Novels like Fortunes Rise in Macau, but the Road to Wealth Is a Little Rocky
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Fortunes Rise in Macau, but the Road to Wealth Is a Little Rocky, best match first.
- 51 Finding True Love Inside and Outside Marriage in Midlife 人到中年婚姻内外寻找真爱 Yang Duo is a flower in full bloom. Though she’s forty, she’s still young and beautiful. A woman in pursuit of true love, she yearns for romance and has spent her life exploring and experiencing it. A passionate love affair that nearly cost her life in her youth, a joyless marriage in middle age, and an unexpected encounter outside her marriage: whenever she falls for someone, she loves with wild abandon and suffers heartbreak that tears her apart. Her three close friends have very different l 637Reads8.7Score10114d adds
- 52 Xiaoming's Guide to Business 小明的生意经 [Urban] [Workplace] [Romance] Life is a business, and love is, too. It all depends on how you manage it... Mutual benefit is the secret to a lasting business. Don't expect to strike gold in one go. You might get away with cheating someone once, but next time, you could be the one who gets cheated... Wang Dongming takes that same approach: building things up little by little and putting himself in other people's shoes. He wins over influential people, clients, family, lovers, and friends with his 331Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 53 After Being Driven Mad, She Took Revenge on Her Whole Family 被逼成疯批后，她报复了全家 [Revenge] [Both Leads Are Each Other's First] [Redemption] [Feel-Good Story] [Happy Ending] To seize the Su family's wealth, Chen Wei, a man who married into the family for money, plotted to kill his father-in-law and mother-in-law, then pushed his wife down the stairs. His daughter, Su Ying, had the surname Su, not Chen. To him, that was a disgrace. Her very existence constantly reminded him of the humiliating days he had spent in the Su family. So he wanted to get rid of her as soon as possibl 7.3kReads8.3Score45314d adds
- 54 A Temporary Romance at the Factory! 工厂里的临时爱情！ Wang Dali had just left his rural hometown to find work in the city. After his night shift, he returned to his rented room. As he snapped the key in the lock, he heard a woman's cries from inside. From that day on, life opened up an entirely new world for him. Every day that followed was an adventure. 289Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 55 My Years as a Migrant Worker in Shenzhen 我在深圳打工那些年 Two AI comic adaptations of this book are already online, and a third is in production. In 1997, I was 17, carrying 300 yuan as I left my hometown in Hunan and headed south to Shenzhen alone. With no skills and no temporary residence permit, I was chased by security patrols, turned away by factories, left hungry, and forced to spend nights hiding in a cemetery. I went from a penniless kid to a sewing-machine operator at a handbag factory, then seized the opportunities of the times, opened a shop 18.7kReads8.8Score1.5k14d adds
- 56 The A-Share Market Is My ATM A股就是我的提款机 [Urban life + stock trading + corporate warfare + play the pig to eat the tiger] (The protagonist isn’t invincible, there’s no System, and the story isn’t brainless. It also doesn’t teach stock market technical analysis. The protagonist trades solely through investment strategies, so read with caution if that bothers you!) On the surface, Luo Feng is a carefree, irreverent internet traffic specialist. In reality, he leads a crowd of hot-money investors and retail traders. His favorite way to spe 359Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 I Became a Billionaire, but They Sent Me to a Mental Hospital 成了亿万富翁，我却被送进精神病 In the early 1980s, Dugu Feng's father lost his iron rice bowl, and the family was so poor they could barely put food on the table. With no other choice, Dugu Feng gritted his teeth and took his whole family out to do backbreaking labor, starting by taking on the small construction jobs no one else wanted from contractors. He was an honest man who never cut corners, and his work was excellent. Little by little, he made a name for himself in the trade. From a small-time contractor to founding a 269Reads7.7Score13814d adds
- 58 A Sensual Life: It Begins with Winning 900 Million in the Lottery 香艳人生，从彩票中奖九亿开始 [A windfall from the start]+ [A sharp-minded protagonist]+ [Dual storylines of politics and business]+ [Secrets of the gray economy]+ [A glimpse of the Heavenly Palace]+ [Leaping through the Dragon Gate]+ [Celestial privilege] 37kReads7.9Score1.5k14d adds
- 59 The Luo Stock Theory 罗氏股票理论 “Now! Sell everything!” Luo Feng issued the order in a tone that brooked no argument, then decisively liquidated his entire stock portfolio. Once he was done, he posted the news in the group chat, closed his eyes, and slumped wearily onto the floor beside the sofa. He gazed out the window at the vast, boundless sea. Its surface looked calm and still, yet beneath that tranquil facade seemed to lurk endless unknowns. Time appeared to freeze in that moment, everything seeming so peaceful, while a s 116Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 The Low-Key Daily Life of a Tycoon 神豪的低调日常 Chen Lan is an ordinary wage slave among the countless overworked employees of Modu. He enjoys the supposed blessings of the 996 work schedule, but feels no happiness at all. Then one night, a faint, firefly-like light falls from the sky and vanishes into his head, and he is bound to something called the System. However, this System is running out of energy and is about to shut down. It needs its Host to walk in order to generate enough energy to keep running. Chen Lan: "System, what happens if 6.1kReads8.2Score18514d adds
- 61 I Brought a Billion Home and Now I'm Lying Flat 我带着十个亿，回老家躺平了 At twenty-eight, Lin Chen hits rock bottom in a single day. His company lays him off, his girlfriend of three years dumps him for being broke, then turns around and gets into a rich second-generation heir’s BMW. Even his landlord throws his belongings out of the rental apartment in the middle of the night. Just as he’s at the end of his rope, a bank text suddenly pops up: [1,000,000,000.00 yuan has been deposited into your account] To hell with 996! To hell with buying a house or a car! Lin Chen 86.4kReads6.4Score2.5k14d adds
- 62 Xu Fei's Wild Life 徐飞的浪荡人生 Just after the Lunar New Year, Xu Fei returns with a simple pack to the small northern city where he was born and raised, after three years away. He'd planned to find any wife and settle down to an ordinary life, but fate has other plans. He is pushed onto a path unlike any other, and begins a life far from ordinary. 807Reads6.7Score11114d adds
- 63 The Phoenix Woman Marries a Phoenix Man 凤凰女嫁给凤凰男 This is an inspirational story about Yan Yan and Liang Liang, two top students who make their way from the countryside to Beijing. Through their own hard work, they put down roots there, buy a home and a car, and raise a family. Their journey is filled with hardships and laughter, as they keep facing new challenges and growing along the way. 242Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Strange Attractor 奇异吸引子 [Urban Suspense + Business Warfare + Financial Maneuvering + Period Drama] Donghai City, 2006. Lin Yuan dropped out of college and works as a network administrator at a securities firm, but he has an incredible ability: he’s pathologically sensitive to numbers and can spot patterns in a jumble of data at a glance. The candlestick charts no one else can make sense of look to him like unmistakable trails of a hunt. One day, a mysterious account dormant for years suddenly becomes active. Every t 48Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Great-Aunt Xile's Happy Life 姑奶奶喜乐的幸福生活 Home is a sheltered harbor, and family is always there to support you. This is a story about three generations of the Song family living happily in an old building on Tianjin's Five Avenues. It features Tianjin's delicious food, as well as the family's joys and sorrows over the past thirty years. 698Reads9.1Score10414d adds
- 66 Making Money on the Side! 捞偏门！ [After graduating from college, I went from a shady fortune-teller to a political fixer] This book pulls back the curtain on political fixers, giving you an in-depth look at the scams hidden from view in both the underworld and the corridors of power. “Do you think officials are all fools? They know I’m a con artist. They just happen to need a con artist like me to do things for them.” 9.8kReads8.9Score1.5k14d adds
- 67 Sister Hua's Story 花姐的故事 The Story of Hua Jie 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 The Texas Underworld 德州江湖 A tale of hooligans in Dezhou, Shandong, China? No. A tale of gangsters in Texas, USA? No. Texas hold 'em? Getting warmer. There are no miraculous gambling skills, no tense showdowns at the poker table, and no underdog comeback story. All there is is a poker table and the assortment of people around it: cops, businessmen, spies, brothers, high-ranking officials, lovers, and lowlifes. The worlds of money, power, loyalty, and love are all deadly. They aren't gambling on cards. They're gambling on 302Reads—Score1414d adds
- 69 In This Life, I Achieved Financial Freedom 这一世财富自由了 Sun Ming returned to two years ago and made a fortune using his memories of the stock market. What do you do after getting rich? Naturally, you buy cars and houses and have fun however you like! He’ll make up for everything he never got to do before. 18kReads8.7Score50314d adds
- 70 I Won 100 Million in the Lottery, and My Ex-Girlfriend Got on Her Knees 彩票中奖一个亿，前女友跪了 Lottery jackpot · Ex-girlfriend cheats · Workplace face-slapping · Online game romance turns real · Rich beauty · I earned just six thousand a month, my girlfriend cheated on me with a rich guy, and Manager Zhang treated me like a dog. The “soft, cute support” who’d played in the King’s Canyon with me for five months turned out to be a rich beauty. One lottery ticket, a tenfold add-on, and eighty million yuan in my account. Quit my job, slap them in the face, and tear into my ex-girlfriend. 4.2kReads—Score11914d adds
- 71 I Lost My Job and Prepared to Suffer, but the System Arranged a Life of Luxury 失业准备吃苦，系统安排享福 [Tycoon + no day job + no entrepreneurship + everyday life + enjoying life + not starting with several trillion] The day Li Zhi was laid off, he received the “Enjoy Life” System. From then on, he had the freedom to choose happiness. He decided that, from now on, the only thing his life needed was “joy.” … 20.7kReads8.3Score1.1k14d adds
- 72 Isn't This System a Little Too Proper? 这个系统太正经了吧 Dual-World Siheyuan: Qin Huairu Is 88. Want Her? Yi An: This... her? Maybe I should think about it? Siheyuan: Starting from Chapter 420! Urban fantasy + Siheyuan + tycoon + System + sign-in Yi An has been signing in for two months. Then he suddenly discovers that he is a descendant of Yi Zhonghai's older brother. So he travels to a Siheyuan sixty years in the future, where he meets 88-year-old Qin Huairu. A new story begins here. 220Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 A Nobody's Rise Begins with an Acceptance Letter 草根逆袭从录取通知书开始 As Heaven moves with vigor, a gentleman strives tirelessly to improve himself; as Earth is broad and steadfast, a gentleman bears all things with great virtue. At eighteen, a poor country boy from the mountains got into college with a stroke of luck. Through sheer grit and relentless hard work, he endured and overcame one hardship after another: poverty, hunger, a weak educational foundation, contempt from others, and misunderstandings from his superiors. Though he completed four years of colleg 5.7kReads8.8Score42714d adds
- 74 The Legend of the Top Salesperson 销冠传奇 No connections, only a shadow. But competition cannot be stopped. In an age when there are too many people chasing too few opportunities, you have to compete constantly to claim your share of the resources, with no end in sight... 1.2kReads8.9Score10714d adds
- 75 Reborn: I Don't Want to Be a Chump Anymore 重生：我不想当韭菜了 (High-IQ Protagonist + Crypto + Founding a Nation in the Golden Triangle + Wish Fulfillment + Realistic) How long would it take to turn 100,000 yuan into 100 billion in crypto? Su Zhe, reborn, says it only takes six months. When you have a hundred billion in hand, you might think you can finally enjoy life. But reality tells you that you're just a fat sheep with a thicker coat of wool. Will you kneel and accept your fate, or fight to the bitter end? Su Zhe says you can take another path: build u 7kReads8.8Score45914d adds
- 76 Hai Nange's Second Book 海楠哥的第2本书 [Work + romance + plot + personal growth + lighthearted everyday life] Xu Liangfeng had just graduated from high school when he went to the big city to look for work. He ran into setback after setback, but he didn't lose heart and kept working hard. As he changed jobs frequently, he learned plenty of practical skills. Still, at every workplace, his managers both loved and hated him. They loved his competence and his humble, sincere nature, but hated how argumentative he could be. “Liangfeng, can 276Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 I Found a Diary Full of Regrets 捡到一本遗憾日记 Jiang Yuan finds a diary of regrets written by someone unknown. It mentions only a few vague events from the future, but as Jiang Yuan waits for them to unfold, he finds himself rising to the pinnacle of success without even realizing it. 12kReads8.5Score68614d adds
- 78 The Youth of Two Generations 两代人的青春 My name is Li Sunan, and I'm a complete... bastard. Please take a moment, settle in, and let me tell you the whole story. From my godfather, Li Zhen, to my second uncle, Cui Lijun, and then to my own dark life. From 1990 to 2020. Thirty tumultuous years in a small city in Northeast China. One act ends, and another begins. Two generations rise and fall, knowing both glory and disgrace. There are no all-powerful crime bosses here. Just a bunch of little people struggling at the bottom... The road 2.3kReads6.9Score11514d adds
- 79 A Twenty-Year-Old College Student Falls for a Middle-Aged Security Guard 二十岁女大学生爱上保安大叔 A 20-year-old college student falls in love with a middle-aged security guard. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 A Tycoon Doesn't Have to Run a Big Business 神豪，不一定必须做大生意 This is also a System novel, but my System doesn’t just hand me money, houses, and companies. Is it a bit of a letdown compared to the other tycoon Systems? Looks like I’ll just have to use the System to do something worthwhile, one step at a time. 496Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 81 The Awakening of a Middle-Aged Woman 一个中年女人的觉醒 [Family of Origin vs. the Fortress of Marriage] Chen Qingchen, an only child, is madly in love. She steals her household register and marries Lin Jiaxin, a man from a poor family who has made it on his own, unaware of what awaits her: a sharp-tongued mother-in-law who makes her life difficult, her father’s sudden death, her mother being forced out of the home, and underhanded attacks at work. When she hits rock bottom, two women become her lifelines. Her tough mother stands firmly behind her, wh 7.6kReads8.5Score72214d adds
- 82 Those Years Working in Lingnan 岭南打工那些年 This work is a realistic urban novel based on my own experience of heading south to Guangdong for work in the late 1980s. It might be more accurate to call it a memoir of migrant work than a novel. The characters are all based on my colleagues, fellow villagers, and friends I knew well! I chose to write in the first person so that everyone in these pages would feel vivid and real, with a soul of their own. I hope readers will find the voice warm and familiar as they read or listen in their spare 18.9kReads9.3Score1.7k14d adds
- 83 Twin Treasures of Dragon City: The Sword God Keeps Her Safe for Life 龙城双璧：剑神护她一世无虞 [Resistance War] [Espionage] [Tortured Romance] [Thriller] [Superpowers] In the era of the Dragon Nation, Xiao Hanchuan, the last surviving heir of the Xiao family, takes up the Black Iron Spirit Sword to exact revenge. He crosses paths with Su Ling, a military intelligence agent and the last surviving heir of the Su family. When their paired pendants join together, they uncover the conspiracy behind their families’ destruction. Fighting side by side with sword and gun, they forge a deep bond am 73Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 The Dashing Gambler 风流赌神 Synopsis: [Not a System novel, please don't complain if it's not for you] [High-stakes gambling] [Stories from the bathhouse] [Everyday scams and fraud] [Male lead grows from weak to strong + gives back to society] Chen Zhongchuan is an abandoned orphan, raised by his grandfather from childhood. When he boards the train to Nanshan, his grandfather tells him the truth... This book explores gambling and the many scams found in real life, warning readers to stay away from gambling. At best, it can 2.9kReads8.8Score22714d adds
- 85 Urban: With a Stock-Trading Cheat, How Could I Possibly Lose? 都市：外挂炒股，你让我怎么输 [Tycoon] [Lighthearted] [Everyday life] [Not brainless] Reporter: “Mr. Li, everyone says you started your business with ten million yuan from your family. Is that true?” Li Wenhao: “Not exactly. Strictly speaking, I started from scratch. At the beginning, I borrowed ten million yuan from my mother, then paid it back. I remember even writing her an IOU.” Audience: “...” Reporter: “Mr. Li, how did you amass your current fortune?” Li Wenhao: “I owe my wealth today to my own judgment and my ability 10.4kReads8.6Score43014d adds
- 86 I Won the Lottery: One Hundred Million, and a Blind Date Revealed Human Nature 中奖一亿彩票，相亲看到了人性 Wang Ming, a single man well past his prime, wins over a hundred million yuan with a 30-yuan lottery ticket, going from wage earner to tycoon. But good fortune and bad fortune go hand in hand: on the day he claims his prize, he gets cheated on and injured, and ends up in the hospital. There, he sees the legendary red thread of fate. In order to go on blind dates and test people's hearts, he chooses to... 21.2kReads6.7Score55014d adds
- 87 A Leek's Cultivation Diary 韭菜修行记 At a certain point in trading, you suddenly realize that what determines whether you make a profit has never been your technique. Indicators are useful, and a System is useful too, but neither is the foundation. The real foundation lies in your mindset: how you view the market, how you view yourself, and how you make sense of everything that happens to you. I didn’t think that way at first. I thought that if my technique was polished enough and my system complete enough, I could earn steady prof 50.7kReads9.3Score6.3k14d adds
- 88 Returning to the Ten Thousand Paths of Guizang 归藏万途 When he crawled out of a pile of corpses, he was clutching a piece of jade. Ten years later, every faction in the Western Continent would kill for it. The day his master faked his death, he told him to deliver a hard, unyielding fruit to Lingxu Palace within two years. And never take off the jade he had worn since childhood. He thought that was all there was to it. No one told him what the jade was. He thought it was a treasure that could suppress the Ruins, a key to seize power, or a life-savin 106Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 Now That I'm Reborn, Who'd Still Be a Pure-Hearted Young Fool? 都重生了谁还做纯情小男人？ Su Lin was reborn. In his previous life, he had been deceived and betrayed by women. In this life, he would never believe in love again! Women were just for fun... (Rebirth + starting a business in the early stages, investing behind the scenes later on + no main heroine) 9kReads8.2Score50614d adds
- 90 The City's Ultimate Player in Love 都市情场高高手 Lao Liu, an urban office worker, unexpectedly runs into the girl he had a crush on as a teenager. After much hesitation, he decides to pursue his youthful dream. Through a twist of fate, he ends up meeting his dream girl’s cousin by accident. Caught between the two women, he is confused and carried away by his feelings, yet too timid to act... 455Reads9.4Score10514d adds
- 91 From Jade Cutter to Lord of Jadeite 从也木西到翡翠之主 A rising young star on the verge of becoming a second-tier celebrity is ambushed. At death's door, he unexpectedly gains an incredible supernatural ability and a mysterious space. Starting out as a rough laborer in a jade mining district, he enters the stone gambling business, turns his fate 7.7kReads8.3Score82714d adds
- 92 After Getting Fired, I Went on a Rampage in the Stock Market! 被辞退后，我在股市杀疯了！ A junior employee fresh out of college faces setback after setback. Then he installs a mobile app that can display future market trends, and launches into an eventful career in speculation. (Not a System novel.) 17.3kReads8.4Score1.2k14d adds
- 93 She Works as a Maid for a Shenzhen Tycoon 她在深圳豪门做保姆 After her husband divorces her, a nurse from a small county town heads south to Shenzhen to support her child and put her younger brother through school. After losing her job, she is hired as a nanny by Miss Chen, a wealthy heiress. She goes through being framed, misunderstood, dismissed, earning her first savings, suffering a miscarriage after being beaten, and heartbreak. In the end, she marries a local bachelor and becomes the leading lady of a wealthy family. As Miss Chen’s nanny, she witnes 5.9kReads9.2Score70114d adds
- 94 Life, with Nowhere to Land 人生，无处安放 By middle age, Li Shu's life had become a complete mess. Her marriage had turned cold and distant, her grown son was going down a rebellious path, and her body and mind were steadily wearing down. How could she go on living such a miserable life? 766Reads8.9Score10114d adds
- 95 A Gambling Addict's Return to the Right Path 一个网赌仔的浪子回头 A Gambling Addict's Turnaround —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 I Only Want Rewards, but the System Wants Me to Have More Children, More Blessings 我只想奖励，系统却要我多子多福 [Multiple Heroines + NTR + Showbiz] Gu Chen received a System that gave him all kinds of rewards whenever a woman’s affection for him increased. Cash rewards and spending multipliers were just the basics. Before long, Gu Chen grew bored with the ordinary women he saw every day and turned his sights on the beautiful, glamorous female celebrities! 10.3kReads7.2Score78214d adds
- 97 Urban Temptations: Love, Intoxicating as Poison 都市诱惑，人间中毒 Urban temptation, intoxicated by life. 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 The New Year Is Almost Here, and I Activated the Tycoon System 快过年，我激活了神豪系统 Just before the Lunar New Year, Su Yang activates the God-Tier Tycoon System! He falls into deep thought. How can he make a little splash when he goes home for the New Year, without being too showy? Live up to his parents' hopes. Rebuild the old family home in the countryside. Put more smiles on his parents' faces, and earn more respect and less teasing from his relatives and friends. Perhaps that's what it really means to return home in glory? [Goofy comedy + daily life + multiple women + enjoy 21.7kReads8.4Score94314d adds
- 99 The Wandering Stock God 流浪股神 China's financial markets have been developing for more than thirty years, yet they have never had a true “financial epic.” So I wrote The Wandering Stock God. It's neither a wish-fulfillment fantasy nor a textbook. It's a “philosophy of breaking through” written by one generation for the next. Generation One: Lin Qi. Born to a farming family, he started with nothing and made billions in the capital markets, becoming a legendary stock god before ending up behind bars. After his release, he ta 276Reads—Score5114d adds
- 100 When Ji Comes, Make Yourself at Home 季来之，则安之 As the empire teeters on the brink of collapse, Ji Shuhe sees through her fiancé’s false affection and turns around to marry Ji Bai. She intends for them to spend their lives treating each other with polite respect, but finds herself falling deeper and deeper under his doting care... 126Reads—Score—14d adds
