Hiding Out in My Hometown, I Build a Lithography Machine by Hand?

Lu Zhou is a “fraud” who got into an Ivy League university by relying on his family’s money. But when his family suddenly goes bankrupt and his fake credentials are about to be exposed, Lu Zhou faces total public humiliation. His only option is to slink back to Qingshan County, the poorest, most obscure industrial backwater in the country, and lie low. His relatives mock him, his ex looks down on him, and everyone thinks his life is over. Just then, the [Hardcore Tycoon System] activates! Sixty million yuan arrives every day! But there’s one bizarre catch: the money can only be spent in this lousy county, which doesn’t even have a Mercedes dealership and where the most expensive thing is a 198-yuan foot massage. And it must go toward research and development in real-world technology! To burn through this mountain of cash, Lu Zhou can only go on a spree of “reckless projects”: Spend ten million yuan buying a bankrupt tractor factory; Hire an old man who pedals a three-wheeled cart as CEO for an annual salary of one million; Spend two hundred million converting an abandoned mine into a laboratory… Everyone thinks he’s a rich fool who’s completely lost his mind. Facing the world’s shock and gasps of disbelief, Lu Zhou spreads his hands helplessly. “At first, I really just wanted to spend all the money in this lousy place…”