The Entertainment Industry Is Such a Mess. Any Good Novels? 娱乐圈太乱了，有没有好看的小说？

1. 51 云 The Tale of Yun Yao 云遥传 Tian Huacai天华彩Male-Channel Fanfiction35k WordsCompleted The Tale of Yun Yao 113Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 52 这 This Actor Plays by His Own Rules 这个演员路子野 By Imperial Decree, Demanding Back Pay奉旨讨薪Urban3.9M WordsOngoing 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? 317Reads7.0Score188Shelves

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   The author put a lot of effort into the writing, and the style is quite good. The low score is likely due to malicious manipulation by some fans of actresses born in the 1980s.

3. 53 被 Forced into a Ghost Marriage, I Was Rescued from My Coffin by a Rugged Police Detective 被迫冥婚，糙汉刑警撬开棺材救我 Dozing Fox打盹狐狸Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance + sweet pampering with a height difference + busty, slim-waisted actress vs. broad-shouldered, slim-waisted criminal police captain + paper-doll character awakens] Nan Zhiyi is a celebrity whose beauty has made her notorious in showbiz. After being kidnapped in a ghost-marriage case, she meets a criminal police captain. But after an accident, she awakens to the fact that she is a supporting female character. She gives up on the criminal police captain she's been flirting with 7.3kReads8.8Score1.1kShelves

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   💐💐The female lead is a superstar, and the male lead is a police captain (from a wealthy family). The female lead is kidnapped and put in a coffin, but the male lead leads a team to rescue her. He's incredibly handsome, carrying her in one arm and opening the car door. He later falls for her, and every time she's in trouble, he's there to save her. He's incredibly manly and has amazing boyfriend qualities.

4. 54 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Urban584k 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 4kReads5.7Score214Shelves

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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.

5. 55 我 The Boss and I Become an On-Screen Couple 我和杨老板成为荧屏情侣 Super Water Skin超级水皮Urban306k WordsCompleted Yun Feng is reborn, and this time he becomes the on-screen partner of Boss Yang. Their intimate scenes together create many iconic couples. In real life, Yun Feng has Yang’s back, and the two accompany each other and grow together until they become a real couple. Also, the works and timeline in this book are for the sake of the story, so please don’t read too much into them. 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves

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   The drama features a single female lead, with intimate and ambiguous scenes in the drama, as well as interactions between the couple in real life. It's a good show.

6. 56 娱 Showbiz: You Can’t Imagine How Much Fun It Is to Be a Coal Tycoon 娱乐：煤老板的快乐你想象不到 Luo Xini罗稀泥Urban1.4M WordsCompleted Zhou Yang transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a coal magnate in Xishan Province. From the start, he founds the Zhou Media Group, signs countless actresses, and builds an entertainment empire. 461Reads6.6Score203Shelves

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   Family, a thrilling entertainment novel is here! A galaxy of beauties—Reyizha, Yang Mi, Liu Yifei, and Zhao Liying all gathered together! They start as superiors and subordinates, but quickly become best friends. Watch them support each other in the world of fame and fortune, riding the waves of success—who wouldn't say this plot is incredibly captivating! Bookmark this now and start watching!

7. 57 爱 I Love Posting on Weibo, and Now I'm Chinese Entertainment's Top-Tier Male Star 爱发微博的我，成了华娱顶流男神 Feng Chihuo Who Likes Aikang喜欢爱康的凤赤火Urban749k WordsOngoing (The rating has just come out and will gradually rise.) Rebirth, System, entertainment industry, multiple female leads Reborn in 2013, Song Ze has just graduated from the Beijing Film Academy. In his previous life, he chose a secure government job. Back at the crossroads of graduation, he signs directly with Yang Mi’s studio. [The Weibo King System has officially activated!] Every like, comment, and repost on Weibo is multiplied a hundredfold and converted into points; one hundred million points 41.7kReads6.8Score3.7kShelves

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   Very good, very good, realistic entertainment novel.

8. 58 重 Reborn as a Coal Tycoon: Making Reba Famous From the Start 重生煤老板，开局捧红热芭 Yutian娱天Urban400k WordsCompleted [System + Power Fantasy + Reborn + Showbiz + Celebrities] Chen Mu was reborn, inheriting sixty coal mines from his father and becoming the coal magnate everyone envied! After awakening the golden finger of an entertainment System, Chen Mu decided to break into showbiz! At eighteen, Dilraba was unsure of what the future held; At nineteen, Liu Yifei had no acting roles; At twenty, Yang Mi was still a fresh-faced young woman; At nineteen, Tang Yan was completely unknown... With a wave of his hand, 3.9kReads7.7Score237Shelves
9. 59 丈 My Mother-in-Law Is Reborn and Sets Me Up to Marry a Goddess from the Start 丈母娘重生，开局设局逼我娶天仙 I Eat Pineapple我吃凤梨Urban905k WordsOngoing [Entertainment industry] [Reborn] [Comeback in entertainment] [Sweet romance with one heroine] [Business empire] Chen Mo transmigrates to Blue Star in 2011 and becomes a poor, third-rate director. He thinks he has the worst possible start, but his future mother-in-law, Liu Xiaoli, whom he has never even met, unexpectedly awakens memories of the future! In Liu Xiaoli's memories, she breaks up Chen Mo and her daughter, Liu Yifei. Chen Mo then marries Yang Mi after she relentlessly pursues him. In 8.1kReads5.3Score556Shelves

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   The entertainment industry features a single female lead, and these are all real-life celebrities.

10. 60 神 The Mysterious Dad Joins Five Ha, and His Daughter Has the Show's Crew in Tears 神秘奶爸上五哈，女儿薅哭节目组 I Eat Pumpkin and Bitter Melon我吃南瓜与苦瓜Urban157k WordsCompleted [Urban Entertainment] [System from the Start] [Adorable Kid, Everyone's Favorite] [Hilarious Variety Show] [One Female Lead, Sweet Romance] Ye Feng transmigrates by accident into a parallel urban world, awakens the Secret Identity System, and quietly becomes a hidden tycoon over the next ten years. He also secretly marries the idol he adored in his previous life and has a daughter, Ye Muxian, a little girl who's anything but quiet. He only wanted to be a full-time stay-at-home dad and lie low in 12Reads—Score100Shelves
11. 61 大 Superstar: My Ex-Girlfriends Are Reba and Nazha 大明星：我的前女友是热芭那扎 Back Then, It Seemed Ordinary1当时只道是寻常1Urban1.3M WordsCompleted In his previous life, Lin Zijie spent half his life working hard and got nowhere. After transmigrating to a parallel world, fate gave him a handsome face. Without a second thought, he enrolled at the Central Academy of Arts. Unfortunately, he lacked talent and his acting was awful. Yet both of his ex-girlfriends, Reba Nazha, and his current girlfriend, Jing Tian, were all utterly ordinary... He had already prepared to coast on someone else’s success, but then he discovered that he could suddenly 94Reads7.5Score—Shelves

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    🌿The first book's protagonist transmigrates to a parallel world. Heaven gave him a handsome face, making him a born star in the entertainment industry, destined for it. However, he's only average-talented and initially planned to coast along and live off a woman.🌿The second book's protagonist transmigrates to a parallel world, becoming a young heartthrob and acquiring a goddess system. With the system's power, he thrives in the entertainment industry, except that he's surrounded by older women...

12. 62 都 A City Wage Earner's Rise to Legend 都市打工人，逆袭成传奇 Maplewhisper Writes枫语作Urban2.3M WordsOngoing [Millennium Era] [Factory Comeback] [Mature Women] [Multiple Female Leads] [Workplace] [Romance] [Urban Underworld] [Feel-Good Story] [Heiresses] [Campus Beauties] [Goddesses] [Rich Beauties] [Older Women] [Everyday Family Life] [Urban Comeback] [Adapted from Real Life] This is an inspirational story about Hao Qiangzhuang, an ordinary wage worker who suddenly gets the opportunity of a lifetime: to become the boss's son-in-law and heir! But he has no idea that a web of schemes lies behind it all. 33kReads7.7Score4.4kShelves

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    Ahhh

13. 63 重 Reborn in the City: The Lazy Fat Guy Turns His Life Around 重生都市之咸鱼胖子要翻身 Zombie No. 26丧尸26号Urban4.1M WordsOngoing [Slice of life + no System + entrepreneurship + entertainment industry] A chubby homebody was reborn twenty years in the past. He no longer wanted to lie flat and wanted to experience a different life. Relying on the memories he had brought back, he had originally planned to make a little money and then drift through life. Instead, he accidentally stepped into the legendary entertainment industry. The actresses he had once only seen in his dreams gradually became part of his life... 20.9kReads7.9Score1.1kShelves

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    I've been following this series. It's very calm and uneventful, without any messy plot twists, except for the huge harem.

14. 64 娱 Showbiz: From the Start, I Move Into Yang Mi's Home 娱乐：开局入住杨蜜家中 Yimu Weilan衣木微澜Urban4.0M WordsCompleted A fresh new story, and I hope you’ll enjoy it and show it lots of support! It’s another everyday story about the entertainment industry, focused mainly on daily life, with filming and other activities taking a supporting role. 14.2kReads8.4Score975Shelves

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    Entertainment industry + multiple female leads + gossip + plenty of content!!!

15. 65 华 Chinese Showbiz: My Double-Cultivation Life with the 85 Flowers 华娱：我与85花的双修生活 Three Inches of Time, One Xin三寸光阴一个鑫Urban3.6M WordsCompleted Here is this book's synopsis: [Not a Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Ensemble Cast + Multiple Heroines + A Touch of Urban Cultivation + No System + Scheming + Entertainment Industry] Luo Junze was a worldly veteran who worked in the film and entertainment industry at Tencent in 2023. One day, he wakes up ten years in the past as Ying Bao, a rising star in the ent 45.5kReads8.4Score2.9kShelves
16. 66 娱 Showbiz: I, a Hidden Big Shot, Am Exposed on Yearning for the Life 娱乐：隐藏大佬的我被向往曝光了 Misty Night夜朦胧Urban3.1M WordsCompleted Transmigration + System + Entertainment + Beautiful Celebrity Stars = A Cathartic Showbiz Novel A big shot hiding away in a mountain village, he had hoped to enjoy a quiet rural life. But when Xiangwang arrived, his cover was completely blown. 21.1kReads8.3Score1.5kShelves
17. 67 华 Chinese Entertainment, 1996: A Legendary Rise That Begins with a Double Kill 华娱1996：从双杀开始的封神 Wangshu Yincheng望舒引辰Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Reborn] [Chinese Showbiz] [Director Story] [System] [Filmmaking] [Hit Song Maker] [Multiple Female Leads] The rating just came out. Take it or leave it. The protagonist isn't a simp, but his attitude changes as his wealth and power grow. He doesn't become superhuman the moment he's reborn. If you don't like multiple female leads, don't read it, or you'll just end up unhappy. A behind-the-scenes director whose success was stolen in his past life is reborn after narrowly escaping death. He ki 17.7kReads7.1Score930Shelves

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    Whether the entertainment industry is chaotic or not is up to Shen Zui. Currently, the female leads include Yang Yuying, Zhou Huimin, Gao Yuanyuan, Yan Danchen, Zeng Li, Hu Jing, and Zhang Tong. The female leads and supporting characters are very well-developed and not two-dimensional. It is a light harem novel, a director's story combining Chinese and Hong Kong entertainment. The protagonist releases albums to accumulate initial capital, buys courtyard houses, stocks, starts companies, and wreaks havoc in the Chinese and Hong Kong entertainment industries.

18. 68 华 Chinese Showbiz 2000: From Director to the Top! 华娱2000：从导演干到巅峰！ The All-Knowing, All-Wrong Person全知全错的人Urban2.3M WordsCompleted [A multifaceted entertainment-industry story, three verified certifications, seductress, privileged heir, maxed-out stats] Qin Tian, a stubborn man who has lived an ordinary life, is reborn and returns to the hopeful, nostalgic millennium era. With memories of the future and a bizarre entertainment-industry achievement System, there's no way he's going to keep drifting through life this time. Work the scene and build a vast network, Release songs and rake in money from ringtones. Make movie 34.3kReads7.6Score2.6kShelves
19. 69 泡 Dating a Starlet to Film The Avengers: Technology Becomes Reality, and I Fly for My Country 泡女星拍复联，科技成真与国飞 Soundless Scale无声音阶Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Wang Chao transmigrates into the show Future Star and discovers that the star promoter is Da Mimi. Then he realizes something isn't right! He gets a System, but it makes him write a diary every day. He figures he'll just make a brief appearance and leave. But when he sings a song, Da Mimi bursts into tears. After that, he notices that the female celebrities in the entertainment industry are acting stranger and stranger. At a variety show, they all crowd around him. Sisi, Ruoba, Zhao Rushi, Nai X 19.8kReads8.7Score1.4kShelves
20. 70 娱 Showbiz: Reborn as a Tycoon’s Son, I Take Hong Kong by Storm 娱乐：重生豪门公子，玩转香江 Warm Wine to Slay Cao Cao温酒斩曹操Urban2.7M WordsCompleted After wasting half his life in his previous one, he returned to Hong Kong's golden age and became the young heir of a top-tier family. With decades' worth of future hit films, chart-topping songs, and blockbuster scripts at his fingertips, and his family's immense capital behind him, he plunged into Hong Kong's turbulent entertainment industry. He poached the Four Heavenly Kings, founded entertainment and record-industry giants, acquired television stations, and built his own chain of cinemas. G 34.7kReads8.1Score2.3kShelves
21. 71 娱 The Godfather of Entertainment: From Wooing Women to Global Box Office Legend 娱乐教父：从泡妞到全球票房神话 The Invincible Pile Driver无敌打桩机Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Showbiz] [System] [Feel-Good] [Lighthearted Comedy] “A jerk? No, I just want a sincere relationship!” Ye Su transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes an obscure actor at Yang Mi's company. He awakens a System, but can't complete the beginner mission, leaving him useless for five whole years. On the final night of his contract, he gathers four friends for a spectacularly embarrassing social-death challenge as a farewell ceremony. But Yang Mi suddenly shows up and inadvertently helps him comp 34kReads8.9Score2kShelves
22. 72 我 I'm a Celebrity. What's Wrong with Doing a Side Hustle? 我一个明星，搞点副业很合理吧？ My Meat Is Really Tasty我肉真好吃Urban2.4M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lin Xia becomes a minor celebrity stuck near the bottom of the industry. Everyone knows that D-list celebrities are treated worse than dogs. Life is tough, so Lin Xia makes a living with odd jobs. To get by, Lin Xia has no choice but to take up some side gigs. Day one: picking a lock at someone’s home, netting 200 yuan. Day two: setting up a fortune-telling stall, netting 500 yuan. Day three: selling cartoon-print underwear at a street stall, netting 800 68.6kReads9.2Score6.2kShelves
23. 73 被 After Being Blacklisted by China's Entertainment Industry, I Became a Hollywood Director 被内娱封杀后，我成了好莱坞大导 Wuxia Tales侠语Urban1.2M WordsCompleted After offending Huayi Brothers, the entertainment industry's reigning powerhouse, rookie director Fang Yuan was blacklisted across the board. Faced with a disastrous start, he had no intention of toughing it out. Instead, he went to Hollywood and casually made a film called Saw. With a budget of one million, it raked in over a hundred million dollars at the global box office! When the news reached China, everyone was stunned. Who was Fang Yuan? Why had nobody ever heard of him? Countless netizen 19.5kReads6.8Score1.1kShelves

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    That's enough to see.

24. 74 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
25. 75 成 Becoming the King of Entertainment, Starting with Transformers 成为娱乐之王，从变形金刚开始 Braised Wild Mushrooms生焖见手青Urban1.3M WordsOngoing [Portable Space] + [Goddess Makeover] + [Urban Slice of Life] + [Sci-Fi Master] + [Fantasy Master] + [Manga Master]... [To be clear from the start: this is more of a slow-paced period drama.] Zhou Zhi, a post-90s English teacher at a middle school, transmigrates into the body of a sixteen-year-old youth volunteer with the same name in 1979. But before long, he gets mixed up in a murder case. To avoid being executed by firing squad, he has no choice but to leave home and risk everything to make a 1.1kReads7.3Score100Shelves
26. 76 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
27. 77 华 Chinese Showbiz: A Carefree Life 华娱：潇洒人生 The General Below将军在下Urban1.2M WordsCompleted I joined the entertainment industry to experience life! I’ll act in whatever I want, and I won’t act in anything I don’t want to! I’m not short on money! I’m a billionaire, so who am I supposed to be afraid of? The life I want is one of freedom and carefree living! 52.8kReads8.8Score2.4kShelves
28. 78 邻 Reba Is My Neighbor? I Have a Bold Idea! 邻居是热芭？我有个大胆的想法！ Grace Bestowed恩予赐Urban2.4M WordsOngoing [Chinese Showbiz] + [Variety Shows] + [Actor] + [One Female Lead: Reba] + [Slow-Paced Slice of Life] Chen Chen transmigrates and is reborn in a parallel world, where he discovers that his neighbor is a famous actress. But he never imagined that this celebrity would be... An untouchable top-tier star! A fashion queen! A beauty with exotic features! The adorably ditzy, sexy, cute, alluring, and playful Reba!!! Chen Chen was a male fan of Reba in his previous life! And now, he suddenly has a 10.1kReads8.6Score453Shelves
29. 79 华 Chinese Showbiz: Marrying the Drama Academy's Campus Belle Unlocks the Golden Lexicon 华娱：娶中戏校花，激活黄金词条 Teacher Wu Who Plays in the Mud玩泥巴的巫老师Urban1.2M WordsCompleted He is the young swordsman in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, the great hero Sky in Hero, the dashing Duan Yu in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, and the wandering rogue Ding Xiu in Brotherhood of Blades. He is a suit-clad thug, the ruthless and taciturn Feng Yuxiu, a wickedly charming villain, and a righteous hero. A thousand faces, one classic role after another. He can sing the sweetest love songs, perform the most formidable martial arts, write literary masterpieces, and master cutting-edge technol 21.3kReads8.4Score1.4kShelves

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    Here it comes! 🌙 🥚① First book: Reborn back to 1999, I plan ahead to achieve financial freedom, get into the Beijing Film Academy, meet a goddess-like beauty, and from then on, I enter the entertainment industry and become the strongest movie star. Everything is up to me—a truly satisfying read! 🛩 🥚② Strive to develop and become stronger; powerful, funny, and lighthearted! 🚀

30. 80 花 Keep Running: My Healing Journey 花少五，我的治愈之旅 Tao Ge Loves Xiao Meng涛哥ai小孟Urban2.5M WordsOngoing One female lead: Reba. One female lead: Reba. One female lead: Reba. He’s Reba’s sworn brother and her lifelong rival, the naughty boy she most wants to strangle and also her best friend. And this brother never calls her big sister. A joyful trip and a group of kind people warmed that winter, and warmed his heart as well. A simple soul transmigration, no System, just a mind full of treasures and the hard work he’s put in since childhood. 8.2kReads8.9Score426Shelves
31. 81 从 A Path in Cultural Communication Starting at Beijing Film Academy 从北电开始的文传之路 Mantou Doesn't Want to Stop Updating馒头不想断更Urban3.7M WordsCompleted [Chinese Showbiz] [Media] [No System] [Multiple heroines] Taking it one step at a time, growing bigger and stronger, and reaching new heights! This isn't an entertainment novel in the usual sense. Not in the usual sense. Not in the usual sense. Or you could say it's a reborn urban novel dressed up as a showbiz story. Readers who enjoy fast-paced, easy reading should proceed with cauti 28.1kReads8.3Score1.7kShelves
32. 82 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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    These two are alright. Don't be fooled by the multiple female leads; if you only have one female lead, avoid books set in the entertainment industry.

33. 83 娱 Showbiz: Slander? I Absolutely Never Slept My Way to the Top 娱乐：诽谤，我绝对没有潜规则 Orange Trees in Lingnan橙生岭南Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Cao An discovered he had transmigrated to a parallel world and become a directing student. Bound to an entertainment System, he could earn all kinds of rewards by making popular works. From the start, he entered the National Young Directors Competition, ready to give this world a little shock. Every film Cao An made was both critically acclaimed and a box-office hit, becoming a sensation across the country. The “Cao girls” became more and more famous. Mi Mi, Fei Fei, Ba Ba, Yuan Yuan, Shi Shi… T 17.8kReads8.4Score1.2kShelves
34. 84 重 Reborn: The Superstar Falls in Love with Me 重生：大明星爱上我 Lord of Wanjian Mountain万剑山宗主Urban8.8M WordsOngoing [Reborn] [Period]+ [Business] [Showbiz]+ [Decisive and ruthless] [Incredibly satisfying] Zhang Yu is reborn twenty years in the past, in 2003. During that scorching summer, he seizes the chance he missed in his previous life to land a superstar as a client, earning his first fortune. Through a twist of fate, he also gets the chance to grow close to the superstar. To his surprise, the star falls madly in love with him... And this is only the beginning of his incredible life! 763Reads8.3Score141Shelves
35. 85 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

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    [Driving a draft][Rolling eyes] Su Ye has traveled to a parallel universe and appeared at the recording site of a certain popular show. He was supposed to establish a tragic persona and debut by playing the victim [eating melon][cool] But instead, he ended up making himself laugh. Everyone thought it was going to be a major blunder [laugh][shocked] But Su Ye turned the situation around, delivering an original song that stunned the entire audience. The audience said: "Liar, you're supposed to be making a living by playing the victim? You're actually relying on your talent?"

36. 86 新 The Colorful Life of a New-Era Hong Kong Island Director 新时代港岛导演的精彩生活 Loves White Jade Tofu爱吃白玉豆腐Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Huo Dong, a transmigrator who fell from a building in 2026 after being caught cheating with someone’s mistress, arrives in Hong Kong in 2010. Drawing on more than twenty years of directing experience from his previous life, he begins an exciting new life as Director Huo... 12.5kReads6.8Score605Shelves
37. 87 影 The Movie Emperor: Surrounded by Actresses and Capital from His Debut 影帝：出道就被女明星和资本包围 Eats with a Big Bowl吃饭用大碗Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Filmmaking + System + business empires + female stars + entertainment industry + one female lead] Qi Jia unexpectedly obtains an Award-Winning Actor System. As long as he acts on set, he can copy other people's acting skills. To collect acting skills and go from extra to award-winning actor, he takes every role he can get. Anti-Japanese war dramas, cheesy Mary Sue romances, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law dramas, martial arts films, youth dramas, crime thrillers: he takes them all! “Ding! Cop 5.7kReads8.2Score344Shelves

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    Novels about celebrities navigating the entertainment industry are all pretty good.

38. 88 娱 Showbiz: After My Scandal, I Keep Being a Jerk with My Talent 娱乐：塌房后，我凭才华继续渣男 Narcissism Addict自恋中毒Urban690k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to a parallel world, Zhang Huan throws himself into the entertainment industry and lets loose. Juggling several relationships, a master of time management, more scandals than actual work... Then, one day, his career finally collapses. “There's no way I'm fading into obscurity. If I can't make it on popularity, then I'll just have to rely on talent.” “Blacklisting me is your loss.” Only then do people realize that he's a master of music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and 19.7kReads8.4Score1kShelves

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    Here it comes! 🌙 🥚① First book: The protagonist is reborn back to 1999, finds Lao Ma (a famous Chinese investment expert) in advance to invest and obtain shares, achieving financial freedom directly. He then enters the Beijing Film Academy, meets Liu Yifei, and falls in love with her. It's a sweet, single-female-lead novel 🧚‍♀️ From then on, he works hard to develop and become stronger, only filming what he wants to film—no one can force him. Powerful, funny, and lighthearted 🚀 🥚② Follow me so you don't get lost when you're looking for something to read 🐶

39. 89 我 My Chinese Entertainment Career: Starting by Ripping Off the Americans 我的华娱：从薅美利坚羊毛开始 Hi, I'm Xiangzi嗨我是祥子Urban630k WordsOngoing [Dual Careers in American and Chinese Entertainment | Cashing In on America | Snatching Up Hollywood Blockbusters] Lead Screenwriter + Capital Investor [Multiple Love Interests] [Actresses born in the 1980s and 1990s] In 2026, a struggling screenwriter died suddenly after staying up all night, then transmigrated as Li Hang, a man with the exact same name. After transmigrating to Los Angeles in 2008, Li Hang was faced with a total mess from the start! His predecessor had been expelled from co 26.8kReads7.7Score2.6kShelves
40. 90 开 From the Start, Forty Million to Help Me Restart My Chinese Entertainment Career 开局四千万，助我重启华娱人生路 Hi, I'm Xiangzi嗨我是祥子Urban1.8M WordsOngoing [Chinese Showbiz] [Multiple Female Leads] [Behind the Scenes] Li Meng is reborn in 2013, during his freshman year at Beijing Film Academy. From the start, a national soccer team's catastrophic defeat earns him forty million. Armed with memories of his past life, he takes a three-pronged approach: entertainment and film, business investment, and stock holdings, restarting his journey through Chinese showbiz. 17.4kReads6.1Score1.2kShelves
41. 91 美 American Entertainment Begins in 1989 美娱从1989年开始 Yan Keyan颜可颜Urban1.2M WordsOngoing In the 1990s, the entertainment industry was full of beautiful women. Hollywood entered yet another golden age and officially embraced a strategy of global entertainment. The film and television industry was booming! Arthur Smith, whose soul had crossed over, embarked on a journey through the glamorous world of beautiful women in Europe and America. Meanwhile, he stirred up trouble across the West, as the tech industry exploded and media converged with technology, bringing money and power. A fe 69Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    The first book is set in 1990s America, where the entertainment industry is teeming with beautiful women, Hollywood is entering its golden age, and the "Flower of the Earth" and the "French Kiss" are all within my grasp. The second book is practically a T0 version novel. Since the timeline changed, the roles of men and women have reversed, and the ins and outs of the entertainment industry are depicted in a crystal-clear way.

42. 92 娱 Showbiz: Nurturing a Rising Star with Capital 娱乐：资本灌养小花 Black Cube黑魔方Urban687k WordsOngoing [Rebirth + System + Chinese entertainment industry + tycoon investor + beautiful actresses + wish fulfillment] Back in 2014, he awakens the Entertainment Empire System. Ten million yuan arrives in his account every day! There’s only one requirement: it has to be spent on the entertainment industry! And so, a capital monster that makes the entire industry tremble is born. The Left Ear, Wolf Warrior 2, The Wandering Earth... Running Man, Go Fighting!, Produce Camp... While others are fretting over 10.8kReads5.2Score689Shelves
43. 93 完 Oh No! I'm Surrounded by Actresses 完蛋！我被女星包围了 Li Ouni李欧尼Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Feel-Good Showbiz Fiction + Gender Roles Reversed + The Rise of Male Power] In a world that has been altered, a down-on-his-luck screenwriter is reborn into it. To his horror (and delight), men have become the favored ones in this world, and he has become the prey of female celebrities. 66Reads7.4Score—Shelves
44. 94 华 Chinese Showbiz: This Director Is a Bit of a Playboy 华娱：这个导演有点浪 If I Were an Old Man for a Day假如当一天老蒯Urban553k WordsOngoing [Chinese Showbiz] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Director Story] [A Huge Harem] After an unexpected stroke of luck, Cao Shixian gains memories of the future and earns a recommendation to the Beijing Film Academy through a new-concept essay contest. Chinese-language cinema is now at the height of its story-driven film era. This is its finest hour, and the only period in which Chinese-language cinema has a chance to build global influence. Armed with memories of outstanding films from the future, Cao 15.5kReads6.1Score1.2kShelves
45. 95 我 My Capital Is a Little Too Big 我的资本，有点大 Huangdi and Chiyou of the Tiger Kui虎夔的黄帝蚩尤Urban1.2M WordsOngoing Reborn as the Emperor of the Entertainment Industry! In her previous life, she was a humble wage slave, only to be stabbed in the back and laid off by Penguin, leaving in disgrace. Reborn, she sees where the internet age is headed, seizes every wave of opportunity, and builds an entertainment empire! Her goal in this life: use every bit of capital at her disposal to crush Penguin! 39.5kReads6.6Score1.8kShelves
46. 96 重 Reborn as a Hong Kong Tycoon, I Short the Eagle from the Start 重生港岛财阀，开局做空鹰酱 Pink Piggy and Many Cats粉猪猪和猫多多Urban1.0M WordsCompleted My new story is out! Head over to Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 351Reads8.8Score105Shelves
47. 97 华 Chinese Showbiz: A Top-Tier Star Begins by Checking In at Qingcheng Mountain 华娱：顶流从打卡青城山开始 The Swimming Bird爱游泳的飞鸟Urban897k WordsOngoing [Ding! Check-in at Qingcheng Mountain successful. Congratulations, you have received...] [Ding! Check-in at the vocal music classroom successful. Congratulations, you have received...] [Ding! Check-in at the XX production crew successful. Congratulations, you have received...] [Ding! Check-in at Tian Xiwei's heart successful. Congratulations, you have received...] Lin Huai transmigrated to 2016 in a parallel world and obtained a Check-In System. He originally thought he could embark on the path 3kReads5.9Score182Shelves
48. 98 华 Chinese Showbiz 2005: I Call the Shots in Beijing's Power Circle 华娱2005：京圈我做主 Marching Willows三月飞柳Urban971k WordsOngoing In 2005, on the eve of Chinese-language film and television’s impending rise, a young man strides forward with his head held high and raises his voice: “If Chinese showbiz is in chaos, the Beijing circle calls the shots. If the Beijing circle is in chaos, I, Cao Jing, call the shots.” “I came to Chinese showbiz for three things:” “Fairness, fairness, and TOM’s fairness.” “Art, art, and TOM’s art.” “Actresses, actresses, and... no, wait. Shishi, Bingbing, Mimi, Nini, Yaoyao... Let me explain. 8.4kReads6.0Score478Shelves
49. 99 重EN Reborn: Becoming a Hollywood Tycoon in Ten Years 重生之后，用十年成为好莱坞大亨 Winter's Hot Water Bottle冬天的热水瓶Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Hollywood + a Chinese person reborn in an American’s body + director story] (Since real celebrities’ names, including homophones, aren’t allowed, they’ve been changed. Readers will have to figure out who’s who for themselves. The author is helpless too, having been sent to the penalty box many times.) A third-rate director in his previous life, he is reborn in the 1990s in the body of a 23-year-old American prodigy director. From then on, titles pile up one after another: Hollywood box office 16.8kReads8.8Score963Shelves

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    🍁🍁The first book's protagonist is reborn back to 1999, starting as a billionaire, but with mediocre grades, he still has to take the art exam and joins the Beijing Film Academy. Tianxian is his classmate, and he accompanies her to an audition. Unexpectedly, he gains the favor of the bearded director, gets a role, and is recommended to Zhang Yimou, who appreciates him. In this life, I just want to live a carefree life, acting, making movies, starting a company, and happily living a lifetime with my girlfriend.

50. 100 华 Chinese Showbiz Begins with Video Games 华娱从电子游戏开始 Silent Chimes沉默的编钟Urban727k WordsCompleted [Multiple Heroines] [9095 Flowers] [A Slower Pace] Transmigrators in the entertainment industry have done it all, from extras to supporting actors to leads, from screenwriters to directors to producers, and from production companies to distributors to investors. Chen Zhaoye takes a different path, starting with video games, the ninth art, and crossing over with the dual blockbuster formula of “games + music” to forge his own way. [Tian Xiwei, Zhang Ruonan, Dilraba Dilmurat, Liu Haocun, Zhou Ye, 1.5kReads5.6Score104Shelves

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