Showbiz: Making Dumplings? My Village Gala Outshines the Spring Festival Gala

The moment Lin Shuo opens his eyes, he finds himself transmigrated to a parallel world and bound to the Entertainment Resonance System.

Whenever his words, actions, or creations strike a powerful chord with an audience, he earns a reward.

Seeing the official logo and mascot for the 2026 Spring Festival Gala announced, Lin Shuo can't help complaining on livestream:

"Did they design this mascot and logo with their eyes closed, just copying last year's?"

"Please! Must the universe's ultimate destination really be dumplings every time?"

He never expects his rant to set the internet ablaze. The audience collectively loses it: "If you can do better, then do it yourself!"

Lin Shuo: "Fine, I will!"

On the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, while families are making dumplings together for the traditional Spring Festival Gala, Lin Shuo's village gala stage is serving up:

Rock and roll suona music that blows the roof off, a stunning Thousand-Hand Guanyin performance, and a comedy sketch about selling crutches that leaves the audience laughing through their tears...

The whole internet erupts: "Now that's how you celebrate the New Year! Spring Festival Gala directors, get out here and take your beating!"

The national broadcaster calls in the middle of the night: "Director Lin, could you come and help us with next year's Spring Festival Gala?"

Lin Shuo smiles slightly. "No rush. First, I'm going to make a splash in the film and television industry!"

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