Entertainment Industry Stories, Mostly Survival Shows 娱乐圈文（选秀文偏多）

1. 1 虚 A Virtual Idol Enters a Boy Band Audition 虚拟爱豆穿进男团选秀 Being Plain Is the Cute Part三无是萌点No CP962k WordsCompleted The night before a boy band survival show started filming, a popular contestant had a scandal. With nothing left to lose, the production team grabbed some random amateur to fill in. When the news broke, countless hate posts appeared: [Where did Jiang Xingcan come from? What a nobody. Is there no entry bar for survival shows? Any washed-up loser can get on now?] [Haha, just waiting for Jiang Xingcan to get sacrificed in the first round!] But during the first-stage performance recording... Under 30.8kFavorites37.5kClicks/ch60.2kGifts

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   It's quite heartwarming to watch; the team camaraderie is adorable, and the cabbage character is cute too. It would be even better if their individual career storylines were expanded a bit more; I'm still wanting more.

2. 2 选 Idol Survival Show: Everyone Says I'm the Royal Family's Main Vocalist 选秀:都说我是皇族主唱 Lazy LLS爱睡懒觉的llsDanmei (BL)540k WordsCompleted Currently updating: Did This Silly Beauty Get It Wrong, Looking for a Husband in a Boy Band? Interested readers are welcome to check it out, QAQ "Ling Baiyuan, I'm sorry, but your journey ends at 21st place." And with that, every vocalist-position contestant on Starlight Idol was eliminated. "Wake up! We're taking the official photos today!" Ling Baiyuan woke from his dream. He'd had that dream again. In that dream, he was the program's favored vocalist, the one viewers called a rigged pick. 5.4kFavorites5.5kClicks/ch12.2kGifts

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   Initially, because it was set to 0 exposure, it was a little frustrating (?). Actually, not really, just not very enjoyable. It started to get better after Bai got his first ad. The stage-related parts weren't particularly moving, neither outstanding nor bad, but the forum-style writing was absolutely brilliant [rice][rice][rice] (the biggest feature of this article). This forum-style writing is so good, highly recommended! [Continued]

3. 3 养 The Child Star Has Something to Say 养成系有话说 Li Lan礼蓝No CP2.8M WordsOngoing New series: Live-Streaming a Subconscious Talent Show: The Pinnacle of Truth, Goodness, and Beauty Live streaming + chat comments + full immersion Bonus chapters are being updated, and the manuscript is being revised bit by bit. The author is not responsible for pirated copies~ Huohuo is reborn. A soul over twenty years old moves into a body not yet twelve. He becomes a legendary trainee under Dream Factory, a company specializing in developing young idols. Choose your teammates and debut wit 30.7kFavorites38.5kClicks/ch204.8kGifts

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   The main story is finished. It feels like I've been with Xiao Huo for nine years. It's a very unique story of raising a child. [Sprinkling flowers][Sprinkling flowers] (It's very long, but overall the flaws don't detract from its overall quality. It's a very good read.)

4. 4 男 The Sacrificial Royal in a Boy Band Audition 男团选秀里的祭天皇族 Dispirited Big Ribbonfish颓废大带鱼No CP1.8M WordsCompleted A quick plug for my upcoming novel in the same series. It’s also a woman transmigrating into a man’s body and becoming an idol: "Woman in a Man’s Body: My Best Friend and I Transmigrate Together and Build a Career by Shipping Guys". [The full text has been extensively revised, so many reader comments no longer match. Comments are temporarily disabled.] [Content warnings: The central premise is a woman in a man’s body. This is not an ensemble story; everyone besides the protagonist is a supporti 93.6kFavorites138.8kClicks/ch567.4kGifts

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   I only read up to the debut chapter of this book. It was updated with the extra chapters at the time, so I added it to my reading list. Now that it's finished, I saw the ratings, and many people said the extra chapters weren't very good, so I stopped subscribing. Because the audition period was so delicious, I'll still recommend it. Five stars for the audition period [throwing confetti] I deducted one star because the ratings were concentrated [pity]. (Note: This story features a female character who transmigrates into a male character! If you are sensitive to this, please avoid it. Personally, I feel that this aspect wasn't deliberately emphasized, but it's still okay.)

5. 5 今 Did You Pander to Your Fans Today? 今天你媚粉了吗？ Nine Pieces九块No CP300k WordsCompleted The earlier story about their debut through an audition show is Reborn: My House Will Never Collapse, now complete. Have You Been Pandering to Your Fans Today? Also known as A Guide to Pandering in a Limited-Time Group My Fan-Pandering Days in a Limited-Time Group What does it mean to pander to fans? To rival fans, even smiling at the airport counts as pandering. To your own fans, even giving them a cold look onstage is a sign of affection. To passersby... Sorry, there are no passersby in a fa 8.8kFavorites16.3kClicks/ch11.9kGifts

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   It needs to be watched in conjunction with the previous season, "Rebirth: My House Will Never Collapse." Season 2 might be a bit bland compared to season 1, but I prefer the feel of season 2, and I'm even hoping for a third season! [Pity] My dearest daughter, your journey may be filled with pauses and stops, and you may encounter both kindness and malice along the way. But I believe that Mingming will always run forward, towards an ever-brighter future, and then happily say, "I was so lucky today, everyone remember to soak up some sun! [Orange candy]"

6. 6 重 Reborn: My House Is Definitely Not Going to Fall 重生之我的房子必不可能塌 Nine Pieces九块No CP396k WordsCompleted Possible content warnings: 1. A 101-style idol audition story, written like a rambling account with little writing polish, plot, or logic. The setup takes a long time, and there's a lot of pairing promotion. 2. The heroine will not debut in first place or become a top-tier star. This is not a wish-fulfillment story. 3. A cheerful, sweet heroine who's short, with excessive, excessive, excessive pairing-promotion and clout-leeching, as well as excessive, excessive, excessive scheming. 4. More to b 15.7kFavorites29.5kClicks/ch16.6kGifts

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   Xiuwen looks beautiful as a daughter, so cute! The pace was a little slow at first, but she really got into it as she participated in the show. [Applause]

7. 7 选 After Failing to Debut Through a Talent Show 选秀出道失败后 Far Up the Tianshan Mountains远上天山No CP959k WordsCompleted My new novel, I Write Novels Purely to Make Money, is currently being serialized. Thanks for your support! The huge talent competition show Tomorrow's Star Path was an overnight sensation. Every member of the debut group Wink shot to fame, going from unknowns to a top-tier idol group. Unfortunately, there were eight debut spots, and Lin Yuan came in ninth. Three years later, Wink went from famous to forgotten. Lin Yuan, who had ranked in the debut lineup throughout the competition, became even m 40.5kFavorites56.6kClicks/ch141.5kGifts

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   I quite like it; the author's entertainment industry stories are a no-brainer [cat paw]. It's the first time I've seen a kangaroo sculpture, haha. Xiaolin is truly a very pure person.

8. 8 我 My Years as a Backup in a Girl Group 我在女团当BACK的那些年 Tao JiuPeachJoy桃酒PeachJoyRomance466k WordsCompleted [Pre-registration: We Love Being This Free and Happy] -Synopsis- [Title: Just curious, what's it like to be the less popular member of a girl group? Can you feel the popularity gap? Do you have to watch the popular members' moods? Any little idols want to answer anonymously?] After a late-night bout of the blues, Jiang Wenbai wrote an answer to this question through her tears. "A currently active, less popular member here. Our group has a bit of name recognition, but there's a big popularity 25.1kFavorites41.4kClicks/ch41.5kGifts

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   The dramas starring the lead actress feature many career storylines, with the female lead's career storyline being particularly compelling, while the romance storylines are passable. Note: The male lead has had a previous romantic relationship. While it's unclear whether describing it or not makes any difference, I don't understand why it's explicitly mentioned. However, it was a brief college romance from many years ago (less than a year), almost entirely glossed over in the text. I personally read it as a BL (Boys' Love) story. If you're concerned about this, please avoid it. I wasn't planning on reading this book initially because the synopsis mentioned the author's past romantic experiences, but the reviews all said the career storyline was compelling, and after reading it, I found it quite exciting [sunglasses emoji]. It's definitely worth a read.

9. 9 男 Boy Band Promotion Handbook 男团营业手册 Paper Folding as Play折纸为戏Danmei (BL)271k WordsCompleted Six months after the C-list boy group Forever debuted, one of the group’s CPs suddenly became a sensation. Their stage chemistry was explosive, and they gave fans endless sweet moments offstage. Shen Yuqi and Xia Chixian’s “Xian Qi” ship was called the sweetest CP in the entire Chinese entertainment industry. Even passing ants had to praise how lucky the CP fans were to have their ship become real. Only Shen Yuqi knew that he and his bandmate Xia Chixian couldn’t stand each other. Their relatio 19.4kFavorites29.4kClicks/ch12.2kGifts

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   What a despicable book, hahaha, a boy band/BL (Boys' Love) fanfic! [Orange Sugar][Purple Sugar]

10. 10 重 Reborn as a Top Contestant on a Girl Group Survival Show 重生在女团选秀当top Paper Folding as Play折纸为戏Romance506k WordsCompleted [Coming soon: My Agent Career with the Fluffballs. In her previous life, Jiang Ye was buried by a terrible company, wasting decades of her youth without getting anywhere. When she woke again, Jiang Ye discovered she had been reborn at eighteen. And she was right back at the moment she was holding a pen and about to sign a contract. The talent scout in front of her was still trying to sweet-talk her: “Sign, 48.6kFavorites155.2kClicks/ch31.2kGifts

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    The female lead is very virtuous, ambitious, and dedicated. The atmosphere during the talent show was mostly good. The author likes to write inspirational quotes (but I was genuinely moved [pity]). Such an ideal idol! It's so wonderful to be a fan of Jiang Jie (a character from a popular TV series), and it's also wonderful to ship straight female characters together, hahaha~ If you don't read the side stories, you can treat it as a no-romance story, but the romance in the side stories is quite sweet.

11. 11 在 After I Successfully Debuted in a Boy Band 在男团成功出道后 Ze An择桉No CP1.9M WordsCompleted [A long novel] A story about someone who accidentally debuts in Korea. Note: 1. Not a survival show. A small ensemble cast. 2. Fictional setting. It borrows the K-pop backdrop, but there are no real-life idol groups. The entertainment-industry scheming is all imagined, so please don’t take it as fact. 3. The co 41.5kFavorites64.3kClicks/ch196.1kGifts

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    With a K-pop background, the show boasts high levels of stage performances, songwriting, and variety show content, and its forum-style format is quite interesting. The group dynamics are also fascinating; it's a group of colleagues, each with their own agendas yet managing to get along harmoniously. They were relatively unknown initially, but their popularity skyrocketed later on. The best Gari, the best nobody [crying] It's so hard to quit

12. 12 当 Becoming a Star, Starting as an Extra 当明星从跑龙套开始 Qingqiu Qianye青丘千夜Danmei (BL)1.4M WordsCompleted [Bonus extras, unlockable at 60%. No real-life person was the inspiration for this story. No one. No one. No one. (That’s three times.) Please don’t bring up real people in the comments. The golden finger is extremely powerful. Romance pairing: Shen Tianqing.] When Jiang Fanxing was eight, he watched handsome men and beautiful women in legal dramas travel the world, fall in love, and uphold justice. He decided that a handsome, adorable kid like him was born to be a lawyer! He majored in law at 228.8kFavorites383.8kClicks/ch894.4kGifts

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    The beginning and middle were quite good, but the later part got a bit padded (probably after the K commercial aired). The epilogue was pretty good and provided a good ending. Overall, it's worth watching. The "Star Upward Management" segment is quite interesting [sunglasses]. It's all about speaking up when you're unhappy, and the cleavage is pretty satisfying. Additionally: Two points are controversial and require attention: 1. The plot of Qiu's encounter with danger in South Korea seems somewhat abrupt; 2. The incident of Chu Dan's forced change of economic agreement due to his role grab.

13. 13 替 I Joined a Boy Band Audition in My Brother's Place and Became a Star 替亲哥参加男团选秀后爆红了 Ying Ci嬴辞Romance550k WordsCompleted * [Warning: The secret never gets exposed, not even by the end!] *New novel in the author’s column: "Becoming All Kinds of Animals After I Die" is currently being serialized... "A Dazzling Starbound Journey" is a boy group survival show. The public votes to choose seven out of 101 contestants to debut as an idol group. Jiang Yanxi’s older brother was one of the contestants. But on the day the show premiered, Jiang Yanxi had just walked out of her college entrance exam when she got a call from 26.5kFavorites41kClicks/ch39.1kGifts

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    Xiao Xi is very cute, has a versatile style, is very virtuous, and is locked in a deep bond with her fans. You should check her out. The only slight drawback is that her crisis management was a bit strange a few times, and her approach to acquiring fruit shares was relatively idealistic. Note: The protagonist is disguised as a man and never takes off her disguise from beginning to end. There is no romantic pairing system (description is very limited).

14. 14 在EN Pretending to Be an Overseas Contestant on a Boy Group Survival Show 在男团选秀假扮海外选手 Self-Destructing Truck自爆卡车No CP465k WordsCompleted *The second set of illustrations is up! If you can only see the first set, please update the app. For watermarked versions, see Weibo @A Self-Destructing Truck. *Comments related to real people will be deleted. I didn't delete the other comments, so please don't argue in the comments section. [Warnings are below. Anyone trying to identify real-life inspirations will be disappointed.] Upcoming story 1: "A Field Guide to Failing at Fanservice" (original, no CP) Upcoming story 2: "I Draw the Underc 101kFavorites216.3kClicks/ch183.2kGifts

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    Yuzu, yuzu, we love you!

15. 15 兼 A Part-Time Idol’s Guidebook 兼职爱豆指北 Fang Zizai方自在Danmei (BL)786k WordsCompleted Jiang Lechen: the idol who’s best at slaughtering pigs, and the veterinarian who’s best at singing and dancing. As a little-known member of a trainee-built boy group, Xiao Jiang feels less like he’s chasing his dreams in show business and more like he’s being put through military training. Monday to Friday, he struggles through eight a.m. university classes, fighting tooth and nail to keep up his attendance and grades. As soon as class ends, he rushes to the company for dance, vocal, and actin 131.9kFavorites224.5kClicks/ch372.9kGifts

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    This is a very down-to-earth piece! From the eternally sincere Jiang Lechen!

16. 16 组 Our Group Disbanded, and I Became a Star! 组合解散，我爆红了！ Far Up the Tianshan Mountains远上天山No CP891k WordsCompleted Actor Lu Xu wakes up one day and finds himself a member of Verse, a hugely popular idol boy band. The good news: he has a handsome face. The bad news: Verse has just disbanded, and Lu Xu is not only its least popular member, he’s also the only one of the four who got kicked out of the company. Verse fans only support three of them. A quick keyword search turns up tens of thousands of scandals about 95kFavorites168.6kClicks/ch251.7kGifts

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    It's a great read, but the last fifty chapters are a bit tiring. However, the flaws don't detract from its overall quality, and it's still worth reading.

17. 17 顶 Top-Tier Idol Group (Entertainment Circle) 顶配天团（娱乐圈） Spirit of the Butterfly蝶之灵Danmei (BL)665k WordsCompleted [Completed, please leave a five-star review! Mwah!] FTM is an experimental boy band created by Shengyao Media. After the chief planner picked the lineup on a whim, they hastily debuted and were dubbed “the biggest amateur operation in history.” FTM never quite took off after their debut. That is, until a variety show, when Fu Fei, the youngest member, slipped and fell during a relay race. The five of them were lined up, and Fu Fei’s fall knocked over the members in front of him one after another 82.6kFavorites75.8kClicks/ch115.5kGifts

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    Feeling great, the young couple is so sweet.

18. 18 从 Becoming a Top-Tier Star, Starting with a Talent Show 从选秀开始成为顶流天王 Xie Canglang谢沧浪No CP725k WordsCompleted The End. Thank you for supporting the official release~ [Comments about pirated copies or real-life people will be deleted. Please respect one another. Thank you, everyone.] If life were judged by the roles of protagonist and supporting character, then Xie Xizhao seemed to have been cast as a cannon-fodder character in every one of his lives. As a boy band member, he was the invisible one with the least popularity outside the group, and the timid leader who was ostracized within it; As an acto 69.9kFavorites121.3kClicks/ch132kGifts

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    This year's top talent show story: Chaochao is amazing as both an idol and an actor!

19. 19 失 After Losing My Memory, I Mistook My Rival for My Husband 失忆后把对家当成了老公 Walnut Cloud Slices胡桃云片Danmei (BL)493k WordsCompleted As a top star, Yu Yuan had a sworn enemy who outshone him in every way. They were bitter rivals. After Ling Yu's fans trashed his Weibo fan page for the ninety-ninth time, Yu Yuan sulked and decided to search the page for dirt on Ling Yu to read over dinner. By accident, he clicked on a fanfic pairing himself with Ling Yu. In the story, Ling Yu doted on him, indulged him, yielded to him at every turn, and even willingly handed over his Best Actor trophy. He was completely at Yu Yuan's feet. Y 57.4kFavorites66.3kClicks/ch29.3kGifts

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    Sweet and chubby young couple, highly recommended before they regain their memories.

20. 20 我 Making a Fortune as a Screenwriter 我靠编剧发家致富 Far Up the Tianshan Mountains远上天山No CP622k WordsCompleted My new novel, I Write Novels Purely to Make Money, is currently being serialized. Thanks for your support! Lin Ji wakes up to find that he has transmigrated into the body of a third-rate screenwriter. In this world, screenwriters call the shots on television productions. The previous owner of this body had just achieved an extraordinary record: the lowest ratings in the history of the TV station. The show had flopped spectacularly, making its name known throughout the entire entertainment indust 51.7kFavorites106.8kClicks/ch127.3kGifts

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    No romance, a satisfying and enjoyable read, very smooth reading experience, highly recommended.

21. 21 网 My Online Chat Partner Is the Top-Tier Star Himself 网聊对象是顶流本尊 Su Yu He夙与合Danmei (BL)233k WordsCompleted 2.1kFavorites2.4kClicks/ch933Gifts

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    Sweet stories perfect for reading before bed.

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