A wildly unconventional spendthrift heroine versus a scheming man who falls for her through his own fantasies
Rising director Jiang Mianmian transmigrates into a script, becoming the legitimate daughter of Grand Tutor Jiang, the most powerful corrupt official in the Great Yu Dynasty.
In the original story, the Prince Regent will have the entire Jiang family executed in two years. The System tells her that if she squanders the Jiang family's riches, which rival the wealth of a nation, and ruins their reputation, she can return to the modern world with billions in box-office royalties.
Putting her director's instincts to use, Jiang Mianmian starts assigning “roles” to her family. She pushes her corrupt official father to build infrastructure until his private coffers run dry, sends her fearsome eldest brother off to farm so he neglects his martial arts, and makes her playboy little brother run a free private school at a loss.
But the infrastructure opens up trade routes and makes her father the richest man in the land. Farming yields miraculous high-output crops and turns her eldest brother into a god of agriculture. The free school nurtures countless talented scholars from humble families and makes her little brother a literary icon.
Even the Prince Regent, who originally wanted to kill her as soon as possible, goes from suspicion to devoted protection when he sees Jiang Mianmian “giving away the family fortune for the people” through her spendthrift antics.
Watching the rewards and tributes from the grateful people pile up, Jiang Mianmian breaks down and shouts, “Cut! This isn’t how the script is supposed to go!”
