Showbiz, Real-Life Celebrities, and Lots of Female Celebrities From Chinese Entertainment 文娱+现实明星+多内娱女明星

1. 851 1 At Sixteen, I Took on Hong Kong's Entertainment Industry in the 1990s 16岁，勇闯90年代香江娱乐圈 Purple Gold Fortune紫金福禄Urban345k WordsCompleted [Parallel world + Hong Kong entertainment industry + behind-the-scenes mogul + a generational advantage + genius with a surprising side] When Lin Zhuo wakes up, he finds himself a poor sixteen-year-old boy in Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong, in the 1990s. From the start, he's buried under debt and can't even afford a bowl of cart noodles. But he isn't worried at all. This is a parallel world strikingly similar to his previous life. The Double Chows and Double Chens are battling for supremacy, while the 502Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I personally believe that there are indeed a lot of prototypes of entertainment industry characters in the book, but this is Hong Kong entertainment in the 1990s, so I don't know how many of them can be recognized by veterans. There are a lot of classic Cantonese songs, come and add them to the playlist and have a listen.

2. 852 蔡 Cai Xukun: The Cold CEO's Passionate, Tormented Romance 蔡徐坤：高冷总裁深情虐恋 iKun NuoiKun诺Modern Romance770k WordsOngoing After Xia Xingmian and Lin Wei switch identities, each begins living under the other’s name. Xia Guoqiang’s blackmail shatters the peace, while Cai Xukun’s approach is shrouded in mystery. When he looks at “Lin Wei,” there’s always a trace of familiarity and longing for “Xia Xingmian” in his eyes. As fragments of the past continue to surface, the love and entanglements born of this identity swap are drawing everyone into a whirlpool of truth. 18Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Big recommendation, looks great

3. 853 世 Becoming the World’s Richest Man Through Music Composition 世界首富从作曲开始 I Love Drinking Ice-Cold Cola我爱喝冰可乐呀Urban116k WordsOngoing After dying in a car accident, Chen Mo, an award-winning composer from Earth, transmigrated to a parallel world as a poor student who was bullied and mocked, with a father who ran a barbecue stall. Fortunately, he bound himself to the "Billionaire-Making System," and his mind was filled with hundreds of classic songs from Earth. From stunning his schoolmates with "The Ordinary Road" to setting the internet ablaze with "Courage," he used Earth's cultural riches to overwhelm the competition, start 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This is a good piece of entertainment

4. 854 乱 Jade Towers in a Chaotic World 乱世琼楼 Ban Mengdie班梦蝶Historical281k WordsOngoing Born into a wealthy family; roaming the martial world; a life of genius; a life of romance. Everyone called him "Yuan Men Zijian," and he ranked first among the Four Young Masters of the Republic of China. He was a true literary giant, gifted in every field, from calligraphy and poetry to drama and connoisseurship. He laughed in the faces of princes and nobles, dashing and carefree. He lived through that extraordinary era and wrote, "How I pity those at the heights, where storms rage. Do not asc —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Republic of China struggle for hegemony

5. 855 合 The Hehuan Sect's Number One Cauldron? More Children, More Blessings, Until I Become a Demonic Elder 合欢宗第一鼎炉？多子多福成老魔 Liu Zixian刘子羡Eastern Fantasy195k WordsOngoing Does having a pure Yang body automatically make you a cultivation furnace? Why can't you just be good at alchemy? His master taught Chen Changsheng the Everlasting Spring Technique, helping him cross the divide between mortal and cultivator. Chen Changsheng began his pursuit of immortality. Along the way, he met many charming women, but his resolve to attain immortality never wavered. Gradually, he became known as a member of the demonic path. What exactly happened to the former Sword God of Bal 3.5kReads—Score250Shelves

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   Auntie is invincible in the world,

6. 856 华 Chinese Entertainment: My Bargain Brother-in-Law Is the Great Poet Chen Kaige 华娱，便宜姐夫是大诗人陈凯戈 Drink or Don't Drink喝酒不喝酒Urban1.4M WordsOngoing A man returns to the year 2000 and takes a different path from the one he walked in his previous life. The scenery along the way is beautiful. This life will be exciting, with a few ups and downs along the way. 13.7kReads7.1Score775Shelves
7. 857 娱 Entertainment Comes First: Book Seventeen 娱乐至上1第17本书 Entertainment Above All 1娱乐至上1Urban873k WordsCompleted My new story is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 3kReads6.6Score188Shelves
8. 858 华 Chinese Showbiz: My Life as a Director Begins in 2004 华娱：我的导演生活从04开始 Shouting Loudly疾声大呼Urban1.4M WordsOngoing + + + Back to 2004, the dawn of the golden age of Chinese-language film and television, and its wildest era of growth. Zhang Qihang arrives with twenty years’ worth of movie-watching experience from the future. He has no System, just a head full of classic scripts. He gets his first “sponsorship” from the infamous bad call at the 2002 World Cup, shoots his first theatrical film, then strikes gold during “The Night in Istanbul” 16.7kReads7.6Score1.1kShelves
9. 859 娱 Showbiz: You Asked Me to Make a Bad Movie, So I Stuffed It with Product Placements 娱乐：让你拍烂片，你疯狂插硬广 A Little Sip of Wine一口小酒儿Urban253k WordsCompleted [Male-Oriented] + [System] + [Urban] + [Showbiz] + [Funny Commentary] + [Subverting Expectations] Chu Nan is reborn as a third-rate director and awakens the [Zongheng 26 Advertising System]! As long as he inserts [an utterly jarring, outrageous, and unexpected hard-sell ad] at the most crucial plot point in a work, provoking viewers to complain, he can earn cash rebates from the System and receive top-tier scripts as rewards. And so Chu Nan begins pulling all sorts of outrageous stunts in showbi 211Reads5.4Score—Shelves
10. 860 我 I Was Just Enjoying the Gossip, So How Did I Become a Best Actor? 我就吃个瓜，怎么成金影帝了 Milk Without Added Flavoring不加香料的牛奶Urban1.7M WordsCompleted Su Luo transmigrates to 2002 with no System, only a mind full of memories about the entertainment industry's biggest scandals. He only wants to enjoy being a carefree onlooker, sitting on a little stool with a handful of melon seeds, watching up close as the goddesses we once followed and the careers that crashed and burned play out. But somehow, while he’s busy following the scandals, he ends up in front of the camera himself. A major star lands in jail for some unspeakable reason? The director 22.3kReads7.2Score1.8kShelves
11. 861 娱 Showbiz: Here, Take the Mic! Why Did Everyone Go Quiet? 娱乐：话筒给你们，怎么鸦雀无声了？ The Shark Drowned鲨鱼淹死了Urban640k WordsCompleted After Gu Yun transmigrates to a parallel world, he discovers that he has become a music conductor. Every time he holds a concert, the moment he sings the opening line, his fans go wild and fight over the microphone! With no other choice, Gu Yun has to turn up the difficulty for them. Love You to Death! The Difficult Sutra! Moonlight! Numerical Life! Stars! Opera No. 2! Fans: You little punk, can't you handle a challenge? We learned Russian and English just to sing your songs, and now you're maki 3.4kReads7.1Score256Shelves
12. 862 带 I Took Liu Tianxian to Northeastern China for New Year's, and the Whole Internet Went Wild Shipping Us 带刘天仙回东北过年，全网磕疯了 Eating the Skin, Not Spitting Out the Grape Skin吃皮不吐葡萄皮Urban1.2M WordsOngoing After transmigrating to a parallel world, singer Fang Yu is packaged by his company as a “cool, aloof heartthrob.” He’s about to team up with national goddess Liu Tianxian for the S-tier variety show New Year’s Homecoming! The company wants him to keep up the image, and his fans want him to act cool, but then a voice rings out in his head: [The Ultimate Down-to-Earth System has successfully bound to you!] Cool and aloof? He can’t pull that off for a second! Today, he’ll show them what a real Nor 104kReads8.7Score11kShelves
13. 863 从 Meeting Nazha Through the Xuanyuan Sword 从轩辕剑认识那扎开始 Yi Lan'an逸蓝桉Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Showbiz] + [Actor] + [Music] + [Variety Shows] + [One Female Lead, Nazha] + [Slice of Life] Lu Qi was reborn into a military family, but had a cousin in showbiz. By a twist of fate, he ended up on the set of Xuan-Yuan Sword. After meeting Nazha, he gradually began his journey in showbiz. One high-quality song after another helped him win The Voice! He then went on to star in TV series such as Special Forces and Love O2O! At a young age, he became a regular performer at the Spring Festival Gala! 4.3kReads7.0Score339Shelves

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    The low score is just because few people read it. The book is really good and worth reading! Recommend!!

14. 864 我 My Years Reading Feng Shui in the Entertainment Industry 我在娱乐圈看风水那些年 Old Yang from South City城南老阳Urban1.5M WordsCompleted If you want to learn something real, start reading from Chapter 345. If you’re looking for silly, mindless wish fulfillment, please don’t open this book. Thank you. Readers with life experience, a thoughtful outlook, and an appreciation for life are welcome to give it a try. This book isn’t chasing popularity or hoping to become a smash hit. It’s just waiting for the right reader. 447Reads6.9Score168Shelves

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    This is a notebook that records the differences in the entertainment industry. From celebrities to behind-the-scenes, from glory to abjection, there are all kinds of stories. But it's not about curiosity, it's about how people live in Vanity Fair, how they fall, and how they get up again. "If you want to watch the fun, there is gossip here. But if you want to read something deeper - about human nature, life insights, choices, costs, staying awake in a flashy world - then this book may be to your liking. If you like Waiwai Shuangwen, don't read it!

15. 865 来 The Legend of the Soldier King from the Future East 来自东方未来的兵王传说 Night Voyage Boatman夜航船夫Historical358k WordsOngoing Tieyuan Mountain, widely considered the most impossible line to defend. No troops: one depleted battalion, with fewer than two hundred men fit to fight. No equipment: ammunition almost gone, every gun barrel ruined. No way out: ten kilometers of open ground behind them, with two full U.S. divisions advancing. But after Lu Dajun arrives, this most worthless of defensive lines becomes the U.S. Army’s deepest nightmare. At the Wangjiangao ambush, he is the blade driven into the U.S. landing forc 346Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Come and see Legend of the Soldier King!!!

16. 866 华 Chinese Entertainment 2002: Starting Out as a Director at Beijing Film Academy 华娱2002：从北电导演开始 The Wandering Honest Man流浪的老实人Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Chinese Showbiz] [Reborn] [Plagiarist] [Multiple female leads] [Director] [Entertainment industry] [Wish fulfillment] [Urban] [Celebrities] [Genius] All the top-tier star goddesses gather and take the stage! He has the biggest female stars in Chinese showbiz at his beck and call, with thrilling romances on multiple fronts. He never has to choose! He has such a hard time picking scripts that he can't make up his mind! His directing skills leave everyone in the dust, and everything he films becom 4kReads5.3Score159Shelves

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    Multiple heroines, cool writing, reality stars

17. 867 谍 Espionage 谍战 Newbie Here, Got a Question萌新求问Urban129k WordsCompleted You can run three simulations a day. This is the protagonist's only trump card while undercover in the puppet army's garrison battalion in Chuzhou. The simulations show no images, replay no events, and offer no extra rewards. 63Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The showdown between China and South Korea has already been written about in the Workers' Run special. .

18. 868 前 My Ex-Wife Cheated! Hunted by Seven Fateful Curses 前妻出轨！七重宿命追杀 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban92k WordsCompleted A mind-bending story inspired by the fatalism of Predestination and the plot of films like Cloud Atlas. You’ll never guess the ending until the very last moment. A modern-day power fantasy, an ’80s-era story, and a post-apocalyptic tale set in 2065. 59Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The ultimate brain-burning drama, a fateful pursuit.

19. 869 星 Star Pattern Cage: My Star Pattern Can Swallow Everything 星纹囚笼：我的星纹能吞万物 NetskyLVSci-Fi & Apocalypse430k WordsOngoing Lu Bufan is trapped in the lowest level of the Death Stairwell District in the East China Floating Fortress, a forgotten dead end for refugees where survival depends on hunting aberrants for meager supplies. He struggles to stay alive with the help of the Hunter’s Log left behind by his father, who mysteriously disappeared three years ago, leaving only the ominous last words: “Beneath the walls, don’t look down.” To survive and discover the truth behind his father’s disappearance, Lu Bufan risks 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Death of Entertainment, God

20. 870 地 Earth: Why Me?! I Just Want to Live! 地球：为什么是我！我只想活着！ NetskyLVEastern Fantasy123k WordsCompleted An ordinary young man on the brink of death awakens the ability to travel freely between two worlds: a modern city with scarce spiritual qi and the apocalyptic wasteland of “Nine Heavens Cloudwild,” where spiritual energy runs rampant. He trades cheap modern goods for priceless spiritual materials in Nine Heavens, making enormous profits and advancing his cultivation at astonishing speed. When the spiritual qi revival sweeps the globe and forces from beyond the borders begin to stir, Lin Chen ha 5Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 871 大 As a Freshman, I Use Wi-Fi to Practice the Five Elements Arts 大一新生我靠WiFi练五行术法 NetskyLVUrban132k WordsOngoing Lin Xuan Shu, an ordinary boy from a traditional medicine clinic, suddenly receives an admission letter from the Heavenly Dao Academy, a top cultivation school. His special innate Dao body causes his spiritual-root test to go haywire and prevents him from drawing qi into his body, making him an oddity at the academy. With his grandfather’s hidden past, the discreet protection of Dean Mo Xing Zhou, and the secret companionship of the aloof Su Ying Xue, he breaks the rules of cultivation and pract 3Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 872 五 Five-Ha: The Top Songwriter Is Exposed by Tian Xiwei 五哈：顶级曲爹，被田夕薇曝光了 Rotten Wood in the Sun日上朽木Urban485k WordsOngoing [Entertainment + celebrities + Five Ha + Tian Xiwei + livestream + revelations + secret identities exposed + variety show + System] Zhang Mu transmigrates to a parallel world and discovers that it’s almost identical to his previous one, except that all the entertainment works from his former world are missing. Using the pen name “Fan Hua,” he transcribes songs from his old world and sells them to entertainment companies for royalties. “Night Song,” “A Life of My Own,” “Life Like Summer Flowers,” 704Reads5.4Score103Shelves

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    So cool! Looks good all the time

23. 873 双 A Double Crossing to Make a Fortune in Republican-Era China 双穿之民国淘金 Striving to Stay Alive8888努力活着8888Urban3.3M WordsOngoing Li Xiaren had spent 25 years as a wage slave, living at the bottom of society and crushed by the pressure of making ends meet. No matter how hard he worked to earn money, he still couldn't afford a home of his own. Even his longtime girlfriend left him. Downhearted, he finally managed to collect the wages he'd been owed and planned to head to Tian Shang Ren Jian for a stuffed flatbread. But who could have guessed? A ball of lightning struck him and sent him straight back to a turbulent era. More 664Reads7.7Score135Shelves

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    Set off at this time

24. 874 两 Traveling Between Two Worlds: The 1970s 两界穿梭之七零年代 Trying to Stay Alive2努力活着2Urban3.2M WordsOngoing Wu Xiaoyao is a working-class nobody, a corporate drudge who likes to unwind by grilling skewers and letting loose whenever he has a bit of free time. But an out-of-control dump truck sends him hurtling back to the fiery age of the 1970s. What surprises him is that he can travel back and forth between the seventies and 2025. Two completely different eras now lie before him. 143Reads7.6Score—Shelves
25. 875 两 Traveling Between Two Worlds: The Red-Hot Years 两界穿梭之火红年代 Trying to Stay Alive 999努力活着999Urban2.9M WordsOngoing Li Xiaren is an ordinary office worker, trudging through grueling days that start at eight in the morning and end at midnight. One day, after finally getting several months of back pay, he plans to give himself a well-deserved break. Who could have guessed that eating a grilled kidney for no apparent reason would send him back to the 1970s when he woke up? Luckily, he discovers he can return to 2025, and so two completely different eras open up before him!!! 264Reads7.6Score101Shelves
26. 876 双 Twin Rivers: Bloodbath in Republican-Era Shanghai 双川民国之沪上血战 Good Luck Keeps Coming好运不断Urban2.6M WordsOngoing Su Tianci has spent 25 years as a working stiff. After leaving the military, he has the job he earned stolen by someone with power and influence. His attempts to seek justice come to nothing, and with the other side's overwhelming influence, he has no choice but to become a delivery driver. Who could have guessed that while performing a good deed, he'd be struck by a heavy truck and sent straight to the Republican era? Then his transmigration golden finger turns out to let him travel between the 208Reads7.2Score149Shelves
27. 877 团 With 30 Seconds Left in the Group Livestream, a Retired Bigwig Showered Me with Gifts Across the Platform 团播倒数30秒，隐退大佬为我刷爆全服 Li Limuzi李李木子17k WordsCompleted Thirty Seconds Left in the Group Livestream: The Retired Big Shot Spends Big on Me Across the Whole Server —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It seems like I knocked on CP

28. 878 顶 Top-Tier Star's Secret Code: Mr. Jiang's Beloved Can't Stay Hidden 顶流暗号：江总的心尖宠藏不住了 Li Limuzi李李木子11k WordsCompleted Top-Tier Star’s Secret Signal: President Jiang’s Cherished One Can No Longer Be Kept Hidden 1Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 879 四 Siheyuan: Infinite Creation in My World 四合院之我的世界无限创造 Little Penguin Butterfly-Stroking in a Cesspit小企鹅粪坑蝶泳Male-Channel Fanfiction2.0M WordsOngoing Invincible! Pure wish fulfillment! If it doesn't satisfy you, you don't pay! Chen Tian was playing Minecraft at home when he unexpectedly transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard. There, he obtained the ultimate authority to create without limits in Minecraft, allowing him to reshape the world around him at will. As he transformed more and more places, the energy fed back by this authority kept changing his body, making him invincible. Don't like the little Japanese? Wipe out their 5.2kReads5.8Score258Shelves

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    Promote a courtyard house!

30. 880 兵 Marching Out of the Ten Thousand Mountains to Reclaim Our Homeland and Expand Our Borders 兵出十万大山，复故土拓新疆 The Twenty-Five-Thousand-Li Long March二万五千里长征路Historical828k WordsOngoing Liu Yongfu went up the mountain to gather firewood. In a dream, an old man told him that he was a mighty general who should defend his home and protect his people. When he woke, he also had a new set of memories from the future. Liu Yongfu decided that, besides defending his homeland, he should find the Han people a place to settle, help them survive more than a decade of war and natural disasters, and fight against imperialism... [Some parts of this story take liberties with history, or happen 4.1kReads—Score239Shelves

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    The male protagonist is reborn to regain his homeland and build a Han world for the people.

31. 881 回 After the College Entrance Exam, I Used My Foresight to Become a Tycoon 回到高考后，利用先知成富豪 The Twenty-Five-Thousand-Li Long March二万五千里长征路Urban841k WordsCompleted By a twist of fate, Chen Feiyu returns to the day after his class reunion, held after the college entrance exam. Using his information advantage, he makes up for past regrets. From the start, he sets his sights on the Brazil World Cup to earn his first fortune, then uses his expertise and memories to grow his money in the stock market. He also keeps in touch with his high school crush and his senior from university, wins the hearts of both beauties, and becomes a winner in life! 2.5kReads—Score130Shelves
32. 882 让 You Asked Me to Make a Movie, Not Steal the Goddess! 让你拍片，你撬神仙姐姐？ Seraph 1980炽天使1980Urban546k WordsCompleted The male lead, Chen Mo, travels back to 2002 and finds himself at the Beijing Film Academy. Watch as he uses his foresight and vast memory of future entertainment resources to build his own entertainment empire, one step at a time. 153Reads5.1Score143Shelves
33. 883 陪 The Mother Who Came Along as a Student Is a Teacher 陪读妈妈是老师 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban266k WordsCompleted [Urban wish fulfillment] [Multiple heroines] [Superstar] [Older woman] [Auntie] [Fiancee] [Everyday realism] [Nuclear apocalypse] The male lead is sent back to the past after a nuclear explosion. 35Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Modern daily cool works by Wenxi.

34. 884 重 Reborn in the Star Empire 重生之星光帝国 Lonely Wandering Spirit寂寞游神Urban377k WordsOngoing In his previous life, he was an obscure director who never got his big break. One day, he woke up in 1990, the year he turned six. Armed with memories of the next thirty-six years, Lin Yichen started out in a small county in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. He helped his mother turn her street stall into a success, made his first fortune investing in subscription certificates, shorted the market during the Asian financial crisis, and bought the dip at just the right time during the dot-com bubble. He enter —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's very good to introduce one to the other

35. 885 全 Global Entertainment: Starting with Blue and White Porcelain 全球文娱：从青花瓷开始 Xiao Jie Ping晓杰萍Urban769k WordsCompleted Ye Chen, an ordinary young man, accidentally transmigrated to a parallel world with highly advanced technology but an extreme lack of culture and the arts. Fortunately, he bound himself to the "Cultural Treasury System," which unlocked Earth's cultural resources whenever he completed a mission. He shot to fame after stunning everyone with "Blue and White Porcelain" at a school performance. Then he founded a cultural media company and brought classic Earth films and TV shows to this other world. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 886 重 Reborn in Chinese Showbiz: Above the Penthouse 重生华娱：顶楼之上 Little Shangshang小殇殇呀Urban483k WordsCompleted After the awards ceremony, Lu Chen walks up to the rooftop alone. His phone vibrates seven times. Seven messages, from seven different people. He doesn’t rush to read them. He tilts his head back and gazes at the star-filled sky. In his previous life, he looked up at that same sky from his rented room, convinced the whole world had abandoned him. Now he knows he has the whole world. He lowers his eyes to his phone Yang Mi: “Are you free tonight? I’ll be waiting at our usual place.” Reba: 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    So sweet? Or Shura Field?

37. 887 魔 The Demon Lord Is Reborn, Possesses a Newborn, and Takes Over the Entertainment Sect, Starting a Cultivation of Love 魔主重生夺舍初生娱乐门主创合欢 Wenwu Binbin文武彬彬Urban339k WordsCompleted (No System, Multiple Heroines, Neither Good Nor Evil, Urban, High Martial Arts, Entertainment, Political Intrigue) In his previous life, he was hailed as the Lord of the Joyous Union Demons, but his body was destroyed and his soul left shattered in the war between the righteous and demonic factions. After wandering for a thousand years, on the verge of vanishing forever, he possessed Chen Maoshao, a dying man with an innate chaotic holy body. In this life, by day he is a rising top-tier star in 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Potential new work [Like]

38. 888 一 I Woke Up Seven Years Later as a Movie Star, Married to a Goddess 一觉醒来七年后，成了影帝娶天仙 Fierce Verse狠诗Urban460k WordsCompleted “Teacher Lu, this is the new script you promised me last night. You can’t go back on your word~” After waking from a night of heavy drinking, Lu Yunchuan found himself lying in a hotel bed, with rising starlet Lin Qianqian nestled in his arms, one shoulder bare and her every move teasingly seductive. Before he could figure out what kind of shady deal this was, the door burst open with a bang! The woman standing in the doorway wore no makeup and had on a windbreaker washed until it had faded, yet 135Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A young man who traveled through time for seven years turned out to be a scumbag reviled by the entire internet. He also married a fairy and gave birth to twins? Lu Yunchuan changed his mind and vowed to pamper the fairy sister who was dragged off the altar by him back to the top. This counterattack in the entertainment industry is so exciting!

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