★ Coming Soon: The Cannon Fodder Fake Young Master Only Wants to Make Money [The 1970s] ★
After dying suddenly from overwork, Shen Changfeng transmigrates into a period novel as the cannon-fodder real young master. His family is full of awful people, and there's also a white-lotus fake young master. The whole situation is suffocating.
Shen Changfeng's inner monologue: Heaven, you really can't stand seeing me do well, can you?
Fortunately, his family's kitchen transmigrated with him, and everything inside refreshes once a day.
He has all the sugar, oil, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea that are so scarce in the 1970s. He's stuffed a whole refrigerator with pork, beef, and lamb. Now he never has to worry about missing out on delicious red-braised pork, soy-braised beef, or cumin lamb!
Shen Changfeng then leaves his birth family and starts living life on his own terms. He spends every day lying flat at home, watching shows and enjoying good food. He can drink as much Coke and Sprite as he wants. Life couldn't be sweeter.
As for the white-lotus fake young master, the protagonist of the original novel? Who cares?
Whenever he gets bored, Shen Changfeng sets up a stall to sell delicacies like red-braised pork, lemon chicken feet, and spicy crawfish, enjoying life in a different way.
One day, the white-lotus fake young master happens upon Shen Changfeng at his stall. He thinks it's pathetic that a high school student would sell food instead of getting a proper job, and that he doesn't even set up shop every day. How lazy!
Who knew that Shen Changfeng's half-hearted, three-days-fishing-and-two-days-drying-the-net approach would eventually make him the richest man in the country?
Shen Changfeng's inner monologue: I really didn't mean to become the richest man!
When the white-lotus fake young master hears the news, he looks utterly shocked. "Wait, how did you become the richest man? And you got into university, too? That makes no sense! How did you do it?!"
Shen Changfeng: Do you even understand the value of scarcity marketing?
##How a laid-back fish turned things around##
##How Shen Changfeng went from drowning in debt to becoming the richest man in the country##
★ Coming Soon: The Cannon Fodder Fake Young Master Only Wants to Make Money [The 1970s]
Shen Changfeng transmigrates into a period novel as the cannon-fodder fake young master. In the book, neither his birth parents nor his adoptive parents love him. He picks fights with the protagonist, the real young master, at every turn to get his family's attention, and ends up dying horribly in the street.
Shen Changfeng: "This is the perfect time for reform and opening up! Who needs their attention? Isn't making money way better?"
So while everyone else is still wondering whether they should start a little business, Shen Changfeng is already selling food at a stall.
The red-braised pork is rich but not greasy; the lemon chicken feet are tangy and appetizing; and the spicy crawfish are so delicious you'll practically swallow your tongue. They sell out as soon as they're ready, pot after pot.
By the time everyone realizes how profitable street vending is and starts thinking about what to sell, Shen Changfeng already has his first restaurant.
When everyone else starts opening shops, Shen Changfeng has already opened hot pot, rice noodle, burger, milk tea, and barbecue shops. He's even taken over the city's largest state-owned restaurant, and money is practically pouring into his hands.
Before he knows it, Shen Changfeng has fulfilled his lifelong dream from his previous life of becoming the richest man. He's featured in Time magazine and becomes a household name.
His adoptive parents and birth parents, who never cared about the original owner, come looking for him. But the doorman turns them away.
"Do you think you can just drop in to see President Shen? Do you have an appointment?"
"You don't? Sorry, then. President Shen's appointments are booked two years out. Come back in two years."
★★ Coming Soon: The Protagonist's Eldest Sister's Story: The Sickly Villain's Little Wife [Gourmet]
Shen Hanguang transmigrates into the role of the little wife brought in to bring good luck to a sickly villain. The good news is that the villain sleeps most of the year and will die in a year, leaving her his inheritance and his cat!
On top of that, she comes with a Gourmet System as her golden finger. In a word, it's awesome!
Shen Hanguang then starts selling all kinds of food at a stall. The people around her have very different reactions.
The villain's older brother: What an embarrassment.
Shen Hanguang's parents: How much money can you make selling food at a stall?
Later, they get their comeuppance. Shen Hanguang's lamb skewers, spicy hot pot, and other dishes taste amazing, and they don't make you gain weight. Wealthy ladies rush to buy them, and people start lining up at her stall as early as five in the morning. Business is booming.
Her little stall eventually transforms into an internationally renowned restaurant. Shen Hanguang appears on the news, gives all kinds of interviews, and is named one of Xia Nation's Ten Most Inspiring People of the Year.
After seeing the news, the villain's older brother realizes that he doesn't even earn a fraction of what Shen Hanguang makes. It's enough to make your heart ache! How infuriating to compare yourself with someone like that!
When Shen Hanguang's parents see her success, they come to her home and make a scene demanding money, only to be chased away by a flurry of cat punches from the cat she's raised.
Then Shen Hanguang watches her cat slowly stretch into a tall, long-legged man with an eight-pack. But why does this man's face look exactly like her husband's?
Shen Hanguang: ???
Later
Shen Hanguang stays up late watching dramas. Qi An glances at her several times, but she doesn't notice. At last, Qi An says helplessly, "Madam, it's late. Time to go to bed."
★ Coming Soon: The Protagonist's Second Younger Sister's Story: Leading the Whole Village to Prosperity After Leaving the Entertainment Industry [Book Transmigration]
Shen Yunyue transmigrates into the role of a cannon-fodder supporting actress who gets hated by the entire internet in an entertainment-industry novel. Fortunately, she comes with a farming and business-management golden finger. Her village happens to be holding an election for village chief. Thinking of how well the villagers have treated her, Shen Yunyue decides to return home and run for village chief.
She announces her retirement from show business and makes the long journey back to her hometown, Shanshui Village.
But Shanshui Village has neither mountains nor water. It's also terribly poor, one of the poorest places in the country.
When the original novel's heroine hears about it, she says, "Is she trying to take a step back so she can clear her name? Keep dreaming."
Her agent laughs and says, "She definitely won't last. She'll come crying back tomorrow."
But Shen Yunyue never comes back. Instead, she gets things going and makes a great success of it.
Over the course of the year, Shen Yunyue grows soybeans, sprouts bean sprouts, makes tofu, and even opens a tofu-products factory.
On top of that, she leads the villagers in raising sheep. Their wool sweaters are incredibly warm and sell all over the world.
In short, Shanshui Village may not have mountains or water, but under her leadership it grows more and more prosperous, and every family builds a grand mansion.
Shen Yunyue appears on the news, gives all kinds of interviews, and is named one of Xia Nation's Ten Most Inspiring People of the Year.
After seeing the magazine, Shen Yunyue's agent realizes that even a random villager from Shanshui Village is richer than him. Damn.
The original novel's heroine also finally realizes how incredible Shen Yunyue has become. What a headache.
Meanwhile, Shen Yunyue is watching her cat transform right in front of her into a tall, long-legged man with an eight-pack.
Shen Yunyue: This is the end of the world! My cat's become a spirit!
Then the man waves his hand, and a mountain of gold appears before her. He says tenderly, "This is my bride price."
It takes Shen Yunyue a moment to process it. The cat I raised wants to marry me???
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Completed works: After Being Hated by Everyone, I Left the Entertainment Industry and Became Obsessed with Farming and Cats; Building a Wasteland Planet by Summoning Players; The Sickly Beauty Ran Away with a Child and Then Got Caught; The Clingy Sweetheart's Online Romance Went Wrong, So They Ran Away with a Child, and more.
Theme: Everyone is born with a purpose, and even a fortune spent can be earned again.