Surviving in the City? I Built a Business Empire From Nothing

“What? This show is backed by the state? Then why bother surviving? I can start a business with no capital and get rich overnight!”

Qin Gao transmigrates to a parallel world and binds himself to a bootstrap System. At the same time, he’s told he has to take part in an urban survival show.

Urban survival? Going hungry three times a day and scraping by without food?

Qin Gao doesn’t see it that way. He looks at the camera behind him, his face alight with excitement.

That isn’t just a camera. It’s his ticket to making a fortune without putting up a single cent!

So...

While everyone else goes hungry,

he barges into a female streamer’s home, demanding that she feed and shelter him, and even pay him.

“Look at the camera behind me and think carefully. This show gets state-backed traffic. If you don’t give me some money, how can you expect to ride on my coattails?”

While the other contestants’ first instinct is to haul bricks or collect bottles to survive,

he heads straight to the wholesale market and demands that the shops let him take goods on credit, no strings attached.

“It’s true I don’t have an ID or any money, but look at the camera behind me and think before you answer. Thousands, even tens of thousands of viewers are watching me every second. Do you really think I’d skip out on a debt?”

…

Not long afterward,

people see Qin Gao attending an awards ceremony in a suit and tie and can’t help asking: “Wait, do you even remember that you’re a contestant?!”

Just look at the other contestants. They’ve only just managed to eat two hot meals!