Showbiz Fiction 娱乐圈文

1. 1 香 Old Hong Kong Stories [Entertainment Industry] 香江旧事[娱乐圈] Hua Yuxia花雨夏Romance1.9M WordsCompleted When Su Yun woke up, she was in Hong Kong in 1972. This city, where Cantonese songs filled the air, was once the cinnabar mole and white moonlight in the hearts of countless people. In the 1970s and 1980s, Hong Kong, Japanese, and American entertainment were all at the height of their golden ages. There were beauty pageant fairy tales that made the whole city look up in the sweltering summer heat, and glamorous celebrity gossip about wealthy families vying for power and stars competing to shine. 21.6kFavorites58.3kClicks/ch27.8kGifts

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   [Cat's paw]

2. 2 从 Becoming a Tycoon with Four Secret Identities 从四个马甲开始当神豪 Li Mujiu李慕九Romance254k WordsCompleted As a Host with a System, Lu Jiao might be the most pathetic one of all. Her "Showbiz Stardom Training System" has a record of every trainee she cultivates having their career crash and burn. For a while, she becomes a name that can't be spoken in showbiz. After working diligently for five years, the completion rate on her dashboard is still an eye-watering zero. Lu Jiao watches the countdown to her failed mission reset, furious and heartbroken. Starting her life over, Lu Jiao finally realizes t 4kFavorites5.2kClicks/ch2.6kGifts

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3. 3 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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   I really love the audience's feedback after the lead actor's performance, sob sob sob

4. 4 逆 From Nobody to Top-Tier Star: It Starts with My Image 逆袭顶流从人设开始 Li Lan礼蓝Danmei (BL)1.0M WordsCompleted 12.3kFavorites16.8kClicks/ch22.2kGifts

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   This is a suspenseful entertainment industry novel, a fanfiction where the main character, who has been unfairly criticized, transmigrates into the body of a celebrity. The protagonist can disguise himself, making it quite captivating.

5. 5 角 Character Experience System [Entertainment Industry] 角色体验系统［娱乐圈］ Little Haven in Search of Light寻光小筑No CP1.6M WordsCompleted [Thanks to all the lovely readers who like Xiao Yu! My other serial in the same genre, "Top-Tier Star Reborn: Starting in Hong Kong’s Entertainment Scene", is updating now. Please support it. "Role-Playing System: Director Edition" is coming in 2026, so please add it to your favorites!] As a protagonist with maxed-out luck, Yu Xunguang received a System before his acting career had even begun. The so-called Role Experience System lets you meet the character you played in another dimension afte 39.2kFavorites44.8kClicks/ch189.3kGifts

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   The flowers in the greenhouse are enviable

6. 6 顶 Peerless Beauty 顶级美貌 Big Goose Treading Snow大鹅踏雪泥Romance1.3M WordsCompleted An entertainment-industry story, a play-within-a-play story, and a story about rising through the ranks. “I look ordinary, but I want to become a superstar, a superstar who shines brilliantly.” This was carved into a desk by fifteen-year-old Meng Kaiyan. At fifteen, Meng Kaiyan got a face-editing game. It was a special kind of face-editing game: the face she edited was her own. How long would it take to go from plain to pretty and fresh-faced? Three years. And from pretty and fresh-faced to 67kFavorites84kClicks/ch260.7kGifts

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   I've documented Kaiyan's growth process, but I still prefer the audience's feedback after the film is released, such as forum-style discussions; that feels a bit superficial.

7. 7 一 Determined to Make a Name for Myself 一心成名 Chen Ji陈戟Romance868k WordsCompleted A new book! My Next Life as Everyone’s Favorite is meant to be a lighthearted, silly campus story. The blurb is at the bottom. Qin You spent her whole life desperately wanting to be famous. But she was too ordinary-looking. After ten years playing unremarkable supporting roles and extras, she finally found a different path to fame: one crazed, vicious villainess left an impression on audiences nationwide. Even if it wasn’t a good impression. At last, she was famous. But was this really the kin 34.7kFavorites60.5kClicks/ch41.2kGifts

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   The play-within-a-play is really hard not to love, but its weakness lies in the romance, which is stiff, clichéd, and incomprehensible.

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