A Cannon Fodder? No, Everyone’s Crush!

[I feel the characterization and pacing in this one both have some problems, so I'm putting it on hiatus. If I flesh out the outline more later, I'll see whether I can keep writing it.]

After dying in the apocalypse, Chi Xu transmigrates into a book his second older sister read, becoming a cannon-fodder character. In the book, the original character is destined to debut in a boy group alongside the protagonist after a talent show. He enjoys a brief moment of fame, then becomes consumed by jealousy and frames the protagonist, ultimately turning into a notorious lawbreaker whom everyone in the industry wants to see punished.

A cannon-fodder character with a decidedly unhappy ending.

Fortunately, the story hasn't begun yet, so there's still room to change things.

Chi Xu's first move is to steer clear of the protagonist. He doesn't join the talent show his company has arranged for him, and instead tells his manager that he wants to try acting.

He succeeds.

A new actor hailed as a Ziwei Star bursts onto the scene.

His fame rises, and he gains countless fans.

He enjoys the peace and stability of this era.

Yet he doesn't notice the lofty gazes, always tinged with interest, gradually settling on him.

Only when one dangerous entanglement after another comes his way and he can no longer avoid them does Chi Xu belatedly realize: his second older sister's favorite reads seem to be... melodramatic romance novels between men?

In other words, all these people are gay!

["He's just a toy to me."]

"Is it really so hard to just like me?"

["I wanted him because he's good-looking. I really do like his face."]

"Am I really that ugly? Do you find it so disgusting that you can't even bear to see me?"

["He chose to avoid you. You should be happy. You had a falling-out, after all, so at least he won't get in your way anymore."]

"I just wanted you to look at me once."

["He's got a pretty face and a fine body. He's good at seducing people."]

"He can kiss you, so why can't I?"

A story about being trained into a dog, against your will!!!

The Empire's elite have always treated the entertainment industry as their private playground, and the beautiful people of every description in it as flowers they can pluck at will. Naturally, the dazzling Chi Xu, who appears out of nowhere, becomes the brightest bloom of all.

They lust after him, covet him, threaten him, and tempt him, desperate to pluck that flower and hold it in their hands so they can toy with it as they please.

But they never expect the flower to be covered in thorns that pierce to the bone. Nor do they expect a few vicious, snarling hounds to be circling around him.

In this age of explosive entertainment, the cultural industry is booming and the entertainment world is packed with stars. But in an era glittering with stars, only the one that shines brightest, stealing everyone's attention the moment it appears and surrounded by countless others, can be called the [Ziwei Star].

#TheZiweiStarDescendsFromTheHeavens#

#TheMaleDajiOfTheEntertainmentWorld#

#TheMenBehindChiDaji#

[Reading Guide]

1. Melodrama, pure love, multiple love interests, rivalry among men, coercion, a beloved-by-all protagonist, group adoration, a love-triangle showdown, and dog training.

2. The protagonist is a Ziwei Star who descends upon the entertainment industry. His acting is phenomenal, and he is not based on anyone in real life.

3. All love interests are sexually pure, but most of them are awful people: entitled elites, privileged jerks, and cruel by nature.

[Coming Soon 1]

[Willing Prey [Quick Transmigration]]

After destroying yet another small world, Jiang Xu is finally captured by the Space-Time Administration. His powers are sealed, and under the watch of a monitoring System, he is once again exiled to a world on the brink of collapse, where he becomes one of the characters with rotten morals who are destined to be cannon fodder.

World One: The middle-aged man working for a wealthy family with a deadweight kid in a campus romance.

After his brother and sister-in-law die, thirty-five-year-old Jiang Xu leaves the village with his fifteen-year-old niece and heads to the city to work for a wealthy family.

As the uncle of the villainess in a campus romance, he is vain and greedy. Blinded by the wealth and splendor of the rich family, he falls for someone's manipulation and agrees to pass along important information from the inside. At last, just as he has saved enough money to find a wife and enjoy life, his crimes come to light and he lands in prison.

Then...

The monitoring System watches Chi Xu apply for the job, sees him act vain and greedy, sees him secretly pass information to outsiders, sees him save up to marry a wife, and watches as his crimes are exposed... only for him to avoid prison and instead be pinned down by the ruthless tycoon of the family, who grabs him by the nape and drags him into bed.

World Two: The greasy talent agent in the entertainment industry who loves pimping people out.

Past thirty, Jiang Xu has achieved nothing at his entertainment company. After taking charge of another young idol group, Chi Xu turns into a pimp, arranging dates between the company's artists and wealthy investors. In the end, the protagonist and a powerful tycoon take a liking to each other. His crimes, including forcing group members to drink with clients and sleep with them, are exposed, and he is stabbed to death by the members' fans.

This time, the monitoring System gets serious and starts keeping a close watch.

Takes charge of the group ✓

Pimps the group out to wealthy investors ✓

The protagonist catches a powerful tycoon's eye ✓

Wait... No, that's not right!

The monitoring System roars!

Why is the pimping talent agent the one the tycoon takes a liking to and drags into bed?!!!

World Three: The vicious kept man in an apocalypse novel who offers up his girlfriend in exchange for protection.

[Coming Soon 2]

[The Cannon-Fodder's Brother Has Money to Burn]

After a car accident, Shi Yuan transmigrates.

His father is dead, his mother is frail.

His family is penniless, and he has many siblings.

He has a mother and three younger siblings.

His mother was the real daughter in a story about the real and fake daughters, but she was only reunited with her birth family in middle age. Years of mistreatment left her timid and helpless. In the end, even her own flesh and blood disregarded her completely, and she became the foil to the fake daughter's happy life.

His second younger brother is a top-tier star and the stumbling block in an entertainment-industry coming-of-age story. When his carefully crafted persona is exposed as fake, scandals spread across the internet. Hated by millions of fans, he eventually jumps to his death, a notorious cannon-fodder star.

His younger sister is the cannon-fodder white moonlight in a substitute-lover story. She ends up destitute and alone, after being emotionally and physically tormented by the protagonist.

His youngest brother is the aloof top student in a campus romance. He loves the heroine without realizing it, but can never have her. Eventually, his obsession drives him to commit crimes, and he falls from grace.

A whole family of cannon fodder, starting out in hell.

Looking at his soft and frail mother, who keeps crying, then at his younger siblings, crying their hearts out and clamoring for care, eight-year-old Shi Yuan presses his lips together and stares at the golden finger in his hand, lost in thought.

...Forget it. Better start making money first.

Rich from the start!

[Coming Soon 3]

Ji Yuanyuan has transmigrated again and again.

He transmigrates into a novel from his previous previous life, a male-oriented novel where a tiny cannon-fodder child dies before the age of three. His dad doesn't love him, his mom doesn't care for him, and he's an unlucky little thing with a short life.

In the original story, the little cannon-fodder's birth is the result of an elaborate scheme. After he is born, his scumbag father doesn't value him and even hates him. His mother, who had hoped to use her child to marry into the family, sees that dream shattered and neglects him. The little cannon-fodder dies of a high fever after the nanny fails to look after him.

Realizing that the love he received in his previous two lives must have used up all his good luck, Ji Yuan accepts his fate. He doesn't plan to lie flat like he did in his previous lives. He gets himself ready to stretch out his legs and kick his way into saving his own life, only to find the original story's top-tier scumbag father holding him in his swaddling clothes, beaming as he tells everyone at the banquet that Ji Yuan is his only son.

Ha.

Only son.

Ji Yuanyuan lies back down again.

#HisScumbagFatherSeemsToHaveLostHisMind#

#WhatAreTheOddsOfWinningTheLotteryThreeLivesInARow#

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