I'm a Nobody, Yet I'm the Underworld's Top-Tier Star [Showbiz]

This novel has been licensed for overseas publication. For updates on its progress, check the Weibo account “Pei Di Jue De Ke Yi.” 1. Qiong Ren is strikingly handsome and exceptionally good at his job, yet after three years in the industry, he has fewer than ten active fans. One day, he discovers that although he’s a nobody in the world of the living, he’s genuinely a top-tier star in the underworld. His music videos play everywhere in the netherworld, his songs are the King of Hell’s designated office background music, and his Underworld Weibo account has over a billion followers. Qiong Ren bursts into tears at the sight of his first fans. Strictly speaking, though, not a single one of them is alive… There’s just one problem. Qiong Ren is afraid of ghosts. 2. To get used to his sudden ten billion ghost fans, Qiong Ren watches horror movies and visits haunted houses every day to toughen himself up, trying not to pass out onstage. He folds gold ingots and pokes holes in joss paper. His fans buy his albums, and he gives them hell money in return. Love goes both ways. Other idols pose for wedding-themed shoots with Harper’s Bazaar. Qiong Ren shoots for the underworld’s top magazine, The Complete Guide to Torture Devices. Other idols sing charity songs. Qiong Ren sings the underworld culture promotional track “You Won’t Get a Happy Ending.” Other idols’ ships with their bandmates get popular in the world of the living, only to end in scandal. Qiong Ren and the King of Hell become a hit ship in the underworld, and end up getting married. 3. While Qiong Ren works hard to become the underworld’s ideal idol, he unexpectedly trends in the world of the living. #QiongRen VisitedInADream# “My grandpa visited me in a dream last night and asked me to burn Qiong Ren merch for him. I looked him up and he’s actually an idol, but he’s ridiculously unpopular… Anyway, does anyone know where I can buy his merch?” “You’re not the only one. My sister asked me to burn a Qiong Ren fan banner for her so she could take it to his autograph session! Is he only popular in the underworld and unknown among the living? Whale.jpg” “I looked up his photos. He’s insanely handsome. I’m officially his most devoted face fan from now on, prprprprpr.” “Wow, he’s so handsome! How is it possible he isn’t famous?” “Maybe he really does mainly do business in the underworld, hahaha.” “Huh? Why did my dream tell me to write fanfiction about Qiong Ren and the King of Hell?” Qiong Ren gains a million followers overnight, all among the living. The top is the King of Hell. I just want to see a serious workaholic fall in love with his wife. Please don’t let my novel sit unread until it’s finished, my dears. I’m begging you. Coming soon: I Open a School in a Mountain Village After transmigrating, Song Erxue is bound to the Prestigious School System. Mission objective: Turn Qishan High School into a prestigious school with a 99.3% college admission rate. Qishan is a nationally renowned poor county. In the whole county, only a handful of students get into college each year. Girls here have even fewer chances to study, and the dropout rate is high. Song Erxue: Just kill me. Right now. System: A ten-pull is guaranteed when you first log in! You’re guaranteed a teacher of purple quality or higher. Please summon your destined person from the vast sea of stars, Host! Thinking about how his luck usually requires hitting hard pity to get anything, Song Erxue steels himself and goes for a ten-pull. Whoosh~ A tall man suddenly appears amid extravagant special effects. He hasn’t even taken off his boxing gloves, and sweat runs down his temple. A fierce, intimidating aura hits Song Erxue head-on. Song Erxue: What is this? A PE teacher? Can I touch those abs? The System shrieks: This is an ultra-rare, limited-edition golden legendary card! You’ve! Hit! The jackpot! Six months later, the national physics competition begins. Qishan High School, a team nobody has ever heard of, comes out of nowhere like a dark horse. While students from other prestigious schools point at the unassuming Qishan competitors, someone suddenly recognizes their formidable, handsome, hitman-looking teacher. It’s Yan Wei, a giant in the academic world! Netizens visit Qishan High School’s terribly run Weibo account and are shocked again and again! The math teacher is Tao Qi, a genius who earned his doctorate at sixteen. The PE teacher is a former Olympic champion, and the Chinese teacher just won a literary prize. They’re numb. What is this, a playground for big shots?! Later, Qishan High School becomes famous for its 99.9% college admission rate. Eighty percent of its students get into the C9 League universities, and its research institute produces one world-famous scientific achievement after another. The institute’s director is none other than Song Erxue, the principal of Qishan High School. In an interview, he says, “I only did a little bit of work (meaning the ten-pull was guaranteed to give me a gold). At first, I just wanted to give the kids in the mountains a chance to get a decent education. I never expected us to become famous around the world by accident.” Hah, you’re so humble! How lucky you are to have so many amazing people working for you! Many people don’t know that Yan Wei was once falsely accused of academic fraud, that Tao Qi became withdrawn for a time, or that Song Erxue had to negotiate with parents to get many of the children a chance to go to school. How lucky they were to meet Song Erxue in this life. Their lives changed from that moment on. Synopsis saved on November 6, 2023. Theme: Hard work builds a brilliant life.