The Washed-Up Top-Tier Star Is a Celestial Master

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Coming soon: Top-Tier Star Only Wants to Cuddle Up, Protect Our Underachiever, and After Being Reborn, I Became a Chef God. Their blurbs are below this one.

Blurb:

Qin Yue is a penny-pinching, money-loving nobody in showbiz. As long as there's money in it, he'll appear on even the most embarrassing programs.

Netizens mock him: He peaked at debut. It's about time he left the industry.

Qin Yue's response: It's just a side gig. No need to take it seriously.

Everyone in wealthy circles knows there's a master who offers a full range of services, from fortune-telling and feng shui to exorcising ghosts and catching demons. He's incredibly powerful, but rarely shows his face. Even with money, you can't be sure you'll get to meet him. Countless people would do anything for a glimpse of the master, not realizing he's right there on their TVs, being mocked.

Mockery 1: Why hasn't Qin Yue retired yet? He even keeps bragging about graduating from a prestigious university. Look at that awful handwriting. Even a ghost's scrawl would look better.

Rich Person 1: I hear the master's talismans are impossible to get. His calligraphy is worth a fortune, yet nobody can buy it.

Mockery 2: That country bumpkin Qin Yue thinks he knows antiques? Don't tell me he's mistaking a chamber pot for a treasure.

Rich Person 2: I hear the master has a discerning eye and has never made a mistake!

Mockery 3: With Qin Yue's stingy nature, there's no way he has any friends.

Entertainment mogul Guan Yunheng: Hello, everyone. I'm Qin Yue's good friend, and also his biggest fan...

Netizens: ...Boss, if you've been kidnapped, just blink!

Later, Qin Yue successfully made a comeback. Only then did everyone discover...

Qin Yue isn't just the grandson of Qin Yi, a master of calligraphy and painting. His handwriting really is a ghost's scrawl, and worth a fortune!

What? He donated all the money he earned to preserve national treasures and cultural relics?

Netizens: ...Master, my keyboard's possessed! It was the one hell-bent on slandering you. I'll smash it right now to make it up to you!

*** ***

Guan Yunheng is a thoroughgoing materialist and atheist.

After a car accident, he woke up to find himself inhabiting a jade thumb ring.

The ring's owner was a bizarre fellow who was always talking about spirits and the supernatural...

Guan Yunheng: ...Has anyone else ever felt so miserable they could die?

At first,

Qin Yue: Everything has a spirit.

Guan Yunheng: If I can't hear it, I'll pretend it doesn't exist.

Qin Yue: I have to help this ghost pass on.

Guan Yunheng: Don't care. I want to get back into my own body.

Qin Yue: The secrets of heaven must not be revealed.

Guan Yunheng: Damn it, you're a third-rate idol. Can you focus on your career?

Three months later, by a twist of fate, Guan Yunheng returned to his own body and brought his subordinates straight to the Qin family's door.

Guan Yunheng: ...So, would you be interested in becoming a top-tier star? The kind my company will promote without question.

Qin Yue: ...

Blurb for the upcoming novel Heard We're a Couple

Reborn, beautiful, and sweet on the surface but dark within (devoted puppy? deranged obsessive?) gong VS a slow-witted shou who has no idea what's going on. He lays the groundwork early on, then they dote on each other.

After returning from overseas, Yu Qiuxuan, who has been out of the spotlight for a long time, gets a script no one wants. His co-star is Qi Fei, a pretty-boy actor criticized for his poor acting.

Once filming officially begins,

Yu Qiuxuan discovers that the rumors are all lies. This junior isn't aloof, taciturn, or wooden in his acting at all. He's obedient and considerate, acts naturally, and works very hard.

Before long, the two become friends.

But what he doesn't know is that...

While Yu Qiuxuan sleeps soundly beside him, completely off guard,

the young man raises a hand and traces his features with his fingers, smiling with feverish, frenzied delight. "Twenty years, Teacher Yu. This time, you won't escape me, no matter where you go! Even if we have to go to hell, we'll go together!"

On the day he wins the Grand Slam Best Actor award, a car accident sends Qi Fei back twenty years in time.

Back then, he was a newly risen top-tier star, all the rage.

Given another chance, Qi Fei has let go of the past. In this life, nothing matters except Yu Qiuxuan.

So...

His manager watches helplessly as his artist becomes Yu Qiuxuan's most devoted fan and grows more obsessed by the day, his head full of question marks. "Your Highness, I'm begging you! Top-tier stars are like chives in a field: one crop grows back after another. Could you put some of that ambition toward your own career?"

Qi Fei: I'm waiting.

Manager: Waiting? For what? For your company to rise from the global top fifty to the top ten, so you can go home and inherit the family business?

Not long after, Qi Fei overrules everyone's objections and takes on a low-budget web series. His co-star is none other than Yu Qiuxuan, who's been out of sight for a long time.

Manager: Fine. This show looks like a flop, but at least Young Master has successfully met his idol. This old servant is relieved!

Qi Fei only smiles without a word.

As soon as footage from the opening ceremony and behind-the-scenes videos come out, gossip accounts stir up trouble. The two fandoms tear into each other until the whole world knows about it.

Yu Qiuxuan: Our fans may not get along, but we're still good colleagues, right?

Qi Fei (smiling): Of course. Teacher Yu has always been the goal I've worked toward!

They work well together and become friends. Everyone knows they're close, except Yu Qiuxuan's manager, who has never liked Qi Fei.

Manager: I'll bet the next eighteen years of your godson's New Year money! The way he looks at you when you're alone together, there's definitely something going on!

Yu Qiuxuan: Don't make things up. Qi Fei and I are good friends. Right?

Qi Fei (smiling): Of course.

A year later...

With a ring on his ring finger, Yu Qiuxuan watches along with netizens as Qi Fei's true identity is exposed. "Liar..."

Blurb for Protect Our Underachiever

Ye Gui is reborn and returns to ten years ago. Why not stay away from scumbags and live the easy life as a laid-back freeloader?

Beep! The Life-Saving System is now online! The Host must work hard to earn life points, or face punishment no less painful than level ten pain.

After experiencing it once, Ye Gui, who is extremely sensitive to pain, drops to his knees. "I'll work hard! Isn't that enough?!"

One day, Ye Gui joins a TV drama with his own investment, only to find that the male lead is Chu Ci, the person he hates most!

The System frantically prompts him: "Hurry, Host! Get close to this top student and you'll complete your mission sooner."

Word on the street: "Emperor of Film Chu Ci comes from a poor family and is saddled with huge debts."

Ye Gui: "It's just money, right? Your young master has plenty!"

Rumors soon spread around the set: "Young Master Ye is keeping Chu Ci?"

Ye Gui: "We stayed up all night discussing acting. Would you believe that?"

**

Chu Ci offends a big shot in the industry. Ye Gui boasts, "You call that offending him? I'll show you what real offending looks like!"

The big shot backs down and vanishes without a trace.

One day, Ye Gui says, "Xiao Ci, there's a decent movie. Want to check it out?"

Chu Ci: "Sure!"

A big-budget production with a great team! This time, he'll help Chu Ci break into the international market. Once he's done, he'll earn a huge number of life points!

**

On signing day, Ye Gui has to use the bathroom. "I'm going to the restroom. Stay right here. Don't move."

When he comes back, Chu Ci is still there, while the producer and director flatter him. "Mr. Chu, you didn't need to come in person for something as trivial as signing the contract!"

Chu Ci raises an eyebrow and smiles. "Can't be helped. I have to keep my investor happy, don't I?"

Ye Gui: "???"

Blurb for the upcoming novel After Being Reborn, I Became a Chef God

Lu Jian lies on the operating table, looking back on his life.

What a colossal joke!

He should have been the pampered young master of the Lu family, but he was switched at birth and raised by another family. By the time he was reunited with his birth parents at eight, there was no place left for him at home.

He treated the adopted son who had taken his place with genuine kindness, only to be framed and left with both legs broken. He would spend the rest of his life relying on a wheelchair.

Longing for familial affection, he carefully tried to please his birth parents, only to overhear his mother once lamenting that raising a child was better than giving birth to one. It broke his heart.

Lu Jian thinks that if he had another chance, he would never return to the Lu family...

When he opens his eyes again, he's been reborn in the tenth year after returning to the Lu family, and bound to a chatty Cooking Study System!

Lu Jian sneers: You want him to be a self-sacrificing cannon fodder again? Get lost!

So...

His biological parents: "If you don't behave, we'll cut off your allowance!"

Lu Jian: Beginner Kitchen Skills unlocked!

The adopted son: "If you leave the Lu family, do you think you'll have any future?!"

Lu Jian: Earns the approval of a master chef!

The other Lu family members, laughing at him: "Is something wrong with Lu Jian? A chef? What a ridiculous idea!"

Lu Jian: His first restaurant is in the works!

He doesn't want to care what other people think anymore. This time, he's going to live for himself.

One day, he joins a variety show called Celebrity Chef God.

After filming wraps, an Emperor of Film known for his cold demeanor starts shamelessly showing up in front of him to make his presence felt...

Lu Jian, losing patience: "What do you want?"

Bo Wen, an extremely picky eater: "I like your cooking!"

Lu Jian: "..."

Much later, entertainment magazines keep photographing Lu Jian and Bo Wen together at supermarkets.

Their CP fans are moved to tears: "Seeing is believing!"

Lu Jian: "...No! Really, there's nothing going on! It's a misunderstanding!"

Bo Wen: "Heh."

Theme: In the face of hardship, hold on to your longing for goodness and kindness, and stay true to yourself.