Entertainment Industry, Chinese Showbiz, Directors, Business Wars, Courtyard Houses, Primordial Era 娱乐圈，华娱，导演，商战，四合院，洪荒
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- 51 Chinese Showbiz: The Right Way for a Returning Top-Tier Star to Make a Comeback 华娱：归国顶流的正确打开方式 [Reborn + Multiple Heroines + No System] [The rating just came out and will go up!] In 2014, Su Chen awakened memories of his previous life and decisively left EXO to return to China, ushering in the era of mega-popular stars in Chinese entertainment. First, under the alias King, he competed on The Masked Singer. With one classic hit after another, he swept the music scene and secured his place as the top artist in mainland Chinese music. At the same time, he crossed over into film and starred i 199.3kReads8.5Score20.9kShelves
- 52 Chinese Showbiz: Reborn, I Just Want to Become a Top-Tier Star and Make Money 华娱：重生的我只想当顶流搞钱 A sales industry workhorse who had been grinding away for ten years had just landed a two-hundred-million-yuan deal, but before he could collect his eight-million commission, he blinked and was reborn in 2016 in the body of a man with the same name. He may have lost the eight million, but he gained a younger body and a face so handsome it was almost unfair. Facing the golden age of the entertainment industry, Wu Feng curled his lips into a crooked grin. Go work like a donkey at some big company? 911Reads5.0Score346Shelves
- 53 Chinese Showbiz: The Strictest Mentor to the Post-85 Stars 华娱：85花最严厉的教父 I picked a terrible title. This isn't a Liu Bei story. Recommended for readers 30 and up. Showbiz and business, very slow-paced, with Yang Mi as the female lead. If that's not your thing, proceed with caution. P.S. No System, no superhuman memory, no powerful connections. A purely realistic story. Back in 2008, Lin Qidong enters the game through car rentals, using a capitalist's perspective to make his way through China's entertainment industry. There are plenty of juicy stories from back then 494Reads8.4Score118Shelves
- 54 Showbiz: The Traffic King 华娱之流量天王 [A veteran Huayu writer from a certain web-fiction site + multiple heroines] [The rating just came out, so don’t take it too seriously. Come see if it’s to your taste.] Before the battle for top-tier stars in 2014, entertainment reporter Piao Jingming transmigrates. The good news: He transmigrated. The bad news: He’s a K-pop trainee. Making his debut in Korea is out of the question. Why do that when he could return home and grab a foothold before the battle for top-tier stars? That would be much 2.8kReads6.8Score119Shelves
- 55 B-Movie Director: From Picking Fights in Chinese Showbiz to Hollywood 烂片导演：从内娱碰瓷到好莱坞 [Entertainment Industry] [Director Fiction] [Mindless Wish Fulfillment] [Not a Single One] [Hilarious and Unhinged] [Movie Hero Universe] Lin Yuan made a movie called King of Kung Tian, blatantly copying King of Kung Fu, and was promptly blacklisted by Huayi. Unwilling to give up, he made another film, The City Brims with Golden Armor, copying Curse of the Golden Flower, and was once again met with a joint boycott led by Master Zhang. Since he couldn't make it in China's entertainment industry, 26.9kReads6.8Score1.7kShelves
- 56 Chinese Showbiz: Conquering the Entertainment Industry Through Photography 华娱：从摄影开始玩转娱乐圈 [Entertainment Industry] [Multiple Heroines] [Photography] [System] [2004] Xu Lang, a portrait photographer, is reborn in 2004 and obtains the “God-Tier Photography System.” From the moment he enters Beijing Film Academy, he makes a grand vow: He will photograph every one of the entertainment industry’s hottest actresses! … Also known as: “Chinese Entertainment: I Hear Photographers Are Popular in the Industry?” “Ladies Born in the ’80s, I Really Just Want to Take Your Portraits” “I Took Their 77.5kReads7.1Score9.7kShelves
- 57 Reborn in Entertainment: This Top-Tier Star Has the Achievements to Prove It 重生文娱：这个顶流有实绩 [Resource-backed] [Career-focused] [Scheming] [Fighting for billing order] [Not mindless] [Calculating male lead] [Slow burn] [Fashion] [Realistic] [...] Reborn into a new life, he still has a face this handsome. Encouraged by his family, he decides to experience the dazzling darkness of the entertainment industry for himself. This is a realistic novel, not a mindless power fantasy about an overpowered protagonist. It is not a wish-fulfillment story either. If you like a fast pace, this one isn' 107.6kReads8.6Score7.2kShelves
- 58 Chinese Showbiz: Starting with a Breakup 华娱：从分手开始 [Chinese Showbiz] [Multiple heroines] [No System] [Male lead is not a native of this world] They say that once a circle gets big enough, you’ll find every kind of person in it. Liu Haoyu, a graduate of the acting department at the Beijing Film Academy, wants to see for himself what kinds of people can be found in the dazzling, bizarre world of showbiz. … After transmigrating back to early 2015, with Enlight Media reaching into film, television, and music, the era of traffic-driven celebrity in 4.4kReads6.3Score187Shelves
- 59 Chinese Showbiz: The Rising Stars Are Desperate to Get Ahead 华娱：小花们太想进步了 After more than a decade of struggling at the bottom, trainee Fang Huai opened his eyes and found himself back in 2014. That was the year the age of celebrity traffic began, with the “Four Returning Idols” just starting to take the industry by storm. That was the year the four leading actresses born in the ’80s were at their peak, while a new generation of starlets had yet to make their mark. Fang Huai discovered that whenever he had a meaningful interaction with an actress, he could obtain a my 5.8kReads6.1Score292Shelves
- 60 A Second Life: I Reign Supreme in the World of Investing! 重活一世，我在投资赛道称王！ The rating just came out, but it'll go up later! Pea Cake, Yinlang, Ele.me, Didi, Pinduoduo, mobile internet, new energy, the AI sector! “Investing is about investing in people. Growing alongside the best is the most interesting thing of all!” Those were the words spoken by Lu Yao, founder of Jingzhe Capital, at the 2020 Economic Figures of the Year awards ceremony. Reborn in 2009, watch as Lu Yao takes the investment path once more! And becomes the next generation's investment tycoon! 79.4kReads7.3Score6.5kShelves
- 61 The Golden Age of Chinese Entertainment 华娱之黄金时代 [No System + Multiple Heroines + Close to Reality + Accurate Timeline] Synopsis: Now that you’ve been reborn, why get mixed up in the Chinese entertainment industry? No money, no influence, no connections, and always at risk of getting exposed! Only an idiot would go into it! (Aunties are part of the story. If you don’t like that, don’t read.) 18.6kReads8.2Score1.4kShelves
- 62 Showbiz: The Growth of a Rising Star 娱乐：小花成长记 (A contemporary entertainment-industry starlet story, with everyday life and a semi-ensemble cast, multiple heroines, romance, and a cultivation-style rise to stardom.) Liu Ji transmigrates to a parallel world and struggles for 18 years before finally awakening his System. Unfortunately, the System has run out of energy, and he can only venture into the entertainment industry with its remaining functions. The entertainment industry has yet to be ruled by traffic stars. The future top-tier starle 964Reads6.2Score263Shelves
- 63 One Song Made Me a Hit in America: I'm a Global Top-Tier Star 一首歌爆红美利坚，我，全球顶流 In 2014, Chen Cheng transmigrates! When his name takes over the global trending charts, a single post announcing his return to China sets the internet ablaze: Chinese music scene, are you ready to welcome your god?! His song “See You Again” debuts on the Billboard Hot 100 and claims the number-one spot for eight consecutive weeks, smashing the record held by Western artists and making Chinese pop music ring out across the globe! From dominating the Billboard charts, to reigning supreme at the Am 9.5kReads7.0Score401Shelves
- 64 Chinese Entertainment: I Became a Tycoon by Investing in Artists 华娱，我靠投资艺人成首富 [Multiple Heroines] + [Entertainment Industry] + [Chinese Showbiz] + [System] + [Reborn] + [All-Rounder] (The rating just came out and will rise later.) [Current heroines: Li Yitong, Li Qin, Nazha, Reba, Dudu, and Tianxian] Reborn in 2010, Li Xianyu binds himself to an investment System. He dives headfirst into the entertainment industry, signing one future top-tier star after another. A dance major becomes a Hundred Flowers Award-winning actress, a young woman from Xinjiang lands a leading role 40.6kReads6.7Score3.8kShelves
- 65 Ruling the Chinese Entertainment Scene, Starting with Tian Qing, My Childhood Friend 纵横华娱从小田青梅开始 [Chinese Entertainment + Multiple Heroines + No System + Realistic Timeline] [No System doesn't mean there are no cheats. A System is one kind of cheat, but not the only kind.] [The heroines and supporting female characters will play little mind games and scheme against each other. Easily upset fans should steer clear.] [There will be lots of older women. Readers who prefer the female leads to be completely untouched should steer clear. If you won't enjoy it and leave a bad review, I won't enjoy 66.2kReads8.4Score8.7kShelves
- 66 Back in the Entertainment Industry, I Steal Every Top-Tier Star's Spotlight 重回娱乐圈，抢光所有顶流饭碗 After ten years as an actor, he still hadn't made it. Gu Xun was reborn. So what if he didn't have a System? More than ten years of experience was plenty. “I'm a director. Want to act in a movie?” Gu Xun casually slipped his hands into his pockets without even looking up. “We'll see.” Those two words, “we'll see,” brought a Best Actor into the world of entertainment. An Elephant Sitting Still made him a legend overnight. After watching the footage, the director fell silent for three minutes, the 5.7kReads—Score365Shelves
- 67 Chinese Showbiz Begins with Video Games 华娱从电子游戏开始 [Multiple Heroines] [9095 Flowers] [A Slower Pace] Transmigrators in the entertainment industry have done it all, from extras to supporting actors to leads, from screenwriters to directors to producers, and from production companies to distributors to investors. Chen Zhaoye takes a different path, starting with video games, the ninth art, and crossing over with the dual blockbuster formula of “games + music” to forge his own way. [Tian Xiwei, Zhang Ruonan, Dilraba Dilmurat, Liu Haocun, Zhou Ye, 1.5kReads5.6Score104Shelves
- 68 Chinese Showbiz 2005: I Call the Shots in Beijing's Power Circle 华娱2005：京圈我做主 In 2005, on the eve of Chinese-language film and television’s impending rise, a young man strides forward with his head held high and raises his voice: “If Chinese showbiz is in chaos, the Beijing circle calls the shots. If the Beijing circle is in chaos, I, Cao Jing, call the shots.” “I came to Chinese showbiz for three things:” “Fairness, fairness, and TOM’s fairness.” “Art, art, and TOM’s art.” “Actresses, actresses, and... no, wait. Shishi, Bingbing, Mimi, Nini, Yaoyao... Let me explain. 8.4kReads6.0Score478Shelves
- 69 Chinese Showbiz: A Top-Tier Star Begins by Checking In at Qingcheng Mountain 华娱：顶流从打卡青城山开始 [Ding! Check-in at Qingcheng Mountain successful. Congratulations, you have received...] [Ding! Check-in at the vocal music classroom successful. Congratulations, you have received...] [Ding! Check-in at the XX production crew successful. Congratulations, you have received...] [Ding! Check-in at Tian Xiwei's heart successful. Congratulations, you have received...] Lin Huai transmigrated to 2016 in a parallel world and obtained a Check-In System. He originally thought he could embark on the path 3kReads5.9Score182Shelves
- 70 Chinese Showbiz: This Director Is a Bit of a Playboy 华娱：这个导演有点浪 [Chinese Showbiz] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Director Story] [A Huge Harem] After an unexpected stroke of luck, Cao Shixian gains memories of the future and earns a recommendation to the Beijing Film Academy through a new-concept essay contest. Chinese-language cinema is now at the height of its story-driven film era. This is its finest hour, and the only period in which Chinese-language cinema has a chance to build global influence. Armed with memories of outstanding films from the future, Cao 15.5kReads6.1Score1.2kShelves
- 71 Showbiz: Nurturing a Rising Star with Capital 娱乐：资本灌养小花 [Rebirth + System + Chinese entertainment industry + tycoon investor + beautiful actresses + wish fulfillment] Back in 2014, he awakens the Entertainment Empire System. Ten million yuan arrives in his account every day! There’s only one requirement: it has to be spent on the entertainment industry! And so, a capital monster that makes the entire industry tremble is born. The Left Ear, Wolf Warrior 2, The Wandering Earth... Running Man, Go Fighting!, Produce Camp... While others are fretting over 10.8kReads5.2Score689Shelves
- 72 From the Start, Forty Million to Help Me Restart My Chinese Entertainment Career 开局四千万，助我重启华娱人生路 [Chinese Showbiz] [Multiple Female Leads] [Behind the Scenes] Li Meng is reborn in 2013, during his freshman year at Beijing Film Academy. From the start, a national soccer team's catastrophic defeat earns him forty million. Armed with memories of his past life, he takes a three-pronged approach: entertainment and film, business investment, and stock holdings, restarting his journey through Chinese showbiz. 17.4kReads6.1Score1.2kShelves
- 73 My Chinese Entertainment Career: Starting by Ripping Off the Americans 我的华娱：从薅美利坚羊毛开始 [Dual Careers in American and Chinese Entertainment | Cashing In on America | Snatching Up Hollywood Blockbusters] Lead Screenwriter + Capital Investor [Multiple Love Interests] [Actresses born in the 1980s and 1990s] In 2026, a struggling screenwriter died suddenly after staying up all night, then transmigrated as Li Hang, a man with the exact same name. After transmigrating to Los Angeles in 2008, Li Hang was faced with a total mess from the start! His predecessor had been expelled from co 26.8kReads7.7Score2.6kShelves
- 74 The Movie Emperor: Surrounded by Actresses and Capital from His Debut 影帝：出道就被女明星和资本包围 [Filmmaking + System + business empires + female stars + entertainment industry + one female lead] Qi Jia unexpectedly obtains an Award-Winning Actor System. As long as he acts on set, he can copy other people's acting skills. To collect acting skills and go from extra to award-winning actor, he takes every role he can get. Anti-Japanese war dramas, cheesy Mary Sue romances, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law dramas, martial arts films, youth dramas, crime thrillers: he takes them all! “Ding! Cop 5.7kReads8.2Score344Shelves
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Chinese Entertainment: The One You Mustn't Miss 华娱之不可错过
Core premise: Cao Kun is reborn in 2002. A former assistant teacher at the Beijing Film Academy, he possesses the capital and prowess of a master seducer. Ruthless and utterly without scruples, he uses film and television projects packed with beautiful women as stepping stones to pursue actresses across the Chinese entertainment industry. Decisive and unscrupulous, he climbs to the top by exploiting the rules and trampling over others’ corpses. Goddesses! Idols! They’re all mine! Get in the car,
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- 76 Showbiz 2005: The Top-Tier Star's Hextech 华娱2005：顶流的海克斯 [System + multiple heroines + romance + career + still updating, with a completed million-word novel already available. Welcome, dear readers!] One morning, Huang Jin woke up to find himself back in 2005, the first year of Chinese showbiz. While everyone else relied on talent and connections, he simply used cheats [Entertainment Hextech System activated] [Beginner's gift: choose one of three Prismatic Hexes!] [Prismatic: King of the Stage: An absolute ruler onstage, guaranteed to deliver unforge 718Reads6.7Score152Shelves
- 77 Who Says Short-Drama Directors Can't Make Movies? 谁说短剧导演不会拍电影 [Multiple heroines] [Success in both the arts and business] Who says a short-form drama director isn’t a real director? With enough funding, short-form directors can make better films than many big-name directors! Gu Huaiyuan, a short-form drama director, is unexpectedly reborn at the dawn of Chinese entertainment in 2002. Armed with a vision and skills far ahead of his time, he cuts a path to success with art films and builds his fortune with commercial films! One masterpiece after another is b 10.1kReads6.1Score476Shelves
- 78 Chinese Showbiz: From Grand Slam Director to the World's Richest Man 华娱：从大满贯导演到世界首富 What is this? What the heck? What does “Gao Yuanyuan's Lucky Necklace” even mean? It can be equipped in the gear slot, but it's a necklace! What am I supposed to do? I can only win her over first. Li Xuan is reborn in the year 2000. At first, he only plans to make one movie and earn enough to buy 40% of Penguin's original shares. He never expects to get a cheat, and it's a powerful one. From film director to entertainment company owner to internet mogul, Li Xuan leaves his mark at every step… Be 20.8kReads7.2Score1.6kShelves
- 79 I Work in Showbiz, So What's This About an Endless Army of Death Warriors? 我混娱乐圈的，无限死士什么鬼？ Su Yuan returns to an era filled with dreams. The moment he steps through the academy gates, a Dead Soldier System suddenly pops up. Su Yuan: “...” “Wait, I'm in the entertainment industry! This isn't my specialty at all!” Should he turn back, lie low for a few years, and become the king behind the scenes, or walk the same road he took before? He resolutely chooses to fulfill the dream he has carried through two lifetimes. But only children think they have to choose just one. Then the story take 430Reads6.2Score—Shelves
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Chinese Film Director: The Whole Village Takes Out Online Loans to Help Me Win the Palme d'Or 华娱导演：全村网贷助我拿金棕榈
The fake story of a director: from the start, he takes a script to his teacher and asks Han Sanping to invest in his film. The real story of a director’s rise: from the start, the whole village pools its money and takes out loans to support his filmmaking! He blends an artistic painting style into his work, and Cannes declares, “Now this is art!” See how the last great Palme d’Or-winning director before the age of celebrity traffic charts a new path for Chinese-language cinema.
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- 81 Chinese Showbiz 2006: I Make Blockbuster Effects with AI 华娱06：我拿Ai手搓特效大片 (The rating just came out, so it'll go up! A veteran artist is still doing everything by hand!) Showbiz, director story, blockbuster special effects, Hollywood Reborn with AI, he knows that when you're out in the world, you get to decide who you are! The self-help guru who made it big in his previous life is ready to give the entertainment industry a little shock! “Why are you babbling about spatial composition and metaphors? Do I need to understand any of that? Just feed the AI a bunch of promp 30.2kReads7.1Score2.4kShelves
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After Failing to Break Through to Nascent Soul, I Pursue Immortality 突破元婴失败，我追求天仙
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
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- 83 Showbiz: The Man Who Only Falls in Love on Screen 娱乐：只在荧幕里恋爱的男人 1.3kReads7.3Score110Shelves
- 84 Showbiz: I Got Drunk and Asked for a Baby, and Sister Mi Called Me Her Husband? 娱乐：醉后求子，蜜姐喊我老公？ After transmigrating to a parallel world, Yan Weiming unexpectedly activates a sign-in System. To make ends meet, he drives at night, only to run into a drunk Yang Mi, who immediately calls him “husband”! The next day, Yang Mi feels like her whole world has collapsed… 6.5kReads6.6Score383Shelves
- 85 Hong Kong Movies: From the Start, I Borrow Five Million from Ba Bi 港片，开局找巴闭借五百万 [Feel-good power fantasy] [Multiple heroines] [If anyone picks a fight, hit back] [Hot-blooded] Gu Fei transmigrated into a Hong Kong crime-film universe and became a low-level underling of “Firefighting Role Model” Keung. When trouble came, the boss stepped in. When there was a pretty girl, he went after her himself. With the help of a sign-in System and the five million he swindled from Ba Bi, he rode the tide of the times and rose to power. From “Handsome Fei,” a nobody in the underworld, to 63.8kReads8.2Score4.2kShelves
- 86 Film Tourism: Taking the Celestial Beauty to Find Xu Hongdou 影视旅游：带着天仙去找许红豆 A Tour Group for Iconic Scenes: Taking the protagonists of various shows on trips through the productions they starred in. The protagonist, Xia Shiyi, is a tour guide who leads trips across worlds. On his tours, you can see Liu Tianxian setting fire to horse manure in Yunmiao Village, Pengpeng livestreaming a birdwatching trip beneath the moon, and Maimai wandering through The Wandering Earth… You can also see Nazha form a band with Ding Jianguo… 11.5kReads7.9Score676Shelves
- 87 Showbiz: They Stole My Spot in the Group, So I Became a Top-Tier Star by Living Off Others 娱乐：成团被抢，我吃软饭成顶流 EXO is about to debut, but Bai Yang is suddenly kicked out of the group. With his place in the group taken from him, Bai Yang remembers the two and a half years he spent quietly working as a trainee and decides to set new goals for the future. Just then, a Choice System binds itself to him! [Choice One: Confront SM Entertainment and demand to know why you weren't included in the debut lineup and were kicked out. Declare that you want to debut too! Reward: The company presents you to a tycoon as 15.5kReads7.1Score1.1kShelves
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Back at Six, Watch Me Take the World by Storm 重回6岁，看我叱咤风云
In a parallel world identical to Earth, a middle-aged man down on his luck transmigrates into his own body before he turns six. As a boy, he has a chance encounter with Leng Feng, a martial arts master who takes him under his wing and trains him with care. As a young man, he receives the support of a whole host of people, including comedy king Zhou Xingxing, Zhang Guorong, the greatest beauty of the Four Great Beauties, and music-industry godfather Huang Laoguai. As an adult, he meets Liu Yifei,
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- 89 Starlight at My Fingertips: My Gaming Partner Is a Superstar 指尖星途，我的游戏对象是大明星 [Chinese Showbiz]+ [Gaming]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [Sweet Romance]+ [Slow Pace] (The beginning is a little slow and focuses a bit more on gaming. If you’re not into games, feel free to skip ahead. The story focuses on showbiz later.) After transmigrating to Blue Star, Ye Zhiqiu becomes a depressed young man whose family has fallen on hard times and whose parents are both dead. With no System and no golden finger, he scrapes by as a professional gamer who boosts accounts, relying on the skills he 643Reads—Score208Shelves
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To Make Money, I Took Director Zhang as My Godfather 为了赚钱，我认张导为义父
In his previous life, he was just an ordinary citizen with a life in shambles. Then one day, he unexpectedly transmigrated into the past and got into the acting program of the Beijing Film Academy's Class of 2009. He has no grand ambitions. He just wants to join the 208 club and rake in the money. Having seen through the ways of the world, all he wants is money!
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- 91 I Went from Mining Coal to Investing in Penguin, and Rose to the Top of the Era 挖煤投企鹅，我登顶时代巅峰 Du Lao'er, who was just a mechanic in his previous life, is unexpectedly reborn in 1998. He knows nothing about IT or the internet, but that won't stop him from giving the people he cares about, and those who care about him, a wonderful life! 3.7kReads7.4Score118Shelves
- 92 I Bragged on Bihu, So Why Did the Government Take Me Seriously? 我在逼乎吹牛，国家怎么当真了 [No System + Slow Pace + White Moonlight + No Harem + Building the Nation Through Industry] In 2011, just before the high school class divisions, Gu Yu was reborn. The first thing he did wasn’t buy lottery tickets or invest in property. He switched to the humanities track and took the seat beside Su Nian. The second thing he did was borrow her computer and post a prediction on Zhihu that no one would believe. The European debt crisis, mobile internet, digital payments, new energy vehicles, artif 171.7kReads8.8Score14.8kShelves
- 93 Who Gets Reborn Just Before the College Entrance Exam? 谁家重生在高考前 This is a business-war novel with exceptionally sound logic, written to make up for past regrets. It’s not a mindless power fantasy, so readers who don’t like that should proceed with caution. If you could start over, would you choose to save the world or save mathematics? After one wild night, Wang Zhuo opens his eyes and finds himself back on the eve of the college entrance exams. He looks at the math test he took to assess himself. “15 points!!!” 3.8kReads6.9Score308Shelves
- 94 Back at Eighteen, I Have No Choice but to Make a Comeback! 重返十八，我只好逆袭！ [Reborn in College]+ [Urban Slice of Life]+ [Business and Making Money]+ [Youth and Campus]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [No System] Lin Mo is reborn, back in the summer of 2011. He’s returned to the best age of all: eighteen. This time, he’ll live a more exciting and freer life. 939Reads7.2Score106Shelves
- 95 You Haven't Even Graduated College, So How Did You Make It Onto the Forbes List? 大学没毕业，你怎么登上福布斯了 [Reborn + No System + Multiple Heroines + Consistent Logic Throughout + Authentic Entrepreneurship + Clear-Eyed Realism] (Tomato's top update king. No endless copy-paste plots, absolutely no AI.) Lin Yuan is reborn in 2009 and sets out to change his place in society. Every time Lin Yuan climbs the social ladder, he gains a fresh understanding of society. Why do the poor stay poor, while the rich find it so easy to make money? It all comes down to information gaps. And simply being born into 676.7kReads8.0Score74.9kShelves
- 96 You Asked Me to Manage a Construction Project, So Why Did I Take the Foreman to Shoot Short Videos? 让你搞工程，你带工头去拍短剧？ (The author takes reader feedback to heart; all the frustrating parts have been fixed!) [Business + no heroine + construction engineer crossing into a new field + building a business empire + meticulous plot by an author with a construction background] Civil engineering? Not even a dog would do it! Jiang Yi opens his eyes to find himself chairman of the struggling Niuma Construction Group. He thinks he's finally made it to the top, but then Hengda's debt crisis explodes and the real estate winte 7.4kReads8.1Score614Shelves
- 97 Reborn in 2000: Fired by Tencent from the Start 重生2000：开局被鹅厂开除 [Rebirth + Pengcheng + entertainment + internet business wars + global tech rivalry] In 2025, Li Yun, a Blue Star programmer and struggling author, died suddenly late at night while researching the art of an island nation. In 2000, the US internet bubble burst, and a global internet winter swept across the world. Major internet companies everywhere began laying off workers to save themselves. Future internet giants Baidu, Tencent, and Alibaba were struggling to stay afloat. Apple was still in th 43.2kReads7.4Score2.9kShelves
- 98 I Made Mimi Younger, Becoming the Savior of Huayu's Beauties 让蜜蜜变年轻，我成华娱众美救星 [Showbiz, multiple heroines, actresses, wish fulfillment, films and TV, variety shows] Chu Shengchen has the extraordinary ability to reverse aging and make people young again. Actresses from all over flock to him, hoping to regain their youth. Once blacklisted and buried under a mountain of scandals, he shoots to fame and takes the entertainment industry by storm. 80.5kReads7.1Score8.6kShelves
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Chinese Showbiz: Now That I’m Reborn, Who Still Wants Pure Love?! 华娱：都重生了谁还玩纯爱啊！
[System] [Multiple female leads] [Timeline anchor: 2008] [Fictional parallel world] [It’s a fictional world, so why are people nitpicking real-world rules? How silly!] [Female leads: Jing Tian, Liu Shishi, Yang Mi, Liu Yifei...] Having lived two lives, he spent half of his previous one as an extra. After being reborn, he had hoped to live comfortably off a wealthy beauty, cling to Jing Tian, and enjoy a carefree life. Who could have guessed that his plans to borrow money and make a film would be
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The Strongest Screenwriter King 最强编剧之王
[No female lead + slow-burn pacing] This is my first novel, so please forgive me if it's not very good. Lin Moran, a veteran screenwriter who worked himself to death at a drinking table while scrambling for investment and trying to please his clients, transmigrated. The good news: in this world, screenwriters are the ones calling the shots! The bad news: his former teacher had just accused him of plagiarism and had him blacklisted. The good news: this world has no transmigration dramas, rebirth
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