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- 1 Reborn, the Bewitching Campus Beauty Pursues Me 重生后，魔女校花倒追我 [Rebirth + business rivalry + campus beauty + multiple heroines] In 2024, Wang Hai was featured on the cover of the globally renowned Fortune magazine. Profile: At nineteen, he made his fortune from scratch, earning twenty million with a browser game. That same year, he launched a second game and became a billionaire, making him the youngest billionaire in 2002. At twenty, he founded a tutoring website for students at China’s top universities. It swept the country, and college students natio 103Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 2 Reborn in 1990: My Parents Are Both Dead from the Start 重生90：开局父母双亡 Chen Qi is reborn. The moment he opens his eyes, both his parents are dead and creditors are at the door demanding repayment. He sighs to himself. Other families are busy getting rich, while his parents were busy having children. Even beggars passing by their house would give them a couple of handfuls of rice. How are they supposed to get by? Looking at his young siblings, he quietly makes up his mind. As the eldest brother, he must take on the responsibilities of a father. Since he has the chan 646Reads8.2Score10914d adds
- 3 Reborn in 1970s Hong Kong: Starting Out by Preying on Predators 重生70年代香江从黑吃黑开始 An ordinary 996 wage slave from the 21st century drank himself to death after things went badly in life. In a cruel twist of fate, he transmigrates into Chen Ping'an, a man fleeing to Hong Kong in the 1970s in a parallel world. No sooner does he arrive than he gets caught up in a robbery. Let’s see how he builds his way up, step by step. "This is my first time writing, so there’s plenty of room for improvement. I hope you’ll be understanding." 38Reads—Score314d adds
- 4 Reborn in 1978: I Can See the Future of the Whole World 重生1978，我预知了全世界 In 1978, in a fishing village in Hong Kong, the curtain quietly rises on a new era. That year, Li Ka-shing had yet to become a legend, lying low as he waited for his moment. The eight Hollywood giants still ruled the glamour beyond the silver screen, while Apple had yet to find favor with the heavens. Gold lay everywhere, and so did traps. Technology was on the verge of taking off, and the rules were still unwritten. The beast of capitalism bared its fangs, swallowing morality and spitting out a 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Hong Kong, 1995: The Battle for the Chip Sea 香江1995：芯海争流 Tags: Rebirth / Tech Entrepreneurship / Semiconductor Industry / Hard-Core Manufacturing / Full-Chain Self-Sufficiency / Business Rivalries / Tides of the Times / National Revival Top chip architect Lin Xuan transmigrates into 1995, vowing to use his knowledge of the future to make up for the century-long regret of being short on chips and innovation. He will build a tech empire led by Chinese people and self-sufficient across the entire supply chain, crushing Western giants beneath his feet! 1Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 6 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. 5.6kReads7.6Score22814d adds
- 7 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
- 8 Transmigrated to 1978 穿越1978 (Not reborn + one heroine + overseas setting + decisive and ruthless, no dragging things out.) After being caught in an accident, the protagonist transmigrates to 1978. With extraordinary courage, he gets into speculation and profiteering, earns his first fortune, then sails overseas to make big money. He runs circles around the fried-chicken guys, makes the white pigs kneel and call him Boss, and beats the cherry-blossom Koreans until they cry for their mothers. 306Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 9 Reborn in 1982: Meat at Every Meal, Making My Ex-Wife Green with Envy 重生82：顿顿吃肉，前妻馋疯了 In his previous life, Lin Shengli was swindled out of his family fortune by his wife and son, and died of rage. As he lay dying, his wife Liu Lili revealed a shocking secret: their son wasn't his. He died full of resentment, never expecting to be reborn in 1982, on the day he and Liu Lili went to her family home to ask for her hand in marriage. Looking back, it was because he'd lost his head and agreed to Liu's father's exorbitant bride price and the demand that he marry into their family that t 3.4kReads8.5Score29814d adds
- 10 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
- 11 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
- 12 Reborn in 1986: Making It Big in Hong Kong 重生1986闯荡香江 After being reborn in Jiangcheng, the protagonist gains spiritual awareness and heads to Hong Kong to make his fortune. Using memories from his past life and his spiritual awareness, he quickly amasses wealth. With his vast funds, he recruits large numbers of engineers and scientists to develop all kinds of new technologies, rapidly capturing the semiconductor chip and internet markets. 834Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 13 Hong Kong Tycoon Family 香江豪门 In the 1960s, infighting within the low-profile Zhang family of Hong Kong led to the slaughter of the entire family of Zhang Jiahao, the legitimate grandson. He unexpectedly came back reborn and was taken in by an orphanage. From then on, his path of revenge began. 4.7kReads8.6Score30114d adds
- 14 Back to 1975: The Stunning Educated Youth 重回七五，绝美女知青 Over sixty years old, Lu Zhen returned by chance to the time he remembered most fondly: that land he had loved so deeply, and that breathtakingly beautiful woman. In his previous life, he had been so focused on making money that he let her slip away. Even after achieving success and renown, he had regretted it for the rest of his life. Now that he had a second chance at life, Lu Zhen was determined to make up for that regret. 2.1kReads8.6Score10114d adds
- 15 Reborn in Hong Kong: From Repairman to Tech Mogul 重生港岛，从维修工到科技大佬 In 1983, mainland youth Lin Zhiyuan sneaks into Hong Kong. Drawing on his knowledge of future technology, he struggles to survive in the Kowloon Walled City. He repairs smuggled electronics, gets to know underworld bosses, acquires a forged identity card, and secretly stockpiles US dollars as the Hong Kong dollar plummets, laying the groundwork for a future business empire. 98Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Back to 1985 to Stir Up the World 重返八五搅动世界 Reborn in 1985, the first thing he does is sell his job to raise money for a business. He designs products, poses as a foreign investor, and creates a buzz to build up capital quickly. Inspired by real cases, the story depicts the history of Wenzhou merchants. 219Reads—Score914d adds
- 17 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 605Reads6.5Score10014d adds
- 18 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 409Reads7.3Score10414d adds
- 19 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
- 20 Reborn in Hong Kong: Building a Business and Financial Empire 重生香江，打造商业金融帝国 Hu Xun transmigrates to Hong Kong in 1970, becoming the sole heir to his family’s bank. His father suddenly dies in a car accident. Xinghua Bank faces a run on its deposits amid a stock market crash. The family bank’s balance sheet is in disarray, and it is on the verge of collapse. Senior executives within the bank suddenly move to seize control of Xinghua Bank. Beset by troubles within and without, the bank teeters on the brink of disaster. Watch as Hu Xun draws on decades of hard-won experien 16Reads6.6Score214d adds
- 21 I’ll Found an Independent Nation! Anyone Who Opposes Huaxia Gets What’s Coming! 独立建国！谁和华夏作对我干谁！ Su Chen transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes the new king of the Kingdom of Abili. On his first day in office, he renames the country the New Huaxia Kingdom. Su Chen: Don’t ask why. I was Chinese in my previous life, that’s why. Who would have thought he’d be bound to the Empire Rising System, which tasks him with helping Huaxia rise to greatness? Oh, so that’s how we’re playing it? Eagle Sauce, the Island Nation, and the Pickle Nation, you really think you can bully Huaxia? In a fit of 8Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 22 Red-Hat Businessman, 1980 1980红顶商人 [Making the whole village prosperous] [Business] --------In his previous life, he was consumed by one obsession: returning to the provincial capital and going back to his adoptive parents. In the end, this led to the deaths of his entire birth family. --------In this life, reborn and transformed, he decisively severs ties with his adoptive family and sets out on a new path! --------In business, he starts with a cup of chilled sour plum soup. With keen insight, exceptional courage, and tireless h 2.4kReads7.6Score22514d adds
- 23 I Sign In and Farm in the 1970s 我在七零年代签到种田 Life is like a dream, and dreams are like life. Wang Fugui was shot in the head and transmigrated to the 1970s. It was an era when supplies were scarce. As the saying goes, chickens lay eggs and eggs hatch into chickens, their descendants multiplying endlessly. He farmed, raised chickens and rabbits, and filled the world with students. With his own hard-working hands, he built a fortune and supported his young wife. As the saying goes, there’s nothing like the warmth of everyday life to accompan 73Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 24 Reborn in 1980: From the Start, I Set Up a Stall and Earned Ten Thousand 重生1980：开局摆摊赚一万 Qin Feng, a billionaire worth tens of billions, was reborn in 1980. In his previous life, he was addicted to gambling and committed every kind of evil. Only after his wife could no longer take it and jumped into a river with their infant child did his family cast him out and he finally come to his senses. Unfortunately, it was already too late. Now that he's back, see how he turns the tables! Make money? I'm not obsessed with money. I've come back to do something big! Boss, how much for thes —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Reborn in 1992: Business Empire 重生九二之商业帝国 In his previous life, someone framed his family's soda factory and drove it into bankruptcy. His father couldn't bear the crushing debt and jumped from the rooftop. His mother was overcome with grief and soon passed away as well. Amid a series of tragedies, he sank deeper and deeper into despair. Now, heaven has given him a chance to be reborn. He swears to change everything, make a name for himself, and get revenge! And so, his rise begins with ten thousand yuan... 47Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 26 Reborn in 1993, Heading for Back to Field 重生93，奔赴向往的生活 Sun Yuanhang woke up one morning and found himself back in 1993. The gears of fate began to turn. In his previous life, he walked through darkness. His father was driven to his death, his older brother was beaten into disability, and his mother spent every day in tears. In this life, he swore to change it all. Since justice would arrive late, he would break through with his own hands. He would avenge his enemies and make up for his regrets... He would set out for the life he had always longed fo —Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 27 Reborn in the 1970s: Uncle Silly San Is No Longer Silly 重生七零：傻三叔不傻了 [1970s setting + spatial storage + male protagonist’s perspective + Northeast China’s heated kang lifestyle + cozy farming story] Liu Tiezhu spent his whole life doing hard labor for his older brother’s family, only to end up drugged to death and dumped in a mass grave. Given another life, he’ll use the supernatural arts heaven granted him to stand on his own two feet, find the woman who has been longing for him, and live the rest of his life well. 4kReads8.9Score30414d adds
- 28 The 1980s: From the Start, I Auction Off My Factory Position 80年代：我开局拍卖了工厂职务 [Transmigration + no System + no female lead + smuggling + stock trading + founding a nation] Zhu Dirui, a member of the post-2000 generation who has just graduated from university, transmigrates to 1980. After leaving the factory, he heads to Xiangjiang. He trades stocks, gets into arcade games, opens factories, starts a newspaper… As the giant bear in the north teeters on the brink of collapse, he takes up smuggling as well. In the end, Zhu Dirui establishes his own country in Southeast Asia: 971Reads8.3Score10714d adds
- 29 My Golden Age: Hong Kong Entertainment in 1980 我的黄金年代，港娱1980 Shen Yuan was unexpectedly reborn in Hong Kong in 1980, a chaotic era brimming with opportunity and challenge. Drawing on his love of music and the talent he had carried over from his past life, he wrote a timeless hit that made him an overnight legend and put him on the map in the music scene. As he found his footing in the entertainment industry, he met the Xiang brothers. With his keen insight and intelligence, he helped them gradually establish themselves in Hong Kong's entertainment world a 5Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 30 The Family ATM Ran Away, and Everyone’s Losing Their Minds 冤种提款机跑了，全家急疯了 Jiang Tiecheng was reborn. All because he drew the lot that gave him the chance to take over his father's job, he ended up with an enormous advantage. He spent his whole life helping his mother raise his younger siblings. He spent his whole life feeling indebted to his second younger brother. So he always gave in to his brother and sister-in-law. He handed over his businesses, and took care of everything for his siblings, from food, clothing, housing, and transportation to marriage and children. 7.8kReads7.5Score58814d adds
- 31 Reborn in Hong Kong: I Want to Become a Land Baron 重生香江要做大地主 [Satisfying power fantasy] + [self-serving and willing to harm others] + [cunning] + [power behind the scenes] + [Villain] Zhong Tianwen came from the mainland to Hong Kong with just one goal: to become a small-time businessman. It was a fine ambition, but things rarely go as planned. As the tides of a great era swept everything along, did changing times make heroes, or did heroes shape their times? PS: The story moves at a measured pace and prioritizes logical consistency. 4.5kReads6.8Score16714d adds
- 32 Dreaming of Xiangjiang: Drunk on a Pillow in Tiannan 梦回香江之醉枕天南 On the eve of going to war, soldier Zhao Guoqiang suddenly had a dream! When he woke up, he somehow had the memories of a man who shared his name, memories of that man's entire life! He had planned to use those memories to get ahead, but through a strange twist of fate, he ended up in Xiangjiang! In 1980s Xiangjiang, life was all glitz and glamour! Watch as Zhao Guoqiang takes one step at a time toward achieving his goals! Entertainment industry, multiple heroines, not too much angst 3.9kReads6.9Score18014d adds
- 33 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
- 34 Against the Current in 2006: The Rise of a Billionaire and His One True Love 逆流2006：首富的崛起与独宠 The comic adaptation of this novel is now available on Hongguo. Give it a look if you’re interested. A life of hardship + rising through adversity + building a business empire + one heroine + sweet romance + cozy everyday life + reborn They say happy lives are all alike, while every unhappy life has its own sorrows. In his previous life, Qin Yu endured every kind of hardship in the first half of his life. Just as things finally began to improve, he inexplicably returned to the day he finished th 3.4kReads8.4Score20514d adds
- 35 Warlord: Founding a Nation on an Island, I Vie for Global Dominance 军阀：海岛建国，争霸全球 [Naval Warfare] + [Battleships and Big Guns] + [Parallel World] + [Alternate History] After an accident transmigrates him to a parallel world, Lin Shiqiang finds himself in a turbulent era. His father, a high-ranking official, is brutally murdered, leaving Lin Shiqiang in grave danger. His future seems bleak, until the appearance of a mysterious System changes his fate completely. In this chaotic era, Lin Shiqiang uses the System to rise step by step! Years later, someone asks him what his goal 924Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 36 Life’s Restart Button: A Grounded Journey to Wealth 人生重启键：脚踏实地的创富征程 The protagonist, Huang Lei, was reborn, but still didn’t get the chance to change his parents’ fate. From then on, he began caring for his younger sister and building his own business empire, one step at a time. This is a slow-burn story. Please don’t flame it if it’s not to your taste. 1.7kReads6.5Score10314d adds
- 37 Reborn as a Hong Kong Tycoon 重生港岛世界大亨 Oncologist He Ming dies in his laboratory in 2025, only to be reborn in 1968 as He Ming, the young master of the He family in Hong Kong. As undercurrents stir within the family and his second uncle conspires with Jardine Matheson, he uses his knowledge of the future to uncover a trap hidden in the accounts. Along the way, he meets shipping magnate Pao Yue-kong and gets drawn into a battle over land in Central. In this era full of opportunity and challenges, can He Ming rewrite his family’s fate 111Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Reborn in 2002: The Wild Years of Electric Bikes 重生02：电动车的草莽岁月 A subversion of every formulaic power fantasy. A dark parable. A reconstruction of rural civilization. Three close friends reunite in 2002 and discover that they are the only “glitch” in a world that has repeated itself countless times. They hold memories of the future. Instead of making a name for themselves on Wall Street or becoming gods in Silicon Valley, they return to their dilapidated hometown: Jiangzhen. The three divide the work with the precision of a cold, well-oiled machine. Yan 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Reborn: The Rise of Capital 重生之资本崛起 This is a slow-paced, everyday-life story, not a wish-fulfillment novel. Please don't complain if it's not your thing. [Business + Everyday Life + Lighthearted + One Heroine + No System + No Cultivation] Lu Qingfeng was reborn before the college entrance exams, but this time his life was destined to be different. Watch an ordinary man from the lower rungs of society look on as the tides of capital rise and fall... 753Reads7.0Score10014d adds
- 40 Comeback in 1990 逆袭1990 Chen Dong wakes up to find himself reborn in 1990, a year when gold seems to lie everywhere. Haunted by regrets from his past life, he starts out selling tea eggs... The financial crisis, the oil crisis, the food crisis... Through one black swan event after another, Chen Dong turns the tables and surges ahead. He uses the very weapon his enemies know best, capital, to show everyone: The dragon of the East has awakened! 2.1kReads8.2Score16014d adds
- 41 War of Resistance: Founding a Nation in Nanyang from the Start 抗战：开局南洋建国 During the Republic of China era, Zhang Yuqing inherits the legacy of Lü Zu, heads to Southeast Asia to make his fortune, and builds a new country there. As it grows stronger, he supports China’s resistance against Japan while fighting the Japanese invaders who head south, ultimately unifying Oceania. 748Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 42 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 513Reads8.2Score10814d adds
- 43 Reborn in 1980: Doting on My Wife and Kids 重生80，从宠爱老婆孩子开始 (Reborn + Period Setting + Dad Life + Devoted Husband + Cozy Daily Life + Entrepreneurship + Face-Slapping + System) Zhang Yong was reborn, but before he could even feel happy, he found himself tied up by his own wife. His beautiful twenty-year-old wife approached him step by step, holding a pair of scissors, her face streaked with tears. “You beat our mother and daughter every other day, sometimes badly, sometimes not as badly. Since you refuse to divorce me, then we’ll die together!” Seeing hi 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Fifty Thousand Mech Warriors from the Start, and I Sweep the World 开局五万机械战士，我平推全世界 Fang Le, a born wage slave, gets a check-in System. Check in at a location, and you receive a reward. The unusual thing is that this check-in System is based on real-world geography. So Fang Le flies thousands of miles to a continent in the Southern Hemisphere. His check-in succeeds, and he receives the following rewards: “50,000 futuristic combat robots, available for deployment at any time, similar to the T-800.” “30,000 highly lifelike androids, able to communicate with one another through b 557Reads5.7Score11314d adds
- 45 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
- 46 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
- 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 Reborn Investment Mogul 重生投资大佬 What would you do if you were reborn in 2008? Lin Han tells you, “First, make ten billion, and then... you know the rest!” 1.2kReads7.2Score10514d adds
- 49 The Rise of a Great General 一将崛起 Zhou Jianfeng glared coldly at the reporters from various countries below the stage, his eyes brimming with murderous intent. “Today, the South Seas belong to the descendants of Yan and Huang! Anyone who dares to bully our people will be killed!”... The air was thick with murderous intent. The reporters from every country were drenched in cold sweat, especially the reporter from Sakura Country. 8Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 50 Hong Kong Entertainment’s Golden Age in 1982 1982港娱大时代 This is a Hong Kong entertainment novel. There is no System, no golden finger, and no harem in this book. There is only one female lead, working hard from the ground up to become a world-class superstar! 392Reads5.4Score—14d adds
