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- 1 Reborn: Building a Business Empire 重生之创业天下 Business genius Lin Chen is reborn at the dawn of the new millennium. Starting with a street stall, he moves on to opening shops, investing in stocks, trading futures... and gradually climbs to the pinnacle of life, becoming richer than a nation! When he looks back, that touch of tenderness in his arms has never left him either. 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Reborn as a Ruthless Investor 重生之投资大鳄 Reborn with his memories intact, he rises to power and kicks a manipulative gold-digger to the curb, makes the rich list, and becomes an investment mogul in this legendary tale. 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Grindset System! Starting with Milk Tea, I Make the Whole World Compete 卷王系统！从奶茶开始内卷全世界 Lin Chen defied his family's objections and insisted on starting a business. Just as his milk tea shop was about to close, he awakened the Workaholic System. He then used it to give his employees the best benefits and offer customers the lowest prices. Starting with a tiny milk tea shop, he built a world-class company, driving down prices in every industry until businesses across the board were left groaning under the pressure. (The System appears more often at first, then less and less as the s 11Reads—Score314d adds
- 4 Reborn: I Must Make the Most of This Life 重生之需尽欢 My new work is here! Welcome to read it 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! 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Reborn as a Tycoon 重生之巨富大亨 Gao Haichen is reborn in 1998, with a chance to make up for every regret from his previous life. He experiences the era firsthand, wins the heart of the girl of his dreams, rewrites his fate, and rises to the peak of wealth, living a life of pure freedom and joy. 201Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 6 What?! Scrambling for Tuition Right Before School Starts 惊！开学前夕凑学费 Broke enough to live on steamed buns, Zhang Yi turns a battered computer and a haughty orange cat into the tools for transforming a kindergarten mini-game into a blockbuster with 300 million monthly active users! He hasn’t even paid all his tuition, yet the school principal is already lining up to beg him for an investment. The cat deletes his code? He gets even by putting it in the game as a secret boss! From Dorm 404 to a 40.4-billion valuation, this guy’s daily life can be summed up in one wo 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Becoming the Richest Man, Starting with Being Reborn 成为首富，从重生开始 Chen Bei wakes up one day in another world. He discovers that the entertainment industry there has stagnated. He decides to develop a chat app and a game to earn his first capital. Then he starts a company and releases Jump Once, Sparkling Match, and Lime Shared Bikes. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 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
- 9 Blood-Fueled City: The Rise of the Superhuman 燃血都市：超凡崛起 At first glance, this world is no different from the modern cities we live in. Skyscrapers slice through the sky, subways rush through the darkness, and people toil to make ends meet, spending their days in cubicles and on the commute. The Surface World follows the laws of steel and concrete. Technology, order, and the comforting normality of everyday life form the logic that keeps society running. Yet beneath this seemingly solid routine, a turbulent undercurrent lurks: the so-called Inner Worl 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Reborn in the City, Forced to Become a Playboy! 都市重生，我被迫成为渣男！ [Farming] [Building a Business from the Ground Up] [Urban Romance] [Multiple Love Interests] [No System] [No Mindless Protagonist] A good-for-nothing middle-aged man, going nowhere in life, unexpectedly finds himself reborn twenty years in the past. Since Heaven has given him a chance to start over, he'll rewrite this wretched, humiliating life! In this life, he'll erase every last humiliation and make up for all the regrets he once had. Drawing on the memories and wisdom of his past life, along —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Reborn in 1999: From the Start, I Bought Tencent for a Million 重生1999：开局百万买企鹅 Lin Chen personally experienced the humiliation and helplessness of his country being comprehensively strangled by foreign restrictions. Then, reborn in 1999, he carried the memories of his past life and awakened the [Tenfold Value Investment Cashback System]. In Tencent’s office, on the verge of bankruptcy, Ma Huateng and the other founders were discussing selling the company off cheap. Lin Chen slapped a check for one million yuan onto the table. “I have one million. I’ll buy you the chance to 759Reads—Score4714d adds
- 12 After Being Reborn, I Was Supposed to Be Faithful 重生后，本来我挺专一的 [One Female Lead] [Sweet Romance] [No Harem] [Building a Brick-and-Mortar Business] My name is He Zheng. I hated my first love for twenty years. After I was reborn, I realized I’d been the one she deceived all along… This is a lighthearted, witty, and entertaining story about starting a business by selling goods at a street stall. It follows a high school graduate who uses 5,000 yuan in startup capital to gradually build himself into a business tycoon. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Reborn in 2012: The King Returns 重生2012之王者归来 Betrayed after spending his previous life as a lovesick doormat, he makes a comeback in this one. The story follows how a reborn man uses his foresight to build a business empire amid the mobile internet boom… —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Reborn in 2005: Starting My Business by Conning the Principal 重生2005创业从忽悠校长开始 Liu Yang is reborn in 2005. Drawing on his entrepreneurial experience from his previous life, he sets out to build a new business. He has no golden finger and no chance to get rich overnight. He can only rely on his own ingenuity to make money. He partners with an agricultural university to develop medicinal herbs and acquires a heavily indebted farm equipment factory. A free novel website helps him make a comeback and become an internet mogul. From there, there’s no stopping him. E-commerce, lo 484Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Reborn in 1992: From Middleman to Business Mogul 重生1992：从倒爷到商业教父 Chen Jianguo was a small-business owner who died of late-stage liver cancer in 2025 at the age of 35. Deep in debt, he had lost both his wife and his family. Reborn in 1992 at the age of 28, he is a laid-off worker from a state-owned factory. Using his knowledge of the future to rapidly build capital, he seizes the opportunities of the era in industry and creates his own business empire. 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Reborn: One Stunning Move, and Glory Is Mine! 重生：一叶惊鸿，轩冕加身！ In 2028, Ye Xuan was a business titan who commanded influence across Kyoto. At forty, he possessed immeasurable wealth, stood tall, and lived with an easygoing spirit. Countless socialites pursued him, yet he passed through their ranks without ever letting anyone capture his heart. Though he had enjoyed a lifetime of glory, one indelible wound remained in his heart. In his youth, he and his beloved Qin Shuqi had shared a deep and unwavering love, but differences in family status and a clash of p 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 I'm a Theorist, but the Doers Have Made Me One of Them 我理论选手，被实干的干成了 I was stunned. An acquisition? The theoretical empire I’d worked so hard to build? Anger and humiliation surged through me. “Mr. Qin, what are you trying to do? Buy my theories just to bury them and prove that practical action wins in the end?” “You’ve got it wrong.” Qin Hu shook his head, his eyes burning as he stared at me. “I’m here to ask you to come out of retirement. My brothers can take hardship and fight tough battles, but we’re missing a brain to point us in the right direction. Join my 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Reborn in 1997: Building My Business Empire! 重生97：打造我的商业帝国！ [No System] [Revenge] [Scheming] [play the pig to eat the tiger] [Rise of an ordinary man] [Ostentatiously wealthy] In his previous life, Jiang Nan was thrown in prison, and his life sank into the dust. He drifted through it in a daze. After being reborn, he didn't repeat the mistakes of his previous life. Although he knew in his previous life that it was a plot against him, he had been powerless to take revenge. In this life, he would hack his way through every obstacle and make his enemies pay 174Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 19 Reborn in 2002: The Rise of Chinese-Made Goods 重生2002：国货风云 Reborn, he builds a world-class household goods manufacturer from scratch, then creates an entire mobile phone supply chain! This intuitive operator takes a controlling stake in Hudong Heavy Machinery! From the start, he produces sanitary pads, soap, laundry soap, and shampoo, only to be jointly crushed by foreign companies like Procter & Gamble! From nothing, he starts making mobile phones and builds a complete domestic smart-manufacturing supply chain for the industry! 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 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. 441Reads—Score10014d adds
- 21 Back to 1985: I Found a Fortune in Scrap 重回85，捡破烂捡出个首富 [Reborn] [No System] [1980s] [One Female Lead] [Building Wealth] [Business Rivalry] After getting thoroughly drunk at the company annual party, Lu Feng wakes up to find himself reborn in 1985. The first thing he has to do is take his wife's handcart from her, preventing the accident that would kill her and their daughter. Given the chance to make up for a lifetime of regrets, Lu Feng seizes it with both hands. Drawing on his knowledge of the decades of rapid economic growth that lie ahead, Lu Fe 2Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 22 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
- 23 Back in My Senior Year of High School: Letting Loose All Summer 重回高三，从暑假开始尽情浪 To win the heart of the campus belle, Jiang Ye gave her all his money and shares in his company. Not only did he fail to win her affection, but the greedy girl poisoned him and took his life. Fortunately, Jiang Ye was reborn in 2006, an era of youthful innocence and reckless abandon. That year, Jiang Ye had just turned eighteen, with only a month left until the college entrance exams. Given a second chance at life, Jiang Ye resolved to take his revenge and established his own life motto: Make mo 2.5kReads7.3Score20214d adds
- 24 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 11.1kReads7.0Score86514d adds
- 25 Reborn in 2006: Capital Tycoon 重生06，资本巨头 Cheng Youqing came home early from work and caught a naked couple in the act. When he asked for a divorce, the adulterer smugly thanked him for raising his child for seventeen years. He had worked like a dog for eighteen years, only to end up with this. Overcome with rage, he fainted. As his entire life flashed through his mind, he opened his eyes again and found himself back on the morning of June 9, 2006. “Darling, let’s get married after graduation.” “I’m sorry. You’re a good person, but we’r 4.5kReads7.9Score24314d adds
- 26 Reborn in 2010: I Have a Golden Finger System 重生2010，我有金手指系统 Reborn from 2025 into 2010, he buys lottery tickets for the 2010 South Africa World Cup and earns his first fortune. He mines Bitcoin like crazy, creates the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, and becomes the biggest market maker. He founds ByteDance Group, whose subsidiaries include Toutiao, WeChat, Panda TV, Bilibili, Huya Video, Douyin, TikTok, Honor of Kings, Ele.me, Pinduoduo, and more... After Xia Feng is reborn, he gets a System, making it easy to earn money and turning his life int 252Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Reborn: Back to 2010 to Make Money 重生：回到2010搞钱 Wang Teng returns to 2010, just after the college entrance exams. From the start, his parents are getting divorced, so he promises to make money and turn things around. In less than a month, he makes a hundred million! “Wang Teng, let's go play games at the internet cafe.” “No time. I need to make money.” “Wang Teng, the campus beauty wants to hang out with you.” “What’s there to do? I need to make money.” While everyone else is still fretting over buying a home, he’s already bought up an entire 231Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 28 Urban: Starting with a Game, I Build a Tech Empire 都市：从游戏开始，打造科技帝国 [Game Development] [Technology] P.S. Existing games are heavily modified in this novel. If that’s not your thing, you may want to give it a miss Games released so far: Minecraft, San Guo Sha, Happy Match, Pottery Master, an Armor Hero game, and Battlefield (the Battle of Shanghai in the War of Resistance). Technology released so far: cutting-edge AI, game engines, photoresist (for chip manufacturing). There are more games in the early stages, and more technology later on. Lin Yu was a program 36Reads—Score314d adds
- 29 Reborn, Who Would Study Civil Engineering? 都重生了谁学土木啊 [Campus life + Everyday moments + Lighthearted + No System + Sweet romance + A struggling startup + A little romantic rivalry] On a construction site, the only thing that’s female is a nut. Everything else is male! Yu Xian spent ten years mixing concrete on construction sites, so he knew this all too well. He thought he was destined to be alone for the rest of his life, but unexpectedly, he returned to 2012, when he was eighteen. Unwilling to accept his fate, the young man decisively broke free —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Urban: The Road to Fortune Starts with Cars 都市：从汽车开始的发家之路 His small family business was on the verge of being forced to shut down when, out of nowhere, a System appeared! From the start, he had a futuristic mechanized arms factory. Only he knew that he was destined to become a global powerhouse! Sports cars, blistering speed, passion, and youth all await! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Reborn in 1995: From a Hardware Factory to a Tech Empire 重生95年：从五金厂到科技帝国 In 1995, Lin Feng was framed by his business partner in his previous life and sent to prison. His wife remarried, and both his parents died. Reborn on the eve of his imprisonment, he faces the impending frame-up: being accused of stealing factory parts. 2.4kReads—Score10514d adds
- 32 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
- 33 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... 50Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 34 I Came Home to Start a Business: I'm a Pioneer in Technology 回家创业，我是科技领路人 Su Xiangnan awakens Earth's memories before graduation and obtains a System. From then on, he returns home to start a business, rising from humble beginnings and leading Huaguo's technological development. He will restore Huaguo to the pinnacle of the world. 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Reborn: The God-Tier Investor 重生之神级投资 Lin Feng, a 21st-century securities analyst, is reborn in 1998. The Asian financial crisis is raging, and China's economy has hit a low point. This is the year before Jack Ma founded Alibaba. Pony Ma is selling pirated game cards in Huaqiangbei, while Brother Qiang is selling CDs in Zhongguancun. Mobile phones are luxury goods, everyone wears a pager on their belt, and the internet age has yet to truly arrive. The hand of fate pushes Lin Feng to the forefront of the times. Drawing on memories of 186Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 36 From 20,000 to 10 Million: My Transformation 2万到1千万，我的蜕变 Learn stock trading from zero. It’s the only chance ordinary working stiffs have to change their class and become big shots. During the stock market bull run of 2024, everyone who learned to trade stocks made money. I was a kid from the countryside who graduated from high school and worked three jobs at the bottom of the ladder. How did I go from being a wage earner who happened to trade stocks with classmates from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics to becoming a multimillionaire in th 3.6kReads8.0Score57014d adds
- 37 Reborn at Last, So of Course I’m Choosing Entrepreneurship! 都重生了，当然选择创业啊！ [No System] [One heroine] [Entrepreneurship] [Everyday life] [Reborn] They say that when you catch the right wave, even a pig can fly. In his previous life, Su Kang wasted his years and reached middle age without accomplishing a thing. His boss yelled at him at work, his wife yelled at him at home, and the crushing mortgage left him gasping for breath. He wakes up one morning, reborn at twenty-two, full of youthful ambition. He has just graduated, and the livestreaming boom is right at his doors 2Reads6.6Score314d adds
- 38 Transmigrating Through Reform and Opening Up 穿越改革开放 Lin Chen, a seasoned entrepreneur with deep experience in the modern internet, physical commerce, and capital operations, transmigrates by accident to 1978, on the eve of China's reform and opening-up. He becomes a down-and-out young man with the same name in a poor village in Guangdong Province in the south. His parents died when he was young, leaving him with a dilapidated home and nothing to his name. Cowardly by nature, the original Lin Chen was looked down on by the villagers and bullied by 28Reads—Score214d adds
- 39 Now That I’m Reborn, Do I Still Have to Pursue the Campus Belle? 都重生了还要追校花吗 Chen Feng was reborn, but had no System or golden finger, only the informational advantage of having lived once before. He made up for the regrets he had carried from his previous life and won back the one he'd always loved. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Reborn in 2000: My Star Desk Mate 重生2000之我的明星前桌 [Entrepreneurship first, with stock and futures trading on the side, light everyday life, multiple female leads, smart protagonists, bargain hunting, enjoying life, youthful passion, no face-slapping] Since the start of the new millennium, what have we missed over the past two decades or so? The courtyard houses in Beijing in 2000? The bull markets of 2007 and 2015? Or do we regret not buying up houses? Even if ordinary people couldn't seize those high-end opportunities, what about opening an in 99Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 41 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 450Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 42 The Stock Operator's Path to Self-Cultivation 股票作手修心传 [Urban + stock trading + transmigration + one female lead + hot-money trading circles + airtight logic] What can dispel your worries? Nothing but limit-up stocks! Starting with his entire portfolio in Hu Tong Bus, Meng Bicheng saw his account double again and again. In two months, he turned 40,000 yuan into more than 10 million... Over the next two years, he bought more than a hundred stocks that doubled in value, setting off on the road to the pinnacle of life and becoming a renowned hot-money 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Reborn as a Top Investor 重生后我成为顶尖投资人 Nongfu Spring tastes a little sweet. Is it really sweet? Come on! You still don't know how to make business in the information age fun? After being reborn, Chen Feng used a series of audacious stunts to build a business from nothing. A little branding and promotion sent its added value soaring! [Corrupt Emperor Experience Card], [Business Seductress]... His products kept going viral. Watch me become the industry's top-tier star! 140Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Reborn in 2010: A Legendary Star 重生2010：星耀传奇 Reborn in 2010: The Legend of Xingyao In 2024, Wang Ye was drifting through life when he unexpectedly traveled back to his 2010 college entrance exam. This time, he earns a solid upper-middle score, all so he can seize the golden opportunity of the smartphone boom. The Xingyao System comes online, offering a personified companion and cutting-edge technology unlocked step by step. From lithium batteries to homegrown chips, it helps him build Xingyao phones. He brings his loyal friend Li Hao into 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 The Top 108 Post-00s Billionaires 108位零零后亿万富豪榜 The future is here. The Fourth Industrial Revolution has officially begun. Riding this wave, the world has produced countless billionaires. The editor has collected and compiled the stories of people listed in various billionaire rankings from 2035 to 2055. This book draws on the stories of 108 billionaires born in the 2000s, members of an older generation by then, in the hope of inspiring young readers. My friends, our fathers built the prosperous era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. But wh —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Reborn in 2005: Conquering the Business World Without Regrets 重生2005：纵横商界无悔人生 At thirty, Mu Yan is the youngest sales general manager at a tech giant. On the night he closes a fifty-million-yuan deal, a car accident sends him back to 2005, to that summer when he was fifteen. From the cutthroat world of business banquets to a high school classroom piled with exam papers, he discovers that he has not only brought back fifteen years of future memories, but also a deep sense of guilt toward his family and the life he has lived. In this life, he has the foresight of someone wh 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 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
- 48 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
- 49 Seizing the Moment to Become a Tycoon 踏准风口成巨富 In his previous life, Li Shun was a nobody, a poor wretch crushed by life until he could barely breathe. Time and again, he bowed his head to life's demands, only to scrape by from one breath to the next. In this life, Li Shun is lucky, and so are his friends. They can rely on one another and stand shoulder to shoulder through the tide of reform, rising with every new opportunity. The great waves wash away the sand, leaving heroes behind. Blessed by the Goddess of Luck, Li Shun also finds his ow 11.1kReads8.8Score1.3k14d adds
- 50 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 131Reads5.9Score—14d adds
