Novels like Tycoon System, But I’ve Returned to the ’80s
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Tycoon System, But I’ve Returned to the ’80s, best match first.
- 1 Who Are You Calling a Feudal Patriarch? (Transmigrate) 说谁封建大爹呢（穿越） * Yan Chi is an orphan who grew up in an orphanage. He devoted himself to his studies, worked hard, and finally passed the civil service exam. Everyone who meets him praises his gentle manners and perseverance. Later, Yan Chi drowns while saving someone and transmigrates into the body of a farm boy in ancient times. Three generations live under one roo 11.2kFavorites12kClicks/ch8.3kGifts
- 2 Pioneer 拓荒者 After an unexpected transmigration, Wei Xin arrives in an interstellar world and is sent to a frontier planet to open it up. What can Wei Xin do? Naturally, she’ll carve out a shining path never trod before and never to be surpassed, killing insects whenever she meets them and slaying beasts whenever they appear. P.S. A whole group of mutant king crabs, hairy crabs, and mantis shrimp are right in front of her, each one broad and plump, with thin shells and plenty of meat. They ought to be fr 21.9kFavorites23.2kClicks/ch68.8kGifts
- 3 There Are Gods in the Ruins 废墟有神明 Blurb: (Next novel: "Hello, Strange Things, I’m the Ten Thousand Souls Banner", recipient-centered power-progression story) This was the first time Qing Jiu had ever done something bad. And his victim caught him red-handed. “I heard you’re dating a young lady. Did you know she already had a fiancé?” The victim, handsome but menacing, gave him a sidelong look as his tall shadow closed in, step by step. Qing Jiu pressed himself against the wall, trembling. [An evil-aligned intelligent lifeform d 6.3kFavorites4.5kClicks/ch17.9kGifts
- 4 From the Start, I Talked a Coal Tycoon into Making an Idol Drama [The 1990s] 开局忽悠煤老板拍偶像剧[九零] Upcoming novel: From the Start, I Convinced Hong Kong's Big Shots to Make a Cop Movie [The 1980s]. [Main story complete. I'll update the bonus chapters slowly from here on.] [Capable, sharp older woman X cold-faced, insecure puppy] After one false step, Zhu Yu was reborn in 1998. The good news was that her eyesight was fine, so she could keep making movies. The bad news was that she had just been framed and expelled from film school. Worse still, the villagers wh 28.1kFavorites26.8kClicks/ch31.4kGifts
- 5 A Younger Brother Lin Fell from the Sky [Dream of the Red Chamber] 天上掉下个林弟弟[红楼] Transmigrated as Lin Ruhai’s son and Lin Daiyu’s little brother Lin Heng says: Don’t worry, I’ll pay back all of Sister’s tears for her. There’ll be plenty!! And so... Lin Heng: Brother Baoyu eats the rouge off the maids’ lips. Does it taste good? Sister, let me try some. Daiyu: ...! Auntie! Lin Heng: Brother Baoyu says studying is for becoming a bookworm who works for the government. I’m not going to school anymore. Daiyu: ...!! Uncle!! Baoyu smashes the jade he was born with. Lin Heng rumm 29.4kFavorites38.4kClicks/ch25.9kGifts
- 6 Pampered by the Feudal Patriarch of a Powerful Family 被豪门封建家主娇养了 *Alternate-history Nanyang setting | Mining tycoon x sweet, innocent darling. Main story and extras complete Yan Shuang was in a car accident. When he woke up, he was aboard a ship bound for Nanyang in the 1940s. After a month at sea, he was robbed of his wallet as soon as he stepped ashore. Penniless, he had no choice but to take hard labor at the docks. Then an accident left him with amnesia, and somehow Yan Shuang became the young master of the Xie family, the kings of Malaya's tin-mining 62.9kFavorites51.6kClicks/ch49.3kGifts
- 7 Life on the Road with Fuzzy Companions 和毛茸茸拼车的日子 In the interstellar age, humans coexist with many fluffy beastfolk, but the divide between their species keeps them apart. Song Xihe looked at the other passenger beside him, utterly bewildered. Had he really just seen a little bunny sucking on a pacifier? The pacifier-sucking bunny cheerfully held up his tiny little foot for Song Xihe to see. “Big Brother! I'll tell you a secret. The fur on the bottom of my left foot is shaped like a heart!” Song Xihe was flattered. “Now that's quite a secret 19.5kFavorites26.1kClicks/ch17.4kGifts
- 8 The Entire Sect Knows He Hates His Eldest Senior Brother 全宗门都知道他讨厌大师兄 Lu Shixi has kept his eyes on Wei Lanshuo ever since the day he was five and Wei Lanshuo brought him back to the sect. At first, he only wanted to stay close to his benefactor and repay him. Then his feelings gradually changed. By the time he became Wei Lanshuo's own junior brother, he realized he could never confess his feelings. All he could do was carefully hide the thoughts he should never have had. He didn't dare grow close, accept kindness, or even be alone with Wei Lanshuo. He only dare 15.7kFavorites10.8kClicks/ch23kGifts
- 9 Make Games, Then Become Number One in the Stars 做游戏，然后星际第一 After returning from Earth to the interstellar age, Rong Jing decides to go back to his old career as a game developer. Unfortunately, a strange reborn Long Aotian has appeared. He publishes his work before the original authors can, earning instant fame and becoming a rising genius idolized across the internet. The original authors, meanwhile, are branded as plagiarists. As luck would have it, Rong Jing is next in line to be “plagiarized.” Rong Jing: ...? Thanks for asking. Who says I’m not a 16.1kFavorites6.7kClicks/ch64.1kGifts
- 10 Guarding China, Starting with the Great Wall 镇守神州，从万里长城开始 💓New chapters come out in the evening💓 Also featuring two upcoming novels: Global Descent of the Gods and Arena of the Myriad Races: Agents of the Gods. Add them to your reading list! Blurb: Song An, a construction engineer, transmigrates overnight. Spiritual qi revives across the land of China, and the myriad races now live side by side with humanity. But a hole tears open in the sky, and star abyss beasts invade. Humanity and the myriad races struggle desperately to hold them back and surviv 19.1kFavorites16kClicks/ch76.1kGifts
- 11 Did We Agree to Hit the Kids? 打孩子，我们同意了吗 The Ye family's little boy, whose full name is Ye Zerun, lives at the eastern end of Shili Village. His entire family has a very important secret. His father, the second son of the Ye family, took his mother and elder brother and ran off with a rebel leader! They're rebelling, too! The Ye family's little boy has a very important secret of his own. Sometimes, he can see animals behind certain people, animals that nobody else can see or touch! Behind Goudan, the fast runner from the village, h 13.6kFavorites12.7kClicks/ch22.6kGifts
- 12 Pollution Strikes, and I Keep Transmigrating 污染来袭，我反复穿越 Original Title: The Only Red-Blooded One 1 “The first thing to go wrong was the fetuses.” “More and more pregnant women were diagnosed with malformed fetuses. It wasn’t until the malformed babies, who should have been stillborn, displayed an extraordinary vitality that we realized things were starting to go wrong.” “Strange illnesses spread at an alarming rate.” “The world has been infected by something from beyond, and it’s falling apart.” Strange symptoms of infection spread through the city 18.4kFavorites11.8kClicks/ch48.8kGifts
- 13 Does the Little Zombie Have to Be Forced to Survive Too? 小丧尸也要被迫求生吗 [Main story complete, bonus chapters updating] The adorable little zombie Wen Qiao was chosen by a survival game. System: "You're the chosen one of your world, which is why you have the chance to take part in our survival game!" Little Zombie: Huh? Me? System: "By participating, you can win world-class benefits for the people of your world and help rebuild their home!" Little Zombie: Huh? I'm a zombie, and I'm supposed to win benefits for humans? System: "But be prepared. Our game is extremel 15.5kFavorites14.2kClicks/ch52.7kGifts
- 14 [Western Crossover] Detectives and Phantom Thieves Are Made for Each Other [综英美]侦探和怪盗就是天生一对 Their first meeting was at school. Amamiya sat beside him. A student from Japan, with a slight accent, big glasses, and decent grades: the very image of the stereotypical Asian student. Except that he secretly brought a cat to school. "Please keep it a secret for me." His new classmate blinked innocently. Tim realized his new classmate had long eyelashes. By the time he came back to his senses, Amamiya had become his regular seatmate throughout college. Their second meeting was at a cafe he st 11.9kFavorites10.8kClicks/ch45.8kGifts
- 15 Does Growing Up Mean No Longer Relying on Your Brother? 不再依赖哥哥算长大吗 [The Ghost King Brother arc is complete] [The Ninja Brothers arc is complete] [The Assassin Brother arc is in progress] As a homebody and gaming streamer, Kasuga Kazuya has nearly played every full-dive game on the market. A few days ago, Kasuga Kazuya received a full-dive game for beta testing from a certain company. It was called "Does Growing Up Mean No Longer Relying on Your Older Brother?" This is a role-playing game. Players enter the game as a younger brother and interact with the main 16.8kFavorites13.4kClicks/ch32.5kGifts
- 16 Back to the Past, Then Slap My Boss Twice 回档，然后扇上司两巴掌 Kamikawa Ryu’s first life: He was a college student working part-time washing dishes at McDonald’s when he was inexplicably burned to death in a huge fire. His second life: He became an assistant supervisor and learned that cursed spirits existed. In his previous life, he’d been burned to death by a sneeze from a special-grade cursed spirit. Kamikawa Ryu carefully and diligently survived until the Shibuya Incident, when Sukuna expanded his domain and sliced him into millions of pieces. Fuck! 22.9kFavorites27.6kClicks/ch14.1kGifts
- 17 I Became Sworn Brothers with My Archenemy 我与宿敌称兄道弟 Luo Fuyan has to play the great villain, drive the plot forward, and meet a grim end after the righteous defeat him. System: "Your sworn enemy, your archenemy who can't stand you, the sword cultivator He Guiyun, is also a tasker. You can work with him." "Are you sure?" "I'm sure!" Luo Fuyan believed it. With a prophecy and an ally, playing the villain would be a piece of cake. Luo Fuyan deliberately pushed the protagonist into a trap where he'd find an opportunity. Then, looking at He Guiyu 50kFavorites19.2kClicks/ch99.3kGifts
- 18 An Ordinary Life [Research] 日化人生[科研] Completed. Feel free to rate it! My next story will be "But I'm a Person from Earth!" -- Blurb: Yue Qi is an interstellar citizen with zero psychic power. In space, he qualifies as a person with a congenital disability who can receive welfare. Under interstellar law, he is only allowed to study subjects that don't require psychic power. Fortunately, he has no interest in popular majors like mecha combat or mecha repair. After graduating from middle school, Yue Qi enrolled at the highest-ranke 34.6kFavorites35.4kClicks/ch168kGifts
- 19 Show Off Like a God, Grow in the Shadows 高调装神，猥琐发育 A hilarious, clever battle of wits with a leveling-up progression Bai Xu had lived in the outer district for eighteen years. To survive, he took any job he could get. His best chance at a better life was getting into a prestigious school. Then he received a strange letter of admission. - Entropy Reduction Academy, a top school rumored to have a 100% employment rate. In reality, it was an academy for people with special abilities. Students were divided into Classes A, B, C, D, and E according 155.2kFavorites114.6kClicks/ch852.8kGifts
- 20 EN The Silver Dragon’s Shanhai Farm 银龙的山海农场 Xie Juanhan, a white dragon, accidentally transmigrated to a magical world. Later, he met a huge, imposing, handsome creature. It turned out to be a dragon, too, a local one. The other dragon sized up the godlike Xie Juanhan with golden, slit-pupiled eyes, looking just as wary. Xie Juanhan had no intention of fighting. He found a place to settle in the forest, where he grew vegetables, raised livestock, and caught fish. From then on, the little cabin filled with mouthwatering aromas every day 89.1kFavorites95.1kClicks/ch217.2kGifts
- 21 I Am the Only Divine Kingdom on Earth 我是唯一地上神国 After Wu Ci died, he transmigrated and became the consciousness of a dilapidated city in a city-building game. In this strange world, short on resources and rife with chaos, he was betrayed. His city had no residents, was abandoned and run-down, and had been forgotten. The only thing the gloomy, pessimistic little city, with hair hanging over his eyes and a mushroom growing on his head, regretted was that cities weren’t allowed to destroy themselves. Still, at least he had always been alone. Ev 71.4kFavorites70.2kClicks/ch574kGifts
- 22 The Childhood Friend Script Always Unlocks a Romance Route [Quick Transmigration] 竹马剧本总能打出恋爱线［快穿］ [Main story complete, bonus chapters in progress] With his life in danger, Xi Jianwei bound himself to a "Childhood Friend" System that required him to play the cannon-fodder childhood friend in various small worlds. For some reason, though, Xi Jianwei always managed to turn the childhood-friend script into a romance. [World One: The Childhood Friend Script of a Wealthy Family's Adopted Son] Xi Jianwei was an adopted son, until one day the Xi couple had a biological child of their own. He now 48.4kFavorites55kClicks/ch133.2kGifts
- 23 Fellow Daoist, Please Keep Quiet 道友，请保持沉默 [Main story complete] Chu Jingxi, an overworked 996 office drone at an advertising agency, heard a steady stream of System announcements before he died: [Congratulations! You have awakened the talent “Negotiation Expert.”] [You are a master of psychology, naturally gifted with exceptional negotiation skills.] [Congratulations! You have awakened the talent “PR Consultant.”] [You can effortlessly maintain a brand’s image.] [Congratulations! You have awakened the talent “Top Sales Champion.”] [You’ 159.4kFavorites164.4kClicks/ch374.3kGifts
- 24 Becoming the Daimyo of the Land of Fire 成为火之国大名 What’s worse than transmigrating to the Warring States period? Transmigrating not to the real Warring States period of the Azuchi-Momoyama era, but to a fake one filled with ninja flying through the sky and tailed beasts running rampant. And to top it all off, you get a catastrophic identity: the posthumous child of the daimyo of the Land of Fire. You were born to a low-status concubine, your blood tainted by the “lowly” blood of the ninja, and the world rejects you. If you want to survive, you’ 25.6kFavorites31.4kClicks/ch212.1kGifts
- 25 Survival: The Safe House Is a Magic Academy 求生：安全屋是魔法学院 After finishing his college entrance exams, Jing Ke walked out of the exam hall, expecting to enjoy a carefree summer vacation. But the next moment, a survival game began. [All survivors, welcome to the game. Gather resources, upgrade your safe house, and hold off monster invasions and natural disasters!] Fog shrouded the area. Everyone started with only a 2×2 plot of land and a basic safe house. Monsters appeared promptly at eight every night, and natural disasters could strike at any time. 29.9kFavorites25.1kClicks/ch186.3kGifts
- 26 System, You Got My Gender Wrong 系统你搞错性别了 At seventeen, Xu Fuguang was bound to a System that had come to the wrong door, and learned that he was dying. All the patience and restraint he'd shown while trying to treat his illness had been for nothing. System: "Want to beat your rivals and win your parents' love?" Xu Fuguang: "Can you cure my illness?" System: "Want to improve your social life and make the people who exclude you look up to you?" Xu Fuguang: "Can you cure my illness?" System: "Want to shine brightly and find sweet love? 76.8kFavorites50.8kClicks/ch223kGifts
- 27 Global Survival: From a Small Wooden Cabin to a Magic Farm 全民求生:从小木屋到魔法农场 After struggling to survive for ten years in the apocalypse, Qi Yu was pulled into a world that called itself a survival game. [From the start, you have a little wooden cabin. It is your only shelter. Gather resources, upgrade your shelter, and do your best to survive.] Wait, you mean: You start with a little wooden cabin that keeps out the wind and rain, with no zombies and monsters attacking you everywhere. Your beginner’s gift pack comes with clean food and water for free, so you don’t have 174.1kFavorites152.6kClicks/ch2.7MGifts
- 28 The Bug Clan's Scumbag Attacker, but He Took the Wrong Script 虫族渣攻，但拿错剧本 As the Time and Space Administration's professional Scumbag Attack Acting Department, its employees are experts at playing scumbag tops. Whether it's a pretty boy living off his lover, a domineering CEO who forces love on his partner, an emotionless Daoist immortal, or a Phoenix Man who clawed his way out of a mountain village, they handle every role with ease. But one day, the scumbag tops ended up in the right worlds and got the wrong scripts. * Scumbag Top No. 1 got the kept-man script. Y 131.5kFavorites143kClicks/ch503.9kGifts
- 29 The S-Rank Sentinels' Shared Master S级哨兵们的共享主人 56kFavorites41.3kClicks/ch225kGifts
- 30 Island Survival: Life-Type Player Farms and Hoards Goods 海岛求生：生活玩家种田囤货 Nan Liujing woke up to learn that he'd been kidnapped by an evil game System called Island Survival. From then on, he had to say goodbye to Blue Star and spend the rest of his life tied to a barren little island. What do you mean, one island from the start and everything else has to be earned through grinding? Faced with a desolate island where not even birds would land, Nan Liujing's hoarding instincts kicked in. No way. He had to start grinding!!! He went beachcombing, farmed, raised slimes, a 130.6kFavorites126.4kClicks/ch3.2MGifts
- 31 Wanted: A Savior 诚聘救世主 Duan Wei was a quick transmigration agent. After retiring, he chose to return to his original world and live there. On the very first day of retirement, however, he was hit by a car and sent back to the Bureau. With no other choice, the Bureau offered him a chance to be reborn. Duan Wei stood in the boss’s office and took a piece of paper. Wanted: A Savior Job description: The Tianxuan World is facing destruction. According to our projections, two people may be involved: Feng Yuntian, a discipl 85.8kFavorites75.5kClicks/ch221.3kGifts
- 32 The Cultivation World’s Number One Marketing Star 修真界第一营销咖 After transmigrating to the world of cultivation, Qiu Yu’an found himself right at home. Qiu Yu’an was a B-king. If he couldn’t show off, he’d rather die. Qiu Yu’an, the eldest legitimate son of the Qiu family, was renowned throughout the cultivation world as a prodigy. They say that on the day he was born, thunder roared across the sky. But the instant Qiu Yu’an entered the world, the clouds turned rosy for thousands of miles and a hundred phoenixes cried out, a heavenly omen. Years later, pe 198kFavorites170.9kClicks/ch657.3kGifts
- 33 You’re That Beta? 你就是那个Beta？ [Quick summary]: A burned-out Beta guide levels up, fights monsters, and conquers the world; the protagonist is the strongest; the protagonist does not have children; no gender equality; the protagonist has multiple romantic relationships. Anomalies descended, and “danger zones” could devour the entire world at any moment. Unfortunately, Shen Shu transmigrated here and became an overworked doctor in a safe zone, specializing in treating Sentinels. Sounds pretty good. But Shen Shu soon re 65.4kFavorites68kClicks/ch464.5kGifts
- 34 Guess I’ll Fight to the Bitter End 只好斗到底了 This is an interstellar danmei novel featuring mecha and supernatural abilities. Jiang Die was cryogenically frozen because of an illness. When he woke up in the twenty-fourth century, he was free of leukemia. He went to high school, studied hard, played sports, and occasionally fought back against bullies. Three uneventful years of school life passed like that. Then, in the year he graduated, his adoptive older sister fell gravely ill. Desperate to earn the exorbitant medical costs, Jiang Die 44.1kFavorites32kClicks/ch1.4MGifts
- 35 How Can Even a Dragon-Aotian Novel… 怎么龙傲天小说也能 Feng Yunming died in a fire. He hadn't even had time to rescue the people trapped inside. Then a System dropped out of the sky and gave him the chance to return to thirty minutes before his death. In exchange, he had to help fill in missing characters in the worlds of novels. Feng Yunming had a handsome face and a perfectly proportioned, lean physique. He should have been popular with women, yet most of the confessions he received had come from men. Remembering the novels his younger sister had 117.3kFavorites100.3kClicks/ch258.7kGifts
- 36 Infinite Flow, but I Turn Myself In 无限流，但上交我自己 (The original title is Infinite Flow, But With the Nation at My Back. Updates rotate every 24 hours, so anything is possible. The current update time is midnight, but it may change at any time. The Ascension dungeon is complete. 60% anti-theft.) In the grand arena of Infinite Flow, Some people can fight their way through anything with sheer strength, some can carry the whole team with their brains, some can talk their way into fooling the NPCs, and some can breeze through with their looks. Bu 248.4kFavorites289.3kClicks/ch2.2MGifts
- 37 [Three Kingdoms] Passing Myself Off as the Son of Heaven 冒认天子[三国] As a fan of Three Kingdoms history, it is perfectly normal to reconstruct a dragon robe according to archaeological illustrations and wear it for fun, right? But what if, you transmigrated while wearing that dragon robe? And transmigrated into the most chaotic period of all? The previous emperor had died, Grand General He Jin held power, and at the urging of the scholars, calls for the slaughter of the eunuchs grew louder by the day. The eunuchs struck first, killing He Jin and fleeing the pala 91.3kFavorites118.1kClicks/ch296.5kGifts
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