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- 1 Reborn as an Investment Expert 重生之投资专家 Reborn and back for revenge, I’ll crush every clown in the world. I’m the greatest investment expert 108Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 2 Reborn in 2012: Riding the Tide 重生2012逆流而上 [Sound logic] [Clear-eyed about the world] [One heroine] [First-time writer, please bear with me] [Just kidding, don't come after me] Reborn, Lu Yuanzheng gets a second chance at life. With an unreliable System, he rises to the top and builds his own business empire. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Becoming the Richest Man, Starting with Being Reborn 成为首富，从重生开始 Chen Bei wakes up one day in another world. He discovers that the entertainment industry there has stagnated. He decides to develop a chat app and a game to earn his first capital. Then he starts a company and releases Jump Once, Sparkling Match, and Lime Shared Bikes. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Reborn as a Business Tycoon 重生之商业大亨 If you make a show of yourself just to brag, you're nothing but a weakling. A true powerhouse keeps a low profile, quietly rises to the top, commands authority, masters extraordinary skills, and is fabulously wealthy! 8Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 5 Reborn in 1987: From the Start, I Save My Family from Ruin 重生1987：开局拯救家破人亡 [Reborn + Urban + Period Setting + Growing Stronger + From the Start] The great fire of 1987 took his father, mother, and younger sister. Now leukemia had taken his daughter and wife, too. Completely shattered, Xu Duo passed out… When he opened his eyes again, he found himself back in his youth, on the day three hours before the fire that had changed his family’s fate. Everything was waiting for Xu Duo to change with his own hands! Overcome with joy, Xu Duo wept and immediately took action. He —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Reborn: One Stunning Move, and Glory Is Mine! 重生：一叶惊鸿，轩冕加身！ In 2028, Ye Xuan was a business titan who commanded influence across Kyoto. At forty, he possessed immeasurable wealth, stood tall, and lived with an easygoing spirit. Countless socialites pursued him, yet he passed through their ranks without ever letting anyone capture his heart. Though he had enjoyed a lifetime of glory, one indelible wound remained in his heart. In his youth, he and his beloved Qin Shuqi had shared a deep and unwavering love, but differences in family status and a clash of p 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Reborn in 1988: Building a Money Empire 重生1988：缔造金钱帝国 Lin Dong, a CEO worth more than two billion, is reborn in 1988. As a successful business elite, he knows all too well that 1988 is the golden age of market reform and opening up. As long as he seizes the opportunities, there is gold everywhere. He will make a name for himself in this era! Turning money into more money and growing one company after another will be little more than a side project. He will build a financial empire of his own. 78Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 8 Business Tycoon 商业枭雄 The business world should be about financial transactions alone. But once personal feelings get involved, who ultimately loses? The elite of the business world may seem dazzling on the surface, but behind the glamour lie the dirtiest truths and the most hypocritical lies. Amid the cutthroat deals and ruthless competition, what are family, friendship, and love worth? To become a true tycoon, everyone fights to get ahead, but who can really seize ultimate power? Who will wake up in time and emerge 152Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 9 Reborn in 2010: A Legendary Star 重生2010：星耀传奇 Reborn in 2010: The Legend of Xingyao In 2024, Wang Ye was drifting through life when he unexpectedly traveled back to his 2010 college entrance exam. This time, he earns a solid upper-middle score, all so he can seize the golden opportunity of the smartphone boom. The Xingyao System comes online, offering a personified companion and cutting-edge technology unlocked step by step. From lithium batteries to homegrown chips, it helps him build Xingyao phones. He brings his loyal friend Li Hao into 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Back to 14: My Unrestrained Life 重回14，我的肆意人生 [Reborn + satisfying read + internet business warfare + multiple heroines + clever characters] After a night of heavy drinking, he woke up reborn at his high school graduation party in 2014. That year, his naive childhood friend had yet to leave. The kind auntie who sold snacks by the school gate had yet to fall victim to a crime. And the stunning older schoolgirl was still waiting for the one destined for her… An ordinary man starts changing his fate against all odds with the World Cup. The int 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Reborn in 1995: From a Hardware Factory to a Tech Empire 重生95年：从五金厂到科技帝国 In 1995, Lin Feng was framed by his business partner in his previous life and sent to prison. His wife remarried, and both his parents died. Reborn on the eve of his imprisonment, he faces the impending frame-up: being accused of stealing factory parts. 2.4kReads—Score10514d adds
- 12 Transmigrating Through Reform and Opening Up 穿越改革开放 Lin Chen, a seasoned entrepreneur with deep experience in the modern internet, physical commerce, and capital operations, transmigrates by accident to 1978, on the eve of China's reform and opening-up. He becomes a down-and-out young man with the same name in a poor village in Guangdong Province in the south. His parents died when he was young, leaving him with a dilapidated home and nothing to his name. Cowardly by nature, the original Lin Chen was looked down on by the villagers and bullied by 28Reads—Score214d adds
- 13 I Sell Herbal Plasters, and Somehow I Have 100,000 Distributors 我卖狗皮膏药居然有十万名代理商 Li Qiankun is reborn in 2014. In his first year, he makes his first fortune in social commerce: a tidy sum of one hundred million yuan. In his second year, he enters the cosmetics industry and starts emptying rich women’s purses. In his third year, he leads a hundred thousand agents in opening a chain of snack shops. Ten years later, a reporter asks, “Mr. Li, how does it feel to be the world’s richest man?” “Money is just a number to me. Besides, I’m not interested in money.” 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Reborn in 2016: No More Living Off a Woman This Time 重生2016：这一世不再吃软饭 At thirty-four, Mu Guanyu finally reached what people called the pinnacle of life: he married a rich woman and took his company public. His later years promised a happy family and travels around the world. He never expected to be reborn at this crucial moment! Reborn in 2016, Mu Guanyu used his memories of his past life and his video-editing skills to earn his first fortune, bought Bitcoin, and brought a girl along to make videos on Douyin... Those years really were the best moments of his l 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Reborn in 2011: Fortune and Beauty in Hand 重生2011，财色双收 [Reborn] + [No System] + [Not brainless] + [Not a simp] + [Youthful campus life] + [Business tycoon] + [Living life to the fullest] Wu Yitian is reborn during the summer vacation of 2011. That year, he is about to become a senior in high school. When he meets the campus beauty who toyed with him in his previous life, he doesn’t seek revenge. Instead, he makes her play matchmaker to atone for her sins! With a second chance at life, he won’t let his family, love, or friendships down. He gradually 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 In the End, I Touched Capital's Cheese, Cake, and Noodles 终究动了资本的奶酪，蛋糕，面条 What’s it like to be a capitalist? Before he was reborn, Su Xiu thought it meant oppression, exploitation, plunder, bloodshed, and wealth passed down through bloodlines. But after he was hanged to death, Su Xiu decided that running a business might be a little better. Except Su Xiu thinks running a business is still about oppression, exploitation, and plunder, and is still soaked in blood! Employees: Got it! Exploit our competitors! Oppress capital! Plunder the world! Capital: Is that really how 307Reads8.7Score10114d adds
- 17 Reborn as a Low-Key Tycoon 重生之低调大亨 What would you do if you were reborn? Chu Qiankun, who had been living an ordinary life, is unexpectedly reborn and returns to 2004. Armed with more than a decade of foresight, he embarks on a low-key yet luxurious life, working behind the scenes to build a great empire. 18Reads8.0Score1314d adds
- 18 Reborn in 1987: From the Start, I Shorted the US Stock Market 重生1987：开局做空美股 In his previous life, his partners conspired with JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs to kick him out of the company he had founded. Reborn in 1987 as Xu Han, a university student studying abroad on a government scholarship, he shorted the US stock market from the start and made three hundred million dollars. He returned to China with two hundred million dollars, a tenth of the country's foreign exchange reserves in 1987. He invested in industry, advanced technology, and drove China's economy ahead 344Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 19 Back to 1991: Building a Business Empire 重回1991做豪门 Chen Yang had spent most of his life achieving nothing, and now he was terminally ill. Then one night, he dreamed himself back to 1991, where he found his sweet, adorable little daughter and his gorgeous, sexy wife... What was going on? He and his wife had clearly divorced thirty years ago. Overcome with excitement, Chen Yang realized he had returned to the past. In this era, where gold lay everywhere, even a pig could take off. What’s more, Chen Yang had the memories of two lifetimes. He set ou 1.1kReads8.4Score4714d adds
- 20 Reborn in 1998: From Selling CDs to Internet Legend 重生98：从卖光盘到互联网传奇 Li Fan returns to the summer of 1998, after the college entrance exams. He makes his first fortune selling CDs… He builds the Tianya Forum, attracting tens of millions of users with “Workplace Stories” and “Emotional Confessions”… He launches the “Steal Vegetables” and “Grab a Parking Spot” mini-games, which sweep the country… He takes part firsthand in the mobile internet and short-video revolutions… Group buying, food delivery, ride-hailing, short videos… 132Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Reborn in the 1980s: The Village Guardian and Bane of Wild Women 重生八零年代守村人之野妇克星 Wang Erleng transmigrates into the body of a fool in 1981. In a production team in these remote southern mountains, he works the fields to earn work points and heads into the mountains to chop timber. 252Reads8.7Score13714d adds
- 22 Reborn: My 1992 重生之我的1992 Reborn in 1992: Save My Parents, Find My Love, and Return to an Era Rife with Opportunity! 51Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 23 Ten Million a Day, and I Can’t Spend It All at School? 每天一千万，在学校花不完？ A broke student with 86.5 yuan in his account has to spend ten million yuan every day, and he’s only allowed to spend it on campus. At first, Lin Tian thought: How hard could it be? Treat everyone to a meal, rent out a milk tea shop, give the whole school free food for a month. In the end, he’d spent only thirty thousand in a day. He’d wasted 99.97 million. He started to panic. Take over the cafeteria contract, renovate the gym, remodel the dorms, buy out the convenience store… The faster 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 The King Returns: Reborn 王者归来：从重生开始 In his previous life, Lin Xiao was betrayed by his unattainable first love and died. Reborn, he takes complete control of everything and becomes the uncrowned king of both the business world and the underworld. Standing at the top of the world, he makes everyone who betrayed or looked down on him kneel and submit. He tries to bring Su Wanli back to life, but ultimately understands that people must look forward. In the end, he sits atop his business empire, with the women who have stood by him al 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Reborn in the 1990s: Break the West's Tech Stranglehold and Make Trillions 重生九零：科技卡脖欧美赚爆万亿 The rating just came in! [Reborn entrepreneurial story, building up industry, no System, slow burn, with sound business-war logic] Back in 1993, Su Lei makes his first fortune reselling pagers. He makes a killing worldwide with electronic pets, rapidly builds his business, catches up with Motorola and Intel, and establishes a foothold in the semiconductor chip industry. During the 1997 financial crisis, he fends off international speculators and buys up undervalued assets in Japan and South Kore 11kReads7.0Score87914d adds
- 26 From the Start, I Lost My Property Deed, But Unexpectedly Became the Richest Man 开局输掉房产证，却意外成了首富 [Urban + reborn + daily life + one heroine + entrepreneurship + border trading + period setting + building wealth] Yu Feng, who once commanded assets worth hundreds of billions, is reborn in 1999. Back then, he was destitute, addicted to alcohol and gambling, and his wife and daughter died because of him, leaving him consumed by regret. Now reborn, he unexpectedly gains the Fortune and Misfortune System, which lets him see other people's current luck. Watch as he uses the System and the foresigh 513Reads8.2Score10814d adds
- 27 Reborn: I Made Billions with a Quantitative Trading Program 重生，我靠量化程序赚了几百亿 Volume One, “Food Delivery Platform,” follows Wang Shuo as he starts the Weitu Food Delivery platform on campus and earns nearly 500 million. Volume Two, “Conquering the Stock Market,” follows Wang Shuo as he creates a quantitative trading program and makes tens of billions in China’s A-share market. He then reaps huge profits from international investors in the U.S. stock market, earning hundreds of billions of dollars. Volume Three, “Business Empire,” follows Wang Shuo as he founds three major 1.1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Reborn: The God-Tier Investor 重生之神级投资 Lin Feng, a 21st-century securities analyst, is reborn in 1998. The Asian financial crisis is raging, and China's economy has hit a low point. This is the year before Jack Ma founded Alibaba. Pony Ma is selling pirated game cards in Huaqiangbei, while Brother Qiang is selling CDs in Zhongguancun. Mobile phones are luxury goods, everyone wears a pager on their belt, and the internet age has yet to truly arrive. The hand of fate pushes Lin Feng to the forefront of the times. Drawing on memories of 179Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 29 The Road to Becoming a Tycoon Begins with Working in Reborn Singapore 首富从重生新加坡打工开始 A senior white-collar worker from the city unexpectedly returns to 1994, to his days working overseas in Singapore. He suddenly realizes that he’s on the eve of an era about to sweep across the world, with opportunities everywhere and a royal flush in his hand! He had planned to make his first fortune in women’s lingerie, but never expected it to come from one of his own pillowcases. He also runs headlong into a wealthy Nanyang Peranakan family and gets caught up in an ambiguously romantic story 49Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 30 A Monthly Salary of 4,000, Yet I Can Still Invest a Trillion in New Energy 月薪四千，不耽误我投万亿新能源 The good news: I got fifty billion from the start. The bad news: my monthly salary is 4,100. The good news: my salary goes up when my hometown’s GDP grows. The bad news: my hometown’s industries are in decline, and its talent is leaving in droves. Chen Mo bound himself to the Hometown Revitalization System and got a fifty-billion-yuan dream start. But the money could only be spent on developing his hometown, while he himself was stuck with a pitiful salary. His monthly pay would rise only if his 53.5kReads7.5Score3.5k14d adds
- 31 You Want Me to Take the Fall? Take This Slap Instead 要我顶罪，反手一个大逼斗 [No System + Streetwise Troublemaker + Ruthless Tough Guy + One Female Lead...] Wang Xun, an ordinary young man, returns to the year 2000. He is just seventeen and a half, has dropped out of school, and has been poisoned by gangster movies. Full of youthful passion, he sets out to make a name for himself in the underworld. He puts brotherhood first, would take a knife for his good friends, and isn’t afraid to fight! After being persuaded by his biased grandfather and others, he is about to take 409Reads7.3Score10414d adds
- 32 Reborn in 2005: I Built a Bubble Tea Empire 重生零五，我靠奶茶创业封神 After being reborn, Lin Wan goes from a milk tea shop worker whose wages are withheld to the Milk Tea Queen, a goddess of capital who controls a trillion-yuan conglomerate. On the streets of Guangzhou in 2005, no one knows what an enormous consumer market is hidden in that cup of milk tea, let alone that her mind holds the fate of capital over the next twenty years. Watch her turn the tables against the odds, then ride the wave to success. 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Reborn: Phoenix Rising in 2007 重生涅槃2007 [Non-System Rebirth Power Fantasy] Reborn by accident in 2007, Wang Long sets out on a new life, rising from the ashes. His journey brings the innocence and passion of college life, the confusion and anxiety of city living, the heartbreak and bitter tears of the stock market, and the deception and strategy of the business world. Watch him overcome every obstacle, build a business empire, and become a titan of finance. 1.9kReads8.5Score19414d adds
- 34 Reborn in 2008: From Selling Melons to Business Mogul 重生08：从卖瓜到创业大佬 Chen Wei unexpectedly returned to the day he had to submit his college entrance exam applications! This time, armed with more than a decade of memories from the future, he was ready to go all out! With the ultimate playbook for seizing the opportunities of the era in hand, he started out selling melons in the fields, then made his first fortune with creative marketing, igniting the fuse for his comeback! He went all in on Bitcoin in its early days, claimed his place in e-commerce as it rose, 306Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Back to 1990: This Time, I’m Flipping the Table 回到1990，我这次要掀桌子 After dying from overwork at 50, office worker Lin Xiangdong opened his eyes to find himself back on the day he failed the college entrance exam at 18! In his previous life, he went to work in a factory, tightening screws. He fell behind the times, missed out on his childhood sweetheart, and lived with regrets. In this life, his mind is filled with the secrets to making a fortune over the next thirty years! While his classmates are scrambling for secure jobs, he invests everything he has and res 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Reborn in 1995: I Have a Fortune of Billions to Inherit 重生95，我有亿万家产要继承 (Both leads are reborn + real-world industry + multiple heroines + no System + not a wish-fulfillment story + slow burn) Jin Yang, born into a wealthy family, was raised by his parents to live frugally. He has little ambition and is better at preserving what he has than making progress. When his childhood sweetheart is humiliated and takes her own life, and foreign capital moves to encircle his company, he is powerless to fight back and can only retreat again and again. Reborn, Jin Yang naturall 11Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 37 Reborn in 1993: After Prison, I Became Filthy Rich 重生1993，出狱后我壕无人性 The low-profile billionaire Chen Dong returns to 1993, reborn one month before his release from prison. After getting out, branded a “gangster” and an “ex-con,” he plunges back into the world of business. With his far-sighted vision and wealth of life experience, he builds an entirely new business empire. He was already rich in his previous life, but this time he’s even more outrageously wealthy. If I want someone, I’ll shower her with money. If I don’t like someone, I’ll pay others to beat him 18.8kReads8.6Score1.1k14d adds
- 38 The Meaning of My Rebirth Is to Make Money and Pick Up Women 我重生的意义，就是挣钱泡妞 [No System + Multiple Heroines + Complex Human Nature + Power Struggles + Feuding Elite Families] Xu Honglei returns to the time just after the college entrance exam. From the start, he snatches his enemy’s crush from under his nose, stands up to the rival who bullied him back then, tears into his two-faced relatives, and steals a good girl away from a punk. Then he puts his memories from his previous life to good use and focuses on making money, making money, making money... This time, his goal 13.5kReads8.3Score1.3k14d adds
- 39 Reborn in 2004: Reshaping China's Business World 重生到2004年，重写中国商圈 [Reborn + No System + E-Commerce + Internet + High Tech + All Kinds of Startups] [All Kinds of Business Wars] His company was losing money, and a sham divorce turned into a real one. The house, car, and assets were all transferred to his wife, and he even discovered that the two children he’d raised for over a decade weren’t his. At forty-four, Ye Bufan couldn’t accept the truth. After dragging his wife to her death with him, he woke up reborn twenty years in the past. Though he has to start his 263Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 40 Reborn by Chance, I Seize the Moment and Live the Good Life 意外重生，踩住风口过惬意人生 Main characters: Lin Feng, Ye Yao After failing at business and in his marriage, Lin Feng became a hapless fool raising another man’s son. One night, after drinking himself into a stupor with his buddies, he returned to the carefree days of 2014. He was eighteen that year and had yet to meet the person who would drag him to rock bottom. It seemed that everything still lay ahead of him. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 The Golden Age Against the Tide 逆流黄金年代 Reborn in 2000, Lin Xiaolei finds that real estate has yet to take off, the internet has just weathered a downturn, and the retail industry is only getting started. As the tide of the times rolls in, what will he choose? Lin Xiaolei says, “I want to make money.” “And after you’ve made money?” “Make even more money.” “What do you need all that money for?” “Make money with money...” 2.7kReads8.2Score16814d adds
- 42 Now That We're Reborn, Who'd Still Start a Business! 都重生了谁还创业啊！ [Reborn + entrepreneurship + everyday life + campus beauty + making up for past regrets] [The first 200,000 words are slow-paced and slice-of-life. If that's not your thing, feel free to skip ahead to Chapter 100!~] As the saying goes: “A simp can simp and simp, only to end up with nothing!” In his past life, Yu Chengjiang was exactly that kind of guy. After his startup took off, his campus-beauty wife betrayed him, driving his company into bankruptcy and saddling him with millions in debt. Back 241Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Twenty Years Ahead of the Curve: The Loneliness of a Business Mogul 超前二十年眼光，商业巨头多寂寞 Lin Zhicao was a senior programmer at Goose Factory, but he unexpectedly gets reborn in 1998. Armed with internet technology and information far ahead of its time, he plans to start his own business in this life, acquire his former employer, Penguin, and build it into the leading internet company in China, chatting and joking with the industry bigwigs. Lin Zhicao: Lei Busi, hello. How do you make a pig fly? Lin Zhicao: Hello, Jack Ma! Are you interested in money? What a coincidence, I’m not inte 786Reads6.5Score10914d adds
- 44 Reborn: The Business Empire of the Old Yuan Family 重生之老袁家的商业帝国 Reborn, he discovers that his father actually came back several years earlier. His father has laid a decent foundation. With no System and no golden finger, if he wants to lie flat, he’ll first need to build up the family’s assets. He’ll farm diligently and earn money honestly. Due to review requirements, Chapter 2 appears after Chapter 42. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause while reading. 767Reads6.9Score10214d adds
- 45 Reborn: Against the Tide of the Times, I Build a Trillion-Yuan Empire 重生：逆流时代，我打造千亿帝国 [Rebirth + business wars + period setting + satisfying power fantasy + officialdom + schemes + decisive and ruthless] Reborn in the best of times, Lin Hao gets a second chance at life in the 1990s. In his previous life, his family was destroyed and he wasted his whole life chasing an empty dream. This time, the road to success lies right before him. Starting with a livestock farm, he will rise to the pinnacle of power and build a trillion-yuan dynasty! Fast-paced and all about making money, wi 180Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 46 After Being Reborn, I No Longer Love Deeply, Just Sample and Move On 重生之后，我深情不再，浅尝辄止 [No System, multiple women, business warfare and strategy, with an ordinary protagonist] A word of warning: This story has no lottery wins, stock market windfalls, or Bitcoin. The protagonist works hard for every penny he earns. If you want a brainless domineering CEO or a story focused on one heroine and endless romantic push-and-pull, please don't read this. I'm begging you. If you really can't resist, just sneak in quietly, then sneak back out. The general premise: Things go horribly wrong fr 1.7kReads8.4Score10514d adds
- 47 With a System in Hand, I Became the Founder of a Financial Empire 手握系统，我成了财阀帝国创始人 [Entrepreneurship + Data Panel + Everyday Life + No Face-Slapping + A Female Lead Appears Later, Read at Your Own Discretion!] From the start: An orphan takes out a loan to start a business. The ending: I become the founder of a world-class financial empire. Sequel: To be determined… 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Reborn in 2003: Building My Internet Empire 重生零三：打造我的互联网帝国 [Reborn business saga + web fiction writer + internet tycoon + iron-fisted tactics] Why would a public servant, after being reborn, plot to kill his own parents? After his rebirth, he not only befriends all kinds of business magnates and celebrities, including Jia Ling, Lei Jun, Ma Huateng, and Stephen Chow... He also goes head-to-head with Qidian novels and Penguin Company, bringing classic business battles back to life! First he submits a novel for publication, then he launches a web fiction p 418Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 49 Reborn: Living an Ordinary Life Is Nothing to Be Ashamed Of 重生平淡不丢人 A wrongfully imprisoned former bank executive meets Song Daoran, a Taoist priest, and together they are reborn in 1989. They trade stocks, pursue love, offer advice, and build a business. Life is tranquil but never dull, leisurely yet prosperous. In stillness, he brings peace to his family; in action, he benefits his friends. 74Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Winds Rise in the Capital, Just as Late Tang Blooms 京华风起，恰逢晚棠 "The thrills: A comeback from the depths of startup hell / A powerful female investor pursues him / A one-night stand turns into a business marriage alliance / From nothing to Series A in thirty-three days / Copy my algorithm, and I'll buy your entire market" On a Beijing CBD rooftop, he clutched 320 yuan in his palm until it was slick with sweat. His boundless retail venture, the supply-chain system he'd sacrificed his youth to build, had been gutted by investors, abandoned by his partner, and —Reads—Score57914d adds
