Reborn in Hong Kong, Building a Top-Tier Tycoon Empire 重生，香江，打造顶级豪门

1. 1 家 A Century-Old Family Rises to Power, Starting in Hong Kong Island 家族百年，从港岛开始崛起 Chen Wulang陈五郎Urban3.0M WordsOngoing Rebirth + business warfare + making money + strategic planning + period setting + fast-paced + wild imagination Reborn in 1977! In this life, his father becomes the world's shipping king, and he has a wealth of information about the future in his mind. With a thunderous strike, he seizes Kowloon Wharf. Without spilling a drop of blood, he acquires Hutchison Whampoa. Striking from behind, he wrests away Wheelock. There are no Four Great Families and no Four Great Trading Houses. In Hong Kong, 8.1kReads7.9Score36514d adds

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   These are some of the better Hong Kong Island tycoon business books.

2. 2 重 Reborn in Hong Kong, With a Huge Family Business 重生港岛，家大业大 The Hero of This Place此间人雄Urban2.8M WordsOngoing [Blood-Soaked Conglomerate | Global Hunt | Six Industrial Empires] In 1980, Shao Weiding opened his eyes and found himself the most rebellious of the six young masters of the Shao Group. Everyone laughed at him for turning his back on a fortune worth tens of billions and risking his life in Southeast Asia instead Then, three years later, they watched him smash open a Swiss bank vault with his bloodstained Rolex and propel the Swatch Group to the very top! When Watsons swept across Asia's retail 38.7kReads9.3Score2.1k14d adds
3. 3 重 Reborn in Hong Kong: The Rise of a Tycoon 重生香江之财阀的诞生 Martian Guardian火星卫士Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Reborn in Harbor City + Business + Entertainment + Beautiful Stars] In 2024, a middle-aged lifelong bachelor is reborn in 1980s Harbor City, China, as the son of a business legend! From then on, he lives a life of reckless indulgence. He is an entertainment mogul, a tech tycoon, and a financial titan. This is the story of how he parties his way to becoming the richest man in the world! 11.2kReads7.7Score53214d adds
4. 4 我 I’m the Third Son of the Shaw Brothers, and I Inherit an Entertainment Empire from the Start 我邵氏三子，开局继承娱乐帝国 Pink Piggy and Many Cats粉猪猪与猫多多Urban662k WordsCompleted In 1985, Shao Long was reborn on Hong Kong Island as the youngest son of Sir Shao. His father, Sir Shao, was a recipient of the Order of the British Empire. He was Hong Kong's most famous entertainment mogul, the founder of Shaw Brothers Pictures and TVB. What troubled Sir Shao, however, was that neither his eldest nor his second son had any interest in inheriting the family business. As he grew older, he could only place his hopes in his youngest son. Shao Long gladly accepted an inheritanc 3.8kReads8.4Score25814d adds

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   1: The pinnacle of Hong Kong entertainment! Reborn to inherit a billion-dollar family business, he recruits Tsui Hark and promotes Sharla Cheung, watching the three Shaw Brothers trio slap their way to victory.

5. 5 多 More Children, More Blessings: Building a Century-Old Hong Kong City Conglomerate 多子多福，打造港城百年财阀 Pink Piggy and Many Cats粉猪猪和猫多多Urban405k WordsCompleted Wang Lei is reborn into the Wang family of Hong Kong City and inherits the family business from the start. He activates the “More Children, More Blessings: Build a Financial Dynasty System”! To become the world's number one family and revive the Wang clan, he'll have to keep having children! For the sake of his heirs, he must keep expanding his business empire… 13.1kReads8.5Score75614d adds
6. 6 港 A Century on Hong Kong Island: I Entertained an Entire Era 港岛百年，我娱乐整个时代 Tea Before the Buddha佛前茶Urban589k WordsCompleted Yang Qianye, a down-and-out bar singer, had a heavenly voice and a gift for performing, but suffered endless discrimination because he was too ugly! His soul was reborn in Hong Kong at the turn of the millennium, in the body of a poor but handsome young man. Surely this time he could make something of himself? It was the best of times, and the worst of times. The greats were battling it out! The Four Heavenly Kings had just left the stage, while Nicholas Tse, Jay Chou, and others were rising to 3.3kReads8.4Score15314d adds
7. 7 港 Hong Kong Films: Three Years in Prison! Boss Jingkun Has Been Killed 港片：苦窑三年！大佬靓坤被杀了 Half a Bowl of Qingbuliang半碗清补凉Male-Channel Fanfiction1.6M WordsCompleted [Wish Fulfillment + Hong Kong Crime Drama Crossover + Multiple Heroines + Ruthless and Decisive] “Three years, then another three years? When my grandpa died, I was undercover in prison. It was Boss Keung who kept vigil and carried the funeral banner for him. Now my boss has been killed. I don’t care if I live or die. I’m going to make you all pay!” The day before his release from prison, Li Qing received the devastating news that Boss Keung had been killed. As an undercover cop, he finally went 1.8kReads9.0Score24914d adds
8. 8 重 Reborn as a Hong Kong Tycoon, I Short the Eagle from the Start 重生港岛财阀，开局做空鹰酱 Pink Piggy and Many Cats粉猪猪和猫多多Urban1.0M WordsCompleted My new story is out! Head over to Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 345Reads8.8Score10514d adds
9. 9 港 Hong Kong Films: Becoming Governor Before the Handover 港片：在回归前成为总督 Sweet Potato Turns into Potato番薯变洋芋Male-Channel Fanfiction1.8M WordsOngoing Lin Yi transmigrates to the 1970s, arriving in a Hong Kong movie universe with a chaotic timeline. He becomes a superintendent in the police force’s Political Department and climbs the ranks step by step until he becomes the governor. With extraordinary physical talents and his knowledge of Hong Kong film plots as a cheat, he soon becomes a superstar in the police force. But that’s only the beginning. Lin Yi also makes counterfeit goods, enters the stock market in 1973, makes a fortune, acquir 2kReads7.1Score14114d adds

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   Making money in business and building a family

10. 10 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 39.6kReads8.8Score2.3k14d adds
11. 11 重 Reborn in 1960: Bankrupting Hong Kong Island's Tycoons 重生1960：把港岛富豪搞破产 Xia Buyan夏不言Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Reborn in 1960, Lin Chaozong starts by reselling discarded canned goods. Before long, he’s building an empire and making it bigger and stronger. He crushes Li Chaoren, abolishes shared-area housing fees, acquires British-owned companies, and builds a business dynasty. Years later, Lin Chaozong gives an interview and says, “I’m just an honest businessman. I don’t know how I ended up becoming the richest man in the world. I guess it must be luck!” 11.9kReads9.0Score70114d adds
12. 12 重 Reborn in Hong Kong: Superstar in Troubled Times 重生港岛：乱世巨星 Wind and Dust in the Night Rain夜雨风尘Urban1.5M WordsCompleted As the pendulum of the times comes to a halt in chaos, And the gears of fate imprison desire, He will reign supreme on the streets of Hong Kong Island, embrace the tenderness of a Miss Hong Kong, Roam across the five lakes and four seas, and create a legend that will last a hundred years. 5kReads8.0Score18314d adds
13. 13 港 Hong Kong Films: From Hung Hing to a Top-Tier Financial Empire 港片：从洪兴开始，打造顶级财阀 All I Have Left Is Recklessness余生只剩浪Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted What is the underworld? Loyalty, filial piety, honor, and duty? Human relationships and worldly affairs? Deception and betrayal? Fan Tian transmigrates to the world of Hong Kong crime dramas in the early 1980s, makes the System his sworn father, and grows stronger with every promotion, climbing all the way from a low-ranking gangster to the moon! My underworld has poetry and far horizons, too. Who's with me? Who's against me? Boss: I'm against it! Fan Tian: Good... Where are Fei Ji, Wolong, and 21kReads7.7Score78214d adds
14. 14 重 Reborn in Hong Kong, Building a World-Class Financial Empire 重生香江，打造世界顶级财阀 Gulega咕了噶Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Business Wars + Tycoon Fantasy + Building a Financial Dynasty] Reborn in 1970s Hong Kong, with millions in family assets inherited from the start. Short stocks, trade gold, enter real estate, and establish an international security company. Watch as Zhang Qing transforms a minor family into a world-class conglomerate spanning Asia, Europe, and the Americas, with businesses in finance, real estate, media, energy, communications, luxury goods, the internet, the military industry, and much more! —Reads—Score—14d adds
15. 15 穿 Transmigrated to the 1950s: I Became a Big Shot in Hong Kong 穿越五零，我在港岛当大佬 Cui Landai崔岚岱Modern Romance645k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + space + gangs + battles of capital; the heroine is lustful but not promiscuous, the hero is a scheming, dark-hearted wolfdog] This novel is pure fiction. Please don’t relate it to real life or overthink it. Just sit back and enjoy. Qiao Luo transmigrates from the apocalypse to 1953. Before she can even celebrate, she finds out that her grandfather was a traitor, her father is a landlord, and her uncle fled overseas with the Nationalist Party. Not one person in her family is any 4.2kReads7.9Score32614d adds

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    New book, with space. The female protagonist and her mother were abandoned by her father's family. She smuggled her mother to Hong Kong Island. Starting from the age of three, she found herself a powerful stepfather and gradually became a big shot.

16. 16 成 Becoming the King of Entertainment, Starting with Transformers 成为娱乐之王，从变形金刚开始 Braised Wild Mushrooms生焖见手青Urban1.3M WordsOngoing [Portable Space] + [Goddess Makeover] + [Urban Slice of Life] + [Sci-Fi Master] + [Fantasy Master] + [Manga Master]... [To be clear from the start: this is more of a slow-paced period drama.] Zhou Zhi, a post-90s English teacher at a middle school, transmigrates into the body of a sixteen-year-old youth volunteer with the same name in 1979. But before long, he gets mixed up in a murder case. To avoid being executed by firing squad, he has no choice but to leave home and risk everything to make a 1.1kReads7.3Score10014d adds

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    Highly recommended! A brand new, incredibly captivating Hong Kong period novel: ① June 1979, Jinshan Province, Yuling County. Zhou Zhi, a post-90s English teacher, transmigrates into the body of a young educated youth with the same name in the 1970s. However, he soon becomes involved in a murder case and, to avoid being targeted, is forced to leave his hometown and flee to Hong Kong. Once there, using the study he acquired from his time travel, he starts by copying Transformers, aiming to achieve some small successes for himself, and eventually marries the goddess that three generations of his family have all desired...

17. 17 金 Finance From the Start: A New Legend Beneath Lion Rock 金融开局：狮子山下新传奇 Blackstone Code黑石代码Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Not a wish-fulfillment story, and the pace is a little slow!!!] In 1983, Hong Kong stood at a historic crossroads. Sino-British negotiations began, but broke down on September 23. The panic of Black Saturday swept across the entire city. The Hong Kong dollar plunged, citizens frantically queued to exchange their money, and half a lifetime's savings evaporated overnight. Chen Fan entered the fray with a strategic investment in red-chip companies. He used 5.5 billion in principal to leverage twen 2.7kReads6.8Score11814d adds

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    Hong Kong is primarily a commercial area. It's not about gangsters.

18. 18 香 Hong Kong, 1980: From the Start, I Picked Up a Manga Studio 香江1980：开局捡个漫画社 Martian Guardian火星卫士Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Reborn in Hong Kong] [Anime and film] [Miss Hong Kong] [Spin-off technology] [Building Hong Kong through comics] In 1980, Hong Kong had not yet been completely shackled by real estate, and its future was still up for grabs. In 1980, Japanese manga had just entered a period of growth and was beginning to show signs of going global. In 1980, Hong Kong's comics scene was thriving with a hundred schools of thought, and the godfather of comics, Huang Yulang, had yet to unite the industry. In 2025, t 5.4kReads7.1Score35514d adds
19. 19 港 Hong Kong Films: The New World 港片：新世界 Wusumulian乌苏穆廉Male-Channel Fanfiction1.9M WordsOngoing He transmigrates into the world of Hong Kong movies! He’s just seen the Four Great Detectives off, only to find himself in the explosive boom years of the triads. Gao Bin becomes a rank-and-file member of Wo Shing Wo. From then on, Gao Bin sells counterfeit goods, gets into real estate, and makes movies. If it can make money, Gao Bin wants a piece of it. Then he goes international, takes on the world, unites the Hongmen, and builds his empire bigger and stronger! Years later, patriotic entrepren 27kReads9.1Score1.3k14d adds
20. 20 聚 She Brought Her Guy Best Friend to Dinner, So I Emptied My Magazine 聚餐带男闺蜜，我反手清空弹夹 First-Rate Longtime一品久Urban527k WordsCompleted [Nonstop Domination] [Multiple Female Leads] [Comedy] [Stephen Chow Style] Su Yun transmigrates to a Hong Kong crime-drama world and discovers that his girlfriend has plenty of close male friends. To top it off, she tries to guilt-trip him. Su Yun's response is simple and brutal: he empties the magazine. 296Reads8.3Score—14d adds
21. 21 五 The Fifties: Taking My Landlord Father to Make It in Hong Kong 五零，带着地主老爹闯香江 With the Mountain Foothills与山麓Modern Romance138k WordsOngoing Ming Zhaozhao wakes up as a pampered young landowner's daughter in the 1950s. Her family owns a thousand mu of fertile land, and she is her landlord father's only child. In stories of the era, she's the perfect scapegoat: a wealthy only child whose assets are ripe for the taking, and the daughter of a big landowner. With death flags piling up, she decides to take all the family wealth and flee with her father to Hong Kong. 1.9kReads7.3Score13114d adds

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    The female protagonist is a time traveler with a spatial ability. Knowing she was going to play cards, she sold her family's belongings and went to Hong Kong with her father.

22. 22 香 Hong Kong: Inheriting a Factory with Ten Thousand Workers from the Start 香江之开局继承万人工厂 Hometown of the Vast World大千故里Urban2.4M WordsCompleted [Hong Kong + business wars + finance + technology + industry + entertainment + Miss Hong Kong] In 2024, countless fresh-faced retail investors piled into the A-shares market, blindly buying at the peak with all their money. As a thousand stocks hit the daily limit down on the ninth, one investor who had trusted a financial livestream host perished in a blaze alongside a certain blue-tick financial streamer. In 1985, British capital was retreating from Hong Kong as Chinese-owned businesses rose, 20.1kReads8.0Score1.2k14d adds

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    These are all good urban time-travel novels.

23. 23 开 A Building from the Start, All I Want Is to Collect Rent and Slack Off 开局一幢楼，只想收租摆烂 Three-Hearted Baby三心宝宝Urban1.3M WordsCompleted There goes a kid crying nonstop, there goes someone trying hard and losing every time... If I don't cry, I won't keep crying; if I don't try, I can't lose. I rose and fell countless times in my past life, watching the tides of fortune turn through the seasons, only to end up working for the bank. After being reborn, I don't want to work hard anymore. I just want to be a landlord and enjoy life. This story is entirely made up. If anything sounds familiar, come bite me~ 3.3kReads6.3Score12614d adds
24. 24 四 Infinite Quick Transmigration in the Siheyuan 四合院无限快穿 Which Year Was August哪年八月Male-Channel Fanfiction331k WordsCompleted Story Two: Yi Zhonghai has his tongue cut out, and the secret of his siphoning off living expenses is exposed. The lonely, sleepless Deaf Grandma is stripped of her estate by the neighbors in the courtyard, with Jia Zhangshi leading the charge. 6.3kReads8.2Score15714d adds

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    [Time Period + Cultivation + Rural + Urban + Not a Saintly Figure + Decisive and Ruthless + Spatial Ability + Lighthearted Daily Life] Unexpectedly transported back to 1977 or 1978, he became Chen Yongsheng, the third uncle who "drowned himself." A tragic 18-year-old youth suffering the double blow of failing his college entrance exam and heartbreak!

25. 25 四 From the Siheyuan to Hong Kong Island, Doing as I Please 四合院到港岛随心所欲 Chicken Cheese Soup鸡酪汤Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted [The protagonist establishes a country overseas.] Everyone in the courtyard feels like a real person, with their own little schemes and plans. Jiang Yuan leaves the courtyard for Hong Kong Island, determined not to let that little Japanese punk live too long. 11.2kReads7.5Score38714d adds
26. 26 我 I Owned a Lottery Shop in 2004 我在2004有家彩票站 Rain on the Fields田上雨Urban254k WordsCompleted [Feel-Good] + [Period] + [Making Money] + [Decisive and Ruthless] + [System] + [Invincible Lead] I transmigrated and was reborn, and as a lottery player, I could actually remember the winning numbers for every draw... This should have been a good thing. On top of that, I got a rudimentary System. Each transaction earned me points, and once I accumulated enough, I could strengthen my physique. I also knew which companies would last, remembered stock prices, and plenty more. I thought I’d have a c 135Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Hong Kong Stories: From the Day They Traveled Through Time, They Changed the World

27. 27 重 Reborn in Hong Kong in 1972: I Just Want to Make Quick Money 重生香江1972我只想赚快钱 Feel-Good Fiction Supplier爽文供应商Urban2.8M WordsOngoing Zheng Kun, a shut-in electronics engineer, worked himself to the bone and was reborn in Hong Kong in 1972. A fan of online novels and Hong Kong entertainment, and a master of both the 996 and 007 work schedules, how will he struggle to make his way in an unfamiliar place after transmigrating and become the man behind the major conglomerates? 9.6kReads7.9Score48314d adds
28. 28 重 Reborn in Hong Kong: I Just Want to Lie Flat 重生香江我只想躺平 Rain on the Fields田上雨Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Office worker Li Bu dies suddenly from overwork. Luckily, the blessings of the 996 work culture let him be reborn in Hong Kong in 1976. Given a second life, he doesn't want to work so hard. He just wants to make a little money and buy properties to rent out. Having seen all the world's splendor, he is an easygoing man. One day, he finally understands why he has come to this era. He carefully makes plans and changes the course of the world's future in subtle ways, such as founding the “Foundation 6.3kReads8.4Score26514d adds
29. 29 重 Reborn in America: I’m Serious About Making Money 重生美利坚，我认真搞钱 Three-Hearted Baby三心宝宝Urban771k WordsCompleted My previous incarnation was named Zhang San, and his English name was Stephen Zhang. From his memories, the orphanage director had casually given him that name. It was 1988. While attending university in the capital, my previous incarnation met Linda... That same year, a computer science student from a technical university transmigrated to 1988, and the story began. 2kReads6.9Score10414d adds
30. 30 重 Reborn in Hong Kong: I Want to Become a Land Baron 重生香江要做大地主 Three-Hearted Baby三心宝宝Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Satisfying power fantasy] + [self-serving and willing to harm others] + [cunning] + [power behind the scenes] + [Villain] Zhong Tianwen came from the mainland to Hong Kong with just one goal: to become a small-time businessman. It was a fine ambition, but things rarely go as planned. As the tides of a great era swept everything along, did changing times make heroes, or did heroes shape their times? PS: The story moves at a measured pace and prioritizes logical consistency. 4.6kReads6.8Score17814d adds
31. 31 超 The Extraordinary Cop Just Wants to Slack Off 超凡警察只想摸鱼 Rain on the Fields田上雨Urban378k WordsCompleted Supernatural + Fantasy + Transmigration + Realistic + Slice of Life “Detectives near the Financial District, please be advised. Detectives in the Financial District, please be advised: there’s been a bank robbery…” The radio crackled in a police car on Seventh Street in District 15, Los Angeles. “John, aren’t we going over there?” John Qiao was eating a burger and sipping a soda when he heard his partner. He shot him a sidelong glance. “The money belongs to the capitalists. My life belongs to me 112Reads6.5Score—14d adds
32. 32 香 Hong Kong's Top Tycoon 香港首富一哥 Toxic Thoughts思想有毒Urban878k WordsCompleted Economist Zhang Jiahao was on a business trip in Luohu District, Shenzhen, when he rescued a beautiful woman who had fallen into a river one night. By chance, he was reborn in Hong Kong in 1970 and began another legendary life, rising from a gangster to a wealthy police officer... 4.6kReads8.7Score26814d adds

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    These are several incredibly exciting books about rising to power and becoming a local tycoon in Hong Kong. The writing is smooth, the stories are original, and they're definitely worth reading!

33. 33 游 Swimming Across Hong Kong to Find My Fortune 游水香江去找钱 Toxic Thoughts思想有毒Urban1.1M WordsCompleted In the late 1970s, in a small village north of Yuecheng, Wang Ziqian was forced to join two friends in fleeing to Hong Kong as they pursued their fortune. He struggled to survive amid the turbulent tides of Hong Kong, moving from one industry to another, and ultimately became a business magnate. 5.9kReads7.6Score24314d adds
34. 34 认 Reuniting with My Family: The Gorgeous Heiress Is Doted on to Bits by Hong Kong's Powerful Elite 认亲港圈大佬，绝色千金被宠麻了 A Wax Apple on Ice一颗莲雾冰Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [1980s + transmigration into a book + sweet romance + easy pregnancies, multiples, and babies + Hong Kong elite circle + building a fortune + beloved by all + stunning heiress] Shen Wancheng opens her eyes and finds herself in the body of a tragic supporting character in a period novel. Put up with injustice and die halfway through? No way! She splits up the family and collects debts, reports them for burning down her house, and sends the Shen family, who had been trying to inherit everything b 9.8kReads8.5Score1.1k14d adds

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    The female lead and the supporting female character are both reborn; the older sister transmigrates into a book, while the younger sister is a wealthy young lady from ancient times. The older sister takes her younger sister to Hong Kong to meet their relatives.

35. 35 年 Period: Hong Kong Tycoon 年代：香江大亨 The Idle Fish Author咸鱼作者Urban1.1M WordsOngoing That year, the three siblings chose to head south and sneak into Hong Kong, all just to survive... This is just to fill out the synopsis. There’s nothing much to it, heh, hahahahahaha. 22.9kReads7.5Score1.5k14d adds

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    These are all rebirths; tourism in Hong Kong Island is basically designed to create top-tier luxury homes.

36. 36 重 Reborn in 1987: From the Start, I Stole Hong Kong’s Goddess 重生87：开局截胡港岛女神 Arctic Gray Wolf极地苍狼Urban4.8M WordsOngoing [Urban farming + reborn + historical era + entrepreneurship] Chen Hao wakes up to find that the woman beside him is none other than Li Zhi, Miss Asia and the dream girl of countless men! Chen Hao also discovers that he has been reborn on Hong Kong Island in 1987. That year, a global stock market crash hits, costing stock-market legend Warren Buffett billions of dollars and becoming his lifelong nightmare! Chen Hao seizes this golden opportunity to buy the dip in stock markets around the world, m 18.7kReads7.4Score1.1k14d adds
37. 37 香 Hong Kong Tycoon Family 香江豪门 Toxic Thoughts思想有毒Urban745k WordsCompleted In the 1960s, infighting within the low-profile Zhang family of Hong Kong led to the slaughter of the entire family of Zhang Jiahao, the legitimate grandson. He unexpectedly came back reborn and was taken in by an orphanage. From then on, his path of revenge began. 5.2kReads8.6Score33314d adds
38. 38 幕 Laying Plans Behind the Scenes: My Subordinates Take Turns Being Billionaires 幕后布局，我的手下轮流当首富 I Will Never Coexist with Gambling or Drugs我和赌毒不共戴天Urban2.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn + Period Drama + Family Life + Conquering Global Markets + Hidden Tycoon + Multiple Heroines] Also known as Reborn in the Early Eighties: Building a Fortune and Living a Colorful Life In plain terms: Some call him Big Brother, some call him an academician, and some call him a university trustee. Others hail him as a business leader, while some believe he’s the most powerful person in the world. None of these labels is quite accurate, because each is only one of his many identities. Rebor 5kReads8.6Score33114d adds
39. 39 重 Reborn in 1986: Making It Big in Hong Kong 重生1986闯荡香江 Jumped Out and Scared the Daylights Out of Me跳出来吓死宝宝了Urban1.1M WordsOngoing After being reborn in Jiangcheng, the protagonist gains spiritual awareness and heads to Hong Kong to make his fortune. Using memories from his past life and his spiritual awareness, he quickly amasses wealth. With his vast funds, he recruits large numbers of engineers and scientists to develop all kinds of new technologies, rapidly capturing the semiconductor chip and internet markets. 834Reads6.3Score—14d adds
40. 40 梦 Dreaming of Xiangjiang: Drunk on a Pillow in Tiannan 梦回香江之醉枕天南 Xu Ziniu徐子牛Urban1.6M WordsCompleted On the eve of going to war, soldier Zhao Guoqiang suddenly had a dream! When he woke up, he somehow had the memories of a man who shared his name, memories of that man's entire life! He had planned to use those memories to get ahead, but through a strange twist of fate, he ended up in Xiangjiang! In 1980s Xiangjiang, life was all glitz and glamour! Watch as Zhao Guoqiang takes one step at a time toward achieving his goals! Entertainment industry, multiple heroines, not too much angst 4.1kReads6.9Score19414d adds
41. 41 回 I Return to the 1970s as a Hong Kong Tycoon and Lead My Whole Family to Wealth 回七零当香江大少，带全家暴富 Wo Wo Milk Candy窝窝奶糖Modern Romance708k WordsCompleted [No romance] Ye Lin arrived in Xianggang in 1978. Fortunately, he had transmigrated into the body of a Xianggang tycoon’s only son, who shared his name. Unfortunately, Ye Lin couldn’t spend the money. He could only unlock the fortune by fulfilling the tycoon’s dying wish. There’s big news in Xiahe Village lately. The second son of the Ye family, who’d been dead for decades, has been found. And he’s a tycoon from Xianggang! Oh, it’s the second son Ye’s grandson who’s come back. The second son him 3.7kReads7.9Score22314d adds

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    This protagonist is reborn, but without any effort, he's already born into a top-tier wealthy family. However, the money doesn't currently reach him. He makes a deal with the original owner's father: help him save all his family members, and in return, his entire inheritance will go to the protagonist. (A satisfying read. PS: The original owner leaves behind a mess for the protagonist to clean up at the beginning, involving homosexuality!!!)

42. 42 重 Reborn in Hong Kong: Building the Silicon Valley of the East 重生港岛缔造东方硅谷 Hidden Dragon, Do Not Use 1887潜龙勿用1887Urban1.5M WordsOngoing Reborn + Period + business + farming + calculating heroine + military + strengthening the nation by indirect means What would it be like to transmigrate to the 1980s with a large, multipurpose underwater combat platform from the 2050s: a nuclear fusion-powered submarine with a displacement of over 80,000 tons? From the start, crush Britain and help Argentina take back the Falkland Islands. And what would it be like to have a military AI from the 2050s? From then on, I don't have to write code or 589Reads6.5Score10014d adds

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    Starting at age eight, the protagonist elevates his family to the top of Hong Kong's wealthiest society within seven years, but this is just the beginning… Worth reading.

43. 43 港 Hong Kong Island, 1981 港岛1981 Half Mad, Half Ghost半癫半鬼Urban1.6M WordsOngoing Following a fellow villager who worked as a snakehead, they slipped into the water under cover of night. The river was icy cold, making them tremble all over, but no one dared make a sound. Across the water, orange lights shimmered dimly through the mist, like ghost fires from another world. There was no one on the shore. By the time they crawled out, their legs were weak. Soaked to the skin and gasping for breath, they looked like fish hauled onto land. The British Hong Kong government announce 27.6kReads7.3Score2.5k14d adds

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    If you enjoy a slow-paced, realistic, and logically sound book, you should check this one out; it's highly recommended.

44. 44 七 The 1970s: The Glamorous Heiress Transmigrates into a Book with a Trillion-Dollar Fortune 七零：美艳娇气包带千亿资产穿书 A Duo u阿哆uModern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The young lady never lived through that era, so you can't expect her to have the same spending habits as ordinary people. [Not a poverty-relief story] [Sweet romance + period setting + transmigrate into a book + golden finger + feel-good power fantasy] [Both are virgins, one-on-one romance] Shanghai–Beijing–Hong Kong [Warning: The heroine is spoiled and not truly kind or beautiful inside! The hero is a lovesick fool! Don't get hung up on prices! If there are any plot holes, just treat them as au 24.9kReads9.2Score2.5k14d adds

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    The first book's female lead isn't from Hong Kong, but she doesn't feel repressed. She's a returned overseas heiress who earns a large sum of money through missions. She's naturally extravagant, with a spending habit unlike most people, driving luxury cars and living in mansions. The other books are all from Hong Kong.

45. 45 和 After Breaking Off My Engagement to Hong Kong’s Richest Man, I Became His Eldest Sister-in-Law 和香江首富退婚后，我成了他长嫂 Gu Ci故辞Modern Romance451k WordsCompleted A feel-good elite romance, 1v1, both leads are pure, strong leads. Everyone knows being the original wife in a wealthy family is a high-risk job. The moment a man makes it big, he dumps the wife who stood by him through thick and thin! Gu Mingzhen returned from the apocalypse only to transmigrate into the original wife of an 1980s Hong Kong tycoon, the sort of character who wouldn’t survive past three episodes. Looking at the delicate, pitiful heroine standing beside her fiancé, Gu Mingzhen wave 4.4kReads9.0Score49314d adds
46. 46 七 Hong Kong in the 1970s: The Heiress Has 1.7 Billion at HSBC 七零香江，大小姐在汇丰有17亿 What Am I Thinking?何所思Modern Romance224k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + period setting + older woman/younger man romance + weapon shop + devoted to each other + he pursues her + romance begins after the male lead comes of age] Shu Ran, the heiress to a financial empire, was in a car accident on her eighteenth birthday and was on the brink of death when she was fortunate enough to encounter the System. The System could send her to 1970s Hong Kong in a parallel world, and came with a large villa in Deep Water Bay, a luxury car, and a weapon-shopping 12.3kReads6.1Score1.9k14d adds
47. 47 你 You Can Raid My Home, but Let Me Go Make a Fortune in Hong Kong 你们抄我家，我去香江捡钱可以吧 Cat Who Loves Three-Hua Plums爱吃三华李的猫Modern Romance720k WordsCompleted [Transmigration, historical era, sweet romance, one-on-one, devoted couple, pocket dimension, entrepreneurship and wealth] Su Manman transmigrated into the body of a pampered young lady from the Su family, someone with the same name but a very different fate. From the start, she was told that someone had reported her family for hiding gold and silver treasures. Looking at the boxes upon boxes of antique paintings and calligraphy, antique ornaments, antique jewelry, and more, Su Manman thought… 29.5kReads8.9Score2.6k14d adds
48. 48 重 Reborn in 1985: The Ace Game Producer 重生1985之王牌游戏制作人 Immortal Fire Fox不知火狐Urban4.0M WordsCompleted Liu Chuan transmigrates to Neon Country in 1985. By a twist of fate, he starts a game company and begins his journey to the top. Starting a company, making games, developing consoles: he has to do it all. He expands into the domestic market. When piracy strikes, watch Liu Chuan find a clever way to deal with it. Nintendo, Sega, Sony, Microsoft... How will he take on each of these rivals? There’s no System, no System, absolutely no System. All right, there’s just a NAS hard drive to make the stor 3.4kReads8.3Score25814d adds
49. 49 香 King of Hong Kong: It All Started When I Dug Up My Ancestors' Graves 香江之王从挖了祖坟开始 Handsome Guy Who Loves Black Tea爱喝红茶的靓仔Urban1.1M WordsCompleted The story of Zhou Dada, reborn in 1967, digging up gold coins buried beneath a tree in his ancestral graveyard and heading to Hong Kong. This book isn't full of schemes, tricks, showing off, or face-slapping. It simply tells the story of how the protagonist makes money in Hong Kong, starts companies, dates actresses, acquires foreign companies, builds up his influence, and becomes the king of Hong Kong Island. The protagonist is young and handsome, but also a cowardly, secretly romantic womanize 6.3kReads7.0Score22414d adds
50. 50 重 Reborn: From Brick-and-Mortar Mogul to Internet Empire 重生之从实体大亨到互联网帝国 The Furious Rabbit暴怒的兔子Urban253k WordsCompleted After waking up back in 2008, Zhang Yang furiously types away at the Taobao admin panel: “Lock down that best-selling product link!” He spots the unclaimed domain name “Douyin.com” and immediately hits Ctrl+C! With one hand, he grabs every internet gold rush; with the other, he beats the entertainment industry’s old guard at their own game. While his competitors are still figuring out how to make a hit TV drama, Zhang Yang casually drops a transmigration script and turns an unknown nobody into a 62Reads—Score—14d adds

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