Living in a small county town, earning a million a year

Chapter 1 The Tycoon System

"Xu Mu, my mom said she won't agree to our marriage if you can't come up with a dowry of 88.8 yuan!"

"I've thought about this carefully these past few days, and I feel that we're not right for each other, so let's break up!"

2025 5 Month 4 Day.

Starbucks on the first floor of Xiang Sheng Century Plaza, Tianji County, Taipei City.

Sitting in front of Xu Mu was a girl with light makeup. She was a blind date he had met half a year ago through his sister-in-law. Her name was Wang Ya.

The two had been dating for six months and were quite satisfied with each other in all aspects.

During the May Day Golden Week, Xu Mu visited Wang Ya's home with two bottles of Moutai and two cartons of Tianye liquor.

In the afternoon, they chatted about the wedding. That evening, Xu Mu arranged for Wang Ya's family to have dinner at the only five-star hotel in Tianji County, which cost Xu Mu about ten thousand yuan.

At the dinner table, Wang Ya's mother said that there was a younger brother in the family who had not yet gone to university.

They want a dowry of 88.8 yuan. One reason is to cover the tuition and living expenses for their younger brother's university education, and the other is to save the money for his future marriage as a dowry.

In addition, I hope that Xu Mu can buy a house in Yangfan opposite Xiang Sheng Century Plaza, and preferably also a Xiaomi SU7, so that it will be more convenient to drive an electric car when going out!
Xu Mu finally understood.

This is hardly a wedding.

This is clearly going to kill him!

Although it is a small, third-tier county town, Xiang Sheng Century Plaza is a new landmark that the county has invested heavily in building. The price of Yang Fan Boyue across the street is as high as 16,000 yuan per square meter!
A house costs at least 1.6 million.

The cheapest Xiaomi SU7 costs 200,000 yuan.

Add in the bride price and the cost of the wedding banquet, and it'll be at least three million.

Xu Mu could never afford such exorbitant expenses!
Their family isn't a business owner's family; their parents are just an ordinary working-class family. To this day, he still lives in his grandfather's 80-square-meter self-built house.

At most, they own a house in Ningcheng, but that house was saved up little by little by their parents over a lifetime, and now their parents and sister all live in that house.

The housing market is bad right now. Even if I sell that house in Ningcheng, it'll only be worth a little over a million yuan. What about the remaining million yuan? I'll have to take out a loan with no assets.
He wouldn't do something like that. Maybe blind dates just aren't suitable for a poor guy like him.

Xu Mu collected his thoughts and looked calmly at Wang Ya in front of him.

Wang Ya is right to be realistic; after all, there are no fairy tales in the adult world.

Even couples who have dated for seven years eventually can't escape the demands of cars, houses, and dowries, let alone blind dates, which are relationships inherently based on mutual benefit.

"Okay!" Xu Mu nodded in agreement. "Then I wish you happiness!"

After saying that, Xu Mu got up and left Starbucks without lingering.

As I stepped out of Starbucks, it was raining.

Xu Mu sighed and decided to ride his electric scooter home.

"Ding!"

"Host is facing a major life event. Tycoon System binding in progress..."

"Host: Xu Mu!"

Wealth: -40!

"The Tycoon System aims to make the host the richest person in the world and will provide the host with high-quality services!"

"Service 1: Provide the host with 10000 yuan in cash support daily!"

"Service Two: The host will receive different blind box rewards for completing the tasks issued by the system!"

"Service Three: On the first of each month, the system will provide the host with a lottery service, with each lottery prize worth no less than 100,000 yuan!"

"Current host level: lv1 (0/100) (Note: Experience will be gained based on the host's completion of tasks.)"

A series of mechanical sounds suddenly rang in Xu Mu's head, startling him.

Looking around, I realized that no one was speaking.

"My grass?"

"system?"

Xu Mu was a struggling online novelist, so he was no stranger to systems.

Could it be... that I'm going to become the chosen one too?
"It's me! Host!"

"Damn it!" Xu Mu went from shock to ecstasy!

Who would have thought that one day, he, a loser who writes overpowered novels, would also have a system!

And judging from the system's name, the Tycoon System, doesn't that mean I'm about to reach the pinnacle of life? "System, where do I collect the 10,000 yuan that's given out daily?"

"The daily sign-in gift pack will be distributed promptly at midnight, and the funds will be deposited into the host's bank account through legal channels," the system replied.

After studying the system for a while, Xu Mu understood the meaning of the three services.

However, this task is not yet unlocked. I guess it will depend on the actual situation.

Xu Mu rode his electric scooter home.

As soon as she got home, Xu Mu turned on her computer and started writing her novel.

Xu Mu started writing the novel in January of this year.

Last year, Xu Mu returned to Tianji County from Ningcheng to start a business with his classmate Bao Yong, investing in a turtle farm.

Bao Yong had been in the turtle industry for several years, and Xu Mu was his classmate from junior and senior high school. After investigating the project, he invested in it.

The initial investment did make some money, but due to market fluctuations in the second half of last year, coupled with losses and related costs, Xu Mu ended up with a debt of four to five hundred thousand yuan.

Every month, Xu Mu has to repay online loans and bank credit loans. She really has no choice, and she is too embarrassed to ask her parents for money.

It just so happens that Xu Mu has a brother named Ma Lou in Tianji County whom he has known for many years. Ma Lou writes novels on Qidian.com and is said to be quite good at it, earning tens of thousands of yuan in royalties a month. So Ma Lou recommended that Xu Mu give it a try.

It was really painful at first. I was tortured by editor Qingzhou for a month before I finally managed to sign the contract.

It took more than a month to get it listed, but only fifty subscriptions were received after it was listed.

Seeing such dismal results, Xu Mu almost gave up.

However, adhering to the idea of ​​seeing things through to the end, Xu Mu has persisted until now. Fortunately, her performance has improved somewhat, and at least her monthly royalties are enough to cover the loan interest.

After painstakingly typing out 6,000 words and uploading them, Xu Mu opened League of Legends and sent a message to the editor, Qingzhou, "Log in!"

The two played five duo matches and lost all five.

They were all smiles at the beginning, but when it ended, they logged off without saying a word.

Soon, it was twelve o'clock.

It was just past midnight.

Xu Mu's phone, which was lying to the side, vibrated. "10000 yuan has been deposited into your Industrial and Commercial Bank account ending in 0576. Your balance is 10003.26 yuan."

"My grass!"

Xu Muyi was so excited that he fell off his gaming chair, clutching his phone with a face full of excitement.

I initially thought this system was nonsense!
I can't believe they actually sent me money?

Stimulate!

Xu Mu lay back in the gaming chair, unable to suppress the smile on his face!

With a stable daily income of 10,000, that's 300,000 a month, and 3.65 million a year, not even counting the freebies from the other two services provided by the system!

Although I don't know what the system tasks and the monthly lottery are, the system has clearly stated that the monthly lottery prizes will be no less than 100,000.

Based on that calculation, the system can provide me with a minimum income of 4.85 million per year!

With that kind of income, why would I even bother writing novels!

Writing novels is a dead end!
"drop!"

"Recharge successful!"

Despite saying that writing novels had no future, Xu Mu still rewarded himself with the first 10,000 yuan.

I deposited 10,000 yuan into the Qidian app.

He then directly donated one million Qidian coins to his own failed novel, "A Man in a Small County Earns a Million a Year".

As the donations were made, banners immediately appeared on the Qidian APP website.

"Gaba Cai has donated 1000000 Qidian coins to the novel 'Living in a Small County, Earning a Million a Year.' Come and grab this red envelope!"

So cool!

Xu Mu sat in his gaming chair and furiously typed another 6000 words, then combined them into a chapter and sent it out.

The chapter title is: Thank you Gaba Cai for the Silver Alliance, thank you Godfather!

(End of this chapter)