Reborn in the Eighties: Building a Fortune on Second-Hand Goods
重生八零：倒腾二手货起家
by Xnoval Originals · Historical · 100 chapters · complete series
Reborn in the Eighties: Building a Fortune on Second-Hand Goods is a Historical web novel by Xnoval Originals, with 100 chapters.
Synopsis
Back in the early 1980s, when a state-factory clerk's 'iron rice bowl' was crumbling and a used bicycle could change a family's life, one man wakes up knowing exactly how the next forty years go. He starts with other people's castoffs — second-hand goods nobody values yet — and trades, repairs, and hustles his way up through the most opportunity-drunk decade in modern Chinese history. A propulsive 100-chapter business saga of the reform era. Chinese edition; English translation in progress.
重生回八十年代初，铁饭碗开始晃，二手货里全是机会。他知道后面四十年的走向，就从别人不要的旧货起家：收、修、倒、卖，在改革开放的风口上一步步做成大买卖。100 章完本，年代创业。
Chapter 1: Severing Ties in Print
In the factory office of the Red Star Machinery Factory, the wall clock had just struck ten.
The pendulum swung back and forth — tick, tick, tick — striking against the grey-white wall with its peeling paint, striking until your chest felt tight. The office wasn't big. Two long tables pushed together, their corners worn shiny, the lacquer flaking up in patches to show the dark wood beneath. Against the wall stood a tin file cabinet, rusted like an old tree root, one drawer handle bent into a hook. Newspaper was pasted over the window. Outside, the sky hung low and grey, leaden clouds pressing down on the chimney tops. When the wind blew, the windowpanes hummed.
Section Chief Liu took the cheque out of his drawer and pushed his reading glasses up. The glasses sat on the bridge of his nose, their frame bent from wire, the right temple wrapped twice in tape. He squinted, turned the cheque over and over, ran a finger across the figures, muttering to himself. A cup of tea sat on the desk, the dregs sunk to the bottom, the water long gone cold, the stain on the cup dark green.
"Lin Cuifen, how old are you this year?"
"Twenty."
Details
- Author
- Xnoval Originals
- Genre
- Historical
- Status
- Completed
- Chapters
- 100
- Length
- 1855450 words
- Updated
- Updated 2026-11-08
- Languages
- 简体中文, 繁體中文, English, 日本語, 한국어, العربية
Frequently asked questions
Is Reborn in the Eighties: Building a Fortune on Second-Hand Goods complete?
Yes — Reborn in the Eighties: Building a Fortune on Second-Hand Goods is complete, and all 100 chapters are published.
Who wrote Reborn in the Eighties: Building a Fortune on Second-Hand Goods?
Reborn in the Eighties: Building a Fortune on Second-Hand Goods was written by Xnoval Originals.
How can I read Reborn in the Eighties: Building a Fortune on Second-Hand Goods?
You can read Reborn in the Eighties: Building a Fortune on Second-Hand Goods online on Xnoval. The first 3 chapters are free, and the book is available in 简体中文, 繁體中文, English, 日本語, 한국어, العربية.