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- 1 Reborn, Starting with Collecting Scrap 重生从收破烂开始 What??? Collecting scrap??? Life was already so hard in my last life. This time, I absolutely won't allow... Thinking of all this, Wang Xing felt his strength surging... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Reborn, the Bewitching Campus Beauty Pursues Me 重生后，魔女校花倒追我 [Rebirth + business rivalry + campus beauty + multiple heroines] In 2024, Wang Hai was featured on the cover of the globally renowned Fortune magazine. Profile: At nineteen, he made his fortune from scratch, earning twenty million with a browser game. That same year, he launched a second game and became a billionaire, making him the youngest billionaire in 2002. At twenty, he founded a tutoring website for students at China’s top universities. It swept the country, and college students natio 103Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 3 I’m Reborn, So How Can You Still Push Me Around? 都重生了，还能被你欺负 What’s wrong with having a few more wives? And there’s nothing wrong with earning a little more money, is there? And there’s certainly nothing wrong with giving your family and friends a better life! Li Dali, an ordinary man who spent his life drifting from place to place, is reborn and returns to the turning point of his fate! With no System and no golden finger to rely on, he uses his knowledge of the future to keep his feet on the ground and fight fate one step at a time. Before he knows it, 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The Movie Emperor Starts Picking Up Attributes on Set 影帝从片场捡属性开始 Gao Yan transmigrates to 1997 as an extra and awakens a golden finger that lets him pick up attributes on set. From then on, there’s no stopping him. With his golden finger, Gao Yan sails smoothly all the way to becoming an international movie star, surrounded by beautiful women and living the good life. You’re my fellow extra, Wang Baoqiang? Sorry, I just picked up 10 points in martial arts skills. Director Jia Zhangke? You want me in your film? I’ll just pick up 13 points in directing while I’ 12Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 5 Reborn as a Young Tycoon 重生之少年财阀 [Reborn + scheming + internet entrepreneurship + pure wish fulfillment...] Billionaire Wen Yue is unexpectedly sent back to his high school days after a sudden twist of fate. Staring at his former desk mate, the class beauty, he is completely stunned... If he gets a second chance, making money will be the easiest thing in the world. This time, he will not only reach the top of the world, but also take back with his own hands everything he lost in his previous life... This time, Wen Yue will show 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 National Highway 2000: From Repair Shop to Comeback 国道2000：从修理厂开始逆袭 [National Highway + Trucking + Auto Repair + Rebirth + Investment + Foreign Assassin Organization] Lin Xiangbei is reborn in 2000 beside National Highway 107. His uncle tricks him into taking over a repair shop on the verge of bankruptcy... A new story is here! Come read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Reborn in 2002: This Time, I Have the Upper Hand! 重生2002：这波优势在我！ [Logical, Clear-Eyed, Packed with Satisfying Moments, Dark Humor] Reborn in 2002 Don't be a pig riding the latest wave. Be the one who makes the wind blow. Starting as a nobody, he becomes the enemy of every rival company. 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Reborn in 2002: I Just Want an Ordinary Life 重生2002：我只想平凡一生 What a tragedy when the son of a hero becomes a murderer! In 2024, Lin Lei, a murderer who had been on the run for eight years, was captured in a small county under Su City and sentenced to death. Before the execution, he saw his mother again for the first time in eight years. Her hair had turned completely white. Clutching the photograph of her martyred husband, she was overcome with grief. She lamented that she had failed to raise her son properly, then spat up black blood. She had clearly poi 73Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Reborn in 2002: A Diary 2002重生日记 With the Child of Destiny’s luck, 24 hours of memories, and half a lifetime of experience, he rose to become the world’s richest person in four years and launched a business empire powerful enough to rival nations. From the internet and finance to agriculture, manufacturing, mining, and high technology, see how this man uses money and public opinion to dominate the world. If you had one chance to start over, how would you spend the dream life you’ve always wanted? 899Reads7.5Score12314d adds
- 10 Back to the Year 2000 重返2000年 He went from billionaire to having absolutely nothing, weathered great highs and lows, and then fate gave him another chance at life. On a train in the year 2000, Li Xin gazes at the stunning beauty opposite him, lost in thought… Should he become the richest man in the world, or enjoy a carefree life and indulge himself among beautiful women? Well, a grown man doesn’t have to choose! 465Reads8.1Score10014d adds
- 11 Reborn in 2003: Starting at a TV Station 重生03，从电视台开始 Reborn as an intern at a state-run TV station in 2003, Gu Chang'an knows that the most important thing in this era is seed capital. Desperate to act, he puts the scandal over unspoken rules behind him. First, he sets up a film studio and helps establish the TV station's new media center. He goes on to make three films, earning the station tremendous credit. After stepping away at the height of his success for three years, he returns to the TV station with his own film company, Chengzao Wanxiang, —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Now That I'm Reborn, Who'd Still Like You? 都重生了谁还喜欢你？ Who gets reborn and still acts like a lovesick puppy? Contacting her even one more time would be disrespecting himself. In his previous life, he had humbly tried to please the campus belle, Zhao Huilin, but all he got in return was heartbreak. When Zhao Huilin thought Chu Nan was acting this way to get her attention, she never imagined that he would really stop paying attention to her completely. At that moment, she panicked. Zhao Huilin: “Chu Nan, if you’re trying to get my attention this way, 41Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 13 The Green-Tea Campus Belle Was Unbeatable, Until I Was Reborn 绿茶校花无人能敌，直到我重生了 (Rebirth + School Life + Entrepreneurship + Love Rivals) At thirty-eight, Li Qiushui had spent most of his life being deceived by women. He returned with his memories to his vibrant high school days, only to discover that the girl he'd pursued in his previous life was actually a master manipulator, his socially anxious and adorably clueless deskmate was a little heiress, and the aloof campus beauty had a surprising side... This book is also known as: “Now That I've Been Reborn, Why Would I Still 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 I Really Want to Be a Scumbag! 我真的想当渣男！ [Reborn] [Business] [Multiple Female Leads] [Not a Harem Novel] [Investing] Wei Ji, who had achieved financial freedom, was reborn in the year he turned eighteen. His first love, his childhood friend, the heiress, his upperclassman… They’ve all been reborn too. Would you believe me if I said I’m a purist when it comes to true love? This time, Wei Ji doesn’t want to lose. Maybe being a playboy isn’t so bad after all! Girlfriend!? No, no, no! Little sister!? Yes, yes, yes! This is a tale of 808Reads7.1Score10214d adds
- 15 Reborn in 1992: The Road to My Dreams 重生1992圆梦之路 At first, he goes to school to help his family escape poverty and settle down in the city, making sure his father's tragedy never happens. In 1997, he gets into the Beijing Film Academy and fulfills his dream of entering show business as an actor, singer, and more. In his previous life, he sang at nightclubs and played bit parts. This time, he wants to be a star too. 2.3kReads8.3Score10014d adds
- 16 Now That I’m Reborn, I’m Going to Enjoy a Life of Freedom! 都重生了，当然要享受肆意人生！ [Reborn + Clever Wish Fulfillment + Multiple Heroines] Xiao Changkun accidentally discovered that neither of the two children his wife, Cao Lan, had given birth to was his! How could he put up with that? So he was angered to death. Luckily, Xiao Changkun was reborn, returning to the day he had confessed his love to Cao Lan. Looking at the pure, beautiful Cao Lan before him, Xiao Changkun didn’t confess this time. Instead, he raised his hand and slapped her hard across the face. In this li 1.3kReads5.8Score10614d adds
- 17 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
- 18 A Life Without Regrets: Back to 1992 人生无憾之重回1992 Things don’t go your way nine times out of ten. If I could live again, I’d make up for every regret in my life! Career, family, relatives, friends, romance, brotherhood: I won’t miss out on a single one! Everyone who bullied, humiliated, or trampled on me in my last life will end up beneath my feet! Reborn in 1992, the protagonist Yang Fan doesn’t just want to be a butterfly flapping its wings. He wants to become a pterosaur stirring up the world. 1.3kReads8.6Score11014d adds
- 19 Reborn in 1993, Heading for Back to Field 重生93，奔赴向往的生活 Sun Yuanhang woke up one morning and found himself back in 1993. The gears of fate began to turn. In his previous life, he walked through darkness. His father was driven to his death, his older brother was beaten into disability, and his mother spent every day in tears. In this life, he swore to change it all. Since justice would arrive late, he would break through with his own hands. He would avenge his enemies and make up for his regrets... He would set out for the life he had always longed fo —Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 20 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. 1.9kReads8.5Score19214d adds
- 21 Reborn in 1986: Building a Fireworks Empire 重生86：一手打造烟花王朝 Reborn in 1986, he found himself facing his familiar hometown and the family he remembered. Zhang Yunxu was overcome with emotion. Eager to change his family's life and avert the tragedy of his previous life, he was desperate to get started! He made full use of his advantages and acted before anyone else: intercepting business deals, seizing the market, buying land, and building factories! The first lavishly furnished self-built home in Liu City! The first high-quality printing factory in Liu Ci 5.5kReads8.5Score26414d adds
- 22 Back to 1990: Starting with Treasury Bond Speculation 重返1990，从倒卖国库券开始 Ye Feng lives an unremarkable life. His wife dies, his child is lost, and he reaches the end of his life alone. When he opens his eyes again, he’s reborn in 1990. Now his beautiful wife hasn’t drowned herself, and his four-year-old daughter is still as innocent as ever. They may have nothing, but he can start over. Heaven has given Ye Feng another chance. He’ll make the most of his years and never let his beloved down. He’ll make up for the regrets of his past life and give his wife and daughter 1.6kReads7.0Score10114d adds
- 23 With No Hope of Making It, I Flip the Chessboard 上岸无望，我掀翻棋局 This is the era Chen Mo is about to enter once again, an age where hope and anxiety coexist, and order and chaos intertwine. On the surface, everything is thriving, and every road seems to lead to Rome. But each road is crowded with competitors, and behind every door that appears wide open may lie unexpected detours and hurdles. Opportunities flicker like fireflies on a summer night, while traps disguise themselves as steps toward a shortcut. This is an age that magnifies the importance of “choi 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Now That I've Been Reborn, Who Wouldn't Want to Lie Flat? 都重生了谁不想躺平啊 At thirty-five, Lin Qi had the kind of annual salary others envied, along with a house and a car. Yet somehow, he was reborn. Wait, why does he get to be reborn? After being reborn, Lin Qi no longer wanted to repeat his old life. Since he’d been reborn, who wouldn’t want to lie flat? Of course, he might as well earn enough to lie flat in comfort. 43Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 25 Reborn: Starting With a 5 Million Cash-Out 重生从提现500万开始 Back in 2008, Chen Feng was still regretting how little he had studied in his previous life. Then, the next moment, a “ding” sounded in his mind, making him feel like he could take on the world again. Maybe it was because he’d spent too long cooped up at home in his previous life. With the System backing him up this time around, Chen Feng starts letting loose... 516Reads7.4Score10014d adds
- 26 Back to 1996: Rising from Selling Fish 重回96：从卖鱼开始崛起 [Dual Female Leads] The once-mighty tycoon Kun Ge has been reborn! He returns to 1996. Starting out as a fishmonger bullied by his peers, he rises step by step to become the richest man in the world. The ups and downs of the global economy are all at his fingertips. With just one sentence, “Foreign capital is not allowed to come to Huaxia to make money,” he makes foreign conglomerates treat his words as gospel, never daring to cross the line into the country. “My name is Chen Kun. Kun, as in Kun 72Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 27 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
- 28 Back to 1985 to Stir Up the World 重返八五搅动世界 Reborn in 1985, the first thing he does is sell his job to raise money for a business. He designs products, poses as a foreign investor, and creates a buzz to build up capital quickly. Inspired by real cases, the story depicts the history of Wenzhou merchants. 232Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 You Want Me to Take the Fall? Take This Slap Instead 要我顶罪，反手一个大逼斗 [No System + Streetwise Troublemaker + Ruthless Tough Guy + One Female Lead...] Wang Xun, an ordinary young man, returns to the year 2000. He is just seventeen and a half, has dropped out of school, and has been poisoned by gangster movies. Full of youthful passion, he sets out to make a name for himself in the underworld. He puts brotherhood first, would take a knife for his good friends, and isn’t afraid to fight! After being persuaded by his biased grandfather and others, he is about to take 402Reads7.3Score10414d adds
- 30 Reborn in Senior Year: I Broke the Heart of My First Love 重生高三，渣了白月光 3.3kReads8.6Score18314d adds
- 31 Rebooting 1978 重启1978 A middle-aged man who had amounted to nothing woke from a dream to find himself back in the tumultuous year of 1978. He discovered that many regrets could be put right, that many people he cared about were trapped in dark and desperate circumstances, and that opportunities he had never noticed before were emerging all around him. He had plenty of time to make up for past mistakes, seize those opportunities, and guide his lost and helpless family. But a reborn man with forty years of experience w 94Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 32 Reborn in 1995: The Winds of the Times 重生95之时代风云 Reborn in 1995, Chen Yuansheng, a legendary underworld boss, returns to the darkest period of his life: fresh out of prison, penniless, framed by a colleague, and with his girlfriend marrying someone else... No matter. He was already formidable in his previous life, so this time he'll be even more incredible. With his foreknowledge of history and a firm grasp of the future, he rises at an unimaginable speed, stirring up an era of change that sweeps across the land. [If you make money ahead of yo 10.9kReads8.5Score86414d adds
- 33 Reborn: Back to 2008 as a Tycoon 重生：回到2008当富豪 Wei Lan is reborn in 2008. The youth that had faded away, the love that had withered, the struggles of youth: everything gets a second chance. He sleeps with beauties in his arms and wakes with the world's wealth at his fingertips. He builds great national enterprises and shorts Wall Street. 10Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 34 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
- 35 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
- 36 Reborn into My Golden Age 重生我的黄金时代 An ordinary engineer suddenly finds himself back after the college entrance exams, following a short nap during an overtime shift. Having failed to get into the university he wanted in his previous life, this time he doesn't dare get carried away. He diligently reaches for the best he can manage, embarking on his second life in a whole new way and encountering wave after wave of challenges... 119Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 37 Reborn: The Campus Beauty of My Dreams Joins Me for Fun 重生，白月光校花陪我一起玩 [Reborn] + [No System] + [Everyday Romance] + [Entrepreneurship] Stop chasing me, aloof campus beauty! I really do have a girlfriend! Ye Fei was reborn on his way to propose. The girl he was going to propose to had waited twenty years for him. Now that they'd met again, he didn't want to keep her waiting. He wanted to give her the happiness of a lifetime together, with only each other. But he had no idea that, through a twist of fate, the aloof campus beauty had developed feelings for him. One g 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Reborn in 2000: From Couch Potato to Business Tycoon 重生2000：咸鱼翻身变首富 [Also known as: Fortune That Reaches the Heavens] Awakening one day, Feng Qingyun returns to twenty years ago. After a previous life of poverty, despair, and being bullied by everyone, he swears that this time he will shake up the business world and rise to its very peak! 132Reads8.2Score10514d adds
- 39 Reborn in 1982, the World's Richest Man 重生82年，全球首富 Marriage Before Love + Reborn to Make Amends + Revenge at Last + Trillions in Assets + Retiring in Comfort Original title: Reborn in 1982, the World's Richest Man The male lead, Ye Nan, spent years burying himself in work. After being diagnosed with cancer, he donated all his possessions and eventually passed away with regrets. But when he wakes up, he remembers how, after getting drunk and acting recklessly, he caused Ji Yuqi to become pregnant before marriage, which ultimately led her to jump 2kReads8.2Score19014d adds
- 40 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...” 2.7kReads8.2Score16714d adds
- 41 Back to 1993: Breaking Through 重返1993之突围 Rebirth + farming + morally gray protagonist + business wars + cultural warfare + financial warfare + technological warfare He returns to 1993, an era on the cusp of great change. The big brother has only just fallen. Negative talk about Daxia is everywhere on the international stage. Capital is fleeing in a frenzy. The idea that it's better to buy than to build dominates at home. Large numbers of scientific researchers are going abroad. To fulfill his mission of overcoming Daxia's technological 299Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 42 Help! I Just Reborn, and the Green-Tea Campus Belle Confessed to Me 急！刚重生，就被绿茶校花表白了 [Urban slice of life, clear-eyed realism, making money in business, no System, multiple heroines] Zhang Anqing is unexpectedly reborn in 2014. The college entrance exams have just ended, and once again he stands at a crossroads in life. Thinking back on the regrets of his previous life, he smiles. Money can always be earned again, but if he doesn't date those girls now, they'll all be old before he gets another chance. In this life, he wants to live as an ordinary man, savoring all the world's s 216Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 43 Back to the 80s: Restarting My Ordinary Life 回到80：重启我的平凡人生 Reborn on the day his wife and daughter die, he chips through the ice to catch fish on a snowy night in an effort to save their lives. The story strives to accurately recreate the society of the time: his wife dreams of white flour and rice, while his daughter loves White Rabbit candy. Zhang Erhe believes that risking his life is worth it if it means his wife and daughter can eat their fill and stay warm! 3.5kReads8.1Score31214d adds
- 44 Reborn in 1999: I Won't Be a Doormat Anymore 重生99年：我不想再当老实人了 [No System] The protagonist earns his money through hard work and the abilities he developed in his previous life. It doesn’t simply fall from the sky, and he spends it wisely rather than recklessly. [Multiple Women] The protagonist is an ordinary man. He won’t actively try to have two relationships at once, but he doesn’t want to leave regrets in his life again, either. Even if these women are only passing through his life, they will still be beautiful parts of his memories. [The Protagonist’s 5.4kReads8.2Score26814d adds
- 45 Reborn in 1990: Making Money and Making Moves, I Can Do It All 重生1990：搞钱搞事样样行 [Everyday life in the 1990s] [Light comedy] [No System] [Build wealth through industry] Zhang Shu was reborn in 1990. Because his parents had more children than allowed, the family planning office was tearing down his house and planning to take his parents away for sterilization and IUD insertion! Remembering the tragedy of his past life, he kicked out the woman who had betrayed him in bed and threw himself onto the wealth-bound train heading for the Soviet Union. Given a second chance at life 10.8kReads8.2Score88914d adds
- 46 Reborn as a Thoroughly Ordinary Man 重生之我是大俗人 (No AI, entirely handwritten.) Before being reborn, Feng Yu was an ordinary vulgar man. After being reborn, Feng Yu was even more vulgar. Successful men wear watches. Mature men wear a “hand card.” Let the past blow away on the wind. In this life, Feng Yu was going to make money, get foot massages, enjoy a massage… and live it up for once! … Note: The book contains many unusual details, all drawn from the author’s personal experience or things they have seen firsthand. Just enjoy the story, and 60.5kReads8.2Score4k14d adds
- 47 Why Should I Have to Support That Old Hag? 老太婆凭啥让我养老 Wang Fangping was reborn. Had she really been angered to death? In her previous life, her in-laws exploited her until she was destitute. She spent most of her life trapped in the countryside, slaving away for the extended family. She moved to the city and took on the heaviest, dirtiest work, yet still couldn’t afford a home. When her mother-in-law was able to work, she helped the younger son’s family. When she could no longer manage on her own, Wang Fangping was expected to look after her in 447Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 48 Back to the 1970s, Looking Back on Life 重返七零，回首人生 When he wakes up, he’s a tiny baby. He opens his eyes, and before he’s even had a chance to enjoy life, he discovers that his parents have been split off from the rest of the family. He moves into a drafty thatched hut and begins his new life there. As the saying goes, little kids have no rights. It isn’t until one day, when he meets a mysterious Taoist priest who teaches him the “Taixu Divine Art,” that he finally escapes his grim fate and holds his head high. His family is destitute, and his p 636Reads6.6Score11114d adds
- 49 I Transmigrated Back to the Last Day of the Bull Market 穿越回到牛市最后一天 [Transmigration] [Stock Trading] [Business] [Get Rich] [Investment] After enduring three years of a steadily declining stock market, Li Hua was finally pushed to the brink of exhaustion and died suddenly at his office desk. To his surprise, he earned the favor of the Bodhisattva Guanyin and transmigrated to the final day of the great bull market of 2007. The crash would begin tomorrow, and after the New Year, a global financial crisis would sweep the world. Li Hua had just 500 yuan in living exp 2Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 50 Back to 2000: Taking the Helm of the Financial World 回到2000年坐庄金融圈 Reborn in the year 2000, I started over, drawing on twenty years of failed stock-trading experience. I changed the disappointment I'd caused my mother and wife and began a new life, making up for the regrets of my past life. 6.2kReads7.5Score40714d adds
