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This is How I Became a Chaebol
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Rating(3.4 / 5.0, 30 votes)
5    40% (12 votes)
4    13% (4 votes)
3    10% (3 votes)
2    20% (6 votes)
1    17% (5 votes)
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2023
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589 Chapters (Completed)
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All Time Rank: #8154
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I regressed to the era of romance.

It was a time also known as the age of success, the age of ambition.

I would seize control of everything from textiles, petroleum, machinery, shipbuilding, to automobiles. I would become not just a chaebol, but a legend…

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나는 이렇게 재벌이 되었다
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123abdi
123abdi rated it
August 10, 2024
Status: c50
the MC is a Gary Stu, a nationalistic industrialist with a perfect memory.

He can somehow do military operations despite being a chemical engineer in the textile/construction industry

He also can manage 6 new businesses at once while in another country... maybe he is secretly an AI, there is no other way to explain it...

Either way his journey is extremely boring and full of technical jargon with no real character development or plot goals. I don't recommend it unless you are an alternate history buff who hates thinking while reading.
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rrobz
rrobz rated it
July 21, 2024
Status: c297
Not too much to add to the summary. By "age of romance, " it is referring to the wild west of 1960s Korean industrial development when modern chaebols were formed. MC starts off in the present day, and is some type of heavy industry executive. Some things go to hell for him, he's killed in an accident, and he regresses to the 60s and possesses a guy who became the head of a chaebol that ultimately failed due to not investing enough in technology, safety, and product reliability. So... more>> he goes out to build the world's greatest corporate group using his knowledge of the future. And as is typical of these novels, MC is a Gary Stu and never fails at anything.

What is different about this one is that, with many novels I read today, I feel I could crank out that kind of material without an issue. But this novel, putting aside questionable geopolitical and economic analysis, required a lot of background knowledge and/or research in world history, industrial development. Chemistry, economics, etc. So the author did a really solid job in that regard.

However, as some of the other reviews mention, the MC is a racist, virulently anti-Japanese, a jingoist, and a complete hypocrite. And as to any real "romance, " to the extent there is any, its clearly a tacked on afterthought (like the editor or critics forced the author to do it), and is poorly done.

Spoiler

MC meets his to be wife - the daughter of the head of the Rockefeller family - and proposes to her for no real reason other than the benefits she would give him. And of course, this female character, who is purportedly well-educated, rich, attractive, well-connected, multi-lingual, passionately into charitable works, and could literally do anything and be with anyone she wanted, falls for this random Korean guy because he yelled at her for being sanctimonious and naive. He meets her once (when he yells at her and walks off), proposes to her the second time they meet, and she accepts - all in about 1 chapter. And of course she instantly becomes an obedient, passive, stay at home Korean housewife that lets him gallivant around the world, but is always there back in Korea to receive him whenever he bothers to show up. Zero personality or character development. The author is either a misogynist, an incel, or both.

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So, some things to like, but to characterize it in its most negative form, it's an incel-driven Korean nationalist screed. <<less
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ZeroKishi
ZeroKishi rated it
June 11, 2024
Status: --
The MC regressed not as his younger self but the younger version of his Boss with the knowledge from the 21st century bringing it to the 60's.

The novel consisted of technical terms that it's indeed boring yet somehow you can't help but continue reading, it's as patriotic and propaganda as Chinese novels so some people might feel bit off
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AvidRottenWaterReader
AvidRottenWaterReader
May 28, 2024
Status: c9
Not too different from reincarnated as a genius type novels.

Dude wakes up and everything is fine and flush. Random knowledge that's critical to improving technology, check. Korea number one, even though there's serious economic, technological hurdles, check. One man army and everyone else exists to make MC look good, or resolve the current problem, check.

As such, it's rather boring.
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Molenir
Molenir
October 7, 2024
Status: c80
It starts out pretty fun. Yeah the MC is a Mary Sue type character. Everything always goes their way, they never really seem to need to work for anything, or fail at anything. Its fine though. I don't mind that type of story, usually as long as its not too long. Where this story flounders, is that it has a fundamental misunderstanding of trade. The MC is supposed to be involved in trade, but rather then seeking deals, that benefit himself, and his clients, hes basically looking to always take... more>> advantage, and its so blatant that it becomes more and more untenable.

Add in the nationalistic jingoism, that hatred of all things Japanese, and it gets worse and worse. Sorry, but as a businessman, he should know that Japan is not an enemy, but a competitor, and there are no enemies in business. A lot of times its better to make a partnership then an enemy, but thats not the MCs way. I don't like the racism in Chinese novels, and I don't like it in Korean either. Overall a disappointment after awhile. <<less
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IackIork
IackIork rated it
August 1, 2024
Status: c102
It’s a fun wish-fulfillment type novel. It’s got some clear anti-Japan undertones. If you can look past that, it’s quite fun in the same way that kingdom-building books are fun. Definitely give it a try.
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