Ten Million a Day, Yet I'm Stuck in a Small County Town?

After eight years drifting in Beijing, staying up late every day to meet project deadlines, he’s developed chronic illnesses and saved only 300,000 yuan. In a fit of anger, Chen Yu chooses to return to his county town and lie flat. But then he gets bound to the County Town Spending System: every day, each permanent resident in the county contributes ten yuan to him. That’s ten million a day! But the money can’t leave the county. He can only spend it in this little town. The richest man in the county? Think bigger! While others are congratulating themselves on landing permanent jobs at major companies, Chen Yu is giving the sanitation workers in his employ a monthly salary of 6,000 yuan, six types of insurance and two housing funds, plus weekends off. While others toil for years, then drive home in their new Mercedes for the New Year to show off, they discover that even the county’s security guards all drive BBA cars...