Showbiz: I Can Share the World by Taking the Heroine Away

What if you made Chinese pop culture take over the whole world before Jay Chou ever said, "Chinese pop is the coolest"?

You think the mission sounds challenging, so you sweep Ran Jing off her feet from the ranks of flight attendants, with some of the capital's resources as her dowry.

Armed with a winning hand, you arrive in Hong Kong in 1984, ready to make your mark.

You get the rich kids to make movies and pioneer the pure-advertising film.

You make Bai Gu the face of an elite boy band.

You bring Shuang Min together to lead the first generation of Chinese girl groups.

You recruit a group of real fighters to build an action-movie universe.

Still not satisfied, you step into Roman Holiday and whisk Audrey Hepburn away, pairing her with John Lone to break box office records again and again.

The Universal Film and Television Dragon and Phoenix Awards you founded become the talk of the town. Countless overseas films and shows will stop at nothing to secure the right to compete, all so they can get a release in the Chinese-speaking world.

Then, with your hands in your pockets, you turn your attention to the Class of '96, the Four Beauties of the Western Regions, and the Poet Immortal of the Tang Dynasty.

Which one should you choose first? That's the first question you need to consider.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.