Lin Xiaoyu, a modern overworked office worker stuck in a 996 work schedule, dies suddenly and is reborn as Zhao Xu, Emperor Zhezong of the Northern Song, just as he is about to take the reins of power. Forced to bind himself to the [Charisma Makeover System], he must make the weary Great Song more “charming.” The KPIs for running the country are no longer memorials, but likes on short videos, how widely memes catch on, and the impact of outrageous stunts. And so begins a riotous reform campaign that uses modern ideas to turn the court upside down, right under the nose of the regent empress dowager and her conservative ministers...
