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- 51 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. 54Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 52 How to Become the Richest Man! 首富是怎样养成的！ Mo Chu transmigrates to a parallel world in 2012, where he becomes a fourth-year university student and takes over his family's old, run-down appliance factory. With a keen understanding of the times, he reforms the business, starts a venture while still in college, builds his personal brand, and rises to every challenge. Step by step, he turns himself into the richest man in the world. My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, 55Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 53 After the College Entrance Exams, My Billionaire Identity Was Exposed! 高考结束，我的首富身份被曝光！ [Plenty to Read][Reborn][One Heroine][Business] In his previous life, Xu Yang drifted through life. He delivered takeout, hauled bricks, and reached his thirties without accomplishing a thing. One day, he woke up back in a middle school classroom in 2010. His deskmate was still the goofy Li Chuan, the quiet Chen Mo still sat in front of him, and their homeroom teacher, Old Zhou, still loved scolding students over his thermos. He knew what was coming: the smartphone boom, the rise of Bitcoin, 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Starting at a Vocational College, I Built an Entertainment Empire 大专开局，我建立了娱乐帝国 After graduating from a vocational college, Ma Yu goes through family upheaval and spends thirty years stumbling through life. Burdened with regrets, he is lucky enough to live again. In this life, he sets out to make up for his regrets and achieve financial freedom. He finds his way forward one step at a time. A vocational college graduate can live a remarkable life too. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Tycoon? Godfather? Academician? That’s Right, I’m All of Them 首富？教父？院士？没错，都是我 [Reborn + entertainment + technology-driven national development + intangible cultural heritage + billionaire protagonist + multiple heroines + slow pace] A burned-out office worker, a coder who spent endless nights writing online novels on Tomato, finally died of overwork and returned to 1995. In this life, he planned to make enough money to go home and retire, listening to Qin opera with his mother and growing vegetables outside their door. This time, he wanted to live comfortably and stop exh 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 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
- 57 Reborn in 2000: Building a Business Empire 重生2000：缔造商业帝国 Chen Fan, twenty years in the future, sends a letter to his past self in the year 2000. He builds 360 Security Guard, takes on Tencent, and develops League of Legends and Honor of Kings. From China to the rest of the world, his presence is everywhere. From then on, Chen Fan embarks on a path completely different from the one his past self took twenty years ago... 1.6kReads6.8Score10114d adds
- 58 From the Start, I Lost My Property Deed, But Unexpectedly Became the Richest Man 开局输掉房产证，却意外成了首富 [Urban + reborn + daily life + one heroine + entrepreneurship + border trading + period setting + building wealth] Yu Feng, who once commanded assets worth hundreds of billions, is reborn in 1999. Back then, he was destitute, addicted to alcohol and gambling, and his wife and daughter died because of him, leaving him consumed by regret. Now reborn, he unexpectedly gains the Fortune and Misfortune System, which lets him see other people's current luck. Watch as he uses the System and the foresigh 541Reads8.2Score10814d adds
- 59 Now That We're Reborn, Who'd Still Start a Business! 都重生了谁还创业啊！ [Reborn + entrepreneurship + everyday life + campus beauty + making up for past regrets] [The first 200,000 words are slow-paced and slice-of-life. If that's not your thing, feel free to skip ahead to Chapter 100!~] As the saying goes: “A simp can simp and simp, only to end up with nothing!” In his past life, Yu Chengjiang was exactly that kind of guy. After his startup took off, his campus-beauty wife betrayed him, driving his company into bankruptcy and saddling him with millions in debt. Back 249Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 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 786Reads6.5Score10914d adds
- 61 Reborn Entrepreneur: Starting as the Child of a Demolition Windfall 重生创业：从拆二代开始 He was once just a nobody, but was reborn in 2000 after living from 2020. He seized every opportunity he could: demolition compensation, lotteries, auction mix-ups, and more, building up his wealth before branching out into every industry. Real estate mogul, e-commerce giant, gaming empire: he’d take them all! 3.1kReads—Score12014d adds
- 62 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! 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 Reborn: The Great Winds Rise 重生之大风起兮 A new-era A Ordinary World, following young people struggling upward from the poverty line. They refuse to give up, fighting stubbornly against fate... The story is grounded in everyday life. Though fictional, it offers glimpses of our own lives. My writing is limited, but I hope the story strikes a chord. 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 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. 18Reads8.0Score1314d adds
- 65 Reborn: Making Money Is the Right Way 重生，搞钱才是正道 [Business and stocks] [Period] [No System] [Campus entrepreneurship] [Revenge] [Lighthearted comedy] The protagonist, Chen Ze, is reborn in 2010, just after the college entrance exams. He confesses to the goddess he’s pursued for three years, only to be rejected. In a fit of anger, he cuts ties with her. She asks him to pursue her for another two years, but he refuses outright, saying, “I’ve lost interest in romance. Making money is the only fun in my life.” Next, he borrows from loan sharks and 5.1kReads7.8Score26614d adds
- 66 Reborn in 2004: Reshaping China's Business World 重生到2004年，重写中国商圈 [Reborn + No System + E-Commerce + Internet + High Tech + All Kinds of Startups] [All Kinds of Business Wars] His company was losing money, and a sham divorce turned into a real one. The house, car, and assets were all transferred to his wife, and he even discovered that the two children he’d raised for over a decade weren’t his. At forty-four, Ye Bufan couldn’t accept the truth. After dragging his wife to her death with him, he woke up reborn twenty years in the past. Though he has to start his 277Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 67 The Financial Red Zone 金融红区 Four young people on the verge of leaving the ivory tower couldn't sleep. Lying in their own beds, each was thinking about something different. Zhou Zihao was thinking about the clauses in the risk-control manual; Lü Anqi was calculating next month's rent and her mother's medication costs; Wang Zhifei was planning how to rise quickly after joining Huasheng; Su Xiaoxiao was worrying whether she could handle the analyst job. They didn't yet know that fate had already laid the groundwork. That fift 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Reborn Youth: Building a Tech Empire 重生韶华：打造科技帝国 Reborn in his second year of high school, he applies to the youth program at the University of Science and Technology of China, accidentally becomes the top scorer in his province, and starts a tech company. From betting on soccer and copying futures trades to making phones and launching satellites, he sweeps all before him and goes into full overdrive, building his own tech empire and helping Chinese technology take off... 186Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 69 Reborn: I Really Don't Want to Make Money 重生：我真的不想挣钱 In his previous life, he was a high-level corporate drone. After a family crisis and his wife’s betrayal, he finally dropped dead on the job from overwork. When he opened his eyes again, he was back on the day before the 2010 college entrance exams, and his life on easy mode began. The stock market, the internet, technology: he left his mark in every field. Top student, stock-market genius, richest man: those were only a few of his many titles. In an interview, he was asked, “Mr. Chen, why are y 5.7kReads8.1Score38014d adds
- 70 The King Returns: Reborn 王者归来：从重生开始 In his previous life, Lin Xiao was betrayed by his unattainable first love and died. Reborn, he takes complete control of everything and becomes the uncrowned king of both the business world and the underworld. Standing at the top of the world, he makes everyone who betrayed or looked down on him kneel and submit. He tries to bring Su Wanli back to life, but ultimately understands that people must look forward. In the end, he sits atop his business empire, with the women who have stood by him al 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 Reborn: The Tech Empire 重生之科技帝国 Reborn in 2003, back when Penguin wasn’t yet a behemoth and China’s internet companies hadn’t gone through their wild-growth phase. Li Jin is a genius from the future. Let’s see how he takes the world by storm. (This book requires you to check your brain at the door. If you curse me out, you’re right to.) 2Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 72 Reborn in 2005: Starting with Taking My Studies Seriously 重生2005年，从好好学习开始 Synopsis: [Reborn] + [Making up for regrets] + [Youthful campus life] + [Everyday life] + [Elegant prose] + [Music] + [Family-centered] + [Turning one's life around] + [Writing plagiarized works] Wen Yuan has been reborn. It's 2005, and there are still so many opportunities. Haicheng is still a fishing village, housing prices haven't skyrocketed across the country, and he's still so young... Though Wen Yuan is still a student, he is fired up with ambition. Starting as a ghostwriter, he steadily 396Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 Reborn in Hong Kong: Building the Silicon Valley of the East 重生港岛缔造东方硅谷 Reborn + Period + business + farming + calculating heroine + military + strengthening the nation by indirect means What would it be like to transmigrate to the 1980s with a large, multipurpose underwater combat platform from the 2050s: a nuclear fusion-powered submarine with a displacement of over 80,000 tons? From the start, crush Britain and help Argentina take back the Falkland Islands. And what would it be like to have a military AI from the 2050s? From then on, I don't have to write code or 589Reads6.5Score10014d adds
- 74 More Children, More Blessings: Building an Unrivaled Family in a Parallel World 多子多福：平行世界打造无上家族 A new work is here! Come read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 405Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 75 What's Wrong With a Middle School Graduate Like Me Making a Comeback and Becoming a Big Shot? 我中学毕业的逆袭当大佬怎么了 (Rebirth + an underdog’s rise, set in 2008, entrepreneurship + industry and finance, multiple heroines + past and present lives, no System + a sharp mind.) Want to start your own family tree? Want to become a big shot? Want to be the richest man in the country? Want to lie back with beautiful women in your arms? Damn, I want all of that! But I’ve only graduated middle school and don’t know a thing, so how could I make it happen? All right, then. How about a chance to be reborn? Yes, yes, yes! F 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 Transmigrated to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom: Life on a Desert Island 穿越太平天国之海岛余生 Transmigrated to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom: Life on an Island —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 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 852Reads8.4Score10314d adds
- 78 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
- 79 Reborn in 2005: I Built a Bubble Tea Empire 重生零五，我靠奶茶创业封神 After being reborn, Lin Wan goes from a milk tea shop worker whose wages are withheld to the Milk Tea Queen, a goddess of capital who controls a trillion-yuan conglomerate. On the streets of Guangzhou in 2005, no one knows what an enormous consumer market is hidden in that cup of milk tea, let alone that her mind holds the fate of capital over the next twenty years. Watch her turn the tables against the odds, then ride the wave to success. 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 Reborn, the System Won't Let Me Date 重生了，系统不让我谈恋爱 [Rebirth + Business + Lighthearted + Comedy] Single guy Lin Chen is reborn just before the college entrance exam and gets the [Single Life System]. As long as he stays single, he can redeem rewards. “System, buddy, listen to me. She and I are just friends. I’d rather be a dog than get into a relationship...” 431Reads6.8Score10214d adds
- 81 Back in College, the Campus Belle Can't Keep Her Hands Off Me 重回大学，校花女神倒贴 Peng Chihan, a young man worth tens of millions, is planning a road trip with a beautiful woman when he suddenly finds himself reborn in the summer after graduating from high school. From the start, things get exciting: his dream girl shows up with flowers and confesses to him. But before he can even celebrate, he hears the voice of his online girlfriend through his headset. “I clearly wanted to focus on my career first!” Peng Chihan has just finished a date with his gentle dream girl. The momen 53Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 82 Reborn in 2004: Starting With Writing Novels 重生零四：从写小说开始 In 2003, "Zhu Xian", "Zi Chuan", and "Xiao Bing Chuan Qi" took the entire online-novel world by storm. In 2004, Xue Hong made his name and rose to godhood by carving a path through the entire online-novel world with "Sheng Long Dao". At the time, future greats like Tu Dou, Chen Dong, and Er Gen had yet to make their debuts. Companies like Pinduoduo, Meituan, Xiaomi, miHoYo, and ByteDance had not even been founded. In his previous life, Li Mu had been a mid-tier author on Qidian. Reborn in 2004, 11Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 83 Reborn in 2008: From Selling Melons to Business Mogul 重生08：从卖瓜到创业大佬 Chen Wei unexpectedly returned to the day he had to submit his college entrance exam applications! This time, armed with more than a decade of memories from the future, he was ready to go all out! With the ultimate playbook for seizing the opportunities of the era in hand, he started out selling melons in the fields, then made his first fortune with creative marketing, igniting the fuse for his comeback! He went all in on Bitcoin in its early days, claimed his place in e-commerce as it rose, 314Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 Checking In to the Future, Ushering in Technological Supremacy 打卡未来世界，开启科技霸权 [Reborn + cutting-edge technology + business tycoon + defense industry + China’s rise] His family goes bankrupt, his parents fall seriously ill, his girlfriend breaks up with him, and creditors come knocking. Su Ye, a spoiled rich kid, tries to escape it all by taking his own life. To his surprise, he’s reborn just after the college entrance exams and awakens a Future Check-In System. All he has to do is check in at special locations to gain knowledge and technology from the future. He checks in 3Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 85 Youth in Debt: My Real-Life Hustle 负债青春：我的搞钱实录 [Campus life, making money, entrepreneurship, turning the tables] No System, no golden finger. In 2008, Lin Cong was a freshman who had never wanted for food or clothes, until his family suddenly fell on hard times and he became penniless. After a brief bout of depression, reality forced him to fend for himself. He started with odd jobs, moved on to business, and eventually became a boss. Along the way, he met a sophisticated older career woman, a sweet and innocent junior, an intellectual senio 21Reads—Score114d adds
- 86 Reborn by Chance, I Seize the Moment and Live the Good Life 意外重生，踩住风口过惬意人生 Main characters: Lin Feng, Ye Yao After failing at business and in his marriage, Lin Feng became a hapless fool raising another man’s son. One night, after drinking himself into a stupor with his buddies, he returned to the carefree days of 2014. He was eighteen that year and had yet to meet the person who would drag him to rock bottom. It seemed that everything still lay ahead of him. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 Reborn as a God-Tier Investor 重生之神级投资 They say even a pig can fly when it catches the wind! Reborn at the dawn of the 2014 boom, Chang Dong vows to soar like a dragon and phoenix and revel in wealth and luxury! 2.7kReads7.8Score11514d adds
- 88 Reborn in 1988: Starting a Business 重生1988开始创业 Reborn at eight years old, he's too young to change his fate by any means other than selling popsicles. From then on, money rolls in as he leads his family to prosperity, makes powerful friends, and rises to the top. Packed with nostalgic period flavor. If you love the vibe of the 1980s, come on in. 196Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 89 Reborn as a Business Tycoon 重生之商界枭雄 Reborn by chance, he now has a beautiful wife and an adorable daughter. With a second life, how could he drift aimlessly through the world? He rides the tide of the times, seizes business opportunities, builds a business empire that ushers in a new era, and forges a legendary career.. 1.1kReads7.9Score11214d adds
- 90 Rebuilding 1997: Launching a Financial Empire 重塑1997：开启金融帝国 Su Langtao, a genius from the 21st century, is reborn and transmigrates to 1997, an era when gold seems to lie everywhere. Through his own efforts, he goes from working at a factory to building a business empire of his own. 1.6kReads—Score12614d adds
- 91 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! 139Reads8.2Score3314d adds
- 92 Gamblers Are Doomed 赌狗必死 Lu Chuan roared, his eyes bloodshot, like a beast ready to devour its prey. His sunny face had lost all its brightness. “I... I bought them all too... Unlike you, I have a wife and kids. What... what am I supposed to do? I never dreamed Argentina would lose, especially to Saudi Arabia...” 2kReads—Score19014d adds
- 93 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! 992Reads7.7Score10014d adds
- 94 Reborn: Conquering China's Stock Market 重生后，叱咤华夏股市 A young man with no sense of purpose repairs bicycles. People call him Tang Poyun. Then, one day, he transmigrates, and from then on, his fortunes soar. From the futures market to the A-share market, he single-handedly pioneers sentiment-driven trading and the limit-up board strategy, sparking a new wave in the world of speculative investors. They call him the Grand Helmsman of the hot-money trading scene. As a Chinese patriot, he takes part in the Thai financial crisis; he boldly takes on Weste 325Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 95 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
- 96 Replay the Game: Live Up to Our Youth and Each Other! 覆局重弈：不负韶华不负卿！ A life you've already lived, a road you've already explored and a river you've already crossed: will there still be thorns and whirlpools? When you're reborn, should you seek the right answer or the optimal solution? In his previous life, Ji Mo spent all his years pursuing a life of comfort. Can he attain it this time around? 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 I’m a Billionaire, So What’s Wrong With Being a Little Scummy? 我一个首富，渣一点不过分吧 3.5kReads8.5Score25614d adds
- 98 Reborn in 1991: Starting with a Bankrupt State-Owned Enterprise 重生1991：从破产国企开始 In the summer of 1991, Chen Mo is reborn at a turning point in his life. In his previous life, he was assigned to the near-bankrupt Hongxing Textile Mill. He wasted ten years there, was laid off, and saw his family torn apart. This time, he chooses to walk through the factory gates again. Others see a death trap, but he sees gold lying everywhere. With nothing more than an official approval for a “Labor Services Company,” he starts with the factory's little shop, then builds a logistics network, 390Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Reborn: Starting to Ace Exams in My School Days 重生之从学生时代开卷 [Campus Rebirth + Realistic Business Story + Sweet on the Outside, Dark Within + One Heroine] When fate gives you a second life, do you become a model student and get into Tsinghua or Peking University? No. I’m going to bring the entire millennium generation into my business empire. “Getting rich as a reborn person by exploiting information gaps? Think bigger.” Xu Chen tore up his draft of lottery numbers and filled the military training camp’s saltwater barrels with iced fruit tea. “I’m going t 6Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 100 Reborn: My 1990s 重生：我的九零年代 Business tycoon Liu Haoyang is reborn in the 1990s, a turbulent era teeming with talent, and an incredible golden age. Amid the tide of reform and opening up, the reborn Liu Haoyang becomes a trailblazer of his time, standing at the crest of the waves with a red flag in hand. He seizes the pulse of the era and gradually builds a world of his own in the 1990s. 1.2kReads6.3Score10014d adds
