A Guide to Becoming a Better Actor [Showbiz]

This novel is complete. Throwing confetti! The cover is a character design commissioned from Yiyue. It's a little different from what I imagined, but it still looks great. [Blurb] Zhou Yiyue is a hard-working wage slave in the entertainment industry. He steadily works his way up, from bit parts to supporting roles and finally leading roles. He hones his acting skills through all kinds of scripts, stories, characters, and roles. In the end, he wins the Best Actor award! Zhou Yiyue's roles: [2042] A boy who happens to have the ability to see ghosts: Jiang Yang in Eyes in the Dark; An ambitious villainous king: Yan Qing in Four Divine Stones. [2043] A reserved childhood friend who loves someone in secret but can never have them: Fu Xun in Sugar Cube Imprint. [2044] A lone fighter who gives everything for his convictions: Li Weichi in The Corpse Whisperer in Time; An open-minded young man living in the sunshine: Li Dao in The Corpse Whisperer in Time. [2045] Half bright, half dark: the Clown in Escapee; A polished, self-serving man who married into a wealthy family: Qi Le in One Big Happy Family. [2046] A gentle, refined, sickly young master: Gu Yuanqiao in Your Glorious Years; A Republican-era doctor versed in both Chinese and Western medicine: Bai Zhu in Spring Returns. [2047] A caged bird who breaks free: Zheng Feng in Where the Wind Passes Gesang; A beloved who exists only in memory: Qi Bie in The Inn of Forgetting Sorrows. [2048] A two-faced matchmaker from the underworld: Tang Zhengyang/Nan Xing in The Ghost Matchmaker. [2049] A sage ruler, accomplished in both civil and military affairs: Xi Chu in A Flourishing Age; A silent ferryman on the river: Jiang Shi in Deep Water, Everlasting Light. [2050] A fighter turning the Gobi Desert into an oasis: Zhong Zhang in Songs of the Four Seasons: Summer's Growth. A few things to know before reading: 1. This story is set in a parallel world and begins in 2042. 2. The novel contains a lot of stories within stories. 3. Some of the roles he plays involve romance, but Yiyue himself has no romantic pairing. Coming soon: The Growth Record of the Supreme Commander [Interstellar] Blurb: The Alliance's oath: Never abandon any of our own. Human civilization has entered a new era. The war with alien races has dragged on for ages, and the territory has been divided into nine star systems: The First System, humanity's Dawn; The Second System, the Apollo Seed of Fire; The Third System, Xuanyuan Energy; The Fourth System, Venusian Arts; The Fifth System, Beichen Politics; The Sixth System, Wenhua Education; The Seventh System, Hermes Economics; The Eighth System, Ares Military; The Ninth System, Yaoguang Guardians. In the year 3217 of the New Era, the boy Liu Lu sets out from the Ninth System. He conquers the vast sea of stars, treading over the corpses of alien races, turning the worst start into the greatest achievement. Theme: A wage slave's soul is made for striving.