"What an incredible headache."
Borsalino felt a little wistful.
He knew Marshall D. Teach fairly well. After all, he followed the Sky Arena from time to time.
Borsalino rarely missed any of the Sky Arena's important matches.
Even when he was busy, he could watch the recordings afterward. He counted as a loyal viewer.
Of course, Borsalino had plenty of interests. Sometimes he watched other videos, too. Videos from all around the world were uploaded to a single platform and sorted into categories.
Viewers could choose what they wanted to watch based on the titles.
Of course, that cost money.
To that end, the World Economy News Paper had already developed something resembling accounts, which people could top up at newspaper offices on nearby islands.
Apart from some free offerings, many of these videos cost money to watch.
The Beli spent would be deducted automatically and transferred to the video uploader's account.
Those balances could also be cashed out at any time.
In this regard, the World Economy News Paper worked with the Den Den Mushi group behind it, imitating some of the Dark Bank's methods to a certain extent.
The arrival of the age of video had brought a boom to the seas.
It was an untapped market with enormous profits to be made.
A single popular video might draw countless viewers and earn millions or tens of millions of Beli—sums that would normally be difficult to obtain.
Of course, as the platform, the World Den Den Mushi Group charged a processing fee. It was low, at just half a percent.
Even so, it could reap enormous profits every year.
It was not that the World Den Den Mushi Group did not want to charge higher fees.
The main reason was that it was not irreplaceable.
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