Getting Rich with a System in the 1960S

After waking up, Wang Chao finds himself in a village in the 1960s, reborn as the biggest slacker around. His house is bare, the rice jar is empty, and all he has left is his four-year-old daughter, skin and bones from hunger. Just as he’s about to give up, the “Show-Off System” drops into his lap. As long as he successfully flaunts, boasts, and shows off, he can earn rewards! And so, in an era when every commune member keeps their head down, works hard, and stays modest, things take a ridiculously unexpected turn: When his neighbors are slurping wild-vegetable gruel, he shows up with rice topped with cured meat and eggs, claiming he’s “borrowing some salt.” When everyone heads to the fields in straw sandals, he wears a brand-new pair of Liberation shoes to “build up his foot strength.” When wild boars come down the mountain to ravage the crops, he offers up a homemade solution while wondering how to make the pork taste even better... At first, the villagers sneer at him and curse him. Gradually, though, they become puzzled, then envious, and finally... “Wang Chao, got any more of those pumpkin seeds?” “Wang Chao, how do you mend these trousers so they’ll last?” “Wang Chao, any idea why my chickens aren’t laying eggs?” As Wang Chao uses the rewards from the System to steadily improve life for himself and his daughter, he gives his conflicted neighbors a knowing grin: “Go ahead and curse me, but don’t come crying and asking to borrow salt when you’re drooling with envy!” This is the story of a shameless show-off who loves the finer things despite being poor, making a wonderful life for himself in an era of extreme poverty with a few outrageous tricks, while leading his daughter and neighbors toward a future that leaves them all wanting more.