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- 101 Godfather of the Entertainment Industry 娱乐圈教父 A down-and-out keyboardist breathes his last in a hospital bed. From playing accompaniment in dance halls at sixteen to scraping by in Sanlitun at thirty-two, he'd tasted every sweetness and hardship life had to offer. When he opens his eyes, he's back in Northeast China in 2002. His young body houses a heart weathered by life's vicissitudes, along with classic melodies that shouldn't exist until the future. No System or cheat ability, just a lifetime's worth of musical talent and experience. In 52.4kReads9.2Score5.1k14d adds
- 102 Entertainment Industry: I Vault over Eaves on a Talent Show 娱乐圈：我在选秀节目里飞檐走壁 Two male leads + sweet romance + showbiz + wish fulfillment (From ancient times to the modern day: the haughty beauty Beixing VS devoted CEO Gu Yan) Beixing is the young master of the Martial Alliance Leader’s family. Cherished by his parents and older brothers since childhood, he grew up spoiled and willful. His peerless beauty was so rare that he was called the most beautiful person in the martial world. After an accident, Beixing transmigrates into the body of a pretty but talentless little i 4.3kReads9.3Score95614d adds
- 103 After the Breakup, One Song Had the Whole Internet in Tears! 分手后，一首天后全网都哭了！ [Showbiz + Female Celebrity + One Female Lead + Sweet Romance + Everyday Life] Thanks to memories from his previous life, Su He became one of the entertainment industry's top producers. But when he refused to cash in on fans through commercialization, his agency stripped him of his stage name and the copyrights to all his songs. Li Xuan, the queen of pop he'd made famous, also broke up with him and cut ties for the sake of her own future. Talent is worthless in the face of capital? Then he'll ju 55.7kReads9.0Score4.5k14d adds
- 104 Top-Tier Star 顶流巨星 [Print edition signed and available] [Short drama released] [Animated series in production] [Entertainment industry + sweet romance + daily life + one heroine] After dating for five years, Shao Yang’s girlfriend dumped him without a second thought so she could break into the entertainment industry. After a night of heavy drinking, the heartbroken ‘Shao Yang’ woke up and read the chat history between ‘himself’ and his girlfriend, fuming with indignation. But when the memories of two parallel worl 73.7kReads9.1Score5.6k14d adds
- 105 The Campus Belle Wept Regretfully Over a Song Asking Heaven for Five Hundred More Years 一首向天再借五百年校花悔哭了 [An era when musical legends battled it out] [A behind-the-scenes songwriting genius] Tang Yan transmigrated to a parallel world in a golden age of entertainment. When the campus belle he had loved for years looked down on him, he awakened an Entertainment Gold-Spending System. From then on, he learned his lesson and set about writing songs and making money, stunning the world with classic hits from his past life! With an entire world backing him, what kind of impact would Tang Yan have on this 61.9kReads8.0Score3.9k14d adds
- 106 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 33.8kReads8.8Score2.5k14d adds
- 107 Please Stop Cursing Me, There'll Soon Be No One Left in the Industry! 求求你别骂了，圈内都快没人了！ [After the first hundred chapters, the story's ideas are unlike anything else online!] [No Female Lead, No Flirting, I Swear + Sharp Critiques and Debates + A Master of One-Liners + The Modern-Day Lu Xun, a Mentor of Ideas + Idealism, a Peerless Patriot + An Adult Fairy Tale + Guaranteed Writing Quality] Bad movies shoved in your face, pretty young actors' expressionless performances polluting your eyes: in his fury, Jiang Li unexpectedly awakens the “Public Enemy of the Internet System” and be 8kReads8.7Score53014d adds
- 108 The Global Creator 全球创作家 [No System + Pure Wish Fulfillment + No Angsty Plotlines] After enduring trials across dozens of worlds and mastering every skill, Lu Xun was on his way back to Earth when he stumbled into Blue Star and unexpectedly became a composer. Composing music came naturally to him. Acting was a piece of cake. Writing books was effortless. Playing the piano was no big deal. Fortune-telling, though, was the real deal! He made the legendary superstar. He turned him into a celebrated movie emperor. If he 34.5kReads9.4Score2.7k14d adds
- 109 Showbiz: My Girlfriend Turns Out to Be an Idol Singer 文娱：我的女友竟然是偶像歌手 [Entertainment Industry + Campus Belle + One Female Lead + Sweet Romance + Everyday Life] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Su Yu unexpectedly awakened an Entertainment System. Because of what he had experienced in his previous life, all he wanted was to make money quietly, so he chose to become a music producer. But gradually, he realized that he wanted to keep a low profile, while reality refused to let him... On the first day of college, the campus belle took him around and even made 64.5kReads9.3Score5k14d adds
- 110 Back in 1977, I Married the Queen of the Daughters' Kingdom 回到1977年，娶了女儿国国王 Ji Yuning transmigrated back to 1977. He went from being a 21-year-old educated youth returning to the city to a literary young man, a great poet, and a famous novelist. It was all thanks to his memories of his previous life and the books he copied. But his greatest reward was marrying a wife as beautiful as a fairy. 11.7kReads8.0Score77814d adds
- 111 After We Broke Up, I Sang 'Hallucination,' and the Whole Internet Felt Sorry for Me 分手后一首幻听，全网都在心疼我 [Lighthearted comedy + no female lead + no System + feel-good power fantasy + daily life + entertainment industry] Gu Fan transmigrates to a parallel world and opens his eyes to find himself lying in a hospital room. It turns out that a few days earlier, the original owner of his body and his girlfriend had been in a car accident. In that moment of danger, his words, “Forget about me. Save my girlfriend first,” moved countless internet users. But when Gu Fan woke up, the first message he receive 25.6kReads9.1Score2.2k14d adds
- 112 Transmigrating as a Spoiled Young Master: The Rest of My Life in Qingyan 穿越纨绔，余生渡清晏 [Fate across two lifetimes + soul swap + mutual healing + comeback in the entertainment industry] When only half of your heart remains, it turns out the other half was already yours all along... 3.1kReads—Score10014d adds
- 113 My Landlord Is a Pop Idol 我的房东是偶像歌手 Gu Zhinan transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes an online novelist. Could his beautiful landlady really be a washed-up idol singer? One day, she leaves her guitar in the living room... "I can't write songs. I'm just a novelist. I was only messing around." That is, until his landlady is left stunned by the song Gu Zhinan wrote. "Didn't you say you couldn't write songs?" "I know a little, I know a little." 52.8kReads9.2Score5.8k14d adds
- 114 With a Terminal Illness, I Heal the Whole World with My Songs 身患绝症的我，用歌治愈全世界 [Slice of life + entertainment + System + healing + livestreaming + redemption + one heroine] At just eighteen, Wen He is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. A System descends and binds itself to him: “Set Sail for Your Dream.” Even though he grew up in a cold and unfeeling family, and even as illness ravages his body, Wen He still heals everyone with his songs. Having been caught in the rain himself, he wants to hold an umbrella over others. His song “The Good Things of This World Are Intertwi 8.6kReads9.3Score94514d adds
- 115 Reborn: My Super-Sweet Superstar Girlfriend Pursues Me 重生：我被超甜的大明星女友倒追 [A sweet romance, one heroine, a golden finger. The plot can be ignored; it's all about the couple's interactions.] Su Chen has a beautiful girl-next-door who's like an older sister to him. She's a top-tier star. She's gorgeous, aloof, and unbelievably good at fighting. In front of her, Su Chen is like a mouse facing a cat, completely under her thumb. As they grew up, she got even more mischievous. One time, while drunk, she took him to the civil affairs bureau and sweet-talked him into it. When 11.2kReads9.2Score1.2k14d adds
- 116 Keep Running: You Told Me to Make a Bold Claim, So Why Are You Taking It Seriously? 跑男：让你放豪言，你给我玩真的 [Chinese Entertainment Industry] [Stars] [Plenty of Variety Shows] [Keep Running] [Bai Lu] [Multiple Heroines] [Back to Field] [Challenges] [Peak] [The Inn] Chen Cheng transmigrated to a parallel world that was similar, yet not quite the same, and became an entertainer who had trained for two and a half years and been in the industry for two and a half years. After awakening the Great Entertainer System, he had his entire fortune wiped out on the spot and drew a skill that was both incredibly po 25.9kReads7.5Score1.9k14d adds
- 117 Dropped Into the Trending Topics! I Became a Top-Tier Star by Catching Ghosts on Livestream 空降热搜！全网黑靠直播抓鬼成了顶流 [Entertainment Industry + Livestreaming + Lighthearted Supernatural Comedy + Sweet Romance] Chao Ci, the most hated celebrity in the entertainment industry, has actually joined a hit variety show? And she gets to interact with Yu Chen, the movie star the whole internet calls its husband? At first, the haters said: “With Chao Ci on the show, it’s guaranteed to flop. Don’t bother watching.” Netizens said: “Chao Ci is so annoying. Fine, I’ll stick around for Movie Emperor Yu.” Fans said: “Get l 4.1kReads9.4Score69914d adds
- 118 The Desolate Seafloor 绝望海底 [Entertainment + Singing + Sickly Hero + Healing + Tearjerker + Positive Energy + Redemption] Bai Chen transmigrates to a parallel world, only to discover that he has cancer and needs a huge sum of money for treatment. A singing contest hosted by pdd is underway, drawing a massive audience and offering a huge cash prize! So Bai Chen joins to earn money for his medical bills. In the preliminaries, Bai Chen sings “Under the Sea,” and the entire livestream falls silent, lost in thought. In the knoc 28.4kReads9.3Score2.2k14d adds
- 119 The Urban All-Purpose Lottery System 都市全能抽奖系统 By a twist of fate, Chen Feng, a young man from the city, obtained a sign-in lottery System. He discovered that he could win all kinds of skills, cultivation techniques, and items through the System's sign-in lottery... He could even use the System's power to transmigrate at any time into different film, TV, and novel worlds. Love in the Courtyard, Ode to Joy, Love Apartment, Drawing Sword, The Legend of the Condor Heroes, Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, Uncle Nine, Journey to the West, the Primordia 1.7kReads6.8Score10214d adds
- 120 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
- 121 After I Was Reborn, the Movie Emperor's White Moonlight Turned Dark 重生后影帝的白月光黑化了 [Everyone’s Darling + Entertainment Industry] In her previous life, Gu Wangyan was manipulated by a scumbag and lost his life! Before he died, he discovered that he was movie emperor Shen Xiangting’s white moonlight! Reborn in a new life, the white moonlight turned dark! Scumbag ex: “Wangyan, I fell out with my family for you.” Gu Wangyan: “Oh, the weather’s turning cold. The Lu family should go bankrupt.” Possessive older brother: “My little brother wouldn’t hurt a fly. Don’t you bully him.” Th 19kReads9.5Score2.6k14d adds
