Novels like Reborn to Ride the Wave
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- 1 Back to the 80s: My Literary Life 重回80：我的文艺人生 Synopsis: A middle-aged man with a love of literature somehow finds himself back in the early 1980s, where he becomes a permanent staff member and low-ranking gatekeeper at the Yanhe magazine office in Qin Province. He minds the gate, slacks off a little, and writes poems, novels, and screenplays on the side. Before he knows it, he has become a great writer in everyone’s eyes. Life is prett 1Votes45.5kRecs186.3kFans
- 2 I Wrote a Showbiz Novel, and Its Villainess Prototype Came Knocking 写文娱被女反派原型找上门 My name is Xu Chuan. After I transmigrated, I wrote an entertainment-industry novel. It featured a villainous top-tier star, and now the real-life model for that villain wants to have a word with me after reading my novel. P.S. This book focuses more on behind-the-scenes struggles within the entertainment industry, so its content may differ somewhat from standard entertainment-industry stories. If that bothers you, ple 0Votes26.5kRecs113.9kFans
- 3 I Really Never Wanted to Become a Top Student in the Past 我真没想在过去的年代当学霸 A mediocre college student transmigrates into the impoverished, fervent era. Who would have thought that my family would have an eldest brother, a second brother, a third brother, a fourth and fifth brother, an eldest sister, a second sister, a third and fourth sister, and three to five younger brothers and sisters? There are two or three older uncles in the courtyard, one or two younger uncles, a second aunt and a younger aunt. My father ranks first at slacking off, while my mother ranks first 0Votes143.5kRecs161.1kFans
- 4 Chinese Entertainment in 2004 华娱2004 What’s it like to be reborn in 2004 and work as a security guard at a film academy? Jiang Yu says, “I’m serious about making money.” 0Votes37.4kRecs109.4kFans
- 5 The Great Era: 2010 大时代之2010 Also known as Reborn: The Mobile Internet Empire In 2010, the PC era, the three giants BAT dominated the internet industry, towering above their rivals. The rise of Apple and Android smartphones opened the door to the mobile internet. Zhou Yujie, a senior ByteDance programmer, returns to his youth and builds a vast mobile internet empire... (The author has also completed an older novel, Reborn: The Rise of a Tycoon, a purely business-focused urban story. If you enjoy this genre, go check it out! 0Votes41.5kRecs82.5kFans
- 6 Setting Sail Across the Vast Seas 沧海扬帆 Gao Fan, an archivist at the Institute of Process Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences known as a "human, self-propelled database," transmigrated to 1982. Riding the great tide of reform and opening up, he braved the waves and led China's chemical industry toward glory. Only amid raging currents can a hero's true character be revealed. 35Votes164.5kRecs102kFans
- 7 Reborn: It Begins with Rejecting My Girlfriend's Plans 重生从拒绝女朋友安排开始 A reverse guide to the workplace, a gem of a dark workplace novel. I’m Chu Yang, the chosen worker, guardian deity of the power plant. I can tell whether a power line is live just by touching it, and whether a girl is interested with one kiss. Reborn for a new life, I’ll take my fate into my own hands. Let them scheme and deceive each other; I’ll laugh with my blade held high against the sky. A workplace power fantasy. The author has completed the acclaimed workplace novel with over 10,000 subsc 0Votes43.3kRecs191.9kFans
- 8 One Piece: How Many Teachers Do the Five Elders Have? 海贼：五老星有几个师？ “The fortune-teller said I’d succeed at the cost of countless lives... I wish all you officers a smooth career at Marine Headquarters!” Ma Qiao raises his glass, smiling expectantly at Twitch, Sett, Caitlyn... Much later. The Marines switch sides right before battle, every single agent turns out to be a mole, and the Shichibukai weep, saying they’ve drifted through life for half a lifetime, only to finally meet a worthy leader. Standing atop the Red Line, Ma Qiao smiles with fatherly warmth. “Fi 1Votes43.6kRecs122.2kFans
- 9 Starting with The Sword of the Third Young Master 从三少爷的剑开始 What should I do? I’m from the start in The Sword of the Third Young Master, and I’m about to challenge the invincible swordsman Yan Shisan. In the novel, Chen Sheng doesn’t even survive the first chapter. To be precise, he lasts five hundred words. As the saying goes, a real man knows when to bend and when to stand tall. Maybe I should just... Admit defeat? P.S. This book is also known as I’m Just Good at Bending and Standing Tall. It’s full of love and has no female lead. 0Votes15.4kRecs75.7kFans
- 10 At First, I Just Wanted to Make Money 一开始，我只想搞钱 Forget making movies. Making money is what matters! Well, Shen Xudong later realized that making movies was never just about making movies. It was all art! PS: This story is entirely fictional. If it offends anyone, please be generous and let it slide! (Over 8,000 average subscriptions... a career high. Grateful...) 0Votes227.5kRecs287.5kFans
- 11 Reborn in Tokyo’s Golden Age 重生东京黄金时代 New book out now! Reborn in the neon-lit Japan of the late 1970s, Bai Chuan Feng wants to do something different. Sony, Nintendo... And the charms of the beautiful women of the Showa era. This time around, he wants to live a better life... 0Votes48.5kRecs174.3kFans
- 12 Chinese Showbiz: Young Master Gao Wants to Be a Movie Star 华娱：高衙内他想当影帝 One day, after getting completely drunk, Gao Yanei was enjoying the company of courtesans when he suddenly transmigrated to the Great Celestial Empire and became an honorable… bit-part actor! Then he was stunned to discover that a certain man surnamed Shi had pinned a huge scandal on him!!! His godfather, Gao Qiu, was the one trying to suppress the military families in the Imperial Guard. What did that have to do with him? Was Lin Chong’s wife as skilled in bed as Lian’er from the Spring Breeze 0Votes23.7kRecs105.6kFans
- 13 I Never Wanted to Be an Actor 我没想做演员 An actor? An actor's final destination is selling products on livestream! I'm a huge internet celebrity. Become an actor? Have you lost your mind? 8Votes137.5kRecs362.7kFans
- 14 Reborn in 1993 重生从1993开始 Having returned to 1993, Li Dongling is ready to start a new life. This time around, he’s determined to live well and do what he wants. I’m Li Dongling, and this is my 1993! 461Votes260.7kRecs492.4kFans
- 15 Reborn Financial Hunter 重生之金融猎手 When the hands of time turn back sixteen years, all the regrets and mistakes of the past can be set right! Back at the turning point of 2005, Su Yue gazes at the historic opportunities glittering like starlight and decides to ride the crest of the times, determined to live a perfect life. 1Votes84.9kRecs124.2kFans
- 16 I Guard the Gate of the Jie Sect 我在截教看大门 He transmigrated into the primordial wilderness and became a spirit river on Golden Turtle Island. After cultivating for billions of years, his body spread across the entire island, and he was the first to claim it. Having received the Way of Formations from Tongtian, he turned himself into a formation to guard the entrance to the Jie Sect. “You have no affinity with my sect. Leave at once.” “The Sage Tongtian teaches without discrimination. I came from billions of miles away. How can you turn m 0Votes83.1kRecs564.9kFans
- 17 A Survival Guide to Semiconductors in the New Millennium 千禧年半导体生存指南 Thanks for the invite. I’m in 1998, just got off the plane, and I’m about to crush Yahoo and kick Amazon to the curb! Zhou Xin, former chief representative for commercial negotiations during the pre-ZTE incident and founder of New Core Technology, has unexpectedly returned to 1998. He’ll rise to prominence starting in Silicon Valley, make waves in China, reshape the global semiconductor landscape, and turn the tide just as the curtain falls on the chip industry! Simply put, it’s the story of a s 0Votes35kRecs99.5kFans
- 18 This Movie Star Wants More Money 这个影帝要加钱 Transmigrating from the Ming dynasty to the year 2000, Ding Xiu can only live a different kind of life this time around. Director: I hear you're good in a fight. I have a role I'd like you to take. It's very difficult. Ding Xiu: Pay me more and it's fine. Director: Actually, I'm hiring you just as insurance. We may not even need you. Ding Xiu: That's not my concern. If you hire me, you have to pay me. Not a single penny less... P.S. New book: The Unscientific Movie Emperor. Feel free to check it 0Votes226kRecs851.8kFans
- 19 Showbiz: I’m Just an Actor 文娱之我只是个演员 I don’t understand music, can’t dance, am no good at writing, know nothing about calligraphy, and can’t paint. I’m an actor, Xu Rong. 3Votes135.9kRecs245.6kFans
- 20 Lucky Every Day 天天中奖 Jiang Fan is reborn, and his eyes have undergone some changes. He can now see certain things from the future. 0Votes179.6kRecs404.1kFans
- 21 EN 1979: The Golden Age 1979黄金时代 This is still a somewhat nostalgic story, hmm… 8.7kVotes3.7MRecs2.5MFans
- 22 Period: Starting at the Shanghai Dubbing Studio 年代：从魔都译制片厂开始 Jiang Shan, a media mogul, inexplicably transmigrates forty years into the past and decides to turn a lifetime of experience into his golden finger. He glances at the nine jiao in his pocket, then strides into the Shanghai Film Dubbing Studio... 0Votes139.7kRecs233.3kFans
- 23 EN African Entrepreneurship Chronicles 非洲创业实录 Reborn as a prince of the Hohenstaufen family's Swabian branch in Hohenzollern, he watches the storms gathering across Europe as war looms on the horizon. There is no reason to stay in Europe any longer. Claiming land in East Africa, encouraging immigration and development, laying an agricultural foundation, and taking one step at a time, he uses the crisis to achieve industrialization. 129Votes168.3kRecs187.2kFans
- 24 Reshaping the Millennium Era 重塑千禧年代 At the turn of the millennium, officials were chanting slogans about GDP, bosses took pride in bringing their secretaries along, and rough-and-ready entrepreneurs fought with blades flashing amid the waves of the times. Fang Zhuo returns to the year 2000. Ten years later, a group of venture capitalists and private equity firms storm the company headquarters, demanding an answer from a stunned Fang Zhuo: “Mr. Fang, all your other projects have gone public. When on earth will this first one li 47Votes867.3kRecs825.4kFans
- 25 My Literary Era in 1980 1980我的文艺时代 Lin Weimin somehow transmigrated into a sent-down educated youth in the countryside. He had neither father nor mother and could not even return to the city. To improve his living conditions, he chose to embark on a literary path. After finally publishing two short stories and celebrating for a few days, he unexpectedly became a student at the Institute of Literary Studies, the predecessor of the National Academy of Literature. Lin Weimin had 4Votes317.2kRecs608.3kFans
- 26 This Isn't Entertainment 这不是娱乐 Just burn it all down. I'm tired! 0Votes487.4kRecs335.4kFans
- 27 America, 1982 美利坚1982 He has received the most dazzling praise and the most vicious insults. Every vein in his body pulses with defiance. He is a white kid who will never become a member of high society. He is a young man whom the public sees as a country boy. He is Tommy Hawk. He has been reborn. Welcome to a story whose first half tells the tale of the American Dream and whose second half tells of the American Nightmare. Let's welcome Tommy Hawk to the stage, on a winter's day in 2022. 0Votes302.6kRecs479.2kFans
- 28 This Director Is Very Reliable 这个导演很靠谱 Filming a television or film production is an enormously expensive and mentally exhausting undertaking. Making a movie is difficult, and making a good movie is harder still. With all sorts of messy unspoken rules filling your mind every day, how are you supposed to make a good film? : Shen Changlin V group: 685421440… 0Votes203.6kRecs258.3kFans
- 29 The Three Kingdoms: I Begin by Riding Alone into Jingzhou 三国从单骑入荆州开始 “A son should be like Sun Zhongmou. Liu Jingsheng’s sons are no better than pigs and dogs.” In the first year of Chuping, Liu Qi, whom Cao Cao had called a pig-dog, stood outside the gates of Yicheng and entered Jingzhou on his father Liu Biao’s behalf. How can I avoid being a pig-dog of a son? A good son takes on his father’s burdens. Riding alone into Yicheng to settle matters with the clans is too dangerous. I’ll go in my father’s place. Dealing with Jingzhou’s internal and external troubles 0Votes105.8kRecs209.4kFans
- 30 Reborn: I Want to Conquer a Vast Empire 重生之朕要打下一个大大的江山 The greatest advantage of being reborn is having access to information others lack, but that advantage has never belonged exclusively to the reborn. For anyone hoping to cash in on privileged information, the hardest part is always making it happen. Liang Xin woke from a nap back in his college dorm, looked at the five hundred yuan of spending money in his wallet, and knew full well that in this world, no one but himself could help him. So he steeled himself and embarked on the point-of-no-retur 0Votes165.7kRecs139.4kFans
- 31 The Tycoon with a Learning Panel 拥有学习面板的神豪 If studying could bring you both wealth and a powerful body, would you be willing to study with everything you’ve got? Just as Li Shi is about to lose his job, a “Study Panel” suddenly appears in his mind. By studying knowledge and skills, he can increase two attributes at once: “Wealth” and “Physique.” Each additional point of Wealth can be exchanged for one kilogram of any substance he has ever possessed, while each point of Physique boosts his physical fitness by one tenth of that of a health 151Votes116kRecs349.4kFans
- 32 The Agricultural Mogul, Starting in 1983 农业巨头从1983开始 In 1983, Liu Yonghao and his brothers opened a farm in Sichuan. Wang Shi searched for opportunities to make a fortune in the special economic zone. Outside the Haiyan Shirt Factory, Lu Guanqiu waited for a chance to hear Bu Xinsheng’s lecture. Meanwhile, Li Lei, who had transmigrated from another world, pondered how to set out on the path to becoming an agricultural tycoon. 0Votes33.4kRecs66.9kFans
- 33 Wandering the World of Myriad Heavens 人在诸天，浪迹天涯 A Myriad Heavens crossover featuring a mix of film and TV worlds. The first world is a little long, and the story doesn't follow the original plot. Same old rules. 0Votes109.6kRecs189.9kFans
- 34 Chinese Entertainment, 1997 华娱1997 In early 1997, Cao Xuan, who has the memories of a seasoned entertainment writer from the future, appears in Water Margin, the last of CCTV’s Four Great Classical Novels adaptations. The most handsome Ximen Qing in history is born... 2Votes386.2kRecs749.9kFans
- 35 Who Are You Calling a Powerhouse? 骂谁实力派呢 Who are you calling a powerhouse performer? Who are you insulting? Do you have any idea what it means to be one of Asia’s Ten Most Handsome Men? 8Votes264.5kRecs843.1kFans
- 36 Reborn, Starting with E-Commerce 重生从电商开始 A senior executive in e-commerce returns to his college campus. Facing the sweeping, turbulent age of the mobile internet, Luo Xiu sighs and says: “I have face blindness, I’m not interested in money, and I come from an ordinary family. My only distinction is that my house is a little bigger...” 0Votes53.5kRecs91.1kFans
- 37 North American Detective: I'm an Expert in Every Kind of Quick-Draw 北美神探：我精通各种美式居合 [Gunfights + Crime-Solving and Deduction + Ruthless Action] I’ve been doing black-on-black deals, and only now you’re telling me I was planted by the police as an undercover agent??? Dean looked at the boss, who had died with his eyes wide open, and scratched his head. He could only seize the opportunity to become Los Angeles’s five-star citizen: Detective Dean! P.S.: No supernatural powers, but there is a dark world beyond the reach of ordinary people, with hitmen, master thieves, and all kinds 0Votes97kRecs357.1kFans
- 38 Hollywood in the Making 好莱坞绘制 “Film noir? Yes! Those extreme cinephiles say my work is always full of crime, violence, and death, with sadistic, explicit scenes, protagonists who are both good and evil, and anxiety and unease as its central emotions. It always revolves around greed and deceit, ending in death or destruction. But these things aren’t found only in my films. They reveal the dark side we all share as human beings!”--- 0Votes61.1kRecs137.7kFans
- 39 I Became a Literary Master in Tokyo 我在东京当文豪 This Japan seems a little different. After the bubble burst, everything was underlined. The writers who should have emerged never did. Instead, a number of authors could only offer feeble criticism of the world... This Japan needs a literary giant, a beacon of thought... Chen Chu transmigrated into this world and became Kitajima Koma, a waiter at an izakaya. Looking at his solitary self and his uncertain future, Kitajima Koma decided to make money using the advantages he had. And so a novel call 0Votes31kRecs138.3kFans
- 40 Old Tales of Hong Kong 港岛旧事 Fifty Years Early He Dingxian plunged headfirst into a blazing era teeming with roughnecks, before countless heroes had made their names. He fought alongside the real power players and danced shoulder to shoulder with dazzling beauties. What I’ve earned, I’ll never give away! 0Votes151.7kRecs394.2kFans
- 41 Back to 1978 重回1978 At first, his name was Hu San. Later, people called him Third Brother. Then more and more people called him Boss Xie. In the end, everyone called him Mr. Xie. Among the countless titles people gave him were millionaire, farmer-entrepreneur, philanthropist, producer, and village chief. After thirty years of breaking through the waves, when Time magazine put him on its cover, it used a single word to encompass all his titles: Comrade. 0Votes130.2kRecs212.3kFans
- 42 Exploiting Hollywood, 1980 剥削好莱坞1980 Hollywood has come up with plenty of formulas... What makes a movie a hit? And yet plenty of big-budget films that follow the formula still bomb at the box office. Ronald Lee transmigrates to Hollywood in the 1980s. Can he discover the secret to making a hit movie? After all, he can dream about scenes from movies he watched in his previous life... His knack for making box-office hits and helping actors win awards brings Ronald plenty of friends, enemies, and beautiful women... Let the author tak 3Votes484.8kRecs199.1kFans
- 43 Reborn in the Great Era of 1993 重生大时代之1993 The story of Zhang Xuan, who becomes a literary giant after being reborn. 41Votes460.5kRecs1.3MFans
- 44 Tokyo Bubble Life 东京泡沫人生 He transmigrated into Tokyo during the Bubble Era. In this unfamiliar age, the only familiar things were Seiko Matsuda, Akina Nakamori, Shizuka Kudo… 77Votes424.2kRecs398kFans
- 45 Back to 1995 重返1995 In 1995 America, the internet had only just caught fire, cell phones were still brick-sized, and Hollywood films had yet to enter the age of special effects. The arrival of Song Yang would usher in a whole new era. The media marveled that he was the new Howard Hughes. Just as Hughes had once blazed trails and driven countless people wild, Song Yang went even further than Hughes had, changing an entire era. But when asked about the media's verdict, Song Yang simply replied, “I am who I am. Histor 1Votes75.9kRecs166.7kFans
- 46 Literary Titan 1983 文豪1983 (A reborn literary master's story, no System. Every work is interpreted and adapted to fit its era.) Sixty-year-old Yu Qie sat there, gazing fondly at the reflection of his twenty-year-old self in his eyes. Back then, he had just submitted his first novel and was hailed as a rising star in the literary world. Now he was famous throughout the world, the conscience of the late twentieth century and the final pinnacle of human literature. The Akutagawa Prize, the Mao Dun Literature Prize, the Kafka 67Votes89.2kRecs202.8kFans
- 47 Jingming 靖明 The Ming Dynasty was on the verge of ruin. The Forbidden City, completed just a hundred years earlier, welcomed a new master, while Yang Tinghe often reflected through tears: What kind of monster did I choose? Once Jiajing stopped wasting his intelligence on cultivating immortality, a wise ruler took the throne and fierce ministers filled the court. The might of the sovereign and father spread far across the seas! 0Votes183.3kRecs621.2kFans
- 48 I Really Can't Act 我真不会演戏啊 “I’m going to take my talent into the entertainment industry…” “But you can’t actually act.” “Having a good face is enough.” 0Votes79.3kRecs127.3kFans
- 49 Chinese Entertainment in 2000 华娱之2000 “Scandal over the stand-in case forces Hong Kong’s young king of pop to bow out in disgrace!” “Two Zhous and one Sun: Three forces dominate the Chinese music scene!” “The new leader of the Chinese music scene: Mainland prodigy Zhou Yi!” “South Zhou versus North Zhou: The battle between the young kings is heating up!” “South and North Zhou: Who will reign over the new era?!” “Charm without limits: Most female stars across the mainland, Hong Kong, and Taiwan have fallen for Zhou Yi. The South-Nort 48Votes326.5kRecs483.1kFans
- 50 Reaching for Supremacy in the Ten Kingdoms 问鼎十国 At the end of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Chai Rong has just ascended the throne, and Zhao Kuangyin is beginning to make his mark. Luo Youdu, a petty official driven to take his own life, becomes a stock transmigrator. From the start, he kicks the legendary charioteer of Gaoliang River, dominates the Ten Kingdoms, expands his influence in every direction, and restores the splendor of the Han and Tang dynasties. 3Votes122.1kRecs305.4kFans
