Novels like Back to the 1980s: The Rise of Technology
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- 51 Getting Paid Brings Rewards: Starting with Making Phones After Being Reborn 发薪就有回报，从重生造手机开始 Reborn in 2016, Jiang Sheng discovers that he’s become a rich second-generation heir. He thinks he can lie flat from now on, but instead, one disaster after another comes crashing down. His father gets into a car accident, the company teeters on the brink of bankruptcy, distributors demand refunds, and suppliers gather outside to block the doors... One headache after another keeps piling up. The good news is that he comes with the [Full Pay, Full Heart] System. As long as he pays his employees, 1.2kReads6.9Score10314d adds
- 52 Reborn in 2002: I’m Generous With Money and Shares 重生2002，我舍得给钱送股份 This may be the most realistic rebirth novel on Tomato, and the male lead's business model of 'being willing to give people shares' may also be the most criticized business model on the platform... 295Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 53 Industrial Inspection: The Foreign Powers Are Actually Me! 工业大摸底：列强竟是我自己！ Because Western countries have restricted access to technology, the Dragon Kingdom’s military industry has been slow to develop. To assess the strength of private businesses, the government secretly launched the “Great Industrial Survey” initiative. After conducting the survey, the rabbits discovered that they weren’t short on long johns at all. They’d just been wearing them backward! Guangqi Paint, you use it to evade speed-detection radar? Aircraft carrier arresting cables? The Eagle guys have 1.8kReads5.8Score10014d adds
- 54 Reborn in 1994: I Started Changing My Fate 重生1994，逆天改命从此开始 Reborn in the summer of 1994. My parents are still young, and I can still make up for my regrets. Back then, Jack Ma was still teaching, and QQ wouldn’t appear for another five years. This time, I’ll never be a pushover again. I’ll put bullies in their place, win back my first love, help my brothers make money, and usher in an era of my own. No golden finger, no System, just memories from thirty years ahead of my time. Starting with the Subor learning computer, then a computer study room, then a 46Reads—Score114d adds
- 55 Getting the Whole Village into Online Loans to Build the Nation's Top Financial Village 带领全村撸网贷，打造第一金融村 Qin Feng is reborn in a parallel world and finds himself being hounded by a shady online loan platform... “Pay you back? Pay what back? You're loan sharks, and you still expect me to repay you?” He decides to go all in and takes out loans from dozens of online platforms. Not only that, he gets everyone in his village to do the same. Some time later, debt collectors arrive at Qin Village to collect. Dozens of tattooed thugs, armed with steel pipes and wearing menacing expressions, storm into the 5.7kReads8.4Score27514d adds
- 56 Back to 1985: My Military-Industrial Empire 重返1985：我的军工帝国 [Military industry + passion + technology] Qin Wenming, a military industry expert, pushed open the gate of an abandoned Third Front military factory, and the sight before him brought back scenes from his childhood! Qin Wenming rolled up his sleeves and got to work. The military-to-civilian conversion project was stalled? Qin Wenming stepped in to help make fluorescent lights! The Xin Bailin gun-laying radar had been destroyed? Qin Wenming repaired it and helped develop the domestic 371 radar! T 586Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 57 Way Ahead of the Curve: Starting with the Launch of Curved-Screen Phones 遥遥领先，从发布曲面屏手机开始 Want to get rich? Make phones. Want to save face? Handcraft a triple-fold concept phone. Launch a new model and you get cutting-edge tech, plus a search-and-recruit cheat that brings in a whole bunch of oddballs from the tech world. Wang Kun transmigrates and takes over his family's failing business. Watch him build a mobile phone empire in just three years. Huang Zhang of Meizu exclaimed, “He stole my title as the number one smartphone maker in Huaxia. He and I are sworn enemies.” Lei Jun of 1.7kReads9.3Score—14d adds
- 58 The Nation’s Sharpest Blade: The Country’s Top Scholar 国之利刃，巅峰国士 He was an unparalleled technological genius, a pillar of the nation. With his strength alone, he strengthened the nation and brought peace to its people. But in today’s society, entertainers hold sway while heroes fade into obscurity. Now that this peerless patriot has returned to an ordinary life, watch as he tears through this twisted world. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 Becoming a Super Rich Man Starting in College 从大学开始，成为超级富豪 Back in 2005, the internet was entering a golden age, and the protagonist hoped to claim the most delicious slice of the pie. Starting with Renren, he ventures into movies, phones, games, investments, entertainment, e-commerce, new energy, drones... From the internet to manufacturing, from the internet to showbiz, he builds his fortune while enjoying life. Watch as the protagonist gradually becomes a business magnate. 441Reads—Score10014d adds
- 60 Reborn in 1995: I Have a Fortune of Billions to Inherit 重生95，我有亿万家产要继承 (Both leads are reborn + real-world industry + multiple heroines + no System + not a wish-fulfillment story + slow burn) Jin Yang, born into a wealthy family, was raised by his parents to live frugally. He has little ambition and is better at preserving what he has than making progress. When his childhood sweetheart is humiliated and takes her own life, and foreign capital moves to encircle his company, he is powerless to fight back and can only retreat again and again. Reborn, Jin Yang naturall 11Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 61 It's Reasonable for an Entertainment Mogul to Have Some Dark Technology 搞文娱的有点黑科技很合理吧 A car accident forces Xu Yan to inherit the entertainment company his parents left behind. When Xu Yan takes the boss's chair at Century Entertainment, the world is in for a little shock from the Rabbit. Artificial intelligence, enhancement serums, transforming mechs... Just as Xu Yan is building his business into an empire and reaching new heights, a man with a black, egg-shaped head appears before him. “Want to see the multiverse?” 17Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 62 Black Tech: Starting with Selling $999 No-Name Phones 黑科技：从卖999元杂牌机开始 After graduating from college, Li Mu transmigrated to a parallel timeline and awakened the Cutting-Edge Technology Talent Summoning System. It was now 2011. Dami Technology had only recently been founded, Huawei phones had just shifted from carrier contracts to regular retail sales, and the mobile phone market was flourishing with all kinds of brands. Determined to make the words “far ahead” ring true, Li Mu plunged into the phone market and launched a no-name phone priced at 999 yuan. 692Reads—Score10914d adds
- 63 Reborn to Wealth: I Tricked Dad into Digging for Wild Ginseng 重生暴富，从忽悠老爸挖山参开始 I dedicate this book to the family, friendships, and love I have cherished throughout my life, and to everyone who has appeared along my journey. I’m grateful to have had you, all of you, in my life... 190Reads7.1Score10214d adds
- 64 Entertainment in 2000: My Little Sister Is a Goddess 文娱2000，我的妹妹是天仙 Reborn in 2000, Yu An has only one thought: protect his family. Starting out by shorting the Nasdaq, he buys Marvel, invests in Penguin, and takes control of Netflix, building an empire worth hundreds of billions that spans entertainment and technology. Think he is merely a godfather of business? No. He also intends to put his father in the White House and become the man at the helm of the world’s most powerful private military conglomerate. When Jewish financiers ignite war in Africa and Wal 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Reborn: The Tech Empire 重生之科技帝国 Reborn in 2003, back when Penguin wasn’t yet a behemoth and China’s internet companies hadn’t gone through their wild-growth phase. Li Jin is a genius from the future. Let’s see how he takes the world by storm. (This book requires you to check your brain at the door. If you curse me out, you’re right to.) 2Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 66 After Being Expelled from School, I Became a Tech-Savvy Dad 被学校开除后，我成了科技奶爸 [Doting dad] + [everyday life] + [technology] Zhou Zu unexpectedly transmigrates to a parallel world and discovers that he can build the cutting-edge technology he’s seen in movies. As he gazes up at the sky in dismay, overwhelmed by all the high-tech gadgets and unable to decide what to make, a cute little one comes running over. “Big brother, are you trying to fly into space?” … He can reach for the moon in the heavens and catch turtles in the deepest oceans. Zhou Zu realizes he was thin 465Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 67 A Building from the Start, All I Want Is to Collect Rent and Slack Off 开局一幢楼，只想收租摆烂 There goes a kid crying nonstop, there goes someone trying hard and losing every time... If I don't cry, I won't keep crying; if I don't try, I can't lose. I rose and fell countless times in my past life, watching the tides of fortune turn through the seasons, only to end up working for the bank. After being reborn, I don't want to work hard anymore. I just want to be a landlord and enjoy life. This story is entirely made up. If anything sounds familiar, come bite me~ 3.3kReads6.3Score12614d adds
- 68 An Eighties Kid Returns to 2001 80后回到2001 Multiple heroines + Russian sisters + beautiful mother and daughter + esports + stock trading riches: from 250 yuan in his pocket to a billion in assets They say everyone encounters seven opportunities in their lifetime, and seizing just one or two is enough to achieve financial freedom. If you could live your life over, how would you plan it? 259Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 I'm a Property Developer. Isn't It Only Natural to Have a Dance Troupe? 我是开发商有个舞团很合理吧 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 459Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 70 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 402Reads7.3Score10414d adds
- 71 Reborn in 2005: I Built a Bubble Tea Empire 重生零五，我靠奶茶创业封神 After being reborn, Lin Wan goes from a milk tea shop worker whose wages are withheld to the Milk Tea Queen, a goddess of capital who controls a trillion-yuan conglomerate. On the streets of Guangzhou in 2005, no one knows what an enormous consumer market is hidden in that cup of milk tea, let alone that her mind holds the fate of capital over the next twenty years. Watch her turn the tables against the odds, then ride the wave to success. 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 Reborn in 2008: I Want Both a Startup and the Campus Beauty! 重生08年，创业和校花我都要！ [Lighthearted Wish Fulfillment]+ [Reborn Male Lead]+ [College Campus]+ [Campus Belle]+ [Realistic Entrepreneurship]+ [No System] Zhang Chen, a teacher at a training center, was reborn in 2008 and took to the new era like a fish to water. In college, he had entrepreneurship on one side and the campus belle on the other. A reborn man doesn't have to choose. I want it all! Starting with a business in a small city, he found the right partners at university and built an invincible tech empire. Once w 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 Reborn: The Entrepreneurial Life 重生之创业人生 Early 2003. Taobao had yet to be founded, Xiaomi was nowhere to be seen, housing prices were still within reach, and every industry was thriving... With memories of the future, Chen Ping returned to 2003, a year when gold seemed to lie everywhere. 129Reads6.8Score2614d adds
- 74 Industrial Inspection: You’re Making Movies with Black Technology? 工业大摸底：你用黑科技拍电影？ Also known as: “Everyone Else Is Still Exploring Industry, and You're Already Digging Into Sci-Fi?” “I’m a Movie Mob Boss! From the Start, I Use a Nuke to Break Into the Eagle Sauce Market?” The Rabbit's industrial inspection revealed that the world's leading powers were actually… us. Aircraft carrier arresting cables, unmanned bombers, stealth coatings… These were all treasures! But just as the Rabbit thought these companies would land on Eagle Sauce's sanctions list, it turned out that the com 242Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 75 From Top Gaokao Scorer to Master of Civilization 从高考状元到文明掌控者 Reborn in 2007, Chen Wen only has three things in mind: Face-slapping, making money, and saving human civilization along the way. In his previous life, he was a chip engineer who died under mysterious circumstances. In this life, he's a high school senior with terrible grades, and his homeroom teacher publicly told him, "You'll only ever be good for hauling bricks." Chen Wen doesn't rush. He walks up to the blackboard and writes down three predictions in a flurry: The whole class: This guy's 525Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 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. 16.3kReads6.2Score1.1k14d adds
- 77 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
- 78 It's Only 2008, and You're Telling Me to Go to the Moon? 这才2008，你跟我说要登月？ Sci-fi + transmigration + no System + realistic simulation. The story follows a male lead who uses future artificial intelligence to secretly advance Huaguo's space program, all to save the female lead, who accidentally transmigrated to a lunar base. In the end, he joins forces with the country to rescue her. In 2001, the female lead accidentally opens a portal and vanishes without a trace. In 2020, the male lead opens the portal again and arrives at a lunar base in 2038. There, he discovers tha 68Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Tech Turns the Tables: Global Domination Starts with Cutting-Edge Tech 科技掀桌：制霸全球从黑科技开始 After transmigrating to a parallel world, Hao Huai inherits his adoptive father's research institute. The West imposes trade restrictions and cuts off chip supplies. With the nation in crisis, domestic businesses going bankrupt, the economy in steep decline, and technology under embargo, Hao Huai binds himself to a futuristic tech wristwatch. He creates a legend of scientific research for a great Eastern power, striking back against the blockade. 2 nm lithography machines, controlled nuclear fus 21Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 80 Reborn in 1999: I Am Liu Xianyang, the Flying Man 重生1999我是飞人刘显扬 “Either stay with the team and coach, or pay your way out!” Liu Xianyang, the Flying Man, is reborn in 1999 at this crossroads in his life. In his previous life, he was riddled with injuries, then discarded once he was no longer useful after retiring. Back at the end of the century, he will no longer let others dictate his fate. On the track, he is the Asian Flying Man who dominates the field and breaks records in the 110-meter hurdles; In the tides of the era, he seizes every opportunity to m 7.2kReads6.0Score80214d adds
- 81 Heaven-Defying Comprehension! I Build a Controllable Fusion Reactor for My Graduation Exam 悟性逆天！毕业考制造可控核聚变 [Patriotic tech + heaven-defying comprehension + nuclear fusion + Southern Heavenly Gate Project + the rise of the Dragon Nation + ruling the universe] Chen Jiang transmigrates into the body of a senior graduating from Longgong University. He awakens the heaven-defying comprehension System! With just a little familiarity with a subject, he can master it outright. So he starts by building controlled nuclear fusion for his graduation exam! Room-temperature superconductors, Xuannü, Luan Niao, the S 330Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 82 Reborn: The Business Empire of the Old Yuan Family 重生之老袁家的商业帝国 Reborn, he discovers that his father actually came back several years earlier. His father has laid a decent foundation. With no System and no golden finger, if he wants to lie flat, he’ll first need to build up the family’s assets. He’ll farm diligently and earn money honestly. Due to review requirements, Chapter 2 appears after Chapter 42. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause while reading. 727Reads6.9Score10214d adds
- 83 Reborn Youth: Building a Tech Empire 重生韶华：打造科技帝国 Reborn in his second year of high school, he applies to the youth program at the University of Science and Technology of China, accidentally becomes the top scorer in his province, and starts a tech company. From betting on soccer and copying futures trades to making phones and launching satellites, he sweeps all before him and goes into full overdrive, building his own tech empire and helping Chinese technology take off... 186Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 84 Reborn as the World's Richest Man 重生之世界首富 On their wedding day, his mother-in-law suddenly demanded another 100,000 yuan in bride price. Seeing this, Song Ning, reborn, turned around and walked away. “I’m not going through with this wedding.” 328Reads7.5Score18314d adds
- 85 Hong Kong Island, 1981: The Fierce Dragon Crosses the River 港岛1981：猛龙过江 Kidnap a mob boss for ransom from the start! Set up an Umbrella Security Company, then ship secondhand machines into China to earn the first pot of gold! After that, open a newspaper and start factories, focusing mainly on the video game industry. During the 1982 negotiations, snap up most of Hong Kong's industries at rock-bottom prices. From then on, millions of dockworkers depend on you for their livelihoods. Who would dare lay a hand on you? One heroine: Zhong Chuhong, with a heart devoted to 13.3kReads7.4Score68114d adds
- 86 From Starting with Nothing to Becoming a Global Oligarch 从白手起家到世界寡头 [Tech startups + beauties galore] After graduating from college, Lu Feng is humiliated by his future mother-in-law and awakens the Entrepreneurship System. Qingyun skincare products whiten skin and smooth wrinkles, taking the world by storm and winning the devotion of billions of women. His cancer drug hits the market, solving a major challenge in medicine and astonishing the world. His superpower battery makes its debut, ushering the auto industry into the age of new energy vehicles. Artificial 2.8kReads8.1Score18614d adds
- 87 Reborn in 1988: Starting a Business 重生1988开始创业 Reborn at eight years old, he's too young to change his fate by any means other than selling popsicles. From then on, money rolls in as he leads his family to prosperity, makes powerful friends, and rises to the top. Packed with nostalgic period flavor. If you love the vibe of the 1980s, come on in. 196Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 88 Reborn in 1996: The Father-and-Son Powerhouse Duo 重生1996之枭雄父子 After a car accident, Jiang Nan was unexpectedly reborn, returning to early 1996, an era when state-owned and collective enterprises were going bankrupt one after another and workers were being laid off. Thanks to his memories of his previous life, Jiang Nan helped his father, Jiang Dongping, avoid a frame-up and escape being fired. As Jiang Dongping rose to a higher position, he set about turning his workplace's fortunes around and getting it back on track. Meanwhile, drawing on his memories, J 46Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 89 Reborn in 1981: My Family Is Just a Little Powerful 重生1981：我的家族有亿点强 Lin Chu was reborn in 1981. At the time, his family was at the height of its power, and his grandfather, the family's bedrock, was still alive. His father was ambitious and poised to climb the political ladder. The woman who would bring him endless humiliation in his previous life had yet to fulfill their engagement. Overjoyed, Lin Chu vowed to turn his family's imminent decline around. He would make the wife from his previous life, who had looked down on him, regret it for the rest of her life. 48Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 90 Reborn into My Golden Age 重生我的黄金时代 An ordinary engineer suddenly finds himself back after the college entrance exams, following a short nap during an overtime shift. Having failed to get into the university he wanted in his previous life, this time he doesn't dare get carried away. He diligently reaches for the best he can manage, embarking on his second life in a whole new way and encountering wave after wave of challenges... 119Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 91 Now That I've Been Reborn, Who'd Still Be a Simp?! 都重生了，谁还做舔狗啊！ [Reborn + no System + making money + entrepreneurship] Reborn in 2008, Luo Tian refuses to be a lovesick doormat and uses his knowledge of the future to buy stocks, start companies, and stockpile properties. He only wants to earn enough for retirement, then settle down somewhere scenic and lie flat for the rest of his life. But then the second-generation rich kids of the capital throw their weight around. They treat him like a cash cow, threaten and intimidate him, and try to buy his company at 1.4kReads8.5Score10314d adds
- 92 Reborn in 2000: From Couch Potato to Business Tycoon 重生2000：咸鱼翻身变首富 [Also known as: Fortune That Reaches the Heavens] Awakening one day, Feng Qingyun returns to twenty years ago. After a previous life of poverty, despair, and being bullied by everyone, he swears that this time he will shake up the business world and rise to its very peak! 139Reads8.2Score3314d adds
- 93 Reborn: I Become a Financial Tycoon Starting With the College Entrance Exam 重生：从高考开始当金融大亨 [Finance + Technology + Mobile Internet + Business Empire + Getting Rich] Reborn in 2009, I’d be letting my second chance go to waste if I didn’t become a world-class big shot! Step one: study hard, become the top scorer, and get into a good school. The scholarship will be my first pot of gold, and my future college classmates will be invaluable connections! Step two: use my advantage as someone reborn to steal other people’s ideas and leave them with nowhere to go. I just didn’t mean to take th 786Reads7.0Score10414d adds
- 94 Back in 2003, I Became a Tech Mogul 重回2003做科技大佬 [Reborn] + [Internet] + [Business warfare] Reborn in 2003, Chen Dongsheng makes the grand vow to achieve 25,000 small goals. The early story focuses on internet business warfare, the middle on mobile operating systems and chips, and the later stages on cars and lithography machines. In the final stages, it goes wild with sci-fi technology, if there is any. His golden finger is a bare-bones AI equipped with only some software code and reference materials. 4.1kReads8.2Score11314d adds
- 95 I Wasn’t Reborn, but I’m Giving the World’s Technology a Shocking Upgrade 没重生的我给世界科技来点振撼 [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [A Hard-Core Rise] [Huaxin Technology is the company name; Huaxing is the product line] My name is Shen Fei! The Shen in Shen Real Estate. My family has billions in assets, and lying flat while inheriting the family business is the best choice in life. My first lesson in life was: never start a business. But one perfectly ordinary day, I suddenly got bound to a Black-Tech System, which immediately gave me a 14-nanometer chip design as a welcome gift... It also gave me a 8kReads7.8Score34814d adds
- 96 The Golden Age Against the Tide 逆流黄金年代 Reborn in 2000, Lin Xiaolei finds that real estate has yet to take off, the internet has just weathered a downturn, and the retail industry is only getting started. As the tide of the times rolls in, what will he choose? Lin Xiaolei says, “I want to make money.” “And after you’ve made money?” “Make even more money.” “What do you need all that money for?” “Make money with money...” 2.8kReads8.2Score16914d adds
- 97 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! 2.1kReads8.2Score14714d adds
- 98 Reborn, I Quit Being a Good Sport and Became a Tycoon 重生后不做老实人的我成神豪 Reborn in 2002, with more than 20 years' worth of accumulated knowledge and experience, plus an extraordinary physique thanks to his new beginning, what will Cheng Ke do? Start a business? No! No! No! That's way too exhausting. Why not just invest instead? There's nothing better than counting money while standing, lying down, or sitting. Beautiful women? The more, the merrier, of course. Entertainment stars, cool and aloof heiresses, flirtatious twins, wild foreign beauties... They're all his co —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Reborn: From the Start, I Made a Billion Yuan in One Go 重生之开局狂赚一百亿 Lu Yongping lived an unremarkable life. Reborn, he decided to make his second life shine in a whole new way. He returned to the moment the 2010 college entrance exams ended. His extraordinary life officially began. He snapped up a place at a top-tier university and won big on the World Cup lottery. He bought shares in companies that would later become industry giants. He helped major electric vehicle makers enter China ahead of schedule and made their patents open source. He invested early in ch 350Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 100 Back at Eighteen, I Have No Choice but to Make a Comeback! 重返十八，我只好逆袭！ [Reborn in College]+ [Urban Slice of Life]+ [Business and Making Money]+ [Youth and Campus]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [No System] Lin Mo is reborn, back in the summer of 2011. He’s returned to the best age of all: eighteen. This time, he’ll live a more exciting and freer life. 882Reads7.2Score8514d adds
