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- 101 Reborn in 1990: The Village Beauty Is in Her Prime 重生1990：村花老婆正青涩 [Reborn + finding hidden treasures + entrepreneurship + high-speed success + beautiful women pictured] Also known as: Returning to 1990 to Become a Tycoon and Reborn in 1990: Taking the Village Beauty Along for the Ride Ye Feng, a wealthy bachelor who owns a publicly listed company worth tens of billions, is unexpectedly reborn in 1990 in Furong Town, a place full of beautiful women. In this golden age, watch as he leads the villagers in building a business empire of their own... 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 Restarting My Life, I Take Control of the Global Economy 重启人生，主宰全球经济 Chen Hao is reborn and returns to 1993. He is eighteen that year and about to take the college entrance exam. A disaster is also about to befall him and his parents. In an age when gold lies everywhere, what path will he take? 61Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 103 1982: Reborn Before My Wife and Child Fall into the Water 1982：重生在老婆孩子落水前 Synopsis: Urban rebirth + farming + period setting + devoted husband and dad + a scumbag’s redemption + getting rich! “Heavens! Please, let me see my wife and children again, even if it’s only for a moment!” As he lay dying, Ye Bufan desperately wished his prayer would come true. Every night for forty years, he had relived every little moment with his wife and children. Each memory felt like a knife, slowly carving into his heart. The people he had wronged most, the ones he felt most indebted to 702Reads8.7Score10214d adds
- 104 Reborn in 1993: Returning to the Day My Wife and Daughter Fell to Their Deaths 重生93：回到妻女坠亡的那一天 "Su Hao, you caused our daughter’s death. I hate you!" He was scum, responsible for the deaths of his beloved wife and two adorable daughters. He spent half his life alone, yet he could never forget the day his wife and daughters fell to their deaths. If he had the chance, Su Hao would give his life to atone for the sins of a lifetime. By chance, he transmigrated to 1993. Now he had the chance to choose his life again and make up for his regrets. In this life, I’ll protect you all, no matter wha 27Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 105 Reborn in 1980: My Road to Riches 重生80我的致富人生 Zhang Bin was an ordinary man at the bottom of modern society. Under the pressure of life, he ended up losing his wife and family. He'd planned to drink himself into oblivion, but unexpectedly returned to the 1980s. Given a new lease on life, Zhang Bin decides he won't live like his predecessor, waking up every day to run around paying off his car and mortgage, supporting his family and children, and constantly worrying about what others think. I'm tired, says Zhang Bin. This time, I'm going to 62Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 106 Reborn in 1996: I Teach Mr. Huang How to Make Graphics Cards 重生1996：我教黄老板做显卡 Period setting + rebirth + urban life + no System + single heroine + chips (The rating just came out, and it’ll rise later.) (The author has completed a million-word novel, so read with confidence.) In 1996, at an all-hands meeting at N Company, Mr. Huang was reading out the layoff list. When he got to Lin Zhe, everyone turned to look at the corner of the last row. In his previous life, Lin Zhe had stood up and walked out. For the next thirty years, he dreamed of that scene again and again. This 13.2kReads6.7Score84814d adds
- 107 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...” 2.7kReads8.2Score16714d adds
- 108 Back to 1993: Breaking Through 重返1993之突围 Rebirth + farming + morally gray protagonist + business wars + cultural warfare + financial warfare + technological warfare He returns to 1993, an era on the cusp of great change. The big brother has only just fallen. Negative talk about Daxia is everywhere on the international stage. Capital is fleeing in a frenzy. The idea that it's better to buy than to build dominates at home. Large numbers of scientific researchers are going abroad. To fulfill his mission of overcoming Daxia's technological 299Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 109 The World’s Richest Man: A Never-Ending Flow of Wealth 世界首富之财源滚滚 In her previous life, the crushing burdens of everyday life broke Zhao Ming. By a twist of fate, he returned to 1995. Caught in the tide of the times, Zhao Ming had hoped to keep a low profile, but his abilities wouldn't let him. He could only forge his own path to the top! 421Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 110 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
- 111 Seizing the Moment to Become a Tycoon 踏准风口成巨富 In his previous life, Li Shun was a nobody, a poor wretch crushed by life until he could barely breathe. Time and again, he bowed his head to life's demands, only to scrape by from one breath to the next. In this life, Li Shun is lucky, and so are his friends. They can rely on one another and stand shoulder to shoulder through the tide of reform, rising with every new opportunity. The great waves wash away the sand, leaving heroes behind. Blessed by the Goddess of Luck, Li Shun also finds his ow 11.1kReads8.8Score1.3k14d adds
- 112 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
- 113 Legends of the Stock Market 股市群侠传 In a bull market, anyone can call themselves a stock-market genius. Only a bear market reveals who's the real deal. This book follows a stock-market novice as he makes a fortune trading shares. A live-trading stock market novel. By the time you finish reading, you'll be able to call yourself a stock-market genius too, seeing the secrets hidden behind financial statements. 32Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 114 Reborn: A Life of Pride 重生之傲世人生 “If Heaven has feelings, even Heaven will grow old; if people have feelings, they'll die young...” On the night he was supposed to propose, poor Mo Shaokun is caught in a car accident and unexpectedly reborn on the eve of the 1994 college entrance exams. What can he do with twenty years' worth of knowledge ahead of everyone else? Money? Beautiful women? Power? None of that is what he wants. He only wants to treasure the years he once lost and make up for every regret from his past life. Yet befo 10.9kReads8.0Score98714d adds
- 115 Hong Kong’s Peerless Tycoon 香江之绝世大亨 Reborn in 1978. Hong Kong has yet to become the world’s third financial center, and Asia’s Hollywood has yet to flourish. The world is full of hope and possibility. This is an age when gold lies everywhere, an age when capital reigns supreme. I’m here this year! I see! I conquer!! 1.9kReads8.3Score11614d adds
- 116 Life’s Restart Button: A Grounded Journey to Wealth 人生重启键：脚踏实地的创富征程 The protagonist, Huang Lei, was reborn, but still didn’t get the chance to change his parents’ fate. From then on, he began caring for his younger sister and building his own business empire, one step at a time. This is a slow-burn story. Please don’t flame it if it’s not to your taste. 1.7kReads6.5Score10314d adds
- 117 Stock Market God: Starting with 3,000 Yuan 股神【股票】三千元进股市 Zhang Xiaofan unexpectedly gains the Stock God System, which can somehow sync with reality. Watch as he doubles his capital again and again, makes the stock market’s top rankings time after time, founds a sect, takes in countless beautiful female disciples, and reaches the supreme heights of a founding patriarch… 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 Reborn: I Became a Big Shot in Every Industry 重生：我成了各行业大佬 [One female lead + 2004 + developing both the internet and traditional industries] Su Chen is reborn. If his family uses their money to treat his father's illness, he won't be able to go to college. If he goes to college, his father won't receive treatment and will be left permanently disabled. Su Chen doesn't want his father's lifelong disability from his previous life to happen again. He joins his mother in selling boxed meals at a street stall and helps her build a career in the food industry 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 Now That I'm Reborn, Why Be a Sucker? 都重生了还当个毛韭菜！ Reborn in the city, farming + realistic stock market storyline + sweet romance with one heroine + carefully plotted, not brainless + not a mindless power fantasy Lu Ming was left utterly disheartened after his stock investments collapsed and his fiancée betrayed him. By a twist of fate, he was reborn ten years earlier, in 2014. The experience of being fleeced in the stock market in his previous life became Lu Ming's greatest asset and source of confidence in this one. Given a second chance at 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 Getting Rich from Stocks: What’s Wrong with That? 炒股暴富，有什么不可以？ The moment Zhao Huaimin stood at the pinnacle of the world, he looked back and realized how much he had missed. Yet in the blink of an eye, he found himself in the markets of 2005. Unprecedented change swept over him. That year, the Shanghai Composite began at 998, and his path to invincibility was born. Years later, some called him a market manipulator, some called him the market’s phantom, and others said he was nothing but a gambler. When reporters interviewed him, Zhao Huaimin smiled. “All I 69Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 121 Reborn in 1984: Everything Depends on My Own Two Hands 重生84：一切都靠手 Chen Feng is reborn in the 1980s. Relying on his own abilities and his knowledge of the future, he makes a successful comeback and builds his own business empire. 111Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 122 After Swapping Bodies with Her Mom, She Went Mad 和妈妈互换身体后，她疯了 [Rebirth + Body Swap + 1990s + System + Divorce] Lin Jiuyue is unexpectedly reborn in 1999, only to discover that her daughter has been reborn too! By a strange twist of fate, mother and daughter swap bodies, and Lin Jiuyue gets bound to a Study System. In her daughter's body, she takes the high school entrance exam, earns a recommendation, wins awards, uncovers evidence, and calmly plans her moves. She gets divorced and sends every villain to prison. After their bodies are switched back, she gr 53Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 123 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
- 124 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! 49Reads6.7Score10014d adds
- 125 Reborn Investment Mogul 重生投资大佬 What would you do if you were reborn in 2008? Lin Han tells you, “First, make ten billion, and then... you know the rest!” 1.2kReads7.2Score10514d adds
- 126 Back in My Senior Year of High School: Letting Loose All Summer 重回高三，从暑假开始尽情浪 To win the heart of the campus belle, Jiang Ye gave her all his money and shares in his company. Not only did he fail to win her affection, but the greedy girl poisoned him and took his life. Fortunately, Jiang Ye was reborn in 2006, an era of youthful innocence and reckless abandon. That year, Jiang Ye had just turned eighteen, with only a month left until the college entrance exams. Given a second chance at life, Jiang Ye resolved to take his revenge and established his own life motto: Make mo 2.5kReads7.3Score20214d adds
- 127 The Prodigal Reborn: Back to 1984 to Make My Fortune 浪子重生：回到1984当富翁 In his previous life, he was a scumbag, a good-for-nothing, and a disgrace! Reborn in 1984, he turns over a new leaf. In his previous life, he failed to protect Lin Xiaolan, leaving his family shattered. In this life, he swears to make money, protect his wife and daughter, reclaim his place at the top of the era, and build a business empire of his own! 5.9kReads7.5Score54014d adds
- 128 Reborn as an Investment Tycoon 重生之投资大亨 Since I’ve been reborn, I should become rich enough to rival a nation! Wait, no. First, I need to find my stunningly beautiful wife. At this point, she hasn’t started dating her ex yet. I need to make my move fast! I can’t let that scumbag get her… 218Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 129 Back in College, the Campus Belle Can't Keep Her Hands Off Me 重回大学，校花女神倒贴 Peng Chihan, a young man worth tens of millions, is planning a road trip with a beautiful woman when he suddenly finds himself reborn in the summer after graduating from high school. From the start, things get exciting: his dream girl shows up with flowers and confesses to him. But before he can even celebrate, he hears the voice of his online girlfriend through his headset. “I clearly wanted to focus on my career first!” Peng Chihan has just finished a date with his gentle dream girl. The momen 53Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 130 Reborn as a Stock Market Tycoon 重生之股市大亨 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 209Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 131 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
- 132 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 5.5kReads7.8Score28614d adds
- 133 Making Waves in the Stock Market: The Super Retail Investor 股海纵横之超级散户 [Lighthearted + Daily Life + Stocks + Futures + Workplace + Wealth + Romance] In his previous life, Zheng Kang spent years pursuing his dream girl, Li Lizhen, from high school all the way through college. He brought her meals and water, saved seats for her, helped her register for classes, and delivered medicine whenever she was sick. He was an utterly devoted simp, and the most relentless member of her loyal army of admirers. But Li Lizhen only ever saw Zheng Kang as a backup for her backup. Th 1.8kReads7.6Score17114d adds
- 134 Reborn in 2015: The Palm-Sized Tycoon System 重生2015：掌上神豪养成系统 [Finance + business warfare + technology + tycoon] [Build a financial empire early on, then pivot to developing technology] Su Beichen had been enjoying the blessings of the 996 work schedule. After three straight all-nighters, his vision went black. When he woke up, he found himself reborn in the summer of 2015, just after finishing his junior year of college. [Tycoon Training System activated. Have fun!] Su Beichen took a closer look. Wasn't this the shady mobile game I'd made while pulling al 16Reads8.8Score1414d adds
- 135 Reborn as the World's Richest Man 重生之世界首富 On their wedding day, his mother-in-law suddenly demanded another 100,000 yuan in bride price. Seeing this, Song Ning, reborn, turned around and walked away. “I’m not going through with this wedding.” 328Reads7.5Score18314d adds
- 136 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. 1.9kReads8.5Score19214d adds
- 137 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
- 138 Reborn: King of the Stock Market 重生之股海为王 The family conglomerates behind Wall Street, investment management firms controlling trillions in capital, and secretive clubs with long histories. Back in 2004, Yu Hao turns around and steps into the securities market once again. Here, unseen battles rage, and underhanded schemes unfold in the shadows. What kind of undercurrents and turbulence lie beneath the market’s seemingly calm surface? Cornering the market, market-making, colluding to manipulate prices. Margin calls, losses beyond one’s c 4.2kReads8.3Score27214d adds
- 139 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
- 140 The Eighties: Can Hunting in the Mountains Really Make You Rich? 八零年代：赶山竟然能致富？ Hao Dashan was reborn! In his previous life, Hao Dashan left the remote mountains of Northeast China, determined to head south and make his fortune so he could escape poverty. But after he achieved success, his wife and daughter died in a car accident back home. Though Hao Dashan was now fabulously wealthy, he spent the rest of his life consumed by longing for them and guilt over their deaths! Given another chance at life, Hao Dashan was no longer enamored with the dazzling world beyond the moun 46Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 141 Reborn in 1990: Making Waves on the Bitcoin Planet 重生1990：撬动比特地球 [Reborn × Starting from Scratch to Make a Fortune × Feel-Good Story × One Female Lead] [Early: Information Services - Mid-Story: Entertainment Industry - Late: Control of Public Opinion - Ending: ??!!] Also known as: The American Billionaire Is Actually a Spy for Another Country?! One moment, he’s an internet celebrity mogul with a net worth of over a hundred million. The next, he’s reborn in America in 1990! Staring at a creaky old “desktop” computer and listening to a dial-up connection that s 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 Back to 1991: I Became Invincible Starting with Baby-Formula Money 重返91：从赚奶粉钱开始无敌 Reborn in 1991 by a twist of fate, Lu Yao discovers that he now has everything he lacked in his previous life: a wife and a child! What a wonderful era: the people are honest and gold lies everywhere. He never imagined fate would give him such a great opportunity. He vows to build a fortune and reach the pinnacle of life! 895Reads7.6Score10114d adds
- 143 Working for Someone? Not a Chance 打工，那是不可能的 There are no perpetual winners in the futures market, only survivors who stick to the rules. After suffering blown accounts, debt, and betrayal by everyone around him, Wen Jian sees through the underlying logic of the bulls-and-bears battle. Geopolitical conflicts roil the energy sector, industrial policies steer nonferrous metals, and the cycles of supply and demand dictate the markets. He faces market makers’ traps to lure traders long or short, withstands the surging market sentiment, wins th 189Reads7.4Score10014d adds
- 144 Reborn in 1980: From the Start, I Set Up a Stall and Earned Ten Thousand 重生1980：开局摆摊赚一万 Qin Feng, a billionaire worth tens of billions, was reborn in 1980. In his previous life, he was addicted to gambling and committed every kind of evil. Only after his wife could no longer take it and jumped into a river with their infant child did his family cast him out and he finally come to his senses. Unfortunately, it was already too late. Now that he's back, see how he turns the tables! Make money? I'm not obsessed with money. I've come back to do something big! Boss, how much for thes —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 Get Rich: Conquer the Volatile Stock Market Starting with Ten Thousand 暴富：狂暴股市从一万起步 A new work is out! You can find my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 2kReads9.0Score15814d adds
- 146 Reborn Stock God: Starting with Tenfold Leverage 重生股神从十倍杠杆开始 With tenfold leverage, one limit-up and your money doubles! Leng Dongtian unexpectedly dies and is reborn, transmigrating to 2014. Starting with just 60,000 yuan, he uses tenfold leverage to win one battle after another, then wields billions in capital to dominate the stock market, undefeated. Here, there is wealth, ambition, and love, along with the glorious years of Leng Dongtian. This is the legendary story of Leng Dongtian. 6.4kReads8.7Score49014d adds
- 147 Back to 1993: The Perfect Life 重返93之完美人生 The 1990s were a time when fortunes were made. Countless people rose and fell, while countless others followed in their footsteps. Yet the people of southwestern Shandong remained trapped in poverty. Lu Zijian suddenly returned to 1993. His second life began with a blind date. 325Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 148 Changing My Fate Through Stock Trading 炒股改命 (No System, no golden finger, no slapstick) Just solid stock-trading skills and a witty, humorous story. Li Qing, a rural middle-school teacher at the bottom of society, was pushed into carrying out his plan after being pressured into three blind dates: borrow money and invest in stocks. He believed this historic bull market would let him turn his life around. 2kReads9.0Score22714d adds
- 149 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! 2.1kReads8.2Score14714d adds
- 150 Reborn: The Day My Parents Died 重生，回到父母身亡这一天 In his past life, Jiang You reunited with his parents in his dreams countless times. He had made a name for himself, yet had never managed to give them a good life. He always felt that this wretched Heaven was terribly unfair. But when he woke up one day, Heaven had actually given him another chance? And his parents’ deaths hadn’t been accidents? Fine. You ruined my family, so I’ll make you pay for it in blood! 17.6kReads8.8Score1.9k14d adds
