Novels like Taking on Hong Kong: Mom Says I Won’t Be Anyone’s Stepping Stone
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- 101 Fragrant Island in the Fifties: The Cannon-Fodder Heiress Is the Real Powerhouse 五零香岛，炮灰大小姐才是真大佬 [Transmigration + alternate setting + 1950s + master of traditional Chinese medicine + spirited heroine and roguishly handsome hero + patriotism + decisive action] Fu Yao, an employee of the transmigration bureau, awakens in the body of a cannon-fodder heiress in 1950s Hong Kong. From the start, she’s kidnapped and set adrift at sea, with the sharks about to get her... Fu Yao flashes a wicked smile. “We’ll see who turns out to be cannon fodder!” She makes short work of the kidnappers, returns 983Reads—Score10414d adds
- 102 From the Start as a Sent-Down Youth, I Choose to Flee to Hong Kong 开局知青下乡，我选择偷渡香港 [Educated Youth] [Period Piece] [Hong Kong Entrepreneurship] [No System] In 1969, the movement to send educated youth to the countryside swept across the country. Zhou Bingwen, from the twenty-first century, transmigrates into the body of a young man from Chaozhou who is waiting to be assigned to the countryside. If he goes, he'll likely lose eight years of his life, with the college entrance exams nowhere in sight. If he stays, he won't get into university or find a job. At seventeen, he has re 70.4kReads8.5Score5.5k14d adds
- 103 Back to 1980: Making It Big in Hong Kong 重返1980：我在港岛做大亨 Years passed, and dreams carried him back to Hong Kong in the 1990s. Lu Zonghao roamed an embattled era of chaos and rising heroes. Whether he would ride the winds and become a dragon or lie dead in the streets depended on a single thought. Out in the world, it takes more than hard fists. You need brains, too! 120Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 104 From the Start, I'm a Capitalist Heiress? No Worries, My Granaries Are Full 开局资本家大小姐？不慌有粮满仓 The moment she opens her eyes, Shen Liuzheng has transmigrated into the body of a ten-year-old girl from the Shen family. The good news: The Shen family is a wealthy capitalist family with deep roots. The bad news: It’s the late 1960s, and the political movement is in full swing. The Shen family is on the brink of collapse. The even worse news: All that’s left of the family are old Grandpa Shen, little Shen Liuzheng, and her younger brother, Shen Chuanbai. Their home is stripped bare. Shen Liuzh 883Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 105 Transmigrate to the 1950s: I Became a Landlord’s Daughter 穿越五零：我成了地主的女儿 Romance pairing + spatial realm + everyday family life + feel-good story In the 21st century, Chen Jinzhen was a technical livestreamer. During an event, a light fell on her head by accident and took her life. To her surprise, she transmigrated to the early years of the People’s Republic. Her father was a landlord, and her mother was a capitalist’s daughter. Worse still, her parents had already fled to Taiwan, while she had remained behind because she was gravely ill. And the strangest part was, 9.8kReads8.6Score74814d adds
- 106 A Kiss in the Harbor Night 港夜吻青衣 [Please point out any problems in the book! I welcome feedback offered without malice!] At the turn of the millennium, by the shores of Hong Kong, neon lights shimmered over a glittering city where danger lurked beneath the surface. The Si family was a dynasty of three generations in Hong Kong. The name of its heir, Si Xuanyu, was practically the law of the land. Wild and untamed, he was tired of the cookie-cutter faces of Hong Kong’s society belles and treated women as if they didn’t exist. Unt 784Reads6.9Score10214d adds
- 107 Fleeing to Hong Kong in the Eighties, I Make Money with Both Hands 八零逃港的我两只手一起搂钱 Liu Ganyue drowned while trying to flee to Hong Kong, then was born into the 21st century. Just as she was about to enjoy a good life, she saved someone and was sent back. Everything in the 21st century seemed like a dream. She wiped her face, took a deep breath, and swam with all her might toward shore, hoping she could make a good life for herself in Hong Kong. 5.6kReads6.6Score45414d adds
- 108 Sent to the Countryside in the 1970s, I Fled to Hong Kong Overnight 七零穿成知青我连夜逃港 [Transmigration + Period Drama + Pocket Dimension + System + Hong Kong + No Saintly Heroine + Lighthearted Power Fantasy] [The heroine is ruthless and sharp; romance is up to her] No male lead! The heroine won’t marry, and whether she dates is up to her. (Later on, a man from a matriarchal world will have the heroine’s child.) Warning: This is an alternate-history period drama with lots of original worldbuilding. If you want a historically researched period novel, please look elsewhere! The gol 183Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 109 After Transmigrating into a Book in the 1980s, I’m Spoiled Rotten by a Hong Kong Tycoon 八零穿书后我被港城大佬豪宠如命 [Mutual devotion + transmigrate into a book + powerful leads + wealthy family] Lin Ranran transmigrated into a book. Looking at the bare walls and utter poverty around her, she wanted to slap herself senseless. What if she couldn’t get back? Then she’d fight her way through every obstacle. What if the little boy grew up and turned evil? She’d set him straight. What if a scheming woman came to provoke her? She’d teach her a lesson. What if the family had no money? She’d open a jewelry store, inve 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 Hong Kong Crossover: Total Mayhem! Wiping Out East Star from the Start 港综：彻底疯狂！开局灭东星 On the streets of Wan Chai, behind the glittering façade of the city, Lei Yaoyang and Situ Haonan lead a massive convoy for the East Star Group, loaded with weapons and determined to turn their fortunes around by challenging Hung Hing’s dominance. But the convoy is stopped by a mysterious force. Bullets fly and blood spills as the ruthless, rule-free battle unfolds. Who will emerge victorious? 589Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 111 Black and White Harbor 黑白港 Devoted, scheming gang enforcer vs. brilliant, stunning woman who transmigrates Both devoted to one another + forced marriage + scheming and obsessive + turns the tables and tames her husband + happy ending Song Qizhen transmigrates to Hong Kong in the 1950s, becoming the only daughter of the boss who leads the underworld society Chao Xing Yi. Beneath her face, hailed as “the most beautiful woman in Hong Kong,” lies fierce ambition. But fate has other plans. She never dreams that after a singl 2kReads8.6Score25814d adds
- 112 Transmigrate to the 1960s: A Farmhouse Courtyard from the Start 穿越六十年代，开局一座农家小院 After transmigrating to 1968, Zhang Yichen became the descendant of a major capitalist. He had planned to rely on his System, keep a low profile on the mainland while grinding skills, and make his mark after the reforms began. But to his surprise, his enemies were so useless that after only a few small acts of revenge, no one dared to denounce him anymore. Since he could no longer gain anything from staying, he changed tactics and immediately headed south to Xiangshui Lane to seek out the origin 440Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 113 Young and Dangerous: Helping Brother Crow Go Straight 古惑仔：带乌鸦哥洗白上岸 [Young and Dangerous universe | Crow fanfic | 1v1, both leads are inexperienced | Unhinged, ruthless gangland tiger × modern investment banking executive] I’m terrible at writing introductions, so here’s a little love for Roy~ PS: Crow’s personality and Handsome’s secret identity are combined into one. PPS: The female lead’s career storyline comes later. Investment banking hotshot Shen You is caught in a plane crash and suddenly finds herself in 1990s Hong Kong, a chaotic world where the lines 172Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 114 I’m Hongxing’s Forsaken Son, and I’ll Bathe the Golden Triangle in Blood 我！洪兴弃子，血洗金三角 Chu Fengyun transmigrates into a mash-up world of Hong Kong action movies. In prison, he brings Nine-Pattern Dragon, Ye Qiu, and others under his command. On the day he gets out, the Hung Hing Society abandons him! He awakens a System that lets him spend money to spawn troops, granting him a massive force of Shadow Soldiers, advanced weapons, and skills. First, revenge. Then, money! Two hundred Shadow Soldiers wipe out the Dane Military Group... One thousand Shadow Soldiers slaughter Old Ca —Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 115 Transmigrate to the 1980s: A Sweet Romance with a Hong Kong Superstar 穿越八零：与香港巨星甜蜜恋爱 [Transmigration + entertainment industry + sweet romance + devoted couple + mutual affection + everyday life in Hong Kong] On the first night of the new year, Zhong Wenjun transmigrates in the most tragic way. Back on the streets of 1980s Hong Kong, penniless, she decides to use her skills to make her fortune. After giving it some thought, she picks up her makeup brushes and unleashes one of Asia’s four legendary “sorceries”: makeup, dazzling everyone around her! Wherever she goes, no one is ugl 1.8kReads7.4Score12814d adds
- 116 Transmigrated to the 1970s, the Real Princess Becomes a Superstar in Hong Kong 穿越七零，真公主在港混成大明星 [Gorgeous 1970s actress vs. Hong Kong tycoon who built his fortune from scratch] After her kingdom fell, Zhong Yanshuang transmigrated, and her guard came with her to this other world. Sikong was a land of gold, a place where countless people would do anything to stay. Zhong Yanshuang didn’t want to be a burden, and she wanted to build a good life for herself in Hong Kong. She sold flowers, worked as a private tutor, and eventually auditioned for a film company. Step by step, she became a househ 467Reads8.6Score11514d adds
- 117 From the Start, an Illegitimate Daughter: I Become a Literary Star in Hong Kong 开局私生女，我在港圈当文豪 A master plagiarist. A master plagiarist, Bai Luoxian transmigrates into various worlds and becomes a literary giant. World One: In a Hong Kong city during the era of upheaval, she is an illegitimate daughter who is never favored. One copy of The Legend of the Condor Heroes sends shock waves through the literary world. World Two: A fan-fiction adaptation of The Goddess of Mercy. She becomes Tang Zhen, copies Qiong Yao's novels, becomes the most valuable daughter, and protects Tang Ning. World Th 2.4kReads6.5Score14514d adds
- 118 I Only Wanted to Flirt with Girls in Hong Kong, but Became a Tycoon 人在港岛，只想撩妹的我成财阀 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 197Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 119 Escaping to Hong Kong in the 1970s: Taking Down Gangsters to Become the Top Female Boss 七零逃港，杀古惑仔做第一女大佬 [Transmigrate into a book + 1970s setting + comedic ensemble cast + face-slapping and putting villains in their place + running with the gangs in Hong Kong + no romance] “Dalang, time for your medicine.” Ji Shulang wakes up to find that her birth mother is treating her like Wu Dalang! Only later does she learn that she has transmigrated into the crazy daughter of a wealthy family's true-born son in the 1970s. When she wakes, her whole family has taken their fake son and their fortune to Hong Kon 2.3kReads7.5Score23114d adds
- 120 Reborn in 1970: Hong Kong's Rich Heiress Is Fierce and Fabulous 重生70，香江大小姐又飒又辣 Abused, deceived, and robbed of everything in her past life. Reborn in the 1970s, she awakens a Spirit Spring Space and binds the ancient divine beast Bi'an as her spirit pet. [Ding! Your poker-faced, tough-as-nails husband Lu Ya is online. Devotion: MAX] His facial nerves were damaged after he was kidnapped as a child, and he has been unable to smile ever since. But for her, this taciturn man is willing to pick up a gun and slaughter every last enemy. Lu Ya wiped the blood from his gun barrel. 13.3kReads8.3Score2k14d adds
- 121 Harbor City's Top Socialite Joins Forces with a Tycoon to Start a Business Back Home 港城第一名媛，携手霸总回乡创业 [1980s, Hong Kong, entrepreneurship, building wealth, power couple] After waking up, Lin Yuyan finds herself the daughter of a wealthy Hong Kong tycoon's original wife, a woman from the mainland. She is treated coldly for years and eventually dies by suicide after falling into depression. Looking up at the luxurious crystal chandelier, Lin Yuyan decides right then that after finally getting to be rich, she might as well make good use of her resources. Who cares if they treat her coldly? As long 1.4kReads7.2Score12514d adds
- 122 The 1980s Special Agent's Wild Wife: The Young Master Kneels and Sings for Surrender 八零特工狂妻：大少跪下唱征服 Body Swap + Hong Kong + Period Setting + Strong Female Lead + Sweet Romance Ye Jinfan has just destroyed a research institute in Japan in the twenty-third century when she falls into the sea... and ends up in another time. Transported to Hong Kong in the 1980s, she uses her skills to take down a group of bodyguards and becomes their... boss? When someone sets her up, she turns the tables, follows them, and takes them all out. Later, she decisively whisks a tycoon back to China, where they work t 270Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 123 Hot News in Harbor City: Wasn't She Supposed to Be a Caged Canary? 港城热闻：不是金丝雀吗？ “Have you heard? Chu Wenyan, the heir of Hong Kong City who never gets involved with women, has brought a canary back from Shanghai.” As the rumors spread, no one knew that the “canary” everyone speculated about and looked down on was actually his quietly registered, legally wedded wife, the woman he kept hidden in his heart: Shen Tangwan. Reborn, she uncovers the truth behind her family's ruin in her previous life. This time, she takes the initiative to get close to her silent, stern husband, t 535Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 The 1950s: The Sisters Rely on Their Golden Finger to Survive Hard Times 五零，姊妹靠金手指熬过艰苦年代 [A logistics warehouse in hand as she transmigrates to the 1950s: putting scoundrels in their place is such a joy!] Ning Meng, an intern in traditional Chinese medicine, transmigrates by accident to the poor, backward 1950s. She is born into a family with no sons, where nine daughters have been born and five already given away. And she is the sixth. Fortunately, fate treats her kindly: her adoptive family has four older brothers and runs a century-old tavern. The Tao family dotes on her, and wit 430Reads7.7Score10014d adds
- 125 Hong Kong Crossover: How a Crime Boss Is Made 港综：枭雄是怎样炼成的 He thought his life had come to an end, but some mighty immortal took an interest in him and helped his soul travel into a body in Hong Kong in the 1980s. Chen You's soul then took up residence in Chen You's body. 496Reads6.0Score10014d adds
- 126 The Hong Kong Island Tycoon: The Rise of a Grey-Market Trader 港岛大亨之水货佬崛起 After transmigrating to Hong Kong in 1983, Lin Baisheng stands gazing out over Victoria Harbour. Every man in Hong Kong wants to become a tycoon, and every woman wants to marry into a wealthy family. So why can't a Hong Kong tycoon make room for one more: himself? Fashion, entertainment... Lin Baisheng builds his own business empire, one step at a time. Guan Jiahui, Lin Qingxia, Wang Zuxian, Li Jiaxin... These Hong Kong stars who defined an era all enter Lin Baisheng's money empire. 316Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 127 Hong Kong: I Started by Smuggling from Tokyo and Invading the Business World 香江：从东大偷渡开始入侵商业 The rating just came out. It'll go up later!!! The moment he wakes up reborn, Zheng Shuo realizes he's lying in a cowshed at East University in 1973. The atmosphere is tense, the slogans glaring, and every gaze around him feels like a knife! He's the son of a capitalist, newly branded one of the “Five Black Categories,” and every step he takes is on a knife's edge! Before fear can swallow him, his instinct to survive kicks in first!!! One rainy night, he climbs aboard a freight train leaving Eas 18Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 128 1983: Taking Off from the Start 一九八三，开局就起飞 No System, no System, no System. Important things must be said three times. Not mindless. Xiao Yun, from 2030, returns to 1983 Hong Kong, where countless fortunes and Hong Kong’s countless goddesses are waiting for him to discover. This world is mine, and it’s yours too, but in the end, it’s mine. Ten thousand years is too long; seize the moment. Watch Xiao Yun turn the tides and create an entirely new era. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 The 1960s: The Legendary Life of the Ninth Young Lady 六零：九小姐的传奇人生 The gentle, “kindhearted” Ninth Young Lady VS the refined English gentleman Shen Yuntang returns to the 1960s with her memories intact, determined to change the tragedy that befell the Shen family in her previous life. It is just after her mother’s death, and she and A Ying have not yet boarded that doomed cruise ship. There is still time to change everything! In her previous life, Shen Yuntang’s life was like fireworks, dazzling and brilliant, yet all too brief. Her husband died at thirty, and 8.6kReads7.9Score49314d adds
- 130 Passing Beneath a Sky Full of Starlight 从漫天星辉下路过 New book out! I’ve been watching Yu Shi and Chen Muchi lately, and I’m completely in love. Lao Deng is the worst. The second part broke my heart. I bought the whole camp on a whim and became Ji Fa’s stunt double. Thanks for checking out my book list. A little carp goes on an adventure, arriving in Hong Kong during the golden age of the 1980s. By absorbing the faith and devotion of celebrities, she eventually becomes a Golden Immortal. My beauties, here I come! This is pure passion project. If yo 374Reads—Score2814d adds
- 131 Glittering Hong Kong, 1985 璀璨香江1985 Historical setting + transmigration + entertainment industry + serious career-building Lin Qingqian is a public relations manager at a major Shenzhen corporation. At thirty, she gets into a car accident on her way home from work and transmigrates into the body of Wu Jiaxin, a nineteen-year-old girl pursuing her dreams in Hong Kong. Wu Jiaxin is beautiful and curvaceous, has lost both her parents, and lives with her grandmother. After transmigrating, Lin Qingqian beats up the thugs harassing Mei 279Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 The Golden Age! The Eighties' Hong Kong Antique-Appraisal Queen 黄金年代！八零港城鉴宝女王 1980s Hong Kong scene + antique appraisal + mystical insight + business tycoon Wen Jin'an thought her life had nothing left but hardship and setbacks. Who knew it could be so colorful? While others chase stars and dreams, living in a drunken haze, she can see at a glance whether ancient texts are genuine and uncover the secrets of antiques. History buried by time, rare treasures lost to memory, and mysterious legacies hidden in forgotten corners all unfold before her eyes! She appraises treas 3.5kReads8.8Score42114d adds
- 133 Hong Kong in the 1970s: The Heiress Has 1.7 Billion at HSBC 七零香江，大小姐在汇丰有17亿 [Transmigration + period setting + older woman/younger man romance + weapon shop + devoted to each other + he pursues her + romance begins after the male lead comes of age] Shu Ran, the heiress to a financial empire, was in a car accident on her eighteenth birthday and was on the brink of death when she was fortunate enough to encounter the System. The System could send her to 1970s Hong Kong in a parallel world, and came with a large villa in Deep Water Bay, a luxury car, and a weapon-shopping 12.3kReads6.1Score1.9k14d adds
- 134 Hong Kong's 1990s Elite Circle: A Mainland Auntie Crashes the Party 九零港圈，闯进一位大陆姑奶奶 [1990s setting] [Hong Kong tycoon's heir] [Devoted husband] [One-on-one romance] [Sweet romance] [No angst] A core member of an organization was reborn while carrying out a mission! She transmigrated into the heroine of a period novel and married the heir to Hong Kong's richest family from the start. But her husband was missing, and no one knew if he was alive or dead. Influenced by the political climate, Hong Kong's four major mainstream media outlets spread wildly false reports that mainland w 3kReads6.6Score34914d adds
- 135 The Jilted Master of Mysticism Becomes a Military Officer's Lucky Charm! She'll Take the World by Storm 被甩的玄学大佬冲喜军官！干翻天 [Transmigrate into a book + period setting + Hong Kong tycoons + metaphysics + regret and redemption! Transmigrated heroine vs. reborn heroine] [Strong, sharp-tongued good girl vs. principled, chaste officer] When Liang Qingdai opened her eyes, she had become the patient, self-sacrificing heroine she’d mocked in the book. From the start, her younger sister Liang Shuqing stole her arranged marriage, leaving her a laughingstock. Her parents favored sons and doted on her sister, while her husband t 1.9kReads8.5Score21014d adds
- 136 The Fallen Camellia 那跌落的山茶花 In her previous life, she was a wage slave. In this life, she is one again. A working soul has lived two lifetimes as an overworked beast of burden, but along the way, the little sprouts growing between the bricks and the snapped, withered branches have all blossomed without her noticing. Sigh, she can spend a little less on herself. How could she help it when the flowers were so beautiful when they bloomed? (I have no idea how this got tagged as romance, but the author doesn’t consider it roman 280Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 137 So Many Springs and Autumns Have Passed, the Sun Sets Over Tseung Kwan O 春去几多秋，日落将军澳 Hong Kong City in the 1990s [Lead singer of a legendary rock band vs. stunning, wealthy landlady with striking features] The heroine is sociable, rich, beautiful, and good-natured. She’s a striking beauty who takes time to warm up to people, isn’t interested in competing with other women, and later fearlessly enters showbiz, changing the hero’s fate. The hero is based on Ka Kui. He dotes on his wife, works hard, has ideals and ambitions, loves his country, and is a genius music producer as well 256Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 The Reborn Heiress of a Capitalist Family Takes Everything and Moves to the Countryside 资本家大小姐重生，搬空家产下乡 [Period setting + face-slapping the scumbags + dimensional supermarket + educated youth sent to the countryside + clearing out everything + sweet romance] Qin Yi was reborn before being sent down to the countryside, where she and her younger sister had been beaten and drowned. After her rebirth, she realized that everyone around her was a vicious wolf in sheep's clothing. Her uncle's family, treacherous and heartless beneath their friendly facade, hid banned books in her home and reported her fa 6.9kReads7.9Score72714d adds
- 139 Hong Kong Island: Entertainment Mogul, Ruling the City! 港岛：文娱大亨，玩转香江！ [Hong Kong Entertainment + Beauties + Fast-Paced + System + Feel-Good] Li Wenqiang is reborn in 1979 and rides the great wave of migration to Hong Kong! It’s an era filled with both danger and opportunity. Fortunately, he gets a showbiz System from the start. Once he earns enough popularity points, he can exchange them for works and skills from the entertainment vault! Works include novels, screenplays, lyrics, and music. Skills include singing, acting, and directing. Li Wenqiang publishes his f 131Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 140 Transmigrating to Hong Kong: Broadening My Horizons, I Only Target the Big Shots 穿越香江：格局打开，我专抢大佬 Original title: Transmigrate to Hong Kong: Rob the Underworld to Build Tech! After his soul transmigrates to Hong Kong in 1985, 18-year-old Wei Huaxiong, a veteran and a Wudang disciple, is tricked into coming by his third senior brother. He starts out robbing a gold shop, then gets shot dead, allowing another version of Wei Huaxiong from a different timeline to transmigrate into his body. The transmigrated Wei Huaxiong thinks there’s no future in running with the underworld, so he gets his thir 626Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 141 Reborn in the Nineties: A Fortune-Telling Heiress Finds Gold in Hong Kong and Builds the Nation 重生九零，神算千金香江拾金建祖国 [Period setting + everyone's favorite + metaphysical face-slapping + sharp-tongued, brooding male lead + vengeful metaphysical female lead; slow-burn romance; strong leads] He Nianxi was reborn as a blind girl abandoned by a wealthy family. Because of her unusual fate, she had to hide in Kowloon Walled City to stay alive, living in poverty with her father. After her *th birthday, He Nianxi had no choice but to heed her father's words and take on the daunting task of rebuilding their sect and rec 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 My Years as a Police Officer in Hong Kong 在香江当警察的那些年 Order, rules, and laws are all determined by people. Whether to obey them depends on where you stand. In Hong Kong, a city of neon lights and everyday bustle, Jiang Qiyou is a law enforcement officer who constantly walks the line... 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 Miss Green Tea Is Hounded by the Prince, and She’s Terrified 绿茶小姐，被王爷死追，小姐怕了 A green-tea beauty is relentlessly pursued by a prince, until she gets scared. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 Piao Xue’s 105th Book 一剑飘雪第105本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 Transmigrate into a Book Set in Hong Kong: I Make My Fortune Writing Novels 穿书香江，我靠写小说发家致富 [Transmigration + No Romance + Period Setting + Parallel Worlds + Career-Focused] Jiang Ling opened her eyes and found herself transmigrated into a period novel, as a disposable side character who wouldn't survive more than a few chapters. It was hell from the start: her family of four had just smuggled themselves into Hong Kong. They had no money and no papers. In the original story, she fell ill and died, her mother worked herself to death, and her younger siblings ended up on the streets. In 42.2kReads8.4Score6.6k14d adds
- 146 I Am a Hong Kong Tycoon: Starting With Movie Making 我是香江大亨：拍电影开始 (Transmigration + period setting + Hong Kong entertainment + mainland entertainment + antiques appraisal + showbiz) He joins the Hung Gar stunt team and starts with kung fu movies, making a name for himself in horror. In his hands, zombie films and black magic make a comeback, while escape rooms and battle royales deliver a full-on sensory thrill, and the freshwater monster in The Beast from the Deep leaves people in awe of nature... From Hong Kong to Hollywood, he's the horror master who is nev 508Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 147 A Hong Kong Tycoon's Canary in the 1990s 90年代港城富商金丝雀 The heroine is pure; the hero isn’t. If that bothers you, please don’t attack me. [Historical setting + age gap] The rating will rise later. [Heroine comes out on top + kept woman + raising a child + strong woman] The heroine was originally the hero’s mistress. The hero divorced his wife for other reasons... At nineteen, Su Wanting had no choice but to seek out forty-two-year-old Ye Chengan for the sake of her frail, young brother, becoming “his mistress.” Ye Wanting refused to stay “locked aw 2.8kReads—Score12814d adds
- 148 Hong Kong Crossover: Rising to Fame in 1984 港综：从1984开始崛起 Qiusheng from Mr. Vampire, Mark Gor from A Better Tomorrow, and Tony from SPL: Kill Zone, who outshone Donnie Yen. Memories of his past life let him accurately predict where Hong Kong action cinema was headed, and every film he made set a new trend. He never appeared in a bad movie, and every film he made was a huge success. He was a regular on the annual box-office rankings, a fixture at award ceremonies, and a favorite guest of every film studio boss. He was a superstar who led the way for Hon 253Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 149 Reborn in the 1990s Hong Kong Entertainment Scene, a Mainland Girl Turns the Tables to Save Her Brother 魂穿九零港圈，大陆妹逆袭救哥哥 After loving Leslie Cheung for nineteen years, Su Jiani transmigrates to Hong Kong in 1991. She becomes a “Mainland girl” everyone can bully, but with memories of the future, she turns the tables step by step in Hong Kong’s tangled entertainment world and becomes best friends with the wealthy He Qingyi. She came here for one reason only: to rewrite his tragic fate and protect him until he survives that spring. Everyone says she schemes at every turn, but only she knows that loving him has neve 2.4kReads—Score20014d adds
- 150 The 1980s in Hong Kong: Pregnant with the Gangster's Baby 八零香江：怀了那个古惑仔的崽 Su Man transmigrates into 1982 Hong Kong, becoming a destitute woman burdened with debt in Kowloon Walled City, and unexpectedly finds herself pregnant. To secure residency and survive, she takes her pregnancy test results and corners Jiang Yichen, the small-time hoodlum rumored to be “handsome but good for nothing.” “Marry me. The baby can take your surname, I’ll pay the rent, and once I’ve made enough money, we’ll divorce.” With a cigarette between his lips, Jiang Yichen looks at the curvy wom 2.1kReads—Score19514d adds
