A Cannon Fodder Emperor's Self-Cultivation

[My new novel, My Junior Martial Uncle Just Wants to Take It Easy, is currently updating!]

Bonus chapter coming on May 20!

After working herself to death in a 996 job, Zhu Sining transmigrates into a danmei novel as the cannon-fodder consort in a political marriage.

In the original story, she was a useless beauty, spoiled rotten by her father and brothers. Her only purpose was to get in the way of the protagonist's imperial ambitions and grand romance. In the end, she let resentment take over and egged her family on to rebel, earning them all a tragic execution.

Looking at the stunning young man in red in the mirror, Zhu Sining is delighted. Room and board are included, the hours are flexible, and all he has to do is put on a show at public events. He's determined to hold on to this iron rice bowl and obediently serve as the mascot, witnessing the friendship between his father, a powerful hereditary prince from a different surname, and the protagonist gong. He'll coast along and eat his fill for the rest of his life.

Reborn gong x straight man transmigrated into a book shou

*If you're a purity enthusiast, please move along. The cannon fodder can only become the protagonist after defeating the ex.

*In his previous life, the gong was influenced by the story's plot, so he had an ex. Neither of them liked the other, and there was no romance between them.

Coming soon: Why Haven't I Gone Broke Yet?

After transmigrating into a book, Zhong Yuanshi gets bound to a Tycoon System.

The System encourages him: [Although you're just a nobody without even a name in the original story, don't worry! We'll give you plenty of care and support, and tailor a growth quest system just for you. Work hard to make a name for yourself in this book! Grow from a spoiled rich kid into a motivated young man!]

Every time Zhong Yuanshi uses the System's funds to make a hundred yuan in profit, the System rewards him with one yuan. If he loses money, the System consoles him with fifty yuan.

Zhong Yuanshi: "What are we waiting for? I'm ready to go bankrupt at any moment!"

In the original story, the Zhong family owns a very small, unremarkable company. Later, they choose the wrong side in the conflict between the protagonist and the villain and become nameless cannon fodder.

Although he doesn't know who the protagonist is, Zhong Yuanshi is confident that, with years of experience reading overpowered hero novels, all he has to do is go against the protagonist and he'll reach his little goal of losing a hundred million.

His first candidate for the protagonist is launching the company's hot new idol boy band, raking in fans by the thousands.

Zhong Yuanshi immediately disbands his own idol boy band, which was just starting to gain some traction, and sends them off to pursue solo careers.

Once apart, the members of the boy band shine like stars, each becoming a hit in their own field.

His second candidate for the protagonist is investing in a workplace drama, casting handsome and beautiful stars with huge followings.

Zhong Yuanshi picks up the rural drama script the other man discarded and starts filming with a few extras he found on the street.

After the shows air, audiences criticize the workplace drama as shallow and idiotic, while the rural drama sweeps major awards and earns rave reviews.

Unable to tell who the protagonist is, Zhong Yuanshi decides to invest alongside his third candidate, who's making a xianxia drama, and compete against him.

But while the other guy has an ethereal palace in the clouds full of immortals in flowing white robes, Zhong Yuanshi has a ragtag crew in colorful sackcloth, wandering the mortal world.

When both dramas air at the same time, audiences complain that they've had enough of gloomy, lovesick immortals. They just want to watch good immortals who love all people and all things. Zhong Yuanshi's drama gets another wave of glowing recommendations.

Zhong Yuanshi can't figure it out. "Why hasn't the protagonist shown up yet? What's wrong with this lousy System of yours? It even tells me the protagonist is in a relationship, but I haven't seen them anywhere!"

System: [Could it be that the book you transmigrated into is on Jinjiang?]

Zhong Yuanshi, cuddling his freshly minted boyfriend: "???"

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