Novels like Hong Kong Stories: 1963
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Hong Kong Stories: 1963, best match first.
- 1 Chinese Showbiz: A Max-Level Director Who Debuted as a Singer 华娱：满级导演但歌手出道 Tentatively planned as a story with two female leads, Fan and Gao, plus a love interest, Wang Fei. He starts out as a singer, then becomes both a singer and director in the middle portion. (The first film is tied to his singing career, and many readers have said the combination works really well.) In the later part, he’ll probably focus mainly on directing. Zheng Hui is reborn in 1998, with a golden finger that makes him an all-around director (it’s only there to make producing entertainment con 166Votes28.4kRecs170.9kFans
- 2 Chinese Showbiz 2008: Starting with a Happy Breakup 华娱2008：从分手快乐开始 (This story started with 500 first-day paid subscriptions and reached 7,000 average subscriptions, so read with confidence.) A Weibo scoop: "A certain two-character male top-tier star and a certain three-character female top-tier star have secretly broken up, officially ending their six-month relationship." Hater: "Damn, just give us Wei Mu's ID number already. Wei the Dog has broken up again and again!!" New fan: "Shut up, don't you dare hate on my brother. He's dating seriously and putting his 1.5kVotes49.4kRecs315.4kFans
- 3 Mystery Revival: The Ghost Demands an Update 神秘复苏：鬼催更 This author writes thirty thousand characters a day because a ghost is egging him on. But he isn't the least bit fazed... Actually, he's just saying that to fool the ghost. 490Votes15.1kRecs74.8kFans
- 4 Reborn in 2008: Starting a Business as a Rogue Cultivator 重生08，邪修创业 After being laid off by a shady cultivator, Wang Junshan was reborn in 2008. With one wild move after another, he set out to build his own shady cultivation empire! From campus group-buying to niche e-commerce. From social networking among acquaintances to browser games. From developing smartphones to investing in new energy... It all seemed like small-time hustle, struggling in the gaps between industry giants, but in reality, he was laying the foundations for a grand strategic plan. Years late 109Votes53.7kRecs186kFans
- 5 I Became Xiangzi in 1984 我在1984当祥子 Gu Yan transmigrates to 1984 and becomes a taxi driver for the Capital Automobile Company. His fellow drivers jokingly call their line of work “modern-day Xiangzi.” But the real Xiangzi has a proper Yanjing household registration and lives in a home inside the Second Ring Road. In six years, he paid cash for two cars, and the money he earned pulling a rickshaw was enough to support a family of eight. Even the woman he married was the boss’s daughter. As for Gu Yan, the moment he opened his eyes 2.6kVotes46.4kRecs249.9kFans
- 6 Chinese Showbiz 2009: Unlocking the Achievement Panel 华娱09：加载成就面板 Qin Baiyuan, an ordinary graduate of a second-tier university, obtained the Life Achievement System and used it to grow into the King of Chinese Entertainment. White Achievement: Mineral water Green Achievement: Deep, resonant voice Blue Achievement: Film screenplay Purple Achievement: Upright bearing Orange Achievement: ??? 5Votes16.6kRecs55.7kFans
- 7 My Father, Emperor Wu of Han 家父汉武帝 Liu Jia kicked the bucket. A sheep killed him. He swore that in his next life he would never study animal husbandry, never research sheep breeding, and absolutely never chase an escaped breeding ram in the middle of the night, only to fail to catch it and tumble headfirst into a ravine, bringing his miserable life to an end. He never imagined things could get even worse. He opened his eyes in some godforsaken ancient era. He had become a son of Emperor Wu of Han who didn't exist in the history b 449Votes16.6kRecs116.9kFans
- 8 Chinese Showbiz: The Top-Tier Star Has No Days Off 华娱：顶流没有假期 After ten years toiling as a financial-sector wage slave, Jiang Bai suddenly returns to 2016. Looking at the noisy, tumultuous world, Jiang Bai grins. Finance? Not even a dog would do that! You shouldn't step into the same river twice! In this life, Jiang Bai plans to dive headfirst into the entertainment industry and see how it tastes! He'll start by becoming a top-tier star in campus dramas! What? You say the entertainment industry is a mess? Could it possibly be messier than finance? Jiang Ba 1.4kVotes41.2kRecs265.4kFans
- 9 The Leader 领袖 If you are facing bankruptcy, this book may become the guide you need to save yourself and your family. 1.2kVotes60.7kRecs146kFans
- 10 The Heir Emperor 嗣皇帝 Reborn into a parallel world embroiled in a succession struggle among nine princes, Shen Ye had been ready to make a big impact. Then he discovered that he had become the Crown Prince, with everyone ganging up to attack him. He knew the Crown Prince’s greatest enemy wasn’t his brothers, but the increasingly suspicious emperor. After realizing he couldn’t recreate the Xuanwu Gate Incident, Shen Ye decided to lie flat! He’d never become emperor no matter how hard he tried, so he might as well do w 168Votes171.8kRecs941.4kFans
- 11 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
- 12 The Dawn Protocol 拂晓协议 The global consensus: Measure the world's resources and win Huang Ye's favor. Hello, everyone. My name is Huang Ye. 407Votes47.3kRecs153.7kFans
- 13 Twenty Years in the Underworld of Republican-Era China 民国江湖二十年 [Everyday life in the martial world, bandits of the greenwood, and strange folk customs] If someone greets you with “You must be tired,” you know you’re in the martial world. In the late Qing and early Republican era, the nation was crumbling and chaos reigned. Beyond Shanhai Pass, greenwood heroes rose in droves. In the streets of Beijing and Tianjin, extraordinary figures of the martial world emerged one after another. In times like these, every hero ought to have a bit of a bandit in him!!! … 315Votes249.3kRecs237.8kFans
- 14 The Entertainment World's Intel King 华娱情报王 Yan Li, a graduate of the vocational program for the Class of 2000 at Beijing Film Academy, gets the golden finger [Daily Intelligence System] and becomes the entertainment industry’s king of insider information. What? The cast of The Heroes of Sui and Tang is holding auditions for Yuwen Chengdu. That role seems perfect for me. What? The brand’s minimum endorsement rate is three million a year. Damn, my agent quoted too low. Hurry and raise the price. What? A female star plans to use a pinhole c 695Votes444kRecs548.1kFans
- 15 Looking North at the Rivers and Mountains 北望江山 A story about a modern person struggling to survive in the late Yuan dynasty, in every sense of the word. 6.2kVotes745.2kRecs592.5kFans
- 16 What's Wrong with One More Person Getting Rich Later? 多我一个后富怎么了 He started out studying medicine but never practiced, then sold TVs, ran into Zhou Huihui, and moved into the sharing economy, where deposits went unrepaid. Next came real estate, where he found some success. At last, he picked a prime property, but never got to top it out… In 2008, Yu Xing woke from a dream to find himself back on the eve of the financial crisis, with his investments in the red. That was the year industry giants took shape and capital awoke. He could only struggle to build his 1.7kVotes1MRecs885.5kFans
- 17 EN Journey to the West: The Roadblock! 西游：拦路人！ Transmigrating into Journey to the West, he awakens the Roadblocker System. As long as he stops Tang Sanzang and his disciples from continuing their pilgrimage at each trial, he can receive rewards. Block them for three days, reward: the Art of Moving Mountains Block them for seven days, reward: Six-Turn Golden Elixir Block them for half a month, reward: True Dragon Pearl Block them for one month, reward: Acquired Spirit Treasure: Five-Flame Divine Fan Block them for one season, reward: Divine A 424Votes179kRecs861.5kFans
- 18 Wanli Emperor 万历明君 In the year 1572, seventy-two years remained before the fall of the Ming dynasty and the loss of its lands. At this time, Japanese pirates ran rampant in the southeast, the Tatars battered the northwest passes, local land annexation was growing worse by the day, the military and government were exhausted, the people were suffering, and the Longqing Emperor had just died. Yet at this moment, Shi Yue transmigrated into Zhu Yijun, the Wanli Emperor who would later go thirty years without attending 6kVotes735.4kRecs1.6MFans
- 19 The Long Sword at the End of Jin 晋末长剑 As the Tang poet Xu Yin wrote in his poem “The Two Jins”: “Deep schemes across three generations laid the foundations of an empire. What a pity for the widow and orphan. Cheng Ji’s crime brought Heaven’s wrath; the spear that struck a wise ruler is mourned for all eternity.” The Western Jin came to power through illegitimate means and made far too many mistakes, inheriting every ill that had accumulated since the Eastern Han and the Three Kingdoms. By the end of the Jin dynasty, the damage had b 123Votes2MRecs2.1MFans
- 20 EN Back to 1982: A Second Chance in a Fishing Village 重回1982小渔村 A fishing-and-seaside-life story set in the 1980s, with an average of 35,000 paid subscribers. The animated series of the same name, Back to 1982: A Small Fishing Village, launched on Hongguo on August 7! [Everyday life in the 1980s: fishing, farming, raising kids, and family squabbles. If that’s not your thing, please don’t read or leave hate!] It’s the same familiar little fishing village, but Ye Yaodong is no longer the young man he used to be. Reborn into the pas 221Votes2.1MRecs2MFans
- 21 Reborn to Build a Dream 重生铸梦 Armed with more than a decade of experience and foresight, Zhao Zejun plunged back into 2001. ‘Every year, all the transmigrators who meet their various untimely ends online could hold hands and form a mid-sized city. And the great enterprises they establish could, all together, buy the entire Milky Way! Truth be told, for the first few days after transmigrating, Lu Yuetao was furious. He wanted to take this whole world down with 0Votes311.6kRecs268.5kFans
- 22 EN I Never Intended to Become an Immortal 我本无意成仙 The new book, Where There Are Immortals, There Is a Name, is now out. I am a stranger in this land, with no intention of becoming an immortal. After twenty years of cultivating the Dao in the mountains, Song You's master sends him down the mountain to witness demons and monsters, the many faces of life, and the famous mountains and rivers, and to seek out the immortals of legend. He says that is what true cultivation is. Who would have thought that after traveling the length and breadth 192Votes1.2MRecs4.1MFans
- 23 The Undisputed Number One 绝对一番 “Always be number one” means “fight for first place forever and never give up”! After transmigrating to Japan just as its bubble economy collapses and the country enters a severe recession, Lu Zhishou takes a look at his empty wallet, next month’s rent bill, and transmigration perks. He promptly heads for a TV station and begins his quest to claim the top spot. He also finds the woman of his dreams. He makes plans, enlists accomplices, and doggedly pursues her, but the outcome... Disclaimer: Thi 10Votes2.6MRecs736kFans
- 24 The Best Movie Star 最佳影星 I want to roll around in piles of cash! I want to become a Hollywood superstar! 0Votes816.2kRecs249.5kFans
- 25 Riding the Tide of a Pure-Hearted Era 逆流纯真年代 Time is a ship. Some people like to think of those few years in the early 1990s as the final voyage of a once-innocent era. Jiang Che, long since changed by the passing years, returns against the current and starts over in 1992, writing a brilliant youth that can finally be laid to rest properly. [Welcome to the second VIP group for Reversing the Current of Innocent Days: 497283806 (You must provide a screenshot showing you’ve purchased the whole book to join. This time, I’ll try to talk more.)] 41Votes2.9MRecs1.6MFans
