Zhou Dong Starts Over: From Running Man to Top-Tier Star

Zhou Dong’s soul enters a parallel world. He only wants to live an ordinary life, but the entertainment industry is plagued by one scandal after another.

The internet is awash with covers, plagiarism, and insipid songs. Even the Best Chinese-language Single award has gone to a song entirely in English. If that were all, it might be bearable.

But when he sees talent shows and variety programs full of up-and-coming male entertainers with brightly dyed hair, more elaborate makeup than the girls, and affected speech and mannerisms, Zhou Dong finally can’t sit still.

As everyone knows, there are five “Four Returnee Princes.”

Unlike them, he has no connections, no backers, and no agency contract.

Even worse, as someone who transmigrated, he doesn’t even have a System or a golden finger.

But he doesn’t care.

Because he is Zhou Dong.

In another world, he once held back the Korean Wave all by himself. He can say this without a hint of modesty:

I am the cheat code!

A strategist stakes himself on the game, making a move that beats fate by half a step.

While the world is still hooked on mindless cover versions,

Zhou Dong releases one Chinese-style song after another, each steeped in classical elegance, and sweeps through the entire Chinese music scene, giving the world a little taste of Chinese-style shock.

While young male stars at home are still busy striking poses on talent shows and dating programs, cultivating images as cute, shy, pretty boys,

Zhou Dong fearlessly joins a real, hellish training camp for the toughest warriors.

While idol stars spend their days churning out romance dramas about domineering CEOs and costume romances,

Zhou Dong has already built a series of iconic tough-soldier roles in hard-hitting action films.

In the end, he reaches the pinnacle of success, sets the entire internet ablaze, and becomes a top-tier star, an absolute idol at the very top.