I Became the Richest Man by Playing the Victim

The protagonist, Zhou Buqiong, used to be a "professional beggar" before he transmigrated: he begged for sympathy at subway entrances, earning 30,000 yuan a month through sheer acting talent. He transmigrates into an urban power fantasy novel, becoming a nouveau riche influencer who flaunts his wealth every day and gets flamed across the internet with comments like, "Please stop posting."

The good news: He gets bound to the "Reverse Wish System." The more netizens sympathize with him, the more money he earns.

The bad news: The System requires him to livestream himself selling his sob story once a day, and it has to be real, not made up. The more miserable the story, the greater the reward. If he fakes it, the System deducts money directly.

The craziest part: The System gives him a "Misery Ranking" that updates in real time with netizens' sympathy for him. He has to climb from "the most hated person on the internet" to "the person everyone feels sorriest for." Each rank he climbs unlocks a new skill: expert sob-story techniques, instant-cry tear-duct control, an automatic tragic-story generator, and the reverse humblebrag technique.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.