Star Tycoon

Chapter 1 Kind-hearted Kuroda Nizo

In the summer of 2013, the Central Plains suffered unbearable heat.

The area around Linhe Road in Tao County is deserted; you can't even see a dog.

In a small roadside shop in the old town, a young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes was frowning; he looked like a good person.

"Zhongzhou, Tao County, 100,000 yuan..."

"Damn it, this system costs 100,000 yuan to start."

Eighteen-year-old Tian Ersan has just transmigrated and obtained a system that requires him to earn 100,000 yuan in 100 days to prove his strength before it can be activated.

My current status is that of an orphan!

The household registration booklet only has one page left.

The asset is an old house in the old town area on the outskirts of the county.

The time is 2013.

Tian Ersan accepted this bizarre premise.

"It's normal that they've all time-traveled."

Tian Ersan sighed and began to strive forward.

Besides the three-room storefront at the entrance, the only fixed assets are a 30-square-meter courtyard at the back and nine rooms across three floors.

The storefront was still the kind of one-story wooden mud-brick and tile house with a wooden door, looking like an old-fashioned mud house. The tiled walls were covered in dust and mold, making it look like it was haunted.

This area isn't a school; it's an old street from twenty years ago, named for its proximity to a river on the outskirts of the county town. It used to be a wholesale market, mostly consisting of low, old houses, which are now long past their prime.

As the county town expanded and relocated elsewhere, this road, located near the suburbs, was used only as a road.

Now, apart from some freight warehouses, there are only some poorer old villagers who can't afford to buy apartments in the community, as well as some car repair companies, family workshops, and massage parlors.

Even local residents rarely buy anything from this store.

Most of them are people passing by for the first time, buying a bottle of water or a lighter.

There are no relatives in the family, the account balance is 0, and there is no start-up capital.

Tian Ersan casually closed the wooden door and entered the courtyard.

There is a well in the yard, which looks usable.

Tian Ersan pushed open the somewhat moldy wooden door and soon saw the long benches and square table in the main room, as well as a wooden sofa, a straw hat, and a tin plastic lid for storing grain.

On the wall of the main room hung a mural of cranes and the sun, and there was also a statue of either the Jade Emperor or the God of Wealth.

There is a room on both sides, one of which is a storage room for miscellaneous items, all of which are junk.

The other place was the sleeping area. Both beds were covered with a lot of tattered blankets and clothes. Although there were wardrobes and windows, the environment was extremely poor.

Tian Ersan went upstairs again and found three rooms on the second floor. One room looked messy, but it had an LCD computer, posters of female celebrities, some smelly socks, and rotten shoes covered in mud.

The other two rooms were piled with cardboard, plastic bottles, tables, and chairs, looking like a junkyard.

The third floor contained tattered clothes, rags, smelly socks, and excrement; the top floor had a makeshift toilet and a rooftop vegetable garden overgrown with weeds.
Tian Ersan quickly went downstairs and found a locked wooden house inside, which was a kitchen that hadn't been used for a long time.

Soon the memory became clearer.

Tian Ersan was born on June 6, 1995, and lives at No. 606, Linhe Road, Tao County, Central China Province.

The date is June 6, 2013.

Aside from that, I have no memory of the school here, no memory of friends or relatives in this world, and not even memories of my neighbors.

I have an ID card; I have both my 18-year-old ID card and household registration booklet, which clearly state that I am an orphan.

"Why don't they give me a pension if I'm an orphan? Isn't there anyone who will adopt a handsome and healthy little boy like me? I want a mother too!"

Tian Ersan felt this was very unreasonable and did not conform to the logic of the real world.

"Why is it that a healthy, handsome, and seemingly honest guy like me is still single?"

Tian Ersan frowned, his thick eyebrows and large eyes filled with deep thought.

"If I go down the street and find a well-dressed woman in her thirties or forties who looks rich and loves no love, follow her for a few hundred meters, and when there are fewer people around, I can go up to her and call her 'Mom'... wouldn't that solve my problem?"

"Why be an orphan..."

"The only problem is that we don't know who has money, who lacks love, or who doesn't have a son."

Tian Ersan took out her phone and started taking selfies. Looking at the handsome, gentle, and fair-skinned eighteen-year-old boy in the lens, especially the sincerity in his eyes, she was sure he could move a group of love-starved mature women to tears.

If this were in a major first-tier city, especially a large city with many DINK (Double Income No Kids) families, Tian Ersan would really be willing to swallow his pride and do this.

Unfortunately, this is an agricultural county in an agricultural city in Zhongzhou Province. What's not lacking here is all kinds of left-behind children and parents accompanying their children to school. Family planning is not strict, and basically every family has several children. Moreover, the economic level is generally not high. I might have been taken by unscrupulous parents to work as an apprentice in a black factory.

Forcing one's own children to work in factories is perfectly normal in rural areas and towns.

"You should rely on yourself."

Tian Ersan decided to rely on his own abilities to make a living for the time being. "Being a live streamer is fine. It's 2013 now. If I can make a living with my looks, I'll make a living with my looks."

"My ID card can't be used right now, so I'll just find one online and register as a game streamer. Playing games is still possible; the world isn't too strict about that."

"If I want to make money, I'll start by selling products online. I'll see what I can sell. I don't have enough money to open an online store right now, so I need to save up more money as soon as possible."

In his previous life, Tian Ersan was an engineer at a large company. He could repair computers and solve some computer software problems.

In order to earn more money, Tian Ersan quickly moved his computer and internet connection to the convenience store.

After opening the door for business, Tian Ersan began to inspect the goods in the shop.

Beverages, canned goods, instant noodles, spicy snacks, lighters, playing cards, instant noodles, lollipops, shampoo, towels, salt, vinegar, soy sauce, that's all.

"Many products have expired for six months, but there's nothing we can do about it."

"I'm the one who needs help right now, anyway, I won't die from eating it."

After quickly shedding his psychological burden, Tian Ersan began registering a live streaming account.

The celebrities and big corporations in this world don't match up with those in the original world, but the chat software and online games are pretty much the same.

There are popular online games as well as competitive games.

Let's play! Start!

Some people don't like playing popular games or joining in the fun; they prefer playing online games where you constantly level up and fight monsters.

Tian Ersan is different; he plays whichever game is popular, and if he's going to be a streamer, he'll be a streamer of popular games.

Otherwise, we won't get any money!
I had just finished a game when someone came in from outside.

"A Coke, please," a young, chubby mechanic called out as he came in.

Tian Ersan quickly got up, put down the mouse, walked over, personally took a bottle and handed it over, "Hello, two yuan and fifty cents."

Zhou Fa saw Tian Ersan give him a bottle of cola, but he didn't take it; instead, he took another bottle.

"I'll get it myself."

Tian Ersan explained, "That one was expired. My grandfather died last year, and I'm the only one looking after this shop now. This one isn't expired."

Zhou Fa picked up the Coke and checked the production date, discovering that it was indeed two months past its expiration date.

"Oh." Zhou Fa put down the cola in his hand and took the cola from Tian Ersan. He glanced at it and found that it was only a few days away from expiring.

Zhou Fa didn't mind such things; men in small towns aren't that particular, especially those who do manual labor.

"Where are your parents?" Zhou Fa asked casually as he opened the can of cola.

Tian Ersan replied, "I died when I was a child, and now my household registration book only has one page. I'll sell it for some money in a while and then I'll restock and replace it with better quality stuff. Come over when you want to buy drinks. When I have money, I'll buy a refrigerator and then I can sell cold Coke."

"Okay." Zhou Fa felt sorry for the kid, so he took out a wad of cash from his pocket and gave him ten yuan. "Keep the change."

Tian Ersan laughed, "Thank you, let me give you a towel, I see you're sweating."

“Okay.” Zhou Fa realized he did need a towel, so he took out a five-yuan note from his purse. “I’ll also take a bottle of Coke. Expired is fine, I don’t care about that.”

Tian Ersan quickly thanked him, "Thank you!"

Zhou Fa quickly left with two bottles of cola and a towel; he was a small business owner who repaired electric bikes nearby.

This road isn't good for anything else, but it's good for repairing electric bikes and bicycles and patching tires. It happens to be the intersection of several towns leading into the county.

Although most of the cars are private vehicles, there's only one bicycle repairman; the rest are car repairmen, truck drivers, car washers, and massage parlor workers, so there's not much competition.

The feigned simplicity allowed Tian Ersan to earn a little money.

Looking at the fifteen yuan in his hand, Tian Ersan thought for a moment and decided to continue running the small shop.

The first thing is to replenish the stock.

There's a gas station 100 meters away and a logistics station 200 meters away. Walk 800 meters south along the road and you'll reach the main road of the county town, where there's a Songshan Supermarket, about the size of two normal convenience stores. It's the supermarket that locals frequent.

The main customers of this small shop are lazy people who don't want to walk too far.

There's a massage parlor about 100 meters down the old street across the street; it usually starts operating at 5 p.m.

To become a live streamer, you need to build popularity and become familiar with the environment.

All beginnings are hard.

Tian Ersan's men picked up brooms and went out to sweep the broken road outside their shop, letting people know that this was a place for doing business.

After finishing packing, Tian Ersan went back and ordered substandard family planning products online.

He bought two hundred traps for two cents each.

Driven by the desire for twenty times the profit, young hearts have lost all moral boundaries.

No female lead
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(End of this chapter)