[Entertainment Industry, Mainly Overseas + A Story Within a Story + Stunning Beauty + Best Actress + Super-Powered Female Lead and Cathartic Payback]
Child star Zi Huwei was seventeen, breathtakingly beautiful, and ranked first nationwide in the acting-arts entrance exam. Just as she was about to make a comeback and become an overnight sensation, she was reborn by accident.
Back from the dead, she couldn't be bothered with becoming a traffic idol again. Beiying? She wouldn't attend. A talent show? She turned it down. The female lead in an S-tier fantasy romance? She didn't even audition. Instead, she paid out of pocket to star in a young director's low-budget debut film.
The whole internet exploded. Industry insiders laughed that she was ruining her future, while netizens mocked her for throwing away a winning hand.
And then?
Her film was nominated for the Tokyo Film Festival, she won Best Actress at the East Shadow Awards at eighteen, her TV series became a global hit on Netflix, and luxury brands fought to announce her as their ambassador.
The domestic entertainment industry tried to suppress her?
Top Japanese and Korean directors traded insults from afar as they fought for her schedule. European masters rushed to send her scripts, while the industry's leading actresses grew green with envy.
Fools were jealous. The clever ones had already latched onto her and were heading to Hollywood with her.
Was it hard for Chinese stars to break into America? Three European awards smashed open the door to the Oscars!
Draped in a custom couture dragon-robe gown, Zi Huwei was welcomed as she claimed her Oscar.
A second Oscar? Then she'd become a director herself and win Best Director!
At last, the domestic industry panicked, railing that overseas entertainment had stolen China's Ziwei Star. The whole internet begged Zi Huwei to return!
Tiger Army: Thanks, but we'll pass~ Domestic entertainment, hang on a little longer. We're booked up right now~
(There is romance, and the male lead is just an accessory. This story focuses on her career, mostly in overseas entertainment. She collects internationally renowned directors, wins awards by the handful, and makes so much money she becomes a mogul. Parallel world, lots of original worldbuilding.)
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