Novels like Back to 1993: Breaking Through
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- 51 Restarting My Rise to the Top in the 1990s 九十年代重启巅峰 Liu Lin is unexpectedly reborn in 1991, with a beautiful wife and an adorable daughter. Now that he's got a second chance, how can he spend his life drifting aimlessly? Riding the waves of the times, he seizes business opportunities and fights his way forward. Across an era of change spanning twenty years, a sweeping picture slowly unfolds... 177Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 52 Back in 1986: From the Start, I Woke Up in My Younger Sister’s Bed 重回1986，开局在妹妹床上醒来 His mother was gravely ill, and his father had died a tragic death. Standing at the pinnacle of the world, he had prayed to the heavens time and again, willing to trade his entire fortune for a chance to start over! To his surprise, his wish came true just before he died! He transmigrated back to the 1980s and awakened the ability to foresee the future! Since he’d been given a second life, he would make up for every regret from his previous one! 117Reads6.0Score10114d adds
- 53 Reborn in 1988 重生1988 Internet tycoon Jiang Ning returns to 1988. Seeing his beautiful wife about to take her own life and his adorable daughter, he’s at a loss. In this era of land grabs, Jiang Ning makes fortunes with a wave of his hand. He wins his wife and daughter’s affection, looks after his siblings and friends, and ultimately achieves great things. 29Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 54 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
- 55 Reborn in 1995: I Have a Fortune of Billions to Inherit 重生95，我有亿万家产要继承 (Both leads are reborn + real-world industry + multiple heroines + no System + not a wish-fulfillment story + slow burn) Jin Yang, born into a wealthy family, was raised by his parents to live frugally. He has little ambition and is better at preserving what he has than making progress. When his childhood sweetheart is humiliated and takes her own life, and foreign capital moves to encircle his company, he is powerless to fight back and can only retreat again and again. Reborn, Jin Yang naturall 11Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 56 Reborn in 2004: Reshaping China's Business World 重生到2004年，重写中国商圈 [Reborn + No System + E-Commerce + Internet + High Tech + All Kinds of Startups] [All Kinds of Business Wars] His company was losing money, and a sham divorce turned into a real one. The house, car, and assets were all transferred to his wife, and he even discovered that the two children he’d raised for over a decade weren’t his. At forty-four, Ye Bufan couldn’t accept the truth. After dragging his wife to her death with him, he woke up reborn twenty years in the past. Though he has to start his 263Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 57 Reborn in 1992 重生一九九二 Liu Xiao Tian woke up one morning reborn in 1992. Armed with the memories of his previous life, he bought subscription certificates, traded futures, built factories, seized the wave of state enterprises being transferred to private ownership, and entered the internet industry. Step by step, he built a business empire of his own. 3.4kReads8.1Score26014d adds
- 58 Reborn in 1981: Making a Fortune on the Black Market 重生81从黑市开始发家致富 Reborn in 1981, he returns to the days that filled him with regret and anguish! This time, he’ll stand tall and overcome every obstacle! Facing the young wife who sheltered him from every storm in his previous life, yet never enjoyed a single day of happiness herself! Xue Chenggang swears to give her his whole heart and treat her right! Changing himself and making his wife happy: that is his goal! Even a billion-dollar contract can’t compare to Zhao Shuzhen saying she needs him! 551Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 59 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 203Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 Oh No, I've Arrived in a Parallel World 完蛋我来到平行世界了 He unexpectedly transmigrates to a parallel timeline, a world almost identical to the one he knows, yet secretly different. Here, technology and social change are still at their starting point, and history has followed the same course. But Li Chen discovers that the people and memories from his original world seem not to exist here. Everything feels brand new. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 A Dream of Fate 命运之梦 Zhang Ji had a dream. He dreamed that his life played out like a movie, with reality and the dream confirming one another. Some parts were set in stone, while others differed. His fears for the future gradually became reality, and fate slipped beyond his grasp, veering away from the dream. Standing between reality and dreams, Zhang Ji found himself at a loss over what to choose. 890Reads7.5Score11214d adds
- 62 Hong Kong: The Rise of Hong Kong Comics 港岛，港漫崛起 Anime + Movies + Music + Toys At this time, Hong Kong's entertainment industry was just beginning to take off. It was still in its early stages, far from reaching its peak. At this pivotal moment, Wang Ziyun dreamed big and resolutely set his sights on Disney. He poured everything into creating a global entertainment conglomerate spanning film, animation, comics, music, and theme parks. On this land of opportunity and challenge, he was determined to build an entertainment empire of his own. 315Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 63 Reborn in 1985: Tales from the Plains 重生一九八五：平原往事 When business tycoon Yu Yang woke up, he had returned to 1985 and become a rural young man with nothing to his name. Standing at the cusp of a new era, he drew on a vision more than thirty years ahead of his time and started from an unremarkable corner: he bought a tractor, began hauling goods, and earned his first fortune. Next, he took over the town’s market and built a commercial hub; founded a plastic hose factory to complete the supply chain; and acquired a flour mill to begin capital opera 191Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Back to 1982: Starting with a Street Stall 重回1982：从摆地摊开始 [Period] + [Reborn] + [Devoted Husband] + [Business and Farming] “Lao Xu, do you want a wife or not?” After finally succeeding in business, Zhang Xu hadn't even had a chance to reach the pinnacle of life when his most trusted subordinate murdered him. He wakes with a start and discovers he's been reborn in 1982, as a local thug! He was lazy and greedy, constantly causing trouble, and not only abused his family, but drove his woman to her death... When the village's most notorious thug suddenly b —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Back to 1980: Riding the Wave to Make a Fortune 回到1980，乘着风口去捡钱 [Fast-paced, no dragging things out. You’ll see what it’s about for yourselves.] Qin An is reborn in 1980. Drawing on his knowledge of the future and riding the wave of economic reform, he builds his business empire step by step. He opens a cigarette factory and earns foreign currency. He opens a canning factory, producing canned mushrooms, asparagus, and mesona. He supports the development of special economic zones and drives reforms to the rationing system. He starts a construction company and 5Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 66 Are You Crazy? I'm Already This Perfect, Why Do I Need to Be Reborn? 疯了吧！我这么完美还要重生？ [Reborn + period setting + school beauty + romance + entrepreneurship + making money + lighthearted + daily life + comedy + leisurely pace + no System] Lu Mingfei returned to 2002 and faced countless choices. Naturally, only children are forced to choose: adults take it all. Thus began his perfect life, with success in both business and love. 136Reads8.0Score10314d adds
- 67 Reborn in 1981: Build Wealth by Marrying a Young Educated Woman 重生81，从娶女知青发家致富 [Rebirth + Period Fiction + Rural Prosperity + Urban Farming + Entrepreneurship] Zhao Feiyu was reborn. He returned to 1981. This time, when Zhang Xiaorou said, “Let’s get married!” Zhao Feiyu’s eyes filled with tears. He held the woman before him tightly and said, “I will.” Heaven had finally answered his prayers. The regrets of his past life made Zhao Feiyu want to throw his head back and shout now that he had returned to 1981! In this life, he wouldn’t let tragedy happen again. With his all-k 37Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 68 Reborn in 1993: After Prison, I Became Filthy Rich 重生1993，出狱后我壕无人性 The low-profile billionaire Chen Dong returns to 1993, reborn one month before his release from prison. After getting out, branded a “gangster” and an “ex-con,” he plunges back into the world of business. With his far-sighted vision and wealth of life experience, he builds an entirely new business empire. He was already rich in his previous life, but this time he’s even more outrageously wealthy. If I want someone, I’ll shower her with money. If I don’t like someone, I’ll pay others to beat him 18.8kReads8.6Score1.1k14d adds
- 69 Business Tycoon 商业枭雄 The business world should be about financial transactions alone. But once personal feelings get involved, who ultimately loses? The elite of the business world may seem dazzling on the surface, but behind the glamour lie the dirtiest truths and the most hypocritical lies. Amid the cutthroat deals and ruthless competition, what are family, friendship, and love worth? To become a true tycoon, everyone fights to get ahead, but who can really seize ultimate power? Who will wake up in time and emerge 152Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 70 I Went Away to Build a Dam, and Came Back to Find the Family Dividing Up the Property? 我在外面修大坝，回来被分家？ In 1981, Jiang Shaoan set out to become a low-key Gourmet supplier! First, supply one factory, then an entire township! Give me a chance, and I'll give you a Gourmet processing plant in return! 603Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 Reborn as an Internet Mogul 重生之互联网大亨 2004. Baidu had been online for four years. JD.com had been founded six years earlier. NetEase had been around for seven years. Alibaba was celebrating its fifth anniversary, and Taobao had only just launched the year before. Luo Chen was unexpectedly reborn in 2004, as the internet was beginning to boom. Watch him rise step by step to become an industry magnate! 1.1kReads5.1Score—14d adds
- 72 Back to 1975: The Kingdom of Materials 重回1975：材料王国 Rebirth + industry + the internet + the integrated circuit industry chain + Period setting + sent-down youth + business strategy + capital battles + love and hate... A carefully planned car accident sent materials expert Mo Zheng back to the passionate era of the Down to the Countryside Movement. Yet he never expected fate to mock him again and again. The dust of history lay as heavily as a mountain along its inevitable course... Capital is like an invisible hand, using the industrial chains it 38Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 73 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. 419Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 74 Traveling Between Two Worlds, Starting with the 1992 Fortune Certificates 往返两界，从92发财证开始 Synopsis: Legend has it that there is a mysterious region in the human brain. If you can reach it and enter, you can transmigrate to a parallel universe in another dimension. Watch how the protagonist moves between two worlds and makes a fortune! He arrives in the parallel world of 1992. He makes waves in finance, from stock certificates and borrowing money in the Bear Kingdom to buy assets, to futures, stock index futures, stocks, foreign exchange, and London gold. In industry, he gets into hea 77Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 75 I Sell Herbal Plasters, and Somehow I Have 100,000 Distributors 我卖狗皮膏药居然有十万名代理商 Li Qiankun is reborn in 2014. In his first year, he makes his first fortune in social commerce: a tidy sum of one hundred million yuan. In his second year, he enters the cosmetics industry and starts emptying rich women’s purses. In his third year, he leads a hundred thousand agents in opening a chain of snack shops. Ten years later, a reporter asks, “Mr. Li, how does it feel to be the world’s richest man?” “Money is just a number to me. Besides, I’m not interested in money.” 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 A Second Chance at Life, Starting in 1976 重活一世从1976开始 Xiao Qiang, buried in debt, died amid poverty and illness. Reborn at the age of eight in 1976, he resolves to get into a good university, find the first love he missed in his previous life, help his family and friends change their fates, earn more money, and give his family a completely different life. 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 Reborn: Phoenix Rising in 2007 重生涅槃2007 [Non-System Rebirth Power Fantasy] Reborn by accident in 2007, Wang Long sets out on a new life, rising from the ashes. His journey brings the innocence and passion of college life, the confusion and anxiety of city living, the heartbreak and bitter tears of the stock market, and the deception and strategy of the business world. Watch him overcome every obstacle, build a business empire, and become a titan of finance. 1.9kReads8.5Score19414d adds
- 78 The Golden Age Against the Tide 逆流黄金年代 Reborn in 2000, Lin Xiaolei finds that real estate has yet to take off, the internet has just weathered a downturn, and the retail industry is only getting started. As the tide of the times rolls in, what will he choose? Lin Xiaolei says, “I want to make money.” “And after you’ve made money?” “Make even more money.” “What do you need all that money for?” “Make money with money...” 2.7kReads8.2Score16814d adds
- 79 Back to 1991: Building a Business Empire 重回1991做豪门 Chen Yang had spent most of his life achieving nothing, and now he was terminally ill. Then one night, he dreamed himself back to 1991, where he found his sweet, adorable little daughter and his gorgeous, sexy wife... What was going on? He and his wife had clearly divorced thirty years ago. Overcome with excitement, Chen Yang realized he had returned to the past. In this era, where gold lay everywhere, even a pig could take off. What’s more, Chen Yang had the memories of two lifetimes. He set ou 1.1kReads8.4Score4714d adds
- 80 Reborn: The Tech Empire 重生之科技帝国 Reborn in 2003, back when Penguin wasn’t yet a behemoth and China’s internet companies hadn’t gone through their wild-growth phase. Li Jin is a genius from the future. Let’s see how he takes the world by storm. (This book requires you to check your brain at the door. If you curse me out, you’re right to.) 2Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 81 Reborn: A Peerless Hero 重生之一世枭雄 Back at the age of twenty-two, Jiang Zichuan cashed out a hundred million from the stock market and set off on a legendary life. In the eyes of the public, he was the stock god of the East, a god of investing, and a patriotic tycoon. To his rivals, he was a predator, a vile and despicable businessman. His fortune taught everyone what it meant when gold coins rang out: the whole world trembled... 464Reads8.0Score10114d adds
- 82 Back to 1989: I Just Want to Make Money and Support My Family 重回1989，我只想赚钱养家 [Period Piece + Making Money + Business Rivalry + One Female Lead] Chen Qiang returns to 1989. His wife is heavily pregnant, his eldest daughter is crying for food, and the family is penniless. He has taken up livestock farming and is deep in debt. With the family at its lowest point, he knows he cannot repeat the mistakes of the past. He must turn things around against all odds, climb from the bottom, reach the pinnacle of the business world, and become rich, growing wildly in this golden age.. 223Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 83 I Refuse to Marry Into Her Family: I Want to Wed My Beautiful Childhood Sweetheart 拒绝入赘，我要娶绝美青梅竹马 Billionaire Wang Peng is reborn in the 1970s. He wants to make up for the regrets of his previous life. But first, he has to find a way out of the woodshed. His grandmother has tied him up inside and is about to send him off to become a live-in son-in-law. Fortunately, he brought his RV back with him. This time, he absolutely refuses to become a live-in son-in-law. He will make sure his wicked grandmother meets a miserable end, and that everyone who tormented him dies without a grave. He will ta 68Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 84 Reborn in 2003: I Started with Gaming and Made a Fortune 重生2003从游戏开始赚成首富 [Two heroines] [Reborn] [Entrepreneurship] [Easygoing] A financial mogul is reborn in a car accident, back in his high school days. Seeing that his parents, who would spend the rest of their lives in a nursing home in the future, are now healthy, he resolves to make money immediately and change what happens to them after they’re laid off. At first, he makes his first fortune by exploiting a bug in a game, then shorts the game’s merchants through its in-game financial market. In the middle and la 140Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 85 Reborn as the Secretary to a Good-for-Nothing Female Manager 重生后竟成为废柴女经理的秘书 A tavern owner wakes up back in 2012 and finds himself the secretary to a good-for-nothing female manager. In his past life, he was best at playing a bad hand. This time, he’s here to put know-it-alls in their place. His moment has come, and it’s time for this couch potato to turn things around. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 Reborn: My 1992 重生之我的1992 Reborn in 1992: Save My Parents, Find My Love, and Return to an Era Rife with Opportunity! 51Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 87 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
- 88 How to Become the Richest Man! 首富是怎样养成的！ Mo Chu transmigrates to a parallel world in 2012, where he becomes a fourth-year university student and takes over his family's old, run-down appliance factory. With a keen understanding of the times, he reforms the business, starts a venture while still in college, builds his personal brand, and rises to every challenge. Step by step, he turns himself into the richest man in the world. My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, 55Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 89 Ten Million a Day, and I Can’t Spend It All at School? 每天一千万，在学校花不完？ A broke student with 86.5 yuan in his account has to spend ten million yuan every day, and he’s only allowed to spend it on campus. At first, Lin Tian thought: How hard could it be? Treat everyone to a meal, rent out a milk tea shop, give the whole school free food for a month. In the end, he’d spent only thirty thousand in a day. He’d wasted 99.97 million. He started to panic. Take over the cafeteria contract, renovate the gym, remodel the dorms, buy out the convenience store… The faster 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 Tycoon? Godfather? Academician? That’s Right, I’m All of Them 首富？教父？院士？没错，都是我 [Reborn + entertainment + technology-driven national development + intangible cultural heritage + billionaire protagonist + multiple heroines + slow pace] A burned-out office worker, a coder who spent endless nights writing online novels on Tomato, finally died of overwork and returned to 1995. In this life, he planned to make enough money to go home and retire, listening to Qin opera with his mother and growing vegetables outside their door. This time, he wanted to live comfortably and stop exh 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Reborn: I Became a Big Shot in Every Industry 重生：我成了各行业大佬 [One female lead + 2004 + developing both the internet and traditional industries] Su Chen is reborn. If his family uses their money to treat his father's illness, he won't be able to go to college. If he goes to college, his father won't receive treatment and will be left permanently disabled. Su Chen doesn't want his father's lifelong disability from his previous life to happen again. He joins his mother in selling boxed meals at a street stall and helps her build a career in the food industry 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 Reborn in 1984: Everything Depends on My Own Two Hands 重生84：一切都靠手 Chen Feng is reborn in the 1980s. Relying on his own abilities and his knowledge of the future, he makes a successful comeback and builds his own business empire. 111Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 93 Reborn in 1981: My Family Is Just a Little Powerful 重生1981：我的家族有亿点强 Lin Chu was reborn in 1981. At the time, his family was at the height of its power, and his grandfather, the family's bedrock, was still alive. His father was ambitious and poised to climb the political ladder. The woman who would bring him endless humiliation in his previous life had yet to fulfill their engagement. Overjoyed, Lin Chu vowed to turn his family's imminent decline around. He would make the wife from his previous life, who had looked down on him, regret it for the rest of her life. 48Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 94 Becoming a Super Rich Man Starting in College 从大学开始，成为超级富豪 Back in 2005, the internet was entering a golden age, and the protagonist hoped to claim the most delicious slice of the pie. Starting with Renren, he ventures into movies, phones, games, investments, entertainment, e-commerce, new energy, drones... From the internet to manufacturing, from the internet to showbiz, he builds his fortune while enjoying life. Watch as the protagonist gradually becomes a business magnate. 437Reads—Score10014d adds
- 95 Reborn in the 1990s: Break the West's Tech Stranglehold and Make Trillions 重生九零：科技卡脖欧美赚爆万亿 The rating just came in! [Reborn entrepreneurial story, building up industry, no System, slow burn, with sound business-war logic] Back in 1993, Su Lei makes his first fortune reselling pagers. He makes a killing worldwide with electronic pets, rapidly builds his business, catches up with Motorola and Intel, and establishes a foothold in the semiconductor chip industry. During the 1997 financial crisis, he fends off international speculators and buys up undervalued assets in Japan and South Kore 11kReads7.0Score87914d 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 Reborn in the 1980s: Love and Career, I Want It All 重生八零：爱情事业全都要 [Reborn + 1980s + farming + building wealth + family life + strong heroine + devoted couple] Fang Qiushui is reborn and forced to marry an alcoholic gambler many years her senior, in exchange for a wife for her cousin. Why should I have to trade away my whole life so my cousin can get a wife? Why does his family get to eat eggs while I have to live on dried radish? Dream on! I won’t agree to this! She takes her mother and younger sister and decisively splits from the family. She tears into her c 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 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
- 99 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! 3.2kReads—Score12114d adds
- 100 The Golden Merchant 金牌商人 Luo Yang, a graduate student from a prestigious university, returns to his hometown to start a business after graduating. He only wants to help the villagers build their fortunes, but accidentally stirs up turmoil across the world, transforming a small mountain village step by step into the world's economic hub! I'm a farmer, but I'm also the uncrowned king of the city! 169Reads8.4Score—14d adds
