Anyone Like Hong Kong City Period Dramas? 港城年代文，有人喜欢吗？

1. 1 六 A Beauty of the Sixties Studies Architecture at University in Hong Kong 六零美人在港城读大学搞建筑 Lucky Carp Jin, Big and Small锦大鲤大小小Modern Romance540k WordsOngoing [Everyone's favorite + career-focused + multiple couples + romantic rivalry + wealthy clans + everyday life at a Hong Kong university + studying abroad, with a somewhat slow-burn pace] Hong Kong in the 1960s: bustling streets, fickle fortunes, and profit above all. Reborn in the womb and returned to this era, she uses her extraordinary intelligence, stunning beauty, and far-sighted vision to plan every step and take control of her family's lifeline. She seizes the opportunities of the age, lea 638Reads—Score10714d adds

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   They're all written in Hong Kong style, super good! The fourth one is already finished.

2. 2 穿 Transmigrated to Hong Kong in the 1970s, I Can’t Escape a Forced-Love Plot 穿越七零香江，难逃强取豪夺剧本 Sen Qiran森栖燃Modern Romance879k WordsOngoing 1VN, forced love, a top-tier battle for the heroine in a hellish love triangle. All the male leads are villains, pure evil through and through. Not one of them is a good person. The female lead is a sweet, pink-hearted saint. Beware if that's not your thing! Older men, wolfdogs, mad dogs... coercive possession. The setting is a parallel world, so don't associate it with any real country. The female lead loves none of the men. She's a sort of universal love interest, and there are no children. Ov 63.6kReads8.3Score6.9k14d adds
3. 3 穿 Transmigrate into a Book Set in Hong Kong: I Make My Fortune Writing Novels 穿书香江，我靠写小说发家致富 A Big Bite of Sauce Duck吃一大口酱板鸭Modern Romance982k WordsOngoing [Transmigration + No Romance + Period Setting + Parallel Worlds + Career-Focused] Jiang Ling opened her eyes and found herself transmigrated into a period novel, as a disposable side character who wouldn't survive more than a few chapters. It was hell from the start: her family of four had just smuggled themselves into Hong Kong. They had no money and no papers. In the original story, she fell ill and died, her mother worked herself to death, and her younger siblings ended up on the streets. In 42.2kReads8.4Score6.6k14d adds
4. 4 魂 Soul Returns to Hong Kong: From Tailor Shop to Richest Woman 魂归香江：从裁缝铺到女首富 Clear Seas, Deep Rivers海清河深Modern Romance652k WordsCompleted [1980s + strong heroine + academic ace + business warfare + Hong Kong] In her previous life, she had a photographic memory, but her heart could stop at any moment. As her heart stopped beating, she thought, “Next life, I don’t want to be human.” When she opened her eyes again, she was Lin Ying, nine years old, having spent nine years in a daze. Today, her soul had finally returned. The spirit medium had divined it three times: “She won’t leave again. You were always yourself. You were just put i 191.4kReads8.6Score33.2k14d adds
5. 5 恶 After the Wicked Darling Toyed with the Hong Kong Tycoon's Heir, She Became Everyone's Darling! 恶娇玩弄港圈太子爷后，被团宠！ Oreo Is a Kitty奥利奥是猫猫Modern Romance488k WordsCompleted [Feel-Good 1990s Romance + Devoted Couple + Sweet Romance + Pampered by the Whole Family + Building Wealth] [Unhinged, Alluring, and Cunning Beauty × Scheming, Ruthless Young Master of Hong Kong] Su Miaomiao died, then came back to life. When she opened her eyes again, she had traveled to Beishan City in 1989. From the start, her fake best friend drugged her and bundled her off to Wansinian's bed. Who was Wansinian? Hong Kong's top tycoon's heir, infamous for being a ruthless madman. Any woman w 3.1kReads8.5Score37414d adds

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   🌸These are all novels set in Hong Kong during the era of the Hong Kong film industry. The first one features a female protagonist who transmigrates and starts off physically with the male protagonist. Later, she runs away and sells his clothes and other belongings to make money, using her knowledge from her previous life to earn a living.

6. 6 七 Escaping to Hong Kong in the 1970s: Taking Down Gangsters to Become the Top Female Boss 七零逃港，杀古惑仔做第一女大佬 You Jinnian柚锦年Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + 1970s setting + comedic ensemble cast + face-slapping and putting villains in their place + running with the gangs in Hong Kong + no romance] “Dalang, time for your medicine.” Ji Shulang wakes up to find that her birth mother is treating her like Wu Dalang! Only later does she learn that she has transmigrated into the crazy daughter of a wealthy family's true-born son in the 1970s. When she wakes, her whole family has taken their fake son and their fortune to Hong Kon 2.3kReads7.5Score23114d adds
7. 7 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
8. 8 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
9. 9 重EN Reborn to Rise Above the Rest 重生之出人头地 Naonao Doesn't Like to Make a Fuss闹闹不爱闹Urban1.6M WordsCompleted This is a story set in Hong Kong in the 1950s. It was a passionate, turbulent era. In those fiery years, there were countless big bosses and their underlings, and no end to tales of lives tossed about by hardship. There were also countless beauties and talented people, and no end to tales of romance and passion. You could call it a dark age, a chaotic world where good and bad were all mixed together, but it was often an age in which heroes rose to prominence. 33.3kReads9.4Score3.4k14d adds

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   This book isn't even available; it truly represents the pinnacle of Hong Kong literature.

10. 10 九 Hong Kong's 1990s Elite Circle: A Mainland Auntie Crashes the Party 九零港圈，闯进一位大陆姑奶奶 Above the Clouds扶摇之上Modern Romance456k WordsCompleted [1990s setting] [Hong Kong tycoon's heir] [Devoted husband] [One-on-one romance] [Sweet romance] [No angst] A core member of an organization was reborn while carrying out a mission! She transmigrated into the heroine of a period novel and married the heir to Hong Kong's richest family from the start. But her husband was missing, and no one knew if he was alive or dead. Influenced by the political climate, Hong Kong's four major mainstream media outlets spread wildly false reports that mainland w 3kReads6.6Score34914d adds

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    So beautiful! [Heart emoji] So incredibly beautiful! [Admiration emoji] His little sister deserves all good things. His heart is starting to flutter for her. How wonderful! When Bai Jinting learned of his childhood betrothal in mainland China, he froze his heart. This world is full of temptations and distractions. He didn't want his marriage to be anything but pure. It's ironic, really; someone as ruthless and decisive in the business world as him actually fantasized about a fairytale romance. But now, with his little sister right beside him, all his previous imaginings have become vivid and concrete—all shaped like his little sister.

11. 11 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
12. 12 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
13. 13 年 Period: My Wardrobe Leads to 70 年代：我的衣柜通70 Jiang Lili Ya姜梨梨呀Modern Romance642k WordsCompleted [Period setting + pocket dimension + spirit spring + stockpiling + cultivation + strong female lead] Modern-day overworked wage slave Jiang Peiyao goes back to her hometown for the weekend to clean up the old family house. In the basement, she finds a vintage wardrobe and plans to clean it out and move it to her room for storing clothes. The moment she opens it, a mysterious force sucks her inside. When she opens her eyes again, she has transmigrated to a parallel world in the early 1970s... Wha 11.2kReads8.3Score1.4k14d adds

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    ① If you don't care about logic, you can still read it! Sometimes it has logic, sometimes it doesn't. Much better than most!!! ② It's been too long, I don't remember how the logic was. But it's really good!!! I'm saving more to read later. ③ It's a rare, enjoyable read!!! ④ It was the first book I ever read that I really enjoyed! The emotions are portrayed so delicately!!!

14. 14 六 The Sixties: The Capitalist's Daughter Steals Two Boatloads of Treasure from Her Trashy Brother 六零：资本家小姐抢渣哥两船财宝 Hong Kong-Style Iced Lemon Tea港式冻柠Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Female lead with top-tier combat skills + space + ability to grow crops + spiritual spring water + feel-good story with a strong female lead + rural Northeast setting] The heroine will have a love interest as an adult, and later the story moves to Hong Kong. In 2024, the agent codenamed “Red Snow” dies in New York Harbor. After her death, she transmigrates to 1966 and becomes the eldest daughter of the capitalist Fu family in Shanghai! The vast New York Harbor has become her personal space! 196 35.9kReads8.9Score4.5k14d adds

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    A female protagonist's empowering story set in a rural area during the early stages of her life, later transforming her into a tycoon in Hong Kong.

15. 15 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
16. 16 飒 A Fearless Heroine Brings a Port-Sized Storage Space to the 1960s 飒爽女侠带港口空间穿六零 Mei East, South, West, North梅东南北Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Overpowered space + transmigration to a bygone era + formidable heroine + a huge golden finger] The early story takes place in the countryside of Northeast China, and the later story in Hong Kong. A coming-of-age tale with no scummy characters and no angst, warm, bold, and fierce in tone. Set in a fictional world, so don’t scrutinize the prices too closely. As the story progresses, the heroine’s chivalrous heart and brazen tactics come further to the fore. ♥ In 2023, security-industry ace Lian 20.8kReads9.2Score2.6k14d adds
17. 17 香 Hong Kong Romance 香江风月 Wen Shijiu温十九Modern Romance290k WordsCompleted [Hong Kong vibes + powerful leads + play the pig to eat the tiger] In 1993, Victoria Harbour was at the height of its splendor. Yanni has a clear goal: study, make money, grit her teeth through the pain, and escape this city. She can already see the finish line in the distance But Lu Zhenkun has eyes only for the leader of the Hing Yee Society. What does he care about “fate being written in the stars”? In 1993's Hong Kong, even a fishmonger's son dares to say he'll make something of himself. The 256Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This is an absolutely amazing recommendation, the number one pick in Hong Kong! Set in the lead-up to Hong Kong's return to China, it captures the unique atmosphere of Hong Kong and that era. The male and female leads are fantastic, the author's writing is superb, the plot is incredible (I can't even predict what will happen next!), And the ending is amazing. I don't know what else to say, but I highly recommend it!

18. 18 谈 Forget Childhood Sweethearts, the Chaste Man in Power Is Irresistibly Charming 谈什么竹马，禁欲掌权人他超撩 Draw the Spring into My Dreams引泉入梦来Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted The print edition of Submitting to Her Delicate Charm is now available on major shopping platforms. Search for it to buy a copy~ [Elegant, dazzling heiress & aloof, powerful head of a wealthy family] [Sweet romance + love at first sight + evenly matched leads + the second male lead chases his wife to the crematorium] When Wen Jiu learned that her childhood sweetheart boyfriend had wavered because of another girl, she broke up with him without hesitation. She thought they would be strangers from 50.6kReads9.1Score4.3k14d adds

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    All three are good, and they cover different genres, with a Hong Kong film/TV theme.

19. 19 大 The Heiress Has a Wish-Granting App 大小姐她有成真APP Royal Little Fruit皇家小果果Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing [1960s Hong Kong setting + heiress + powerful father + wealthy heiress's daily life + coming of age + a seriously powerful golden finger + heartwarming father-daughter bond + lots of romances] Ordinary, clear-eyed but clueless college student Wei Ying wakes up to find herself back in a baby's body. Abandoned by parents who favor sons? No problem. She has a golden finger and can personally choose her adoptive parents. Her adoptive parents die in an accident when she's eight, leaving her surrounde 14.5kReads8.8Score1.2k14d adds

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    Go watch it! It's so good, amazing, incredibly good! It's just two words: amazing!

20. 20 重 Reborn in Hong Kong: My Gangster Son 重生港城，我的古惑仔儿子 Silent Mo墨墨不言Modern Romance482k WordsCompleted [Content warning: The Hong Kong arc is an old-school, oppressive, melodramatic angst story; the mainland arc is warm and domestic. Please don't complain if it's not for you.] [Transmigration + golden finger + gangsters + cute child + family life + heroine's stepson + hero's adopted son] In Hong Kong in the seventies and eighties, gangs were everywhere, but the most feared criminal organization was Yige. It had more than a hundred thousand gang members, and its leader, Shang Cixiao, was a ruthle 4.8kReads9.0Score46614d adds

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    The male lead in this book is pretty awesome, and the female lead is also quite capable. However, the female lead is a bit love-struck, you'll see when you read it. I quite like the adopted son, the one from the "Young and Dangerous" series.

21. 21 美 Her Beauty Is Impossible to Hide, and Hong Kong's Power Brokers Can't Stop Spoiling Her 美人芳华难掩，被港圈大佬追着宠 Qiuqiu's Little Universe丘丘小宇宙Modern Romance645k WordsOngoing (Not a female-led power fantasy) [Transmigration to another era + fictional Hong Kong city + wealthy-family intrigue + devoted to each other + powerful man lowers his head + slight coercion] [A flexible, hard-working employee VS a domineering, devoted heir] Orphan Tang Yongxin had worked herself to the bone in Shencheng and finally saved enough for a down payment on a home. She never got to move in, though. After pulling an all-nighter at work, she opened her eyes again to find herself in Hong K 103.6kReads9.0Score14.5k14d adds

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    I was particularly looking for a book with a period feel, but I couldn't find any other good ones.

22. 22 九 The 1990s: A Beautiful Big Sister-in-Law Protects Hong Kong with Feng Shui 九零：漂亮大嫂靠玄学守护香江 Cheng Jingzhi程璟知Modern Romance427k WordsCompleted (The rating just came out, but it'll gradually rise.) [Modern-day fantasy] Su Qingyun, a formally appointed exorcist from the Underworld, is reborn in Hong Kong and wakes up in the body of the daughter-in-law of the wealthiest man in 1990s Hong Kong. From the start, she and her new husband, Fu Yansheng, the tycoon's eldest son, are held hostage by pirates aboard a ship. Using her knowledge of the occult, Su Qingyun wins over one of the pirates, takes down the pirate leader, and impersonates him. 247Reads7.0Score—14d adds

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23. 23 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
24. 24 勇 Taking on Hong Kong: Mom Says I Won’t Be Anyone’s Stepping Stone 勇闯香江，我妈说不做垫脚石 Wang Weiwei王维维Modern Romance389k WordsOngoing (Period setting + golden finger + stockpiling + explosive growth in the later stages) She transmigrated. She’d landed in a melodramatic male-oriented novel! According to the story, the male lead, Lu Shixun, fled to Hong Kong with his parents as a child because of the turbulent times. They brought $100,000, a hundred gold bars, and seven or eight pieces of jewelry. As the eldest son, he was groomed by his family. When he grew up, he opened factories and companies, entered politics, and became a r 2.1kReads7.8Score10814d adds
25. 25 六 The Sixties: Traveling the World with My Pocket Dimension 六十年代之带着空间畅游天下 Happy Salted Fish开心的咸鱼Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Li Beibei grew up surrounded by stories, then unexpectedly transmigrated into the body of a lucky girl in the 1950s. Touched by her family’s favoritism and kindness, she gladly accepts their love and decides to repay them with her own abilities. As she plans her future, Li Beibei chooses two careers that will let her travel at public expense, hoping to make up for the regrets of her past life: journalist and diplomat! And so begins her extraordinary journey in this world. By the seaside: “Qing f 9.4kReads9.3Score76514d adds

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    An article from the era of going to Hong Kong.

26. 26 穿 Transmigrating to the 1940s: The Landlord's Son and the Bandit's Daughter 穿越四零：地主儿子与土匪闺女 Happy Salted Fish开心的咸鱼Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed] [1940s] [Husband and wife both transmigrate] [Husband becomes a woman] [Wife becomes a man] At the edge of a cliff: “Wife, let go!” Chen Yiqiao is sprawled over the edge of the cliff, one arm wrapped around a large rock at the top while one hand clutches Chen Bing's hand tightly, refusing to let go. “No! If we live, we live together. If we die, we die together!” Feeling Chen Yiqiao's body slowly slipping lower, Chen Bing panics. “Wife! Let go! I want you to live!” “Shut up! I said, i 22.2kReads9.4Score2k14d adds
27. 27 穿 Transmigrate to the 1960s: Poison Him, Poison Her, Poison Them All! 穿越六零：毒它毒她毒他！ Happy Salted Fish开心的咸鱼Modern Romance560k WordsCompleted A princess of the Feng Kingdom transmigrates to the 1960s. She had hoped to live quietly and peacefully, but her family is dirt poor, and there's always some troublemaker trying to harm her. If that's how it is, she'll just have to fall back on her old trade: poison fish, shrimp, and wild beasts; poison evil neighbors, enemy spies, and everyone else who deserves it! Watch as this Poison Princess poisons her way to a bright future! 631Reads—Score—14d adds
28. 28 港 Hong Kong Crossover: What Decent Person Joins a Gang? 港综：正经人谁混社团啊 Seven-Tailed, No Sugar七尾不耐糖Male-Channel Fanfiction1.7M WordsCompleted The protagonist transmigrates, the System runs off, and from the start he’s aboard a pirate ship in the Hong Kong action-film universe. How’s he supposed to get by without a System? But there’s no going back. What do you run into most often in Hong Kong? Gangs, of course. You expect me to join a gang? Pah! What respectable person joins a gang? But once you’re here, whether you join a gang or not, you’ll get mixed up with them sooner or later. The protagonist has no choice but to become someone 49.3kReads7.3Score2.6k14d adds

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    The dates are relatively early.

29. 29 港 Hong Kong Crossover: Beating Chen Haonan from the Start 港综大恶人：开局暴揍陈浩南 Cui Niu Bi崔牛逼Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsOngoing [Villain Lottery System + Hong Kong Crime Films + Utter Selfishness + Wish Fulfillment + Movie-Making] I transmigrated to Hong Kong Island and was bullied by Chan Ho Nam and his underlings from the start? Of course I'm going to beat them up! I awakened the Villain System. As long as I do evil deeds, I get to draw a prize. I'm a terrifyingly evil person! After beating up Chan Ho Nam and his men, Lam Yiu Cho turns his misfortune into good luck and catches the eye of Kwun, joining Hung Hing. From t 35Reads5.1Score—14d adds
30. 30 港 Hong Kong Films: I Swear Brotherhood with Keung from the Start and Take Over Causeway Bay 港片：开局结拜靓坤，上位铜锣湾 Tomato Little Apple番茄小苹果Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsOngoing Hong Kong Crime Film Nostalgia + Passion + Ruthless Action + System + Transmigration After unexpectedly transmigrating to the world of Hong Kong crime films in the 1990s, I got a lousy System and had to keep my head down and build up my strength. After swearing brotherhood with Kwun, I smoothly became the boss. From then on, I set out to conquer the underworld, starting in Causeway Bay! 22Reads5.0Score—14d adds
31. 31 港 Hong Kong Films: In Wo Hop To, I Make Money, Not Trouble 港片：人在和联胜不搞风雨只搞钱 Deep Waters Keep Silent水深不语Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted Gu Jiahui transmigrated to a parallel world where Hong Kong movies had merged, becoming a henchman of Chuan Bao. Gu Jiahui: “I have only three goals in this world.” “First, make money. Second, make money. Third, make even more money.” “What if someone tries to stop me from making money?” “Then I take him out.” After that, Gu Jiahui started publishing magazines, selling knockoffs, making movies, and putting up buildings. People's way of addressing him changed from “Ah Hui” to “Mr. Gu.” Liu Jianmi 14kReads8.5Score49014d adds
32. 32 港 Hong Kong Films: You Told Me to Enforce the Law Impartially, but Every Officer Under Me Is a Hardcase 港片让你秉公执法，手下全员悍警 Give Me a Mic, Will You?给个麦你呗Male-Channel Fanfiction391k WordsCompleted Ace killer Lin Shaochen transmigrates into the world of Hong Kong action movies and becomes a bandit. From the start, his boss Fu Guang withholds his wages, so Lin Shaochen wastes no time wiping out Fu Guang and his entire gang! After awakening a System that makes him stronger every time he kills an enemy, he resolutely joins the police force and starts recruiting. Before long, Luo Tianhong, A Ji, Tian Yangsheng, Tony, A Zha, and others have all joined the force. Overnight, a squad of super toug 7.3kReads8.6Score39314d adds
33. 33 香 Pearl of Hong Kong: The Fu Family's Cousin Is a Money-Making Machine 香江明珠：傅家的表小姐太能赚了 Today's Big Tangerine今日大橘Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing [Alternate-History Rebirth | Ambitious Heroine x Territorial-Minded Hero | Plot-Driven | No Saintly Characters | Flexible Morals | Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment | Realistic Leaning | Slow Burn] Synopsis: After waking up, Lin Jiao found herself holding the script of a disposable supporting character. From the start, she swiped a million in cash from her scumbag father and headed for Hong Kong. Hong Kong in 1960 was just lighting up with neon. Gold lay everywhere, but so did traps. Luckily, she r 61.3kReads8.9Score7.6k14d adds

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    The female lead initially mistakes a relative for someone else; the male and female leads are initially on opposing sides. See the synopsis for more details.

34. 34 穿 Transmigrate into a Book and Snack on Gossip: A 1960s Hong Kong Heiress Makes It Big by Copying Songs 穿书吃瓜：六零香江千金靠抄歌封 Cloud Crossing the River云渡川Modern Romance475k WordsOngoing Gu Lingxi transmigrates to Hong Kong in the 1960s, becoming the granddaughter of the wealthy Gu family. After catching a fever in the rain, she awakens memories of her past life and gets bound to a little gossip System. She discovers that this world is made up of countless novels. The good news is that she doesn't have to follow any plot and can quietly enjoy watching the drama unfold. But why does everyone around her seem to be a character from a novel? Her grandpa is the completed male lead of 9.4kReads—Score1.6k14d adds

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    Historical articles about Hong Kong

35. 35 七 Hong Kong in the 1970s: I Make a Fortune by Gossiping 七零港城：我靠吃瓜发家致富 Warm and Fuzzy Cat暖洋洋的猫Modern Romance529k WordsOngoing [Period setting + Hong Kong City + gossip System + career + wealthy families + devoted couple + light ensemble cast] The good news: she awakened memories of her past life. The bad news: her family of five was crammed into an old tenement flat measuring just 400 square feet, and even buying a decent set of clothes was a luxury. The good news: she bonded with a gossip System and discovered money-making opportunities through it. The bad news: she had no starting capital. With her superb acting and 28.1kReads8.1Score3.2k14d adds
36. 36 七 The Stunning Beauty Who Took Hong Kong by Storm in the Seventies 七零美人艳倾香江 Yu Ci Jiu虞瓷酒Modern Romance255k WordsOngoing [Hong Kong Superstar vs. Powerful Family Patriarch] As a modern college student, Lin Qingzi should have been more devastated than anyone when she was born into 1970s Hong Kong, where men could still take multiple wives and foreign powers held sway. But she has a family who loves her and a sugar daddy who keeps sending her money and backing her up, so life is pretty sweet. With a face capable of bringing a nation to its knees, she becomes an actress and shakes up Hong Kong’s entertainment industr 7.4kReads—Score96414d adds
37. 37 古 Young and Dangerous: Falling in Love with Brother Crow 古惑仔：和乌鸦哥谈恋爱 Less-Sugar Iced Lemon Tea少糖冰冻柠檬茶Female-Channel Fanfiction507k WordsCompleted [1990s + Hong Kong + Hong Kong Entertainment Industry + Triads] (The rating has only just opened, so it’s a little low.) Happy ending, one-on-one, male lead is the triad member Crow Set in a parallel universe combining elements from comics, films, and more Back to 1990s Hong Kong Everything is so vibrant and full of life. Whether writing screenplays or novels, this is the perfect time to make a name for yourself! With knowledge of the trends that will dominate the next thirty years, she’s a gold 17.8kReads9.1Score2k14d adds
38. 38 港 Hong Kong Entertainment: The Years of Love and War with the Shameless Tabloids 港娱：与缺德港媒相爱相杀那些年 Tan Yixue檀忆雪Modern Romance417k WordsOngoing Set in a partially fictionalized Hong Kong. Hong Kong entertainment industry + showbiz + irresistible heroine + Mary Sue + female protagonist who dominates everyone. Everyone loves the heroine. If they say they don't, it just means they can't bring themselves to admit it! There is a male lead, but he's not important. Male-lead fans, stay away. One-on-one romance, both leads are devoted only to each other. In 1982, eighteen-year-old Lin Jingshu arrived at the Hong Kong pier with a suitcase in ha 766Reads6.3Score—14d adds

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    Hong Kong entertainment in the 1980s.

39. 39 重 Reborn in the Hong Kong Entertainment Industry of the 1980s 重生八十年代在港娱乐圈 Leisurely March三月闲暇Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Yin Xiao was reborn in Hong Kong in the 1980s. To find a job, she entered the Miss Hong Kong pageant and won the crown, launching her career in show business. She attended training classes, took bit parts, and played cannon fodder, steadily rising to become the leading lady. In the end, she became famous across mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, earning her place as an undisputed superstar. Even when Yin Xiao became the most influential film and television mogul of her era, people still call 12kReads9.4Score1.4k14d adds

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    I highly recommend the second book. The female lead is a fox spirit who is reborn and works in the Hong Kong entertainment industry. She's very talented. Highly recommended! [Learned][Learned][Learned][Learned][Learned]

40. 40 港 After the Hong Kong Beauty Queen Was Snatched as a Bride, She Wins as a Popular Darling While Enjoying the Gossip 港姐被抢娶后，吃瓜躺赢万人迷 Guai Di Ha乖滴哈Modern Romance1.3M WordsOngoing [Period setting + Hong Kong + wealthy family + beautiful rich girl + loves herself and her country + many unrequited admirers] After waking up, Ye Baozhu finds herself transmigrated to Hong Kong in the 1970s. She was once a glamorous Miss Hong Kong winner, but now she's yesterday's news. Even after entering a wealthy family, she's merely the kept woman of a playboy, hidden away on the Mid-Levels. And she's become a mother without even going through labor, with three adorable babies to show for i 38.6kReads8.6Score3.5k14d adds

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    Upupup!

41. 41 哑 A Mute Mother, a Powerful Father: I’m Busy Telling Fortunes in the 1980s 哑巴娘，大佬爹，我在八零算卦忙 Song Muchao宋暮朝Modern Romance123k WordsOngoing [Era-set face-slapping feel-good story + metaphysics master + ghost hunting in Hong Kong + no romance] Xu Qinghe was struck dead by a heavenly tribulation, then returned to 1983, the year she'd died a miserable death. She was poisoned by a scumbag man and a wicked woman. Her mother, the only person she had to rely on, would die two days later. The entire village joined in covering up the cause of death. Fifty days later, her powerful biological father finally came looking for her, and only then —Reads—Score—14d adds
42. 42 香 Hong Kong, the 1970s: From Washed-Up Starlet to Media Tycoon 香江七零：从落魄花瓶到传媒财阀 Night Kiss Barbie夜吻芭比Modern Romance139k WordsOngoing Jiang Yingyue, a celebrated producer who once had the power to make things happen in her previous life, opened her eyes to find herself a "bare-it-all starlet and pretty face" ridiculed by everyone on a 1975 Hong Kong film set. She was drowning in debt, kept as a canary in a cage in Repulse Bay by an old, wealthy businessman, and had a younger brother in tow who was liable to starve to death at any moment. A hellish start? Jiang Yingyue gave a cold laugh. After awakening the [Best Actress Syste —Reads—Score—14d adds
43. 43 九 Nineties Hong Kong: I Woke Up as a Kidnapped Heiress's Sister-in-Law 九零香江：睁眼穿成被绑豪门大嫂 Beauty Plucking Stars美人摘星Modern Romance2.4M WordsCompleted Chen Rou first met Nie Zhao during a counterterrorism case involving a wealthy Hong Kong family. He had been Hong Kong’s undisputed richest man for years and was a powerful figure renowned across the region. Even with both legs crippled and confined to a wheelchair, even in his fifties with deep wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, he still radiated sharpness and intelligence. Three generations of Chen Rou’s family had served in the police. Her father died in the war on drugs, and she had once b 23.9kReads9.1Score2.9k14d adds

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    The female lead is incredibly charming.

44. 44 香 Building Dreams in Hong Kong 香江筑梦 Volcano Tiger火山虎Urban1.4M WordsOngoing The novel has been partially adapted into a comic drama titled "Harbor City Comeback: From a Down-and-Out Youth to the King of Watches." Give it a watch, and thank you for your support! [From Rags to Riches + Industrial Empire + Feuds Between the Elite + Brotherhood in the Underworld + Beauty Pageants and Film + Based on Real Events] In 1978, a young man from Chaodong crawled ashore in Hong Kong from the jaws of a shark. Later, one of the brothers climbed into a wealthy family, while the other c 2.6kReads8.5Score15314d adds

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    The protagonist's struggles and efforts in learning the local language and customs while adapting to the city's rules are very realistic. [Thoughts]

45. 45 八 The Fake Heiress Returns to Her Hometown in the 1980s, and the Cold Big Shot Falls for Her 八零假千金回乡，高冷大佬沦陷 Summer Breeze夏日良风Modern Romance524k WordsCompleted [Period setting, doted-on by everyone, fake and real heiresses, space, witchcraft] Mighty witch X aloof top scientist Ye Xianyue transmigrates to the 1980s and becomes a fake heiress from a wealthy family whose identity has just been exposed. The real heiress is reborn and exposes Ye Xianyue's fake identity ahead of time, then tries to kill her. After transmigrating into the body of the original Ye Xianyue, who was murdered, she finds the real heiress's hatred of her utterly baffling. The two gi 3.4kReads9.1Score29214d adds
46. 46 直 Fortune-Telling Livestream: I'm So Accurate That the Police Across the Internet Are Watching Me 直播算命，准到被全网警察盯上了 Spring Breeze春风Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Livestreaming + Fortune-Telling + the Occult + Transmigration + Feel-Good Fiction] Fu Yu, sect leader of an immortal sect, fails to ascend and becomes a fake heiress kicked out of her home. Her sect can’t do without its backbone, and plenty of disciples are hoping she’ll come back (not really). To earn merit and break through the void, Fu Yu returns to her old line of work, livestreaming fortune-telling. Her merit points shoot up, up, up! Viewer 1: “Waaah, Master, everyone says my fiancée ran o 7.1kReads8.0Score64914d adds
47. 47 时 The God of War's Daughter Is Three and a Half 时战神他闺女三岁半 Milky Chocolate奶味巧克力Modern Romance143k WordsOngoing [Everyday growth, all-rounder, ensemble cast in Beijing's elite circles, no romance, adorable little girl] (The author is terrible at writing blurbs, but the story is great, so give it a chance. The heroine's parents have no romance plot, and her mother is away on a research trip and rarely appears.) Hehe heads down the mountain with a mission from her master. This little girl has all sorts of skills: she can tame ghosts, tell fortunes, capture monsters, and heal people... She's also an expert a 8Reads—Score—14d adds
48. 48 港 Hot News in Harbor City: Wasn't She Supposed to Be a Caged Canary? 港城热闻：不是金丝雀吗？ Demon King Z魔人王ZModern Romance370k WordsCompleted “Have you heard? Chu Wenyan, the heir of Hong Kong City who never gets involved with women, has brought a canary back from Shanghai.” As the rumors spread, no one knew that the “canary” everyone speculated about and looked down on was actually his quietly registered, legally wedded wife, the woman he kept hidden in his heart: Shen Tangwan. Reborn, she uncovers the truth behind her family's ruin in her previous life. This time, she takes the initiative to get close to her silent, stern husband, t 535Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Show it to me!!!

49. 49 重 Reborn in Hong Kong: The Sister-in-Law Joins the Game and Becomes a Caged Canary Again 重生香江：大嫂入局，再做金丝雀 Demon King Z魔人王ZModern Romance556k WordsCompleted Tag overload: reborn in Hong Kong, powerful Hong Kong tycoon, canary rises to power, woman pursues man, intense push and pull, both leads are romantically and physically devoted only to each other, sweet romance and healing Shen Huaiqing is reborn in 1990. The moment she opens her eyes, she’s being treated like a piece of merchandise and sent to an underground auction in Hong Kong, where she waits to be bought. On the auction stage, she recognizes the cold, distinguished man at a glance: Nie Shi 314Reads6.4Score10914d adds
50. 50 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 is so good! (｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡ It's a male-centric story with no romantic pairing, so you can watch it without worry! (❁´ω`❁)

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