All Chapters of Rise of the Zillionaire Star
: Chapter 41
- Chapter 50
117 chapters
Chapter 41: Exposing Vale’s Empire
Jaylen's desk was full of empty coffee cups. There are stacks of documents, and the constant brightness of multiple monitors. On-screen, the footage he had pieced together was playing on a loop. It was the damning breakdown of Roman Vale’s financial empire.Zee’s synthetic voice pulsed through his headphones.“Compilation Status: 92 percent. Final rendering in progress.”Jaylen leaned back, exhaustion tugging at his shoulders. “We are about to pull the pin on a grenade, Zee.”“Correction: We are about to detonate an entire minefield.”The video was designed for a surgical strike. It was calm, calculated but lethal. It began with short visuals of Roman Vale smiling on red carpets, cutting ribbons and shaking hands. Then, it slipped into the pull of bank statements from shell companies in Gibraltar, Panama, and Malta. Fake contracts for artist development programs that funneled money into offshore accounts. High resolution screenshots of internal memos from ValeStream’s special project
Chapter 42: PR Blackout War
Jaylen was riding the high of the exposé’s impact when Zee’s sharp and urgent voice snapped in, “ALERT: Multiple allied media nodes under cyberattack.Source Probability: 96% - ValeStream Corporate Syndicate.”Jaylen’s stomach clenched.“Already?” he muttered, pacing across his loft. Outside, rain hammered the city, casting silver streaks against the tall glass windows. “We barely dropped the documentary 48 hours ago.”Zee’s tone was clinical. “Platforms that hosted or amplified your exposé are experiencing coordinated hacks, DDoS floods, and unexplained server outages. This is a targeted PR blackout.”Jaylen flicked on his wall-mounted holoscreen, cycling through live feeds of independent platforms. A news blog called UrbanPulse displayed nothing but a frozen error page. A YouTube-style channel called StreamTruth was offline entirely. Even a niche hip-hop culture forum that had embedded his documentary showed Account Suspended banners.The pattern was unmistakable. “They're scorche
Chapter 43: The Court of Public Opinion
The next morning, Jaylen woke to the sound of his phone buzzing nonstop. He pulled up from his bed lazily. "Who the hell is disturbing my phone?" He complained. He lifted his hand, picked up his phone. When he checked, he realized it was different notifications from Zee. On it was a video streaming across it's holo-screen.“Public interest spike is +3.2 million mentions in the last twelve hours. Majority sentiment is undecided. Recommended decisive move is to sway the opinion.”The storm Roman Vale had stirred was still raging, but Jaylen wasn’t going to let the man dictate the narrative anymore. This wasn’t just about his reputation, it was about breaking Roman’s chokehold over the industry’s image.Jaylen leaned back in his chair, staring at the glowing interface of Zee’s dashboard.“Alright,” he said quietly, almost to himself. “Let’s take this fight where the people actually listen.” He blinked slowly, different thoughts going through his mind. Zee’s avatar flickered into focus,
Chapter 44: The Return of Mia Lennox
The message came during a rare quiet moment. Jaylen was reviewing footage for his next drop when Zee’s voice sliced through the air. “Alert: Unverified contact attempting direct approach. Identity, Mia Lennox.” Jaylen froze. “Mia?” He echoed silently. That’s the same woman who had once been a part of his inner circle. She had smiled in his face while selling him out to the highest bidder. The same woman who had watched Roman Vale dismantle his career and walked away without a flicker of guilt. The chat request on his public streaming dashboard was pinned with a single line, “We should talk. I’m on your side now.” Jaylen leaned back in his chair, letting the words hang like smoke in the air. He could almost hear that smooth, calculated charming voice she used to wrap people around her finger. “Zee, run the full packet on her,” he ordered. “Already in motion. Scanning… Flag: Multiple transactions received from Vale-affiliated shell accounts within the last 48 hours. Purpose ta
Chapter 45: Weaponized Romance
The news broke like a thunderclap over the industry feeds.Jaylen was Cruz spotted in a midnight rendezvous with the pop idol Lana Syxx!Different photos flooded social media of her leaning on his shoulder with his hand resting on her waist and their laughter frozen in a flattering half-light. The captions wrote themselves, “Love in the air? A scandal in the making?”Jaylen didn’t need Zee to tell him it stank. Lana Syxx was a walking publicity grenade. She had this perfect smile, perfect PR machine, and an uncanny talent for making men look like villains in her wake. The last time she’d trended, it was over her teary confession that her ex “ruined her career.” That man had been quietly blackballed from the industry two months later.Now, she was in his arms publicly.“Zee,” Jaylen muttered in the back of the rideshare. His phone was blowing up with different notifications, “what’s her game?”Zee’s voice was as calm over a smooth beat, replied, “Analyzing… Lana Syxx flagged for thre
Chapter 46: The Judgment Bomb
The steps of the courthouse had never been this crowded. Different News vans lined the curb with their satellite dishes pointed towards the sky. The reporters jostled for position while cameramen adjusted their screen lenses. The murmur of a hundred conversations swelled into a storm of anticipation. Jaylen stepped out of the black SUV with his hood drawn low and hands tucked into his jacket pockets.Zee’s interface pulsed faintly in his vision with different scrolling updates, “System Alert: All feeds are live. 2.3M viewers are connected.Questline: “Crush the Vale Machine” Sub-Quest: Corrupt Court Cracked – in Progress.”The last two weeks had been packed with different lawsuits, smear campaigns, sabotage, and hunting games. Roman Vale had thought the courtroom would be his ultimate stronghold. It was an arena Jaylen couldn’t penetrate. But today, Jaylen wasn’t just another defendant. He was carrying the judgment bomb in his hand. Inside the courthouse, Judge Harmon presided with h
Chapter 47: Final Blow to ValeStream
The rehearsal space vibrated with raw basslines. It was the type of sound that wasn’t polished for the radio but it carried the heartbeat of every artist who had once been humiliated and cancelled by the ValeStream’s contracts. Jaylen stood in the center with sweats dripping down his face and the mic clenched tightly in his fist. Around him, the room was filled with faces that had been overlooked, suppressed and buried in lawsuits. They were the underground rappers, singer-songwriters, guitarists and beatmakers. Each of them carried the same anger in their eyes. Roman Vale had tried to erase them in the past, and now they were coming back as one voice.“Tonight,” Jaylen said with a steady tone that's as sharp as a blade, “we’re not just dropping a track. We’re dropping the chains. ‘Chains Off’ is more than a song. It’s the strike that’ll break Roman’s empire.”The room erupted into cheers. They slammed their knuckles against the tables, while some of them stomped their feet on the
Chapter 48: The CEO Cracks
A storm had been building for weeks, but on this night it finally broke out. Roman Vale, the untouchable CEO of ValeStream and the self-proclaimed kingmaker of the music industry, appeared on every major broadcast channel. His expression was carved into a mask of cold fury. Behind him, bright light banners revealed the announcement that would set the world’s stage on fire.“Jaylen Cruz,” Roman’s voice dripped with hate as his image appeared across giant screens in Times Square and every trending feed across the net. “If you truly believe you have exposed me, if you believe your pathetic stunt documentaries and songs can topple an empire then prove it. Face me in front of the world for a duel of talent. And it will be a battle of battle at the New York Dome Festival.”The crowd in the studio gasped, and the world collectively leaned closer to their screens.Roman’s smirk twisted as he raised a hand for silence. “One stage and one spotlight. If you win, maybe you will keep your fleetin
Chapter 49: A Hidden Stage
The notification blinked across Jaylen’s HUD in bold red letters, glowing like a war siren. “System Alert: The game just leveled up. Welcome to the Zenith Circle.”Jaylen froze. His eyes locked on the bright script hovering midair. His studio’s bright lights reflected against it, painting his face with the glow of both warning and stack of rare opportunity.“New Arena Unlocked: Z-Arena (PvF – Public vs. Fame)”Zee’s voice crackled through the augmented speakers.“Jaylen, this isn’t just another questline. This is the stage within the stage. The Zenith Circle is where the power players test more than talent. it’s where they measure legacies.”Jaylen clenched his jaw. “So Roman’s war wasn’t the final boss after all. There are still figures.”Before he could ask more, his feed flooded with headlines.“BREAKING: Trevin Voss Claims He Made Jaylen What He Is TodayAward-Winning Lyricist Reveals: I Ghostwrote Jaylen’s First TracksIs Jaylen a Fraud?” The Debate Heats UpA video clip auto-pl
Chapter 50: Lyrical Leverage
The arena exploded. Fans, critics and even skeptics howled.Zee flashed in triumph, “Face-Slap Quest Progress: 95%.”The bars hovered over Jaylen and Trevin neck to neck. Suddenly, the system glitched. Jaylen’s HUD flickered red.“Warning: External Interference Detected. Public Sentiment Feed Compromised.”Zee’s voice cracked like static.“Jaylen, Vale’s rigging the arena! He’s rewriting the outcome!”Jaylen looked up. Trevin smirked knowingly, as if victory was already sealed.The crowd roared, the lights flared, and the screen froze mid-vote.………..The moment Jaylen stepped into the Z-Arena, it looked like the world had changed.The digital coliseum wasn’t just a streaming venue. It was a living battlefield that's created from light, sound, and different memory lanes. Tall holograms of screaming fans shimmered in the air, while the dome itself pulsed with bass, and ready to broadcast every lyrics across millions of devices worldwide.Above him, the words PvF which means Public vs.