short series

80s Tycoon: Starting as a Fake Returnee

share time: 2026-01-01 12:30:59

Lin Hao, a modern office worker, accidentally travels back to 1985 and becomes a penniless young man in a small Jiangnan county. To survive, he pretends to be a "Hong Kong returnee"—and unexpectedly activates a "Tycoon System" that requires him to rise using his fake identity: selling Yiwu goods as "Hong Kong fashion" for his first fortune, using his mom's braised pork recipe as an "overseas secret" to help a neighbor open a restaurant, and even posing as a "foreign expert" to teach locals disco. But Su Xiaomei, a stubborn popsicle seller, keeps exposing his lies: "Hongkongers eat instant noodles? My uncle said that's for workers!" From bickering to teaming up, Lin Hao hides his identity flaws (like calling cola "American soda" but getting caught with Chinese labels) while using the system to improve the county. Su soon discovers his true heart. When his identity is exposed by a rival, Su stands up: "His identity is fake, but the money he made and the school he built—all real!" Filled with laughs, satisfying success, and sweet love, watch how the "fake returnee" lives the truest tycoon life in the 80s.

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