Music, Variety Shows, Film and TV, and Entertainment Industry Novels 音乐 综艺 影视 娱乐圈类文
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She Handed Me the Microphone, and I Went from Nobody to a Top-Tier Star 她递来的麦克风，我从素人到顶流
[Entertainment + Single Heroine + Sweet Daily Life + Variety Shows] What? You want a sweet entertainment-industry romance with just one heroine? Great, I’ve written one. What? You specifically want Deng Ziqi as the only heroine? Sure, your wish is granted. What? You even want it to include Five Hahas and Go Fighting? What? You want a conventional story without showing off or face-slapping? Then congratulations, you’ve found a hidden gem. With the help of the System, the protagonist Su Yi meets t
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You Told Me to Debut, So Why Did You Join the National Team? 让你出道，你加入国家队？
[Transmigration + Entertainment Industry + One Heroine + System + Alternate World + Academic Prodigy] Shen Yu transmigrated to Blue Star eighteen years ago and became Bai Lu’s childhood friend. Unfortunately, Bai Lu moved away with her family when she was young. During those eighteen years, without a System, Shen Yu could only rely on his own hard work, eventually earning a place at Longguo’s top university, Kyoto Huaqing University. After his roommate set him up and he got drunk and bragged, Sh
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They Told You to Recover After Leaving the Army, Not Become a Pop King 你让退伍养病，没让你成天王
[Transmigration + one heroine + Bai Lu + entertainment industry] Qin Ming, a top special forces soldier from Earth, unexpectedly transmigrated to Blue Star, a parallel world where many of Earth’s classic entertainment works had never appeared. At first, he looked forward to getting a military System, but eventually he stopped expecting one. Through his own efforts, he became the captain of a special forces unit in the Dragon Kingdom. But during a mission, he was accidentally poisoned. Seeing tha
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I Asked You to Make a Comeback, Not Become a God 让你复出，不是让你成神
[Transmigration + Showbiz + One Heroine] When a former child star makes a comeback, will he unleash a tidal wave or sink beneath the river? Let’s look forward to seeing what he can do. I hope you’ll enjoy this story. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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Brilliant Starlight: Just You and Me 璀璨星光：只有你和我
[One Female Lead] [Reborn] [Entertainment Industry] When Liu Yichen can no longer bear the torment of his illness, he unexpectedly is Reborn in a parallel world. What kind of legend will he write there? At first, Liu Yichen only wants to be a plagiarist, copying the excellent literary works from Earth in his previous life. Unexpectedly, an impromptu street interview brings him into the public eye with his song “The Ordinary Road.” On New Voices Are Here, “The Ordinary Road” and “People Like Me”
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On Keep Running, From the Start I Made Bai Mengyan Cry 人在跑男，开局抓哭白梦研
[One Female Lead + Bai Mengyan + Everyday Romance + Variety Show] When Xiang Long opened his eyes, he discovered he had transmigrated to a parallel world and become the bell-ringer on Keep Running. Best of all, he’d activated the Popularity Lottery System. The more famous he became, the more chances he’d have to win all kinds of skills and entertainment content from Earth. So, to boost his popularity, he caught Bai Lu three times from the start, making her so angry she burst into tears. The clip
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The Whole Internet Mocks Me from the Start, but I Become a Superstar by Picking Up Attributes 开局全网群嘲，我靠捡属性成天王
[Showbiz] + [Business] + [Variety Shows] + [Bai Lu] + [Song Yuqi as a late-game character] A flash of white light, and the ranks of transmigrators gained another member. When Tang Chenjun came to, he discovered he had become a young male celebrity hated by the entire internet. Fortunately, just when things seemed most desperate, he awakened the Attribute Critical Hit System. All he had to do was interact with people to pick up their attributes. “Ding! Congratulations, Host. You successfully pick
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You'd Rather Chase Bai Lu Than Run the Family Business? 放着家业不管，你去追白露
[One Female Lead + Bai Lu + Showbiz + Sweet Romance] When a wealthy heir meets the “hilarious” Bai Lu, he disguises himself as a rookie assistant and enters her world, only to discover she's nothing like the “sweet girl” described in her publicity materials. She can apprehend thieves with her bare hands while filming, eat hotpot on set without a hint of celebrity airs, yet when attacked by haters, she'll hide in her best friend's arms and cry until she starts shaking.
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Sorry, My System Is Cracked 抱歉，我的系统是破解版
[Transmigration] + [Cracked System] + [One heroine] + [Bailu] Hu Tian unexpectedly transmigrates to Blue Star and becomes Hu Ge's eleven-year-old nephew, binding himself to the [Supreme Entertainment System]. But the System seems to have malfunctioned: everything that should cost Fame Points is now free. In other words, Hu Tian's Fame Points are ∞ according to the System. His uncle Hu Ge has just finished starring in The Chinese Paladin, so Hu Tian buys him the songs “June's Rain” and “Sigh of C
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Actor: The Birth of an Award-Winning Best Actor 演员：影帝的诞生
[Entertainment industry + no romance + focused on acting + original scripts + the System is only an assistant + give it a few chapters, I guarantee it’s good] Chen Yi, an extra, unexpectedly gets a System called the Movie Star Birth Plan. Through it, he can learn all kinds of professional acting skills and experience the lives of people from different walks of life. And so, an unprecedented, world-class master of method acting is born. This is the story of an ordinary actor’s struggles, followin
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A Max-Level Expert Crashes Five Hags, and Their Secret Identities Are Revealed Everywhere 满级大佬闯五哈，马甲掉一地
Updated regularly every day, with no breaks. Thank you for your support! I was hit by a car in an accident and spent about a month in the hospital. I was a bit out of it, so the plot went off track for a while. It’s back on the main storyline now!!! [Lighthearted] [Funny] [Everyday life] [Variety shows] [System] [Entertainment industry] [One female lead] [Rising star] White Ye went out to buy breakfast and had an incredible stroke of luck: he ended up in Blue Star, a parallel world to Earth! Tha
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Please Stop Cursing Me, There'll Soon Be No One Left in the Industry! 求求你别骂了，圈内都快没人了！
[After the first hundred chapters, the story's ideas are unlike anything else online!] [No Female Lead, No Flirting, I Swear + Sharp Critiques and Debates + A Master of One-Liners + The Modern-Day Lu Xun, a Mentor of Ideas + Idealism, a Peerless Patriot + An Adult Fairy Tale + Guaranteed Writing Quality] Bad movies shoved in your face, pretty young actors' expressionless performances polluting your eyes: in his fury, Jiang Li unexpectedly awakens the “Public Enemy of the Internet System” and be
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Entering Showbiz, Starting with Meeting Liu Xiaoli 踏入娱乐圈，从结识刘小丽开始
[The rating just came out, so it's a little low!] Female leads: Very Sweet + the Three Beauties of the Western Regions + Fan Bingbing + Da Bai Ran + Big Pear + Zhao Liying + Liu Shishi + Tang Yan + Chen Duling + Mao Xiaotong + Wang Churan... Reborn on Blue Star, Lin Heng only wants to work hard, make something of himself, and give the grandparents who adopted him a stable home. Who knew that, by a chance of fate, Mother Earth had left him a System: the Goddess System. Every gift from a goddess e
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Keep Running: You Told Me to Make a Bold Claim, So Why Are You Taking It Seriously? 跑男：让你放豪言，你给我玩真的
[Chinese Entertainment Industry] [Stars] [Plenty of Variety Shows] [Keep Running] [Bai Lu] [Multiple Heroines] [Back to Field] [Challenges] [Peak] [The Inn] Chen Cheng transmigrated to a parallel world that was similar, yet not quite the same, and became an entertainer who had trained for two and a half years and been in the industry for two and a half years. After awakening the Great Entertainer System, he had his entire fortune wiped out on the spot and drew a skill that was both incredibly po
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Tremble, Entertainment Industry! The All-Round Queen Is Here 娱乐圈颤抖吧，全能女王她来了
A strong female lead building her career + no CP + realistic plot + conquering the entertainment industry + wealthy families + secret identities Jian Xia was a newly graduated college student working as an intern reporter. On her first day, before she could even get her press pass updated, she was sent to follow a certain actress. She thought she'd uncovered a huge scoop, but instead, she and the actress and her younger brother were kidnapped together. The actress sacrificed herself to save her
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One Song, Lonely Warrior, and I Became the Demon King of the Music World 一首孤勇者，我成为歌坛大魔王
[One heroine + sweet romance + music + celebrity] After graduating from the PLA Academy of Arts, Li Mushang spent five grueling years on the national team without making a name for himself. On his mentor’s advice, he decided to take a completely different path. At the recording of Zhejiang TV’s hit show “Masked Singers,” Li Mushang stood backstage in a mask, feeling nervous. Then a young star with a good reputation in the industry came onstage, and Li Mushang was stunned the moment he opened his
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From the Start, One Song to Beat the Powers That Be 开局一首消愁，用才华战胜资本
[Showbiz + System + everyday life + transmigration + wish fulfillment] After transmigrating to the set of a singing competition in a parallel world, Zhang Yu was bound to the Great Showbiz System. Faced with skepticism from the judges and resistance from the audience, he sang “Banish My Worries” and brought the whole audience to tears. With “Common Taste,” he made a pointed jab at the judges’ comments. With “Nocturne,” he claimed the championship! With “Blue and White Porcelain,” he pioneered a
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Showbiz: I Join a Music Variety Show, and Boss Yang Pursues Me 娱乐：参加音综被杨老板倒追
With a useless System and a feeble predecessor, Zhu Ming has no choice but to enter a talent competition that provides food and lodging, armed with only a few hundred yuan, or starve to death after transmigrating to a parallel world. This is a game where talent triumphs over capital. By the time Zhu Ming reaches the top, he discovers a whole group of women behind him, clamoring to marry him. Boss Yang: “Marry me! I can entrust all my tens of billions in assets to you.” Song E'er: “You took my fi
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Chinese Showbiz: A Lounge Singer Takes the Entertainment World by Storm 华娱：驻唱歌手纵横娱乐圈
(One heroine + showbiz + everyday life + everyday life) In 2022, a struggling bit-part actor decides that after one last stunt-double job, he'll call it quits and find a stable job to see out the rest of his life. But then his stunt wire suddenly snaps, and he crashes into a protruding rock, transmigrating into the body of a recent graduate about to finish school in 2014. Starting out as a bar singer, with Back to Field as his dream, he gradually makes his way to becoming a famous star... (The t
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Showbiz: Writing Songs at the Cost of My Life, Ushering in an Era of Chinese Pop 娱乐：拿命写歌，开启华流盛世
Ye Chen is reborn, and with the help of the System, he sets out on a legendary path to conquer the entertainment industry. From a wandering singer busking on the streets, he grows into the nation's top-tier star, living a truly inspiring legend. One song, "Compendium of Materia Medica," fiercely calls out those who worship foreign things. One song, "A Song for Young China," makes the nation's backbone stand tall. One song, "Dragon Scales of Heaven and Earth," celebrates China's mighty spirit. On
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Showbiz: Singer Summit, Reuniting with Four Ex-Girlfriends 娱乐：歌手大会，偶遇四个前女友
(Women: Zhao Jinmai, Bai Lu, Tan Songyun, Zhang Yingxue, Zhao Silu, Yang Chaoyue, Reba, Yu Shuxin, Li Yitong...) Xiao Yi transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a third-tier pretty boy in the entertainment industry, hated by everyone. He's bashed across the internet from the start, and even his ex-girlfriend Su Youhuang publicly tears into him online, exposing all kinds of alleged crimes. When he joins a singing competition, four of his ex-girlfriends turn out to be judges, and they plan t
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Showbiz: A Pop Idol Eliminates the Godfather of Love Songs? I’ll Tear Him Apart! 娱乐：流量明星淘汰情歌教父？我直接开喷！
A music-industry legend, the Godfather of Love Songs, returns to the stage to go head-to-head with a top-tier star. Fresh-Faced Star #1: “Who is this, exactly?” Famous Star #2: “I think your appearance and image… are a little below par!” Famous Star #3: “Sorry, your style just doesn’t suit this era anymore, so… you’re out!” Shen Yi doesn’t waste words. He fires right back! … After transmigrating to a parallel world, Shen Yi acquires the All-People’s Idol System. To earn Idol Points, Shen Yi give
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I Was Already Planning to Quit the Industry, and You’re Threatening to Blacklist Me? 本来就想退圈，你拿雪藏威胁我？
The entire entertainment industry began to stagnate, and even showed signs of going into decline. Countless internet users said it was all because of that star who had only been in the business for a few years and spent every day wanting to laze around instead of making good work. Can you please get serious for once? You never create anything and only think about quitting the industry. You can't quit! Lin Chen: If you won't let me quit, then I'll stir things up!
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Showbiz: We Agreed You’d Play the Victim, So Why Did You Crack Up? 娱乐：说好了卖惨，你竟然笑场了
Su Ye transmigrated into a parallel world and found himself at the recording of one of the hottest variety shows on a certain fruit-themed platform. He was supposed to build a tragic image and make his debut by playing up his sob story, but instead, he cracked himself up on camera. He thought it would be a major on-air disaster, but somehow he turned things around. One original song stunned the entire audience. The viewers said, “What a fraud! You were supposed to make a living off your sob stor
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Showbiz: You Asked Me to Save the Day, So I Played Seven Roles at Once 娱乐：让你救场，你一人分饰七角
[Showbiz + Reborn + System + Face-Slapping + Feel-Good Story + This System Is Seriously Overpowered] Alternate title: "You Asked Me to Sing in an Emergency, and I Became Famous Across the Country" Su Qin is reborn in a parallel world, only to walk into a lip-syncing scandal involving a hugely popular influencer with seven million followers on "Dragon Nation's Voice of Dreams". He saves the day with a performance of "Dala Bengba", playing all seven roles himself! Then he ushers in a new era of vo
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Showbiz: A Top-Tier Star's Career Begins When Boss Yang Adds Him to the Wrong Group Chat! 娱乐：顶流从杨老板拉错群开始！
[Entertainment industry + extra sweet romance + no System] Su Yu transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes an artist signed to Big Honey's agency. Because of copyright issues, he's chosen to take it easy and enjoy life. Then Big Honey suddenly adds him to a strange group chat. [You've been invited by Boss Yang to join “Our Happy Family”] Yang Mom: “!!!! Welcome, son-in-law!” Yang Dad: “The kids are right here! Can't you be a little more composed? So, when are you two getting married?” Su Yu:
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Music in My Left Hand, a Blade in My Right: I’m the Wildest in Chinese Pop 左手音乐右手刀，华语歌坛我最妖
Also known as: This Singer Is So Absurdly Overpowered, He Steamrolls the Entire Entertainment Industry Lu Tu transmigrates to a parallel world and binds himself to the Hilarious Entertainment System. As long as he stirs things up, he earns rewards. From then on, with music in one hand and a blade in the other, Lu Tu takes on the Chinese music scene. The Gloom Trilogy (The Wedding, Rakshasa Bird, and Third Watch) leaves a million netizens depressed. The Addictive Trilogy (Fate, Xian'er, and Monke
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Liu Yifei Mistook Me for a Pervert, and I Went Viral 被刘亦非误认为变态，我爆红网络
Mu Chen transmigrates to a parallel world. Though he becomes blind, he awakens a System that rewards him with god-tier singing skills. One day, while out looking for work, he is mistaken for a pervert by Liu Yifei, who is livestreaming. Misunderstanding the situation, Liu Yifei angrily splashes a cup of water at Mu Chen. But when Mu Chen takes out his white cane, Liu Yifei is stunned. “Oh my god! What have I done? Mu Chen, you're such a good person. I'll spend my whole life making it up to you.”
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Showbiz: Starting with a Center Position on Idol Producer 娱乐：从偶练c位出道开始
Yan Feng, a trainee at Tang Yan Studio with two and a half years of training under his belt, makes his debut as the center of Idol Producer and is determined to have a great time in the entertainment industry…
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My Creditor Is the Nation's Top Movie Star 我的债主是国民影帝
[Abstinent Top-Tier Star Creditor vs. Contract Assistant on the Rise + Mutual Redemption + Powerful Leads + Sweet Romance + A Touch of Angst + HE] Rumor has it that the wildly popular Actor Shen is abstinent and obsessive, and went through nine assistants in a single year! With nowhere else to turn, she is forced to sign a debt-repayment contract and becomes his personal assistant, never leaving his side. But later, she discovers that her family’s bankruptcy was caused by him, the hidden “backer
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Reborn: Emotions Out of Control? I Use Them to Rule the World 重生：情绪失控？我靠它掌控世界
After a tragic death, he is reborn in 2006, the year that changed his fate! Lin Zhou binds to the [Emotional Energy System], turning every joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness into a source of power? > Absorb [Admiration] to skyrocket his charisma and spirit, making the campus goddess fall for him! > Absorb [Jealousy] to strengthen his physique and skills, crushing every top student and school bully! > Absorb [Hatred] to forge a blade of vengeance and repay his past-life enemies a hundredfold! With
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Showbiz: With the Misheard Lyrics System, I Make Music by Ear 文娱：空耳系统，我的作品全靠听
What you expect from transmigration: a personal music library and domination of the entertainment industry. Di Nan's transmigration: he's hard of hearing, so he has to scavenge for songs! After waking up, the miserable medical resident Di Nan finds himself a flop composer in a parallel world. The original owner had made a mess of everything and nearly got fired. He also came with a short-tempered ex-girlfriend and three weird roommates including a fat guy who puts on a “romantic action movie”
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The Nation’s Movie Emperor Has a Secret Crush on Me 国民影帝暗恋我
Word is that national heartthrob Yu Qianfan has someone he secretly loves? Fans: “No, I don’t believe it! He loves us!” Word is that the person Yu Qianfan secretly loves is Queen Li? Fans: “Li Jin? No way! Those two don’t get along. This rumor is definitely false!” During a variety show game, Yu Qianfan put his hand on a lie detector. Host: “I heard you have a secret crush. Is it Li Jin?” Li Jin shot him a cold look. Yu Qianfan answered, “No.” Zap! The red lights flashed, and the alarm blared. L
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Back in 1977, I Married the Queen of the Daughters' Kingdom 回到1977年，娶了女儿国国王
Ji Yuning transmigrated back to 1977. He went from being a 21-year-old educated youth returning to the city to a literary young man, a great poet, and a famous novelist. It was all thanks to his memories of his previous life and the books he copied. But his greatest reward was marrying a wife as beautiful as a fairy.
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Showbiz: The Dad Came from Another World 文娱：奶爸他来自异世
[No heroine or romance in this novel. The adorable little one is full of love! This book now has an upgraded version with multiple character voices. If you enjoy audiobooks, come check it out. Love you all!] Tao Zui, one of the top lyricists and composers on Earth, accidentally transmigrates to Blue Star and becomes Chen Feng, another songwriter. Chen Feng's life is currently a complete mess: his wife, Lin Qiaoyin, has just passed away, his young daughter, Chen Cheng, is seriously ill, and the f
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The System Took Me into Korean Showbiz, but I Only Want to Pick Up Girls 系统带我混韩娱，我却只想泡妞
[Multiple Heroines]+ [Feel-Good Power Fantasy]+ [Korean Showbiz]+ [System]+ [Girl Group Bulldozer] On July 11, 2010, Running Man premiered. Hosts: Yoo Jae-suk, Ji Suk-jin, Kim Jong-kook, Ha Dong-hoon, Gary (Kang Hee-gun), Lee Kwang-soo, Song Joong-ki, and Ximen Liuxiang! Ximen Liuxiang? That's right! Young Master Ximen is determined to learn from “The Thief,” Chu Liuxiang.
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Back to Hong Kong Island in 1978 with a Movie and TV Effects System 带着影视特效系统回1978港岛
Also known as Special Effects System Dominates the World of Entertainment, 1978. In 1978, I bought the Hong Kong television station CTV. They wanted to air educational programs, so people thought they’d lose money? I have a film and television special effects System, and making effects costs nothing. How could I lose money? A Chinese Ghost Story. Transformers. Jurassic Park. How could I possibly lose money? In 1979, I bought MGM. As for mainland China, I’ll open a Lanxiang technical school, buil
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Life Restart: Back to the End of Middle School 人生重启：回到中考结束后
Science has proven that the human body can be cloned, but can the soul be cloned too? Perhaps everyone simply keeps reincarnating in the long river of life, with all their memories disappearing at the moment of death. In 2039, Xu Ming, who had spent his whole life as a corporate drone, finally died of illness one year after retiring. When he opened his eyes, he hadn’t become a newborn baby. Instead, carrying all his memories, he had returned to the day he finished his high school entrance exams
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After I Transmigrated, I Started an Entertainment Company and Conquered the Industry 穿越后，我开娱乐公司称霸娱乐圈
Gu Can transmigrates and unexpectedly awakens a System. In his previous life, Gu Can was a singer who made a living through livestreaming. After transmigrating, he finds himself a young master of a wealthy family. Though he could have spent his whole life lying flat on his family’s wealth, Gu Can resolutely chooses to start an entertainment company and fulfill his dream from his previous life. One song, “Goodbye,” brings the graduation party to tears! One song, “Red Performer,” inspires an offic
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This Actor Plays by His Own Rules 这个演员路子野
A reborn story set in the Chinese entertainment industry. After being reborn, the male lead, Li Mufu, has no idea that he is gradually turning into a monster. Only after becoming a megastar does he discover his true form. When that time comes, what should he choose? Become a traditional monster that eats people, or a traditional scumbag in the entertainment industry?
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A Golden Age of Light and Shadow: Me and the Celestial Beauty 光影年华，我与天仙
The first 80 chapters have been completely rewritten, with bugs fixed. Sixteen-year-old male lead Wang Yan goes to study in the United States and boards with a family in New York. He gets to know his ten-year-old neighbor, Liu Yifei (Crystal Liu), and her mother, Liu Xiaoli. He shows a mature mind and a clear plan for the future, advantages granted by being reborn and having foreknowledge. In his spare time, he studies films and the stock market. He quickly builds up capital and decides to shoot
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Showbiz 1980: Starting with He Chaoqiong 文娱1980之开局何超琼
Xu Xuexi transmigrates to 1980s Macau, into He Chaoqiong’s bathroom, carrying a Blue Star pocket dimension. He Chaoqiong is right in the middle of doing something perfectly proper and aboveboard... He doesn’t steal her spotlight, her fame, or the center stage. He only serves as the steadiest support behind her. Dressed as a man, she sweeps through the entertainment industry and becomes the top heartthrob of her generation. And behind her is a god-tier mogul who dotes on her alone. This is a fict
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