How to Turn Down a Ten-Billion-Dollar Inheritance [American Entertainment]

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A rich second-generation heiress, Gabrielle Delord, decides to form a band and debut with Nathan, a talented but impoverished student she has her eye on.

But...

1. Gabrielle is the only one in this two-person band who can play piano.

2. Music critics think the songs she writes are crap.

3. The concert tickets sell out, but only a few dozen people show up.

4. The lead singer, Nathan, gets fed up with her irresponsible attitude and leaves to go solo.

Things have gone completely off the rails. If Gabrielle wants to slink back home and inherit the family fortune, everyone will laugh at her. If she doesn't, she'll just have to stubbornly keep going with this stupid band that now consists of her alone.

Oh, wait. Isaac, her number-one nemesis since childhood, has magnanimously offered to join her band.

Well, that's just great.

Now this ridiculous band finally has two members. Smile.JPG

[Notes]

1. Female protagonist's first-person POV

2. A hard-core coming-of-age story about the music industry

3. Both leads are original characters

Preview of upcoming story: What Should I Do After the God of Darkness Defiles Me?

After Mianmian wakes up, she discovers she's arrived in a strange world, where the priests inexplicably address her as the God of Light.

Upon learning she's become the Creator God, Mianmian feels no qualms at all and begins enjoying a happy life of eating, drinking, and having fun.

Who knew the forces of darkness would soon be on the move? The level 1 rookie God of Light hasn't even enjoyed herself for a few days before she's caught by the level 99999 God of Darkness.

With no other choice, Mianmian pretends to be nothing more than a minor priest. She spends every day buttering up the cold and ruthless God of Darkness to his face, while secretly planning to get her revenge as soon as she gets away.

*

After Mianmian finally escapes, she gains control of the Creator God's power. Looking down at the God of Darkness, who is in a wretched state, she says without a trace of emotion, "Kneel!"

Unexpectedly, the God of Darkness suddenly laughs, staring at her with burning eyes.

"How dare you! What are you laughing at?"

"I'm laughing because all that passion and warmth you showed while enveloping me in darkness was fake."

The gods: ...Well, would you look at that!

Preview of upcoming story: Miss Butterfly

[Chinese-American Broadway extra x Wall Street big shot of mixed heritage]

Xia Simin is destined to be different. She knows full well that Asians can't get good roles on Broadway, yet she chooses to stay, hoping for another chance to perform each time she steps onstage.

On the eve of the financial crisis, she thinks her long wait is finally over.

After losing her job, she's kicked out by her landlord. Manhattan is being battered by a torrential downpour, and Xia Simin has nowhere to go in this bustling yet cold city.

A car slowly pulls up. The man inside watches her pitiful figure through the window, sets down his glass, and says, "Get in."

With no other choice, Xia Simin obediently gets into the car.

Little does she know, he's been plotting this for a long time.

*

Later, Xia Simin blushes and asks him quietly, "I thought everyone on Wall Street was an elite."

The man scoffs, but without a change in expression, pulls Xia Simin closer in his arms. "They're all just scoundrels who like to possess and take what they want."

...That's true, she has to admit.

[Notes]

1. Set during the 2008 Wall Street financial crisis

2. Wall Street meets Broadway

3. The male lead is of Chinese-American mixed heritage and will return to China to pursue his career

Please check out my bestie's upcoming story: Mu Muxiding's I Don't Like You Anymore. Please add it to your reading list~

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