Novels like The Magnate of 1990
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Magnate of 1990, best match first.
- 51 It All Began with a 200 Million Lottery Jackpot 从两亿彩票大奖开始 [Ding! The Host is commended for your courage! You have been awarded 20 first-prize tickets for Super Lotto!] College student Jiang Hao worked day and night to earn money. He took out campus loans to buy designer bags for a terrible girlfriend, only to be dumped as soon as he could no longer repay the debt. Then, while getting food in the cafeteria, he accidentally offended the vice principal’s son. Already buried in debt, he was ordered to pay compensation. Under all that pressure, Jiang Hao be 752Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 52 Back to 2003 重回2003年 In middle age, Tang Qinghua is left with a lifetime of regrets. One night, he wakes up and finds himself back in 2003, back when he had just graduated from high school, back at the hardest point in his life. How will he use what he knows about the future to make up for his regrets and rebuild his life... 792Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 53 Global Stock Markets in Turmoil? I’ll Defy the Trend and Become a God 全球股市震荡？我逆势封神 The God of Wealth has arrived! While Hua Mei's stock market crashes, I rake in tens of billions! Luxury mansions in Shanghai and sports cars are just appetizers! A trillion-yuan fund puts the whole world in awe, and I set my sights on the Champions League with the acquisition of Milan! I win a championship with a beauty on the snowy slopes! Europe is nothing but my hunting ground! I move on to Tokyo, build an empire of Chinese animation IPs, and infiltrate a city of mechanical yokai! I meet a ge 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 My RV Came with Me to the Countryside 房车跟着我下乡了 Song Dahu was traveling in his RV when he accidentally transmigrated into the body of an educated youth sent to the countryside in Northeast China in the late 1960s. With no grand ambitions, he somehow became the village guardian of Kaoshantun. Relying on memories from his previous life and the villagers' combined efforts, he turned a small village into a prosperous place the entire country envied. This novel has no saintly protagonist, no gore, no scheming or treachery. It's just ordinary life, 153Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 55 Reborn as a Tycoon 重生之土豪人生 Sun Yang, a 32-year-old police officer, is reborn in 1997. Back then, a penguin was just an animal, an apple was just a fruit, and CS was just two English letters. He only wants to live a quiet life, but finds himself unwittingly on the road to riches. 2.1kReads8.4Score13214d adds
- 56 Transmigrate to the 1960s for a Life of Freedom 穿越六零之逍遥人生 A true story of rural life, taking you through village life and the changes of an era. Chen Bin: "I've transmigrated. Why waste time asking so many questions?" Chen Bin: "I've already died once. Why should I be afraid of a few little punks?" Chen Bin: "If you mess with someone else, they'll let the dogs loose. Mess with me, and I'll let the wolves out." Chen Bin: "I'll find a way for us all to work hard and earn enough to eat. But if you want a free meal, go where you belong." Chen Bin: "I can b 334Reads6.6Score10714d adds
- 57 The Eighties: Can Hunting in the Mountains Really Make You Rich? 八零年代：赶山竟然能致富？ Hao Dashan was reborn! In his previous life, Hao Dashan left the remote mountains of Northeast China, determined to head south and make his fortune so he could escape poverty. But after he achieved success, his wife and daughter died in a car accident back home. Though Hao Dashan was now fabulously wealthy, he spent the rest of his life consumed by longing for them and guilt over their deaths! Given another chance at life, Hao Dashan was no longer enamored with the dazzling world beyond the moun 46Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 58 Shan Jin Underworld: I Took Down the Whole Jianghu 山晋黑道，我打爆了江湖 [Underworld, passionate, multiple heroines, first-person] My name is Xu Haoqiang. I live in Longcheng, Shan Jin, a coal-producing region. In 1997, at the age of twenty, I joined the underworld. I let money do the talking, and even the truth has to bow its head. I let the rules of the underworld do the talking, and both the legitimate and criminal worlds have to make way. From there, my influence spread across Shan Jin and beyond… 861Reads6.4Score10314d adds
- 59 Reborn in the 1980s: A Life of Good Days 影综：重生八十年代好日子 [Myriad Heavens, film and TV worlds, reborn in the 1980s, making money.] Guo Daming transmigrates to the 1980s. In his previous life, he spent half his life stumbling through one setback after another. Now, reborn in the 1980s, he gets a second chance at life. This time, all he wants is to make money. 6.4kReads8.3Score33214d adds
- 60 Stock Trading Made Me Rise from the Ashes! 炒股，让我涅槃重生！ [Debt] [Stock Trading] [Playing Weak to Catch the Strong] [Urban Wish Fulfillment] Because his twin brother owed 300,000 yuan, A Xing's wife demanded a divorce and he was fired from his job. He began trading stocks full-time and turned his life around. Along the way, he helped victims of scams such as Ponzi schemes and pig-butchering scams, while his own success brought him all kinds of romantic complications... 157Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 61 The Stock Market Has No Shore, So I Must Save Myself 股海无涯，唯有自渡 Just as ordinary young Li Heyi enters the working world, he is confronted with life’s challenges. He works hard and keeps his feet on the ground, yet still struggles to get by and feels utterly lost about the future. Life at the bottom forces him to change. His youthful ambition clashes with his meager circumstances, and life pushes him into the stock market, setting him on a path of enlightenment he both loves and hates. Amid the constant bustle of people, he also meets a domineering female tra 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Siheyuan: An Onlooker Laughs as He Watches the Fools 四合院：吃瓜群众笑看众禽 Han Guodong, a bystander who loved watching the action, was knocked into the water while watching a child fall in. After saving the child, he unexpectedly gained a sea-island dimension! Before he could even celebrate, he noticed a “countdown” floating in the sky above the island. Han Guodong, who had spent years browsing all kinds of novel sites, assumed the countdown meant an apocalypse or some other disaster was coming. So he began racing against time to stock up on survival supplies! When the 504Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 63 Back to 1993: The Perfect Life 重返93之完美人生 The 1990s were a time when fortunes were made. Countless people rose and fell, while countless others followed in their footsteps. Yet the people of southwestern Shandong remained trapped in poverty. Lu Zijian suddenly returned to 1993. His second life began with a blind date. 325Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 64 You Told Me to Take the Fall, but I Created a Trillion-Yuan Market Cap 让你去背锅，你居然创造万亿市值 Nanzhou Investment Co., a company controlled by the Nanzhou State-Owned Assets Commission, is on the verge of bankruptcy. Huo Zheng, then deputy section chief in the Commission’s Investment Department, is ordered to take the fall and appointed chairman and general manager of Nanzhou Investment. Faced with a company saddled with staggering losses and hundreds of millions in debt, Huo Zheng despairs and is ready to lie flat. But there’s a way out. Huo Zheng unexpectedly discovers that his spare ph 39Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 65 Don't Call Me Boss, I'm a Law-Abiding Entrepreneur 别叫我大哥，我是守法人民企业家 [Reborn + Reformed Gangsters + Business Empire + A Cast of Drama Queens] Jiang Che is reborn on the eve of the Green Dragon Gang's bloody killing spree. He tears up their machete permits and declares, "From today on, anyone who talks about fighting and killing again gets their performance bonus docked!" While his rivals wait for him to make a fool of himself: • Three hundred underlings sweep the streets before dawn and land a contract to supply disposable tableware to restaurants across the city 104Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 Reborn to Build a Financial Empire 重生缔造金融商业帝国 Reborn in the beautiful summer of 2011, Fang Yi looked at everything familiar around him and began a brand-new life. Heaven had given him a second chance, an opportunity to create a miracle. He had achieved nothing in his previous life. This time, Fang Yi would create a whole new legend, a myth that would astonish everyone. From then on, the financial world gained a dazzling new star, and the business world gained a brilliant talent with an uncanny eye for opportunity. Business wars, financial b 7Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 67 Reborn in Hong Kong, 1978 重生香江之1978 (Reborn + urban farming + showbiz + entertainment + Hong Kong entertainment + comedy + period setting...) Lin Fan, a nobody in 2022, has an accident and is reborn in Hong Kong in 1978. Seeing that the entertainment industry is about to take off, Lin Fan refuses to be anyone's inferior and sets his sights on becoming a big shot. Armed with knowledge ahead of its time, he matches wits with one rival after another... From then on, Hong Kong's entertainment industry undergoes tremendous changes... F 32Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 68 Reborn in 2002: I Just Want to Flirt with Beautiful Women and Make Money 重生02：只想撩撩美女，赚赚钱 When “Suspended Drowning” starts playing, pure love takes center stage! This is high-end romance... [Urban farming]+ [Reborn]+ [No System]+ [One heroine]+ [Sweet romance]+ [Face-slapping the vile campus beauty]+ [Business and making money] After the vile Ma Baoli tricked male lead Xu Zhimo out of all his money, he finally came to his senses. He fell in love with Zhu Peiqi, the heroine who had always stayed by his side in silence. But their happiness didn't last. Having been swindled into massive —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Transmigrating to 1960: The Carefree Life of a Paralyzed Boy 穿越60：瘫痪少年的逍遥生活 Deep in debt, Cao Shuang had just received a threatening call from a debt collector when he transmigrated to a parallel world in 1963. He also transmigrated into the body of a paralyzed boy whose parents had both died and whose funeral had just been held. Trapped in a desperate situation, Cao Shuang was utterly distraught. But there was always a way forward. With his golden finger, he soon found himself surrounded by beautiful women. “Wife, hurry up and make Cao Shuang something to eat.” “Ma Li, 3.2kReads8.7Score19114d adds
- 70 Reborn in 2008: Starting with Phone Screen Protectors 重生2008：从手机贴膜开始 Other people transmigrate and become tech geniuses or the richest people in the world. After Zhang Xiaoshan transmigrated, he had no idea how to make money. He couldn't get into college, and working for someone else was out of the question, so he could only make ends meet by running a street stall. 2.2kReads8.5Score10814d adds
- 71 Blood Prison's Mad Overlord 血狱狂枭 The down-and-out youth Zhao Tian suffered the slaughter of his entire family as a boy. After vanishing for many years, he returned to exact revenge, rise to power, establish the Blood Prison, and dominate the world. With a band of brothers who would lay down their lives for him, he embarked on one journey after another, stirring up waves of bloodshed across the martial world… 15.7kReads8.5Score1.1k14d adds
- 72 The Stock God Is Reborn: The Stock Market Hero Makes a Fortune Trading Shares 股神重生：股侠从股市中炒股暴富 A new work is here! You can read my stories on Fanqie Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 43Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 73 Reborn in 2002: The Rise of the World's Richest Man! 重生2002，世界首富的诞生！ Su Tianci was a miserable wage slave. During yet another overtime shift, he suddenly died at his keyboard while typing. When he opened his eyes, he had transmigrated back to the month before his middle school entrance exams. With more than twenty years of memories from the future, how will he climb, step by step, all the way to the top? 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 The World’s Richest Man: A Never-Ending Flow of Wealth 世界首富之财源滚滚 In her previous life, the crushing burdens of everyday life broke Zhao Ming. By a twist of fate, he returned to 1995. Caught in the tide of the times, Zhao Ming had hoped to keep a low profile, but his abilities wouldn't let him. He could only forge his own path to the top! 421Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 75 Back to 1980: Making a Fortune with Chicken Carcasses 重回1980靠鸡架发家 After failing a mission, I accidentally transmigrated to a parallel world in 1980. Heaven has given me another chance, so this time I’ll make my fortune with my favorite chicken frames and build them into a thriving business! 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 From the Start, I Tell My Chaebol Grandfather I'm a Transmigrator 开局告诉财阀爷爷我是穿越者 Reborn into the Korean-descended Li family, Li Xun found that his father was the youngest son, and the least favored one. Then one day, Li Xun revealed that he was a transmigrator. "You say you can see the future. Then tell me, what will become of the Li family?" "Grandpa, you should be more concerned about yourself. The flight you booked to America will crash in a few hours. Once you're dead, what future could the Li family possibly have?" "What about your eldest uncle? He's the successor I've 1.3kReads8.6Score10914d adds
- 77 Reborn in 1985: The Young Trailblazer 重生1985之少年领航 From the start, he is sent back to first grade. No System, no cheat. How will Wang Yu, a Go master in his previous life, turn things around? Watch me craft a world with one brilliant move after another, and shape the universe with a keen mind. From amateur to professional, from teahouses to the world stage: adults don't have to choose. I want it all. 1.8kReads8.8Score14014d adds
- 78 2018: Don't Think You Can Fool Me Again 2018，别想再骗我 Before jumping, Zhang Yue's final thought wasn't about money. It was about Zeng Wan. The girl on the factory assembly line who always snuck him water, her eyes curving like moons whenever she smiled. She came from a wealthy family and had only joined the factory for some life experience. In his previous life, she confessed her feelings, but he rejected her out of insecurity. Later, he heard she had married a spoiled rich kid and was unhappy. When he opened his eyes again, it was the summer of 2 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Lying Flat Since the Age of Ten 从十岁开始躺平 Wang Xiaochuan's parents went to fight in southern Xinjiang when he was five, and were killed by the Vietnamese. His grandfather was left behind, frail and unable to do hard labor. When Wang Xiaochuan was six, he fell into a river and nearly drowned. In fact, he did die then. His soul was replaced by that of a forty-year-old man from the future who had struggled through life and been despised by his wife and children. Unable to take it anymore, he had jumped into a river. As a result, his soul t 62Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 80 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
- 81 Storms in the Southeast: The Crime Boss 东南风云：大角头 [Southern underground world + a clash of black and white, a slow-burn story with a fresh premise] [No System, not brainless, not a power fantasy. Read with caution if that's not your thing.] Local Bosses, the Youth Association, and the Grand Temple Council. Together, these three groups form the Fengnan Clan Association. Though outsiders have never heard these terms, they describe Fengnan's true uncrowned king, the sole ruler of its underground order. [The only gangland novel online centered on l 9Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 82 Reborn in the 1970s: There's Still Time for Everything 重生七零一切都来得及 Only at the end of his life did a man in his fifties realize how much of a failure he'd been. The woman who loved him most spent her life alone and miserable, while he had been blind enough to fall for another woman who loved him. In the end, he had nothing. Only that first woman was still there for him, seeing him through to his final moments. If he had another life, he would never let her down. But it was already too late. Heaven gave him another chance at a different life. Only as he lay dyin 639Reads8.8Score10014d adds
- 83 Back to 1988 with 100,000 Zimbabwean Dollars 带着十万津巴布韦币回到1988 While collecting a debt, he received 100,000 Zimbabwean dollars and unexpectedly entered a time tunnel, traveling back to 1988. Starting with exchanging foreign currency certificates, he ventured into Hainan's real estate market, shorted the island nation's stock index, and entered Hong Kong to take on the four major families and acquire British-owned companies. He also invested in the computer and mobile phone industries while they were still in their infancy. 4.6kReads7.8Score34114d adds
- 84 Hauling Supplies Every Day to Raise Kids, Mom, and My Wife in the 1970s 每天扛物资去七零养娃养妈养媳妇 Wang Jian, who’s been single for ten years, discovers a space-time door in his bedroom wall. On the other side, there’s a woman lying on a kang bed! So he sneaks through! What’s going on? Is this a gift from heaven? When the pretty girl throws herself into his arms in tears, crying out “Brother, brother” in sorrow, he feels his heart melt! In that moment, he makes up his mind: from now on, she’s his woman, and he’ll take good care of her. He’d risk his life for her without hesitation! This is a 243Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 85 Stock God: I Can See Golden Limit-Up Stocks 股神：我能看到金色涨停 Chen Dating is a young cook in the back kitchen of the university’s second dining hall. His specialty is soup, especially his pork rib soup with papaya, made with a secret recipe. Every girl who tries it can’t stop singing its praises, which is why they affectionately call him “Brother Melon.” He’s also so handsome that the girls can’t resist flirting with him now and then under the pretext of getting soup. Chen Dating was pretty satisfied with how things were, until one day, while reviewing the 35Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 86 Neither Black nor White? A Quack Doctor Twice Over 亦黑亦白？双料庸医 I'm a clinic owner. One act of justice made me enemies with the underworld, and from then on I began walking a path where I could operate in both the criminal and legitimate worlds. The world isn't simply black or white. It's both black and white. This isn't exactly a power fantasy. There are gangs, passion, and humor, as well as brotherhood between men who support one another and rise to the top together. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 Making Waves in the Stock Market: The Super Retail Investor 股海纵横之超级散户 [Lighthearted + Daily Life + Stocks + Futures + Workplace + Wealth + Romance] In his previous life, Zheng Kang spent years pursuing his dream girl, Li Lizhen, from high school all the way through college. He brought her meals and water, saved seats for her, helped her register for classes, and delivered medicine whenever she was sick. He was an utterly devoted simp, and the most relentless member of her loyal army of admirers. But Li Lizhen only ever saw Zheng Kang as a backup for her backup. Th 1.8kReads7.6Score17114d adds
- 88 Reborn in 1983, I Ruin My Ex-Wife's Family 重生1983让前世老婆家破人亡 After spending 40 years as a sucker who raised another man’s child, Zong Dawei died and was reborn in 1983. When his wife from his previous life confessed her love to him again, he rejected her on the spot. “I’m sure as hell not raising the kid in your belly as my own.” From the start, he takes control of his future father-in-law and drives his family to ruin. After taking his revenge, he heads south to the special economic zones and north to the capital, where ten thousand yuan can buy a siheyu 306Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 89 The Age of Gloom 灰暗纪元 [No System]+ [Passionate]+ [No golden finger] In the bleak era after the war, resources are desperately scarce. Places suitable for habitation, relatively untouched by the fighting, have been designated as residential zones. Outside those zones lies a desolate wasteland, ravaged and hostile. A young man who wants nothing more than to survive makes his debut in this chaotic age and is swept into one struggle after another. Will he ride the wind and soar ever higher, or will his burning passion be 6kReads8.6Score49914d adds
- 90 After I Got Out of Prison, My Sister Forced Me to Inherit a Billion-Dollar Fortune 出狱后，姐姐逼我继承亿万家产 Food delivery rider + Sanhe drifter + brotherhood in the underworld + rise to the pinnacle of power. Revenge and face-slapping + unexpected fortune + underdog's rise + tight, logical plotting. A Southeast Asian power struggle + fierce mercenary battles + leading your brothers to the top. My ex-girlfriend clings to a rich man and mocks me: “All you'll ever be in this life is a garbage picker!” Late one night, three sexy older women corner me beneath a bridge. “Your parents left you hundreds of mi 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Hong Kong, 1993: My Era as a Director 香江1993：我的导演时代 In his previous life, he was the godfather of Hong Kong cinema. His films grossed over ten billion at the box office, and he won every major award around the world. Yet at sixty-three, he died alone in Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital. His woman had left, his brothers had gone their separate ways, and he hadn't even spent all his money. When he opened his eyes again, it was 1993. At twenty, fresh out of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, he had nothing but a diploma and a pack of Double Hap 430Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 Life Rewind: 2012 人生回档2012 Back in 2012, the year he graduated from college, Ma Yibo used wildly surging stocks to build a fresh-food business. He invested in ByteDance, DiDi, Bitcoin... By the time DiDi was valued at hundreds of billions, ByteDance was worth trillions, and Bitcoin was worth tens of thousands of dollars, Ma Yibo had become someone people could only look up to. Titles came one after another: industrial magnate, tech magnate, investment god, agriculture pioneer, and philanthropist. Then Ma Yibo set off on a 10Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 93 Reborn in 1990: I'm a Worker at the Broken Ore Mine 重生90，我是碎矿全民工 A novel by Old Ning is bound to be a masterpiece. (This isn't some brainless story about a nouveau riche. It's a grounded tale of life in a bygone era. Take your time and savor this different story from days gone by, and relive the vibrancy of that age.) Zhang Tiejun, a small-time millionaire with a comfortable, trouble-free life, wakes up one morning forty years in the past, just as he is about to graduate and receive his job assignment. Full of questions, he begins an entirely new life. Who do 642Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 94 Reborn in 1991: The Road to a Trillion-Dollar Real Estate Empire 重生1991：开启万亿地产之路 A new book is here! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 2.1kReads7.1Score10214d adds
- 95 Transmigrating to 2015: Sending Your Stocks Through the Roof 穿越2015：核爆你的涨停板 [A slice-of-life story with no System, focused on serious stock market investing] Li Xian, a rising star among post-95s big-time traders, returns to the bull market of 2015, and takes it upon himself to keep history on track! The stock-trading details and gossip about big-time traders, investment research circles, and funds in this book are fictional. Please don't assume they're based on anyone in particular... 184Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 Reborn in 1996: The Father-and-Son Powerhouse Duo 重生1996之枭雄父子 After a car accident, Jiang Nan was unexpectedly reborn, returning to early 1996, an era when state-owned and collective enterprises were going bankrupt one after another and workers were being laid off. Thanks to his memories of his previous life, Jiang Nan helped his father, Jiang Dongping, avoid a frame-up and escape being fired. As Jiang Dongping rose to a higher position, he set about turning his workplace's fortunes around and getting it back on track. Meanwhile, drawing on his memories, J 46Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 97 Reborn: The Rise of Capital 重生之资本崛起 This is a slow-paced, everyday-life story, not a wish-fulfillment novel. Please don't complain if it's not your thing. [Business + Everyday Life + Lighthearted + One Heroine + No System + No Cultivation] Lu Qingfeng was reborn before the college entrance exams, but this time his life was destined to be different. Watch an ordinary man from the lower rungs of society look on as the tides of capital rise and fall... 770Reads7.0Score10014d adds
- 98 Reborn: I Have Plenty of Money and Plenty of Starlets 重生之我的钱和女明星都很多 [No System + Business + Entertainment + Multiple Female Leads + Finance] Reborn with his memories intact, Lin Haiming returns to his college days. Using what he remembers, he makes a fortune and invests in several internet companies that will become famous in the future. By the time he graduates, while his classmates are still busy job hunting and worrying about their futures, he has already achieved financial freedom. When an internet mogul invites him to start a business together, he refuses w 873Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 99 The Pinnacle of Brokerage 中介巅峰 [No System]+ [No Golden Finger] [Reborn]+ [Wish-Fulfillment]+ [Showing Off]+ [Flashing His Wealth] After ten years working as a real estate agent, Zheng Yiwei suddenly finds himself reborn at the time he first joined the company… I’m reborn, so there’s nothing wrong with becoming the top salesperson, right? I’m reborn, so making a little fortune is perfectly reasonable, right? I’m reborn, so it’s only natural to have more gorgeous girls around, right? I’m reborn, so you can understand why I like 902Reads8.4Score10314d adds
- 100 That Year, I Joined the Battle to Defend the Stock Market! 那年，我参与了股市金融保卫战！ 108Reads7.1Score—14d adds
