Lin Zhou is a 32-year-old programmer who has just been laid off. Burdened by a mortgage and with no prospects, he sees no future for himself.
The moment he finishes filling out his resignation paperwork, something calling itself the “Lazy Millionaire System” smacks him right in the face.
[Rules: The System provides startup capital. You keep 1% of any profits. If you lose money, the System pays you back double!]
Lin Zhou’s eyes light up.
Profit? What profit? He wants to lose money!
Open a bookstore? Brick-and-mortar stores are doomed. Let’s do it!
Make a game? A bottomless money pit. Let’s do it!
Invest in physical businesses? A dying industry. Pour every last cent into it!
But something seems off…
The “retirement team” he hires at high salaries all work their tails off until midnight.
The niche market he picks somehow becomes the next big thing.
His “most unprofitable” plan gets interpreted by his employees as “a bold, big-picture vision.”
The bookstore takes off, the game becomes a hit, and the investment projects receive official praise from the government.
Lin Zhou stares at the soaring profits on the financial statements, close to tears.
Meanwhile, all his employees gather around him, moved to tears:
“Mr. Lin, we get it! You never cared about making money. You wanted to change the world!”
Lin Zhou: “…”
That’s really not what I meant.
I only wanted to lose money, so how did I become the richest man in the country?
