Great Period-Era Novels Set in Hong Kong 好看的年代港岛香江小说

1. 1 港 Hong Kong Showbiz: Pen in Hand, Sword Pointed at TVB 港娱：执笔为剑，直指无线 A Cup of Aged Tea一盏老茶Urban1.1M WordsCompleted A story about a shameless schemer taking over Hong Kong’s entertainment industry in 1980... This isn’t a traditional Hong Kong showbiz story. There are no dinging System alerts and no gang wars or blood feuds. The book contains a little everyday Cantonese, but it doesn’t affect the main plot. The pacing is slow and grounded in reality, so proceed with caution if that’s not your thing. The protagonist is ruthlessly self-interested and decisive. If you’re a bleeding heart, this isn’t for you! 47.5kReads8.6Score4.1kShelves

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   You can take a look, OK👌

2. 2 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. 32kReads9.4Score3.3kShelves
3. 3 娱 Showbiz: Winning Over Goddesses in Hong Kong 娱乐：从香江开始攻略女神 Tang Jigede唐鸡哥德Urban900k WordsOngoing Days of lying flat and taking it easy, with leisure and romance to spare. The year was 1997, when the flowers were in full bloom. Hong Kong entertainment was in decline, while mainland entertainment was just getting started. A tycoon of the entertainment industry was born across the two sides of the strait and Hong Kong. There’s business and everyday life, no System and no mindless plot, and more than one heroine. Everyone can dive right in. 9.2kReads8.4Score386Shelves
4. 4 港 Hong Kong Movies: From the Start, I Borrow Five Million from Ba Bi 港片，开局找巴闭借五百万 I Never Believe我从来不信Male-Channel Fanfiction1.6M WordsCompleted [Feel-good power fantasy] [Multiple heroines] [If anyone picks a fight, hit back] [Hot-blooded] Gu Fei transmigrated into a Hong Kong crime-film universe and became a low-level underling of “Firefighting Role Model” Keung. When trouble came, the boss stepped in. When there was a pretty girl, he went after her himself. With the help of a sign-in System and the five million he swindled from Ba Bi, he rode the tide of the times and rose to power. From “Handsome Fei,” a nobody in the underworld, to 64.4kReads8.2Score4.3kShelves

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   Hong Kong's big stage for variety shows—come and watch if you want!

5. 5 港 Hong Kong Crossover: From the Start, Building an Empire from Black Market Deals to the King of Myanmar 港综：开局黑吃黑从财阀到缅甸王 Matchstick Figure No. 6火柴人6号Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted The author has no idea how to write a synopsis... Wang Kang rides the wave of transmigration and arrives in the grand world of Hong Kong crime films. From the start, he lands in a mental hospital, while the System leaves him a beginner's gift pack and runs off to help Pangu boost his body count. Just when he thinks he's facing a nightmare-difficulty start, he discovers his real cheat: connections and plot knowledge. Guan Caiba, heh heh, your money's gone... Our story begins with the Iron Lady ta 33kReads7.7Score1.4kShelves
6. 6 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 18.7kReads7.4Score1.1kShelves
7. 7 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? 9.8kReads7.9Score497Shelves
8. 8 港 Hong Kong Crossover: I Have Too Many Good Brothers! 港综：我的好兄弟太多了！ A Tree in Front of the Building楼前一棵树Male-Channel Fanfiction3.3M WordsOngoing “Standing before you now is the boss of the Hong Kong police force! The uncrowned king of Southeast Asia's underworld! The old financial clans' lifelong nemesis! The creator of the Continental Hotel! The King of Technology! Renowned philanthropist and national entrepreneur, Mr. Zhang Jiayao!” “I, Zhang Jiayao, have made it this far through my brothers. Brothers, and nothing but brothers!” 55.7kReads8.3Score3.2kShelves
9. 9 扎 I Joined Wo Hop To, and Became the World’s Richest Man in Five Years 扎职和联胜，五年成为世界首富 Just an Ordinary Man本是俗夫Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted Some call him the Godfather of Hong Kong. Some call him the greatest philanthropist. Some call him the King of Asia, a financial titan. Others say he's the true richest man in the world. Still others call him the strict father of Southeast Asia. In this era, powerful men bow before him, and beautiful women dance by his side. Without a doubt, this is the era that belongs to Shen Xin!!! 43.8kReads7.6Score2.4kShelves
10. 10 港 Hong Kong Crossover: I’m the Big Winner 港综：我是大赢家 Scapegoat Prawn背锅大虾Male-Channel Fanfiction2.9M WordsCompleted Ding! You have a new mission. Become famous throughout the city? Too easy. You know Wu Song, right? Watch me spill blood at Mandarin Duck Tower. Ding! You have a new mission. Become a billionaire, a legend of the underworld, and a powerbroker who rules over all? Yikes... Should I study the life of Lai Hao or Al Capone? Never mind. New place, new game plan. I’d better get some startup capital first... 94.9kReads9.2Score7.2kShelves
11. 11 穿 Transmigrating into Hong Kong Cinema, Starting with Big Fool 穿越港综，从大傻开始 The Cat Who Slacks Off会摸鱼的猫Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted Chen Zhenqing, nicknamed the “Saigon Judge,” judges people’s crimes and rewards good while punishing evil! He transmigrated to Hong Kong Island three years ago. Now no one dares call him Big Fool. Everyone, to his face or behind his back, respectfully calls him Judge or Sir. 13.6kReads7.5Score466Shelves
12. 12 港 Hong Kong Crossover: Off-the-Charts Luck, Snatching Chicken from the Start 港综：孕气爆表，开局截胡山鸡 Add Some Salt to the Mandarin Oranges砂糖橘放点盐Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsOngoing Also known as Hong Kong Crossover: A Stroke of Lady Luck, Stealing Chicken from the Start Lin Yaozu transmigrates into a Hong Kong crime drama universe and gets a confession from a beautiful woman from the start. What! You’re Ke En? Doesn’t that mean I’m seducing the Second Sister-in-Law? But I honestly had no idea. Whatever. The System awakens, and Lin Yaozu decides he’s done playing nice... Drink the strongest liquor, date the hottest girls, and build the most powerful business empire! Lin Yao 57.5kReads7.3Score4.2kShelves
13. 13 港 Hong Kong Crossover: Starting Out as a White Fan 港综：从白纸扇开始 Cold Breeds Toughness寒冷孕育彪悍Male-Channel Fanfiction918k WordsCompleted Li Xin: Nicknames: Blade King Xin, Terror of Ghosts, Immortal Xin He is Immortal Xin of Hong Kong Island, the ultimate godfather of the criminal underworld, the uncrowned king of the underground worlds of Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand, and Southeast Asia's underworld philanthropist. At the European and American roundtable, everyone shouts, “Father!” Li Xin smiles faintly. “Rise, my sons.” 51.1kReads9.4Score2.6kShelves
14. 14 穿 Transmigrating to 1990s Hong Kong: The Underworld Heiress Clears Her Name Through Food 穿九零港城：黑道千金靠美食洗白 Jin Yangyu金洋宇Modern Romance221k WordsOngoing [Transmigrate to 1990s Hong Kong] [Daughter of a crime boss] [Food and business] [Turning gangsters into honest workers] Transmigrated as the daughter of a Hong Kong crime boss in the 1990s, she's got a gang of underlings who know nothing but fighting. While everyone else is fighting over territory, she picks up a spatula and gets into the food business! She trains street thugs to become food delivery riders and errand couriers. With the help of her cha chaan teng's delicious food, she gradually 1.9kReads—Score217Shelves

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    Here! Please accept these two books!?! Both are period dramas! Who says the 90s aren't period dramas?! One features a female protagonist who is reborn, goes into business in Shenzhen, and focuses on technological advancement (from semiconductors to chip manufacturing). Romance is just icing on the cake... Both are strong! The male protagonist is an older Hong Kong businessman! Both are tech geniuses! The other book has no romantic pairing. The female protagonist, a food blogger and mind-body healer, transmigrates to 90s Hong Kong. She's the daughter of a triad boss, and while she's not particularly career-driven, she can't afford not to work, since she's not a triad leader! She can only find ways to lead her brothers to open a fast food restaurant, deliver food, and transport packages! A healer and the triad are a perfect match, so her transmigration wasn't entirely pointless. [Eating melon emoji][eating melon emoji]

15. 15 重 Reborn in the Nineties: The Alluring Beauty Snares the Cold, Abstinent Tycoon 重生九零，钓系美人拿捏禁欲大佬 Jin Yangyu金洋宇Modern Romance336k WordsOngoing [Power Couple Showdown] [Extreme Push and Pull] [科技 Strong Nation] [Business Warfare in a Bygone Era] [Alternate Universe] The Untouchable Ice Queen VS the Master Manipulator This is an evenly matched battle of wits, and a legend about the rise of a great power's industrial technology. In 1992, with nowhere left to turn, Jiang Wan set her sights on Shen Yichuan, a technical expert with formidable financial backing. What began as mutual exploitation and wariness evolved amid the surging tides of 122Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 16 重 Reborn in the Sixties: I Rule Hong Kong Island 重生六零：我在港岛当女王 Little Circle and Me小圆和我Modern Romance597k WordsCompleted Jiang Shuwan perished along with the Zombie King at the end of the world, but brought her max-level powers and unlimited storage space with her when she landed in 1966, in the body of an orphan whose parents had died. Faced with the turbulent times, she decisively took all one hundred chests of family treasures out of hiding, used her status as an educated youth as a cover, and made her way to Bao'an County. There, she boarded a fishing boat bound for Hong Kong with several smugglers. Thanks to 1kReads6.1Score142Shelves

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    Beautiful! [A masterpiece by Sparrow Eater]

17. 17 香 The Heiress of Hong Kong and Her Officer Husband 香江大小姐和她的军官先生 Little Circle and Me小圆和我Modern Romance632k WordsCompleted In Shenzhen in the late 1970s, a Hong Kong businesswoman raises a child, builds her business, and happens to fall in love with an officer. After returning to China, Shen Yina does two major things. First, she finds her long-lost younger sister in a northeastern mountain village, where the girl is as skinny as a bean sprout. Second, she turns around and pours money into Shenzhen, the hottest city of the reform era. While everyone else is still waiting to see what the policies will bring, she roll 970Reads—Score102Shelves
18. 18 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 50.2kReads8.9Score6.3kShelves

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    Highly recommended. The author's writing style is excellent, and I'm not exaggerating when I say it.

19. 19 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… 29.8kReads8.9Score2.5kShelves
20. 20 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. 24.6kReads7.5Score1.7kShelves
21. 21 何 The He Family Siheyuan 何家四合院 The Idle Fish Author咸鱼作者Male-Channel Fanfiction976k WordsCompleted A new work is out! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 15.4kReads7.1Score428Shelves
22. 22 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, now streaming on Hongguo under the title The Port City Comeback: From a Down-and-Out Youth to the King of Watches. Please give it a watch, and thank you for your support! [From Rags to Riches + Industrial Empire + Feuds Between Great Families + Brotherhood and Honor + 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 i 2.6kReads8.5Score158Shelves

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    Without the protagonist's halo, the protagonist encounters setbacks along the way, but gradually gains a foothold through hard work and kindness, making the story incredibly realistic.

23. 23 重 Reborn in Hong Kong: Building a Trillion-Dollar Family Empire 重生香江：打造万亿豪门家族 Halfway Through Life, I Know My Fate人生过半知天命Urban1.4M WordsOngoing Starting by changing his family, he went into business. In the second volume, he began acquiring securities newspapers, investing in crude oil to make fifty million dollars and in gold to make a billion. He acquired Hutchison Whampoa and Hongkong Land, invested in technology, developed telecommunications, made plans for the internet, and entered the mining and energy sectors, building a tycoon family worth trillions. 12.7kReads5.7Score1.2kShelves
24. 24 我 My Years in the Gang 我混社团那些年 Big Shot of a Small Town小城大少Urban3.0M WordsCompleted The internet’s most authentic account of Hong Kong’s criminal gangs in the 1960s: Kowloon Walled City, the Four Great Detectives, the four major gang families, the Eighteen Tigers of Kowloon, the Twelve Beauties of Mong Kok, and the rise of influential bosses such as Crippled Ho and Fatty Kun, all revealed one by one! This story is adapted from the oral account of a senior member of a Hong Kong and Macau gang. As he is now over eighty, I recorded and adapted his story myself! For special reasons 20.6kReads9.1Score2.1kShelves

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    Social novels that have gone viral across the internet

25. 25 重 Reborn in 1977: I'm Yuan Hu of the Seven Little Fortunes! 重生77，我是七小福元虎！ Late Autumn in September九月秋末Urban1.0M WordsOngoing [The rating has just been posted and will rise later!] [Reborn] [No System] [Multiple Heroines] [Hong Kong Entertainment] [Chinese Entertainment] [American Entertainment] [Note: Multiple heroines, multiple heroines!!!] Yang Xiaohu, the king of stunt doubles, had an accident on set and was reborn in 1977 as one of the Seven Little Fortunes! From the start, he had a gambling-addicted father, a little sister, and himself fighting tooth and nail! Starting with Snake in the Eagle's Shadow, he fought 69kReads8.4Score6.8kShelves

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    This is a good book. [Thinking]

26. 26 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 12kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves

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    A star's success requires both ambition and talent.

27. 27 八 Hong Kong Island in the 1980s: From Mistress to Tycoon 八零港岛：从外室到豪门 Qingqing Jiu青青玖Modern Romance561k WordsCompleted Ten years ago, she climbed across the Shenzhen River into Hong Kong, soaked to the skin and teeth chattering. At that moment, she swore she would never be poor again. Ten years later, she's the mistress kept on the side by the second young master of the Huo family. Everyone expects her to cry, but late at night she opens the books and turns the man's money into stocks, real estate, and milk tea shops. No crying, no tantrums, no fighting for his favor. Better to fight for money. In 1983, her n 166Reads5.3Score169Shelves

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    If you're looking for something to read, this is worth checking out. The female lead is clear-headed and independent.

28. 28 重 Reborn on the Eve of Our Marriage Registration, the Hong Kong Tycoon's Heir Kneels to Win Me Back 重生领证前夕，港圈太子跪着追妻 Meat Bun Auntie肉包小姨Modern Romance511k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication; short-form drama episodes are being released] [Both leads are faithful to each other + face-slapping + pregnancy before love + reborn, sweet and satisfying, with no angst] [She pursues her husband during the marriage, driving the arrogant, cold-hearted crown prince to the brink] A gentle woman who handles things ruthlessly, a delicate beauty in poor health VS a sharp-tongued but henpecked ice prince - Shu Hui got pregnant after a one-night stand with the heir to a powerf 42kReads9.2Score4.2kShelves

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    These are all Hong Kong-themed novels of various genres, written in a very good style, and all of them are already completed.

29. 29 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 34.2kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves

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    It's beautiful, but the updates are a tiny bit slow.

30. 30 港 Hong Kong Showbiz: I Hired You as a Lawyer, So Why Are You Making Movies? 港娱：让你当律师，你去拍电影？ Longbow Drinking the Moon长弓饮月Urban472k WordsCompleted Xiao Ran is reborn in Xiangjiang in 1981 as the third young master of a top legal dynasty, a clueless layman when it comes to the law. From the start, he’s headed to Shaw Brothers to play an extra! He may not understand the law, but he knows all about “family connections” and “short-drama pacing”! Who says you need a System to get ahead? He puts on a lawyer’s robe and becomes a director, wielding the law book against hooligans. Before long, he’s turned the entire Xiangjiang entertainment industr 3.2kReads5.9Score148Shelves

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    Relive the peak moments of Hong Kong films

31. 31 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 3.6kReads7.9Score228Shelves
32. 32 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 4.3kReads7.9Score337Shelves
33. 33 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 2.3kReads7.5Score241Shelves
34. 34 重 Reborn in the Wild Nineties: I Only Have Three Things to Do 重生野性时代，我只做三件事 Seeking Answers Beneath the Mountain山下求索Urban1.5M WordsOngoing [Reborn + scheming + ruthless + multiple women, no official pairing + business warfare] Xu Zhengwen, reborn as a Hong Kong tycoon, uses angel investment as bait, capital as a chain, and love as a lock to win their loyalty. Having secretly taken control of other nations' economies with the help of stunning women from around the world, he now has only three things left to do. First, build the world's leading technology and business empire, laying the groundwork for China's rise as a great power 13.3kReads6.9Score1.1kShelves

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    The protagonist is a cunning and ruthless man from a wealthy Hong Kong family; his logic is clear and he's not mindless

35. 35 从 From Haojiang to Xiangjiang: Building the Zhou Family Dynasty 从濠江到香江打造周氏百年家族 The Grumpy-Eyed Uncle暴躁的眼睛大叔Urban455k WordsOngoing [Realistic + business warfare + multiple women + transmigration and rebirth + Hong Kong entertainment + farming + capitalist's perspective] The life of a low-ranking chef in a wealthy family. Let's see how this chef, born into a life of luxury from the start, can stir up a storm in this turbulent era, surround himself with beautiful women, and become a business legend. Zhou Zhanheng: “My own life is far from satisfactory, yet I just can't bear to see others suffer.” This story is entirely fictio 1.9kReads—Score—Shelves

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    Realism + business warfare + capitalist perspective, not the perspective of a nouveau riche who wants everything. Please proceed with caution.

36. 36 年 A Cherished Beauty in 1970s Hong Kong: Mrs. Xie in Her Prime 年代港岛有娇宠：谢太她风华绝代 Drowned in Words溺字Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Lin Xi worked her way from a small-town exam grinder to a powerhouse in the workplace, only to die suddenly and be born into 1948 Shanghai as Wen Jianning, the daughter of Wen Hongyuan, a textile tycoon, and his fifth concubine. The emotional coldness of her previous family taught her early to read people and keep a low profile to protect herself. The mysterious space on her wrist is her greatest secret. Nurtured by its spirit spring, she becomes breathtakingly beautiful and quietly amasses weal 7.2kReads6.6Score692Shelves

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    It's so good, I highly recommend it to you all.

37. 37 七 Sent to the Countryside in the 1970s, I Fled to Hong Kong Overnight 七零穿成知青我连夜逃港 Li Xiya李西娅Modern Romance397k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Period Drama + Pocket Dimension + System + Hong Kong + No Saintly Heroine + Lighthearted Power Fantasy] [The heroine is ruthless and sharp; romance is up to her] No male lead! The heroine won’t marry, and whether she dates is up to her. (Later on, a man from a matriarchal world will have the heroine’s child.) Warning: This is an alternate-history period drama with lots of original worldbuilding. If you want a historically researched period novel, please look elsewhere! The gol 193Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    Pretty good!!!

38. 38 在 Posing as a Returnee Tycoon in the 1980s 在八零伪装归国神豪 San Yao He三爻禾Urban887k WordsCompleted [80s Era] [Feel-Good] [Big Shot] [Tycoon] [No Female Lead] [Building a Career] [Everyday Life] The story of a fake tycoon with nothing to his name who becomes a real tycoon worth billions. Good news: After transmigrating into the 1980s, his heart condition is gone and his body is healthy. He also gets a Reputation System, which lets him exchange reputation points for assets. Bad news: He transmigrated with his whole body, so he has no official identity. And right now, he’s flat broke, with poc 32.8kReads8.2Score2.7kShelves
39. 39 在 After Becoming Stunningly Beautiful in the ’90s, I Married Up 在九零拥有顶级美貌后，我攀高枝 My Heart Is My Heart我心即我心Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Not a strong female lead, just a heroine with an ordinary person’s outlook. She gradually becomes better and stronger. Hua Jia, who has always pursued beauty to the extreme, is reborn in the 1990s as a saleable beauty in a family famous for raising women to be dependent on men. To her, it’s like a blessing from heaven. The only problem is that she’s reborn at a dangerous moment: she’s about to be put on display and sold to the highest bidder. She’s suffered her whole life. At last, she hopes to 17.2kReads7.4Score1.8kShelves
40. 40 开 A Golden Finger from the Start: Ms. Ming Heads to Hong Kong with Her Suitcase 开局金手指，明女士提包去港城 Longing for a Girl盼妞Modern Romance242k WordsCompleted (Alternate setting + fiction + pocket dimension + System + ensemble cast) In the bitter winter of 2036, twenty-six-year-old Ming Lan stood outside her empty home, clutching her torn marriage certificate. The husband who had once sworn eternal devotion and the best friend she had trusted with her heart had taken all her savings. They had even put the marital home her parents left her up for sale. “We’re in love. Please let us be together,” her friend’s coquettish voice still rang in her ears. Her 135Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 41 被 After Being Abandoned by a Man, I Took My Daughter to Hong Kong Island 被男人抛下后，带着女儿闯香江 Longing for a Girl盼妞Modern Romance230k WordsCompleted (Alternate History + Period Setting + Pocket Space + Stockpiling) Wu Xiangyun transmigrated into a book, becoming a concubine abandoned by a gang boss. In the novel, the heroine, An Qingzhu, was the eldest wife's daughter and the family's lucky star. She fled with her parents to Hong Kong to escape disaster, and because her family brought along gold, silver, and jewels, they went on to live in great wealth. After Wu Xiangyun, from the twenty-first century, transmigrated, the original owner was r 1.9kReads5.8Score102Shelves
42. 42 香 Tales of Old Hong Kong: The Path to Godhood 香江旧事：成神之路 Mu Yi Qing Ci木易清辞Modern Romance490k WordsOngoing (Transmigration + strong female lead + period setting + Hong Kong + entertainment industry + feel-good wish fulfillment) One-line synopsis: A gorgeous, top-student heroine transmigrates into the Hong Kong entertainment scene of the 1990s, builds a career in show business, and along the way saves people whose tragic fates left her unable to move on. Additional notes: 1. This is purely a self-indulgent work of fiction. Please don’t associate it with real people. 2. The setting is partly fictionali 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves

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    Self-promoted, Hong Kong entertainment

43. 43 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 204.6kReads8.6Score36kShelves
44. 44 末 The Age of Declining Dharma: From the Start, I Blood-Sacrifice and Refine Corpses on Hong Kong Island! 末法时代：开局在港岛血祭炼尸！ Salty Fish Only Know How to Be Salty咸鱼只会咸Mystery3.1M WordsOngoing In the age of declining magic, all arts have vanished, and cultivating the Dao is harder than reaching the heavens! In his previous life, Zhao Shan was a great demon of the unorthodox path. Reborn in 1990s Hong Kong, he discovers that this is still an age of declining magic. The orthodox sects are a dead end, and the unorthodox schools are no better, so he has no choice but to keep following his own wicked path. But gradually, he realizes that something about this world seems a little off. On Do 64.6kReads8.6Score5.7kShelves

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    Go go go go! It looks great!

45. 45 港 Hong Kong Crossover: I Join Keung from the Start 港综：开局就和靓坤混 Riding a Donkey to Chop Potatoes骑驴砍土豆Male-Channel Fanfiction711k WordsCompleted A stroke of luck brings him to the Hong Kong crime-drama world. He’d planned to live an ordinary life, but it turns out the big boss is Keung. Underling: The boss is amazing, but he keeps a low profile. Hong Kong police: Mr. Cao is a real saint among the gangsters. Villain: Our money’s been robbed again. It’s definitely that bastard Fan. 56.8kReads8.3Score2.6kShelves

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    Try it when you're bored!

46. 46 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 38kReads8.6Score3.4kShelves
47. 47 余 Yu Ping’an’s Hong Kong Crime World Life 余平安的港综生活 Smoking and Whistling抽烟吹口哨Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted Liang Xiaorou: “I can’t stand seeing that guy take it easy. I have to stir up some trouble for him, or I’ll never get over the grudge I hold for being dumped!” Yu Ping’an: “Seriously? Weren’t you the one who broke up with me? Women really are unreasonable!” Cao Dahua: “My cousin’s just as outstanding as I am. He even dates policewomen, but unlike me, he can’t live off a woman while still calling the shots. Kind of pathetic.” Yu Ping’an: “I’m pathetic? You’ve got some nerve. If it weren’t for me, 21.3kReads6.5Score1.2kShelves

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    No system, no cheat codes, classic old Hong Kong movie, those interested can give it a try.

48. 48 港 Hong Kong Crossover: The Prophet Is the True God 港综：先知才是真神 Mr. Xin's Wine辛公的酒Male-Channel Fanfiction557k WordsCompleted All written by hand, no AI. [Growth] [Comedy] [Everyday life] [Doing his part for Hong Kong's return to China] Liu Huaqiang: “If you’d told me you had so many ideas, why would I have bothered making it on my own?” Liang Kun: “Don’t even think about shaking me off, boss.” Lei Yaoyang: “We’re brothers, right?” A Xing, Uncle Tat, and Gu Hualong: “You bastard, you’ve tricked me again.” Hongxing, Dongxing, Wo Hop To, and San Kee: “Mr. Wang, got any business or information for us lately?” Qiu Ti, 1.6kReads5.4Score102Shelves

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    Hong Kong variety shows have no set system; they rely entirely on prophetic elements of the underworld, politics, and comedy to contribute to the handover of Hong Kong.

49. 49 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 9.4kReads9.3Score745Shelves

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    The island stories from that era are excellent.

50. 50 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 22.2kReads9.4Score2kShelves

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