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- 101 I Became a Tech Tycoon to Make a Movie 为了拍电影，我成了科技巨头 In the eyes of the bosses of major film companies, he is a genius director who's difficult to work with. In the eyes of actors, he is a genius director with astonishing talent. In the eyes of audiences, his name is a guarantee of a good movie. Reborn as a 1996 student at the Central Academy of Drama, Zhang Tiancheng is just a directing major with a highly unconventional director System. Taking his time, he becomes a renowned director and a technology tycoon. 14.5kReads6.6Score54314d adds
- 102 After Becoming 2.08 Million, I Rose to Fame Through BL Adaptations 穿成208万后我靠耽改爆火了 [Entertainment industry] [No CP] [Everyday life of a 208] [Primarily acting] Mock a 208, become a 208 Yun Yi, a Bilibili creator known for roasting celebrities, suddenly died after uploading a video mocking 208s. He then made a spectacular transmigration into the body of a 20.8-million-follower male celebrity who made a living off his looks. He thought a life of making big money was about to begin, but it turned out the original owner was caught in a romance scandal, and droves of fans had fled. 22Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 103 A Film Industry Slump? Director Fu Takes the World by Storm 影视寒冬？伏导火爆全球 [Lots of on-screen comments and reader reviews + copying works from another world + no romance + devoted to her mother + sharp-tongued toward scumbags + starts as a director (may involve anime) + satisfying wish fulfillment + only works behind the scenes, no acting or singing] Fu Qing was hit by a car and spent three years bedridden in a vegetative state. During those three years, her family’s entertainment company came close to bankruptcy. Her live-in son-in-law father, Jiang Chengshan, showed 19.8kReads8.7Score2.3k14d adds
- 104 Director: Filming Spider-Man From the Start 导演：开局拍摄蜘蛛侠 [Entertainment industry + System + Marvel and DC multiverse + director-focused] [All movie plots are original adaptations. Completed: Spider-Man 1, Batman 1, Spider-Man 2, Superman 1, Iron Man 1, Batman 2. Coming up: The Flash 1, Thor 1.] The System declares Ye Tingfei dead from sudden cardiac arrest, then sends him to a parallel world and binds him to the “Director System, Boss Edition”! [Ding-ding! Newbie mission: Make Spider-Man and earn over 2 billion at the box office. Fail, and you’ll be l 367Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 105 Reborn in Chinese Showbiz: Directing the Class of 1996 at the Central Academy of Drama 重生华娱中戏96明星班做导演 Xiao Da, who had accomplished nothing in his previous life, is reborn in 1996. By a twist of fate, he gets into the prestigious Class of '96 at the Central Academy of Drama. But instead of becoming an actor, he conquers the entertainment industry as a director. And, of course, capital is essential: he will become the most accomplished director among the tycoons. 42.7kReads7.3Score2.6k14d adds
- 106 I Asked You to Write a Song, Not Conquer the Entertainment World! 让你写歌，没让你制霸娱乐圈啊！ [Entertainment + classic songs + classic movies + no mindless antics + realistic + everyday life + slow burn] Ling Ye, a top folk musician from Earth, unexpectedly transmigrates to the culturally impoverished Blue Star and takes over the body of a debt-ridden college student. One song, “Nameless People,” takes him from an unknown trainee composer to a genius who dazzles the entire music industry. “Mercury,” “Seven Miles of Fragrance,” and “The Cure for Worry” follow one after another, sparking a 630Reads7.0Score10214d adds
- 107 Chinese Showbiz: You Asked Me to Work on Set, Not Beat Up the Crew 华娱：让你剧组打工，你剧组打人 Ye Tian is reborn in a parallel world and, by a twist of fate, accidentally wanders onto the set of The Return of the Condor Heroes. On his very first day as an extra, a series of misunderstandings leads to someone pointing at him and cursing him out. Ye Tian: “I've been reborn, so why should I put up with this crap?” Zhang Jizhong: “You hit him, but you can't hit me too.” Since Zhang Jizhong was the one who provided evidence of Ye Tian beating someone up, Ye Tian decides to get back at Big-Bear 6.6kReads6.6Score40314d adds
- 108 Showbiz: A Director Starting with The Three-Body Problem 娱乐：从三体开始的导演 Director, make 30 billion yuan in three years, with multiple heroines, the Two Bings, glamorous beauties, and beauties from Chinese Paladin. It starts with winning the short-film gold prize at all three major film festivals. Then I slowly get to live my life over again. This time, let’s make the most of it. 10.8kReads7.9Score57614d adds
- 109 You Asked Me to Make a Variety Show, but I Created the Reality TV Era 让你拍综艺，你开创真人秀时代 [Variety Shows + Showbiz + Variety Show Director + Keep Running + Reality Shows + System + Urban + No Female Lead + Daily Life] Good news: I transmigrated. Bad news: I became a TV station intern, with a bleak future ahead. Good news: I awakened a System, and my head was full of hit variety-show ideas. Bad news: from the start, I had to take charge of an S-level project that had already fallen through twice, with its investors about to pull out. I took my Keep Running proposal to the stage. The r 2.9kReads7.1Score13114d adds
- 110 Reborn in Showbiz in 2008: The Top-Tier Star Goes on a Rampage 重生08娱乐圈：女顶流她杀疯了 [Chinese entertainment industry + showbiz + filming + Mary Sue + romance + transmigration + Chinese entertainment memes + variety shows + publicity stunts] Contains romance, so proceed with caution if that’s not your thing! In this Chinese entertainment industry story, Tang Tiantian transmigrates to a parallel world in 2008. Actor salaries haven’t skyrocketed yet, Weibo hasn’t launched, Douyin doesn’t exist, and Tianya is still the hottest gossip forum! Tang Tiantian dives headfirst into this wi 35.3kReads8.9Score3k14d adds
- 111 My Worthy Husband Helped Me Reach the Clouds; I Repay Him with Ten Thousand Taels of Gold 贤夫扶我青云志，我还贤夫万两金 My Worthy Husband Helps Me Reach for the Clouds, So I’ll Repay Him with Ten Thousand Taels of Gold —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 Reborn from the Start: A Scumbag's Life, Beginning at Beijing Film Academy 开局重生从北电开始的渣男人生 Xiao Ce is reborn in 2002, back in his second month at Beijing Film Academy. He has no System, but that doesn't stop him from reaching the pinnacle of life. A superhuman memory and an incredible physique. Out come The Ghost Blows Out the Light, The Grave Robbers' Chronicles, Those Things in the Ming Dynasty… He adapts books, writes songs, and even makes movies along the way. P.S. By the time the protagonist reaches 200,000 words, he's made You Are the Apple of My Eye, Departures, CODA, and The D 265Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 113 Negative Emotion Collection System: I’m Going to Be the Best Actress 负面情绪收集系统之我要当影后 A new book climbing the rankings... Also known as Reborn: Making Waves in the Entertainment Industry [Reborn + System + entertainment industry + no CP ending + everything in the world serves the female lead + female growth] Reborn in a single moment, she is bound to the Negative Emotions Collection System. The System’s mission is to become an international film queen… To collect negative emotion points, Jiang Yuebai first becomes a marketing blogger and reports celebrities who break the law 22.6kReads9.0Score4.7k14d adds
- 114 Showbiz Queen: Starting with Liu Yifei's Rebirth 华娱女王：从刘奕菲重生开始 In 2025, international movie star Liu Yifei unexpectedly died just as she received a lifetime achievement award at the Cannes Film Festival. When she opened her eyes again, she was back in 2002, in a 15-year-old body with the soul of a 38-year-old. Her mother had already arranged for her to study acting at the Beijing Film Academy. “Mom, I want to apply to the directing department.” From then on, the entertainment industry had one fewer idol known for her pure image and one more young director w 63Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 115 After Their Scandal Broke, the Flirtatious Idol Went Wild 塌房后，钓系爱豆杀疯了 (Transmigration of a famous author's works + strong female lead + stunning beauty + showbiz + no couple in the main story's ending, with temporary one-on-one romances along the way + film, television, and music star + success across the globe) The rating is low because this just came out! It's more satisfying if you start with her breaking into the American market. The earlier part isn't very well written. Yun Zhaoyue, a hard-working showbiz employee, suddenly dies from overwork and is reborn i 164Reads7.3Score2614d adds
- 116 My Brother Treated Me Like an ATM, So I Made Sure He’d Never Get Out of Prison 兄弟把我当提款机，我让他牢底坐穿 My Brother Treated Me Like an ATM, So I Made Sure He Never Got Out of Prison 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 Banned? I've Transmigrated, So Who Still Wants to Work in Chinese Showbiz? 封杀？都穿越了，谁还混内娱啊！ Top-tier star singer Su Wanwan was framed by powerful investors and her best friend working together. A single accusation of “plagiarism” got her blacklisted across the entire internet! Her career was ruined, she was tens of millions in debt, and just as she sank into despair, she unexpectedly transmigrated to a parallel world with a barren culture. Here, the European and American music scenes were the center of the universe, while Chinese-language music was dismissed as synonymous with “tacky p 6.9kReads7.5Score53314d adds
- 118 At Thirty, I Can't Even Afford a Bowl of Pork Trotter Rice in the Park 三十岁，我在公园吃不起一碗猪脚饭 At Thirty, I Can't Afford a Bowl of Pork Trotter Rice in the Park 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 Showbiz 1980: Starting with He Chaoqiong 文娱1980之开局何超琼 Xu Xuexi transmigrates to 1980s Macau, into He Chaoqiong’s bathroom, carrying a Blue Star pocket dimension. He Chaoqiong is right in the middle of doing something perfectly proper and aboveboard... He doesn’t steal her spotlight, her fame, or the center stage. He only serves as the steadiest support behind her. Dressed as a man, she sweeps through the entertainment industry and becomes the top heartthrob of her generation. And behind her is a god-tier mogul who dotes on her alone. This is a fict 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 From Debt to Queen of Entertainment 从负债到文娱女王 (Novel copying + strong female lead + no romance + invisibility System) When other idols fight, their fans do the fighting for them. Our Ran Jie jumps right in herself, without hesitation and without letting it wait until tomorrow! Fans: We don't stan Ran Jie for her age or seniority. We stan her attitude. So what if she's young? She's got the right to be badass. Overworked office worker Shen Ran transmigrates to another world and becomes a rich heiress. But before she can enjoy the good life, s 3.3kReads8.2Score23414d adds
- 121 After Being Blacklisted by China's Entertainment Industry, I Became a Hollywood Director 被内娱封杀后，我成了好莱坞大导 After offending Huayi Brothers, the entertainment industry's reigning powerhouse, rookie director Fang Yuan was blacklisted across the board. Faced with a disastrous start, he had no intention of toughing it out. Instead, he went to Hollywood and casually made a film called Saw. With a budget of one million, it raked in over a hundred million dollars at the global box office! When the news reached China, everyone was stunned. Who was Fang Yuan? Why had nobody ever heard of him? Countless netizen 19.6kReads6.8Score1k14d adds
- 122 After Binding a Showbiz System, She Made Countless Stars Famous 绑定文娱系统后，她捧红无数顶流 [Transcription-style, slice of life] Lu Wantang woke up to find herself back on Blue Star. Her parents had died in a car accident, her younger brother was still a minor, and the company was drowning in debt and on the verge of collapse. It was a nightmare from the start. Then, a System bound itself to her. [Ding-dong The Entertainment System is at your service! I'm your lively and adorable Six-Six-Six! A new day has begun, my dear Host! Have you built an entertainment empire today?] [Ding Host's 2kReads6.8Score10814d adds
- 123 Reborn, I Steal the Top-Tier Star's Fortune and Drive Showbiz Crazy 重生后抢顶流气运，娱乐圈都疯了 [Showbiz queen + steal the male lead's fortune + supporting heroine awakens + dismantle manufactured romance + clean up the entertainment industry + ensemble cast of women + no romance, all about building a career] - Qin Shu only awakened after dying once. It turned out she was a sacrificial supporting character in a wish-fulfillment romance novel set in the entertainment industry. In her previous life, the plot had forced her to become a stepping stone for the beautiful love between the heroin 4.8kReads8.4Score76714d adds
- 124 When I Died, I Saved Someone 我死的时候，救了个人 When I died, I saved someone. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 The Moving Truck at Three in the Morning 凌晨三点的搬家车 The Moving Truck at Three in the Morning —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 Showbiz: My Story with the Celestial Beauty 华娱我和天仙的故事 A string of Five Emperors Coins hangs beneath the eaves of the shabby Maoshan temple. The characters on the coins face inward and their faces point upward. The thin cord threaded through them has worn smooth and shiny, as if it might snap at any moment. Much like the dilapidated temple itself, most of the walls have collapsed and the door hangs crooked. The whole courtyard is so overgrown that wild rabbits could run through it. These days, only one young Daoist priest remains to keep watch. “Cre —Reads—Score1.3k14d adds
- 127 After Inheriting a Hundred-Billion Fortune, I Took the Entertainment Industry by Storm 继承百亿遗产后，勇闯娱乐圈 [System + showbiz + plagiarist author + director + body-swapping] In her previous life, Shen Mingyue was just a powerless, unknown director. She had no say in casting, the scripts she carefully selected were drastically altered, and even the camera angles were dictated by investors. Disillusioned, Shen Mingyue left the entertainment industry and gave up directing, but she still had to finish the work on her hands. After working overtime for several days in a row, she finally wrapped everything u 1.1kReads8.1Score11014d adds
- 128 Don't Panic, I'm Just an Actor 别慌，朕只是个演员 [No Romance, Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story, A Healing Slice of Life] Emperor Lin Yu closed his eyes, and the young actor Lin Yu opened his. His very first role was a doomed crown prince who wouldn’t survive three episodes. Lin Yu thought, I know this one all too well~ After that, whether he was performing in plays, filming movies, or producing variety shows, Lin Yu always managed to impress people with his unconventional ideas. Still, Lin Yu had no interest in becoming the godfather of the entert 1.2kReads8.4Score10914d adds
- 129 Chinese Showbiz, Starting in 2002 华娱02年开始 I achieved nothing in my previous life, so this time I should go all out. The actresses are gorgeous, and it’d be such a shame to miss my chance. Even with only 40,000 yuan, I can make movies, invest in companies, trade stocks, and short-sell. I want both beautiful women and money. 7.4kReads7.4Score29914d adds
- 130 A Ray of Light in Showbiz: The Rise of a Tycoon Queen 娱乐圈的曙光：神豪女王的崛起 [Also known as The Get-Rich System Helps Me Save the Entertainment Industry and The Dawn of the Entertainment Industry: The Rise of a Tycoon Queen] Shu Ling is reborn and gets a get-rich system. The System says, “You had such deep resentment toward the entertainment industry before you died, so I’m giving you a chance to save it. But I can give you nothing except money.” Shu Ling sees that she can get a hundred million just for signing in each day, plus a lottery with prizes like buildings, prop 716Reads8.8Score10014d adds
- 131 The Little Crown Prince Makes His Debut in Showbiz 小太子在娱乐圈出道啦 [Ancient-to-Modern + Entertainment Industry + No Romance + Stunning Beauty] Chu Can, Crown Prince of the Chu Kingdom, transmigrated to the modern era. While he was still bewildered, he received an enthusiastic invitation. “Hey, kid, want to reach the pinnacle of life? Come be the lead in my movie.” From then on, Chu Can began his dazzling rise to stardom, throwing himself into the entertainment industry with no way back. Years later, people would say the glorious era in which Chu Can face-slappe 3.2kReads8.7Score47814d adds
- 132 The Child Hidden in My Heart 藏在心里的孩子 The Child Hidden in My Heart 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 I Asked You to Make a Romance Movie, So Why Are You Making the Whole Internet Cry? 让你拍恋爱电影，你给全网发刀？ Gu Qing dreams of becoming an internationally renowned director. He transmigrates to a parallel world where the film industry has fallen into decline. He plans to make his mark, only to discover that this world is full of CEO idol dramas, with no good screenwriters or scripts to be found. Fortunately, he won the birth lottery this time: he's rich, very rich. Just as he's about to lie flat, he awakens the System for Revitalizing Great Xia's Film Industry. You all like watching sweet romances, 9.5kReads7.9Score69114d adds
- 134 After Transmigrating, I Give the Interstellar World a Little Shock of Chinese Culture 穿越后，给星际来亿点华夏震撼 (New book, just received its rating) [No Romance + Entertainment Industry + Director + On-Screen Comments + Comedy] After waking up, Luo Xitang finds herself in an interstellar era whose civilization has suffered a break. The good news: Her family is loaded, and her dream of living the easy life as a rich second-generation heir by riding her father’s coattails is about to come true! The bad news: She accidentally goes bankrupt. Hehe :) Just then, the Godly Tycoon System 888 drops from the sky: 21Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 135 Showbiz: From the Start, I Went One-on-One with Yang Mi and Won by a Landslide! 娱乐：开局与杨蜜1v1，完胜！ [Entertainment industry]+ [singing]+ [female stars]+ [superpowers]... Chu Mu transmigrates to Blue Star and activates the Song Library System. Accumulated popularity points can be exchanged for countless songs. Accumulated prestige points can be used to draw random superpowers! From the start, he gets a constitution that makes members of the opposite sex infatuated with him, and successfully wins over Yang Mi! On the Masked Singer stage, one performance of “Farewell” stuns the entire audience! P 235Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 136 The Day She Knelt and Begged Me for Residency, She Hid a Knife 她跪着求我落户那天，藏了把刀 The Day She Knelt and Begged Me to Register Her Household, She Was Hiding a Knife 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 Poor Mango 可怜的芒果 Poor Mango 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 A Reborn Director's Chance Encounter with a Heavenly Beauty 重生导演偶遇天仙 An outstanding work of showbiz fiction that rises above cheap thrills. Told from the perspective of an unconventional reborn protagonist, it reveals the true state of the film industry and the philosophy of navigating the real world. The protagonist reaches his goals not only with his golden finger, but also through his professional skills, social savvy, and remarkable strategic intelligence. The result is a story with an intellectual sexiness all its own. Hehehehe... 3.6kReads5.5Score17814d adds
- 139 Underground Filmmaker 地下电影人 [1990s + Director’s Journey + Banned from Directing + Art Films + Award-Hunting] Starting out as a director in 1990, I make a career of winning awards and handling publicity. One female lead, multiple supporting actresses... 720Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 140 Hollywood: The Director's Whirlwind 好莱坞：导演旋风 Gu Xuanfeng is a student at the Southern California Film School. By chance, he takes over a movie on the verge of being abandoned. From then on, he sets out on the path to becoming a director. He becomes Hollywood's youngest director, and a master of films across multiple genres. And because of his name, film fans around the world nickname him “Tornado.” 219Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 141 Entry System: Becoming a Director from the Start and Making Big Honey a Star 词条系统：开局当导演，捧大蜜蜜 [Transmigration + System + Entertainment Industry + Multiple Heroines] When Su Yu wakes up, he has transmigrated to a parallel world, where he discovers he's a notorious director of terrible movies and a hopeless case buried under five hundred million in debt. This disastrous start leaves him exclaiming, "You've got to be kidding me!" Luckily, he awakens a Trait System. All he has to do is teach actresses how to act, and he'll earn traits. Just then, Mimi, who has secretly been in love with Su Y 5kReads8.0Score32514d adds
- 142 Incense Across the Shore 隔岸香火 Incense Burning Across the River —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 Part-Time Actress 兼职当影后 The path to reinvention for other rising stars: take on serious dramas, play elegant leading ladies, and make films with acclaimed directors. The path to reinvention Xu Zhiran wants: go from an actor with a conscience to a screenwriter with a conscience. Xu Zhiran shot to fame last year in an unexpected hit xianxia web series. But no one knew that when she first stumbled into show business, she had never planned to become an actor. Her dream was to write screenplays. After her surprise success, 608Reads9.0Score11014d adds
- 144 When the Sunflowers Stop Blooming 向日葵不开的时候 When the Sunflowers Stop Blooming —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 That Day, I Took My Life Back 那天，我拿回了自己的命 That Day, I Took Back My Own Life 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 Director: Starting with a Getaway from Hollywood 导演：从好莱坞跑路开始 [Chinese Showbiz] [Director] [One heroine: Liu Yifei] Zhou You had a long, long dream, one that lasted an entire lifetime. When he woke, he could remember very little, except for an instinct for directing that was etched into his bones. At nineteen, he made Buried, but his wealthy father tricked him into returning to China, hoping he would inherit the family business. From Love Is Not Blind to The Dead End. No matter. I can make it big in China too. Just wait until I make my triumphant return! T 32.9kReads7.7Score1.6k14d adds
- 147 We're All Reborn, So What Decent Person Would Hang Around the Entertainment Industry? 都重生了，正经人谁混娱乐圈啊 Jiang Heng, who had been driven to depression and suicide by the entertainment industry in his previous life, was reborn on Blue Star. After being reborn, Jiang Heng resolved to stay far away from showbiz this time around. Unfortunately, his family fell on hard times and was buried in debt. To pay it off, he had no choice but to keep writing songs and selling them. Once his debts were cleared, Jiang Heng started a business, determined to become a business magnate. But when his efforts to secure 4.2kReads8.0Score37914d adds
- 148 With an Embroidered Spring Sabre, I Take Down the Entire Entertainment Industry 手持绣春刀，推平整个娱乐圈 [Mission One: Kill ten bandits who rob and plunder, committing every imaginable crime] Li Mo: System, never mind where bandits would come from in a modern parallel world. You want me to kill ten? Can I just fight ten of them? [Mission Two: Defeat the wounded elite monster, the Red Tiger] Li Mo: System, are you seriously taking me for Wu Song? You want me to go fight a tiger? Wait a second. Does killing the villain while filming count? Oh, this little kitty is the elite boss you said was terroriz 9.3kReads7.7Score93314d adds
- 149 After Leaving the Industry! I Became Its Biggest Disruptor 退圈后！我成了圈内一股泥石流 Gu Yan transmigrates to a parallel world with the Mudslide System. His father is a pig-farming tycoon and a model villager who leads the whole village to prosperity. His mother is a queen of the business world, and a seasoned transmigrator herself. One day, his father asks him to make a promotional film for the village. Gu Yan gets an idea and brings out Breaking the Ice. After the film airs, the villagers go to Gu Yan’s father. “Clan chief, this is bad! They’re inspecting all the pork in our vi 1.3kReads7.7Score10214d adds
- 150 Chinese Showbiz: Even Directing Depends on Luck 华娱：当导演也靠命 Lin Feng was a film fanatic with a dream of becoming a director but none of the luck it took to make it happen. He spent his life striving, only to die with a sense of frustration. But fate played another trick on him. See how Lin Feng, given a second life, makes his mark in the Chinese entertainment industry and investigates the “421.” (P.S. This novel takes a realistic approach, so the first few chapters move slowly. Feel free to skip them if that's not your thing.) 33.5kReads7.0Score1.9k14d adds
