Capitalists Who Are a Bit More Realistic: No Handing Out Shares or Helping Others Unless There's Something in It for Them 资本家 现实一点 别动不动分股份 帮别人 除非利益

1. 101 重 Reborn in 2008: From Stock Trading to Trillionaire Tycoon 重生08：从炒股到万亿财阀 Wenxian Seng文先僧Urban1.8M WordsOngoing In 2008, the financial tsunami swept across the globe. The A-share index plunged below 1,800, leaving countless people bankrupt. That year, private equity tycoon Lin Chen was reborn in the most despairing late autumn of his life. Deep in debt from the start, he faced the prospect of being fired and dumped. Lin Chen looked at the candlestick chart and gave a cold smile. Now that he was back, he would rewrite the rules of wealth in this world! Starting with 3,000 yuan borrowed against his credit c 77.2kReads8.5Score6.7kShelves
2. 102 不 Wait, How Did My AI Girlfriend Cultivate into a Sword Immortal? 不是，我电子女友咋修成剑仙了 Universe's Invincible Tyrannosaurus Roast Goose宇宙无敌暴龙烧鹅Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted [Signed for publication, read with confidence] [One heroine] [Fresh premise] [Virtual girlfriend raising + pay-to-power-up] My name is Chen Huai'an. I have cancer, and I'm about to die. Lately, I've gotten hooked on a game where you raise a virtual girlfriend. I spend money to buy her cultivation techniques and magical treasures. Even though my wallet is empty, I couldn't be happier. I always thought it was just a game, until one day my virtual girlfriend gave me a pill. The next second, the pil 185.1kReads9.3Score243.7kShelves

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   🍀🍀☘️These past few days, the novel hasn't been like other novels, jumping straight into a ton of stuff, which is great! If the male protagonist works with a professor doing academic research and marries a wealthy woman who lives off her, that's actually quite nice.

3. 103 重 Reborn: Starting with Financial Freedom 重生从财务自由开始 Shaken to the Core心神震动Urban1.1M WordsCompleted (A feel-good everyday story with no angst for the protagonist. Come give it a try.) The world was never fair. Some people are born into privilege, while others are born to toil. After returning to his youth, Chen Ze finally realized how colorful life among the privileged could be. The story... begins in 2018. 75.8kReads8.2Score3.1kShelves
4. 104 开 I Shot the Mark from the Start, and I Don't Want to Be an Undercover Agent 开局枪杀上线，我不想当卧底 Shen Guannan沈观南Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Crime] [Political intrigue] [Political and business power struggles] [International] [Red merchant] A mole planted in a criminal syndicate is ruthless and merciless. After enduring countless hardships, he rises to become the syndicate’s boss and personally shoots dead the only handler who knows his true identity. With his extraordinary abilities, he wins the favor of many powerful figures. Since ancient times, officials and merchants have bee 4.4kReads8.8Score204Shelves
5. 105 对 Sorry, I Have a Romance System 对不起，我有情圣系统 Wandering Lemon流浪的柠檬Urban104k WordsOngoing "Southeast Asia" "No Harem" "Realistic" “I chased after her for three years. I just couldn’t afford a house that cost 11,000 yuan per square meter, and I even ruined my family...” “Now, just when she’s finally entered the adult film industry, you insist this is an illicit relationship.” “How would I not know whether this love is real?” —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The female lead is at the top, and no matter how smart the male lead is, he can't escape her control.

6. 106 重 After Rebirth, I Was Forced to Become the Mafia Princess! 重生后，我被迫成了黑道大小姐！ I Have a Big Blade我有一把大刀Modern Romance2.3M WordsCompleted [Reborn at school, strong female lead, no romance, all business, countless black-clad underlings, comedy, and pure wish fulfillment!] (Original title: After Being Reborn, I Was Forced to Become the Underworld's Young Mistress!) In her previous life, Liu Yutong was a lawyer. By a twist of fate, she is reborn on the eve of the 2007 college entrance exams, only to be mistaken by a gang of street thugs for the daughter of an underworld kingpin. The fearsome daughter of an underworld boss? Fighting, 25.3kReads9.1Score3.6kShelves

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   How could our young lady be missing?

7. 107 大 I Unlocked the Billionaire Lifestyle in My Junior Year 大三我开启了神豪生活 Heaven, Spare Me苍天饶过我Urban1.8M WordsCompleted [Billionaire Lifestyle!]+ [Everyday Life!]+Comedy! A lighthearted, funny slice-of-life story!!! Tang Mengxing is told that he’s actually the heir to a top-tier fortune!! And so his extraordinary life begins! 8.7kReads8.5Score480Shelves

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   Cooperate with someone you hate! And then mess with them...

8. 108 惊 A Fateful Match That Shocks the World 惊玉良缘 The Bond of Qianji牵机之绊Two Male Leads726k WordsCompleted “Give him a name?” Ji Jinghan raised an eyebrow, his tone full of disdain. “Call him whatever you want. I don't care.” He had no interest in this slave's name. In his eyes, the boy was nothing but a tool, a burden he had no choice but to keep by his side. What he was called didn't matter at all. “A name symbolizes identity and bears witness to the master-servant bond. How can it be chosen so casually?” Old Master Ji said, his tone carrying an unquestionable authority. “Once you give him a name, 2.5kReads8.2Score203Shelves

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   Sole heir of Xuanchen Capital

9. 109 中 After Winning a Hundred Million, I Became My Company's Savior 中奖一个亿后，我成了公司救世主 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭Urban424k WordsCompleted [The rating just came out, but it'll slowly improve! No risk in getting on board!] Shen Yanshen casually bought two lottery tickets and won a hundred million. His miserable working life was over for good, and from then on he lived in a mansion and drove a Mercedes. His ex-girlfriend, who had once looked down on him for being poor, came back in tears, begging him to take her back. Shen Yanshen kicked her a hundred meters away. “Get as far away as you can. Can't you see I'm washing my wife's feet? 3kReads5.9Score116Shelves

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   My first workplace romance novel

10. 110 老 After My Husband Cheated, I Ran the Company into Bankruptcy 老公出轨后，我把公司搞破产了 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭9k WordsCompleted After My Husband Cheated, I Ran the Company into Bankruptcy 5.8kReads—Score—Shelves
11. 111 降 After Taking a Pay Cut and Quietly Giving Up, My Boss Begged Me for Forgiveness All Night 降薪摆烂后，老板连夜跪求我原谅 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭10k WordsCompleted After My Pay Was Cut, I Started Slacking Off. My Boss Begged Me on His Knees to Forgive Him That Very Night —Reads—Score1.1kShelves
12. 112 降 After Being Demoted and Quietly Giving Up, My Incompetent Boss Begged Me to Accept a Promotion 降职摆烂后，草包领导跪求我升职 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭8k WordsCompleted After I Was Demoted and Started Slacking Off, My Incompetent Boss Begged Me on His Knees to Promote Me 2.5kReads—Score—Shelves
13. 113 闪 After Our Whirlwind Wedding, My Husband and I Slept in Separate Rooms for Six Months 闪婚后，老公和我分房睡了半年 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭Modern Romance11k WordsCompleted After Our Flash Marriage, My Husband and I Slept in Separate Rooms for Half a Year 222Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 114 闪 After a Whirlwind Wedding, I Became a Rich Woman and Didn't Have to Work Night Shifts 闪婚后我成了富婆，还不用上夜班 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭13k WordsCompleted After a Whirlwind Marriage, I Became a Rich Woman and Didn't Have to Work the Night Shift 11.7kReads—Score100Shelves
15. 115 植 My Comatose Husband Woke Up After I Married Him to Bring Him Good Luck 植物人老公被我冲喜冲醒了 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭Marriage & Romance10k WordsCompleted My Vegetative Husband Woke Up After I Married Him for Good Luck 2.5kReads—Score—Shelves
16. 116 试 The Trial-Room Maid 试房丫鬟 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭Ancient Romance11k WordsCompleted The House-Testing Maid —Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 117 不 My Stubborn Mother-in-Law Went to Her Grave 不听劝的婆婆归西了 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭13k WordsCompleted My Stubborn Mother-in-Law Went to Meet Her Maker 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
18. 118 实 After the Intern Was Thrust into the Role, the Boss Begged Me on His Knees to Take Over 实习生赶鸭子上架后，老板哭着跪求我上位 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭7k WordsCompleted After the Intern Was Thrown in at the Deep End, the Boss Wept and Begged Me to Take Over 110Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 119 不 Don't Want to Work Overtime? Then Get Out! I Did, So Why Is My Boss Begging Me to Come Back? 不加班就滚？真滚了，老板又跪下来求我干什么？ Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭10k WordsCompleted “If You Won't Work Overtime, Then Get Lost!” I Really Left, So Why Is the Boss Kneeling and Begging Me to Come Back? 129Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 120 月 During My Confinement, I Kicked My Mother-in-Law Out 月子里，我赶跑了婆婆 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭8k WordsCompleted I Kicked My Mother-in-Law Out During My Postpartum Month 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
21. 121 金 Financial Kingpin: In Russia, I Plot to Conquer the World! 金融悍匪，人在毛熊，布局全球！ No Meat Tomorrow明天不吃肉了Urban1.2M WordsCompleted Reborn in the 1980s, Lin Yaodong sold his property immediately and headed to the Bear country to trade bread, making a staggering 31 times his investment. In three years, he amassed ten billion rubles. In December 1989, Lin Yaodong brought five billion rubles to the Island country. He struck while they were down, sweeping up its light industries and reselling them to the Bear country for profits dozens of times over. Wall Street’s plan to prevent its assets from going bankrupt? Lin Yaodong would 11.1kReads8.7Score782Shelves

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    This light novel is alright, not bad.

22. 122 百 Immune to All Poisons, I Make a Spirited Girl Fall for Me 百毒不侵，精神小妹爱上我 Perfect-Score Player满分球员Urban299k WordsCompleted After getting drunk, Qin Che rescues a beautiful woman and unexpectedly becomes bound to a Tycoon System. From then on, he lives life exactly as he pleases… Opening a pool hall, buying a water park, making movies… He lives however he likes! The synopsis doesn't do it justice, so please read the story itself. 3.7kReads7.1Score205Shelves

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    Must-read new book of 2025: a multi-female protagonist wish-fulfillment novel featuring a small-time capitalist who enjoys his wealth. The pace of the scenes is up to you.

23. 123 重 Reborn in 18: Demanding Compensation from the Woman Driver Who Caused the Crash from the Start 重生18：开局索赔肇事女司机 Helping Elderly Ladies Every Day天天扶老奶奶Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn in 2018, college, multiple heroines, futures and stocks, entrepreneurship and building a business empire] A man spends his whole life striving for wealth, women, fame, and power. Chen Junkai is reborn as a college freshman, returning to this pivotal moment in his life. He decides to take a bold gamble: turn a bicycle into a motorcycle, and borrow money to invest in methanol futures, a market he knows well. He does what he once never dared to do, makes his distant dreams come true, builds 9.8kReads8.2Score552Shelves

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    Surrealist capitalists

24. 124 都 We're All Reborn, So Who Still Confesses Their Love? 都重生了，谁还表白啊 Helping Elderly Ladies Every Day天天扶老奶奶Urban507k WordsCompleted [Reborn + stocks + twins + multiple heroines + financial freedom + entrepreneurship + business empire] The moment he opened his eyes, Lin Lingkai was back at the teachers' appreciation banquet after the 2013 college entrance exams. “Wait, you're telling me to confess to the school beauty?” “I'm reborn. Who would still confess to her?” Just as Lin Lingkai left the banquet, ready to give up on everything, he ran into the school beauty's twin sister. By pure chance, he passed her test and some 8.3kReads8.1Score603Shelves
25. 125 重 Reborn and Living the Good Life: Starting with a Breakup with the Campus Belle 重生风流，从和校花分手开始 Always Helping Elderly Men Cross the Street天天扶老爷爷Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Rebirth, No System, Stock Trading, Entrepreneurship, Business Empire] Lin Ze was reborn. When he opened his eyes, it was the day in 2014 when the college entrance exam results came out. He had missed the English exam, and his total score was 559, just one point short of the cutoff for a key university. In his previous life, he obediently followed his parents' and girlfriend's advice, retook the year at school, and got into Zhongshan University, hoping to land a stable, well-paying job. But whil 14.9kReads7.0Score630Shelves
26. 126 大 You Haven't Even Graduated College, So How Did You Make It Onto the Forbes List? 大学没毕业，你怎么登上福布斯了 Compete with Heaven for Freedom与天竞自由Urban1.9M WordsOngoing [Reborn + No System + Multiple Heroines + Consistent Logic Throughout + Authentic Entrepreneurship + Clear-Eyed Realism] (Tomato's top update king. No endless copy-paste plots, absolutely no AI.) Lin Yuan is reborn in 2009 and sets out to change his place in society. Every time Lin Yuan climbs the social ladder, he gains a fresh understanding of society. Why do the poor stay poor, while the rich find it so easy to make money? It all comes down to information gaps. And simply being born into 676.7kReads8.0Score74.9kShelves
27. 127 不 The King of Britain 不列颠之王 Si Qian肆仟Historical1.3M WordsCompleted Lin Li wakes up in postwar Britain, having crossed into another world. No money? No problem. Raise oil prices by five points. No land? North America is the backyard. No people? Ever heard of specialized security forces? Watch Lin Li stir up the world and carve his path to becoming Britain's greatest ruler. 13.4kReads9.1Score1kShelves

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    Highly recommended!!! Starting from scratch, he becomes an international business tycoon! [Cool][Cool][Cool] The protagonist is reincarnated as an overseas Chinese in England, going from nothing to having everything, from shady dealings to international cooperation. The tentacles of the Umbrella Corporation spread globally. In the United States at its peak, in the aggressive Soviet Union, in the romantic city of France, and in the new China led by the teacher, Umbrella's presence is everywhere. Now, our target will be the stars and the sea!!!

28. 128 人 In America: Giving Women a Taste of Paradise Every Night 人在美利坚：让女人夜夜享福 Ten Shots a Day, No Brains Required一天十针不带脑子Urban484k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can head over to Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 328Reads6.0Score—Shelves

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    Book 1: The protagonist is a police officer at the Los Angeles Central Precinct and a graduate of UCLA. Book 2: The protagonist is reborn and runs a specialty business in Mexico. Book 3: The protagonist is a typical mischievous tyrant from Northeast China; later, he has a private armed force in the Far East. Book 4: The protagonist is an internal affairs investigator in Houston, Texas.

29. 129 重 Reborn in Mexico, and You Want Me to Go Straight? 重生墨西哥，你让我改邪归正？ Second Master Bao包二爷Urban382k WordsCompleted An accident leaves Wang Lin, a young man from Huaguo, reborn in the chaos of Mexico in 1989. With trouble brewing both inside and outside the family, he inherits the family agricultural company. After awakening the Overlord System, watch him build his power and thrive in these turbulent times. Watch him rise from a mafia boss to a godfather on the global stage! "The synopsis doesn't do it justice. Read the story!" 394Reads5.5Score—Shelves
30. 130 谁 Who Works Hard When They Have a System? Isn't a Carefree Life Better? 谁有系统还努力，摆烂生活不香吗 Youyou Loves Shrimp悠悠爱吃虾Urban2.5M WordsOngoing (Many early and middle sections of this book are adapted from the author's own experiences.) Reborn in 2001, the moment Liu Feng opened his eyes, he grabbed his eighteen-year-old ID and headed straight to school, to drop out! This time, he wasn't going to grind himself into the ground. He just wanted to lie flat and be a rich second-generation heir. His family was top-tier, his influence immense, and the cash deposited every day was enough to make his fingers cramp from counting. His life starte 10.3kReads7.1Score561Shelves
31. 131 美 America: My Wild Days in the Police Department's Internal Affairs Division 美利坚：我在警局内务部的疯狂 Ghostder鬼derUrban726k WordsCompleted [System] + [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] + [Police Station] + [Multiple Women] + [Gunfights] Jack Ma transmigrates to Texas, America, in a parallel world. After being accepted into the Texas Police Department, his impressive quadriceps catch the eye of a female supervisor in Internal Affairs, and he joins the department. With the help of his supervisor’s “OMG,” he awakens. His golden finger is the Zuan People System: it lets him strengthen and fix things for married women. Strengthen: Improve his ph 282Reads6.6Score142Shelves
32. 132 倒 The Bankrupt Factory Owner Started Livestreaming Sales and Somehow Got the Whole Internet to Invest 倒闭厂长直播卖货，竟获全网入股 I Want to Raise a Giant Panda我想养只大熊猫Urban1.2M WordsCompleted (Business development, technological innovation, livestreaming, no System, no romance) Xiao Yi was reborn and inherited an appliance factory on the verge of bankruptcy. Relying on his experience from his previous life and viral marketing strategies, he launched a livestreamed shareholder meeting, turning viewers into virtual shareholders. Once a month, the shareholders met, giving livestream viewers a deeper role in the company. Before smart products had matured, he launched Xiaokang Tongxue. As 8.4kReads9.0Score325Shelves

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    It's a great read. It's a rebirth story without a system. The protagonist promotes his company's products through live streaming, gradually grows and achieves his goals, eventually becoming someone who provides high benefits to employees and whose products are responsible to users.

33. 133 重 Reborn in the 1980s 重生于80年代 The Hardheaded Old Man头铁老汉Urban12.9M WordsOngoing (Period drama, no System, no golden finger, an alternate modern history, revelations drawn from authentic historical records and events) Moral standards vary with money! If you’re already this rich, why repeat the miserable life you had in your previous one? Every regret must be made right! Following the passage of time and based on the facts, the story looks back at this period of history through the protagonist’s eyes. The reborn story of an ordinary man, rising from humble beginnings to becom 39kReads8.8Score2.3kShelves

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    My eternal god

34. 134 首 I Really Didn’t Mean to Make Money 首富：我真没想赚钱啊 A Thousand Mountains and Rivers千山万水Urban4.4M WordsCompleted [A trope-subverting story with a light, everyday feel.] Also known as [I Only Wanted to Lose Money, but I Ended Up with a Bunch of Sneaky Employees] and [I Only Wanted to Lose Money: Somehow, I Became the Industry’s Best Boss] After graduating, Chen Mo obtained a money-losing System. The more money he lost, the more personal wealth he would receive. Lose money? That was ridiculously easy. Chen Mo thought confidently, then promptly bought a clothing factory that was already losing money. What he 20.5kReads8.8Score1.9kShelves
35. 135 人 Life Support: Starting With One 648-Yuan Gift Every Day 人生辅助：从每天一个648开始 A Crab Who Can Barely Save Himself自身难保的螃蟹Urban974k WordsCompleted [One Female Lead] + [System] + [Daily Life] + [Enjoying Life] When ordinary office worker Shen Wang hit a low point in life, he got a life-assistance System that started by giving him 648 yuan a day. It’s an ordinary person’s everyday life with cheat-like advantages: no wild ups and downs, just the little things that make life sweet and happy. The most ordinary wishes in life come true here. [Not a story about a tycoon throwing money around] 20.5kReads8.8Score1.3kShelves
36. 136 百 100% Victory: Crushing the Financial Markets with Higher-Dimensional Tactics 百分百胜：我在金融市场降维打击 Small Bridge, Flowing Water, Lean Horse小桥流水瘦马Urban2.0M WordsOngoing [System + One Female Lead + Smart Protagonist + Growing Both His Stock Trading and Industrial Businesses + Pure Thrills] Chen Qi had been unemployed for eight months, and the family had only 50,000 yuan left in savings. His former coworkers mocked him, his father-in-law looked at him coldly, and on the fridge was a meticulously itemized household budget his wife had put together, showing a balance of -847 yuan. At his lowest point, the [National Destiny Economic Engine] activated. “Predictions b 8.4kReads5.8Score617Shelves
37. 137 开 Two Farmers from the Start, Building a Black Gold Empire 开局两个农民，建立黑金帝国 Old Old Fang老老方Eastern Fantasy943k WordsOngoing [Reborn + Empire System + underworld business wars + light System elements] In his previous life, he was a financial titan. In this one, he's an insect in the slums. But Li De smiled. In this era, the law was a mere ornament, money was the only truth, and discrimination was a shackle. So he'd take the wildest path and tear every rule to shreds! The law in one hand, bloodshed in the other, he charges headlong through the worlds of black and white! Underworld kingpin: From bootlegging to a nationw 734Reads7.3Score103Shelves
38. 138 四 Siheyuan: Back to 1954, Luckily I Have a System 四合院：回到54年，还好带系统 Wen Zhi Tianhua雯织天华Male-Channel Fanfiction1.9M WordsCompleted [Siheyuan] [Founding a Nation Overseas] [Spatial Interface] [One Female Lead] Transmigrate to a Siheyuan in 1954? Luckily, I've got a skill-upgrade cheat, an boundless space, and a space for growing crops. What? There's also a family lineage stretching back thousands of years behind me, and I'm the clan head? These people from the Siheyuan think they can compete with me? Of course I'll lead my family to become the greatest clan and build the world's number-one village. The fun starts when I buil 12.6kReads8.4Score637Shelves

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    The rise of capitalist families!

39. 139 股 Stock Market God: Please Stop Buying! The Stocks Are Crashing 股神：求求你别买了！股票跌麻了 The Pumpkin Doesn't Talk南瓜不说话呀Urban61k WordsOngoing Guys, who gets it?! The scariest thing about stock trading isn't losing money. It's buying a stock and watching it crash! After going bankrupt, getting liquidated, and being crushed by online loan debts, Chen Yifan unexpectedly unlocks a bizarre ability: Financial Paraquat. Buy a small-cap stock, and it plunges straight down. Buy a hot, speculative stock, and it hits the limit down at its peak. Buy a blue-chip stock, and it keeps drifting lower. Stock traders across the internet: Please, stop bu 29Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Stock market veterans, come take a look!

40. 140 心 The Heart's Journey Back to Zero 心途归零 Stock Market Duster股市拂尘子Urban198k WordsOngoing The market rises and falls amid the clamor, and everyone chases its ups and downs. Most people are caught up in the obsession with gains and losses, tossed about by every fluctuation. After suffering a major setback, the protagonist chooses to let go of all past trading experience and all thoughts of profit and loss, starting over with a blank slate in both knowledge and mindset. Through repeated trial and error, he casts aside restless fantasies of shortcuts, stays true to himself, and slowly s 15.4kReads9.3Score1kShelves
41. 141 王 Wang Ye's Stock God Journal 王野的股神笔记 Code Name ngg代号nggUrban320k WordsOngoing Nine years ago, I quit my job to trade full-time. Three years later, after my account had been cut in half again and again, I read the word “reverence” for the first time while staring at my settlement statement in the dead of night. This isn’t a trading guru’s memoir. It’s the daily homework of someone still making a living in the market, written for himself. The pounding heart before the market opens, the panic during the opening auction, the self-doubt while holding positions, the endless rep 2kReads6.7Score361Shelves
42. 142 中 Middle-Aged Stock God: Starting with a Debt Collector Exposing My Contacts 中年股神：从逾期被曝通讯录开始 Homeowners' Committee Director家委会主任Urban407k WordsOngoing Li Yong had been a trader for over a decade. In recent years, the rise of AI quantitative trading had dealt a major blow to traditional trading. Li Yong's income plummeted, and he suddenly found himself in a midlife crisis. He could no longer afford his mortgage. The bank auctioned off the house he'd bought for over three million yuan for just over one million, not even enough to cover the mortgage. Between credit cards, online loans, and the mortgage, he owed over a million in all sorts of debt 77.4kReads8.2Score8kShelves
43. 143 韭 A Leek's Cultivation Diary 韭菜修行记 A Young Man's Success少年得志Urban831k WordsCompleted At a certain point in trading, you suddenly realize that what determines whether you make a profit has never been your technique. Indicators are useful, and a System is useful too, but neither is the foundation. The real foundation lies in your mindset: how you view the market, how you view yourself, and how you make sense of everything that happens to you. I didn’t think that way at first. I thought that if my technique was polished enough and my system complete enough, I could earn steady prof 48.6kReads9.3Score5.8kShelves
44. 144 娱 Entertainment Tycoon, With Wuyou Media from the Start 娱乐神豪，开局一个无忧传媒 Little Wordsmith小小字匠Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [The animated adaptation is now available, and a live-action short series is in production] Zhang Cheng transmigrates to a parallel world, inherits an empty shell of a media company, and gains the Entertainment Tycoon System. From Wuyou Media to Wuyou Group, and then to a massive Wuyou entertainment empire… Beautiful online influencers with tens of millions of followers and idol stars whom fans consider untouchable are all employees under his banner. Many years later, even after Zhang Cheng reti 48.2kReads8.8Score3.4kShelves

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    [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

45. 145 高 A Late-Blooming Superstar: Starting at Sixty Isn't Too Late, Is It? 高龄巨星：六十岁才出道不算晚吧 Bai Xiao百笑Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Reborn in a parallel world, he becomes a sixty-year-old man. Widowed from the start and saddled with an unfilial son, Tang Dagen decides to stir things up. “I’m severing my father-son relationship with my unfilial son. Everyone, bear witness…” Sacrificing an unfilial son to Heaven brings boundless power, and Old Tang becomes an online sensation. One poem, “Love of Life,” turns Old Tang into a poet. One poem, “Ode to Epang Palace,” takes everyone back to the Qin dynasty. Journey to the West sets 3.2kReads9.0Score269Shelves
46. 146 双 Two Male Leads: How to Become a Tycoon 双男主之神豪是如何养成的 Ye Xuan Has Loved Mantou Flowers for Ages喜欢馒头花的叶玄许久Two Male Leads2.8M WordsOngoing Reborn in 1985, this is a Western urban novel featuring two male leads and no System. The legendary life of Eugene Olivier, Duke of Loire. Through his own abilities, he makes his mark on the history of global finance. Master the games of finance! Keep your finger on the pulse of the times! See how he builds his own power base in 1985, holding both authority and wealth in the palm of his hand. This time, he will make the world tremble before him! The other male lead is Roy McMillan, a young gentl 4kReads9.0Score326Shelves

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    This book is a must-read; the protagonist doesn't make money through business, he directly profits from business owners.

47. 147 洛 Storm Over Luocheng 洛城风云起 Making Mistakes on Time准时犯错Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Urban Romance + Business Warfare + Multiple Heroines + No System] "Do you still want to tonight?" Her question was so direct that I was momentarily at a loss for words. The campus belle has already driven three men to their deaths. Why are you still getting involved with her? At the crucial moment, Sun Tao stopped me. Returning to the place where it all began, I only wanted to put an end to my youthful regrets with the campus belle who had been such a knockout back then. I had no idea she was a 26.9kReads8.3Score3.5kShelves

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    The best male-oriented urban novel of 2026, with multiple female leads, is really great.

48. 148 带 Back to Age 17 with a Little High-Tech 带点黑科技重返17岁 Rabbit Six兔子六Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [My new book, The Fishmonger's Age of Declining Dharma (urban high martial arts), is contracted and now available. I have 100,000 words ready, so dig in with confidence. [Golden finger + lighthearted power fantasy + youth story + technology story = slow-paced] “Can you send me back the way I came?” “That's not possible.” “Then can you send me back to the past so I can reload my save? The kind that overwrites the old save.” “That is possible.” “Then can I bring all 10 t 260Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    🌹First book: The male protagonist is reborn in 2006 and brings back 10TB of data from Baidu Cloud, including various collections of high-quality novels and e-books from a certain industrial publishing house. He starts by writing novels to make money, and later opens a milk tea shop, starting a physical business.🌴Second book: The male protagonist, Gu Qiu, is reborn in 2003. He first works as a restaurant helper, then writes novels, sells Jue Wei duck necks, and registers trademarks for websites, brands, and apps.🌺Third book: The male protagonist, Zhang Yuan, is reborn in 2004. In his previous life, he had excellent college entrance exam scores but was tricked and only got into an ordinary university. Now he attends a prestigious university.

49. 149 重 Reborn: Eighteen Is the Perfect Age 重生：十八岁正当年 Peach Blossom Fan桃花扇子Urban707k WordsCompleted What’s the greatest perk of being reborn? The answer: making up for regrets and saving yourself. Back at eighteen, watch a country boy live a life unlike the one he lived in his previous life, in this turbulent era... Because of the timeline, this novel is a slow burn. The first female lead won’t appear until after Chapter 112. As for whether there will be a second or third female lead, even the author can’t decide... —Reads6.1Score—Shelves
50. 150 重 Reborn into My Golden Age 重生我的黄金时代 vRunning Snailvv奔跑的蜗牛vUrban3.2M WordsCompleted An ordinary engineer suddenly finds himself back after the college entrance exams, following a short nap during an overtime shift. Having failed to get into the university he wanted in his previous life, this time he doesn't dare get carried away. He diligently reaches for the best he can manage, embarking on his second life in a whole new way and encountering wave after wave of challenges... 123Reads7.4Score—Shelves

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