Showbiz Novels About Directors 娱乐圈导演文

55 华 Chinese Showbiz: Reborn, Tianxian, Don't Run Away! 华娱：重生归来，天仙同学别跑 Potato Dumpling Candy土豆丸子糖Urban804k WordsOngoing (Showbiz Director Novel) (Writes Books First, Directs Later) (Not Much Drama or Thrills! Don't Read If That's Not Your Thing) (A Slow-Burn Story! Not a Doormat Romance!) After Zhang Mingqing was bullied by the Great Fortune Immortal Venerable in 2026, he opened his eyes to find himself back in 2000, at the age of fifteen. He had a golden finger, but he'd stolen it! And it was defective! Thankfully, he still had the memories of his past life! He planned to make money by writing books first and b 41.7kReads8.2Score4kShelves

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Director's essay, write the book first, direct later, Palme d'Or

56 华 Chinese Showbiz: You Can't Imagine How Much Fun Being a Director Is 华娱：导演的快乐你想象不到 Deep-Fried Husky油炸哈士奇Urban437k WordsCompleted When Zhao Fan wakes up, he finds the world unchanged, and the people still the same. But some films that should have existed... have vanished. A senior in the directing program at Beijing Film Academy, he looks at the Chinese entertainment industry of 2003 and silently takes a drag from his cigarette. Since nobody has made Parasite, Inception has gone unnoticed, and the script for Let the Bullets Fly is still locked in a drawer... Then he won’t stand on ceremony. From Venice to Cannes, from the 382Reads—Score—Shelves

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They are all harem stories written by the director

59 重 Reborn: I Marry Big Pear Girl from the Start 重生：开局就娶大梨子 Fireside Talks at Night举火夜话Urban913k WordsCompleted (Rebirth) + (Business) + (Entertainment Industry) + (Variety Shows Later On) + (Easygoing Life) + (No Angst, No Pay-to-Win) + (Celebrity Romance) Leave half your brain at the door while reading. 7kReads7.3Score223Shelves

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I highly recommend these two books. Everyone should read them. They are quite good so far and I can give them a five-star rating. !

63 娱 Godfather of the Entertainment Industry 娱乐圈教父 Heading North向北Urban3.0M WordsCompleted A down-and-out keyboardist breathes his last in a hospital bed. From playing accompaniment in dance halls at sixteen to scraping by in Sanlitun at thirty-two, he'd tasted every sweetness and hardship life had to offer. When he opens his eyes, he's back in Northeast China in 2002. His young body houses a heart weathered by life's vicissitudes, along with classic melodies that shouldn't exist until the future. No System or cheat ability, just a lifetime's worth of musical talent and experience. In 45.3kReads9.2Score4.3kShelves

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From a nightclub bit player to the godfather of the entertainment industry, he spent twenty years of blood and tears in exchange for a life of cheating! Spanning the film and business worlds: making his debut as an emperor, making his debut as a god, cutting leeks during the financial crisis, but building a philanthropic empire at his peak. This is not a cheating article, but a legendary epic written by the godfather of the entertainment industry with blood and wisdom - see how the grassroots stepped on their destiny into a red carpet and made the entire era his award podium!

65 重 Reborn in Hong Kong: Building the World's Strongest Film and TV Empire 重生港岛：打造全球最强影视帝国 No Wearing Worn-Out Socks不穿破袜子Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Showbiz + Antics System + Unstoppable rise + No clowns + Taking over the global film industry] An accident sends Chen Sheng reborn to Hong Kong Island in the 1990s. After watching Ke Dadan leap over the Great Wall, Chen Sheng awakens the “Extreme Antics” System. “Walking a tightrope between the Twin Towers” and “jumping the Yellow River in a car.” Chen Sheng shocks the world with his stunts. Titanic, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Avengers... The movies Chen Sheng makes crush Hollywood time and 4.8kReads7.2Score249Shelves

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From a nightclub bit player to the godfather of the entertainment industry, he spent twenty years of blood and tears in exchange for a life of cheating! Spanning the film and business worlds: making his debut as an emperor, making his debut as a god, cutting leeks during the financial crisis, but building a charity empire at his peak. This is not a cheating article, but a legendary epic written by the godfather of the entertainment industry with blood and wisdom - see how the grassroots stepped on their destiny into a red carpet and made the entire era his award podium!

68 特 Tokusatsu King: I Inherited an Anime Studio 特摄天王：我继承了一家动漫公司 Old Cat Cat老猫CatUrban1.8M WordsCompleted Ning Yi transmigrates to a world starved of entertainment, and starts out a classic orphan! What he never expected was to have a second granduncle, who left him an animation studio. If he can save the studio from bankruptcy, he’ll inherit three hundred billion! In a world without tokusatsu, Ning Yi goes against the grain, bringing one tokusatsu series after another into the spotlight! Armor Hero: For the dream in our hearts, we fight through blood and sweat like a fierce gale! Ultraman: That day 10.6kReads9.1Score712Shelves

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This book is beautiful [laughs][laughs]

71 开 From the Start: Rising from Good Voice Contestant to King of World Music 开局好声音从国风歌手到世界天王 Heart-Hunting Scoundrel猎心贼肝Urban2.5M WordsCompleted [Entertainment, daily life, one female lead, sweet romance, competition, charity] Five chapters updated punctually every day at midnight. Come by and follow along! Against the backdrop of a cultural war, Xiao Bang, who transmigrates and returns from studying abroad, draws on the entertainment culture of the entire Earth. Together with his friends, he competes on the international stage and rises to become the greatest superstar. His current titles include God of Song, Guqin Master, Piano Master, 38.9kReads9.0Score3kShelves

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⭐⭐⭐Book 1 After Chopin woke up in the practice room, he found that he had traveled through time. With the memory and merit system of his previous life, how much shock could he bring to the entertainment industry of this world? This book is a standard group portrait in the entertainment industry. The later stage is the background of the cultural war. The protagonists include singers, actors, directors, screenwriters, and variety shows. There is joy, seriousness, and justice for family and country. The author chose the songs well.

72 从 Starting from Scratch: A Director's Journey 从负开始：导演生涯 Jiang Jiajun江佳俊Urban195k WordsOngoing If you had the chance to start over, could you become a good director? What if I gave you another chance to transmigrate, gave you a System, and paved the way for you in every respect? 15Reads—Score—Shelves

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Try these two

74 1 1980: My Era of Cinema 1980：我的电影时代 I'm Really an Innocent Young Man我真是纯情大男孩Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Multiple heroines + check-ins + filmmaking + male actor “Art should serve the people.” That’s the original purpose of art, so I love telling stories to the people! One summer, Zhang Hua, a short-form drama director, arrives in an era that feels both strange and familiar~ 3kReads6.9Score143Shelves

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Self-directed, self-acted, period piece,!!!!

75 突 After Failing to Break Through to Nascent Soul, I Pursue Immortality 突破元婴失败，我追求天仙 Potato Dumpling Candy土豆丸子糖Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Entertainment Industry One Female Lead: Liu Yifei (If you don’t like it, don’t read) (No romantic entanglements, one person for life.) In 2002, Zhang Mianqing was reborn. “When other people are reborn, they rush to change the world. When he was reborn, all he wanted was to keep the starlight in her eyes shining forever.” “From their carefree youth to the pinnacle of cinema, they walked hand in hand, and together they were the perfect script.” Actor, director, award-winning actor, regular on th 13.4kReads6.6Score1.2kShelves

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The heroine Liu Yifei

77 改 The Reform Era's Spring Breeze Sweeps the Land, and My Village Gala Makes Us Proud 改革春风吹满地，我办村晚真争气 Supergod Fish超神鱼儿Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [No cookie-cutter content! Original comedy sketches and crosstalk! If it doesn't make you laugh, you get your money back!] Su Yang transmigrates into the youngest director at a TV station. His show is too funny, too shallow, and not sentimental enough, so he's fired on the spot. On New Year's Eve, every channel is full of lectures about making dumplings, getting married, and having children. He heads back to his village, where he awakens the [God-Tier Director System]. Funding? The whole village 1.1kReads8.8Score106Shelves

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Director system.

78 0 A 2002-Born Starlet in Full Bloom 02年女星花开正艳 Ming Wei明卫Urban1.7M WordsCompleted I achieved nothing in my previous life, so this time I should go all out. The actresses are gorgeous, and it’d be such a shame to miss my chance. Even with only 40,000 yuan, I can make movies, invest in companies, trade stocks, and short-sell. I want both beautiful women and money. 7.7kReads7.4Score327Shelves

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Director's article to kill time

83 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Urban688k WordsOngoing [Entertainment industry] [Reborn] [Comeback in entertainment] [Sweet romance with one heroine] [Business empire] Chen Mo transmigrates to Blue Star in 2011 and becomes a poor, third-rate director. He thinks he has the worst possible start, but his future mother-in-law, Liu Xiaoli, whom he has never even met, unexpectedly awakens memories of the future! In Liu Xiaoli's memories, she breaks up Chen Mo and her daughter, Liu Yifei. Chen Mo then marries Yang Mi after she relentlessly pursues him. In 8.9kReads5.2Score653Shelves

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They are all directorial works in the entertainment industry, highly recommended.

85 华 Chinese Showbiz: Daily Life of a Top-Tier Star and Rising Actresses 华娱：顶流大佬和小花们的日常 Hot Dry Noodles with Egg Liqueur热干面拌蛋酒Urban2.3M WordsOngoing [Modern Entertainment Industry + Rebirth] + [Careful Timeline] + [All-Round Top-Tier Star] + [Business Tycoon] + [Multidimensional Characters] + [Solid Logic] Reborn with the script of the future in his hands, Zhou Huairen sets out to dominate both the Chinese entertainment industry and the world of capital! He founds Chayan Yue Se, Xinghe Films, Xingguang Media, Xingkong Interactive... and invests in ByteDance, miHoYo... He signs all kinds of rising actresses, and every move Zhou Huairen makes 31.8kReads6.8Score1.9kShelves

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It doesn't look good, I eat my cell phone

86 华 Chinese Showbiz: From 2002 to Legendary Stardom 华娱：从02年开始走向传奇 The Stolen Melon Is Truly Sweet强扭的瓜真甜Urban1.7M WordsOngoing [Only female lead: Liu Yifei] Zhou Chen, the “Copy God” of China’s entertainment industry, has never won an award. After twenty years of hard work, he finally wins Best Director at Cannes in 2024, reaching the pinnacle of world cinema! He wakes up drunk after the celebration banquet, only to discover he’s been reborn in 2002, on the day he received his acceptance letter to the acting program at Beijing Film Academy. 48.9kReads7.3Score2.9kShelves

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This one is good!

87 开 The Palme d'Or From the Start 开局金棕榈 All My Thoughts Are in the Basket心事全在篮子上Urban679k WordsCompleted This is all typed by hand, guys. It’s not AI-generated. AI wouldn’t make as many typos as I do... (Traditional Chinese showbiz) (Director) (One female lead, Liu Tianxian) (Fun-loving) (Offbeat) (Internationally acclaimed director) (Fast-paced) Wins Europe’s three major film awards within 40 chapters. Sun Qian lived into his thirties before figuring out what he liked and what he was good at. He went from being a film critic to becoming a video blogger whose movie breakdowns rivaled film-school an 4.7kReads6.3Score166Shelves

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New book, seedlings, fast-paced, unsystematic, not verbose, the protagonist has a strong character, he won't make any youth movies after winning awards abroad, he won't cross borders, he won't do business, he'll just be a director.

88 开 From the Start, My Words Became Law, and Every Actress Fell for Me 开局言出法随女明星们都沦陷了 Fa Da发炟Urban2.3M WordsCompleted [Chinese Entertainment Industry] [Stars] [Plenty of Variety Shows] [Keep Running] [Bai Lu] [Multiple Heroines] [Back to Field] [Challenges] [Peak] [The Inn] Chen Cheng transmigrated to a parallel world that was similar, yet not quite the same, and became an entertainer who had trained for two and a half years and been in the industry for two and a half years. After awakening the Great Entertainer System, he had his entire fortune wiped out on the spot and drew a skill that was both incredibly po 22.8kReads7.5Score1.9kShelves

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In the entertainment industry, he writes cool and funny articles, mainly variety shows, with many female protagonists, and he also works as a director.

89 这 This Big-Time Director Can Do It All! 这个大导演啥都会！ Top Grades全绩佳Urban206k WordsCompleted [Read with confidence, no need to turn off your brain] A director who treated filmmaking as a hobby dies suddenly, then is reborn in 2003 as a rich, spoiled second-generation student at the Beijing Film Academy. In this life, he’ll do things differently! After seven days in seclusion, he makes the future hit Night Shop his own! He earns a million before even filming a frame! He makes a name for himself by riding on a famous director’s reputation, then signs a team of future superstars! Everyone 447Reads5.4Score—Shelves

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This one is pretty good

90 混 Making My Way in Showbiz, Bringing Warmth to the Actresses 混在娱乐圈，给女明星们送温暖 Dreams Come True梦想会成真Urban2.1M WordsCompleted Director Chen the Good Samaritan is generous and kind, and loves nothing more than showering female stars with kindness. But the enchantresses and celestial maidens are always trying to remake the soul of this great benefactor. The threads cannot be untangled; the more they wind around each other, the more tangled they become. 5.6kReads6.4Score296Shelves

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It can also be regarded as a director's article, promoting the script "To and From the Earth", filming a stainless steel rocket that can be recycled and launched, turning a science fiction film into a documentary, it can be said to be quite amusing!

91 港 Hong Kong Showbiz: I Hired You as a Lawyer, So Why Are You Making Movies? 港娱：让你当律师，你去拍电影？ Longbow Drinking the Moon长弓饮月Urban472k WordsCompleted Xiao Ran is reborn in Xiangjiang in 1981 as the third young master of a top legal dynasty, a clueless layman when it comes to the law. From the start, he’s headed to Shaw Brothers to play an extra! He may not understand the law, but he knows all about “family connections” and “short-drama pacing”! Who says you need a System to get ahead? He puts on a lawyer’s robe and becomes a director, wielding the law book against hooligans. Before long, he’s turned the entire Xiangjiang entertainment industr 1.8kReads5.8Score119Shelves

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Hong Kong Entertainment Director Articles

92 华 Chinese Showbiz: A Guide to Raising a Top-Tier Star 华娱：顶流养成说明书 A Little Sheep sl一只小羊slUrban278k WordsOngoing [Showbiz + multiple heroines + film and television + System] Lin Chuan is reborn in 2015 and makes his way back into the entertainment industry. His approach, however, is pretty straightforward. “Director Lin, people say you built your company by poaching talent from other companies. What do you have to say?” “That's called the rational flow of talent.” “You criticize Korean pop culture, yet you promote fan-club culture in practice. How do you explain that?” “My colleagues forgot to chant the sl 13.9kReads6.5Score1.6kShelves

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Director's article, that's it

93 娱 The Helmsman of an Entertainment Empire 娱乐帝国掌舵者 Wangshu Yincheng望舒引辰Urban230k WordsCompleted [Reborn in 1996: From Washed-Up Director to the Crown Prince of Beijing’s Elite] When Lin Wangshu, a washed-up 40-year-old director, finishes singing “The Wind Is Rising” at a bar, the gears of fate turn backward, sending him to the new-student welcome stage at Yanjing Film Academy in 1996. This time, he is no longer a poor student nobody cares about. His mother, a real estate tycoon, gives him a wealth of resources, while his father, the head of the Public Security Department, offers him a powe 56Reads—Score—Shelves

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The online drama director was reborn as a freshman at Nortel University in 1996. His mother was a real estate executive. He started filming "Those Years" with the most beautiful Zhao Min, Jia Jingwen and the most beautiful Chang'e Yan Danchen. It's a harem, not a bulldozer. The plot is very compact, without ink, so it's more focused and enjoyable. Watch it to your heart's content.

94 华 Chinese Showbiz: Two Kids Arrive on My Doorstep from the Start! 华娱，开局俩娃送到家！ All My Thoughts Are in the Basket心事全在篮子上Urban337k WordsCompleted [A lighthearted story about the Chinese entertainment industry] [Dad] [Director] [Europe’s Big Three] [Single heroine: Liu Yifei] Jiang Chi is a typical rich second-generation kid born in the eighties. People like him were mostly active after the turn of the millennium, until their parents, who had ridden the wave of the times, went bankrupt... Jiang Chi was lucky. During an era when wealthy investors were pouring money into the entertainment industry, his father arranged a job for him under the 27Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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The protagonist is happy to be a father at the beginning

95 娱 Showbiz: I’m a Rich Second-Generation Heir, and I’m Taking the Entertainment Industry by Storm 娱乐：我一个富二代爆杀内娱 Rain Falls, Heart Clears雨落心晴Urban486k WordsCompleted [Lighthearted Slice of Life + Dating Show + Livestreaming + Entertainment + Multiple Heroines + Feel-Good] Mo Chen transmigrated to another parallel universe as a child and was born into a wealthy, close-knit family. Doted on from a young age, he grew up without any clear ambitions and wanted nothing more than to enjoy life. When he turned eighteen, the sudden arrival of a System added some color to his life, though it seemed no different from not having one at all. His father, Mo Tianlin, could 1.4kReads8.1Score108Shelves

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Urban Love Variety, entertainment in the entertainment industry, director of variety shows, TV series, movies and animations

96 华 Chinese Showbiz: This Is the Joy of Being a Director 华娱：这就是导演的快乐 Dry-Fried King Oyster Mushrooms干煸杏鲍菇Urban262k WordsCompleted BulldozerDirector's TextNo SystemDailyRefreshing TextFast-paced He is a new young talent in the literary world. When he was in middle school, he became a youth literature writer that drove thousands of girls crazy. Later, he frequently published excellent works on suspense, history, science fiction and other themes. Just when everyone was cheering for the birth of a literary giant, he went to the entertainment industry to bomb the fish pond again. Why? Nothing but hope to work more with excellen 283Reads—Score—Shelves

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[Adoration][Adoration] Li Qingxiao traveled back to 2001, was frightened awake by the original owner's family, and was forced to embark on the road of entertainment. Open a company, release an album, become a director? Let's make an album first. Do you think capital is happy?

98 光 Interwoven Light and Shadow: The Parallel Director 光影交织：平行导演 The Breeze Brushes Three Harbors清风拂三港Urban315k WordsCompleted Qin Yuan, the only son of a top family in the capital, leaves home in anger after a complete falling-out with his grandfather, Qin Yueshan, who holds the family's power. He vows to make his own way in the world without relying on his family's support. After an accident, he transmigrates to a parallel world with a vast treasury of entertainment memories from his previous life. Its culture and entertainment industry are similar to his own, yet different and ripe for development. He decides to star 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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The male protagonist leaves the family and makes movies on his own as a director

99 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. 218Reads5.1Score143Shelves

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Directed by Fairy Sister

100 导 Director: Filming Spider-Man From the Start 导演：开局拍摄蜘蛛侠 Year After Year年年哒Urban653k WordsOngoing [Entertainment industry + System + Marvel and DC multiverse + director-focused] [All movie plots are original adaptations. Completed: Spider-Man 1, Batman 1, Spider-Man 2, Superman 1, Iron Man 1, Batman 2. Coming up: The Flash 1, Thor 1.] The System declares Ye Tingfei dead from sudden cardiac arrest, then sends him to a parallel world and binds him to the “Director System, Boss Edition”! [Ding-ding! Newbie mission: Make Spider-Man and earn over 2 billion at the box office. Fail, and you’ll be l 350Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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