Urban System in America-Chapter 69 - 68: Grandeur Hotel

[Host, the "Phantom Contract" will grant you full ownership of a random asset. This ownership is not only legal but fully recognized within all real-world jurisdictions. No loopholes, no hidden clauses. Once signed, the asset will become yours.]

What!?... He was shocked. He didn’t expect that other than spices and noodles, the system could give out something... something magical like this.

Taking a deep breath, he clicked on it, and with a blinding light, it instantly materialized in front of him.

Picking up the empty paper that seemed completely ordinary despite its grand function, he felt its material, and without exception, it was... well, it was just like a completely normal paper you’d find in any random stationery shop.

His hand hovered above the page, heart pounding. What if this was a trap? What if he was being set up for something far bigger than he could imagine? But at the same time, his gut told him otherwise. This system... it hadn’t lied to him so far. And honestly? He didn’t have much to lose. So with a deep breath, he signed—like crossing a line he could never return from. So, without overthinking much, he picked up a pen and with a swish, neatly signed his name.

Instantly, it glowed again, and lines of words appeared on it.

Curiously, he picked it up and carefully read:

[Contractual Object: Grandeur Hotel

Status: In Legal Transfer (Estimated: 15–30 Days)

Handler: Hargrove & Denton LLP – System-Appointed Legal Counsel]

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Asset Overview –Grandeur Hotel

Location: Prime Los Angeles zone — edge of Beverly Hills, minutes from Downtown.

Current Market Value: $68 million

Estimated Potential Value (Post-Renovation): $120–130 million

Structure:

20-story glass-and-steel high-rise

Upper floors (15–20): Hotel (140 rooms, including 20 luxury suites)

Mid-floors: Rooftop bar, event ballroom, gym, infinity pool

Lower floors:

Signature fine-dining restaurant

Boutique retail spaces (leased to luxury local brands)

Spa and wellness center

Business conference facilities

Condition:

Architecturally modern

Needs minor cosmetic renovations

Undervalued due to poor past management

Reputation:

Negative press due to former owner’s embezzlement case

Poor service history and staff layoffs

Currently operating at 25% occupancy

Note:

Ownership is being quietly transferred through a legal holding firm. Host will receive full authority once the due diligence and filing processes are completed. Estimated completion in 2–4 weeks.

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He read every line, his mouth opening wide.

And just as he finished reading, it burst into sparkles and vanished—but he didn’t care. He knew the contract procedure was complete and all the info was now available digitally in the system interface.

Sitting up straighter, he couldn’t believe it.

He... owned a hotel.

A full hotel.

No mortgages. No loans. No shared ownership. Just a system transfer and a 30-day wait.

He opened a search for "Grandeur Hotel"

The images stunned him... a towering structure of steel and glass, its rooftop pool glistening under the sun, a view of the entire L.A. skyline behind it.

His eyes darted from one line to another. Rooftop bar? Infinity pool? Spa and wellness center? It sounded like something out of a billionaire’s fantasy.

Not even the hotels in TV dramas had this many features. He imagined himself lounging at the rooftop pool, sunglasses on, sipping something fancy. He could almost smell the sweet scent of luxury.

And he remembered passing by that place a few days ago, when he went shopping. it had seemed like something straight out of a movie.

Now it was his.

Or would be.

He exhaled slowly and lay back down, the ceiling above him suddenly looking much higher than before.

This was real. This was actually happening.

Rex stared at the faint glow of the system window.

A miracle stock forecast. A hotel worth millions. Legal teams working behind the scenes for him.

All in one day.

It was too much.

But thinking about how he’d have to manage a hotel now, he felt a headache coming on. He seemed to be straying further and further from his goal of a leisurely life.

"System, I know this is definitely one of your schemes. A scheme to make me slave around for you. Humph," he grumbled.

[Host don’t slander my innocence again! This is all your luck, okay?]

[And you don’t have to worry about managing. Considering the host’s incompetence, the system has already found a competent manager for you. Just wait for the day when ownership is fully realized, and the manager will find you,] the system replied chicly.

Hearing this, Rex immediately shot up from his bed.

"It’s you who’s incompetent! Except for making sarcastic remarks, what can you do? Everything is already handled by built-in mechanisms. Humph." freeweɓnovel.cѳm

This seemed to hit the system’s sore spot as it didn’t reply for a while.

[Okay, okay... I’ll remember this. Next time you encounter trouble, don’t come running to me. Humph!]

"Okay, okay, we’ll see when the time comes," Rex muttered, not backing down.

Seeing no further reply, he knew the system had finally gone quiet, so he collapsed back onto his soft mattress.

No matter what, he knew he didn’t have to worry too much about the hotel. Even if it was already half-dead, if what the system said was true, then the crisis could be solved easily. A competent manager could even bring a dead hotel back to life—let alone one that just had a trashed reputation.

Well... this one was almost dead too.

But even if the hotel really went bankrupt, he still had ownership of the building. And a building like that could easily sell for tens of millions. If he was lucky, maybe even a hundred million.

Of course, that was the last resort. He didn’t think the system would give him a hotel with no way out.

And the hotel industry was still something manageable. It didn’t require too much brain juice.

He could just be a hands-off shopkeeper and leave it all to the future manager.

Still, now that he had an asset, an industry of his own, he would definitely get involved.

So he needed to learn... learn faster, better, be smarter. And think bigger.

He closed his eyes. But his thoughts didn’t stop.

He saw stock tickers, flashing headlines, renovation plans, profit margins, investor calls, his mind racing with a myriad of possibilities.

(End of Chapter)