Corporate Villainy: Trampling Protagonists as a Business Dad

Inaworldwheremegacorporationsrulelikefeudaldynastiesandcultivationisundercorporaterule,VincentCorneliuswakesupinasilk-sheetedbedbesideasuspiciouslycurvywoman.ReincarnatedintothebodyofadoomedCEOfatedtobea“villain'sfather”.Vincentquicklyrealizeshe'sadisposablebackgroundcharacter—thekinddestinedtobehumiliated,ruined,andkilledsothathispatheticson,canbecomeasteppingstoneforsomearrogant,heaven-defying,clichécultivationprotagonist.Unfortunatelyforfate,Vincentdidn’treincarnatetoplayalong.Hereincarnatedtoruinprotagonistsforprofit.ArmedwiththeCorporateVillainExpansionSystem,everycruelscheme,humiliatingpressleak,ormarketmanipulationagainstprotagonistnetshimVillainPoints—andeverytimehecrushesa“fatedencounter,”hisLuckPointsrise.Turntheprotagonistintoadrugie?+400VP+50LPReducethemercenarykingtoajobofasmallsecurityguard?+500VP+100LPCausechaosinaprotagonist'sharem—emotionalbetrayal,internalsabotage,orseduction?+1,000VP+200LPAshismidsizedlogisticscorporationmovestowardsbecomingacorporatemegaforce,Vincentmustclimbthecultivationladder,weaponizecapitalism,andoutwitFateitself—onebankruptprotagonistatatime.Theworldwantshimhumbled.Thestorywantshimdeleted.ButVincentCorneliusisheretorewritethescript.He’sabouttoprovethatinthisworld,therealgoldenfingerisahostiletakeover.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Disclaimer(FiledPersonallybyVincentCornelius):If,bysomecosmicaccident,anynames,corporations,orhighlysensitivetradeempiresmentionedinthisstoryresemblereal-worldentities—restassured,it’sentirelycoincidental.Iamfartoobusyconqueringfictionalmarketstobotherwithactualones.Nooffenseisintended.Nolawsuits,either.Unlessyou’reaprotagonist.Inwhichcase…fileaway.I'llbewaiting—withabetterlawyerandahostiletakeoverplan.Thisisfiction.Relax.Orinvest.