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- 101 Ten Years at an Electronics Factory: I Set the Internet Ablaze and Bought a Cullinan 十年电子厂，火爆全网怒提库里南 Heroes are made by the times, and everywhere you look, there are poor young men hoping to turn their lives around. A man needs a windfall to grow rich, just as a horse needs extra feed at night to grow strong. A man may aspire to reach the heavens, but without good fortune, he cannot make his way on his own. When great fortune arrives, your fortunes can turn faster than a page can be flipped! When fortune rises, even a dragon lifts its head; when fortune fades, even a dragon is trapped in a 1.2kReads8.6Score10514d adds
- 102 Reborn: I Exploited a Game Bug on Day One and Made 500,000 a Day 重生首日游戏卡bug日入50万 Reborn in 2005 + Legend + Playboy + Period Setting + Sudden Wealth + Breakup from the Start Twenty years ago, if you had bought a house in Xiamen for 500,000 yuan, it would be worth 8 million yuan today. Twenty years ago, if you had bought 500,000 yuan worth of Kweichow Moutai stock, it would be worth 80 million yuan today. Twenty years ago, if you had bought 500,000 yuan worth of Tencent stock, it would be worth 270 million yuan today. Fifteen years ago, if you had bought 500,000 yuan worth of 3.1kReads8.1Score18614d adds
- 103 Reborn in 2010: The AI in My Head Is Too Powerful 重生2010我脑中的AI太强了 My name is Chen Yiran. I was reborn in 2010, just as I was about to study abroad. An AI agent appeared in my mind. Its large language model uses my brain, and I named it Jasmine. But how can it be so much better than me when it’s using my brain? [I use your brain as my model, so if I’m amazing, that means you’re amazing too. Please open the terminal and enter python scraper.py.] All right, as you wish, Lady Jasmine. 39.1kReads7.7Score3.2k14d adds
- 104 Cutting-Edge Tech Delivered Every Month: Is America Going to Sanction Me? 每月发放黑科技，美帝要制裁我？ After transmigrating to 2008, Lin Chen finds himself the owner of a phone contract-manufacturing plant on the verge of bankruptcy. Eight million in debt, 500,000 in cash, and a stockpile of feature phones nobody wants to buy. Just as he's about to cut and run, the System arrives. [Technology Reward: Deep Blue Mobile Operating System 1.0] From that moment on, Lin Chen sets out on a path of his own. The System grants him one cutting-edge technology every month: starting with a mobile operating sys 28.6kReads8.0Score2.2k14d adds
- 105 Starting in 1979: They Call Me the Dirty Cop 从1979开始：他们叫我黑警 [Period] [Comedy] [Crime Solving] [Ensemble Cast] [Everyday Family Life] [Six Consecutive Promotions] Xu Sanjin hit the jackpot and arrived in 1979. After getting divorced, he was specially recruited into the police force. Xu Sanjin regarded the leader as his trusted confidant, while the leader said Xu Sanjin was his greatest threat. Everyone said he was devious, but only those who knew him understood just how devious he really was. 513.2kReads9.1Score82.9k14d adds
- 106 Reborn, I Built a Business Empire 重活一世，我铸就商业帝国 Lu Chen, who once owned a company worth tens of billions, dies with regrets and is reborn in his second year of high school in 2007. In his previous life, he wasted his youth, lost both his parents, and spent his whole life missing his chance to be with Shu Qingwan. Now reborn with twenty years of memories of the future, Lu Chen throws himself into his studies to get into a top university, seizes the internet boom, and gets ahead of the curve by investing in social media, short videos, and socia 117Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 Impersonating a Beijing Elite, I Control Global Capital 冒充京圈子弟，操纵全球资本 [Reborn + Magnate + Making Money + Politics and Business + Ruthless + Period Piece + Tycoon + High IQ] A fresh take with no substitutes. Sixty million dropped into my lap from the start. If you were me, how would you spend it? Chen Hao gave himself a suitably flashy identity and set out to make his mark across the globe. As long as your identity is mysterious enough, money from all over the world will flow into your pockets. "Young Master Chen, should we buy this plot of land?" "Buy it." "Young 93.8kReads8.7Score15.7k14d adds
- 108 Exchange for a Peking University Admission Letter the Night Before the Gaokao Results 高考出分前一晚，兑换北大录取书 On the night before the college entrance examination results were released, Ji Bai came across a post: [You have ten dollars. How will you spend it?] 1. Return to ten years ago ($6) 2. An apartment in Beijing ($2) 3. A model's physique ($1) 4. Be together with the person you love ($5) 5. An admission letter from Peking University ($8) Ji Bai had seen countless wish-fulfillment posts like this. He casually commented, “I choose 5+2. That's exactly ten dollars.” [Ding! System binding complete! Purc 620kReads8.1Score83.3k14d adds
- 109 I Got a Tycoon System, but I Just Want to Transcend the Ordinary 获得神豪系统，我只想超凡 [Transcendence with a Tycoon System] [Only I Have Supernatural Powers] [Warhammer-Inspired Setting] [Invincible] He obtains the Perfect Tycoon System. One hundred million in cash, or 10 attribute points? He chooses the latter. Going from a city goblin to the perfect urban heartthrob is only the beginning. He exploits the Tycoon System for supernatural perks, growing step by step into an immortal. Others use tycoon systems to make money and enjoy life. He uses his System as a cultivation accelera 67kReads8.5Score8.1k14d adds
- 110 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
- 111 Nationwide Tower Defense: I Can Refresh Rewards Without Limit! 全民塔防：我能无限刷新奖励！ [Roguelike + Invincible + Tower Defense + Upgrade Progression + Farming] All of humanity has been pulled into a tower defense world, where endless monsters await extermination. Kill the monsters, or die! While everyone else is struggling to choose upgrade rewards and celebrating over a single purple reward, Lin Mu has already started refreshing his rewards endlessly! What? Purple rewards are great? Sorry, I don't even look at rewards below red! Next, behold the territory of all-red Mythic Towers 845Reads5.1Score10014d adds
- 112 Reborn: You Keep Grinding, I'll Take It Easy 重生：你们卷，我躺赢 Period setting + no System + one female lead + chips + lithography machines + smartphones + Bitcoin + new energy vehicles + game development + esports + internet + AI + data services + real estate + business warfare + face-slapping Reborn in 2008, he had only a few hundred yuan in his pocket. That year, Bitcoin was still worth less than a cent, Jensen Huang was still selling graphics cards, no one knew what AI was, the mobile gaming market was a blue ocean, the golden decade for real estate had 682Reads7.0Score22014d adds
- 113 With Just One Library, I Outclass the World's Technology 凭借一座图书馆，吊打全球科技 Years later, Chu Qianlan finally boarded the spaceship he had secretly built. Looking back, even Forbes could no longer calculate his wealth. His legend was told throughout the high-tech industries. His Xinghai Technology had become the world’s most powerful company, and its Fanxing phones had captured the largest market share. More importantly, he had already set his sights on the stars. Gao Tong: Ever since Xinghai Technology rose to prominence, nothing has gone right for me in Longguo. Gu Ge: 6.3kReads5.8Score38614d adds
- 114 From the Start, I Sold Dad’s Company and Used Technology to Rule the World 开局卖掉老爹公司，科技称霸世界 [System] + [Industry and Technology] + [Power Fantasy] + [Dominating Through Technology] Reborn in 2017, he obtains a cutting-edge technology system. The protagonist starts in the new energy industry, then moves into smartphones, drones, rockets, lithography machines, and other fields of industrial technology. When the time is right, he develops quantum technology, ion propulsion, life support systems, controlled nuclear fusion, space navigation, and more, setting out beyond Earth... Countless n 3.2kReads6.6Score15514d adds
- 115 Reborn in 1996: A Chipmaking Journey 重生1996：芯途 “What is this lithography machine you want to build?” “It’s the dream of every Chinese person.” “Then where do we start?” “With a mirror.” “Zhang Cheng, what are you doing?” Jiang Yiyi asked. “What if I told you I just picked up a ray of light? Would you believe me?” 2kReads—Score11514d adds
- 116 Slacking Off at College Made Me Stronger, and Now the Campus Beauties Are Confessing and Chasing Me 大学摸鱼就变强，众校花表白倒追 [Campus Life] + [Taking It Easy] + [Multiple School Beauties] + [Wealthy Protagonist] Gu Bai was reborn, returning to his college days, when cutthroat competition was at its worst. In his previous life, he worked like a dog to get into graduate school and pursue the campus beauty, only to end up with nothing. This time, Gu Bai made up his mind: To hell with the rat race. I'm going to take it easy! [Ding! The Host has refused to run for student council and successfully slacked off. Reward: 1 mill 15.2kReads6.1Score1.6k14d adds
- 117 Reborn as a Thoroughly Ordinary Man 重生之我是大俗人 (No AI, entirely handwritten.) Before being reborn, Feng Yu was an ordinary vulgar man. After being reborn, Feng Yu was even more vulgar. Successful men wear watches. Mature men wear a “hand card.” Let the past blow away on the wind. In this life, Feng Yu was going to make money, get foot massages, enjoy a massage… and live it up for once! … Note: The book contains many unusual details, all drawn from the author’s personal experience or things they have seen firsthand. Just enjoy the story, and 60.5kReads8.2Score4k14d adds
- 118 Back to 1991, I Founded a Software Empire 重回1991，我开创了软件帝国 In his previous life, Lin Fan was a renowned software expert and the chief engineer of a team developing lithography machines. Reborn in 1991, he set out to build his own software empire. He started by making his first fortune in mechanical manufacturing, developing CNC machine tools and brushless motors, and even creating fidget spinners... He beat Nokia to the punch with its new phone, released Microsoft’s WIN95 ahead of schedule, and built the first generation of smartphones... Lin Fan made m 1.8kReads8.7Score10014d adds
- 119 The Black Flame Chronicles 黑炎传记 [Superpowers] + [A World of Myriad Races] + [Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story] + [Racial War] + [Slow-Paced] In this world where myriad races coexist, humans aren't the only intelligent beings. When the threat of annihilation arrives, can the myriad races and humanity coexist? What fate awaits them all? One of the two children foretold by the Grandmaster was taken in as a disciple by a mysterious young man after an accident. Which path will he take? Will he destroy the world, or save it? 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 Tycoon: I Have a Hundred Million Employees Who Earn Me Rebates! 神豪，我有一亿员工返利！ [Reborn in 2010] [100 Million Employees, More Than a State-Owned Enterprise] [Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] [Slow Burn] [Food Delivery, Ride-Hailing, Courier Services, and Later, Advanced Technology] [A Technological Rise] At thirty, Lu Heng is expected to have his life together, and his family is pressuring him to get married. But he has only 20,000 yuan in savings. When he gets his swollen neck examined, he discovers he has late-stage nasopharyngeal cancer. Once a daily-wage superstar, he no 6.4kReads8.2Score27514d adds
- 121 Financial Freedom: Starting with Ten Thousand Bitcoins 财富自由：从一万枚比特币开始 In a parallel world in 2010, Lin Fan buys ten thousand Bitcoins and heads south to Gusu for work. He happens to hear that Bitcoin's price has soared, so he goes to America, mingles with the homeless, and founds T. After becoming a trillionaire, he returns to China, then heads south across the seas. Daring to outdo Sheng and Guang, surpassing Cao and Liu in ambition, he raises his three-foot blade to carve out a vast frontier. Should he not pass it on to his descendants? 21.8kReads7.0Score1.3k14d adds
- 122 You Say Card Sequences Are Weak? My Dark World Slaughters the Wasteland 说卡牌序列弱？我暗黑界杀穿废土 The protagonist’s current decks include Floowandereeze, the anime version of Sky Dragon, Cyber Dragon, Golden Chest, Masked HERO, Zombie World, Dark World, Red Dragon Archfiend, Dark Magician, the Four Heavenly Dragons, Raidraptor, Rock-type monsters, and more. He even has a spirit wife, so if you’re interested, just open the lid and dig in! [Yu-Gi-Oh! + wasteland + Sequences, pure wish fulfillment] [You don’t need to know Yu-Gi-Oh! to enjoy this. The card effects are explained in full.] In the 46.6kReads9.0Score3.9k14d adds
- 123 I Asked You to Film a Show, and You Had Xiang Yu Tear Qin Shi Huang Apart? 让你拍节目，你让项羽撕秦始皇？ [Historical Running Man] [Historical Spoilers] [Superpower Name-Tag Ripping] [Werewolf] [Funny and Lighthearted] [Ensemble Cast] [Made Entirely by Hand, No AI] I, Lin Xiao, am the chief director of the show Run for It, Buddy! It used to be a national variety-show sensation. Now the cast has fled, the investors have pulled out, and nobody even knows it exists. The previous director dumped this mess on me. Everyone thinks the show is completely finished. Sorry, if I can't get any celebrities, I'll 84.7kReads8.9Score10.4k14d adds
- 124 Reborn as a God-Tier Investor 重生之神级投资 They say even a pig can fly when it catches the wind! Reborn at the dawn of the 2014 boom, Chang Dong vows to soar like a dragon and phoenix and revel in wealth and luxury! 2.7kReads7.8Score11514d adds
- 125 I’m the Heir to Henda, Responsible for a Trillion and Never Running Away 我，亨达太子爷，负责万亿不跑路 (Hengda, corporate warfare, no female lead, technology, System!) In his previous life, Qian Wanyi worked himself to death paying off his mortgage. He transmigrates to 2020 in another world, becoming the only son of Hengda's chairman. The chairman of Hengda not only owes trillions in debt, but plans to flee, leaving behind a trail of unfinished buildings. Qian Wanyi can't stand the thought of a capitalist getting away with it, so he turns against his own father and takes charge himself. Just as Q 5kReads8.0Score13814d adds
- 126 I Just Graduated from College, and You Want Me to Take Over the Factory? 大学刚毕业，你让我接手工厂？ Ma Yuteng transmigrates to a parallel world in 1998. He plans to start a business and become an internet mogul, but through a twist of fate, he takes over his family's battery factory instead. Starting with lithium batteries, he gradually becomes an industrial tycoon. 56.5kReads7.8Score2.6k14d adds
- 127 Mastering the Business World 智驭商海 A former software engineer specializing in foreign-trade OA systems was laid off as technology moved on, and had no choice but to make a living as an unlicensed driver. The day his tank ran dry and he had only twenty yuan left, he gave a ride to a CEO caught in a million-yuan contract deadlock. With logic as precise as a line of code, he tore apart her opponent’s trap and turned the million-yuan payment around on the spot! She hired him for 500 yuan a day, bringing him into a cutthroat business —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 I Asked You to Open a Technical School, and You Became the World's Biggest Arms Dealer 让你开技校，你成全球最大军火商 Su Lin is reborn in the 1990s. His father dies of illness, and his mother remarries. He becomes the head of Lanxiang Technical School and activates the Strongest Military Research System. At the Huaxia Robotics Competition, a Red Edge combat robot dog fights its way through the rounds, taking on every team from the Seven Sons of National Defense head-on. "It can even carry infantry weapons?" "This was developed by a technical school?" "I'd call it Huaxia's Eighth Son of National Defense!" "No, i 937Reads8.6Score10514d adds
- 129 Reborn in 2016: The Rise of Douyin 重生2016抖音风云 At 46, Lu Chen was drowning in debt. His mortgage and car loan left him barely able to breathe, and he couldn’t even afford his two sons’ tuition. His wife endured the hardship alongside him without a single complaint. He worked himself to the bone delivering takeout, until he finally collapsed and died on the road. When he opened his eyes, he was back in 2016, the year Douyin first launched. That year, a funny video he and his wife had filmed on a whim went viral. They gained 50,000 followers, 569Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 Reborn in 2008: Doubao Became My Cheat 重生08，豆包成了我的外挂 [Thrilling business battles] + [The male lead isn't a saint. He's a little lecherous, but no womanizer] + [One female lead] + [Making his brothers rich alongside him] Programmer Xia Dong dies suddenly from overwork and opens his eyes to find himself reborn in the 2008 college entrance exam hall, at the turning point of his fate. A phone from 2025 in his pocket is his greatest advantage. Regretting his English score of 40? Easy to fix! His family's factory facing bankruptcy? AI Doubao shows him t 96kReads8.4Score6.3k14d adds
- 131 EN Naruto: Founding a Nation in a Time of Chaos 火影：从乱世建国开始 In the Warring States era, before the Shinobi World had established the system of one nation and one village, the transmigrator Oda Yayoi thought this world of shinobi was far too chaotic. Five great nations and dozens, even hundreds, of smaller countries had endured countless bloody battles, yet true peace remained out of reach. So Oda Yayoi decided to give the world of shinobi a little shock from another world. And the story begins in the late Warring States era, when human life was worth no m 143.8kReads8.8Score12.9k14d adds
- 132 Reborn in 2013: Building a Business Empire 重生2013打造商业帝国 A CCTV Finance host interviewed Chen Bin of Dongfeng Group. “Mr. Chen, as an outstanding Party member, distinguished entrepreneur, and investor, did you ever imagine you’d one day found such an enormous corporate empire?” “No. I’m not interested in money. I just wanted to run a small business and do something practical,” Chen Bin said earnestly with a shrug. “Dongfeng Food Delivery becoming the undisputed leader was completely unexpected. I only wanted to make life more convenient. I never imagi 5.3kReads7.4Score24514d adds
- 133 Reborn in 1992: Business Empire 重生九二之商业帝国 In his previous life, someone framed his family's soda factory and drove it into bankruptcy. His father couldn't bear the crushing debt and jumped from the rooftop. His mother was overcome with grief and soon passed away as well. Amid a series of tragedies, he sank deeper and deeper into despair. Now, heaven has given him a chance to be reborn. He swears to change everything, make a name for himself, and get revenge! And so, his rise begins with ten thousand yuan... 47Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 134 EN Becoming Ancestorman, Starting in The Boys 从黑袍纠察队开始当祖宗人 The DC Universe and Beyond, Currently: Marvel [Marvel + DC + The Boys + multiple heroines] Reborn in the screwed-up world of The Boys, he awakens the superpower to copy abilities thanks to Compound V. All he has to do is make physical contact to copy one of someone else's superpowers. Abilities of the same type can even be combined and upgraded. But he can only use it on one person at a time. So why even think twice? Homelander, here I come. Let's see what you've got. [Superhuman Physique.LV5] [ 162kReads8.5Score21.7k14d adds
- 135 Reborn in 1990: Starting a Business with a Single Dime 重生1990：从一毛钱开始创业 Xiao Daoming, a rising business tycoon, unexpectedly returned to 1990. From the start, his biological parents cut ties with him. Even more bewildering, he was behind on rent and had not a penny to his name. At least Zhu Yuanzhang had a broken bowl when he started out. What did that leave him with? Fortunately, his sweet little niece gave him a ten-cent coin. Fine, he’d use that dime to start a business. Back in 1990, making money was almost too easy. In this life, he would make the two Mas bow a 954Reads8.5Score10114d adds
- 136 A Calamity Chat Group? I’ll Just Start a Life Simulator 灾厄聊天群？我直接开启模拟人生 Elements: [myriad-world simulations], [vast worldbuilding], [cheat powers clashing]. By chance, Chen Xuan joined a chat group. Not only did it give him a one-way ticket to another world for free, it also let him draw a golden finger. “Are transmigrators' benefits this good now?” Chen Xuan was overjoyed. He thought he was about to reach the pinnacle of life, but the moment he joined the group, reality gave him a hard slap. “What do you mean, a ninety percent chance of dying as soon as I arrive?!” 100.2kReads8.1Score13.4k14d adds
- 137 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
- 138 Reborn in the Backrooms: I'm a Top-Tier Explorer 后室重生：我是顶级探索者 [No System] [No characters losing their wits] [No goody-two-shoes heroine] [Carefully crafted and hard-core] [Exploration] [The completed work has a 9.5 rating and 1.95 million words. Read with confidence.] After an accident, Jiang Shu stumbled into a pocket of space beyond reality. In the endless yellow maze, the silent, boundless underground parking garage, and the abandoned, rotting hotel, the eerie levels overlapped one after another. Physical monsters lurked in the shadows, while greed and 142.3kReads9.2Score26.1k14d adds
- 139 The Director Won't Get Married? He Just Hasn't Met Me Yet 主任不结婚？那是没遇到我 This isn’t being reborn. It’s quantum entanglement. The version of me in that timeline gave me his experience. The harder I work in this timeline, the luckier he gets. “Chen Ao, listen more, talk less, and get things done. The Hanxi Mining District is all about human relationships. Keep the leaders happy. Trust me, I’ve been through it.” “The department chief’s daughter may have epilepsy, but it’s no big deal. Once you’re married, you’ll have power, money, and a house. We parents will benefit, t 65.1kReads8.6Score6.8k14d adds
- 140 All My Students Are Superstars 我的学生全是巨星 (The rating just came out, so it'll gradually climb.) Class 40, Grade 11, is where the whole year group's troublemakers are gathered. Fighting, brawling, skipping class, gaming all night, causing trouble... They can't study, but they're experts at everything else. Chen Yihang takes over the class as its PE teacher, armed with a God-Tier Teacher System. “Qualifications are a ticket for the weak. You don't need them.” “Stick with me, and in three days... Starve? What the hell are you talking a 59Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 141 Reborn in 1999: I Won't Be a Doormat Anymore 重生99年：我不想再当老实人了 [No System] The protagonist earns his money through hard work and the abilities he developed in his previous life. It doesn’t simply fall from the sky, and he spends it wisely rather than recklessly. [Multiple Women] The protagonist is an ordinary man. He won’t actively try to have two relationships at once, but he doesn’t want to leave regrets in his life again, either. Even if these women are only passing through his life, they will still be beautiful parts of his memories. [The Protagonist’s 5.4kReads8.2Score26814d adds
- 142 Guarding the Demon Cult’s Saintess? I Gain a Year’s Worth of Power Every Day 镇守魔教圣女？我每天涨一年功力 [Leveling Progression] [Slow Burn] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Status Panel] The dynasty is nearing its end. Eunuchs hold power, and the Demonic Sect is rising... There were once tales of immortals in the world, but immortality now exists only in ancient books. Amid this chaotic world overrun by demons and monsters, Chen Ran awakens the golden finger known as the Prison-Suppressing Heavenly Tome and becomes a low-ranking prison guard. For every day he guards the imperial prison, he gains a year of 174kReads8.5Score20.1k14d adds
- 143 I’m a Nascent Soul Patriarch of the Demonic Path, and I Seize the Golden Finger from the Start 我魔道元婴老祖，开局抢夺金手指 Jiuyou transmigrated to the cultivation world eight hundred years ago. Born with dual ice-and-fire spiritual roots, he struggled his way through countless hardships, eventually becoming a Nascent Soul Ancestor and founding Soul Isle, where he ruled over the surrounding lands. But no one knew that he had been stuck in the early Nascent Soul stage for centuries. His lifespan was nearly spent, and he could no longer make any progress. Then he discovered that one of the island’s servant disciples po 29kReads7.6Score2.2k14d adds
- 144 Don’t Look Down on an Old Man’s Poverty: I Awakened a Late-Bloomer Talent 莫欺老年穷：我觉醒的是大器晚成 [Colorful old man] [Scheming old man] [Evil old man] [Violent old man] [Ridiculously satisfying old man] [Cautious old man] My name is Chen Ping. I'm a transmigrator, and I'm sixty years old. My golden finger has one limitation: it only unlocks when I reach old age. So I kept my head down for forty-four years, working as an apprentice, hauling heavy loads, running a street stall, and cleaning out cesspits, until I became the most inconspicuous old bachelor on this street. At last, the day I've b 30kReads7.4Score2.6k14d adds
- 145 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
- 146 A Fifty-Million Margin Call? I Short Wall Street Instead 爆仓五千万？我反手做空华尔街 [Financial Crisis] [Wits and Strategy] [Big Short] [Wall Street] Many years later, when sitting before the interview cameras for Time magazine’s Person of the Year feature, Lu Ze would always remember that rainy Manhattan night on February 28, 2008. “So, Mr. Lu.” The renowned journalist looked at the man before him, the one who had made the entire global financial system tremble, and posed the question that had come up time and again at congressional hearings, behind closed doors at the Federal 289.5kReads9.1Score36.6k14d adds
- 147 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
- 148 My Work Diary in the City 都市之我的打工日记 System novel, one female lead, focused on family life He stumbled upon a die. He rolled it. Congratulations! You’ve earned an eightfold bonus on today’s income! He rolled again. Congratulations! You’ve received a worker’s skill set! Boosted by luck: Mine for top-grade jade, or fish for top-grade seafood! Ever heard of anyone escaping a midlife crisis by playing aeroplane chess? 1.9kReads8.1Score10214d adds
- 149 Reborn in 1995: Building the World's No. 1 Village 重生95，打造全球第一村 [Reborn] + [Rise to success in a bygone era] + [Business warfare] + [Pure exhilaration] + [Family redemption] A lonely, ailing Lin Ye dies in a foreign land... When he opens his eyes again, it's 1995! In his previous life, he was a wealthy bachelor worth billions, with no family member by his bedside when he died. This time, he returns to May 19, 1995. Tonight, his beloved second older sister will drink pesticide! Lin Ye dashes out of the classroom, racing against time to stop the tragedy that h 1Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 150 Valorant: I’m Still the World’s Best Duelist 无畏契约：我依旧是世一决 “Do you still consider yourself the world’s number one duelist?” When a reporter asked him that, Su Ming thought for a moment. Even though he had played every role in this tournament, he had never forgotten why he started. With a resolute look, he turned to the camera and said: “I’m still the world’s number one duelist!” A Valorant esports novel by a 1997-born old-timer. Ranked Immortal 3 at peak on the Chinese server, and played Premier on the Asian server for a while. I’ll do my best to make 206.5kReads9.6Score19.6k14d adds
