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- 1 Transmigrating into Korean Entertainment: Every Girl Group Is Mine 穿越韩娱之女团都是我的 I unexpectedly transmigrated to South Korea in 2000. What shocked me even more was that I had become the second son of the Seok family, South Korea's top chaebol. What had once seemed impossibly out of reach was now right at my fingertips. National goddesses like Jun Ji-hyun, Kim Tae-hee, and Song Hye-kyo were so beautiful and captivating that the Satan within me began to grow wildly. And so began four years of luxury and indulgence. However, I knew this life could never quiet the Satan in my he 22Reads—Score314d adds
- 2 South Korea Is a Dark Place? I'll Turn It into a Model Society 南韩黑暗？我整顿成模范社会 What is going on? Why didn't I become a chaebol? I've ended up in South Korea as a prosecutor instead? Fine. If fate has put me on the opposite side from them, then if the chaebols won't change, we'll change them. If politics won't change, we'll change politics. I'll take on the chaebols and build my own power base. In short, I'll bring the entire peninsula under the rule of law, and I will be the one who makes the rules. 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Corrupt Prosecutor: Starting Out as a Street Punk! 卑鄙检察官，从小流氓开始！ An accident turns Li Zhe, a brilliant student studying in South Korea, into Li Mingxi, a petty hoodlum. To escape his gang’s debt collectors, Li Mingxi has no choice but to join the gang and become one of its core members. After watching his boss get slapped by a young prosecutor, Li Mingxi decides to become a prosecutor himself. But after becoming one, Li Mingxi discovers... The underworld, the chaebol, the prosecutors, even the Blue House, all follow the law of the jungle. Deep down, they’re a 441Reads8.1Score10114d adds
- 4 I Steal Everything from the Protagonists in Korean Dramas 我在韩剧里掠夺主角的一切 My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Great Demon Lord of the Myriad Heavens: From the Start, Raising Hell in Korean Showbiz 诸天大魔头，开局肆虐韩娱 Qi Sixian obtains a mirror that lets him transmigrate across countless worlds, and wreaks havoc on Korean entertainment from the start. Jun Ji-hyun's Daisy and The Thieves, along with Girls' Generation, the group that took an era by storm, all become part of his life. In Resident Evil, he's an invincible war god; in Batman, he crushes anyone who dares defy him; in The Avengers, there is no civil war because he's the one and only leader. Once Upon a Time in China, The Book and the Sword, The Smil 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Everyday Life on the Peninsula 半岛的日常 Starting over with a brand-new book. The previous book is gone for various reasons, but that’s okay. This one is about the Korean entertainment industry. Maybe I won’t write about the Chinese entertainment industry anymore. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 The School Beauty Scorns Me, the Korean Warlord's Illegitimate Son 校花蔑视韩国军阀私生子的我 A slum boy is looked down on by the school beauty, but behind the scenes, he is the illegitimate son of South Korea’s most powerful crime boss. The school beauty goes from looking down on him to regretting it. Meanwhile, schemes abound within his family. A transfer student from the Kim Group becomes his deskmate. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Struggling to Survive in Korean Dramas 在韩美剧里艰难求生 My new work is here! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Korean Peninsula Tycoons: The Girl Group Idols Are in for a Rough Ride 半岛财阀，女团爱豆们遭老罪喽 “Mr. Li Chengxuan, I'm sorry, but you have only three months left to live.” A single diagnosis sent Li Chengxuan, heir to the top chaebol Samheung Group in South Korea, plunging into despair. Just as he was preparing to await death amid his limitless wealth, a mechanical voice exploded in his mind! [Ding! Strong will to survive detected in Host. The More Children, More Blessings System has been activated!] [Beginner Mission: Have a child with a goddess whose “Goddess Index” is 95 or higher. Rewa 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 I Transmigrated into Lee Min-yong from Unstoppable High Kick! 穿越成为搞笑一家人中的李民勇！ A fun story, written for practice! After transmigrating into the Lee family’s second son, Lee Min-yong, from the sitcom High Kick!, he faces his wife Shin Ji’s request for a divorce. All he wants to say is, “Please don’t come back!” Divider A merged universe combining the three High Kick! series: High Kick!, High Kick Through the Roof, and High Kick: Revenge of the Short Legged. 9Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 11 Peninsula: A Few Things About Me and My Sharp-Tongued Idol 半岛：与腹黑偶像的二三事 [One heroine, pure romance, no angst from start to finish. Keep up with Xiao Nan!] Nineteen-year-old soccer prodigy Li Xingyun is of mixed Chinese and Korean heritage and currently trains in the youth academy of a South Korean soccer club. With his incredible speed and precise shooting, he is gradually becoming the most highly anticipated rising star in Korean soccer. Meanwhile, Jang Wonyoung, the center of top-tier girl group IVE, reigns at the top of Korea’s idol scene with her stunning looks 47Reads—Score414d adds
- 12 My Girlfriend Is Liu Zhimin 我的女友是柳智敏 [Korean Showbiz] + [Yu Jimin] + [Pure Romance] + [aespa Series] Jiang Zhiyu goes to Seoul to attend a fan-signing event on behalf of a classmate. He thinks he'll just get an autograph and leave. He's only doing a favor for a reward, with a chance to travel abroad and clear his head as a bonus. But from that day on, the gaze of top-tier star and girl-group idol Yu Jimin keeps falling on this ordinary guy who seems “completely uninterested” in her. An unexpected body-double assignment quietly enta 261Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Korean Showbiz: Enjoying a Flirtation on the Peninsula 韩娱：我在半岛享受暧昧 Some people enjoy the flirtatious push and pull before a relationship; others prefer a platonic romance. Choi Gyeongjun loves both, and since he's been given a second life, he's going to have both. He'd long dreamed of the Korean entertainment industry in his previous life. Now, of course, he plans to experience it for himself. See more, talk more, get more involved, and take part in more. My name is Choi Gyeongjun. I'm a chaebol heir, and I'm coming for the entertainment industry. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Peninsula: It All Began When I Swapped Bodies with a Top-Tier Star Idol 半岛：从和顶流爱豆交换身体开始 Jisoo: If I hadn’t given up that day, would things have turned out differently? Sana: You’re not allowed to like anyone but me~ That’s the promise we made when we were kids~ Mina: In the virtual world, we’re soulmates. I hope things can be the same in real life. Wendy: I don’t want to be just your so-called friend anymore. I want us to be closer. His story with them began that summer. 471Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Thursday Boy 周四男孩 Jiang Mi had followed the rules for more than twenty years. The only reckless thing she had ever done was go to a concert with her best friend on her twenty-fifth birthday. The first time she met him, she thought he was a human trafficker. The second time, he called her a little anti-fan. The third time, she shielded him from an egg thrown by an anti-fan. The fourth time, she became his housekeeper. The fifth time... “I think the chances of meeting someone you like are very low. But if you do —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 K-Pop: Love in the Days of Youth 韩娱之韶华以情 Reader's Note: This is a K-pop story, primarily about the fourth-generation girl group GFRIEND. This is a story about time. A boy who returned from the future by turning back time meets six girls running alongside its passage. They meet, They come to know each other, And in the end, they fall in love. 89Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Transmigrating to South Korea, From the Start I Meet an Eighteen-Year-Old Witch 穿越南韩，开局邂逅十八岁魔女 [Film and TV crossover] [Transmigration] [Gangsters] [System] [Multiple heroines] [Things won’t get too supernatural early on] A serious warning: the author has a bad temper, and what I write may not please everyone. If you don’t like it, just say your piece and leave, but don’t give it a low rating. Don’t say I didn’t warn you if you get roasted. He woke up in South Korea with nothing to his name, and his System Daddy was a greedy miser who only cared about money. He thought he’d transmigrated 275Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 A Journey Across the Peninsula 半岛远行 Ban Xingyuan only ever wanted to quietly study mathematics and history. He never expected to keep getting dragged into the entertainment industry for no apparent reason. Fortunately, these bizarre incidents never interfered with his academic research. Instead, his wildly imaginative antics turned the entertainment industry upside down. His greatest source of pride in life isn't his academic achievements, nor the family and friends who found fame in the entertainment industry thanks to his inadve 468Reads—Score3014d adds
- 19 The Fourth Book by Recluse Ruopu 若朴居士的第4本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support gives me the motivation to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Peninsula: Don’t Cry, I’ll Always Be on Your Side 半岛：别哭，我会一直站你这边 [Korean Showbiz] + [Sulli] + [Girls’ Generation] + [T-ara] Liu Zijun is a rough man, and not a good person either, but he always keeps his word. To fulfill the last wish of a comrade from his previous life, he resolutely came to the peninsula. Everyone has regrets in their heart. Sometimes, all we can do is imagine a way to make them right. This book was written out of love, and I hope it can give you a little warmth by making you feel that one of your regrets has been mended. The male lead is d 1.1kReads—Score10514d adds
- 21 The Days I Checked In on the Peninsula 在半岛签到的日子 PS: This story is entirely fictional. It takes place in a parallel version of the basketball world and has nothing to do with reality. Don't read too much into it or take it seriously. If you don't like stories where the characters have siblings, this isn't for you. It's a self-indulgent work written when the author was in a contrarian mood. On hiatus. For details, please see the author's note at the end. I also want to thank all the readers who've stuck with the story. The story begins when th 116Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 22 South Korea: It's the Director, We're Doomed! 南韩：是本部长，我们没救了！ Gwon Geon thinks he's the kind of person Heaven itself has taken under its wing. Otherwise, how can he explain that after transmigrating to South Korea, he not only avoided becoming a low-ranking beat cop, but rose from patrol officer to deputy director of the Education and Criminal Investigation Bureau in just 30 months? At that rate, even the company elevator would need to give him a power-up! From then on, a new urban legend spreads through Namhan City: > When Gwon Geon reviews a criminal cas —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 A Cheat-Code Life in Korean Showbiz 韩娱之开挂人生 My new work is out! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 The Rise of a Korean Conglomerate 韩国大财阀之崛起 Born into poverty, Gu Jianhao suffered setbacks in the workplace. A chance encounter with a fortune-teller, though it seemed unreliable, ignited his fighting spirit. After enduring countless hardships and putting in tremendous effort, he finally made a spectacular comeback, becoming a major South Korean business tycoon and forging an impressive legend. 223Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 BTS: A Letter from Spring 【BTS】春日的来信 After completing 999+ quick transmigration missions, Lin Jiayi is sent by the System to a parallel world to retire and rest. But the original owner of this body has an overpowering conviction: she is determined to become a superstar. With no other choice, Lin Jiayi has to put her vacation on hold and return to her old line of work to fulfill the original owner's wish. [I'm no good at writing introductions. This is a Korean entertainment story set in a parallel universe. The author isn't especial 162Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Korean Variety: From Prosecutor to Lawmaker 韩综：从检察官到议员 [Korean Drama + Power Fantasy + Overseas Chinese + Prosecutor + Politician + No System] Lee Jae In arrives in this strange, almost-but-not-quite Republic of Korea. He is born at a fish-smelling harbor in Yeosu, South Jeolla Province. His father is a small-time thug, his mother is a haenyeo, and he is the eldest son, with younger brothers and sisters below him. What a hopeless start from the start! Fortunately, Lee Ja Seong meets two small-time thugs. One is Jeong Cheong, the [Elevator God of War 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 My Boyfriend Is Jeon Jungkook 我对像是田柾国 ❤️ If you like it, remember to send gifts, like, bookmark, and follow! Become a “member” or send “coins” for bonus chapters~ 158Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 K-Drama: Starting with My Love from the Star 韩剧从来自星星的你开始 K-drama worlds: My Love from the Star, Reply 1988, Goblin, Hotel del Luna, and so on... The next K-drama world is still undecided. If there’s a K-drama you’d like to see, leave a comment. I may write it later, so feel free to join in! 68Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Oh My God! Taeyeon Can Hear My Thoughts 天呐！泰妍偷听我心声 A twelve-year fan stays by Taeyeon through her darkest days. One-sided mind-reading can’t hide his deep devotion. With Girls’ Generation playing matchmaker and both hearts reaching for each other, they embark on a journey of redemption and romance across time… 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Korean Showbiz: It'd Be a Waste to Give It to Someone Else 韩娱：给别人太可惜了 In 2009, Li Zhecheng returned from studying in the United States and took over the small company Core Centents Media with his family's help. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 The Chaebol Family’s Youngest Son Wants to Be a Scumbag Across Film and TV 财阀家的小儿子要渣穿影综 “A System?” The essential golden finger for anyone who transmigrates. I have one too? After all these years of hardship, it seems it’s finally my turn to get lucky. [Master, I’m here.] The words “I’m here” came with an overwhelming sense of cheapness. As a high-tech creation, couldn’t the System at least have a 3D projection mode? “What kind of System are you?” In Song Zhongji’s eyes, Systems were supposed to be impressive and high-end. [A comprehensive film and television System.] Uh, why does 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Stationed in Korea: I Automatically Rank Three Grades Higher Than the Korean Army 驻韩霉菌：面对韩军我自动高三级 [Alternate Universe + Gangsters + Biochemical Drugs (Mutants) + Scheming + Heh Heh!] After an accident, Li Feng transmigrated to another world and became an American stationed in Korea, as well as a captain leading a company of soldiers! I'd rather envy no star-crossed lovers or immortals. I only envy the chaebols and their everyday lives. But you can envy the Americans stationed in Korea, too… 3Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 33 Peninsula: Why Won’t You Listen to Advice? 半岛：你们怎么不听劝呢 Kim Seungwoo became a member of the National Intelligence Service’s special unit at just 22. But to his surprise, his very first assignment was to work as an assistant to female entertainers at S.M. Entertainment. “Kim Seungwoo, you were supposed to pose as an assistant and secretly protect them. How did you end up filming a TV drama?” “Seungwoo, I like you.” “Seungwoo, thank you for saving me. I think I’ve fallen for you.” “Kim Seungwoo, if you dare not to like me, you’re dead!” “Hmph, Woo is m 98Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Korean Entertainment: Reformation 韩娱之重塑 Reporter: When will we get to see your “Trouble Maker” again? Han Shuo: Next time. Reporter: You handle the lyrics, music, arrangement, and choreography all by yourself. Is there anything you can’t do? Han Shuo: Dress up as a woman. Reporter: Why are you always caught up in dating rumors whenever you act in a romance? Han Shuo: Maybe because I’m a method actor. Someone: Can’t you settle down for once? Han Shuo: If I don’t get in your way, someone else will. I’d be pretty unhappy about that, so l 4Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 35 Reborn in Korea, Who’d Still Be a Simp? 都重生韩国了，谁还当舔狗呀 Chen Hao, a total simp, unexpectedly transmigrates to a parallel world in South Korea. After getting kissed by force, he awakens the Simp System! The ultimate wish-fulfillment story, with zero brainpower required! Turns out, the way to unlock the Simp System is to stop being a simp. He collects a harem of women and helps them become independent women of their generation… —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Loving You Is an Unreachable Dream 爱你是遥不可及的事 1v1, both leads are virgins, entertainment industry, a little angst, short story “The early story follows a chaebol heiress and a celebrity idol.” “Later, it becomes a story about an ascetic CEO and his sweet young wife.” Before transmigrating into this body, she was his devoted fan. Loving him had seemed utterly out of reach. After transmigrating, she discovered he was an entertainer signed to her father’s company. Who could have imagined that fate would bring them together time and time again? 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Reborn in Korea: The Black Empire 重生韩国之黑色帝国 Park Jeonghyeok, a South Korean police officer working undercover, was betrayed by his superiors and executed by a gang. But he was reborn ten years in the past. This time, he will take revenge on everyone who betrayed him and rise to the top of South Korea. 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 After Hearing Her Fans’ Thoughts, She Became a Top Idol 听到粉丝心声后，她成为顶级女豆 [K-pop + Chinese entertainment industry + no romance + adored by everyone + career-focused + mind reading] Ye Yali transmigrated. She became a little orphan who was always bullied. Then her wealthy biological parents showed up and took her home, spoiling her like a little princess. One day, she discovered that she had the ability to read minds and could even see how much certain people liked her! Why are you all so different to my face than behind my back? All that “like” and “love” stuff, could —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Showbiz: The Top-Tier Star Idol 【娱乐圈】顶流爱豆 [Spiritual qi revival + Korean entertainment + alternate-universe imagination + wish fulfillment + uncertain pairing + Seventeen + BTS] A mysterious blue light forced her to participate in a dungeon game, but she unexpectedly took first place in the inaugural tournament. Gu Yanyan, exposed as a beta tester, was completely unfazed: Just standard procedure. Digging through the beta test videos, people discovered that Yoon Jeonghan, Choi Seungcheol, and Kim Taehyung were all her teammates! Watc 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Royal Broadcast: My Real-Time Romance on the Peninsula 皇室放送：我的半岛恋爱实况 This book is also known as: “Holy Light! Their Affection Is Overflowing” “Using Holy Light on the Peninsula to Avoid the Bad Ending” “When Holy Light Pierces the Dark Side of Korean Entertainment” “The Idols Always Reveal Their True Feelings Under the Holy Light,” and more... Character profile: Royal family’s treasured prince · Holy Light emotion scanner · Peninsula veterinarian · Culture’s master of slacking off After being reborn three times, Lyt Gustav Bernadotte became Sweden’s most low-key 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Her Dating-Show Girlfriend Is a Top-Tier Star 她的恋综女友是顶流 [Two female leads + getting back together after a breakup + sweet everyday romance] Sharp-tongued but soft-hearted × devoted, tsundere little fox Five years after Zhou Jin and her ex-girlfriend Park Chaeyoung broke up, Zhou Jin finally couldn’t take it anymore. She called her ex, who was far away in Korea, to tell her she was about to get married. To her surprise, her ex didn’t get angry at all. She barely even wanted to talk. Heartbroken and furious, Zhou Jin became so worked up that strange ce 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Reborn in South Korea: Full Throttle 重生南韩一路狂飚 [No System] [No special powers] [No cultivation] [The male lead idolizes Cao Cao] His soul transmigrates into Ahn Seungri in South Korea, where he becomes a prosecutor at the Incheon District Prosecutors' Office. A chaebol's son-in-law sets him up and tries to blackmail him? The chaebol's daughter: “Honey, it's cold out. Put on this hat.” The chief prosecutor is about to make him a scapegoat again? The chief prosecutor's wife: “Honey, it's been cold lately. Here's a hat I knitted for you myself. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Korean Variety Shows and Dramas: You Look Delicious 韩综影视：你看起来很好吃 After transmigrating into the series All of Us Are Dead, he becomes the villain Yoon Gwi-nam. Before the virus outbreak, he deliberately lets Lee Jin-su bite him, turning Yoon Gwi-nam into a new kind of human, half-man and half-zombie. This work is adapted from the screen productions All of Us Are Dead 1, The Witch, Psychokinesis, Moving, Happiness, The Witch 2, My Love from the Star, Sweet Home, and more! 12Reads—Score114d adds
- 44 Reborn as the Chaebol Family’s Youngest Son 重生财阀家的小儿子 (Reborn comeback + exhilarating financial drama + infighting among tycoons + campus beauty. Watch the youngest son, armed with the script of the future, trample his enemies and take control of all of South Korea!) The moment investment banker Chen Mo opens his eyes, he has become Chen Daojun, the illegitimate son of a chaebol destined to die horribly in a Korean drama. Inside his ten-year-old body is the soul of a thirty-year-old, and in his pocket is a countdown to his death: [2004.4.17] In Sou —Reads—Score4.7k14d adds
- 45 Peninsula: Where Idols Belong 半岛：爱豆归处 [The Korean peninsula, multiple female leads, System, reborn.] Im Yoona, Kim Taeyeon, Bae Joohyun, Lee Jieun, Zhou Ziyu, Park Jiyeon, Lee Quri, Song Yuqi, Cho Miyeon, Xiaoxian, and more... 73Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Korean Showbiz: Meeting and Redemption 韩娱：相遇与救赎 A fateful encounter, a mutual salvation. It all began with the first snowfall. P.S. The author wrote this purely for personal enjoyment and knows nothing about Korean entertainment. I just like Yoon-a, so I wrote it. This story is completely different from reality, and the characters have been changed. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Transmigrated into Korean Showbiz: With the System at My Side, I Can Make Stars 穿越韩娱：系统在手，造星我有 He transmigrates to a parallel world, creates the Starsea girl group, launches the explosive boy group, brings out the Starry boy group, and finally debuts the girl group Pink Ink. Lin Shen, an utterly ordinary transmigrator, becomes the leading figure in Korean Wave entertainment in another world. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Byun Baekhyun: My Wife's Idol Isn't Me 边伯贤：我老婆的爱豆不是我 The top-tier star couple's "idol battlefield" Xingtong's life is like a cheat code: Zhang Yixing dotes on her like a devoted older brother, and the genius idol Baixian is the perfect husband. But who could have guessed that the number one name on this girl, surrounded by love, has on her stan list isn't her own husband? Whenever his wife goes wild at another idol's concert, Baixian instantly turns into a jealous bundle of nerves, grabs his fan gear, and follows her there to keep an eye on her 32Reads—Score114d adds
- 49 Korean Showbiz: I'm in Korea, and I Have So Many Sisters 韩娱：人在泡菜，我的姐姐特别多 —Reads—Score114d adds
- 50 Korean Showbiz: Are All My Girlfriends Quest-Giving NPCs? 韩娱：我的女友都是任务NPC？ I woke up as Chen Mo, the one and only target the lovely rookies of Korean entertainment wanted to win over. The nation’s center stage star played the “hero saving a beauty” for me, a gorgeous senior lost focus around me on set, and a junior at the company wanted to build a “secret hideout” with me... Their gazes were passionate and sincere, but the System’s prompts rang frantically in my ears. At first, I thought this was just a simple dating game, until I discovered that... I had no System int —Reads—Score—14d adds
