Novels like After Leaving Showbiz, I Inherited a Fortune
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- 51 Kicked Out of the House? I've Got Billions in My Spatial Realm 被赶出家门？我空间里有亿万物资 [New story: I Cleared Out the Money and Sent My Stepmother's Family to the Countryside] Gu Qingqing, a self-made rich girl, accidentally transmigrates to the 1970s and gets sold from the start, to the richest young man in the whole village. Gu Qingqing rubs her chin and thinks, “I got sold? That's awful!” But looking at the handsome, wealthy young man in front of her, she wonders, “Did I come out ahead after all?” To survive safely in this unfamiliar era, Gu Qingqing firmly clings to the powerfu 14.7kReads9.2Score1.8k14d adds
- 52 The Top-Tier Star Transmigrated into a Book, and the Black Lotus Became the Entertainment World's Biggest Sensation 顶流穿书后，黑莲花她苏炸娱乐圈 Black-Lotus-Hearted, Delicate-Faced Idol x Sweet-on-the-Outside, Sharp-Tongued, Two-Faced Best Actor (Sweet Romance + Pure Love + Everyone’s Favorite + Secret Identities) Chu Qing was a top-tier star in showbiz. On the night she won Best Actress, she happened to find a fanfic written about her by one of her antis. After falling asleep, Chu Qing transmigrated into the book, becoming an idol in a girl group with a terminal case of lovesickness. Though she was the daughter of a financial tycoon, sh 10kReads8.9Score1.6k14d adds
- 53 The Immortal Cultivator’s Fate Comes with a Job Assignment 修仙大佬命中带编 Gongsun Yun, the cultivation world's number-one alchemist, fell into a bottomless abyss over a Phoenix Fruit. When she woke, she had become a C-list star who had taken her own life after being hounded online. Gongsun Yun: ???? A celebrity? No thanks! It's exhausting and unstable. Go back to being an alchemist? Why are there no spirit herbs in this world? Where's the medicine pavilion? So Gongsun Yun searched the streets for a stable, well-paid job that would let her keep taking it easy. Then one 8.2kReads8.9Score1.1k14d adds
- 54 I Was About to Quit Showbiz, Then I Made a Comeback 准备退圈儿的我翻红了 [Two Heroines + Lighthearted Comedy + Daily Life + Showbiz] She died in an accident just before her debut, then woke up transmigrated into the body of a top actress! Burdened with scandals and disliked by the public, her career was beyond saving. She thought the original owner was rich, so she might as well enjoy a life of luxury. But there were only four digits left in the bank account… After taking a beating from society in her previous life, she hadn’t found any better luck in this one. She 11.3kReads9.0Score1.4k14d adds
- 55 I'm Shipping This Couple! The War Goddess Takes the Entertainment Industry by Storm 这cp我嗑了！女战神爆红娱乐圈 [Satisfying, feel-good romance + punishing scumbags + dating reality show + top-tier star couple + everyone’s favorite + hilarious + one-on-one, both are inexperienced] The female war goddess Gu Mu became a sensation on a dating reality show by roasting people! What’s romance? I’m here to punish scumbags! She beats up sleazy men, takes down scheming women, and makes the villains call her Daddy! In the end, the director is scared of her, the guests are scared of her, and even her haters are too a 3.7kReads9.3Score51014d adds
- 56 After Getting Canceled Online, I Became a Sensation by Farming 被全网黑后，我靠种地爆红全网 Original title: After Being Hated by the Entire Internet, I Became Famous by Farming! [Farming] [Not focused on the entertainment industry] [Selling produce] [Livestream] [Raising children] [Cozy] [Everyday life] [Healing] [Romance] Jiang Wanning, a spirit-plant cultivator, transmigrated into the body of a female celebrity hated by the entire internet. Everyone was calling for her to get out of showbiz. Jiang Wanning was happy to take their advice. She packed up and headed back to her hometown i 37.3kReads9.1Score2.4k14d adds
- 57 After Getting Rich, the Heiress Took on the Entire Entertainment Industry 暴富之后，大小姐怼遍了全娱乐圈 [Rebirth + Silly Comedy + A New Kind of Scumbag-Taking-Down + Tons of Systems + There Really Is Only One Variety Show in the Whole Story] After being caught in a storm of scandals, losing her fiancé to another woman, and dying miserably, Fan Er learns that she's the one and only granddaughter the richest man lost years ago, and the original female lead of this world. Reborn, Fan Er first returns to her family and reclaims her heritage. What do revenge and face-slapping the terrible couple matter 725Reads9.3Score10714d adds
- 58 After Losing My Job, I Became an Online Sensation Through Farming 失业后，我靠种田爆红全网 This novel is also known as: Everyone Online Is Begging Me to Livestream Tong Ranhua transmigrated to the cultivation world and spent a hundred years there, only to die unexpectedly while exploring a secret realm. She returned to the modern world, bringing with her the cultivation world’s specialties: a secret realm and its spirit. On the very day her boyfriend cheated on her with the company president’s daughter and she was fired, Tong Ranhua, who had spent a hundred years grinding away in the 12.5kReads9.2Score1.2k14d adds
- 59 Reborn in the Hong Kong Entertainment Industry of the 1980s 重生八十年代在港娱乐圈 Yin Xiao was reborn in Hong Kong in the 1980s. To find a job, she entered the Miss Hong Kong pageant and won the crown, launching her career in show business. She attended training classes, took bit parts, and played cannon fodder, steadily rising to become the leading lady. In the end, she became famous across mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, earning her place as an undisputed superstar. Even when Yin Xiao became the most influential film and television mogul of her era, people still call 12kReads9.4Score1.4k14d adds
- 60 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. 118.1kReads9.1Score17.7k14d adds
- 61 The Great Yu's Master Strategist 大渝筹算师 [Strong female lead + revenge on scumbags + lighthearted + pure romance + playing the fool to catch the tiger + happy ending] Good news: Her betrothed came first in the provincial exams and earned the title of Jieyuan. Bad news: Her betrothed, now a Jieyuan, wanted to break off the engagement without losing face, so he schemed against his fiancée, who came from a merchant family. Fine. If you want to break things off with dignity by scheming against someone, then neither of us is going to have a 18.5kReads9.3Score2.2k14d adds
- 62 The Savings System Summoned Me to Another World to Become a Rich Woman 我被存钱系统召唤到异世界当富婆 [Travel Between Two Worlds] + [Modern-Day Fantasy] + [System] + [Farming] + [No Romance] + [Food Business] + [Livestream] + [Building Wealth] + [Infrastructure] + [Redemption] Other people's Systems shower their Hosts with money and perks. Mine is all about being broke, forcing me to make money through street vending and hand over every last cent. I make a million a day Livestreaming skewers made with handsome men from the mall, only for the System to order me to turn off tips. I have to build 1.3kReads—Score10414d adds
- 63 They're Perfect! The Gorgeous Couple Is Serving Up Sweet Moments on the Dating Show Again 磕爆！神颜夫妇今天也在恋综撒糖 [Silly sweet romance + gorgeous couple + sweet fairy + cool, flirtatious heartthrob] Bo Zhi is famous in the entertainment industry as a rebellious queen. She has a fairy-like face, peach-blossom eyes, and a graceful figure, but a mouth that never spares anyone. On a dating show, while everyone else is busy showing off their sweet romance, she’s busy face-slapping scumbags and shameless women. “Love, schmove. It’s such a pain. My goal is to become the top-tier star of domestic entertainment, a o 12.9kReads9.4Score1.8k14d adds
- 64 Dating Show: Why Are You Picking on Him? He’s Deficient in Virtue 恋综：你惹他干嘛？他五行缺德啊 [Goofy + hilarious + showbiz + variety shows + meme jokes + dating show + straight-talking guy] Chen Yang transmigrated. He landed in the body of a man on the day he was about to be coerced into sleeping with someone for a career opportunity. He thought he was finally about to reach the pinnacle of life, but after seeing the wealthy woman’s face, the teachings of Mencius he’d learned ten years earlier struck him right between the eyes. Wealth cannot corrupt him, poverty cannot make him abandon h 121.3kReads9.0Score13.6k14d adds
- 65 After Becoming the Villainess, the Princess Gives Up! 穿成恶毒女配后，公主她摆烂了！ [Short drama now streaming] [Showbiz + CEO + Secret Crush + Married First, Love Later + Face-Slapping Everyone + Sweet and Satisfying] Jiang Yue transmigrated into a book. She became the villainess in a CEO romance novel. In the original story, she did every evil thing imaginable: drugging the male lead, abusing her biological son, who would grow up to become the villain, bullying the female lead, whom everyone adored, and tormenting the male supporting characters, who would all go on to become 37.5kReads9.2Score3k14d adds
- 66 The Family's Beloved Girl: The Cannon-Fodder Darling of Her Terrible Family 七零团宠：极品家人的炮灰娇娇女 [Brooding, Brawny Man + Sweet Wife + Completed] Lu Jiajia is delicate and soft. Then, in the blink of an eye, she becomes a useless cannon-fodder character in the 1970s, with a whole family of vicious oddballs in tow. Yet in an era that favors men above women, she is the apple of her family’s eye. Her father and mother: “Jiajia is our precious girl. She deserves to be spoiled.” Her brothers: “My sister is frail and sickly. How could she do farm work!” Lu Jiajia: “…I want the ultimate winning han 105.5kReads9.4Score9.8k14d adds
- 67 Going Insane to Reform Showbiz: It’s Chaotic, but Comforting 发疯整顿娱乐圈，颠颠的，很安心 Complete [1v1 Sweet Romance + Transmigrate into a Book + Showbiz + Hilarious + Scumbag Gets His Comeuppance] Shi Ran transmigrates into a book and becomes a female celebrity hated by the entire internet in a story about a beloved star adored by everyone in showbiz. The original Shi Ran joined a live-streamed dating show. Its male contestants, one, two, three, were all devoted to the heroine in the book, and every one of them had treated her badly. As for the aloof movie emperor, the original Shi 39.9kReads9.5Score5.7k14d adds
- 68 With My Hands Behind My Back, I Transmigrated to the 1970s, Where I Can Make Trouble and Money with Ease 小手一背穿七零，搞事赚钱样样行 Also known as "Transmigrating into a Book Set in the Seventies: I Collect Eighty-Eight Paychecks Every Month" Su He woke up one day and transmigrated into a period novel, becoming a fake heiress who had been sent back to her village. In the book, the ungrateful real heiress was practically blessed by cheat codes, with schemes and tricks appearing one after another. The Su family ended up destroyed, while the original owner wished she were dead. Looking at her impoverished home and family members 102.5kReads9.6Score10.2k14d adds
- 69 The Queen Starts Out as a Top-Tier Star 女王从顶流做起 [Print edition preorders open September 5, 2026, at 7:00 p.m.] From the start, she transmigrates and nearly kills her younger brother. If she doesn't complete the System's missions, she'll be punished with electric shocks. Following the System's instructions, Nan Xiangwan joins a survival show for aspiring idols. While the other young women sing and dance... Nan Xiangwan: “I'll perform a brick-breaking trick with my bare hands!” 31kReads9.6Score3.3k14d adds
- 70 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
- 71 EN The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 519.6kReads9.7Score67.5k14d adds
- 72 EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8k14d adds
