Down-to-Earth Urban Money-Making Stories About Ordinary People 正常点的都市赚钱文,普通人就行
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- 101 After Transferring Schools, I Joined My Brothers to Crush the Bullying 转校后,我带兄弟掀翻了校园霸凌 After Transferring Schools, I Joined My Friends to Bring Down Campus Bullies 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 102 I Can See the Future of Stocks, and Now I'm on Top of the World 看到股票未来走势,开启人生巅峰 Chu Nan is sure he’s been reborn. Looking at the girlfriend he’s yearned for day and night, he vows to treat her right this time! Making money on stocks based on his memories? Too far-fetched! From the start, it’s a stock that hits the daily limit after opening at the lowest price, and a monster stock that rises more than fivefold. If he doesn’t go all in now, when will he? With a 2025 mindset, making money in 2006 is as easy as drinking water! What’s his first big payday? Selling sanitary pads 977Reads7.3Score101Shelves
- 103 The School Bully’s Love Is the Knife I Kill With 校霸的爱,是我杀人的刀 The School Bully's Love Is the Knife I Kill With 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 104 He Shen in the City 和珅在都市 On February 22, 1799, Heshen received a white silk cord from the Jiaqing Emperor and met his end. Somehow, he found himself in the future, in 1983. As an ancient man in a modern city, how will he make his way in the world? 28.8kReads9.3Score4kShelves
- 105 The End of Ten Days: Ashes of Reincarnation 十日终焉·轮回烬 Ten Days to the End: Ashes of Reincarnation 12Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Texas Underworld 德州江湖
A tale of hooligans in Dezhou, Shandong, China? No. A tale of gangsters in Texas, USA? No. Texas hold 'em? Getting warmer. There are no miraculous gambling skills, no tense showdowns at the poker table, and no underdog comeback story. All there is is a poker table and the assortment of people around it: cops, businessmen, spies, brothers, high-ranking officials, lovers, and lowlifes. The worlds of money, power, loyalty, and love are all deadly. They aren't gambling on cards. They're gambling on
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After I Refused the Last-Minute Dowry Increase on My Wedding Day 结婚当天我拒绝了临时加彩礼之后
Rebirth + Top Student + Multiple Heroines + Daily Life + School Life + Smart Characters + No System + Entertainment Industry + Lighthearted Comedy. Starts out as a school-life story, then moves into the entertainment industry and the internet. 4.6 million characters, so there’s plenty to dig into. Well worth a read. A short drama adaptation is now available. Search for the novel’s title to watch. Thanks for your support. ^_^~
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Survival Journal: Back to the World of Ordinary Life 求生日记:重返烟火人间
Not a wish-fulfillment story, no cheat powers, no rebirth: a realistic struggle to survive against the odds. An innocent only daughter meets the ultimate scumbag. He tricks her into love, saddles her with debt, then runs off, delivering a triple blow. She tries to take her daughter into the lake with her, but survives. Having died once, she finally comes to her senses. There’s no one to catch her when she falls and no one to save her. Every meal and every bit of warmth must be earned with her ow
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Diary of Survival in the City 城市生存日记
[No Golden Finger + A Terrible Start from the Start + Self-Redemption + A Realistic Guide to Urban Homelessness] Watch a little waif scavenge and save money, making life a little better, one step at a time. He Qinghuan barely escaped her home deep in the mountains with her life, and now wanders the city. She must avoid being discovered as homeless and sent back, while making full use of the city's resources to feed herself and survive until she's old enough to work and support herself. Looking u
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China's Best Boss 中国好老板
China's Best Boss
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- 111 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 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
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Beneath the Form 形体之下
A story about a woman, for whom beauty is both an asset and a sin. Yu Jie is thirty-one, an aerobics instructor who believes hard work pays off. When a real estate tycoon offers her a 180,000-yuan bonus and a 300,000-yuan endorsement deal, she scoffs, resists, then convinces herself to “get just a little closer.” She doesn’t know the rules of that world: once you step inside, there are no boundaries. From prized mistress to businesswoman, from a broken marriage to having nothing at all, it tak
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1979: Meat for My Wife and Kids 年代1979:带着老婆孩子吃肉
[Rural life in the late 1970s] [One female lead] [Comedy] [Slow-paced] [Raising children] Reborn in 1979, Li Xiangdong becomes a train water-supply worker. While others are still fretting over how to make ends meet, he's already enjoying a comfortable life with his wife and children at home. (A realistic slice of life. Each character has both strengths and flaws, and not everyone is meant to be likable. If that's not what you're looking for, please move along.)
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A Life of Lying Low in the Brocade-Clad Guard 苟在锦衣夜行的人生
His younger brother, who shared his mother but not his father, went missing. Bai Yu opened the black suitcase the boy had left under the bed and understood one thing: The world is a bride beneath a veil. Whoever lifts her veil, she belongs to him. Fifty years spent cloaked in luxury, walking unseen through the night. Life is like dust beneath the bright moon.
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- 115 I Cursed Out My Boss from the Start, and the System Rewarded Me with a Million 开局怒骂老板,系统奖励一百万 (Everyone who comes in must make a fortune every day) [Lighthearted, slice of life, System, everyday life, no showing off and face-slapping] When Xia Yang's idiotic boss forced him to work overtime yet again, he quit without hesitation, then immediately started berating his boss. He thought he'd have to slowly look for another job, but then he awakened the Life Enjoyment System. What? Insulting his boss from the start earned him a million yuan? What? He could also get a hundred thousand yuan —Reads—Score—Shelves
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Three Sons and Two Daughters: The Reborn Father Starts Playing Favorites Fairly 三儿两女,重生老父亲开始端水
Content warnings (historical setting + rebirth + ensemble cast + family drama + flawed characters + building wealth) Zeng Dali had been to the battlefield and fought in a war. After leaving the army, he was assigned to work at a machine factory and became the pride of his parents’ generation. He had three sons and two daughters. His eldest son was fortunate enough to take the first college entrance exam after it was reinstated, becoming a medical university student. After graduating, he worked a
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- 117 Reborn in 1997: I Was Going Bankrupt from the Start 重生97:开局就要破产 Also known as: Reborn in 1997: From the Start, I’m Going Bankrupt; The Everyday Life of a Middle-Aged Construction Worker Reborn; [Cozy everyday life + construction site stories + family squabbles + no showing off or face-slapping + one female lead] Yang Yuankun spent his whole life as a bricklayer, working himself to the bone. After inhaling too much dust, he stopped breathing in his fifties while lying in a hospital bed. But when he opened his eyes again, he had returned to the moment he’d com 20.1kReads8.5Score979Shelves
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Reborn as an Executive at a Foreign Company 重生之我在外企当高管
Xu Fei is reborn and returns to the time just after graduation. In his previous life, he spent years navigating the workplace, only to be thrown out in middle age. With all his years of experience from his previous life, see how he turns the tables at work this time, climbs to the top, and makes his mark in the business world.
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Lu Xueqi, Vocational School Student 中专生陆雪琪
Lu Xueqi, the Vocational School Student
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- 120 A Garden of Students, Growing Old Together in Love 桃李满天下恩爱共白头 Wu Xiaomin was a country girl, born and raised in the countryside, but she had always been a good student and was naturally beautiful. Unfortunately, after she started high school, her surroundings changed dramatically, leaving her confused and lost. In her sophomore year, she met a new homeroom teacher who helped her find her way again. After graduating from college, Wu Xiaomin gave up a job placement back in her hometown and introduced a female college classmate to her former high school teach 1.6kReads—Score—Shelves
- 121 Tales of the Qingshui River 清水河往事 Zhao Xinran was once a young high school teacher. He left the classroom to take the civil service exam and became the mayor of a town. Thanks to his dedication and strong results, he was promoted to director of a county bureau, and eventually became the director of a municipal department. Two female students worked under him, one specializing in the humanities and the other in the sciences. Both made significant contributions to their hometowns, earning Zhao Xinran political achievements while d 677Reads—Score—Shelves
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Life Restart: Back to the End of Middle School 人生重启:回到中考结束后
Science has proven that the human body can be cloned, but can the soul be cloned too? Perhaps everyone simply keeps reincarnating in the long river of life, with all their memories disappearing at the moment of death. In 2039, Xu Ming, who had spent his whole life as a corporate drone, finally died of illness one year after retiring. When he opened his eyes, he hadn’t become a newborn baby. Instead, carrying all his memories, he had returned to the day he finished his high school entrance exams
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Riding the Waves of Tokyo Bay: Starting in 1945 逐浪东京湾:从1945开始
The protagonist himself transmigrates to Hengbin, Japan, after its defeat in 1945. Posing as a local, he works as an interpreter for the US military, becomes a shameless collaborator, builds a yakuza organization, and wreaks havoc on the Japanese who haven't yet paid for their crimes. He also gets up to all sorts of mischief with plenty of cute girls, makes it through the occupation, and eventually becomes a financial magnate. A story about making money and living life to the fullest! As they sa
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A Sensual Life: It Begins with Winning 900 Million in the Lottery 香艳人生,从彩票中奖九亿开始
[A windfall from the start]+ [A sharp-minded protagonist]+ [Dual storylines of politics and business]+ [Secrets of the gray economy]+ [A glimpse of the Heavenly Palace]+ [Leaping through the Dragon Gate]+ [Celestial privilege]
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I Made 500 Million on the Stock Market, Then Went Home to Live a Lazy Life 股市狂赚五亿,回县城当咸鱼
Get rich in the stock market, then lie flat in a county town. Lin Chenyang spent five years as a trader in Shenzhen, building a fortune of 500 million yuan. Then he signed an agreement with his boss promising never to touch stocks again, slung a backpack over his shoulder, and returned to Qinghe County. He thought he could lie flat as soon as he got back: buy an unfinished building right in the center of town and turn it into a hotel, let his lawyer cousin stand up for him, and just sit in the
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Meng Lang in the World of Immortals and Demons 孟浪在仙魔世界
[Eastern Xianxia] + [Underdog's Rise] + [Fantasy Wuxia] + [Transmigration] + [Fateful Encounters] + [Multiple Heroines] + [Inspirational] Across a vast otherworld, the struggle between immortals and demons churns beneath the surface! Once peerless in its heyday, Kunlun Immortal Mountain has fallen into decline since the great war between immortals and demons five hundred years ago. Its top-tier lineages have been broken, and its disciples have stagnated in their cultivation. Meanwhile, the Shush
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- 127 A Trap Within a Trap in the Halls of Power 官场局中局 [Political intrigue + power struggles + influential figures + suspense + workplace drama + deduction] Cao Zili, head of the Phoenix Mountain project, falls to his death. Rumors claim a suicide note was found at the scene, but its intended recipient is a mystery, and the case is full of unanswered questions... Was it suicide or murder? And what was the motive? The body cannot be found, making the case difficult to solve... The provincial task force arrives, sending the political scene in Huzhou i 1.3kReads8.7Score128Shelves
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From Rags to Riches: The System Builds a Happy Life 草根逆袭:系统铸就幸福人生
(Urban Life + System + Workplace + Entrepreneurship + No Heroines!!!) Protagonist: Wu Zhou Starting stats: Lifelong bachelor + struggling career Family: Ordinary Does he have a cheat? Yes. This novel follows Wu Zhou, a lifelong bachelor from an ordinary family, as he gradually changes from the inside out through his own hard work, with a tiny bit of help from the System! Warning: Don't form a fixed impression of the protagonist, because he's always going through new experiences and changing!
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Beyond the Ledger 账本之外
A financial cautionary tale for ordinary people: Gu Heng, a former financial analyst, used to believe that “complete documents and consistent data” meant he had the truth. Then the P2P platform he had personally audited collapsed, wiping out the retirement savings of hundreds of elderly people overnight. Only then did he understand: the most dangerous numbers aren't fake ones, but numbers that “look too good to be true.” He goes from auditing the books to chasing the money. The scams are peeled
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- 130 I'll Wait for You in Xi'an 我在西安等你 When the male lead, Ling Fei, had nothing to his name, he met two women who made him their whole world. With their help, Ling Fei rose to the pinnacle of the business world. Yet he failed to cherish them, becoming entangled with several other women around him. After all the hardships, will happiness or regret be what awaits him...? That, too, is his own choice. 10.4kReads8.8Score1kShelves
- 131 Ugh, No! I'm a Jerk! 啊,呸!我是渣男! (No harem-clearing, no mindless power fantasy, no rebirth or wild fantasy, multiple heroines, somewhat literary) I, your sovereign, have an ailment. I, your sovereign, am a lecher. Lustful but not licentious, with so much feeling it seems like none at all. … Some people are born in Rome. Others are born as pack mules. Ren Wufeng is luckier than 99.999% of the people in the world: he was born into a good family. Ren Wufeng is also less fortunate than 99.999% of the people in the world: he has an 510Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 132 Reborn as an Executive at a Major Corporation 重生之我在大厂当高管 [Sound logic] [Clear-eyed realism] [One female lead] [The heroine is not Su Ran; she disappears after chapter 60] [Please bear with it] [Merciful readers, spare me] Reborn, Chen Mo once again stood at the crossroads of his life in 2014. Watch as he turns the country's top tech companies upside down, rises to the top, and dominates the business world. 55.9kReads9.0Score2.9kShelves
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Back at Nineteen: Goddess, Why Aren't You Proud Anymore? 重返十九岁,女神你怎么不骄傲了
[A down-to-earth rebirth story with solid logic and clear-eyed characters, a textbook for young people striving and falling in love.] Xu Jianghe, a major player in Shanghai’s venture capital scene with a ten-digit fortune, unexpectedly found himself reborn at the age of nineteen. In his previous life, he’d been an elite at the top of his game. Now he was starting over as a young man who had achieved nothing and was plagued by insecurity. From then on, every step brought a shock, and flowers bloo
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Sorry, I Have a Romance System 对不起,我有情圣系统
"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?”
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Reborn in 1986: I Open a Supermarket in the City 重生1986我在城里开超市
The ratings have only just come in, so they’re bound to rise!! Everything is handmade from scratch~ [Period setting + reborn + feel-good story + building wealth + opening a supermarket + devoted husband and father] [Buy one, get one free] [Trade in your old goods] [The Vegetable Basket Project] … Reborn in 1986, with no awful relatives to deal with, he sells wild greens, opens a supermarket, and starts a franchise... Free eggs with every in-store purchase! Spend 10 yuan, get 1 yuan off; sp
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The Happiness We Waited For 等来的幸福
In this blended family, the male and female leads grow up calling each other brother and sister. After her mother dies, the heroine goes abroad with her biological father. While overseas, she and the male lead begin a relationship.
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Reborn, I Built a Fortune by Selling Houses! 重生后,我靠卖房发家致富了!
[Real Estate + Reborn + Making a Fortune] After real estate editor Zhou Runqing is set up and then gets into a car accident, he wakes up to find himself back at the start of his career, just after graduation! This time, he decides to stop living like a pushover and turn his life around! To hell with dreams. Making money is what matters. So he gets into real estate, flips houses, and starts businesses, going further and further down the road to wealth through hard work.
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After I Was Bullied While Walking My Kid at the Plaza, I Exposed the Old Bully Online 广场遛娃被霸凌后,我让恶人老头全网社死
After I Was Bullied While Taking My Kid to the Plaza, I Made the Old Bully a Pariah Across the Internet
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- 139 My Coworker Stole a Kiss from Me During a Power Outage 停电时我被同事偷亲了 A Coworker Stole a Kiss from Me During a Power Outage 890Reads—Score—Shelves
- 140 My Blind Date Is a Treasure 相亲对象是个宝 My Blind Date Is a Treasure 144Reads—Score—Shelves
- 141 After a Blind Date with a Stunning Beauty, I Became a Dad Without Any Pain 和大美女相亲后,我无痛当爹 After a Blind Date with a Gorgeous Woman, I Became a Dad Without the Pain 145Reads—Score—Shelves
- 142 After Hearing My Patients’ Thoughts, I Turned My Career Around at the Hospital 听到患者心声后我在医院逆袭了 I Turned My Career Around at the Hospital After Hearing Patients' Thoughts 40Reads—Score—Shelves
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I’m the Boss in Italy 我在意大利当老板
In late-1990s Italy, Hu Liu’an, a stranger in a strange land, takes you on a journey through an overseas world unlike any other, filled with its own bittersweet experiences and tangled loves and hatreds...
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I Spend Money on Beautiful Women, and My Wife's Card Goes into Overdrive 给美女花钱,我老婆卡爆了
A working-class nobody, a small-time business owner, middle-aged: just like us in real life, he had achieved little, lived an ordinary life, and struggled to make ends meet. Then, out of nowhere, the System arrived... Could an ordinary person who suddenly became rich really handle such unbelievable wealth? Unlike most books of this kind, the protagonist doesn't only have a System. No, he also transmigrates...
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- 145 Ten Years of Marriage: Only Now Do I Understand My Wife 结婚十年:才明白妻子那点事 Zhang Xixi works late into the night and comes home drunk. Ye Feng discovers that she is wearing… Was she cheating, or was there another reason? As Ye Feng investigates, he discovers something astonishing about his wife during their ten years of marriage…! 1.9kReads—Score115Shelves
- 146 My Wife's Secret Past 妻子的秘密往事 Zhang Xixi, the wife of Chen Sijie, worked late into the night, then came home drunk with a hickey on her back. Was she cheating, or was there another explanation? As Chen Sijie investigated, he uncovered a shocking secret… 5.1kReads8.6Score317Shelves
- 147 After Losing My Job, I Took Odd Jobs in Xiaoqi 失业后,在小气打零工 His wife betrays him, and his career hits a dead end. Ye Feng becomes a part-time massage therapist. After his first client arrives, Ye Feng's life takes a strange and unpredictable turn. There is no System in this book...! 8kReads6.8Score490Shelves
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Everyone in My Family Was Reborn Except Me 除了我,全家都重生了
Everyone in My Family Was Reborn Except Me
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- 149 After He Made Me Take Abortion Pills, the Scumbag Asked Who the Baby's Father Was 灌我堕胎药后,渣男又问孩子是谁的 After He Made Me Take Abortion Pills, My Scumbag Ex Asked Who the Baby Belonged To 52Reads—Score—Shelves
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A Tycoon Doesn't Have to Run a Big Business 神豪,不一定必须做大生意
This is also a System novel, but my System doesn’t just hand me money, houses, and companies. Is it a bit of a letdown compared to the other tycoon Systems? Looks like I’ll just have to use the System to do something worthwhile, one step at a time.
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