I Transmigrated to Republican-Era China, Where a Sweet Young Lady Builds a Factory and Makes a Killing

[Transmigrate into a book, alternate-history Republican era, comeback, business, two powerful leads, taking on the worst of the family]

When Tang Baozhu opened her eyes, she discovered she'd transmigrated into a book, becoming a cannon-fodder supporting actress in The Tycoon of the Republic of China, a male-oriented novel.

The original owner was the pampered daughter of a silk factory in Suhe Town, a hopeless romantic who was plotted against by her scumbag boyfriend and brother, leaving her family ruined.

She was later sold to the Japanese invaders and groomed into a famous dancer at the Paramount in Shanghai.

She also became a spy planted beside the renowned Mr. Ning of Shanghai.

In the end, Mr. Ning discovered her true identity, and she died without a proper burial.

After transmigrating into the book, Tang Baozhu does whatever she can to survive. In an era of economic depression and social upheaval, she kicks her scumbag boyfriend to the curb, protects the family business, and takes the silk industry from Suhe Town to Shanghai and beyond, making her the famous Miss Tang of Shanghai.

Yet to her surprise, the usually refined Mr. Ning's eyes turn red.

“The ironworks, flour mills, kerosene trade, foreign cloth business, ferry and customs operations, film industry, racetracks, and Paramount's business are all yours. I'll even give you the chairmanship of the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce. Will you be mine?”