it again.

Upload.

The comment section exploded quickly:

"Das ist Robin Hood." (This is a Batman-themed story.)

“Ein Richter, der die Ungerechtigkeit bestraft.” (A judge who punishes the unjust)

"Ich liebe diesen Typen." (I love this guy, when is the movie coming out?)

Data has grown at an extremely high speed.

Soon, discordant comments emerged: "China would never make a film on this subject."

Someone immediately replied, "Then why is the background China?"

Instant reply: "Because there aren't this many tall buildings anywhere else besides China?"

He pressed further: "How did you know? You're Chinese? China is so wonderful, why did you leave?"

...After a few seconds, he replied: "None of your business!"

Someone else replied, "Can't we film it anywhere else? We can film it in Bangkok, Dubai, or New York. Why does it have to be in China?"

After a silence of more than ten minutes, he finally managed to utter, "If you don't even want the Chinese market anymore, why are you making films with a Chinese background?"

The comment section fell silent for a moment.

Then someone typed a line of text:

"Damn, you mean: this is very likely true?"

Before this, most people were just watching for fun.

I see a video, give it a like, leave a comment saying "awesome," and then swipe away.

Nobody really believes that anyone in this world can outrun a high-speed train or fly between buildings like a bird.

But when a phenomenal compilation of videos, spanning several days and featuring dozens of different filmmakers, is presented before us, and no film company claims it, no special effects team boasts about it, and no official body refutes it—

The seeds of doubt began to sprout in the hearts of many.

Because this is a character that almost every ordinary person would like!

Helping the weak and punishing the strong is the most cherished sentiment among ordinary people all over the world.

You may not like a certain country, but wouldn't you hate an elderly person cutting in line, a driver who splashes you with dirty water while speeding, a neighbor who keeps their dog off-leash and scares people, or a businessman who makes noise early in the morning?

Of course you hate it!

You'll only hate yourself for not being able to shut them up.

And this person is doing what you can't do.

"Robin des villes" (City Robin Hood, French)

"Robin Hood de las calles" (Robin Hood of the Streets, Spanish)

“Робин Гуд из трущоб” (Slum Robin Hood, Russian)

"街のロビン・フッド" (Robin Hood of the Streets, Japanese)