My Paper Effigy Shop Is a Hit in the Underworld

An Ran returns to his hometown to sweep his ancestors’ graves, only to discover that the paper phone he burned can connect the worlds of the living and the dead!

A deceased old friend messages him to place an order: “Bro, burn me some roast chicken. I’m starving down here!”

Who would have thought the underworld was a trillion-yuan blue ocean market?

This business as a middleman between the living and the dead has to take off.

And so, Nanshan Village’s bamboo-weaving workshop becomes a bamboo-processing factory, dedicated to making the most of the underworld’s resources.

The City of the Wrongfully Dead is transformed into an underworld amusement park, the River of Forgetfulness becomes a lively night market called Nine Springs Peach Blossom Haven, and even Fengdu City gets electricity and internet access.

The underworld is bustling, and the world of the living is no less busy.

They repair water and power lines and build grain factories, turning rural towns into viral destinations and ideal places to live.

But An Ran’s “ambitions” don’t stop there.

The Homecoming Network bursts onto the scene, revitalizing both sides of the living and dead.

A hundred thousand overworked, fierce ghosts in the City of the Wrongfully Dead are itching to fight back against greedy, exploitative capitalists who profit by devouring people.

You make people work 996 hours? I’ll do four days on, three days off, and compete on benefits. You charge sky-high housing prices and drain three generations’ savings? I’ll provide employee housing. Homecoming means everyone can afford a home, and economic growth means everyone dares to spend. We’re all about domestic circulation.

The King of Hell frets: “President An, life in the underworld is too comfortable. No ghosts are going to be reincarnated anymore. What should we do?”

An Ran: “Don’t worry. Once the human world becomes a paradise, no ghosts will want to stay down here.”

The Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha smiles knowingly: “This time, we chose the right guide between the worlds of the living and the dead.”