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- 51 A Director's Journey Begins in the 1990s 导演从90年代开始 The dream takes flight. Start by making art-house films, then conquer Europe’s Big Three. First, win the Venice Best Actor award. Then claim the Golden Bear, become the first Chinese director to win Cannes’ top prize, and take home the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. These are both the best of times and the worst of times. The new millennium has ushered in the age of commercial blockbusters. 334Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 52 Reborn, I Conquered the Entertainment Industry Through Variety Shows 重生后我靠综艺杀穿娱乐圈 (I'm a new author writing my first book, and I've seen everyone's criticism and suggestions. I'm working hard on revisions now.) Lin Xiaoxing is an ordinary office worker who survives on takeout and TV dramas. One day, she wakes up to find herself a TV station intern in a parallel world. Here, the technology tree has developed just fine, but the entertainment industry is so barren it could make you cry. TV dramas are either tearjerkers or about beating up Japanese invaders, while variety shows a 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 53 Chinese Showbiz: Now That I’m Reborn, Who Still Wants Pure Love?! 华娱：都重生了谁还玩纯爱啊！ [System] [Multiple female leads] [Timeline anchor: 2008] [Fictional parallel world] [It’s a fictional world, so why are people nitpicking real-world rules? How silly!] [Female leads: Jing Tian, Liu Shishi, Yang Mi, Liu Yifei...] Having lived two lives, he spent half of his previous one as an extra. After being reborn, he had hoped to live comfortably off a wealthy beauty, cling to Jing Tian, and enjoy a carefree life. Who could have guessed that his plans to borrow money and make a film would be 2.8kReads5.4Score188Shelves
- 54 Showbiz: From the Start, Surrounded by the Eight Beauties of the Central Academy of Drama 娱乐，开局中戏八大金花 Zeng Li, Hu Jing, Zhang Ziyi, Zhang Tong, Mei Ting, Yuan Quan, Qin Hailu, Li Xinyu. Mi Mi, Tang Tang, Shi Shi, Tian Xian, Da Tiantian, Zhao Xiaodao, Zu Xian, Liu Xiaoli, Zhou Wenqiong, Lu Yi, Wang Likun, Taozi, Fan Xiaopang, Da Chengzi, Da Yuanyuan, Chen Shu, Li Xiaoran, Chen Hao'er, Liu Yang, 12.5kReads5.6Score983Shelves
- 55 America’s Greatest Live-In Son-in-Law 米利坚最强赘婿 This is a story about the global entertainment industry, not just Hollywood. Xu Xuexi brings a Blue Star dimension with him when he transmigrates to America in 1999. President Chuan says, “My granddaughter Xu Ruoxi has the bearing of a great ruler.” Xu Xuexi hurriedly replies, “Father-in-law, your Home Alone was excellent. In the world I came from, there were plenty of blockbuster movies like Avatar and Transformers that would suit you perfectly as a leading man. Please don't waste your time on —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 56 Chinese Showbiz: My Maternal Uncle, the Great Poet Chen, Helps Me Fulfill My Dream with an '85-Born Star 华娱之表舅陈大诗人，圆梦85花 Chen Mingzhe, a short-form drama director in his previous life, has his soul transported into the body of another man with the same name in 2010. He also happens to have a pretty good background. Maybe he can finally realize the dreams he couldn't fulfill in his previous life, like becoming a great director, and get close to all the young actresses he has fantasized about countless times. 40.4kReads7.6Score2.8kShelves
- 57 Showbiz: My Family Pushed Me to Marry, and My Match Turned Out to Be Shiye 娱乐：家里催婚，对象竟是诗爷 [Showbiz + no System + easygoing daily life + multiple heroines + top-tier stars] Given another life, Lin Tang has one dream: to spread Yanhuang culture throughout the world. For that, he is even willing to sacrifice himself and win over Ivanka... A top-tier singer, a first-rate actor, a second-rate entrepreneur, and a third-rate good man. He debuts in 2003 and becomes an overnight sensation with a music video for “Fairy Tale.” That same year, he performs “Young China” at the Spring Festival Gal 11.4kReads6.8Score878Shelves
- 58 I'm a Screenwriter. What's Wrong with Playing the Villain? 我一个编剧，演反派怎么了 Wei Yu, a first-rate screenwriter, transmigrated into the body of a third-rate screenwriter with the same name in a parallel world and awakened a Specialist Villain System. Wait, I’m a screenwriter. What am I supposed to do with this useless System? Does it want me to play a villain? Well! I’m sold! A famous director: I never imagined a screenwriter could be such a convincing actor! An actor: Teacher Wei is the person I admire most. We should all learn from him! A fan: Easy to say. Could you act 115Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 59 What Kind of Entertainment System Demands Your Life? 谁家文娱系统要氪命啊 [Love of Life + Sound Values + No Face-Slapping + No Bystanders Gasping in Shock + Characters with Their Wits About Them + No Black-and-White Thinking + Entertainment Industry + No Harem] Option One: Would you like to have immense fame and fortune? The price is that you would have only one year left to live. Would you accept? Option Two: Would you like to extend your remaining year of life to eighty years? The price is giving up the immense fame and fortune you have now. Would you accept? I don' 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 The Third Book by Hei Ma Xiao Xi Feng 黑马啸西风的第3本书 [Entertainment Industry + Filmmaking + Flirting with Stars + Box Office Battles + Cultural Invasion] Three films in fifty chapters, all at breakneck speed. What are you waiting for? One erotic film, The Plum in the Golden Vase, has countless viewers cursing Lu Jiu and demanding refunds. One mockbuster has the moneyed powers doing everything they can to blacklist Lu Jiu. One pure romance has countless viewers in tears. What kind of sane person would become a director, anyway? Lu Jiu: “I’m really 39Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 61 Chinese Entertainment, 1999: I Became a Mogul Through Social Savvy 华娱1999我靠人情世故成大佬 Reborn in 1999, Lin Yuan gets into film school and just wants to make a living. But then his novels become hits, and his songs take off too. He casually plays a supporting role, and the leading actress knocks on his door in the middle of the night to go over their script. His teachers treat him like a treasure, and industry bigwigs compete to take him out to dinner. He starts companies, buys copyrights, invests in stocks, and casually helps half the entertainment industry rise to fame. Every gir —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 This Big-Time Director Can Do It All! 这个大导演啥都会！ [Read with confidence, no need to turn off your brain] A director who treated filmmaking as a hobby dies suddenly, then is reborn in 2003 as a rich, spoiled second-generation student at the Beijing Film Academy. In this life, he’ll do things differently! After seven days in seclusion, he makes the future hit Night Shop his own! He earns a million before even filming a frame! He makes a name for himself by riding on a famous director’s reputation, then signs a team of future superstars! Everyone 489Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 63 From Hong Kong Entertainment to Chinese Entertainment: I'm Just Here to Exchange Artistic Ideas 从港娱到华娱，我只是交流艺术 A film and TV commentary blogger becomes Fei Jing's nephew. Since he can't rely on his looks to make it in the entertainment industry, he'll just have to rely on his talent. The charming older women, the fresh-faced newcomers just entering the industry... How can you say they would do anything for awards and fame? They're simply pursuing their art. That's the entertainment industry for you. Having fun is what matters most. He'll let his career grow at a reasonable pace, without trying to make it 33.7kReads7.0Score2.9kShelves
- 64 Big Director: My Film Premieres Are Unlike Anyone Else's 大导演：我的电影首映和别人不同 Reporter: “Director Zhao, why do your movies always feel so real?” Zhao Liang grumbled to himself, The System makes me experience everything firsthand. How could it not feel real? But facing the cameras, all he could do was reply helplessly, “Art comes from life. I merely present the misfortunes of real life on screen exactly as they are.” Zhao Liang never promotes his films before their premieres, yet every screening is packed. Experts and scholars from every field, including law, sociology, an —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 65 Showbiz: From the Start, Big Honey Nearly Smothered Me to Death 娱乐：开局被大蜜蜜闷死 Bound to the Goddess Conquest System, Zhang Hao was reborn into a parallel world, where he became Cai Yinong's nephew. Carrying classic movies, TV shows, and songs from Earth, Zhang Hao entered the entertainment industry. To obtain the System's rewards, he had no choice but to become a playboy, conquering one female star after another and earning rewards from them as he began his journey to rise to the top of the entertainment world. 25Reads—Score—Shelves
- 66 Reborn as a Famous Actress, I Made a Queen of Entertainment 魂穿花旦，我竟捧出了个娱乐女王 [Chinese Showbiz] [Singer] [One Female Lead] [No System] [Fan Xiaopang] Xu Sheng transmigrates into the body of Fan Xiaoye, who has just debuted. During the casting for My Fair Princess, Fan Xiaoye is faced with an eight-year contract that would sell her into servitude. As someone merely lodging in another person's body, Xu Sheng has no choice but to step in if he wants to return to his own. But Xu Sheng never expected that with just a slight intervention, he would turn the entertainment industr 903Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 67 Chinese Showbiz: Starting with Knockoff Movies 华娱：从山寨电影开始 (No System + Multiple female leads) Before A World Without Thieves hit theaters, a movie called A World With Thieves went viral online, making Feng Xiaogang so furious that he blasted Ke Ming to the media. Before Initial D hit theaters, a movie called Initial D: Full Throttle went viral online, making Jay Chou so furious that he wrote a song insulting Ke Ming. Before Rob-B-Hood hit theaters, a movie called Baby Plan went viral online, making Jackie Chan want to drag Ke Ming to a furniture store 304Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 68 The Movie Emperor Who Started Out in a Village 从村子出发的影帝 [Woman transmigrates into a man's body, no romance, focused on personal growth] This is a very slow-burn story, not a wish-fulfillment novel. A forty-year-old overworked office worker wakes up in the body of a nineteen-year-old young man, and begins a happy life of getting scolded every day by an old man from the System, being fed by his grandmother, and being worked like a packhorse by his roommates. Taking entrance exams, filming, going to school: he's got the workaholic spirit. He keeps swing 1.5kReads8.1Score134Shelves
- 69 Chinese Showbiz: Capital Reigns Supreme 华娱：资本为王 "This is not a System novel. The protagonist will return to the Central Academy of Drama. It is half business, half showbiz. If that's not your thing, don't click!!!" Shen Tianfang is reborn in 1999. Before his rebirth, he mortgaged his house to make a movie and became a laughingstock at the Central Academy of Drama after hitting on a girl in the acting department. Faced with all the mockery, Shen Tianfang has no choice but to make good on all the boasts his predecessor made, giving rise to a se 2.6kReads7.9Score149Shelves
- 70 Overtaking on the Inside in Showbiz 娱乐圈之弯道超车 The entertainment industry is a small world. In his previous life, Chen Yunfei entered showbiz as an extra. After eight years of bit parts and guest roles, he could only hover at the edges of the industry. In this life, Chen Yunfei stands outside showbiz and takes a closer look. He discovers that there are shortcuts everywhere. When fate offers you an opportunity, you’d be a fool not to take it. From then on, a young man who knew how to seize every opening appeared in the entertainment industry. 785Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 71 Director: Filming Spider-Man From the Start 导演：开局拍摄蜘蛛侠 [Entertainment industry + System + Marvel and DC multiverse + director-focused] [All movie plots are original adaptations. Completed: Spider-Man 1, Batman 1, Spider-Man 2, Superman 1, Iron Man 1, Batman 2. Coming up: The Flash 1, Thor 1.] The System declares Ye Tingfei dead from sudden cardiac arrest, then sends him to a parallel world and binds him to the “Director System, Boss Edition”! [Ding-ding! Newbie mission: Make Spider-Man and earn over 2 billion at the box office. Fail, and you’ll be l 375Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 72 Showbiz: A College Student's Lazy Rise from Extra to Movie King 娱乐：大学生当群演，摆烂成影帝 “What inspired you to join the entertainment industry and become the youngest Best Actor?” “Mostly, I wanted to make some money for internet access and find somewhere else to slack off. Playing around at school is playing around, and playing around on set is playing around too, except you get boxed lunches. What do you think?” “Fair point.” 233Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 73 Showbiz: Director, Stop Filming! I'm Not Getting Enough Nutrition! 娱乐：导演别拍了，营养跟不上！ Movie buff Su Yu, who has watched countless films, transmigrates and discovers he has become a nobody of a newly debuted director. From the start, he pulls out the most explosive movies from his previous life! Reba’s Fast & Furious has no acting? Who told you to watch for the acting? A beauty and a luxury car, now that’s what you call fast and furious! Shishi’s Titanic is too explicit, corrupting public morals? If it corrupts public morals, why did you drive its box office all the way to number 439Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 74 Scammed Out of 800,000 from the Start? My Comeback Begins as a Director 开局被坑八十万？从导演开始逆袭 Good news: I transmigrated to 2013, and the previous owner of this body had just won a million. Bad news: The previous owner had already caught the eye of an unscrupulous “director” and invested all the money in a trash production just to land a “shallow” actress. Worse still, on the very day the scheme was about to succeed, the cops showed up at the door. The production company’s funds were suspected of money laundering, and everything ground to a halt. Facing a disastrous start, Chen Han 10Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 75 Showbiz: They're Slandering Me 文娱：他们毁谤我啊 Purely handmade. The male lead is anything but pure. "Zheng Zhiyuan is the most shameless director I've ever met." "The biggest menace on campus." "A scammer. Other people study directing; he studies how to scam people." "Even the Bull Demon King would have to plow five mu of land if he ran into him." A certain woman: "Zheng Zhiyuan is a total bastard. He swindles you out of your money and seduces you, too." Zheng Zhiyuan: "They're all going to slander me!!!" "Call me the King of Cinema, a pione 274Reads—Score109Shelves
- 76 Chinese Showbiz: I Pirated Myself, and the Entertainment Industry Is Losing It 华娱：我盗版我自己，娱乐圈破防 A director transmigrates into the leader of a piracy syndicate. To avoid spending the rest of his life in prison, he works to transform the company's pirated-content business, repeatedly pirating his own company's pirated releases and distributing his own films. It all starts with filming the short drama The Tycoon of the Township Falls for Me at Fifty, then the entertainment industry's screenwriters, directors, actors, his fifty-year-old mother, and his wife all become obsessed with “the domine 4Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 77 Entering Showbiz, Starting with Meeting Liu Xiaoli 踏入娱乐圈，从结识刘小丽开始 [The rating just came out, so it's a little low!] Female leads: Very Sweet + the Three Beauties of the Western Regions + Fan Bingbing + Da Bai Ran + Big Pear + Zhao Liying + Liu Shishi + Tang Yan + Chen Duling + Mao Xiaotong + Wang Churan... Reborn on Blue Star, Lin Heng only wants to work hard, make something of himself, and give the grandparents who adopted him a stable home. Who knew that, by a chance of fate, Mother Earth had left him a System: the Goddess System. Every gift from a goddess e 9.3kReads6.0Score519Shelves
- 78 Chinese Showbiz: A Positive-Energy Director Who Started by Making Short Films 华娱：拍摄短片开始的正能量导演 I had a dream, a very long one. At the start of the school year, I was given only 20 yuan, and had to make it last through three years of school. In the dream, I struggled through those three years. After graduation, I was signed by a company. I thought stardom awaited me, but who knew it would turn out to be a shady company? Starting over, I want to tell myself what choice to make. 281Reads—Score—Shelves
- 79 Showbiz: I Really Just Want to Make Movies 娱乐：我真的只想拍电影啊 [Chinese entertainment industry + multiple female leads + no System + director protagonist] Lin Che gets a second life and opens his eyes in 2011. All he wants is to make movies in peace and do, one by one, all the things he failed to accomplish in his previous life. But then Zhao Liying gazes at him with sparkling eyes. "We're the closest friends in the world." Yang Mi smiles flawlessly during an interview. "He's just a little brother to me." Shishi says calmly to the cameras, "Director Lin i 13kReads6.1Score1kShelves
- 80 Showbiz: I Never Meant to Be a Playboy 娱乐：我真没想当渣男啊 [The rating just came out, and it will rise later] [Entertainment Industry] [Reborn] [Multiple Heroines] [Director's Rise] [Laid-Back Daily Life] [Business Tycoon] In 2005, Qin Muyuan, reborn two years into his studies at the Beijing Film Academy, used the extraordinary memory and learning ability he gained from the fusion of souls to take a masterpiece from his previous life straight to Berlin, where he won the Silver Bear for Best Director in one fell swoop, stunning the industry! He made movi 63.7kReads8.0Score6.5kShelves
- 81 Showbiz: I Really Don’t Want to Be a Director! 文娱：我真不想当导演啊！ Being a director is exhausting. Preparing a script takes too much mental energy, raising funds tests your character, shooting wears out your body, and promoting a release takes years off your life. If you can avoid it, don't do it. Being a screenwriter suits me better. I can make money just by tapping away at a keyboard, and all without too much attention affecting my life. Best of all, once you have enough hit works to your name and have made enough stars famous, you can still wield the highest 21.9kReads8.0Score2.7kShelves
- 82 Chinese Film Director: The Whole Village Takes Out Online Loans to Help Me Win the Palme d'Or 华娱导演：全村网贷助我拿金棕榈 The fake story of a director: from the start, he takes a script to his teacher and asks Han Sanping to invest in his film. The real story of a director’s rise: from the start, the whole village pools its money and takes out loans to support his filmmaking! He blends an artistic painting style into his work, and Cannes declares, “Now this is art!” See how the last great Palme d’Or-winning director before the age of celebrity traffic charts a new path for Chinese-language cinema. 7.6kReads6.8Score423Shelves
- 83 Chinese Entertainment in 2014: The Star-Making Era of the Rising Actresses 2014华娱：小花们的造星时代 In 2014, the entertainment industry was a treacherous world where scandals and opportunities went hand in hand. Chen Xun is reborn with memories of his past life. With empty pockets and no connections, he throws himself into this cutthroat world of fame and fortune. Using his foresight to make precise moves, he starts by signing the fresh and graceful Chen Duling, then carefully seeks out one promising talent after another: the lively and spirited Li Yitong, the ultimate sweet girl Tian Xiwei, a 12.3kReads5.6Score920Shelves
- 84 The Celestial Maiden Is a Transmigrator! Am I the Only Local? 天仙是穿越者！我是本地人？ [An alternate universe, though not entirely detached from reality; a parallel timeline; one heroine; director; System; sweet romance; a strong sense of setting] Lin An has had a System since childhood. It never speaks, but it contains all the cultural and entertainment knowledge from another world: Earth. Lin An never paid much attention to it. Then one day, the System issued a mission. From that moment on, Lin An entered the entertainment industry and began striving to become the world’s number 651Reads6.2Score102Shelves
- 85 Reborn in 1996: The Genius Director Who Steals Every Opportunity 重生96：天才导演，到处截胡 [System] [Director] [Multiple heroines] Ye Kai returns to 1996 on a different timeline. With the System’s help, he embarks on a path to becoming a world-famous director. Watch as he makes his own way, step by step, in this timeline. 12.8kReads6.6Score620Shelves
- 86 Stealing the Show in Chinese Entertainment, Starting at Wonderland 秀翻内娱，从桃花坞开始 One moment, Wang Yang was a corporate wage slave. The next, he was a washed-up celebrity in the entertainment industry, mocked as an African cousin. He was planning to leave show business and find another job, but his manager signed him up for a laid-back variety show called The Peach Blossom Retreat. There, he found a warmth he had never known in his previous life. Sister Meng, sweet and guileless. Mama Dan, blunt but fiercely protective of her juniors. Xue Qin, sophisticated yet sensitive. Zhi 383Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 87 Reborn from the Start: A Scumbag's Life, Beginning at Beijing Film Academy 开局重生从北电开始的渣男人生 Xiao Ce is reborn in 2002, back in his second month at Beijing Film Academy. He has no System, but that doesn't stop him from reaching the pinnacle of life. A superhuman memory and an incredible physique. Out come The Ghost Blows Out the Light, The Grave Robbers' Chronicles, Those Things in the Ming Dynasty… He adapts books, writes songs, and even makes movies along the way. P.S. By the time the protagonist reaches 200,000 words, he's made You Are the Apple of My Eye, Departures, CODA, and The D 265Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 88 Chinese Entertainment: Who Are You Calling an Idol Star? 华娱之说谁偶像派呢 [Early career in Chinese entertainment] + [Film, television, and music] + [Super Boy] + [Hollywood from the middle onward] + [One man is an army] + [Shanghai Theatre Academy] A commercial plaza in Shanghai is packed with people. Security guards struggle to hold back the frenzied crowd on either side of the walkway. The commotion draws even more attention, and the crowd keeps growing. A passerby holding a milk tea wanders over, curious. “Who’s this guy? What a show-off!” (The Milk Tea Guy pushes 186Reads—Score—Shelves
- 89 Showbiz: My Story with the Celestial Beauty 华娱我和天仙的故事 A string of Five Emperors Coins hangs beneath the eaves of the shabby Maoshan temple. The characters on the coins face inward and their faces point upward. The thin cord threaded through them has worn smooth and shiny, as if it might snap at any moment. Much like the dilapidated temple itself, most of the walls have collapsed and the door hangs crooked. The whole courtyard is so overgrown that wild rabbits could run through it. These days, only one young Daoist priest remains to keep watch. “Cre —Reads—Score1.3kShelves
- 90 Chinese Showbiz: A Guide to Raising a Top-Tier Star 华娱：顶流养成说明书 [Showbiz + multiple heroines + film and television + System] Lin Chuan is reborn in 2015 and makes his way back into the entertainment industry. His approach, however, is pretty straightforward. “Director Lin, people say you built your company by poaching talent from other companies. What do you have to say?” “That's called the rational flow of talent.” “You criticize Korean pop culture, yet you promote fan-club culture in practice. How do you explain that?” “My colleagues forgot to chant the sl 3.4kReads6.6Score127Shelves
- 91 Showbiz: Winning Over Goddesses in Hong Kong 娱乐：从香江开始攻略女神 Days of lying flat and taking it easy, with leisure and romance to spare. The year was 1997, when the flowers were in full bloom. Hong Kong entertainment was in decline, while mainland entertainment was just getting started. A tycoon of the entertainment industry was born across the two sides of the strait and Hong Kong. There’s business and everyday life, no System and no mindless plot, and more than one heroine. Everyone can dive right in. 8.9kReads8.4Score388Shelves
- 92 Unreal Looks Take on Showbiz: From Pretty Face to Movie Emperor 神仙颜值闯娱乐：从花瓶到影帝 The rating just came out. It’ll go up later! [Top-Tier Star with Stunning Looks + One Female Lead + Superb Acting | Watch a Beauty at the Peak Become a Powerhouse] An unexpected exposure drags a breathtakingly handsome young man into the whirlpool of fame and fortune. From a pretty face to an award-winning actor, from being doubted to winning recognition, watch Lu Qichi break through and become the king of the entertainment industry! He doesn’t start out as a top-tier star and doesn’t join a tal 2.1kReads8.7Score—Shelves
- 93 Chinese Showbiz: I'll Claim Both Fame and Fortune Standing Tall 华娱：我要站着名利双收 [System] [Reborn] [Harem] [Not Brain-Dead] [Profit-Focused] Zhou Ye was a penniless nobody with no house, no car, and no savings. He dropped dead while treating his buddies. He transmigrated into the body of a first-year student at Beijing Film Academy in 2002. He even got bound to a System. In his previous life, he knelt and still failed to make money. This time, he wanted to try standing tall and claiming both fame and fortune. Others relied on capital; he relied on information advantages. Oth 9.6kReads—Score801Shelves
- 94 Reborn in Chinese Showbiz: I'm Going to Become a Mogul 华娱重生之我要当大佬 [Rebirth + writing works from memory + investment + Chinese entertainment] There’s romance, but not much focus on relationship drama! Xie Yan is reborn, returning to the age of eighteen. In this life, he’ll pick up his old dream again, step onto the dazzling stage, become a big shot in the entertainment industry, do what he wants, and take the helm. 6.3kReads6.3Score316Shelves
- 95 Building the Strongest Entertainment Agency 打造最强娱乐圈经纪公司 “You want to be an idol? Fine! But in exchange, your entire life will belong to me.” [Dark undertones] [Ensemble cast] [Inspired by real life] “Welcome to Dare to Dream: Star-Making Plan, the entertainment industry's most brutal gamble on stardom.” Huang Tingyun, the illegitimate daughter of the Huang family, was kicked out with nothing but a shell of an entertainment company and ten million yuan. The company didn't even have a single signed artist. But three months later, the idol competition 73Reads—Score—Shelves
- 96 Reborn: Master of Light and Shadow 重生之光影巨匠 Third-rate director Xu Fanying transmigrates to a parallel world and uses classic works from her previous life to reach the pinnacle of success, dazzling both on and off the screen! This is the story of an entertainment-industry content importer! No female lead! No romance! 481Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 97 Reinventing a Director's Life 重塑导演人生 A director returns to his college days, and fate gives him a very different life. He decides he should leave a distinctive mark on this era... After all, there are plenty of things a director can do! 767Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 98 1980: My Era of Cinema 1980：我的电影时代 Multiple heroines + check-ins + filmmaking + male actor “Art should serve the people.” That’s the original purpose of art, so I love telling stories to the people! One summer, Zhang Hua, a short-form drama director, arrives in an era that feels both strange and familiar~ 2.7kReads6.9Score113Shelves
- 99 Chinese Showbiz: Is It Really So Hard for a Director Like Me to Make a Rising Star? 华娱：我一个导演捧小花很合理吧 [Chinese Entertainment] [Multiple Female Leads] [Young Actresses] [Career] [Mostly Everyday Life] Cao Beilong, a film and TV commentary blogger, is unexpectedly reborn in 2016. That year, the Four Greats and Three Rising Stars are at the height of their fame, while young actresses are just beginning to make a name for themselves. From the start, he gets his hands on a superstar-raising System whose Host it mistook him for. When the System realizes it chose the wrong Host, it throws a fit and thr 10.9kReads6.1Score1.1kShelves
- 100 Chinese Showbiz: The All-Around Superstar 华娱：全能巨星 (Showbiz, celebrities, System, directors, actors, singers, multiple heroines, top student, entertainment industry, slice of life, lighthearted comedy) A mysterious family background, stunning looks, and talent in abundance. Xu Zhiheng quietly gets into the directing program at the Central Academy of Drama. He only wants to study his craft in peace and keep a low profile as he develops. But one song at the welcome event makes him an overnight sensation across the internet. He outshines the Beijin 138Reads—Score—Shelves
