Showbiz 娱乐圈

1. 1 全 The Whole Internet Thinks I've Quit the Industry and Given Up 全网都以为我退圈摆烂了 Lin Tang林堂No CP175k WordsOngoing Xie Linzhou was once a top-tier star in the entertainment industry. Because he was too sharp-tongued, bad at playing the game, and refused to submit to unspoken rules, the powers that be set him up. The entire internet turned against him, and he left the industry. Everyone thought he was finished. Half a year later-- Netizens spotted a man in the livestream of a local neighborhood office, wearing a mask as he fixed an elderly woman's phone, mediated disputes between neighbors, caught scammers, 96Favorites200Clicks/ch145Gifts

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   Serving the People

2. 2 我 I Turned a Dying Variety Show into a Poverty Alleviation Channel 我把过气综艺做成了扶贫专线 Lan Tuo兰拓No CP1.6M WordsCompleted → My new novel, The Wicked Woman Becomes a Mom and Refuses to Turn Her Kid into a Tiger Mom, is now open for reading! A hilarious ancient-to-modern entertainment-industry story, featuring a laid-back imperial consort, a mom who coasts through raising her child, no romance for anyone, making money above all, and going crazy for the win. It's already got plenty of chapters, so dive right in! As a low-level office drone in the public sector, Wei Sheng initially just wanted to take a taxpayer-funde 93.1kFavorites252kClicks/ch907.4kGifts

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   The protagonist never forgets to make the people around him better.

3. 3 演 Acting Replacement Syndrome 演技代替症 Xiu Yunyun休芸芸Danmei (BL)511k WordsCompleted Blurb: Ding Ding was abandoned without mercy by his so-called friends while playing a dare game in an abandoned haunted house. Armed with nothing but a Nokia with an insanely long battery life, he managed to survive seven days in the haunted house. After emerging from the haunted house looking like he had been dragged through a hedge backward, Ding Ding grew more and more unhappy about the whole thing. So h 3kFavorites6.1kClicks/ch3.4kGifts

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   Sand sculpture

4. 4 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 protagonist is constantly striving to achieve his life goals.

5. 5 顶 The Top-Tier Star Is Reborn, Starting in Hong Kong's Entertainment Industry 顶流重生，从港圈开始 Little Haven in Search of Light寻光小筑No CP2.0M WordsCompleted [A traditional entertainment-industry story, a long epic with stories within the story, marked in the chapter details. The early chapters focus on Hong Kong entertainment.] Zhong Yi was a top-tier star of his generation. He couldn’t sing in tune, but had held concerts; he was stiff as a board, but had served as a talent-show judge. He was extremely dedicated, though all he ever managed was memorizing his lines. Hailed as a destined superstar, he had actually bought online hype on credit and ende 16.6kFavorites18.6kClicks/ch80.4kGifts

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   The protagonist is constantly striving to achieve his goal.

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