Pei Ran was a diligent corporate manager who had spent years saving money to provide for his younger brother, Pei An, after their parents divorced. Despite his professional success and careful financial management, his life was shattered when he discovered Pei An hosting a rowdy party with questionable friends. In a moment of cold disappointment, Pei Ran left the apartment, only to be struck down by a motorcycle driven by Pei An’s accomplice. The murder was staged as an accident, and Pei An callously disposed of the body, receiving the inheritance while their neglectful parents showed little interest in the truth. As a disembodied spirit, Pei Ran watched his brother’s performance and his own cremation, mourning not his life but the loss of his hard-earned savings.
Upon opening his eyes, Pei Ran found himself reborn in the body of a fictional character with the same name. This new Pei Ran was the CEO of a media company and a minor antagonist in a romance novel, destined to go bankrupt within ninety-nine days. A supernatural countdown hovered above his head, marking the days until his financial ruin. The original owner had won his initial capital through a lottery ticket suggested by his childhood friend, Jiang Han, and had since built a company plagued by incompetence and corruption. Pei Ran’s primary goal shifted from survival to preventing the inevitable bankruptcy that would strip him of his thirty million yuan in assets.
His first act was to confront his biological father, Pei Yucai, who held a managerial position despite his lack of qualifications and history of harassment. Pei Ran publicly fired him, shocking the staff and severing the father’s access to company funds. He then addressed the issue of workplace sexual harassment, which had been a catalyst for the original plot’s downfall. By supporting the female lead, Shen Mianmian, and exposing the evidence against managers Zhou Guoren and Pi Qiu, Pei Ran cleaned up the company culture. He promoted Shen Mianmian to team leader and handed over evidence to the police, ensuring the harassers faced legal consequences.
Jiang Han, the vice president and the friend who had inadvertently triggered the original owner’s wealth, attempted to intervene and downplay the firings. However, Pei Ran remained unmoved by their past friendship, recognizing Jiang Han’s underlying resentment and lack of genuine loyalty. Pei Ran cut off financial support to his family by freezing credit cards, forcing his parents to rely on themselves rather than his wealth. He also terminated the unprofitable live-streaming subsidiary that his father had pushed through. As he stabilized the company and removed toxic elements, Pei Ran worked to alter the narrative fate that had doomed the previous owner, determined to survive the countdown and retain his fortune.
