Novels like Back to 1991: Building a Business Empire
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- 1 Reborn in 2003: My Childhood Friend Is Stunning 重生03：我的青梅竹马太好看了 Billionaire Han Hui was involved in a car accident while negotiating a business deal and was reborn in his high school days. Now, facing the girl he once loved, can he finally make his dream of being with her come true? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 A Finance Veteran Returns to 2004 金融老炮重回2004年 I am truly sorry, dear readers! Starting next week, I’ll be moving to another department in my company to take charge as its head. This department requires frequent business trips. I’m in Chongqing on a work trip these days, and I often have to visit suburban areas and outlying counties to inspect project progress. I won’t have enough time to write. As a man in my forties, I have no ability to resist this kind of demand. All I can do is quietly bear it. With a family to support, I can’t wr —Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 3 The Business Road 商途 Han Feng is a businessman with a computer genius’s talent, and his arrival is sure to change the future. What makes people most curious isn’t his technology or tactics, but his character and composure in the face of change. He elevates business to the level of the “Way.” Why do so many business tycoons respect him so deeply? Why are so many beautiful women always by his side? How does he reach the heights without faltering, endure the depths without fading, and reclaim the throne without losing 6Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 4 Reborn in 1992: I Became a Godfather to the Powerful 重生1992：我给大佬当教父 (The early chapters are mostly setup, so please be patient. The exciting parts are yet to come!) When Chen Hao opens his eyes, he has returned to 1992. It's an age when gold seems to be lying everywhere. Deng Xiaoping's southern tour has just concluded, and the tide of reform and opening up is rising once again. Any industry could send you soaring to the pinnacle of success. Standing at the crest of this wave, Chen Hao looks down on everyone and ventures into every field, all for the most basic —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Reborn: From the Start, I'm a Dad, and My Son Is Actually Me 重生：开局当爸，儿子竟是我自己 Internet mogul Shen Yi unexpectedly returned to 1988. When he opened his eyes, he saw a cute little kid beside him and froze. What the hell? Wasn’t this five-year-old Shen Yi himself? Even more shocking, the man in the mirror was Shen Kaixuan, his useless father who had drunk himself to death years ago! Given a second chance at life, he swore to give little Shen Yi the lonely, miserable childhood he had missed out on! And he would rise to the pinnacle of power in this magnificent new era! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Back to 1990 重返：1990 When Wang Chaoyang opened his eyes, he was back in the summer of 1990. The domestic stock market was about to open, and the manufacturing sector was starting to take off. Jack Ma and Tony Ma had yet to make a name for themselves. Opportunities were everywhere, all waiting for him. Should he buy technology from the Bear Country and turn it into cash? Or invest safely and become a wealthy recluse? There were simply too many ways to reach the pinnacle of life. Wang Chaoyang admitted he was torn. Wa 465Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 7 My Stock Picks on Livestream Are Scarily Accurate, and Buffett Took Notice 直播荐股太准，我被芭菲特关注了 Jiang Hai transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a second-year graduate student. By chance, he binds himself to the strongest Stock God System, which lets him see the future movements of stock prices. As long as he helps others make money in the stock market, he can upgrade the System. Jiang Hai starts livestreaming stock tips! “Lanhua Co. will hit the daily limit tomorrow. If it doesn't, I'll livestream myself doing a handstand while taking a dump!” “Tonglan Technology will go from the d 40Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 From the Start, I Took a Huge Loss, Then Bought Trash Stocks and Made a Killing 开局爆亏，反买垃圾股涨停 This book also goes by titles such as: “Getting Rich by Trading Stocks Is So Hard,” “The Retail Investor’s Self-Cultivation,” “How Not to Get Burned by the Stock Market,” “Choosing Between Technical Analysis and Value Investing,” “How I Made Back My Money After Losing 80%,” “Cut Your Losses and Let Your Profits Run,” “Refusing to Be Part of the Stock Market Mob,” and “Stock Trading Is All About Luck, So Don’t Use Your Skill to Lose What Luck Earned You”... Readers watching Tie Kui’s stock-tradin 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 I’m Really So Sad 我真的好悲伤 Damn! I transmigrated? Did I die after getting impaled on a tree branch and turned into a human skewer? Kong Fusheng had made something of himself at a young age, becoming an executive at a major state-owned enterprise. Then one rainy night, after drinking himself senseless, he couldn’t stop vomiting and lost his balance. And then... he went headfirst into a roadside flower bed. When he woke up, he was back at the eve of the college entrance exams, with nothing to his name. Having to restart thi 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Reborn in 2005: This Time, I Want It All 重生2005：这一次我全都要 (Lighthearted + hilarious + no torture for the protagonist + solid logic + no mindless power fantasy) A billionaire is pushed off a cliff by his first love and wife, only to return to his freshman year of college. The pure-love warrior falls to his knees. In this life, faced with the internet boom, the revolution in the mobile phone market, the rise of pop music in the Chinese-speaking world, and the growth of the film and television industry, he makes his choice: he wants it all! He has many ti 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Back to 2013: My Teenage Years 重回2013，我的少年时代 After a car accident, Lin Chen is reborn in 2013 and embarks on a journey to build his business empire while returning to high school. Summer is still summer, but he is no longer the person he once was. Looking back over the years, he finds himself once more where the lights fade into the distance. 92Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Reborn: Building a Trillion-Dollar Empire 重生：再造千亿帝国 May you roam for half your life and return still young! Qin Chuan, a billionaire who spent half his life striving, is unexpectedly reborn in the 1990s as the young man he once was. Faced with two drafty mud-brick houses and a life of utter poverty, can he use the advantages of being reborn to make a comeback? Sigh! I have to start all over again. Still, the little wife that came with the deal is quite pretty. 518Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 13 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—Shelves
- 14 Reborn in 1991: Don't Let Me Down 重生91之不要负我 Ye Hai, a PhD and vice president, transmigrates from 2021 and is reborn in the body of his namesake during the 1991 college entrance exams. After a string of frustrating events, including an inexplicable breakup, he swears that everyone who wrongs him today will deeply regret it someday. So he leads his family and friends to fortune, starting with trade and finance before investing in industry. He buys planes, takes on the stock market, battles corrupt officials, captures spies, fights pirates, 1Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 15 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—Shelves
- 16 Reborn in 1998 重生1998 Lu Ze, who worked at a newspaper, woke up one day reborn in 1998. That year, Ma Huateng’s Tencent had just been founded, Ding Sanshi’s NetEase had just pivoted into portal websites, Baidu’s Robin Li was still working for someone else, Jack Ma had just experienced a failed venture and had yet to make his first fortune, and Liu Qiangdong was still selling CDs... That year, Jay Chou had just had his “Nunchucks” rejected by Zhang Huimei, My Fair Princess had taken the country by storm, and the mainl 860Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 17 Just Reborn, Back at My Wife and Child's Side 刚重生，回到老婆孩子身边 [Urban rebirth + devoted dad + repentant alcoholic + doting husband + building a fortune] Lin Tian was a drunk, a gambling addict, and a wastrel, but he had a wonderful wife. Every day, his good wife worked three jobs, only for Lin Tian to take all her earnings and lose them gambling. When their daughter was fifteen, she died of a terminal illness caused by malnutrition. His wife also passed away after a serious illness. Only then did Lin Tian finally realize how terribly he had wronged his wife 8Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 18 Reborn in 1986 重生1986 Li Lijuan lived an utterly ordinary life, but then she returned to her childhood. When she experienced all those things she hadn't understood back then all over again, she realized how much she had overlooked. Surely she could avoid at least some of those regrets this time. 593Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 19 I Asked You to Buy Steel, So Why Did You Buy an Aircraft Carrier? 让你采购钢铁，你却购买航母？ (Don't drop it just because of the opening. Everything you're hoping to see comes later...) A rich young heir transmigrates into the role of head of a steel procurement team. While figuring out how to complete his assignment, he gets a sudden inspiration and sets his sights on the Russian aircraft carrier! So Gu Cheng takes two hundred thousand US dollars to Russia and starts negotiating a deal for the carrier! A few months later, a giant ship appears on the country's coastline. The whole nation 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 The Greatest Basketball Player: But I Started Out as a Stock God 篮坛第一人：但开局是股神 Entering the NBA at an advanced age, Lin Su was teased by fans: if he couldn't make it as the team's mascot, he could always come back and become a stock-market genius. Lin Su smiled faintly. He had already earned the head coach's trust, and as long as he kept playing, he would only get stronger! He would take it one year at a time, steadily climbing to the top of both basketball and the stock market! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Reborn as a Capitalist Tycoon: No More Simping 重生资本巨鳄之不再做舔狗 Chen Mo was reborn with the next ten years of financial storms in his hands. Lehman Brothers' collapse, the European debt crisis, the Swiss franc black swan, Bitcoin rising from a few cents to 60,000... In this life, he'll take back everything he was owed in his past life, with interest. Are you ready, old friends on Wall Street? 114Reads—Score106Shelves
- 22 Reborn: Starting a Business in College 重生大学创业 A family will produce a child who brings prosperity within three generations. Relying on no ancestral fortune, they make their own way from nothing, ambitious and distinctive. Such heroes may be reserved in their early years, hesitate when making decisions, and avoid competing with others in daily life. But after weathering storms and trials in friendship, career, and love, they rise from the ashes like phoenixes and are reborn... 130Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 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! 54Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 24 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 52Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 25 Golden Years: Reborn in 1980 流金岁月之重生1980年 Synopsis: Not a brainless story... Technology... A satisfying read... Period setting... Strengthening the nation... Zhao Shengli, a man born in the 1990s, is in his thirties. In his workshop, he's assembling an irresistible little delight for any engineering guy: a desktop five-axis CNC milling machine! After finally finishing the assembly, he is so exhausted that he falls asleep on the workbench. When he wakes up, he's in 1980. Reborn in the body of a sixteen-year-old glutton and simpleton, he 33Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Tenfold Returns in a Year: The Secrets of A-Share Market Winners 一年十倍，A股牛股密码 I had a stroke of luck and a sudden revelation: I discovered the secret behind A-share market winners! What is the secret behind winning stocks? What's the scientific way to trade stocks? To answer these questions, I'll review nearly thirty years of real-world cases, including: Why are most people unsuited to stock trading? What does it take to trade stocks? Why do seven out of ten stock traders lose money, two break even, and only one make a profit? What's the real reason? How can you avoid the 67Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 27 Back to the Financial Era 重返金融时代 Chen Fei was a low-level employee in the investment industry. After his wife’s infidelity drove him to drink himself to death, he awoke in 2002, on the eve of his wedding. Heaven had given him another chance, and Chen Fei decided he would no longer be a spineless doormat. Instead, he would focus on his career. His memories of his past life contained countless major opportunities in the investment world, and Chen Fei seized them one by one with precision. Gifted with the ability to “see the futur 2Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 28 Reborn as the Greatest Retail Investor 重生之最牛散户 Qin Xun is reborn in 1997 and makes his moves in the futures market and sails the sea of stocks. He seizes every opportunity the times have to offer, and his wealth keeps growing like a snowball. Some call him the “Stock God.” But he says, “I'm just a retail investor! An ordinary retail investor!” —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Reborn: Back in 1987 to Become a Millionaire 重生：回到1987当富翁 Li Zhi unexpectedly arrives in 1987. His family has nothing, and they can't even scrape together enough money to buy meat for the New Year. His family of five is hungry and freezing, but with him around, there's nothing to fear. Give him seven days, and his family's life will be transformed beyond recognition. Then he fights his way to the top, taking on clothing, restaurants, real estate, automobiles, and high technology! With insight far ahead of his time, he builds his own business empire! In 114Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 30 Reborn: I Am the Stock God 重生：我就是股神 The stock market is a vast sea, filled with the greedy, the foolish, and the wise. “Talk about the stock market long enough, and it isn't tears you'll see, but blood!” “A crash is worse than divorce. You lose half your assets, but your wife is still there!” “The stock market magnifies human nature. Time your trades, manage risk, and stay consistent if you want a chance to win...” A professional fund manager is reborn in 1999, rising from retail investor to institutional player and finally to 45Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 31 Reborn: From Street Vendor to a Ten-Trillion-Yuan Tycoon 重生：从摆摊到十万亿首富 [Reborn in 1998 + business battles + grand strategy + no System + realistic] [Everything the protagonist does is part of his grand plan. Every villain is manipulated by him, and he never once suffers a setback passively.] Lin Fan, a trillionaire, is reborn at the age of nineteen, burdened with 100,000 yuan in debt. Starting with a street stall, he sets out to build his business empire all over again. He takes a stake in the biggest internet company and acquires the world's largest tech company. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 A Legend Rises 叱咤风云起 I’m a walking disaster, and I don’t know who my parents are. Luckily, I have my master and my friends. To break free from the chains of fate, I set out on a different path in life. There’s an old Chinese saying: “First comes fate, then fortune, then feng shui; fourth comes good deeds, fifth comes education; sixth is choosing a career, seventh a spouse; eighth is finding benefactors, and ninth is staying healthy.” The book Zengguang Xianwen says, “Everything is fated; not a bit of it is up to us. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 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—Shelves
- 34 Reborn as a Nobody 重生我是小人物 He inexplicably returns to 2005 and vows to work hard to earn lots and lots of money, give the woman he loves a good life, let his parents enjoy their golden years, and turn his company into an industry giant. Drawing on the memories in his mind, he makes his fortune in finance. He earns huge returns by investing in entertainment, then puts that money into real businesses. He leverages the IT industry to break into even more fields. He grows his company and takes it global, making it a source of 2Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 35 Reborn: A Life in the Ledger 重生流水账 Do you ever find yourself thinking, “Wouldn’t it be wonderful to be reborn?” What would you do? How would things go? What would you be able to do? If you’ve ever wondered, come see how an ordinary person, Xia Ge, lives freely after going back from age 26 to 19! (Please don’t flame me, thanks.) This is mostly everyday life, just as the title suggests. If that’s not your thing, proceed with caution. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 I Can See 24 Hours Into the Future, and I'm on Top of the World 预知24小时，我走上人生巅峰 On the day he graduated from high school, Zhao Dezhu, a poor young man, was beaten unconscious. His parents borrowed money to pay for his treatment, but because their family was so poor, no one was willing to lend them anything. Instead, they subjected his parents to the worst insults. What no one expected was that Zhao Dezhu awakened the ability to foresee the future in the accident. From then on, he began his mad dash to make money... 3.8kReads8.1Score389Shelves
- 37 I Rule the Stock Market 我在股市呼风唤雨 [Devoted Husband + Stock Market Whiz] Sun Chengdong, a young man from the countryside, struggles to make it in the city. By chance, he becomes a stock market prodigy and is riding high when disaster suddenly strikes... Can he rise again? Can he once more dominate the stock market? 58Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 38 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. 19Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 39 Reborn Stock God: Starting with the Ability to See Hidden Information 重生股神：从看见隐藏信息开始 A new story is out! Come read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 3Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 40 Reborn: Back to 2010 to Make Money 重生：回到2010搞钱 Wang Teng returns to 2010, just after the college entrance exams. From the start, his parents are getting divorced, so he promises to make money and turn things around. In less than a month, he makes a hundred million! “Wang Teng, let's go play games at the internet cafe.” “No time. I need to make money.” “Wang Teng, the campus beauty wants to hang out with you.” “What’s there to do? I need to make money.” While everyone else is still fretting over buying a home, he’s already bought up an entire 233Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 41 Reborn as a Real Estate Mogul 重生之地产王者 [The Ultimate Real Estate Novel] Guo Tao, a rookie at work, lost his girlfriend because he couldn't afford an apartment in Kyoto. When his company laid him off, he was so devastated that he chose to jump to his death. But when he woke up, he discovered that he had been reborn, back on the road to further education, just after graduating from middle school! Thus begins the story of a real estate tycoon on the rise. Guo Tao goes on to become the biggest property developer in the world. Buying home 302Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 From Ten Thousand to a Hundred Million: I Cracked the Stock Market Code 从一万到一亿：我撬动了股市密码 Yu Zitao, a fixture in the stock market, is mocked for living worse than a dog. Does stock trading really make no money? Does it mean living without dignity? Watch him turn ten thousand yuan into a fortune, step by winning step, and become a billionaire within a year. He'll revel in luxury and spend his fortune down to the last coin, until he's someone you can't even hope to reach! 70Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 43 1992: Dad Ran Off with the Money and His Mistress 1992：老爹带小三卷钱跑路了 Fang Ming should have been a rich second-generation heir, living a carefree life and envied by everyone. But fate played a cruel joke on him. His own father ran off with his mistress, leaving Fang Ming and his mother with a debt of 200,000 yuan. Back in 1992, Fang Ming has just one thing to say: 200,000? That’s nothing! —Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 44 Reborn in 1981: Making a Fortune on the Black Market 重生81从黑市开始发家致富 Reborn in 1981, he returns to the days that filled him with regret and anguish! This time, he’ll stand tall and overcome every obstacle! Facing the young wife who sheltered him from every storm in his previous life, yet never enjoyed a single day of happiness herself! Xue Chenggang swears to give her his whole heart and treat her right! Changing himself and making his wife happy: that is his goal! Even a billion-dollar contract can’t compare to Zhao Shuzhen saying she needs him! 540Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 45 Reborn in 2002: I Strike It Rich and Buy a Stake in Penguin 重生02：暴富后举牌企鹅 “The domain name and trademark have already been registered?” “Which company registered them?” “Future Investments?” Old Ma was surprised to hear that someone had registered the name he had racked his brains to come up with. When he learned it was Future Investments, he smiled. Great minds really did think alike. “What? Someone has taken a stake in the company?” Tencent had only recently gone public, and Ma Huateng was riding high. The news left him stunned. “Was it Future Investments?” “Oh, th 1.6kReads—Score125Shelves
- 46 Back to 1990: Starting with Treasury Bond Speculation 重返1990，从倒卖国库券开始 Ye Feng lives an unremarkable life. His wife dies, his child is lost, and he reaches the end of his life alone. When he opens his eyes again, he’s reborn in 1990. Now his beautiful wife hasn’t drowned herself, and his four-year-old daughter is still as innocent as ever. They may have nothing, but he can start over. Heaven has given Ye Feng another chance. He’ll make the most of his years and never let his beloved down. He’ll make up for the regrets of his past life and give his wife and daughter 1.6kReads7.0Score101Shelves
- 47 Urban: Reborn as a Tycoon 都市：重生之我是大财阀 Song Zhong, a financial executive, unexpectedly returns to twelve years earlier, just as his family's savings are about to be swindled away. Reborn once, how will he handle it? This is the story of an aimless slacker who accidentally becomes an industry titan and earns the title of “Great Tycoon.” The family home is being demolished? Great, I'll build more houses. Wherever you go within a ten-mile radius, you'll find one of my properties! It's inconvenient to shop? Great, I'll open brick-and-mor 140Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 48 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 1.2kReads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Reborn: I Make the Rules in My Own Era 重生，我的时代我做主 Nothing in this world can be perfect. Choose the bear’s paw, and you lose the fish. Choose hell, and heaven slips away. Before he was reborn, Gao Yang believed this. After being reborn, he thought it was all nonsense. This time, he wouldn’t give up anything that belonged to him. He would fight heaven and man alike, all to protect the people who loved him and the people he loved. In this life, not a single one would be left behind! You call me a womanizer? No, no, no. I’m just a lover of 968Reads7.4Score101Shelves
- 50 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 182Reads7.4Score—Shelves
