Novels like Rising to Power in 1994, Starting with Painting Walls
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- 1 The Ultimate Contractor 绝品包工头 After a levee breach, Xu Zheng faced the risk of being fired and held accountable. But through a stroke of luck, he landed a major construction project and became a contractor. Money and status soon followed. 165Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 My Days as a Contractor in Shenzhen 我在深圳做包工头的日子 My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Fanqie Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Reborn as a Tycoon in a Small County Town 重生小县城当富豪 Reborn in 2002, he gains a business intelligence System that sends him one accurate tip every day, each worth a thousand yuan. When tips start piling up by the tens and hundreds, bringing him fortunes of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands, he is stunned! If he can’t become an official in this life, surely opening a shop and making a little money isn’t too much to ask? 402Reads6.1Score10214d adds
- 4 1998: Starting Out by Prepaying for Construction Projects Like Crazy 1998从疯狂垫资干工程开始 Wang Ligang was reborn in 1998 and awakened the Double Debt Repayment System. In an era when people even had to put meals at state-run cafeterias on credit, he was like a madman, fronting the money to take on construction projects. Everyone thought he was about to go bankrupt, but his company just kept growing stronger... 3.7kReads8.0Score28314d adds
- 5 Reborn in 1997: The Construction Worker’s Road to Reversal 重生97：工地佬的逆袭之路 Qin Chuan is reborn, back in the hardest summer of 1997. This time, he won't make his wife haul cement with him at construction sites. This time, he won't make his daughter walk several kilometers along mountain roads to and from school alone. This time, he won't let his son become a left-behind child at the age of three. Heaven has given him another chance, so he'll take things slowly and steadily. Hauling bricks at construction sites, buying a home in a small town, taking his wife shopping, pi 59Reads—Score11814d adds
- 6 Global Infrastructure: The God-Tier Construction Tycoon 全民基建：神级工程大佬 At the lowest point in his life, Ye Ping, a young man, acquired a Super System and went from laborer to construction contractor in an instant. “What? You only make 100,000 a year? That’s my workers’ base pay.” “What? It takes you more than two years to build one building? That’s how long it takes me to build an entire city.” “Boss Ye, would you be interested in a project worth ten billion?” “Sorry, I’m busy turning the Sahara Desert into an ocean. The people here are desperate to go swimming...” 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Little Stories from the Construction Site 工地小故事 What kind of place is a construction site? It is a place worthy of praise, where countless working people pour their heart and soul into their labor and quietly make their contributions. At the same time, it is a place worthy of criticism, where countless opportunists scheme and plunder to line their own pockets. Should we praise it or condemn it? That is a question worth considering. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Fifteen Years on the Construction Site, Now I'm a Legend 工地十五年，我靠手艺封神 In 2005, 22-year-old Li Guodong carried a battered snakeskin sack south with his fellow villagers to work on a construction site in South China. No System, no rebirth, no benefactor to pave the way for him. He had only a few hundred yuan, a photocopy of his diploma, and a stubborn refusal to give up. Starting with an old hard hat and oversized safety boots, he learned the rules among site dormitories, canteens, muddy ground, leveling staffs, and blueprints. He learned to set out lines while his 8Reads—Score114d adds
- 9 After Winning the Lottery, I Made Everyone Who Looked Down on Me Kneel 中奖后我让所有看不起我的人跪了 Chen Gensheng, a 38-year-old rebar worker, was owed wages, had a gravely ill mother, and watched his daughter get bullied by a rich second-generation heir. With only two yuan in his pocket, he had become little more than dust in the city. In desperation, he used his mother’s birthday and his daughter’s student number to buy a lottery ticket, and won the five-million-yuan jackpot! His sudden fortune brought greedy relatives swarming to beg for money, his former boss crawling up to him with flatte 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 My Years in Construction 我干工程那些年 My new work is here! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 222Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 An Engineer’s Working Life 工程打工记 Based on real experiences, this story offers an in-depth look at the lives of ordinary people in the engineering industry, a field rarely explored. It follows a person's growth from knowing nothing at work to handling everything with ease, while facing rejection and belittlement from their family of origin and setbacks in love. It portrays the life and growth of an ordinary person in contemporary society. This story is inspired by real experiences, but all characters are fictional. Please don't 1.4kReads8.4Score12914d adds
- 12 Rising to the Top: I Started Out on a Construction Site 青云直上：我从工地开始 Given another chance at life, Lin Yang refuses to follow the same path as before. This time, he starts at the bottom as a labor administrator on a construction site for a building company. He overcomes one hurdle after another, rising from the corporate world to local government and finally to the very top, his career soaring all the way! 467Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 13 Super Engineering Tycoon System 超级工程大佬系统 (The animated adaptation of this book, The Universal Construction King, is now available. Everyone is welcome to check it out.) Young construction contractor Ye Ping unexpectedly acquires a Super Construction Tycoon System. From then on, he has specialized excavators that can travel above and below ground, specialized transport trucks capable of moving hundreds of thousands of cubic meters of earth, and miniature cranes that can lift a million tons... Construction companies from all over the wor 84Reads6.9Score12014d adds
- 14 Reborn in 1998: Rising Up from Carpentry 重生98：从木工开始崛起 Qin Chuan, a businessman worth over a hundred million, wakes from a dream to find himself back in 1998. In an era where gold lies everywhere, he makes up for past regrets, rides the waves of the business world, and forges ahead, revealing the bold ambition of a business titan! Empire and beauty, a lotus at every step! Why should a grown man have to choose? He wants it all! 783Reads6.7Score10214d adds
- 15 I've Finally Figured Out the Renovation Business 装修这条赛道算是让我干明白了 Shen Lang, a construction worker, accidentally gets a low-profile System called Good Luck. Shen Lang thinks that with a power this heaven-defying, he shouldn't keep working in construction. A career in government would have much better prospects. The problem is that he dropped out of high school and has no chance to start over, so he can only keep following the path he's on, working in construction until he achieves financial freedom and gets everything he wants. 2.9kReads6.9Score10014d adds
- 16 Life Begins with Hauling Bricks on a Construction Site 人生，从工地搬砖开始 Xiao Li, a young migrant worker, used nothing but a beat-up phone to set himself on the road to success. An idol has ninety million followers? Sorry, he has a hundred and eighty million! A tycoon's modest goal is a hundred million? That's just what he makes from one livestream. His master is a Yellow-Rank expert, and his grandmaster is Earth-Rank? Heh, he accidentally made it to Heaven-Rank! He has no grand ambitions. He just keeps striving, day after day... 142Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 17 Reborn in 1990: From Construction Foreman to Real Estate Tycoon 重生90：包工头逆袭成地产大亨 Chen Feng died with deep regrets in his previous life. His fellow villager and friend Zhao Lei swindled him into shouldering enormous debts, his wife Su Wan fell ill from overwork, and his parents spent their twilight years worrying about him. His older sisters endured endless hardship trying to help him repay his debts, while he himself worked himself to death in a construction-site shack at just forty. When he opened his eyes, he had been reborn in 1990, three months after marrying Su Wan. He 21Reads—Score514d adds
- 18 Reborn: The Architect System Takes Me to the Top 重生：建筑大佬系统带我飞 Wang Chao transmigrates to a parallel world and gets the Construction Tycoon System from the start. He’s about to take off! “What! Six types of insurance and two housing funds for migrant workers?” “Um, are you still hiring? How about me?” Contractor A: “They’re trying to put us out of business!” Contractor B: “We firmly oppose this!” Project Manager: “Damn it, how did non-compliant materials get exposed?!” The site supervisor: “It’s so hard to get a little envelope these days. M 875Reads6.5Score12514d adds
- 19 The 1990s: All the Big Brothers on My Life's Journey 九零年代：人生路上都是好大哥 (The beginning is a little slow, so start at Chapter 10.) Lin Jun spent his whole life living off women while still acting like the one in charge. He wasn't particularly handsome, but women always liked him. Even at forty, one woman was willing to leave her family and children to be with him and share a life of hardship. Still, he never made much money. He worked year after year and never had any savings, while leaving a trail of romantic entanglements wherever he went. Did Lin Jun regret the wa 8.1kReads7.2Score43014d adds
- 20 Reborn Electrical Engineer: Starting as a Project Assistant 重生电气师：从项目助理开始 Carrying the painful memories of being framed and disgraced in his previous life, Lin Chen is reborn at the moment he joins Hengxin Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd. at the age of 23. Once a disposable pawn in the workplace, he is now a quiet player with ten years of project management and electrical engineering experience. Starting at the very bottom as a project assistant, he catches mistakes, identifies hidden hazards on site, and solves problems involving low-voltage systems and high-voltage 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 The Great Nation's Infrastructure Maniac 大国基建狂人 [Patriotic, infrastructure development, slow-burn, realistic, no mindless decisions.] [What is infrastructure development? It's the perseverance to keep at it, day after day!] [Salute to the working people!] Shen Tianzong swore he would put an end to shoddy construction, wipe out profiteering companies, ensure the people lived in comfort and abundance, and lead Huaxia to the pinnacle of the world. A century-long undertaking, a nation rebuilding from the ruins: the rise of a great power through i 519Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 22 Stories from the Construction Site 工地上的那些事儿 [No System, entirely hand-written. Men and women on a construction site, struggling to survive in the workplace.] They say construction sites are chaotic, women are scarce, and beautiful women are even rarer. After graduating from college, I started working at a construction site. On my very first day, I met Sister Xiaoya, who was already married, and accidentally offended the site boss. It turned out that the construction site held more than just men and women. There were also stories few peopl 10.9kReads7.6Score81814d adds
- 23 Reborn in 1997: I Was Going Bankrupt from the Start 重生97：开局就要破产 Also known as: Reborn in 1997: From the Start, I’m Going Bankrupt; The Everyday Life of a Middle-Aged Construction Worker Reborn; [Cozy everyday life + construction site stories + family squabbles + no showing off or face-slapping + one female lead] Yang Yuankun spent his whole life as a bricklayer, working himself to the bone. After inhaling too much dust, he stopped breathing in his fifties while lying in a hospital bed. But when he opened his eyes again, he had returned to the moment he’d com 19.5kReads8.5Score92414d adds
- 24 High-Pressure Forbidden Zone 高压禁域 Electrical engineer Lin Shen is accidentally drawn into a mysterious underground forbidden zone, where he discovers a startling connection between modern electrical engineering and ancient tomb mechanisms: behind every high-voltage engineering accident lies an ancient mystery deliberately buried. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 I Told You to Meet the Deadline, Not Become Famous Overseas! 让你赶工期，没让你名扬海外！ Torrential rain is on the way, and the city is about to be hit by a flood. The urgent task of digging a thirty-kilometer waterway within ten days is one that no one in the engineering industry dares to take on. When Qin Feng accepts the job, the whole industry assumes he’s just trying to swindle money. When his fleet of hundred-ton trucks makes a comeback, everyone thinks he’s a monster. How does Qin Feng have so many hundred-ton trucks? But Qin Feng’s feats will amaze the world far beyond that. 5.4kReads7.5Score60114d adds
- 26 My Husband Has a Perfect Family on the Side, But I Haven’t Been Idle Either 丈夫在外儿女双全，还好我也没闲着 My Husband Has Another Family and Children Outside, But Thankfully, I Haven't Been Idle Either 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Reviving the Northeast, Giving Millions of Workers Maxed-Out Buffs 东北振兴，千万员工BUFF拉满 [Reviving Northeast China's Industry] + [Real Industry Reigns Supreme] + [A Multitude of Cross-Sector Businesses] + [Infrastructure Development] + [Ten Million Employees] + [Global Expansion] He awoke in a new era. Back in Northeast China in 1995. State-owned enterprises were struggling, factories were run-down, and laid-off workers were everywhere. The once-glorious industrial heartland of the Northeast was steadily fading. “System?” “Start factories and companies, hire employees...” “Eac 215kReads9.0Score18k14d adds
- 28 The Day Evergrande Crashed, I Revealed My Trillion-Dollar Fortune 恒大暴雷那天，我亮出万亿身家 [The troublesome plot points have been fixed] [Reborn] [Ordinary man] [Real estate] [Stocks] [Internet investments] [Business investments] [Entertainment industry] [Actresses] After losing his job in middle age and being dismissed as useless, Liu Yang suffers a family property dispute during his divorce and is secretly sabotaged by his younger brother-in-law. He closes his eyes, filled with regret, only to open them again on the eve of his graduation in 2003! That year, the golden age of real 89.5kReads8.4Score4.7k14d adds
- 29 Reborn: I Shower the Campus Belle With Money. Why Marry When You’re a Man? 重生用钱砸校花，是男人谁还结婚 [Reborn] + [Not a wish-fulfillment story] + [Multiple heroines, no official pairing] + [Business] + [No System] The story of a man who goes from a family burden to a businessman rich enough to fly the national flag! If you were a lovesick fool and got reborn, what would you want to do most? Face-slap the goddess you've pined after but never won over, and make her regret it? Lin Mo spent ten years as a lovesick backup before being reborn in college. In his previous life, he gave everything to his 20.4kReads7.4Score1.6k14d adds
- 30 Reborn in 1988: I Became the Son of a Coal Magnate 重生1988，我成了煤二代 Good news: Zhang Weihao is reborn!!! Completely and utterly reborn, back to the very day he was born in 1988. I don't have a golden finger, but I do have the experience of my previous life. In my last life, Dad failed to make his son a success. This time, I'll help Dad become one instead!!! We'll keep a low profile as we grow, and enjoy the feeling of being born into a rich second-generation family. Facing a barrage of cameras and microphones, a reporter asks: “Chairman Zhang, how has your Weste 13.1kReads7.7Score76814d adds
- 31 Reborn, the Goddess Became My Pet 重生后，女神变女宠 A purely urban story, with a laid-back everyday feel. No fantasy, no saintly protagonist, no System, no superpowers. Just a passionate, flirtatious modern rags-to-riches tale! After being brutally avenged by his employees and having his head smashed in with a hammer, Cheng Feng is reborn in his college days. First on his list are the enemy he has resented for more than a decade and the goddess from his previous life who now comes rushing back into his world... 12kReads7.3Score86814d adds
- 32 I Chased You for Seven Years and You Said No, So Why Are You Asking Me to Come Back Now? 追你七年不同意现在又让我回去？ [If you love love-triangle drama, don't miss this. This isn't your typical reborn simp story. If you prefer pure, devoted romance, don't click] What should you do when the girl you've pined for seven years starts pursuing you instead? And what should you do when you discover that your childhood friend has secretly loved you for seven years, too? Choose one or the other? Only children make choices like that. Xu Nian returns to the summer of 2002. The love letter he wrote to the class beauty is ex 11.2kReads8.1Score97414d adds
- 33 Now That I'm Reborn, Getting Rich Is Only Natural 都重生了，暴富很正常吧 The A-share market has fallen for five straight days, dropping below 3,000 points. Jiang Shen, a veteran investor, got trapped in the market after cashing out his funds. The sea of red on the stock charts enraged him so much that he spat blood and passed out. When he opened his eyes again, it was the day after the 2007 college entrance exams. His youth was just beginning. This was a gift: a chance to live again. Since he’d been reborn, why worry so much? With more than a decade of extra memories 4.6kReads7.5Score25214d adds
- 34 Reborn: I Bought a House with My Breakup Money and Became a Billionaire 重生从用分手费买房开始成为首富 After a lifetime of hard work, Lu Yang still couldn’t afford a house. In a daze, he seemed to see again the scene from years ago: his girlfriend’s mother holding a check for two million yuan and telling him to leave her daughter. Back then, still young, he thought love was priceless, and he had resolutely refused. But this time, not only did he take the check, he also said: “Shanshan is the love of my life!” “Auntie, I’ve bled for Shanshan!” “You’ll have to pay more!” 57.8kReads7.2Score4.1k14d adds
- 35 Transmigrating Into a Book Set in the 1970s: The Cannon Fodder Tears Up the Plot and Builds Infrastructure 穿书七零，炮灰手撕剧本搞基建 When Qin Feng opened his eyes, he had become the male lead's stepbrother in a Period novel. A biased father, a vicious stepmother, a reborn male lead, and Qin Feng, destined to be cannon fodder... Faced with a disastrous start, Qin Feng smiled when a construction and engineering study System suddenly appeared. His stepbrother stayed in the city while he went to the countryside. The original owner was furious, but Qin Feng was thrilled. Reclaiming wasteland and farming? Not a chance. He used a se 8.2kReads8.0Score58114d adds
- 36 Reborn: After the Breakup, My Girlfriend Cried and Begged Me to Forgive Her 重生：分手后，女友哭着求原谅 [Urban daily life + reborn + sweet romance + first love + multiple heroines] Reborn in 2002, Chen An returned to his college days. Since he had the chance to live his life over, he naturally didn’t want the tragedies and regrets of his past life to happen again. But although he intended to focus on building a business, one beautiful girl after another came barging into his life. There was the universally admired goddess from his school days, the beautiful and haughty class monitor, his gentle fi 17.5kReads8.5Score1.1k14d adds
- 37 Unorthodox Remedies of the Martial World 江湖偏方 My name is Zhang Chen. A fortune-teller said I was born with a knack for unexpected riches and would never stay on the straight and narrow. But I don’t care. In this world, people who follow the rules get leftovers, while the bold get to eat meat. I haven’t had much schooling, and I don’t understand lofty principles, but I do know this: you only win if you’re willing to fight. 62.1kReads8.9Score7k14d adds
- 38 Reborn: If the Campus Belle Isn't Sweet, Why Should I Chase Her? 重生：校花不甜，我为什么要舔？ [Reborn Feel-Good Fiction + No System + No Harem + Campus Romance + No Mind Games] Thirty-eight-year-old Zhou Jiangnan. He has spent years working on highway construction sites. In the remote mountains and forests, his days are filled with mixing concrete and drinking. There, he's known as Engineer Zhou. … Back twenty years in time. Zhou Jiangnan begins his comeback in college. He rises to the pinnacle of his career, stands above the crowd, and lives life on his own terms. Here, he's known as P 16.4kReads8.2Score1.6k14d adds
- 39 Brain-Computer Interface Doctor 脑机医生 Her ex-boyfriend sold the secret she had guarded most closely to secure an investment. When they broke up, he even threw this at her: “No man could put up with a woman like you.” Her father climbed the social ladder and asked for a divorce. As he left, he said only, “People who look ahead don’t turn back.” Everyone was certain Su Jianwei had lost her backing and was bound to fall sooner or later. But they forgot that she was a doctor in functional neurosurgery at Huaren Hospital, determined to t 4.2kReads6.4Score16.2k14d adds
- 40 Starting from Scratch: Three Years Flipping Little Boxes Made Me a Millionaire 白手起家，倒腾小盒子三年千万 Selling contraceptives in the dorm from the start gets you mocked? Disciplined? No problem! Make money while teaching in the countryside. After four years of hard work, build a fortune worth over a hundred million, turning ideals, love, and wealth into reality. [No Transmigration + No System + No Pocket Dimension + A Down-to-Earth Story of Striving] 13.2kReads8.1Score91414d adds
- 41 A Lowly County Office Clerk with Kids at Home and No Rice to Cook 穿成县衙小吏，家有儿女等米下锅 [A clerk is no official, and the desk is a mountain of blades] [No errors in the ledger, every stroke of the brush decides joy and sorrow] The male lead had only just transmigrated when someone cracked him over the back of the head. After missing work for three days, he nearly got struck off the rolls. His father thought he was saddled with two useless dependents. His older brother thought he was too inflexible to make money. His fourth younger brother feared his lowly clerk's status would tarni 166.2kReads9.2Score22.8k14d adds
- 42 I Just Want to Redeem Myself, but I Keep Gaining More Lackeys 只想洗白，奈何小弟越洗越多 The short dramas [Boss, Your Brothers Are All Outside] and [Righteous to the End: Hongxing] are now available to watch. [Reborn + Underworld Boss + Ensemble Cast + Making Money Legally + Passion and Loyalty + Comedy] In his previous life, underworld boss Xiang Yue was sentenced to ten years in prison. His men were either arrested or killed. In this life, Xiang Yue leads his men down the straight and narrow, rising to the top. “Xiang Yue's here! Run!” “Stop crying, or I'll have Xiang Yue come tak 18.9kReads8.6Score1.3k14d adds
- 43 Factory Underworld 工厂江湖 Savor the ups and downs of life, and watch its many twists with a smile. Follow Li Mu, a university graduate, as he repeatedly stumbles and gets back up amid the scheming and backstabbing of the workplace, eventually transforming from a clueless rookie into a smooth, savvy winner who can handle anything. 20.9kReads9.5Score2.3k14d adds
- 44 If Money Can Solve It, There’s No Need to Get Emotionally Involved 能用钱解决的问题，没必要用真心 [No System + Multiple Women + Making Money + Clear-Eyed About Life] If you could live your life over, what would you do? Me? Make more money, treat myself better, and stop worrying about other people’s business! Love? Too much trouble. If money can solve a problem, there’s no need to put your heart into it. Career? It’s not just about money. A career is also a shield for the rich, so make the most of it! Opportunities? They often come hand in hand with traps, so be sure to seize them! The protag 22.6kReads8.0Score1.1k14d adds
- 45 After I Learned Her Secret, She Took Me to the Civil Affairs Bureau 我知道她的秘密后，她却带我去了民政局 After I Learned Her Secret, She Took Me to the Civil Affairs Bureau 1.2kReads—Score—14d adds
- 46 The Village Doctor's Romance 乡村神医的爱情 Wang Hao worked night shifts at a factory. When he got home, he discovered his girlfriend cheating with her boss. He lost his job because of it and had no choice but to return to his hometown. Then one chance encounter changed his fate completely, and from that moment on, he began living a very different life! 1.3kReads—Score10114d adds
- 47 Cao Yang's Journey South 曹阳南下记 Passionate and exhilarating. Now complete. Read with confidence. Cao Yang heads south to seek refuge with his older sister, setting off wave after wave of upheaval… 41.6kReads8.9Score4k14d adds
- 48 This Guy Is a Bit of a Rascal 这个家伙有点坏 [No formulaic plot][Not a wish-fulfillment story][No cheat abilities][Traditional][Realistic][Period][Countryside][Hardship] A boy who is both bad and good, a family made up of people with no blood ties, a difficult yet sweet golden age, and a story full of humor and warmth... Beginning in the 1980s, this novel spans forty years and strives to recreate the changes of the times, telling the story of one person's growth. Above all, this is a realistic story, with both sweetness and heartbreak. Rea 69kReads9.3Score7k14d adds
- 49 I Went to Teach in the Countryside, but the Rugged Farmer Took Me Home and Spoiled Me 下乡支教，却被糙汉娶回家宠 [23 cm Height Difference + Size Difference + Intense Romantic Tension + Sweet Romance + Healing] (The male lead is utterly devoted to his wife) Ji Tao was born into poverty and hardship. She worked hard to get into college because she never wanted to live that kind of life again. At first glance, Zhou Lu seemed poor and nasty. He was absolutely not her type. But the man clung to her like a vine in the mud, wrapping himself around her so tightly that she couldn't escape or fight him off. All she 14.6kReads9.2Score1.4k14d adds
- 50 Reborn: I Chose the Water Conservancy Bureau 重生之我选了水利局 [Everyday life + rich in detail] [Grounded and realistic] [The mindset of an ordinary person] In the world of officialdom, You can’t rely on your superiors; they’ll leave you holding the bag. You can’t trust your peers; they’re waiting to set you up. You can’t feel at ease with your subordinates; they’re waiting to slack off and shirk their duties. See how an ordinary person, reborn, learns to navigate officialdom, adapt to the changing times, stay true to himself instead of going with the flow, 67.2kReads8.9Score6k14d adds
