Ricklax has been performing magic since he was five years old. He started doing at first, putting up magic tricks on his facebook page. By two thousand 17, his facebook page was really takin off. Two things happened that enabled him to become the cangpin of firal content. Monotization through video content kicksin intwo thousand 18 with the facebook watch feature. And he starts making quite a lot of money. But then really what speeds up his company is 20 20, the pandemic hits. It actually throws up this surprising opportunity,. because many of his friends in vagus, and elsewhere who were in the entertainment industry, like a lot of magicians and other
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