Reborn: From Writing Books to the Pinnacle of Life

[The Great Game is coming soon!] 1. Jiang Huan trained as a screenwriter and spent more than a decade making his way through the entertainment industry's scriptwriting world. A-list stars, celebrities even bigger than A-listers, top directors, and major investors all competed to commission scripts from him, and the price was negotiable. In the capital, where every inch of land was worth a fortune, he had a car and a home. He was a textbook winner in life, a highly eligible bachelor. Yet he was disinterested in romance and devoted to his career. To outsiders, Jiang Huan was a workaholic who might even become a monk one day. What they didn't know was that, on a rainy midsummer night during his senior year of high school, Jiang Huan had been like a ravenous leopard. Ignoring Gu Ran's tearful pleas, he had tried again and again to merge with him, to possess every part of him. But then, when they went to college, one was in the southern province and the other in the capital, worlds apart. After they started working, one was in the capital and the other overseas, separated by an ocean. Time and distance eventually severed everything between them. After Jiang Huan died suddenly from overwork, he opened his eyes to find himself back in his sophomore year of college. He and Gu Ran hadn't broken up yet. When Gu Ran called, he said: "Silly, don't cry. I'll come see you." 2. Jiang Huan's monthly living allowance was 800 yuan, and a round-trip plane ticket cost 800 yuan. He could only open his computer, grab his keyboard, and shout, "Keyboard, come! No, wait, money!" He chose to return to his old profession: writing stories. Were transmigration novels with omnipotent heroines who somehow knew how to do everything still in fashion? Since everyone was writing about people from the present going to the past, he would do the opposite and start with a story about someone from the past coming to the present. Were rebirth stories popular too? Fair enough! Going back in time and using "foresight" to change one's fate had been a beloved subject for ages. But there were way too many people writing those. Why not do the opposite, and write a comedy about someone reborn in this life as a farmer in ancient times, in a house with bare walls and a whole crowd of awful relatives? As Jiang Huan wrote, his books were published, reprinted, and reprinted again and again... His novel adaptations became the year's hit TV dramas. His novels were adapted into films that raked in tens of billions at the box office. Readers agreed: Jiang's books are different from all those cookie-cutter novels. He always has his own innovative style, and can find fresh ideas in a market crowded with old formulas, old elements, and old themes! Jiang Huan thought: You flatter me, you flatter me. I just got a little boost from being reborn. I simply saw a bit more of the world before everyone else, nothing worth mentioning. Audiences agreed: Jiang's TV dramas and films can always pierce through the fog of reality with the sharpest blade and point straight at society's festering sores with the coldest dagger, while still giving people endless courage! Jiang Huan smiled faintly: Ever heard of a prize-winning screenwriter returning to work? 3. Reborn, Jiang Huan had fame, fortune, and talent. What else was there? Oh, right. "Ranran, come over and cuddle your husband~" Gu Ran came close and shyly kissed his super doting husband. "Mwah~" PS: In their previous life, after breaking up, the gong dated two people for a little over a month in total, trying to forget the shou and move on. He was cruelly deceived, too. In both their past life and this one, the gong and shou have only ever slept with each other. Neither has been with anyone else. Please don't read if that's an issue. PS: The story has three threads: career, romance, and domestic squabbles with awful relatives. There are lots of awful people, and the villains will get what's coming to them. Please don't read if that's an issue. Check out my ongoing, already quite substantial novel: Reborn as a Top Agent 1. Xu Xingqiao rose from humble beginnings, climbing from a low-level agent with no resources and no connections to the top, becoming the entertainment industry's top agent and finally taking the seat he had wanted most, only to enjoy boundless loneliness. He made the biggest stars, the box-office champions and award-winning actors, and the TV stars whose performances were hailed as divine both at home and abroad... They brought him endless glory, and people inside and outside the industry marveled that he had the Midas touch for making stars! But in Xu Xingqiao's heart, the man he could never make famous was the rib closest to his heart. When Lin Yibei disappeared from his world, Xu Xingqiao lost his reason to live. All that glory felt cold against his skin. There would never again be anyone who could brazenly say to him: "Hubby, hug me, cuddle me, mwah~" "Hubby, I want to... hehe, would you bite me?" "Hubby, my cheeks are so sore. I can't do this anymore!" "Hubby..." Night after night without Lin Yibei, his soul sank deeper into a swamp of pain, struggling in despair... At last, the next time he numbed himself with alcohol and fell asleep, he left this lonely world. But when he opened his eyes again, he found himself back when he was still a low-level agent. When the God of Fate brought him face-to-face with Lin Yibei again, the young Lin Yibei said: "Get the hell away from me!" 2. Reborn, Xu Xingqiao is faced with "time off" from the start. The female entertainer he represents has caused a huge scandal and is trending for all the wrong reasons, sending both her career and his crashing. Meanwhile, a promising male entertainer he had nearly brought up from the eighteenth tier to the second tier has been poached. A hellishly difficult start? No problem. Ever heard of the entertainment industry's top agent returning to work? Later on... A top-tier star who spent five years being relentlessly attacked by haters, suffering repeated mental breakdowns and depression, then rose from the ashes to conquer film, TV, and variety shows, tells his fans: "Without my agent, Xu Xingqiao, I wouldn't be where I am today." An actor who spent ten years as an unnoticed extra before winning the Golden Horse Award and becoming famous across the country tells his audience: "The person I'm most grateful to in this life is Xu Xingqiao, my agent. He's my benefactor!" When the great roc catches the wind, it soars ninety thousand li. The entertainment industry's top agent rides the wind and surges through every storm, promoting the biggest stars and forging the mightiest icons! 3. In the kitchen, Lin Yibei sidled up to Xu Xingqiao, lifted his chin with confidence shining in his eyes, and said, "Xu Xingqiao, I'm definitely going to make it big! I'll show you!" Xu Xingqiao nodded enthusiastically, being utterly dismissive. "Oh, right, right, you're definitely going to make it big. Absolutely." Lin Yibei puffed out his cheeks and huffed, "Even if you don't believe in me, don't you believe in yourself? What's the most basic conviction an agent should have? Isn't it that even if the entertainer you represent is a dog, you should still make it a star?" Xu Xingqiao picked Lin Yibei up and sat him on the kitchen counter. As he lifted him, he kissed him on the lips, then said, "Quit fooling around. A dog would become famous even faster than a person." Lin Yibei: "..." Ah! I'm so mad. You're not going to make it up to me! PS: The entertainment industry's top agent X the "male celebrity" he couldn't make famous The entertainment industry's top agent X a financial magnate in the venture capital world A power couple Sweet romance Feel-good wish fulfillment Theme: There is no distinction between high and low in one's work, but there is in how one lives. Work hard and pursue your goals, and in time you will reap a fulfilling harvest.