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...]

"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!"

[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.

[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 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?’

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."

[Game development + unbeatable power fantasy + premium game industry storyline]

[“Sheep A Sheep” only earns the first pot of gold and is unrelated to the later plot]

Ling Xiao transmigrated with a system. In this world where the game industry is extremely underdeveloped, Ling Xiao dreams of creating AAA masterpieces—but with limited initial resources, he’s forced to start by developing Sheep A Sheep. The result? Millions of players break down, and Mr. Lu becomes his biggest hater: “I’m begging the developer to act like a human being!”

From that moment on, Ling Xiao begins his path to becoming a legend in the gaming world, with every game he releases becoming a hit.

Pixel games are outdated? Terraria and Minecraft take the world by storm!

Japan dominates the anime-style game scene? Onmyoji and Genshin Impact conquer Akihabara!

Chinese-style games are trash? Black Myth: Wukong slaps the foreigners in the face!

Western 3D is superior? Red Dead Redemption and Titanfall redefine AAA standards!

Korea...? Sorry, Korea has no culture of its own…

This is the story of building a gaming empire from Sheep A Sheep, step by step.

[No gaming experience needed to enjoy ~ Focuses on premium game design + career progression]

When his life was in dire straits, Lin Yang obtained a daily intelligence system, which would push several pieces of intelligence related to him in various aspects every day.

This information allowed Lin Yang to seize the initiative, avoid danger, seize benefits, and foil conspiracies...

Not only that, the system can also be upgraded to provide weekly intelligence, monthly intelligence, annual intelligence...

[Daily intelligence: The lottery shop at the entrance of the community scratched out the first prize of the Lucky Ten Times lottery, with a prize of 400,000 yuan. Go to the lottery shop in advance to buy all the Lucky Ten Times lottery tickets to grab the first prize. ]

[Daily Intelligence: Joy City’s anniversary event, spend 688 or more to win an electric car, the grand prize card is stuck on the upper left corner of the box, go there before 9pm to grab the grand prize. ]

[Daily Intelligence: At Binjiang Vegetable Market, there is a Melo Pearl inside the last coconut snail in Xiaoqiang's vegetable delivery tank. If you buy this coconut snail, you can get a Melo Pearl worth over a million.]

[Daily Intelligence: Chen Qingqing, 24 years old, native of Xingcheng, graduated from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics with a major in finance, 1.68 meters tall, 98 kilograms in weight, blood type B, measurements... Home address: Runhe Binjiang Bay, phone number: 176...]

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【Weekly Intelligence: ……】

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【Monthly Information: ……】

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【Annual information: ……】

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"Oh my god! Isn't the modeling in this game too beautiful?!"

"I've decided, you'll be my wife from now on!"

Bang!

Warning: You've been attacked by a foundation-building monk and are in a near-death state!

"Fuck, I'm just an NPC in the game, why do I have such a bad temper!?"

Bai You traveled to a parallel world and became a top star. He was assigned a charity system and had to donate 99% of the money he earned from writing songs and acting, otherwise it would be taken away by the system.

The song "Tianxia" received 20 million yuan in dividends, which were donated!

The song "Lanting Xu" received 30 million in dividends, which were donated!

……

"Storm" distributed 100 million in dividends, and donated it!

The dividend of "Long Moon Embers" is 300 million? Donate!!!

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Han Hong: "Bai You is the most frugal star I have ever seen. He is reluctant to eat meat buns for breakfast and only eats vegetarian food."

Director Kuang Biao: "In order to save money, he took the bus to the crew and was reluctant to take a taxi."

Hua Chenyu: "He must be the poorest star in the entertainment industry. I've never seen a star who gives cash back for good reviews. His clothes are still 9.9."

Kun Kun: "He is so stingy that he only has two pairs of shoes. Reba is barefoot in his house without slippers."

Haters: "He's handsome, he sings well, he's a good actor, and his character is impeccable. I finally found his weakness. He's stingy. Brothers, attack him! Label him the poorest top star!"

Just when all the black fans attacked the white right and wanted him to step down, a piece of news shocked netizens.

"The president of China's largest and most mysterious foundation is Bai You?!"

"I eat vegetarian buns every day so that orphans can eat meat buns!"

"We save money to take the bus so that we can save money to build a school road for left-behind children!"

"I bought 9.9 clothes to save money and give cotton clothes to the homeless!"

“Not buying shoes is to give children with leukemia a way to survive!”

"What? He donated another billion?"

The whole network burst into tears!