Reverse Tycoon: Why Is It So Hard to Lose Money Running a Supermarket?

【Urban Fantasy】【System】【Tycoon】【Everyday Business】【Reverse Losses】【Lighthearted Comedy】【Employee Benefits】【Heartwarming Healing】 Xu Chen binds himself to the Reverse Tycoon System, which provides dedicated funds for running a supermarket every month. As long as he invests the money legally and generates a genuine loss, he can exchange it for personal wealth at a set multiplier. Hoping to get rich quietly and live a peaceful life, he opens Chenxin Convenience Tobacco and Liquor Store in Yunqi City. He pays his employees twice the industry average, provides full social insurance and housing fund contributions, offers generous benefits, and closes every Tuesday. He is certain this plan will lose money. But his childhood friend Zhu Yangxiu optimizes the business with meticulous plans, while Huang Shuzhi rushes to put all sorts of ridiculous ideas into practice. Treated well, the employees take it upon themselves to provide the very best service. Their cleanliness, deliveries, umbrella loans, team outings, and annual parties all become local sensations. The harder Xu Chen tries to keep revenue down, the more Chenxin Supermarket's reputation soars. The harder he tries to lose money in secret, the more the System identifies hidden profits and cuts his rebates, turning him into an accidental tycoon. From a small tobacco and liquor shop to Chenxin Life Supermarket, from neighborhood acclaim to nationwide buzz, investors want in, competitors want to copy him, and the media want interviews. Xu Chen stubbornly sticks to his two stores in Yunqi City. No franchises, no funding, no IPO. He only wants a laid-back life with his friends, employees, and a potted plant he can't keep alive. Everyone thinks he's a conscientious entrepreneur. Only he silently breaks down at the monthly settlement: Please, stop helping me bring in more revenue.