Novels like In Showbiz, Living Off Others Is a Skill Too
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- 1 Winning the Favor of the Beautiful Dean 攀上美女院长 The little doctor woke up after drinking himself silly and saw a beautiful, alluring woman lying beside him. Ah... You have to take responsibility for me... 4kReads7.7Score46614d adds
- 2 Tokyo Heartbeat: A Real-World Love-Stealing Game 心动东京：现实夺爱攻略游戏 [Parallel World] [Urban Daily Life] [Patriotic] [Feel-Good] [Developing Plot] Reborn in a parallel world, he gets a game conquest System, but while his conquest is underway, it turns out to be livestreamed from beginning to end! Am I the clown? No way! After being reborn, Xia Tian's first goal is to build a paradise of his own, benefit society, and maintain the population balance of the parallel world! "I don't like the men here, but I really like the girls in Tokyo." "Why do the local girls 34Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 3 How to Make a Gambling Addict and a Scumbag 赌鬼，渣男是怎样炼成的 Poor, and you're a factory girl; rich, and you're a domineering CEO. A quick look at casino rules, and a chat about foot-bath culture. Let's talk about casino secrets and help you stay away from gambling! Those who love me break their hearts for me. Those who hate me fall apart over me. If life deceives you, don't be sad or lost. Just let it fool you a few more times... If I can't be your Yang Guo, then let me be your Yin Zhiping! 14.7kReads8.8Score96614d adds
- 4 From the Start: I Picked Up a Wife in a Bar 开局：酒吧里捡了个老婆 If heaven gave you the chance to satisfy the desires of the girls around you, what would you do? The beautiful CEO begs you with tearful eyes to give her five hundred million... The pure-hearted campus beauty clings to your arm, hoping you'll save her family... The dazzling star pleads with you to protect her in the entertainment industry... And you just smile. 2.1kReads8.3Score14414d adds
- 5 She Fired Me During the Day, Then I Took Her Home at Night 白天炒我鱿鱼，晚上我捡她回家了 A feel-good urban power fantasy. Lin Hai obtains the Infinite Chance Encounter System. From then on, he keeps running into all kinds of goddesses, racking up rewards at lightning speed, and delivering satisfying face-slapping moments. 4kReads7.2Score33614d adds
- 6 Showbiz: From the Start, I Married Liu Xiaoli in a Flash 娱乐，开局闪婚刘小丽 The male lead transmigrates back to the golden age of Chinese entertainment in the new millennium and, from the start, registers his marriage to Liu Xiaoli. Armed with scripts and hit songs from the future, he writes music, makes movies, builds an entertainment company, and sweeps through both the music and film industries. 7.2kReads7.5Score32914d adds
- 7 Showbiz: Living Off Others While Keeping My Pride, Becoming a Billionaire Is Easy 娱乐：软饭硬吃，成首富有手就行 My new work is out! You can head over to Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you enjoy it! Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 1.7kReads7.0Score10314d adds
- 8 I Just Want to Slacken Off, So How Did I Become the Godfather of Entertainment? 我只想摸鱼，怎么成文娱教父了？ [Slacker System] + [Three Heroines] + [Goddesses Pursue Him] + [Showbiz] + [Everyday Life] + [Wish-Fulfillment] Jiang Wenzhe, a straight-laced man ground down by his boss's constant manipulation and the brutal 9-to-9, seven-days-a-week work schedule, suddenly drops dead. Luckily, he transmigrates to a parallel world with a [Slacker System]. As long as he slacks off at work, he can earn incredible rewards! [10,000 Classic Songs from Earth] make him a god-tier songwriter and a star-making force in 32.3kReads8.2Score3.1k14d adds
- 9 Rich Auntie, Why Take the Wrong Turns Again After Being Reborn? 富婆小阿姨，重生了还要走弯路？ [Plot-driven + love rival showdown + no doormat hero + reborn + campus beauty + school life + lighthearted + making money + comedy] As the young aunt next door who watched Chen Chen grow up, Xiao Ruoran has a secret: she has always loved him. She stayed by his side as he grew up, but it takes a car accident for her to finally dare confess her feelings. Chen Chen, a ladies’ man who spent half his life riding the waves, had seen all the world’s splendor. Only on his deathbed did he realize that th 5.6kReads8.0Score67314d adds
- 10 Village Glow 村光 Zhao Dayang, a simple-minded country boy, is beaten up by the admirer of the older woman next door after she confesses her feelings for him. He unexpectedly inherits a legacy and rises to success from then on, beating up his uncle and the White Tiger Gang. The village belle, the younger girl next door, a pharmacist, and a former high school classmate all confess their feelings for him, leaving Zhao Dayang struggling to keep up… 6.1kReads8.9Score64714d adds
- 11 I'm a Young Heartthrob, and the Older Women in Showbiz Can't Get Enough of Me 我小鲜肉，娱乐圈老阿姨真香啊 After transmigrating to a parallel world, he becomes a pretty-boy heartthrob with the Goddess System at his side! From the start, he accidentally walks into the wrong hotel room? Da Mimi, let me explain! With the System at his side, Su Chen thrives in showbiz. There’s just something a little off about this System: why are all its targets women over thirty? It’s simply... Perfect! Everyone says young girls are great, but who gets it? Older women are the real treasure! 810Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 12 The Heir Returns and Spoils His Showbiz Sister Rotten 世子归来，将娱乐圈姐姐宠上天 [Showbiz] + [Stars] + [Film and TV] + [Variety Shows] Yun Tian runs into top-tier star Yang Mi at Paris Fashion Week, and the two begin a sweet romance. After returning to China, he sets up an entertainment company and gives top-tier resources to Yang Mi, Liu Yifei, Dilraba Dilmurat, and many other actresses. But his true identity is the heir to the Yun family. 9.3kReads6.3Score48714d adds
- 13 From the Start, I Confess to the Divorced Female CEO at the Civil Affairs Bureau 开局，民政局表白刚离婚的女总裁 [Daily Life + Showbiz + Lighthearted Comedy + Doting Dad + System + One Female Lead + Adorable Kid + Sweet Romance + No Dark Themes] After failing a job interview, Han Shichu was successfully talked into joining an entertainment company by a professional agent. After signing the contract, he suddenly activated a dormant silly System: the Wacky Adventure Entertainment System. [Three-part starting mission! Part one: Host, within ten minutes, go to the street, hug a utility pole covered in ads for 6.6kReads9.3Score44214d adds
- 14 Young Girls Aren't Scary, but Women at Forty Are 不怕年轻小妹妹，就怕女人40岁 I'm about to graduate from university. Male, 22, fit and healthy! I'm looking for a kindred spirit to be my wife. She must be at least 18. Local women from Jiangcheng preferred… If the woman is exceptional, I'm also willing to marry into her family. Also: I can do homework for middle and high school students, and tutor them in math, physics, and chemistry… Price negotiable. 15.8kReads9.0Score1.6k14d adds
- 15 Love Affairs Along the Road to a Day Job 打工路上的情爱往事 That year, worn down by my sister-in-law's constant needling, I had no choice but to head south for work. I never expected that on the way, I would be swept into a whirlwind of passion and love. Was it the happiness of having troubles, or the trouble of being happy? The past is too painful to recall. It all began with a woman nine years older than me... 15.2kReads8.0Score1.1k14d adds
- 16 As a Top-Tier Star, All I Want Is to Live Off a Woman 身为顶流的我，一心只想吃软饭 [Feel-good story] [One heroine] [Singing] [Writing books] [Making films] Jiang Chen worked hard for more than twenty years to become a top-tier star and king of the entertainment world, but he died suddenly from overwork and arrived in a parallel world. The psychological trauma he suffered kept him from working in the entertainment industry. So he gave up trying and decided all he wanted was to live off someone else. He had been married to the nation's goddess, Su Luowei, for three years. He nev 43.1kReads7.9Score4.1k14d adds
- 17 From the Start, I Flash-Married a Stunning CEO, and My Ex-Girlfriend Panicked 开局闪婚绝美总裁，前女友急了 [Soft-rice husband + System + sweet romance] My girlfriend found herself a guy best friend and provoked me right to my face. I got so mad, I went and found myself a stunning wife. Only after we got married did I discover that my wife was the president of a company! From then on, she earned money to support the family, while I focused on looking pretty… 20.7kReads9.0Score1.8k14d adds
- 18 The Entertainment Industry's Number One Freeloader 娱乐圈第一软饭王 “My wife earns money to support the family, and I’m here to look pretty.” “Work? No way. As long as my wife is alive, I’ll never work in this lifetime.” “When you’re young, learn to appreciate a sugar mommy. Don’t waste your youth planting rice.” “I’m a kept man, not a coward. So I can live off my sugar mommy even better, I’ll fight to the death with anyone who messes with my wife.” “They call me Su the Comeback King, and the streets know me as Brother Crew Cut. My wife is my backer. You can’t a 19kReads8.9Score1.4k14d adds
- 19 A Drunken Mistake Forces Me into a Flash Marriage with the Capital’s Most Eligible Heiress 酒后失控，被迫闪婚京圈大小姐 [Everyday romance + no System, no golden finger + one heroine + marriage before love] A night of reckless passion, brought about by a twist of fate, changed Duan Ye’s life. Duan Ye admitted his mistake to the woman he loved, but unfortunately, she didn’t care at all. The woman from that night showed up at his door with her household registration booklet, and Duan Ye was forced into a flash marriage. Duan Ye thought his life was bound to be miserable from then on, but who could have guessed... Wh 29.1kReads8.8Score2.8k14d adds
- 20 Back to College, I Found That All the Beauties Were Gluttonous Girls 重返大学，发现美女都是大馋丫头 (Multiple heroines + beauty gallery + System + daily life + tycoon + food delivery + light business + campus) Mu Changgeng got incredibly lucky by chance: he unexpectedly returned to his college days and awakened a System. Once his wallet was brimming with money, he gradually realized something was off. The campus beauty, the senior student, the professor, and the restaurant owner around him all seemed aloof and alluring, but behind closed doors, every last one of them was a ravenous little glut 107.1kReads7.2Score8.2k14d adds
- 21 Oh No, the Campus Beauty Cried After I Pulled My Advisor into My Arms 糟糕，搂导员入怀后，校花姐哭了 (Urban + campus + multiple heroines + favorability + System + everyday life + campus belle) At Tiannan University of Science and Technology, in a classroom... Mu Changming was fast asleep at his desk. Just then, substitute counselor Luo Xue Ning’s beautiful eyes landed on him. He was sleeping right in front of her... How dare he? Luo Xue Ning strode toward Mu Changming on her long legs, but before she could say a word, he suddenly sat upright and reached out to pull her into his arms. Luo Xue Ni 6kReads—Score65114d adds
- 22 Neon Taipei: My Seven-Year Descent 霓虹台北：我的七年堕落实录 6.5kReads7.4Score50914d adds
- 23 EN My Food Deliveries Are So Good, the Young Moms Won't Leave Me Alone 外卖太香，少妇妈妈们缠着我不放 (Multiple heroines + everyday life + college + urban life + all-around delivery rider + sister-in-law) “Ding-dong! Ms. Tang, your delivery is here.” Mu Changsheng, dressed in his delivery uniform, knocked on the door, holding a takeout order in his hand. “Just leave it by the door!” A pleasant female voice came from inside. Mu Changsheng gently set the food down outside. Just as he was about to turn and leave, the door suddenly opened, and Ms. Tang stepped out in her pajamas. “Hey, young man, wa 52.9kReads7.7Score4.1k14d adds
- 24 Come on, Let’s Have Some Fun! 来快活呀！ Wang Yan, a girl from a remote rural village, decides to change her life after enduring a series of experiences shaped by ignorance, backwardness, and poverty. Through dedicated study, lifelong learning, and hard work, she strives for the life she ultimately wants: financial security, modest prosperity, a civilized way of life, a loving partner who understands her, one son and one daughter, and no worries about aging or illness. From a frail little girl onward, she faces one pivotal crossroads a 5kReads8.4Score39914d adds
- 25 I Kissed the Campus Beauty in My Dreams, and When I Woke Up, She Really Fell for Me 梦里抱着校花亲，醒了她真爱上我 [The Ultimate Tent-Pitching Trick] [Lots and Lots of Heroines] [All Kinds of Types] Whatever you want, it's here. This book focuses on the details, but doesn't get too detailed. You know what I mean. So I hope you'll pay close attention as you read. The more carefully you read, the better the experience. You can use your imagination to fill in the gaps. Feel free to add the book to your shelf, interact, leave comments, and tip. You can also tell me what kinds of characters you'd like to see late 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Thriller: The Death Knight Is Actually Me? 惊悚：亡灵骑士竟是我自己？ [Horror Game + Survival + Brother Cheng] The horror game arrived. Yin Cheng, known as Brother Cheng. He awakened a special talent that raised monsters' favorability toward him. Then Yin Cheng realized that his horror game... seemed to be going completely off the rails! A towering ghost nurse begged Yin Cheng to give her an IV, holding out her drip bag; a graceful, aristocratic vampire countess refused to drink anyone's blood but Yin Cheng's; a shapeshifting painted-skin ghost chased him, begging 42.6kReads9.1Score4.3k14d adds
- 27 Sweet Seduction! The Top-Tier Star in Master Fu's Arms Is Irresistibly Flirtatious 甜诱！傅爷怀里的顶流小妖精超撩 [Slim-waisted, soft, gorgeous superstar heroine VS irresistibly masculine, tough commander hero] [Sweet, swoony romance. She pursues him. Both are romantically inexperienced.] The day Fu Yan met Yan Chuqing, she was wearing a black spaghetti-strap dress. Her skin was fair, her looks exquisite, and her waist was so slender it could be circled with one hand. The men around them all looked at her with undisguised desire. He was the only exception. She walked up to him and licked the corner of her l 36.7kReads9.3Score3.6k14d adds
- 28 The Happy Life of a Blind Massage Therapist in the City 都市神医之盲人推拿师的快乐生活 [Multiple heroines] [Comedy] [Mindless fun] Lin Chen is blind. He's also a massage therapist, as well as a miracle doctor. He is determined to safeguard his clients' health. 130Reads5.9Score1414d adds
- 29 You Wretched Disciple, Stop! I’m Your Master! 孽徒快住手，我可是你师尊啊！ [Protagonist with no System] [Powerful golden finger] Lin Tianqi transmigrates to another world, thinking he’ll top the imperial exams, marry a rich beauty, and reach the pinnacle of life. Unexpectedly, he turns out to be a legendary cultivation prodigy with a Pure Yang Sacred Body. At the age of five, his beautiful master brings him back to her sect, and from then on, his life as a wicked disciple begins! “Heh heh heh~ Master, your disciple has a sleepwalking condition, you know~” 18.8kReads8.5Score1.5k14d adds
- 30 EN After a Failed Blind Date, the Rich Woman Tries to Enter My Heart 相亲失败后，富婆试图走进我心房 After introverted social recluse Shen Lang fails at a matchmaking date, he binds himself to a dating-assistant System! As long as he raises a woman’s favorability toward him, he can earn all kinds of generous rewards! That afternoon, he meets his landlady to sign a rental contract. Looking at the curvaceous landlady, a married woman who still had her charms, Shen Lang casually complimented her: “You look so young, sis!” The landlady smiled brightly, her cheeks flushing. Bashful but delighted, sh 44.4kReads9.1Score4.1k14d adds
- 31 Showbiz: I Start Out Living Off Rich Women and Take It All in Stride! 娱乐：从富婆开始软饭硬吃！ A millionaire heiress’s romance-writing guide: when men become the top-tier pick, they become true gods! The entertainment industry’s king of living off women, trained by the Tiger of Serious Crimes, Cao Dahua. Living off a woman while holding your head high: that’s our style. Living off a woman while holding your head high: the ideal man. Have you been living off a woman today? 69.3kReads8.7Score3.4k14d adds
- 32 A Woman Running a Prison? You Heartless Author, Don’t Do This to Me! 女子监狱长？无良作者别搞我！ A massive spectacle, a huge production! Dad sends me off to a women’s prison! The author spent thirty years undercover in a women’s prison, pouring heart and soul into this work! My parents couldn’t stand that I didn’t have a partner, so they made up their minds and sent me to work as the warden of a women’s prison! Unfortunately, I’m under the control of the System! Dad, none of this is my fault! If you’re going to blame anyone, blame that unscrupulous author! Author: One day, when I hold power 20.3kReads8.1Score2.5k14d adds
- 33 Doomsday: I Take the Campus Beauties on a World Tour 末日：我带着女神校花环游世界 [Apocalyptic power fantasy + Self-interest + Decisive and ruthless + Game-like stats, don't read if that's not your thing] Early-game growth, invincible by the mid-to-late game! (Important characters, monsters, and settings are illustrated. The stats were recorded and calculated using software.) He transmigrated to Blue Star just as the apocalypse broke out, and gained an auxiliary shopping-mall System. Egged on by the System, Su Yu exchanged points for a high-tech RV and embarked on a journ —Reads—Score23.9k14d adds
- 34 Reborn, My Goddess Counselor Wants to Have My Baby 重生后，女神辅导员要给我生孩子 Chen Jianghe leaped from the 89th floor and, against all odds, was reborn. It was 2006. The stock market was booming, the property market was thriving, the economy was hot, and opportunities were everywhere. That year, Chen Jianghe had just started his freshman year of college. “Chen Jianghe, your courage in confessing your feelings last night was admirable. But you’ve only just started college, and it’s too soon to be dating. I hope you’ll focus your energy on your studies. Once you enter the 35.1kReads9.3Score2.8k14d adds
- 35 Villain: I Really Didn’t Mean to Get My Master Pregnant! 反派：我真没想让师尊怀孕啊！ [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Master] [Empress] [Rebellious Disciple] “Rebellious disciple, rebellious disciple, you’re completely out of your mind!” Faced with his stunning master’s accusations, Chu Xiu shrugs. “Don’t blame your disciple for being heartless. You’re just too alluring, Master. Aren’t villains supposed to do whatever they please and commit every evil imaginable?” In the Firmament Continent, might makes right. After arriving in this world, Chu Xiu came to understand a few things. A 38.3kReads9.1Score3k14d adds
- 36 More Children, More Blessings: The Immortal Maidens' Fertility Goes Through the Roof 多子多福，仙子孕气爆炸 [Adapted into a short drama, so read with confidence] Ye Kaishan transmigrated to the Cultivation World and spent his life pursuing immortality and the Dao, but he had no spiritual roots. Fortunately, there was still a way forward. Just as he was nearing the end of his life, the more children, more blessings System arrived in time. A hundred years of hard cultivation couldn't compare to one night for the Patriarch. He founded a sect and carved up the Three Thousand Realms, while Ye family's desc 56.2kReads9.2Score5k14d adds
- 37 A Forty-Year-Old Woman Falls for Me and Makes the Factory Director Call Me Dad! 四十阿姨恋上我，让厂长喊叫爹！ Original Title: A Forty-Year-Old Aunt Falls for Me, and Makes the Factory Director Call Me Dad! After graduating from college, Chen Yu went out to gain work experience and found a job as a management trainee at a small factory. He finally made it through the hard years and was preparing for a promotion into management, only to unexpectedly end up living off a woman. Though, on second thought, that made sense. After all, Chen Yu had seen a doctor who told him he could only live off a woman. At th 3.2kReads—Score13414d adds
- 38 The Hehuan Sect's Number One Cauldron? More Children, More Blessings, Until I Become a Demonic Elder 合欢宗第一鼎炉？多子多福成老魔 Does having a pure Yang body automatically make you a cultivation furnace? Why can't you just be good at alchemy? His master taught Chen Changsheng the Everlasting Spring Technique, helping him cross the divide between mortal and cultivator. Chen Changsheng began his pursuit of immortality. Along the way, he met many charming women, but his resolve to attain immortality never wavered. Gradually, he became known as a member of the demonic path. What exactly happened to the former Sword God of Bal 6.5kReads—Score34614d adds
- 39 I Really Do Have a Soft-Rice-Eating King System 我真有一个软饭王系统 “Over 99 percent of the Host’s cells are dormant. You meet the basic requirements for living off others. Bind the system?” “Yes, yes! Bind it, right away!” Warning: To successfully live off others, you must first learn self-discipline!!! Warning: It’s a soft life, but you’ll still have to work hard. If you don’t like workaholics, don’t open this. Warning: The protagonist will live off lots of people (and animals). If that bothers you, don’t click. 112kReads9.3Score10.2k14d adds
- 40 The Ninth Book to Earn My Daughter’s Dowry 给女儿挣嫁的第9本书 [Multiple Heroines]+ [Decisive and Ruthless]+ [Overpowered Power Fantasy] My master's wife passes her power on to me. My senior sister shares her cultivation with me whenever she completes a mission. The princess can accelerate my recovery. The empress... directly acknowledges me as her master... 3.8kReads7.2Score23514d adds
- 41 The Campus Belle Graduated Without a Single Rumor, Until I Went to Prison 校花零绯闻毕业，直到我锒铛入狱 In 2025, the Shanghai Stock Exchange, where I worked, became the largest exchange in the country. I made an indelible contribution to that achievement. I ended up in prison after making the same mistake as my senior schoolmate. Before that happened, I also met the woman who changed my life... Also known as: "Don't Be Afraid, Senior Sister. I'll Protect You." "Don't Fear the Campus Belle's Flirting, Just Beware the Forty-Year-Old Sister" "Campus Belle, Please Guide Me Through the Rest of My Life" 1.5kReads—Score—14d adds
- 42 I Have a Wuling RV for Transporting Supplies in the Apocalypse 我在末日有一辆五菱房车运送物资 After graduating from college, Chen Shu couldn't find a suitable job, so he started delivering food. He began making deliveries in a Wuling Hongguang, and one day, without realizing it, he found himself in a parallel apocalyptic world. Chen Shu was just about to go to the bathroom when a woman began frantically pounding on his window. When he rolled it down, the woman, dressed head to toe in designer labels, climbed straight into the car and urged him to drive. In his panic, Chen Shu floored i 2.9kReads—Score13014d adds
- 43 Transmigrated into a Book as the Villain: From the Start, I Kidnapped the Heroine! 穿书反派：开局，我绑架了女主！ [Lovable scoundrel of a villain + tea-artistry + male heartthrob + stunning looks + scheming + wild card + sweet on the outside, dark underneath + witty comedy + no fixed couple] Also known as: “I play a tea-green guy, and the male and female leads spoil me rotten!” Su Qing transmigrates into a modern wish-fulfillment novel. He becomes the rich villain who kidnaps the heroine in chapter one, gets beaten up by the hero in chapter two, and lands in prison in chapter three. Luckily, he awakens the 75.5kReads8.3Score4.9k14d adds
- 44 Teacher Chang Mao 长矛老师 Originally titled “You Sell Swords, I Go Crazy: Together, We Set the Entertainment Industry Straight” [Rebellious CEO × Defiant Top-Tier Star] [Entertainment industry + absurd comedy + dating show + nonsense + memes + shameless antics] Jiang Qiyu transmigrated into a book. She became a brainless cannon-fodder character in a novel about a fake heiress in the entertainment industry. After taking a phone call, she realized the plot was already more than halfway through. Her family had abandoned he 105.6kReads9.7Score12.2k14d adds
