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1. 1 恒 The Day Evergrande Crashed, I Revealed My Trillion-Dollar Fortune 恒大暴雷那天，我亮出万亿身家 A Civil Engineer Supporting the Family养家糊口的土木人Urban2.0M WordsOngoing [The troublesome plot points have been fixed] [Reborn] [Ordinary man] [Real estate] [Stocks] [Internet investments] [Business investments] [Entertainment industry] [Actresses] After losing his job in middle age and being dismissed as useless, Liu Yang suffers a family property dispute during his divorce and is secretly sabotaged by his younger brother-in-law. He closes his eyes, filled with regret, only to open them again on the eve of his graduation in 2003! That year, the golden age of real 89.5kReads8.4Score4.7k14d adds

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   These are the best workplace novels I've read in the past two years. I've finished them all and I'm completely hooked. I highly recommend them!

2. 2 重 Reborn as an Executive at a Foreign Company 重生之我在外企当高管 Famous Towers Under Heaven天下名楼Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Xu Fei is reborn and returns to the time just after graduation. In his previous life, he spent years navigating the workplace, only to be thrown out in middle age. With all his years of experience from his previous life, see how he turns the tables at work this time, climbs to the top, and makes his mark in the business world. 26.3kReads8.9Score2.5k14d adds
3. 3 最 I Eventually Became an HR Person Who Does No HR Work 最终成为一个不干人事的人事 Please Call Me Maxim请叫我马克西姆Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [A grind-at-work story, not a power fantasy! Not a power fantasy! Not a power fantasy! (Whether it turns out to be satisfying depends on what I write later. I don't know either.)] [This story is for venting. If you have something to vent about, leave a comment, send me a private message, or whatever you like. You're also welcome to suggest names for future characters.] The author, who was about to become famous, often says, “The world is one giant amateur operation.” What career should you choos 13.3kReads8.2Score84914d adds
4. 4 重 Reborn as an Executive at a Major Corporation 重生之我在大厂当高管 Lie Flat or Give Up, Pick One躺平摆烂二选一Urban3.9M WordsOngoing [Sound logic] [Clear-eyed realism] [One female lead] [The heroine is not Su Ran; she disappears after chapter 60] [Please bear with it] [Merciful readers, spare me] Reborn, Chen Mo once again stood at the crossroads of his life in 2014. Watch as he turns the country's top tech companies upside down, rises to the top, and dominates the business world. 55.5kReads9.0Score2.9k14d adds
5. 5 耳 A Mole Behind the Ear 耳后藏痣 Little Mouse Maomao阿鼠毛毛Modern Romance57k WordsOngoing [Contemporary Realism | Workplace Taboo | Slow Burn | Older Man | Strong Female Lead | Cohabitation] "A mole behind the ear, and someone hidden there, too." Late autumn in Shanghai, in the heart of an old Western-style neighborhood in the west of the city. A bar with no sign. An empty bottle of Great Wall Cabernet Sauvignon, a snakeskin bag with a broken zipper. She picked up the bag and said, "Follow me." He was too drunk to stand steadily, but he followed anyway. At thirty-two, she called the 232Reads—Score—14d adds

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   This book is great!

6. 6 第 Day 4,781, and I Still Love You 第4781天，我依然爱你 Poetry and Painting, Yi4781诗情画奕4781Two Female Leads132k WordsCompleted I spent 4,781 days getting to know you and 411 days making my way to you. It wasn't so I could look at her through your eyes, but so I could, clumsily yet steadfastly, fall in love with you for who you are. She loved me twice, in two different identities. 533Reads7.4Score10114d adds

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   The author's writing is superb, and all the books feature two female protagonists. I highly recommend reading them! 🤭

7. 7 私 You’re Mine, and I’ll Have Your Love 私有物，你的爱我要定了 Poetry and Painting, Yi4781诗情画奕4781Two Female Leads639k WordsCompleted [Younger, unhinged wolf-dog × cool, controlling older sister] [Two formidable women facing off / extreme push and pull] “You taught me everything, except how not to love you.” “So... you can’t run away.” 478Reads9.4Score2714d adds
8. 8 国 The Nation’s First Love Gets Flirted With 国民初恋被撩了 Poetry and Painting, Yi4781诗情画奕4781Two Female Leads193k WordsCompleted Shao Yuqing, widely recognized in the Chinese entertainment industry as the “nation's first love,” has spent ten years maintaining that image. Gentle and sweet, it's a label etched into her very bones. Wang Xiaoyi, the new top-tier star who made a breakout debut on a talent show, burst onto the scene under the title of “pure-hearted puppy.” But five years ago, on the night Shao Yuqing was eliminated from a talent show, he had already left a message for her from an anonymous account: “Don't cry. 445Reads7.5Score10314d adds
9. 9 我 My Years as a Migrant Worker in Shenzhen 我在深圳打工那些年 Azure Clouds, Everlasting Red青云长红Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Two AI comic adaptations of this book are already online, and a third is in production. In 1997, I was 17, carrying 300 yuan as I left my hometown in Hunan and headed south to Shenzhen alone. With no skills and no temporary residence permit, I was chased by security patrols, turned away by factories, left hungry, and forced to spend nights hiding in a cemetery. I went from a penniless kid to a sewing-machine operator at a handbag factory, then seized the opportunities of the times, opened a shop 18.8kReads8.8Score1.5k14d adds

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   I recommend two workplace novels.

10. 10 我 My Years Working at a Securities Firm 我在证券打工那些年 Azure Clouds, Everlasting Red青云长红Urban240k WordsOngoing 2004. Shenzhen. Securities account manager. Only later did Li Xingyun realize that the so-called A-share floor price was a lie told to rookies. Below the floor was hell, and below hell were eighteen more levels. He had seen every one of them. No connections, no influential friends, and no Cantonese. Find clients. Fail, and you're out. A veteran told him: In this line of work, no results means no respect. An account of a fresh graduate working in Shenzhen. No inspirational triumphs, no melodrama, 5.5kReads—Score46914d adds
11. 11 官 The Officialdom Game 官奕 Dreams of Spring and Autumn梦话春秋Urban641k WordsOngoing My name is Wei Zilong, and I’ve spent my career in government. Through my story, I want to show everyone what the political arena is really like... When you’re in public service, you can’t always control your own fate. If you never weather a storm, how can you ever mature? 12.9kReads7.6Score1.1k14d adds

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    If you like realistic themes, check this out.

12. 12 过 Adoption into the Family 过继 Dreams of Spring and Autumn梦话春秋Urban1.9M WordsCompleted This is a novel about a man growing up through blood and tears. Along with the cruelty of reality comes the trickery of fate. But if you’re a man, wipe away your tears and face every hardship. Make yourself tough as steel, unbreakable... 30kReads9.3Score3.2k14d adds
13. 13 千 Never Mess with a Pisces Woman 千万不要招惹双鱼座女生 Big and Little Orange Cats大小橘猫Modern Romance589k WordsOngoing [Workplace] [Urban Life] [Marriage Before Love] Mumu is a Pisces woman who entered the workplace with two labels already attached to her: timid and easy to bully. But no one knows that beneath the soft exterior of a Pisces lies the heart of a great demon king. When everyone thinks she’ll be swallowed up by the workplace, Mumu proves to the world through her actions: Don’t make a Pisces cry, because once she’s done crying, it’ll be your turn. This novel could also be called Mumu’s Rise to the Top 134Reads8.7Score—14d adds

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    Are workplace fiction novels really that niche? 🤔🤔

14. 14 韩 Han Caiyi’s Journey of Ten Thousand Miles 韩彩依万里路 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Marriage & Romance27k WordsCompleted Han Caiyi's Journey of Ten Thousand Miles 70Reads—Score314d adds

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    Modern urban workplace stories

15. 15 逆 A City Romance Between a Top Student and a Sales Goddess 逆袭学霸和销售女神都市情缘 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Modern Romance18k WordsCompleted A City Romance Between a Comeback Scholar and a Sales Goddess 92Reads—Score214d adds
16. 16 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The One-Shot System Takes Me to New Heights 穿越七零：秒杀系统带我飞 Mu Ran9牧然9Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing The rating just came out, so it’ll go up later! 1970: I Have a Golden Finger and a Maxed-Out Family Ding! Your limited-time flash-sale System has been bound! Wen Jingshu, an English major in graduate school in 2024, was halfway through studying for the civil service exam when she transmigrated. When she woke up, she’d become a graduate student in trade and economics in 1970. Her father was a police bureau chief, her mother a section chief at the agricultural bureau, her eldest brother a battalio 64.7kReads8.5Score8.1k14d adds

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    In this era of scarcity, Wen Jingshu awakens the "Limited-Time Flash Sale System." The system offers flash sales of modern goods three times a day—morning, noon, and evening—at extremely low prices, with an exchange rate of 1:100 to 1970 currency. The system also features a "source rationalization" function, ensuring that the packaging and provenance of the extracted items match the historical context, and boasts an unlimited system warehouse. Wen Jingshu's initial starting capital is the 587 yuan saved by the original owner of the body.

17. 17 零 Zero-Degree Showdown: Operation Blue Arrow 零度交锋：蓝捷行动 Windless Rainy Night雨夜无风Mystery2.3M WordsOngoing [Mystery and Suspense] [Espionage] [Crime Investigation] [Modern Urban] [Genius] [Strong Female Lead] [National Security] Twenty-three years ago, a separation tore the lives of twin sisters apart. The younger sister was trained by an overseas spy organization to become an elite agent. Sent back to China, she is ordered to assassinate her own sister, take her place, infiltrate Lanjie Communications, and steal the core secret, “Lanjie 9.” Caught between her mission and her organization's orders on 11.9kReads9.1Score1.4k14d adds

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    There are no formulaic plots; every step of the plan is meaningful, the spy drama is full of twists and turns, and the viewing experience is absolutely amazing.

18. 18 官 The Road to Power: The Pinnacle of Officialdom 官道：权力巅峰 The God of Heaven Fell in Love with You天神爱上你Urban219k WordsCompleted Peng Zijuan’s Notes on Climbing the Career Ladder Peng Zijuan was an ordinary female official who had hoped to lead a quiet life. But her husband, Wu Dashan, chose a rich woman over her and divorced her. Wu Dashan said, “You’re a woman. Why are you always thinking about becoming an official?” Peng Zijuan replied, “That’s right. I want to become an official!” Wu Dashan said, “You’re a woman. You should stay home and take care of the kids. Stop thinking about becoming an official all the time!” Pe 1.8kReads6.7Score12914d adds

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    That's fantastic! It's really great!

19. 19 官 The Official Road: Great Wisdom 官道：大智慧 The God of Heaven Fell in Love with You天神爱上你Urban453k WordsOngoing [Authentic Political Drama + Inspirational + Political Intrigue + Business Warfare + A Sense of Justice] After spending so many years in government, Liang Guofeng has long since learned the philosophy of officialdom: A single transfer order sends Liang Guofeng to work in the southern province. He hoped to make a difference, but instead found himself constantly caught in traps and suppressed! A new place, a new environment, and a new job bring all kinds of trials. Every step is perilous, but ever 2kReads6.2Score19114d adds
20. 20 凤 When the Phoenix Blossoms: The Phoenix's Rebirth 凤凰花开之凤凰涅槃 Jing Siyue静思钺Modern Romance183k WordsCompleted She once believed her entire life consisted of her husband's coldness, her mother-in-law's scorn, and the silent world of her daughter, who had cerebral palsy. Then the “pig-butchering scam” struck, and their 800,000 yuan in savings vanished in an instant. Her long-silent husband, Long Qishang, dropped his final mask: a divorce agreement that left her with nothing, while even their daughter became a burden he was eager to cast off. The city left her with nothing but debt and despair. Dragging a 2Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A story of resilience and growth amidst the everyday realities of life, with every turning point sure to bring tears to your eyes; a must-read for those looking for something to read.

21. 21 元 The Revival of Vital Energy: Yuanqi, the Arrow God 元气复苏之元启箭神 Black-and-White Arrow黑白箭Urban1.0M WordsOngoing A new work is here. Welcome, everyone! In the future, the star system containing Blue Star breaks free from the barren zone. Elements and spiritual qi revive, and all kinds of plants and animals constantly mutate and evolve to adapt to their environment. Blue Star keeps growing larger as spiritual qi revives. Ancient species and the legacies of various eras emerge one after another, ushering in an age of fierce competition. Watch as the protagonist, Liu Yu, grows stronger and stronger and protec 49Reads8.2Score12814d adds

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    This book is quite good; it's a different kind of post-apocalyptic world, and features a different kind of archer.

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