Any Chinese Entertainment-industry Stories Set in the Real World, with No Alternate Universe and No System? 有没有娱乐圈，关于华娱，不要架空，不要系统

1. 101 规 Rule Horror: Something Is Wrong with My Old Family Home 规则怪谈：我家老宅有问题 A Thousand Flying Leaves千千飞叶28k WordsCompleted Rule Horror: There's Something Wrong with My Family's Old House —Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 102 重 Reborn One Month Earlier: The Heart I Gave Away Will Find Its Home at Last 重生一月前：错付的真心终有归处 Just Writing for Fun in My Spare Time闲时写着玩7k WordsCompleted Reborn One Month Earlier: At Last, My Misplaced Love Finds Its Home 9Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 103 娱 Showbiz: I Only Wanted to Make Money, but I Won the Palme d'Or 娱乐：我一心捞钱，却得了金棕榈 Three Inches of Time, One Xin三寸光阴一个鑫Urban2.2M WordsOngoing [Not a Pure Director Story + No System + Ensemble Cast + Masterminding + Rise of an Ordinary Man] Lin Shen graduated from the directing program at Beijing Film Academy. He’s good at everything, but his talents have gone unrecognized! By a freak accident, Lin Shen transmigrates into the body of an assistant to a female star signed with Yu Zheng. The original owner graduated from a sports college and was cheerful and sunny, but his secret crush on the actress turned him into a devoted doormat. The 7.9kReads7.1Score469Shelves
4. 104 1 In 1998, I Saw the Future at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative 1998年，我在供销社看见未来 Just Writing for Fun in My Spare Time闲时写着玩Modern Romance9k WordsCompleted In 1998, I Saw the Future at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative 10Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 105 野 The Wild Director 野生大导演 Loves White Jade Tofu爱吃白玉豆腐Urban800k WordsOngoing Liang Zai is a good guy. He never cheats his business partners, and he never wastes a single cent of his investors' film budgets. He's the most responsible director in Chinese-language cinema. Sure, sometimes he likes to discuss scenes with actresses late at night, but it's all to help them understand the story better and get into the rhythm faster. Right now, Liang Zai is looking for a wealthy woman to lend him money for a film. That's not a scandal from his past, it's how our Liang Zai got his 78.6kReads7.5Score6.3kShelves
6. 106 纵 Ruling the Chinese Entertainment Scene, Starting with Tian Qing, My Childhood Friend 纵横华娱从小田青梅开始 Are Peas Crazy or Not?豌豆癫不癫Urban1.3M WordsOngoing [Chinese Entertainment + Multiple Heroines + No System + Realistic Timeline] [No System doesn't mean there are no cheats. A System is one kind of cheat, but not the only kind.] [The heroines and supporting female characters will play little mind games and scheme against each other. Easily upset fans should steer clear.] [There will be lots of older women. Readers who prefer the female leads to be completely untouched should steer clear. If you won't enjoy it and leave a bad review, I won't enjoy 66.2kReads8.4Score8.7kShelves
7. 107 文 The Pinnacle of Entertainment 文娱之巅 Great Sui-Tang King大隋唐王Urban643k WordsCompleted A super director? A global tycoon? Who would have thought he had such an identity? A tycoon, face-slapping, dominating the world with no one able to stand against him. Everything he does has a deeper meaning, with clues planted early that pay off far down the line. 4.6kReads6.1Score220Shelves
8. 108 时 Time Recursion: 2005 时光递归2005 Doudou'er Doesn't Know How to Joke豆豆儿不识逗Urban121k WordsOngoing In 2025, Gu Ming suddenly died while debugging a program. His consciousness plunged into the “Temporal Recursion Algorithm” he had written, returning to the recursion’s anchor point. When he opened his eyes again, he was sitting the 2005 college entrance exam. The math paper before him... had once been the key to changing his fate in his previous life. In this life, watch as he breaks the recursion, transcends the “anchor point,” reshapes his destiny, and creates a brilliant life of his own. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The first book has a great imagination; the second book is about a comeback; the third book is about Sisi; the fourth book is about soul transmigration—she was born to do this!

9. 109 娱 Showbiz: Blacklisted Across the Internet from the Start, A Con Man Saves Chinese Entertainment 娱乐：开局全网黑，老千拯救内娱 Northeast Strolling Chicken东北溜达鸡Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Entertainment + actor + director + no saintly heroine + no System + professional focus] A cardsharp transmigrates into the body of a pretty young star hated by the entire internet. From the start, he's tens of millions in debt. It's hell mode. He starts by plagiarizing songs, acts in Yu Zui, joins variety shows, repairs his reputation, saves female celebrities, and even saves the domestic entertainment industry. 4.9kReads8.4Score356Shelves
10. 110 娱 Reborn in the Entertainment Industry: The Stand-In Stole Her Sister's Sugar Daddy 娱乐圈重生：替身抢了姐姐的金主 Old Bei the Pork Floss肉松老贝Modern Romance217k WordsOngoing [Reborn revenge story in the entertainment industry | Stand-in rises to become a mogul] [Plays within plays + forum posts | A multi-man rivalry] In her previous life, Wen Qingxu became the dedicated acting stand-in for her biological older sister, Wen Lingfei. Reborn on the very day she was forced to become a stand-in, she also awakened a golden finger. This time, she would no longer let anyone pull her strings. She would break into the entertainment industry, take all her sister’s opportun 140Reads—Score268Shelves

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    This is good.

11. 111 重 Reborn: Saving the Fairy Sister From the Start 重生：开局救下神仙姐姐 The Dashing Young Scholar潇洒小书生Urban972k WordsCompleted When a man falls in love with a woman, there is no room in his heart for anyone but her. So Supreme Treasure chose Zixia, and I chose you!! 11kReads8.0Score550Shelves
12. 112 娱 Showbiz: I'm a Security Guard at Beijing Film Academy 娱乐：我在北电当保安 Northeast Strolling Chicken东北溜达鸡Urban2.5M WordsCompleted Lv Wen transmigrates into the body of a security guard at the Beijing Film Academy, twenty years in the past. Unwilling to return to his old line of work, he chooses to enter the entertainment industry. With the acting skills, social savvy, and memories of the future he honed while dealing with gullible people, Lv Wen thrives in showbiz, winning friends wherever he goes. He wins Best Actor, becomes a director, starts a company, and makes a bold push into Hollywood... This is the story of an o 11.2kReads8.2Score825Shelves

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    This book is different from other Chinese entertainment books. The author seems to be an insider, and there's a lot of casual writing that's rarely seen in other books.

13. 113 娱 Showbiz: The Top-Tier Star Is Serious, but Has Too Many Ex-Wives 娱乐：顶流正经但前妻多 Endless Dirty Jokes骚话连连看Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Liu Zhengjing started working at sixteen. He spent several years waiting tables, saved up 180,000 bitcoins, and got married thirty-six times along the way. Each marriage lasted no more than three days... Later, he got into the Beijing Film Academy, thinking he could quietly live the life of an ordinary college student. Instead, his ex-wives formed a group chat to keep tabs on him, while his new classmates lined up to get close. He recorded a variety show and used a falsetto voice that left Li C 5.6kReads6.3Score299Shelves

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    No system, no time travel, no rebirth, no plagiarism, male protagonist Liu Zhengjing, witty remarks, multiple female leads!

14. 114 娱 Showbiz: You Asked Me to Find My Family, and I Shocked the Whole World! 娱乐：让你寻亲，你震惊全世界！ Young Master Ming名公子Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Entertainment Industry + One Female Lead + Shocking Revelations + Primarily Singing + Classic Songs + Not Behind the Scenes] Chen Jingnian transmigrated to Blue Star, a world with a backward entertainment industry. His goal was to become a top star. From the start, he joined a talent show to make his debut and gain fame while searching for his family, only to be targeted by a veteran pop diva who had once rejected him and was now a judge on the show. After unexpectedly binding to the Big Star S 7.7kReads7.8Score510Shelves

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    The entertainment industry, from Chinese entertainment to the world.

15. 115 霸 The Go-To Tyrant, the Entertainment Industry’s Strongest 霸王专业户，娱乐圈战力天花板 Monk Wujie无戒僧Urban787k WordsOngoing [Best Actor] + [Entertainment Industry] + [Muscular Tough Guy] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lin Dong became a struggling extra at Hengdian. Luckily, he activated the Dominant Best Actor System and gained the [Dominant Best Actor] bonus. Whenever Lin Dong played an overwhelmingly dominant character who stood at the pinnacle of power in a show, his acting skills would improve dramatically. [Conqueror's Haki: Whenever you play a character at the pinnacle of power in any movie or TV ser 2.3kReads8.5Score175Shelves

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    ① A natural-born charisma, automatically honing his acting skills, a tough guy has arrived in the entertainment industry. Lin Dong's transformation from extra to star. I can't say any more, afraid of getting beaten up [heart]. ② Brothers, come on, let's relive that feeling, it suddenly came back, that's the breath of youth. Li Li, with AI, stepped into this side story, a marriage of convenience, are you kidding me? Where are you going? Brothers, follow me. Let's give them a round of flowers and applause.

16. 116 闪 Flash Marriage to Liu Tianxian 闪婚刘天仙 Nine-Headed Lion Cat九头狮子猫Urban350k WordsCompleted I married Liu Yifei! It’s 2008, and the “Fairy Sister” has been driven out of show business by online attacks. The Fairy Sister wants to divorce me? No way! “Steady, honey. Just wait till I send you into space!” 7.8kReads8.8Score257Shelves
17. 117 须 The Sumeru Ring: My Road to a Comeback 须弥戒，我的逆袭之路 Turning the Tide of the Mortal World逆转红尘Urban1.4M WordsOngoing I was reborn on a rainy night in late autumn. Not far away, my second uncle and his son were digging a pit for me, preparing to bury me in a graveyard. In my previous life, I woke up and escaped, never to return. I drifted through life, and just before I died, I came across a news report. On this very day, my second uncle sold my newlywed wife to human traffickers, leading to her being abused and killed. This time, I won't run away. Whoever digs the pit will be buried in it. 8.5kReads7.4Score783Shelves
18. 118 红 A Cultivator in the Mortal World 红尘修士 Tianchen Xingyu天辰星语Eastern Fantasy3.8M WordsCompleted One day, Yun Xi's soul left Blue Star, and she fell into the vast world of cultivation. She never expected to start out as a lowly nobody, with a life as fragile as a blade of grass. In the face of despair, she seeks out opportunities, rises from the dust, and gradually stirs up the entire cultivation world! 6.1kReads8.5Score589Shelves
19. 119 重 Reborn: Liu Tianxian's Superstar Man 重生：刘天仙的巨星男人 Second Son of the Mu Family木家老二Urban164k WordsOngoing [Showbiz + business investment + reborn + heroine Liu Yifei + daily life + no System] The heroine is Liu Yifei! The heroine is Liu Yifei! The heroine is Liu Yifei! Important things have to be said three times. A down-and-out singer from the eighteenth tier is reborn from 2024 into 2001. Using the memories of his previous life, he becomes a superstar in China's entertainment industry. Talent means nothing in the face of capital? Then I'll become the capital... Release albums, make movies, a 3Reads6.3Score—Shelves
20. 120 导 Director: I Plundered Japan and Korea to Become a Great Director 导演：薅光日韩，我证道大导演 Urban Desert Island都市荒岛Urban1.4M WordsCompleted + + + + = ??? The entertainment industry’s three great regrets: Leon Lai and Vivian Chow, me and Liu Yifei, and all of you and Nanny Rong. Sorry, now that he’s back from the dead, Lin Fan says you can leave him out of the second one. He scored 728 on the college entrance exam, but chose the Beijing Film Academy over Peking University. Others mocked Lin Fan for not knowing what was good for him. Lin Fan mocked them for not u 20kReads7.5Score799Shelves

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    I have love, friendship, career, and dreams! In the entertainment industry, I just want to be a good director who tells stories. The only leading lady is Liu Yifei. As a director, I only think about exporting foreign culture and can only adapt foreign films to win awards and make money at the box office.

21. 121 土 The Potato Oracle’s All-Purpose Comeback Theory 土豆万能接话神棍论 Tao's World涛视界8k WordsCompleted The Potato: An All-Purpose Conversationalist and Mastermind 435Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 122 半 Peninsula: My Girl Group Exorcism Diary 半岛：我的女团驱魔日记 Perfected Lord Xuan Zhen, Manifest Sage玄真显圣真君Urban412k WordsCompleted In a modern world where spiritual energy has run dry, Chen Ming, who has cultivated to the peak, goes on a trip to the peninsula, only to stumble into a story about a peninsula teeming with ghosts and monsters! Obsessions and starlight intertwine as he gently protects those around him! (This is a story about helping girl idols drive out evil spirits while falling in love with them! Multiple heroines! A harem novel!) 1.1kReads—Score131Shelves

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    Seeking readers of Korean entertainment harem novels.

23. 123 修 Return from Cultivation: My Heavenly Immortal White Moonlight 修真归来：我的天仙白月光 Old Bookboy老书童Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Zhao Xinghe's soul transmigrates to the cultivation world. He works hard until he reaches the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul Realm, tears open the void, and prepares to ascend to the Spirit Realm to keep climbing toward even higher realms. But when he emerges from the void, all he sees are towering skyscrapers. Then a car hits him! “Do you have money?” “No!” Zhao Xinghe replies. “Do you have powerful connections?” “No!” Zhao Xinghe answers again. “Then what makes you think you can be with 3.7kReads6.9Score207Shelves

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    The summary is weak; I'm the one following them all.

24. 124 娱 Showbiz: My Desk Mate Is as Beautiful as a Goddess 娱乐：我的同座美若天仙 Mango Lemon Soda芒果柠檬苏打水Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Not a transmigration story, not a rebirth story!!!] [No System] [One female lead] [Parallel universe + entertainment industry] [Everyday life + slow pace] [Please chalk up any inconsistencies to the parallel universe] [If you’re tired of brainless power fantasies, give my refreshing little story a try] One car accident, one farce, and Deng Fengyu becomes an unwanted child. Fortunately, his aunt doesn’t abandon him. Holding his aunt’s hand, Deng Fengyu boards the plane, gazing toward Jiangcheng 877Reads6.8Score102Shelves
25. 125 归 The Soul of Tang Returns to the Righteous Cause 归义唐魂 Perfected Lord Xuan Zhen, Manifest Sage玄真显圣真君Historical1.0M WordsCompleted To the west, he allied with his uncle’s Yutian Kingdom; to the east, he reclaimed eleven prefectures of Helong. He drove the Uyghurs north and secured the Tianshan Mountains; looking south toward Chang’an, he reclaimed the old frontiers. Gunpowder shattered the Tibetan ranks; iron cavalry trampled the Khitan camps. The Three Stars Banner swept across Youzhou and Yunzhou, and the Han realm’s sky was opened anew beneath the sun and moon. 1.6kReads—Score144Shelves
26. 126 世 The Heir Returns and Spoils His Showbiz Sister Rotten 世子归来，将娱乐圈姐姐宠上天 Sun and Moon Make the Word Bright日月言明Urban1.6M WordsOngoing [Showbiz] + [Stars] + [Film and TV] + [Variety Shows] Yun Tian runs into top-tier star Yang Mi at Paris Fashion Week, and the two begin a sweet romance. After returning to China, he sets up an entertainment company and gives top-tier resources to Yang Mi, Liu Yifei, Dilraba Dilmurat, and many other actresses. But his true identity is the heir to the Yun family. 9.8kReads6.3Score502Shelves

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    She started by winning over Yang Mi, and after returning to China, she ventured into the entertainment industry, where a host of female stars, including Liu Yifei, Jing Tian, ​​Dilireba, Bai Lu, Yang Ying, Zhang Ziyi, Tang Yan, Song Qian, Zhao Lusi, and Jin Chen, took turns appearing on her stage.

27. 127 天 The Heavenly Kingdom: The Rise of an Imperial Dynasty 天国王朝：帝朝崛起 Perfected Lord Xuan Zhen, Manifest Sage玄真显圣真君Historical1.6M WordsCompleted This is the legendary life of God's agent, entrusted with shepherding His flock! From a modern transmigrator to a medieval infant, he relied on the Mount & Blade System and his own strategic brilliance to break free from constraints, defend the Holy City, establish an empire, and change the course of history for both the Crusaders and the Islamic world. (Early game: using Mount & Blade to break through; mid-game: political scheming; late game: cyberpunk space opera) 79Reads—Score106Shelves
28. 128 我 I'm Already Cannes Best Director, and You Still Want Me to Be Reborn? 我都戛纳最佳导演你还让我重生？ The Stolen Melon Is Truly Sweet强扭的瓜真甜Urban1.9M WordsOngoing [Only female lead: Liu Yifei] Zhou Chen, the “Copy God” of China’s entertainment industry, has never won an award. After twenty years of hard work, he finally wins Best Director at Cannes in 2024, reaching the pinnacle of world cinema! He wakes up drunk after the celebration banquet, only to discover he’s been reborn in 2002, on the day he received his acceptance letter to the acting program at Beijing Film Academy. 44.5kReads7.4Score2.8kShelves

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    I recommend this [eating melon]

29. 129 娱 The Entertainment Industry’s Grind King 娱乐圈肝帝 At Most One Cup最多一杯Urban320k WordsOngoing Fast-paced, high-intensity, one heroine. Starts from the bottom, then goes on a rampage. No mindless writing. Flowers bloom again, but people never get their youth back. Zhang Kun: "Bullshit!" Give me a progress bar, and I'll give you a whole world! I may have no talent, but I'll spend money and grind like crazy! (This new world isn't a mindless, talentless showbiz story. There won't be any brainless face-slapping or womanizing. It's all about a fun-loving guy who gets to cheat his way through l —Reads6.9Score—Shelves
30. 130 棺 The Yin Within the Coffin 棺中太阴 Perfected Lord Xuan Zhen, Manifest Sage玄真显圣真君Mystery122k WordsCompleted When he woke up inside the coffin, the thing pressing down on its lid was poking its head over to sniff him. The spiritual energy in this world had been depleted for eight hundred years, and the Celestial Court and underworld had long since become legends. In their place stood a set of rules, cold to the core: The register is heaven's decree: every cultivator's rank, the prices in the ghost market, and the incense masters' standings in the White Lotus Sect are all recorded in an invisible ledger 15Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 131 我 I Really Do Have a Soft-Rice-Eating King System 我真有一个软饭王系统 Song Xiangbai宋象白Urban2.0M WordsCompleted “Over 99 percent of the Host’s cells are dormant. You meet the basic requirements for living off others. Bind the system?” “Yes, yes! Bind it, right away!” Warning: To successfully live off others, you must first learn self-discipline!!! Warning: It’s a soft life, but you’ll still have to work hard. If you don’t like workaholics, don’t open this. Warning: The protagonist will live off lots of people (and animals). If that bothers you, don’t click. 110.3kReads9.3Score10kShelves

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    [Top Post] Here are some of my favorite Tomato Entertainment novels!!! The writing and plots are both great!!!

32. 132 民 Folk Customs Record: Chen the Paper Effigy Maker 民俗录：纸扎陈 Perfected Lord Xuan Zhen, Manifest Sage玄真显圣真君Mystery262k WordsCompleted There's an old saying in western Hunan: “Better to walk through a mass grave at night than cross the Paper Effigy Chen family.” When Chen Ming woke up, he found himself lying in a thin-walled coffin. Paper figures all around the room were smiling at him. He was the last living member of the Paper Effigy Chen family. For three generations, his ancestors had made paper effigies for a living, but the Chen family didn't just make paper people and horses... They shaped souls. They shaped rules. They 45Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 133 狗 So Much Sweet Dog Food: From the Start, My Childhood Friend Pulled Me Away to Get Our Marriage License 狗粮超甜：开局青梅拉我领证 An Old Non一只老非Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Both Leads Reborn + One Female Lead + Showbiz + Sweet Romance + All-Rounder Male Lead] [Rebirth only, no System and no special abilities!] He confesses on day one, they get their marriage licenses on day two, and announce it to the world that very same day! No misunderstandings, no dragging things out! After being reborn, Shen Feng plans to pursue his wife, only to discover that his Wan-jie has also been reborn, and she’s even more proactive than he is! #Breaking: Rising star Jiang Wanwan spott 4.7kReads9.4Score563Shelves
34. 134 娱 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 Paracetamol, Chlorpheniramine, and Amantadine氨酚黄那敏Urban1.2M WordsCompleted 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 430Reads8.3Score145Shelves
35. 135 我 My Landlord Is a Pop Idol 我的房东是偶像歌手 131313Urban3.2M WordsCompleted Gu Zhinan transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes an online novelist. Could his beautiful landlady really be a washed-up idol singer? One day, she leaves her guitar in the living room... "I can't write songs. I'm just a novelist. I was only messing around." That is, until his landlady is left stunned by the song Gu Zhinan wrote. "Didn't you say you couldn't write songs?" "I know a little, I know a little." 51.6kReads9.2Score5.7kShelves
36. 136 开 From the Start, I Confess to the Divorced Female CEO at the Civil Affairs Bureau 开局，民政局表白刚离婚的女总裁 Half Wild半身轻狂Urban903k WordsCompleted [Daily Life + Showbiz + Lighthearted Comedy + Doting Dad + System + One Female Lead + Adorable Kid + Sweet Romance + No Dark Themes] After failing a job interview, Han Shichu was successfully talked into joining an entertainment company by a professional agent. After signing the contract, he suddenly activated a dormant silly System: the Wacky Adventure Entertainment System. [Three-part starting mission! Part one: Host, within ten minutes, go to the street, hug a utility pole covered in ads for 6.7kReads9.3Score456Shelves
37. 137 文 Showbiz: My Girlfriend Turns Out to Be an Idol Singer 文娱：我的女友竟然是偶像歌手 Fragrant Fruit Speechless香果无语Urban2.7M WordsCompleted [Entertainment Industry + Campus Belle + One Female Lead + Sweet Romance + Everyday Life] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Su Yu unexpectedly awakened an Entertainment System. Because of what he had experienced in his previous life, all he wanted was to make money quietly, so he chose to become a music producer. But gradually, he realized that he wanted to keep a low profile, while reality refused to let him... On the first day of college, the campus belle took him around and even made 62.1kReads9.3Score5kShelves
38. 138 华 Chinese Showbiz: I'll Claim Both Fame and Fortune Standing Tall 华娱：我要站着名利双收 Waiting for Clear Skies等天晴的人Urban472k WordsOngoing [System] [Reborn] [Harem] [Not Brain-Dead] [Profit-Focused] Zhou Ye was a penniless nobody with no house, no car, and no savings. He dropped dead while treating his buddies. He transmigrated into the body of a first-year student at Beijing Film Academy in 2002. He even got bound to a System. In his previous life, he knelt and still failed to make money. This time, he wanted to try standing tall and claiming both fame and fortune. Others relied on capital; he relied on information advantages. Oth 9kReads—Score730Shelves

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    It's logical, not mindless, not obsequious, and the pacing isn't too fast.

39. 139 华 Chinese Entertainment: Reborn in 2001 with a Cheat 华娱，重生2001破解版 Old Ox of Black Mountain黑山老牛Urban226k WordsOngoing [Reborn + a whole host of heroines + System + director + actor + plagiarist + mainly Chinese entertainment] The career storyline develops slowly, with a focus on film and television entertainment. Shen Yichen, a film producer who worked himself to death in his previous life, is reborn in 2001 and awakens an entertainment System. Wait, how did he jump straight to having an entire lifetime added on when he was just reborn? In this era, mainland China’s entertainment industry is still a barren was 292Reads—Score130Shelves

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    A Chinese entertainment story with many female characters, but it involves a system, though the system has limited screen time. The protagonist has multiple identities: director, actor, singer, and company owner; he's a scumbag.

40. 140 重 Back at Six, Watch Me Take the World by Storm 重回6岁，看我叱咤风云 The Breeze Brings the Phoenix清凤徐徐来Urban2.4M WordsCompleted In a parallel world identical to Earth, a middle-aged man down on his luck transmigrates into his own body before he turns six. As a boy, he has a chance encounter with Leng Feng, a martial arts master who takes him under his wing and trains him with care. As a young man, he receives the support of a whole host of people, including comedy king Zhou Xingxing, Zhang Guorong, the greatest beauty of the Four Great Beauties, and music-industry godfather Huang Laoguai. As an adult, he meets Liu Yifei, 7.2kReads8.1Score558Shelves

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    The first book is a harem/entertainment novel without a system. It's already completed. The beginning is a bit slow, but it's definitely worth reading once you get used to the pace. The second book is purely an advertisement. If you like Saint Seiya fanfiction, you can check it out; the setting is very novel.

41. 141 拒 I Refused to Kneel to Shiori, and Awakened the Golden Sagittarius? 拒跪纱织，我觉醒黄金射手座？ Huang Rong of the Three Teachings and Nine Schools三教九流的黄蓉Anime Fanfiction281k WordsCompleted In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, the Demon Ancestor Luo Hou broke free of the Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s seal. The day he emerged from the Xumi Mountain Grottoes in Ningxia was the very day Wu Sangui opened the pass and let the Bannermen into the Central Plains. The age of darkness began… For three hundred years, not a single immortal, Buddha, or human deity had manifested in the land of Huaxia. Churches and statues from the Western world sprang up across China like mushrooms after rain, s 390Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 142 谁 Who Says Short-Drama Directors Can't Make Movies? 谁说短剧导演不会拍电影 Shadow Punch暗影拳Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Multiple heroines] [Success in both the arts and business] Who says a short-form drama director isn’t a real director? With enough funding, short-form directors can make better films than many big-name directors! Gu Huaiyuan, a short-form drama director, is unexpectedly reborn at the dawn of Chinese entertainment in 2002. Armed with a vision and skills far ahead of his time, he cuts a path to success with art films and builds his fortune with commercial films! One masterpiece after another is b 10.1kReads6.1Score476Shelves

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    Multiple female leads, but Liu Yifei is not among them.

43. 143 从 From Beijing's Old-School Tough Guy to the King of Chinese Showbiz 从京城老炮儿到华娱之王 Clang Clang Cat哐哐猫Urban1.4M WordsCompleted The 1990s were both the twilight of the brotherhood era and the golden age of the Chinese entertainment industry's rise. Bai Hang, a seasoned Beijing tough who grew up in a traditional courtyard house, gritted his teeth and left his old life behind just to stay alive. From then on, he embarked on an extraordinary career in show business. Other award-winning actors relied on their acting skills. He won awards because he'd really lived that life. “Brother Hang, there's a production that wants you 41.7kReads8.7Score4.3kShelves

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    This is a collection of Chinese entertainment novels starting in 1997. It features no system, leans towards realism, has no AI, and isn't just filler. It also offers a fresh and unconventional perspective. Those interested can give it a try.

44. 144 华 Chinese Showbiz, 1996: My Father Is the Mountain Carver 华娱96：家父座山雕 Little Tender Star稚嫩的小星星Urban3.1M WordsOngoing (A director story, with multiple heroines) This book was originally titled "Chinese Entertainment, 1996: My Father Is Zu Shandiao". Reborn in 1996, Han Yunfei decides to become an internationally renowned director. Years later, when reporters interview Han Yunfei, who has won the grand slam at Europe’s three major film festivals, taken home an Oscar statuette, and topped the global box office, one asks: “Director Han, what got you where you are today? Talent? Hard work? Or help from influential 26.8kReads7.2Score1.9kShelves

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    It's all entertainment industry fiction, no system or anything like that.

45. 145 离 You Forced Me to Divorce You. Now That I'm Famous, Why Are You Crying? 离婚你逼的，我火了你哭什么？ Hangover-Healing Meat Soup醒酒的肉汤Urban1.7M WordsOngoing [Entertainment Industry + Period Setting + No System + Taking Down the Showbiz World] In his previous life, Li Qi's wife ran off with a second-tier director to become famous. She did everything she could to ruin their home and force him into a divorce. She angered his mother to death and gave his father a stroke. She even set Li Qi up and had him locked in a psychiatric hospital for more than ten years... Li Qi is reborn on a summer day in 1999. He's 22, both his parents are still alive, and eve 5.9kReads8.2Score311Shelves
46. 146 地 Underground Filmmaker 地下电影人 Dough Drops with Scrambled Egg面疙瘩打鸡蛋Urban2.0M WordsOngoing [1990s + Director’s Journey + Banned from Directing + Art Films + Award-Hunting] Starting out as a director in 1990, I make a career of winning awards and handling publicity. One female lead, multiple supporting actresses... 728Reads9.1Score—Shelves
47. 147 陪 The Long Years Spent with a Celestial Beauty 陪天仙度过的漫长岁月 King of the Eighteen Sons十八子王Urban2.7M WordsCompleted Actor, director, business mogul (single heroine: Liu Tianxian), no System [10,000 words updated daily] A wounded soul is reborn five minutes before the entanglement that changed everything. Without hesitation, he turns and walks away. All he wants is to start a new life. A girl who has been beautiful since childhood. Two sincere, passionate hearts, stirred by love, will eventually be drawn to each other at a crossroads of fate. 7.6kReads7.8Score399Shelves
48. 148 文 Showbiz: After My Career Crashed, I Became the Dark Moonlight of the Ruins 文娱：塌房后，成为废墟黑月光 Sacabambaspisovo萨卡班甲鱼ovoUrban1.6M WordsOngoing Qin Jiang transmigrates into the body of a washed-up celebrity. The reason he's washed up? This guy was dating five women at once and got caught... His career immediately hits rock bottom. Luckily, he still has one trump card: an invitation to Ride the Waves 2. All right, let's do this! Ex-girlfriend: "Can we get back together?" Qin Jiang: "So, can you drink an iced coconut latte today?" If we're back together for one night, doesn't that count as getting back together? 36.2kReads8.9Score2.4kShelves
49. 149 玩 Taking Over Showbiz: Making Money from The Rap of China 玩遍娱乐圈：从有嘻哈开始搞钱 Clouds in My Heart浮云在我心Urban674k WordsOngoing A showbiz story beginning in 2017, when China Has Hip-Hop sets the protagonist on the road to fame. Multiple female leads, mainly actresses born in the 1990s and 1995s. Dong Feng is reborn in 2017. He clears his mind, stays true to himself, and focuses on making money. Ten years later, at just 33, Dong Feng looks at the beauties all around him and finally understands why everyone wants to enter showbiz. Because showbiz is so much fun! 539Reads7.6Score—Shelves

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    This is a very interesting entertainment novel. The male protagonist has a conflict with the Beijing entertainment circle, directly confronting them and sending Wang Lao Er to jail. I've read hundreds of Chinese entertainment novels, and they all focus on picking up girls and making money, more or less ignoring the unspoken rules of the entertainment industry. None of them dare to directly confront the Beijing entertainment circle. I can only say the author is amazing!

50. 150 纵 Ruling America: The Showbiz Tycoon 纵横美利坚，文娱霸主 Person from Wu and Yue吴越人士Urban1.1M WordsCompleted The beaches of America are filled with blonde bombshells. After transmigrating to the America of 1992 in a parallel universe, Zhou Qingshan finds an entertainment wasteland. There is no Lord of the Rings, no Terminator. He builds a business empire by rewriting works from his past life. 5.4kReads7.9Score383Shelves

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