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- 101 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
- 102 Transmigrating as a Spoiled Young Master: The Rest of My Life in Qingyan 穿越纨绔，余生渡清晏 [Fate across two lifetimes + soul swap + mutual healing + comeback in the entertainment industry] When only half of your heart remains, it turns out the other half was already yours all along... 3.1kReads—Score10014d adds
- 103 Chinese Showbiz: A Carefree Life 华娱：潇洒人生 I joined the entertainment industry to experience life! I’ll act in whatever I want, and I won’t act in anything I don’t want to! I’m not short on money! I’m a billionaire, so who am I supposed to be afraid of? The life I want is one of freedom and carefree living! 52.5kReads8.8Score2.4k14d adds
- 104 The Depressing Literary Master: One Copy of To Live Brought the World to Tears 致郁系文豪，一本活着全球泪崩 (Parallel World + Rebirth + System + Literary Prodigy + Career + No Over-the-Top Drama + Not a Harem Novel) After leaving the military, Li Liwen, an office worker in a parallel world, had finally gotten his life back on track. But an unexpected industry downturn left him unemployed. The sudden blow triggered a heart attack in a fit of anger. When he woke up, he discovered he had returned to the age of seventeen. That year, he hadn’t even started his second year of high school. Then he stopped ho 26kReads9.2Score1.9k14d adds
- 105 After I Moved In with Mom's Best Friend, Auntie Went Bankrupt 寄宿妈妈的闺蜜家后，阿姨破产了 [Superpowers➕billionaire lifestyle➕cathartic wish fulfillment➕no simping➕revenge on anyone who wrongs him➕positive energy] My name is Chu Liu Feng, and I’m a first-year student at Xia Country University. I’ve been staying at Aunt Xing’s place for a month. Aunt Xing Yi Shan is my mother’s close friend. But lately she’s been in serious trouble. Her husband suffered huge losses on an overseas investment, racked up massive debts, and, unable to pay them back, abandoned Aunt Xing and her daughter and 1.9kReads8.6Score23614d adds
- 106 Reborn: My Super-Sweet Superstar Girlfriend Pursues Me 重生：我被超甜的大明星女友倒追 [A sweet romance, one heroine, a golden finger. The plot can be ignored; it's all about the couple's interactions.] Su Chen has a beautiful girl-next-door who's like an older sister to him. She's a top-tier star. She's gorgeous, aloof, and unbelievably good at fighting. In front of her, Su Chen is like a mouse facing a cat, completely under her thumb. As they grew up, she got even more mischievous. One time, while drunk, she took him to the civil affairs bureau and sweet-talked him into it. When 11.1kReads9.2Score1.2k14d adds
- 107 Entertainment Showdown: Every Guest on Set Is an Ex-Girlfriend 娱乐修罗场，节目现场全是前女友 [Lighthearted + hilarious + multiple heroines + no angst + no cheating + extra sweet + high-energy twists] Everyone’s laughing at you, but somehow you’re the funniest one of all! Li Lu, a washed-up top-tier star nobody remembers, is about to leave the entertainment industry when he unexpectedly gets invited onto the hottest celebrity dating show. All five female contestants turn out to be ex-girlfriends who dumped him. Lin Lin: “We broke up on good terms, but you didn’t miss me at all. You immed 41.5kReads9.0Score3.6k14d adds
- 108 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
- 109 Game Development: My Online Dating Partner Is Actually a Hit Movie Star 游戏制作：网恋对象竟是当红影后 [Game Development] [One Female Lead] [Sweet Romance] [Showbiz] Chi Wen: “Our game this time does have some horror elements, but…” Players: “Not buying it! We’re never touching one of your horror games again!” Chi Wen: “Oh? But you can farm and build things in it.” Players: “Okay, sold.” With a System, Chi Wen unexpectedly becomes the project manager of a hollowed-out game company. Taking advantage of the opportunity, he uses the System to rise to the throne of the King of Chinese Gaming. Along t 30.8kReads9.5Score3.4k14d adds
- 110 My Singer Girlfriend Is Super Fierce 我的歌星女友超凶猛 Ye Zhiqiu transmigrates to a parallel world. His girlfriend of three years, an arts student, turns out to be a total schemer. Forced to sing solo at the graduation party, he decides to share an original song instead. To his surprise, he catches the attention of the goddess of song, Yu Caiwei. She asks him to write songs, invites him onto a show, and sings a love song with him... Even the company her family owns wants to sign him! None of that is a problem. The real question is... Why does the go 82.1kReads9.1Score7.3k14d adds
- 111 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
- 112 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
- 113 The Chinese Academy of Sciences Came to the Entertainment Industry to Poach Someone! The Haters Were Stunned 中科院来娱乐圈捞人！黑粉全蒙了 “Thanks to [If You're This Capable, Why Not Join the Chinese Academy of Sciences?] for sending a hundred Carnival gifts. Boss, you're invulnerable to bullets and blades.” After turning down yet another visit from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Gu Ran turned around and explained the three ways to achieve controlled nuclear fusion to his fans. Other streamers' fans have an average education level of middle school. Gu Ran's fans average a PhD. 119.9kReads9.1Score18k14d adds
- 114 You Put Me on a Dating Show, So Why Am I Competing in the Peak Tournament? 让你上恋综，你搁那儿打巅峰赛？ If you could live your life over, have you ever wondered what the most comfortable way to lie flat and give up would be? Lu Ming gets a second chance at life. After spending half his life as a wage slave, he now has a shortcut right in front of him, and he swears he’ll seize it. He copies songs, books, and scripts without a shred of guilt. He doesn’t have that ridiculous need to keep his hands clean while pretending to be morally superior. He’s just an ordinary person who wants to live a little 37.6kReads9.2Score3k14d adds
- 115 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
- 116 The Urban All-Purpose Lottery System 都市全能抽奖系统 By a twist of fate, Chen Feng, a young man from the city, obtained a sign-in lottery System. He discovered that he could win all kinds of skills, cultivation techniques, and items through the System's sign-in lottery... He could even use the System's power to transmigrate at any time into different film, TV, and novel worlds. Love in the Courtyard, Ode to Joy, Love Apartment, Drawing Sword, The Legend of the Condor Heroes, Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, Uncle Nine, Journey to the West, the Primordia 1.8kReads6.8Score10214d adds
- 117 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
- 118 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
- 119 My Landlord Is a Pop Idol 我的房东是偶像歌手 Gu Zhinan transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes an online novelist. Could his beautiful landlady really be a washed-up idol singer? One day, she leaves her guitar in the living room... "I can't write songs. I'm just a novelist. I was only messing around." That is, until his landlady is left stunned by the song Gu Zhinan wrote. "Didn't you say you couldn't write songs?" "I know a little, I know a little." 52.4kReads9.2Score5.8k14d adds
- 120 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
- 121 Going Viral Starts with Calling the Cops 爆红从报警开始 Microdrama style, silly and lighthearted. The protagonist has no romantic pairings, male or female. Actor Mo Fei gets a Role System. From a holy monk, he gains an ability to attract criminals; from a serial killer, he learns human anatomy; from a detective, he learns to talk to cats; from a master thief, he learns sleight of hand... To everyone else, all of this seems downright bizarre. Would a normal actor radiate murderous intent? Would a normal actor know the human body so well? Would a norma 58.9kReads9.5Score7.9k14d adds
