Mingmei looked around the sales office and said, “I want a villa with a private courtyard near one of the ornamental lakes. It should have plenty of natural light. Could you recommend something for me?”
Wang Xiaoli’s eyes lit up, and her smile grew even sweeter.
“May I ask your surname, Miss? I happen to have five properties that meet your requirements. They can either be renovated to your specifications or purchased fully furnished and ready to move into. Would you be willing to come and take a look?”
Mingmei nodded. “My surname is Ming. Since you have some suitable properties, let’s go see them!”
Wang Xiaoli immediately drove her own car and took Mingmei to Huacheng Mingdi.
As soon as they arrived at the residential community’s entrance, the security guard recognized the license plate and let them through. He casually asked, “Sister Wang, bringing someone to view a property?”
As he spoke, he secretly glanced at Mingmei in the passenger seat.
Wang Xiaoli hummed in acknowledgment without saying much and drove Mingmei into Huacheng Mingdi.
“Miss Ming, take a look at this one.”
Wang Xiaoli brought Mingmei to a villa and introduced it.
“This is a three-story villa that has already been renovated. The interior features European-style decor, and there’s a small courtyard measuring one hundred square meters. The courtyard hasn’t been landscaped yet. The master bedroom faces the ornamental lake, and the natural lighting is excellent. Let me take you inside for a look!”
Mingmei responded with a hum and followed Wang Xiaoli inside.
The moment she entered the courtyard, she was captivated.
The villa’s exterior alone was extremely appealing.
After walking inside and standing in the entrance hall to look around, she found the interior just as attractive.
Wang Xiaoli was in the middle of explaining the villa’s features when Mingmei raised a hand to interrupt her.
“No need to explain any further. How much does this villa cost?”
“…Huh?”
Wang Xiaoli froze for a moment before quickly replying, “Miss Ming, this is Villa C1. The down payment is eighty million yuan.”
Mingmei frowned slightly. “I mean, how much does it cost if I pay in full?”
Wang Xiaoli cautiously studied her before answering, “Miss Ming, the full price of this villa is two hundred and thirty million yuan.”
Mingmei furrowed her brows.
She really liked this villa, but she only had two hundred million yuan to her name.
Forget it. She would make the down payment and take out a loan for the rest!
Just as she was about to take out her money, the Spendthrift System suddenly chimed.
[Ding! Now that the host has become a chosen user of the Spendthrift System, how could you possibly take out a loan? Of course, you must pay in full! The system has detected that the host possesses 200 million yuan. An additional 100 million yuan will now be transferred to the host’s account. Please purchase the villa you desire in full and work hard to spend all the system’s funds as soon as possible!]
Sure enough, Mingmei’s phone chimed.
She took it out and saw that one billion? No—one hundred million Dragon Kingdom yuan had been transferred into her bank account from an unfamiliar account.
“Can I move in today if I pay today?” Mingmei asked.
Wang Xiaoli was momentarily stunned, then smiled as she replied, “If you make the payment now, you can move in immediately.”
“I’ll take this one. Full payment.”
Mingmei took out her bank card and handed it to Wang Xiaoli.
“Charge it to this card.”
Wang Xiaoli was shocked. She hurriedly took out the card reader she carried with her and presented it to Mingmei with both hands.
Mingmei inserted her card, entered her PIN, and completed the payment. She then handed the card reader back to Wang Xiaoli.
Wang Xiaoli watched in disbelief as 230 million yuan appeared in the account. She swallowed nervously, and her smile became several times more sincere.
She bowed to Mingmei.
“Congratulations, Miss Ming! You are now the owner of this villa!”
As she spoke, she respectfully handed Mingmei the villa’s access card.
“Miss Ming, this is your villa access card. After using it, you can change the password or replace the locks if you wish. Everything is entirely up to you.”
Mingmei nodded and walked straight inside.
The Spendthrift System chimed in her mind.
[Congratulations, Host! You have spent 230 million yuan and earned 2,300 Spendthrift Points. Please keep up the good work!]
So the exchange rate between spending money and earning points was 1:100,000.
She had to spend 100,000 yuan to earn just one point.
Wang Xiaoli stared at the villa’s closed front door and swallowed.
“This is what being truly rich looks like!”
After saying that, she glanced down at her watch.
From beginning to end, the entire process had taken less than forty minutes.
She had decided to spend 230 million yuan in under forty minutes!
Honestly, it was almost unbelievable. (//∇//)
Wang Xiaoli knew she wasn’t attracted to Mingmei herself. She had simply been captivated by the girl’s effortless, carefree way of spending money.
After entering the villa and closing the door, Mingmei stretched lazily without bothering to maintain any elegant demeanor.
She had thought she would need to do some cleaning herself, but to her surprise, there wasn’t a speck of dust anywhere inside.
That made sense, of course. For a property this expensive, the staff would naturally clean it every day so that prospective buyers could view it in pristine condition.
Mingmei sat directly on the sofa and downloaded the app developed by Huacheng Mingdi.
Through the app, she booked one live-in butler, one private chef, and five housekeepers.
She booked their services for one month.
Earlier, she had accidentally opened the system’s Shop and discovered that it actually offered humanoid butlers and humanoid housekeepers that could be redeemed with points.
The system’s products would be convenient to use, so Mingmei planned to save her Spendthrift Points for a month and redeem them the following month.
She also added a note explaining that she had just purchased the house that day and asked the staff to bring their belongings and come directly to the villa.
Less than an hour later, someone knocked on the door.
The butler was a refined-looking, middle-aged man who appeared to be over forty.
The chef wasn’t the burly, heavyset person Mingmei had imagined. Instead, she was a slender, middle-aged woman.
The five housekeepers ranged in age from thirty to forty.
The butler wore a standard professional smile and bowed to Mingmei.
“Hello, Ms. Ming. We are the live-in butler, private chef, and housekeepers you booked. We will begin serving you today.”
Mingmei looked over the group and stepped aside to let them in.
“I’ll be relying on all of you for the next month. My own butler and housekeepers will arrive in a month. When that happens, I’ll give each of you a red envelope as a token of appreciation.”
The butler smiled and bowed.
“Of course. We will follow your instructions. May I ask how you would prefer us to address you?”
Mingmei thought for a moment.
“Just call me ‘Miss.’”
The butler’s smile remained unchanged.
“Certainly, Miss!”
However, when he straightened up, there was a hint of scrutiny in his eyes.
The young girl before him appeared to be around seventeen or eighteen years old and was exceptionally beautiful. Apart from her appearance, however, there was nothing particularly remarkable about her that suggested she could afford to purchase a villa worth more than two hundred million yuan in cash.
Still, the money had already been received. Whatever else happened was none of their concern.
With that thought, the butler’s smile deepened.
The five housekeepers divided their duties between cleaning the villa and attending to Mingmei’s needs.
One of them cut up some fruit and brought it to Mingmei before quietly returning to her cleaning duties.
Mingmei took out her phone and started browsing. She wanted to learn more about the shopping malls and brand boutiques in the area so she could fill her empty wardrobe and purchase other necessities.
Meanwhile, Wang Xiaoli returned to the sales office, still looking somewhat dazed.
A newly hired sales agent hurried over to her with an envious expression.
“Sister Wang! Sister Wang! I heard you sold Villa C1! You’re amazing!”
All the sales agents at Huacheng Mingdi knew that Villa C1 was particularly difficult to sell.
Of course, there was nothing wrong with the villa itself. The problem was that, during the renovation process, the designer had come up with a lot of unconventional ideas. Unfortunately, the finished result hadn’t quite achieved the intended effect, yet the construction costs had been exorbitant.
Unless the villa sold for 230 million yuan, the company wouldn’t even recover its costs.
The general manager had been deeply troubled by the property and had thought it would remain unsold indefinitely.
Who could have imagined that, after only considering the previous day whether to remove the listing in a few days, the villa would be sold today?
Wang Xiaoli was about to say something when the general manager, having heard that she had returned, hurried out to meet her.
“Xiaoli!” the general manager exclaimed with a broad smile. “Did Young Master Wang buy Villa C1?”
He wasn’t being unreasonable in assuming so.
When Young Master Wang had purchased a property at Huacheng Mingdi, he had been particularly fond of Villa C1. Unfortunately, he had considered it too expensive and ultimately purchased Villa B3 instead.
He had frequently asked whether the price of Villa C1 had been reduced.
Now that the property had suddenly been sold, the general manager naturally assumed that Young Master Wang had bought it.
However, Wang Xiaoli shook her head.
“It wasn’t Young Master Wang.”
She continued, “It was a very young girl, probably under twenty. Her surname is Ming, and she paid by card on the spot.”
The general manager froze.
“On the spot?”
Wang Xiaoli nodded vigorously.
The general manager thought carefully before saying, “Why don’t I remember any wealthy people in Magic City with the surname Ming?”
Anyone capable of producing 230 million yuan at once wasn’t merely wealthy. They belonged to an entirely different class.
People in their industry needed to remember the faces and names of individuals at that level, even if they had never met them personally.
Yet no matter how hard he thought, the general manager couldn’t recall anyone with the surname Ming.
Just then, his phone suddenly rang.
He took it out and glanced at the screen. His expression immediately fell.
“It’s Young Master Wang.”
He looked at Wang Xiaoli.
“Why don’t you answer it?”
Remembering Young Master Wang’s temper, Wang Xiaoli immediately shrank back.
“No, no, no! I’m not answering it! Manager, I just helped you sell a villa for 230 million yuan. I’m a major contributor here. You can’t throw me under the bus!”
A sale worth 230 million yuan would earn the manager several million yuan in commission, while she herself could receive more than a million.
One successful deal could support her for several years!
The manager thought about it and realized she had a point. In the end, he had no choice but to answer Young Master Wang’s call himself.
As soon as the call connected, a flattering smile instinctively spread across his face.
“Young Master Wang! What brings you the honor of calling me today?”
The moment the words left his mouth, the manager wanted to slap himself.
That sounded as though he were complaining that Young Master Wang didn’t call him often enough.
Wang Zicong, on the other end, didn’t have time to dwell on it.
“I saw on your app that Villa C1 has been sold. What’s going on? Who bought it? If someone wanted to buy it, why didn’t you tell me?”
The manager rolled his eyes inwardly.
How was I supposed to know whether you intended to buy it? And why would I have to inform you when someone else wanted it?
Of course, he didn’t dare say any of that aloud.
Instead, he answered cautiously, “Oh, Young Master Wang, what a coincidence! Please don’t blame us for this. Our sales agent simply followed the usual procedure and took the buyer to view Villa C1. Who could have expected her to pay the full price on the spot? Before we could even react, she’d already completed the payment. We couldn’t exactly refund her money, could we?”
Wang Zicong’s eyes widened.
“She paid the full price on the spot? Two hundred and thirty million yuan? The entire amount was paid immediately?”
The manager obediently hummed in confirmation.
Wang Zicong fell silent for a moment before asking, “Who bought it? Someone from the Ma family?”
The manager answered cautiously.
“Young Master Wang, I don’t know the details. She’s a girl under twenty. As for her specific identity, please forgive us, but we cannot disclose that information to you.”
Wang Zicong didn’t say anything more.
Every industry had its own rules. If the manager really had disclosed the buyer’s private information, he would no longer be able to work in the industry.
Besides, the manager hadn’t offended him. Wang Zicong wasn’t the sort of person who enjoyed bullying others, so he didn’t press the matter and simply ended the call.
A girl under twenty?
Wang Zicong thought carefully.
Which family could allow a girl younger than twenty to control such an enormous amount of liquid cash?
It wasn’t the Ma family. They didn’t have any daughters. It wasn’t the Zong or Ren families, either. The daughters of those two families were already considerably older.
But among the wealthy families active in Magic City, there were only a few with that kind of financial power.
Who else could it be?
Wang Zicong was the heir apparent of Yida, the young master of one of the wealthiest families in the country. He belonged to a social circle that was both large and small. Everyone in it was well-known, yet there were only so many people who truly mattered.
He had his eye on Villa C1 for a long time. Unfortunately, the price was higher than he was willing to pay, so he had planned to wait until the price dropped before buying it.
Many people might wonder how someone like the country’s famous playboy couldn’t afford a villa worth 230 million yuan.
The truth was that he really couldn’t afford it—not out of his own available funds, anyway.
Only someone at his father’s level could casually produce that kind of money.
The maximum amount of liquid cash he could personally control was around 150 million yuan.
Many people assumed that since Yida generated hundreds of billions of yuan every year, the company could easily give its young heir 230 million yuan to buy a house.
In reality, those hundreds of billions largely represented cash flow moving through the business, not cash sitting freely available in a bank account.
Most of the money received from one place had to be invested somewhere else.
Only a handful of families in the Dragon Kingdom had reached that level of wealth. That was practically the limit.
So where had this young woman under twenty suddenly come from? And how had she snatched the villa right out from under his nose?
He had assumed that only a few people in his social circle could afford the property. If one of them bought it, he could simply purchase it from them later.
But now?
Where was he supposed to find this mysterious young woman?
Wang Zicong was completely baffled.
Meanwhile, inside the villa, Mingmei held the latest model of a Longwei smartphone that she had just sent a housekeeper out to buy.
Satisfied, she played a game on it.
For the same price, Longwei phones were fantastic for gaming!
As she played, however, she suddenly remembered that she still had seventy million yuan in her bank account.
Mingmei slapped her forehead.
Why am I wasting time playing games? Spending that money is the real priority!
Thinking about the novels she had read in her previous life, she searched for the livestreaming platforms available in this world.
The most popular one was undoubtedly Kuaiyin.
Mingmei checked the platform and discovered that its most expensive virtual gift was a Spaceship, priced at 5,000 yuan per gift. Users could send up to ten gifts with a single tap.
That meant 50,000 yuan per tap.
Ten taps would cost 500,000 yuan.
One hundred taps would cost five million yuan…
In other words, she’d need to tap 1,400 times to spend all seventy million yuan.
Mingmei did the math and figured it wouldn’t take very long.
So she downloaded Kuaiyin and registered an account.
She named herself “Sunshine Mingmei.”
Looking at the interface, she discovered that the platform offered various recharge tiers, ranging from 10,000 yuan to as much as 10 million yuan.
Recharging 10,000 yuan earned the title of Baron.
100,000 yuan earned the title of Viscount.
200,000 yuan earned the title of Count.
500,000 yuan earned the title of Marquis.
One million yuan earned the title of Duke.
Five million yuan earned the title of Prince.
And recharging ten million yuan earned the title of King.
There were only a handful of users with the King title across the entire platform.
After all, aside from a title and special visual effects when entering livestreams, users received nothing in return for spending all that money.
Nor could they accumulate titles through livestream gifts.
It was essentially just spending money to inflate the platform’s statistics.
But Mingmei was quite satisfied with this arrangement.
Still, she didn’t immediately recharge her account. There were many livestreaming platforms in this world, after all. It made more sense to browse them one by one, find the ones she liked best, and then spend her money.
What did she like?
Funny stunts and good-looking people.
And by good-looking people, she meant both handsome men and beautiful women.
In other words, as long as someone was attractive, she liked them.
Mingmei opened a livestream.
A beautiful woman was dancing energetically.
However…
Wasn’t the beauty filter on this woman a little too strong?
Just then, the Spendthrift System suddenly appeared.
[Ding! The system has detected that the host wishes to determine the true appearance of the person on the screen. We hereby recommend the “Beauty Detector”! For just 100 Spendthrift Points, you can redeem it permanently!]
Mingmei raised an eyebrow and opened the system’s Shop. She searched for the Beauty Detector and read its description.
It could analyze any person’s true appearance. No matter how heavy their beauty filters or makeup were, nothing could conceal the results of the system’s analysis.
Mingmei checked her points. She still had more than 2,300.
Then she looked at the other items in the Shop.
A humanoid butler required 10,000 points.
A chef required 5,000 points.
A housekeeper required 3,000 points.
Those didn’t seem particularly difficult to afford.
Buy it!
And just like that, Mingmei spent her first batch of Spendthrift Points.
Not only did she obtain the Beauty Detector, but she also received a Newcomer Gift Pack.
The gift pack’s instructions said it had to be used together with the Beauty Detector.
Mingmei raised her eyebrows with interest.
This looked like it was going to be fun.