After death, Su Yu's soul traveled to Blue Star, fortunately binding a cultural and entertainment system. However, before he could display his great power and dominate the cultural and entertainment industry of Blue Star, he was informed by the system that he only had three days left to live, and the only hope of surviving was to complete the life missions issued by the system's "Miss Sister"...

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...]

One day, Chu Shun—a shameless guy who would rather take off his pants than hang himself properly—crossed over to a parallel world. There, he acquired a system called the [Film Fund]. What’s it like to make movies without fearing a financial loss or needing investors?

“As a director, I never care about box office returns!”

So, Chu Shun pulled out Kill Bill. But because it was too bloody, it unsurprisingly failed to get the “Dragon Seal” (the film approval mark in China).

Very well. Kill Bill, which made $180 million at the box office on Earth, ended up as an online B-movie in the parallel world...

“I think there are three absurd things in this world.

First, bad people often live better lives than good ones.

Second, when you're in trouble, friends help without hesitation—yet when they're in trouble and ask you for money, you say they're not real friends.

Third, a whole crowd of you are standing here listening to me talk about the art of film.”

—Chu Shun, speaking at the American Film Academy.

Some of the works by "foreign trauma" director Chu Shun include:

Lord of War, The Hunt, Farewell My Concubine, The Legend of 1900, The Intouchables, City of God, Cinema Paradiso, Malèna, Dead Poets Society, and more.

[Anti-cliché, light and funny, no romance]

Qian Ziyong just graduated from college and suddenly got a strange system — the "Lose Money System." The rule is simple: the more money he loses, the more real cash he earns!

Losing money? That sounds easy!

He takes over a failing supermarket and starts doing everything wrong on purpose, hoping to lose tons of money and farm rewards from the system. But instead… things go completely opposite! Customers rush in like crazy, and he makes a huge profit!

Qian Ziyong is furious!

He opens a chain of bubble tea shops, hot pot restaurants, shopping malls, even builds smartphones, computers, cars, and chip machines — all trying to lose money.

But the more he tries to fail, the more money he earns!

All his businesses accidentally become No.1 in their industries.

Qian Ziyong: "Why is it so hard to lose money?! I can’t live like this anymore!"

After being reborn, Liu Wei unexpectedly gains the "Slacker System."

As long as he continues to slack off, he’ll achieve success.

But the result...

“President Liu, our game is a massive hit!”

“Brother Wei, our supermarket has expanded into a nationwide chain!”

“Hello, President Liu? Great news—the new movie just won an award!”

“President Liu, your all-in-one entertainment empire is progressing steadily...”

“…”

Liu Wei stands on the balcony, staring blankly:

"How did it turn out like this? I just wanted to slack off!"

...

A counter-trope story.

After being reborn right after graduation, Cheng Xu embarks on his store-owning journey. He starts off with a single large shop—400 square meters—and just the monthly rent costs over 10,000 yuan. According to the trajectory of his past life, this should end in business failure and dragging his parents down with him.

This time, Cheng Xu decides to give up and slack off. No more striving—surely that will keep him from repeating his old mistakes.

Wait, what? A Wealth System has bonded with him? And it gives him a 100-to-1 rebate on any losses?

Well then, forget lying flat. He’ll follow the same path as last time—max out spending, join forces when he can’t beat them, and go all-in on milking the system for everything it’s got.

But somehow… he’s making money? What the hell? Get away from me, you damned piles of cash!

Ten years later, a reporter interviews him:

“Mr. Cheng, what inspired you to become such a conscientious entrepreneur?”

Cheng Xu sighs helplessly:

“Is it possible… that I just really wanted to lose money?”

Wang Xiaoyu transmigrated to a parallel world and became a PhD student. He then received a system that rewarded him with 100 times the profit as long as he ran a company normally, spent money continuously, and mismanaged it. But unexpectedly, these sneaky bastards kept making the company better and better! They turned it into the world’s number one game company, the world’s number one supermarket, the world’s top investment firm, and so many other titles.

Wang Xiaoyu helplessly said: “I just want to lose money, but there are just too many of these sneaky bastards!”

God of Web Novels,’ ‘King of Romance,’ ‘Father of New Wuxia’... and so on—these are all just misunderstandings the world has about me. I’m just a porter!" Song Ci sighed helplessly.

In this life, he only wanted to be a salted fish and enjoy life.

He never expected that he'd end up walking further and further down the path of a literary giant.

[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.

"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!"