I Became Famous in Showbiz by Shipping Couples

New novel now underway: Please add From School Novels to School Principal in Quick Transmigration to your reading list! Also, please add my upcoming novel, The Beloved Little Chef of the 1990s!

[Blurb]

She fell asleep while writing a story about her favorite couple, then woke up as a celebrity who had gotten famous through connections. The scandal-ridden actress Ji Jingfu was wooden when she acted and hopeless at her job, yet spent all day clinging to top-tier idol Shen Yi, manufacturing rumors to piggyback on his fame. The whole internet tore into Ji Jingfu every day, and even the official media couldn't stand it, publicly criticizing her and calling for the industry to clean up its act.

What? Why make life so hard for yourself? Stop stirring up trouble and do something you're actually good at.

That very day, she packed up all the resources she had, along with the rich backer himself, and sent them away. Then... she happily got to shipping couples!

The entertainment industry was a great place, full of handsome men and beautiful women. And there was her favorite, Shen Yi, an idol with stunning, legendary looks. She rolled up her sleeves and got to work, ready to catch the hottest gossip and ship the freshest couples.

And so, everyone noticed that the resource-backed celebrity who was always causing trouble and slacking off had suddenly turned over a new leaf, becoming a hardworking employee overnight.

Editing Team: The team leader's fainted, and we haven't finished editing Shen Yi's group's variety show. We're going to miss the deadline!

Ji Jingfu: Leave it to me!

(After an astonishing flurry of activity, she edits five people into ten different pairings.)

Writers' Room: The script was rejected, and Shen Yi's character has had his romance rewritten eight hundred times. We're tearing our hair out!

Ji Jingfu: I'll stay up all night and write it!

(She sweeps her pen across the page, creating a love story so moving it shakes heaven and earth.)

Composer: Shen Yi's feature has great chemistry, but the lyrics don't quite fit.

Ji Jingfu: I know this stuff.

(A few short lines capture a mutual crush, full of tension and sweet enough to make you scream.)

Manager: Your script won an award. Take some time to go accept it.

Ji Jingfu: I'm too busy.

Manager: Shen Yi and his bandmates are presenting it to you.

Ji Jingfu: I'll be there on time.

Ji Jingfu single-handedly turns the entertainment industry upside down. These days, everyone in the business praises her: Teacher Ji is so dedicated!

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Shen Yi noticed that one day the clingy actress suddenly took the initiative to cut ties with him. She bounced away, grinning at him from a distance in a way that made his skin crawl.

She offered to help him with his scenes without asking for anything in return, and stepped up to fix the terrible script he was given. The script improved by leaps and bounds, and after a successful career change, he won Best Actor.

At the awards ceremony, she held her screenwriting trophy and willingly gave up the center spot. As she watched him shake hands with the presenters, a mysterious smile played on her face.

He swore he heard her say, just beyond the microphone, "Ooh, this is such a good ship! It's so exciting!"

??? Something about this whole development seemed off.

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Later, Shen Yi rewrote the story between them with his own hands.

The former top-tier idol, now an award-winning actor who had won every major honor, hadn't fallen for any of his costars. Instead, he turned his attention to her, the little matchmaker who brought couples together.

The first time he spoke about romance on camera, the passion in his dark eyes broke countless young girls' hearts.

"I want to say her name honestly. There is someone I misunderstood in the past, but she has always supported me. Her name is Ji Jingfu."

She sat in the audience, waving her light stick. When the spotlight fell on her, her face appeared on the big screen, her makeup ruined by tears.

Media: Shen Yi reveals his relationship and confesses to Ji Jingfu at the ceremony! Ji Jingfu is moved to tears!

Ji Jingfu clutched her shipper's body pillow and wailed: My ship has sunk! My ship has sunk!

#My ship sank, and I was the one who sank it# #After shipping couples for half my life, I ended up in a ship myself#

Reading Guide: 1. Both leads have no past romantic partners. Happy ending. The characters aren't based on real people. This is a lighthearted, brainless wish-fulfillment story, and its entertainment industry isn't the real one.

2. The male lead is as straight as they come, the best-looking man in the entertainment industry, and a character who grows rather than a pretty face.

3. The female lead is straight too. Shipping couples is just a hobby. She ships men and women alike, and the stories won't take up much space. She keeps a proper fan distance and only dares admire handsome men from afar.

4. The original Ji Jingfu had a wealthy investor backing her. The male lead pursues the female lead, but hasn't won her over yet. Nothing has happened between them.

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My new novel, From School Novels to School Principal in Quick Transmigration, is now underway. Blurb:

First World: School Novel

Chu He was a top exam candidate on her way to becoming a civil servant. Just as she finally passed the exams, a System appeared out of nowhere, and she transmigrated into the world of a school novel. The school was full of male and female leads with colorful lives and no interest in studying, and she was the miserable disciplinarian.

A rebellious boy with a defiant look peeking out from beneath his unruly bangs swaggered by in an improperly worn uniform.

Chu He: Kid, I've been through this myself. You'll really regret wearing something this embarrassing when you're older.

Just before the school's cocky heartthrob went alone to face a challenge from another class, he tearfully told the girl he secretly loved, "I'd give my life for you."

Chu He: Have you finished your homework? Instead of challenging them, why don't you compete over who can finish a practice test?

A young girl hid her hands in her desk and looked at her nervously. "I really didn't bring my phone."

Chu He: I just saw you in the Arena of Valor.

Chu He grabbed one little rascal with each hand, climbed onto the podium in high heels, tossed her long hair, and announced with an air of authority, "No special treatment on my watch. Even if you're Dao Mingsi, you'll write your apology just like everyone else."

Then, while remarking, "Studying hard really isn't a trick," she sped off in a desperate rush to rescue the depressed boy on the rooftop.

Chu He's deeds spread far and wide. School culture improved, admission rates soared, and the beautiful disciplinarian with an imposing presence became the person most admired by students and teachers alike.

Second World: Entertainment Industry Novel

Chu He arrives in the next world as a manager, with a popular boy band that debuted two years ago. Every member is in a relationship.

Chu He: Idols should be focused on their careers, not dating their fans! Come on, you're still on the rise!

Third World: Period Novel

Chu He becomes a village chief. The countryside is full of young, sent-down intellectuals busy falling in love. She stands at the village entrance with a megaphone and shouts:

Get to work! The future of the production team depends on you!

Fourth World: Esports Novel

Chu He becomes a coach and posts the same announcement three times in the group chat:

Anyone in an online relationship, put it on hold and get ready for the tournament. Our goal is to be number one in the world!

Fifth World: Crime Investigation Novel

Chu He becomes the head of a special task force and slams the table every day:

We're already on victim number five, and the morgue is overflowing. Please, take this seriously and stop gazing at each other like that!

(The female lead is beautiful, confident, and career-focused. There is a male lead, split into different versions of himself, but the same person in every world. Both leads have no past romantic partners. Happy ending.)

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Upcoming novel: The Beloved Little Chef of the 1990s. Blurb:

In the 1990s, Jiang Ailing learns in a dream that she is living in the world of a period novel, or rather, several of them.

Her world has been turned into a sieve by all the time travelers who have transmigrated into it.

Her irresponsible husband is reborn, falls to his knees before her and their son, and weeps with remorse. He turns over a new leaf and becomes a business magnate.

Her mother-in-law is a cultivation expert who transmigrated here, a fortune-teller whose words come true. A petty person who was ranting outside their house just yesterday gets a taste of bad luck the next day after her mother-in-law performs a cleansing ritual.

Her ten-year-old daughter clutches her hand and says that in this life she'll be a good daughter and never let her die with regrets.

The three-and-a-half-year-old boy has a wise gleam in his eyes. Before the new year, he casually picked a newly issued stock. After the new year, it skyrocketed, leaving everyone dumbfounded.

Jiang, the perennial background character, Ailing: Great! You guys go for it! I'm going to lie flat.

So while her mother-in-law battles all sorts of troublesome people, she calmly simmers a pot of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall at home.

While her husband makes his business thrive, she takes charge of the kitchen at her daughter's school cafeteria, with a staff of over a hundred under her command. She says kids need plenty of meat to grow, so braised pork rice, garlic ribs, sweet-and-sour pork... all kinds of delicious food make even the picky kids grow big and strong.

By the time her daughter gets into a top school and her son skips a grade, she has become a pastry chef at a state-owned restaurant. Her Chinese pastries look so much like real fruit that even their textures are indistinguishable.

As the country shifts from public to private ownership, chefs leave in droves, and a time-honored state-owned restaurant nearly goes under. Jiang Ailing, who inherited her father's culinary skills, helps the restaurant overcome its challenges and return to its former glory with her thoughtful, meticulously prepared dishes.

An old man born in the late Qing Dynasty travels a thousand miles just to taste her lamb with dipping sauce.

The family watches Jiang Ailing slice young ginger as fine as strands of silk and can't help exclaiming: So she's this amazing! We never knew!

She fills everyone's bowl with rice, blinks her big eyes, props her cheek in her hand, and smiles:

"Eat your fill so you'll have the energy to work. I'm counting on you to carry me!"

Recommended completed novels by the author: I Stole the Male Lead's Golden Finger [Book Transmigration], You Are My Heart and Soul, and I Love You Like Life (Food). See the author's profile.

Theme: Be a responsible entertainer, set a good example for the public, prosper through hard work, and treat people sincerely!