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#4 on NetShort · Hottest English Short Drama Series
I Dumped My Fiancée and Built an Empire
Starting over at his engagement party, a carpenter dumps his greedy fiancée and builds a fortune.
NetShort · 49 episodes · about 2 h
FreeEp 1–13on NetShort
Locked36of 49 episodes
CheckedOct 18app's site
Story
Jason Lynn wakes up in 1985 at his own engagement party and breaks off the wedding with Shannon Byers, a woman after his money. Drawing on old woodworking skills and knowledge of what is coming, he quickly grows wealthy and partners with mill worker Nina Sutton. Together they take on a powerful monopoly while trying to keep his parents safe.
Business / rags-to-richesRebirth & time traveltriumphantwitty
Who will like it: viewers who liked rebirth stories about a wronged man building a fortune from scratch.
Main characters
- Jason Lynn: carpenter reborn in 1985
- Shannon Byers: gold-digging fiancée who is dumped
- Nina Sutton: mill worker who becomes his partner
Premise rewritten by ShortDramaDesk from NetShort's description, read Oct 18, 2026.
Episodes
Mint ticks: 13 free. Grey: 36 locked. About 2 hours in all (episode 1's length × episodes, an estimate).
Where to watch
NetShort
- Episodes
- 49
- Free
- 13
- Locked
- 36
- Checked
- Oct 18, 2026
| App | Episodes | Free | Locked | Cost to finish | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetShort | 49 | 13 | 36 | — | Oct 18, 2026read from the app's site |
Cost to finish
Passes for NetShort on the App Store: $5.99 to $29.99 (checked Oct 18, 2026). The App Store does not list how long each pass lasts.
How it compares on NetShort
- Length
- 49 episodes is longer than 78% of the 489 NetShort dramas on our list (typical: 36).
- Free episodes
- 13 free episodes is more than the typical NetShort drama (8). That is 27% of the story before the paywall.
“Typical” is the median drama from this app on our list, adult titles left out.
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Details the apps publish
- Languages
- Chinese (Traditional), English, Indonesian, Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese
- App tags
- Coporate Warfare, Rags to Riches
- NetShort
- 2.0K likes, 2.1K followers
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Source: NetShort (public chart and episode page), checked Oct 18, 2026. Poster: NetShort, from its official page, read Oct 18, 2026; it belongs to the app.