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- 1 Top-Tier Star: Getting a Boost from Dilraba 顶流，从被热巴带飞开始 Lu Yang wakes up to find himself an obscure nobody in a parallel world, with just 1,800 yuan to his name. Desperate, he goes to a temple to pray for wealth, only to run into top-tier star Dilraba Dilmurat praying for love? The next day, “Dilraba secretly meets mysterious man” shoots to the top of the trending charts. The internet tears into Lu Yang: “A toad thinks he can eat swan meat!” His company terminates his contract on the spot, and his career crashes completely. Just when he hits rock bot 843Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 2 Showbiz: I Asked You to Compete, Not Sweep the Top Three! 娱乐：让你参赛，你包揽前三？ After transmigrating to a parallel world, Su Yang awakens the Alt Account Showdown System. Right then, the internet celebrity PDD holds a singing event, and Su Yang creates several alt accounts to enter the competition. His first alt account sings “Nocturne”! His second sings “Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies”! His third sings “Compendium of Materia Medica”! His fourth sings “The Wind Rises”! “...” That night, countless people go wild. PDD: “I'm losing it. Are all the performers in our livestream ro 385Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 3 Chinese Entertainment: Starting with a Special Arrangement 华娱从特殊交易开始 After a drunken dream, see how Li Lin, a freshman in the directing department at the Beijing Film Academy, gradually becomes a leading figure in Chinese-language cinema. His golden finger is practically nonexistent, and there’s only one heroine: the ethereal goddess. (The story includes one or two Chinese-Korean co-productions and Hollywood films. The early works are art-house films; later on, art and commercial appeal go hand in hand.) —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Reborn as an Incubus Director: Do All the Actresses Want to Marry Me? 重生魅魔导演，女明星都想嫁我？ Tang Jiaxing was killed by his unrequited love in his previous life. Reborn in 2004, he vows to put Chinese-language cinema at the forefront of the world and make it dominate Hollywood. The Guilty, Better Days, The Devotion of Suspect X, San Andreas... The three major European film festivals and the Academy Awards! He truly becomes the greatest director in Chinese-language cinema! 21.1kReads6.9Score1.6k14d adds
- 5 Chinese Showbiz: From Ringtone Hitmaker to King of Entertainment 华娱从彩铃神曲到娱乐天王 [Entertainment industry + multiple heroines + singer + actor + director] A modern-day office drone gets sent back to 2004. In his previous life, he lived like a workhorse. Now that he has another chance, wouldn’t it be a waste to transmigrate without enjoying a life of luxury? Before he even gets a chance to enjoy himself, he’s saddled with a huge debt. No worries. Even a pig can fly when the wind is right. Just in time, ringback tones are taking off, and online hits are about to explode. First, 36.4kReads7.1Score3.8k14d adds
- 6 The Strongest Director in Chinese Entertainment 华娱之最强导演 (No harem, with Liu Yifei as the sole heroine.) [The early chapters are a little dry, but the later ones get much better. Read with caution if that bothers you!] If you were reborn in 2002 and gained a photographic memory and a System that could make you the greatest director, what would you do? 1.9kReads5.5Score10114d adds
- 7 Chinese Showbiz: Starting with I Am a Singer in 2014 华娱，从2014我是歌手开始 Showbiz + singers + celebrity gossip + variety shows + popularity + Deng Ziqi + Tan Songyun Chen Mo transmigrates to 2014, on the eve of the era of internet celebrity, and joins I Am a Singer. What could be more thrilling than becoming famous in one night? Joining the 2014 season of I Am a Singer and making a name for himself overnight. Seeing future internet celebrities earn 2.08 million a day and pay back billions in taxes, Chen Mo is moved to tears with envy. The protagonist is a traditional 200Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 8 Showbiz: I'm Just a Director, Those Beauties Aren't All Mine 娱乐：我只是个导演美女不全是我 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 72Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 9 Showbiz: Returning to 2014, a Dreamlike Life Awaits 文娱：重回14年的梦遇人生 I'm a new author, so please go easy on me. Thank you, dear readers!!! “No, no, I can't hold it anymore. Bathroom, bathroom.” Tap tap tap---- “Ah, that's so much better. I almost peed in my dream. My throat is so dry. Cough, cough.” Click--Shang Haochen turned off the bathroom light and happened to glance at the mirror over the sink~~ “Hey, hey, hey!!! What is that? Holy crap!” Oh? What's going on? Why are you so startled? And you almost wet the bed in your dream? (￣y▽ 583Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Showbiz: I Married the School Beauty's Older Sister from the Start 娱乐开局和校花她姐领证 Chu Ci: Yang Xun, I hear you're a rich kid. Could you lend me some money? Yang Xun: How much? Chu Ci: Not much. Just five little goals. Yang Xun: What's a little goal? Chu Ci: Five hundred million yuan. Yang Xun: Heh. Do I look like I'm worth five hundred million? Chu Ci: If you're broke, why pretend to be a rich kid?! Big sis, you're her older sister, so you must be loaded. Could you lend me five hundred million? Yang Yan: Sure. Chu Ci never expected the campus beauty's older sister to be so ge 818Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 11 I Became an All-Around Superstar After I Stopped Being a Doormat 不当舔狗后，我成为全能巨星 [Transmigration + System + Entertainment Industry + Competitive Music Shows + Parallel World + Rewriting Hit Songs + Positive Energy, perfect for listening to music as you read] Su Chen, an obscure musician in the capital, transmigrated to a parallel world after an accident and awakened an entertainment-industry System. To his utter surprise, the original owner of his new body was a desperate simp who couldn’t even get a house! Faced with his goddess’s emotional manipulation and threats, he quit 9Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 12 Superstar: I Pick Up Attributes on the Background Actors’ Set 巨星：我在群演片场捡属性 Du Yu, a bit-part actor reborn in Hengdian, has a secret: he can see the acting fragments people drop. When a rising star makes a mistake on the wire, a mechanical voice rings in his ears: “Ding! Detected dropped skill: [Aerial Poise +3]”; After an award-winning actor nails a single-take scene, Du Yu bends down to tie his shoes: “ [Breath Control +5] recovered”; During a blood-spitting scene that takes a stunt double thirty retakes, Du Yu quietly picks up [Blood Effects Expertise]. At a press co 8Reads5.3Score314d adds
- 13 Entertainment Emperor: Starting by Picking Up Skill Fragments 娱乐影帝，从捡技能碎片开始 Yan Xu obtains the Best Actor's Unlimited Loot System! As long as he acts on a film set, he can earn shard rewards. From then on, a complete acting maniac appears on set! “Played Ren Chuan, earned the Villain's Life skill!” “Played Money Bro, earned Microexpression Mastery!” “Played Factory Director Yu Huadian, earned Voice Acting skills!” “Yan Xu is definitely the most promising actor I've ever seen!” “I've never seen an actor this crazy!” “This guy is a total acting maniac!” “It's so b 212Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 14 One Song, “Actor,” Leaves My Green Tea Girlfriend Rattled on a Dating Show 一首演员，绿茶女友在恋综破防了 [Showbiz] + [One heroine] + [System] + [Face-slapping the villains] You've transmigrated, and you've got good looks and a System, but now you're telling me I have to be a simp on a dating show for my ex-girlfriend, a fake sweet girl? Sorry, simps don't get happy endings. That fake sweet girl still dares to act innocent in front of me? Yu Ran will shut you up with a single song, “Actor”! A diva asks me to write a song? I'll send her “Summer” and “Winter's Secret” and make her admire me to no end! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Showbiz: Female Stars, Please Keep It Down. There’s a Queue for Dates 娱乐：女明星们克制下约会需排队 After transmigrating to a parallel world, Peng Kun awakened a System. He started a business running errands for female celebrities. Who could have guessed that, somewhere along the way, Dilraba would drag her luggage over and refuse to leave? They woke up the next morning and found themselves staring into each other’s eyes, caught in an endless, charged gaze. Peng Kun made the first move: “I’m no longer pure. Turns out guys have to protect themselves when they’re out and about!” Dilraba rolled h 172Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Time Recursion: 2005 时光递归2005 In 2025, Gu Ming suddenly died while debugging a program. His consciousness plunged into the “Temporal Recursion Algorithm” he had written, returning to the recursion’s anchor point. When he opened his eyes again, he was sitting the 2005 college entrance exam. The math paper before him... had once been the key to changing his fate in his previous life. In this life, watch as he breaks the recursion, transcends the “anchor point,” reshapes his destiny, and creates a brilliant life of his own. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Reba: Are You Really a Nobody and Not Born for Variety Shows? 热芭：你真是素人不是综艺圣体？ [Big Shot] [Feel-Good Read] [Ruling the Entertainment World] [One Female Lead: Dilraba] Variety shows in this world are remarkably consistent: the scripts are consistent, the punchlines are consistent, and the awkwardness is consistent too. That is, until a wealthy country boy with no desire to make his debut is suddenly dragged in to replace a contestant who ran away. Gu Yan: “I'm only here to make the show entertaining. Nothing else.” Then he calls something “crude” and turns the idiom chain g 19Reads—Score314d adds
- 18 Breaking! The Whole Internet Is Shipping the Cast After the Show Ends! 爆！花少结束后全网都在磕cp！ After transmigrating to a parallel world, Yan Ci becomes the eighth member of the show Travel the World. He was planning to head home after filming wrapped and inherit a fortune worth billions, but then Yan Ci suddenly gets bound to an entertainment System. The more popular he gets, the more rewards he earns. From the start, his looks stun the entire entertainment industry. A song he casually hums becomes a viral short-video hit. “He’s not only impossibly handsome, his creative talent is downrig 2.5kReads6.8Score10214d adds
- 19 A Variety Show Becomes a Dating Show? Falling in Love on a Comedy Program 五哈变恋综？我在搞笑综艺谈恋爱 [Glitched System + Five Ha + Other Variety Shows + Single Female Lead: Dilraba + Funny and Sweet Romance] (PS: I’ll do my best not to copy the original variety shows wholesale, so hopefully there’ll be something fresh for everyone.) Shen Bing transmigrated to this parallel world a year ago after an accident. Its entertainment industry is pitifully underdeveloped outside of variety shows, and the number-one song on the charts is actually “Love’s Transaction.” Can you believe it? Just as he was fu 3.1kReads—Score31014d adds
- 20 Top-Tier Star Quits the Group and Returns Home to Become a Capitalist 退团顶流回国成资本 Surrounded by fans and sincerely worshipped by countless people, with genuine, explosive popularity, Chen Jing felt the heat of being a “top-tier star” for the first time. In his previous life, when he was an extra in Hengdian, he could only dream of someone giving him a second glance. Now, he had become the focus of countless people. The contrast left him both thrilled and moved, and further strengthened his determination to establish himself in the entertainment industry. 12.6kReads—Score1.3k14d adds
- 21 Showbiz: The Devilish Director Starts in Hollywood 娱乐：恶魔大导演从好莱坞开始 When Wang Ye wakes up, he discovers that he's become an exchange student between Beijing Film Academy and USC. He was planning to return to China to continue his studies, stay on as a teacher at Beijing Film Academy, and then pursue a postgraduate degree, enjoying the perks of being a professor there. But then he awakens a System. First, he should work with Hollywood's four rising starlets! Next, he can work with Hollywood's four leading ladies! Then, of course, he can't forget to work with the 13Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 22 Gourmet: I Took Advantage of Reba's Innocence, Craved Her Cooking, and Married Her 美食：趁热芭青涩，馋哭她做老婆 Lin Feng transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a cook on the set of Eternal Love. He activates the God of Cooking System. One bowl of plain noodles is all it takes to win the heart of foodie Dilraba. Braised pork, Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, spicy chicken, beer duck, cold rabbit, farmhouse stir-fried pork... All eight great cuisines of China. If you can think of it, Lin Feng can cook it. With his superb cooking skills, Lin Feng can throw his weight around on any film set. Dilraba: “Oh no 360Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 23 Showbiz: Why Become a Director When You Could Be a Gangster? 娱乐：你不做社会大哥，当导演？ He transmigrates to a parallel world by accident. Lin Dazai is a terrible student, looked down on by his parents and dismissed by his classmates. At the same time, he’s the leader of a group of tough kids at school! The principal can only shake his head and sigh, convinced they’re destined for miserable lives and failure. These tough kids may dress strangely, get into trouble, and act tough. That’s just their way of wanting to be noticed. In truth, they’re sensitive and full of emotion, with a r 13Reads—Score114d adds
- 24 I Went Viral With 'Sunny Days.' Writing Songs? Piece of Cake 从晴天开始爆火，写歌？有手就行 [Showbiz + One Female Lead + Music-Focused + No Secret Identities + Sound Values] [More romance in the early chapters] Lin Xiang got incredibly lucky. The moment he opened his eyes, he found himself in a parallel world, in the body of a student. The chalk dust still drifted through his senior-year classroom as usual. Everything about this world was great, except that it was missing those melodies etched into his DNA. Then, at the graduation party, he picked up a guitar and casually sang “Qing Ti 1.1kReads6.3Score10014d adds
- 25 Chinese Showbiz: From the Start, I Invested in Crazy Stone! 华娱：开局投资疯狂的石头！ (Chinese showbiz + director + multiple heroines) When Wang Changyuan woke up, he discovered that he had been reborn as the only son of Wang Changtian, founder of Enlight Media! In his previous life, Wang Changyuan was a struggling author who wrote nothing but Chinese showbiz novels. Now he has memories from nearly twenty years ahead of his time, and knows the future trends of showbiz, the internet, and intellectual property inside out. With his foresight on his side, Wang Changyuan became the en 2.3kReads5.4Score12014d adds
- 26 Showbiz: From the Start, I Take Dilraba Back to the Village, and the Villagers Crack Up 娱乐：开局带热芭回村，村民笑喷 Su Mo transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a young idol hated by the entire internet. He wants to slack off, but his company assigns him to a variety show. From the start, he runs into Reba and takes her straight back to his village, leaving the villagers in stitches! And so Su Mo begins a life of nonstop cheat-level success... 84Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Showbiz: I Was Forced to Become a Top-Tier Star While Chasing Dilraba 娱乐：为了追热芭被逼成了顶流 Reborn with no System, one female lead: Reba A web novelist is reborn in the body of a trainee named Lin Yu. Drawing on the memories of his past life, he slowly makes his way to becoming a top-tier star. 1.7kReads6.4Score12014d adds
- 28 My Blogger Girlfriend 我的博主女朋友 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 100Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Reborn, I Rule the Entire Entertainment Industry 重生后，独霸整个娱乐圈 The ultimate cuckold king kills himself, then transmigrates to a parallel world. Using his knowledge of the future, he brings hit songs from his past life to dominate the entire entertainment industry, eventually establishing himself in Daxia and looking down upon the world. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 The Director Returns to 1996 导演重回1996 (A director’s story of striving for success + airtight logic + not a brainless, shallow novel) Back to 1996, when travel was slow and letters took a long time to arrive. Lin Maidong gets into the directing program at Beijing Film Academy. This is the most difficult era for the film and television industry. The Sixth Generation directors have yet to make their mark, and films are still produced under the auspices of state-owned studios. People care about art, not commerce, and domestic box office 894Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 31 Showbiz: A Shepherd Boy from Jin Province and a Top-Tier Star from Xinjiang 娱乐：晋省放羊娃和疆省女顶流 Single heroine: Dilraba Dilmurat!!! He returns to 2010, where he meets the dazzling woman from his dreams. What will a shepherd boy have to do, how much will he have to struggle, what hardships will he have to endure, and what achievements will he have to earn, to get close to her, or even catch up with her? He gets jealous easily, and she loves spicy food. The CP ringleader, number one fan of hot and sour noodles, is officially reporting for duty!!! 13.3kReads6.7Score65814d adds
- 32 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.” 4.3kReads6.3Score20714d adds
- 33 Showbiz: They’ll Film Anything? This Director Is Something Else 娱乐：那都能拍？这个导演不简单 Su Yang accidentally transmigrates to a parallel world. From the start, he’s negotiating a deal with a big shot in the entertainment industry. He plans to invest in a blockbuster superhero movie. With his silver tongue, Su Yang successfully persuades Da Mimi. She’s completely under his thumb. At the shout of “Good luck on the first day of filming!” the movie officially begins production... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Showbiz: I Just Want to Quietly Make Terrible Movies 娱乐：我只想安静的拍烂片 That year, Jiang Bei was trying to sell his house for a pittance so he could make a movie when the leading actress, who had a ten-million-yuan investment of her own, came knocking. At first, he only wanted to blow through the ten million making a flop, earn a hundred-million-yuan System reward, and help the rich heiress return home to inherit the family business along the way. But he never expected the movie to become a hit. China: “Jiang Bei is the hope of this great era! He's a man with ideas, 35Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 35 Reborn in 1987, I Had No Choice but to Become an Actor 重生87年的我只好做演员 [Showbiz + reborn + genius + studying under Jiang Wen + no System + one heroine: Liu Yifei] I was reborn in 1987, a golden age when you could become a millionaire just by collecting scrap. The Ma brothers hadn’t started their businesses yet, and Jingdong’s future founder was still dating a woman with “Jing” in her name... Gold was everywhere. But why was I just born in 1987?! In that case, I’ll just make it in the entertainment industry. (The story begins in 2001. The blurb is a little weak and —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 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
- 37 Reborn in Chinese Showbiz: I'm Going to Become a Mogul 华娱重生之我要当大佬 [Rebirth + writing works from memory + investment + Chinese entertainment] There’s romance, but not much focus on relationship drama! Xie Yan is reborn, returning to the age of eighteen. In this life, he’ll pick up his old dream again, step onto the dazzling stage, become a big shot in the entertainment industry, do what he wants, and take the helm. 6.3kReads6.3Score31614d adds
- 38 Showbiz: It All Started When I Secretly Married the Queen of Pop 娱乐：从跟天后闪婚开始 Xu Ran is reborn. In his previous life, he was a hugely successful mogul in the entertainment industry. This time, he just wants to lie flat! But just after he transmigrates, his girlfriend, a rising star on a talent show, dumps him, and an entertainment superstar pressures him to marry her... 82Reads5.2Score1214d adds
- 39 Showbiz: The Road to Becoming a Mogul 娱乐：进阶资本之路 [Not a Power Fantasy + Reborn + No System + Entertainment Industry + Liu Shishi + Yang Mi + Dilraba] Yin Xunshang, a pretty-faced man in the midst of the city's glittering bustle, gets made a scapegoat and returns to twenty years earlier. He chooses a new path and starts a new life. In a world full of struggles for status and money, what choices will he make? What kind of stories will unfold between him and the women around him? Will he do whatever it takes to gain status, or pursue true love wi 487Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 40 Reborn: Master of Light and Shadow 重生之光影巨匠 Third-rate director Xu Fanying transmigrates to a parallel world and uses classic works from her previous life to reach the pinnacle of success, dazzling both on and off the screen! This is the story of an entertainment-industry content importer! No female lead! No romance! 481Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 41 Reinventing a Director's Life 重塑导演人生 A director returns to his college days, and fate gives him a very different life. He decides he should leave a distinctive mark on this era... After all, there are plenty of things a director can do! 767Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 42 Big Director: My Film Premieres Are Unlike Anyone Else's 大导演：我的电影首映和别人不同 Reporter: “Director Zhao, why do your movies always feel so real?” Zhao Liang grumbled to himself, The System makes me experience everything firsthand. How could it not feel real? But facing the cameras, all he could do was reply helplessly, “Art comes from life. I merely present the misfortunes of real life on screen exactly as they are.” Zhao Liang never promotes his films before their premieres, yet every screening is packed. Experts and scholars from every field, including law, sociology, an —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Variety Show: From Five-Ha to Peach Blossom Dock 综艺：五哈到桃花坞 [Entertainment Industry + Variety Show + Singer + International Superstar + One Female Lead] Deng Chao: Xiao Chen, let me tell you, Five Ha is so much fun... When he arrived, Su Chen realized he had been tricked by his uncle. He couldn't get enough to eat or sleep, and on top of that, the unscrupulous director kept messing with him. Su Chen: Oh my god! You really are a sly old fox! Uncle, prepare to die! (Shows currently planned: Five Ha → 50 Kilometers of Peach Blossom Dock → Singer) 211Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 44 I Asked You to Film Shopping Videos, So Why Are You Heading Up the Mountain in an 86? 让你拍带货视频，你86上山了？ Su Chen transmigrates into the company of Xiao Xiang Ge, a livestream shopping host, and brings in plenty of orders for the business. Who would have thought that, to cut costs and boost their profile, the company would kick out both the domestic brands Su Chen brought in and Su Chen himself? Looking at the helpless faces of the brand representatives, all he can do is lament the shrinking market for Dragon Country’s domestic products. But just then, the Shopping Video Director System activates! S 110Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 45 Showbiz: After We Broke Up, I Made the Pop Queen a Star 文娱：分手后，我亲手捧起了天后 [No System] + [one female lead] + [dumped from the start] Chen Ning was a singer from the bottom rung of the industry. After years of frustration and failure, he eventually died of alcohol poisoning. But after his death, Chen Ning transmigrates to a parallel world and inhabits the body of another man named Chen Ning. When his girlfriend leaves him for the sake of her future, one song, “Between the Rainbow,” takes the internet by storm, launching him on a journey back into the entertainment indus 2.8kReads7.0Score11814d adds
- 46 Entertainment Mogul: Starting by Squandering Boss Yang's Dowry 娱乐大亨：从败光杨老板嫁妆开始 [Entertainment Godfather + Business Tycoon + Star-Making + Transmigration + System + Wish Fulfillment + Slice of Life] Jiang Feng transmigrates to a parallel world on the eve of the 2004 college entrance exams. That year, Yang Mi is his childhood sweetheart and first love. Jiang Feng: “Boss Yang, can I borrow your phone for a moment? I need to set something up.” Yang Mi: “Sure, Jiang Feng!” Jiang Feng: “Boss Yang, could you enter your password?” Yang Mi: “No problem!” 547Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 47 I Just Wanted to Pick Up Girls, but I Became a Showbiz Sensation 我只想泡妞，没想到爆红娱乐圈 Zhang Shaoyu, a delinquent student, entered a singing competition to pick up girls, only to make it big in the entertainment industry... Getting by is a way of life, a job, a path. It doesn't mean you've fallen into ruin. Life is full of frustrations, work has its share of rough patches, and every road is full of twists and turns. Getting by isn't easy, either. You have to do it brilliantly, freely, and with perseverance. Getting by is a discipline in its own right. Brilliance makes life less fr 544Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 48 A Director's Journey Begins in the 1990s 导演从90年代开始 The dream takes flight. Start by making art-house films, then conquer Europe’s Big Three. First, win the Venice Best Actor award. Then claim the Golden Bear, become the first Chinese director to win Cannes’ top prize, and take home the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. These are both the best of times and the worst of times. The new millennium has ushered in the age of commercial blockbusters. 334Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 49 Chinese Showbiz: Starting as a Han Dynasty Cavalryman 华娱：从大汉骁骑开始 He woke up back in 2003! Wu Yuben had already drawn up his Plan to Become the Richest Man, but then he got bound to the “In the Role” System. By signing contracts and playing characters, he could experience their lives firsthand and gain their skills. His first move: with help from the childhood friend next door, he headed to the set of The Great Emperor Wu of Han to play a valiant Han cavalryman. There, he inherited the resolve to “defend our homeland,” galloping across the Wulan Butong grassla 20.7kReads6.9Score2.1k14d adds
- 50 One Song About Loving the Wrong One, and I Sweep the Music Scene to Become a Top-Tier Star 一首爱错，我横扫乐坛成顶流 [Lighthearted comedy, no female lead, no System, wish fulfillment, entertainment industry] Gu Yi was a musical genius in his previous life, but died with regrets after being diagnosed with a terminal illness. When he opened his eyes again, he had been reborn on Blue Star as a poor orphan at the Blue Star Academy of Traditional Chinese Opera. The original owner's life was tragic? No problem! He had the memories of Earth's greatest music. But how did a piano-tuning job end up taking him to a femal 2.9kReads8.1Score22214d adds
