Novels like The Magnate of 1990
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Magnate of 1990, best match first.
- 1 After I Was Reborn, All the School Belles Fell for the Male Supporting Character 重生后，校花们都爱上了男配 People with good character deserve better people, don't they… [Heartwarming] + [Emotionally nuanced] + [Strong logic] + [Ensemble cast] + [One female lead] Girl A: Ding Minglang used to be so fat. How did he get in such great shape? School beauty B: Hey, don't badmouth him. I'm totally into Ding Minglang now. Girl C: But he's not even tall. He's under 180 centimeters. School beauty D: He has such a magnetic personality. You just don't understand how great he is… 3.4kReads7.2Score260Shelves
- 2 Back to 1970: The Man Who Took Over from the Start 回到七零，开局接盘侠 After decades of hard work, he was back where he started in a single day. When he woke up and found himself more than fifty years in the past, Ma Jixiang could hardly accept the humble room before him. Even harder to accept was the fact that he now had a wife and a little daughter. Was he a sucker who’d taken on someone else’s family from the start? Fortune may hide within misfortune, and misfortune may hide within fortune. The only thing that comforted him was that he carried more than fifty ye 9Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 3 Reborn: I Became the Richest Student in College 重生之我在大学就是首富 In this age of inflation, Murong Hao has spent 24 years as a corporate wage slave, working in all kinds of industries. In the end, he succeeds as an entrepreneur and becomes the owner of an internet company. Now worth hundreds of millions, Murong Hao... and then there was no then. He actually “reborn.” 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 The Pinnacle of Power: Returning to the Business World as a Tycoon 权力巅峰：重回商界当大亨 Modern-day rebirth + business + a sharp mind + lots of underlings + no simping + stays on the straight and narrow He used to be a mercenary, a middleman, and an assassin. In his previous life, he was framed and died in a foreign land. Reborn, he came to his senses, washed away the sins of his past life, and returned to the business world to become a tycoon! This is the story of an ordinary nobody rewriting his fate and climbing step by step to the pinnacle of power! 866Reads7.2Score105Shelves
- 5 We're Reborn, So Why Should I Let My Wife Suffer? 都重生了谁还让老婆受委屈 In his previous life, catering mogul Chen Limin died alone. He is reborn in 1985 in the body of a small-town hoodlum with a notorious reputation. When he wakes, his first act isn’t to make grand promises. He pawns his only watch to save his feverish daughter. Then he starts selling boxed meals from a wok at a stall outside a factory, mends his relationship with his wife and daughter, clears his bad name, takes on the canteen manager, breaks up the local black market, and builds a food factory. I 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Reborn in 2012: I Actually Became the World's Richest Man 重生2012:我竟成了世界首富 In his previous life, Ding Wei founded Dingding Bike and ended up sending his entire family to prison. By sheer luck, he travels back to 2012 during a livestream. Given a second chance at life, he seizes opportunity after opportunity in the internet boom, starting with bike-sharing and expanding into finance, short-form video, e-commerce, and more, ultimately building a vast business empire. 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Back to 1999 to Become a Millionaire 重返1999当富翁 [Pure feel-good power fantasy, 10,000 words updated daily] Reborn in 1999, Qin Feng has just turned eighteen. He makes games that crush overseas giants like Ubisoft. He starts an internet company and trounces major international companies like Taobao, Penguin, and Microsoft. He enters the digital industry and develops the Android and iOS systems ahead of schedule, leaving Apple and Microsoft trembling in fear. In just one year, Qin Feng becomes a legend known throughout the world. Starting in Ch 103Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 8 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 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 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—Shelves
- 10 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... 186Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 11 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. 399Reads8.4Score102Shelves
- 12 Reborn into Financial Freedom 重生后财务自由 [Starting a business + rural markets + no System + no pocket dimension + one heroine + devoted father + fishing] Chen Chen never dreamed he could be reborn at the age of seventeen. It is the summer of 1984. He has just graduated from junior high and failed to get into high school. After a falling-out with his family, he storms out of the house with his childhood friend Chen Xi, who also failed to get into high school. The two take a long-distance bus north to the capital to find work. A fellow v 904Reads6.6Score100Shelves
- 13 Reborn in 2016: No More Living Off a Woman This Time 重生2016：这一世不再吃软饭 At thirty-four, Mu Guanyu finally reached what people called the pinnacle of life: he married a rich woman and took his company public. His later years promised a happy family and travels around the world. He never expected to be reborn at this crucial moment! Reborn in 2016, Mu Guanyu used his memories of his past life and his video-editing skills to earn his first fortune, bought Bitcoin, and brought a girl along to make videos on Douyin... Those years really were the best moments of his l 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Reborn: It All Began When I Went to Visit My Brothers’ Graves 重生：从给兄弟们上坟开始 [Reborn + no System + fiery action + brotherhood + invincible] The first thing Yi Hui did after getting out of prison was visit the graves of his dead brothers. In that gang fight, all his brothers died except him. He survived, but was sentenced to life in prison. Later, his life sentence was commuted to a fixed term, and he was finally released. Guangzi, A Long, Debao, Feifei, I’m sorry. If only we could do it all over again… Yi Hui was reborn in 1998. In this life, he would make good money wit 475Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 15 Reborn in 1994 重生1994 Reborn in 1994, Jiang Hao returned to his high school days. Facing the tides of the times, he had just one thing to say: “My youth is mine, my first love is mine, my money is mine. Everything is mine.” 771Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 16 Reborn: Starting with Collecting Scrap 重生之从收破烂开始 At his first job, a young thug bullied him and broke his leg because he was too proud to back down. A quack doctor's treatment left him permanently disabled! From then on, his life lost all its color and light! Long accustomed to being ordered around and used at other people's whim, he was sent back thirty years by an unexpected accident. A brand-new life is about to begin. Watch him soar through the skies like an eagle and fight his way across thousands of miles... 4.6kReads8.6Score397Shelves
- 17 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 321Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 18 A Spacetime Gate at My Side 随身带着时空门 [Period] [Otherworld] [Invincible] Reborn in the 1960s, the protagonist gains superhuman telekinetic powers from a mysterious crystal in his pocket dimension! Join him as he travels through time and visits one world after another. In the main world, he brings back body-strengthening pills from another realm, so ordinary people never have to wait in line at the hospital for CT scans again. In a parallel 2023, he partners with a big shot to produce medicinal tea that cures countless lingering post 1.5kReads6.5Score121Shelves
- 19 Reborn, I'm Going to Become a Big Shot 重生归来，我要当大佬 Plenty of money, plenty of girls, plenty of brothers. A nobody’s rise to power, revenge, no System, a scheming protagonist, and a passionate tale. Wang Dao, hacked to death by a gang, is reborn and returns. He tricks the campus belle into giving herself to him, walking the line between conscience and evil... 44Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 20 Traveling Through Time and Space with a Pocket Dimension, I’m on Top 带空间往返时空，我赢麻了 Chen An unexpectedly transmigrates to Chenjiagou in the 1980s and begins a very different life with the help of a miraculous storage space. While everyone else raises children, he raises his father, witnessing his parents’ generation in their youth. With the ability to travel between two eras, he changes the fates of his loved ones. Here, he finds love of his own. What kind of destiny will the mysterious wooden plaque bring him? Let’s step together into this fascinating era. 25Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 21 Everyone Else Has Transmigrated and Stands Unrivaled. Why Haven’t You Changed? 都穿越谁与争锋了，你还不改变？ A feel-good story with a slow pace and no soap-opera drama. It won't change the direction of the five-man group. After the protagonist meets them, the story focuses on him in another district, with the city's development revolving around him. My name is Xiang Yun, and I'm someone even a dog can kick around. I'm an orphan, and at school the school bully would often demand money from me and pick on me. Then one day, I couldn't take it anymore. I beat him so badly he ended up in the hospital. I tho 341Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 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—Shelves
- 23 Film and TV: Southbound and Northbound, Capturing Ma Kui Alive from the Start 影视：南来北往，开局活捉马魁 [Derivative Fan Fiction] [Yao Yuling] [Ma Yan] [Period Drama] Liu Qing transmigrates into a period drama, becoming a middle school classmate of Ma Yan and Wang Xin. He is an ex-railway police officer whose romance failed, and who never appeared in the original story. Fortunately, he obtains the Scene-Stealing System. By stealing the spotlight, he can gain all kinds of abilities, money, and material goods. Thus, in that era when the spring thaw melted the last of the snow, Liu Qing begins his own 41Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Journeying North and South: I Am Cai Xiaonian 南来北往我是蔡小年 The show Going South and North has been pretty popular lately, and I enjoy watching it too. Since I can let my imagination run wild, I’m going to rewrite it all and create a different story. “Cai Xiaonian, what do you think?” “I love watching it.” I’m Cai Xiaonian. Thank you. 12Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 25 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 98Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Tycoon: The God of Finance Who Started by Shorting Foreign Exchange 神豪：做空外汇开始的金融之神 (A modern financial farming novel) [Foreign Exchange]+ [Futures]+ [Stocks]+ [Mergers and Restructuring] Lu Li, who had dominated the financial world for decades, woke up to find himself back in the second semester of his freshman year. Somehow, he had also acquired a dad who owned a mine. “Son, if you can get through your studies, then study. If you can't, eat more, find a few girls... ahem, just try to be happier.” Looking at the cold, hard 500,000 yuan in his bank account for living expenses a 51Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 27 Now That I'm Reborn, I'm Definitely Going to Live It Up 都重生了，肯定要浪出花来 After spending twenty years studying in prison, Wang Hao is reborn on the night before his arrest, the night he got a hotel room with his ex-girlfriend. With a second chance at life, naturally he won’t leave any regrets this time. He’ll double down on both his career and his love life. What’s that? You can’t have both a career and romance, so you have to choose one? Pah! Only kids have to choose. Adults get everything. I want to make big money, and I want beautiful women too. So what should I do 56Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Stirring Up the Stock Market: Starting on the Eve of the Great Bull Market 搅动股市，从大牛市前夕开始 At a moment of despair, Yang Ming was reborn at the time of his college graduation in 2005. Looking at his shabby home, a city that had yet to fully develop, and the System in his mind, Yang Ming vowed to reach a different pinnacle of life this time around. 912Reads7.0Score106Shelves
- 29 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—Shelves
- 30 Reborn on the Eve of the 2008 Financial Crisis 重生08年金融危机前夕 Reborn on the eve of the 2008 financial crisis, he accumulates capital and takes on the stock market, photolithography machines, new materials, targeted cancer drugs... The protagonist makes money at a ridiculous rate. If that's not your cup of tea, just smile and move on... The plot requires him to contribute to scientific research... This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. 50Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 31 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... 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 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 1Reads—Score579Shelves
- 33 The Straight Flush Arrives a Day Before the Live Market? I’m Making a Killing! 同花顺比实盘早一天？赢麻了呀！ [Pure feel-good wish fulfillment, golden finger + laid-back daily life] A story about a middle-aged man who loses his job, his confidence, and his marriage, then achieves financial freedom with a golden finger. I’m no good at writing introductions, and only wrote this to reach fifty characters. Please read the story! 6Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 34 Tycoon of the Times 时代大亨 Liu Bei unexpectedly returns to 1990, just as China's economy is boarding the fast train. He can't afford to miss a single booming sector: finance and securities, import-export trade, real estate, the internet, and more! Since he's been given another life, he'll turn the tide and reach the pinnacle of success! 993Reads7.7Score100Shelves
- 35 Twenty Years Ahead of the Curve: The Loneliness of a Business Mogul 超前二十年眼光，商业巨头多寂寞 Lin Zhicao was a senior programmer at Goose Factory, but he unexpectedly gets reborn in 1998. Armed with internet technology and information far ahead of its time, he plans to start his own business in this life, acquire his former employer, Penguin, and build it into the leading internet company in China, chatting and joking with the industry bigwigs. Lin Zhicao: Lei Busi, hello. How do you make a pig fly? Lin Zhicao: Hello, Jack Ma! Are you interested in money? What a coincidence, I’m not inte 844Reads6.5Score109Shelves
- 36 Reborn: I'm Still Growing Stronger 重生之我继续发育 [Reborn + School Life + Romance + Lighthearted + Comedy] “Treasure the good girls, but don’t let the bad girls go to waste, either.” “You can swear an oath, but don’t post it on your social media.” On the eve of their wedding, Chen Luo Qiu’s girlfriend of many years insists on going abroad, no matter what. The hopeless romantic Chen Luo Qiu refuses to accept it and goes to confront her, determined to get an explanation. After seeing the truth with his own eyes, he decides to let everything go an 1.6kReads6.3Score135Shelves
- 37 Reborn in the Freewheeling Era 重生之浪荡时代 2009. Freshman year. The property and stock markets were booming, the internet was booming, domestic phones and cars were booming... It was an age when you could bend down and pick up gold. Might as well enjoy the sight of some long legs, too. Guo Jiayi was so lucky. Now that he was reborn, he couldn’t keep holding himself back. If he didn’t live it up, what was the point of being reborn? In this new era, he was going to live it up to the fullest! 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Reborn as a Low-Key Tycoon 重生之低调大亨 What would you do if you were reborn? Chu Qiankun, who had been living an ordinary life, is unexpectedly reborn and returns to 2004. Armed with more than a decade of foresight, he embarks on a low-key yet luxurious life, working behind the scenes to build a great empire. 19Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 39 Reborn in a Bygone Era, Living Well with My Pocket Dimension 重生年代带着空间过日子 Period setting + space + farming + daily life + one female lead (male protagonist's perspective) After living two lives, Shen Xi is still a lazy fish. He farms and plays with the kids, and life is still full of flavor! My writing isn't great, and neither is my temper. If you don't like it, just move on. May good people have a lifetime of peace, and may bad reviewers have nothing go their way. Thanks. 193Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 40 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 363Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 41 90s Hong Kong Showbiz: A Reborn Hooligan's Rise to Power in Kowloon Walled City 90港娱九龙城寨重生混混制霸史 Chen Xiaobao wakes from a dream to find himself back on January 26, 1990. In an era when the underworld is invading Hong Kong’s film industry, he knows movies inside out and chooses to keep a low profile as a screenwriter. However, one event after another pushes him onto the stage of history. This is a world he knows well, but in truth, it’s not quite the same. 375Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 42 Back to 1987 重返1987 By a twist of fate, wage slave Zhou Weiguo returned to 1987. All the regrets from his previous life were gone: the house he had been too late to decide to buy, and later couldn’t afford; his fear of starting a business; and the fact that he couldn’t get married because he had no money. With a second chance at life, he chose a different way to live. Riding the tide of reform and opening up with his forward-thinking outlook, he made a roaring success of both love and career. There was just one com 1.6kReads8.1Score149Shelves
- 43 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 209Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 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—Shelves
- 45 Reborn in 1997 重生1997 I woke up to find a stunningly beautiful wife beside me, along with an adorable little daughter. My wife wanted to… 1997: the memories of those born in the ’90s, the childhood of those born in the ’80s, and the youth of those born in the ’70s. 125Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 46 Reborn in 1996: I Teach Mr. Huang How to Make Graphics Cards 重生1996：我教黄老板做显卡 Period setting + rebirth + urban life + no System + single heroine + chips (The rating just came out, and it’ll rise later.) (The author has completed a million-word novel, so read with confidence.) In 1996, at an all-hands meeting at N Company, Mr. Huang was reading out the layoff list. When he got to Lin Zhe, everyone turned to look at the corner of the last row. In his previous life, Lin Zhe had stood up and walked out. For the next thirty years, he dreamed of that scene again and again. This 12.9kReads6.7Score804Shelves
- 47 From South to North 南来北往 In the late 1970s, aboard a steam train traveling from Ningyang to Harbin, young railway police officer Wang Xin carries out his duties amid the bustling passengers. Mistaking veteran railway policeman Ma Kui for a fugitive, he sets off an unlikely mentor-and-apprentice bond that begins with a fight. Though they initially can’t stand each other, Wang Xin and Ma Kui gradually come to respect one another, fighting side by side on the front lines of railway policing. They catch pickpockets, rescue 166Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 48 A Satisfying Tale of Immortal Cultivation 爽文修仙录 Rebirth + Multiple Heroines + Invincible + Feel-Good Power Fantasy The protagonist, Lin Yan, awakens the Chaos Spirit Pivot Ring. Using resentment and renown as energy, he purifies his spiritual roots and unlocks skills, rising from a good-for-nothing in the Qingyun Sect to turn the tables on his enemies, claim every opportunity, and ultimately reach the pinnacle of the cultivation world. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Reborn as a Jianghu Boss, Starting with Obeying the Law 重生江湖大佬，从遵纪守法开始 [Tycoon Godfather] [Humorous and easygoing] [Satisfying and funny] In my previous life, I was a ruthless underworld big shot who killed countless people! But in the end, I was betrayed! I could have accepted my own death, but my parents were angered to death, too. In my final moments, I thought, if I could do it all over again, I'd become a good person. Heaven heard me, and I really was reborn. Looking at my young bros, I had an idea! I'd teach them the law and get them to start being go 31Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 50 Reborn: A Life of Pride 重生之傲世人生 “If Heaven has feelings, even Heaven will grow old; if people have feelings, they'll die young...” On the night he was supposed to propose, poor Mo Shaokun is caught in a car accident and unexpectedly reborn on the eve of the 1994 college entrance exams. What can he do with twenty years' worth of knowledge ahead of everyone else? Money? Beautiful women? Power? None of that is what he wants. He only wants to treasure the years he once lost and make up for every regret from his past life. Yet befo 10.9kReads8.0Score987Shelves
