Novels like Showbiz: You Were Supposed to Audition, So Why Are You Flaunting Your Wealth?
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- 51 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 26kReads9.1Score2.3k14d adds
- 52 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 20.3kReads8.3Score1.1k14d adds
- 53 Showbiz: This Delivery Guy Has Quite a Few Skills 娱乐：这个外卖小哥，技能有点多 (Main story complete!) [Entertainment: music + variety shows + comedy + livestreaming + fishing + no female lead...] One performance of “Decent” brings Situ Yanran to tears, while no one can cover “Moonlight.” “Are you really a delivery guy?” Nan Ye: “As real as they come!” He joins a rural variety show and not only knows how to butcher an ox, but is also an expert fisherman. “Are you really a delivery guy?” Nan Ye: “You bet!” Netizens: “This delivery guy knows a little too much!” “Deliv 25.6kReads8.9Score1.7k14d adds
- 54 I'm an Assassin, So How Did I Debut in a Boy Band? 我一杀手，怎么男团出道了 [Showbiz + Comedy + No Female Lead] Zheng Xun: A hitman who trained hard for ten years, ready to save the world, but the System sent him to the wrong channel. Unable to find work, he was discovered by a talent scout and lured into a company with the promise of room and board. Now he's been forced to become an idol. “Can’t a Boy Band Save the World?”, Zheng Xun’s quote Cheng Jie: The male lead of a domineering CEO novel. After ten years of practicing his CEO catchphrases, his career got off to a 19.3kReads9.5Score3.3k14d adds
- 55 A Love Rival Showdown? I'm Coasting to Victory on a Dating Show 情敌们修罗场？我在恋综躺赢到底 (This is a female-oriented novel, okay? A female-oriented novel!!) After completing missions across three thousand worlds, the powerhouse Pei Ge transmigrates into a ridiculous, melodramatic dating-show novel full of bloodshed and romantic rivalries. He becomes a tool-like male supporting character: a once-famous movie star whose looks could enthrall the world. The movie star's legs are long and straight, like blades that can steal lives. The movie star's waist is supple and strong, like a potio 3.5kReads9.2Score41814d adds
- 56 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
- 57 After Transmigrating into a Book, I Refused to Be the Scapegoat on a Dating Show 穿书后，我拒绝在恋综当炮灰 [The entertainment industry is the main focus!! Strong female lead, taking down scumbags, dating show, with a male lead!] Li Shuyu looked at her beautiful face, perfect figure, and healthy bank balance, and smiled. Whoever wants to be the cannon-fodder contestant on this dating show can have the job. Original male lead: “Can you stop clinging to me?” Original female lead: “Sister Shuyu, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to.” Li Shuyu quietly distanced herself from the two of them. Why were these minor ch 2.1kReads9.3Score22114d adds
- 58 Korean Showbiz Career Crash Simulator, No, Sasaeng Simulator 韩娱塌房模拟器不，是私生模拟器 Reborn as a cool, stunning idol in Korean showbiz, he becomes the subject of a savage forum-style story. A simulator lets him experience the career paths of people in different entertainment-industry professions. From the start, three talent scouts fight over him, and he debuts as the center of a boy group. No CP + universally adored + career-driven. The simulator arrives from the start, three talent scouts compete for him, and he chooses a company. He parachutes into the company. Yet one god-ti 2.7kReads8.4Score17914d adds
- 59 Somehow, I Became the Top-Tier Star in the Center Position 莫名其妙翻身成了C位顶流 [Boy band + no female lead + group favorite + no CP] Xiang Yue wakes up to find he has transmigrated into the worst member of the hottest boy band, the dead-last loser. The only things people online have to say about him are: leech, nuisance, nepotism hire, and useless pretty face. And the person he's become is himself from a parallel world. Normally, when you transmigrate, the first thing to do is preserve the original character's persona, then slowly change the public's opinion of them. That's 14.1kReads9.4Score1.9k14d adds
- 60 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 34.2kReads9.4Score2.7k14d adds
- 61 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
- 62 With My Skills Maxed Out, I Became a Top-Tier Star 技能点满后，我成了全能顶流 [System + showbiz + no romance + parallel-world content recreation + ensemble cast] For female readers. The talent show arc is complete, so feel free to dive in. Volume Two, Asian Boy Band, is complete. Volume Three is underway! Content warnings are in the author’s note of Chapter One. There are countless great books on Tomato. If this one isn’t for you, just pick another. Reading is for fun, so if you don’t enjoy this book, I hope you find one you love. In the twentieth year 51.3kReads9.3Score7.1k14d adds
- 63 Reborn National Idol: The Road to Center Stage 重生国民偶像之C位出道 In her previous life, Su Mo spent three years as a trainee in H Country. After unexpectedly being reborn, she finally understood how ridiculous it had been to keep giving in. This time, she resolutely returned to Huaxia and chose to compete on a girl group survival show. To her utter surprise, the name Su Mo dominated the trending charts all summer from the very start. Her explosive first-stage performance was hailed as an S-rank stage, she was selected as the center for the theme song, and she 1.7kReads9.4Score21514d adds
- 64 Showbiz: Who Are You Calling a Fox? Call Me Your Idol 文娱：骂谁狐狸精呢，喊我偶像 [Showbiz + Laid-Back Daily Life + Campus + Copycat Talent + Idol + Succubus Protagonist] A poor man has no lofty ambitions, and a scrawny horse grows a shaggy coat. Lu Qingfeng spent his whole life broke. All he wanted was a job that was easy and paid well. After dying and transmigrating, he ended up with an even more dramatic background: a gambling-addicted father, a mother who remarried, and four years of training before making his idol debut. But before he could earn a cent, his disastrous te 31.8kReads9.1Score4k14d adds
- 65 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 51.8kReads9.2Score5.1k14d adds
- 66 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 28.9kReads9.3Score2.3k14d adds
- 67 Supporting Actress? More Like the Star! The Wild Rose Takes the Entertainment World by Storm 女配？C位！野玫瑰杀疯娱乐圈 [Nontraditional idol competition + awakened supporting heroine + stage queen + two stars from the entertainment world + two powerful families + plenty of couple moments] After Qin Yan awakens her self-awareness as a supporting character in a book, she becomes bold, beautiful, and unstoppable, making a spectacular comeback on a talent show and shining in every episode! Round 1: “Born to Reign.” She transforms into a fierce, untamed warrior and fires the first shot in her battle to become queen! R 5.6kReads9.4Score1k14d adds
- 68 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 61.6kReads8.0Score4k14d adds
- 69 A-Rated! The Gorgeous Boy Band Is Taking the Entertainment Industry by Storm A爆！神颜男团杀疯内娱 [Male lead's perspective + no romance + entertainment-industry System + ensemble boy group] Jiang Beisheng, a top-level wanted criminal in an apocalyptic world, was hunted by the eight major Alliance bases. After narrowly escaping death several times, he was finally captured and had both legs crushed. Using an unknown method, he broke out of prison, fell into the sea, and disappeared. Jiang Beisheng thought he wouldn't survive this time, but woke up in another parallel world. System: Please join 32kReads9.4Score5.4k14d adds
- 70 I Want You to Comfort Me 我要你哄我 [Print edition signed][Sweet starlet from the entertainment world ✖️ cocky god of the music scene] Wen Xia, a C-list actress, suddenly becomes famous across the internet after news breaks that she is the daughter of a renowned director. Overnight, she’s swamped with acting offers. Meanwhile, Ji Yu, a top-tier singer who had retired from the limelight, announces his comeback and releases a new song, Waiting for You. It becomes an instant sensation. The two are invited to appear on the dating show 8.5kReads9.5Score1.2k14d adds
- 71 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 72.9kReads9.1Score5.6k14d adds
- 72 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 63.9kReads9.3Score5.1k14d adds
- 73 The Nation’s Movie Emperor Has a Secret Crush on Me 国民影帝暗恋我 Word is that national heartthrob Yu Qianfan has someone he secretly loves? Fans: “No, I don’t believe it! He loves us!” Word is that the person Yu Qianfan secretly loves is Queen Li? Fans: “Li Jin? No way! Those two don’t get along. This rumor is definitely false!” During a variety show game, Yu Qianfan put his hand on a lie detector. Host: “I heard you have a secret crush. Is it Li Jin?” Li Jin shot him a cold look. Yu Qianfan answered, “No.” Zap! The red lights flashed, and the alarm blared. L 13.4kReads9.5Score1.9k14d adds
- 74 The Queen Starts Out as a Top-Tier Star 女王从顶流做起 [Print edition preorders open September 5, 2026, at 7:00 p.m.] From the start, she transmigrates and nearly kills her younger brother. If she doesn't complete the System's missions, she'll be punished with electric shocks. Following the System's instructions, Nan Xiangwan joins a survival show for aspiring idols. While the other young women sing and dance... Nan Xiangwan: “I'll perform a brick-breaking trick with my bare hands!” 31kReads9.6Score3.3k14d adds
