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- 1 Reborn Youth: Building a Tech Empire 重生韶华：打造科技帝国 Reborn in his second year of high school, he applies to the youth program at the University of Science and Technology of China, accidentally becomes the top scorer in his province, and starts a tech company. From betting on soccer and copying futures trades to making phones and launching satellites, he sweeps all before him and goes into full overdrive, building his own tech empire and helping Chinese technology take off... 186Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 2 Reborn in 2010: Father of the Mobile Internet 重生2010之移动互联网之父 One moment he was asleep; the next, he discovered he’d gone back to his senior year of high school, just as the mobile internet was about to take off in 2010! Since he had been reborn, he’d do something truly earth-shattering: build his own mobile internet empire and trample every business empire in the world beneath his feet! 46Reads6.7Score814d adds
- 3 Reborn in 2005: Conquering the Business World Without Regrets 重生2005：纵横商界无悔人生 At thirty, Mu Yan is the youngest sales general manager at a tech giant. On the night he closes a fifty-million-yuan deal, a car accident sends him back to 2005, to that summer when he was fifteen. From the cutthroat world of business banquets to a high school classroom piled with exam papers, he discovers that he has not only brought back fifteen years of future memories, but also a deep sense of guilt toward his family and the life he has lived. In this life, he has the foresight of someone wh 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 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 277Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 5 Reborn: The Tech Empire 重生之科技帝国 Reborn in 2003, back when Penguin wasn’t yet a behemoth and China’s internet companies hadn’t gone through their wild-growth phase. Li Jin is a genius from the future. Let’s see how he takes the world by storm. (This book requires you to check your brain at the door. If you curse me out, you’re right to.) 2Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 6 Becoming a Super Rich Man Starting in College 从大学开始，成为超级富豪 Back in 2005, the internet was entering a golden age, and the protagonist hoped to claim the most delicious slice of the pie. Starting with Renren, he ventures into movies, phones, games, investments, entertainment, e-commerce, new energy, drones... From the internet to manufacturing, from the internet to showbiz, he builds his fortune while enjoying life. Watch as the protagonist gradually becomes a business magnate. 441Reads—Score10014d adds
- 7 Reborn: The Entrepreneurial Life 重生之创业人生 Early 2003. Taobao had yet to be founded, Xiaomi was nowhere to be seen, housing prices were still within reach, and every industry was thriving... With memories of the future, Chen Ping returned to 2003, a year when gold seemed to lie everywhere. 129Reads6.8Score2614d adds
- 8 I’m a Billionaire, So What’s Wrong With Being a Little Scummy? 我一个首富，渣一点不过分吧 3.5kReads8.5Score25614d adds
- 9 Reborn: Is Making a Trillion No Problem? 重生赚个一万亿没问题吧？ Li Zongliang was an ordinary man who became a stock market sucker in hopes of getting rich. After being fleeced time and time again, he finally saw the light. By a stroke of luck, he got in on a hot stock and earned his first fortune, turning his life around. He thrived in the stock market and succeeded in business, building up assets worth tens of millions in a short time. But before he could enjoy his life, he unexpectedly became reborn as a miserable high school student. With memories from mo 87Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 10 Reborn in 2000: From Couch Potato to Business Tycoon 重生2000：咸鱼翻身变首富 [Also known as: Fortune That Reaches the Heavens] Awakening one day, Feng Qingyun returns to twenty years ago. After a previous life of poverty, despair, and being bullied by everyone, he swears that this time he will shake up the business world and rise to its very peak! 139Reads8.2Score3314d adds
- 11 Reborn: Making Money Is the Right Way 重生，搞钱才是正道 [Business and stocks] [Period] [No System] [Campus entrepreneurship] [Revenge] [Lighthearted comedy] The protagonist, Chen Ze, is reborn in 2010, just after the college entrance exams. He confesses to the goddess he’s pursued for three years, only to be rejected. In a fit of anger, he cuts ties with her. She asks him to pursue her for another two years, but he refuses outright, saying, “I’ve lost interest in romance. Making money is the only fun in my life.” Next, he borrows from loan sharks and 5.1kReads7.8Score26614d adds
- 12 Reborn at 14: A Fintech Tycoon 重生14，金融科技神豪 After Wang Gan broke his leg while delivering food, he was reborn in 2014, back in his college days. He made his first fortune starting with the World Cup, then invested in finance and technology, becoming a top tycoon. He spends money like water: a real-world god of wealth. 16.3kReads6.2Score1.1k14d adds
- 13 Now That I've Been Reborn, Who'd Still Be a Simp?! 都重生了，谁还做舔狗啊！ [Reborn + no System + making money + entrepreneurship] Reborn in 2008, Luo Tian refuses to be a lovesick doormat and uses his knowledge of the future to buy stocks, start companies, and stockpile properties. He only wants to earn enough for retirement, then settle down somewhere scenic and lie flat for the rest of his life. But then the second-generation rich kids of the capital throw their weight around. They treat him like a cash cow, threaten and intimidate him, and try to buy his company at 1.4kReads8.5Score10314d adds
- 14 Reborn in 1992: Business Empire 重生九二之商业帝国 In his previous life, someone framed his family's soda factory and drove it into bankruptcy. His father couldn't bear the crushing debt and jumped from the rooftop. His mother was overcome with grief and soon passed away as well. Amid a series of tragedies, he sank deeper and deeper into despair. Now, heaven has given him a chance to be reborn. He swears to change everything, make a name for himself, and get revenge! And so, his rise begins with ten thousand yuan... 47Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 15 Reborn as a Financial Power Player 重生之金融大玩家 In his previous life, he was the good-for-nothing his classmates mocked, a hapless stock-market sucker, and even his first love became his enemy's plaything. After being unexpectedly reborn, Cao Yi decided to cherish every second of his life and build a financial empire of his own! What? You say he has a few too many female confidantes? No worries. Your bro is full of energy. I can handle it... 34Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 16 Reborn, I Built a Business Empire 重活一世，我铸就商业帝国 Lu Chen, who once owned a company worth tens of billions, dies with regrets and is reborn in his second year of high school in 2007. In his previous life, he wasted his youth, lost both his parents, and spent his whole life missing his chance to be with Shu Qingwan. Now reborn with twenty years of memories of the future, Lu Chen throws himself into his studies to get into a top university, seizes the internet boom, and gets ahead of the curve by investing in social media, short videos, and socia 117Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 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 402Reads7.3Score10414d adds
- 18 Reborn During the Stock Market Crash: Don't Panic, It's No Big Deal 重生股灾爆仓时？不要慌问题不大 (Urban slice of life + rebirth + finance + making money + no System or golden finger) Lin Yiming worked hard for half his life, yet achieved nothing. He couldn't afford a home or the bride price... An accident gave him the chance to start over. But when he got another life, he found himself back at the moment the stock market crashed and his account was wiped out. He was starting out in debt? Now that he was reborn, there was no need to panic. It was no big deal. This time, he would start by goi 1.9kReads6.9Score10614d adds
- 19 Building a Business Empire, Starting with an Internet Cafe 从网吧开始打造商业帝国 Reborn in 1998, he builds an internet empire and creates a global conglomerate. In the internet age, Lin Yu starts out in an internet cafe. He develops chat software, video and music platforms, builds a closed-loop e-commerce ecosystem, and monopolizes online traffic. In the mobile age, he creates smartphones, develops his own operating system, and launches ride-hailing and food delivery services, crushing the competition with a technological leap. In the age of intelligence, he branches into 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Reborn as a God-Tier Investor 重生之神级投资 They say even a pig can fly when it catches the wind! Reborn at the dawn of the 2014 boom, Chang Dong vows to soar like a dragon and phoenix and revel in wealth and luxury! 2.7kReads7.8Score11514d adds
- 21 Reborn in 1988: Starting a Business 重生1988开始创业 Reborn at eight years old, he's too young to change his fate by any means other than selling popsicles. From then on, money rolls in as he leads his family to prosperity, makes powerful friends, and rises to the top. Packed with nostalgic period flavor. If you love the vibe of the 1980s, come on in. 196Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 22 Reborn: From the Start, I Made a Billion Yuan in One Go 重生之开局狂赚一百亿 Lu Yongping lived an unremarkable life. Reborn, he decided to make his second life shine in a whole new way. He returned to the moment the 2010 college entrance exams ended. His extraordinary life officially began. He snapped up a place at a top-tier university and won big on the World Cup lottery. He bought shares in companies that would later become industry giants. He helped major electric vehicle makers enter China ahead of schedule and made their patents open source. He invested early in ch 350Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 23 Reborn: From 1997 to the World's Richest Man! 重生：从1997到世界首富！ He wakes up in 1997, back in his university days, and is forced to inherit the family business from the start? Huang Bufan says: “Sounds pretty good! I'll just take everyone else's path and leave them with nowhere to go!” Snatch opportunities right from under the noses of international speculators and strike back at them? Become Hong Kong's youngest billionaire? With the advantage of knowing what's coming, accidentally become the richest person in the world? Huang Bufan: “I want to keep a low pr 86Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 24 From Starting with Nothing to Becoming a Global Oligarch 从白手起家到世界寡头 [Tech startups + beauties galore] After graduating from college, Lu Feng is humiliated by his future mother-in-law and awakens the Entrepreneurship System. Qingyun skincare products whiten skin and smooth wrinkles, taking the world by storm and winning the devotion of billions of women. His cancer drug hits the market, solving a major challenge in medicine and astonishing the world. His superpower battery makes its debut, ushering the auto industry into the age of new energy vehicles. Artificial 2.8kReads8.1Score18614d adds
- 25 Reborn in 1999: I Won't Be a Doormat Anymore 重生99年：我不想再当老实人了 [No System] The protagonist earns his money through hard work and the abilities he developed in his previous life. It doesn’t simply fall from the sky, and he spends it wisely rather than recklessly. [Multiple Women] The protagonist is an ordinary man. He won’t actively try to have two relationships at once, but he doesn’t want to leave regrets in his life again, either. Even if these women are only passing through his life, they will still be beautiful parts of his memories. [The Protagonist’s 5.4kReads8.2Score26814d adds
- 26 Reborn to Control My Fate 重生之掌控命运 (A low-key feel-good story + reborn, with flirtation but no romance + investing across various fields + a very slow burn!) After ten years of failed stock market investments, he was saddled with enormous debts and lost both his marriage and his parents' support. After jumping to his death in despair, he miraculously woke up fifteen years earlier, back in his college days in 2009. Faced with a second chance at life, Chen Xing resolved not to repeat his past mistakes. He would rely on his previous 10Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 27 Reborn: I Become a Financial Tycoon Starting With the College Entrance Exam 重生：从高考开始当金融大亨 [Finance + Technology + Mobile Internet + Business Empire + Getting Rich] Reborn in 2009, I’d be letting my second chance go to waste if I didn’t become a world-class big shot! Step one: study hard, become the top scorer, and get into a good school. The scholarship will be my first pot of gold, and my future college classmates will be invaluable connections! Step two: use my advantage as someone reborn to steal other people’s ideas and leave them with nowhere to go. I just didn’t mean to take th 786Reads7.0Score10414d adds
- 28 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...” 2.8kReads8.2Score16914d adds
- 29 Global Capitalist: I Became the Richest Man Starting in College 全球资本家：从大学开始当首富 Urban rebirth + business strategy + financial investment + tech entrepreneurship + showbiz + a sharp-minded protagonist Reborn in 2014, Ye Feng gets rear-ended by superstar Yang Mi, giving him his first fortune and setting him on the path to becoming a global capitalist! That year: Domestic smartphone makers were just getting started; the food delivery industry was ablaze with competition; the ride-hailing market was rife with fierce rivalry; short-video giants were mired in copyright crises. Th 110Reads7.9Score—14d adds
- 30 Reborn in 1995: Building the World's No. 1 Village 重生95，打造全球第一村 [Reborn] + [Rise to success in a bygone era] + [Business warfare] + [Pure exhilaration] + [Family redemption] A lonely, ailing Lin Ye dies in a foreign land... When he opens his eyes again, it's 1995! In his previous life, he was a wealthy bachelor worth billions, with no family member by his bedside when he died. This time, he returns to May 19, 1995. Tonight, his beloved second older sister will drink pesticide! Lin Ye dashes out of the classroom, racing against time to stop the tragedy that h 1Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 31 Reborn: I Really Don't Want to Make Money 重生：我真的不想挣钱 In his previous life, he was a high-level corporate drone. After a family crisis and his wife’s betrayal, he finally dropped dead on the job from overwork. When he opened his eyes again, he was back on the day before the 2010 college entrance exams, and his life on easy mode began. The stock market, the internet, technology: he left his mark in every field. Top student, stock-market genius, richest man: those were only a few of his many titles. In an interview, he was asked, “Mr. Chen, why are y 5.7kReads8.1Score38014d adds
- 32 Reborn in 2010: I Kept a Low Profile and Became the World's Richest Man 重生2010，我苟成了世界首富 Urban rebirth + business strategy + financial investment + tech startups + showbiz + an intelligent protagonist Reborn in 2010, Ye Feng uses his ability to predict the future to make money during the World Cup... Well, he doesn't make a fortune from the World Cup, but he earns enough to get started. He uses the big money to get in with influential people! That year: Bitcoin was still unknown to most people, Tesla had just gone public, food delivery was only beginning to take shape, and even the 4.2kReads7.3Score22814d adds
- 33 Reborn: Misappropriating Tuition to Trade Stocks, Earning a Trillion 重生：从挪用学费炒股，爆赚万亿 Wang Hao is an ordinary finance worker who has repeatedly hit a wall in the stock, futures, foreign exchange, and cryptocurrency markets, suffering loss after loss. Then, while saving someone in an unexpected accident, he is hit by a car and reborn with his memories intact in 2013, back when he was still a student. Even more miraculously, he gains a mysterious financial System. Facing a year that feels both familiar and strange, Wang Hao is filled with excitement and anticipation. He knows this 4.9kReads7.9Score33614d adds
- 34 Reborn to Start a Business? I Need to Date, Too 重生创业？恋爱也要谈谈啊 [No System + slow burn + entrepreneurship + industry + internet] Su Yi wakes up one morning back in 2007, at the dawn of China’s economic boom. Starting with a tiny shop, he acquires McDonald’s and KFC, invests in internet businesses, and gets ahead of the curve in a range of industries. He builds a business empire and a powerful network of connections, making his mark in restaurants, the internet, new energy, hotels, automobiles, and more. When he ventures overseas to go public, he faces a sieg 16.8kReads7.9Score99014d adds
- 35 Reborn in 2013: Building a Business Empire 重生2013打造商业帝国 A CCTV Finance host interviewed Chen Bin of Dongfeng Group. “Mr. Chen, as an outstanding Party member, distinguished entrepreneur, and investor, did you ever imagine you’d one day found such an enormous corporate empire?” “No. I’m not interested in money. I just wanted to run a small business and do something practical,” Chen Bin said earnestly with a shrug. “Dongfeng Food Delivery becoming the undisputed leader was completely unexpected. I only wanted to make life more convenient. I never imagi 5.3kReads7.4Score24514d adds
- 36 Comeback in 1990 逆袭1990 Chen Dong wakes up to find himself reborn in 1990, a year when gold seems to lie everywhere. Haunted by regrets from his past life, he starts out selling tea eggs... The financial crisis, the oil crisis, the food crisis... Through one black swan event after another, Chen Dong turns the tables and surges ahead. He uses the very weapon his enemies know best, capital, to show everyone: The dragon of the East has awakened! 2.1kReads8.2Score16014d adds
- 37 Reborn in 2003: Ruling the Tech World with Intelligence 重生2003：智霸科技界 (Slow-paced + urban slice of life + entrepreneurship + technology) After spending five years fawning over his goddess, Ye Yunzhou’s heart shatters when he sees her fawning over another man in his Maybach. Reborn on the eve of the college entrance exam, he finds that everything has changed. The goddess he used to fawn over? Get lost. He needs to make up for all the regrets he left behind in his previous life. Before he knows it, he’s made things a little too big. At a certain summit. Host: Up nex 86Reads6.9Score12014d adds
- 38 Reborn in Hong Kong: The Rise of a Tycoon 重生香江之财阀的诞生 [Reborn in Harbor City + Business + Entertainment + Beautiful Stars] In 2024, a middle-aged lifelong bachelor is reborn in 1980s Harbor City, China, as the son of a business legend! From then on, he lives a life of reckless indulgence. He is an entertainment mogul, a tech tycoon, and a financial titan. This is the story of how he parties his way to becoming the richest man in the world! 11.2kReads7.7Score53214d adds
- 39 Reborn in 2013: Starting a Tycoon's Life 重生2013开始土豪人生 After losing money in the stock market, Zhang Yang transmigrates back to 2013 and unexpectedly gains a golden finger for stock trading. He begins the most realistic battle in the capital markets, founding a real estate company, developing lithography machines, and sweeping aside international financial giants. From then on, he starts living the life of a tycoon. (This book gets off to a somewhat slow start, but the story is definitely worth looking forward to.) 5.4kReads7.9Score30614d adds
- 40 Reborn in 2006: Building a Super Conglomerate 重生2006，创建超级财团 [Finance + internet + energy + technology] An Xin had spent more than a decade in the capital markets. After a wild party, he inexplicably found himself reborn in 2006! He takes every step with care, builds a solid foundation, and plans for the long term, eventually creating a super-conglomerate. [The focus is on delivering both excitement and a story that follows the basic logic of everyday life and how capital works.] 10.9kReads8.7Score69214d adds
- 41 Urban Rebirth: Once a Simp, Now a King 都市重生：昔日舔狗今日称王 [Multiple heroines + entrepreneurship + sweet romance + no System + school life + reborn + campus belle + feel-good story] “Qian Shuai, are you messing with me? Didn't you just get paid? Where's the money? Why haven't you sent it to me yet?” “You know my mom was sick a while ago, so I sent my salary to her.” “You sent the money to your mom? What were you thinking? How are we supposed to live like this? The new iPhone is coming out in a few days.” “You lousy coder. You only make 30,000 a month. A —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Reborn: Financial Empire 重生之金融帝国 Back to 2009, with a System to lend a hand. A slice-of-life story about stocks, futures, and business. This is the ultimate feel-good novel, though I'll do my best to keep it grounded and close to reality. Brothers, let's explore the real world of wealth together! 1.4kReads8.0Score10014d adds
- 43 Back to 2006: Becoming the God of Investing 重返2006，成为投资之神 Qin Feng returns to his college days. He earns his first fortune by investing in stocks. With his foresight, he turns the financial world upside down. He orchestrates the subprime mortgage crisis, reshaping the global financial order. He revives the lithography industry and turns the tide. He gets ahead of the curve in new energy, overtakes rivals on the bend, and completely frees the country from dependence on oil. On his own, Qin Feng ushers in the age of intelligence, monopolizes cutting-edge 6.3kReads8.5Score41214d adds
- 44 No Money to Trade Stocks? Taking Out a Few Billion in Online Loans Seems Reasonable 没钱炒股？借亿点网贷很合理吧 Chen Fan was reborn in the summer of 2015. In his previous life, he had failed the college entrance exam and could only go work on an assembly line. This time, he was going to defy fate and change his life. It was the height of the stock market boom, and despite having no capital, he spotted an opportunity. “Can't afford to buy stocks? Borrowing just a little money should be perfectly reasonable, right?” So he led a group of friends who had also failed the exam into borrowing money to invest 3.9kReads8.3Score23514d adds
- 45 The World's Richest Man: Reborn in 1999 世界首富之重生1999 Tang Feng is reborn in 1999! He sets himself a modest goal: start by conquering the world and locking the West out of advanced technology! Years later, Tang Feng stands at the top of the world, bearing countless titles. Stock god! God of venture capital! Huaguo's greatest philanthropist! The world's top banker! God of business! The richest and most influential man in the world! 12.1kReads8.5Score82314d adds
- 46 Reborn: Hualong Invades the World, Starting with Mining 重生：华龙入侵全球从开矿开始 Xiao Yao is reborn in 1997, just as the mining industry begins to take off in northern China. With greedy outsiders eyeing his family’s property, he starts by selling bowls, then secures a gold mine, moves into iron ore, and establishes Hualong Mining, driving his enemies to the brink of ruin. The vast wealth of information from the future becomes his winning edge as he rises. Before anyone notices, he becomes the world’s largest investor. He invests in the internet giants, the Two Ma, ahead of 6.5kReads8.5Score34914d adds
- 47 I Made Ten Billion from Stocks from the Start, and the Beautiful Bank President Came on to Me 开局炒股赚百亿，美女行长来倒贴 A year after being reborn, Zhang Yang decisively drops out of school to trade stocks so he won’t miss his chance to earn his first fortune! A year later, thanks to the massive bull market from 2014 to 2015, he has amassed a net worth of tens of billions! His parents urge him to go on a blind date. A girl from his village who only finished elementary school and works at a clothing factory immediately says, “If you want to marry me, you’ll have to let me look after your bank cards from now on!” 8.2kReads8.4Score55214d adds
- 48 Reborn in 2008: I Used Black Technology to Remake the World 重生08，我用黑科技魔改世界 [Rebirth + cutting-edge technology + business warfare + one (or two) heroines + wish fulfillment] In his previous life, he was the chief architect of the nation’s heavy industry. He worked himself to death developing the “Transcendent Computing Core.” When he opened his eyes again, Shen Feng had returned to 2008, an era of wild ambition and gold on every street corner. Even more incredible, the chip implanted in his brain, “Maple Leaf,” had come back with him! Starting out in a rundown attic in —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Reborn in Hong Kong: From the Start, I Borrow a Hundred Billion from It 重生港岛，开局先借它个一百个亿 Reborn on Hong Kong Island, with a father who is still a tycoon on equal footing with the Ship King and the richest Chinese man. What could be better? But when Chen Long heard that his company had created a “wealth miracle” with Carrian, he froze. Because 1983 was the final year before the Carrian business empire collapsed. “Dad, while you’re still alive, how about borrowing another ten billion?” 5.2kReads8.8Score32614d adds
- 50 You're Reborn, So Why Are You Still Living Off Women? 你都重生了，还要吃软饭？ Reborn in 2010, Lu Bai suddenly became the biggest jerk at Shencheng No. 1 High School that year. It was also the year the biggest con man in Chinese business showed up. “He said it himself. He said he’d never date, not even if he were a dog. Damn it, he’s the dog.” “Miss Chen, could you tell us the most memorable thing Mr. Lu ever said to you?” “He said, ‘We’re just business partners. We are now, and we always will be.’” “Uh, so are you two business partners in life now?” “Mr. Ma: He said he wa 27.7kReads8.0Score2.8k14d adds
