[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-scammed-hundred-bill":3,"chapter-arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-scammed-hundred-bill-arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-1":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Arms Tycoon: Starting by Conning a $10 Billion Order",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":12,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2076538,3287,"Chapter 1: The Impoverished Student of Modu","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-1",1,"\u003Cp>Parallel world, Water Blue Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Year 2015, Dragon Nation, Modu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yi was a junior student majoring in mechanical automation at Modu University of Engineering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, although the name Modu University of Engineering sounded impressive, it was in reality merely a second-tier institution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was neither a 985 university nor a 211 university.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was simply a public science and engineering university, abbreviated as \"Engineering Big.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, as the economic dragon head of the Flower Nation—Modu,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Engineering Big's engineering majors (such as mechanics, electrical engineering, automation, vehicle engineering, etc.) ranked second only to Jiaoda and Tongji in terms of employment prospects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Lin Yi was just a very ordinary junior student at this university.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing 175 cm tall and weighing 65 kg, everything about him seemed utterly average.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even his appearance was merely ordinary; while he could not be called ugly, he certainly could not be called handsome either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He belonged to the category of the utterly unremarkable, one among the masses, completely failing to attract anyone's attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, born in a poverty-stricken mountain village in Guizhou Province, even his tuition for the first semester of his freshman year had been scraped together by his parents begging everyone they knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, such a life offered no advantage whatsoever when it came to choosing a spouse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Lin Yi did not give up because of this, nor did he feel inferior to others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, when he first arrived in Modu, the economic dragon head of the Dragon Nation,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>seeing the rows of skyscrapers, the endless flow of traffic,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and the fashionable, beautiful women full of allure,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he, who came from the mountains of Guizhou Province and had previously not even known what lay beyond those mountains, felt deeply drawn to it all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, he silently swore an oath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He must make something of himself in this metropolis and establish a firm foothold here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His name contained the character 'Yi,' meaning perseverance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps because of this character, during his three years of university, he pursued his studies while running a business.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the first half of his freshman year, he had not asked his family for a single penny,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and instead, at times, Lin Yi would use the money he earned to subsidize household expenses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, living in a big city was not simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he first arrived, he had been looked down upon by many for his rustic clothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had also been mocked for his way of speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had even been despised by others for doing business.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Lin Yi did not care about any of this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He always kept one sentence in mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Only by enduring the hardest hardships can one rise above others; the sharp edge of a sword comes from grinding, the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, over these three years of university, while most people still lived in an ivory tower indulging in a life of drunken stupor,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yi had actually long since entered the university of society.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Selling tea eggs, 1.5 yuan each, 5 yuan for four... Also, we have sunflower seeds, instant noodles, ham sausages....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carrying a thermos pot he had modified himself on his back, Lin Yi began hawking his wares in the male dormitory building at exactly 9 PM.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason he chose this time\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was that the school's convenience stores were all closed by then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And many students were only just beginning their nightlife.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Give me 5 yuan worth of tea eggs... and a bucket of instant noodles!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sophomore male student immediately ran out of his dorm room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's 13 yuan in total, just scan this!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yi took out the WeChat and Alipay QR codes hanging around his neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, a 'ding' sound was heard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Alipay has received 13 yuan!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get me 5 yuan worth of tea eggs too, and a corn sausage!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Alipay has received 8 yuan!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before long, Lin Yi was surrounded by many people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tea eggs in the thermos pot and the items in the backpack on his back were visibly decreasing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Generally, he made two pots of tea eggs every day, totaling around 100.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At 1.5 yuan each, according to his cost calculations, it was 0.3 yuan per egg plus electricity and material fees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each tea egg cost no more than 0.4 yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he sold them, most people chose to buy four,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and even if they couldn't finish them, sharing them among a dorm room would leave none leftover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although this meant the actual price per tea egg was only 1.25 yuan,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>even so, he still maintained a profit margin of around 80%.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For 100 eggs, that was 80 yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adding in the various wholesale sausages, sunflower seeds, and so on,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>every night he could earn 150 yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And generally, he only came to sell goods from 9 PM to 10:30 PM each night,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an hour and a half, he made a quick profit of 150 yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judging by the time cost alone, he already rivaled some urban white-collar workers in Magic City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, since the number of students at the school was limited,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and even in Magic City, few people were willing to spend more than ten yuan a day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All in all, a daily profit of slightly over 100 but under 200 yuan was the absolute ceiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Expanding revenue was simply impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, even with this small business,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Not only did Lin Yi no longer need his family to cover his tuition and living expenses, but over the past two-plus years, he had also saved sixty thousand yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing a day of study and work,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yi returned to his Dormitory 312 carrying an empty backpack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the room, someone was lying on a bed, chatting with great excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another was playing \"League of Legends\" on his computer, muttering as he played:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Blind Monk, run! He has vision on you, and he still has Flash!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another roommate, controlling Master Yi, replied:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Run where? The Blind Monk is right in the middle of the mid-lane; even with W and Flash, he can't reach the tower. And even if he did, Blitzcrank would just Flash-pull him back—he'd die anyway!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did the roommates notice Lin Yi's return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one with a stout build and a smile resembling the Maitreya Buddha was named Wang Kai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A native of Suzhou, his family owned five or six hardware stores, making him the wealthiest in the dormitory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One could tell just by looking at the Alienware laptop worth ten to twenty thousand yuan that he was diligently working on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being the oldest, he was the dormitory's eldest brother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other playing alongside him was Duan Yun, the dormitory's second brother, nicknamed \"Little Magic City.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he was a local from Magic City, he always spoke with phrases like \"Nong\" this and \"Ala\" that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, although Little Magic City was a local, his family lived in an old, dilapidated, tiny apartment in Jing'an District,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>where three generations shared a house of only twenty or thirty square meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This environment had shaped Duan Yun into a rather shrewd character, though fortunately, while shrewd, he was not worldly or mercenary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although initially, fueled by the pride of a local phoenix man from Magic City, he had looked down on country folk like Lin Yi,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>after spending time together, Lin Yi found the guy to be decent enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last one, lying on the bed chatting on WeChat,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was named Ye Yu, a native of Anhui Province.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This guy was the dormitory's visual representative, possessing a somewhat handsome appearance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was considered a prominent figure among the Class of 2012 in the School of Engineering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Relying on his slight good looks, he had dated no fewer than ten girlfriends over his three years of university.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire Dormitory 312 unanimously dubbed him the \"Love Saint.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most importantly, these girls often bought him various clothes and other items.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Ye Yu:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was born to live off women; I simply don't want to strive. I'll just find a rich older woman in the future. Since they're all women, does it matter whose money I eat?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire dormitory held such shameless words in utter contempt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(PS: For this new book, we beg for flowers, tips, and review tickets; your support is the author's motivation!)\u003C\u002Fp>",1390,"2026-06-16T04:10:19.707Z","2026-06-16T04:35:02.051Z","Qwen3.5 397B","79fabc1c810773fd3b233eafed5b1f68ea788b9e09e055280f4ef873402d398d","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-2",null,328,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Farms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-cover.jpg"]