A Guide to Image Management in Showbiz [Idol Competition]

[This novel officially begins on October 12. Updates at 18:00 or 21:00. Half the novel is already written, so you can read without worrying about delays.] Original titles: A Sentence for Fraud, A Con Artist's Guide to Showbiz Cold, ruthless, heartless actor gong X worldly, carefree, slippery little liar and crybaby shou Lin Xuefei was a worthless little stray Lu Liang picked up off the street. Lu Liang raised him to adulthood, practically teaching him all his real skills by hand. His plan was to make a fortune off the kid someday. But before he could earn a cent, the ungrateful little brat he had raised ran away. When they met again, Lin Xuefei had become an award-winning actor, while Lu Liang was an over-the-hill talent-show contestant. Lu Liang lay on the bed and glared viciously at the expressionless man leaning over him, almost ready to spit in his face. Lu Liang: What you're doing is betraying your own teacher. You deserve to be struck by lightning. Lin Xuefei: Uncle, what are you talking about? Do you even know how much money you've made off me all these years? I'm just collecting a little interest. Lu Liang: Bullshit. Didn't I pay for your food, drink, and everything else? Lin Xuefei: In that case, let's call the interest repayment instead, Uncle. Before they got together Lin Xuefei: A versatile entertainer, the youngest award-winning actor, able to act, sing, and dance. After they got together Lin Xuefei: If you won't kiss me, spit out the rice you ate at my house. Lu Liang: You really think you're three years old? Go look at yourself in the mirror, with that shameless mug of yours. You're a twenty-five-year-old dumbass at best. "I entered showbiz and discovered that the kid I raised had become an award-winning actor." "What happened when an old man in his thirties joined a talent show?" Highlights of the show and variety program: A unique talent-show System: draw cards like in a game, with mentors assigned for life and a punishment system. If a contestant is eliminated, their mentor is eliminated too. All this and more in A Sentence for Fraud! There's a new novel coming soon in my author page's upcoming works: I Fed Three Lifetimes of Love to the Dogs! Please add it to your collection if you like it! Synopsis of the upcoming novel: Xie Yange has known since childhood that fate had granted him a destined romance spanning three lifetimes. So what? He still only had eyes for that bald monk at the Great Compassion Temple. Proud and stubborn former demon monk, now night watchman, with perfect homemaking skills gong x flirtatious, frivolous, everyone-loving, spirit-mediuming mad Taoist shou (childhood friends couple) Kong Nianyuan: I'm a monk. Xie Yange: But you left the monastery. Kong Nianyuan: I like women. Xie Yange: I can dress like a woman. Kong Nianyuan: I'm strictly a top. Xie Yange: I... (gritting his teeth) I can be a bottom for love. Until one day, a handsome and dignified god dressed in white appeared before him and told him that he was the lover with whom Xie Yange had been entangled for three lifetimes, and whom he had loved so passionately that it nearly killed him. Xie Yange: I don't care who I'm destined to be with for three lifetimes. I only want to spend this lifetime with him. Xie Yange: Three lifetimes of love, whoever cares. I'll be a bottom for love. I only want the monk, thanks. Tired of stories about love across three lifetimes? Try looking at it from a different angle! Why not cherish the person right in front of you? Tired of the usual immortal-hero tropes? This story won't follow the beaten path! Prepare for surprises! "I am myself: a free soul made up of my past experiences and memories, the worldview they have shaped, and the thoughts that worldview has given rise to. I have no connection to past or future lives. I am simply the one and only me, here and now." Secondary couple: a chivalrous, free-spirited, proud young phoenix who is destined to become empress x a cold, straight-laced genius young dragon god with no trace of warmth (one-sided love at first sight, girl/boy) "One careless glance, and I was willing to fall from heaven and live among mortals, becoming the lowest of your devotees, offering you all the beauty of this world as fireworks to delight others." Reader's guide: 1. This is an age-gap romance with a younger man, a happy ending, two strong leads, a satisfying and feel-good story, a seven-year age gap, an adoption trope, and a monogamous couple. 2. The secondary couple features a girl/boy pairing. Please avoid if that's not for you! 3. The biggest trope is that there are no tropes: a unique talent-show System, exciting shows within the story, and an entirely original variety program. 5. This novel is part of the "Leading Star" series and is connected to the others, but can be read on its own. Theme: People need to be more sincere with one another.