Magic City
Super Rich: A Critical Hit on My Bank Card Rewards Me with Ten TrillionBiodata
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Name | Magic City 1 |
| Original Name | 魔都 |
| Type | City 1 |
| Notable Residents | Lu Yuan and his family; Young Master Cong; Young Master Qin; Yang Tianba 9 16 18 |
| First Appearance | Opening scene at Yida Shopping Mall 1 |
Cityscape and Living Conditions
- High living costs: Lu Yuan’s monthly salary of 50,000 yuan is described as good for a top salesperson, but housing costs and Wang Yan’s spending expectations strain their combined income 1.
- Expensive housing: A donation of six million yuan is compared to nearly the price of a decent luxury home in the city. Tomson Riviera occupies a much higher price bracket, with even its cheapest apartments costing over 100 million yuan 2 4.
- Suburban villas: Lu Yuan owns several villas in Magic City. One suburban property has more than 200 parking spaces 41.
- Traffic congestion: Morning rush-hour traffic delays Lu Yuan while his sister is being attacked at school 25.
- Island recreation: The city’s largest island is a leisure destination visited by Lu Yuan, Wang Meiqi, and their wealthy friends during an outing arranged around surfing and yachts 49.
Notable Locations
Residential Areas
| Location | Description |
|---|---|
| Tomson Riviera | An elite residential complex described as the country’s number-one luxury residence. Prospective viewers must demonstrate assets exceeding 100 million yuan. Its grounds feature extensive landscaping, and apartments offer views of Magic City at night 4. |
| Suburban Villa No. 1 | Storage location for the antiques Lu Yuan receives through the Tycoon Critical Hit System 35. |
| Wang family’s welfare apartment | Wang Meiqi’s family lives in a modest two-bedroom apartment with aging furniture. The surrounding community becomes the starting point for a citywide investigation into housing-subsidy abuse 42 45. |
| Lu Family residence | Venue for Old Master Lu’s birthday banquet, attended by guests including representatives of the city’s Jin, Yu, and Zhao families 36. |
Commerce and Leisure
| Location | Description |
|---|---|
| Yida Shopping Mall | Lu Yuan’s workplace at the beginning of the story and the setting of his breakup with Wang Yan. He later gains full ownership of every Yida Shopping Mall nationwide by touching its doors 1 19. |
| Largest financial street | Shopping destination containing the skincare boutique where Lu Yuan spends 960,000 yuan on birthday gifts for Lu Shishi and her roommates 3. |
| Shangri-La Hotel | Venue for Zhang Jiaojiao’s admission banquet. Its parking lot is where the system places Lu Yuan’s Harley-Davidson and Bugatti Veyron 5 6. |
| Haishanghui Wellness Spa Headquarters Center | Magic City’s largest wellness club, covering more than 5,000 square meters. It combines dining, tea ceremonies, hot springs, massages, and steam baths 11. |
| Magic City Supercar Club | The city’s largest local supercar club and a gathering place for wealthy heirs. Lu Yuan joins to establish connections beyond his personal fortune 14. |
| Prosperous Dynasty Bar / Prosperous Imperial Dynasty | Yang Tianba’s establishment, where Lu Yuan rescues Wang Meiqi and confronts Brother Hu’s gang 16 17 28. |
| Largest antiques street | A long-established market selling porcelain, calligraphy, paintings, and other collectibles from multiple dynasties. Both genuine pieces and counterfeits circulate there 35. |
| Marriott Hotel | A prominent hotel where Young Master Cong books a third-floor VIP hall. Lu Yuan later acquires the worldwide Marriott holdings through the system and selects the hotel for his wedding arrangements 48 50. |
| Largest gold shop | An unnamed, well-known shop selling jewelry, including a pair of pure-gold pendants priced at 200 million yuan 50. |
Education and Healthcare
| Institution | Description |
|---|---|
| Magic City No. 1 High School | Lu Shishi’s school, headed by Principal Nie Bin. Its main campus is the site of Li Jiulong’s attack on her 2 25 28. |
| International Bilingual | A high school near Tomson Riviera where Wang Meiqi is preparing to teach. Its staff dormitory is full when she seeks accommodation 18. |
| Magic City People’s Hospital | Hospital where Liu Dongfeng refuses to treat Lu Shishi, prompting Lu Yuan to arrange another physician and have Liu’s medical license revoked 29. |
| Magic City Medical University | Institution where Wang Tianyi is giving lectures before being dispatched to treat Lu Shishi 29. |
| Magic City Second Orthopedic Hospital | Hospital visited after Wang Meiqi’s mother is injured. Equipment failure and a power outage lead Lu Yuan to request a traditional Chinese medicine surgeon 46. |
Local Power Structures
Wealthy Families and Social Circles
The Magic City Supercar Club provides Lu Yuan with access to hundreds of wealthy heirs, including Young Master Cong, Young Master Qin, and Brother Zhiying. Entry requires a fully paid sports car registered in the applicant’s name and priced at 50 million yuan, local household registration, and savings of at least 50 million yuan 14.
- Young Master Cong — Youngest son of Yida Group’s Chairman Wang; helps rally the wealthy heirs behind Lu Yuan during the bar confrontation 16 18.
- Young Master Qin / Qin Fen — A prominent local heir whose presence, alongside Cong’s, immediately intimidates Yang Tianba 17 18.
- Jin, Yu, and Zhao families — Local families represented among the gift-givers at Old Master Lu’s birthday banquet 36.
- Lu Yuan — His acquisition of 500 school-district housing complexes nationwide causes a sensation in Magic City. His property holdings, business authority, and connections subsequently give him leverage over local landlords, merchants, and community offices 13 31 45.
Underworld
| Figure | Position and Influence |
|---|---|
| Yang Tianba / Master Tian | One of the city’s two major underworld powers, associated with the south. Although he has gradually shifted toward legitimate business, his underworld standing remains strong, and he can assemble more than a thousand men 16 17. |
| Master Yan | The other major underworld power, associated with the north. Brother Hu initially hesitates to attack Lu Yuan because he might be affiliated with Yan 16. |
| Li Hu / Brother Hu | Yang Tianba’s subordinate, whose harassment of Wang Meiqi triggers the bar confrontation 16 17. |
| Li Jiulong / Brother Long | Yang Tianba’s brother-in-law. He uses gang intimidation against school staff and students before being defeated by Lu Yuan 24 25. |
Despite Yang Tianba’s reputation, he backs down before Cong and Qin and recognizes Lu Yuan as an honored guest of powerful families. After the school attack, he also offers Principal Nie Bin direct support against future troublemakers 17 25 28.
Major Events and Changes
| Event | Effect on Magic City |
|---|---|
| School-district rental blacklist | Lu Yuan orders the city’s school-district housing managers not to rent to Zhang Jiaojiao or Zhao Fengxia. Managers from several residential complexes acknowledge the instruction 13. |
| No. 1 High School confrontation | After rescuing Lu Shishi, Lu Yuan condemns the students’ admiration for gangsters. Nie Bin dismisses teachers who failed to intervene and plans improvements to school security 27 28. |
| Yida merchant concessions | Lu Yuan halves merchants’ annual rent and promises each shop a yearly medical-card allowance of 500,000 yuan 31. |
| Antiques-street reward | The system awards Lu Yuan every antique on the street, converts the awarded fakes into genuine articles, and stores them at his suburban villa. It also declares that the antiques remaining on the street will become fakes 35. |
| Luxury-car buying craze | Lu Yuan’s purchase of 500 Bugatti Veyrons inspires the city’s wealthy heirs to fill their own garages. A later custom among them is to ask, “Have you filled up your garage yet?” 41. |
| Housing-subsidy investigation | Following the discovery of a wealthy household fraudulently occupying subsidized housing, community offices conduct overnight reviews, revoke ineligible benefits, and register genuinely poor households. The woman at the center of the case is arrested 45. |
| Wedding preparations | Lu Yuan orders Marriott headquarters to arrange a worldwide wedding broadcast and asks Bank President Ma to deliver ten trillion yuan in cash to the hotel by the following morning. The wedding itself has not yet occurred when the provided account ends 50. |
Appearances
74
Total mentions
36
Chapters appeared
2.06
Avg. per chapter