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- 151 Showbiz: Dumped from the Start, One Song Takes the World by Storm 娱乐：分手开局，一首够爱杀爆 [Feel-Good Story] [No Deliberate Humiliation or Showing Off] [System] [Entertainment Industry] [Loads of Songs, Including Many Rarely Used in Other Stories] [One Female Lead, Pure Romance] [Overwhelming the Competition] [Focused on Singing] (One female lead, a mutual, devoted romance. I just want to share some songs I personally love. If you want a story with multiple female leads, don't click. Don't come in, dislike it, and tank my rating. It's hard to take.) After seven and a half years of tra 9kReads7.0Score42114d adds
- 152 Chinese Entertainment: A Beauty at the 1996 Central Academy of Drama 华娱，96中戏人美景美 (Plagiarist) (Content Reposter) (reborn) (Multiple Heroines) That day, a major production by Wei'an Films was preparing to premiere, with an interview segment. A strikingly beautiful woman with a pretty face and a sharp mind asked, “Director Chen, may I ask why you’ve always been so successful?” Chen Wei'an put on a mysterious smile. “Because I have a pretty good memory.” 4.2kReads6.3Score19614d adds
- 153 Showbiz: One Heartbreaking Song Brought a Million Campus Belles to Tears 娱乐：一首凄美地，唱哭百万校花 Su Yang transmigrates to a parallel world and takes part in his school’s arts festival. To make the performance more popular, Su Yang resolutely changes the song he plans to sing. Even though nobody believes in him, his rendition of “A Miserable Land” brings a million campus belles to tears! The lyric, “Hey, wait until I find you, search your eyes, then embrace you with all my heart,” sings of the anguish of love! As “A Miserable Land” moves the campus belles to tears, it sparks heated discussio 149Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 Don't Push Me, I Just Want to Be a Behind-the-Scenes Arranger 别逼我，我只想做个幕后编曲人 [Entertainment industry + hit-song plagiarism + one heroine + female celebrity + sweet daily romance] He woke up to find he had transmigrated to a parallel world and gained a beautiful girlfriend. Unfortunately, she was calling to break up with him. After they split, a ding sounded in his mind, and, just as expected, a System appeared. At the graduation party, he drew “Happy Breakup” and wished her happiness. Graduation season was breakup season, and his song “Happy Breakup” struck a chord with 179Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 A Top-Tier Boy Band Member Turns Out to Be a Reborn Girl 顶流男团成员竟是重生少女 [Cross-Dressing as a Man] [Time Rewind System] [Boy Band Love Triangle] [Reborn Revenge Fantasy] Shen Yubai had lived for twenty-two years, and her very existence was a lie. Used by her mother as a tool to gain wealth, she was forced to endure life disguised as a boy. Her feminine features and uniquely ethereal voice were time bombs waiting to go off. When her biological father exposed her disguise, cut off her money, and shattered their family ties, she died of illness in a cold, rundown rental 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 156 After Ending My Contract, I Became a Songwriting God. What Are You Regretting? 解约后，我成为曲神，你后悔什么 (This novel is all about nostalgic old songs, mostly timeless classics that still sound great. A tribute to the days when we copied song lyrics into notebooks.) Chen Feng transmigrates to another world and gets dealt a terrible hand from the start. His original self has his stage name stripped away by his record company. Zhang Qian, his ex-girlfriend, whom he had helped raise to fame, also chooses to break up with him. After the original Chen Feng dies heartbroken, the new Chen Feng arrives. Tal 1.6kReads7.5Score10114d adds
- 157 You Sing While Dating Actresses? 你一边唱歌，一边和女星谈恋爱？ Wang Xuan transmigrated to a parallel world and became a small-time streamer who never quite caught on. After binding himself to an Emotion Value System, he entered a singing competition hosted by the platform. To harvest emotion points from online viewers, Wang Xuan prepared to perform a song. With the slogan, "Rebuilding Chinese pop music is our generation's duty," he went ahead despite nobody believing in him. His performance of "Period" set the whole venue ablaze and brought the audience to 504Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 158 From the Start, One Suona Playing “Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix” Blows Up the Entertainment World 开局百鸟朝凤一把唢呐炸穿娱乐圈 [Rustic folk musician + showbiz + blind date from the start + feel-good power fantasy] Shao Feng, a suona player in a rural gong-and-drum troupe, unexpectedly gains the entire entertainment legacy of a parallel world. From then on, he storms the entertainment industry with nothing but his suona. “Big Sedan Chair” sets the talent show stage on fire, becoming the next viral hit that gets everyone dancing. “Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix” is a joyous tune played at a funeral, and even t 262Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 159 The Poorest Top-Tier Star: From Masked Singer to Nationwide Fame 最穷顶流：从蒙面唱歌爆红全国 Ten years ago. Poison had ruined his voice, and his company had blacklisted him. Reduced to eating instant noodles in a rundown urban village, he was known as the poorest top-tier star. When he stepped onto the masked stage again, one song made him an overnight sensation across the country! 35Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 160 Poetry and Painting in China: One Song, Yesterday's Book, Sets the Music Scene Ablaze 诗画华夏：一曲昨夜书，引爆乐坛 [Chinese-style songs + classical instruments + opera-style singing + career-focused male lead + one female lead + slow burn] Su Chen transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes the youngest singer on the national team. Just then, the Central Television Station decides to promote Chinese culture by creating a major cultural program, Poetry and Painting of China. To showcase the flourishing legacy of Chinese civilization, Tianzhou's Cultural Troupe decides to send Su Chen to serve as the open 57Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 One Song, 'Song of the Chinese Youth,' Shocks the Entire Internet 一首华夏少年说，震撼全网 Qin Feng transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a minor artist under Xingxing Entertainment! In this world, Huaxia is weak, while Korean pop culture is all the rage. Every entertainment company enthusiastically promotes Korean pop culture and suppresses domestic music. Unable to stand it any longer, Qin Feng declares, “Boycott Korean pop! Chinese pop is the best!” Despite the pressure of an astronomical breach-of-contract penalty, he resolutely terminates his contract with Xingxing Entert 331Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 Showbiz: Why Am I Even More Famous After Deciding to Quit? 娱乐：决定退圈的我怎么更火了 Liu Shaoxuan dreams of being a happy-go-lucky slacker, but reality forced him to stay busy for his family. Fortunately, fate gave him a chance to transmigrate, and this time he’s determined to fulfill his dream. First, he needs to cut ties with his former self. After recording two songs, he decides to quit the entertainment industry. What? They won’t let him? That still can’t stop his slacker’s heart. But why are his songs getting more and more popular? “Superstar Liu, you’ve achieved so much. H 52Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 One Song About a Time-Warping Mistake Sends My Ex to the Top of the Trending List 一首错位时空，把前男友送上热搜 (System + songwriting + singer + feel-good revenge + one-on-one romance) (The male lead isn’t central to the main plot) Mu Qing feels her scalp tingle and hurriedly opens the System. Seeing the new song, she has mixed feelings... Did she come up with this song herself? It may be free, but she still has her pride! The internet is calling her a heartbreaker right now! And she’s supposed to sing a song like this at a time like this... These lyrics... Is the System sure it isn’t mocking her? Is it t 1.4kReads6.2Score10014d adds
- 164 Ugh! I’d Never Date, Not Even for Free Food and Lodging 我呸！恋爱狗都不谈除非包吃包住 My Song Queen Is the Boss of a Struggling Studio From a Struggling Studio to Taking the Entertainment World by Storm [Entertainment industry + Lighthearted everyday life + Funny banter + Celebrities + Singer-songwriters + One heroine] Lin Yi gets lucky and wakes up having transmigrated to a parallel world, where from the start he's dumped, his creative work is stolen without payment, and he's unemployed right after graduation... It's hard to imagine a sadder life. Luckily, he has the Reputation 379Reads—Score10114d adds
- 165 I Am Not Source Code 我不是源代码 One book makes him a legend, hailed as a modern-day “Bible.” A story about author Zhuge Yu and Da Mimi, the couple who sweep through the entertainment industry. A nobody stakes everything, maxes out his credit cards, starts a company, and writes a novel, all because his program malfunctions and sends him into a frenzy of inspiration. It turns out he’s been infected by a computer virus. He has to prove that he isn’t just a string of code being controlled by someone else... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 A Fifty-Year-Old Woman Guards the Nation’s Gates: Who Says China Has No Singing Gods? 五旬老太守国门，谁说华夏无歌神 A fifty-year-old woman holds the nation’s gates. Who says China has no god of song? In the year 4399, the Blue Star God of Song battlefield awakens. Every nation summons its greatest singers from across history to compete. But China’s music scene has suffered a severe break in its history. All the sacred songs and gods of song have been forgotten, and the singers who were gods of song in their original world have all taken up other jobs in this one. Han Gaoyuan, whose song “Road to Immortality” 11Reads—Score114d adds
- 167 After My Divorce, One Song Made Me Famous Across the Country 离婚后，我一首歌火遍全国 Qin Mo, a top talent agent, transmigrates into Blue Star and receives divorce papers from a diva. A middle-aged man on the verge of bankruptcy stuns the entire internet with his husky-voiced love songs! With the System at his side, he becomes the godfather of love songs in a new era! He's got a little talent for movies, novels, business, poetry, and painting, too! As memories from his past life belatedly merge with his present, his heart is torn between two women. There's the lively young Yu Ke' 385Reads8.2Score8314d adds
- 168 Showbiz: The Truth Is Out, My Dad’s a Billionaire 文娱：摊牌了，我爸是亿万富翁 [Entertainment + One Heroine + No Secret Identity + Music + Everyday Life] Gu Yuan transmigrates to a parallel-universe Blue Star with an all-purpose browser, only to discover to his astonishment that he is already the godfather of Chinese-language R&B. On a televised music competition, unwilling to see the contestants' talents go to waste, he angrily throws down his microphone and dares to expose the shady dealings behind the scenes. Since you say capital decides everything, then I'll become ca 124Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 169 Showbiz: You're a Law Student, So Why Are You Singing? 文娱：你学法的怎么跑来唱歌 [Showbiz + Single Female Lead + Entertainment Industry + No System + Jack of All Trades] Li Die, a prodigy who transmigrates to Blue Star, enters a special early-admission program at a law school at the age of 16. At 18, he graduates from law school and makes his debut onstage with original music, launching an all-out entertainment career spanning music, literature, film and television, variety shows, short videos, and short dramas. One song, “Who,” brings the whole internet to tears! One novel, 149Reads—Score—14d adds
- 170 I’m Writing an Entertainment Novel for Sister Mi. Why Are You Making My Husband the Lead? 给蜜姐开本娱乐文，你写我老公呢 Qin Feng is delighted to transmigrate, only to discover he doesn’t have a golden finger. Luckily, he was a web novelist in his previous life, so he might as well get back to writing. Wait. This parallel world doesn’t have harem novels set in the entertainment industry? Damn! They’re forcing me to commit a crime! And so a novel titled I’m Bringing the Legacy of Wei Wu to the Entertainment Industry officially goes online. The first heroine is Yang Mi. Tap, tap, tap! Yang Mi: “Where’s my husband?” 16Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 171 Chinese Showbiz: From North American Gang Boss to Entertainment Godfather 华娱：从北美堂主到娱乐教父 At the turn of the millennium, for reasons no one could quite explain, Xu Qian wandered into the strange world known as the entertainment industry. From that day on, the industry suddenly became baffling in all sorts of ways. The Shanghai circle, the Beijing circle, the Northwest circle, and even the Hong Kong circle that came along later all somehow became the Xu circle. 161Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 Urban: I Became the King of Entertainment 都市：我成为了娱乐天王 These are the best of times, and the worst of times. In this era, pretty young stars dominate, and commercial songs rule the charts. In this era, terrible TV dramas are everywhere. Lu Yu debuted at the peak of his career, only to be forced out of the competition at the height of his fame. Three years later, he finally returns as a champion and shines brilliantly amid the chaos of the times. On I Am a Singer, his song “Among the Mountains and Waters” becomes a benchmark for classical-style music. 42Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 173 Showbiz: One Song, 'Goodbye,' Stuns the Entire Faculty and Student Body 文娱：一首再见震惊全系师生 [Showbiz] [System] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Romance] [All the Songs Are Classics] Wu Ming was an obscure fifth-tier singer in Longguo in his previous life. After being reborn in a parallel world, he awakens a showbiz System. In this world, with the help of his powerful showbiz System, Wu Ming achieves extraordinary success in music, film and television, and literature, rising to the very top to become the king of entertainment... 4.7kReads7.6Score23214d adds
- 174 The Uncrowned Wordsmith of a Parallel World? Just to Make His Wife Happy 平行世界未冕词神？只为哄好老婆 Liu Lingyun, a lifelong bachelor, suffered a sudden heart attack and died after staying up all night writing lyrics and music. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself in the body of a scumbag. Thus began his journey of anonymous redemption, doting on his wife, supporting her dreams, and becoming a devoted dad. 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 After My Career Crashed, I Became a Top-Tier Star by Exposing My Peers 塌房后，我靠曝光同行成顶流 [Canceled celebrity + exposing industry peers + top-tier star + feel-good power fantasy + fast-paced + singing and acting + daily life] Chen Zhao transmigrates into the body of a disgraced top-tier star, condemned by the entire internet and blacklisted by the entertainment industry with no chance of a comeback. Extreme fans even stake out his home, ready to ambush him at any moment, leaving Chen Zhao afraid to go home. Then the Expose Industry Secrets to Get Stronger System activates. As long as 1.7kReads6.8Score10814d adds
- 176 One Song, Myriad Lands: Who Says Chinese Entertainment Has No Masterpieces? 一曲万疆，谁说我华夏文娱无神作 [Entertainment Industry + Feel-Good Story + Lighthearted] After an unexpected transmigration, music prodigy Su Yu finds himself reborn in a parallel world with an entertainment System. This world is starved of entertainment, but it is also the perfect stage for Su Yu. "Who says Chinese entertainment has fallen into decline? With five thousand years of Chinese culture behind us, are you saying foreign countries can suppress us until we can't even hold our heads up?!" Challenged, Su Yu fires back 447Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 177 Returning to the Stage After Two Years Away at the Sweetheart Mentor’s Concert 隐退两年，在甜心教主演唱会复出 Reborn in a parallel world, he finds himself at a live concert by the Sweetheart Queen and activates the Superstar System! The Sweetheart Queen picks him as a lucky audience member and invites him onstage to sing. Sweetheart Queen: “Would you like to sing my signature hit with me?” Chen Qingzhi: “Could I sing one of my own songs?” His rendition of “Gray Track” shoots to the top of the trending charts and becomes an online sensation. He makes his debut, sweeps aside the “Chicken, You’re So Beauti 853Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 178 After Leaving the Spotlight with a Child, the Top-Tier Star Makes a Comeback Through the Civil Service Exam 顶流带崽退圈后，靠考编翻红了 Top-tier star Qin Sangluo offended powerful people and was quietly blacklisted. Scandals about her flooded the internet, and then news broke that she was pregnant before marriage. Overnight, she fell from the top into the mud. Everyone called on Qin Sangluo to leave the entertainment industry. Her two-faced management company said, “We’re terminating your contract. Pay us compensation.” Looking at the staggering 400 million yuan penalty, Qin Sangluo calmly pulled out an official notice. “Sorry, 102Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 Starting in 2002: Turning Up the Heat on Chinese Entertainment 从02年开始，给华娱上上强度 [Rebirth + showbiz + sole heroine Liu Yifei + director + slow-paced] From short films to feature films. From simple coming-of-age school movies to explosive special-effects sci-fi blockbusters. I want the awards, and I want the box office too. Gu Chen is reborn and starts over, taking one step at a time. He’ll build a movie empire of his own. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 Showbiz: The Pretty Boy Debuts as a Top-Tier Star 娱乐：小鲜肉顶流出道 After returning from Korea, Lin Yi is frustrated with how little he's achieved. Back home, he catches Yang Mi's eye, and she coaxes and tricks him into signing a contract. He makes his debut through Idol Producer and gradually becomes a global superstar. 24Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 181 Showbiz: Big Sis Smells So Good, I Love Her 娱乐：姐姐好香，我好爱 After breaking up with a toxic woman, he transmigrated to a parallel world and got the Hunk System! From the start, he accidentally got into the wrong car? Big Honey, listen to me. I'm not a bad guy. Don't scream! With the System's help, Lin Mo thrived in the entertainment industry. The only thing was, the System seemed a little off track. Why were all his targets women over thirty? Lin Mo: I'm done for. Afterward, Well, that was actually pretty great. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 Showbiz: You Were Asked to Fill In, but You Became the King of Memes 娱乐：让你临时串场，你成梗王了 [Mindless Comedy + Just for a Laugh + Endless Punchlines + Sweet Banter + Feel-Good Power Fantasy] Ye Chen transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a nobody in the entertainment industry, a fresh-faced star ranked somewhere beyond the 180th tier. He unexpectedly makes a last-minute guest appearance on “Happy Mahua.” Shen Teng walks onstage laughing, “Oho, oho, ohohoho!” Ye Chen instantly fires back: “Bro, did you just swallow a toad?” The whole room erupts with laughter! Just when the whole 12.1kReads6.9Score95614d adds
- 183 A Bar Singer, From the Start He Sings Yang Boss to Tears! 酒吧驻唱，开局唱哭杨老板！ After transmigrating to the parallel world of Blue Star, Su Wei, a bar singer from the start, discovered that this world was almost exactly like the one he'd left behind. The only difference was that this world had pitifully few songs, movies, and other forms of entertainment! But was it really that easy to break into showbiz? [Congratulations, Host! You have successfully bound the God-Tier Entertainment System!] [First-Binding Gift Pack: Mastery of Musical Instruments, God-Tier Singing Voice!] 149Reads7.9Score—14d adds
- 184 After Leaving the Entertainment Industry to Take a Civil Service Exam, I Became a Top-Tier Star 退圈考编后，我爆红当顶流 [An Unknown in Showbiz Who Only Wants to Pass the Civil Service Exam] vs. [An Award-Winning Actor Obsessed with Studying Gourmet Food] Su Yiyi had just landed a teaching position through the civil service exam and hadn't even had a chance to shine in her new job when she was reborn in the body of an unknown entertainer with the same name. With a year left on her contract with her agency, Su Yiyi decided to slack off until it ended, then take the teaching exam again. Unexpectedly, she became popu 48Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 185 The Young Idol Enlists 小鲜肉从军记 After transmigrating to a parallel world, Zhang Xiao becomes a hugely popular young idol. A real man belongs in uniform, sharing brotherhood with his fellow soldiers. How could he act like a delicate girl? Zhang Xiao promptly quits showbiz and enlists! But who would have thought that he’d become the king of soldiers? And his legend would live on in the entertainment industry, too. Zhang Xiao proves to the world with his abilities: He’s here! 231Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 186 Showbiz: The Red Performer Stuns the World, and I Confess to Boss Yang 娱乐：赤伶惊天下，表白杨老板 After being reborn in a parallel world, Lü Han activated an entertainment System. “Ding! Congratulations, Host, on activating the System for the first time. You receive all-around, hall-of-fame-level musical talent, a perfect voice-box upgrade that will never get infected, and 100 reputation points.” Boss Yang: “Let go of me! Help! Somebody help!” Lü Han: “You're abducting a woman in broad daylight?” Lü Han: “Let that girl go, and let me...!” Boss Yang: “Come be my bodyguard!” “Come on, I 241Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 187 Showbiz: I Win Over Boss Yang from the Start 娱乐：开局迷倒杨老板 [Entertainment + Sweet Romance + Everyday Life + Award-Winning Actor] You went to an audition, and now you've got Boss Yang swooning over you??? Su Chen transmigrated to a parallel world, where a livestream captivated Boss Yang and launched him into the entertainment industry. He came from a prestigious family and lived at Wanli Academy. With Boss Yang managing his career, he rose to become a top-tier star. He was the leading man all the actresses in the entertainment industry were eager to work 167Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 188 Showbiz: Writing a Song for the Diva from the Start, Taking the Internet by Storm 娱乐：开局给天后写歌，火爆全网 [Showbiz + one heroine + wish fulfillment + lighthearted] Lu Shui transmigrated to a parallel world and became a graduate of Xinghai Conservatory of Music. He joined a variety show called [You Write, I Sing]. The composers wrote the songs, and the singers performed them. For his first pairing, Lu Shui never expected to be matched with the current top-tier star and diva Ye Shiyu. When the show gave them the prompt “Regret,” Lu Shui brought out “Later.” When the show gave them the prompt “Wind,” L 1.1kReads5.9Score—14d adds
- 189 Showbiz: Half a Song After Drinking, and I Top the Trending Charts 娱乐：我酒后半首歌，霸榜热搜 Zhang Yang transmigrated to a parallel world. At his graduation party, he was moved to sing half a song, and the next day it shot straight to the top of the trending charts. After a few drinks, he joked that he wanted to make a movie. To his surprise, his classmates all quit their jobs and chose to follow him. With no one believing in him, Zhang Yang's first film won an international award and became the highest-grossing film of the year in Huaguo. When foreign blockbusters were crushing the Hua 2.8kReads—Score10014d adds
- 190 The Entertainment Industry: Starting by Stealing Honey Honey 娱乐之从截胡大蜜蜜开始 [Light entertainment] + [System] + [Tycoon] + [Goddesses] + [No putting up with mistreatment] + [Patriotic] Tian Ye, an ordinary man at the very bottom of society, never imagined that transmigration would happen to him. After arriving in a parallel world, the appearance of a System turned his life completely upside down. With only one year to live from the start, he resolutely set out on a path he had never dared imagine, both to stay alive and to change his life. He hasn't written many books, b 83Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 191 Late to Class, One Hit Song Takes the Internet by Storm! 上课迟到，一首神曲火爆全网！ Late to class, he was punished by being told to perform a talent. Zhang Xiaoxian bound himself to an Entertainment System, and one hit song, “The Great God’s Tune,” took the entire internet by storm. In crosstalk, he became the hottest performer of the day and created a legend with his solo shows! In music, he became the world’s hottest singer and made music history! As an actor, he wrote scripts and starred in them, becoming a superstar! Don’t ask who he is. He is Zhang Xiaoxian, the ent 458Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 Showbiz: After Sleeping for Twelve Years, I Wake Up Still a Legend! 娱乐：沉睡十二年，醒来依旧是神！ More than a decade ago, Zhao Hui entered the directing program at Beidian Film Academy with excellent grades. While still a freshman, he made three TV series in a row, each triggering a ratings frenzy and making a whole batch of acting students in his year famous... Zhao Hui then moved into film, scoring tens of millions at the box office with a low-budget movie. For a time, his name rang out across Beidian Film Academy and shook the entire entertainment industry. Just as everyone thought the Zh 285Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 The Showbiz Disciplinary Inspector Is Here. Everyone, Clear Out! 娱乐圈纪检委驾到，统统闪开！ Transmigration + gossip + conquering showbiz + no romance! Aaaaaah! I clearly could have dodged it, so why did I still die?! When Ye Xinyi woke up again, she was furious enough to stamp her feet. But she'd already transmigrated, so what else could she do? At least she had a System to fall back on. You have to get on with life, don't you? Wherever you are, you can make it work! But when she saw the balance in her bank account, just one yuan away from dropping to double digits, Ye Xinyi had no cho 382Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 194 He's a Goofball, She's a Slacker, Together They're a Hilarious Sensation 他沙雕，她摆烂，合伙发疯红透天 [Outgoing, witty CEO x goofy top-tier star and queen of one-liners] [Showbiz + livestreaming + dating reality show + comedy + meme references] Clutching her trophy, Qu Fangqing transmigrated into a novel about a beloved star of the entertainment world, only to become a total unknown. From the start, an award-winning actor dumped her with a 30-million-yuan breakup fee. Qu Fangqing went viral after livestreaming a string of rhymes. Hoping to retire at thirty, Qu Fangqing joined a dating show to bu 14Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 195 Reborn in 2005: One Song, “Jiangnan,” Conquered the Music Scene 重生2005：一首江南杀穿乐坛 Chen Mo, a washed-up singer, was reborn in a parallel world in 2005 as Lin Mo, a student at Nanzhou Conservatory of Music. Facing the “barren era” of Chinese pop music, he drew on a treasury of hit songs from his memories and stunned the stage of Super Boy with “Jiangnan,” going viral across the internet from his college campus. From winning a talent show to founding “PoJie Entertainment,” and from going it alone to signing superstar singers, he not only reshaped the music scene with era-definin 155Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 Showbiz: I Raised the Campus Beauty into a Top Star 文娱：我把校花养成天后 [Showbiz + System + one heroine + sweet romance] Jiang Chen transmigrates and, from the start, gets dumped by his girlfriend of four years. But moments later, a song called “Actor” wins him the favor of the campus belle. He and his campus-belle classmate stun everyone at their graduation gala. What a perfect match, they make everyone green with envy! When the campus belle enters a singing competition, she leaves the competition far behind with a song he wrote! The two debut almost simultaneously 5.3kReads8.7Score54114d adds
- 197 Chinese Entertainment 1999: I Sweep the Industry with Hit Songs 华娱1999我以金曲横扫娱乐圈 [Entertainment Industry] + [Reborn] + [Singing] + [Multiple Heroines] + [Classic Oldies] Bai Ye, a music producer, is Reborn in 1999. It's the early days of the golden age of Chinese-language pop. The King of Pop, Zhou, is still writing songs for others. The divas are still training, and countless timeless hits have yet to be born. Bai Ye, a failure in his past life, dies suddenly and comes back to life with just one goal: make the most money with the least effort and date the most beautiful wom 788Reads—Score10714d adds
- 198 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—14d adds
- 199 Dumped from the Start: One Song, “Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies,” Takes the Internet by Storm 开局被甩：一首海阔天空火爆全网 Before transmigrating, Xu Yi was the reigning king of the entertainment industry, appearing on screens across the country year after year. Now, in a parallel world, all he wants is to go back to being an ordinary person. But reality won’t let him. His celebrity wife thinks he’s useless and forces him to sign an unfair divorce agreement. With no other choice, he’s forced back into the spotlight. One appearance on the show Superstar Singer-Songwriters, and he’s an overnight sensation! He writes an 268Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 200 I'm a Canceled Celebrity, Isn't It Fair to Start a Side Hustle? 我一个塌房明星，搞点副业合理吧 After transmigrating to a parallel world, Jiang Nan is forced to become a disgraced celebrity. Everyone knows that when a celebrity's reputation collapses, a bunch of brands will drop them. As a result, Jiang Nan is saddled with 10 billion yuan in debt. To make ends meet and pay it off, Jiang Nan has no choice but to pick up some side gigs. For his first side gig, Jiang Nan works part-time as a counterfeit goods inspector and wreaks havoc at the seafood market. On top of merchants having to refu 23Reads7.1Score—14d adds
