Looking for Stories Set in a Bygone Era About Business and Building a Fortune, Without Toxic Family Members 求：年代+经商+发家致富（无极品）
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Fiery and Bold, This 1980s Bride Is Too Much for Her Cold-Blooded Officer 八零娇媳野又辣，冷酷军官顶不住
[Transmigrate into a book · Military marriage · Pocket dimension | Wild and sensual | Possessive | Off-the-charts sexual tension] A top modern beauty and executive is reborn as the real daughter who was forced to die over a pound of pork? She doesn’t accept this fate! … She tears up the script. She’s the female lead now Her vicious grandmother tries to sell her off for a bride price? She turns the tables, sending her off with silver bracelets and a village-wide parade! The fake white-lotus daugh
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The Whole Village Mocked Me for Raising Fish, Then I Became a Tycoon 养鱼被全村嘲笑我反手成了大享
Reborn in the 1990s, I had a home with nothing in it and endured everyone's contempt. Everyone called me a dreamer and said fish farming would leave me dead broke. My family played favorites, my neighbors were mean, and everyone made things difficult for me. But I was determined to defy fate. With one fishpond, I could turn the tide! I proved the whole village wrong, made a fortune, and became the person they admired most!
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1983: My Otherworldly Space Made Me Rich 1983：我的异空间致富经
Frozen to death beneath a bridge at 42, reborn at 22. In 1983, in Huangtuling Village, Xu Dongyang draws on memories of his past life and a spiritual spring space. Starting with the sale of a single wild ginseng root, he grows mushrooms, builds greenhouses, and cultivates out-of-season vegetables, carving a path to prosperity through a poor mountain village. The village bully sets fires, unscrupulous merchants kidnap him, officials raid his business, and rumors plague him... One threat after a
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The Nineties: From Street Punk to the Top of the Business World 九十年代：小混混登顶商界之巅
Chen Ye was a lowlife from the bottom of society who had hoped to turn over a new leaf and settle down to a peaceful life. But injustice and revenge from his enemies cost him the only woman he had ever loved, Song Qinghe. With nowhere else to turn, he was forced onto a path of no return. Starting out on the streets of a county town, he seized the opportunities of a changing era, amassed wealth, and built a business empire. In the end, he rose to the pinnacle of the business world and came to pos
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The 1990s: From the Start, I Succeeded as an Entrepreneur 重生九零年代：开局创业成功
[Rebirth + the 1990s + building wealth + a pocket dimension + a broad cast + feel-good money-making] In her previous life, Xia Wantang’s aunt ruined her family, turning them from millionaires in the 1990s into penniless paupers. Reborn at eighteen, she is still working away from home in Yangcheng. She seizes the opportunities of the times, quits her job, and starts selling clothes from a street stall, earning 1.6 million yuan. She brings her parents to live nearby and supports them as they open
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Wang Mingzhen Reborn in 1997 王明贞重生一九九七
(The rating has only just come out and will rise, so please ignore it.) The heroine is reborn and resolves to become the person she wants to be. Who knew an unexpected turn would bring her face-to-face with the big shot from her previous life? He’s volatile, clingy, and always on the verge of tears. She has no choice but to take him along as she rises to the top. When Wang Mingzhen learns she can’t have children, she wants to break up. She tells Gu Xizhou, “Gu Xizhou, I want you to be happy. Do
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Reborn in 1998: I Made Thirty Thousand, and My Wife Called the Cops 重生98从赚了三万老婆报警开始
[Reborn] [New Dad] [Business Rivalry] [One Female Lead] [Intense Romantic Tension] [Satisfying Face-Slapping] "It costs 800 yuan to make a VCD, and you're selling it for 298? Lin Jiang, you're disrupting the market. We're going to blacklist you!" Facing a united front from the entire industry, Lin Jiang calmly plugs a keyboard into the VCD. "Who says I'm selling a VCD? Open your eyes and take a good look. This is a 'bilingual learning machine for children'! Selling it for 298 is perfectly reason
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The Years That Bloom for You 为你盛放的岁月
She isn't anyone's appendage. She is Shen Jun, who can wait for you in the wind and still travel a long way on her own. "If you aren't afraid of the perilous mountain roads, I'll cross ten thousand miles of mountains and rivers for you." "It's not the medal that shines brightest. It's how much braver you were than me while waiting for me." A story of a bygone era, military romance, and a woman's journey toward strength and independence
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Splendid Return: A Rustic Man's Everyday Devotion to His Wife in the 1970s 锦绣归来：七零糙汉宠妻日常
[Reborn + period setting + marriage first, love later + two strong leads + revenge + business warfare] In her previous life, Shen Jin trusted the wrong man and was determined to marry into the army as a military wife. But on her wedding night, her engagement was broken off, and the “poor, rough country bumpkin” Pei Zheng forced her into marriage instead. She held a grudge and treated him coldly at every turn. By the time she saw Pei Zheng take a bullet for her and die, it was too late for regre
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Reborn in the 1970s: Enlisting with a Spirit Spring 重生七零：带着灵泉去当兵
Reborn in a single moment, Su Yao returns to 1976 with a Spirit Spring space. She enlists in the army and sets out on the path to turn her life around! In the military, she uses her skills to put fake sweethearts in their place, crushes every scumbag, and rises through the ranks until she becomes a legendary female soldier admired by all! He is the military’s cold and proud prodigy, the Gu family’s heir. Unstoppable on the battlefield and a detached observer of political schemes, he has eyes onl
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Upholding Justice 公义立身
Xu Zhiqiang was born into a poor rural family in the 1960s. Through sheer hard work, he got into university. After graduating, he was assigned to work at a steel mill, where he brought a near-bankrupt factory back from the brink. Later, an anonymous letter changed the course of his life once again. After enduring setbacks in life as well as pressure and blows at work, Xu Zhiqiang entered the real estate business and rose to the pinnacle of success.
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Reborn in 1998: I Made a Fortune Spotting Business Opportunities 重生九八：我靠商机赚疯了
In his previous life, Chen Yang worked hard his whole life, only to have his so-called brothers swindle away all his savings. His family was destroyed, and he died full of regret. Then he was reborn, returning to the golden age of 1998. This time, he wouldn't be a pushover or let his soft heart hold him back. Armed with memories of his future life, he seized opportunities, started businesses, and made investments. Starting with a street stall, he made a stunning comeback, bought houses and cars,
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Back to 1984: I Ride the Era to Victory Through Stock Investments 穿到八四：我靠持股躺赢时代
When Jiang Ming woke up, he had transmigrated to a parallel world in 1984 and become a two-year-old toddler. This world was remarkably similar to the one he’d left behind, with nearly identical major events and economic trends. He knew nothing about industry or management, and had no interest in getting caught up in the changing times. All he had was a laid-back System: Every birthday, choose one of two rewards: your age multiplied by one million, or a strengthened physique. After spending two y
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Reborn in the 1980s: From Truck Driver to Business Mogul 重生八零：从货车司机到商业教父
[Reborn + period setting + knowledge of the future + frequent updates] In 2025, an overworked entrepreneur goes bankrupt and dies suddenly, only to open his eyes and find himself back in 1985! His family has nothing, his mother urgently needs surgery for stomach cancer, his younger sister is about to drop out of school, his social-climbing fiancée is pressuring him to call off their engagement, and his boss is framing him to get him fired. Chen Feng clenches his fists. With his business-war expe
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Transmigrated into a Book in the 1990s, She Swapped Marriages and Set Her Sights on Making Money 穿书九零，换亲后，她一心搞钱
(A heroine who shines on her own, no romance, a little rivalry among men, making money, and close female friendships) There is no male lead, only supporting male characters. The heroine's goals: make money, get rich, and become the richest person in the country. After staying up all night, Jiang Mian transmigrates to the 1990s. Should she marry an ambitious man with nothing to his name, or a playboy rolling in money? She doesn't want to work her way up from zero. She just wants to lie back a
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Reborn in 1995: Building the World's No. 1 Village 重生95，打造全球第一村
[Reborn] + [Rise to success in a bygone era] + [Business warfare] + [Pure exhilaration] + [Family redemption] A lonely, ailing Lin Ye dies in a foreign land... When he opens his eyes again, it's 1995! In his previous life, he was a wealthy bachelor worth billions, with no family member by his bedside when he died. This time, he returns to May 19, 1995. Tonight, his beloved second older sister will drink pesticide! Lin Ye dashes out of the classroom, racing against time to stop the tragedy that h
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Reborn in the 80s: I Was Sixty That Year, and I Began My Revenge 重生80：那年我六十，开始复仇
That cup of filial wine at my sixtieth birthday banquet finally killed me. Zhao Guizhi spent her life toiling away, raising four children on her own after her husband died: two of her own and two adopted. She gave them everything, and this was what she got in return: Her adopted son stole her property and sent her to a psychiatric hospital. Her adopted daughter smiled as she pulled out her oxygen tube. Her biological children were driven to ruin, and her grandchildren became sacrifices. As she
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Fighting to Get Ahead in the 1980s: My Record of Making Money in the Countryside 八零奋斗：我在农村搞钱实录
In the mud-brick house, eighteen-year-old Li Ziqiang clenches his fists as he watches his sisters-in-law bicker over a bowl of rice and listens to his grandparents scold him unfairly. In an era of hunger, hardship, and tangled family conflicts, he is the son his family values least. He's experienced the warmth and coldness of human nature firsthand and seen more than enough domestic squabbles: schemes over dividing the household, secret battles between mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law, and fi
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The 1980s: A Businesswoman's Comeback, From Rags to Legendary Riches 八零：商业才女逆袭，暴富成传奇
She'd just made 500,000 yuan and hadn't even had time to enjoy it when she transmigrated?! She lands in the 1980s, where her home has been seized, her job stolen, and someone shoves her straight into an icy river! Jiang Li swears she'll have her revenge! But all is not lost. Pei Zhao, a handsome, rugged man, pulls her out and binds her to a System, setting her on the path to a comeback! Short on cash? The System's inventory is full of treasures! Need connections? The big shots of the future are
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Reborn: Li Li Keeps Moving Up 重生之黎黎向上
Lili longed for love and recognition from childhood, but her biased family left her utterly broken. One promise, “I’ll treat you well from now on,” tricked her into giving away her whole life. A marriage in which she was practically widowed, parenting in which she was practically a single mother: by her thirties, she had become a worn-out woman. Then she was reborn, back at eighteen. This time, she no longer expects anyone to love her. She’ll work, study, turn her life around, and make money! In
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Reborn in the 1980s: The Road to a Business Legend 重生八零：商界传奇之路
The protagonist, Su Ran, is an unremarkable office worker in the modern era. An accident leaves him reborn in a small county town in the 1980s. Reform and opening up have only just begun, and the country is waiting to be rebuilt. The time is full of endless opportunities and challenges.
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