[Game Development] [System] [Anti-Trope]

Exclusive Interview

Reporter: “President Mei, your latest game has once again gone explosively viral. Could you share with us the original inspiration behind making this game?”

Mei Caiyi, wearing a pained expression: “You might not believe this, but I actually have a system—every time the company loses money, I personally make a huge profit. So, the whole reason I made this game was to lose money. Same with the last one. And the one before that. All of them.”

Reporter: “Hahaha! President Mei, you’re truly hilarious. I understand now—you’re not in this for the money. You’re just sincerely making heartfelt, high-quality games for the players.”

He really wanted to say: “Understand my ass.”

How was he supposed to know all those games would blow up?

Now they call him things like “visionary,” “marketing genius,” “game development prodigy”—as if they weren’t just slandering him!

“Arbitrary Town”—a construction game with no gameplay, just mindless clicking.

“TombForce”—the protagonist is male, and all the enemies have bizarre, ridiculous designs.

“Cry”—deliberately made to provoke flame wars.

“Conscience-Free Game Platform”—created solely to deter people from registering.

“Escape”—designed to scare players so badly they wouldn’t want to buy it.

…He’s even gone online more than once begging for help: “Willing to pay handsomely for a large-scale, logically sound game idea that’s guaranteed to lose a ton of money!”

Liu Ziyang lay slumped on the creaking, broken sofa in his rented apartment, staring at the "Balance less than 100 yuan" notification on his phone screen. His temples throbbed. Just three days ago, he was a project manager at an internet company; now, he was part of the unemployed masses, without enough money in his pocket to even cover next week's rent.

"Grrrrumble—" His stomach growled at an inconvenient moment. He fished out the last packet of instant noodles from the fridge, three days past its expiry date. Just as he tore open the packaging, his phone screen suddenly went black, then a flashy, golden interface popped up.

[Ding! Host detected in a life low point, "Loss Rebate" System is binding...]

in Feng transmigrated into the world of a background actor, spending his days loitering outside the gates of a film and television studio, waiting for odd jobs with barely enough to eat. Just when things looked hopeless, a half-baked system activated, pushing him into all kinds of side hustles—setting up street stalls, fortune-telling, cooking, delivering food, and more.

On day one, he ghostwrote essays for elementary schoolers. On day two, he cracked open safes and accidentally helped the police catch a thief. On day three, he somehow ended up as a temporary nurse.

No matter the job, Lin Feng tackled it with gusto—but no matter how hard he worked, he never made any real money and often found himself back at square one. Meanwhile, his "main" career in acting struggled to take off. Still, none of that stopped him from spreading laughter and joy wherever he went.

Let me know if you'd like a more comedic, serious, or marketing-focused tone.

[System, Entertainment Industry, Comedy, Acting, Music, Transmigration, Power Fantasy (Shuangwen)]

[AI generated summary]

After a lifetime of relentless effort, actor Ye Xiao finally lands his dream—the leading role in a major production. His triumph is cut tragically short when a freak accident on set ends his life. He reawakens to find he's been given a second chance, transmigrated into a parallel world where the entertainment industry is the most glorious and respected path one can take.

His excitement soars when a System binds to his soul, a golden ticket in a world built for stardom. However, his destiny takes a sharp, comical turn. The System, his supposed key to success, is a vast "Music Library." For Ye Xiao, a dedicated actor who is completely tone-deaf and can't read a single note of music, this is a cruel joke.

The System's first directive is an ultimatum: rise in the music world and earn points, or face a second, permanent death. Forced into a career he knows nothing about and is hilariously inept at, Ye Xiao's first request to his omnipotent System isn't for a chart-topping song, but for help enrolling in a basic music class so he can learn to decipher the "ghostly talismans" it calls sheet music.

This novel follows the comedic journey of a man who wants to be a legendary actor but is forced by a life-or-death system to become a music icon first. Armed with a library of classic hits from his old world but zero personal talent, he must reluctantly conquer the music charts, all while hilariously trying to steer his chaotic new life back to his true passion: the silver screen.

Easy, entertaining and funny story: all-round artist + funny + many women + variety show + face slapping + singing + acting...

Zhong Mo just traveled to Blue Star and was participating in the variety show "Star Career Challenge", but he was facing a hell mode where he could be beaten at any time.

Fresh meat? Sissy? Can't sing or dance?

The entertainment supreme macho system teaches you how to be a man in minutes.

"Ding, host strength +200!"

"Ding, host gets two titanium alloy kidneys!"

"Ding, host gets 8% of Jiali Company's shares!"

"Ding, host gets a marriage contract!"

...

Zhong Mo looked at the five beautiful fiancées in front of him, all of whom were popular in the entertainment industry, and cried to his cousin Da Mimi in the distance: "I am kind, but the system insists on arranging marriages."

After being dumped by his anchor girlfriend, Ye Nan obtained a tenfold reward return system.

Fuck love, I'm going to be a vulgar person from now on.

Be number one on the Internet and enjoy all the beauties on the Internet.

Ex-girlfriend begging for reconciliation! ?

Look at these people behind me, is there anyone worse than you?

Zhang Yue's eyes have changed.

He can see the detailed information of any physical commodity, as well as the price change curve for the next month.

[Star anise, current price 9.5 yuan/jin, 87.5/jin in five days.]

There are other things such as food, medicinal materials, aquatic products, wine, cars, houses, lithography machines, manned rockets...

So he originally poor and loser life suddenly became full of gold.

Counting a large number of banknotes with his fingers, Zhang Yue smiled:

"With this artifact, I still need to take the exam for the establishment of a public institution!"

Wait, the establishment of a public institution must have money, and it can't be less."

Awakening optimization system, as long as there is any optimization in the entertainment work, you can get huge rewards. Box office, word of mouth, script content, actor performance, and even filming costs...In his previous life, Zhou Mo had been in the entertainment industry for ten years and almost couldn’t even afford to eat. There's nothing wrong with being a miser in this life. Looking at the film pay and cost expenses that easily amount to hundreds of millions in the industry, Zhou Mo felt extremely distressed. Save money!

Assistant: "Director, which one should I choose for the heroine of the new movie?"

Zhou Mo: "Which of the four young actresses is willing to reduce their pay?"

Assistant: "Director, the props this time are very expensive."

Zhou Mo: "Our competitors have some. When they run out, we'll buy them at a low price."

Liu Qingyun acquired a ‘Loss-Making System.’ As long as he loses money on investments, he gets ten times the return. He just wants to lose money, but every project he invests in somehow becomes wildly successful. Only the world where Liu Qingyun is the one getting hurt has been achieved.

‘I just want to lose some money—why is it so hard?’

"Please, I'm begging you all, stop letting me make money!"

"Get away, you damned bills!"

In the eyes of the public, Pei Qiankun was a titan of the entertainment industry, an investment genius, and the perfect boss—but he was utterly miserable.

Ever since he acquired the Wealth Compensation System, he'd been desperately trying to spend money and rack up losses, racking his brains to find losing investments.

But money seemed to have developed a life of its own—the more he spent, the more he had, the more he spent, the more it grew.

Even his employees, who were originally slackers, suddenly acted like they were on performance-enhancing drugs, working like crazy to earn him more and more.

Now staring at the business empire he accidentally built with his own hands, Pei Qiankun was on the verge of tears.

"I really just wanted to lose money!"