There are incredible things in this world, such as gods, demons, monsters, extraterrestrial creatures, or relics from ancient times.
But none of this mattered to Chen Yang. For him, it was more important to worry about whether to cook dinner himself or eat out than to pay attention to these things.
As a 26-year-old bachelor, Chen Yang, who had graduated more than two years ago, should have had his edges smoothed out by society, but he hadn't, because he didn't have a job at all! He had money and didn't need to work.
Without a doubt, this situation either involves someone born into wealth or someone who has won the lottery.
Chen Yang, whose ancestors for eighteen generations were farmers, was definitely not a rich second-generation. So, he must have won the lottery.
Yes, I really won the lottery.
On an ordinary day, Chen Yang, an ordinary person, bought two extraordinary lottery tickets in order to get change for the bus fare.
Both tickets were winners, you read that right, both were winners, and both were big prizes.
The total after-tax prize is still over 8 million.
After claiming his prize, Chen Yang refused all interviews. He sent 1 million yuan to his parents, flew to Hangzhou, spent 5 million yuan to buy a house and a shop, bought himself a domestic car worth over 200,000 yuan, and rented out the shop.
And so, Chen Yang, who was only 23 years old at the time, became a landlord who just sat around waiting to die.
To make matters worse, the area where he rented out his shop was designated as a new development zone by the government, causing land prices to skyrocket. The detached two-story shop he bought for over two million yuan grew like a flower in the motherland within a year, and its market value rose to over six million yuan.
Chen Yang earns nearly 30,000 yuan a month from rent alone, while his expenses are not high, averaging only five or six thousand yuan per month. Over the past two or three years, his savings have approached two million yuan.
Therefore, he has never worked until now.
So how did the lucky Chen Yang pass the more than 1,000 days after graduation?
Eat! Play!
That's right, he's that extravagant, that rich. Otherwise, how could a bachelor with a car and a house spend four or five thousand a month?
Chen Yang's two greatest passions in life are eating and traveling. While these are hobbies for most people, few are as dedicated and persistent as Chen Yang.
Every month, Chen Yang would travel to a new city for a period of time, sometimes four or five days, sometimes eight or nine. In the unfamiliar city, his main task was to find delicious food.
After three years of this, Chen Yang had traveled to many cities across China and even visited several countries abroad, and he was starting to get a little bored. Sometimes he wondered if he should find something to do.
Sometimes, once an idea pops into your head, it can grow wildly like weeds.
In Chen Yang's heart, a seed had long been buried deep, and a thought that he himself was unaware of suddenly occupied his mind and body at this moment.
Open an inn!
It's an inn, not a hotel or guesthouse.
During his countless stays, he would subconsciously think about how he would build and run a hotel or inn if he were in that situation.
Chen Yang is not an impulsive person; he always thinks things through carefully before doing anything.
HZ City is a famous tourist city with the world-renowned West Lake. The market is definitely there; it's just a matter of how to attract tourists.
Funding is not a problem for the time being. With more than two million yuan in savings and two properties, Chen Yang is not extremely wealthy, but he does have some money.
He decided to renovate his house into a guesthouse.
Back then, he spent five million to buy real estate, with 2.6 million for shops and 2.4 million for housing.
1.8 million is not bad even in Hangzhou, especially considering his house isn't in the city center. The land price wasn't high, so the area is large enough, with two floors totaling 186 square meters.
Just then, Lady Luck smiled upon Chen Yang once again. His neighbor, whose house was adjacent to his, suddenly wanted to sell his property. Chen Yang's house was a two-unit house, and if he bought his neighbor's house, he would own a detached two-story house.
His neighbors were a young couple who used to run a small restaurant. Unfortunately, both were from out of town and had no connections in Hangzhou. In the restaurant business, without connections, you can only rely on the taste of your food to succeed. But their restaurant's food was just average, so how could they possibly survive?
The young couple had a suitable restaurant in their hometown that they urgently needed to transfer. After discussing it, they felt it would be better to run it back home, so they decided to sell the restaurant and their house in Hangzhou at a low price.
Chen Yang bought the house without hesitation. And at an incredibly low price, 1.8 million.
Now there's no need to worry about it anymore; if we combine the two buildings, it'll definitely be enough to create a guesthouse.
If we're going to do it, we can't do it in the ordinary way.
Chen Yang borrowed 1.5 million yuan from the bank. With his assets, he easily passed the bank's assessment and mortgaged the house he had lived in for three years to the bank.
After obtaining the renovation rights from the developer, he contacted a design company and spent six months completing all the renovations of the inn, leaving only a name missing.
I invested nearly two million in six months, and I will need to invest several hundred thousand more after the business opens.
Even if he fails, Chen Yang's assets won't be completely wiped out. He still has a shop to keep him afloat, so he can proceed with the boldness.
The two buildings have now been combined and completely renovated inside and out. There are a total of eight rooms: five guest rooms, two staff dormitories, and one for personal use.
The five guest rooms are themed around plum blossom, orchid, bamboo, chrysanthemum, and late summer.
The design fee of over 100,000 yuan was not wasted. The design company was very skilled. Based on Chen Yang's ideas, they combined Hui-style architecture with Japanese style to create this inn that Chen Yang was very satisfied with.
Each room has a slightly different style, but the overall color scheme is unified. The most distinctive room is "Late Summer," which, through its color scheme and simple furnishings, surprisingly creates a feeling of late summer and approaching autumn.
And Chen Yang, an employee of the inn, has already been found.
He knows very few people in Hangzhou, but he has a lot of acquaintances all over the country, including hotel and guesthouse owners. He can easily find a few people to help him.
Before officially opening for business, Chen Yang wanted to name the inn and add his own touch to it.
He had been considering the name for over half a year and had several options, but he couldn't make a final decision. So he decided to start another job first.
He took out all his travel collectibles from the past few years and placed them in various corners of the guesthouse, filling it with his own unique atmosphere.
In each city he visits, Chen Yang would find one or two things that interested him and bring them back to collect; it was one of his little hobbies.
His collection is quite extensive, ranging from small to large, including pendants and bracelets. The largest item he owns is a vase from Jingdezhen, though none of them are particularly valuable. He collects them simply for enjoyment, not for investment or investment.
"What's this?"
While arranging the collection, Chen Yang discovered something very strange.
A stone slab, larger than his palm, was entirely black, but nine white points of light appeared on it.
The light spot was very dim and could not be noticed unless you looked closely.
"It's so heavy."
It took him both hands to lift the stone slab. It was much heavier than an alloy slab of the same volume.
"Where did this come from?" Chen Yang stroked the stone slab, puzzled as to how it ended up in his collection box. Such a strange thing—if he had bought it, he would definitely remember it, but Chen Yang had absolutely no recollection of where he had bought this stone slab.
Just then, Chen Yang's phone rang. He put down the stone slab and answered the call.
"Hello, your package has been delivered to your building. Please come and pick it up."
"Oh well."
Chen Yang casually placed his phone on the stone slab and ran downstairs to pick up his package.
"The coffee machine should have arrived by now."
Chen Yang muttered to himself as he walked downstairs, unaware that a star on the black stone slab had lit up, and that his phone screen had also lit up.
After signing for the package, Chen Yang temporarily put the stone slab out of his mind and went to study the coffee machine.
After fiddling around for a while, he finally got the coffee machine installed and then continued arranging his collection.
"Finally, it's all over, it's already dark."
Chen Yang's stomach was already protesting; he was so busy that he forgot to eat.
Only then did he realize that his phone was still on the stone slab.
He retrieved his phone and glanced at the stone slab again.
"How come there are only eight stars left? Did I miscount?"
Strange things happen every day, but today there seem to be more than usual.
He picked up his phone to order takeout, only to find an app he had never seen before on the screen.
"Now even mobile phones can automatically install apps? These developers will stop at nothing to increase download numbers."
Chen Yang was about to delete the app, but the software couldn't be uninstalled like a system application, leaving Chen Yang dumbfounded.
Are all apps this amazing these days?
He then examined the app closely. The app icon had a black background with nine white stars floating on it, only one of which was lit. The app's name was:
"Micro World"
The software's icon inexplicably reminded Chen Yang of the stars on a black stone slab.
There are nine in total, and the missing one corresponds to the one that lit up in the app.
"Is it really that risky?"
Chen Yang felt a chill run down his spine; this was too much of a coincidence. The stone slab and the Microworld app had both appeared out of nowhere, and there was some inexplicable connection between them. Even Chen Yang, an atheist, felt a cold sweat run down his spine.
Looking at the Weijie app, Chen Yang shook his head violently to clear his mind.
"It's just an app, right? Can a living person be scared by software?"
He resolutely opened the Weijie app.
The screen redirected to a completely black page.
"There are 33 minutes and 14 seconds left before the micro-world opens. Please wait patiently."
A line of text appeared on the screen, and the time was still counting down. Chen Yang glanced at the specially made clock on the wall; the countdown ended exactly at eight o'clock in the evening.
"Is it a newly developed game? This developer is amazing. How did they manage to get it to install automatically on the iPhone? If Steve Jobs were to come back to life, he'd probably be so angry he'd be back in his coffin."
For some reason, Chen Yang breathed a sigh of relief. Then he ordered takeout for himself and sat on the sofa to wait patiently.
After a busy day, Chen Yang finally relaxed, and drowsiness suddenly overwhelmed him, taking over his mind and pulling his eyelids down.
Before he knew it, Chen Yang had fallen asleep.
The clock ticked slowly and steadily, and the hour hand finally pointed to eight o'clock.
Chen Yang's phone lit up.
Welcome to the Micro World.
(End of this chapter)
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