[A transmigrated-into-a-book woman who works hard to make money vs. a rich heir who despises gold diggers]
Ji Guirui transmigrates into a stand-in romance novel as the male lead's unattainable first love. The original character joins a dating reality show with the leads, gets exposed as a scheming green tea, and is mocked across the internet until she quits the entertainment industry. In the end, the unattainable first love becomes nothing more than a grain of rice.
Ji Guirui grew up with her family in debt, hounded day after day by debt collectors. After arriving in this world, she looks at the two coins in front of her, representing the "Love Seeker" and the "Money Seeker," and decisively takes the "Money Seeker."
What's the point of dating? It's such a drain on your wallet.
Want me to make you an extra meal? Pay up.
Want first pick of the date location? Pay up.
Want to switch your date? Pay up.
Ji Guirui makes a fortune on the dating show and wins over audiences with her bold, no-nonsense remarks, becoming an overnight sensation.
She roasts the young master's attitude: "Are your hands made of gold? Then let's put them in the fire and see. Pure gold doesn't fear fire."
She roasts an overconfident man: "What makes you so confident? Is it because you're going bald?"
She roasts a scheming green tea: "Try a different flavor. Black tea is nice too, and red is a lucky color."
Someone says Ji Guirui is vulgar for loving money. She fires back, "You don't love money, and you're so noble? Then why don't you donate all your money to poor elementary schools in the countryside?"
Someone else says Ji Guirui has no compassion, mocking her for bringing up donations. Then news breaks online that Ji Guirui donated money to build Hope Primary Schools, and the person who spoke up is left feeling thoroughly embarrassed.
Others gloat, thinking that even if Ji Guirui has money, she still has no love and no one to grow old with.
Then the dating show prepares a spin-off where couples travel together, and Ji Guirui and her boyfriend join as guests. The more people see Ji Guirui's boyfriend, the more they realize he's the unremarkable wage earner from the original show. How did he suddenly turn into a rich young master?
As the eldest legitimate grandson of the wealthy Shen family in Haishi, Shen Muyan has been surrounded by people who covet wealth and status since childhood. He despises gold diggers more than anyone.
A friend signs him up for a dating show. He deliberately hides his identity, posing as a hardworking office worker from a poor family. He only wants to meet someone who loves him for his abilities and talent, not his money.
Instead, he falls for the woman who loves money the most.
Watching the woman who says she wants to keep him, he agonizes for the nth time over whether to tell her that he is actually rich.
After Shen Muyan and Ji Guirui pair up, he asks her curiously, "You love money so much. Why not choose a rich man?"
Ji Guirui says, "I like money because having it lets me do whatever I want."
Ji Guirui has never been fond of rich men. What she likes is becoming rich herself.
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Also known as "How to Make Someone Who Hates Gold Diggers Fall for One"
A note about this story: [A gold digger who works hard to make money vs. a rich heir who despises gold diggers]
Set in a fictional world, very loosely based on reality.
Theme: Money can't do everything, but without it, you can do nothing.