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- 101 In the Hong Kong Cinematic Universe, I'm Zhang Shihao 混在港综，我是张世豪 The legendary thief king gets a new lease on life. Heaven gives Zhang Shihao a chance to start over. This time, I’ll still form a gang and conquer Hong Kong! In this life, I’ll make up for my regrets and rule both the underworld and the legitimate world. 20kReads8.8Score1.5k14d adds
- 102 Hong Kong Films: I Choose Big D, Because He’s My Dad 港片：我选大D，因为他是我老豆 Lei Tianzuo transmigrates into the world of Hong Kong crime films and TV, becoming the son of Big D from Wo Hop To. “Who goes fishing without wearing a helmet?” “I choose Chueng Bao, he’ll take us all the way to the moon”... There are too many memes to list here, so read the book. Watch the protagonist scheme like a master and strike fear throughout Hong Kong. There’s also Little Jew, Bai Niangzi, Little Stutterer, golf, and more… Even the empress of the Never-Setting Empire, far away in Fo 2.3kReads8.2Score12514d adds
- 103 Hong Kong's Top Tycoon 香港首富一哥 Economist Zhang Jiahao was on a business trip in Luohu District, Shenzhen, when he rescued a beautiful woman who had fallen into a river one night. By chance, he was reborn in Hong Kong in 1970 and began another legendary life, rising from a gangster to a wealthy police officer... 4.1kReads8.7Score24214d adds
- 104 The Legend of Mr. Lu in Hong Kong's Underworld 港综之陆先生传 The martial world isn’t just about fighting; it’s also about human relationships and social rules. They say that once you enter the martial world, your left foot steps into prison and your right into hell. Few make it out alive. Yet there are always extraordinary people who break free of fate, shatter the rules, and rise to the summit, leaving countless stepping stones in their wake. 26.6kReads9.0Score87014d adds
- 105 Hong Kong Films: Infinite Downloads Make Me Invincible 港片：无限下载的我无敌了 Huang Jiayao transmigrates into the world of Hong Kong crime films and gains the Unlimited Download System. But, for some inexplicable reason, he becomes an undercover cop. With a System and foreknowledge of the plot, why stay undercover? Just take down the targets, earn merits, get promoted, and get a raise! You’re great with a gun? Now I am too! You’re good at fighting? Now I am too! What? You have four kidneys? I can have them too! With foreknowledge of the plot and a System cheat, Huang Jiay 372Reads7.7Score11714d adds
- 106 The Modern Shrimp's Cultivation Tale 1 现代虾仁修仙传1 The Modern Shrimp’s Immortal Cultivation Saga 1 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 Hong Kong Crossover: What Decent Person Joins a Gang? 港综：正经人谁混社团啊 The protagonist transmigrates, the System runs off, and from the start he’s aboard a pirate ship in the Hong Kong action-film universe. How’s he supposed to get by without a System? But there’s no going back. What do you run into most often in Hong Kong? Gangs, of course. You expect me to join a gang? Pah! What respectable person joins a gang? But once you’re here, whether you join a gang or not, you’ll get mixed up with them sooner or later. The protagonist has no choice but to become someone 49.3kReads7.3Score2.6k14d adds
- 108 Tales of the Night, Shrouded in Darkness 夜话无明 [5,000 Words Daily] [Collusion Between Officials and Gangsters] [Profit Above All] [Human Nature Is Evil] [Ruthless and Decisive] [No Formulaic Plot] [Not a Power Fantasy] Walk the night roads and knock on the black door. Beyond it lies a dazzling world, but one wrong step could send you into an abyss with no way back. This path has set countless hearts ablaze, and drawn countless others to follow, one after another, eager to risk everything. What sparks will fly when old-school guardians of hon 219Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 109 Hong Kong Crossover: Wang Jiu's Junior Disciple Makes 300 Million from the Start 港综王九小师弟开局赚三亿 I'm Wang Jiu's junior apprentice brother, and from the start I made three hundred million. Feng Shiba is a transmigrator, but the time and place he transmigrates to couldn't be much worse! He arrives in the 1960s, an era of shortages and hunger. On a stormy night, a woman who may or may not be his mother leaves him at the gate of Shaolin Temple, and he begins his life as a monk. But when he is eight, an accident takes place at Shaolin Temple. His Ninth Senior Brother, who often sneaks him out fo 5.1kReads6.5Score25614d adds
- 110 Reborn in Hong Kong: Superstar in Troubled Times 重生港岛：乱世巨星 As the pendulum of the times comes to a halt in chaos, And the gears of fate imprison desire, He will reign supreme on the streets of Hong Kong Island, embrace the tenderness of a Miss Hong Kong, Roam across the five lakes and four seas, and create a legend that will last a hundred years. 5kReads8.0Score18314d adds
- 111 Dirty Cop 黑警 “I gave my heart to the moon, but the moon shines on the ditch.” As a people's police officer, it is my duty to defend the country, maintain social order, and protect the lives and property of the people. But there are always people who operate in the gray areas, acting with abandon and flouting the law. I have no choice but to step in and wipe them all out... 4.9kReads7.9Score33214d adds
- 112 Multiverse Missions Starting from Hong Kong Cinema 从港综开始的诸天任务 Qin Feng was an unlucky guy... ahem... lucky fellow, chosen by the System because he was so absorbed while watching a certain country's art film. He was sent to a world made up of countless Hong Kong movies. Fortunately, the Wolverine physique he got from the System, even in a weakened form, kept him alive. To complete his System missions, he volunteered to become Ma Jun's informant. Ma Jun is the protagonist of SPL: Kill Zone. Relying on the fragments of plot he could still remember, Qin Feng o 7.1kReads6.9Score30114d adds
- 113 Showbiz: I Play Villains, and They Tell Me to Tone It Down 娱乐：演反派，他们叫我收敛一点 (Anyone interested in adapting this into a short drama can search for From Extra to Movie Star.) Su Han, a background actor working in Hengdian, activates the Villainous Movie Star System. He simulates the villain Feng Yuxiu from the film The Wrath of Vajra. After simulating Feng Yuxiu for three months in the System, he has mastered every aspect of the character's circumstances and feelings, and even acquired his martial arts skills. Before the audition, Director: “Aren't you that hopeless extra 5.2kReads7.9Score36014d adds
- 114 Hong Kong Films: I’ve Got a Gang of Tough Guys at My Back 港片：我手下有一群猛男 Just after transmigrating, He Yiming is taken home by Hao Ge. To make ends meet, he has no choice but to use the skills granted by his System to switch careers and sell beef offal! In a Hong Kong crossover world where heroes rise on every side, He Yiming is determined to become a man above the rest! P.S. I don’t even know what I’m saying! 18.4kReads9.0Score79814d adds
- 115 The Charismatic Hero 枭雄 The goddess who looked down on me back then now wants to partner with a company under my name… A golden-scaled carp is no mere pond fish. When its destined moment comes, it transforms into a dragon. I’m going to become a ruthless tycoon and make everyone who looked down on me regret ever crossing me. 596Reads8.5Score10114d adds
- 116 A Hong Kong Island Native 香江本地人 The story focuses on the rhythm of everyday life. The protagonist starts out as an athlete, makes a fortune in horse racing and earns a silver medal in the financial markets, then studies finance and law at university. He succeeds in both his career and family life. In 1974, Hong Kong had just weathered a stock market crash, and the economy was beginning to recover. Of course, the protagonist isn’t in a position to save the economy at this point. So he studies hard, trains in weightlifting, goes 1.6kReads6.9Score10314d adds
- 117 Big Brother 大哥 At the end of the last century, before the rules were fully established, all sorts of people emerged in great numbers. They exploited loopholes, ran gray-market businesses, and moved between the worlds of crime and respectability. A young man returned from military service, only to be dragged into the underworld. More than a decade of life on the fringes followed: wine and laughter with friends in spring, late-night talks beneath the lamplight; hardship at first, then glory at last. He had walke 4.1kReads9.0Score29214d adds
- 118 Back to 2006: I Really Don't Know How to Trade Stocks 回档2006，我真不懂炒股啊 This is the story of an ordinary man's rise, also known as Zhou Yang's Speculation Journal. In his previous life, Zhou Yang had never set foot in the stock market, and he was a failure in every sense. He returned to 2006 with a notebook that recorded stock movements. Zhou Yang witnessed this tumultuous era. He entered the stock market and went up against the market manipulators, started businesses with friends, and began his career as a speculator. After countless setbacks, he finally gained eve 6.6kReads8.3Score55514d adds
- 119 Hong Kong Films: You Told Me to Enforce the Law Impartially, but Every Officer Under Me Is a Hardcase 港片让你秉公执法，手下全员悍警 Ace killer Lin Shaochen transmigrates into the world of Hong Kong action movies and becomes a bandit. From the start, his boss Fu Guang withholds his wages, so Lin Shaochen wastes no time wiping out Fu Guang and his entire gang! After awakening a System that makes him stronger every time he kills an enemy, he resolutely joins the police force and starts recruiting. Before long, Luo Tianhong, A Ji, Tian Yangsheng, Tony, A Zha, and others have all joined the force. Overnight, a squad of super toug 7.3kReads8.6Score39314d adds
- 120 Hong Kong Films: From Hung Hing to a Top-Tier Financial Empire 港片：从洪兴开始，打造顶级财阀 What is the underworld? Loyalty, filial piety, honor, and duty? Human relationships and worldly affairs? Deception and betrayal? Fan Tian transmigrates to the world of Hong Kong crime dramas in the early 1980s, makes the System his sworn father, and grows stronger with every promotion, climbing all the way from a low-ranking gangster to the moon! My underworld has poetry and far horizons, too. Who's with me? Who's against me? Boss: I'm against it! Fan Tian: Good... Where are Fei Ji, Wolong, and 20.5kReads7.7Score79214d adds
- 121 Hong Kong Island's Superman: The Goddesses Couldn't Be Happier! 港岛超人，女神老幸福了！ [Host: Gao Chao Strength: 12 (the standard for an average adult man is 10) Constitution: 12 Agility: 10 Potential: 6 Skills: Cantonese (Elementary, 50/50000), Martial Arts (Beginner, 18591/20000), Qi Control Art, Fragment (Not yet learned, 2560/50000), Furniture Mall Battle God Technique (0/20000) ] Gao Chao transmigrates to the Hong Kong crime-drama universe, nicknamed the Gotham of the East, with a stats panel. He starts out as a nobody, then becomes Brother Chao, a wealthy man with conn —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 The Pinnacle of Nowhere 1 无人之巅1 I went into the underworld because I didn’t want to be bullied... I stepped into the darkness so I’d never have to turn my back on it again. I cast aside my conscience and sharpened my claws, trampling underfoot each person who had once humiliated me. 240Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 Hong Kong Crossover: Stick with Crow and Eat Nine Meals in Three Days 港综：跟着我乌鸦混，三天吃九顿 Hong Kong crime drama + System + ruthless action + villain protagonist + making money + Hong Kong horror “Run with me, Crow, and you'll eat nine meals in three days!” “He says his name's Brother Crow. Don't sit at his table if you want to eat!” “Crow's vicious and never shuts up. He flips the table while everyone else is eating!” “Hao Nan, are you scared? Crow can take on the whole world by himself!” After waking up, Chen Tianxiong finds that a dump truck has sent him to a Hong Kong crime drama 21.5kReads8.3Score1.2k14d adds
- 124 The Bad Guys: The Storm Rises Again 2 坏蛋之风云再起2 [People have names, and trees have shadows. Who is Xie Wendong? Everyone knows.] As the scorching sun slowly sinks away and the half moon hangs high, as neon lights begin to flicker and night descends, what can we use to prove that we exist? 12kReads9.0Score78814d adds
- 125 Hong Kong Films: The Ultimate Gangster, Godfather of Hong Kong Island 港片：顶级悍匪，我即是港岛教父 [Hong Kong Crime Saga + Violent Robber + Undercover Cop + Later Gangland Story] Lin Chen transmigrates to Hong Kong in the late 1980s and becomes the lowest-ranked trainee at the Wong Chuk Hang Police Training School. “Lin Chen, you don’t want to miss your graduation ceremony, do you?” Lin Chen: Sir, you studied in Japan. Please calm down! And so Lin Chen is expelled for beating up Officer Wong. That very day, Lin Chen robs two gold shops, making off with goods worth tens of millions! Officer Wo 12.8kReads8.2Score54314d adds
- 126 Hong Kong Dramas! I Have No Choice 港综！我没得选 Is Liang Kun my second uncle? Am I an illegitimate child of the Ni family? I want to make my own way. Someone gives me a chance? Do I even have the right to choose? When I try to turn back, I find no one behind me... 3kReads6.4Score10414d adds
- 127 Hong Kong Films: Rising to Power in Hong Kong and Kowloon from the Prison Quarry 港片：从苦窑开始叱咤港九 Wei Wu transmigrates to the world of Hong Kong action movies in the 1980s. When he opens his eyes, he discovers that he’s a gang member who was framed and sent to prison, working undercover for the police. He’s spent three years behind bars. The superior who was the only person who knew his real identity is dead. The boss who promised to promote him once he got out is dead too. He can’t return to the police force, and his path to the top is blocked. Just as he’s about to be released, he’s 32kReads8.2Score1.5k14d adds
- 128 How to Handle It When They Make You a Mole from the Start 开局就让卧底怎么办 When Luo Jun woke up, he had somehow arrived in Hong Kong in the 1980s. After checking his memories, he discovered that he was an undercover agent undercover within another undercover operation. Damn, how was he supposed to handle this? One wrong move and he could get killed! Can somebody save me?! 5.9kReads8.6Score22414d adds
- 129 The Legend of a Food Delivery Guy 外卖小哥的传说 The Legend of a Food Delivery Guy 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 Swimming Across Hong Kong to Find My Fortune 游水香江去找钱 In the late 1970s, in a small village north of Yuecheng, Wang Ziqian was forced to join two friends in fleeing to Hong Kong as they pursued their fortune. He struggled to survive amid the turbulent tides of Hong Kong, moving from one industry to another, and ultimately became a business magnate. 5.9kReads7.6Score24314d adds
- 131 Hong Kong Films: The Big Boss 港片：大佬 A hotheaded street punk transmigrates as the biological older brother of a fat cat. In the turbulent world of Hong Kong, he doesn't need a System or a golden finger: his body and strength are beyond the ordinary. The tiger is out of its cage, sweeping through the world of Hong Kong movies! (The blurb doesn't do it justice. Read the story for yourself.) (A friendly tip: leave your brain here before you start reading.) (˵¯͒〰¯͒˵) 10.4kReads8.7Score34814d adds
- 132 Hong Kong Films: In Wo Hop To, I Make Money, Not Trouble 港片：人在和联胜不搞风雨只搞钱 Gu Jiahui transmigrated to a parallel world where Hong Kong movies had merged, becoming a henchman of Chuan Bao. Gu Jiahui: “I have only three goals in this world.” “First, make money. Second, make money. Third, make even more money.” “What if someone tries to stop me from making money?” “Then I take him out.” After that, Gu Jiahui started publishing magazines, selling knockoffs, making movies, and putting up buildings. People's way of addressing him changed from “Ah Hui” to “Mr. Gu.” Liu Jianmi 14kReads8.5Score49014d adds
- 133 Hong Kong Crossover: I Have Too Many Good Brothers! 港综：我的好兄弟太多了！ “Standing before you now is the boss of the Hong Kong police force! The uncrowned king of Southeast Asia's underworld! The old financial clans' lifelong nemesis! The creator of the Continental Hotel! The King of Technology! Renowned philanthropist and national entrepreneur, Mr. Zhang Jiayao!” “I, Zhang Jiayao, have made it this far through my brothers. Brothers, and nothing but brothers!” 55.6kReads8.3Score3.2k14d adds
- 134 I'm No Little Punk: The Shorties' Hero Squad 我不是小混混之矮子英雄队 I'm determined not to become a hoodlum. Even a short person can stand tall. Not every hero is tall, but every passionate heart deserves to be seen. I won't go along with the ways of the world. I'll walk my own path through the jianghu. The road is long, so may we meet again at the summit... 77Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 Hong Kong Crime: Cutting Out Guan Caiba from the Start 港综，开具截胡冠猜霸 (Strength: 11) (Constitution: 9) (Health: 21/76) Yang Meng, from the twenty-first century, woke up one morning and discovered that his soul had transmigrated into the body of a young man who had just died in the 1980s. With a crippled System in tow, what would become of him… 14.2kReads7.7Score82714d adds
- 136 A Young Rich Heir Falls for His Forty-Year-Old Tenant 年轻富少爱上四十岁租客 A Young Rich Man Falls for His Forty-Year-Old Tenant 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 Hong Kong Films: A Story of the Police 港片之警察故事 In 1984, Peng Wenshan was reborn on Hong Kong Island as a cop. Because his previous self had tried to curry favor with an examiner during the public recruitment exam for trainee inspectors, his interview had ended in failure on the spot. All he could do was graduate from the Police Training School as a constable. Li Haitang: Promote him and transfer him somewhere else. Whatever you do, don't let him see the stolen goods or the cash. Peng Wenshan: I don't want it, but the least you could do is as 10.1kReads8.8Score51914d adds
- 138 Hong Kong Crossover: The Prophet Is the True God 港综：先知才是真神 All written by hand, no AI. [Growth] [Comedy] [Everyday life] [Doing his part for Hong Kong's return to China] Liu Huaqiang: “If you’d told me you had so many ideas, why would I have bothered making it on my own?” Liang Kun: “Don’t even think about shaking me off, boss.” Lei Yaoyang: “We’re brothers, right?” A Xing, Uncle Tat, and Gu Hualong: “You bastard, you’ve tricked me again.” Hongxing, Dongxing, Wo Hop To, and San Kee: “Mr. Wang, got any business or information for us lately?” Qiu Ti, 1.7kReads5.4Score10214d adds
- 139 Hong Kong Action Films: I Asked You to Go Undercover, Not Become the Boss! 港片，让你卧底，没让你当老大！ Hong Kong Island in the 1980s: the era of the Four Great Detectives has just ended! Mo Ran transmigrates into this world where Hong Kong movies have merged, becoming a two-timing rat working under Big B of the Hung Hing gang while serving as an undercover agent for Wong Chi-shing! There’s no chance Wong Chi-shing will restore his identity. If he has to be a lowlife, then he’ll be the biggest and toughest one around! First, he takes the position of Causeway Bay’s top boss from Chan Ho-nam. Th 18kReads8.9Score81214d adds
- 140 I'm a Hong Kong Tycoon, and I'm Marrying the Gambling King's Daughter! 我，港岛财阀，迎娶赌王千金！ Wang Zilong was reborn in 1983 as the son of Wang Tianhao, one of Hong Kong Island’s ten biggest real estate tycoons. His family’s business empire spanned key industries including energy, finance, and real estate. Though Young Master Wang lived on Hong Kong Island, his heart was with the mainland. Taking advantage of the property bubble, he led the charge in shorting Sakura, expanded his global reach, and took on financial giants! Li Jiaxin, Zhongshan Hui, Song Hye-kyo… 15.4kReads8.7Score86214d adds
- 141 Back to Life: The Low-Key Tycoon 重返人生之低调大亨 In the middle of the night, Gao Yuanyuan knocked on the door. “Jing Hao! Quit playing dead in there and come out to work. Look at the time! Stop slacking off.” Jing Hao: “Yuanyuan, weren't you with Anna?...” 3.7kReads8.2Score16314d adds
- 142 The Jianghu: What Is It, Really? 江湖，到底是什么？ [Pure Underworld] [The Jianghu of the 1980s] Where there are people, there are grudges; where there are grudges, there is a jianghu; people are the jianghu! It used to be called the jianghu, but now it's called society! When the storms had passed, Lang Aowen knelt once more before the sacred image of Guan Yu, holding three sticks of incense high above his head. Only one question remained in his heart: The jianghu, what exactly is it? [Serious Warning: The characters and plot in this book are 1.7kReads—Score10114d adds
- 143 I’m the Third Son of the Shaw Brothers, and I Inherit an Entertainment Empire from the Start 我邵氏三子，开局继承娱乐帝国 In 1985, Shao Long was reborn on Hong Kong Island as the youngest son of Sir Shao. His father, Sir Shao, was a recipient of the Order of the British Empire. He was Hong Kong's most famous entertainment mogul, the founder of Shaw Brothers Pictures and TVB. What troubled Sir Shao, however, was that neither his eldest nor his second son had any interest in inheriting the family business. As he grew older, he could only place his hopes in his youngest son. Shao Long gladly accepted an inheritanc 3.8kReads8.4Score25814d adds
- 144 A Century-Old Family Rises to Power, Starting in Hong Kong Island 家族百年，从港岛开始崛起 Rebirth + business warfare + making money + strategic planning + period setting + fast-paced + wild imagination Reborn in 1977! In this life, his father becomes the world's shipping king, and he has a wealth of information about the future in his mind. With a thunderous strike, he seizes Kowloon Wharf. Without spilling a drop of blood, he acquires Hutchison Whampoa. Striking from behind, he wrests away Wheelock. There are no Four Great Families and no Four Great Trading Houses. In Hong Kong, 8.1kReads7.9Score36514d adds
- 145 Reborn in Hong Kong, Building a World-Class Financial Empire 重生香江，打造世界顶级财阀 [Business Wars + Tycoon Fantasy + Building a Financial Dynasty] Reborn in 1970s Hong Kong, with millions in family assets inherited from the start. Short stocks, trade gold, enter real estate, and establish an international security company. Watch as Zhang Qing transforms a minor family into a world-class conglomerate spanning Asia, Europe, and the Americas, with businesses in finance, real estate, media, energy, communications, luxury goods, the internet, the military industry, and much more! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 Hong Kong Island's Turmoil: First, I Made a Killing in U.S. Stocks and Raked in Billions 港岛风云，先爆美股狂刮百亿 [Satisfying read + business battles and getting rich] Xu Li transmigrates to Hong Kong Island in 1987! He opens his eyes in the middle of a gangland vendetta, then earns his first fortune through a pig-butchering scam and rakes in tens of billions. From there, he can't stop, building a trillion-dollar fortune. Buying handbags, buying jewelry, buying mansions, investing in movies: the entertainment industry is his own backyard. Shorting stocks and trading futures: the financial markets are his pe 8.5kReads6.2Score41114d adds
- 147 Hong Kong Crossover: From the Start, I Rule Sai Kung 港综：开局西贡清一色 (Hong Kong crime saga + gang member → gang leader → business tycoon → founding a nation) “Chairman Lin, people have given you many titles, such as film and television mogul, logistics tycoon, oil king, one of Hong Kong’s Ten Outstanding Young Persons, and the last godfather of the underworld. Could you share with our magazine’s readers how you went from being a gang member to becoming the ruler of Nanyang?” Lin Bin listened to the question from the Time magazine reporter before him, then slowly 14.6kReads6.1Score53314d adds
- 148 When Day Breaks, We Won’t Need a Lighthouse Anymore 天亮了，就不需要灯塔了 On Blue Star, in the Dragon Kingdom, a supergiant or internet empire seems to emerge about once every ten years, dominating one or more fields. After the Penguin Empire, Ali Empire, and TikTok Empire have established themselves, what kind of legend will the next empire's rise bring? Which fields might give birth to this new empire, or could it open up entirely new ones? [Internet + technology + culture + capital + industry] No cheats or immature technology. From an entirely new platform for conn 413Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 149 Transmigrating to 1976 to Study Again 穿越七六再读书 Fast-paced, focused on the little things in life, uplifting, and driven. A temporal rift sets the story in motion, and the daily details of life gradually unfold. The first stage is studying, followed by copying books and then teaching. The second stage is building businesses, both his own and his family's, growing them step by step. The third stage returns to everyday life, continuing until the story ends. 4.7kReads8.6Score21314d adds
- 150 Reborn as a Financial Tycoon, Surrounded by Beautiful Women 重生金融大亨之美女如云 [System + Reborn + Financial Entrepreneurship + Multiple Heroines] Zhou Ye is reborn in 2013 with a System that lets him spend money to earn attribute points. In this life, he wants to make money, lots of it, and protect Aunt Bai, who treated him like her own son in his previous life. As he ventures into finance, he crosses paths with many people he never knew in his past life. He meets an Eastern Airlines flight attendant while they’re helping an elderly person. He and the belle at his new scho 269Reads8.5Score—14d adds
