Reborn as a Top Talent Manager

[The Great Game will begin serialisation soon] 1. Xu Xingqiao rose from humble beginnings. Starting as a low-level talent agent with no resources and no connections, he climbed to the top and became the entertainment industry's ace agent, finally taking the seat he had always wanted, only to enjoy an endless solitude. He made the biggest top-tier star, the box-office champion actors and actresses, and the television stars whose acclaimed performances took the country and the world by storm. They brought him boundless glory, and people in and out of the industry marvelled that he had a divine touch for making stars! But in Xu Xingqiao's heart, the man he could never make famous was the rib closest to his heart. After Lin Yibei vanished from his world, he lost all reason to go on living. All that boundless glory felt cold against his skin. There was no one left who would shamelessly say to him: "Hubby, hug me~" "Hubby, cuddle me~" "Hubby, mwah~" Through every day and night without Lin Yibei, his soul sank deeper into a swamp of pain, struggling in despair... At last, after once again using alcohol to numb himself to sleep, he left this lonely world. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered he had returned to his days as a low-level talent agent. When fate brought him and Lin Yibei together again, Lin Yibei was in the prime of his youth: "Get away from me!" 2. As soon as Xu Xingqiao is reborn, he faces an enforced "vacation." The female artist under his care causes a huge scandal and lands on the trending searches for all the wrong reasons, threatening to send both their careers into a nosedive. And the nearly ripe fruit he had nurtured, a male artist he brought up from the eighteenth tier to the second, gets snatched away. The difficulty level is hell from the start? No matter. The entertainment industry's ace agent is back on the job! Later... After five years of being dragged through the mud as a group, suffering bouts of depression and breakdowns, a star who was reborn in a blaze of glory and found success in film, television, and variety shows tells his fans, "I wouldn't be where I am today without my agent, Xu Xingqiao." An actor who spent ten years as an unknown extra before winning the Golden Horse Award and becoming famous nationwide tells the audience, "The person I'm most grateful to in this life is my agent, Xu Xingqiao. He's my benefactor!" When the great roc rises with the wind, it soars ninety thousand miles. The entertainment industry's ace agent rides the winds and breaks the waves, making the biggest stars and forging the mightiest legends! 3. In the kitchen, Lin Yibei sidles up to Xu Xingqiao, lifts his chin proudly, and declares with shining confidence, "Xu Xingqiao, I know I'll make it big! I'll prove to you that I can become famous!" Xu Xingqiao nods furiously, in the most perfunctory way possible. "Yeah, yeah, yeah. You'll definitely make it big. Absolutely." Lin Yibei puffs out his cheeks and says indignantly, "Even if you don't believe in me, don't you believe in yourself? What's the most basic belief an agent should have? That even if the artist under your care is a dog, you can still make it famous!" Xu Xingqiao scoops Lin Yibei up and sets him on the kitchen counter. As he lifts him, Xu Xingqiao kisses his lips, then says, "Stop fooling around. A dog can get famous faster than a person." Lin Yibei: "..." Ahhh! I'm so mad! There's no cheering me up now! P.S. The entertainment industry's strongest agent X the "male star" he can't make famous The entertainment industry's ace agent X a financial magnate in the venture capital world Two powerful leads Sweet romance A satisfying power fantasy P.S. The celebrities in this story are not based on real people, not based on real people, not based on real people. P.S. Chang Huang's pairing has been completely revised, while Jiang Chijin's storyline has had minor revisions. My completed novel, Reborn to Write My Way to the Pinnacle of Life, is currently serialising. You're welcome to read it. Check out my profile for more great stories~ 1. Jiang Huan studied screenwriting. After more than a decade working his way up in the entertainment industry's screenwriting business, A-list stars, famous stars above A-list, major directors, and major investors all compete to commission scripts from him, and the price is negotiable. In the capital, where every inch of land is worth its weight in gold, he has a car and a house, making him the quintessential winner in life and a highly eligible bachelor. But he is abstemious and devoted to his career. To outsiders, Jiang Huan is a workaholic who might even become a monk someday. What they don't know is that on a rainy summer night during his final year of high school, Jiang Huan was like a ravenous leopard, ignoring Gu Ran's pleas as he tried again and again to make him part of himself and claim every part of him. But after they started university, one was in Nan 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. After dying suddenly from overwork, Jiang Huan opened his eyes to find himself back in his sophomore year of college. He and Gu Ran had not broken up yet. When Gu Ran called, he told him: "Silly, don't cry. I'll come see you." 2. Jiang Huan's monthly allowance is 800 yuan, and a round-trip plane ticket costs 800 yuan. He can only open his computer, grab his keyboard, and shout, "Keyboard, come! Ah, no, money, come!" He decides to return to his old line of work: writing stories. Are novels still all about transmigrated heroines who know how to do everything without a teacher, like something straight out of Baidu? Since everyone's writing stories about modern people travelling to the past, he'll do the opposite and start with someone from ancient times travelling to the present. Stories about people who are reborn are popular now, too? Fair enough! Going back in time and changing your fate with "foreknowledge" is a timeless and popular premise. But too many people are writing those already. How about doing the opposite and writing a comedy about being reborn in this life into an impoverished ancient household full of troublesome relatives, then taking up farming? As Jiang Huan writes, his books get published, reprinted, and reprinted again and again... His novel adaptations become the year's top-rated dramas. His novel adaptations become films that rake in tens of billions at the box office. Readers agree: Jiang's books are unlike the countless formulaic novels out there. He always brings his own innovative style, finding fresh ideas amid a book market packed with old formulas, old elements, and old themes! Jiang Huan thinks: You're too kind, too kind. I just got a little perk from being reborn. I simply got to see a bit more of the world than everyone else. It's nothing worth mentioning. Audiences agree: Jiang's dramas and films cut through the haze of reality with the sharpest blades and point their coldest daggers at society's festering sores, yet still give people boundless courage! Jiang Huan smiles faintly: How about giving an award-winning screenwriter a second career? 3. After being reborn, Jiang Huan has fame, fortune, and talent. Hmm, what else? Oh, right. "Ranran, come here and cuddle your hubby~" Gu Ran leans over and shyly kisses his absolutely doting husband. "Mwah~" Theme: People, at least those who are alive, should not let the flood of fate sweep them along to some unknown destination. They should fight with all their might and seize fate by the throat.