Novels like Korea! From Commoner to Chaebol
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Korea! From Commoner to Chaebol, best match first.
- 101 Reborn Investment Mogul 重生投资大佬 What would you do if you were reborn in 2008? Lin Han tells you, “First, make ten billion, and then... you know the rest!” 1.2kReads7.2Score105Shelves
- 102 Reborn in 2000: My Star Desk Mate 重生2000之我的明星前桌 [Entrepreneurship first, with stock and futures trading on the side, light everyday life, multiple female leads, smart protagonists, bargain hunting, enjoying life, youthful passion, no face-slapping] Since the start of the new millennium, what have we missed over the past two decades or so? The courtyard houses in Beijing in 2000? The bull markets of 2007 and 2015? Or do we regret not buying up houses? Even if ordinary people couldn't seize those high-end opportunities, what about opening an in 101Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 103 Reborn in 2010: Financial Freedom After the World Cup 重生2010，世界杯后财富自由 [Reborn in College] [Business and Wealth-Building] [Financial Investing] [Multiple Heroines, Including Female Celebrities] [No System] The World Cup gives him a chance to take off, and he sets out on the road to financial freedom. Overseas, he trades international crude oil, gold, foreign currencies, and cryptocurrencies... At home, he trades sugar and cotton futures... He invests heavily in unicorn companies at home and abroad... He starts a gaming company to rake in money and a media company t 87.5kReads7.5Score8.8kShelves
- 104 The Light Returns 沉光重来 Reborn in the summer of 2016, Lu Chen grows rich through stock options and awakens the memories of an ancient formation master. With one hand, he develops a homegrown GPU that breaks the overseas chip monopoly; with the other, he lays out spiritual formations across the city and seeks enlightenment amid the mortal world. He becomes a god of both technology and cultivation! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 105 Achieving Financial Freedom by Predicting the Stock Market 财富自由从预知股市开始 [Reborn] [Stock Trading] [Multiple Heroines] [Never Loses at Trading] [Internet Investing] Back in his college days in 2013, Wang Lin gained the ability to predict the stock market. It all began when he talked a pair of sisters into investing one million yuan. The gears of a financial legend quietly began to turn. International Financial News: “Sources say Wang Lin has seized assets worth more than 10 billion dollars on the international markets!” The Wall Street Journal: “Wall Street’s greatest 2kReads7.6Score102Shelves
- 106 Reborn in Japan: From Yakuza Boss to Top Tycoon 重生樱花，从黑道老大到顶级财阀 Wang Nan is reborn in Tokyo. In an era when there’s barely enough to eat, he follows his stepmother, Yumi Nishiguchi, across the sea to Japan, and becomes the bastard his peers call him. But before long, they all shut their mouths for good. Not because his stepmother Yumi Nishiguchi’s father became the sixth-generation boss of the Juhui-kai, but because… Wang Nan became the biggest king in Tokyo! 306Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 107 Futures Trading Prodigy: A Legendary Life 期货天才：传奇人生 In a bustling financial metropolis, Lu Han is an obscure financial analyst who awakens an extraordinary talent for predicting the ups and downs of the futures market. Rising above his ordinary, unremarkable life, he uses his unique gift to weather attacks from financial tycoons and one financial storm after another, overcoming a constant stream of crises and challenges. In the end, he not only builds his own financial empire but becomes a legendary figure who controls the lifeblood of global cap 174Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 108 Reborn on the Peninsula in 1979: I Renounce My Loyalty! 重生半岛1979，放弃忠诚！ [Business Warfare] [Snatching Up Companies Around the World] [Focused on Building an Empire] Reborn on the Korean Peninsula in 1979, just before the Little General launches his coup, Jin Xiao finds every business still in its infancy! Armed with knowledge of every business trend to come, he swoops in to claim the best companies and builds his empire bigger and stronger! 5.3kReads8.0Score396Shelves
- 109 Now That We're Reborn, Who'd Still Start a Business! 都重生了谁还创业啊！ [Reborn + entrepreneurship + everyday life + campus beauty + making up for past regrets] [The first 200,000 words are slow-paced and slice-of-life. If that's not your thing, feel free to skip ahead to Chapter 100!~] As the saying goes: “A simp can simp and simp, only to end up with nothing!” In his past life, Yu Chengjiang was exactly that kind of guy. After his startup took off, his campus-beauty wife betrayed him, driving his company into bankruptcy and saddling him with millions in debt. Back 255Reads—Score—Shelves
- 110 Now That I've Transmigrated to South Korea, I Have to Become a Chaebol 都穿越南韩了必须当财阀啊 You can question a chaebol’s character, but never their eye for talent! Lee Jaseong: What’s wrong with my character? I’m as genuine as they come. I treat my customers like the people who put food on my table, and I’m always sincere. I see the old chaebols as worthy rivals, so I hit them hard every time. The public: We don’t envy the lovebirds or the immortals. We envy Chairman Lee every single day! Lee Jaseong: Could you all stop fixating on the female entertainers under my Tidal Entertainment G 14.6kReads6.7Score1.4kShelves
- 111 Day Trading Every Day: I Became an A-Share ATM 每天做T，我当大A提款机 Reborn on the eve of a raging bull market, Chen Mo awakens the Stock Market Genius System! While everyone else watches the market in terror, he relies on the System to predict it with pinpoint accuracy, buying at the lows and selling at the highs, turning China’s A-share market into his personal ATM! A limit-up followed by a limit-down? A wave of stocks crashing through their price limits? Market makers shaking out investors? To him, they’re all chances to make easy money! He makes steady day t 552Reads—Score—Shelves
- 112 Korean Showbiz: They All Want to Freeload Off Me 韩娱：她们都想白嫖我 Su Gou was reborn. He returned to 2010, the dawn of K-pop's golden age. In his previous life, he was a producer cast out and left to drift, dying in silence in a rented room. This time, he'll change his fate. Take over a girl group on the verge of disbanding? No problem. He's made stars out of acts that were worse. Get bullied by the big companies? No fear. He's got ten hit demos in hand. But he never expected that his biggest challenge wouldn't be his career. It would be them. The haughty chair —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 113 Reborn: A Peerless Hero 重生之一世枭雄 Back at the age of twenty-two, Jiang Zichuan cashed out a hundred million from the stock market and set off on a legendary life. In the eyes of the public, he was the stock god of the East, a god of investing, and a patriotic tycoon. To his rivals, he was a predator, a vile and despicable businessman. His fortune taught everyone what it meant when gold coins rang out: the whole world trembled... 437Reads8.0Score101Shelves
- 114 Reborn in 2010: The Campus Belle Pursues Me 重生2010校花倒追我 In 2025, Chen Nuo drank himself to death after his company went bankrupt. When he opened his eyes again, it was the summer morning after his college entrance exams, and the cicadas were buzzing noisily in 2010. This time, he had the secrets of the next fifteen years clutched in his hands: On July 4, Germany's 4–0 World Cup upset over Argentina... his first fortune from the World Cup. Bitcoin was worth just 30 cents in 2011, and the last chance to get out before the 2015 stock market crash... Not 93Reads—Score—Shelves
- 115 Showbiz: My Girl Group Takes the World by Storm 娱乐：我的女团火爆全球 Reborn in a parallel world, he found himself inhabiting the body of a notoriously wasteful rich second-generation heir. As a proper wastrel, he had to keep squandering the family fortune, but he needed a career, too. So he decided to start by launching a girl-group trainee and get some practice in. Nobody could have imagined that a girl group led by a useless wastrel would take the world by storm! 341Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 116 It All Began with a 200 Million Lottery Jackpot 从两亿彩票大奖开始 [Ding! The Host is commended for your courage! You have been awarded 20 first-prize tickets for Super Lotto!] College student Jiang Hao worked day and night to earn money. He took out campus loans to buy designer bags for a terrible girlfriend, only to be dumped as soon as he could no longer repay the debt. Then, while getting food in the cafeteria, he accidentally offended the vice principal’s son. Already buried in debt, he was ordered to pay compensation. Under all that pressure, Jiang Hao be 752Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 117 Getting Rich from Stocks: What’s Wrong with That? 炒股暴富，有什么不可以？ The moment Zhao Huaimin stood at the pinnacle of the world, he looked back and realized how much he had missed. Yet in the blink of an eye, he found himself in the markets of 2005. Unprecedented change swept over him. That year, the Shanghai Composite began at 998, and his path to invincibility was born. Years later, some called him a market manipulator, some called him the market’s phantom, and others said he was nothing but a gambler. When reporters interviewed him, Zhao Huaimin smiled. “All I 70Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 118 K-Pop Girl Group: My System Is Up to No Good 半岛女团：我的系统不正经 [Reborn] [System] [Time and Space] [Changing Fate] In his thirties, Lin Zhe was reborn from 2025 into a parallel timeline, returning to the days before the 2008 college entrance exams. Relying on his memories, he got into a different university, went all in on the World Cup, and founded an investment firm, gaining wealth and status that had been beyond his reach in his previous life. Just as he was content with his life and planning to return home and retire after graduating, his parents got fed 690Reads6.9Score119Shelves
- 119 Thirty Trillion, Starting in 1976 Hong Kong 三万亿从76年香江开始 Wang Lu, a decorated noble from another world’s Ming dynasty, transmigrates to Hong Kong in 1976. His first foray into finance is to serve as an adviser to Chief Guo, a notorious parasite from South Xinluo, while siphoning off the CIA’s overseas slush funds. He then uses reasonable, legal, and logical financial-market tactics to gradually become the richest man in the world, first earning himself a few tens of billions. He helps China’s emerging tech industry rise, and in his spare time gets a t —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 120 Venture Capital Mogul: Starting by Investing in the Campus Belle Goddess 创投大佬，从投资校花女神开始 Also known as “I Help Countless Beautiful CEOs Succeed,” “Invest in Beautiful Female Entrepreneurs!” and “The Incredibly Satisfying Life of CEO Liu” [Multiple heroines] [Sigma male] [Living the good life] [Never grovels] The campus belles and goddesses need investment for their startups? I'll check them out! What? You'll do anything for the investment money? Great! I like your ambition! You're in! Before long, countless beautiful female CEOs have appeared in Magic City, all helped along by him. 68.1kReads8.8Score7.8kShelves
- 121 Please Answer, 2006 请回答二零零六 (K-pop + Global Superstar + Multiple Heroines + Chaebol + Girl Groups) Best enjoyed after Chapter 150! Mainly K-pop: Girls' Generation + T-ara + top actors + ... the Korean Peninsula, Europe and America, and more... 247Reads6.4Score133Shelves
- 122 I Transmigrated into a Korean Webtoon, Inherited a Hundred Billion, and the Goddess Pledged Her Loyalty 穿越韩漫继承千亿，女神献上忠诚 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support gives me the motivation to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 348Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 123 Reborn: South Korea's Number One Tycoon 重生：我是韩国第一财阀 In his previous life, Li Jianxiu worked hard to keep the family business afloat, but his marriage left much to be desired... Reborn, he vows to turn his life around, find the woman of his dreams whom he lost, and build a business empire that will dominate the peninsula! 756Reads—Score—Shelves
- 124 Back to 1990: Starting with Treasury Bond Speculation 重返1990，从倒卖国库券开始 Ye Feng lives an unremarkable life. His wife dies, his child is lost, and he reaches the end of his life alone. When he opens his eyes again, he’s reborn in 1990. Now his beautiful wife hasn’t drowned herself, and his four-year-old daughter is still as innocent as ever. They may have nothing, but he can start over. Heaven has given Ye Feng another chance. He’ll make the most of his years and never let his beloved down. He’ll make up for the regrets of his past life and give his wife and daughter 1.6kReads7.0Score101Shelves
- 125 Reborn in the Millennium: Rising from the Ruins of My Family's Bankruptcy 重生千禧年：从家族破产开始崛起 Chen Ping'an wakes from a deep sleep to the sound of countless people demanding that he pay them back. When he sees his familiar surroundings, he freezes: he has been reborn at the moment his family went bankrupt. Armed with memories from his previous life and all kinds of marketing tricks, watch Chen Ping'an resolve his family's financial crisis and lead them to become the richest family in the world. 670Reads7.2Score100Shelves
- 126 The All-Purpose System Helps Me Conquer Blue Star 全能系统助我登顶蓝星 [Slow burn + finance-world lone wolf + won’t eat beef + built from the ground up] Han Cang had spent years struggling to make it in the big city, and was on the verge of finally getting somewhere when capital kicked him out of the game at the critical moment! Overnight, his life was reduced to nothing. He tried to seek justice, but ended up being sued instead. With capital closing in from all sides, he had no choice but to return overnight to a small city in the northwest and start over. Looki 85Reads—Score—Shelves
- 127 Reborn as the Tycoon Family's Heir 重生之财阀家的太子爷 At a shareholders’ meeting, Li Junzhe is betrayed by his trusted aide and his older half-brother, losing control of the group. He leaps from the top floor of the group’s headquarters and is reborn fifteen years in the past! His grandfather is still alive, and his half-brother hasn’t joined the family yet. The struggle within the tycoon family is just beginning. 199Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 128 Reborn as a Financial Power Player 重生之金融大玩家 In his previous life, he was the good-for-nothing his classmates mocked, a hapless stock-market sucker, and even his first love became his enemy's plaything. After being unexpectedly reborn, Cao Yi decided to cherish every second of his life and build a financial empire of his own! What? You say he has a few too many female confidantes? No worries. Your bro is full of energy. I can handle it... 37Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 129 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. 469Reads—Score100Shelves
- 130 Reborn: I Became a Korean Tycoon 重生：我在韩国当财阀 (This book now focuses on futuristic technologies, rather than family power struggles and financial analysis.) Li Shenghao, a top tycoon, has a special ability: he can identify people by their scent. But disaster strikes on his way to the Moon Palace. When he opens his eyes again, his life has started over. With decisive, thunderous methods, he gathers the world's top business and tech minds, bringing every key technology of the future under his control: weather manipulation, flying cars, hydrog 958Reads—Score—Shelves
- 131 God-Tier Trader Lu Chen 神级操盘手陆沉 The financial world is in turmoil. A master trader makes the dragon rise and sweeps the globe! “That year, in an internet cafe in the urban village, she left behind her campus ID.” “Now, in a VIP seat at the New York Stock Exchange, she personally fastens a Patek Philippe on my wrist.” “From instant noodles that cost five mao to managing a trillion in capital, everyone called me a gambler.” “Only she knew that every number I tapped out on my keyboard was a crazed bullet.” “When the candlestick 72Reads—Score—Shelves
- 132 Reborn in Hong Kong: I Lead the City into a New Era 重生港岛，我引领香江 Starting in 1980s Hong Kong, I’ll build a whole new Hong Kong! Want to see long-legged beauties? How about I create a Hong Kong girl group? Want to see idol dramas? How about I get the Four Heavenly Kings to star in them? No 3A games at home? No great directors? No… Don’t worry, everyone. I’ll take care of it all, one thing at a time! (This is a rookie author’s first novel, so please forgive any shortcomings! Many thanks, everyone!) —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 133 Reborn as an Investment Tycoon 重生之投资大亨 Since I’ve been reborn, I should become rich enough to rival a nation! Wait, no. First, I need to find my stunningly beautiful wife. At this point, she hasn’t started dating her ex yet. I need to make my move fast! I can’t let that scumbag get her… 217Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 134 Back in College, the Campus Belle Can't Keep Her Hands Off Me 重回大学，校花女神倒贴 Peng Chihan, a young man worth tens of millions, is planning a road trip with a beautiful woman when he suddenly finds himself reborn in the summer after graduating from high school. From the start, things get exciting: his dream girl shows up with flowers and confesses to him. But before he can even celebrate, he hears the voice of his online girlfriend through his headset. “I clearly wanted to focus on my career first!” Peng Chihan has just finished a date with his gentle dream girl. The momen 52Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 135 Reborn as the Conglomerate’s Youngest Son: Steal Their Opportunities and Get Stronger! 重生财阀小儿子，截胡就变强！ [Business Warfare] [Reborn] [A Legacy of Wei Wu] [Snatching Opportunities] Chen Tianjun is reborn as the heir to a chaebol dynasty in Korea, and awakens a Snatching Opportunities System! Every successful takeover earns him a reward! His chaebol grandfather's collection? Snatched! The land the protagonist had his eye on? Snatched! The talented people his rivals wanted to invest with? Snatched! From Amazon and Facebook to Tesla, Chen Tianjun has had a hand in them all! Years later, he finally reve 607Reads7.2Score100Shelves
- 136 Reborn: Everyone Is a Stock God 重生之人人都是股神 [Stock trading × Stock market god × Sapiosexual romance × Absurd humor × Rebirth] In 2014, senior year of high school, with the college entrance exam countdown looming. Si Wei, reborn from an investment banking hotshot into a confused teenager, pushes aside the exam paper before him. One burning thought fills his mind: The bull market is coming! Make money! Make money! Make money! Others are reborn to trade stocks for financial freedom. He, however, dreams of something far more outrageous: a wor 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 137 Reborn in 2008: From Stock Trading to Trillionaire Tycoon 重生08：从炒股到万亿财阀 In 2008, the financial tsunami swept across the globe. The A-share index plunged below 1,800, leaving countless people bankrupt. That year, private equity tycoon Lin Chen was reborn in the most despairing late autumn of his life. Deep in debt from the start, he faced the prospect of being fired and dumped. Lin Chen looked at the candlestick chart and gave a cold smile. Now that he was back, he would rewrite the rules of wealth in this world! Starting with 3,000 yuan borrowed against his credit c 77.8kReads8.5Score6.8kShelves
- 138 In the End, I Touched Capital's Cheese, Cake, and Noodles 终究动了资本的奶酪，蛋糕，面条 What’s it like to be a capitalist? Before he was reborn, Su Xiu thought it meant oppression, exploitation, plunder, bloodshed, and wealth passed down through bloodlines. But after he was hanged to death, Su Xiu decided that running a business might be a little better. Except Su Xiu thinks running a business is still about oppression, exploitation, and plunder, and is still soaked in blood! Employees: Got it! Exploit our competitors! Oppress capital! Plunder the world! Capital: Is that really how 277Reads8.7Score101Shelves
- 139 The Tiger Talisman Spell Agent 虎符咒经纪人 Korean entertainment on the peninsula / a few supernatural abilities / multiple heroines / company growth / showbiz / an antagonist male lead with incubus-like charm In mid-2023, Lin Bu, permanently expelled from Daxia, arrived on the peninsula and took on the role of an agent at a small company. And so, in Korea, he became… Lin “Seoul’s Most Devoted Lover” “One-Slap Superman” “Girl Group Hunter” “AK Company’s Core Ace” “Seoul’s King of Flirting” “The Man Who Elevates Unknown Groups” “Girl Group 15kReads—Score2.5kShelves
- 140 The Future Richest Man Meets a Female Trader During Summer Vacation 首富从暑假邂逅女操盘手开始 Back in his university summer break, he meets a beautiful trader working for Jiangnan’s top investment firm... Just then, a wave of A-share market reforms is sweeping the country, Baosteel warrants are soaring like crazy, and opportunities to make a fortune are everywhere, waiting to be seized before the times leave them behind! With the beautiful trader’s help, he becomes a legend from the start! He seizes the huge profits of T+0 warrant trading, heads to Singapore to trade WTI crude oil future 323Reads—Score111Shelves
- 141 Reborn: My Years Ruling the Korean Entertainment Scene 重生：我叱咤韩娱那些年 Reborn in 1995, during the rise of South Korea's entertainment industry, the protagonist finds himself in the body of the Li family's second son, a notorious wastrel. Will he really keep wasting his life? Watch as he discovers promising newcomers and turns them into superstars, creates an all-star cast for Korean dramas, leads JK Company against entertainment giants SM and JYP, and becomes a Korean entertainment mogul, Asian Person of the Year, and World Person of the Year. How will he handle hi 240Reads—Score—Shelves
- 142 Reborn as the Third Son of a Korean Chaebol 重生韩国财阀三公子 The male lead struggles to survive at the bottom of society, but after dying in an accident, he is reborn as the third son of a Korean chaebol family. Watch as he navigates the rivalries and intrigue of the wealthy elite, outshines his competitors in a fierce battle for the inheritance, and makes his mark across politics, business, and the underworld, thriving in both the light and the dark. He will become a legendary king of Korea’s shadowy world! The curtain rises on a tale of chaebols, comedy 1.5kReads—Score103Shelves
- 143 Back to 2004: The Investment Tycoon 重回2004之投资大亨 Lin Yuan unexpectedly returns to 2004, when China is experiencing rapid economic growth. The surge in car ownership is driving oil demand through the roof, while real estate, the internet, and other industries are on the verge of explosive growth. With his insight into future trends, the protagonist decides to start with a gas station and carve out a path to success. 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 144 Reborn: I Really Don't Want to Make Money 重生：我真的不想挣钱 In his previous life, he was a high-level corporate drone. After a family crisis and his wife’s betrayal, he finally dropped dead on the job from overwork. When he opened his eyes again, he was back on the day before the 2010 college entrance exams, and his life on easy mode began. The stock market, the internet, technology: he left his mark in every field. Top student, stock-market genius, richest man: those were only a few of his many titles. In an interview, he was asked, “Mr. Chen, why are y 5.8kReads8.1Score388Shelves
- 145 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! 2.9kReads7.8Score106Shelves
- 146 Korean Showbiz: This Actor Never Takes a Bad Script 韩娱：这个演员从不接烂剧 Peninsula #Actors #VarietyShows #OneHeroine After waking up from a drunken sleep, Chen Shi'an discovers a new set of memories in his mind. They include a past he recognizes, and a future he doesn't... 6.1kReads8.4Score381Shelves
- 147 Reborn, I Bind the Perfect Life System 重生归来，绑定完美人生系统 By chance, Qin Tian returned to the eve of the 2009 college entrance examination and became bound to the Perfect Life System. His previous life was plain and ordinary. This time, he swore to make up for every regret: wealth, career, love, and beautiful women would all be within his grasp! With extraordinary abilities granted by the System, including a photographic memory, miraculous medical skills, and golden eyes, he dominated the campus and the business world, won the heart of the campus bel 661Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 148 Restarting My Life, I Take Control of the Global Economy 重启人生，主宰全球经济 Chen Hao is reborn and returns to 1993. He is eighteen that year and about to take the college entrance exam. A disaster is also about to befall him and his parents. In an age when gold lies everywhere, what path will he take? 61Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 149 Godfather of K-Pop: Girl Groups, Come On Over 韩娱教父：KPOP女团都过来 [South Korean Entertainment Industry] [System] [Fast-Paced] [Snow-White] [Actor] [Singer] [Variety Shows] Lee Yongjun transmigrates to South Korea and becomes a top-tier star actor who shares his name. From the start, a famous actress is lying in bed beside him, worried about why his face is so pale. Lee Yongjun: “???” I just got here, and I'm already about to get exposed?! [Ding! The Entertainment Mogul System has awakened! Mission: Keep it from her!] A K-pop dance powerhouse, the youngest daug 223Reads—Score—Shelves
- 150 Korean Showbiz: The Tycoon in Running Man! 韩娱：RM里的财阀！ A fourteen-year RM fan, I’ve spent years imagining a story where the protagonist I created joins 7012. I also want to relive those memories and see those familiar yet still youthful faces again after more than ten years. I hope you can revisit that warmth, humor, and explosive team spirit in my world. Multiple female leads, and I like Chairman Lee. Multiple female leads: why hold back in a world of fantasies? A chaebol background is a powerful advantage. 4kReads—Score350Shelves
