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

1. 101 让 I Asked You to Make a Romance Movie, So Why Are You Making the Whole Internet Cry? 让你拍恋爱电影，你给全网发刀？ Sweet Zongzi甜粽子Urban512k WordsCompleted Gu Qing dreams of becoming an internationally renowned director. He transmigrates to a parallel world where the film industry has fallen into decline. He plans to make his mark, only to discover that this world is full of CEO idol dramas, with no good screenwriters or scripts to be found. Fortunately, he won the birth lottery this time: he's rich, very rich. Just as he's about to lie flat, he awakens the System for Revitalizing Great Xia's Film Industry. You all like watching sweet romances, 9.8kReads7.9Score706Shelves
2. 102 重 Reborn as Fan Shengmei, I Send My Whole Family to Prison 重生樊胜美，送全家去踩缝纫机 Just Call Me Nini就叫我妮妮吧Female-Channel Fanfiction830k WordsCompleted Transmigrated into Fan Shengmei, she awakens a livestream sales System and turns around to send her parasitic family members to prison. No romance + powerhouse heroine + satisfying money-making story The five sisters stand together in love and solidarity! What? Livestreaming in this world is still at the street-stall stage? They don’t even have sales pitches? Then I can crush them with modern techniques! Two hours of my first livestream, and I’ve cleared twenty thousand! My freeloading brother c 910Reads8.9Score106Shelves
3. 103 你 You’re a Variety Show Star, So Why Is Your Acting This Good? Are You Trying to Get Yourself Killed? 你个综艺咖，演技这么好不要命了 Number One Litter Scooper壹号铲屎官Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Ye Feng, once a movie emperor, transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a background celebrity who barely gets by on variety shows. His “fake” romance with a top-tier starlet is mocked across the internet. And that’s not all. The System he’s bound to is a useless support system that rewards and upgrades him based on the popularity he gets from his haters. “Ding! Reward: god-tier cooking skills.” “Ding! Reward: explosive sprinting power, enough to run 100 meters in just 9 seconds.” “Ding! Re 15.5kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves
4. 104 重 Reborn: The Pinnacle of Life 重生之巅峰人生 Yun Feiyang22云飞扬22Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Friendly reminder: This book has no System and no cultivation] After waking up, genius student Su Heng finds himself back in his final year of high school in 1992. Standing amid the great tide of change sweeping through the era, with so many choices before him, where will Su Heng go from here? PS: This book has a rich, tightly connected plot full of twists and turns, and a likable male lead who's always sharp. I hope the big shots will read a few more chapters. I think you'll find this book wor 16.3kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves
5. 105 重 Reborn: I Really Don't Want to Make Money 重生：我真的不想挣钱 Qu Qibing曲棋饼Urban404k WordsCompleted In his previous life, he was a high-level corporate drone. After a family crisis and his wife’s betrayal, he finally dropped dead on the job from overwork. When he opened his eyes again, he was back on the day before the 2010 college entrance exams, and his life on easy mode began. The stock market, the internet, technology: he left his mark in every field. Top student, stock-market genius, richest man: those were only a few of his many titles. In an interview, he was asked, “Mr. Chen, why are y 5.8kReads8.1Score385Shelves
6. 106 重 Reborn in Chinese Showbiz: My Childhood Sweetheart Is Yang Mi 重生华娱：我的青梅是杨老板 Hahaha Painting Sand哈哈哈画沙Urban516k WordsOngoing Gu Heng always thought he was playing a “superstar-raising game,” until one night Yang Mi, blushing, grabbed his collar. “Gu Heng, have you been plotting something improper all along?” Gu Heng, looking innocent: “I thought of you as a little sister, and you actually…” Before he could finish, she silenced him with a kiss. From neighbors, to Beidian’s “top-ranked couple,” to the entertainment industry’s “Condor Heroes.” Huang Xiaoming: “I’ve never seen an investor dote on his wife like this!” Liu 3.9kReads7.6Score141Shelves
7. 107 重 Reborn in 2008: From Copying Books to Becoming a Showbiz Mogul 重生2008：从抄书到文娱教父 Sipping Wine and Discussing History酌酒论史Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Rebirth + entertainment industry + Battle Through the Heavens + one heroine + making money + the internet’s spokesperson + period setting + getting rich by writing + business empire In his previous life, Chen Ye was a minor screenwriter scraping by at the bottom of the entertainment industry. He spent his whole life rewriting scripts, yet couldn’t afford even a bathroom in the capital. When he woke up, he had returned to the summer of 2008. That was the year the stock market crashed and the Olym 4.1kReads5.7Score185Shelves
8. 108 华 Chinese Entertainment Begins with The Bachelor 华娱从屌丝男士开始 Homebody Is Just a Code Name宅就是个代号Urban981k WordsCompleted Lu Cheng is reborn, carrying memories of 2025 back to 2010. The good news: He knows every hit screenplay, traffic-driving trick, and investment trend of the next fifteen years. The bad news: He is now a nobody on a film set, so lowly that even the role of a corpse is beyond him. His entire fortune is 320 yuan. The even worse news: The mobile internet boom is only three months away, and he has to get in before everyone else! So... Day 1: Tears up his acting ID and launches The Diaosi Man with 800 541Reads5.3Score—Shelves
9. 109 华 Chinese Showbiz: Even Directing Depends on Luck 华娱：当导演也靠命 Sweet or Savory Zongzi, Either Is Fine甜咸粽皆可Urban3.1M WordsCompleted Lin Feng was a film fanatic with a dream of becoming a director but none of the luck it took to make it happen. He spent his life striving, only to die with a sense of frustration. But fate played another trick on him. See how Lin Feng, given a second life, makes his mark in the Chinese entertainment industry and investigates the “421.” (P.S. This novel takes a realistic approach, so the first few chapters move slowly. Feel free to skip them if that's not your thing.) 32.5kReads7.0Score1.7kShelves
10. 110 国 A Decade of Progress in Chinese Animation, Then I Awakened the Regression System 国漫进步十年，我觉醒了倒退系统 Dormitory God of Wealth宿舍文财神Urban359k WordsCompleted “Congratulations, Host. You are now bound to the National Animation Decline System.” In this Great Xia, where novels are adapted into 3D national animation, people fawn over foreign cartoons. Qin Shi, reincarnated on Blue Star, decides to show them what national animation can really be. Question: “Foreign countries have robots like Transformers. What does Great Xia have?” Qin Shi: “We have Cosmic Star Gods and RoboWarriors.” Question: “They also have Neon Genesis Evangelion, with its themes of r 4.3kReads8.1Score258Shelves
11. 111 演 Can't Make It as an Actor: Then I'll Start Directing 演员混不下去：那就从导演开始 Farmer Mu牧田人Urban2.8M WordsOngoing Fate brought Zhang Yang back to Hong Kong at the turn of the century. Back then, Hong Kong was in decline, while the mainland was booming. Zhang Yang made a decision that left everyone dumbfounded: he would head north, study on the mainland, and build his career there. The future belonged to the mainland. Seizing the opportunity, Zhang Yang became a major figure in the entertainment industry, with one confidante after another by his side... 48.1kReads7.2Score3.5kShelves
12. 112 华 The Road to Chinese Showbiz: Starting by Selling the Rights at Cannes 华娱之路：从戛纳卖版权开始 Just Want to Support My Family只想养家Urban1.5M WordsOngoing Also known as The Path Through Chinese Entertainment: Starting by Selling the Rights at Cannes and When I Direct and Make Money, I Mean Business After years of hard work, a short-drama director finally secured funding for a TV series. But while discussing the script with an actress, an accident struck. Was it a distortion of human nature or a collapse of morality? Reborn at the turn of the millennium, he resolved to get into film school, all for fame and fortune. The domestic film industry was i 31.1kReads7.4Score1.6kShelves
13. 113 华 Chinese Showbiz: The Blossoming Beauty of the Mortal World 华娱：人间富贵花绽放 One-Stroke Acupuncture一刀流针灸Urban969k WordsOngoing That dazzling flower of worldly wealth began to shine with brilliant light and illuminate Chinese entertainment because of his arrival! Li Jia, a nobody who drifted from one film set to another, returns to the past twenty years and makes a remarkable life of his own! 1.3kReads6.6Score106Shelves
14. 114 执 Taking Charge of Jia Yi: I Built the Golden Age 执掌佳艺：我打造了黄金时代 Cain in a Troubled World乱世该隐Urban2.2M WordsOngoing [Hong Kong entertainment + movies + television + records + entertainment mogul + multiple heroines + business empire + winning the goddesses + pure showbiz + wish fulfillment + star-making] In 1977, Lin Xuan transmigrates to Hong Kong and takes over ATV, which is saddled with 12 million in debt. Facing a shareholder coup, a full-scale TVB blacklist, and sponsors pulling out en masse, he uses his “perfect memory” to turn things around against all odds! No scripts? He builds sets overnight and fil 34.8kReads7.7Score2.2kShelves
15. 115 新 The Colorful Life of a New-Era Hong Kong Island Director 新时代港岛导演的精彩生活 Loves White Jade Tofu爱吃白玉豆腐Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Huo Dong, a transmigrator who fell from a building in 2026 after being caught cheating with someone’s mistress, arrives in Hong Kong in 2010. Drawing on more than twenty years of directing experience from his previous life, he begins an exciting new life as Director Huo... 12.5kReads6.8Score605Shelves
16. 116 不 Can a Director Who Doesn’t Womanize Really Be a Good Director? 不当渣男的导演能是好导演？ Canglan Qingli沧澜青璃Urban3.0M WordsOngoing [Director + actor + multiple heroines + award-winning + lighthearted + slow burn] Kun Peng only wanted to spend a few relaxing days on Yearning for the Ideal Life, but he was tricked into joining a dating show. In a fit of anger, he whisked Reba away and took her to Cannes, where he casually brought home the Palme d’Or. From then on, Kun Peng’s success knew no bounds. He made waves in television, film, animation, and music, racking up awards and breaking box-office records again and again. He a 7.4kReads7.1Score391Shelves
17. 117 华 Chinese Showbiz 2000: From Director to the Top! 华娱2000：从导演干到巅峰！ The All-Knowing, All-Wrong Person全知全错的人Urban2.3M WordsCompleted [A multifaceted entertainment-industry story, three verified certifications, seductress, privileged heir, maxed-out stats] Qin Tian, a stubborn man who has lived an ordinary life, is reborn and returns to the hopeful, nostalgic millennium era. With memories of the future and a bizarre entertainment-industry achievement System, there's no way he's going to keep drifting through life this time. Work the scene and build a vast network, Release songs and rake in money from ringtones. Make movie 34.3kReads7.6Score2.6kShelves
18. 118 华 Chinese Showbiz: The King of Directors, Starting in 2003 华娱：从03年开始的导演之王 Young Master Tian Zhu天竹公子Urban2.5M WordsCompleted [Entertainment Industry + Multiple Heroines + Director + Film Emperor + Plagiarizing from Another World + System] He is the acknowledged godfather of idol dramas, a pillar of Chinese-language cinema, a world-class director and a brilliant screenwriter. He is the irresistible dream man in every female star’s eyes, and the ladder to the top in every male star’s. He can turn a minor celebrity into an overnight sensation and give an old star a second spring. He is the entertainment industry’s bigges 8.4kReads6.2Score416Shelves
19. 119 重 Reborn: The King of Directors 重生导演之王 A Little Newbie有只小萌新Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Qin Huang was reborn. This Blue Star was a lot like Earth, but also a little different. Since he was here, why not see if he could draw on the entertainment industry knowledge in his memories of Earth to become Blue Star's greatest director? 3.2kReads6.8Score179Shelves
20. 120 导 Director: Starting with a Getaway from Hollywood 导演：从好莱坞跑路开始 My Magic Bottle我的魔法瓶Urban4.3M WordsOngoing [Chinese Showbiz] [Director] [One heroine: Liu Yifei] Zhou You had a long, long dream, one that lasted an entire lifetime. When he woke, he could remember very little, except for an instinct for directing that was etched into his bones. At nineteen, he made Buried, but his wealthy father tricked him into returning to China, hoping he would inherit the family business. From Love Is Not Blind to The Dead End. No matter. I can make it big in China too. Just wait until I make my triumphant return! T 33.2kReads7.7Score1.7kShelves
21. 121 重 Reborn in Chinese Showbiz: Directing the Class of 1996 at the Central Academy of Drama 重生华娱中戏96明星班做导演 Reincarnation Martial Emperor轮回武帝Urban2.4M WordsOngoing Xiao Da, who had accomplished nothing in his previous life, is reborn in 1996. By a twist of fate, he gets into the prestigious Class of '96 at the Central Academy of Drama. But instead of becoming an actor, he conquers the entertainment industry as a director. And, of course, capital is essential: he will become the most accomplished director among the tycoons. 43.7kReads7.3Score2.7kShelves
22. 122 文 Showbiz: The Capital's Young Master Makes a Name in Hollywood After Being Banned from Directing 文娱：京圈太子禁导后扬名好莱坞 Known in the Jianghu as Old Earthy Eight江湖人称土老八Urban1.7M WordsCompleted In 2000, Zheng Liangchen had just swept the Oscars. At the press conference for his first new film after returning to China, he sat in a chair wearing a custom, handmade outfit from his own brand, Donghuang. With his hands in his pockets, he faced the reporters with an inscrutable smile. A reporter from a southern newspaper asked, “Director Zheng, your first film won awards but also got you banned from directing for three years. What do you make of that?” Zheng Liangchen smiled. “I’m sitting her 5.9kReads6.2Score292Shelves
23. 123 华 The Noble Young Master of Chinese Entertainment 华娱贵公子 Everyone Laughs笑皆非Urban2.7M WordsCompleted A deputy professor in the directing department at Beijing Film Academy is reborn in 2003, a year when Chinese entertainment flourished and commercial movies swept the country. In his previous life, he was mocked as an academic who could only talk theory. This time, he'll change himself and change Chinese entertainment! 34.8kReads8.3Score1.5kShelves
24. 124 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! 6.9kReads7.0Score659Shelves

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    Highly recommended! A gem despite its low rating!!

25. 125 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 3.4kReads6.6Score127Shelves

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    This fits the description: 15 years of real-world entertainment industry, directorial fiction, capital fiction, and business warfare.

26. 126 回 Back in 1977, I Married the Queen of the Daughters' Kingdom 回到1977年，娶了女儿国国王 Ji Yuning季宇宁Urban2.2M WordsCompleted Ji Yuning transmigrated back to 1977. He went from being a 21-year-old educated youth returning to the city to a literary young man, a great poet, and a famous novelist. It was all thanks to his memories of his previous life and the books he copied. But his greatest reward was marrying a wife as beautiful as a fairy. 11.7kReads8.0Score755Shelves
27. 127 重 Reborn in Showbiz: The System Helps Me Become a Goddess 重生娱乐圈，系统助我成女神 Guang Ya Kun Lun广雅昆仑Modern Romance470k WordsCompleted [Reborn] + [Realistic entertainment industry] + [Tool System] + [Career-focused heroine] Lu Xiaoxiao goes from a failed housewife back to the summer vacation before her senior year of high school in 2009, where she awakens a sycophant System as her golden finger. To pursue her long-abandoned dream of working in entertainment, she heads to Hengdian and starts out as an extra, gradually improving all her attributes as she takes another shot at life! 4.6kReads8.2Score577Shelves
28. 128 谍 Espionage: This Doctor Is Hiding Too Much 谍战：这个医生藏得太深了 Traveler in the Mortal World红尘阡陌客Urban1.9M WordsOngoing [Espionage]+ [The System Is Just Support]+ [No Harem, No Romance]+ [Surgeon]+ [Red] A thoracic surgeon transmigrates to the Republican era. From the start, his superior dies right before his eyes, leaving him like a kite with its string cut. By constantly obtaining intelligence through the System, he stirs up a storm in Shanghai. 337.2kReads9.1Score43.5kShelves
29. 129 华 Chinese Showbiz: I'll Claim Both Fame and Fortune Standing Tall 华娱：我要站着名利双收 Waiting for Clear Skies等天晴的人Urban472k WordsOngoing [System] [Reborn] [Harem] [Not Brain-Dead] [Profit-Focused] Zhou Ye was a penniless nobody with no house, no car, and no savings. He dropped dead while treating his buddies. He transmigrated into the body of a first-year student at Beijing Film Academy in 2002. He even got bound to a System. In his previous life, he knelt and still failed to make money. This time, he wanted to try standing tall and claiming both fame and fortune. Others relied on capital; he relied on information advantages. Oth 9kReads—Score730Shelves

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    Not mindless, not coming soon, multiple female leads make sense

30. 130 系 The System Says Let Loose, So Why Act Like a Cold, Handsome Heartthrob? 系统让我放飞，谁还当高冷男神 Coco Lanqi可可蓝柒Urban1.9M WordsOngoing [Entertainment industry] [System] [Lighthearted comedy] [Stars] [Letting loose] [Multiple heroines] He transmigrates into the body of a cold, aloof heartthrob in the Chinese entertainment industry. He has peerless looks, but the entire internet mocks his acting. His agency squeezes him at every turn. If he won't obediently renew his contract, they'll buy dirt on him and destroy his career. His image falls apart, his reputation crumbles, and haters are everywhere. He's even forced to accept the G 76.1kReads8.4Score6.1kShelves

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    Take a look! You'll regret it if you don't buy it! Recommend it to me if you like it. I think the first one is alright, a Chinese entertainment novel called "Running Man Debut: I Started Dominating the Domestic Entertainment Industry with Traditional Chinese Style." It features female characters and hit dramas—all included, but not on Tomato.

31. 131 华 Chinese Showbiz: How Can an Actor Fly on a Sword? 华娱：他一个演员怎么会御剑飞行 Qu Qianwen区欠文Urban1.8M WordsOngoing 10.3kReads8.4Score705Shelves
32. 132 文 Showbiz: I Rise to Fame Through Variety Shows 文娱：从综艺开始走红 Treefolk King S树人王sUrban1.9M WordsOngoing Lin Feng, a washed-up actor in his previous life, is unexpectedly reborn in the year he first entered the entertainment industry. Armed with the memories of his past life, he defies fate this time around, basking in the adoration of countless stars and surrounded by beautiful women. Becoming a top-tier star in China is only the beginning. His goal is the stars and the sea! 8.2kReads6.6Score478Shelves
33. 133 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 40.6kReads7.7Score2.2kShelves
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 38kReads7.1Score3.8kShelves
35. 135 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Urban905k 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 8.1kReads5.3Score556Shelves

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    Both of these are about the entertainment industry; I highly recommend them.

36. 136 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 12Reads—Score100Shelves
37. 137 人 Life Restart: Back to the End of Middle School 人生重启：回到中考结束后 Handsome Green Mountain俊秀青山Urban3.1M WordsOngoing Science has proven that the human body can be cloned, but can the soul be cloned too? Perhaps everyone simply keeps reincarnating in the long river of life, with all their memories disappearing at the moment of death. In 2039, Xu Ming, who had spent his whole life as a corporate drone, finally died of illness one year after retiring. When he opened his eyes, he hadn’t become a newborn baby. Instead, carrying all his memories, he had returned to the day he finished his high school entrance exams 3.7kReads5.7Score186Shelves

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    The only book I'm currently reading on my bookshelf, a heartwarming and entertaining slice-of-life story featuring a single female lead. The author is a new writer with limited experience, so the initial setup is a bit rushed. However, if you read patiently, you'll find this book is definitely high-quality.

38. 138 爱 I Love Posting on Weibo, and Now I'm Chinese Entertainment's Top-Tier Male Star 爱发微博的我，成了华娱顶流男神 Feng Chihuo Who Likes Aikang喜欢爱康的凤赤火Urban749k WordsOngoing (The rating has just come out and will gradually rise.) Rebirth, System, entertainment industry, multiple female leads Reborn in 2013, Song Ze has just graduated from the Beijing Film Academy. In his previous life, he chose a secure government job. Back at the crossroads of graduation, he signs directly with Yang Mi’s studio. [The Weibo King System has officially activated!] Every like, comment, and repost on Weibo is multiplied a hundredfold and converted into points; one hundred million points 41.7kReads6.8Score3.7kShelves

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    Top male idol in the entertainment industry

39. 139 负 From 80 Million in Debt to a Global Entertainment Mogul 负债八千万到全球娱乐大佬 Dark Horse of Jiangyou江右黑马Urban565k WordsCompleted Reborn into hell: His father jumped from a building, the company was 80 million yuan in debt, and only three months remained on the performance agreement. Liu Tianxian, daughter of Liu Xiaoli, his father's friend in the entertainment industry, was the first actress signed by Ren Tianxing. Over ten years, he went from owing 80 million yuan to becoming the godfather of global entertainment. And as he looked back from the top of the world, the girl who had gathered rainwater at the age of fourteen 193Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female lead is Liu Tianxian. The story begins with the protagonist selling her courtyard house due to debt.

40. 140 名 In the Name of the People: We’re All Comrades, So Why Form Factions? 名义，都是同志哪来的山头 Shen Buhai申不害Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted Xiao Jinzi: “Factionalism isn't allowed in Handong. How can the Handong University clique be allowed?” Pan Zelin: “We're all comrades. What Handong University clique?” “There's no Handong University clique, but the Sha family clique is starting to show signs of forming.” 68kReads8.4Score3.3kShelves
41. 141 四 Siheyuan: Starting Over After Leaving the Military as a Deputy Division Commander 四合院：从副师长转业开始 Wind Mage风系魔导Male-Channel Fanfiction954k WordsCompleted As a hot-blooded young man from the 21st century, after being reborn in 1940, it feels like I’d be letting fate down if I didn’t take a chance. Why would I need a golden finger? Memories of the future are the greatest golden finger of all. This time, Lin Guoping is going to find out what it means for choices to matter more than effort... 41.1kReads7.7Score2.2kShelves
42. 142 重 Reborn as a Playboy, How Did a Goddess Reform Me? 重生当浪子，怎么就被天仙改造了 Come Write on Tomato and See来番茄写下看看Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Business warfare, tech startup wish fulfillment + internet + capital investment + reborn + brick-and-mortar factories + global tech giants] A survey brings Li Bing back to life. The bad news: there's no System. The good news: reborn in 1997, he's inherited an extra 17 million. Naturally timid, lecherous, and afraid of death, Li Bing gets a green card and goes to the United States to claim his inheritance. He invests in Google, then returns to Xiangjiang to buy a villa and obtain residency there 32.1kReads7.1Score2.8kShelves
43. 143 名 In the Name of the People: Dehan, What Do You Think of This Game of Chess? 名义：德汉，这盘棋，你怎么看？ Blowing Wind, Swallowing Clouds吹风吞云Male-Channel Fanfiction933k WordsCompleted In the TV drama In the Name of the People, Zhao Dehan, who was supposed to be written out after just two episodes, transmigrates. Zhao Dehan starts doing things by the book. Anyone who refuses to play by the rules gets dealt with on the spot. In his eyes, following procedures in everything and doing things by the rules is how this ragtag outfit ought to operate. 32.5kReads8.4Score1.6kShelves
44. 144 四 Learning Foreign Languages in the Siheyuan 四合院从学外语开始 Fang Qianshan放千山Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted Fang Qingyun arrives in a Beijing courtyard in 1953. His enhanced physical strength from transmigrating and his gift for remembering everything he sees give him a head start in this era. Watch as Fang Qingyun improves his family’s living conditions and steadily rises through the ranks... 2.7kReads7.6Score179Shelves
45. 145 名 In the Name of the People: I’m the One Who Wins in the End 名义：我才是最后的赢家 Fang Qianshan放千山Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted Like Qi Tongwei, Ning Fangyuan was born to a peasant family. But he was luckier: while he was studying at Handong University, Liang Lu was still happily in love, so he didn't end up like Qi Tongwei… 18.2kReads7.7Score603Shelves
46. 146 华 A Showbiz Mogul, Starting When the Fairy Got Pregnant 华娱大亨，从仙子有孕开始 Blanched Cabbage开水汆白菜Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Feel-Good Read] [Entertainment and Business] [Director] [System] Reborn in the past, Lin Bufan rises to prominence in Chinese entertainment, starting with a celestial beauty. He builds a business empire and takes home awards from the Big Three European film festivals and the Academy Awards! 3.3kReads7.3Score175Shelves
47. 147 陪 The Long Years Spent with a Celestial Beauty 陪天仙度过的漫长岁月 King of the Eighteen Sons十八子王Urban2.7M WordsCompleted Actor, director, business mogul (single heroine: Liu Tianxian), no System [10,000 words updated daily] A wounded soul is reborn five minutes before the entanglement that changed everything. Without hesitation, he turns and walks away. All he wants is to start a new life. A girl who has been beautiful since childhood. Two sincere, passionate hearts, stirred by love, will eventually be drawn to each other at a crossroads of fate. 7.6kReads7.8Score399Shelves
48. 148 洪 Honghuang: I'm a Primordial Deity, and I'm Ready to Run 洪荒：我是先天神圣，准备跑路 Passing Innate Divine Being路过的先天神圣Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted Heaven and earth, dark and yellow; the cosmos, vast and primeval. Li Fan transmigrates and becomes a primordial divine being, specializing in reincarnation. Great God Pangu spares me when he splits the heavens and the earth, and I successfully sneak through. My primordial inheritance tells me that the Laws of Reincarnation already have an owner: his daughter, Houtu. The Reincarnation Demon God isn’t completely dead after all. Pangu, feed me peanuts and tell me to work hard. I’m crying. A primord 24.5kReads7.9Score1.2kShelves
49. 149 华 Chinese Showbiz: Youth Fades Away 华娱之韶华易逝 Whoever Wants This Godawful Name Can Have It这鬼名字谁爱取谁取Urban1.8M WordsCompleted A new work is here! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy them. Your support motivates me to keep writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 22.4kReads8.4Score1.2kShelves
50. 150 开 Starting Out with the Guangxi Clique, I’m Heading to Nanyang 开局桂系，我要下南洋 Southeastern Shanxi晋东南Urban2.1M WordsOngoing He woke up to find himself the young master of the Li family of the Guangxi clique. It was late 1948, and the tide of history was impossible to resist. As the red flag swept across the mainland, he had already established a base in the Red River Delta. He chose to forge a new path, leading a million soldiers and civilians south to build a new world. This time, in this fertile land where rice could be harvested three times a year, he would establish a vast domain of his own. 299.2kReads8.9Score27.9kShelves

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