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- 1 The Wandering Earth: I Wasn't Chosen for the Underground City 流浪地球：我没被选进地下城 [Apocalypse + reborn + revenge + gradual expansion + no-brainer sci-fi] On Lunar New Year's Day in 2023, Xiao He was watching a movie with his daughter. The very next second, he was swept into the world of The Wandering Earth. To his even greater surprise, he hadn't drawn a ticket to an underground city. So he began his fight back against the odds. The chairman of the United Government: “At any cost, capture Xiao He and execute him.” Li Wentian: “If I'm a genius, then Xiao He is a madman.” Capta 70Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Reborn: If You Won't Be the Boss, Will You Be a Director? 重生：不做大哥，你当导演？ Jiang Chu is reborn in 2001. When he opens his eyes, he finds himself at his father's funeral. His father was a big shot in the underworld, and the inheritance he left behind consists of a mountain of debt and over a hundred underlings. Bald guys, tattooed guys, scarred guys... every last one of them looks vicious. Faced with this tricky situation, Jiang Chu has a flash of inspiration and decides to start by taking his crew to film The Conqueror! Sure enough, this bunch of brothers can't act in 39Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 3 You Were Told to Film The Wandering Earth, So You Used the Real Thing 让你拍流浪地球，你用真货拍 Li Yu transmigrates to a parallel world and acquires a Wish Fulfillment System. By making movies or developing games, he can draw technology and items from them and receive rewards such as funding. So, while the film industry is dominated by traffic stars and everyone doubts that Longguo can make big-budget science fiction movies, Li Yu decides to make a series of sci-fi films, including The Wandering Earth, building his own science fiction universe and exporting its culture to the world. From t —Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 4 The Wandering Earth in My Hands from the Start, and I'm Just the Deliveryman 开局一本流浪地球，我只是搬运工 [Transmigration + Literary Genius + Parallel World + Comedy] Li Mu transmigrates to a parallel world with the memories of his previous life, only to find that its culture is woefully impoverished. As the times move forward, Li Mu begins a new journey by bringing out web novels from his past-life memories. From the start, he releases a physical book, The Wandering Earth, stunning the entire internet and earning widespread acclaim. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Wandering Earth: A Big-Time Player 流浪地球大玩家 This is a practice piece. I don't want to change the movie's plot. The Escape Era has already been made into two films, so the protagonist only takes part and makes a few interventions. I haven't done much with the details, so watch the films if you want those. The main storyline will unfold in Volume Two. At that point, the protagonist will lead technological development and protect Blue Star as it makes its way to Proxima Centauri. The events along the way have already been planned out across 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 I Caught My Husband Cheating at the Movies 看电影的时候，我发现老公出轨了 I discovered my husband was cheating while watching a movie. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 From the Start, I Was Exposed Cultivating Immortality on the Moon 开局在月球修仙被曝光 In the summer of 3030, Li Changfeng is cultivating on the moon. The moment he stands up, countless satellites capture him, and the entire world is shaken! With a single gesture, Dao patterns appear across the earth and cracks form in the void. Purple qi surges east for thirty thousand miles, and martial artists across the globe bow in submission! “What immortality techniques? There's no such thing! We have to believe in science!” Li Changfeng finishes speaking, and strange phenomena erupt: golde 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Conquering the Entertainment Industry by Making Terrible Movies 从拍烂片开始制霸娱乐圈 Lu Bai is reborn after saving someone, in a rather familiar plot twist. This is a world much like Earth. Here, Lu Bai's background is completely different from his previous life. You could even say he has an incredibly lucky start. But for some reason, the childish former owner of this body, who ran away from home to make movies and ended up angering his father to death, has left an obsession that keeps Lu Bai from going back to inherit the family business. With no other choice, Lu Bai can only 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 I Transmigrated to a Galactic World, and I’m Going to Be a Screenwriter 穿越到星际世界我要当编剧 Xu Mo transmigrates to the interstellar era after an accident, only to discover that, for various reasons, its culture has suffered a break in continuity. How can she let that stand? As a web-novel editor, she promptly adapts some of the twentieth century’s finest stories into films, and they become huge hits. Xu Mo soon becomes a household-name screenwriter throughout the interstellar era. (P.S. The stories within the story are fictional.) —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 I Make Games and Reap the Whole World 我制作游戏收割全世界 After transmigrating into an era of technological advancement where artistic creation had hit a bottleneck, Li Qiwei was stunned to discover that games in this world still relied on the same old mechanic of hitting something once to deal 999 damage. “Mr. Li Qiwei, what enables you to create so many wonderful works?” Li Qiwei spread his arms. “It's an ideal: the ideal of letting the whole world experience the ninth art.” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Film and Variety Shows: You're Turning That Fishmonger into a God? 影视综艺：你拍卖鱼佬封神？ In a parallel world where terrible movies are everywhere and people live for entertainment, Chen Yanqiu transmigrates into a film and TV variety show called Who Is the New God of Chinese Entertainment? and awakens a Super Creator System. For the first round, he chooses the script for The Knockout, creating a fishmonger character who sends the internet into a frenzy of memes. For the second round, he films The Thunder, and when Uncle Dong appears, viewers are so scared they have nightmares all ni 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The Trisolarans: So You're Wandering Earth, Huh? 三体人：你流浪地球是吧 The Trisolarans: So, you're wandering Earth, huh? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The Wandering Earth: The Machine Ascension Begins Today 流浪地球：机器飞升就在今日 The Wandering Earth: The machine ascension begins today —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 AI Wrote a Terrible Script, but I Turned It Into a Masterpiece AI写烂剧本，我硬生生拍成神作 I, Zhou Ping, transmigrated into the director's chair for the S+ grade disaster film The Interstellar Great Wall. The script was written by AI. Qin Shi Huang stood on the moon, wielding a Green Dragon Crescent Blade as he fought Napoleon. The male lead needed a 45-degree profile close-up every three minutes. The female lead had paid 60 million to join the cast. A coal magnate invested 100 million, with one condition: the film had to be called The Interstellar Great Wall. The entire entertainm —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 To Stay Alive, I Became a Spy for Aliens on Mars 为活着，我在火星给外星人当间谍 Liu Shijiu grew up on Mars. On his eighteenth birthday, he finally learned the truth: He was just a failed experimental subject, kept on Mars by aliens. The aliens he had never met abandoned him without mercy, leaving him with only half a month’s worth of rations. Looking at the machinery the aliens had left behind in the underground base, Liu Shijiu knew that his life was only just beginning... 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 I’m a Director, and I’m Full of Positive Energy 我是导演，满满正能量 Lin Xu woke up one day in 2006. The entertainment industry was still in its infancy, and he was brimming with ambition... He swore to achieve the dream he had always held dear. And it all began with filming Lost in Beijing. 1Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 17 Showbiz: Director, Shoot More! I Still Have My Teeth! 娱乐：导演多拍点，我牙还在！ After transmigrating, Chen Xia discovers that he’s become the head of a team making comedy short videos! The industry is insanely competitive, and somehow he’s gone from being the person in charge to a director! Fine, it’s just short videos, right? Let’s do this! And then… On set, take one: “Is this what a suspense drama is supposed to be?” Chen Xia: “Yeah! There’s a dead body, a detective, and tons of other elements. It ticks all the boxes!” Executive producer: “Reshoot!” Audience: Hahahaha! Po —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 The Three Kingdoms: Wandering Earth 三国之流浪地球 Sun Yang had finally managed to become the overlord of the Three Kingdoms, only to unexpectedly transmigrate to the future once again. The future belonged to alien magical beasts, and luckily, he had brought the imperial palace along with him. The beasts could cultivate and were incredibly powerful, but there was no need to be afraid. We know how to eat! Whatever heaven-defying divine beasts or primordial monsters there are, they can all wait in the pot. Even little Gao Shun can ascend to immort 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 The Age of Wandering 流浪时代 Two thousand years after Earth entered the Wandering Era, its former glory and civilization had long since vanished, replaced by another powerful empire. Now, in a remote settlement somewhere in the empire, a mysterious man awoke from centuries of slumber inside a cryogenic pod. Armed with more advanced technology, he would change this uncertain era. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Sign-In for Survival Supplies in The Wandering Earth 流浪地球签到生存物资开始 Yi Fan transmigrates into the movie version of The Wandering Earth. He manages to stay alive until he dies after the rebel uprising. To his surprise, he is reborn with a Favorability Sign-In System. [Ding! Your relationship with Han Duoduo has improved. Reward: 100 buckets of KFC family meals!!!] [From now on, you can sign in once every day to receive supplies!] After that, Yi Fan predicts the Jupiter crisis and puts down the rebellion! He becomes a big shot in the underground settlements, a ren —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 The All-Around Director 全能大导演 [Variety shows + film and television + directing + celebrities] Director Yu Ye transmigrates and becomes the country's top-tier star. Even a single selfie posted on Weibo can earn him a million likes. After starring in flop movies one after another, such as The Shanghai Fortress and Dreaming of the Entertainment Circle, he loses the public's goodwill and becomes box-office poison. His position as a top-tier star is on the verge of collapse. With the situation growing dire, Yu Ye decides to step 75Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 The Wandering Earth: I Have a Plunder System 流浪地球：我拥有掠夺系统 On the eve of Earth's braking maneuver The United Government organized a lottery. Those who drew a winning ticket would be sent to an underground city. The rest could only wish themselves luck. The rules were simple: everyone had an equal chance to draw, regardless of age, gender, or status. A pass could not be inherited, transferred, or given away. “Half the population of Earth is going to die. The United Government can only take half of us. Who do you think you are, Thanos? Fuck your mother!” 136Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 23 Making The Wandering Earth from the Start, Shocking Players Around the World 开局制作流浪地球，震惊全球玩家 Yang Lin transmigrates to a world with highly advanced technology but terrible games. He was a game designer at the biggest gaming company in Huaguo. He had hoped to make his mark, but instead, he was fired. After bonding with a Game Development System, he immediately brought out The Wandering Earth. The moment the game launched, the whole world was stunned. “Whoa, installing engines on Earth so it can escape the solar system? What kind of genius came up with that!” “You can actually see Jupiter 5Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 24 In Class, I Suddenly Gained a Domain and Beat Up the Gods 人在上课：突然获得领域暴打神明 One day, the chuunibyou boy's dream of becoming stronger finally came true-- "Ding! You have created the Domain Law [Analyze All Things]! You can analyze anything and gain your target's skills and permissions!"-- "Ding! You have acquired your target's clone skill!" "Ding! You have analyzed your target's summoner and successfully seized their summoned creature!" "You have created the Domain Law [Virtual and Real]. You can bring the person represented by a statue or doll to life and gain all of th 3Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 25 Livestreaming Across a Wandering World 直播之流浪世界 He begins livestreaming in the world of Hello Mr. Billionaire, then travels through the Myriad Worlds... In the real world, he starts a livestreaming company and randomly recruits transmigrators to serve as pioneers in their new worlds. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 The Wandering Earth: Upgrading My Shelter After the Sun's Helium Flash 流浪地球：太阳氦闪后升级避难所 [Shelter Upgrades + Stockpiling Supplies + System + Conquest] Lin Han transmigrates to a time after the Sun’s helium flash in The Wandering Earth. From the start, he has a shelter that can be upgraded without limit, and he can claim rewards through a daily sign-in. [Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have obtained the Red Emperor Mecha.] [Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have obtained a Qianlong Special Forces squad.] [Ding! Host has obtained a Starfleet.] Using his personal System, Lin Han 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Forced to Make Terrible Movies, How Did You Become a Sensation Nationwide? 被逼拍烂片，怎么你就全网封神了 When movie creator Wen Ye transmigrates to a parallel world, his script is tossed aside, his dignity trampled, and he's forced to make a cheesy Dragon King movie on a budget of 100,000 yuan! The next second, his late-arriving golden finger, the Earth Movie Library System, appears. He can perfectly recreate every masterpiece of cinema from Earth! From today on, I make the rules! A cheesy Dragon King? I'll turn him into an online sensation with The Godfather's style! A domineering CEO's pampered w 17Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 28 Don't Let Earth Wander 不让地球流浪 Earth is on the verge of destruction. Humanity’s elite flee, and the cultivation powerhouse Lü Bufan is at a loss. Even Baize, humanity’s guardian deity, is nearing the end of his rope. He tossed me a copy of The Leader’s Self-Cultivation and told me to study it on my own, claiming that once I mastered it, I’d be able to protect humanity and save Earth. After he beat me up, I gritted my teeth and believed him… 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Director: Starting at the Oscars 导演：从奥斯卡开始 2006. Li Ao, a student at the California Institute of the Arts, falls out with his advisor and decides to make a film on his own. One film makes him famous. Now surrounded by acclaim, he returns to China. He focuses solely on filmmaking. He won't make bad movies. He won't go into finance. Actresses, he... —Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 30 It’s Reasonable to Blow Up the Moon While Filming The Wandering Earth, Right? 拍流浪地球把月亮炸了合理吧 [Showbiz, campus belle, The Wandering Earth, Ultimate Challenge] Have you ever seen an entertainment System that forces you to risk your life as punishment if you fail a mission? “Ding! Win the singing competition!” Xu Chen was eliminated through a rigged result and instantly froze in disbelief! “Mission failed! Punishment: tear a shark apart with your bare hands!” Damn it! Xu Chen had no choice but to risk his life against a shark! “Ding! Win five awards at this year's Golden Melody Awards!” Xu —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 They Asked You to Film a Basketball Association Promo, but You Drew Slam Dunk 让你拍篮协宣传片，你画灌篮高手 [In this book's setting, Sakura and Huaxia are on the same continent. Most of the early content features Japanese anime, so readers who mind should stay away.] Gu Cheng transmigrates to a parallel world where anime reigns supreme. After awakening a System, he becomes a manga artist. Just as the men's basketball team loses and fans lose heart, one manga, Slam Dunk, rekindles their longing for and love of basketball, and also puts countless delinquents on the straight and narrow, all for the words 14Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 32 You Asked for a Sitcom, and You Made My Own Swordsman? 让你拍情景喜剧，你拍武林外传？ Lin Ying has been feeling rather frustrated lately. He was at home, eating hot pot and singing. Then, with a pop, he transmigrated. He became a down-and-out director at a TV station. So what if he was a down-and-out director? Taking it easy and collecting a paycheck every day was pretty great. But the beautiful station chief had no idea what had gotten into her. She wanted him to make a sitcom?! There wasn’t enough money, the cast hadn’t been decided, and there was no script. Fortunately, Lin Yi 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Reborn as a Sketch Comedy King: Playing an Old Lady from the Start 重生小品王，开局扮演老太太 Reborn as an apprentice at a struggling theater, I discover that this world has no sketch comedy. My name is Zhao Dabao. After being reborn, I inherited the stage performance skills of Benshan and Chen Xiaoer. With classic works from my past life, I lead this little troupe on the verge of bankruptcy to fame across the country. Works like “The Lead and the Supporting Actor,” “Selling Crutches,” and “Eating Noodles” are a whole new level of entertainment for this world. Armed with these works, I c 1.5kReads—Score11814d adds
- 34 Director: I Only Make Bad Movies, Yet I Became a Top-Tier Star 导演：只拍烂片，我成了影圈顶流 Ye Zhengyang transmigrates to a parallel world and inherits a film company saddled with 10 million in debt. Making blockbusters is too much trouble. Why not make bad movies instead? You make The King of Kung Fu, so I ride the hype and make The King of Kung Tian. It rakes in box office gold and shocks the film industry. You: Scream Me: Scary Movie You: Pacific Rim Me: Atlantic Rim Starting in the Chinese entertainment industry, I ride the hype all the way to Hollywood. When Avatar’s promotion is 1Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 35 The Wandering Earth Sequel: A World Without Men 流浪地球后传：没有男人的世界 More than two thousand years after Earth began its wandering journey, it finally reaches the Proxima Centauri system. Then a blue moon arrives, wiping out every man on Earth. The Navigator Space Station, following Earth's path through space, also reaches the Proxima Centauri system, several hundred years behind Earth. Amid a violent collision, a fragment crashes onto a planet inhabited entirely by women... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 The Poorest Director: I Can Only Make Movies Through Crowdfunding 最穷导演，全靠众筹让我拍电影 What does it take to make a movie? Investment, actors, or connections? Wu Tong has his own take on the question. I have no money, no people, but I want to make a movie. Is that wrong? Of course not! If nobody believes in me, then I might as well go big. Wu Tong was a failing student kicked out of film school, yet he somehow ended up with a high-rated Movie System. From the start, it’s nightmare difficulty, and the damned System keeps making things hard for him. It’s just making a movie, 19Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 37 Myths Descend on The Wandering Earth 神话降临流浪地球 This is a different take on the era of The Wandering Earth, when Earth officially begins its voyage. The story is set in 2059, one year after the lunar crisis was overcome. Even before the journey began, massive earthquakes and all kinds of mysterious phenomena had appeared across the globe. The myths people had invented became real history in the world of The Wandering Earth. The gods broke through the atmosphere and fell beneath the barriers built by the planetary engines. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 I Refuse to Be a Simp: I’ll Become the King of Childhood Anime 拒当舔狗不彷徨，成就童年动漫王 “Wang Wei, I will never forgive you.” “Then please, never forgive me.” After his soul transmigrated into a parallel world, Wang Wei decisively broke up with his goddess from his hospital bed. From then on, he stopped being a lovesick doormat. On his first day of freedom from being a doormat, his golden finger arrived in an instant. What's the point of dating when a career matters more? Women will only slow down my money-making. In this quirky parallel world, entertainment is highly developed, bu —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 The Wandering Earth: Getting a Shelter from the Start 流浪地球：开局获得庇护所 [The Wandering Earth] + [Swallowed Star] + [Technology] + [Cultivation] He transmigrates to the world of the movie The Wandering Earth and is bound to an infinite-draw System from the start! It can draw supplies, weapons, gene serums, genetic energy cultivation techniques… [Ding!] [Beginner's gift pack opened. Congratulations, Host, you've received 3 packs of compressed biscuits.] [Ding!] [Beginner's gift pack opened. Congratulations, Host, you've received a small shelter.] [Ding!] [Beginne 327Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 40 Showbiz: My Era as a Director 娱乐之我的导演时代 [Entertainment industry, director, genius] Cheng Yang transmigrates into an era when the entertainment industry is at its peak. Here, every kind of art flourishes, there are no shackles, and geniuses can show off their talents to their hearts' content! He starts out as a director. He films the award-winning Nirvana in Fire, the heroine-led Empresses in the Palace, the fiercely patriotic war film Drawing Sword, the incorruptible In the Name of the People, the bold and stylish martial arts film SP 166Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 41 World Development Begins with The Wandering Earth 世界开发从流浪地球开始 I’m just writing this for fun. Most of it is based on a movie or book I’ve just finished, worked into a single novel. This is my first time writing, so I’m not very good at it. I don’t know if I’ll keep writing in the future. Just bear with me and give it a read. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Making The Wandering Earth from the Start, Livestreamed by Zhou Jie 开局制作流浪地球，被周姐直播 Zhou Chen transmigrates to a world with advanced VR technology and acquires the Producer System. He can unlock and create new games by earning popularity! He makes The Wandering Earth from the start! The whole world is stunned! "Building ten thousand planetary engines on Earth? Escaping the solar system? That's insane! Absolutely breathtaking!" "A space elevator? Is that really something humans could come up with? This idea is out of this world!" "That scene where the veterans over fifty step fo 4Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 43 I Made Terrible Movies, Yet Became the Box Office Champion! 专拍烂片的我，成为票房第一人！ Zhang Bo transmigrates. He becomes an obscure, down-on-his-luck film director. Having had enough of poverty, he sets himself a life goal: Make the cheapest films and earn the biggest box office. So what if people call him the King of Flops? My box office is number one in the world! “Director, please let me make a flop with you.” “Fine, get up and speak. The floor’s cold, so stop kneeling.” 817Reads8.4Score10314d adds
- 44 Are You Crazy? You Think You Can Make a Sci-Fi Blockbuster for 500 Yuan? 疯了吧，五百块也敢拍科幻大片 Ye Heng unexpectedly transmigrates to another world and becomes a film-school student. But he discovers that the film industry there is a complete mess, without a single decent production. Ye Heng smiles and takes on the trashy movie world all by himself! He’s going to bring people there truly great movies! 502Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 45 We Agreed to Make a Bad Movie, So What Is This Titanic Nonsense? 说好拍烂片，泰坦尼克什么鬼 “I thought popcorn blockbusters were supposed to get bad reviews. What the hell is your Avengers?” “I thought nobody watched domestic sci-fi movies. What’s going on with your The Wandering Earth?” “I thought horror movies without ghosts weren’t scary at all. Are you seriously remaking The Silence of the Lambs?” Lin Junrong says, “I’ll devote myself to the company until my dying breath!” Jiang Xiaoyou: “Who told you to die for the company? Pay me back, damn it!” 390Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 46 Earth, Earth, This Is Mars! 地球地球，这里是火星！ To explore the vast universe, humanity plans to build its first deep-space research base on Mars, far from Earth: the Lenghu Mars Base. “Earth, Earth, this is Mars!” “We have successfully landed on Mars. Everything is normal so far.” 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Director, Do Your Extras Get Internship Certificates? 导演，听说你们群演给实习证明？ [This book follows the everyday filming of a TV series, with a focus on comedy and fun.] Li Yun is a director who makes all kinds of outrageous TV dramas. He never imagined that one day a group of college students would latch onto him, much less that they would find a path to fame unlike any other after being rejected and dismissed by other production crews. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Showbiz: I'm the Director, So I Call the Shots! 娱乐：我是导演我做主！ Fang Tianming transmigrated into a parallel world. When he learned that this world’s entertainment industry was a little different from the one in his previous life, he plunged into it without hesitation. He wasn’t trying to become anyone. He just wanted to experience the entertainment industry for himself, and take in the sights with an artist’s eye. Of course, everything is difficult at the beginning. The first and most important thing was to make money. So he went to find a sucker: Da Mimi. B 46Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 49 Surviving in Space: From the Start, I Was Abducted by Aliens! 星际求生：开局我被外星人绑架！ Su Yu transmigrates into an alien world as an undocumented resident and gets arrested from the start. But then aliens adopt him, and he struggles to get by on this strange planet. With his head of black hair, he becomes the most popular man on the planet of Meizesika. He’s the first male lead to pilot a spaceship while eating hotpot. Come along as he levels up and takes you soaring! 17Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 50 I Asked You to Film a Skit, Not Turn the Whole School into Internet Celebrities! 让你拍段子，你把师生全变网红？ [Reborn + Making Short Videos + Campus Beauty + Romance + Everyday Life + No System + Entrepreneurship] Chen Su is reborn in 2016. The bad news: His mother has dementia, his father has heart disease, and his family is poor and struggling to make ends meet. He’s a vocal music student, too, so finding a job will be difficult. Chen Su feels like he’s gone broke out of his mind! The good news: This is a parallel world, and it has none of the music familiar to people on Earth. Chen Su knows his chanc 72Reads—Score—14d adds
