1. Me (real name: Zhen Kui, nickname: Really Unlucky)
Age: 38 (the year the story ends)
Character: I lose money at everything I do, but everyone I help gets rich. A walking anti-lucky charm, a comedian, and a master of toxic pep talks.
Skills: Losing money, making fun of myself, cheering people up in an instant, and turning tragedies into comedies.
Weaknesses: I can’t make money, I’m softhearted, and I can’t resist getting involved in a project.
2. Mysterious old man (real name: God of Losses K)
Age: ??? (claims he’s been around since the Dutch tulip bubble)
Identity: God of losses, searching for a successor.
Traits: An abacus in his left hand, the Tao Te Ching in his right. Catchphrase: “Young man, want to lose some money?”
3. Ex-girlfriend, Lin “White Moonlight” “Upgraded Green Tea”
Age: Same as me
Role in the story: Every time she appears, I lose money all over again. The last time, I help her in return, completing her redemption.
4. Roommate, Wang Dazhuang
Character: Perpetually comes out ahead. Every time we go into business together, he ends up getting rich.
Ending: Becomes CEO of a fund for failures and pays me a salary every day.
5. Villain, Greed-Addled
Identity: All kinds of masters at fleecing investors.
Traits: His name changes with the story: Li from P2P, Zhang from crypto, Wang from the metaverse…
Ending: I “help” them all into prison or set them on the straight and narrow.
