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Lin Chen prepares to meet Jiang Xuewei's parents for the first time officially. He selects thoughtful gifts and impresses them with his character and success as an entrepreneur and advisor, further cementing his relationship with Jiang Xuewei and discussing their future together.
Lin Chen, a freshman, is mocked by his ex-girlfriend for being poor. The 'Strongest Pretender System' activates, rewarding him with a Ferrari, which he uses to humble his ex-girlfriend by demonstrating his newfound wealth. He immediately plans to build a business empire.
After his first successful 'slap in the face' mission, Lin Chen receives 100% shares of the Imperial Hotel. He encounters Jiang Xuewei, the school beauty, and helps her fend off an aggressive suitor by pretending to be her boyfriend, thus completing a task to get her WeChat and acquire the Imperial Hotel.
Lin Chen's system assigns a long-term mission to make Yu Yang bark like a dog for 2% of Penguin Computer shares. Later, at the Imperial Hotel, he confronts Zhao Lei, a student who boasts about his uncle's connection to the hotel. Lin Chen reveals he owns the hotel, humiliating Zhao Lei.
Upon completing the mission to face Zhao Lei, Lin Chen receives all storefronts in the Great Bay Area shopping street. He goes shopping with Jiang Xuewei and encounters a former lickspittle who insults him. Lin Chen wins a bet and forces the person to bark like a dog, gaining 2% of Penguin's shares.
Lin Chen encounters Zhao Fei, a class council member, who tries to assert authority over him. Lin Chen reveals he is the new owner of the shopping street, humiliating Zhao Fei and making him kneel. He is rewarded with a Patek Philippe watch.
Jiang Xuewei's father falls ill and needs urgent surgery. Lin Chen uses his influence to prioritize the surgery, much to the annoyance of Cao Jinlong, a partner of Rongtou Land, who is in line for similar care. Lin Chen donates 10,000 dollars to the hospital and gains 30% of Rongtou Land's shares, using his new power to blackball Cao Jinlong from the building materials industry.
Lin Chen and Jiang Xuewei are accosted by an arrogant woman who spills milk tea on Jiang Xuewei's expensive bag. The woman refuses to pay for the damages, until Lin Chen reveals he is the landlord of her husband's shop on the commercial street. She is then forced to pay the 28,000 dollar cost of the bag.
Lin Chen takes his parents and Jiang Xuewei to buy a villa. He confronts Yang Chunmei, an ex-girlfriend who mocked his poverty, revealing his status as the sole shareholder of Rongtou Land by purchasing an expensive villa with ease. She is subsequently fired and disgraced.
Lin Chen encourages his parents to quit their factory jobs. He offers his father the management of Parkway Supermarket, which he secretly acquired, giving his father a new purpose and better financial standing through the system's reward for his filial piety.
Lin Chen and Jiang Xuewei encounter an emotional father whose son committed suicide due to school bullying and a negligent teacher. Lin Chen helps the father by providing financial assistance and subsequently records a teacher, Ms. Shen, who makes inappropriate comments and abuses power. He leverages this to ensure a fair learning environment and gains the special reward of 'Mastery of a musical instrument'.
Yu Yang and Zhao Lei challenge Lin Chen to a musical instrument competition. Lin Chen, using his newly acquired 'Mastery of musical instruments' skill, effortlessly outshines them, leading to their humiliation and a month of street cleaning as punishment. He is rewarded with 'Golden pupils'.
Lin Chen helps his roommate, Chen Xiao, appraise a family heirloom, a nine-eyed dzi bead. With his 'Golden Pupils' ability, he correctly identifies it as an antique worth millions, despite a professional appraiser's initial dismissal, increasing his reputation in the antique world and earning him the 'Master Restoration Technique'.
Lin Chen opens a blind box from the system, revealing a McLaren 720S. He takes Jiang Xuewei for a ride, strengthening their relationship and earning him a random reward: the top private island, Starlight Island, demonstrating his ever-growing wealth and happiness.
The university principal appoints Lin Chen as a Special Advisor for the Student Entrepreneurship Center. This long-term mission grants him opportunities to mentor entrepreneurial programs, gaining equity in core companies and expanding his influence into new sectors like intelligent logistics and AI technology, further solidifying his position as a business mogul.