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- 101 Showbiz: After My Debut, I Became the Pinnacle of Traditional Chinese Style 娱乐：出道后，我成了国风天花板 Gu Yi transmigrates to a parallel world. While on duty in the school broadcasting studio, he sings and forgets to turn off the microphone. His original song, “What’s Wrong with That?”, plays across the entire school. In an instant, the whole campus is swept up in Gu Yi’s singing. Xu Mengning, a cool and beautiful campus star with an almost fanatical love of music, takes notice of the singer-songwriter Gu Yi. They meet, get to know each other, and fall in love. Gu Yi’s song “Blue and White Porcel 29.5kReads9.2Score2.9kShelves
- 102 Starting with The Voice, a Demon King of the Music Scene Is Born 开局好声音歌坛魔王降世 [Entertainment, daily life, one female lead, sweet romance, competition, charity] Five chapters updated punctually every day at midnight. Come by and follow along! Against the backdrop of a cultural war, Xiao Bang, who transmigrates and returns from studying abroad, draws on the entertainment culture of the entire Earth. Together with his friends, he competes on the international stage and rises to become the greatest superstar. His current titles include God of Song, Guqin Master, Piano Master, 33.1kReads9.0Score2.5kShelves
- 103 Reborn in 2000: I Single-Handedly Carried Chinese Entertainment 重生2000：一人扛起内娱 (Rebirth, showbiz, a legendary debut album, female lead Liu Qianqian) With his debut album, he became a legend and a young king of Mandopop. His second album made the gods retreat, establishing him as a king of mainland China. His third swept East Asia, making him Asia's pop king. His fourth pushed into Europe and America, earning him the title of mysterious magician from the East... A down-and-out bar singer was reborn from 2024 into the turn-of-the-century year 2000. That year, he was stil 33.2kReads8.6Score2.1kShelves
- 104 Showbiz: Stars Don’t Have to Be Famous, but They’d Better Have a Job! 娱乐：明星可以不火，不能没活！ The good news: I’ve been reborn as a top-tier star, so I can lie flat! The bad news: This top-tier star can’t sing, dance, or rap, and he can’t even play basketball! Chen Yuan has transmigrated and is appearing as a guest at a thank-you concert for an idol survival show. Who could have guessed the production team would play dirty and use the opportunity to get revenge on him? Live vocals, no backing track, and a solo performance? Isn’t that just asking for the clown to reveal his true colors? Ju 19.6kReads8.3Score1.1kShelves
- 105 Showbiz: He Caught a Snake with His Bare Hands, and You Call Him a Pretty Boy 娱乐：徒手擒蛇，你说他是小鲜肉 [Transmigration + System + Showbiz + Comedy + Livestreaming + The Ultimate Troll + Best Actor + Focused on Stirring Up Trouble… and Work! + An Overpowered Male Lead!] Ye Su transmigrates into a parallel world and becomes a D-list pretty boy mocked by the entire internet. How could he put up with that? He has to make a splash! He has to win fans! So he joins variety shows and completely derails their usual style. “He catches a venomous snake with his bare hands? It coils around his hand while he 11kReads9.2Score839Shelves
- 106 On Keep Running, From the Start I Made Bai Mengyan Cry 人在跑男，开局抓哭白梦研 [One Female Lead + Bai Mengyan + Everyday Romance + Variety Show] When Xiang Long opened his eyes, he discovered he had transmigrated to a parallel world and become the bell-ringer on Keep Running. Best of all, he’d activated the Popularity Lottery System. The more famous he became, the more chances he’d have to win all kinds of skills and entertainment content from Earth. So, to boost his popularity, he caught Bai Lu three times from the start, making her so angry she burst into tears. The clip 10.1kReads8.8Score964Shelves
- 107 Living Off Reba: Spent Her Little Fortune from the Start 吃热芭软饭，开局花光她的小金库 Lin Mo transmigrates and becomes classmates with Reba, a future superstar. From the start, he even talks her into becoming his wife! While his classmates are still struggling to figure out how to shoot their graduation films, Lin Mo invests in Love Is Not Blind, turning it into a box-office dark horse! An investment of 4 million brings in 300 million at the box office! The entire industry is stunned! After that, Lin Mo takes the director's chair and shoots films such as Goodbye Mr. Loser, Dying 33.9kReads8.8Score2kShelves
- 108 Showbiz: After My Career Crashed, I Became the Dark Moonlight of the Ruins 文娱：塌房后，成为废墟黑月光 Qin Jiang transmigrates into the body of a washed-up celebrity. The reason he's washed up? This guy was dating five women at once and got caught... His career immediately hits rock bottom. Luckily, he still has one trump card: an invitation to Ride the Waves 2. All right, let's do this! Ex-girlfriend: "Can we get back together?" Qin Jiang: "So, can you drink an iced coconut latte today?" If we're back together for one night, doesn't that count as getting back together? 38kReads8.9Score2.4kShelves
- 109 Fiction Becomes Reality: Is Your Junkie Act Really That Convincing? Investigate Him 戏假成真：演瘾君子这么像？查他 Chen Feng transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes an unknown extra. After finally signing up for the hit variety show What Is an Actor?, he runs into a well-connected internet celebrity in the very first round of auditions. The fix is in, and he gets the worst script. He has to play a drug addict. At the critical moment, the “Make-Believe Becomes Reality” System successfully binds to him. [Ding! Target role: drug addict. Congratulations, Host, you are now a real drug addict.] What the hell 102.1kReads8.4Score12kShelves
- 110 I’m Reborn, and I’m Still This Handsome 这么帅还重生 A love-triangle battlefield, everyday romance, a touch of business, emotional gamesmanship, and a high-EQ lead in control. After an unexpected accident, the protagonist, Xu Ke, finds himself back ten years in the past with his memories intact. Isn't this just a head start, plus ten years of experience to leave everyone else in the dust? The shy, insecure boy he used to be suddenly becomes confident and emotionally astute. He starts styling his hair and takes his studies seriously, unlocking both 14.3kReads8.9Score997Shelves
- 111 Showbiz: From Running Man to Becoming a Superstar 娱乐：从跑男开始成就巨星 Running Man, Back to Field, Who’s the Murderer, Go Fighting! A grand gathering of variety shows, one female lead, and the heroine is Xiao Di. Luo Yi transmigrated to a parallel world and brought a variety-show craze with him. On Brothers, Let’s Run, he was the brains and brawn. On Celebrity Detective, he was the player who won the most gold bars. On Go Beyond Limits, he was an unmatched strategist who ran circles around the old foxes. But on The Life We Want, he was just a hardworking young man… 10.9kReads9.2Score665Shelves
- 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... 3kReads—Score103Shelves
- 113 My Rented Girlfriend from a Dating Show Turns Out to Be a Young Lady from Beijing's Elite Circle 租来的恋综女友，竟是京圈大小姐 [Silly Comedy + Humor + Entertainment + Dating Reality Show + One Female Lead + System] Good news! Su Chen has been reborn and awakened a System that makes people lose their cool. Bad news! After publicly tearing into the girlfriend and boss who ruined his previous life, he’s temporarily single. But he’s already signed a contract for a couples’ dating show, and his vicious ex is joining with her new partner! But! It’s no big deal! Su Chen promptly contacts his online buddy for help. Until the da 26.4kReads8.9Score2.7kShelves
- 114 Chinese Showbiz: A Carefree Life 华娱：潇洒人生 I joined the entertainment industry to experience life! I’ll act in whatever I want, and I won’t act in anything I don’t want to! I’m not short on money! I’m a billionaire, so who am I supposed to be afraid of? The life I want is one of freedom and carefree living! 52.5kReads8.8Score2.4kShelves
- 115 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 56.8kReads9.0Score4.7kShelves
- 116 The Depressing Literary Master: One Copy of To Live Brought the World to Tears 致郁系文豪，一本活着全球泪崩 (Parallel World + Rebirth + System + Literary Prodigy + Career + No Over-the-Top Drama + Not a Harem Novel) After leaving the military, Li Liwen, an office worker in a parallel world, had finally gotten his life back on track. But an unexpected industry downturn left him unemployed. The sudden blow triggered a heart attack in a fit of anger. When he woke up, he discovered he had returned to the age of seventeen. That year, he hadn’t even started his second year of high school. Then he stopped ho 26kReads9.2Score1.9kShelves
- 117 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 34.2kReads9.4Score2.7kShelves
- 118 I'm a Socially Anxious Guy, and My Goddess Wife Refuses to Divorce Me 我！社恐，女神老婆不肯跟我离婚 [Urban Slice of Life + No System + Entertainment Industry + Both Leads Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger] [Three completed novels of over a million characters each. Quality guaranteed!] Li Shuo, a man with severe social anxiety, has barely transmigrated to a parallel world when his stepmother drags him off to meet a potential bride at her home. On the very day of the meeting, a “female ghost” accidentally pulls him into the civil affairs bureau, and they get married in a flash… He thought all they h 114.6kReads8.4Score12.4kShelves
- 119 Entertainment Showdown: Every Guest on Set Is an Ex-Girlfriend 娱乐修罗场，节目现场全是前女友 [Lighthearted + hilarious + multiple heroines + no angst + no cheating + extra sweet + high-energy twists] Everyone’s laughing at you, but somehow you’re the funniest one of all! Li Lu, a washed-up top-tier star nobody remembers, is about to leave the entertainment industry when he unexpectedly gets invited onto the hottest celebrity dating show. All five female contestants turn out to be ex-girlfriends who dumped him. Lin Lin: “We broke up on good terms, but you didn’t miss me at all. You immed 41.5kReads9.0Score3.6kShelves
- 120 My Singer Girlfriend Is Super Fierce 我的歌星女友超凶猛 Ye Zhiqiu transmigrates to a parallel world. His girlfriend of three years, an arts student, turns out to be a total schemer. Forced to sing solo at the graduation party, he decides to share an original song instead. To his surprise, he catches the attention of the goddess of song, Yu Caiwei. She asks him to write songs, invites him onto a show, and sings a love song with him... Even the company her family owns wants to sign him! None of that is a problem. The real question is... Why does the go 82.1kReads9.1Score7.3kShelves
- 121 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 51.8kReads9.2Score5.1kShelves
- 122 Showbiz: I Start Out Living Off Rich Women and Take It All in Stride! 娱乐：从富婆开始软饭硬吃！ A millionaire heiress’s romance-writing guide: when men become the top-tier pick, they become true gods! The entertainment industry’s king of living off women, trained by the Tiger of Serious Crimes, Cao Dahua. Living off a woman while holding your head high: that’s our style. Living off a woman while holding your head high: the ideal man. Have you been living off a woman today? 69.3kReads8.7Score3.4kShelves
- 123 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 63.9kReads9.3Score5.1kShelves
- 124 Livestream: From the Start, One Sentence Makes the School Beauty Cry 直播：开局一句话气哭校花 [Livestreaming + Comedy + No Romance + Infuriating + Shameless] After binding himself to a Hatred Farming System, Xu Muge stops acting like a decent person. At university military training, he steals the campus beauty's drink from the start, then makes her cry with a single remark. On livestream, he constantly unleashes savage, sarcastic takedowns on his viewers. He writes a novel, then leaves it on a cliffhanger at the climax for half a month, making readers so furious they want to mail him raz 10.1kReads9.2Score740Shelves
- 125 Tokyo: I Take Revenge on Bad Women 东京：我向坏女人发起复仇 Transmigrating to Tokyo, Japan, he finds himself from the start living under someone else’s roof. Fujii Itsuki only wants to work diligently, save money, and become a fully evolved Tokyo office drone after graduation. Unfortunately, things never go according to plan, and trouble keeps coming one thing after another. 8.4kReads9.3Score388Shelves
- 126 The Chinese Academy of Sciences Came to the Entertainment Industry to Poach Someone! The Haters Were Stunned 中科院来娱乐圈捞人！黑粉全蒙了 “Thanks to [If You're This Capable, Why Not Join the Chinese Academy of Sciences?] for sending a hundred Carnival gifts. Boss, you're invulnerable to bullets and blades.” After turning down yet another visit from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Gu Ran turned around and explained the three ways to achieve controlled nuclear fusion to his fans. Other streamers' fans have an average education level of middle school. Gu Ran's fans average a PhD. 118.1kReads9.1Score17.7kShelves
- 127 You Put Me on a Dating Show, So Why Am I Competing in the Peak Tournament? 让你上恋综，你搁那儿打巅峰赛？ If you could live your life over, have you ever wondered what the most comfortable way to lie flat and give up would be? Lu Ming gets a second chance at life. After spending half his life as a wage slave, he now has a shortcut right in front of him, and he swears he’ll seize it. He copies songs, books, and scripts without a shred of guilt. He doesn’t have that ridiculous need to keep his hands clean while pretending to be morally superior. He’s just an ordinary person who wants to live a little 37.6kReads9.2Score3kShelves
- 128 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 72.9kReads9.1Score5.6kShelves
- 129 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 28.9kReads9.3Score2.3kShelves
- 130 Dating Show: Why Are You Picking on Him? He’s Deficient in Virtue 恋综：你惹他干嘛？他五行缺德啊 [Goofy + hilarious + showbiz + variety shows + meme jokes + dating show + straight-talking guy] Chen Yang transmigrated. He landed in the body of a man on the day he was about to be coerced into sleeping with someone for a career opportunity. He thought he was finally about to reach the pinnacle of life, but after seeing the wealthy woman’s face, the teachings of Mencius he’d learned ten years earlier struck him right between the eyes. Wealth cannot corrupt him, poverty cannot make him abandon h 121.3kReads9.0Score13.6kShelves
- 131 I'm a Celebrity. What's Wrong with Doing a Side Hustle? 我一个明星，搞点副业很合理吧？ After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lin Xia becomes a minor celebrity stuck near the bottom of the industry. Everyone knows that D-list celebrities are treated worse than dogs. Life is tough, so Lin Xia makes a living with odd jobs. To get by, Lin Xia has no choice but to take up some side gigs. Day one: picking a lock at someone’s home, netting 200 yuan. Day two: setting up a fortune-telling stall, netting 500 yuan. Day three: selling cartoon-print underwear at a street stall, netting 800 71.1kReads9.2Score6.2kShelves
- 132 You Cyberbullied Me Over My Wedding Dress and Idol? The Great Families of the Capital Strike Back 婚纱追星网暴我？京城世家齐出手 [Official-family heir + tycoon + face-slapping + campus beauty + villain + satisfying read + more...] Jiang Lin transmigrates to a parallel world and, from the start, lands himself a rabid celebrity-fan girlfriend. Before he can marvel at his good fortune, she puts on the wedding dress he spent a fortune buying and runs off to attend a concert by some popular young star??! “I finally married my youth! Wang Yifan, I love you!!!” “Quick, take my picture! Let’s commemorate my love story with Fanfan 46kReads8.9Score3kShelves
- 133 Reborn in 2000: My Childhood Sweetheart, the School Belle, Is 18 重生2000，青梅校花18岁 [Reborn + Childhood Friend and School Beauty + Everyday Romance + Sweet Couple Moments + One Heroine] Yi Feng, who is terminally ill, is reborn in the year 2000. That year, his childhood friend and school beauty, Gu Muxi, is eighteen. “Yi Feng, lend me a pen!” “...Didn’t you borrow one yesterday?” “Yesterday was yesterday, today is today. Things have changed, get it?” “...You win. Fine, here.” “Yi Feng, tear off a sheet of paper for me!” “...Why tear mine? Don’t you have your own?” “I do, but I 49kReads9.5Score6.2kShelves
