Novels like Back to 1991: Building a Business Empire
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- 151 Reborn in the Millennium: Rising from the Ruins of My Family's Bankruptcy 重生千禧年：从家族破产开始崛起 Chen Ping'an wakes from a deep sleep to the sound of countless people demanding that he pay them back. When he sees his familiar surroundings, he freezes: he has been reborn at the moment his family went bankrupt. Armed with memories from his previous life and all kinds of marketing tricks, watch Chen Ping'an resolve his family's financial crisis and lead them to become the richest family in the world. 196Reads7.2Score10014d adds
- 152 You Told Me to Take the Fall, but I Created a Trillion-Yuan Market Cap 让你去背锅，你居然创造万亿市值 Nanzhou Investment Co., a company controlled by the Nanzhou State-Owned Assets Commission, is on the verge of bankruptcy. Huo Zheng, then deputy section chief in the Commission’s Investment Department, is ordered to take the fall and appointed chairman and general manager of Nanzhou Investment. Faced with a company saddled with staggering losses and hundreds of millions in debt, Huo Zheng despairs and is ready to lie flat. But there’s a way out. Huo Zheng unexpectedly discovers that his spare ph 39Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 153 Transmigrated Into a Book: My Space Connects to the Modern World 穿书七零：我的空间通现代 [1970s + pocket dimension + getting even with scumbags + everyday life + building a career + no romance] On a whim, Yan Ning pricks her finger to claim ownership of her jade pendant, and through the pendant she transmigrates into a book set in the 1970s. From the start, her birth father and stepmother plan to sell her off to secure a promotion. She shows no mercy and sets a trap that wipes out the whole family. By chance, she comes into a pocket dimension, and discovers that the jade pendant res 3.1kReads8.5Score30414d adds
- 154 Tycoon of the Times 时代大亨 Liu Bei unexpectedly returns to 1990, just as China's economy is boarding the fast train. He can't afford to miss a single booming sector: finance and securities, import-export trade, real estate, the internet, and more! Since he's been given another life, he'll turn the tide and reach the pinnacle of success! 992Reads7.7Score10014d adds
- 155 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 541Reads8.2Score10814d adds
- 156 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 249Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 Reborn: Conquering China's Stock Market 重生后，叱咤华夏股市 A young man with no sense of purpose repairs bicycles. People call him Tang Poyun. Then, one day, he transmigrates, and from then on, his fortunes soar. From the futures market to the A-share market, he single-handedly pioneers sentiment-driven trading and the limit-up board strategy, sparking a new wave in the world of speculative investors. They call him the Grand Helmsman of the hot-money trading scene. As a Chinese patriot, he takes part in the Thai financial crisis; he boldly takes on Weste 325Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 158 The Stock Market God: From Retail Investor to Billionaire 股神：从散户炒成了首富 In 2022, blue-chip stocks on the Huaxia stock market collapsed, wiping out value investors. Stock market legend Jiang Chen was soaking up the air of grief on Financial Street when he was struck by someone who had blown up their account on a rooftop and transmigrated. Starting out as the lowliest retail investor, he rose rapidly with a limit-up trading strategy. He competed in a stock trading championship and became a market giant, stepping in to rescue Zhongke Chuangye after a major player had t 754Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 159 Reborn to Build a Financial Empire 重生缔造金融商业帝国 Reborn in the beautiful summer of 2011, Fang Yi looked at everything familiar around him and began a brand-new life. Heaven had given him a second chance, an opportunity to create a miracle. He had achieved nothing in his previous life. This time, Fang Yi would create a whole new legend, a myth that would astonish everyone. From then on, the financial world gained a dazzling new star, and the business world gained a brilliant talent with an uncanny eye for opportunity. Business wars, financial b 7Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 160 Reborn in 1972: Hong Kong's Golden Age 重生1972，香江黄金时代 Hong Kong, 1972: a watershed moment in history. With a raised middle finger as his torch, Chen Qingfeng strides against the wind. Given another life, he’s determined to become the brightest star in an era dazzled by money and power! 8Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 161 Reborn in 1991: From the Start, I Empty the Campus Beauty's Savings 重生91年：开局掏空校花小金库 Lin Sheng, once a gifted prodigy with a reserved personality and a failed life, was reborn in 1991. He emptied the campus belle's secret savings to buy Feile shares, sold them all at their peak, then bought stock subscription warrants at a low price. After earning his first fortune, he moved into the big investors' room and became the youngest major investor in Shanghai, known as President Sheng. He wouldn't just trade stocks. He would also build businesses, invest in football, break into the fi 414Reads7.7Score14314d adds
- 162 Reborn in 1990: Starting a Business with a Single Dime 重生1990：从一毛钱开始创业 Xiao Daoming, a rising business tycoon, unexpectedly returned to 1990. From the start, his biological parents cut ties with him. Even more bewildering, he was behind on rent and had not a penny to his name. At least Zhu Yuanzhang had a broken bowl when he started out. What did that leave him with? Fortunately, his sweet little niece gave him a ten-cent coin. Fine, he’d use that dime to start a business. Back in 1990, making money was almost too easy. In this life, he would make the two Mas bow a 954Reads8.5Score10114d adds
- 163 Reborn: My 1990s 重生：我的九零年代 Business tycoon Liu Haoyang is reborn in the 1990s, a turbulent era teeming with talent, and an incredible golden age. Amid the tide of reform and opening up, the reborn Liu Haoyang becomes a trailblazer of his time, standing at the crest of the waves with a red flag in hand. He seizes the pulse of the era and gradually builds a world of his own in the 1990s. 1.2kReads6.3Score10014d adds
- 164 Stock Market Diary: A Record of Real Trades! 股市日记，真实操作实录！ For years in a row, I've outperformed 99.98% of investors! Real-world experience trading A-shares! Follow along with live trades in real time, using powerful stock-picking strategies! Breakdowns and analysis of individual stocks! Hold up well in bear markets and lead the way in bull markets! High-quality earnings, growth potential, and low valuations. Spot the right stocks, invest big, and hold on! Good businesses, good companies, good prices! Only a genuine, experienced investor of twenty years 61Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 165 Reborn, I Dumped My Girlfriend Who Always Spoiled Her Brother from the Start 重生后，我开局甩了扶弟魔女友 (Reborn in a period setting + appraising antiques + X-ray vision + business battles + no System + one heroine + feel-good story) Chu Yang spent half his life destitute, with his wife and her entire family constantly bleeding him dry to support her younger brother. By a twist of fate, he is reborn in 2002 and awakens the Heavenly Eye. He can see the trends of stocks and futures, as well as appraise antiques and gamble on jade. The first thing he does after being reborn is kick his girlfriend, who 7.3kReads8.3Score63014d adds
- 166 Reborn in 1992: Buying Subscription Certificates 重生92之购买认购证 In his previous life, he was a laughingstock. His sister was kidnapped, his family fortune was squandered, and he spent thirty years raising someone else’s son. In the end, he drowned while trying to save someone. When he opened his eyes again, he was back in the 1990s, the day before his sister went missing! In this life He breaks the kidnapper’s legs with his own hands and sends him to prison! He has his father take out a loan to buy the “Old Eight Stocks.” Six months later, their prices s 828Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 167 Venture Capital Mogul: Starting by Investing in the Campus Belle Goddess 创投大佬，从投资校花女神开始 Also known as “I Help Countless Beautiful CEOs Succeed,” “Invest in Beautiful Female Entrepreneurs!” and “The Incredibly Satisfying Life of CEO Liu” [Multiple heroines] [Sigma male] [Living the good life] [Never grovels] The campus belles and goddesses need investment for their startups? I'll check them out! What? You'll do anything for the investment money? Great! I like your ambition! You're in! Before long, countless beautiful female CEOs have appeared in Magic City, all helped along by him. 68.1kReads8.8Score7.8k14d adds
- 168 Reborn in 1979: Wealthy and Beautiful 重生七九之财貌双全 In the 1970s, Su He worked hard and constantly strove to improve herself, but before she could make something of herself, she was framed. She spent her life nursing her grievances until she was fortunate enough to obtain a key that could send her soul through time and space. She became a chief scientist in a high-tech civilization and a legendary Medicine Emperor in a cultivation world... No matter where she ended up, she could rise from humble beginnings and leave behind countless legends. In l 242Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 169 Urban: Reborn in 1997 都市：重生1997 Xiang Tian is an orphan abandoned at an orphanage with a magical jade pendant! He never amounted to anything in his life, eventually ending up in the thankless courier business, where you get up earlier than a chicken and go to bed later than a dog. After a sudden car accident, his soul is delivered back to 1997. Starting with the Asian financial crisis, he makes his first small fortune right from the start. Step by step, he rises to the top and gradually uncovers the mystery of his origins! The 234Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 170 An Ordinary Man Starts Over, Giving Up Peking and Tsinghua to Attend a Second-Tier College for His Girlfriend 俗人回档放弃清北为了女友上二本 Zhang Yu returns to 2004. Remembering his past as a chef, he decides to start a food delivery website. To build up his initial capital and take advantage of the information gap, he starts by selling fish... Watch an ordinary man grow from running a single shop into a tycoon who can laugh at the world, going head-to-head with business moguls like Ma Yun and Liu Qiangdong. What would that kind of experience be like? 540Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 171 Reborn in 2003: I Built a Fortune on My Looks 重生03：我靠卖颜值发家致富 [A classic rebirth story, with a clever, clear-eyed protagonist! He leads his brothers to wealth and success in a sweet romance with a single heroine] In his previous life, Jiang Xin went from a penniless boy to a billionaire CEO, only to fall victim to a scheming green tea bitch. His reputation was ruined, and he lost everyone he wanted to protect. Reborn in the summer of 2003, he’s just been rejected after confessing his feelings. The green tea bitch looks at him coldly and says, “You need bre 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 Reborn in 1985: After Prison, I Rebuild a Business Empire 重生85：出狱后，重塑商业帝国 [1980s setting + realism + romance + business + political intrigue] The year 1985 marked a turning point in economic reform, as an extraordinary era began to unfold. Lin Mochi is lucky enough to return to this age of abundant opportunity, but fate seems to be playing a cruel joke: he is reborn in the body of a recently released convict. In the face of everyone’s disdain and misunderstanding, he always responds with a smile. You can’t explain ice to a summer insect. Who could possibly understand 2.5kReads9.0Score18114d adds
- 173 Reborn in the 1990s 重生之九零年代 After waking up, Chen Qingyun found himself reborn in the 1990s. It was an age of upheaval, with society swept up in a great tide of change. Standing at the crest of the times, with the wheel of fate in his hands, he would start over from scratch... Chen Qingyun said, “I’ll earn all the money I missed out on before. I’ll make the campus belle I couldn’t win over regret looking down on me. Every regret from my past life, I’ll make up for in this one.” 124Reads8.6Score13514d adds
- 174 Reborn: Starting With a 5 Million Cash-Out 重生从提现500万开始 Back in 2008, Chen Feng was still regretting how little he had studied in his previous life. Then, the next moment, a “ding” sounded in his mind, making him feel like he could take on the world again. Maybe it was because he’d spent too long cooped up at home in his previous life. With the System backing him up this time around, Chen Feng starts letting loose... 516Reads7.4Score10014d adds
- 175 Reborn in the 1980s 重生八零年代 Reborn in the 1980s, he arrives as the winds of reform and opening up sweep across China, and the nation awaits renewal. Faced with his family's poverty and his stepmother's tearful pleas, he makes a different choice from the one he made in his previous life. Through hard work and foresight, he takes one steady step after another toward wealth. Starting with trading mountain produce, he moves on to buying and selling bamboo mats, leasing mountain forests, and developing tourism, transforming the 222Reads7.9Score11914d adds
- 176 Making My Fortune on the Stock Market 我靠股市发家致富 To start a business, do you have capital? Connections? Is there any future in working for someone else? If not, then all you can do is trade stocks. The stock market is risky, but at least there's still a chance to get rich. Qian Jin, a Sanhe slacker, happened upon the legendary investor Qiao Bangzhu's "Method for Supporting a Family." He then began his career trading stocks, followed by futures, foreign exchange, and options, and found success at every turn. Once you get the hang of stock tradi 82Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 177 1980 AD, Here I Come! 公元1980，我来了！ Mei Zhichao, a legendary soldier, is unexpectedly reborn in 1980 in the body of a timid, introverted high school senior. His father died young, and his mother struggled to raise two sons alone. The family is bullied every few days... See how he rewrites his fate and changes the world! 40Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 178 Reborn: The Tumultuous Year of 1982 重生：激荡1982 Also known as: Reborn in 1982, a Groom from the Start. Zhu Yunqing is unexpectedly sent back to 1982, where he starts out as an illiterate young gambler and groom in a remote, impoverished village. He wants to run away from his wedding and escape an era of utter poverty. But he comes to understand how much his family hopes for him, and ultimately decides to make a fresh start. Drawing on the life experience he gained in his previous life, he discovers the unique charm of the era, where treasures 678Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 179 Tycoon: After My Divorce, I Made a Billion in Three Days! 神豪：离婚后我三天赚百亿！ [An abusive husband is reborn and pursues his wife] [A gambling wastrel turns over a new leaf and becomes obsessed with doting on his wife] [He cherishes his daughter as if she were his life] In his previous life, he abused his wife and mistreated his daughter. He was an absolute monster and scoundrel. Only on the brink of death did he learn the warmth of family, leaving behind far too many regrets. After being reborn, he dedicates his life to protecting his wife and daughter, building them a fu 158Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 180 Against the Current in 2006: The Rise of a Billionaire and His One True Love 逆流2006：首富的崛起与独宠 The comic adaptation of this novel is now available on Hongguo. Give it a look if you’re interested. A life of hardship + rising through adversity + building a business empire + one heroine + sweet romance + cozy everyday life + reborn They say happy lives are all alike, while every unhappy life has its own sorrows. In his previous life, Qin Yu endured every kind of hardship in the first half of his life. Just as things finally began to improve, he inexplicably returned to the day he finished th 3.4kReads8.4Score20514d adds
- 181 Making a Fortune from the Start: My Relatives Envy Me, and the Campus Beauty Goes Crazy 开局发财，亲戚眼馋了，校花癫了 [Reborn + period setting + multiple heroines + first love + unforgettable beauty + making money + feel-good story] Qin Fan, a lifelong bachelor in his thirties from the capital, was reborn in 2002. At the time, he was a junior at Beijing Jiaotong University. The girl he had always loved was his classmate Tian Ya, the daughter of a university administrator... From the start, his family was drowning in loan-shark debt and preparing to sell their courtyard house in Chaoyang, Beijing. Drawing on his 38Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 182 Reborn in 2002: The Capital and Technology Empire 重生2002之资本科技帝国 Business runs in ten-year cycles: reform and opening up in the 1980s, street stalls in the 1990s, the internet in the early 21st century, mobile internet after 2010, and artificial intelligence after 2020. Xie Chong returned to twenty years ago, when the internet was just getting started and there was still time to do everything. In his previous life, Xie Chong had been a complete failure. Now, with a second chance, how would he seize the opportunities of the early 21st century... 693Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 183 The Commoner's Stock Hero 布衣股侠 His girlfriend broke up with him, he lost his job, and his family was dirt poor. With everything going wrong, Su Shijie met the daughter of a nationally renowned private equity tycoon by chance, and began a legendary journey into investing. The stock market was vast, and the crowds were surging. He endured others' contempt and mockery and overcame countless hardships, finally rising to the top of the stock market and becoming a legendary everyman's stock-market hero. 55Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 184 Tycoon: Starting by Shorting Fortune 500 Giants 神豪：从做空五百强巨头开始 [Billionaire fantasy + stock trading + cutting-edge technology] A squint-eyed fashion mogul insults China, so the genius designer Su Mo ends their partnership. But he's smeared as a diva and attacked online until he's blacklisted. Luckily, he awakens the Divine Sign-in System. Starting by short-selling a Fortune 500 giant, he becomes the richest man in the world and a winner in life. “Sign in at an internet cafe to receive god-tier hacking skills.” “Sign in at a 4S dealership to receive a fully 648Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 185 Stock Market Tycoon: Every Investor Begs Me to Lock the Price Limit! 股市神豪：全体股民跪求我封板！ On a parallel Blue Star, at the start of 2025, unemployed Gu Changsheng joined the ranks of fresh-faced stock market investors. Just before his portfolio was cut in half and he closed his account, he unexpectedly obtained a System that could replenish his funds without limit! From then on, he became a one-man army and rose to dominate the market! Buy, buy, buy! All investors followed his lead, and every hot-money trader bowed before him. Dump, dump, dump! Institutions and quant funds were all br 1.2kReads7.0Score10514d adds
- 186 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
- 187 The Art of the Deal: Reaping Profits 交易之道：收割 [This book is more than a novel. It gets to the heart of trading and offers insight into human nature. Those who truly understand its lessons can easily outperform 90% of people in the capital markets. Stocks and the stock market + index futures + foreign exchange battles + hot-money traders, private equity, stock manipulation, lottery gambling techniques + the art of trading + short-, medium-, and long-term investment strategies] After dropping out of school, Wang Zihua spent more than a decade 2.6kReads8.6Score41914d adds
- 188 Back to 1988 with 100,000 Zimbabwean Dollars 带着十万津巴布韦币回到1988 While collecting a debt, he received 100,000 Zimbabwean dollars and unexpectedly entered a time tunnel, traveling back to 1988. Starting with exchanging foreign currency certificates, he ventured into Hainan's real estate market, shorted the island nation's stock index, and entered Hong Kong to take on the four major families and acquire British-owned companies. He also invested in the computer and mobile phone industries while they were still in their infancy. 4.6kReads7.8Score34114d adds
- 189 My Parents Raised Pigs from the Start, and I Became the World's Richest Man 开局父母养猪，我成了世界首富 How do you become the richest person in the world? Liu Yingjun shares his family's experience with everyone: raise pigs. Starting with pig farming, he grew his business into an empire and became the "Pig King." Then he expanded into real estate, electronics, finance, the internet, and more... until he became the richest person in the world! 13.1kReads5.9Score62114d adds
- 190 Reborn in 2009: I Started Building a Fortune at an Internet Cafe 重生2009：从网吧开始做首富 At middle age, Zhang Yu returns to the age of eighteen. Standing at the crucial crossroads of his life, he decides not to repeat his old mistakes and to make up for every regret from the past. 281Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 191 Reborn: Building My Business Empire 重生缔造我的商业帝国 [Passionate, fast-paced, highly recommended by a million readers] Reborn in 2000 with only 8,000 yuan to invest, I said I would use the stock market to make a thousandfold, even ten-thousandfold profit. Some people said it was impossible, that I wasn't good enough. I said I would go to the moon and into space, and they told me to wake up. I said I would fly to Mars, and they still said I was dreaming. Just watch me climb to the top of the world, one step at a time. With unwavering conviction and 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 Stock God: I Can See Golden Limit-Up Stocks 股神：我能看到金色涨停 Chen Dating is a young cook in the back kitchen of the university’s second dining hall. His specialty is soup, especially his pork rib soup with papaya, made with a secret recipe. Every girl who tries it can’t stop singing its praises, which is why they affectionately call him “Brother Melon.” He’s also so handsome that the girls can’t resist flirting with him now and then under the pretext of getting soup. Chen Dating was pretty satisfied with how things were, until one day, while reviewing the 35Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 193 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
- 194 Reborn, the System Won't Let Me Date 重生了，系统不让我谈恋爱 [Rebirth + Business + Lighthearted + Comedy] Single guy Lin Chen is reborn just before the college entrance exam and gets the [Single Life System]. As long as he stays single, he can redeem rewards. “System, buddy, listen to me. She and I are just friends. I’d rather be a dog than get into a relationship...” 431Reads6.8Score10214d adds
- 195 Back to Life: The Low-Key Tycoon 重返人生之低调大亨 In the middle of the night, Gao Yuanyuan knocked on the door. “Jing Hao! Quit playing dead in there and come out to work. Look at the time! Stop slacking off.” Jing Hao: “Yuanyuan, weren't you with Anna?...” 3.7kReads8.2Score16314d adds
- 196 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! 1.5kReads8.0Score10014d adds
- 197 Reborn: The Stock Market Tycoon 重生之股神大亨 Zhao Lei, who had always lost money in the stock market, was reborn. This time, he refused to be fleeced. Instead, he became the guardian angel of retail investors, making the unscrupulous market manipulators grovel at his feet! 189Reads8.9Score10614d adds
- 198 Reborn as a Tycoon 重生之土豪人生 Sun Yang, a 32-year-old police officer, is reborn in 1997. Back then, a penguin was just an animal, an apple was just a fruit, and CS was just two English letters. He only wants to live a quiet life, but finds himself unwittingly on the road to riches. 2.1kReads8.4Score13214d adds
- 199 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. 727Reads6.9Score10214d adds
- 200 My Journey to Enlightenment Through Stock Trading 我的炒股悟道之路 This novel is based on real stock-trading experiences. There’s no System, no golden finger, just the blood, sweat, and tears of an ordinary person. Chen Fei, a 30-year-old embedded-systems engineer, entered the stock market in 2020 with no idea what he was doing. He went from being a complete novice who didn’t even understand T+1, to obsessing over technical indicators and losing his principal, and then to taking out online loans to trade stocks and racking up 200,000 yuan in debt. He experience 6.2kReads8.7Score1k14d adds
