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- 1 Showbiz: I Started as a Filler Contestant on a Talent Show and Took the Internet by Storm 娱乐：从选秀凑数开始火爆全网 [Entertainment industry + no System + everyday life + lighthearted] Life doesn't give you a second chance. If it does, it must be in another world. Fan Tianming People say the entertainment industry is a mess. I don't believe it. I'll go in and take a look. Fan Tianming P.S. The plot is entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. 2.2kReads6.5Score11214d adds
- 2 I'm a Rebel in Showbiz, and I Stamp Out Bad Influences 我，娱乐圈叛逆，专治歪风邪气 Lu Chen transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes an obscure young heartthrob in the entertainment industry. On a variety show, singer Zhang Shaohan is repeatedly belittled and insulted by judge Jin Dalin. Unable to take it anymore, Lu Chen, another judge on the panel, embarks on a rebellious rampage. Audience: “This guy is willing to slaughter pigs and sheep, drive a tractor, and deliver food. Is he really a young heartthrob celebrity?” Yang Mi: “Lu Chen! I've got tens of thousands of pairs 37Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 3 A Succubus College Guy Joins a Dating Show, and Every Goddess Makes a Move on Me 魅魔男大上恋综，女神都对我猛攻 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Showbiz: My Opera Heritage Is Exposed on a Beloved Reality Show 娱乐：我戏曲传人，被向往曝光了 Mu Fengqing transmigrated to a parallel world and became an inheritor of traditional opera. It was an ordinary morning of training, and Mu Fengqing sang for the first time. Just then, Zhao Xiaodao, a newly added regular guest on the entertainment show, arrived at the village opera stage to livestream. No one could have imagined that countless viewers would witness the scene. Mu Fengqing’s performance of “Red Cliff” stunned a million viewers and made everyone appreciate the charm of China’s cultu 1.5kReads7.3Score15714d adds
- 5 The Handsome National Teacher Went Viral After Taking Down Scumbags on a Dating Show 漂亮国师在恋综虐渣后爆红了 Qing Shu was the Imperial Preceptor of her country, devoted to protecting the people. But she transmigrated into the body of the original host, who was currently appearing on a live dating reality show. The scumbag boyfriend had dragged the original host onto the show to make his new sweetheart jealous, then kicked her aside once he’d gotten what he wanted. People say the original host is poor, a love-struck fool, and talentless? The Imperial Preceptor says: Whatever. I’ll handle it. She wins ov 4.8kReads9.0Score51914d adds
- 6 We're Already in Showbiz, Who Still Cares About Romance? 都混娱乐圈了，谁还谈感情啊 Zhang Xin, a cryptocurrency operations manager, is reborn as a lovesick trainee on Blue Star who died from holding his breath. You came to work in the entertainment industry, so why are you talking about love... "Playing along is fine, but catching real feelings is out of the question!" But... A singing diva, a top-tier starlet, an award-winning actress, a wealthy heiress... No, he couldn't take it anymore. Faced with the choice between being a beast and being worse than a beast, he chose "somew 840Reads—Score1514d adds
- 7 Terminally Ill, I Danced My Way Back to Fame in Showbiz 身患绝症，我靠跳舞翻红娱乐圈 [Showbiz] [No Female Lead] [Nontraditional Entertainment Novel] Su Huai, a top classical dancer in Huaguo, transmigrates to a parallel world much like Blue Star after a plane crash. The Su Huai of this parallel world is a minor celebrity with a terminal illness. He is mocked for his awful singing, dancing, and acting, and everyone says he’s an empty-headed know-nothing. Classical dance doesn’t exist here, and traditional folk music and Chinese studies are dismissed as tacky and outdated. After a 1.6kReads9.2Score16014d adds
- 8 Starting Out in a Beauty Pageant with a Succubus Physique: How Could I Possibly Lose? 选秀开局，魅魔体质的我还怎么输 [Showbiz + hilarious + stirring up trouble + livestreaming] Lu Chen spent his whole life as a star, but he was never happy. Everyone thought being a celebrity was great. He was the only one who became depressed. He couldn't eat and drink whatever he wanted or show his emotions freely. The paparazzi filmed him around the clock, and he couldn't even date openly. After working for so long that his body was completely worn out, he finally died. Reborn in a new world, he only wants to live an ordinar 4.8kReads8.0Score29914d adds
- 9 Showbiz: After My Career Crashed, I Became the Dark Moonlight of the Ruins 文娱：塌房后，成为废墟黑月光 Qin Jiang transmigrates into the body of a washed-up celebrity. The reason he's washed up? This guy was dating five women at once and got caught... His career immediately hits rock bottom. Luckily, he still has one trump card: an invitation to Ride the Waves 2. All right, let's do this! Ex-girlfriend: "Can we get back together?" Qin Jiang: "So, can you drink an iced coconut latte today?" If we're back together for one night, doesn't that count as getting back together? 38kReads8.9Score2.4k14d adds
- 10 Become the Demon King, Control the Witches, Defeat the Hero, and Destroy the World 当魔王，控魔女，打倒勇者灭世界 [Demon King]+ [Invincible]+ [Choose One of Three Hexes]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [Dangerous Driving] After transmigrating to a sword-and-sorcery fantasy world, Dick awakens the “Strongest Hero System” and gains a hundred chances to rewind and be reborn. This is a brand-new world where many races coexist: humans, dwarves, beastfolk, elves, magic dragons, and numerous other intelligent species all contribute to the song of civilization. There are nine magical professions in the world: “Mage,” “Swords 16.6kReads8.9Score1.8k14d adds
- 11 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
- 12 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
- 13 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
- 14 I Photographed Every Has-Been Online Celebrity, and Now I’m Finally Famous 拍遍全网糊咖，醉姐终于火了 [No romance for the heroine, career-focused + entertainment System + fan site manager / agent / boss] Chen Zui has been in a parallel world for a year. The music variety show she was supposed to join gets canceled at the last minute. Fine, fine, guess I’m just unlucky. She’s replaced on a dance show because she stepped out with her right foot first. She gets angry, then gets angry for a moment. She gets edited out of an entertainment variety show for offending a popular star. You dare mess with 19.8kReads9.4Score2.8k14d adds
- 15 I'm a Celebrity. What's Wrong with Doing a Side Hustle? 我一个明星，搞点副业很合理吧？ After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lin Xia becomes a minor celebrity stuck near the bottom of the industry. Everyone knows that D-list celebrities are treated worse than dogs. Life is tough, so Lin Xia makes a living with odd jobs. To get by, Lin Xia has no choice but to take up some side gigs. Day one: picking a lock at someone’s home, netting 200 yuan. Day two: setting up a fortune-telling stall, netting 500 yuan. Day three: selling cartoon-print underwear at a street stall, netting 800 71.1kReads9.2Score6.2k14d adds
- 16 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
- 17 EN Game Invasion: Addicted to Snatching the Male and Female Leads' Destinies 游戏入侵：抢男女主机缘会上瘾诶 [Game Invasion + No Romance + Leveling + Lone Wolf + Gaming] (Also known as: Game Invasion) After being reborn, the first thing Yu Xunge did was go home and make her younger brother down a bottle of liquor, causing him to miss the first game beta test. In her previous life, she didn't learn until she was dying that he had been scheming against her from the shadows all along. She was merely the villainess in a wish-fulfillment novel about a live-in son-in-law... Every bit of malice she suffered w 998kReads9.5Score85.8k14d adds
