The Road to Chinese Showbiz: Starting by Selling the Rights at Cannes
华娱之路：从戛纳卖版权开始
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- Urban High-Concept
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- Chinese Showbiz: I Only Wanted to Direct, but I Married the Fairy Sister华娱：只想当导演却娶了神仙姐姐Alternate title on Fanqie
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Any gender is fine
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One Female Lead: Liu Tianxian
Modern Entertainment Industry Stories Featuring Liu Yifei, the Fairy Sister
Entertainment Industry, Chinese Showbiz, Directors, Business Wars, Courtyard Houses, Primordial Era
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The pacing is good, unfolding slowly. Either you get a blockbuster opening with a top-tier director and a stellar production, or you develop the story gradually like this book. The romance is also decent. Keep it up! "Sheep Without a Shepherd" was well-written; movies from that era were generally slow-paced and uninteresting, "Sheep Without a Shepherd" was a game-changer. It would be mediocre a decade or two later.
Well written, with a smooth writing style (which is actually an advantage now, I've really been poisoned by AI novels enough), vivid character portrayal (the protagonist is really good, thoughtful, mature and experienced, unlike the childish or saintly male protagonists in other novels), and genuine emotions (ah, the feelings between good friends, I love them so much, it was heartwarming to read about corpses).
I hope everyone will try to avoid comparing the book to other books in their reviews. Everyone's thinking and writing direction are different, but if a book captivates you, it proves that every book has its merits. Some people write pure "feel-good" stories, disregarding the historical context, logic, and feasibility.
It's well-written, but it's a pity it only has one female lead. I'd feel it would be better with two or three female leads.
The plot sounded familiar all the way through, yet there were still some twisted elements, which could be due to the author's limited knowledge. It's somewhere between passable and not great, so I'd give it 3.5 Stars overall. If you're not a fan of light entertainment, you could add another star.
I don't understand why Liu has to be the female lead; I haven't seen anything good about her.
The main reason I kept reading was because Liu Yifei is a very peculiar person. She has many haters and many fans. Every article on Douban and Tomato magazine that claims she became popular shares a common element. Whether it's a single-female-lead story or a harem story, writing about Liu Yifei requires a dual-protagonist narrative to succeed, or at the very least, a 40/60 split in terms of…
I've been following the updates, and overall it's very good, with highlights even in the mundane parts. However, I feel the author has become a bit lax in both content quality and word count after chapter 400 😄. Keep it up, keep it up, keep it up, update more daily! [OK]
The female lead's freckles cost me one star. She's immediately targeted by Liu Yifei after a very intimidating opening scene—how am I supposed to rate her? Everything else is alright.
The romantic storyline with Lao Liu is not abrupt, but rather gradual and not mindless; please, please don't let it fall apart.