Losing 1 Billion Every Day

Lu Yichen was bound to a money-spending System. His task was to invest one billion yuan at a time.

He could only lose money, never make a profit.

System: Only the amount you actually lose will be deposited into your account.

Lu Yichen: What about the profits?

System: They'll be deducted from your account.

Lu Yichen: .

But no matter. Lu Yichen rolled up his sleeves. If he couldn't make money, surely he could lose it?

For his first investment, he opened a cafe in the countryside, with farmers who'd spent all day in the fields as his main clientele.

System: What's the Host's investment philosophy?

Lu Yichen: Get them up in the middle of the night to plow two more acres XD

But how could a cafe possibly use up a billion yuan? So Lu Yichen spent a fortune building roads and planting trees, giving his cafe a chic, upscale atmosphere.

A month after it opened, he went to check on the results. Grinning, he pushed open the door, ready to see an empty cafe with dismal business.

Instead...

Office worker: "This cafe is impossible to book, but the view out the window is amazing. Totally worth it!"

Influencer: "Babes, I'm at a viral photo spot. Yes, the one that uses ridiculously expensive coffee beans but only charges 9.9 a cup."

Agricultural TV station: "Thanks to this cafe's behind-the-scenes owner, who helped the less fortunate prosper by turning an obscure village into a distinctive tourist and cultural destination..."

System: You've maxed out three credit cards. When are you going to pay them off?

Lu Yichen: Not smiling anymore.

To lose more money every day, he invested in a luxury hotel in the center of a major city, specializing in molecular gastronomy.

He used methylcellulose to give cornmeal cakes a fluffy structure, calling them Air Cakes, priced at 666 yuan each.

He used the Meissner effect of superconductors to make floating ice cream, priced at 888 yuan a serving.

Lu Yichen was confident. "There's no way anyone will buy it at those prices!"

A few months later, Lu Yichen asked confidently, "How's it going?"

System: Extremely well. The guests say they've seen expensive things before, but never anything this expensive. They have to try it at least once.

Lu Yichen: ...

System: Oh, by the way, the head chef has won that year's Science and Technology Achievement Award and is now vying for the Nobel Prize in Physics. If you go now, you can still make it in time to receive the award money from the national delegation.

Looking at the restaurant's daily profits, Lu Yichen wept into the wind as he ate his cornmeal bun.

Unwilling to give up, he went on to invest in a rural murder-mystery game, a tractor-simulator gym, a cyber-incense-burning system, and more.

And he made a fortune.

Lu Yichen, who had made it onto the global rich list but was still eating budget group meals: "Why make money? It'd be faster to burn it for me, right? :)"

Luckily, he had an investment partner.

His partner had plenty of money, so Lu Yichen could eat his food, use his things, and sleep

Lu Yichen scratched his head and asked, "Do we really have to sleep in the same bed?"

Sheng Siheng hugged him from behind, resting his chin on Lu Yichen's shoulder and nuzzling him as he murmured, "A Chen, I've had trouble sleeping since I was little. You don't want to see me lose sleep, do you?"

Lu Yichen pondered. "I-I guess not...?"

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