Qin Ruyi transmigrates, opening her eyes to find herself an orphan who has fled from the mainland to Hong Kong to seek out relatives.
The good news is that she's gone from twenty-six to eighteen, gaining eight years!
The bad news is that she's facing not only loan sharks, but also a lawyer's letter...
It's Hong Kong in the 1980s, a time of booming business and gold lying everywhere.
But without a large sum of startup capital, it's not so easy to pick up that gold.
So she'll just have to figure out how to turn her biggest creditor into her biggest investor...
After persuading her investor to keep putting in money, and then more money, and then a whole lot of money, their joint gaming company grows bigger and bigger. After going public, its stock price soars and its market value balloons.
Qin Ruyi becomes worth billions and finally realizes her dream of becoming a rich tycoon, yet she still doesn't get to live surrounded by handsome men...
Because her once-gentle investor keeps meddling more and more, growing increasingly temperamental. He's not just unhappy when she dates a male star, he even throws a fit...
As one of Hong Kong's most distinguished heirs, Xia Bingyan is gentle, composed, and self-disciplined.
He knows his business partner isn't interested in him, so he plans to patiently lure her in and make her fall for him of her own accord.
Instead, he gets to see her make the entertainment papers' gossip pages with a male star...
No, he can't keep letting things stay ambiguous like this!
Or someone else will snatch her away!
Because this woman apparently only cares about looks, and only likes young, handsome men...
Qin Ruyi: I want a handsome guy to make me happy and meet my emotional needs. He doesn't have to be rich, and he doesn't have to support a family.
I can make money and afford to keep a handsome guy!
Xia Bingyan: I may not be handsome enough, but I'm rich and capable. I can make you happy and let you do whatever you want.
So how about we give dating a try?
You won't be losing out or getting tricked!
A no-nonsense big sister with formidable martial prowess VS a fairly refined heir to a business empire
Reader's Guide:
1. The female lead dates a supporting male character, but ends up in a one-on-one relationship with the male lead.
2. The male lead is ten years older than the female lead.
3. This is not a female-empowerment romance.
4. The female lead has a big-sister personality.
5. Includes some entertainment-industry content. Please don't compare any of the characters to real people.
6. Any professional details are made up to serve the plot. Please don't take them too seriously.
7. A light, tropey story set in an alternate world.
If any of that puts you off, please don't read.
Upcoming novel: Refusing to Be the Foil, Starting with College (Historical Era)
Reborn in a poor mountain village, Xia Xing has a dream on the night she gets her college acceptance letter, and discovers that she's a supporting character in a novel set in a bygone era!
In the book, the supporting character is the female lead's half-sister. She's the older sister, and the female lead is the younger one.
The supporting character's miserable life begins when she gets into college. Coming from a tiny village, she's dazzled by the glitz and glamour of Shanghai, and becomes vain and money-hungry. She uses her pretty face to charm one man after another, all for the sake of getting beautiful clothes and handbags...
After reconnecting with her biological father, she even tries to seduce the female lead's fiance, only to get face-slapped by the two of them!
Meanwhile, the privileged female lead may be beautiful, but she never relies on her looks. Through hard work and study, she ultimately becomes a winner in life.
After reading it, Xia Xing thinks the whole setup of this historical-era novel is just about using a foolish, pretty supporting character who wants something for nothing to make the independent female lead, who doesn't rely on her looks, shine...
The story begins with the female lead's college life. So she spent eighteen years reborn and working hard to get into college, only to awaken as a supporting character?
Pah!
In her dream, Xia Xing spat in disgust. The supporting character with the same name in that book definitely wasn't her!
When she wakes up, she asks her grandfather whether the educated youth who abandoned his wife and daughter and returned to the city before she ever met him shares a name with the female lead's father...
And it turns out he does!
Even if the people in the book are real, the girl named Xia Xing isn't her.
She decides her own life. Shanghai, 1993: she's arrived with her college acceptance letter!
Let's see how that face-slapping foil plot is supposed to play out!
Theme: Through hard work, everyone can have a bright future.
It ended so suddenly, I feel like it's not over yet but it's true that there's nothing to write about since the business war. If you write the story of reform and opening up in the Mainland, you need to have a strong foundation.
This kind of food factory is controlled by others. Even if it is liquidated, its channels in Hong Kong Island will be strangled. It will save them from thinking that they are thieves.
Inadvertently, I opened another food factory, and the business grew more and more.
It's a bit disrespectful for the male protagonist to do this in public. Others will speculate on their relationship and look at the female protagonist with colored glasses. After all, the female protagonist is not strong enough to not look at other people's faces.
The male protagonist's behavior is disgusting, he is too confident
The food factory is so troublesome and it's better to end it as soon as possible. Partners are very important.
It's still annoying. Why do you have to be angry?
It's good to divide it up early so that no one is delayed.
Ahhhh. It's over, come on, come on
Pre-accepted article: Refusing to be a control group, starting from college (year)