Novels like Hello, Designer
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- 1 One Chinese-Style Song Made Me a God of Singing 一首国风，让我成了歌神 [No System, no idiocy, no harem, consistent quality and updates. Hurry aboard and buckle up!] In 2121, an art student studying music repeatedly fails to get into college. He thinks his fate is full of misfortune, but who could have guessed that an accident would send him back to 2021? Taking his memories with him, he starts making a name for himself in the entertainment industry. But to his dismay, the young people these days actually call something like “Let’s all learn to bark together, woof w —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Essence of Chinese Culture! I Start with Traditional Medicine and Shock the World! 华夏国粹！从中医开始，让世界震惊！ Of the countless treasures of Chinese culture, how many remain today? Are nine out of ten Chinese medicine practitioners frauds, and are all martial arts just flashy whip tricks? Is Chinese food dirty and shoddy, and is traditional theater hopelessly outdated? Qin Sheng, a devoted fan of traditional Chinese culture, has been reborn. He has also awakened the Traditional Arts Inheritance System. He will share the true treasures of Chinese culture with the world and leave everyone amazed! “Ding! Aw 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 A Beauty in Splendid Robes 美人华裳 Nanjing-based intangible cultural heritage inheritor Ning Huashang travels from the city to the countryside and fields, then returns to the city. With her own hands, she reveals the many changes that clothing and dress have undergone throughout the long river of history, and displays the grandeur of a great nation at an international fashion show. 9Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 4 Please, Stop Turning Wood into Priceless Cultural Relics 求求你，别把木头做成传世文物了 In June, the livestream show “After the College Entrance Exam” takes the internet by storm! The program aims to show people of different ages what young people’s lives are like. Some fall in love, some take summer jobs, and some travel. Zhang Jue, who possesses a god-tier artisan System, chooses instead to keep a low profile and work as a carpenter in Changde Village. Ignoring the strange looks everyone gives him, he crafts one exquisite wooden masterpiece after another. Ten days later, the tomb 126Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 5 Career Challenge: Choosing a Peking Opera Performer from the Start 职业挑战：开局选择京剧演员 Gu Fan transmigrates to a parallel world, joins a career-challenge show, and activates the System. While the other contestants gravitate toward careers that are easy to pick up, Gu Fan goes against the grain and chooses Peking opera, a discipline that demands exceptionally strong fundamentals. The audience initially doubts him, but gradually realizes that Gu Fan can perform all five major role types: sheng, dan, jing, mo, and chou. His tender performance of The Drunken Concubine makes the world 89Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 6 Preserving Intangible Cultural Heritage, Starting with Hanfu 非遗传承，从制作汉服开始 Seeing other countries brazenly plagiarize, an ordinary girl’s fierce patriotism awakens a System. From then on, a livestream channel dedicated to passing down traditional arts appears online: exquisite Hanfu, lifelike carvings, poetic oil-paper umbrellas, traditional kites filling the sky... Little by little, it introduces the world to five thousand years of brilliant civilization. Since so many people asked for no romance, there will be no romance. 181Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 7 Showbiz: Traditional Chinese Style Takes Off, and I Go Viral with Opera Singing 娱乐：国风崛起，从戏腔开始爆红 [Focused on Chinese-style entertainment, no female lead + livestreaming + travel + short stories] When a fresh-faced trainee in Pao Cai Country promotes the Korean Wave, Chen Luo says: “Let me show you the charm of Chinese opera vocals.” When an international photographer calls the twelve colors of Huaxia art, Chen Luo says: “Go sit at a sewing machine, you.” When a satellite TV channel imports a Pao Cai variety show and its ratings soar, Chen Luo says: “That's only because I haven't made my mov 78Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 8 Showbiz: Blowing Up the Nation with the Suona 娱乐：从唢呐开始轰动全国 Zhang Fan accidentally transmigrates to a parallel world and receives all the knowledge and skills in entertainment and the arts gifted to him by Mother Earth. Faced with the folk music tradition’s gradual decline, Zhang Fan decides to start with the suona and make folk music shine in this world... 128Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 9 Showbiz: One Song, The Compendium of Materia Medica, Awakens the Soul of China 娱乐：一首本草纲目，唤醒华夏民族之魂 Zuo Hao transmigrated to a parallel world and became a singer everyone loved to hate. On the live stage of China's Got Talent, before he could even open his mouth, the entire audience demanded that he get off the stage. In this world, stan culture reigned and the Korean Wave ran rampant. Countless people worshipped Korean pop culture. “A tiny country dares to bully us as if China has no one?” Here's “Compendium of Materia Medica,” just for you. Let it awaken the soul of our nation. Let the Korea 105Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 10 Building an Entertainment Empire, Starting with Traditional Chinese Style 从国风开始，打造娱乐帝国 In a parallel world, the entertainment industry in Xia Country is more prosperous than ever. Girl groups, variety shows, stand-up comedy, and Western instruments have captured almost all the audience’s attention. Celebrities worship all things foreign, proudly singing songs in other languages and treating collaboration with foreign stars as an honor. Lan Zhan was reborn into this foul, chaotic world. People resist what they don’t understand. This world is heartbreaking. No one has experienced th 221Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 11 No One Left in the Music Scene? One Song Opens the Door to a New Era of Chinese Style 歌坛无人？一首赤伶开启国风时代 (Flirtation + no female lead + pure wish fulfillment + short and snappy! The blurb doesn’t do it justice, just read the story) On Blue Star, after transmigrating, Ye Xiao discovers that the Chinese-language music scene in China has fallen into decline, with the major music charts dominated by American, Korean, and Japanese pop! On a popular Chinese talent show, a judge shakes his head. “There’s no one left in the music scene!!!” “The Chinese-language music scene has long been shaped by foreign i 65Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 12 One Song, Youthful China, and a Storm of Traditional Style 一曲少年华夏说，掀起国风狂潮 The young have their own wild spirit, standing tall with backs as firm as mountains and rivers. Shen Feibai is an inheritor of Chinese opera, one of China’s traditional cultural treasures. After transmigrating to a parallel world, he discovers something shocking. The people of this world don’t even have the national confidence that every citizen ought to possess. So, beginning with “On Young China,” he takes popular music far beyond its current level. He restores national pride, brings opera bac 91Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 13 Showbiz: From the Start, I Inherit the Essence of Chinese Culture and Get Exposed on A Longing for Life 娱乐：开局传承国粹，被神往曝光 Chu Feng transmigrates to a parallel world, where he becomes a teacher sent to a rural school and awakens a legacy System. Suona, pottery, embroidery, shadow puppetry, face-changing... Every time he passes a traditional Chinese art on to one of his students, he receives a new skill as a reward. In this era, Western culture is flooding in, and traditional Chinese arts are in decline. Chu Feng lives in a remote village, teaching and nurturing the next generation. When the show A Journey into the F 146Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 14 I Inherited a Tailor Shop, and the Nation’s Goddess Wants Me to Make Her Clothes Personally 继承裁缝店，国民女神求我贴身制衣 Hao Yiba transmigrates and inherits a tailor shop that's on its last legs, but unexpectedly obtains a God-Tier Clothing System. He goes from an inconspicuous tailor at the bottom of society to a clothing master celebrated around the world. His elegant tweed suits become the very definition of sophistication. Burberry trench coats are hailed as masterpieces by fashionable men and women alike. The Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix gown, the Rainbow Feather Robe, the Plain Gauze Cicada Rob 1.9kReads8.9Score18414d adds
- 15 Showbiz: One Patriotic Song Makes Me a Global Sensation 文娱：我一首爱国歌，红爆全球 [Early Hong Kong Style + Patriotic Positivity] Chu Ge transmigrates to a parallel universe, only to find that Chinese civilization has suffered a cultural break. Foreign cultures are invading, the entertainment industry is rotten, and Chinese people worship all things foreign. To promote Chinese culture, he takes over the aunties’ public-square dance turf and puts on concerts that stun the world, culminating in a stirring rendition of “My People, My Country”! One performance of “The Great Wall W 1.9kReads8.3Score10014d adds
- 16 Showbiz: Starting with a Suona, I Shock the World! 娱乐：开局一把唢呐，震惊世界！ [System] [Entertainment] [Power Fantasy] [Pure Adrenaline] [No Harem] Ever since Chen Lang got the System, the entire entertainment industry felt like a wolf was at the door. Famous actress: Chen Lang, write me a song, and I’ll do whatever you want tonight! Famous actor: Write me one too, and I’ll do whatever you want! Chen Lang: The women can stay. The men, get lost! Onlookers: My man Lang is the best! 245Reads8.5Score12214d adds
- 17 Reviving Chinese Classics and Igniting a Traditional Culture Craze 再现华语经典，我开启国风狂潮 [Showbiz + traditional Chinese style + no System + genius + superstar] Chen Zheyu transmigrated into a single-parent family, where he and his mother relied on each other. Although they didn't have much, he was content, having been an orphan in his previous life. Then one day, his mother fell ill and urgently needed 500,000 yuan. With no other choice, he picked up a guitar and began busking on the street. At the music plaza, his song “Listen to Mom” expressed his love for his mother and the since 438Reads7.9Score11314d adds
- 18 My Livestream Was Banned for Risque Content, and It's Getting More Popular by the Day! 擦边被封，我的直播间越来越红！ Screenwriters, please ignore the transformation tag. This book has had up to 300,000 readers. The adaptation approach is the same for male- and female-oriented versions: The original host is targeted by their company. After going solo, they’re suppressed again and have no choice but to rely on suggestive content to attract traffic and help an orphanage, but are still targeted and killed. You can kill them off however you like. The protagonist transmigrates and awakens the Intangible Cultural Her 6.4kReads8.2Score60314d adds
- 19 Showbiz: My Opera Heritage Is Exposed on a Beloved Reality Show 娱乐：我戏曲传人，被向往曝光了 Mu Fengqing transmigrated to a parallel world and became an inheritor of traditional opera. It was an ordinary morning of training, and Mu Fengqing sang for the first time. Just then, Zhao Xiaodao, a newly added regular guest on the entertainment show, arrived at the village opera stage to livestream. No one could have imagined that countless viewers would witness the scene. Mu Fengqing’s performance of “Red Cliff” stunned a million viewers and made everyone appreciate the charm of China’s cultu 1.5kReads7.3Score15714d adds
- 20 A Legacy of a Hundred Skills: I Only Know a Tiny Bit of Everything 百技传承：我都只会亿点点 After Xiao Yunyi and his wife parted amicably, he took their three-year-old daughter and returned to the countryside. Then, while fishing one day, he unexpectedly acquired the Legacy of a Hundred Crafts. From then on, he could gather the faith of all living beings and learn traditional intangible cultural heritage crafts in his dreams. For example: bamboo weaving, wood carving, oil-paper umbrella making, Chinese martial arts, embroidery, iron painting, and iron tree silver flowers. As time went 3.5kReads9.0Score29014d adds
- 21 The Soul of China: From the Start, I Burn Down Cherry Blossom Street 华夏国魂:开局怒烧樱花风情街 [Patriotic story] [National spirit] [Developing a parallel China] [Later chapters cover Little Rabbit] [Unabashed patriotism] Original title: China’s National Spirit: From the Start, I Set Sakura Street Ablaze How could Chinese people say they should forget history and help Japan whitewash its past? That day, a huge fire broke out on China’s largest Sakura Street. Reporters interviewed Zhong Hua, the arsonist, and asked him: “Shouldn’t you apologize to Japan for your impulsive actions?” Zhong Hu 38Reads9.4Score—14d adds
- 22 Shocking! A Peking Opera Beauty Becomes a Sensation in Showbiz 震惊！京剧美人爆红娱乐圈 [Ancient-to-Modern + Idol Survival Show + Devoted Romance + Two Top-Tier Stars + Peking Opera + No Real-Life Counterparts + Mutual First Love] Reborn in a new era, Yu Zhi, a Republican-era prodigy dan performer, transmigrates into the body of a girl who took her own life on a 21st-century idol survival show. They have girl-group choreography and rap. I have Peking opera and the sanxian. With her superb skills and breathtaking beauty, Yu Zhi wins countless fans and admirers. In the end, she makes 665Reads9.2Score10614d adds
- 23 A Black Dragon Robe from the Start, Chinese Fashion Stuns the World 开局黑龙袍，华夏服饰震撼全球 [Elegant Hanfu + Garment Soul Masters + Chinese Gods + Roleplay + Ensemble Cast] A sudden, thick fog swept across the globe. Areas where the fog grew dense were declared forbidden zones, and countless monsters emerged to wreak havoc on the world. Only those who awaken as Garment Soul Masters can fight the beasts by wearing special outfits, playing a role, and summoning gods! The Western Church designs papal robes and summons the Red-Robed Pope to sweep through forbidden zones. Eagle Country desi 3.1kReads8.8Score37314d adds
- 24 Reborn from the Sea of Flames, One Song of Mohe Dance Hall Amazes Everyone 火海重生，一首漠河舞厅惊艳全场 [Showbiz + Entertainment Industry + Singing] Chen An should have become an overnight sensation with one song. But when he wakes up one morning, he discovers that his girlfriend has stolen it. Worse, she sets a huge fire, hoping to leave him trapped inside. She never expects him to be reborn from the flames and awaken the Blue Star Entertainment System. “You’ll pay back everything you owe me, every last bit!” At the auditions, his performance of “Mohe Dance Hall” wows the entire internet and e 13.1kReads8.9Score1k14d adds
- 25 Peach Blossom Valley Period-Style Livestream: A Giant Panda Started Following Me from the Start 桃源古风直播，开局被大熊猫跟踪 [Laid-back country life + frail, stunning male lead + sweet romance] Tang Su had been able to hear animals' thoughts since she was little. After transmigrating to a parallel world, she quit her job and returned to her hometown, where she started livestreaming traditional Chinese clothing. "Hello, wildlife sanctuary? A national treasure is following me. Come take it away!" The national treasure tilted its head adorably, then innocently licked an icicle. Its tongue stuck fast. "! So you're just go 1.9kReads9.0Score27514d adds
- 26 Showbiz: I Became a Healing Professor in the Music Scene 娱乐：我在音乐圈混成治愈系教授 In the second year after Lin Yao awakened a System and entered the music industry, major hospitals named him their number-one “healing” spokesperson. Whether you have heart disease or high blood pressure, after listening to Lin Yao’s songs, you’ll pat your chest and say, “That’s so healing!” Lin Yao: “Our chart-topping song for this month’s season is a healing song: ‘Decent.’” Netizens: “Wasn’t it supposed to be healing music?” “I feel depressed after listening to it, sob, sob~” “This is so damn 25.2kReads8.4Score1.6k14d adds
- 27 Showbiz: Preserving the Glory of China, Divine-Level Portrayals of Past and Present 娱乐：典藏华夏，神级扮演古今 [Feel-good story, no angst!] Zhao Yizhou was originally just an extra. But from the start, he activated the [God-Tier Acting System]. "As soon as you put on the costume of a historical figure, you will instantly become immersed in the role and receive the Actor God BUFF: Acting +99999, Charisma +99999..." He joined the program Treasures of China from the start, playing Qin Shi Huang with the grandeur of swallowing mountains and rivers and an unrivaled domineering presence! Audience: His portraya 3.4kReads9.2Score32114d adds
- 28 Forbidden Zone Expedition: From the Start, I Unlocked the Chinese-Style Roleplay Template 禁地探险：开局解锁国风扮演框 [Tomb Raiding + Forbidden Lands + Chinese Style + Roleplay + CP] A car accident awakens a Chinese-style roleplay System in Qin Feng. With his life hanging by a thread, Qin Feng chooses survival over roleplay. Who could have guessed that his very first mission would bring him face to face with Dai Xiaomei, poisoned by corpse miasma, and the treasure-hunting trio? At the critical moment, Qin Feng uses his rescue skills to successfully revive Zhang Qilin. Qin Feng goes viral and becomes the li 578Reads9.2Score10114d adds
- 29 The Last Traditional Chinese Doctor in China 华夏最后一个中医 Chen Qing is a young Chinese medicine practitioner just starting out. On his first day seeing patients, he discovers that he can actually hear his patients’ internal organs talking... Spleen: Brrr, it’s so cold. That fatty ate thirteen popsicles yesterday. I nearly froze to death. Lungs: Don’t get me started. He spent all night burping yesterday. I couldn’t get a wink of sleep. What a pain in the lungs. Liver: Stop complaining. He’s just a little greedy. It’s no big deal. Look at how he’s stayed 43.4kReads9.3Score2.4k14d adds
- 30 One Song of Dragon Scales Shocks the National Museum 一首天地龙鳞，唱懵国家博物馆 [Entertainment / singers / songs from a parallel world / no toxic content / perfect for listening to music and reading / patriotism] Down-and-out actor Wang Yueheng unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of a street singer competing on a show. Facing elimination, he takes the internet by storm with “Lone Warrior”! With an overseas short-video app facing a ban, countless foreign netizens calling themselves TT refugees flood onto Huaxia social media. One song, “Dangerous,” awakens the spirit of 34.5kReads8.8Score2.6k14d adds
- 31 I Coast Through Variety Shows, and the Nation Praises My Great Contributions 综艺快乐划水，国家夸我功高至伟 Shen Yuwei was the junior sister of the Xianling Sect. Above her were eight senior disciples with superb spiritual roots, all of them crazy and unreliable. In the end, the burden of managing the sect fell to her. She worked tirelessly, earning a reputation as the cultivation world’s model worker, and eventually gave her life saving the three realms. Exhausted to death, Shen Yuwei said, “Great! I can finally rest!” But after dying, she transmigrated into the body of a newcomer in the entertainmen 17.8kReads9.4Score2.9k14d adds
- 32 From Obscurity to Stardom: A Peking Opera Beauty Takes on International Talent Shows 逆袭封神，京剧美人玩转国际选秀 Pei Qinyin was once a celebrated opera star renowned throughout the capital, but she died on the battlefield at the age of twenty-five. After transmigrating, she finds herself an obscure trainee on the verge of elimination from an international talent competition. A contestant from Daguo claims calligraphy as her country's cultural heritage? Pei Qinyin will put that to the test on the spot. The media from Liguo refuses to acknowledge the war? Now that they're living in peacetime, she'll show the 4.9kReads9.5Score94114d adds
- 33 From Ancient Times to the Present: The Reborn Lady Takes the Entertainment World by Storm 古穿今：闺秀重生娱乐圈后爆红了 Gu Chaoxi, the legitimate daughter of the Duke Who Guards the Nation, was raised from childhood to become the Crown Princess. She mastered every art, from music and chess to calligraphy and painting. But when the battle for the throne ended in her family being wiped out, she opened her eyes again in the body of a streamer everyone loved to hate. Her new self's parents are both dead, and she has a little brother to raise. Gu Chaoxi can only pull herself together. Making money comes first. One by 16.4kReads9.5Score2.5k14d adds
- 34 Heavenly Chess: The Path to Chess Sagehood 天弈：棋圣之路 [A brand-new setting] [Heroes at the Chessboard] What happens when chess meets heroic battles? When civilizations collide, would you dare to play against Heaven? After transmigrating, Zhuge Yi discovers that although modern Huaxia is prosperous and powerful, its people know almost nothing about their own history. The game Tian Yi, a chess game built around the heroes of the people, has become the world's mainstream pastime. At that time, the Huaxia chess world is weak, while Western chess dom 40.9kReads9.6Score4.1k14d adds
- 35 She Drops into the Trending Topics! The Top-Tier Star’s Flirty Teasing Steals the Show 空降热搜！顶流小撩精秀翻娱乐圈 [Hilariously Unhinged + Metaphysics + Face-Slapping + Everyone's Favorite + Two Powerful Leads + Sweet Romance] From the start, she carried a suona down the mountain to send her whole family on their way. Her scumbag father cursed and schemed against her? She raised the suona and smashed his head open! "You dare call yourself my father? My name isn't even on your household register. How can you prove it? I'm your father!" When her scheming, fake-sweet stepsister made trouble, she retaliated by t 6.3kReads9.5Score97414d adds
- 36 Treasures of China: From the Start, I Talk with the Ten Greatest Emperors 典藏华夏：开局对话十大皇帝 Jiang Yi transmigrates and becomes the most promising host at the national television network. From the start, he's hosting "Treasures of China" and plans to find actors to portray the great figures of history. Luckily, the System arrives, granting Jiang Yi the power to cross between past and present and speak with historical figures! Li Shimin asks, “If I sign the Treaty of the Wei River with the Turks, will it keep my empire and people safe?” Jiang Yi replies, “Your empire will survive, but yo 30.3kReads9.5Score4.6k14d adds
- 37 I Strive for My Country’s Prosperity! [System] 我，为祖国富强而奋斗！【系统】 [Reborn + System + top student + patriotism + positive energy + feel-good story + no awful relatives] Su Xing was always on her own, the aloof goddess in everyone else's eyes. It seemed everyone took it for granted that beautiful women should keep their distance and remain unapproachable. Only Su Xing knew she was pretending to be aloof. In truth, she had severe social anxiety! She hated dealing with people and being noticed. All she wanted was to hide in the shell she thought was safe and coast 42.7kReads9.6Score4k14d adds
- 38 Defying Heaven's Cute Beast: The Peerless Demoness Rules the World 逆天萌兽：绝世妖女倾天下 [Print Edition of One Thought, Ashes Return to the Mountain: Preorders Open September 27 at 7 p.m.] Her own sister ripped out her phoenix bone, stole her talent, and tossed her into the Demon Rift like a dog! But against all odds, she survived and became the little demon girl cherished in the palms of the monsters living in the Demon Rift! The monsters of the Demon Rift: “Anyone who lays a hand on Niannian declares war on our entire demon clan!” She returns to the Five Continents, cuts down her 146.8kReads9.6Score18.9k14d adds
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