Tong Wansen's greatest stroke of luck in life was meeting a System that never ran short of money.
Every morning, another hundred million appeared in his account. No contract, no strings attached. It was just free money.
He used it to develop his hometown, starting with the county seat where he grew up. He built roads and factories, put up hospitals, and built rockets, working his way all the way to Mars.
When people asked him the secret, he showed them his transfer records. "When someone has your back, how could you not take off?"
Years later, his hometown had become a city of the future.
Time magazine and Forbes came calling at the same time.
The Time reporter asked him the secret to his success, while the Forbes reporter asked what it felt like to be the world's richest man.
Tong Wansen smiled. "I'm not interested in money. It's just a number."
He tapped his holographic screen, and the Mars base unfolded before their eyes. "The rocket launches in three months. The Mars base will be completed next year, and it will be open to settlers from around the world. I'm going to build humanity's next home."
The reporters gaped in astonishment.
Both of them stood there, stunned.
The next day, both publications hailed him as a legend:
Time: "He wants to give humanity a second home."
Forbes: "The ultimate ambition of the world's richest man."
The whole world was in an uproar.
While others gaze at the stars, he builds on them!
