The Protagonist Works as a Literary Copyist 主角当文抄工

1. 1 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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   The main character is a plagiarist who copies famous works. The author's writing is quite good, and the story is very enjoyable.

2. 2 文 Showbiz: From the Start, I Caught the Campus Belle Stealing My Unpublished Dragon Raja Chapters 文娱：开局逮到校花偷我龙族存稿 Three Seven Twenty-One三七二十一Urban2.3M WordsOngoing [Signed for publication. Get a physical book with the latest chapter] [The Three-Body Problem, Dragon Raja, Living, Battle Through the Heavens, Lord of the Mysteries] “There is a kind of person in this world who is born to be the sun, shining with boundless brilliance.” He is the youngest winner of the Mao Dun Literature Prize, the supreme web-fiction author who has reached the pinnacle, a music producer who can turn stone into gold... With one life, he crosses three realms. With his youth, he b 35.8kReads8.5Score1.5kShelves

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   The first book has a single female lead, and the most important thing is to update at least four times a day. The second book has multiple female leads.

3. 3 娱 Showbiz: Maxed-Out Charm, the Female Stars’ First Love 娱乐：魅力点满，女明星的白月光 Autumn in Plain White素白之秋Urban2.8M WordsOngoing [Partially fictionalized entertainment industry] [Multiple female leads] [The only supernatural being] [Explosive from start to finish] [Mastermind who leaves nothing to chance] [Nuanced romance] [No frustrating drama] [QCQS] Song Yu transmigrates to Blue Star, where he starts out with nothing: no identity, no education, not even a cat. “Ding! Emotion Collection System activated!” No identity? No education? Click here to receive a diploma from the top university, and you'll even be the top st 58.6kReads8.4Score4.5kShelves
4. 4 文 Literary Giant, 1936: A Book from the Future Blows Apart the War Against Japan 文豪1936：未来之书炸穿抗日 Teacher He, Who Loves Teaching Composition爱教作文的何老师Urban1.2M WordsCompleted On the Ten Crimes of Traitors, A Proclamation Against Surrender, A Letter to Our Chinese Compatriots, The Book of Hope, The Flower of Despair, The Yellow Millet Dream, and The Astonishment of Our Friendly Nations A true literary genius does not plagiarize + blazing passion + fervor for resistance against Japan + saving the nation through the power of the written word + words as weapons + one thrilling payoff after another + love for home and country Transported into the chaos of Beijing in 1936, 46Reads6.0Score—Shelves

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   With over 7,000 hours of reading time, that's practically considered a veteran reading account on Tomato's platform.

5. 5 只 I Only Wanted to Make Everyone Cry, So Why Is the Whole World in Tears? 只是发点刀子，怎么全球泪崩？ Zhong Qin柊钦Urban692k WordsOngoing (Parallel world + reborn + literary genius + career + one heroine + pure romance) Jiang Wenning was a corporate drone struggling in a cutthroat workplace. Just as he was finally starting to see a glimmer of hope, a wave of cheap interns left him struggling to breathe. Though he had given it everything, there was nothing he could do to turn things around. Then, summoned by a stroke of incredible luck, he returned to his final year of high school at eighteen. Faced with the scorn and mockery of th 53Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 6 我 I Just Wanted to Earn a Little Spending Money. How Did I Become a Literary Master? 我就想赚点生活费，咋成文豪了 The Stream Flows East Through the Woods林间溪水东流去Urban394k WordsOngoing [A literary wasteland in another world, lighthearted daily life, no System, sole female lead] [No face-slapping, no brain-burning schemes, no melodrama] On an ordinary winter afternoon, seventy-six years’ worth of memories appeared in Li Xinghe’s mind. He wandered back and forth between dreams and reality. When he adapted the essay “My Father’s Back” into a novel, readers wept. Then “Kong Yiji” hit the literary world like a bomb, and countless stubborn traditionalists had his work banned. “Peopl 54Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 7 我 I’m Just a Web Novelist, So How Did I Become a Literary Great? 我就一写网文的，怎么成文豪了 One Thousand and One千里零零一Urban790k WordsOngoing [Parallel World + Single Female Lead + Coming of Age] “Recently, Mr. Luo Ji, one of only two people in Hua Kingdom to win the world's highest honor in science fiction, released his memoir of his friendship with literary giant Gu Yuan. He admitted that it was the most legendary and controversial friendship of his life...” “Because Gu Yuan made him the protagonist of one of his books, the world remembers him as the sword-wielder who ushered in the Deterrence Era, rather than as a world-class maste 141.7kReads9.1Score12.2kShelves
8. 8 震 Shocking Chinese Showbiz: The Godmother of Entertainment Is You! 震撼内娱，文娱教母竟是你！ Dawn Enters the Mortal World天明入红尘Modern Romance509k WordsCompleted [The rating just opened, so it will go up!] [Books, dramas, manga: I copy everything, from China and abroad. Whatever's needed, I copy it. I work behind the scenes. Low standards, 1Vn, ridiculously indulgent, pure wish fulfillment with no angst.] You transmigrate into a parallel world and begin a perfect, legendary life, like the heavens' favorite child! At eleven, you write “Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,” stunning the literary world. At fourteen, you create “One Piece,” amazing ever 7.8kReads8.5Score860Shelves
9. 9 穿 I Transmigrated as a Washed-Up Singer, So the Show Changed the Rules for Me 穿越过气歌手，节目组为我改规则 Strawberry Cream Puff草莓泡芙Urban644k WordsOngoing [Entertainment + singing + System (low profile) + variety shows + livestreaming + a character who doesn't overthink] Qin Cheng transmigrates to a parallel world, where he becomes a washed-up male singer and gets assigned to a variety show where he's expected to be eliminated in the first round. Getting eliminated in the first round is one thing, but he can't let down Blue Star's music library. One performance of “Love You Even in Death” sets the whole venue ablaze. With talent like this, you're 2.7kReads—Score104Shelves

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   This book is really good. The characters are well-developed, the songs are well-chosen, and the main character develops in multiple fields later on!

10. 10 穿 I Transmigrated to the Republic of China and Became a Literary Celebrity by Copying Books 穿越民国，我靠抄书成文豪 The Crown Prince Who Loves Radish Meatballs爱吃萝卜肉圆的王储Urban771k WordsCompleted Not a conventional power fantasy with a golden finger. Not a lighthearted story. No romance. If you transmigrated to the Republic of China era and awakened a System, what would you do? Zhang Xun has no idea. Swept into this era, he unexpectedly awakens a golden finger System. At first, all he wants is to stay alive. Later, he wants everyone to survive together. But history’s tide is so powerful that, despite struggling with all his might, he still cannot escape being crushed beneath it... Zha 4.5kReads8.3Score405Shelves

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    They're all plagiarists, some from the Republic of China era, some from the Ming Dynasty, and some from modern times—all of which I like.

11. 11 我 My Fans Are Tyrants 我的粉丝是昏君 Yang Liu杨柳Ancient Romance614k WordsCompleted After transmigrating, she found herself penniless, with nothing but the four walls around her. The internet novelist picked up her pen and began writing stories, determined to make vernacular fiction the next big thing! But did she take it a little too far? She somehow turned history’s most notorious tyrant into her fan, and now he wants to summon her to the palace! No, I refuse! The Tyrant: “Did you update today? How many chapters? If you don’t update soon, I’ll make you a consort...” Jian Ning 188Reads6.8Score—Shelves
12. 12 重 Reborn in 2000: I Single-Handedly Carried Chinese Entertainment 重生2000：一人扛起内娱 Dragon Rider骑龙士Urban2.2M WordsCompleted (Rebirth, showbiz, a legendary debut album, female lead Liu Qianqian) With his debut album, he became a legend and a young king of Mandopop. His second album made the gods retreat, establishing him as a king of mainland China. His third swept East Asia, making him Asia's pop king. His fourth pushed into Europe and America, earning him the title of mysterious magician from the East... A down-and-out bar singer was reborn from 2024 into the turn-of-the-century year 2000. That year, he was stil 33.2kReads8.6Score2.1kShelves
13. 13 山 Old Poems of Mountains and Rivers 山河诗旧 Silly and Dopey笨笨与呆呆Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [No Female Lead] [College Entrance Exam] [Travel and Sightseeing] [Poetry and Literature] [Writing Books and Establishing Ideas] [The four-volume outline is complete. Pure wish fulfillment, no angst ✊] On the eve of the college entrance exam, the gears of fate suddenly shifted, and Chen Jue transmigrated to a parallel world firmly controlled by powerful clans. Here, students from humble families seemed to be kept behind an invisible wall, with little chance to rise above their station. Chen Jue, 1.4kReads6.2Score100Shelves

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    [Parallel World] + [Poetry and Prose] + [Classical Chinese Literature] + [Literary World] + [Promoting Traditional Culture] + [Positive Energy] On the eve of the college entrance examination, Chen Jue transmigrated. He had long forgotten everything he had learned, but fortunately, every cloud has a silver lining. This world, for various reasons, places extraordinary emphasis on literature. Therefore, Chen Jue devised his own plan: a perfect score in Chinese, astonishing the world. As for the other subjects, well, he wouldn't know them anyway, so he could only submit blank papers. University? I'm already famous throughout the world, why would I need to go to university? Who doesn't know me? I'm not going to do research; I'm a scholar, a pen is enough. Promoting Chinese culture is our inescapable duty. Let you all experience the elegance passed down for five thousand years.

14. 14 美 The Great American Novelist 美利坚大文豪 Finally Here at Last姗姗来迟啦Urban3.1M WordsCompleted In 1978, government-sponsored exchange student Xu Jinyan was mugged as soon as he got off the plane. Knocked unconscious, he was taken to the hospital by ambulance and left with a mountain of debt. To pay it off, he published The Pursuit of Happyness, Basic Instinct, The Shawshank Redemption, Schindler's List, Harry Potter, and The English Patient. In the blink of an eye, Xu Jinyan became America's hottest and most famous writer. After Hollywood bought the screenplays for The Pursuit of Happynes 19.4kReads8.0Score1.6kShelves

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    They all remained silent.

15. 15 重 Reborn in the 1970s: Starting as an Educated Youth in the Great Northern Wilderness 重生70年代，从北大荒知青开始 Finally Here at Last姗姗来迟啦Urban586k WordsCompleted Xu Jinyan transmigrated to 1977 and became an educated youth sent to the Great Northern Wilderness. He entered a fake marriage with Li Wanyu, who was trying to escape harassment from a powerful second-generation heir. Not long after they got their marriage certificate, the college entrance exams were suddenly reinstated, and Li Wanyu was ready to return to the city and resume her life as a pampered young lady. They agreed to get divorced in six months, but Xu Jinyan ended up getting into Yanda U 2.1kReads7.8Score111Shelves
16. 16 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

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    Single female lead, sweet romance and career success. 1. Xiao Yunhai (kung fu master) transmigrates to a world with a highly developed entertainment industry. He starts with the legendary novel "Chu Liuxiang," followed by martial arts novels like "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer" and "Little Li Flying Dagger," and gets involved in variety shows, music, screenwriting, and traditional Chinese martial arts, ultimately becoming an entertainment master. [Thumbs up] 2. Fang Xing (Boss Fang), who banters with fans, single-handedly shakes the world's cultural landscape. He pioneers martial arts, breaks down Hollywood barriers, brings kung fu films to the world, and promotes Chinese animation, making his industry the pinnacle of the field. [Admiration] (Cultural export) 3. Lin Hao transmigrates to a world where history has been altered. He fills the gaps in Chinese mythology with works like "Ghost Blows Out the Light," "Classic of Mountains and Seas," and "Dream of the Red Chamber," breaking the era of internet traffic with "Bright Sword," "In the Name of the People," and the "Once Upon a Time in China" series, pioneering the ancient style genre... [Sending heart]

17. 17 我 The Day I Debuted, I Dazzled the World 我出道那天，惊艳了全世界 Coffee Isn't a Cat咖啡不是猫Urban5.0M WordsCompleted From the day Fang Xing made his debut, the cultural landscape of the entire world began to change beyond recognition. The Korean Wave fell out of favor because he showed the world that Chinese culture was the strongest. Hollywood blockbusters were no longer blindly idolized, because his films set the industry’s gold standard. The great Eastern nation gained a film capital, and kung fu began to conquer the world thanks to him. The manga powerhouse was renamed the Dragon Kingdom. This is a story a 3.8kReads8.5Score329Shelves
18. 18 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
19. 19 重 Reborn in 1976 as a Literary Giant 重生1976当文豪 Mu Qiye牧七野Urban250k WordsOngoing [Reborn + Period Piece + Literary Great] His “Scar” laid bare the festering wounds of an era and established him as a leading figure in scar literature. His “The Herdsman” became a household name. Xu Lingjun and Xiu Zhi, brought to life by his pen, captured countless readers’ hearts. His “Ordinary World” was hailed as an enduring classic that inspired millions of young people. His “To Live” brought countless readers to tears. His “The Unbearable Lightness of Being,” “Red Sorghum,” “The Silence o 243Reads6.1Score—Shelves

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    You plagiarist, this is the book you need! If you don't like it, come at me!

20. 20 重 Reborn with a Keyboard from the Start 重生之开局一个键盘 A Bowl of Aged Tea一碗陈茶Urban541k WordsCompleted He spent eight years writing web novels under six different pen names, with his highest monthly income reaching just 4,800 yuan. The day he died suddenly in his rented room, his bank account held only 206 yuan and 43 cents. His father had diabetes, and he couldn't even afford a plane ticket home. When he opened his eyes again, he was back in 2008, sitting for the college entrance exam. That year, Qidian had just been acquired, mobile reading had yet to take off, and Tang Jia San Shao had not 406Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Master of writing online articles

21. 21 让 You Put Me on a Dating Show, So Why Am I Competing in the Peak Tournament? 让你上恋综，你搁那儿打巅峰赛？ Life Is Like Morning Dew and a Flashing Flower生如朝露昙花Urban698k WordsCompleted If you could live your life over, have you ever wondered what the most comfortable way to lie flat and give up would be? Lu Ming gets a second chance at life. After spending half his life as a wage slave, he now has a shortcut right in front of him, and he swears he’ll seize it. He copies songs, books, and scripts without a shred of guilt. He doesn’t have that ridiculous need to keep his hands clean while pretending to be morally superior. He’s just an ordinary person who wants to live a little 37.9kReads9.2Score3kShelves

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    [Admiration][Admiration] The protagonist of the first book transmigrates to a parallel world, relies on Earth's culture to dominate the literary and artistic circles, wins numerous cultural awards, and establishes a company to make a fortune. Cosmic Civilization!

22. 22 穿 Transmigrating to 1976 to Study Again 穿越七六再读书 Dao Ru'an盗如岸Urban462k WordsCompleted Fast-paced, focused on the little things in life, uplifting, and driven. A temporal rift sets the story in motion, and the daily details of life gradually unfold. The first stage is studying, followed by copying books and then teaching. The second stage is building businesses, both his own and his family's, growing them step by step. The third stage returns to everyday life, continuing until the story ends. 5kReads8.6Score222Shelves

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    There's a storyline involving plagiarism, but the rest is original content; he wrote a total of four books. A courtyard house by the same author is also included.

23. 23 四 Siheyuan: Lin Jiu Lives in the West Courtyard 四合院之林玖住在西跨院 Dao Ru'an盗如岸Male-Channel Fanfiction320k WordsCompleted Someone once said, “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” I couldn’t agree more. In my first work, I didn’t dare delve into the individual reasons, so I could only follow the common thread. Lin Jiu lives in the western side courtyard, and the only way to find happiness is through hard work. It won’t be very long, just 300,000 words as planned. Since it’s not long, I can promise I won’t pad it out, and I haven’t used any writing tools. The original courtya 10.4kReads8.1Score258Shelves
24. 24 回 Back in 1977, I Married the Queen of the Daughters' Kingdom 回到1977年，娶了女儿国国王 Ji Yuning季宇宁Urban2.2M WordsCompleted Ji Yuning transmigrated back to 1977. He went from being a 21-year-old educated youth returning to the city to a literary young man, a great poet, and a famous novelist. It was all thanks to his memories of his previous life and the books he copied. But his greatest reward was marrying a wife as beautiful as a fairy. 11.7kReads8.0Score759Shelves
25. 25 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 female lead is a director, there's no romantic pairing, she's a plagiarist, and she's constantly making TV dramas and movies, winning awards and making money at the same time—it's very exciting and fast-paced! [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration]

26. 26 重 Reborn in 1978: From Ghostwriter to Billionaire 重生78：文抄公成亿万富翁 Centurion Gao Yang百夫长高扬Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn + Modern-Day Entrepreneurship + Showbiz Arc + Entertainment + Hong Kong Entertainment + Technology + Period Setting] Ordinary man Gao Yang transmigrates and is reborn, becoming a devoted husband and doting father. With his ahead-of-the-times perspective from 2022, he buys up oil futures and brings the four great trading houses to their knees. He acquires TV stations and newspapers, taking control of the media. He invests in the mainland, becomes a beloved national idol, and sets his sigh 6.5kReads8.7Score428Shelves

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    Some are true, some aren't; just take a look.

27. 27 高 I Wrote The Three-Body Problem in High School, Then My Childhood Sweetheart, the School Beauty, Beat Me Up for Taking Too Long to Update 高中写三体，拖更被青梅校花胖揍 One Zhong Er壹位仲贰Urban575k WordsCompleted 3.3kReads8.6Score259Shelves
28. 28 我 I'm a Literary Master, So What's the Big Deal About Dating the Diva? 我是文豪，和天后在一起怎么了 Cat and Cat猫叒猫Urban438k WordsCompleted (Reborn, parallel world, one heroine, literary genius, no melodrama) As a literary genius, it's only natural that I can write songs too, right? And it's only natural that I'm dating a diva, right? And it's only natural that I have a bunch of secret identities, right? Once Fang Yuan's secret identities had all been exposed, people realized he could do just about anything: from mystery and suspense to popularizing history, from traditional literature to online fiction, from novels to short sto 215Reads6.1Score—Shelves
29. 29 文 Showbiz: I Start by Copying Journey to the West 文娱，从文抄西游记开始 Yi Li枍醨Urban220k WordsCompleted [Making money + entertainment industry + campus belle + one female lead + food + sweet daily life + genius protagonist + no System] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lin Li was immediately pursued by the beautiful, lovestruck girl he had rescued. With countless entertainment treasures from Earth at his disposal, all he wanted was to copy a few works and make a little spending money. Want to become a literary legend with one book? Just copy Journey to the West! His girlfriend wants to sin 197Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 30 一 One Song, The Red-Lin Character: My Cross-Dressing Stuns Millions 一首赤伶，女装的我迷倒千万观众 If You're Still Here如果你还在Urban366k WordsCompleted [Cross-dressing! If you don't like cross-dressing, don't read!!!] Jiang Nan transmigrates to a parallel world and gets bound to the National Heritage System. But in this world, Western culture is all the rage. Traditional Chinese culture is brutally suppressed and gradually fading away. Just then, the school happens to be holding a cultural performance. The foreign exchange students are stealing the show onstage, while the opera students have been bullied into being afraid to perform? How can we 1.2kReads8.5Score165Shelves
31. 31 娱 Showbiz: After My Debut, I Became the Pinnacle of Traditional Chinese Style 娱乐：出道后，我成了国风天花板 Listening Idly听闲Urban398k WordsCompleted Gu Yi transmigrates to a parallel world. While on duty in the school broadcasting studio, he sings and forgets to turn off the microphone. His original song, “What’s Wrong with That?”, plays across the entire school. In an instant, the whole campus is swept up in Gu Yi’s singing. Xu Mengning, a cool and beautiful campus star with an almost fanatical love of music, takes notice of the singer-songwriter Gu Yi. They meet, get to know each other, and fall in love. Gu Yi’s song “Blue and White Porcel 30.9kReads9.2Score3.2kShelves
32. 32 蘑 Back to Field: Ten Suicide Notes Revealed, Leaving the Entire Internet in Tears 蘑菇屋：十封遗书曝光，泪崩全网 I Am Ten Yuan吾乃十元钱Male-Channel Fanfiction179k WordsCompleted Season 6 of Yearning for Life premiered. As soon as everyone arrived, they were stunned by the beautiful scenery. Before long, they discovered a strange little cabin. Inside, they found ten letters. The first read: “Nuan Nuan, the flowers on the island have bloomed. That means I’ve come to see you…” Lin Feng The whole internet buzzed: Had Lin Feng come to the island to pursue Nuan Nuan? Who was this Lin Feng? They read the second letter, then the third… all the way to the tenth. Only then did th 2.7kReads9.1Score319Shelves
33. 33 我 My Artistic Life in a Parallel World 我的平行世界文艺人生 Passerby A ni路人甲niUrban1.7M WordsOngoing Reborn after transmigrating to a parallel world, you find yourself facing an Earth that's familiar yet strange. Besides choosing to lie flat, it seems your only option is to pick up a pen and begin your literary life~ 104Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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34. 34 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." 52kReads9.2Score5.8kShelves

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    These are all of decent quality; those who are interested can take a look.

35. 35 娱 Showbiz: Write My Own Stories or It's Game Over! 娱乐：不文抄，就GG！ Guishan Loves King Oyster Mushroom and Pork爱吃杏鲍菇烧肉的鬼山Urban1.0M WordsCompleted ‘The God of Online Fiction’ ‘Romance King’ ‘Father of New Wuxia’ And more... “These are all just misunderstandings people have about me. I’m only a copyist!” Song Ci sighed helplessly. In this life, he had only wanted to laze around and enjoy himself. He never expected to go further and further down the path of literary greatness. 3.1kReads7.7Score168Shelves
36. 36 人 I'm in the Gaokao Exam Hall! Somebody Help Me! 人在高考考场，谁来救救我 I Really Don't Smoke我真不抽Urban854k WordsCompleted My name is Xu Yi. I woke up to find myself sitting in the college entrance exam hall. Is there any way to save me? Waiting online. This is urgent. Day One: Xu Yi said, “I told you, I’m just a transcriber. Why won’t any of you believe me?” Day Two: Xu Yi said, “Let me, a humble bookstore owner, give the Blue Star literary world a little shock!” An ordinary bookstore owner becomes a literary plagiarist and rises to the top of the literary world! 731Reads6.6Score—Shelves
37. 37 一 One Song, Lemon, Brought the Boys of the Youth League to Tears 一首Lemon，唱哭少年时代团 Li Sisi, the Storyteller会说故事的李三思Urban847k WordsOngoing [The rating just came in, and it’ll go up later, so enjoy without worry!] [Transmigration] [No System] [Showbiz] [Showbiz] [Campus Belle] [Wish Fulfillment] [Classic Songs] “You plagiarized my song and still expect a unanimous vote to make you a star?” Faced with a public humiliation broadcast live across the entire internet, Lin Jiu just smiled. Sorry, but I, Lin Jiu, came from Blue Star! I don’t make a habit of eating shit! “‘Feeling gloomy, getting gloomy? Feeling lonely, getting lonely?’ Did 147Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    🍭🍭🍭 [If you've recently become obsessed with the entertainment industry genre, you absolutely must read this!] The plot is intricate and original, not forced or silly, and there are no bad parts throughout. It's highly immersive, and the writing is superb. Read with confidence and highly recommended!

38. 38 文 Showbiz: The Dad Came from Another World 文娱：奶爸他来自异世 Sister Dance of the Butterflies蝶舞姐Modern Romance597k WordsCompleted [No heroine or romance in this novel. The adorable little one is full of love! This book now has an upgraded version with multiple character voices. If you enjoy audiobooks, come check it out. Love you all!] Tao Zui, one of the top lyricists and composers on Earth, accidentally transmigrates to Blue Star and becomes Chen Feng, another songwriter. Chen Feng's life is currently a complete mess: his wife, Lin Qiaoyin, has just passed away, his young daughter, Chen Cheng, is seriously ill, and the f 2.3kReads8.4Score134Shelves

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    I recommend this book. The protagonist transmigrates to another world, raises a child, writes songs, writes scripts, and cares for adorable kids. There's no romantic pairing and no major flaws, so please enjoy it without worry! [Smirk]

39. 39 女 Woman Transmigrates as a Man: The Copycat Writer Is Really Straight! 女穿男：文抄公他真的是直的！ A YanwuA言午Modern Romance232k WordsCompleted [The rating just came out, it'll go up later] [Complete, safe to read] [Love at first sight, the tags were changed] [The early song chapters have been heavily revised. Some lyrics are grouped together, but later on the lyrics and comments are interwoven.] [Copycat author] [Everyone's favorite] [Love at first sight] [Female soul in a male body] [Slice of life] [Entertainment industry] [Showbiz] [System] [Everyone has a one-sided crush on the protagonist] [All for the protagonist] [Songs] [No toxi 2.7kReads8.1Score193Shelves
40. 40 一 The Campus Belle Wept Regretfully Over a Song Asking Heaven for Five Hundred More Years 一首向天再借五百年校花悔哭了 A Lonely Soul a Thousand Miles Away千里孤魂Urban4.7M WordsOngoing [An era when musical legends battled it out] [A behind-the-scenes songwriting genius] Tang Yan transmigrated to a parallel world in a golden age of entertainment. When the campus belle he had loved for years looked down on him, he awakened an Entertainment Gold-Spending System. From then on, he learned his lesson and set about writing songs and making money, stunning the world with classic hits from his past life! With an entire world backing him, what kind of impact would Tang Yan have on this 62.1kReads8.0Score4.1kShelves

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    The main character is a plagiarist, and all the songs are classic oldies!

41. 41 文 Promoting Culture and Tourism? My Poem Shocks All of China! 文旅宣传？我写诗惊动华夏！ Qiao Who Knows Nothing一窍不通的窍Urban295k WordsCompleted All I wanted was to use the “Window to the World” System to promote cultural tourism and earn some energy points honestly. But from the start, I sang “Blue Lotus” and moved the entire Tibet Culture and Tourism Department to tears! And then everything went completely off the rails... In Longhui, Hunan, a charcoal flower dance went viral across the internet, and an inheritor of this intangible cultural heritage wept as she begged to take her on as her final disciple. In Shanghai, a song, “Spring R 2.3kReads8.2Score180Shelves

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    Poetry and song writing

42. 42 没 What If We Don't Have Jay Chou or Li Bai? I'll Throw the Biggest Bash Ever 没有周董李白怎么办？我大办特办 Waiting for the Wind to Blow the Pig等风吹猪Urban1.8M WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Entertainment industry + lighthearted + devoted dad + invincible + feel-good story] Ye Zhen woke up to discover that he had transmigrated to Blue Star, a world much like Earth where the entertainment industry had flourished beyond measure. What's more, this world had no Li Bai or Du Fu, no Cao Xueqin or Wu Cheng'en, no Jin Yong or Gu Long, no Masashi Kishimoto or Takehiko Inoue, and no Jay Chou or Pu Shu... Ye Zhen knew it was time to teach the people of Blue Star a lesson, to let 10.3kReads8.5Score949Shelves

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    The protagonist of the first book embarked on his writing journey to support his child. He wrote fantasy and martial arts novels on a certain online novel website, which became very popular. He then issued a task: whichever genre received the most votes, fantasy or martial arts, he would focus on writing that genre from now on. Unexpectedly, the players who completed this task earned him millions.

43. 43 开 System from the Start: Becoming a God of Songwriting in a Parallel World 开局系统：在平行世界做曲神 Hotpot and Sesame Flatbread火锅烧饼Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [System + Songwriting + No CP + Slice of Life + Main Story Complete] Bound to an entertainment System from the start, what could Su Xin do? Naturally, she went along with it! With “Hapiness Street” as her first song, Su Xin became a hidden gem of a songwriter in the eyes of artsy girls. Then came “Chase Your Dreams with a Pure Heart,” the perfect inspirational anthem! With “Ten Years,” “Legend,” and “Stranded,” Su Xin became the strongest new songwriter around! “Blue and White Porcelain,” “Red R 7.4kReads8.8Score541Shelves
44. 44 重 Rebooting 1985: My Life as a Literary Giant 重启一九八五：我的文豪人生 Bing Yufei Yu冰雨霏雨Urban840k WordsCompleted [Literary Master], [College Entrance Exams], [Single Female Lead], [University Lecturer], [Happy Everyday Life], [Literary Author], [Academically Inclined Girlfriend], [Everyday Academic Discussions] (Other titles for this book: Restarting 1985: My Life as a Literary Master, The 1980s: My Girlfriend Is an Academic Superstar, The 1980s: I Become a Literary Master at Peking University) Use worldly experience to shape an otherworldly spirit, and ultimately follow the path to literary greatness! Fr 1.3kReads6.3Score107Shelves

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    Not really, since most of them are original works.

45. 45 重 Reborn, I Stirred Up a Storm in Showbiz 重生后我在娱乐圈腥风血雨 Fox Bai狐白啊Modern Romance138k WordsOngoing There's a popular topic on a short-video app: If you could give up everything you have now and return to your teenage years, would you do it? Yes! I hadn't taken it seriously, but then I woke up and really had gone back to the day of my high school graduation party. I was pushed onstage to sing. One song, “In Memory,” made everyone cry. Only later did I realize that this seemed to be a parallel world where the entertainment industry was completely different. (New writer here. 30Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    Copying male videos from female videos

46. 46 文 The Copycat System: Changing the Entertainment World, Starting with Kong Yiji 文抄系统：从孔乙己开始改变文娱 Just a Big Ox-Horse是个大牛马Urban240k WordsOngoing What if all the world's literature were a blank slate, and a meteor brought Chen Qi to this unfamiliar world? From that moment on, a giant of world literature was born. Kong Yiji becomes a household name once again, and Romance of the Three Kingdoms is serialized on a web-fiction platform? Poetry and song come effortlessly, while prose and novels pour out of him. Works so far: “Kong Yiji,” “The Sight of Father's Back,” “Answer,” Romance of the Three Kingdoms, “I Love This Land,” “Farewell Again, 60Reads5.5Score—Shelves

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    🍁: The protagonist acquires a plagiarism system. To change the world and let people experience the charm of traditional literature, he plagiarizes various world-renowned literary works, shocking the world! 🍁: Although the protagonist is a plagiarist, he is not content with simply copying; he frantically modifies various novels, turning his deceased wife, the Third Young Master, into a cuckold fanatic.

47. 47 穿 I Transmigrated to Become a Ghostwriter, but I’m Completely Rewriting the Originals 穿越当文抄公，但疯狂魔改原作 It's Hard to Be Free要自在难Urban318k WordsCompleted [No Harem] Zhong Yiyang was reborn in a similar parallel world and received a game-porting System. The System told him that this world’s gaming industry was underdeveloped. As long as he brought games over from his original world, he could easily rise to the top. But he never expected that his new dad was also a transmigrator, and had made his fortune by copying games! Naturally, he couldn’t port over games his dad had already copied. Looking at the System’s list, where nearly all the great game 79Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 48 一 One Song of Dragon Scales Shocks the National Museum 一首天地龙鳞，唱懵国家博物馆 Light Tea淡水清茶Urban3.1M WordsOngoing [Entertainment / singers / songs from a parallel world / no toxic content / perfect for listening to music and reading / patriotism] Down-and-out actor Wang Yueheng unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of a street singer competing on a show. Facing elimination, he takes the internet by storm with “Lone Warrior”! With an overseas short-video app facing a ban, countless foreign netizens calling themselves TT refugees flood onto Huaxia social media. One song, “Dangerous,” awakens the spirit of 35.3kReads8.8Score2.7kShelves
49. 49 开 Getting My Marriage Certificate with the Diva from the Start, I Become Her Power Behind the Scenes 开局和天后领证，我成她幕后大佬 The Husky's Cat哈士奇家的猫Urban453k WordsCompleted [Showbiz + System + Behind-the-Scenes to Center Stage + Sweet Romance + One Female Lead] Lu Xiaobai transmigrates to a parallel world and, through a twist of fate, registers his marriage to the nation’s sweetheart. He also unexpectedly activates the Showbiz Fame System! From then on, he becomes a behind-the-scenes mastermind, turning his wife into the queen of the music industry: One song, “Invisible Wings,” heals countless souls; One song, “Where Has All the Time Gone?” leaves the entire intern 15kReads8.3Score1.1kShelves
50. 50 文 Literary Master: A Village Teacher Story Stunned the Internet from the Start 文豪：开局一篇乡村教师震惊全网 A Gentle Breeze Blows清风徐来Urban269k WordsOngoing [Starts with “The Rural Teacher,” then moves on to the “Remembrance of Earth’s Past” trilogy, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and Water Margin] Jiang Xiaobai, a construction worker who failed to quit his job and run away, is reborn in 2010 in a parallel world and bound to a System from the future. With the works he redeems through the System, Jiang Xiaobai sets out on the path to becoming a literary giant. Every one of his books causes a sensation in literary circles. “The Rural Teacher”: Educati 13Reads5.4Score—Shelves

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