An Eighties Marriage of Convenience to a Powerful Man

[Marry First, Fall in Love Later] [Contract Marriage Turns to True Love] [Everyday Life]

Mei Liping transmigrated into a period novel as a cannon-fodder female character.

A family drowning in debt, a sick mother, a younger sister to raise, and a supervisor who wanted to sell her off to an old man.

Mei Liping remembered the original plot. In two days, the heroine would save an elderly man.

He was the director of an electric motor factory. To repay her kindness, he gave the heroine five hundred yuan. That was how she met the old man's grandson, Liang Jing.

Liang Jing was a technician. After his grandfather died, he took over the factory. With his keen eye and top-notch technical skills, he tripled its size in just two years.

Unfortunately, he later took a factory jointly run by several people and brought it under his sole control, provoking everyone's anger and leaving him abandoned by all.

His mother cursed him as a heartless, selfish bastard.

His second uncle secretly sold his technology to the heroine.

His wife, whom he had married in an arranged union, took most of his money and ran.

After enduring blow after blow, Liang Jing died not long afterward. The heroine smoothly took over the factory he left behind, and her career went from strength to strength.

Thus, Liang Jing became the most memorable cannon-fodder character in the middle of the original novel, as well as the heroine's most valuable stepping stone on her path to entrepreneurship.

Mei Liping declared, "Cannon fodder should help cannon fodder. Heroine, you've got enough golden fingers already. You don't need this one."

She raced to save the old man first. Hoping to win his sympathy, she tearfully told him all about her miserable family once he came to. She figured even a few dozen extra yuan would help.

But the old man said instead, "Comrade, I have a grandson named Liang Jing. He's twenty-three, graduated from Jinghua University, stands 183 centimeters tall, is handsome, and has a bright future. How about I introduce him to you?"

"That way, your supervisor won't dare take an interest in you, and I won't have to worry about my grandson's marriage, either."

Mei Liping was dumbfounded. Why wasn't this going the way it had in the book?

To fulfill his grandfather's final wish, Liang Jing was forced to register his marriage with Mei Liping.

Before the wedding, he thought she was vain and calculating. She wanted wedding photos taken and published in the newspaper, insisted on an extravagant wedding, and even had the nerve to demand a share of his factory's earnings.

But when he imagined spending the rest of his life with Mei Liping, he decided a short pain was better than a long one. Gritting his teeth, he signed the agreement.

Before the wedding, they made these terms:

1: They would divorce amicably after twelve months.

2: They would keep up appearances in front of friends and family, but stay out of each other's private lives.

3: During the marriage, Mei Liping would receive 15% of his income.

Neither of them expected that after the wedding, the person Liang Jing would be most grateful to was his grandfather for insisting they register their marriage.

His biggest worry would be figuring out how to turn their contract marriage into a real one.

Message: Treasure your time and live a brilliant life.