Novels like Reborn in 1980: Becoming a Tycoon
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- 1 Back to 1986: Alchemy and Making Money 重回86：炼金搞钱 When Qin Yuan woke up, he discovered that he had returned to 1986. Everyone thought Qin Yuan was a good-for-nothing, but he had quietly started dabbling in alchemy. He accumulated a thousand taels of gold day and night, and that was only his startup capital. See how this reborn man steers a mighty ship and holds his beloved wife close as he carves out his own place in the business world! 566Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Restarting in 1987 重启1987 Business tycoon Hu Fei is reborn in 1987. Seeing how hard life is for his wife and daughter, he makes his first vow: he’ll repay them many times over for what he owed them in his past life! 20Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 3 The Easy-Win Life I Found After Returning to 1998 重回98年后的躺赢人生 A story about a real estate professional who transmigrates! The cut and thrust of office life, opportunities to build wealth in the tide of the times, and the everyday lives of ordinary people are all captured in Wuhan, Jiangcheng, this heroic city. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Reborn in a Warm Spring: Is the Village Beauty Really My Wife? 重生暖春，乡村美女是我老婆？ “For real?” After being single for over thirty years, he got a country girl for a wife for free after being reborn. Ten years as an internet addict and overworked wage slave, then a sudden death and rebirth in 1987. A decade of life as an overworked wage slave after college left Ma Dong utterly exhausted. In the end, he died suddenly from staying up too late. But when he opened his eyes again, he found himself reborn in a parallel world much like the TV drama Warm Spring, which he had watched a 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 My Seven Sisters Reign Supreme 我的七个姐姐冠绝天下 My seven unrelated sisters are peerless beauties, yet every one of them is a doting sister who spoils her little brother. Meanwhile, I am the mighty master of the Dragon Suppression Hall. 56Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Supreme Spirit Warrior 灵武至尊 His nine meridians' talents were utterly lost. Now he returns in force, bearing a Purple-Gold Divine Vein and a mysterious black millstone. Spirit is the path to martial power, origin is the path to divinity, and with a sacred dragon at his side, he refines a demon-slaying holy body and forges an invincible form. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Reborn in 1983: From Street Vendor to Billionaire 重生83：千亿身家，从摆摊开始 Li Cunxi was reborn, returning to the passionate 1980s, when people were still feeling their way forward. In his previous life, his wife and daughter died young, leaving him with a lifetime of regret. This time, he would pamper them beyond measure and make them the happiest women in the world. Of course, while enjoying a happy family life, he also wanted to use the experience he had gained in his previous life to make his mark in this new era. Guided by the principle of developing technology, in 89Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 8 Reborn in 1979 重生一九七九年 In his previous life, he was a spoiled rich kid who took his devoted wife for granted and squandered his fortune. In the end, his family was destroyed, and he died alone! Reborn for a second life, it feels as though everything has come around again. He'll make up for the regrets of his past life this time, and won't let anyone down! 33Reads5.3Score314d adds
- 9 Reborn in the 1980s: My Rules Are the Rules 重生80，我的规矩就是规矩 Liu Yunfei chose euthanasia to escape the torment of illness. When he woke up, he had unexpectedly returned to 1983, the year he had just gotten into college. In his previous life, Liu Yunfei had enjoyed a fairly smooth ride, eventually becoming the richest man in a prefecture-level city. Given another chance, with the benefit of hindsight, he quietly decided to start by becoming the richest man again. 4Reads—Score114d adds
- 10 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 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 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. 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 A Lifelong Journey: Zhou Bingkun Reborn 人世间：周秉昆重生 [A Period Novel, Full of Human Warmth, No System, Not a Fast-Paced Power Fantasy] Qin Ming woke up to find he had transmigrated into the 1990s. His home was bare, and he was dirt-poor, but he had a beautiful wife who was as lovely as a flower. After the initial shock, he gradually calmed down. A second life comes with a debt of karma. Now that he had taken over someone else's body, how could he repay this connection? In the end, he decided to change his life and make up for all the regrets Z —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Reborn as a Business Tycoon 重生之商业大亨 Since fate has given me another chance at life, I’m going to make this world my playground! 144Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 14 Thirty Years in Prison, Then I Got Out as the Richest Man 入狱三十年，出狱当首富 [No System + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Invincible + Urban] He helped his cousin chase off a group of punks, only to be falsely accused of murder by her family. After thirty years in prison, Song Xuan is reborn with a lifetime of secrets, back on the night he saved his cousin. This time, he chooses to stand by and watch, even pulling out his phone to record it. After getting his revenge on her family, Song Xuan uses what he knows about the future to build his wealth and earn the first fortune of 22Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 15 I Wept at My Wife's Grave, Then I Was Reborn 跪在老婆墓碑前痛哭，我重生了 [Period Drama]+ [Plot-Driven]+ [Urban Life]+ [Business Battles]+ [Brotherhood and Loyalty]+ [The Heroine Has an Elder Sister-in-Law’s Grace]+ [Everyday Warmth] The world’s richest man, Shen Qiansan, knelt before his wife’s gravestone, weeping and begging forgiveness. He was reborn at the moment before the tragedy of September 11, 1991, and fiercely protected his wife and daughter, keeping them safe and making up for his regrets. Afterward, relying on the memories, skills, and shrewdness he had g 62Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 16 Transmigrate to 1970 穿越1970 One heroine, a pocket dimension, no System This is the story of a post-90s generation person who transmigrates to the 1970s. Armed with memories of the future, they use their foresight to rise to the top in this perilous era. 421Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 17 Hall of the God of Slaughter 杀神殿 After five years of bloodshed, I return as a prince. In this city, I’ll punch my way through everything; this family, I’ll wipe out with the casual wave of my Godslayer Hall. No one is allowed to humiliate my beloved wife, and my daughter is only ever to be spoiled! 117Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 18 Hall of the Dragon Slayer 斩龙殿 The legendary God of War Fang Yang has made a powerful return to the city. His larger-than-life life needs no explanation, because in this life he is destined to rule the world! Fang Yang: Arrogance isn’t in my nature, but picking a fight with me is tantamount to suicide! 24Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 19 The Top Student Transmigrates to Become a Royal Spy 学霸穿越当皇家密探 Ding Bufan, originally named Ding Yijian, is a sophomore at Rongcheng University. He transmigrates after climbing over the wall of Imperial Tomb Park and returns to the dynasty of the tomb’s owner. A girl named Ye Ziqiu, whose name is identical to that of his girlfriend, rescues him. After facing several trials and studying hard, Ding Bufan becomes a royal spy, arrests corrupt officials, rids the land of bullies, and marries a princess. From then on, his life takes off with every advantage imagi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Reborn as the World's Richest Man 重生之世界首富 Reborn in 1998, Chu Han is determined to live a life more remarkable than the one he had before. He earns his first fortune through tutoring classes, then uses scattered memories from his past life to trade stocks, invest in crude oil, and make leveraged bets with returns a hundredfold. During a trade war, he strikes back against the four foreign grain giants and stabilizes domestic food prices. He also ventures into the internet industry, breaking through in virtual reality technology and pushi 875Reads8.0Score10214d adds
- 21 The Reborn Strongest Life 重生之最强人生 Given a second chance at life, I'll trample everyone who ever bullied me underfoot… 787Reads8.0Score10114d adds
- 22 Reborn: Back to 2010 to Make Money 重生：回到2010搞钱 Wang Teng returns to 2010, just after the college entrance exams. From the start, his parents are getting divorced, so he promises to make money and turn things around. In less than a month, he makes a hundred million! “Wang Teng, let's go play games at the internet cafe.” “No time. I need to make money.” “Wang Teng, the campus beauty wants to hang out with you.” “What’s there to do? I need to make money.” While everyone else is still fretting over buying a home, he’s already bought up an entire 231Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 23 Supreme Dragon Hall 至尊龙殿 [War God + Dad] After five years of blood-soaked battles, he returns in glory, only to lose the woman he loves. Burdened by a blood feud, he vows to stain the skies with his enemies’ blood! His daughter is the only thing he has left in life, and he will protect her to the death! 746Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 24 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... 121Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 That Summer, I Broke into the Electronic Trading Market 那年夏天，我闯进了电子盘 Tang Feng, an 18-year-old who has just graduated from high school, refuses to bow to an ordinary fate and accidentally plunges into the whirlpool of speculative trading. The euphoria of his early profits sweeps him along like a tide, pushing him onto a thorny, one-way road. Over the years, from Zhengzhou's electronic cotton trading platform to the volatile futures market, he experiences countless rises and falls, and only then truly understands the profound wisdom in the saying, “Fortune may hid 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 I Opened My Eyes to Find My Wife in My Arms and a Full House of Children 睁开眼：娇妻在怀儿女双全 Wang Shifeng transmigrates to 1982! He opens his eyes to find a beautiful wife in his arms and a son and daughter by his side! “This makes no sense! I’d just gone from being a single delivery guy to a demolition-relocation heir with over 18 million yuan and five houses. How did I suddenly end up back before Liberation overnight?” The greatest tragedy in life is dying before you’ve spent all your money! Looking closer, his wife is beautiful and virtuous, and his children are adorable! Well, so be 126Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 27 1988: I’m Going to Become the Richest Man 1988，我要做首富 Just how much money could a middleman make doing business in the 1980s? After being reborn, Yu Feng starts making his fortune as a middleman. He earns 300 million in just two months! He kicks aside his fiancée, who only cares about money and status! He sends the scoundrel who tried to stop their marriage straight to prison! Trading in leather gloves to get fighter jets from the Soviet Union isn’t enough. Yu Feng sets his sights on the Trans-Siberian Railway and oil! With a single deal, this nobo 334Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 28 Back to 1981: From the Start, I Marry the Love of My Life 重回1981：开局迎娶一生挚爱 In his previous life, Su Mu shirked his responsibilities, driving his wife to throw herself into a river and leaving behind only their infant daughter. Reborn, he faced his wife’s question once more: “Will you marry me?” This time, Su Mu agreed without hesitation. From then on, the villagers were astonished to see that the lazy good-for-nothing everyone despised had changed. He doted on his wife and helped the whole village prosper... 259Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 29 Reborn: Back in 1991 to Become a Magnate 重生：回到1991当枭雄 A generation’s ruthless tycoon is reborn in 1991, an era brimming with gold and limitless potential. But he has become a good-for-nothing who beats his wife, sells his younger sister, and gambles away everything. He has no roof over his head and no place to call his own. Chen Fan will show everyone that a wolf always finds meat wherever it roams. No matter when or where, he is still the feared tycoon who makes people tremble at his name! 18Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 30 Reborn in 1982: I Married the Factory’s Most Beautiful Woman 重生1982：我娶了厂花嫂子 In the bitter winter of 1982, at the Red Star Textile Mill, where the temperature has dropped to minus fifteen degrees, Lin Chen is reborn at the moment of his death from terminal lung cancer. He arrives just in time to catch Zhao Qiang framing him for spying on his sister-in-law, Su Wan, while she bathed. In his previous life, Lin Chen was falsely accused and ruined, Su Wan was driven to suicide, and their enemy rose to become a business tycoon by stepping over their corpses. This time, armed w 25Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 31 Reborn in the 1990s to Save My Wife and Daughter 重生回90年代救回老婆和女儿 Reborn + doting dad + farming + period setting + building a fortune from nothing + no golden finger In his previous life, Tang Guangyao was obsessed with the idea that children would look after him in old age. When his wife couldn't give him a son, he gave up on life completely. He spent his days drinking, gambling, and beating his wife. He abandoned his wife and daughter, then ran off with his mistress, who could bear him a son. Not long after he left, his daughter died of illness. Grief-strick 242Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 32 Back in 1983: Starting Out as a Devoted Husband and Dad 重回1983：从宠妻当奶爸开始 [Urban Life + Farming + Rebirth + Dad Life + Scumbag’s Redemption + Devoted Husband + Career and Wealth] In his twenties, Lin Ergou was so poor he couldn’t scrape together a penny. He had nothing except a wonderful wife and child. But in his sixties, Lin Jianzhou had billions in assets, luxury homes and cars, fame and prestige. He had everything except a wonderful wife and child. At his hospital bedside, his biological son glares at him and demands to know why he abandoned his wife and child, wh 265Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 33 Reborn: Spoiling My Wife Rotten! 重生，把老婆宠上天！ He returned to the past with just 100 yuan and built a fortune worth over 100 million in six months. His wife’s entire family saw him in a whole new light! 465Reads7.1Score11214d adds
- 34 Reborn in 1981: Dump My Trashy Wife and Get Rich Fast 重生1981：踹飞渣妻狂飙暴富 [Not a wish-fulfillment story. Proceed with caution and sample it first!] Countless lips have tasted these vermilion lips. Who would have guessed I'm a man reborn? The unrestrained Zhao Shanhe woke up with a desperate need to pee, his ex-wife You Ling lying alluringly in his arms. He remembered how in his previous life he'd been a lovesick doormat who wound up raising another man's child, losing his home and family, and ending up with nothing, all because of that wicked woman. How can one ease o 1.1kReads8.7Score10114d adds
- 35 An Only Son on an ’80s Island? He Spoils His Eight Daughters 八零海岛绝户？把八个女儿宠上天 [Island Foraging + Changbai Mountain Hunting + Daughter-Obsessed Dad + Entrepreneurship + Farming] The rating is low because it just came out. That's normal, so don't miss it, folks! In the early chapters, he forages and fishes around the islands while raising his daughters. Later, he heads to Changbai Mountain to hunt and gather wild goods! After years of hoping in vain for a child, Lin Hai transmigrates into the body of a good-for-nothing from the 1980s who beats his wife and sells his daughte 198Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 36 Who Gets Reborn Just Before the College Entrance Exam? 谁家重生在高考前 This is a business-war novel with exceptionally sound logic, written to make up for past regrets. It’s not a mindless power fantasy, so readers who don’t like that should proceed with caution. If you could start over, would you choose to save the world or save mathematics? After one wild night, Wang Zhuo opens his eyes and finds himself back on the eve of the college entrance exams. He looks at the math test he took to assess himself. “15 points!!!” 3.8kReads6.9Score30714d adds
- 37 Reborn in 1984: My Brother-in-Arms Became My Brother-in-Law from the Start 重生1984：开局兄弟变成小舅子 He woke up and found himself reborn in 1984. History was repeating itself, and beside him lay his good friend's older sister. Lu Pingchuan steeled himself and decided to make his friend his brother-in-law. Armed with memories from another lifetime, he wouldn't run away this time. “Only fools make choices. I, Lu Pingchuan, want it all.” A humble toothpaste tube would lay the foundations of a vast business empire! 757Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 38 Reborn in 1984: Giving My Wife and Daughter a Better Life 重生84：给妻女过上好日子 Xiao Yan, the village’s notorious hooligan, changed overnight after getting completely drunk with a fellow rascal from the neighboring village. He used to laze around, beat his wife, and often drag the village boys his age into gambling and brawling. Now he’s not only polite and hardworking, but can even help the villagers make money. Everyone in the village was baffled. How could a man get so much better after one drunken night? He was practically a model villager. Only Xiao Yan knew the reason 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 1996: I Can Hear My Reborn Son's Thoughts 1996：我能听到重生儿子的心声 [That auntie in front of Dad will inherit a fortune worth tens of billions someday. Should I give Dad a heads-up and tell him to seize the chance and make the first move?] [Dad’s actually going into the internet business. Should I have him register all the major companies’ domain names first, so he can trade them for shares later?] [Dad, work harder! I’m counting on you to make me a super-rich second-generation heir someday!] … Hearing his son’s thoughts one after another, Wang Han seemed to se 57Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 40 Reborn: Back to 1981 to Win My Wife’s Heart 重生：回到1981追老婆 Zhang Junfeng was a successful man at the peak of his career, but the person he trusted most poisoned him to death. He was reborn in 1981 in the body of a good-for-nothing. The man had no ambition and was addicted to gambling. He often beat his wife, leaving her and their daughter to suffer, and the family was on the verge of running out of food. Meanwhile, his father was implicated in a case involving the women's dormitory and locked up in the detention center. His mother was inexplicably hit a 62Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 41 Dragon Marshal 龙帅 Six years on the battlefield, with power over all under heaven. Now I return in glory, ready to promise you a brilliant future! 442Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 42 1986: Restarting Life 1986：重启人生 [Reborn + Period Piece + No System + No Stupidity + Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story + Slow Pace + Everyday Farming] Li Haichuan is reborn in 1986, returning to that passionate era. He thinks the first thing he should do is break up with his first love... 4Reads—Score114d adds
- 43 Are You Crazy? I Just Got Reborn, and You’re Forcing Me to Give My Daughter Away 疯了吧，刚重生就逼我将女儿送人 [Reborn + period setting + farming + doting on wife and daughter + building wealth + gentle, beautiful wife + cozy everyday life] "Mom! I don't want to leave you! I'll even eat grass roots! I don't eat much!" "Dad! Wake up! Hurry and save me! Bad people are taking me away!" The commotion woke Zhou Bin from his deep sleep. Before him was his daughter, wailing, and his wife, already crying her eyes out. His elderly father stood beside them, his temples streaked with white, tears streaming down his 834Reads6.9Score10114d adds
- 44 Northeast Storm: From Hunter to Tycoon 东北风云：我从猎户到首富 [Transmigration + period setting + hunting + special forces + wish fulfillment + multiple heroines + pocket dimension] Zhou Qin, a special forces soldier, transmigrates in a dream to the remote mountains of Northeast China in the 1970s. With his superb marksmanship, he hits every target, even from a hundred paces! His previous life was exhausting and relentlessly competitive. This time, he can finally enjoy life to the fullest. So, in places like the Greater Khingan and Changbai Mountains, Zhou 2.4kReads8.2Score17014d adds
- 45 Reborn in 1990: I Become a Legend by Leveraging Information Gaps 重生1990：我靠信息差封神 Wang Wenwu was an honest, frugal, 40-year-old truck driver in his previous life who loved listening to the news. Reborn in 1990 with his memories of the times intact, he seizes every major opportunity, from stamps and subscription certificates to the internet and real estate. He gives his family a comfortable life, brings glory to his benefactors, and makes his enemies regret everything, using immense wealth and foresight to forge his path to legendary status. 3Reads—Score114d adds
- 46 Reborn in 2008: I Became a Tycoon with a Phone from the Future 重生08：我靠未来手机成首富 [Thrilling Business Battles] + [The Male Lead Isn’t a Saint] + [No Female Lead, Multiple Female Supporting Characters] + [Getting Rich Alongside His Brothers] Just after Shen Tian was reborn in the 2008 college entrance exam hall, he discovered a phone from 2025 in his pocket! The app “Toutiao” turned out to be a gold mine of information from the future! [Shocking! Bitcoin surges twenty millionfold in eight years!] [The first year of Taobao: Singles’ Day sales top 100 million!] [Financial crisis 6.5kReads—Score75414d adds
- 47 The Black Dragon Who Guards the Nation 护国黑龙 After three years in prison, I owe my wife and daughter far too much. Today, I've returned to protect them… 784Reads7.6Score12414d adds
- 48 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
- 49 Weeping at My Wife and Daughter's Graves, I Am Reborn in 1983 跪在老婆女儿坟墓前哭，重生八三 [The short drama “1983: Turning the Tables, No Longer a Good-for-Nothing” is now available] (Reborn in the 1980s + scumbag reforms + 1v1 romance + doting dad gets rich) In his previous life, Yang Fan was a good-for-nothing, disliked by everyone, until his wife and daughter died and he finally came to his senses. But by then, his family had already fallen apart. No matter how much money he made afterward, he was still all alone. Yang Fan thought he would have to leave this life with those regrets 726Reads8.7Score10514d adds
- 50 Back to 1986: Becoming a Tycoon 重返1986当首富 Zhang Chao unexpectedly returns to 1986, determined to make up for the regret and resentment he feels over how he treated his wife in his previous life. He'll earn the money, and his wife can spend her days being beautiful... 81Reads8.2Score—14d adds
