Entertainment Industry Novels That Feel Very True to Life, with All the Variety Shows and Brand Endorsements 非常接近现实的娱乐圈文，综艺的代言词都有的那种

1. 101 神 Unreal Looks Take on Showbiz: From Pretty Face to Movie Emperor 神仙颜值闯娱乐：从花瓶到影帝 Purple Moon, Jade Lord紫月碧君Modern Romance461k WordsOngoing The rating just came out. It’ll go up later! [Top-Tier Star with Stunning Looks + One Female Lead + Superb Acting | Watch a Beauty at the Peak Become a Powerhouse] An unexpected exposure drags a breathtakingly handsome young man into the whirlpool of fame and fortune. From a pretty face to an award-winning actor, from being doubted to winning recognition, watch Lu Qichi break through and become the king of the entertainment industry! He doesn’t start out as a top-tier star and doesn’t join a tal 1.9kReads8.7Score—Shelves
2. 102 我 I’m a Rapper, So Isn’t It Fair for Me to Diss People? 我一个说唱歌手，骂人很合理吧？ Flower Morning, Thirty花朝叁拾Urban1.8M WordsOngoing Wassup, fellas! [System + entertainment industry + all things hip-hop + original freestyle + diss tracks + daily life + one heroine] Chen Yu, a little-known music producer, unexpectedly transmigrates to a parallel world, only to discover that his counterpart there is also a low-tier rapper! And as luck would have it... "he" is taking part in an underground rap battle, getting mocked by the audience... "6... This is an epic-level difficulty start..." Just then [Ding! Hip-Hop System bound successf 5kReads7.1Score157Shelves
3. 103 地 Earth's Super-Fresh Start: The Guests Are Getting Played by Me 地球超新鲜开始，嘉宾被我玩坏了 A Winter in the Year一年冬季Urban185k WordsOngoing [Celebrities] [Variety Shows] [Actors] [Singers] Ling Mu transmigrates to a parallel world as a regular guest on Earth's Super Fresh, awakening an Emotion Collection System. As long as he can stir up all kinds of emotions in the guests and audience, he can grow stronger! He gets the god-tier skill [Confidence] from the start, so he isn't afraid of offending anyone, and the System has his back no matter what! Unspoken rules in showbiz, pointless social obligations, all of it can get lost! And so, 12Reads6.3Score—Shelves
4. 104 娱 Showbiz: Starting with Keep Running 5, I Become a Top-Tier Star 娱乐：从花少5开始成为顶流 Hermit in Blue青衫隐者Urban1.9M WordsOngoing (Also known as: How Did Joining a Variety Show Make Me Famous? / A Nobody Top-Tier Star's Travel Diary) After transmigrating into the body of a washed-up top-tier star, Gu Yan plans to wait for his contract to expire and then find somewhere to enjoy a leisurely retirement. But as one invitation after another comes his way, he simply goes with the flow and somehow finds himself charging a long way down the road to becoming a top-tier star. Variety shows, films, music... Years later, when a report 3.2kReads7.7Score122Shelves
5. 105 文 Showbiz: Who Are You Calling a Fox? Call Me Your Idol 文娱：骂谁狐狸精呢，喊我偶像 Armstrong Mortar阿姆斯特朗迫击炮Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Showbiz + Laid-Back Daily Life + Campus + Copycat Talent + Idol + Succubus Protagonist] A poor man has no lofty ambitions, and a scrawny horse grows a shaggy coat. Lu Qingfeng spent his whole life broke. All he wanted was a job that was easy and paid well. After dying and transmigrating, he ended up with an even more dramatic background: a gambling-addicted father, a mother who remarried, and four years of training before making his idol debut. But before he could earn a cent, his disastrous te 26kReads9.1Score2.7kShelves
6. 106 入 Not Quite Lost in the Role 入戏不深 September the Chubby Orange Cat橘猫九月胖Two Male Leads270k WordsCompleted “I’m not too caught up in the role.” “What do you mean?” “I can tell the difference. You’re the one I like.” “My eyes have never lied to me.” “I still believe that to this day. Meeting you is the luckiest thing that’s ever happened to me.” “Your eyes tell me you like me.” Fanfiction. Any similarities are purely coincidental (. ❛ ᴗ ❛.) 1.1kReads—Score103Shelves

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   Just shocked

7. 107 踏 Entering Showbiz, Starting with Meeting Liu Xiaoli 踏入娱乐圈，从结识刘小丽开始 Clown in a Box盒中小丑Urban1.3M WordsOngoing [The rating just came out, so it's a little low!] Female leads: Very Sweet + the Three Beauties of the Western Regions + Fan Bingbing + Da Bai Ran + Big Pear + Zhao Liying + Liu Shishi + Tang Yan + Chen Duling + Mao Xiaotong + Wang Churan... Reborn on Blue Star, Lin Heng only wants to work hard, make something of himself, and give the grandparents who adopted him a stable home. Who knew that, by a chance of fate, Mother Earth had left him a System: the Goddess System. Every gift from a goddess e 9.9kReads5.9Score746Shelves
8. 108 成 Becoming the Godfather of the Internet and Raising Yang Mi from a Little Girl 成为互联网教父，萝莉养成杨蜜 Nine Flops九扑街Urban1.2M WordsCompleted Reborn, he returned to 1986 and became neighbors with Yang Mi’s family. Years later, Yang Mi was just about to make her debut, still green and innocent. Years later, the internet was only just emerging, and BAT was in its infancy. He had led an ordinary life in his previous life, but now he held the future in his hands and could defy fate! He invested in Tencent, joined forces with Lei Jun, swept through the world of capital, and dominated the internet. While others were still striving to get ah 5.1kReads6.2Score295Shelves

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   Single female protagonist Yang Mi, realistic style.

9. 109 文 Showbiz: You Have a Cheat? I Had No Idea! 文娱：你小子有挂？我不知道哇！ 404 Night Watchman404守夜人Urban888k WordsOngoing [Entertainment Industry + Master of Toxic Exes + Singing + Acting + Copycat Genius + Multiple Heroines] Classic lines from a toxic ex: “I just forgot to reply. It’s not like I don’t love you.” “There’s really nothing between us. We’re just friends.” “I didn’t contact you because I didn’t want to bother you.” “The next one will be better, more obedient, and cuter!” The whole internet thinks he’s a washed-up child star, but no one knows the truth: He’s the industry bigwig hiding behind the scenes, 39Reads—Score104Shelves

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   Male channel, protagonist singer and actor, invincible super

10. 110 女 After Turning from a Woman into a Man, I Achieved Financial Freedom in Showbiz 女变男后，我在娱乐圈财务自由了 Three Thousand Scenes of a Dreamlike Life浮生若梦三千场Modern Romance924k WordsOngoing [Woman becomes man + entertainment industry + no romance + handsome guy coasts through life] [Parallel world, not based on any person or event. This is just a novel. Read it if you like it; if you don't, don't.] Lin Yijiu woke up one morning as a handsome guy. Anyone would love to experience this kind of life, and now it was finally his turn! Thank you, heavens! 7.9kReads8.4Score487Shelves
11. 111 美 My Hollywood Life: I Can't Keep Count of My Kids 美娱之我的孩子数不清 Ping A Ping平阿平Urban858k WordsCompleted [No System] + [1990s American Entertainment] + [Music and Movies] + [Internet Entrepreneurship] + [Billionaire], also known as [From Records to Billionaire]. After transmigrating to Los Angeles in 1990s America, he starts out making records before branching into film, investment, media, the internet, and other industries. He rises to the top and becomes a legendary figure spanning the entertainment and business worlds. Along the way to building his empire, he also happens to leave behind countle 7.6kReads6.4Score559Shelves

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    Realistic entertainment articles from the 1990s

12. 112 跑 Running Man: After I Made Bai Lu Dream About Me 跑男：让白露梦到我之后 Fa Da发炟Urban314k WordsCompleted [Keep Running] [Time] [Bai Lu] [variety show] [entertainment industry] [one female lead] [everyday life] I'm not good at writing synopses, but the further you read, the sweeter it gets. Filler, filler, filler. 377Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Many heroines in the entertainment industry

13. 113 赴 The Day I Went to Korea, I Got Daily Rewards 赴韩旅游当天，我绑定每日奖励 Xiao Li Loves Pickles 4小李爱吃咸菜4Urban112k WordsCompleted After retiring, he sets out to clear his head and gets this System. From now on, he never has to force himself or worry about what other people think. He can simply enjoy himself and have fun to his heart's content, and everything will be his! (He gets a little carried away early on and does whatever he wants!) —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Just these two books, okay

14. 114 请 Please Answer: The Korean Entertainment Café 请回答：韩娱咖啡店 Little White Rabbit, Tiger-Slaying Hero打虎英雄小白兔Urban870k WordsCompleted Jiang Zaiyu was reborn in America with his memories and talents intact. After moving to Korea with his parents, he met the girl who had been his childhood sweetheart. Jiang Zaiyu had wanted to become an all-around idol, but circumstances forced him to become the youngest piano maestro instead. After reaching the peak of his career at a young age, he returned to Korea ten years later. He gave up his old dream of becoming an entertainer, opened a cafe, and decided to lie flat. And this story begin 3.5kReads6.8Score157Shelves
15. 115 满 A Max-Level Expert Crashes Five Hags, and Their Secret Identities Are Revealed Everywhere 满级大佬闯五哈，马甲掉一地 Ink Pen Makes a Book墨笔成书Urban1.0M WordsOngoing Updated regularly every day, with no breaks. Thank you for your support! I was hit by a car in an accident and spent about a month in the hospital. I was a bit out of it, so the plot went off track for a while. It’s back on the main storyline now!!! [Lighthearted] [Funny] [Everyday life] [Variety shows] [System] [Entertainment industry] [One female lead] [Rising star] White Ye went out to buy breakfast and had an incredible stroke of luck: he ended up in Blue Star, a parallel world to Earth! Tha 26.4kReads7.1Score1.5kShelves
16. 116 返 The Man Who Grew Young Again 返老还童的男人 Yin Qianchen银千臣Urban1.1M WordsOngoing A baby adopted by a widow was born looking seventy years old. Then he began to age backward, slowly growing younger. At eighteen, he looked like he was in his fifties. In the end, he became a baby and died in the arms of the person he loved most. 1.9kReads7.9Score127Shelves

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    What are some recommended books with super female protagonists?

17. 117 沪 Shanghai Auntie’s AI Male Model 沪上阿姨AI男模 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban857k WordsCompleted The protagonist, Wang Chen, struggles to survive in an apocalyptic world during the Great Depression, then unexpectedly transmigrates to an alternate-world Shanghai in the 1990s. And so Wang Chen’s happy life begins! 4.1kReads7.1Score236Shelves
18. 118 万 All Paths Lead to the Netherworld 万法归宗幽冥路 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban441k WordsCompleted The male lead regains his youth and cultivates immortality while working as a gatekeeper at an art school. He has eight immortal senior sisters from the Maoshan School’s Zhengyi Sect, an adorable little fox from Qingqiu Mountain, and Jiegeng, a thousand-year-old demoness. The capital’s number-one Grand Princess comes looking for a hug from him every night. 161Reads—Score106Shelves
19. 119 重 Lao Wang from Chongqing 重庆老王 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban1.6M WordsOngoing My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 1.6kReads8.2Score123Shelves
20. 120 极 The Irresistible Playboy 极品桃花男 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban611k WordsCompleted [Urban feel-good story] [Slice of life] [Set in the 2020s] [Realistic everyday life] [Multiple female leads] [Dongguan Prince Hotel] [Transmigration to the apocalypse] [Genetically enhanced super soldiers] 452Reads8.5Score105Shelves
21. 121 寒 A Poor Scholar's Tribulation of Great Tang's Beauties 寒门状元大唐红颜劫 Yin Qianchen银千臣Historical356k WordsCompleted Li Guo’er, the Tang Dynasty’s most beautiful woman, is Princess Anning and the youngest, most beloved daughter of Emperor Zhongzong, Li Xian. The most seductive princess in the Tang Dynasty, she is strikingly similar to the protagonist’s wife. After the male lead transmigrates to the Tang Dynasty, he discovers that Li Guo’er looks exactly like his wife. Determined to save the only person in this world who reminds him of family, he works tirelessly and vows to save Li Guo’er, who was killed at ju 318Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 122 夜 A Night Song Makes the Judges Weep, and My Online Buddy Turns Out to Be a Best Actress 夜曲唱哭评委，网络基友竟是影后 Zi Ou Pei Han子鸥呸寒Urban537k WordsOngoing [Chinese entertainment industry + comedy + sharp tongue + lighthearted + singer and actor + livestreaming] After transmigrating to a world starved of entertainment, with barely any good songs, Xu Mo binds to the Strongest Entertainment Cleanup System. On a talent-show stage, he sings “Nocturne,” moves the judges to tears, exposes the fix behind the scenes, and coolly withdraws from the competition. In a livestream, he wears a teddy bear head and sings “Silence,” bringing the top donor to tears a 36Reads5.7Score100Shelves

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    This little epileptic piece of domestic entertainment made me laugh so hard that I got up from the bed and turned over! If you don't laugh, I'll earn 5 million a month, drive a luxury car and live somewhere else.

23. 123 华 Chinese Showbiz: Starting by Acquiring Golden Harvest 华娱从拿下嘉禾开始 Nest of the Ordinary Bird凡鸟巢Urban307k WordsCompleted Reborn into the world of capital, he monopolizes movie screens with one hand and churns out hit IPs to create stars with the other. Fan Ye attaches herself to him to vie for his favor, while Bingxue schemes behind the scenes for resources. He expands overseas. The actresses are all fighting to get on board? He smiles as he watches the tides turn: In showbiz, everything goes according to my script. 19Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is it

24. 124 飞 Rising to the Top! The Cool Older Man Favors a Down-and-Out College Guy 飞上高枝！清冷年上偏爱落魄男大 Pass the Cen Exam拍岑必过Two Male Leads552k WordsOngoing [Two male leads | Showbiz | Forum-style | Eight-year age gap | Redemption | Both are each other’s only partner | Top protagonist | Mutual devotion] [Proactive older CEO on the bottom × obedient, clingy college student on the top] A miserable college student leaps from obscurity to a bright future after meeting a benefactor Gu Zhenxu kept doing little things without meaning to that made Fu Yang’s heart melt. Before long, he was thinking: I’m going to confess! Confess! My husband has to be mine! 1.7kReads6.2Score235Shelves

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    This!! After Chapter 70, it's mainly about romance and forums

25. 125 摆 After Giving Up, I Became a Top-Tier Star in Showbiz 摆烂后，我成了娱乐圈顶流 Add Another Two Liang of Noodles再加二两板面Urban802k WordsOngoing The rating just opened. It'll go up later! One female lead, Bai Lu + System + Laid-back protagonist + Attention-seeker + Variety shows and movies + Nonlinear timeline At fifteen, Lin Yu was knocked unconscious with a club while trying to save Bai Mengyan, and remained in a coma for a week. After waking up, Lin Yu, whose grades were only average, declared that he would become the provincial top scorer in the college entrance exam. Everyone thought the blow had made him stupid. Only Lin Yu knew th 457Reads6.2Score—Shelves

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    The heroine Bai Lu, just watch it and it's over. Trust me.

26. 126 从 From Beijing's Old-School Tough Guy to the King of Chinese Showbiz 从京城老炮儿到华娱之王 Clang Clang Cat哐哐猫Urban1.4M WordsCompleted The 1990s were both the twilight of the brotherhood era and the golden age of the Chinese entertainment industry's rise. Bai Hang, a seasoned Beijing tough who grew up in a traditional courtyard house, gritted his teeth and left his old life behind just to stay alive. From then on, he embarked on an extraordinary career in show business. Other award-winning actors relied on their acting skills. He won awards because he'd really lived that life. “Brother Hang, there's a production that wants you 57.3kReads8.6Score6.3kShelves

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    These books are very good

27. 127 华 Chinese Showbiz: Rising from the Blacklist to Become a Top-Tier Star 华娱：从黑流开始成为娱乐圈顶流 I Am Chips在下薯片Urban114k WordsOngoing [Multiple heroines] [System] [Filming] [Entertainment industry] [Career] [Variety shows] Reborn in 2021, he joins Candy Is Super Sweet and creates an iconic moment from the start. With one line, “Candy is super sweet,” Shen Ci becomes the target of ridicule across the internet. He ranks last in the initial evaluation, and the whole internet calls him a pretty face and a sissy, certain he'll be eliminated in the first round and kicked out of the entertainment industry. No one knows he's bound to 1Reads—Score116Shelves
28. 128 华 Showbiz System: Win Over Actresses to Get Stronger 华娱系统：攻略女星就变强 Young Scallion Salted Fish青葱咸鱼Urban1.4M WordsOngoing [Not Reborn + System Comeback] In 2004, after failing his arts entrance exam, the stubborn Su Yan went to Hengdian to become an extra. Dreams were grand, but reality was harsh. Playing corpses and cannon fodder day after day made him feel like his whole life was going nowhere. Then, on the day he joined the cast of The Return of the Condor Heroes, a screen suddenly appeared before his eyes: [First Goddess Bound: Heavenly Immortal] [Give-and-Receive System Activated] From then on, the rule 129.2kReads8.8Score12.2kShelves
29. 129 摔 I Fell Into the Top-Tier Star’s Arms, Then Went Viral Writing Scripts 摔进顶流怀后，写剧本爆红娱乐圈 Lingling Moon Rite泠泠月祀Modern Romance302k WordsOngoing [Entertainment industry + from fan to lover + love grows over time + sweet romance + happy ending + dual purity] Cool, gentle top-tier star VS soft, sweet, and resilient screenwriter What's the ultimate dream of a fan who wants to be her idol's girlfriend? Maybe it's to meet him up close someday, work alongside him, and even become the only one in his eyes. Five years ago, Meng Runing fell amid the crowds at the airport and personally handed Lin Anye a novel manuscript titled “Ranxi.” He look 18Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Look at this. The female protagonist is a screenwriter. The male protagonist is top-notch and super sweet. The female protagonist is a fan of the male protagonist. They have a career overlap. The female protagonist is not silly and sweet, she is a very thoughtful kind. The male protagonist is also super doting! [Laughing][blowing kiss]

30. 130 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Urban799k 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 9.1kReads5.2Score664Shelves

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    They are all realistic entertainment articles

31. 131 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 13Reads—Score100Shelves
32. 132 她 She Was Never Alone 她从来不是一个人 Han An Jing涵桉婧Modern Romance46k WordsCompleted She gave up the college entrance exam for her dream, then shot to fame because of the 4,000-year incident and kept the whole company afloat. But the company leeches off her, using Ju Jingyi to support everyone else. Without Ju Jingyi, the company would fall apart. 26Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is the same as the modern entertainment industry,

33. 133 华 Chinese Showbiz: You Asked Me to Work on Set, Not Beat Up the Crew 华娱：让你剧组打工，你剧组打人 Writer Xin Er作家新二Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Ye Tian is reborn in a parallel world and, by a twist of fate, accidentally wanders onto the set of The Return of the Condor Heroes. On his very first day as an extra, a series of misunderstandings leads to someone pointing at him and cursing him out. Ye Tian: “I've been reborn, so why should I put up with this crap?” Zhang Jizhong: “You hit him, but you can't hit me too.” Since Zhang Jizhong was the one who provided evidence of Ye Tian beating someone up, Ye Tian decides to get back at Big-Bear 8kReads6.6Score481Shelves

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    Not bad…

34. 134 华 Chinese Showbiz: From the Start, I Had Chinese Paladin, and the Actresses Born in the ’85 Era Chased After Me 华娱：开局仙剑，85花旦倒追我 Potato Rice洋芋米饭Urban1.8M WordsOngoing Chinese entertainment industry + multiple heroines + director + filmmaking + the fairy-like beauty + entertainment industry + slow-paced Actor Jin Kun returned to the turn of the millennium, unexpectedly awakening a System and becoming roommates with Hu Ge and Yuan Hong at the Shanghai Theatre Academy! Armed with memories from his previous life and a System that gave him cheat-like advantages, every production he made became a hit, and his songs were worth their weight in gold. Liu Yifei, An Yix 38.6kReads7.1Score4kShelves
35. 135 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 43.8kReads8.4Score2.9kShelves
36. 136 华 Chinese Showbiz: The Birth of a Succubus Top-Tier Star 华娱，一个魅魔顶流的诞生 Don't Cut勿切Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Multiple heroines] [Showbiz] [Academic genius] In the age of internet celebrities, an outlier arrives in the uneven world of showbiz. He's exceptionally good at his job, knows a lot of things, is incredibly handsome, and has overwhelming charm... As the only top-tier star in Chinese entertainment, he also has a reputation for bringing good fortune to women. Leading actresses and rising stars alike treat him like the Tang Monk's flesh... The actresses pull out all the stops to work with him... S 86.2kReads8.1Score8.4kShelves
37. 137 娱 Showbiz: I Became a Top-Tier Star Overnight and Turned the Industry Upside Down 娱乐：一夜升顶流，我圈内掀桌子 Chilly Ice Cream Cone甜筒冰冰凉Urban1.9M WordsOngoing [Entertainment Industry] [System] [Beautiful Celebrity] [Film and TV] [Variety Shows] Su Ran was reborn in a parallel world and watched as his System loaded. He threw himself into the entertainment industry, never expecting the loading to take several years. Just as he was about to become a top-tier star, the Five Hahas show crew suddenly showed up. System activated... [Beginner Mission: Join the entertainment industry immediately, young man!] [Reward: Learn Wing Chun and gain the song "Above th 46.1kReads7.6Score2.5kShelves
38. 138 华 Chinese Showbiz: My High School Desk Mate, Da Mimi 华娱：我的高中同桌大蜜蜜 Pixel Differential像素微分Urban1.3M WordsOngoing [The rating just went up, and it’ll keep climbing! Give it a try!] [Not reborn + everyday life + comeback + multiple heroines] By a twist of fate, Xu Zhiyuan became deskmates with seventeen-year-old Da Mimi... From then on, there was no turning back. Giving up on the top universities Qingbei, Fudan, and Jiaotong, Xu Zhiyuan plunged headfirst into the entertainment industry... Writer, screenwriter, arranger, singer, director, and entertainment mogul Xu Zhiyuan, and his rumored girlfriends (Liu Qi 15.4kReads6.2Score1.7kShelves
39. 139 竟 I Was Seduced by the Top-Tier Star I Raised Myself 竟被亲手养大的顶流强撩了 Jin Panran金判然Modern Romance213k WordsOngoing She’s 37, he’s 27. Here’s to every woman: even with silver hair, there’ll still be a steady stream of younger men chasing after you. [Forbidden age-gap romance + prolonged tension + mutual pursuit] [Boss-lady agent + sweet-on-the-surface, scheming younger star] Her eyes are made for love, her heart sprouts desire. She talks about keeping things proper, but her eyes are full of longing. She doesn’t dare take one step closer, yet can’t bear to retreat even one step. Huo Jinyun isn’t some innoce 21Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Quite realistic, even a little social animalistic

40. 140 娱 A Leisurely Life in Showbiz 娱乐漫生活 Barbecue Hero烤肉侠Urban614k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to a parallel entertainment industry, Wu You became an internet-wide laughingstock, a pretty boy living off women and the contract fake boyfriend of the nation’s beloved movie queen. That is, until he took the countless classic hits from his previous life and made a surprise masked appearance on the variety show Who Is He? On stage, Wu You stunned the whole audience with one song and delivered a legendary performance! He went head-to-head with top-tier stars, crushed shar 93Reads6.1Score—Shelves

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    That's this one

41. 141 后 The Post-Tall Era: IZONE’s Parallel Universe 后矮时代：IZONE的平行宇宙 Make Hard Work a Habit让努力成习惯Female-Channel Fanfiction150k WordsCompleted [Korean Showbiz] Also known as: Parallel Universe, IZONE Parallel Universe, and IZ*ONE Running Man Version In a parallel universe, on October 29, 2018, a brand-new limited-time girl group, IZ*ONE, debuts in the country of Taiji on Blue Star and soon becomes a major sensation. On March 14, 2021, IZ*ONE officially announces its disbandment during an online concert. In October 2025, as the group approaches its seventh anniversary, a brand-new variety show called IZONE Parallel Universe launches. Th 166Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The members of the first parallel universe IZ*ONE reunited after their disbandment to record a variety show on the seventh anniversary. The second parallel world IZ*ONE audition story before their debut, the heroine is the younger sister of SEVENTEEN member Xu Minghao and the elementary school classmate of (G) i-dle member Song Yuqi.

42. 142 矮 Before the Short-Lived Era: PRODUCE 48 矮前时代：PRODUCE48 Make Hard Work a Habit让努力成习惯Female-Channel Fanfiction948k WordsOngoing [My new book, After the Short Era: IZ*ONE's Parallel Universe, is out now. Please search for it yourself.] [Slow burn] [Korean Showbiz] [IZ*ONE] Xu Guanwei wakes up to discover she has transmigrated to a parallel 2018 and is now competing on the worldwide hit audition show PRODUCE 48. To return to her original world, Xu Guanwei matches wits with the System and fights through fierce competition with the other trainees, ultimately gaining countless close friends and precious memories. 833Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 143 华 Showbiz: The Immortal Beauty's Star-Making Plan 华娱之神仙姐姐养成计划 Seraph 1980炽天使1980Urban1.6M WordsCompleted How a reborn great director builds his own entertainment empire, step by step. Movies, TV, music, animation, special effects, and cinema chains: here I come. The Big Three European film festivals, the Oscars, I'm coming for you. 6.1kReads6.1Score283Shelves
44. 144 穿 Transmigrated as Yu Ning's Ex-Wife, I Hold Tight to the Happy Ending Script 穿成宇宁前妻，握紧HE剧本 Zizi Qing籽籽晴Female-Channel Fanfiction300k WordsCompleted The rating will go up once it’s posted. (A fanfic about singer Liu Yuning + Viva La Romance + young married couple + rental-apartment romance + happy ending) We have little money and no regrets, and how rare it is to be young spouses! Lin Luo Chu had always been curious about her idol Liu Yuning’s past. One day, she transmigrated to 2010 and became the ex-wife from the old legend. Faced with all kinds of hardships, this time she refused to back down and decided to bravely stay by his side. My su 2.9kReads8.2Score254Shelves
45. 145 女 Girl to Guy: Winning Everyone Over with Flirty Bromance 女穿男：从麦麸开始做万人迷 Holding a Lantern, Gazing at the Moon提灯望月Modern Romance658k WordsOngoing [No word changes] [A universally adored, no-CP actor who charms men and women of every age]+ [Actively plays up same-sex chemistry]+ [A delightfully mean-spirited forum thread]+ [Stories within stories]+ [Heavy on fandom culture]+ [Loads and loads of terminology, explained in the author's notes]+ [A career novel without the traditional leveling-up progression] In her previous life, Qiu Jiashang was an ordinary woman with acting talent but no beauty. After six fruitless years as a drifter in Heng 8.5kReads8.7Score783Shelves

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    Yes, but the focus is different, it's about the rice circle

46. 146 谁 What Kind of Entertainment System Demands Your Life? 谁家文娱系统要氪命啊 Meat and Fish有肉有鱼Urban114k WordsOngoing [Love of Life + Sound Values + No Face-Slapping + No Bystanders Gasping in Shock + Characters with Their Wits About Them + No Black-and-White Thinking + Entertainment Industry + No Harem] Option One: Would you like to have immense fame and fortune? The price is that you would have only one year left to live. Would you accept? Option Two: Would you like to extend your remaining year of life to eighty years? The price is giving up the immense fame and fortune you have now. Would you accept? I don' 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Easy and funny + no downplaying of intelligence + no pretense and slap in the face + three correct views + logical]

47. 147 韩 Korean Showbiz: My Street Stall Made People Imagine I Was EXO’s Original God 韩娱：摆摊被脑补成EXO初代神 Three Nanjing Cigarettes三根南京Urban253k WordsOngoing [The rating just came out and will rise, so read with confidence.] [Capital ultimately lost. The King of old is back.] [K-entertainment, showbiz, celebrities, top-tier stars, comedy, secret identity] My name is Wang Long, and there’s only one English word I know: King. Somehow, online users imagined I was the EXO founding leader who had fallen from grace, and the whole internet was urging me to make a comeback and prove them wrong. But they didn’t understand. I was born a king. The entertainmen 18Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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    Isn't this reality [blowing kiss]

48. 148 星 The Stars Are for You 星辰予妮 Deep Words at Dawn晨言深语Modern Romance385k WordsCompleted [Showbiz + influencer and top-tier star + both each other’s first + sweet romance + mutual devotion] Cen Beini became a household name as a child after appearing in a TV series by a famous director. A child star with a bright future ahead of her, she instead became a “cash cow” for her parents... As an adult, she fought hard against her “vampire” parents for the acting career she loved. But without the backing of powerful investors, she could only scrape by as an obscure actress in low-budget we 372Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Entertainment industry variety show, the tricks are very new, the male and female protagonists are very sweet

49. 149 我 I Talk History on the Radio, and My Followers Top a Hundred Million 我在电台讲历史，粉丝破亿 Mountain-Moving Girl搬山少女Urban472k WordsCompleted Reborn + entertainment empire + multiple female leads + underdog rises to legendary status In his previous life, Lu Mingyuan was bullied to death. Reborn as a rookie radio host, he binds to the [Brilliant Starlight System] and gains access to the entire entertainment treasure trove of a parallel world! Assigned to an obscure history program from the start? He counters with The Things About the Ming Dynasty. Shunted off to a children’s fairy-tale program to entertain kids? He gives Little Red 339Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The radio station counterattacked in the beginning, the music became a god in the middle period, and the film and television park dominated in the later period. The industry logic is strict, the career line is full of strategies, the emotional line is delicate and moving, and the final cultural output pattern is directly like a god - this is the best entertainment that Tomato can find!

50. 150 星 Starlight Media: From White-Stocking Influencer to Top-Tier Star 星辰传媒：从白丝网红到顶流女星 Small Account Starting with 189189开头的小号Urban507k WordsCompleted Reborn in 2018, right as short-form video was taking off, Lin Zhou brings with him the secrets of online traffic from the next decade. He founds Stardust Media and sets out to create stars. One video makes an unknown talent famous; one account creates a top-tier star. From domestic internet celebrities to Korean and Japanese goddesses, he uses his precise knack for predicting online trends to turn one promising prospect after another into household-name superstars. This is a feel-good story abou 3.1kReads—Score122Shelves

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    Men, women, women, women, women, women, women….

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