From Zero to Screen Queen

[After agonizing over it for a long time, I still think the outline is a complete mess, so I've decided to revise the entire story. I expect to return in mid-June, replacing everything. I bow my head and apologize to everyone who added this to their favorites. The parts currently posted have already been completely replaced.]

[I've hit the worst slump I've ever had and gotten badly stuck. To keep from going on hiatus again, I've decided to finish the entire manuscript before posting. I bow my head and apologize again. (Manuscript progress: 130,000/?)]

Blurb:

[Our goal: to become the best agents!]

Ming Yuan transmigrates and gets bound to an agent System.

[All you have to do now is sign one talent and complete the beginner's task. You'll get a beginner's gift pack and your very own talent agency. From then on, you can crush your former employer, kick capitalists to the curb, and reach the pinnacle of life. It's all within your grasp!]

The System is brimming with confidence. Surely its Host will be deeply grateful for this golden finger delivered right to their door.

Ming Yuan gratefully writes her own name in the box for signing a talent.

System: ?

She even uses the gift pack's [Green River-style Acting] and [Siren's Song] on herself.

System: ??

Later, Ming Yuan holds awards for Best Actress in a TV Drama and Best Actress in a Film. Her fame shines at home and abroad, and her agency becomes a glittering palace of superstars...

The System finally understands: an agent who doesn't want to be an actor isn't a good Host.

**

Lin Yisen has considered himself asexual for 23 years. To pursue his dream, he runs away from home, returns to China penniless, and charges headfirst into the entertainment industry.

After enduring the indescribable ordeal of sharing a toilet with his roommates, eating just two vegetable buns and a bowl of plain congee a day, and having bar patrons line up to ask for his WeChat while he sings at a bar, he is exhausted in body and mind. He accepts a talent scout's card and gets talked into joining a film crew.

It's all for the sake of releasing an album. He can put up with it, and put up with it, and put up with it...

The film's leading lady blocks his way, furious. "I've put up with you for long enough!"

Her gaze burns. His heart pounds.

Lin Yisen gets it: making a film comes with a crush. Heaven really has been kind to him.

So I wasn't asexual after all. I just hadn't met you yet.

[Reading Guide]

1. An entertainment-industry acting story. The female lead is naturally gifted. There are roles she doesn't want to play, but none she can't.

2. A seemingly cold and aloof male lead who gets jealous in private, paired with a female lead whose every role sparks a popular couple, but who only loves him.

3. Inspired by Ming* Volunteer.

Theme: Dreams embrace everyone who is brave enough to pursue them.