Novels like When Day Breaks, We Won’t Need a Lighthouse Anymore
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- 1 My Construction Site Livestream Hit the Jackpot, and I Can Predict Stock Trends 工地直播爆仓，我能预知股票走势 After two days of livestreaming stock trades from a construction site, Ling Xiao blew up his account. By chance, he obtained a piece of future software that could reveal the financial market on the next trading day. From then on, the stock market became his personal ATM. One opportunity to get rich after another came his way. He made so much money his hands grew tired, eventually becoming a trillionaire tycoon. However, the future software came with a time limit, and spending money was the only 245Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 2 Reborn in 1999: I Became a Media Mogul 重生1999，我成了传媒大亨 Back in 1999, Li Tiange is full of confidence and has the advantage of knowing what lies ahead. At first, all he wants is to become an unremarkable creative genius. But looking back, he finds that he has become known as a news mogul, an entertainment tycoon, and a traffic king, while shouldering the great responsibility of taking Chinese culture abroad and fighting for a voice on the international stage. The media reign supreme. This is the legendary era he built with his own hands! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 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! 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 A Phone Costs 199, and I Somehow Become a Tycoon! 一部手机199，我竟成为首富！ [Reborn + business battles + cutting-edge technology] How much does a top-of-the-line phone cost? 6,999? No! 2,999? No! 1,999? No! 199, with the best specs? I’m in! Chen Mu had only one goal at first: pay back the fifty million he owed and, while he was at it, pay the workers at Jiangnan Electronics Factory. Luckily, the System appeared and gave him access to a huge supply of incredibly cheap raw materials. But when he looked back, he discovered that his Jiangnan Electronics Factory had become a 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Reborn: Starting a Business in College 重生大学创业 A family will produce a child who brings prosperity within three generations. Relying on no ancestral fortune, they make their own way from nothing, ambitious and distinctive. Such heroes may be reserved in their early years, hesitate when making decisions, and avoid competing with others in daily life. But after weathering storms and trials in friendship, career, and love, they rise from the ashes like phoenixes and are reborn... 136Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 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
- 7 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 140Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 8 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 263Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 9 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
- 10 Reborn in 2002: I Strike It Rich and Buy a Stake in Penguin 重生02：暴富后举牌企鹅 “The domain name and trademark have already been registered?” “Which company registered them?” “Future Investments?” Old Ma was surprised to hear that someone had registered the name he had racked his brains to come up with. When he learned it was Future Investments, he smiled. Great minds really did think alike. “What? Someone has taken a stake in the company?” Tencent had only recently gone public, and Ma Huateng was riding high. The news left him stunned. “Was it Future Investments?” “Oh, th 1.8kReads—Score12514d adds
- 11 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 50Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 12 With a System in Hand, I Became the Founder of a Financial Empire 手握系统，我成了财阀帝国创始人 [Entrepreneurship + Data Panel + Everyday Life + No Face-Slapping + A Female Lead Appears Later, Read at Your Own Discretion!] From the start: An orphan takes out a loan to start a business. The ending: I become the founder of a world-class financial empire. Sequel: To be determined… 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Top-Tier Rich Heir: I Keep Half the Entertainment Industry Afloat 顶级富二代，我养活了半个娱乐圈 [Reborn and getting rich + tycoon + top-tier second-generation rich + showbiz] What would it be like for a family of three to be reborn in the early 1990s? The once-disappointed, bankrupt father became an industrial tycoon, controlling several giant companies valued at hundreds of billions. The mother, who once ran a clothing shop, became the founder of the world's second-largest luxury goods group, with a fortune worth hundreds of billions of dollars. Relatives who used to be minor clerks also 760Reads5.6Score10514d adds
- 14 Back to 14: My Unrestrained Life 重回14，我的肆意人生 [Reborn + satisfying read + internet business warfare + multiple heroines + clever characters] After a night of heavy drinking, he woke up reborn at his high school graduation party in 2014. That year, his naive childhood friend had yet to leave. The kind auntie who sold snacks by the school gate had yet to fall victim to a crime. And the stunning older schoolgirl was still waiting for the one destined for her… An ordinary man starts changing his fate against all odds with the World Cup. The int 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Back in 2002, I Helped Mr. Lei Become the Richest Man 回到2002，我帮雷总登上首富 Li Chengdong died of illness at forty, only to unexpectedly come back to life and transmigrate into his twenty-year-old self in 2002. Naturally, reborn, he was determined to make his life different. He seized the best opportunity he had missed in his previous life, winning the favor of Mr. Lei, then just the CEO of an ordinary software company. Starting with a small studio, he launched his own business, developed games, and built a platform, ultimately becoming a pillar of the internet boom and 203Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 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! 139Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Reborn in 1996: I Made Billions in the Stock Market 重生96：我股市赚千亿 Zhou Hao died. Reborn in 1996, he was just eighteen years old. But he knew this was a golden age for the stock market. With just 8,000 yuan in startup capital, he earned his first fortune in stocks! After building up his capital in the stock market, he invested in real estate, technology, medicine, and more! He became the richest man in the country! 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Divorced and Fired From the Start, I Turn My Life Around and Become a Mogul 开局离婚又被炒，逆转人生当大佬 It seems ordinary at first glance, but the more you savor it, the more astonishing it becomes. A novel told in a modern style. Yang Ze, a middle-aged man, faces divorce and gets fired... He accepts reality and works hard to make money. All people and stories in this book are fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is a coincidence, and we deny everything, even under threat of death. 7Reads—Score114d adds
- 19 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
- 20 Reborn in 2009: I Started Building a Fortune at an Internet Cafe 重生2009：从网吧开始做首富 At middle age, Zhang Yu returns to the age of eighteen. Standing at the crucial crossroads of his life, he decides not to repeat his old mistakes and to make up for every regret from the past. 275Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 21 Reborn as a Ruthless Mogul 重生之商界狂少 After his business went bankrupt, Lin Mo leaped from the thirty-seventh floor in despair. To his surprise, he returned to his college days more than ten years earlier. In this new life, he has not only brothers bound to him by loyalty and gratitude, but also a girlfriend who loves him deeply. With their help, he overcomes one hardship after another and eventually becomes a business magnate. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 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! 980Reads7.7Score10014d adds
- 23 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
- 24 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
- 25 Reborn: I Made Billions with a Quantitative Trading Program 重生，我靠量化程序赚了几百亿 Volume One, “Food Delivery Platform,” follows Wang Shuo as he starts the Weitu Food Delivery platform on campus and earns nearly 500 million. Volume Two, “Conquering the Stock Market,” follows Wang Shuo as he creates a quantitative trading program and makes tens of billions in China’s A-share market. He then reaps huge profits from international investors in the U.S. stock market, earning hundreds of billions of dollars. Volume Three, “Business Empire,” follows Wang Shuo as he founds three major 1.1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 26 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 179Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 27 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
- 28 Reborn in Hong Kong: I Lead the City into a New Era 重生港岛，我引领香江 Starting in 1980s Hong Kong, I’ll build a whole new Hong Kong! Want to see long-legged beauties? How about I create a Hong Kong girl group? Want to see idol dramas? How about I get the Four Heavenly Kings to star in them? No 3A games at home? No great directors? No… Don’t worry, everyone. I’ll take care of it all, one thing at a time! (This is a rookie author’s first novel, so please forgive any shortcomings! Many thanks, everyone!) —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Reborn: The Business Empire of the Old Yuan Family 重生之老袁家的商业帝国 Reborn, he discovers that his father actually came back several years earlier. His father has laid a decent foundation. With no System and no golden finger, if he wants to lie flat, he’ll first need to build up the family’s assets. He’ll farm diligently and earn money honestly. Due to review requirements, Chapter 2 appears after Chapter 42. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause while reading. 767Reads6.9Score10214d adds
- 30 The Supreme Financial Emperor of the City 都市之至尊金融皇帝 Life in middle age is worse than being a dog. Li Fei, an overworked wage slave, somehow transmigrated back to the turn of the millennium! With memories that put him twenty-two years ahead of the entire world! Looking at familiar candlestick charts and recalling the financial upheavals that had once taken place, Li Fei was a caged dragon released into the sea! Under his command, he could do whatever he wanted in the stock market, while the futures market was nothing but his own field of leeks to 390Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 31 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
- 32 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
- 33 Life's Winner Starts at Forty 人生赢家从四十岁开始 “The Host's physical condition is poor. Would you like to improve the Host's health?” “Improving the Host's health has begun.” “Improvement complete. System binding successful.” At forty, Chen Tian arrives at another crossroads in life, when a System for Life-Winning Success drops from the sky. Starting with buying and selling stocks, she goes on to establish companies, sell her Zhihu shares, acquire the Shangri-La, and become Apple's largest individual shareholder. She crosses paths with numero 1.5kReads7.3Score—14d adds
- 34 The Straight Flush Arrives a Day Before the Live Market? I’m Making a Killing! 同花顺比实盘早一天？赢麻了呀！ [Pure feel-good wish fulfillment, golden finger + laid-back daily life] A story about a middle-aged man who loses his job, his confidence, and his marriage, then achieves financial freedom with a golden finger. I’m no good at writing introductions, and only wrote this to reach fifty characters. Please read the story! 6Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 35 Reborn at 14: A Fintech Tycoon 重生14，金融科技神豪 After Wang Gan broke his leg while delivering food, he was reborn in 2014, back in his college days. He made his first fortune starting with the World Cup, then invested in finance and technology, becoming a top tycoon. He spends money like water: a real-world god of wealth. 16.1kReads6.2Score1.1k14d adds
- 36 Now That I'm Reborn, Why Be a Sucker? 都重生了还当个毛韭菜！ Reborn in the city, farming + realistic stock market storyline + sweet romance with one heroine + carefully plotted, not brainless + not a mindless power fantasy Lu Ming was left utterly disheartened after his stock investments collapsed and his fiancée betrayed him. By a twist of fate, he was reborn ten years earlier, in 2014. The experience of being fleeced in the stock market in his previous life became Lu Ming's greatest asset and source of confidence in this one. Given a second chance at 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Getting Rich from Stocks: What’s Wrong with That? 炒股暴富，有什么不可以？ The moment Zhao Huaimin stood at the pinnacle of the world, he looked back and realized how much he had missed. Yet in the blink of an eye, he found himself in the markets of 2005. Unprecedented change swept over him. That year, the Shanghai Composite began at 998, and his path to invincibility was born. Years later, some called him a market manipulator, some called him the market’s phantom, and others said he was nothing but a gambler. When reporters interviewed him, Zhao Huaimin smiled. “All I 67Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 38 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
- 39 Life Rewind: 2012 人生回档2012 Back in 2012, the year he graduated from college, Ma Yibo used wildly surging stocks to build a fresh-food business. He invested in ByteDance, DiDi, Bitcoin... By the time DiDi was valued at hundreds of billions, ByteDance was worth trillions, and Bitcoin was worth tens of thousands of dollars, Ma Yibo had become someone people could only look up to. Titles came one after another: industrial magnate, tech magnate, investment god, agriculture pioneer, and philanthropist. Then Ma Yibo set off on a 10Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 40 Reborn: A Peerless Hero 重生之一世枭雄 Back at the age of twenty-two, Jiang Zichuan cashed out a hundred million from the stock market and set off on a legendary life. In the eyes of the public, he was the stock god of the East, a god of investing, and a patriotic tycoon. To his rivals, he was a predator, a vile and despicable businessman. His fortune taught everyone what it meant when gold coins rang out: the whole world trembled... 464Reads8.0Score10114d adds
- 41 They Wanted Me to Drop Out and Support the Campus Belle: Reborn, I Refuse to Be a Doormat 让我辍学供校花，重生后不当怨种 [Reborn] + [Build a Career] Chen Hao was reborn on the day he graduated from high school. In his previous life, Zhao Xue, the girl he had a crush on, came to him in tears. Her mother was sick and her family was poor, so she hoped he would drop out and earn money to support her and her mother. An orphan, Chen Hao sacrificed his future for love. He didn’t even submit his college applications, and instead started earning money by setting up a street stall. He took care of Zhao Xue’s mother, paid fo 70Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 42 Reborn: Against the Tide of the Times, I Build a Trillion-Yuan Empire 重生：逆流时代，我打造千亿帝国 [Rebirth + business wars + period setting + satisfying power fantasy + officialdom + schemes + decisive and ruthless] Reborn in the best of times, Lin Hao gets a second chance at life in the 1990s. In his previous life, his family was destroyed and he wasted his whole life chasing an empty dream. This time, the road to success lies right before him. Starting with a livestock farm, he will rise to the pinnacle of power and build a trillion-yuan dynasty! Fast-paced and all about making money, wi 180Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 43 Reborn in 2003: Building My Internet Empire 重生零三：打造我的互联网帝国 [Reborn business saga + web fiction writer + internet tycoon + iron-fisted tactics] Why would a public servant, after being reborn, plot to kill his own parents? After his rebirth, he not only befriends all kinds of business magnates and celebrities, including Jia Ling, Lei Jun, Ma Huateng, and Stephen Chow... He also goes head-to-head with Qidian novels and Penguin Company, bringing classic business battles back to life! First he submits a novel for publication, then he launches a web fiction p 418Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 44 Reborn as a Financial Tycoon 重生之金融大鳄 When history returns to 2012, Chen Feng knows his chance to get rich has arrived. Invest, invest, invest! Using the advantage of being reborn, he takes one step at a time toward becoming the richest man in the world. 247Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 45 2018: Don't Think You Can Fool Me Again 2018，别想再骗我 Before jumping, Zhang Yue's final thought wasn't about money. It was about Zeng Wan. The girl on the factory assembly line who always snuck him water, her eyes curving like moons whenever she smiled. She came from a wealthy family and had only joined the factory for some life experience. In his previous life, she confessed her feelings, but he rejected her out of insecurity. Later, he heard she had married a spoiled rich kid and was unhappy. When he opened his eyes again, it was the summer of 2 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Reborn in the Millennium: Rising from the Ruins of My Family's Bankruptcy 重生千禧年：从家族破产开始崛起 Chen Ping'an wakes from a deep sleep to the sound of countless people demanding that he pay them back. When he sees his familiar surroundings, he freezes: he has been reborn at the moment his family went bankrupt. Armed with memories from his previous life and all kinds of marketing tricks, watch Chen Ping'an resolve his family's financial crisis and lead them to become the richest family in the world. 196Reads7.2Score10014d adds
- 47 Reborn in 2010: Father of the Mobile Internet 重生2010之移动互联网之父 One moment he was asleep; the next, he discovered he’d gone back to his senior year of high school, just as the mobile internet was about to take off in 2010! Since he had been reborn, he’d do something truly earth-shattering: build his own mobile internet empire and trample every business empire in the world beneath his feet! 46Reads6.7Score814d adds
- 48 1995: The Tech Empire That Began with Batteries 1995：从电池开始的科技帝国 Reborn in 1995, Lin Feng becomes the owner of a small battery factory on the verge of bankruptcy. Armed with twenty years of memories from his previous life, he is back to change everything! Nickel-metal hydride batteries? He knows the formula! Lithium batteries? He gets in early! USB drives, MP3 players, mobile phone chips? He can make them all! Sony, Samsung, Qualcomm, MediaTek? They can all step aside! While others are still earning money through backbreaking labor, he has already been 23.5kReads6.2Score1.7k14d adds
- 49 Reborn: I Have a Pair of Technological Eyes 重生：我有一双科技之眼 Veteran programmer Lin Yan was kicked back by fate to the springtime of his youth at twenty-two. He dusted himself off and gladly embraced 2006, when smartphones had yet to become widespread and the mobile internet had not yet unleashed its full potential. He decided to forge a vibrant life on his own terms, with no regrets. 279Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 50 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! 2.8kReads7.8Score12414d adds
