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- 1 Starting Life Over: Making the Right Choices in Guangzhou 重启人生：我在羊城做对选择题 The moment Chen Mo opens his eyes, he is back at the lowest point in his life: fresh out of college and just starting his career in Yangcheng. In his previous life, he was full of dreams, but his humble background made him insecure, his indecisiveness led him astray, and he put his trust in the wrong people. After ten years of struggling in the cutthroat internet giant Xingyao Technology, he ended up laid off, deeply in debt, and abandoned by everyone. This time, with ten years of bitter lessons 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Top-Tier Star Is Still Working Hard to Clear Their Name Today 顶流今天也在努力洗白 “The whole internet is mocking me for fawning over Jiang Jin? That’s hilarious. His phone is full of recordings of me insulting him!” On the night of the dating show livestream, I toss out his transfer records. “You paid four million just to hear me say ‘Get lost’?” The next day, #JiangJinGotPuppetedAndStillPaidHer# shoots to the top of the trending charts. Later, when a reporter presses him about our relationship, he holds my wrist and smiles. “We’re legally married. She does the scolding, I do —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Company Said, 'Cut Pay to Save Jobs.' So I Counted Who Got Laid Off 公司说“降薪保岗位”，我统计了被裁的都是什么人 The company said, “We’re cutting pay to save jobs.” So I tallied up who got laid off 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Dan Shuyi's Office Werewolf Game: From Invisible to Queen of the Rules 单书意的职场狼人杀：从隐形人到规则女王 Shan Shuyi’s workplace game of Werewolf: from invisible nobody to queen of the rules 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Dan Shuyi: You Can't Afford My Name 单书意：我的名字，你们买不起 Shan Shuyi: You can’t afford my name —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 I Turned My Boss's Empty Talk into ASMR 我把领导的废话做成了ASMR I turned my boss’s empty blather into ASMR 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Moon-Gazing in the Ruins 废墟里赏月 [An ordinary wage slave VS workplace demons] [Realistic fiction · heart-wrenching · healing · the working life of ordinary people] What’s it like to get your company blacklisted by a platform just days after joining? Shi Ye, a worker who has internalized workplace anxiety to the point that it’s in her DNA, will tell you from personal experience: you feel so guilty you torment yourself day and night, drown your sorrows in alcohol, then mistake a handsome stranger for someone else and sob to him 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Spring Hidden in Glaze 釉里藏春 The night my right hand was shattered, my enemy laughed, saying my porcelain soul was lost forever. Clutching a bloodstained ledger, I plunged into the storm in Jingdezhen: “You crippled the hand I used to judge treasures? Then I’ll use my ruined arm to fire living porcelain that swallows nuclear waste!” AI-made antiques crushed a hundred kilns. I made three thousand shards ring out with the blue of mountains and rivers; When the Olympic torch platform collapsed, a deaf-mute artisan used his own —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 I'm the Only One at the Company Actually Following the Stupid Orders 全公司只有我在认真执行愚蠢命令 I’m the only one in the whole company actually following the stupid orders —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 I'm the Grand Prize at the Company Annual Gala 公司年会的特等奖是我 I won the grand prize at the company’s annual party 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 The Company Made Me the Fall Guy, So I Livestreamed a Law Lesson and Sent Them to Prison 公司拿我顶罪，我直播普法送他们坐牢 My Company Made Me Take the Fall, So I Livestreamed a Lesson in the Law and Sent Them to Prison 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The No-Overtime Association 不加班协会 The No Overtime Association —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The Trade Route 商路风云 Late at night, Chen Yifan brings his drunk female boss back to his place. Her arrival changes his future. A misunderstanding leads to a devastating revenge, but strangely enough, he uses that very revenge to rise to the pinnacle of life... 211Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 14 She Tore Up More Than Just the Non-Compete Agreement 她撕掉的不仅是竞业协议 What she tore up was more than just a non-compete agreement 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 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
- 16 Reborn as a Sales Rep at ByteDance 重生之我在字节当销售 I woke up to find I’d been reborn in 2017, the golden age when Douyin was just taking off! Keywords: #Rebirth #Douyin #AdSales #Comeback #BusinessWarfare #Workplace #RidingTheWave #InformationAsymmetry 7Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 17 I'm an Interstellar Capitalist, So Why Does Everyone Call Me a Philanthropist? 我星际资本家啊，怎么都说我慈善 My name is Carlos. I'm the boss of an interstellar energy conglomerate, and I came to open a branch on Blue Star for one reason: To become the most, most, most ruthless interstellar capitalist. So I set “devilish working conditions”: Monthly salary: 10,000, all-inclusive after tax Eight hours a day, weekends off, absolutely no overtime Fully furnished apartment for 300 a month, plus an all-you-can-eat buffet for two yuan a meal, with delicacies every time Pay on the first day of work, with a 5,0 971Reads6.8Score11214d adds
- 18 Suddenly Rich, I Lie Flat at a State-Owned Enterprise 乍富，躺平国企 Life rushes by. Thirty years have passed, but has he managed to stand on his own two feet? For the first thirty years, a man honors his father; for the next thirty, his son honors him! Like the sound of his name, Lou Yi is just one of countless insignificant ants in this world! At thirty, with no career to speak of and no family of his own, he returned home for the New Year and looked at his aging parents, their backs bent and their hair half white. His heart was filled with bitterness and helpl 11.6kReads7.0Score46614d adds
- 19 Wait, Have You Ever Worked at a Legitimate Company? 不是？你去过正规公司吗？ [No Female Lead] + [Daily Life] + [Misunderstood as a Mastermind] + [Business] + [No Supernatural Elements] (The main story focuses on business and companies. Su Bubai starts a business in the gaming industry, then gradually expands into other fields. So far, these include smart home devices, sanitary pads, basketball, sports brands, smartphones, and food delivery.) Su Bubai transmigrates to a capitalist world where practically everyone is a slave. The people at the bottom have grown used to fle 1.4kReads7.5Score10014d adds
- 20 This Life Is Over, I'll Be a Leader in the Next 这辈子就这样了，下辈子当领导 Two minutes after Fang Leilei died, she came back to life on the spot and was sent straight back to the day of her new-hire military training. One familiar, youthful face after another. Back then, he hadn't become a department manager yet. Back then, she hadn't stabbed me in the back yet. Ah! Isn't that my dream man?! He married a scheming woman in my past life, so it's my turn to have him in this one! Just look at me, Fang Leilei: my career was a mess and my love life was a disaster in my last 19Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 21 2015: Starting with an MCN 2015，从MCN开始 One day in late May 2015, Xu Chu had a dream. In it, he saw the next ten years of his life... The scenes from the dream remained crystal clear even after he woke up. Suddenly, he felt that perhaps he could change the way he lived and make a different life for himself. MCN + livestreaming, curated products + smart manufacturing, AI + humanoid robots This is not an influencer novel. The influencer elements in the early chapters are just the start of his career and a way to earn seed money. Afte 994Reads5.5Score10414d adds
- 22 A History of the Death of Idealism 理想主义消亡史 [No transmigration], [No cheats or System], [Realistic], [No feel-good wish fulfillment], [Deep-dive into the inside story], [Scheming] Medical investment is an obscure industry with a lot of hidden complexities. Yan Hui is a professional in the field, as well as an idealist. But as time goes by and circumstances change, his life and work gradually slip beyond his control. (A song will be included in the author’s notes for each chapter. It will relate to the chapter, directly or indirectly, obje 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 I Was the Target of Rumors on My First Day at Work! 入职第一天，我就被造谣了! I Got Slandered on My First Day at Work! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 After the Year-End Bonus Was Canceled, My Boss Knelt Outside My Door 年终奖取消后，老板在我家门口跪下了 After the Year-End Bonus Was Canceled, My Boss Knelt Outside My House 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 My Perfect Attendance Bonus Became a Project Bonus, and I Was Slammed on the Headlines 全勤奖改项目奖金，我被骂上头条 They Replaced Perfect Attendance Bonuses with Project Bonuses, and I Got Blasted All Over the Headlines —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 After My Credit Was Stolen, I Slacked Off, and My Toxic Coworkers All Lost It 功劳被抢后我摆烂了，极品同事集体破防 After My Achievements Were Stolen, I Started Slacking Off and My Toxic Coworkers Totally Lost It 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Building a Career at a State-Owned Enterprise 混国企搞事业 I was coasting along at a state-owned enterprise, and suddenly I was about to lose my job! After thirty years of hard work, I finally realized that the theme of this era is to lie low, then embrace dreams that seem forever out of reach! But just as I settled down, fate sent me an incredible opportunity! So, these days, maybe all you have to do is lie low and wait for opportunity to find you! 26Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 28 The Corporate World: Mergers and Acquisitions 职场铭之并购江湖 (Workplace intrigue + business rivalry + workplace romance + turning one's life around) In Modu, you dream of owning a spacious home, driving a nice car, and having a beautiful, gracious partner. But you're just an ordinary office worker, an ordinary accountant. What can you do? The protagonist, Ren Jiaming, is in the same boat. Yet through luck and his own hard work, he weathers the deceit and rivalry of the business world and the ups and downs of romance, inching closer to that life day by day 159Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 The Years of My Struggle 我的奋斗年代 An accident gave Lin Sen memories of parts of his own future. As he explored these memories and watched reality change around him, Lin Sen, who had only wanted to live out his life in peace, somehow rose to heights he had never dreamed he could reach. 3.3kReads8.2Score23914d adds
- 30 After I Was Made Redundant, My Former Company Begged Me to Return and Put Out the Fire 被优化后，前司跪求我回去救火 After I Was Laid Off, My Former Company Begged Me to Return and Put Out the Fires 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 From Involution to Lying Flat: A Corporate Drone’s Path to Enlightenment 从内卷到躺平：大厂社畜修行记 This is a story with a healing touch. From overwork to lying flat: A tale of a corporate drone’s journey at a major internet company, chronicling the endless grind of modern laid-off tech workers! Will you choose a cat-like approach to finding a job, a dog-like approach to working, or a Buddhist approach and lie flat? Between striving to get ahead and simply showing up to work, what will you choose? Join the cool and aloof Chi Mai as she explores modern city life and the path to healing yourself 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 After Reading His Mind, I Got the CEO Wrapped Around My Finger 读心后，霸总被我拿捏了 Qi Wan is a chatty slacker at Die Shan Design, lounging around and munching sunflower seeds on the surface, while secretly possessing incredible talent. Xie Chi is a reclusive, mysterious boss who fears socializing but controls everything. She can hear his innermost thoughts, like the sound of his heartbeat: “If she comes any closer, I'm done for.” When colleagues dump work on her, directors try to suppress her, and her ex threatens her, she hits back with face-slapping comebacks. From plagiaris 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 We Said It Was a Yacht Party, So What's with This Aircraft Carrier Fleet? 说好游轮派对，这航母舰队什么鬼 [Advanced technology] [A rising great power] [An exhilarating arms-dealer story] (The low rating is being suppressed, you know how it is.) Jiang Chuan inherited a cruise ship company and took on his first order. To make a name for himself, he prepared everything with care to meet the client's requirements: high safety standards, impressive visuals, and plenty of entertainment! But on the day of the cruise party, everyone stared at the ten-thousand-ton "sea fortress" before them and fell silent.. 10Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 34 Reborn in the 1990s: Break the West's Tech Stranglehold and Make Trillions 重生九零：科技卡脖欧美赚爆万亿 The rating just came in! [Reborn entrepreneurial story, building up industry, no System, slow burn, with sound business-war logic] Back in 1993, Su Lei makes his first fortune reselling pagers. He makes a killing worldwide with electronic pets, rapidly builds his business, catches up with Motorola and Intel, and establishes a foothold in the semiconductor chip industry. During the 1997 financial crisis, he fends off international speculators and buys up undervalued assets in Japan and South Kore 11.1kReads7.0Score86514d adds
- 35 The Clairvoyant Tycoon at a State-Owned Enterprise: From Employee to Supreme Lord 透视神豪在国企：从职员到太虚主 Reborn at the point in his previous life when he bought lottery tickets, Wang Hao immediately throws himself into the stock market. He rides the trends and nails every turning point, making this life completely different. After completing a series of missions, he discovers that he has entered the Great Void, and the truth behind everything comes to light... Money, power, women: he'll reclaim, one by one, everything he regretted losing in his previous life. 63Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 36 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 277Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 37 Power Generation Maniac: Uncle Sam Begs Me to Stop Generating Electricity 发电狂徒：鹰酱求求我不要发电了 Lin Fan is reborn in 1990 and discovers that he has become a third-year middle school student. A System? No System! Startup capital? No startup capital! The secret illegitimate son of a mysterious tycoon? Sorry, his family has been farmers for eighteen generations. They haven't even had a landlord in the family. Other people who are reborn get ridiculously powerful Systems, or take over chip factories, car factories, or military factories. At the very least, they get some kind of special skill, 176Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 After Tearing Up the Exam Prep, I Chased the Light 撕掉押题卷后我追光 After Tearing Up the Exam Prep Paper, I Chased the Light —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 After Going Bankrupt, I Became the Female CEO's Special Assistant 破产后，我成了女总裁的特别助理 A bankrupt young master vs. an icy female CEO. He came to Yun Jing to investigate the cause of his father's death. She uses him to stabilize the boardroom. A partnership built on mutual exploitation, from the archives to the boardroom, from buried cases to life-or-death struggles, from testing each other to fighting side by side. Twenty-five years of old scores, two generations of grudges. He takes a knife for her, and she helps him turn the tables. Love between equals is the most moving of all. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Reborn in 2009: Budget Phones Usher In an Era of Domestic Brands 重生09：千元机开启国货时代 Tired of endless knockoff stories? Why not see what happens when a legitimate brand rises to the top? Reborn in 2009, on the eve of the boom in domestic smartphones. Chen Yan turns down easy money from knockoffs and builds his own brand instead. His custom ROM package becomes legendary on online forums. A spectacular big-screen phone priced at just 999 yuan bursts onto the scene! Official games, a silky-smooth System, and a launch price of 999 yuan! One battle puts an end to the chaos of knockof 465Reads—Score35514d adds
- 41 They Stole My Credit, So I Slacked Off and Made the Whole Industry Panic 抢我功绩？我摆烂后卷哭全行业 When your boss takes credit for your work, when the results of your all-nighters become someone else's reward, what do you do? Lin Zhou's answer: he slacks off on the spot! He refuses 996 work schedules and empty promises, and vanishes the moment quitting time comes. Everyone thinks he's washed up, but little do they know that the instant he smashes the sign proclaiming him a "workaholic," he awakens the [Anti-Grind God-Tier System]! The harder he slacks off, the bigger the rewards! He uses a te —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 I Meant to Be a Ruthless Boss, but Became the Conscience of the Industry 本想当黑心老板，却成业界良心 After twenty-six years of going from having nothing to being buried in debt, Han Jing acquired the Super Entrepreneur System. As long as his businesses made a profit, Han Jing could earn cash rewards through the System. From then on, a business mogul began his rise to power. Along the way to becoming a mogul, he met the love of his life, and together they wrote a sweet chapter of life. This is a warm, sweet romance with one female lead and none of that scheming and backstabbing. The early story 532Reads6.6Score10514d adds
- 43 That Year, Because of the Campus Belle, I Ran Off to Guangdong to Become a Handsome Lad 那年因为校花，我跑路广东当靓仔 [Jianghu]+ [Workplace]+ [Romance]+ [No System]+ [Not reborn] [Based on the author’s real experiences working in Guangdong, this is a story about migrant workers in cities like Dongguan and Shenzhen. This is not a wish-fulfillment novel, so don’t read it if that’s not your thing!] In 1997, Zhang Zaiye, Li Yaocong, Jiang Xinyue, and others met while working summer jobs in Guangdong, and formed a deep friendship. At the time, Dongguan’s economy was growing at a breakneck pace. Workers poured in fr 7Reads—Score114d adds
- 44 I Started a Mutual Aid Club for Older Men, and the State Told Me to Obey the Law 创大龄男人互助会，国家劝我守法 Liu Wenxi transmigrates to Huaihai Province on Blue Star and becomes the president of the Huaihai Mutual Aid Association! Are education, ability, and character not requirements for joining? You need to have served at least three years in prison to qualify!? A chemistry teacher who can brew drugs? A mining blaster who can make explosives by hand? A mechanic who can build guns from scratch? A discharged mercenary... Every member is an unattached man well past his prime! Then comes the line: “I hav 30Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 45 Her Second Game: A Future Full of Promise 她的二次博弈：遥遥可期 An older, guiding lover, by your side every step of the way. A ten-year age gap. Love is a journey of healing, and a lighthouse that guides us as we grow. The best kind of love isn't rescue when you're down and out. It's walking side by side and helping each other become better versions of ourselves. She had been through a failed marriage. When love quietly began to appear, she was confused, retreated, hesitated, afraid, and too scared to take the leap... Shen Qiyu said, “Being good to you was n 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Drinking Beer and Eating Skewers, Is This the Trillionaire CEO? 喝着啤酒撸着串，这是千亿总裁？ To help more entrepreneurs learn about business leaders, CCTV launched a livestream series called “Meet the Entrepreneurs.” The program invites three business leaders from different industries and with different levels of wealth, then interviews them live. On the show, the ten-billion-yuan CEO is extravagantly wealthy and lives in luxury, while the hundred-billion-yuan CEO carries himself with authority and an air of superiority. But when the camera turns to trillion-yuan CEO Su Mu, everything g 695Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 47 Transmigrate to the 1980s, Crush the Great Powers with Black Technology 穿越八零，我以黑科技碾压列强 [High Tech] [Period Fiction] [Fighter Jets] [Aircraft Carriers] After a lifetime of drifting, Jiang Jin opened his eyes again and returned to the 1980s. China was on the brink of recovery, while the Western powers were using cutting-edge technology to hold it back. By chance, Jiang Jin awakened an Industrial System and unlocked a hundred years of future technology in advance. In an era of technological backwardness, with no advantage whatsoever, a harsh environment, and scarce resources, only an —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 I Suddenly Got a Cheat 突然开了挂 After working overtime for three days and nights, Zeng Fan suddenly fell into a coma. He woke up after three days of sleep to find that the whole world had changed. It was still the same world, but Zeng Fan was no longer the person he used to be. 4kReads8.0Score35214d adds
- 49 My Years at a Foreign Company 我的外企岁月 On a battlefield without gunfire, enemies are everywhere. In a workplace without compassion, everyone is a schemer. And in a game of love where feelings have no place, who can find even a little warmth… Gao Ge is like a little lion, fighting her way through a foreign company, charging ahead and getting battered along the way. Only in the end does she realize she’s really a little deer, the one who can run wild in his heart. 726Reads9.3Score12914d adds
- 50 Work Three Days, Rest Four! Employees Secretly Work Overtime Because They're Afraid I'll Go Bankrupt 上三休四！员工怕我破产偷偷加班 In a parallel world, workers everywhere go on strike en masse! The national broadcaster is forced to air a live show called “Find a Good Company” to teach these capitalists a lesson. But the first company to appear turns out to be... A supermarket in a small, fourth-tier city. Viewers lose heart. “How boring. There aren’t any good companies in small cities!” “Program staff, you’d better pick another company!” “It’s just a supermarket. There’s nothing to learn here!” They assume the supermarket w 1.2kReads8.8Score10314d adds
