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So many stories about opening shops, growing vegetables, raising chickens, or running a farm make the protagonist act like a charity worker. Are there any stories about unscrupulous profiteers?

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1 Survival Game: Call Me an Honest Merchant 求生游戏：请叫我诚信商人 A Little Fu Fu一只福富Sports903k WordsOngoing [Leveling Up + No Romance + Feel-Good Power Fantasy] All of humanity is dragged into a survival game, and Li Zhi changes class early to become a “merchant.” Starting out with a stall at the most primitive Beastfolk market, she gradually grows into a cosmic merchant known to everyone. Other races: “What a schemer! A once-in-a-century swindler! Not only is she crafty, her underlings can fight like crazy! Who’d dare refuse to do business with her?!” “Slander! Pure slander! I’ve always done business 204.3kReads9.2Score36.5kShelves
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Although I bought these fast-growing mushrooms for 800 units per copper coin, I couldn't resist selling them for 580 units each. What, you say this is robbery? Yeah, I was clearly robbed by those despicable ratmen and had no choice but to buy these mushrooms. As for how much I made, that's none of your business.
2 Nobody Wants This High-Tech Food, So I Took It to the Past and Sold It Like Crazy 科技狠活没人吃，拿去古代卖疯了 Clear Light Shines on You Alone清光独映君Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Feel-good power fantasy] [Transmigrating between two worlds] [Trading goods] [Building wealth] Just after Xia Yunshu escaped from the parasitic family of her good-for-nothing father, a loud clang heralded the arrival of her power to transmigrate between two worlds. Modern zongzi so sickeningly sweet that nobody wants them? She trades them for wild vegetables in the other world, then sells them for 388 yuan a pound outside a mansion! Even dogs turn their noses up at these starch sausages, but in 44.6kReads7.8Score3.7kShelves
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My favorite light novel [sending heart] has a low rating because the female lead is too shrewd, and many readers feel guilty about it. But I think it's mutually beneficial, and that's the mindset of a businessman. In fact, that's how profits are made in business [laughing and crying emoji]. I recommend skipping through the ancient world scenes; the modern storyline is a bit exaggerated, but the ancient storyline is very interesting. The female lead is very well-made and her character is very well-developed.
3 Apocalypse Dungeons: Everyone Boards a Train, While I Fight to Survive Alone 末世副本全民列车，我独自求生 Sharp-Tongued Lady毒舌ladySci-Fi & Apocalypse351k WordsCompleted Author is a psychopath + everyone fights to survive + purely evil female lead + lone wolf + ruthless heroine + no romance + train + road survival Everyone's a villain. Strong woman vs. strong woman. A randomly selected quote from a female character: "Never underestimate women. Without women, you'd be a glob of rank snot stuck to the toilet, not even worth a fart." Come on in if you love massive stockpiles! Everyone is thrown into the apocalypse aboard a train, with each station corresponding to 9.9kReads8.5Score1.1kShelves
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Pure demon pill + unscrupulous merchant. Others scheme for money, she schemes to kill for money; she won't sell milk, but sells adulterated counterfeit goods, adding pesticides to them [smirk].
4 I Made a Chinese Restaurant a Huge Hit in the Apocalypse of Another World 在异世界末世经营中华餐厅爆火 Ice Cola Drink Substitute冰可乐代喝Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.6M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse] [Business Management] [System] [Gourmet Food] [Farming] [No CP, Ensemble Cast] After Ling Jing died, she became bound to a business management System and was randomly dropped into an apocalyptic world where plants and animals had mutated. The System asked her to name her restaurant. After thinking for a moment, she typed: Chinese Restaurant. In this mutated apocalypse, every plant and animal had become an enemy. When starving humans on the brink of death caught the scent of roaste 96kReads9.4Score14kShelves
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The protagonist only focuses on making money and doesn't get involved in any power struggles. The restaurant scenes are written very smoothly, with natural progression through the story. The author has a vast and imaginative world, making for a very engaging read as you follow the author's train of thought. Furthermore, the strong bond between the military and the people is truly touching, with particularly moving lines that emphasize that glory doesn't belong to any individual, but to the collective of humanity. Highly recommended!
5 The God of Cooking Takes Over, and I Turn My Sha County Restaurant into a Rip-Off! 厨神附体，我把沙县开成了黑店！ Jing Yao景媱Urban969k WordsOngoing [Food + System + No Romance + Lighthearted Comedy + Everyday Life + Great with a Meal + Cunning Protagonist] Original title: The God of Cooking Takes Over, and I Turn My Shaxian Snack Shop into a Scam! After his best friend stabbed him in the back, Li Zhibai somehow ended up taking over a Shaxian snack shop in the most expensive part of Jiangcheng, and piling up a mountain of debt in the process. Luckily, he bound himself to the God of Cooking System and awakened a bizarre talent: [Charge Based 144.4kReads8.6Score10.3kShelves
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Despite having a system, the male protagonist was incredibly wicked, yet the system recognized his talent.
6 Who Needs a Day Job? I Became a Tycoon with Trash from My Spatial Farm 谁家打工人靠空间农场垃圾成首富 The Green of Green Gables绿山墙的绿色Modern Romance537k WordsOngoing This novel has been adapted into a comic. The heroine only cares about making money! Making money! Making money! No needless fretting. [No CP] Lin Chu graduated from a junior college and spent years struggling in real estate, only to hit a slump in the housing market. She not only failed to make money, but was also fired after offending a coworker. She had no friends or social life, and her mother had taken the hundred thousand yuan she'd painstakingly saved. Now she could barely afford next mon 27kReads8.4Score3.8kShelves
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He made his fortune by opening a shop, but instead of doing charity, he only cared about his own enjoyment.
7 The Savings System Summoned Me to Another World to Become a Rich Woman 我被存钱系统召唤到异世界当富婆 The Green of Green Gables绿山墙的绿色Modern Romance935k WordsOngoing [Travel Between Two Worlds] + [Modern-Day Fantasy] + [System] + [Farming] + [No Romance] + [Food Business] + [Livestream] + [Building Wealth] + [Infrastructure] + [Redemption] Other people's Systems shower their Hosts with money and perks. Mine is all about being broke, forcing me to make money through street vending and hand over every last cent. I make a million a day Livestreaming skewers made with handsome men from the mall, only for the System to order me to turn off tips. I have to build 1.2kReads—Score103Shelves
8 Highway Survival: She's Really a Good Person 公路求生：她真的是好人 Pancake Baboon煎饼狒狒Sci-Fi & Apocalypse730k WordsOngoing [Highway Survival + Subverting Expectations + Misunderstandings + Face-Slapping + A Touch of Ensemble Cast] The world collapsed, and everyone was thrown onto an endless highway. Along this ever-extending road were randomly appearing chests, mysterious rest stops, lost cities, and more... On the day the highway appeared, Lin Yan was riding a secondhand electric scooter to work at a kindergarten. She was a good-hearted person. If someone was short on water, she'd share hers. If someone asked for h 18.7kReads8.3Score2.4kShelves
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He's often mistaken for a shrewd businessman, but he's actually a kind-hearted person. [Smirk]
9 Supermarket Connects to Another World, I’m Doing Business in All Realms of Cultivation 超市通异世，我在修真各界搞倒卖 Jiang Lanlan Qingqing江蓝蓝清清Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Pocket Dimension + Cultivation Treasures + Trading + Building a Business + No Romance + A Female Lead Who Grows] Just as graduation approached, Yun Zhizhi’s boyfriend dumped her for a rich woman. Her stepfather left behind tens of millions in gambling debts and ran off. Unable to bear the burden, her mother disappeared without a word, taking Yun Zhizhi’s half-brother with her. When the creditors came knocking, Yun Zhizhi hit her head in a fall. To her astonishment, her family’s supermarket had 32.7kReads7.3Score3.8kShelves
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The proprietress is beautiful and kind-hearted; she probably only makes 80-90% profit from trading with people from different worlds [smirk].
10 A Shady Merchant in a Horror World 在惊悚世界当奸商 One Stroke of the Blade执笔一刀Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Horror world, transmigration, System, comedy, no female lead, survival, feel-good story, infinite worlds, horror, the uncanny] Lin Wu adjusted quickly to suddenly finding himself in an unfamiliar place. After all, those people in white coats often moved him around while he was asleep. The people here looked a lot like the ugly things he used to see. They were a little uglier, but a 19.9kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves
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This could be considered a form of unscrupulous merchant, but it involves a team. The protagonist is a cunning individual, the actual person in charge, primarily responsible for procuring and robbing goods, then selling them to survivors in their own shopping mall.
11 The Midnight Pawnshop: The Living Must Keep Away 午夜当铺，活人回避 Chong Xiayueban虫下月半Mystery4.0M WordsOngoing [Traditional Supernatural Horror] [Chinese Folk Customs] [Unorthodox Trade] [Tales of Evil Objects] [No Romance] This is a strange pawnshop that deals exclusively in sinister objects with special value! When something goes against the natural order, evil must be at work! Some things simply should not exist in this world! Coins stuffed into the mouths of the dead, an executioner's blade, grave mushrooms, flesh lingzhi, Kunlun fetuses... Evil objects can harm people, but they can also help them! T 277kReads9.4Score23.7kShelves
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This is alright, not too much of a swindler, just someone who likes to get a little something for free. [Think about it carefully]
12 Just Arrived in Republican-Era China, I Have Nothing but Money 刚到民国，除了钱，一无所有 Tianyang Peak, Who Loves Handmade Wheat Dumplings爱吃手工麦饺的天阳峰Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Su Ning transmigrated into a series of novels set in the Republic of China era. The good news: she had a System. Better yet, the System's reward pool held a full ten billion. Once she spent it all, Su Ning could return to the modern era and live happily as a billionaire. The bad news: the System was called "The Rich Are Heartless"... In the turbulent Republic of China, she had to play a villain who was rotten to the core. Determined to stay alive, Su Ning racked her brains to become relatives wi 96.3kReads8.7Score10.4kShelves
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The ending was a bit sudden, but he was indeed a shrewd businessman who demanded six months' wages from migrant workers.
13 Game Invasion: A Treasure Pavilion from the Start 游戏入侵：开局一座百宝阁 Little Tangerine King QwQ小橘大王QwQSports512k WordsCompleted [Business Simulation + Double Secret Identities + Everyday Face-Slapping + Game Descends on Reality + Lighthearted Fun] Lin Wanwan, a gaming companion, was cruelly fired for refusing to flirt with her boss. She “accidentally” entered a fully immersive virtual game and became an NPC. Could the greedy proprietor of the Treasure Pavilion by day really be the rich lady powerhouse who roams around at night? A thousand faces, and every single one is me! What? Divine pets are too expensive? Then go cat 976Reads7.5Score140Shelves
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Everyone's intelligence is on point, they all feel incredibly real. The protagonist, a cunning businessman, is truly a master shrewd businessman!
14 The Game Invades, and This Shopkeeper's Dignity Is Beyond Question 游戏入侵，本店主的威严不容置疑 Dong Tuan Yulang东团玉郎Sci-Fi & Apocalypse781k WordsOngoing [Leveling up + no romance + game invasions across multiple worlds + satisfying power fantasy] If Jiang Yun wants something, she can have it. She isn’t some hyper-driven workaholic, nor does she bend over backward to please others. She makes deals according to her mood. If she likes you, she might give you a discount. Players and natives get different prices. All intelligent life in the universe has been chosen to enter a survival game, and Jiang Yun has been given a shop. What kind of shop she o 5.7kReads6.7Score801Shelves
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Come on, this is it!
15 Goblin Capitalist: I Enslave Players in Another World 地精资本家：我在异界奴役玩家 Loose Ashes松散的烟灰Urban776k WordsCompleted [The Fourth Calamity] [Goblin Merchant] [Class Advancement] [Otherworld Adventure] [Magical Items] The rating has just appeared and will rise. For goblins, life’s greatest regret is being alive after all your money is gone! Guild leaders: “I treated him like an NPC, but he treated me like a slave.” Top players: “Have you paid off your loan yet?” Ordinary players: “Give up struggling. We’re all just chives grown in Barm Phillips’s garden.” [Main-Hand Weapon: The Distortion of Human Nature] [Exclu 1.3kReads6.8Score132Shelves
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When it comes to unscrupulous merchants, is there anyone more unscrupulous than a goblin?
16 Online Game: I Become Invincible by Setting Up a Stall as a Shady Merchant 网游：无敌从摆摊当奸商开始 Summer Covers夏天翻唱Sports4.0M WordsOngoing [Traditional Online Game] [Reborn] [No Female Lead] [Making Money] The online game "World" launches. Armed with memories of his previous life, Lin Feng takes a new class and becomes a profiteering merchant. He works himself to the bone trying to earn five hundred thousand, never expecting to... accidentally make far more than that. "I may not be in the martial world, but the martial world is full of legends about me." "There’s nothing money can’t solve. If there is, you just don’t have enough of 44.6kReads8.0Score3.2kShelves
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Store operation flow
17 Apocalypse Shop: The Shopkeeper Is Invincible, and That Makes Perfect Sense 末世商店：店长无敌很合理吧 Person Who Loves Green Tangerine Pu'er Tea爱喝青柑普洱茶的人Sci-Fi & Apocalypse316k WordsCompleted [System + reborn + decisive and ruthless + supernatural powers + no romance + zombies + mutated beasts + no self-sacrificing saint + lighthearted daily life + self-interest] Wang Yu spent half his life struggling at the bottom of the post-apocalyptic world, only to end up devoured by a beast. Now he’s reborn. He thought he’d get a god-tier System and rise straight to the top, but instead he got a post-apocalyptic shop System and a shop from the start. What? He has to run a shop!? And he’s invinc 6.1kReads8.0Score475Shelves
18 Opening a Shop in Another World, and You Call This Household Goods? 异界开店，你管这叫日用杂货 Riding the Wind and Calling the Rain携风系雨Eastern Fantasy913k WordsCompleted [Shop + Lighthearted + Slice of Life] Yi Fan inherited a general store, only to be transported to another world by it. How can he cultivate into a master in this strange world? It all starts with opening a shop. The strange and quirky goods in the store are defined by Yi Fan. Chopsticks aren't for eating, but for catching flies and training your speed... 2.3kReads8.5Score155Shelves
19 Highway Survival: Concubine Liu Has Gone Completely Mad 公路求生，柳姨娘癫狂极了 A Persimmon Tree一棵柿子树Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.5M WordsCompleted [Complete] Strong female lead, no romance, stockpiling, natural disasters, blind boxes, lighthearted and funny, road survival game Something went wrong while Liu Tinglan was being transferred from the wasteland into a road survival game. She was mistakenly dropped into ancient times, only to discover that she still had to complete the road survival missions there. Everyone else started with a vehicle, either a truck or some kind of car. Could someone explain why her starting vehicle was a handca 7.8kReads8.5Score1.1kShelves
20 I Became a God in a World of Demons 我在妖魔世界成神了 Evening Primrose in a Corner夕颜一隅Fantastical Romance524k WordsCompleted [Female-lead wish fulfillment] + [No romance] + [Xuanhuan] + [Multiple secret identities] + [A touch of ensemble cast] + [A touch of people misreading the heroine’s abilities and behind-the-scenes scheming] + [Everyone is equal beneath the heroine] (This book doesn’t get much traffic. If you happened to find it, it’s fate! Give it a rating and watch the score go up ✺◟(∗❛ัᴗ❛ั∗)◞✺) Si Shang is transported into a world where demons are real! Luckily, she has a golden finger! What?! Killing demons e 3.9kReads8.8Score553Shelves
21 The Wasteland Black Market 废土黑店 Wind and Moon Like Grain风月如禾Sci-Fi & Apocalypse104k WordsOngoing This is a ravaged wasteland, home to angels, demons, elves, humans, and more. The scarcest resource here isn't food or water, but "unpolluted blood," the hard currency every race depends on to survive. Humans can donate blood in exchange for protection, vampires have built blood banks and monopolized the economy, the chaos essence secreted by demons is the only source of energy, and the holy-light crystals of angels are natural antibiotics... 20Reads—Score—Shelves
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The underdog's rise to success
22 Highway Survival Hoarding: A Tricycle from the Start 公路囤货求生：开局一辆三轮车 Not Much Salt盐不多Sports460k WordsOngoing Lu Tao was in the advanced stages of money anxiety. Just as her wallet had finally filled up and she was ready to lie flat, she was thrown into a road-survival game. From the start, she had a tricycle with an empty cargo bed. Lu Tao sighed at the sky, rolled up her sleeves, and got to work. There’d be bread, and a new vehicle too! Ding! You discovered a banana tree. Ding! You discovered a banana tree sprite. Ding! You discovered a native. Would you like to trade? Lu Tao rubbed her hands t 359Reads8.3Score123Shelves
23 Making Dirty Money from Recycling? Today I Take No Pawns, Only Your Tears 回收挣黑心钱？今天不收典当，只收你的眼泪 Tangerine Sand桔沙8k WordsCompleted Making dirty money from recycling? Today, I won't take your pawned goods. I'll take your tears. 37Reads—Score—Shelves
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A ruthless businessman, who had amassed a fortune, was robbed of 860,000 yuan by a stranger. The robbery involved a house worth 600,000 yuan, a car worth 150,000 yuan, a gold bracelet worth 90,000 yuan, and a mobile phone worth 2 million yuan. He got his comeuppance; she died. What should he do?
24 EN The Heavenly Eye Feng Shui Master 天眼风水师 Light of the Dao道之光Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [A feng shui novel] [Featuring feng shui, Daoist medicine, psychology, and economics; read faces and phone numbers] [Practical insights] [Explaining the esoteric with science] My master hastily taught me the art of divination and passed down a few books. Before I even had the chance to formally begin my training in the mountains, he sent me down into the world to help people... Where can I even go to complain about that? Amid the mortal world, I help others and cultivate myself. 694.2kReads9.6Score146.3kShelves
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This book opens doors of convenience, increasing blessings, wisdom, and academic progress, eliminating karmic obstacles, helping one to abstain from sexual misconduct, and leading to liberation and happiness. It is an essential guide to abstaining from lust and the path to happiness.

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