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1,111 short dramas in Rags to Riches — synopsis, ratings and where to watch.
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From Film Set to Battlefield EmperorStarving and besieged, Emperor Jason Shaw stumbles through a Light Portal into the modern world. As an “emperor” NPC at a film studio, he teams up with streamer Wendy Sutton and goes viral. He jumps back with instant noodles, hotpot base, and chili powder to help repel the invaders. Can his modern hustle and ancient strategy turn the tide?
I Got Rich Serving Customers from the Magic WorldClaire, a supermarket owner framed by her ex and deep in debt, finds her oak barrel portal when elf prince Jack tumbles out, paying with ancient silver.It's a magic hub—elves trade gold for grain, dwarves ore for gear, mages potions for snacks. She breaks the siege, exposes treason, and forges a soul pact with Jack. Orcs awaken Titans; she rallies allies with generators, lights, drones for a cross-dimensional battle.Debts gone, they wed in Silvermoon—the barrel greets visitors nightly.
My Cousin Stole My FortuneHumiliated by her cousin Shea Byers, Yara Byers breaks away and builds a snake shed, using rare Snake Venom to grow her trade. Shea frames her with diseased snakes, turns the villagers into a mob, and sets it ablaze. With everything burning, can Yara prove the frame-up in time?
From Deckhand to TycoonShoved into the sea by his uncle, Hugo Chandler, fisherman Zane Chandler wakes after five years. With Cecilia Lynn beside him, he uses a Compass to claim the Golden Sea and Dragon's Maw fishery and build a company that frees the village. But Hugo Chandler plots again—can Zane expose him in time?
The Last Beast WhispererDave Shaw steals the profits and humiliates Robin Shaw with only $1,000. Robin returns to the wilds, commands beasts with the Bone Whistle, and strikes it rich with rare herbs as Tanner Drake backs Dave to tear up the mountains for Leyline Essence. With Lynn Sheen, can Robin stop them in time?
From Wasteland to Pig EmpireAfter saving Cousin David David Shaw’s farm, Finn Shaw is betrayed and paid almost nothing. He leases a government-approved Backfield Sandlot to raise Lake Mirror Black Pig. David copies him, botches orders, then frames Finn with false claims, even at his wedding. Finn has veterinary expertise and proof, but can he clear his name in time?
Wait, My Husband Is a General?The man Mia Shaw took in and fed was a scholar who had come down in the world. He was the general of the northern garrison, and the court moved when he said so.
Mia had arrived in that body from somewhere else. She woke as the young woman the village called its worst, at the scene of a killing, and she went off a cliff soon after and lived. Her relatives wanted the money and arranged to sell her to a butcher who was violent at home. The law left her no room either, since a woman still unmarried at twenty went to forced labor and could be jailed after that. What she had was the food of her own time, which nobody there had eaten. She started with a stall and no capital and ended up with a restaurant in the capital that people knew by name.Trash Collector to TycoonMocked in Chandler Village, Shane Lynn bets on an opportunity: junk circuit boards can yield gold. As his recycling business grows, bully Doug Jones and rival Miles Shaw try to crush him with sabotage and stolen know-how. With Tina Sutton backing his supply, can he keep his breakthrough from being taken?
My Magical Farm in Ancient TimesA modern agricultural expert finds herself reborn as a mistreated village girl in ancient times. Cast out by her own family, she starts over with a magical miniature farming realm and her advanced farming knowledge. While everyone expects her to starve through winter, she grows rare crops, creates high-yield seeds, and turns her life around.
Kick Me Out, Then Beg Me BackWhen Harvey Jones raises prices slightly, Creekview Town turns on him and he leaves. The villagers buy cheap chemical oil, and a banquet poisoning wrecks the town, forcing them to beg him back to lead a co-op. But investor Drake Shaw sabotages and frames him—can Harvey clear his name in time?
I Can See the Value of AnythingBetrayed by his ex-wife and framed by his rival, Sean Chandler loses everything after a drunken mistake. But when he unlocks a mysterious appraisal system, he gains the power to uncover priceless hidden treasures. With new allies by his side, Sean rises from rock bottom while his enemies scheme against him. Can he turn his luck around and make them pay?
Billionaire Savior, Hometown BetrayalTim Lowe races home ahead of a super typhoon, offering a premium to buy the village’s crabs. Influencer Tina Meow Meow and Mayor David Wood spread rumors, stirring villagers to rip up the contract and smash rescue vehicles; only Logan Chase believes Tim Lowe. After the storm destroys the crab ponds, his press conference names the ringleader.
My Family Stole My RecipeBetrayed by his own family and kicked out with just 20,000 yuan, Moe Lynn starts over alone, refusing additives and winning the market. Furious at losing, Quinn Lynn teams up with outsiders to frame Moe Lynn with illegal ingredients. Moe Lynn cooperates with regulators to clear his name, but can he trust Quinn Lynn as a key witness?
The Time-Travel MerchantHarlan Jones frames Evan Wood’s family as traitors and seizes their ancestor. Evan uses the Ancestral Tablet to jump between the modern world and Ming China, turning cheap Glass Cup and Marbles into a fortune. With modern gear, he rescues his kin, then war forces him to back Your Majesty Nia Shaw. Can he bring her back with him?The Doomed CEO Who Chose His WifePulled into a trashy novel, Ian Gould wakes up as a ruined CEO—crushed by debt, a broken marriage, and a scripted death. He cuts off Joy Shaw, claws back assets, and rebuilds trust with Nancy Sullivan while teaming up with Big Brother Zachary Gould to save Gould. Then Dr. Lynn kidnaps Nancy—can Ian cheat his scripted death in time?
My Village Startup Under SiegeThey want Chase Lynn’s new Drying Room shut down, by rumors, unscrupulous dealers, and sabotage. He fights back with science, strict management, and the law, turning Bluestone Village’s produce into a trusted brand while stopping profiteers who gamble with food safety. But when the next attack hits, will the village stand with him—or sell him out?
They Humiliated the Wrong ChefHumiliated as a dishwasher by his nephew Sherwin Lee, top chef Jason Lee quits Fortune Diner when his identity is exposed. He trains apprentice Faye Shaw to fight back against Sherwin, who frames him with a fake blade. Their feud culminates at a world chef competition for Jason's honor.
Framed by Family, I Exposed Their ScamAfter saving his aunt’s failing fruit business, a supplier is betrayed and kicked out when she steals his clients. Starting from scratch, he builds a premium juice brand that threatens the market. But when a powerful rival launches a fake product to destroy him, he must fight back before everything falls apart.
I Cut Ties and Got RichBack ten years, Theo Chase snatches the Dragon Orb from a dry well before his “vampire” brother and sister-in-law can. With its unbelievable powers, he splits from his brother and biased parents and builds his own home by hunting for his wife and baby girl. Now a famous boss, can he protect them when the family he cut off comes begging?
Broke Forager, Million-Dollar FindCheated while trying to save his wife, Zane Lee awakens a godlike sense of smell. As a Mountain Foraging Star, his livestreamed find of a Century-Old Blood Reishi makes him rich. He exposes the bully, builds a Specialty Cultivation Base, and uses a lost formula to crush a corrupt pharma giant, leading his village to prosperity.
Turning Mud Into MillionsShunned by everyone, Ian Lynn gets the Abandoned Mud Pit in a Family Partition Agreement. As a Top Aquaculture Expert, he uncovers a rare ecosystem and grows a stunning Purple-Gold Mirror Pearl. But with money running out and sabotage closing in, can he protect his breakthrough before it’s stolen?
AI vs the Tea MonopolyA cold snap ruins Mistvale Village’s spring tea; a monopoly buyer offers $10 per jin. Chase Lynn bets his 50,000 savings on AI microclimate control and Drone frost defense, forging Pre-Qingming Snow Buds. When the buyer locks cold-chain transport, Chase Lynn and New Farmer fly tea over mountains—and risk all on a live-stream blind tasting.
From Street Fights to Big BusinessExecuted after a life in organized crime, Chen Hao awakens as a teenager in 1996 with memories of his brothers' deaths and the woman he failed. He stops the violence, saves gifted Lin Nan, and leaves mercenary ex Su Man behind. Future knowledge turns an internet café, food-delivery platform, and real-estate ventures into Haoyu Group, while rival Shen Yanli tests whether Chen can redeem his old life without returning to it.
Cut Off by My Son, I Rose AgainAfter sacrificing everything, Dawson Lynn is humiliated by Hayden Lynn’s family and forced to sign a Family Severance Agreement. Back in the mountains, the former Mountain King saves Master Chu with his herb-hunting skills and rises fast. At a banquet, Hayden is exposed, then begs on his knees. Will Dawson forgive him?
He Stole My Formula, I Took His Empire!Ray Zhao wants his due from the shrimp farm he made profitable. His breeding method brings his cousin Felix 2 million a year, and Felix hands him a bonus of 30 thousand and puts him out. Felix steals the recipe for the Special Formula Feed and takes it that this is all he needed.
Ray has 5,000 yuan that had been put aside as wedding money, and one apprentice who stays with him. With that he rents Deadwater Cove, a stretch of stagnant water that stinks and that nobody else will take. A spring runs underneath it. He builds a food chain around that water and raises a shrimp of the highest grade in it.
Felix, meanwhile, raises the feed dose and his ponds collapse. He is looking at 8 million in compensation. Ray shows up with his shrimp at that point, makes 4 million on the batch, and Felix's business goes up for auction.
Seafood Boss, Secret DragonNina Lynn had been married to Finn Chase and was after what he owned. She and Quinn Jones, whose father ran the largest fishing operation in the area, killed Finn and put his body down the Chow ancestral well.
Finn's father had hidden the Peerless Dragon Pearl in that well. Finn swallowed it and came back to a point before the killing, able to take the form of a dragon and to move water. The Jones family wanted the pearl and sent people after him. He went down into deep water himself and brought up catches nobody else could reach, which cut into the supply the Joneses had held on their own.
The Fishery's SecretAfter being framed and exiled by his jealous sworn brothers, fishing king Zhao Feng discovers his late father's secret fishery, rebuilds with honesty and skill, uncovers the murder truth, and returns to take back his empire while transforming his village into a modern fishing powerhouse.
My Partner Betrayed Me, My Food Went ViralAt year-end profit-sharing, Howard Wood tosses Joe Kim a bag of leftovers as his “dividend,” mocking him as just a back-kitchen cook. Crushed, Joe quits Szechuan House, only to be told he won’t survive without it. Sunny Sutton risks their last $30,000 to open a tiny shop, but can Joe really make it without Szechuan House?
They Thought I’d Go BrokeThey try to squeeze Mason Chandler at harvest time, tripling the buyback price and even charging “grass fees” for free-range chickens. He rips up every contract on the spot. The village expects him to go broke, unaware his massive automated base in Neighboring County is already shipping. But his real trump card is already in motion.
30 Days to Save the Tea FarmFramed and disgraced, top tea master Jade Quinn returns home as storms destroy 50 acres of tea trees. With relatives demanding debts and the farm facing takeover, she makes a bold bet: in 30 days, she’ll turn worthless leaves into gold. Reviving a forgotten tea craft, she must prove her skills before time runs out.
A Dentist Takes on the GiantsAfter turning his cousin into a millionaire, Shawn is betrayed and walks away with nothing. With only $80,000, he takes over a failing clinic and builds a dental empire through unmatched skill and discipline. When his bankrupt cousin comes begging for help, Shawn responds with only a lawyer’s letter, proving that true skill always wins.
The Lobster TrapA veteran runs a night stall. His chef serves rotten food and tries to blackmail him. After being fired, the chef steals a "secret recipe" to livestream, it's military-grade chili extract. He eats it on camera, ends up hospitalized, then arrested. The veteran never needed a recipe. He needed a trap.
Betrayed Mechanic, Became a LegendBetrayed by his cousin and left with almost nothing, a skilled mechanic starts over from scratch. With unmatched skills and honest service, he slowly builds a thriving repair shop. But as his success grows, hidden rivals and industry traps threaten everything he has worked for.
Dumped for Being Poor, I Built a Crayfish EmpireDumped by his fiancée for being broke, he is forced to take a worthless wasteland to repay his debts. Everyone thinks he has lost everything, but the abandoned land hides a fortune waiting to be uncovered. With a young expert’s help, he turns it into a thriving business and makes everyone who looked down on him regret it.
I Bet My Wedding Fund on a Pig FarmThey laughed when he spent his future on a high-tech pig farm. But when disaster strikes and every other farm fails, his “crazy” idea becomes the miracle that saves them all. Now, the man they mocked is about to change the fate of an entire village.
From a Broken Boat to a Sea KingGus Shaw has gambling debts, and the arrangement he makes to clear them is to sell his daughter. His son Hanson wakes up in 1983 on the day it is being settled, with the memory of a life he has already been through once.
Hanson cuts his father off and takes his mother and sister out of the house. What is left to them is the grandfather's old fishing boat, so he takes it out. He is good at the work and brings in sharks and bluefin tuna, and the money comes in fast.
Toni Jensen is back in the fishing village from studying abroad. She and Hanson start seeing each other, and her family, which has money, will not have it. Gus keeps coming at his son through all of this, and at one point he puts a hole in the boat.
Kicked Out Farmer, Secret Spirit SpringCast out by his son, Wade Lee discovers a magical spring whose water revitalizes health and crops. He founds a Co-op with Finn Young, but his success attracts sabotage from rivals and greed from his own family. With his secret exposed, who will try to steal the spring?
Laid Off by AI, I Took Back the MineAfter risking his life to save others in a collapse, Chase Gould is fired and humiliated as his boss replaces him with AI. He borrows money to buy a beat-up Digger and fights back with pure skill, taking on AI Mech and ruthless tycoons to become mine king. But can his skill beat AI Mech and the bosses behind it?
1989: The Phoenix BicycleA man buys his first bicycle in 1989. His aunt steals it. He fights back with the receipt, and his wife's name. They build a life from a night market stall to a garment factory, using honesty and hard work. They rise. Their enemies fall. They keep going.
Mother's Last GiftLi Jianguo wants his family to go on living the plain and decent way it always has. His mother, Zhao Guihua, has Alzheimer's and her memory is going a piece at a time. Then the 20,000 yuan she saved over her whole life, the money she called her coffin money, goes missing. The family was poor before this. Now nobody in the family compound trusts anyone else. Relatives start dropping in to ask after her health and all of them are really asking about the money. As the eldest son, Jianguo is the one everyone presses to explain, and he answers with one line, "This family lives decently." He calms the others down and turns the old house over corner by corner.
In a rusted tin he finds letters his mother wrote to his father when they were young, a yellowed land contract, and a set of handwritten notes on growing sugar-heart apples, a plan she had put together for the family before the illness. He gets the whole village to plant apples by the notes. The crop comes in and the sugar-heart apples sell for a high price. His mother meanwhile gets worse, and one day she is gone from the house. The family goes out looking for her.
Helping My Village Get Rich Broke My HeartHe helped his village get rich. Then a rumor turned them against him. When they storm his office demanding their money back and accusing him of betrayal, he realizes the people he trusted most may be his biggest threat. The company isn’t bankrupt yet—but their greed could bring it down first.
The Billionaire OrphanShen Qingshan wants to keep his younger sister Qiaoqiao at home with him after their parents die. His eldest uncle's family push the two of them around, and the uncle and his son come close to selling Qiaoqiao off.
The old wooden cabin the family has kept for generations opens onto another time. Cheap vegetables that will not sell at home are worth a great deal on the other side, and from there he brings back wild mountain ginseng dug in the 1980s, old medicines and antiques that fetch real money in the present. He uses the money to keep Qiaoqiao safe and to help the neighbours. He pays for a shop for Su Mei, the girl he liked when they were children, and comes to know Xu Qingxue, who runs a hotpot restaurant. He starts to push back against his uncle. When he saves an important man with one of the old medicines, the man opens a legal trade channel for him, and he begins bringing the rest of the village into the business.
Wild GameA forest ranger catches his wife cheating and gains a system that rewards him with hunting powers. He opens a restaurant, draws the ire of a powerful enemy, and fights back with skill and wit. He exposes poaching, finds love, and becomes the village's greatest protector.
We Turned Plagued Wasteland into ParadiseA remote border village is abandoned by the court, suffering severe famine and deadly plagues. Two modern women transmigrate and become sisters-in-law. They cure diseases, end hunger, reform village rules and build workshops. Can they transform this desolate wasteland into a thriving and prosperous border land?
Reborn 1995: Die Cold & Rise A QUEEN!Liu Xiulan's son and daughter-in-law throw her out of the house, and she freezes to death under a bridge in winter. She opens her eyes in 1995, young again, with everything she remembers still in her head.
The first thing she gives up is the belief that sons matter more than daughters. She puts what she has into her daughter, Lancao, and cuts off the son and his wife who bled her, along with the relatives who took their side. Word gets around that the district is going to be cleared for redevelopment. She buys a house on the strength of it, then opens a food stall that grows into a restaurant. Lancao's work goes well and she marries a man the neighbours envy. Xiulan is noticed by the county governor, Lu.
The person who caused her death in the first life has also come back to 1995, with the same memories she has.
Traded Trash for the TideFor three years the young captain ran the fishing fleet for his cousin, using techniques from his family, and brought in around two million a year. At the end of one year his share came to thirty thousand and his cousin insulted him in front of everyone. He spent his savings on a wrecked boat, repaired it himself, named it Wave Breaker and went out alone. The first hauls were expensive fish, about 1.6 million within a month, and he built the catch into a company and moved into deep water. His cousin lost the boats, lost a contract, and ran up debts, then set fires and sabotaged what he could. Later the cousin fell into the sea and hit his head, and afterward had the mind of a child. The captain does not mock him and does not make much of pitying him. He goes down to the harbor, boards, and heads back out.
What? His Small Eatery Beat a Giant?A man works hard for his uncle at a restaurant. But his uncle only gives him pork and cabbage as his salary, while the uncle himself earns a lot of money. Heartbroken, the man quits. Using his excellent cooking skills, he opens his own restaurant. How will his uncle react when he finds out? And which restaurant will win in the end?
They Want a Male Nurse’s Body!A male nurse with a secret: Nathan carries the legendary Pure Sun Body, a gift so rare that warriors would kill for it. Once awakened, he gains unstoppable strength and supernatural vision. Now the most powerful forces in the world are watching him... Can an ordinary nurse handle becoming extraordinary?
Daddy's Mech Conquers All!He arrives in this world from another one, with a system that works on electromagnetism and a daughter to raise. What he builds for her is a walking machine about fifteen meters tall, meant to give her a better life than the one they have.
She gets into it and pilots it herself. The mess that follows is big enough that the army traces the machine back to him.
They give him what he asks for. He puts up a steel works, and out of it comes a fighter aircraft, the J50. A foreign power tries to take the technology, then tries pushing at the border, and both attempts run into what he has built. He becomes one of the people the country's defense rests on, and his daughter, older by then, takes a machine of her own into a fight.
Famine? BFF & I Cash In Big!Transmigrated into a famine year, Ophelia Thorne and her best friend Fiona Scott face hunger, poverty, and cruelty from their own families. Will they bow to fate?
I Stir-fried, I ConqueredA modern food god becomes a discarded escort. Armed with a stick, she fights back, shocking nobles with scientific braising, winning over the Empress Dowager, and foreign envoys. She builds an empire, uncovers the truth, and rises to glory. When Prince Bob begs forgiveness, the emperor has already paved her way. Armed with food, she conquers all.
X-Ray Gem: Rise from the RubbleA miner can see the jade inside discarded stone after surviving a beating that nearly kills him. His new vision lets him profit where other buyers rely on luck, but the sudden rise turns powerful mine owners against him. A gift that makes him rich also makes him a target.
They Dumped Me for the SecretaryShe sacrificed her career, her time, and her heart—now she's done. The divorce papers are signed, and her family realizes too late what they've lost...Heiress, How Did You Tame the Four Devil Butlers?Office worker Lysandra is obsessed with the otome game Demon Butler and dreams of entering its world. After a fatal fall, she awakens as Lilith, the cruel villainess destined to be killed by the four Demon Butlers she once abused. She opens her eyes holding a whip over the injured Lyle, as Ceros and Mod storm in, their corruption levels dangerously high. The system warns her: lower their corruption levels or die. Meanwhile, in the dungeon, Yegade’s corruption level has reached 97—the first death route has begun.
Reset to RevengeBetrayed and left for dead, tech genius Lisa gets a second chance at life. Waking up back in time, she plants a scandalous trap. Now, her enemies are about to face public humiliation, and she'll reclaim her legacy. Witness her rise as she turns cutting-edge technology into the ultimate weapon for revenge!
Underdog's FistProfessional freestyle fighter Holden Han unexpectedly loses his daughter, resulting in his wife leaving him and his expulsion from the association, leading him into a life of despair. The appearance of his landlady Natalia Chen and her daughter Mia becomes a new hope in his life. However, Mia is targeted and kidnapped by the criminal gang leader Grant Qin due to her rare blood type. Holden picks up his fists again and engages in a desperate battle against the criminal forces. With the help of ordinary people from the margins of society, he ultimately defeats the villains!
She Built Him, Then Took His EmpireTo fulfill a family marriage pact, Sylvaine secretly enters her fiancé Xavier's failing company. While appearing idle, she uses her family's influence to secure its IPO. Xavier, however, trusts his scheming assistant, Felice. Sylvaine publicly summons a bank president to deliver 3 million and gains support from a tech VP. Her departure crashes Song Group's stock, and she later exposes Felice's bribery scandal. Discovering the truth, Xavier disrupts Sylvaine's wedding but is exposed as hypocritical. Sylvaine ultimately acquires his company, purges it, and ascends as the true victor in business and love.They All Wanted Me DeadRyan used seven years of dedicated love, his entire fortune, and even a kidney to finally marry Ivy, the woman he had loved for years but was paralyzed. At the wedding, she didn't just stand up but also pushed him towards an assassin. He died in resentment, only to learn that her paralysis was fake and he was merely a pawn. Reborn to the day of the marriage selection, when his hypocritical brother Arnold offered to "step aside" again, Ryan sneered and directly chose his brother's original fiancée, Myra. This single choice shattered all their plans.
Faded StarsFrederick Lin dedicated five years of his life to Su Group as its Deputy CEO. After being hospitalized for an injury, he discovered that his wife had gifted his bespoke suit and office to a newly hired intern. Realizing he could not win his wife back, Frederick decided to transfer all his assets overseas and leave with his son. A person does not suddenly decide to leave unless they have been disappointed enough times.
My AI Turned Their Betrayal Into a ScandalThe press conference meant to celebrate Shirley and Hawk's stolen AI instead broadcasts evidence of their affair and conspiracy. Engineer Ethan, reborn before they steal his invention and kill him, has planted secret recordings inside Celestial AI. Their attempt to claim his work becomes his means of exposing them.