These Books Make Up Half of Tomato Novel's Success 这几本书撑起了番茄半边天
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From Beijing's Old-School Tough Guy to the King of Chinese Showbiz 从京城老炮儿到华娱之王
The 1990s were both the twilight of the brotherhood era and the golden age of the Chinese entertainment industry's rise. Bai Hang, a seasoned Beijing tough who grew up in a traditional courtyard house, gritted his teeth and left his old life behind just to stay alive. From then on, he embarked on an extraordinary career in show business. Other award-winning actors relied on their acting skills. He won awards because he'd really lived that life. “Brother Hang, there's a production that wants you
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Better to Strive for Yourself Than to Find a Godfather 认义父不如自强不息
(This is a wildly imaginative fantasy novel, dedicated to fellow wage slaves as busy as I am. May life get a little easier for us all!) Lü Bu is reborn in the modern era. No Three Kingdoms this time, but China! It was bad enough being strangled to death at White Gate Tower, but the history books also branded him with the shameful label of “the man who stabbed his foster fathers.” He had only been forced by those powerful old men to do their bidding. He put those scoundrels to death with his own
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Apocalypse Underworld Emperor: After Dark, I Make the Rules 末世地下皇帝,天黑以后我说的算
(No System, passionate, brotherhood, not an invincible protagonist, high martial arts) (Ensemble cast, every character has a distinct personality and their own moments to shine) A young man framed and imprisoned by his own boss unexpectedly gains the blood of the Demon Ancestor and awakens as a superpowered fighter, embarking on a path of revenge. The story of a group of youths from the bottom of society fighting their way up. A legend about a young man who rises to become the Underworld Emperor
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Warlord: I’m from Fenghua, So What If I Become President? 军阀:我奉化人,当个总统怎么了
In the nineteenth year of the Republic, Li Xuewen, county magistrate in Fujian Province, was forced to flee overseas to Nanyang after offending the Song family. He led eight hundred elite members of his security corps across the sea to Borneo, planning to restore the Lan Fang Republic and establish a nation abroad. President Li says, “No one understands nation-building better than I do.” Is nation-building difficult in its early stages? No matter. There will naturally be fools eager to come to t
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Hong Kong Crossover: The Ultimate Smuggler 港综:最强大捞家
In the world of Hong Kong Island, the Money Empire era has just ended. The four great detectives are long gone, and the underworld is in turmoil. The mighty tide of a new age surges in. He Wenyao, who has lived two lives, travels from north to south, crossing the sea to arrive. When the bells of the new century ring out and Lighthouse magazine asks its question, he looks around and finds no equal in the world.
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Resistance War in the Siheyuan: A Dog by Day, a Wolf by Night 四合院抗战:白天是狗,晚上是狼
By day, he is Lu Chengan, a puppet army company commander under the Japanese. He bows and scrapes before the Japanese, calls his fellow puppet soldiers brothers, and pretends not to notice the contemptuous looks from the civilians. He leads his men through drills, patrols, and inspections, occasionally cooperating with the Japanese in their so-called “security enhancement campaign.” He puts on a show when he has to and turns a blind eye when he can. His company includes a platoon leader named
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Siheyuan: Returning from the Mass Grave to Collect Blood Debts 四合院:乱葬岗归来,血债血偿
At eighteen, Lu Jianjun is framed and nearly left to die in the wilderness, but by sheer luck, he survives. After that brush with death, he sees through the schemes and selfish motives of every household in the courtyard. Returning to the compound with the experience and livelihood skills he accumulated in his previous life, all he wants is to keep his own life steady, earn an honest living with his own hands, avoid the endless conflicts around him, protect the people he cares about, and carve o
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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
After Our Flash Marriage, My Husband and I Slept in Separate Rooms for Half a Year
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Siheyuan: Awakening the System, I Won't Let the Whole Courtyard Suck Me Dry 四合院:觉醒系统,不惯全院吸血
After transmigrating back to the 1960s and the beastly courtyard compound, the protagonist awakens a heaven-defying comeback System and sees through the evil intentions of everyone living there! There are no warm, friendly neighbors here, just a pack of bloodsuckers plotting against one another: the First Master, who abuses his position and uses moral pressure to get others to provide for his retirement; the Second Master, who dreams of becoming an official and loves throwing his weight around;
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Siheyuan: The Whole Courtyard Is Asking for Trouble, So I Wipe Them All Out 四合院:全院作死,我直接杀光
After his Nascent Soul perishes, he returns to the courtyard in 1953 as a security chief, carrying on the legacy of a Celestial Master. But he discovers that his elder sister is dead and his nephew is on the brink of death. Those who seized the He family home and bullied the orphan will face karmic justice through a series of “accidents.”
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My Childhood Friend Set a Trap, and I Personally Got My Husband to Sign the Share Transfer Agreement! 竹马设局,我亲手送老公签了股权转让书!
My childhood friend set a trap, and I personally handed my husband the equity transfer agreement to sign!
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Siheyuan: Getting Better with Age, If You Can Do It, Step Up 四合院:越活越牛,谁行谁上
Song Yan, a top-ranked Honor of Kings streamer, dies suddenly during a livestream and transmigrates to the era of “Beasts in the Courtyard.” From the start, Jia Zhangshi and Banggeng bully him, but he unexpectedly awakens the Ultimate Counterattack System! Whenever he’s provoked, sabotaged, or set up, he instantly gets a reward: Any Honor of Kings skill he wants! Activate Kai’s Immortal Body, and anyone who touches me gets sent flying! Once Dian Wei goes berserk, every scumbag in the courtyard
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Dumped from the Start, Then Spoiled by the Handsome Lu! 开局被退婚,亲亲陆少宠上天!
From the Start, I’m Dumped by My Fiancée, but Doting Lu Won’t Let Me Go!
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In the Siheyuan, Silly Zhu Stops Being a Doormat 四合院傻柱不在做冤大头
Snow blanketed the world. As he lay dying beneath a bridge, He Yuzhu watched his archrival, Xu Damao, summon the last of his strength to carry him back to the courtyard, and regret tore at his heart. Reborn as a young man, he awakens a mysterious pocket dimension and gains the skills of a culinary god. He immediately cuts ties with the Jia family. He will repay the deaf old lady's kindness, ease his younger sister's suffering, and rekindle his bond with Lou Xiao'e. As for those bloodsucking para
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If You Love Your First Love So Much, Why Are You Crying Now That I'm Gone? 既爱白月光,我走了你哭啥?
If you love your first love so much, why are you crying now that I've left?
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Siheyuan: With a Zombie-Slaying Daoist Master Around, No One Dares Cause Trouble 四合院:僵尸道长在,没人敢作怪
After fighting evil spirits, Mao Xiaofang, his two apprentices, Black Rose, and Shrimp were planning to return to Gantian Town. But a temporal rift swept them away, and they crash-landed in a Beijing courtyard house in the 1960s. The moment they arrived, the entire courtyard was in chaos. Looking at the disorderly place, Mao Xiaofang sighed. “Never mind. We’ll stay here for now.” He had hoped to keep a low profile, but evil spirits kept causing trouble. So the three brothers, including Silly
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You Turned Away, So I Learned Not to Love You! 你选择转身,我学会不爱!
You chose to walk away, so I learned how not to love you!
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After the Divorce, I Became a Culinary God My Ex-Husband Could Never Hope to Win Over 离婚后,我成了前夫哥高攀不起的厨神
After the Divorce, I Became the Chef My Ex-Husband Could Never Hope to Marry
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A Legendary Life in the Era 年代传奇人生
A ruthless soldier king is reborn in the Greater Khingan Mountains of the 1960s. With the pocket dimension and gear from his previous life, he takes his friends hunting and exploring. The early story centers on hunting, with cross-province searches for family, treasure hunts, and battles against spies woven in. They explore fortresses, raid tombs, and get caught up in other thrilling adventures. Novel pets include a wolverine, a big black horse, a yellow-throated marten, reindeer, and a mantis.
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Love Isn't Gentle, and I Won't Lick My Wounds 爱不温柔,我不舔舐伤口
Love isn't gentle, and I won't lick my wounds.
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Zhizhi’s Road Home 知栀归途
Zhizhi’s Way Home
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The CEO’s First Love Returns, So I Leave. Then He Goes Insane! 总裁老公白月光归来,我退场,他却疯了!
My CEO Husband’s First Love Is Back, So I Step Aside, but He Goes Crazy!
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Return to Pear Blossom Shore 彼岸归梨
The Pear Beyond the Other Shore
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Transmigrated to 1997 as a Fake Heiress, I Took My Butcher Husband’s Place at the Altar! Now They’re All Regretting It! 穿越1997假千金,替嫁我的杀猪老公!他们悔疯了!
I Transmigrated to 1997 as a Fake Heiress and Married Off to My Butcher Husband! Now They’re Regretting It Like Crazy!
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The Abyss in Her Dimples 梨涡深渊
The Abyss in Her Dimples
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A Sweet Contract Romance: I’m Mr. Lu’s Most Precious Treasure! 契约甜宠,我是陆总的心尖尖!
A Sweet Contract Romance: I’m Mr. Lu’s Apple of His Eye!
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Back to the 1980s: From the Start, I Cut Ties with My Family 重回八零:开局断亲斩亲缘
Tang Guangyuan has suffered from asthma since childhood, enduring years of hardship and abuse at the hands of his family. After his biological mother beat his own son, who was not yet three years old, Tang resolutely cut ties with her entire family. Overcome with rage and resentment, he unexpectedly became reborn, his soul coming from his modern-day self in the future. After being reborn, Tang Guangyuan awakened the “Farming Spirit Spring System.” The spirit spring water not only cured his ast
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Wan Ning Won't Marry 晚宁不嫁
Wan Ning Refuses to Marry
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Reborn, the Fake Heiress Panics, but I'm Done Pretending! 重生后假千金她慌了,我不装了!
After Being Reborn, the Fake Heiress Panics: I’m Done Pretending!
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My Fiancée Wants to Fire Me, but She Forgot I’m the Real Boss of the Company 未婚妻要开除我,可她忘了我才是公司真正的老板
My Fiancée Wants to Fire Me, but She Forgot I’m the Real Owner of the Company
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On the Eve of the Gaokao, the Fake Heiress Treats the Class to the Poisonous Crabs My Family Threw Away 高考前夕,假千金请全班吃我家扔掉的毒蟹
On the eve of the college entrance exams, the fake heiress treats the whole class to the poisonous crabs my family threw away
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My Dean Is a Violent Exorcist 我的院长是暴力驱魔师
Ai Kexue, a materialist young man, starts work at Qingshan Psychiatric Hospital, and everything he believes in falls apart: disinfectant spray to repel ghosts, electroshock to exorcise demons? The legally adult-looking but actually underage Director Ling Xiaoxiao is convinced that “physical exorcism is science”! As paranormal phenomena intensify and a demon god awakens beneath the earth, Ai Kexue is forced to become the hospital's “scientific consultant.” Leading a group of eccentric patients, h
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Adopted Son, Part Two 过继二
[Wealth + power plays] [Reality + perseverance] [Life + passion] [Love + living] A man must be as tough as iron, but also as resilient as steel. Only then can he face the harshness of reality and the twists of fate, and rise to meet new challenges. I'm Zhao Erhai, and here's my story...
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Mad for the Divine Sword 我为神剑狂
[A work that promotes traditional Chinese culture. I hope you enjoy it.] Lin Fan was the young master of the Fengqing Sect in Moxin Town, but a sudden upheaval cost him his sect. Most importantly, he was separated from his twin sister. The Sword Immortal Maiden told him that only by reaching the pinnacle of the Sword Dao could he reunite with his sister. So Lin Fan set out on the path of sword cultivation, all for the sake of finding her. As he braved love's trials and wandered the world, he was
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A Modern-Day Special Policewoman Transmigrates and Makes Her General’s Daughter Famous Across the Realm 女特警穿越后,将门嫡女名震朝野
A modern female SWAT officer jumps from a vehicle during a mission and transmigrates into the legitimate daughter of a military family in the fictional Great Zhou dynasty. She can outshine the daughters of powerful families and civil officials alike, help her family build its wealth, and take up arms to defend her country.
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Beachcombing: From the Start, One Sand Shovel Wins Me the Whole Beach 赶海:开局一把沙铲承包整个沙滩
(Daily life + lighthearted + beachcombing + tycoon) I dropped out of a top university and spent two years back in my hometown fishing village. Once the village's golden boy, I became a good-for-nothing everyone despised. Then one day, I discovered I could see my own luck stat and exchange points for beachcombing tools through a virtual screen. From then on, my life was like I had cheats enabled. With a sand shovel, I could easily earn thousands in a day. With a spade, I even dug up a whole bucke
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Laying Low in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, I Invest the Gods with Titles 苟在山海,敕封众神
Lin Xuan’s soul is transported to the perilous world of Shan Hai, where he becomes a humble earth god. He discovers that he possesses the long-lost Primordial Investiture of the Gods, which allows him to appoint all things in heaven and earth as deities, provided they have accumulated enough merit or karmic sin. So he resolves to live by one creed: “I just want to stay quietly in my divine domain and appoint gods. You can fight among yourselves all you want, just don’t bother me.” But trouble al
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Reborn at the Pinnacle of Power 重生官场之权力巅峰
Jiang Zhenbang spent thirty years rising and falling in the political arena. Just as he was about to take charge of a region and reach the peak of his career, he died saving someone and returned to 1995, to the summer just after graduating from university. With his foreknowledge of the future, he used a county-level economic research report far ahead of its time as his calling card. He boldly put himself forward and won the favor of his leaders, entering government service at the rank of section
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The Day I Was Laid Off, Only My Code Was Still Running 被裁那天全公司只有我的代码在跑
The Day I Was Laid Off, Mine Was the Only Code in the Company Still Running
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Great Tang: I'm in Suiye City, and My Little Brother Is Li Taibai? 大唐:人在碎叶城,弟弟李太白?
[Anxi Protectorate]+ [No System]+ [Three legendary transmigration manuals]+ [Farming]+ [Starting out in Suiye Town] Li Mu transmigrated to Suiye City in the Anxi Protectorate during the Kaiyuan era, becoming the older brother of the immortal poet Li Bai. He had in his hands the three legendary manuals for transmigrators: The Barefoot Doctor's Manual, A Guide to Civilian and Military Personnel, and The Militia Military Training Manual. He had also thoroughly studied the Grand Ancestor's On Contra
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The Day the Company Went Bankrupt, I Was the Only One Who Lost My Desk 破产那天全公司只有我丢了工位
The Day the Company Went Bankrupt, I Was the Only One Who Lost My Desk
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My Grandpa Is the Daoist Emperor 我爷爷是道士皇帝
His grandfather practices Daoist arts and seeks medicinal remedies. He won't live in the imperial palace, preferring a Daoist temple... His father is a womanizer who stays in the palace, working tirelessly as a busy little bee in the imperial harem... Young Zhu Yijun quietly watches them perform from the sidelines, thinking to himself, “Now that you're done, it's my turn to put on a show...”
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The Night I Faked My Death, the Capital's Top Heir Knelt and Shattered the Moonlight 我假死那夜,京圈太子爷跪碎了月光
The night I faked my death, the capital’s most powerful young heir knelt beneath the shattered moonlight.
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The Way of Elegance Reigns Supreme 雅道独尊
At the brink of death after being shoved into a freezing pool, the servant Shen Yan awakens the Four Arts System: sound waves to defeat enemies, chess formations to lock down souls, talismans to blast foes, and paintings that bring things to life. A spiritual-root genius mocks me? One tune is all it takes to shatter his protective qi! When the Dao Eradicators seek to wipe out the literary arts across the land, he unites all four arts and reigns supreme over the heavens. A good-for-nothing? No, h
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Someone Turned the Slippers at the Entryway Around 玄关的拖鞋,被人摆反了
Someone put the slippers in the entryway the wrong way around.
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Against the Light: The Rise of a Scapegoat 逆光:一个背锅侠的逆袭实录
Against the Light: The True Story of a Fall Guy's Comeback
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I’m Here to Set the Chaotic Siheyuan Straight 朕来整顿禽满四合院
After Zhu Yuanzhang died, he transmigrated into the body of a junior official. When he got home, he found that His wife was Empress Ma, doing laundry for someone else. His son was Zhu Biao, with a broken leg. His grandson was Zhu Xiongying, skin and bones. The so-called “good neighbors” in the compound stole from his family, insulted his wife, and schemed against his son. The whole place was full of beasts. Then the System arrived, bringing him master-level Chinese medicine, a farm he could c
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Siheyuan: My Revenge Begins at the Mass Grave 四合院:从乱葬岗开始复仇
Reborn on a mass grave, Zhang Aiguo returns with a System. The scoundrels stole my family’s property, sold my younger sister, and left me for dead. This time, they’ll pay for every drop of blood! The hypocritical patriarch, the venomous old woman, every last one of them: none will get away! Watch as this young man delivers the ultimate judgment and gets his revenge in this man-eating courtyard!
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Siheyuan: Becoming a Rogue Everyone Loves 四合院:做一个人见人爱的流氓
[System] [Multiple Heroines] [Low on Grimness] [Historical Fantasy] Lin Muzhi, a down-and-out writer from the 21st century, wakes up as Lin Weidong, a backward young man in a 1965 courtyard. His neighbors are rubbing their hands together, ready to crush this “troublemaker” and take everything from him. But... The whole courtyard soon realizes that this time, the newcomer isn't prey. Armed with the perspective of a modern civilization, he's come to rule this world of tangled relationships like it
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The Urban Supreme: Starting by Tearing Up the Marriage Contract 都市至尊,从撕毁婚书开始
A mysterious marriage contract was drawn up twenty years ago. Twenty years later, Lin Jiuxiao descended from the mountains with the contract, only for his wealthy fiancée to tear it up in front of everyone. “A country bumpkin from the mountains thinks he’s worthy of marrying me?” Amid the laughter, Lin Jiuxiao calmly gathered the scraps. “The contract can be destroyed. But the Su family has enjoyed three generations of wealth thanks to my master’s sect. Today, it’s time to pay it back.” The mome
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