A Ridiculous, Satisfying Showbiz Romp

[This novel is currently on hiatus]

[Career-minded beauty shou x goofy, domineering CEO gong with a mental illness]

1

Liu Jin was an award-winning actor in the entertainment industry. One day, he woke up transmigrated into a dog-blooded danmei CEO novel as an insignificant cannon-fodder shou.

According to the original plot, because he looked so much like the protagonist shou, the scum gong protagonist would use him as a substitute, have his way with him, then toss him aside. In the end, he would take his own life.

The good news: he hadn't hooked up with the protagonist gong yet.

The bad news: he was already at the banquet where he was supposed to meet him.

At the banquet, Liu Jin accidentally met the protagonist gong's eyes. The man's gaze darkened, his eyes carrying three parts mockery, three parts cold indifference, and four parts nonchalance.

Liu Jin's alarm bells went off at once.

In his panic, he grabbed the nearest man and called out loudly, "Honey, I've been waiting for you!"

The man raised an eyebrow. Liu Jin winked at him. "Help me out."

Before the man could say anything, the protagonist gong frowned deeply and strode over, his gaze shifting between the two of them.

Liu Jin was just about to explain when he heard the protagonist gong ask the man:

"Dad, what did this guy just call you?"

Liu Jin froze solid.

Dad?

Before he could process it, a warm, heavy hand settled on his shoulder. A deep voice sounded beside him.

The man was speaking to the protagonist gong:

"Have some respect for your elders. Call him Mom."

2

As the head of Huaguo's richest conglomerate, Xi Zheli naturally believed he was the protagonist of the world. Every day, he got up at five in the morning to jog, drank red wine by his office's floor-to-ceiling windows at eight, then sat down to read exactly 150 pages of CEO novels, all to keep a firm grasp on his own life.

What he didn't know was that he wasn't the protagonist.

He was merely the powerful father of the protagonist gong, who would exit the story in its very first chapter. After he died in a car accident, all the protagonist's buffs would be inherited by his adopted son, a scumbag who was despicable in every way.

But the day before the accident, the plot changed.

Xi Zheli, the powerful father destined to die young, suddenly realized he seemed able to hear the thoughts of a certain young star. Having seen this sort of plot before, it took him just 0.01 seconds to figure it out:

The young star was his runaway, beloved wife!

He helped the young star get out of a predatory contract, kicked an actor who had bought his way into the cast, and even invested in a production just to convince the director to let the young star take care of an orange cat for two days...

After doing all that, he quietly waited for the beauty to fall into his arms.

But the familiar voice of the beauty rang out again, its gentle tone now full of panic:

"...Is this adopted son of the Xi family trying to take advantage of me?"

"Holy crap, he says he'd sleep with me even if it killed him, unless I'm his mom??"

Xi Zheli narrowed his eyes and looked at his adopted son.

It was a look that asserted the power of blood ties.

The scumbag adopted son, the protagonist gong, began trembling on the spot.

: I can mysteriously hear the call of the legendary Seven Wolves from ancient times... Please spare me!

3

Liu Jin, just after transmigrating:

I have to stay far away from the protagonist gong and work hard to achieve my dream of becoming an award-winning actor.

Liu Jin later on:

Can someone get the protagonist gong's dad to stay far away from me? What? He says he'll invest in me winning an Oscar?!!

Years later, backstage at the Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony, a reporter asked Xi Zheli, the partner of award winner Liu Jin:

"How did your partner manage to win the TV Emperor and Film Emperor grand slam in just ten years, then go on to claim the international golden statuette? It's a height most people wouldn't even dare dream of!"

Xi Zheli smiled and gave the camera a simple six-word answer:

"Because he's Liu Jin."

[An actor at max level returns to the beginner's village. This time, our goal is to conquer the global film industry! ...And, of course, falling in love along the way would be lovely too.]

Reader's Guide:

1. One-on-one, both leads are sexually inexperienced. [Feel-good entertainment-industry story + goofy, sweet romance]

2. The gong in this story is the original protagonist gong's adoptive father.

3. Schrodinger's mind-reading ability. This element exists solely to serve the romance.

4. As the title suggests, this is a light, feel-good, brainless comedy. Please leave your brain here. Thank you! (Salutes)

5. My take on the entertainment industry, with mountains of made-up details. It bears no resemblance to reality, so please don't compare it to real people or events.

2024.03.25

Theme: Chase your dreams