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- 101 Reborn in 1995: Technology Sanctions? I’ll Mass-Produce Academicians 重生九五：科技制裁？我量产院士 [All handmade, no AI, guaranteed quality, with frequent updates!!!] [Rise of a Great Power + Drones + New Energy + Corporate Warfare + Military R&D + Feel-Good Story + Technological Overwhelming + Academicians] In 1995, the world's cutting-edge technology was concentrated in the hands of a few major powers. The West had a firm grip on our country's vital industries, making any breakthrough a daunting challenge for the Yan Kingdom. Zhang Tianzhi founded a company and rode against the tide of th 131Reads—Score14814d adds
- 102 The Top 108 Post-00s Billionaires 108位零零后亿万富豪榜 The future is here. The Fourth Industrial Revolution has officially begun. Riding this wave, the world has produced countless billionaires. The editor has collected and compiled the stories of people listed in various billionaire rankings from 2035 to 2055. This book draws on the stories of 108 billionaires born in the 2000s, members of an older generation by then, in the hope of inspiring young readers. My friends, our fathers built the prosperous era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. But wh —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 Reborn: The Business Empire That Rose from a Small County Town 重生之从小县城走出的商业帝国 Chen Hongyu was a programmer ground down by work in his previous life. After working nonstop for seventy-two hours, he dropped dead outside his office. When he opened his eyes again, he had been reborn in the summer of 2012, just after the college entrance exams! He was eighteen, with thirteen years of memories. This time, he would never again be a coder who worked himself to the bone for an annual bonus! In 2012, the area outside Yongcheng County Experimental Middle School was still wasteland, 745Reads5.9Score10214d adds
- 104 I Sell Herbal Plasters, and Somehow I Have 100,000 Distributors 我卖狗皮膏药居然有十万名代理商 Li Qiankun is reborn in 2014. In his first year, he makes his first fortune in social commerce: a tidy sum of one hundred million yuan. In his second year, he enters the cosmetics industry and starts emptying rich women’s purses. In his third year, he leads a hundred thousand agents in opening a chain of snack shops. Ten years later, a reporter asks, “Mr. Li, how does it feel to be the world’s richest man?” “Money is just a number to me. Besides, I’m not interested in money.” 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 A Radiant New Beginning 光辉的新生 An ordinary person is reborn, still with no power or influence. How can he use the little bits of information he remembers to gradually change his fate and live a life that's anything but ordinary? And what thoughts and inspiration might a life that feels so close to reality bring to the author and readers alike? Rebirth isn't real, but we can imagine ourselves reborn from years in the future. How should we adjust our mindset and start changing the parts of our lives we're unhappy with right now 177Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 Back to 1992 to Become the Chip King 回到1992当芯片大王 On the eve of his business empire's IPO, Shen Yueshan woke up back in 1992. Amid the tide of reform and opening up, watch him start from scratch once again, building from a small workshop, using household products as a springboard to amass wealth, develop chips, join the trade war, and restore China's former glory! 126Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 107 The Masked Drinking Party 假面酒局 The Masquerade Drinking Party —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 Dami Heavy Industries: In 2009, I Built a Lithography Machine by Hand 大米重工：我09年，手搓光刻机 [Reborn + Technology + System + Industrialist + Patriotic] When Lin Zhou woke up, he had returned to 2009, the year that changed his life. That year... Carrying fifteen years of future memories and lingering regret, Lin Zhou bonded with the [Super Technology Factory] System! Blueprints? Materials? Equipment? Talent? As long as he had points, he could redeem anything, from a screw to an interstellar battleship! “Sorry, your technology blockade doesn't work on me.” “Lithography machines? Let's sta 111Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 109 Back to the Turn of the Century: I Have a Pay-to-Win Tech System 重回世纪末：我有氪金科技系统 Xu Musheng, who had many regrets in the first half of his life, is reborn in the golden age at the end of the 1990s. This time, he won’t simply live his life over again. With a pay-to-upgrade technology System, how will Xu Musheng change the course of his life… 7Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 110 Hardcore Chips: A New Era of Technology 硬核芯片：科技新纪元 Foreign powers hold the key patents; the whole nation fights to break through. With a spark, I light the way for China's chip industry. From outmaneuvering Hu Qiang to breaking the technology monopoly, from nanometer processes to breaking through across the entire supply chain, I slay every obstacle in my path and secure the future of semiconductors! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 I Just Built a Car, So Why Is Everyone Losing Their Minds? 我就造个车，怎么你们都发疯了？ One morning, Cheng Qing woke up to find himself in another world. Here, domestic cars always lost to joint-venture brands. They were often looked down on and ridiculed. He was a car-review streamer, and after someone provoked him, he decided to build cars himself. “Ding! Congratulations, you’ve obtained super carbon alloy technology. This material is twice as strong as titanium alloy!” “Ding! You’ve hit the jackpot again! Aerospace-grade glass technology is yours! It can withstand both extremel —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 A Legend in This Life 传奇今世 A new work is here! Welcome to Tomato Novel to read my story. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 Reborn in 2008: I Used Black Technology to Remake the World 重生08，我用黑科技魔改世界 [Rebirth + cutting-edge technology + business warfare + one (or two) heroines + wish fulfillment] In his previous life, he was the chief architect of the nation’s heavy industry. He worked himself to death developing the “Transcendent Computing Core.” When he opened his eyes again, Shen Feng had returned to 2008, an era of wild ambition and gold on every street corner. Even more incredible, the chip implanted in his brain, “Maple Leaf,” had come back with him! Starting out in a rundown attic in —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 Making Phones? I’m Used to Backstabbing the Competition 造手机？我习惯了背刺友商 (I got maliciously review-bombed. You know how it goes...) [Mobile Phones and Gadgets + Thrilling Business Rivalries + Technological Breakthroughs + Tech Supremacy] After transmigrating to 2010, the watershed year between feature phones and smartphones, Chen Che defied the naysayers and resolutely entered the mobile phone business. The iPhone 4 burst onto the scene, redefining the smartphone with its Retina display and glass body. Samsung rose to power with its Galaxy series and self-developed d 3.3kReads7.1Score19914d adds
- 115 How to Become the Richest Man! 首富是怎样养成的！ Mo Chu transmigrates to a parallel world in 2012, where he becomes a fourth-year university student and takes over his family's old, run-down appliance factory. With a keen understanding of the times, he reforms the business, starts a venture while still in college, builds his personal brand, and rises to every challenge. Step by step, he turns himself into the richest man in the world. My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, 55Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 116 I Sold a Toy Emperor Hero, So Why Are You Asking About Military Mechs? 卖个玩具帝皇侠，军用机甲什么鬼 [Cooperation with the State] [Military Industry] [Rise of a Great Power] [Love of Country and Family] [Black Technology] [Mechanical Ascension] [Interstellar] [I'm just a toy salesman, so why do you insist I'm an arms dealer?] Chu Yunqiu unlocks the [Modification System]. As long as others acknowledge his products, he earns modification points and black technology! With this System, he quickly becomes a toy-industry tycoon and launches the Emperor Armor Summoner! Netizens: "What good is a summon —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 Reborn: From Atomic Reassembly to Industrial Hegemony 重生：从原子重组到工业霸主 [Industry] [Finance] [Technology] [Nantianmen Project] Reborn in 2000, Han Wentao discovers his golden finger: [Atomic Recombination]. He can control the arrangement of atoms in any material! A pencil becomes a diamond in his hands. Rice becomes a diamond. Wood? That can become a diamond too! Every material that exists, or even exists only in theory, is like a building block to him, ready to be freely assembled and recombined! With a swipe of his hand, ordinary bearings become smoother than a mi 53.2kReads8.1Score5.2k14d adds
- 118 Reborn in 1985: Going All In on the Tech Tree 重生1985狂点科技树 Reborn 50 years in the past, Wang Ming is stuck in a little body and can't do a thing! With no other choice, he urges his parents to go into business overseas, persuades his second uncle to move abroad, and buries himself in his studies at school. He becomes a student of Mr. Qian, advances the chip industry, and uses Xingchen Corporation as his starting point. Backed by the Hongmeng Laboratory, he leads Chinese companies in rapidly advancing their technological capabilities... Just as everything 337Reads6.8Score10314d adds
- 119 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
- 120 Black Technology: Starting with Selling Phones 黑科技：从卖手机开始 Lighthearted, slow-burn, and as far from mindless or formulaic as possible. A satisfying read that keeps up with current events. After transmigrating, Li Yu obtained a cutting-edge technology System. At the time, Xiaomi had only just been founded, domestic phones were still overpriced and underpowered, and Tesla had yet to become a sensation. So, at the launch event for the Tianqi 1 phone, Li Yu shouted the now-famous line from the phone industry: "Far ahead!" 158Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 121 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
- 122 Urban: From the Start, I’m One Billion in Debt 都市：开局负债十个亿 After transmigrating to a parallel world, he thought he’d become a rich second-generation heir who could achieve financial freedom. He never expected to end up with a father who had a dream. His father had invested his entire fortune in building cars for the sake of that dream, only to be swindled by his business partner and lose everything. Now the family’s factory was facing the risk of running out of funds. His father was so furious he nearly died, and could only recover in the hospital. Chen 2.1kReads7.0Score10614d adds
- 123 My Dad Is a Billionaire, and I'm an Unruly Spendthrift! 我爸是首富，我是逆天败家子！ [Tech Power Fantasy] + [Hardcore Rise] + [Spoiled Heir] (The ratings just opened, so they’ll go up.) [Huaxin Technology is the company; Huaxing is the product line.] My name is Shen Fei! The Shen in my name comes from Shen City real estate. My family has billions in assets, so lying flat and inheriting the family business would be the best life I could ask for. But I have one unusual hobby: I love starting businesses! As the saying goes, there’s nothing scarier than a second-generation heir who 5.1kReads7.0Score25114d adds
- 124 My Car Is Packed with Cutting-Edge Tech. What Can a Porsche Do Against Me? 全车黑科技，保时捷拿什么跟我比 Ren Yi wakes up to find that he has transmigrated to a parallel world. Domestic cars are trounced by joint-venture brands and suffer contempt and ridicule. Ren Yi takes over Huawi Motors, a company on the verge of bankruptcy, and unexpectedly binds himself to the Heavenly Court Heavy Industries System. “Ding! Congratulations, player! You’ve drawn super carbon alloy technology, twice as strong as titanium alloy!” “Ding! Congratulations, player! You’ve drawn aerospace glass technology, resistant t —Reads—Score27614d adds
- 125 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
- 126 You Were Supposed to Conquer the Campus Belle, but You Want to Be the Godfather of Technology 让你攻略校花，你却要当科技教父 (Internet + technology + business warfare + the rise of a great nation + a light System) Reborn in 2008, Xu Lang awakens the "Heartthrob System." Now that he’s been reborn, why bother with romance? He’s obviously going to build a career and make money. Who says affection can only be earned by dating? Why not win over the entire world and earn everyone’s favor? He launches Happy Farm, takes on Penguin head-on, and earns his first fortune. He develops smartphones and operating systems, makes chips 21.7kReads7.7Score1.7k14d adds
- 127 You Told Me to Play on My Phone, So Why Did I Make a 3-Nanometer Chip by Hand? 让你玩手机，你手搓3纳米芯片？ (Cutting-edge tech + System + feel-good power fantasy + single heroine; the early focus is on making phones) Yang Chen transmigrates into a parallel world where phones are incredibly expensive. He becomes a tech-zone content creator and awakens the Item Upgrade System. Anything he uses can be upgraded. Modifying items also earns him skill points, which he can then use to obtain any advanced technology in the world. So Yang Chen starts a phone company, determined to make affordable, high-quality 423Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 128 A Red Hacker's Journey Through the Heavens 红客的诸天之旅 This is the story of a red hacker who transmigrates through the Myriad Worlds and forges a sword to defend his country. There are no System missions and no forced plot. There is only a heart devoted to his country and a passion with nowhere else to go. Who says you have to carry a gun to defend your homeland? A keyboard can be just as strong a backbone. An eighteen-year-old red hacker, with a damaged heart and a blazing passion. Ouyang Ailong is a core member of the China Red Hacker Alliance, co 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 Reborn: Starting with Games, I Bring a Cultural Invasion to America 重生，从游戏开始文化入侵美利坚 The beginning is a little slow-paced. I've taken the criticism to heart and will pick up the pace from here on. Sorry for letting my fellow reborn people down! How can you be reborn and not do something big? I'm going to try turning the tables and bringing Chinese culture to America. Chen An starts out in the gaming industry, then moves into entertainment, music, and even novels, giving the American people a taste of the good stuff. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 Infinite Cutting-Edge Technology: My Happy Life Starts Now 无限黑科技：幸福人生从此开始 [Cutting-edge technology + pocket dimension + System + powered exoskeleton + starships + global catastrophe] Mu Tian accidentally binds himself to the Happy Life mini System, an unusual and highly specialized little System. Mu Tian earns his initial capital by trading stocks with artificial intelligence, then uses technological supremacy to crash global stock markets, landing on the wanted list at lightning speed. The Sky Screen Technology founded by Mu Tian is like a canopy guarding the skies o 407Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 131 Reborn: I Return to My Village to Start a Business, and the Whole Village Gets Rich 重生：回村创业，全村暴富 Sun Tong is reborn in his university days. After binding to the Super Village System, he vows to lead the residents of Sunjia Village to prosperity. When he first becomes village chief, Sun Tong swears to make the whole village the envy of everyone. Many years later: “That kid from the Wang family is so lucky. I heard his partner is from Sunjia Village, and apparently her family’s wedding gifts were worth several million.” “Several million? I heard the dowry was worth tens of millions!” “Apparen 360Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 Back in 2006, I’m Just a Kid Developing Cutting-Edge Technology 重回06我一个小孩发展黑科技 Lei Dong came back to life in 2006. Armed with knowledge of the future and a brain sharper than Einstein’s, which he gained after being reborn, he changed the world. The course of history, once perfectly normal, was already in tatters. From then on, the world had a genius and great man named Lei Dong: a milestone in human history, and a great man praised by everyone for years to come. (The above is pure nonsense.) 67Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 Building the World’s Strongest Industrial Empire, Starting with Materials and Equipment 从材料设备开始打造最强工业帝国 (Industry ~ reborn ~ golden finger ~ period piece ~ technology) What's the greatest regret of our modern industrial history? It was never a lack of technical know-how. It was that, time and again, whenever we reached a critical crossroads, some petty schemer would stir up trouble. Building the Yun-10 is worse than buying one, and buying one is worse than leasing one. One mishap after another. Chen Yinquan, a soybean-breeding expert, was beaten to death by thugs. At a crucial point in semiconduct 540Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 134 Reborn in 2008: I Use Technology to Dominate the World 重生2008：我用科技制霸全球 [Rebirth + System + Technology + One Female Lead + The Stars and the Sea] The story of a 36-year-old middle-aged loser who is reborn in 2008 and fights against the current. 59Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 135 The Strongest Rising Star 最强红人 At nearly thirty, Zhang Chengguang had terrible luck. His career was plagued by setbacks, and his superiors humiliated and oppressed him. Even his beloved wife chose that moment to ask for a divorce! Zhang Chengguang had reached the darkest point of his life. Then, an accident changed everything. After rescuing an old man on the roadside who was close to death, he suddenly became director of the General Office of Dongjiang Iron and Steel Group. From then on, he rose steadily, enjoying success at 257Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 136 Reborn in 1998: From Selling CDs to Internet Legend 重生98：从卖光盘到互联网传奇 Li Fan returns to the summer of 1998, after the college entrance exams. He makes his first fortune selling CDs… He builds the Tianya Forum, attracting tens of millions of users with “Workplace Stories” and “Emotional Confessions”… He launches the “Steal Vegetables” and “Grab a Parking Spot” mini-games, which sweep the country… He takes part firsthand in the mobile internet and short-video revolutions… Group buying, food delivery, ride-hailing, short videos… 116Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 I Only Wanted to Lose Money at First, but Ended Up a Great Boss 一开始只想亏钱，却成了好老板 [System + company management + tenfold cash back on losses + scheming] Li Yuan had to make things difficult for his employees if he wanted to lose money. “Are you willing to work overtime?” “I can work overtime!” “Sorry, you haven’t been hired. Our company doesn’t allow overtime.” The average workday is just six hours, with weekends off. Anyone who dares to work overtime gets fired! Hold a meeting after work? Sorry, that’s not a thing. Everyone leaves on time! System: “You’re going too far!” Li 68Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 Back to 14: My Unrestrained Life 重回14，我的肆意人生 [Reborn + satisfying read + internet business warfare + multiple heroines + clever characters] After a night of heavy drinking, he woke up reborn at his high school graduation party in 2014. That year, his naive childhood friend had yet to leave. The kind auntie who sold snacks by the school gate had yet to fall victim to a crime. And the stunning older schoolgirl was still waiting for the one destined for her… An ordinary man starts changing his fate against all odds with the World Cup. The int 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 Reborn: My Cutting-Edge Tech Has the Whole World Drooling 重生后，我的黑科技馋哭全球 [Cutting-edge technology] [No female lead] [Business] Qin Cheng is reborn in 2010, back in his college days, with only a few dozen yuan to his name. A System notification pops up: [Host detected in a state of extreme poverty. Unlock future technology?] He stares at the “genetic entropy lock” in the future technology database and swallows hard. He could sell this thing to a major corporation for at least tens of billions, right? In year one, he uses an AI voice assistant to face-slap Silicon 1Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 140 Made in China 中国制造 Change the fundamental methods of manufacturing and create an entirely new world. This is the story of Zhao Fei, who finds an alien manufacturing base, transforms the manufacturing industry, and redefines Made in China. 315Reads—Score1314d adds
- 141 Transmigrated in 1977: From Village Boy to Global Tycoon 穿越77从山村少年到全球大亨 [Slow burn] [Everyday life] [Technology] [Literature and the arts] [Film and TV] [Martial arts] [Hometown community] Back to 1977: The Gentle Scholar Is Actually the Godfather of the World In the winter of 1977, Li Jue awoke with memories of his past life and an offline knowledge base. He became an impoverished orphan in a mountain village in western Sichuan. Others took the college entrance exam to move to the city. He took it to lay the groundwork for his plans. While his classmates were still 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 Reborn to Build Cars: They Make Promises, I Mass-Produce 重生造车：他们画饼，我直接量产 The Ratings Are Out, and They’re Still Rising Reborn in the barren early days of the automotive industry, Lin Feng finds himself in a world of ruthless competition, empty promises, and foreign monopolies that keep domestic companies dependent at every turn. Lin Feng awakens a god-tier car manufacturing System. He focuses on core technologies, developing engines, batteries, and autonomous driving systems in-house. Foreign companies join forces to impose a technological blockade and comprehensive 1.4kReads5.2Score—14d adds
- 143 Forging a Tech Empire Across Film and TV Worlds 人在综影铸造科技霸权 [Tech supremacy + Umbrella Corporation + industrial manufacturing + software technology + military industry + mechanical engineering + crossover] A programmer transmigrates to the parallel universe of Blue Star, and sets out to establish technological supremacy for Huaguo! I’m no good at writing blurbs. Please read the story. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 Watch Me Stir Up a Storm in the Stock Market 看我如何在股市舞动风云 From losing everything to becoming the legendary “Stock Saint,” it took him just four years. During the 2008 financial crisis, finance student Lin Xiaofeng went all in against the market as stocks crashed. When the four-trillion-yuan stimulus was announced, his assets multiplied a hundredfold, but he had also stepped onto capitalism’s bloodiest battlefield. Inside were insider deals, leverage, and lies, as well as a web of stock manipulation spun by industrialists. Only when he was set up and br 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 From Gifted Student to Extraordinary Scholar 从天才学生到超凡大学士 Everyday life + strategy + business + technology. Technological progress doesn’t happen overnight. Reborn in a parallel world in the year 2000, Qin Jun used his foresight to start laying the groundwork early. Step by step, he filled in the gaps and led his people and his country toward prosperity, and onward into space. P.S. There’s a farm, but this isn’t a farming novel. Agricultural security is also an important part of national security. Synopsis two: More than twenty years ago, Qin Jun sold 378Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 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
- 147 Reborn in 2000: Fired by Tencent from the Start 重生2000：开局被鹅厂开除 [Rebirth + Pengcheng + entertainment + internet business wars + global tech rivalry] In 2025, Li Yun, a Blue Star programmer and struggling author, died suddenly late at night while researching the art of an island nation. In 2000, the US internet bubble burst, and a global internet winter swept across the world. Major internet companies everywhere began laying off workers to save themselves. Future internet giants Baidu, Tencent, and Alibaba were struggling to stay afloat. Apple was still in th 42.9kReads7.4Score2.8k14d adds
- 148 Oh No, I've Arrived in a Parallel World 完蛋我来到平行世界了 He unexpectedly transmigrates to a parallel timeline, a world almost identical to the one he knows, yet secretly different. Here, technology and social change are still at their starting point, and history has followed the same course. But Li Chen discovers that the people and memories from his original world seem not to exist here. Everything feels brand new. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 Soda, Cats, and a Ten-Million-Euro Beluga Whale 3 汽水，猫与一千万欧元的白鲸3 This is a prequel, covering everything from A’s youth to the founding of Heaven. Three new characters join the plot to seize dominance in the AI pet world: Chairman Lin Jingyuan, whose death marks the starting point; CEO Whale Fall; spokesperson Paper Kite; journalist Chen Wei; and von Elsa, with her AI ethics exemption. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 A Merchant's Journey Abroad 异国商途 Guo Feng mortgaged his family home and handed 200,000 yuan to an agency. They promised him a job at a New York restaurant, with meals and accommodation included and a monthly salary of $3,000. But when he arrived, he discovered that the so-called “high-paying position” was nothing but illegal kitchen work in Chinatown. The pay was only a third of what they had promised, and they kept deducting various “agency fees.” When he tried to seek justice, the unscrupulous agency had already vanished with 14Reads—Score—14d adds
