In the 1980s, an Old Man Leaves the Siheyuan to Win Olympic Gold for Hong Kong
八零，老头从四合院赴港奥运夺冠
- Status
- Ongoing
- Length
- 1.5M Words
- Genre
- Urban
- Subgenre
- Urban High-Concept
- Updated
- 17h ago
- English
- Request a translation
Synopsis
Other names
- Siheyuan: From the Start, an Old Man Flees to Hong Kong and Makes It Big四合院，开局老登逃港风生水起Alternate title on Fanqie
Stats
More by this author
The Supernatural Returns, and This Top-Tier Star Commands Ghosts
Quick Transmigration: From the Start, My Wild Mom Helps Me Take Down Old Men
Transmigrate into a Mysterious, Revived Three Kingdoms, and Become Invincible in Ten Days
New to the Three Kingdoms, I Learned from the Cuckoo Bird
In the Siheyuan, I Bite Off Half of Silly Zhu’s Ear After a Misdiagnosis
In booklists 30
See all
Looking for Books So Good You Can Read All Night
Looking for a High-Quality Book, I'm Picky
What Do Books for Middle-Aged Men Actually Look Like?
Looking for books similar to "Steal a Piece of the Sky". I recommend "Steal a Piece of the Sky", a novel that starts in the 1990s. It's inspirational, idealistic, and full of drive, and it captures the memories and struggles of people who came of age after the 1990s.
Tomato Has a True God
I’m looking for stories like "Asakura-kun Is a Saint on the Outside and a Demon on the Inside". Look at my reading time: I’ve earned the right to have an opinion. Tomato is a god-tier platform, and this light novel is a hidden gem. I don’t know why nobody’s reading it. I’ve been reading for ten years, and if you’re out of books, you absolutely have to give this one a try. The male lead is fairly smart, with a bit of...
Republican-Era Novels About Saving the Nation
Save the Nation Through Industry
Hand Over Every Novel You’ve Ever Stayed Up All Night Reading!!!
Looking for books similar to "Hong Kong Films: Ruling the World".
Life Is Exhausting Enough. Why Not Read Something Lighthearted?
Looking for books similar to You’re Supposed to Pan for Gold! You Know What That Means, Right? Why Are You Hauling It Away in a Car?
In a Major Reading Slump!!! Dropped It After Two Chapters at 9.6! Ditched It After Five Chapters at 9.7!
I want to read books similar to "The Cultivation World's Number One Sickly Invalid (Qie Du Wushuang)."
Everything Feels Formulaic These Days. Can I Get Something with a Fresh Premise?
The Most Promising New Books of 2026, Guaranteed to Score Over 9.9!
Looking for something like The Warring States: Starting with the Summoning of Xiang Yu, the Hegemon-King of Western Chu. 1. A new book. 2. It must have real potential. 3. Nothing from the rankings. 4. Smart characters, a smooth plot, and exciting battles. 5. A must-read standout. 6. The genre should be wuxia or
I'm a Veteran Reader Looking for Smart Characters, Solid Logic, and Mature Writing 🙏
I'm getting more and more fed up with brainless stories that make no sense. Give us characters with some brains! I'll read any genre as long as it makes sense. 🙏
Unputdownable Novels You Have to Read All Night Long!!
Looking for books like I Used Taoist Arts to Empty My Enemy's Storehouses in Another World.
It's 2026, and My 2025 Reading List Has Finally Grown. Send Me Recommendations!
Come On! Bury Me in Fine Prose
Looking for books like The Gods' Fool. I'm tired of Ten Days, finished God of Drama, and Slaying the Gods is old news. Tomato Novel has no great books left.
Lots to Read, Plenty to Binge, and Long-Running. No Harem Seekers or Harem Stories
Classic, Engaging, No Idiotic Characters, No System, No Showing Off. Anything Else Goes
I don't want that kind of simplistic, amateurish novel.
I’m Tired of Domestic Stories. Give Me Something Foreign. Any Overviews of European History?
Unconventional and Fresh, with Ideas That Really Stand Out
Any books that subvert the usual tropes? I feel like I can't get into novels anymore. They're all so formulaic!
I'm So Tired of Books!! Any Great Reads That Can Surprise Me? Please Recommend Some!
Looking for books similar to The Age of Global Sailing.
Rated 9.9, Worth Binge-Reading All Night!!!
Looking for stories similar to Reborn Wanwan: Now That We’re Reborn, Who’s Going to Spoil You? The plot is fresh, gripping, and just keeps getting better as you read!
Period Novels on Tomato Novel
Am I imagining things, or are more than 70% of the period novels on Tomato Novel where the heroine transmigrates into the past orphaned, with a pocket dimension packed full of supplies? In another 20-something percent, she has a family, but every member is awful. Are there any well-written, enjoyable period novels that don't follow this pattern?
I Sat Alone at the End of a Sea of Books for a Million Years, Yet Not One Was Worth Looking Back For
Fellow cultivators, this old man has a favor to ask. I'll trade my friend's eternal misfortune for one masterpiece from among your recommendations.
Looking for Novels About Transmigrating to Hong Kong in the 1980s or 1990s and Breaking Into Showbiz
Showbiz.
Please Recommend Engrossing Tomato Novels Without Stupid Plotting
Villain, urban, or fantasy novels are all fine 😊 I'm a seasoned reader of ten years, so please don't recommend beginner-level novels; I can't get into them. I'm older now and hope to read something with a well-reasoned, tightly plotted story. I don't mind power fantasies, but I don't want everyone else to act stupid just to make the protagonist look smart.
In same booklists
Reborn in 1996: My Money-Making Schemes Are a Little Wild
A Medical Doctor Transmigrates into a Poor Family and Takes on the Ming Dynasty Exams
The Imperial Exams: Even a Farmer’s Son Can Rise to the Highest Ranks
I Got a Law Insignia from the Start, but I Didn’t Hand It Over to the Government
Starting with the Expeditionary Army's Cannon Fodder Regiment
Hong Kong Island, 1981
Ripping Into Public Intellectuals and Professors, I Savage Every Zombie
Making a Living in the World of the Living
Transmigrating as Fang Zhongyong, Face-Slapping Wang Anshi!
A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Zhang Ergou's Cultivation Chronicles
The Great Xia Blood Oath
The Biography of Huo Qubing: A Triumph at Langjuxu
The Fake Warlord
A Worker’s Twelve Hours
Reborn: The Corpse Walks Through Ten Thousand Worlds
The Years of My Struggle
Reborn in the Great Song: My BMW Got a Parking Ticket in Kaifeng
The Green Satchel Medical Text: A Divine Doctor in the City
Inventor of the Spring and Autumn Period
Traveling Between Two Worlds: I’m Really Not Crazy!
Reader comments 54
Google Translate
All the plot points in the book are original creations painstakingly crafted by the author! Of course, the beginning briefly capitalized on the popularity of traditional courtyard houses. The general story is about a fifty-year-old man who flees to Hong Kong Island, starts with archery, and gradually rises to prominence.
The writing is superb. I'll say it three times: the writing is fluent, the plot flows smoothly, it's an easy read, the pacing is fast, and the author's skill is profound. 👍👍👍
The opening is captivating and keeps you reading.
Five stars for the multiple female leads. The protagonist's journey from adversity is excellent.
Not bad, not bad. But none of the courtyard houses have been affected over the years. Looks like Old Deng is past his prime. 🤭
Great book, highly recommended!
At least it is logically consistent.
Five stars means that at crucial moments, everything is resolved in one stroke, with a bit of action added!
Here's a pretty interesting novel recommendation! It's really good, please leave a comment!
His stomach was hungry, so he pulled the butcher's poop. The chubby guy was good, but he witnessed the multi-headed guy with a buzz cut. Nott was clear-headed. Nott, he, he, he smuggled himself in. Only then did he deduct...