Novels like I Was a Middleman in 1986
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as I Was a Middleman in 1986, best match first.
- 1 Reborn in the 1990s: Trading Canned Goods for a Plane from the Start 重生九零：开局罐头换飞机 Lin Tian was reborn in the 1990s and became a black-market trader. As the Bear Country’s economy collapsed in its final years, huge quantities of goods were sold privately, and countless Chinese merchants made fortunes through barter. Lin Tian was among the best of them. From the start, he set his sights on four Tu-154 passenger planes that the Bear Country was preparing to sell! What’s more, his Bear Country buddies didn’t even want cash. They specifically asked for light industrial goods such 46Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Reborn in 1992: Forced to Become a Middleman 重生到92年的我，被迫当倒爷 [Rebirth + Period Setting + No System + Invincible + No Saintly Heroics + High-Octane + Brotherhood + Childhood Sweetheart + Wealth Beyond Measure] As Chen Fengnian lay dying, everyone had turned against him. Even the son he'd doted on for decades wasn't his own. He swore that if he ever got the chance, he'd send every last one of them to hell. To his surprise, he really was reborn, back in the early 1990s. Then he set himself a modest goal: first, get his wife sent to prison... 110Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Reborn in 1990: From the Start, Trading Instant Noodles for a Plane 重生1990：开局泡面换飞机 Reborn in 1990, Lin Feng faces the childhood sweetheart he loved but could never be with in his previous life, a future father-in-law who looks down on the poor, and his younger sister's impending fatal car accident. His goal is simple: make money! Make lots and lots of money! He'll shower his future father-in-law with cash and bring his first love home as his wife! He'll hire ten bodyguards to keep his sister safe! Looking north, he sees the world order on the verge of a major upheaval. It may 23Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 4 Back to the Past: Starting as a Middleman 重回过去：从做倒爷 He transmigrates back to 1984. His wife is beautiful, but she’s demanding a divorce; His parents are rich, but they absolutely refuse to let him go into business! What’s he supposed to do? Luo Shuangcheng faces a huge crowd of people crying and begging to invest in his startup, and can only shake his head helplessly. “Go on, get out of here. My parents won’t let me go into business. They only want me to be a respectable wage slave...” “Bullshit! How could a wage slave build an empire this 46Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Back to 1991 to Make a Fortune in Scrap 重返91当倒爷 Nine out of ten people were broke, and the other one was still searching. Xu Dongliang, a retail tycoon reborn in the early 1990s, was completely bewildered. Determined to keep the tragedy of his previous life from repeating, he became a middleman and made a fortune, setting out to accomplish great things. Standing at the forefront of the times, he charged ahead without hesitation, determined to ride the wave of change. 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Ruler of Two Worlds 两界霸主 After accidentally discovering a hidden passage beneath the sea, Jiang Yiming began living a happy life stirring up trouble in another world and modern society! Starting out as a pirate, he raided far and wide. His gunpowder-armed forces made the nations of the other world weep and wail, and even the lofty queen was sent by her own people to marry him, all to appease the wrath of the Devil King Jiang! Jiang Yiming declared: “Wealth, land, subjects, beauties, the throne… As long as it's within ca 422Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 7 I'm a Trader Between Two Worlds 我在两界当倒爷 [Travel Between Two Worlds, No System, Farming, Slow Burn, Conquest, Immortality...] A poor young man is betrayed, but comes into possession of a spatial ring that can open a portal to another world. A blue gateway links the two realms. On this side: the grueling 996 work schedule. On the other: riches waiting to be claimed everywhere! A packet of salt that costs two and a half yuan in exchange for a century-old ginseng root? Rice for a luminous pearl? Cold medicine for a rough jade stone? Cheap 8.3kReads7.2Score1kShelves
- 8 Back to 1987 重返1987 Billionaire Liang Huan transmigrates back to 1987 and becomes a lowly nobody. His wife has been stolen away, his home is bare, and only a young widow silently stands by his side. Now that he has been reborn, making money is easy. This time, he will not only ride the wave of reform and opening up, but also keep the future firmly in his grasp. 44Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 9 Traveling Between Worlds and the Siheyuan: From Smuggler to Global Tycoon! 双穿四合院：从倒爷到全球大亨！ [Punishing the Scoundrels + Period Drama + Patriotic Fiction + Making Money + Treasure Appraisal] Ye Tian obtains a portal between two worlds and transmigrates into the world of "The Fowls Fill the Courtyard", becoming a returnee who studied abroad and binding himself to the [God-Tier Appraisal] System. With a portal between worlds at his disposal, he decides to become a trader between worlds, bringing antiques from the courtyard world to the twenty-first century while using the abundant supplie 91Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 The Tumultuous Year of 1991: Starting with Reselling Used Tires 激荡1991：从倒卖旧轮胎开始 Business tycoon Hou Yiming woke up one day to discover, to his surprise, that he had returned to 1991. Back then, his family was still intact, their house still stood, his mother was alive, and his childhood sweetheart hadn't gone abroad. Hou Yiming had every opportunity to set his life right! In this life, he no longer wanted to be just another business tycoon. He wanted to be the richest man in the world! And he didn't just want to be the richest man. He wanted to make his life perfect, too! S 90Reads5.1Score—Shelves
- 11 Reborn in 1986: Starting with Repairing Old Appliances 重生八六：从修旧电器开始 Mobile phone engineer Zhou Xu is reborn in 1986. In his previous life, the Zhou family was a mess. His father drank and gambled, his older sister married a bachelor and later took her own life, and a few years afterward, his younger sister fell in with unsavory people and ruined her future. As for Zhou Xu himself, he wasted years drifting through life. Despite his considerable talent, he only ever made it to technical director at a mobile phone company. Now that Zhou Xu has returned, the opportu 141Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 12 Time-Space Trader: From the Start, I Made a Fortune of Three Hundred Million 时空倒爷：开局血赚三个小目标 Jiang Hao, an ordinary man, gets his hands on a future trading platform. Things that are worthless in the present can fetch a fortune when sold to people in the future! And things that are worthless in the future can turn the worlds of physics and technology upside down when brought to the present! Traveling between the present and the future, Jiang Hao becomes a time-traveling middleman! His first goal from the start: con Old Man Bart out of three hundred million US dollars! 457Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 13 The Middleman, 1990 倒爷1990 Reborn in 1990, on the eve of the Soviet Union's collapse, Su Lian unlocks a pocket dimension and becomes an international trader. A 50-yuan down jacket resells for 750! Trading a box of bubble gum for a sable hat is no tall tale! Swap a packet of embroidery needles for a telescope, a few bottles of medicated oil for a woolen overcoat, and a trainload of canned goods for a plane! This is a golden age: the bold feast, while the timid starve! Work hard for three to five years, and you'll have a ca 2.7kReads6.8Score194Shelves
- 14 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 819Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 15 Reborn in 1986: Building a Fireworks Empire 重生86：一手打造烟花王朝 Reborn in 1986, he found himself facing his familiar hometown and the family he remembered. Zhang Yunxu was overcome with emotion. Eager to change his family's life and avert the tragedy of his previous life, he was desperate to get started! He made full use of his advantages and acted before anyone else: intercepting business deals, seizing the market, buying land, and building factories! The first lavishly furnished self-built home in Liu City! The first high-quality printing factory in Liu Ci 6.9kReads8.5Score325Shelves
- 16 Siheyuan: Inherit a Fortune, Farm the Land, and Make Yu Li a Smuggler 四合院：继承财富种田，坑于莉做倒爷 [Courtyard life + farming + merchant] Li Weixing inherits his grandfather's fortune. What does he get in the capital's old city? Three rooms in a tiled-roof house, plus a shop. However, using that money isn't easy for Li Weixing. From the start, he marries Yu Li and begins a life free of worries about food and clothing. Will Li Weixing be kind to everyone in the courtyard? Of course not! With his System to back him up, he has plenty to eat and wear, trades ration coupons, and lives comfortably. 29Reads5.1Score—Shelves
- 17 Back to 1980 with My Pocket Dimension 带着空间回到1980 Original title: Returning to 1980 with an Inventory Space [Period piece + no System + making money + taking advantage of every opportunity] Lu Shu, a man who has never accomplished anything, unexpectedly arrives in 1980 and wakes up to find that he has an inventory space full of supplies. Feeling lost in this unfamiliar era? Then let's start with a modest goal: make three hundred million first! With the inventory space at his disposal, watch Lu Shu take advantage of the whole world. How could he 4.1kReads8.8Score275Shelves
- 18 Reborn in 1990: The Trillionaire Tycoon 重生1990之万亿神豪 Everyone dreams of being reborn. Le Feng, a successful internet entrepreneur, never imagined he would be reborn at the age of eighteen, in an era when gold and business opportunities were everywhere. Armed with decades of information and foresight, Le Feng started with antiques, then moved on to treasury bonds, stocks, futures, buying up Russian assets at rock-bottom prices, buying up Japanese assets 1.2kReads8.8Score112Shelves
- 19 Time-Space Peddler: Rising to Fame by Supporting Bright Sword 时空商贩：从支援亮剑崛起 He Cong was an ordinary construction worker who hauled bricks for a living. On his way home, he was accidentally struck on the head by an unidentified object falling from the sky. When he woke up, he discovered a golden finger in his brain called the Space-Time Merchant. Fat Tiger, the Space-Time Merchant’s instructor, assigned him his first main quest: the ability to travel back and forth to a parallel world of Drawing Sword... 4Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 20 Reborn in 1980: Becoming a Tycoon 重生80当大亨 After unexpectedly being reborn in the 1980s, a top modern-day salesperson finds himself branded a useless coward by everyone around him! A career elite in his future life, yet a good-for-nothing in his previous one? No way. With memories of the twenty-first century, how could he just sit around and wait for death? Armed with knowledge of the future, watch him become a bold and enterprising smuggler and turn his life around! 1.6kReads8.7Score127Shelves
- 21 Reborn in 1975: My Wife Wants Meat Every Day 重生75，媳妇天天要吃肉 “Chen Feng, you’re not human. You’re an animal.” Reborn in the 1970s, Chen Feng opened his eyes to find a woman standing before him, her face streaked with tears as she sobbed and cursed him at the top of her voice. Two adorable daughters stood beside him. “I’m sorry. I’m a bastard, an animal, less than human. I’ll change, I promise. I’ll hold this family together.” “I don’t believe you. A dog can’t change its ways.” “If a dog can’t change, then I can!” Weeping, he fell to his knees and secretly 217Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Reborn in 1988: The Soviet Union Helps Me Become a Billionaire 重生88，苏联助我成首富 Chen Weimin, a former international trader, is reborn just before the Soviet Union's collapse. How much for a secondhand GAZ military off-roader? Seventy electronic watches. What's a Soviet pure-wool military overcoat worth? One denim outfit gets you eight coats. How much for a 450-ton-capacity Minsk truck? Five million rubles. How much for five million tons of high-grade iron ore concentrate? Bring baijiu to trade. How much for the Gorky Automobile Plant? Sorry, I only want canned goods and bai 41.7kReads7.9Score4.3kShelves
- 23 Reborn: My 1990 重生：我的1990 In middle age, Zhang Xin drinks some counterfeit liquor and dreams himself back to the 1990s, where he must face the events he already lived through once in his previous life! “Patriarch, this is terrible! Zhang Xin has acquired every company under your name!” “What? That bastard has no respect for the rules!” Zhang Xin grins sheepishly. “Sorry, just a friendly tip: I think I’m the one who made the rules you’re talking about...” This book is also known as Reborn, So Surely I Can Make the Rul 2.3kReads8.9Score231Shelves
- 24 The Great Era of 1979 大时代1979 Back to 1979, Zhang Handong returns reborn after enduring the wear and tear of the years. His family is on the brink of ruin: his younger sister is on the verge of drowning, his older sister has been tricked into marrying a disabled, hunchbacked man, and the family's grain won't last through the bitter winter... Life was hard in those days, a turbulent era etched into a generation's memories. People were still simple and sincere back then. Back then, all it took for the neighbor's big brother t 62Reads7.9Score—Shelves
- 25 Reborn in 1990: Making Money and Making Moves, I Can Do It All 重生1990：搞钱搞事样样行 [Everyday life in the 1990s] [Light comedy] [No System] [Build wealth through industry] Zhang Shu was reborn in 1990. Because his parents had more children than allowed, the family planning office was tearing down his house and planning to take his parents away for sterilization and IUD insertion! Remembering the tragedy of his past life, he kicked out the woman who had betrayed him in bed and threw himself onto the wealth-bound train heading for the Soviet Union. Given a second chance at life 10.4kReads8.2Score896Shelves
- 26 Getting Rich in the 1990s: I Married for Love and Became a Borderland Trader 九零暴富宠婚：我在边境做倒爷 [Two transmigrators + both leads are each other’s first and only love + storage pouch + few troublesome characters] An accident sends Tong Xiaoqian to a small mountain village in northeastern China in the 1990s, right on her wedding night. To keep her company on the way through transmigration, she even gets a dog man as a bonus. Literally: a dog and a man. Lei Yihong is baffled too. Why would something as absurd as transmigration happen to him? And why did he have to transmigrate with the stupid 827Reads9.2Score124Shelves
- 27 I Became an Oligarch in Russia 我在俄国做寡头 I, Wu Hao, transmigrated here from Hanxia to become an oligarch. What, you can’t beat them? I’ll do what you don’t dare to do, fight those you don’t dare to fight, and take on the battles you don’t dare to face. With God’s blessing, I’ll restore the glory of the Russian Empire. CIA agent: Boss, with Nikolai in Russia, even the Russian bear is playing dirty. We can’t beat them! CIA boss: What are you saying? You’ve made America look like a joke. Can you get the job done or not? CIA agent: We can, 295Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 28 After My Divorce, I Became a Tycoon Between Two Worlds 离婚后，做起两界倒爷 Lin Shan, in his thirties, faces a midlife crisis. He loses his job, his father falls seriously ill, and his wife cheats on him. The burdens of life leave Lin Shan struggling to breathe. Then he opens a passage between two worlds, allowing him to travel freely between them. At first, Lin Shan only wants to make an honest living as a porter. Trading a thousand-year-old ginseng root for a cold pill. Trading a fine tiger penis for a top-quality kitchen knife from Pinduoduo. But gradually, Lin Shan 3.5kReads7.7Score364Shelves
- 29 Back to 1981: It All Started With Phoenix Bicycles 回到81：倒腾凤凰牌自行车开始 New novel: [Back to 1976: My Years as the King of Night Soil!] [Reborn and transmigrated + one female lead + no saintly behavior + decisive and ruthless + inspirational] Back in 1982, he transmigrates into the body of a recently released convict. His family is dirt poor, his father has a disabled right leg, his little sister is still young, and his eldest sister is being forced to marry a cripple because of the family’s debts... From the start, it’s practically hell mode! Watch Chen Bei use his 6kReads7.9Score450Shelves
- 30 Yang Ming's True Story: Starting with Transmigration to the 1980s 杨明实录：从穿越八十年代开始 Yang Ming woke up to find himself in a dilapidated house in Beijing in 1980! He had become a fourteen-year-old boy from a fallen family who could barely afford to eat, with nothing but a job collecting scrap and a pile of problems left behind by the original owner. Who could have guessed that this “poor kid,” armed with memories of the future, would defy fate by riding the wave of reform and opening up? Seizing opportunities and overcoming hardship, he made his start among piles of scrap in the 24.1kReads8.2Score2kShelves
- 31 The 1970s: I Transmigrated into a Phoenix Man 70年代：我穿越成为凤凰男 A female-oriented novel!!! Xu Ming was a small-town exam ace who spent his childhood competing in school and his adulthood competing at work. He died suddenly after staying up late to make PowerPoint slides for his balding boss. Before he closed his eyes, he remembered what his former female boss had told him: if he had been willing to lower himself and live off a woman, he wouldn't have died so young. It was too late for regrets. When he opened his eyes again, he discovered he had been reborn i 14kReads7.8Score1.1kShelves
- 32 Reborn in 1997: My Years as a Pro Gamer in Korea! 重生97，在韩国当职业玩家的那些年！ Fu Yanjie, a young man from Yanbian, is reborn in 1997 as a server at a Korean blood-sausage restaurant in Seoul. After earning his start-up capital through the game Lineage, he makes his first fortune by shorting the Korean won, then marries a beautiful, wealthy woman. Before Chinese internet companies can secure the publishing rights, he acquires the domestic rights to hit games across East Asia, including Lineage, Legend of Mir, MU, Millennium, Red Moon, and Ragnarok Online. 84Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 The Smuggler 走私商 After somehow gaining the ability to travel freely between two worlds, Jiang Fan was left utterly dumbfounded, but soon found his life going completely off the rails. Hey, sis, how about I trade you this latest snowflake cream for that giant tiger of yours? Hey, sis, take a look at this magical gadget that blows wind. Would you trade me that long-bearded radish you’re holding? Jiang Fan had hoped to con his way to the top in another world, but life is hard. One little slip, and people starte 1.7kReads8.1Score140Shelves
- 34 My 1982 我的1982 At the “tick-tock” of an old pocket watch, Gao Yang woke up. It was 1982! At its next “tick-tock,” Gao Yang woke up again. This time, it was 2018! A magical old pocket watch takes him between two different eras whenever it chimes. In 1982, his parents are healthy, his eldest sister is beautiful, his little sister hasn’t gone missing, and he is still a boy… In 1982, the old pocket watch carries a whole sheet of Monkey stamps and a small piece of the Little Red stamp… In 2018, the old pocket watch 413Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 35 Reborn: Back in 1979 to Become a Tycoon 重生：回到1979当富翁 [Rebirth + period piece] Chen Dayong, a hopeless gambling addict, leapt from a tall building. When he opened his eyes again, it was autumn 1979. A period of tremendous change was just beginning. This was an era for anyone bold enough to fight for their future, and it was Chen Dayong’s era too! He would keep his younger brother and sister alive, and give them a good life! He would strive to get ahead and make a fortune in the tide of the new age! 40Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 36 Adventures in Russia 闯荡俄罗斯 After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Chinese people flocked to Russia to seek their fortunes. Some were cheated, some were robbed, some grew rich overnight, and others were left penniless. Some abandoned the wives they'd married young to find someone new, while others stayed true to their vows and remained faithful to their marriages. The world is vast and full of surprises. A cast of ordinary people tell the story of Chinese immigrants striving to make a living in a foreign land. 3.3kReads8.8Score326Shelves
- 37 Back to the 1980s to Live the Good Life 重回八零过好日子 [Historical + feel-good + rags-to-riches + sickeningly sweet mutual devotion + two strong leads] She died a miserable death in her previous life. When she opened her eyes, she had been reborn in 1988? This time, she was going to make money, make money, and make even more money. What scumbag men and shameless women? Hah, get lost and stop blocking this young lady's path to fortune. And what about a devoted husband? Sure. Since you're handsome and devoted, I'll gladly take you first. Years later, 830Reads5.5Score101Shelves
- 38 Back to 1983, I Take My Wife to Collect Scrap 重返1983，带着媳妇收破烂 [Urban + Reborn + Period Piece + System + Building Wealth + Slice of Life] [This is a slice-of-life story. No showing off, no overpowered heroics, just an enjoyable read.] “You think you’re so great, so noble, like you’re God. You inexplicably dumped me in 1983, but you won’t even send me back. What kind of godforsaken place is this? This godforsaken place, this godforsaken place! Do you have any idea what I’ve been through here?” Zhou Weiguo, an overworked office drone thrown into 1983, started 958Reads8.8Score104Shelves
- 39 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
- 40 A Guide to Transmigrating into the Apocalypse 末世穿越指南 (A two-way transmigration story between the modern city and a wasteland, no System, plot-focused, power fantasy, one man against the world in the city) Chen Yan, twenty-four years old. Sex: male. Interest: women. A standard office drone. He should have spent his whole life quietly and obediently as a green onion, ripe for anyone to chop up. Instead, he gained the ability to travel freely between the present-day real world and a future wasteland apocalypse. Before he could travel freely between t 5kReads8.1Score351Shelves
- 41 Back to 1990 as a Tycoon: I Help the Whole County Strike It Rich 回到90当神豪：我带全县赚疯了 [Power Fantasy + Riches + 1990s + Stock Trading + Cross-Border Trading + Making the Entire County Rich + Slice of Life + Slow Pace] (A heads-up: This is a slow-paced, ensemble slice-of-life story. The countywide stock-trading arc wraps up in 65 chapters, followed by the whole county becoming cross-border traders. This is not a fast-paced power fantasy!) Reborn in the 1990s, Su Wen had planned to live quietly as a wealthy third-generation heir, but his grandfather cruelly sent him back to the co 5.9kReads8.8Score455Shelves
- 42 Reborn in 1981: I Returned Just for You 重生1981：重生归来只为你 [Rebirth + One Female Lead + Business Rivalry + Hong Kong Showdown + Japan Showdown + Pudong’s Major Development] Li Ming was a business tycoon, a man who once made Western capital tremble. He never married, though rumors said he had a wife in his early years who died one summer. Reborn, Li Ming gives his family a good life. He buys a courtyard home in Beijing, b 1.4kReads7.2Score105Shelves
- 43 I Have a World 我有一个世界 Qin Feng goes home for a blind date, only to be rejected by the woman for having no car, no house, and no job: a complete loser! After his parents are humiliated, Qin Feng swears he will never be poor again. He is going to fight back! But life is full of surprises. A stroke of misfortune turns into a blessing, and Qin Feng unexpectedly gains “a world” at just this moment. 1.2kReads8.1Score114Shelves
- 44 Back to the 1980s to Lead the Whole Village to Prosperity 重回八零年代带领全村致富 Transmigration + Urban Life + Farming + Period Piece Xiao Lu transmigrates back to the 1980s. His family is dirt poor, but he has a beautiful wife. What do you do when your family is poor? Make money! What do you do when your relatives are poor? Make money! What do you do when the whole village is poor? Keep making money! What do you do when you accidentally become the richest man in the village? Help the whole village make money! Transmigrate to the 1980s and make the most of the decade! 943Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 45 Bringing a Warehouse to the Three Kingdoms 带着仓库去三国 Qin Qi transmigrates to the Three Kingdoms era with a warehouse in tow, while others arrive with the aura of a conquering king. As soon as he gets there, he encounters the famous general Gao Shun and the peerlessly beautiful Diao Chan. He claims them both! Traveling back and forth between the Three Kingdoms and the modern era, he steadily makes a little money. Just as everything is going swimmingly, the United States sets its sights on him. Enraged, he crosses the ocean and plunders to his heart 132Reads8.5Score128Shelves
- 46 Back to 1982: I Give an Aircraft Carrier to My Country 回到82：我为祖国献航母 [Alternate-Era Setting + Big Bro Who Cooks + Farming + Making Money + Heartwarming] Just after graduating from college, Jiang Feng is starting a business in a mountain village when he suddenly discovers that he can see a “countdown.” When the countdown reaches zero, he enters a world eerily similar to the historical year 1982. There, he becomes the ultimate big brother, doting on his younger sisters. With his knowledge of the future, he also sets out to build a business and make his fortune. Jus 2.2kReads8.7Score166Shelves
- 47 Reborn in 1980: I Started by Hand-Building a Television 重生1980：从手搓电视机开始 Also known as Reborn in 1980: Building a TV from Scratch Hu Hanyi, a middle-aged gig worker, unexpectedly returns to Beijing’s Nancheng district in 1980, reborn as a tiny five-year-old. In his previous life, he missed every opportunity the times had to offer. This time, he’s ready to keep pace with the era. Make money, get famous, play rock music, explore antiques, anime, and Zhongguancun. Hey, I’m just having fun! The times are calling. Let’s see how Hu Hanyi, given another chance, becomes the 3.9kReads8.5Score247Shelves
- 48 The 1980s: From the Start, I Auction Off My Factory Position 80年代：我开局拍卖了工厂职务 [Transmigration + no System + no female lead + smuggling + stock trading + founding a nation] Zhu Dirui, a member of the post-2000 generation who has just graduated from university, transmigrates to 1980. After leaving the factory, he heads to Xiangjiang. He trades stocks, gets into arcade games, opens factories, starts a newspaper… As the giant bear in the north teeters on the brink of collapse, he takes up smuggling as well. In the end, Zhu Dirui establishes his own country in Southeast Asia: 1.1kReads8.3Score107Shelves
- 49 The Cellar in My House Connects Two Worlds 我家地窖通两界 Transmigration + trading between worlds + conquest of another realm + cutting-edge technology + cultivation: everything you could want is here! The cultivation world comes into play starting from Chapter 410. By chance, Liu Ming discovered that he could enter another world through the cellar in his home. Using the technological gap to sell modern goods for astronomical prices in the other world, he amassed wealth and rose to rule it. He brought advanced medical technology to the future other wor 1.4kReads8.0Score101Shelves
- 50 Back in the 1980s, I Returned to Beijing to Rule the Scene 80年代，杀回京圈当大佬 In 1985, even a pig could take flight if it stood in the right place at the right time. Xiao Guofeng returns to this era reborn, bringing his seed shop with him. Standing before his family's fishpond, he vows, “In this life, I won't let you exploit and squeeze us dry ever again. I'll take good care of Grandpa, protect my little sister, and marry the wife who's suffered a lifetime of hardship. Our whole family will live well!” 943Reads6.6Score104Shelves
