Novels like Tycoon of the Times
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Tycoon of the Times, best match first.
- 51 Reborn in 2004, I Quit My Iron Rice Bowl of My Own Accord 重生零四，我主动砸了铁饭碗 Gu Yunzhou was reborn in 2004, the year his daughter turned one. With the economy in a downturn, the company was cutting operating costs and gave him two choices: take a pay cut and stay, or accept compensation and leave. The company executives assumed he would choose the first option, but to everyone's surprise, Gu Yunzhou didn't hesitate. He walked away with the money, giving up his iron rice bowl of a job. “I'm done putting up with this!” All he wanted in this life was to make money and suppo 2.1kReads8.6Score10114d adds
- 52 Reborn in 2002: From Tianya Forum to Internet Empire 重生02，从天涯网到互联网帝国 [Just rated, entirely hand-written, rebirth, internet business wars, entertainment, multiple heroines] A failed state-owned enterprise accountant returns to 2002, only to be kicked out by Baidu. The internet winter is lingering in the darkness just before dawn. Tencent, Alibaba, and Baidu are poised to take off, but none has taken complete control of the field. Lei Jun is still selling software at Kingsoft. There’s still time to change everything. Xiao Yang sparks a battle for Chinese online com 35.6kReads7.6Score3.4k14d adds
- 53 The Blood and Tears of Stock Trading: Reborn in 2011 炒股血泪：我重生2011 (No invincibility, no System, no brainless wish fulfillment, just a mildly satisfying read. If that bothers you, proceed with caution.) Plenty of people have dreamed of going back in time: scoring 700 on the college entrance exam with ease, winning a hundred million in the lottery, making a fortune in the stock market, buying property that appreciates until they can live off the rent, becoming a big shot in the internet world, and reaching the pinnacle of life... But when I got that chance, I re 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Reborn in 2006: My Tumultuous Years 重生2006之我的峥嵘岁月 After drifting through life in a daze for more than thirty years, Su Shinian wakes up reborn in 2006 after a night of heavy drinking. Back then, youth was still in full swing. Old dreams could be relived, and first loves and old flames were still dear to his heart. He could make up for the regrets of his past life in this one... With the tide turning in his favor and the power to see what lies ahead, Su Shinian is ready to set sail on the prime years of his life. Watch Su Shinian set out from th —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Reborn: I Help My Father Fulfill His Ambitions 重生之我扶我父青云志 The azure clouds bid me behold the world; beneath the heavens, all things lie within my gaze. Chu Yi was once a good-for-nothing heir who lived under his father's protection and enjoyed everything his father did to make up for his shortcomings. But the fickle hand of fate suddenly turned against him. The family suffered another upheaval, his father was sent to prison for a second time, and the family's glory vanished overnight once more. Chu Yi's world grew dark. He could not understand his fath 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 Back in 2002, I Helped Mr. Lei Become the Richest Man 回到2002，我帮雷总登上首富 Li Chengdong died of illness at forty, only to unexpectedly come back to life and transmigrate into his twenty-year-old self in 2002. Naturally, reborn, he was determined to make his life different. He seized the best opportunity he had missed in his previous life, winning the favor of Mr. Lei, then just the CEO of an ordinary software company. Starting with a small studio, he launched his own business, developed games, and built a platform, ultimately becoming a pillar of the internet boom and 205Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 You Fired the Company’s Lifeblood, Now You’re Crying Because I Started My Own Business 裁员裁到大动脉，我创业你哭什么 Tang Chen had been working overtime through the night. He only dozed off for a moment at his desk, but the new CEO, Lu Wei, fired him! What the CEO didn’t expect was that she’d landed herself in serious trouble. She’d cut the company’s lifeline, leaving it unable to function properly. He had built the company’s production lines from the ground up. He had led the project team at the R&D center. Even the Xuanwu architecture for the new-energy vehicles and their paintwork were all his patented desi 380Reads5.8Score10914d adds
- 58 A Phone Costs 199, and I Somehow Become a Tycoon! 一部手机199，我竟成为首富！ [Reborn + business battles + cutting-edge technology] How much does a top-of-the-line phone cost? 6,999? No! 2,999? No! 1,999? No! 199, with the best specs? I’m in! Chen Mu had only one goal at first: pay back the fifty million he owed and, while he was at it, pay the workers at Jiangnan Electronics Factory. Luckily, the System appeared and gave him access to a huge supply of incredibly cheap raw materials. But when he looked back, he discovered that his Jiangnan Electronics Factory had become a 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 In Middle Age, I Became a God Amid the Everyday Hustle and Bustle 人到中年，我在人间烟火中成神 At 38, Chen Mo is laid off and left with nothing. His ex-wife rides off in a Mercedes with a real estate tycoon. But just as he hits rock bottom, an accident infects Chen Mo with a mysterious “gene-activating agent,” awakening an ability that defies the heavens: super-adaptive evolution! His body responds to pressure from its environment by smashing through human limits and upgrading itself! [You take a low-level job as a courier. Extreme fatigue triggers a physical evolution, granting you in 343Reads6.8Score11214d adds
- 60 Winds Rise in the Capital, Just as Late Tang Blooms 京华风起，恰逢晚棠 "The thrills: A comeback from the depths of startup hell / A powerful female investor pursues him / A one-night stand turns into a business marriage alliance / From nothing to Series A in thirty-three days / Copy my algorithm, and I'll buy your entire market" On a Beijing CBD rooftop, he clutched 320 yuan in his palm until it was slick with sweat. His boundless retail venture, the supply-chain system he'd sacrificed his youth to build, had been gutted by investors, abandoned by his partner, and —Reads—Score57914d adds
- 61 Reborn Entrepreneur: Starting as the Child of a Demolition Windfall 重生创业：从拆二代开始 He was once just a nobody, but was reborn in 2000 after living from 2020. He seized every opportunity he could: demolition compensation, lotteries, auction mix-ups, and more, building up his wealth before branching out into every industry. Real estate mogul, e-commerce giant, gaming empire: he’d take them all! 3.1kReads—Score12014d adds
- 62 Back to 2007 as a Big Shot 重返2007当大佬 [Urban + Period Setting + Reborn + Urban Daydreams + City Life + Workplace] Lu Yang, founder of the Kuaidou platform, is reborn in 2007. In this life, he wants to do just two things: never again miss the people he shouldn't have let slip away, and never let the people around him suffer even the slightest grievance! Along the way, he'll dabble in the internet and build up the nation through industry. 484Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 63 The Whole Internet Calls Me the Goddess of Good Fortune, but I'm Really a Man 全网叫我锦鲤女神，可我真是男的 [Cross-Dressing] [System] [Finance] [Comedy] [One Female Lead] [Stock Market Jinx] [Lucky Physique] Shen Zhou is a financial genius who got a perfect score in math on the college entrance exam. He’s also the internet’s most famous stock market jinx: his analysis is always right, but his conclusions are always the opposite of what happens, giving him an 87% reverse-prediction success rate. His followers do the opposite of what he recommends and beat the CSI 300 by twenty percentage points. Big-ti 95Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Reborn as a Billionaire 重生之我是大富豪 A chance to live life over again? After living through a life of failure, Ye Dang returns to the world forty years earlier. Now that he’s back, he can’t spend this life as poor and down-and-out as he was in his last one. This time, I’m not looking to be filthy rich. I just want enough to live comfortably! 800Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 65 Reborn as a Financial Mogul 重生之金融大佬 A financial investment mogul from his past life returns to 1998, just as his parents are about to jump to their deaths because of futures trading. After scraping together funds from various sources, Shen Xun finally plugs the hole in his finances and gets back one or two times what he put in. That first victory kicks things off. From then on, he dives deeper into the futures market, taking on one thrilling challenge after another. 39Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 66 Reborn in 2000: Ahead of the Curve, I Let the Big Shots Pass Me By 重生00，先知先觉，大佬靠边走 After a plane accident, Wu Ji is reborn in the year 2000, just as the internet bubble bursts. This time, instead of complaining about his meager compensation, he quietly registers a company, with the wholehearted support of his partner, Ji Yingying. Over the next twenty years, he stakes out a position at every internet boom. Baidu can’t compete with his website, Alibaba can’t beat his e-commerce platform, and he tears a hole in Tencent’s social media empire. By the time everyone realizes what’s 34.1kReads6.6Score2.6k14d adds
- 67 Reborn: A Loser’s Reversal of Fortune 重生之屌丝男的逆袭人生 [Smart protagonist + period setting + urban life + satisfying revenge + emotional intelligence + economics + genius + entertainment industry] Lu Feiyun, a loser reborn, uses his memories of a past life to reach new heights. He turns his fortunes around at school, dominates the online fiction scene, makes waves in entertainment, and wields influence in the business world. He gains both wealth and status, and finds success in both love and career. Though the world may change, people’s natures rema 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Back to 1989: The World Reboots 回到1989：世界重启 Reborn in 1989, equipped with an intelligent brain-computer interface from nearly a century in the future. He moves faster than anyone else, leads the world in technology, military affairs, and business, and lives life to the fullest. Watch me dominate the five continents. 700Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 69 Rebooting in 2000: I Become a Business Tycoon 重启2000，我成为商业大亨 Li Xiaobo died in 2015 after coughing up blood due to decompensated cirrhosis. But then he opened his eyes again and discovered he had transmigrated back to the year 2000. Given a second chance at life, he didn't want to be a police officer in the government system anymore. He wanted to become a successful businessman. He would not only avoid the pitfalls himself, but teach others how to avoid them too. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Stock God from the Start: Sign-In Earns One Billion Per Second 开局股神，签到一秒赚百亿 He was just an ordinary wage earner, dumped by his girlfriend, until he unlocked a sign-in financial System and instantly made billions. What’s a Ferrari worth tens of millions? Buy, buy, buy! What’s a luxury apartment worth hundreds of millions? Buy, buy, buy! One casual post on his social media, and countless people were falling all over themselves to flatter him! Women everyone else considered goddesses were nothing but tacky girls in his eyes! When a message from his ex-girlfriend popped 15Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 71 I've Already Become the World's Richest, and Only Now Does the System Activate 我都成世界首富了，系统才激活 Life is like a game of chess. Make one wrong move, and every move after it is wrong. Reborn, Tang Yi is back, and this time, even if fate bears down on him, he'll still claim victory by half a move! Just as he reaches the very pinnacle of his era, a “Ding!” sounds: the System has activated? Tang Yi grins. “You're damn late!” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 Reborn: The Life That Went Against the Tide 重生之逆流人生 In my previous life, I was born miserable, looked miserable, and even had people pointing fingers at me when I died! In this life, I’ll shape the world, chase grand ambitions, and love the country even more than I love beautiful women! I owed you in my last life, so I’ll repay you in this one! And whoever owed me in my last life, I’ll make you pay! No supernatural golden finger, no irresistible charm that draws in pretty young men, and no fantasies about bumping into beautiful women! I am who I 35Reads6.5Score914d adds
- 73 The Supreme Financial Emperor of the City 都市之至尊金融皇帝 Life in middle age is worse than being a dog. Li Fei, an overworked wage slave, somehow transmigrated back to the turn of the millennium! With memories that put him twenty-two years ahead of the entire world! Looking at familiar candlestick charts and recalling the financial upheavals that had once taken place, Li Fei was a caged dragon released into the sea! Under his command, he could do whatever he wanted in the stock market, while the futures market was nothing but his own field of leeks to 380Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 74 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—14d adds
- 75 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 1.7kReads—Score12514d adds
- 76 Reborn in 2010: A Legendary Star 重生2010：星耀传奇 Reborn in 2010: The Legend of Xingyao In 2024, Wang Ye was drifting through life when he unexpectedly traveled back to his 2010 college entrance exam. This time, he earns a solid upper-middle score, all so he can seize the golden opportunity of the smartphone boom. The Xingyao System comes online, offering a personified companion and cutting-edge technology unlocked step by step. From lithium batteries to homegrown chips, it helps him build Xingyao phones. He brings his loyal friend Li Hao into 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 A Child Prodigy at Home 家有神童 (This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental.) I transmigrated to a parallel world in 1993, but I was too young and transportation was too inconvenient for me to do anything. I had no System or superpowers, but so what? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 The Meaning of My Rebirth Is to Make Money and Pick Up Women 我重生的意义，就是挣钱泡妞 [No System + Multiple Heroines + Complex Human Nature + Power Struggles + Feuding Elite Families] Xu Honglei returns to the time just after the college entrance exam. From the start, he snatches his enemy’s crush from under his nose, stands up to the rival who bullied him back then, tears into his two-faced relatives, and steals a good girl away from a punk. Then he puts his memories from his previous life to good use and focuses on making money, making money, making money... This time, his goal 13.2kReads8.3Score1.2k14d adds
- 79 Reborn in 1999: Building a Business Empire 重生1999：缔造商业巨无霸 [Urban + Rebirth + Period Setting + Entrepreneurship + Smart Protagonist + No System] The blurb can't do it justice, so please head straight to the story... Also known as: Reborn in the Great Era of 1999; Reborn in 1999, I Dominated the Global Economy; 1999: My Peak Life Began When the Campus Belle Called Off Our Engagement. 397Reads8.4Score10214d adds
- 80 Reborn in 2008: From an Ordinary College to a Top University 重生08，从二本捡漏985开始 Sixteen years ago, the provincial cutoff for first-tier universities unexpectedly let students get into top universities in other provinces. Like countless other test-takers, Yu Liang regretted missing his chance. It was the heartbreak of an entire generation! Now reborn in 2008, Yu Liang, who should have gone to a second-tier university, manages to snag a place at a top university! Keeping pace with the times, he refuses to be a wage slave in this life and goes all out to make money! He earns h 3.4kReads6.6Score20614d adds
- 81 Reborn, the Bewitching Campus Beauty Pursues Me 重生后，魔女校花倒追我 [Rebirth + business rivalry + campus beauty + multiple heroines] In 2024, Wang Hai was featured on the cover of the globally renowned Fortune magazine. Profile: At nineteen, he made his fortune from scratch, earning twenty million with a browser game. That same year, he launched a second game and became a billionaire, making him the youngest billionaire in 2002. At twenty, he founded a tutoring website for students at China’s top universities. It swept the country, and college students natio 103Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 82 Restarting Life: A Financial Tycoon in 2010 重启人生：金融大鳄在2010 Rebooting My Life: The Financial Tycoon of 2010 At twenty-eight, financial tycoon Lu Chen is betrayed by his partner and thrown into the sea, only to be reborn in the 2010 college entrance exam hall. Armed with the ability to foresee stock market movements and a golden finger that reveals a company’s “fortune value,” he swears to rewrite his fate: make his first fortune, expose his hypocritical homeroom teacher’s scheme, and face-slap the school bully backed by a powerful family. He will also un 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 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 47Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 84 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. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 Reborn, With One Goal: Make Money 重生，一心一意搞钱 The Judge's verdict left Ox-Head and Horse-Face staring at him in utter confusion. Was it “live again”? So Wang Ming got to live again, and even brought along a stock market prediction System. Can he build the life he wants in this new chance at life? What kind of exciting experiences await him? This is a story of defying fate and changing one's name, of making different choices to resolve the regrets left by a previous life. Once you're rich, would you dare say, “In this life, money holds no in 1.1kReads8.1Score10514d adds
- 86 1999: The Chinese Tycoon 1999：华夏大亨 Lin Dong is unexpectedly reborn in 1999, just as his father’s cannery faces a crisis. Thanks to his foresight, Lin Dong turns the situation around and earns the first pot of gold of his life. Next come real estate, the internet, e-commerce, lithography machines... He gets an early look at China’s industries and becomes a business magnate! 707Reads—Score10114d adds
- 87 The Heiress Is the Primordial Cloud Firmament Fairy, Transmigrated into This World 豪门千金是洪荒云霄仙子穿越而来 Fairy Yunxiao, a quasi-sage of the Jie Sect who once slaughtered all Twelve Golden Immortals, opens her eyes to find herself a rich young heiress in Kyoto, mocked by everyone as a lovesick doormat. The moment she wakes, her scumbag boyfriend and treacherous best friend team up to push her down the stairs, then try to run off with three million yuan. They have no idea the pathetic original owner of this body is already dead. The one standing here now is an ancient immortal who commands death and 111Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 Back to the Turn of the Century: I Have a Pay-to-Win Tech System 重回世纪末：我有氪金科技系统 Xu Musheng, who had many regrets in the first half of his life, is reborn in the golden age at the end of the 1990s. This time, he won’t simply live his life over again. With a pay-to-upgrade technology System, how will Xu Musheng change the course of his life… 4Reads6.3Score114d adds
- 89 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
- 90 With a System in Hand, I Became the Founder of a Financial Empire 手握系统，我成了财阀帝国创始人 [Entrepreneurship + Data Panel + Everyday Life + No Face-Slapping + A Female Lead Appears Later, Read at Your Own Discretion!] From the start: An orphan takes out a loan to start a business. The ending: I become the founder of a world-class financial empire. Sequel: To be determined… 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Beauty and Talent: The Venture Capital Heir and His Many-Faced Spirit 资色：创投公子和他的百变灵妖 After venture capital scion Ye Shaofeng takes charge of the company, he faces challenge after challenge. Can the stunning Su Yunmeng, who loves him deeply and is known as the “Shape-Shifting Enchantress,” help him make his mark in the turbulent world of high finance? This business-war novel reveals the unspoken rules of the capital markets and lays bare the lives caught up in the temptations of fame, fortune, and beauty. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 Reborn in 2004: A Fresh Start 重生2004年重新开始 Lin Yu's youthful obsession with gambling destroyed his family and ruined his life. After being reborn, he seeks revenge while transforming himself into a good husband and father, relying on memories of his future life to reach the pinnacle of success. How will Lin Yu deal with his former enemies? Or will he let go of his hatred and live a good life? 8kReads8.4Score68314d adds
- 93 Back to 2003 重回2003年 In middle age, Tang Qinghua is left with a lifetime of regrets. One night, he wakes up and finds himself back in 2003, back when he had just graduated from high school, back at the hardest point in his life. How will he use what he knows about the future to make up for his regrets and rebuild his life... 792Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 94 Reborn in Hong Kong: A Trillionaire Finance God from the Start 重生香江：开局万亿金融之神 Back in the 1990s, Hong Kong’s entertainment industry was thriving and its financial sector was booming. Carrying memories of his past life, Chu Tian returns to Hong Kong and discovers that someone has been sabotaging his mother’s company. His girlfriend’s family is struggling. In his previous life, he was powerless to help, but Heaven has given him another chance, and he’s going to reclaim everything! He is a financial genius, known as the God of Finance. He helps his mother’s family rise to pr 390Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 95 Reborn as a Financial Tycoon 重生之金融大鳄 When history returns to 2012, Chen Feng knows his chance to get rich has arrived. Invest, invest, invest! Using the advantage of being reborn, he takes one step at a time toward becoming the richest man in the world. 225Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 96 Reborn in Hong Kong: I Lead the City into a New Era 重生港岛，我引领香江 Starting in 1980s Hong Kong, I’ll build a whole new Hong Kong! Want to see long-legged beauties? How about I create a Hong Kong girl group? Want to see idol dramas? How about I get the Four Heavenly Kings to star in them? No 3A games at home? No great directors? No… Don’t worry, everyone. I’ll take care of it all, one thing at a time! (This is a rookie author’s first novel, so please forgive any shortcomings! Many thanks, everyone!) —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 Goodbye, 996! The E-Commerce Boom Begins in 2006 告别996！2006电商风口起 [Reborn in 2006 + campus entrepreneurship + e-commerce empire + brothers united] Huang Kai woke up back in 2006 at Anxin Institute. Seeing his roommates still playing World of Warcraft, he grinned. The e-commerce boom hadn't arrived yet, but campus businesses were already a gold mine! He started by selling socks to earn his first pot of gold, then turned around and opened a campus work-study service center. Its 15-minute delivery zone covered 43 colleges, bringing in 128,000 yuan a month! IDG an 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 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
- 99 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
- 100 In the End, I Touched Capital's Cheese, Cake, and Noodles 终究动了资本的奶酪，蛋糕，面条 What’s it like to be a capitalist? Before he was reborn, Su Xiu thought it meant oppression, exploitation, plunder, bloodshed, and wealth passed down through bloodlines. But after he was hanged to death, Su Xiu decided that running a business might be a little better. Except Su Xiu thinks running a business is still about oppression, exploitation, and plunder, and is still soaked in blood! Employees: Got it! Exploit our competitors! Oppress capital! Plunder the world! Capital: Is that really how 287Reads8.7Score10114d adds
