Looking for Books About Becoming a Director 求当导演的书

1. 51 开 Bankrupt from the Start: Creating the Avengers of the Entertainment Industry 开局破产，打造娱乐圈复仇者联盟 The Big She-Monkey from Tuguan Village土官村大母猴Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Showbiz + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + No Romance + Music + Literature + Film and TV + Comics + History...] Also known as: “Showbiz: Conquering the World with Viral Hits,” “Showbiz: Kill, Kill, Kill, Kill, Kill, Kill, Kill, Kill Until I Go Crazy” Years later, The Avengers premieres. Only then does the world learn that the Song Emperor Iron Man, literature’s top-tier star Hulk and Black Widow, genius screenwriter Loki, top directors Wukong, the God of Comics Thor, and the Song God Spider-Man were 27.2kReads8.9Score1.8kShelves
2. 52 8 An Eighties-Born Beijing Powerhouse, the First Man in Chinese Entertainment 80后京圈大佬，内娱第一人 Moonlit Pavilion照月阁Urban1.3M WordsCompleted This novel is also known as: “Top-Tier Director,” “I’m Unbeatable in the Chinese Entertainment Industry” “A Great Director in Chinese Entertainment,” “The Entire Entertainment Industry Begs Me to Make Movies” [No System, director + one female lead, female lead is Peng Xiaoran] Chen Zhou is a 24-year-old director who transmigrates to a parallel world. He marries Peng Xiaoran, the top female host at Kiwi. With the 400,000 yuan his wife gives him, plus 2 million yuan from working as a director-for- 4.7kReads7.9Score174Shelves
3. 53 华 Chinese Showbiz: Reborn, Tianxian, Don't Run Away! 华娱：重生归来，天仙同学别跑 Potato Dumpling Candy土豆丸子糖Urban1.0M WordsOngoing (Showbiz Director Novel) (Writes Books First, Then Becomes a Director) (This story is a slow burn! The protagonist is no pushover!) After Zhang Mingqing was bullied by the Great Fortune Immortal Venerable in 2026, he opened his eyes to find himself back in 2000, at the age of fifteen. He has a golden finger, but he stole it! And it's defective! Fortunately, he has memories of his past life! He plans to write books first to earn money and build up his standing in the industry! Then he'll enter t 42.5kReads8.2Score4.1kShelves

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   Writing books, directing, Palme d'Or

4. 54 词 Entry System: Becoming a Director from the Start and Making Big Honey a Star 词条系统：开局当导演，捧大蜜蜜 Little Zhao's 77小赵的77Urban532k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + System + Entertainment Industry + Multiple Heroines] When Su Yu wakes up, he has transmigrated to a parallel world, where he discovers he's a notorious director of terrible movies and a hopeless case buried under five hundred million in debt. This disastrous start leaves him exclaiming, "You've got to be kidding me!" Luckily, he awakens a Trait System. All he has to do is teach actresses how to act, and he'll earn traits. Just then, Mimi, who has secretly been in love with Su Y 4.6kReads8.0Score298Shelves

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   [Sending hearts][Sending hearts] Su Yu transmigrates to a parallel world and discovers his identity is a notorious director of terrible movies and a debtor with 500 million yuan in debt. This absurd start leaves Su Yu speechless. Fortunately, he awakens a vocabulary system. He can gain vocabulary by teaching female celebrities how to act. And just then, Mimi, who secretly likes Su Yu, boldly confesses her feelings to him.

5. 55 娱 Showbiz: From the Start, I Tear Into the Celestial Fairy's Mom for Selling Her Daughter 娱乐：开局怒怼天仙妈卖女儿 Author Xinyi作家新一Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Ye Chen is reborn in a parallel world as a film director. After his movie is released, he helps Liu Yifei set up a studio, offending the other talent agencies. A host of directors join forces to suppress him. Ye Chen: “Okay, fine. I’ll leave you alone, and you come after me? Don’t blame me for going straight for the jugular.” Reporter: “Director Ye, Director Lu Chuan says your movies are just for children and have no artistic merit. What’s your response?” Ye Chen: “I’m sitting down as I answer. 18.7kReads7.5Score855Shelves

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   Director's note, take a look.

6. 56 重 Reborn in America: Giving Hollywood a Little Shock 重生美利坚：给好莱坞亿点小震撼 Round and Fluffy Tuan Tuan圆滚滚的团团Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Also known as: Reborn in America: Giving Hollywood a Little Shock; Hollywood: This Director Is Seriously Fearsome! [Single male lead | classic urban setting + reborn urban wish fulfillment + no System + director + America] “Making movies? I'm just ‘bringing forward’ masterpieces from the future!” Ge Lei, a no-name director from Dongda, was reborn in America in 1994 and discovered that Hollywood was full of opportunities! David Fincher hadn't even written the script for Seven yet? Cameron's s 4.3kReads5.9Score289Shelves

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   The underground filmmakers also had the most names listed, all of whom were unsystematic directors.

7. 57 1 1980: My Era of Cinema 1980：我的电影时代 I'm Really an Innocent Young Man我真是纯情大男孩Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Multiple heroines + check-ins + filmmaking + male actor “Art should serve the people.” That’s the original purpose of art, so I love telling stories to the people! One summer, Zhang Hua, a short-form drama director, arrives in an era that feels both strange and familiar~ 2.7kReads6.9Score114Shelves
8. 58 从 From Hong Kong Entertainment to Chinese Entertainment: I'm Just Here to Exchange Artistic Ideas 从港娱到华娱，我只是交流艺术 Half Persuading, Half Rescuing半推半救Urban742k WordsOngoing A film and TV commentary blogger becomes Fei Jing's nephew. Since he can't rely on his looks to make it in the entertainment industry, he'll just have to rely on his talent. The charming older women, the fresh-faced newcomers just entering the industry... How can you say they would do anything for awards and fame? They're simply pursuing their art. That's the entertainment industry for you. Having fun is what matters most. He'll let his career grow at a reasonable pace, without trying to make it 32.1kReads7.0Score2.7kShelves

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   The main character is not a handsome succubus.

9. 59 让 You Asked Me to Film a Pet Commercial, So Why Did I Make Hachi: A Dog's Tale? 让你拍宠物广告，你拍忠犬八公？ A Cat That Can Do Side Flips会侧空翻的猫Urban577k WordsCompleted (Parallel world) + (director story) + (plausible) + (no melodrama) In 2025, Su Hao watches Ne Zha 2, then falls asleep and wakes up in the body of a man in a parallel world who has the same name as him. That version of Su Hao is facing the bankruptcy of his family business, crushing debts, and parents who are being driven to jump off a building. Even the only home his parents left him has been snatched away. But as someone who transmigrated, he’s brought along the scripts and storyboards for eve 5.7kReads8.4Score470Shelves

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   These two are very beautiful.

10. 60 致 The Depressing Literary Master: One Copy of To Live Brought the World to Tears 致郁系文豪，一本活着全球泪崩 A Cat That Can Do Side Flips会侧空翻的猫Urban1.0M WordsCompleted (Parallel World + Rebirth + System + Literary Prodigy + Career + No Over-the-Top Drama + Not a Harem Novel) After leaving the military, Li Liwen, an office worker in a parallel world, had finally gotten his life back on track. But an unexpected industry downturn left him unemployed. The sudden blow triggered a heart attack in a fit of anger. When he woke up, he discovered he had returned to the age of seventeen. That year, he hadn’t even started his second year of high school. Then he stopped ho 26kReads9.2Score1.9kShelves

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    [No System] + [Director's Fiction] + [Realistic] + [No Excessive Fantasy] A third-rate director from a previous life transmigrates into the body of a struggling ghostwriter, thus beginning a legendary director's life...

11. 61 重 Reborn in 2002, Starting Out as a Chinese Showbiz Director 重生2002年，从华娱导演开始 Qing in Blue Robes青衣QingUrban722k WordsOngoing [Chinese Showbiz] [Director] [Copycat] [Multiple Heroines: Liu and Fan] Lu Ye, a veteran of the film industry, is reborn in 2002 as a freshman in the directing department at the Beijing Film Academy. The good news: his mind is full of classic movies from the next twenty years. The bad news: with only a few tens of thousands left in his pocket, he can't afford to make a single one of them. That year, Chinese cinema was bursting with stars, and the gods were still at their peak. Above, Jia 32.8kReads6.5Score2.2kShelves

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    What are you waiting for? Here you go.

12. 62 导 Director: From the Start, Three European Awards and Two Golden Trophies 导演：开局欧洲三大两金 Yan Shenzhi言慎之Urban824k WordsCompleted (One heroine, Liu Yifei. If that’s not your thing, don’t read. The focus is on what happens behind the scenes, without all those exaggerated bystander reactions, and it’s relatively true to the era.) I didn’t even hit the jackpot, so how did I get reborn at eighteen? Wait, there’s a transmigrator in my head? And he has a System? Huh? I didn’t even touch him, so how did he shatter? Well, in that case, I can only thank my transmigrator brother for the amazing starter pack he left me. 28.6kReads8.3Score2kShelves

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    Look at my book

13. 63 影 A Film Industry Slump? Director Fu Takes the World by Storm 影视寒冬？伏导火爆全球 My Teeth Aren't White牙不白Modern Romance1.1M WordsOngoing [Lots of on-screen comments and reader reviews + copying works from another world + no romance + devoted to her mother + sharp-tongued toward scumbags + starts as a director (may involve anime) + satisfying wish fulfillment + only works behind the scenes, no acting or singing] Fu Qing was hit by a car and spent three years bedridden in a vegetative state. During those three years, her family’s entertainment company came close to bankruptcy. Her live-in son-in-law father, Jiang Chengshan, showed 19.3kReads8.7Score2.2kShelves

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    The main character is a director, there's no romantic pairing, it's a fast-paced, action-packed story where the female lead is constantly filming TV dramas and movies, making money and winning awards at the same time ('▽')

14. 64 只 I Only Wanted to Be a Rich Second-Generation Heir, but Became a Legend in Showbiz 只想当个富二代的我成了圈内神话 A Beef Meatball一只牛肉丸Modern Romance879k WordsCompleted [No romance, a growing female lead, main plot about building a career in the entertainment industry, secondary plot of wealthy-family infighting, ensemble cast, imaginative premise] Lin Xiaoxiao wakes up one morning to find that she has gone from being an overworked corporate drone to a rich second-generation heir in another world. She thinks her wonderful new life is about to begin. But the first thing to arrive, ahead of her new life, is a call from her older brother. That’s when she realiz 3kReads8.3Score251Shelves

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    The female lead in this book is the director. [Please update more frequently!]

15. 65 拍 I Was Just Making a Movie, So Why Did It Turn Into a Military Exercise? 拍个电影而已，咋搞成军事演习？ Ten Thousand a Day日收丰万Urban279k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to a parallel world, Cheng Zhou became an assistant director at the August First Film Studio. Watching the ridiculous anti-Japanese war dramas on screen, with scenes like “tearing Japanese soldiers apart with bare hands” and “hiding a land mine in your pants,” he was furious but powerless to do anything about it. Then the head of the directing department unexpectedly offered him a chance to make a “decent, by-the-book” anti-Japanese war drama. Just as he was fretting over no 6.1kReads5.5Score638Shelves

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    I'm currently following the first one; the main character is a director who makes patriotic films and TV series. The second and third ones also feature main characters who are directors, and the female lead is a celestial beauty.

16. 66 娱 Godfather of the Entertainment Industry 娱乐圈教父 Heading North向北Urban3.0M WordsCompleted A down-and-out keyboardist breathes his last in a hospital bed. From playing accompaniment in dance halls at sixteen to scraping by in Sanlitun at thirty-two, he'd tasted every sweetness and hardship life had to offer. When he opens his eyes, he's back in Northeast China in 2002. His young body houses a heart weathered by life's vicissitudes, along with classic melodies that shouldn't exist until the future. No System or cheat ability, just a lifetime's worth of musical talent and experience. In 51.2kReads9.2Score5.1kShelves

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    From a nightclub extra to a godfather of the entertainment industry, he earned an extraordinary life through twenty years of blood and tears! Spanning the film and business worlds: his debut performance earned him an Actor award, his first film became a critical success, he profited from the financial crisis, yet at the peak of his career, he built a philanthropic empire. This isn't a wish-fulfillment story; it's an epic tale of a godfather of the entertainment industry, written with courage and wisdom—witness how an ordinary person tramples fate into a red carpet, making the entire era his awards stage!

17. 67 重 Reborn as an Entertainment Master 重生之娱乐宗师 A Carefree Leaf一叶风流Urban5.0M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to a parallel world with a highly developed entertainment industry, Xiao Yunhai made a name for himself with the knowledge he retained from his previous life. Music, screenwriting, literature, martial arts: there was nothing he couldn’t do. He became a true master of the entertainment world. 11.1kReads8.7Score873Shelves
18. 68 让 I Asked You to Play an Extra, and You Won Every Best Actor Award 让你跑龙套，你拿下影帝大满贯 No Wearing Worn-Out Socks不穿破袜子Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Showbiz + Antics System + Unstoppable rise + No clowns + Taking over the global film industry] An accident sends Chen Sheng reborn to Hong Kong Island in the 1990s. After watching Ke Dadan leap over the Great Wall, Chen Sheng awakens the “Extreme Antics” System. “Walking a tightrope between the Twin Towers” and “jumping the Yellow River in a car.” Chen Sheng shocks the world with his stunts. Titanic, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Avengers... The movies Chen Sheng makes crush Hollywood time and 4.7kReads7.2Score259Shelves
19. 69 全 The All-Round Superstar 全能大明星 Divvying Up the Gold分金Urban2.5M WordsCompleted Lin Hao wakes up to find that the world's history and culture have been completely transformed. Bringing culture from Earth with him, he sets out to make his mark in the entertainment industry. As a director, he overturns and shatters people's prejudices against film and television in the age of celebrity traffic with works like the Once Upon a Time in China series, Drawing Sword, and In the Name of the People. As a king of the music scene, he pioneers an unprecedented ancient-style music genre 931Reads8.1Score151Shelves
20. 70 华 A Chinese Entertainment Mogul Starts Out as an Extra 华娱大佬从龙套做起 The General Below将军在下Urban120k WordsOngoing What kind of circle is the entertainment industry, anyway? What? A merry-go-round? Meng Ran refused to believe it and insisted on going around the circle a couple of times. In the end, he really couldn't find his way out. The times, fate, and misery all had it in for him! 4Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 71 华 Chinese Showbiz: Joining Forces with My 1995-Born Actress Girlfriend to Become a Top-Tier Star 华娱：携手95花女友，共登顶流 Ma Hu Does a Somersault马户翻跟斗Urban442k WordsCompleted [Showbiz + rising star + one heroine + pure romance, no angst] One-sentence pitch: Reborn into a new life, Jiang Sheng wants to get a taste of campus beauties and the entertainment industry. Two-sentence pitch: People say that circle is full of shady deals and backroom connections, and that you should never get involved with women in the industry, or your hands will get dirty. Jiang Sheng took the advice to heart, quietly setting his sights on a rising star who hadn’t even graduated from high sc 6.4kReads8.6Score385Shelves

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    Starting in 2002, starting with the Beijing Film Academy, starting with Liu Yifei (the "Fairy Sister"). Starting from the early days of China Entertainment Television. Becoming sworn brothers with Pony Ma (Ma Huateng, founder of CP), and becoming close friends with Zhang Yimou (Zhang Yimou, founder of CP). Building his own entertainment business empire.

22. 72 娱 Showbiz: I Started Out as a Film Selection Consultant and Became a Director! 娱乐：从选片顾问开始做导演！ Huang Bei 97煌北97Urban317k WordsCompleted “Director Lin, I really want to get ahead…” Lin Yi was reborn and became Jing Tian's casting consultant from the start. Before long, rumors that he was a kept man were spreading all over the Beijing Film Academy. “I look down on Lin Yi. I'm ashamed to be his classmate. Okay, I can't keep this up. Damn you, Lin Yi!!” “His sugar mommy is actually a gorgeous heiress! I can't take it!!” Lin Yi: “The success of my film career has everything to do with my hard work...” 1.6kReads6.8Score109Shelves
23. 73 特 His Special Effects Crush the World. Is This Director Cheating? 特效碾压全球，这导演开挂了吧 Tong Lingliu童凌六Modern Romance287k WordsCompleted Lin Wan, 17, the school bully, ranked dead last in her grade. Her motto in life was: “Study? Screw that!” Then an accident transmigrated her to a parallel world where the competition was cutthroat. Terrified of this unfamiliar world, she was forced to pick up her textbooks and claw her way from last place to the top of her class. After graduating with a master's degree, she immediately landed a job at a major foreign special-effects company, earning a million a year. But just when she had made i 1.5kReads8.1Score192Shelves

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    After transmigrating back from an extremely competitive world, the school bully becomes a top student, makes movies, creates special effects, starts a company, and embarks on a life of reversal of fortune. [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

24. 74 身 As a Director, It's Only Natural to Be a Little Multitalented 身为导演，多才多艺亿点很正常吧 Galaxy Wormhole星河虫洞Urban528k WordsCompleted No System + Parallel World + Not a Mindless Wish-Fulfillment Story + Multiple Heroines Xia Dongqi, a middle-aged salesman, unexpectedly transmigrates and is reborn in a parallel world as Xia Dongqi, a second-year middle school student. He sets himself two principles and one goal. First, never drink alcohol again. Second, be a law-abiding, upstanding citizen. His goal is to enter the entertainment industry and experience the fabled world of glitz and glamour, wine and indulgence... No, to create 365Reads8.0Score102Shelves

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    The protagonist starts as a plagiarist, then enters film school and embarks on a directing career with low-budget comedies. The pacing of the work is somewhat slow, but the protagonist's words, actions, and motivations are all laid out in a reasonable way.

25. 75 天 The Celestial Beauty Took the Big Shot's System 天仙拿走了大佬的系统 Nine-Headed Lion Cat九头狮子猫Urban498k WordsCompleted Su Ce is reborn, and the System ends up inside Liu Yifei. Every time it issues a mission, Liu Yifei has to help the male lead complete it. [Mission] Earn the Fairy Sister's favor. Liu Yifei looks at the mission issued by the System and grits her teeth. Who would ever like that jerk? [Mission Reward] God-tier acting skills. Liu Yifei: “I admit I like him just a little bit.” [Mission] Form a girl group by signing at least five young, beautiful girls. Liu Yifei explodes with rage. “You lecher! You 8.5kReads8.6Score428Shelves

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    The best of the director's writings

26. 76 重 Reborn! I’m Liu Tianxian’s Go-To Director 重生！我是刘天仙的御用大导演 Unflappable Panda熊猫淡定君Urban588k WordsOngoing Shen He, Liu Tianxian’s classmate from middle school and her childhood friend, the big brother she called Xiao He. After earning a master’s degree from New York University’s film school, he became a Hollywood producer. During his years in Hollywood, his parents died in a car accident, and he went through three failed marriages, eventually hitting rock bottom. He returned to China in 2023 and clawed his way back by making outrageous short-form dramas. After getting blackout drunk at a celebration 4.1kReads5.7Score229Shelves

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    This is a good book. The male protagonist returns to the Chinese entertainment industry from Hollywood, just as Liu Yifei is being blacklisted. He single-handedly makes his childhood sweetheart, Liu Yifei, a star. He uses a blockbuster film collaboration strategy to lead the bandit leader into the fold, and then takes Liu Yifei back to Hollywood, stirring up trouble and winning an Oscar before the Oscars lose their value, becoming a powerful figure. The Liu Yifei in the book seems a bit naive on the surface, but she's incredibly powerful. She takes Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence as her little sister, tramples on Anne Hathaway, captures Black Widow, and even captures the Black Swan, the Queen of Star Wars.

27. 77 娱 Showbiz: You Were Told to Manage the Club, and Now They’re All Stars 娱乐：让你代管社团，全成明星了 Little Ji at Midnight午夜小叽Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Yi Wanzhou transmigrates to a parallel version of Hong Kong in 1984. To his astonishment, the inheritance his father left him turns out to be hundreds of idle young punks! To make sure these loyal punks don’t starve, Yi Wanzhou, armed with a God-Tier Film and Television System, starts making movies. After A Better Tomorrow becomes a smash hit, one classic after another is born under Yi Wanzhou’s direction! Young and Dangerous, Prison on Fire, Infernal Affairs... Star after star emerges! When the 2.5kReads7.8Score133Shelves
28. 78 都 The Urban All-Purpose Lottery System 都市全能抽奖系统 Demon-Slaying Order Abbot屠魔令斋主Male-Channel Fanfiction443k WordsCompleted By a twist of fate, Chen Feng, a young man from the city, obtained a sign-in lottery System. He discovered that he could win all kinds of skills, cultivation techniques, and items through the System's sign-in lottery... He could even use the System's power to transmigrate at any time into different film, TV, and novel worlds. Love in the Courtyard, Ode to Joy, Love Apartment, Drawing Sword, The Legend of the Condor Heroes, Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, Uncle Nine, Journey to the West, the Primordia 1.9kReads6.8Score102Shelves
29. 79 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!! 10.8kReads8.0Score527Shelves
30. 80 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!” 7.8kReads8.8Score269Shelves
31. 81 娱 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！ I Am Eighteen吾十八Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [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: 9.2kReads8.9Score567Shelves
32. 82 直 Live Variety Show: Taking Boss Yang Home for Chinese New Year 直播综艺：带杨老板回家过年 Full-Health Fox满血狐狸Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Lin Yuran transmigrated to Blue Star. He became a wooden actor with zero acting skills, mocked by the entire internet. He was selected to appear on the livestream variety show “Celebrity Couples Go Home for the New Year.” “You’re taking Yang Mi home for the New Year, not dragging her through a trial!” “Have you lost your mind? You’re taking Yang Mi cow-riding?” “Has Yang Mi let her wild side out? Why is she rolling around in the grass?” “It’s over. Yang Mi has completely adapted to life in the c 6.8kReads8.2Score441Shelves
33. 83 气 I Made Boss Yang Cry, and the Laid-Back Singer Has Given Up 气哭冤种杨老板，老六歌手摆烂了 Starry Night Breeze Sleep星晚风眠Urban502k WordsCompleted [Goofy, Funny Showbiz Story + Troll + No Female Lead + Subverts Expectations] Su Can was kicked out of his boy band by the people backing it. With one song, “Compendium of Materia Medica,” he face-slapped the pretty young idols and the culture of fawning over foreign things! After binding to an Energy System, Su Can started acting like a menace to rack up negative energy points! One troll move after another, unleashing every dirty trick in the book! All sorts of goddesses tried to win him over, 860Reads8.5Score102Shelves
34. 84 娱 Showbiz: I Hid My Secret Savings and Got Kicked Out by Boss Yang 娱乐：偷藏私房钱被杨老板赶出门 Little Shiyi小拾一Urban546k WordsCompleted (Showbiz + romance + one heroine) Lin Feng transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes Boss Yang's assistant and husband. After he secretly stashes away some private savings, she's kicked him out of the house, exposing their relationship in the process. At this point, he successfully activates a System. From then on, he uses the skills rewarded by the System to make a name for himself in showbiz. To get more rewards, Lin Feng has to play the sly one and pull a fast one on Big Honey from time t 7.9kReads8.6Score373Shelves
35. 85 娱 Showbiz: You Asked Me to Take a Side Job, So Why Am I Fortune-Telling at a Stall? 娱乐：让你做副业你摆摊算命？ Grand Preceptor of Immortal Qin仙秦太师Urban1.0M WordsCompleted In his previous life, he was a true immortal of the Daoist sect. In this life, he transmigrates to Blue Star's entertainment industry as a nobody. Yang Lin unexpectedly joins a livestream show called Work Hard, Everyone! To build their image as ordinary working people, the celebrities either perform on the street or set up stalls selling snacks. Yang Lin, however, simply pulls a Daoist robe from his bag, puts it on, and starts telling fortunes. He lifts a curse for a female CEO and earns a ten-t 17.8kReads8.7Score1.5kShelves
36. 86 娱 Showbiz: My Childhood Friend Is a Sneaky Prankster Who Loves to Mess with Boss Yang 娱乐：竹马老六，专坑怨种杨老板 A Little Red Flower for You送你一个小红花Urban459k WordsCompleted Transmigrated to Blue Star. At 17, Lu Chen rose to become a music superstar with hits like "Qilixiang," "Flower Sea," and "Black Sweater." In the third year at the peak of his career, Lu Chen chose to retire and lie flat. Ten years later, he was dragged in to save the day at a music festival directed by Yang Mi. Lu Chen: For my appearance fee, I want a cool billion! Yang Mi: I give up, you sly old fox! With one performance of "Ten Years," he announced to the world: Your old man is still your old 15.6kReads8.0Score744Shelves
37. 87 油 The Eighth Book by Youzha Qiutian 油炸秋天的第8本书 Deep-Fried Autumn油炸秋天Urban1.2M WordsCompleted 7.7kReads7.9Score316Shelves
38. 88 娱 Showbiz: A Different Life 娱乐：不一样的人生 A Little Zombie Who Lost Himself迷失自我的小僵尸Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Showbiz] + [System] + [One female lead] + [Lots of variety shows] + [Wilderness survival] + [International organizations] Tang Xia died suddenly in an accident and left this world. But the goddess of fate seemed to favor him, giving him a new life in another world with memories of his previous one. After being reborn, Tang Xia built a new life in this unfamiliar world with the help of the System. [The world of fiction] He wrote "Ghost Blows Out the Light", captivating countless readers with its 4.4kReads8.1Score240Shelves
39. 89 文 Showbiz: I Met Dilraba Three Times and We Got Married 文娱：我和胖迪见面三次就领证了 Fan Breeze扇子风Urban1.3M WordsCompleted (No System, parallel world, entertainment industry, celebrities, one heroine, Yearning, variety shows, movies, everyday life.) One heroine: Pang Di From the start, he became a fresh-faced star. They first met in an escape room, then met again on Yearning, and the third time was at the civil affairs bureau??? Who could possibly dislike chubby Pang Di? Years later, looking back on his life, Liu Yi had made variety shows famous, earned a reputation as a box-office charm, become a genius scre 6.5kReads8.7Score368Shelves
40. 90 中 Traditional Chinese Medicine: As a School Doctor, All My Patients Are Big Stars 中医：坐诊校医，患者都是大明星 Jelly Vermicelli果冻粉条Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Traditional Chinese medicine + lighthearted everyday life + showbiz] You ask me what traditional Chinese medicine is? Traditional Chinese medicine is the Dao; Western medicine is the technique! Traditional Chinese medicine can treat the illnesses you Western doctors can handle, and even the ones you can’t! The debate between the Dao and technique has always existed. Do I really need to explain which matters more? Su Zhengnan smiled as he took the student’s pulse. One silver needle, and the illn 4.1kReads8.4Score266Shelves
41. 91 向 Aspiring to Become a Superstar 向往成为巨星 Sour and Spicy Shredded Potatoes酸辣土逗丝Urban1.5M WordsCompleted If you enjoy the simple pleasures of a slower pace, why not stay awhile? No System, no contrived tropes, no harem, just a leisurely pace. There's none of that scheming and backstabbing. After waking up, Xu Luo transmigrates to a parallel world and suddenly becomes rich. With no lofty ambitions, he plans to live carefree, eat his fill, and wait for death. But after unexpectedly joining an outdoor livestream variety show, he gradually becomes a world-famous superstar. 7.4kReads8.5Score407Shelves
42. 92 开 From the Start, I Landed The Infiltrator. I Want to Be a Director, So Here's the Truth 开局拿下潜伏，想当导演我摊牌了 Northeast Strolling Chicken东北溜达鸡Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [No System] + [Director story] + [Realistic] + [No excessive wish fulfillment] A third-rate director from his previous life transmigrates into the body of a struggling ghostwriter screenwriter, and begins a legendary career as a director... 6.8kReads7.4Score301Shelves
43. 93 娱 Showbiz: My Girlfriend Is a Top Actress, and My Whole Family Are Big Shots 娱乐，花旦女友，全家都是大佬 Little Flower Girl小花妹Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Entertainment industry + sweet romance + slice of life + jack-of-all-trades] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Jiang Xia gets the Strongest Devoted Husband System. For some inexplicable reason, it binds him to his original boss, a top actress, as the person he has to pamper. Everyone thinks Jiang Xia is bound to be a kept man, living off a woman. But with the help of the System, Jiang Xia not only dominates the entire entertainment industry, he even builds a business empire rich enough 4.5kReads8.4Score373Shelves

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    [Director + No System] In 2006, in an era when Chinese-language cinema was just beginning, and when domestic box office revenue was being raked in by Hollywood blockbusters, Li Xia's directorial era began. This marked the beginning of an era in which Chinese-language cinema went global and achieved glory!

44. 94 我 What's Wrong with Making My Girlfriend a Superstar? 我捧女友做天后，有什么问题？ Barbecue Tonight今晚吃烧烤Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Entertainment industry, slice of life, one female lead, sweet romance, no System] A famous actress accidentally calls someone “hubby” during a gaming livestream, sending the internet into an uproar. It doesn't take long for netizens to dig up his identity. “Who is Qin Sheng?” “Isn't Qin Sheng a director?” “You mean Qiao Sheng!” “Isn't Qiao Sheng a music producer?” “You mean Old Qiao!” “Isn't Old Qiao the music director at Snowball Entertainment?” “You mean Qin Sheng!” “Stop arguing. Haven't you 6.5kReads7.9Score446Shelves
45. 95 从 Starting from Scratch: A Director's Journey 从负开始：导演生涯 Jiang Jiajun江佳俊Urban195k WordsOngoing If you had the chance to start over, could you become a good director? What if I gave you another chance to transmigrate, gave you a System, and paved the way for you in every respect? 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    One of them is one I wrote.

46. 96 千 The Millennium-Era Director Starts by Conning Little Fox 千禧导演从忽悠小狐狸开始 Ox King of Daxincheng大新城的牛皇Urban423k WordsCompleted I love art, but I make movies for reasons other than money? A director reborn in the new millennium wouldn't think that way. Just living is exhausting, and making a comeback is hard! Better to focus on how to make good movies. Everything else is just a passing cloud... But where did all the money I earned go?! 421Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 97 超 The Super Director Starts by Filming the Crooked-Mouth Dragon King 超级导演从拍歪嘴龙王开始 Midnight Braised Chicken午夜黄焖鸡Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Zhao Yu spent his whole life as an assistant director, but never became a proper director. After transmigrating to another world, he became an extra instead! Just as Zhao Yu had resigned himself to lying flat, he suddenly awakened the Super Director System. Zhao Yu thought he could finally become a director, but the System screwed him over and left him with only three months to live. To stay alive, Zhao Yu took the 500,000 yuan he had earned by risking his life and started making movies. With a 1.1kReads5.4Score—Shelves

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    Zhao Yu's entire career as an assistant director seemed to pave the way for his unfulfilled dream of becoming a director, yet he never quite reached the other side of that dream. A chance encounter transported him to another dimension, but his status plummeted, and he became an insignificant extra. However, in this seemingly hopeless situation, Zhao Yu unexpectedly activated a super director system. Faced with a severe shortage of funds, Zhao Yu had no choice but to start filming from the most insignificant role of the "Crooked-Mouthed Dragon King."

48. 98 我 I Really Only Want to Lose Money Making Movies 我拍电影真的只想亏钱 The Ghost Outside the Window窗外的阿飘Urban800k WordsCompleted [Urban] [Subverting Expectations] [Entertainment Industry] [Tycoon] [Hilarious] Yinhua transmigrates to a parallel world and obtains the Ultimate Director System. From the start, he draws a script and production materials for The Three-Body Problem, a sci-fi masterpiece from the year 2063. The System has a box-office conversion mechanic: as long as his films lose money, he gets a hundredfold cashback! Yinhua figures this should be easy. Anyone could do it! He deliberately hires a garbage directo 100Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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    Reborn in 2003, he's rewriting film history! He, an associate professor in the directing department of Beijing Film Academy, is brimming with talent but always ridiculed as "armchair theorist." He wakes up to find himself transported back to the golden age of Chinese entertainment in 2003, a wave of commercial films sweeping the nation. This time, he's determined not to remain a behind-the-scenes educator but to personally reshape the landscape of Chinese entertainment! No connections with big-name directors, no favor from top investors? With his profound understanding of the film market, he starts with a low-budget art film, using delicate cinematography and a moving story to shatter external doubts. While other directors are still stuck in traditional narratives, he pioneers the fusion of diverse themes—suspense, comedy, romance—creating wonderful sparks under his lens. Each film achieves both box office and critical success, impressing audiences and investors alike. Those who once mocked him are now captivated by his talent and boldness. Reborn, he is the new legend of Chinese entertainment, ushering in his own golden age with a series of blockbuster films!

49. 99 让 You Asked Me to Direct, So Why Did I Crush the Music Scene? 让你当导演，你把乐坛碾压了？ Xi Ge希歌Urban2.8M WordsOngoing [Showbiz + System + One Female Lead + Sweet Romance + Everyday Life] After accidentally injuring a young heartthrob while filming a movie, Lin Yan was subjected to online abuse by the star’s fans and received a lawyer’s letter demanding exorbitant compensation. Thanks to a few deft moves, he not only got the heartthrob and the trolls thrown behind bars, but also gained a huge wave of fans. Netizens thought that was the end of the story, but little did they know it was only the beginning. Next 3.8kReads8.0Score278Shelves

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    🌴Lin Yan harbors a dream of making movies, but is trapped in the predicament of not having enough money to start filming🔥. To raise funds for his debut film, he unleashed a hit song from his past life🍁, which unexpectedly became a sensation, making him a mysterious "music godfather" in the music scene🔥. He uses the money he earns from songwriting to make a masterpiece film while simultaneously sweeping the charts with his hit songs. 💥As the director wins awards left and right, the music scene is also buzzing with excitement🌈, everyone realizes: This isn't just a director,🌹 he's clearly a global entertainment king!

50. 100 重 Reborn: Every Top-Tier Star Calls Me Director 重生：顶流女星都喊我导演 The Second Son Next Door, Wu隔壁吴家老二Urban950k WordsOngoing [Directors with many talents + Mimi + Pang Bing + Yang Ying ...] [Lost money on a terrible movie? That just means you don’t understand cinema.] Lin Yuan is reborn in 2008 with the superpower to empathize with audiences’ emotions. When he recuts one box-office flop after another into thrilling blockbusters, their earnings soar past 100 million and shock the entertainment industry. Actresses bring him late-night meals to win his favor, while investors beg him to step in and save the market! 216Reads6.0Score—Shelves

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    An unconventional and entertaining article, not bad.

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