After Awakening, the Cannon Fodder Became a Beloved Movie Emperor [Showbiz]

This novel is also known as The Road to Fame.

It will keep its current title, or a variation of it, while being serialized. After completion, the title will change to The Road to Fame.

An entertainment-industry novel, told from the perspective of the established bottom.

A competitive, ambitious, self-assured beauty with the confidence of someone who knows his worth, born to be the protagonist of a wish-fulfillment story, and his man.

The career and romance storylines have a 60/40 split. The couple is firmly endgame.

[The blurb is still being polished. Small changes may be made before the story officially begins, but the main content and direction will stay the same.]

[1]

When the icy water once again surged into his nostrils, Ji Cheng awakened to self-awareness.

It turned out he was a disposable side character in a melodramatic, angst-ridden urban novel, whose only purpose was to highlight the main couple's torturous romance.

That was why a role that should have been his suddenly went to the novel's bottom, all to showcase the top's devotion.

That was why the spotlight and camera that should have been his always fell on the novel's bottom, all to showcase the fans' love for him.

Even his name had been carelessly chosen by the author: "Ji Cheng."

Now that he was self-aware, Ji Cheng had this to say:

You can fight over the novel's bottom all you want, but I'm taking the Best Actor title.

Eighteen years of studying, a formal acting education, all so he could stand beneath the spotlights.

Why should he be reduced to a part in the main couple's love story?

Ji Cheng: If they can have it, why can't I?

[2]

Ji Cheng began to attract everyone's attention.

When praised, he remained unruffled: "Thank you, everyone. I'll keep working hard."

When faced with malicious abuse, others might cry, throw tantrums, and threaten to kill themselves.

Ji Cheng only smiled: "Bring it on. I don't mind."

Applause? Jeers?

Praise? Insults?

Acclaim? Controversy?

Ji Cheng: I'll take it all.

He lived with confidence and a powerful sense of self. Everyone hated him, yet they all ended up falling for him.

[3]

After Ji Cheng awakened, the plot quietly veered off course.

Once a disposable side character, Ji Cheng entered the audience's view through one role after another,

and more and more people began to fall for him.

The original novel's bottom: A delicate, pitiful white lotus.

In public, he sweetly and effortlessly calls Ji Cheng "gege," looking utterly helpless.

But the moment he turns around, he puts Ji Cheng's rivals in their place: "You think you're worthy of being compared to him?"

The original novel's top: The most common kind of domineering CEO, both toxic and charming.

Original novel's simp number one: A brainless rich second-generation heir, musically gifted but unruly.

Original novel's simp number two: A genius director, strict with people and work, a remote beauty on a high peak, difficult to approach.

But around Ji Cheng, he blushes and follows close behind.

"You're my only muse."

One day, they gathered outside Ji Cheng's apartment.

"What are you here for?"

"I'm here to confess."

"What a coincidence. So are we."

Unable to stand one another, the group started fighting.

Ji Cheng happened to come downstairs and pass by. "?"

Ji Cheng: Oh, those guys are once again tearing each other apart over the novel's bottom, acting out the usual melodramatic angst. I get it.

[4] (With the male lead)

Ji Cheng ran into him at a street-corner cafe.

"All things in this world are fleeting, like light and shadow."

Ji Cheng heard him say.

Without replying, Ji Cheng simply took a sip of his coffee.

The other man suddenly leaned closer. "It's all pretty much the same, though. All very boring."

Ji Cheng paused and looked up, meeting a pair of eyes brimming with interest.

[5]

From an unknown nobody to the pinnacle of glory,

Ji Cheng forged his own road to fame.

The road to fame, ____.

[Reading Guide]

1. Very sweet, very satisfying, very refreshing, very sugary. The whole novel focuses on the growth of the protagonist, Ji Cheng. He has a tendency to attract everyone, so be warned: many people have feelings for him, but he only returns the male lead's feelings. One-on-one romance. The male lead is set, and is neither the original novel's top nor any of its simps.

2. The protagonist has an intensely charismatic personality and an exceptionally strong sense of his own worth.

3. Love rivals and a male competition arena are included.

4. There are no real-life inspirations. Otherwise, the inspirations might have scandals.

5. There are stories within the story.

6. About the male lead's character profile: The couple is firmly endgame. I'll write the male lead's profile once he appears, to keep some mystery (?). No other meaning is intended. The couple is firmly endgame, and the protagonist, though adored by everyone, only has feelings for the male lead. That's all.

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