Chapter 1: Twenty Million US Dollars Per Day

Thump!

Mu Xin fell straight off the bed. It really hurt; this wasn't a dream.

"So, this system is real?!" Mu Xin muttered, still unsure.

[Oxford Town Consumer Fund System bound]

[The system will distribute US dollars to the host daily at a rate of one thousand times the Oxford Town population base]

[Oxford Town current population: 23,005]

[US dollars distributed today: 23,005,000]

[US dollars have arrived, please check]

[Note: US dollars can only be used in Oxford Town]

Mu Xin looked at his phone in a daze. The number on his Chase Bank app made him think he had reached Sichuan...

It was all zeros...

As a work-study international student, when had Mu Xin ever seen so much money?

He headed straight to the ATM in the town center and withdrew 100 dollars.

Looking at the smelly, dirty dollar bill in his hand, Mu Xin understood why people loved these greenbacks.

After withdrawing the money, Mu Xin walked to the Starbucks across from the ATM and bought an iced Americano.

"It's fucking bitter... How can anyone like drinking this stuff..." Mu Xin complained, but he still finished it.

Wasting is shameful. Although Mu Xin was rich now, he still maintained good conduct; though perhaps only temporarily...

To test the boundaries of using this money, Mu Xin messed around for an hour.

He could spend this money anywhere in Oxford Town, buy anything, whether it was goods or services.

But online shopping wouldn't work, not even buying a Netflix membership.

He couldn't transfer money back home either; it failed immediately.

As for stocks, funds, futures, and all sorts of messy financial products, none of them could be purchased.

However, he could buy local goods online, such as things from McDonalds or the local Walmart supermarket.

In short, he could spend the money freely in Oxford Town, but outside of Oxford Town, he couldn't spend a single cent.

Mu Xin took out his phone, intending to ask GPT how to spend this money, but after thinking about it, he decided against it.

The security of an iPhone was questionable. After all, he was currently in the United States, and over 20 million dollars a day was not a small number...

The money could only be spent in Oxford Town, and the key was that Oxford Town was just too small.

This place was a small town in the state of Ohio in the northeastern United States, under the jurisdiction of Cincinnati.

The entire town center consisted of just two blocks, serving purely for Miami University Oxford Campus.

During the school term, there could be over 20,000 people in town, but once the holidays started, there were only a few thousand, or even fewer.

The point was, he couldn't spend his whole life living in this tiny, shitty place...

He really didn't know how to spend this money. If he were in New York, let alone 20 million dollars a day, he could easily blow through 200 million dollars.

But in a place like Oxford Town, there was really nowhere to spend it.

The most obvious example was that villas here only cost a few tens of thousands of dollars, and even the newest and best ones barely reached over a hundred thousand dollars.

He couldn't just buy dozens of houses a day...

The key was, even if he did that, there weren't enough houses in Oxford Town to buy.

Finishing the iced Americano, Mu Xin rubbed his face. This matter needed long-term consideration.

Mu Xin sat on the edge of the park in the town center—which wasn't even as big as a basketball court—and pulled up the system panel, looking it over repeatedly for a long time.

He had to admit that this system was indeed a bit too simple; apart from giving money, it basically had no other functions.

"Give me a hint?" Mu Xin asked symbolically.

[Hint: Population is the foundation of rewards; the larger the population, the greater the rewards]

[Hint: When the Oxford Town population exceeds 100,000, a special reward will be triggered]

Mu Xin raised an eyebrow. It looked like he would have to develop this system himself.

But the goal of 100,000 people was a bit excessive...

Oxford Town only had 23,000 people now; it was 77,000 people short of 100,000.

Mu Xin looked around. It was 5:30 PM on a Friday, which was considered a busy time for Oxford Town.

With the weekend off, students were all coming out to relax.

Looking around, it was all young people, colorful and diverse.

But these people only stayed here for a little over half a year each year. Once they graduated, they would leave directly, as if they had never been here at all.

However, every year there would be new students to replace those who graduated, so overall, it was very stable.

As for the local population of Oxford Town, they were basically older people, most of whom were engaged in agriculture.

Except for the town center and the school area, Oxford Town was filled with cornfields as far as the eye could see.

And American agriculture was purely mechanized modern agriculture, completely dependent on various large-scale farm machinery.

So the population had always been very stable.

Trying to get the population to grow to 100,000 was simply an impossible task.

The best way to increase the population was to vigorously develop industry.

Buy land, build factories, and engage in all sorts of infrastructure construction.

The key was... American industry was basically dead now, let alone trying to do these things in an agricultural state.

Sigh!

Mu Xin sighed. This system was a bit of a letdown...

But as a man born into this world, how could he settle for mediocrity for long!

Now that he had money in his hands, he naturally had to accomplish something.

Thinking of this, Mu Xin decided he must achieve some results!

If that old man Trump could be president, why couldn't he?!

That's how Chinese people are; today they are good citizens, tomorrow they fucking want to be emperors...

The sky grew dark, and the town center became more and more crowded; there was even a long line at the entrance of the bar.

As the sanctuary for American college students to relax, Oxford Town only had two bars, and they were packed as soon as the weekend arrived.

Since he wanted to develop industry, he had to first deeply understand the economic situation of Oxford Town.

As the saying goes, prosperity brings vice, so he had to experience it for himself.

How much money the students in Oxford Town actually had, and how much disposable income they possessed, was best reflected by the service industry.

Money flows to where there's fun.

This bar was the best place for that; he had to go and see, and he had to look at it critically.

Getting up and brushing the dust off his butt, Mu Xin walked towards the bar.

Standing in line, Mu Xin frowned again. The mix of various perfumes and the body odor of white people was really a bit hard to accept.

But then again, these white girls were really beautiful!

Big breasts, long legs, and thin waists—they looked exciting!

Fortunately, Mu Xin came early. After waiting for about half an hour, it was his turn.

"ID," the security guard at the door said impatiently.

Mu Xin honestly handed over his driver's license and was then let in.

In the United States, you must be 21 to drink, but it's fine if you have a fake ID.

Everyone has been young, so this is an unspoken understanding.

Entering the bar, Mu Xin opened up a new world...