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- 51 The Heavenly Fairy Cultivation Plan in Chinese Showbiz 华娱之天仙养成计划 [Director] + [Capital Mogul] + [Single Heroine: Liu Qianqian] After graduating with a degree in directing, he entered the workforce and got a harsh education from society. He spent more than a decade drifting through life as a slacker, until he was reborn after being diagnosed with cancer and met a little goddess. 1.2kReads6.7Score—14d adds
- 52 Director: Turns Out Slacking Off Works Better Than Trying 导演：不是不努力摆烂效果更好 My new book, Game Over, I’m Surrounded by Rich Women, is now being serialized. If you’re interested, check it out. [Livestream + director + slow pace + unconventional + filming live] Xu Wuhen transmigrates to a parallel world. As a director, he’s competing on a show called The Birth of a Film. Twenty directors and a hundred actors are split into twenty teams to compete. All the participating directors are ranked into different tiers. Xu Wuhen is at the very bottom. No reputation, no projects, no 238Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 53 Showbiz: He’s the Director Again! 文娱：导演又是他！ [Feel-Good Story + Director + Copycat Writer + Entertainment Industry + System + No Romance] Good news: I transmigrated. Bad news: I'm about to die again. Jiang Yubai looked at the [Superstar System] and realized he couldn't sing or act. Since he had majored in directing, he decisively chose to make movies. And so audiences began noticing one name appearing again and again. After watching a hilarious, absurd comedy, they checked the director and saw it was him! After watching an artsy romance, t 3Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 54 Reborn in 2000: I Became a Star by Filming My Sassy Girl 重生2000：我拍野蛮女友封神 Back in 2000, Jiangnan, a student at the Beijing Film Academy, returns with all the film and television knowledge of the future. He launches his career with My Sassy Girl, then shakes up Hong Kong cinema with Infernal Affairs. With countless ace scripts in hand, investors compete to fund him, stars clamor for roles, and overseas rights are snapped up in a frenzy. From campus filmmaker to the pinnacle of Chinese-language film and television! 3kReads—Score17014d adds
- 55 Showbiz: Playing Yin Zhiping, Liu Tianxian Forces Herself on Me 娱乐：演尹志平，被刘天仙强逆推 [Slow pace + satisfying plot + comedy + filming + everyday interactions] Li Siyang, who transmigrated from Blue Star, obtains the Heaven’s Chosen Supporting Actor System, along with an Emperor of Acting handbook and a virtual space for practicing his acting skills. And so we get a Yin Zhiping more handsome than Yang Guo. The perfect son-in-law, Zhang Dongsheng. General Yuwen, the man everyone wants to follow. Chonglou, the most powerful fighter in the Six Realms. The First Emperor 3.2kReads6.8Score23914d adds
- 56 The Daoist White Moonlight: A Female Star Forces Me to Cultivate Immortality 道系白月光，女明星逼着修仙 "Transmigration + System + Multiple Variety Shows + Multiple Heroines + Effortlessly Going Viral + Slacker-Style Cultivation" Six years ago, Ye Feng transmigrated to a parallel world. To save his own life, he relied on the System and became the unattainable dream man of nearly half the female stars in showbiz. Six years later, while he's just out getting a haircut, Reba drags him onto a travel-variety show. And so, the thrill of flirting and running off back then comes back to haunt him, one boo 9.6kReads6.9Score1.1k14d adds
- 57 In Showbiz, Every Actress Is My Beloved 人在娱乐圈，女明星全是我红颜 (Multiple heroines) + (System) + (a plagiarist) + (feel-good power fantasy) + (likes making a little extra money) Qin Xuan was walking down the road when a heavy truck sent him to a parallel world. After arriving in this world, Qin Xuan acquired a System. He had even played the young Ying Zheng. After graduating from college, he entered the entertainment industry with the help of his parents and their friends. And so began Qin Xuan’s wild ride through show business. Big sisters, here I come! 419Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 58 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
- 59 Chinese Showbiz in 2001: The Entertainment Industry Is So Much Fun 华娱2001：娱乐圈真好玩 [Director] [Actor] [Capital] [Multiple Heroines] [No System] Li Qingxiao transmigrates back to 2001 and is jolted awake by the original owner’s family. He’s forced onto the path of entertainment. Start a company, release an album, become a director? First, he’ll make an album. Think being a capitalist is fun? You can’t even imagine how much fun it is! 9.8kReads6.5Score45314d adds
- 60 Chinese Entertainment: I Transmigrated to 2002 华娱，从穿越到2002开始 A first-time author writing a book for the first time. Chinese entertainment industry setting, with Liu Yifei as the sole female lead. Harem fans, this one isn't for you. I hope you enjoy it. Your support keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 954Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Chinese Showbiz: I Can Dream of the Future 华娱：我能梦见未来 [Slice of Life] [Realistic] [Clever and Thoughtful] Female leads: [Sweet] [Mi] [Fairy] [Cool] [Ying] [Shi] Male lead: Classmate Jing Tian, Yang Mi’s junior, singer, actor, director, entertainment mogul, IT mogul... Buddies: Zhang Ruoyun, Tan Songyun. Useful pawn: Yang Tianzhen. Golden finger: Dreams of the future (not much of a presence) Career path: Debuts as a singer, reaches the top with You Who Came from the Stars, develops Weibo and breaks into the mainstream, builds an entertainment ecosys 61Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 62 Chinese Showbiz: I'm the King of Directors 华娱：导演我为王 [Chinese showbiz, director story, one heroine, Old Liu] After an accident, Li Siwei was unexpectedly reborn in 2005. Unfortunately, he knew nothing about business. Luckily, after being reborn, he gained memories of many excellent films from his previous life. Just as Li Siwei was preparing to make his mark, he discovered that the woman in his heart had also been reborn. 5.1kReads7.2Score20014d adds
- 63 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
- 64 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
- 65 I Started Online Dating the Gorgeous Honey from the Start, and Every Boast Came True 开局网恋大蜜蜜，吹的牛都成真了 Li Yuan accidentally transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a junior college student, where he gets bound to the “Online Dating Comes True System.” To complete its tasks, he starts dating people online, then breaks up with them a month later, turning them into ex-girlfriends. After a year of hard work, Li Yuan finally completes the mission! But after he finishes, his online ex-girlfriends start showing up one after another. Yang Mi: “So, Xiao Li, you were using me, huh?” Dilraba: “Brother 21Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 66 Long Live the Director! 导演万岁 A veteran director from 2025 unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of Qian Yue, a student who has just taken the college entrance exam in 2001. As it happens, this Qian Yue has already applied to the directing program at the Beijing Film Academy. Given a second life, Qian Yue's goal is to rapidly amass capital and become a top tycoon. He will direct films that sweep both awards and box office, become the hottest director around, and have countless beautiful actresses pining for him. 30Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 67 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
- 68 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
- 69 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
- 70 Showbiz: A Director's Life 文娱：导演人生 Reborn in 2002, at a time when Chinese-language cinema was just beginning to develop, Lin Xiunan gets a fresh start on his journey as a director. From small-budget films to major productions, from domestic success to overseas markets, Lin Xiunan creates an era of his own. 1.2kReads—Score—14d adds
- 71 The Entertainment Industry: You Can't Imagine How Much Fun Directing Is 娱乐圈：导演的快乐你根本想不到 In the early stages, he makes his fortune as a director. Later, he focuses entirely on building a company through capital investment. His entertainment company is home to numerous top-tier actresses, and he holds massive stakes in Netflix and Pony Ma's Tencent. His assets reach ten trillion. 1.3kReads7.1Score10514d adds
- 72 I'm the National Young Singers Competition Champion. Crushing the Competition Is Just Basic Practice 我青歌赛冠军，降维打击纯属基操 [Host Su Jianlin, the “Borrow from the Future and Turn Your Life Around to Become an Entertainment Superstar System” has finished loading. Would you like to borrow from the future and change your life?] Standing on the stage of the Qingge Competition, surrounded by countless masters, prodigies, and extraordinary talents, eighteen-year-old Su Jianlin fell into deep thought. The legendary Han Hong, Mao Amin, Tan Jing, Sa Dingding, Yan Weiwen, Lei Jia, and Cai Guoqing, all top stars of Chinese pop 650Reads8.1Score10314d adds
- 73 Chinese Showbiz: Great Directors Can Do Whatever They Want 华娱：大导演就是能为所欲为 [No System] [Showbiz] [Director] [Romance, Romance, Romance, Romance] [Award-Winning] Fellow filmmakers: So what if you’re talented? Does that mean you can do whatever you want? Ye Han: Sorry, but talent really does mean you can do whatever you want! Ye Han: Don’t curse me. I just want to give every beautiful star a chance to improve. Ye Han: I didn’t make the first move. They came after me! A dream leads Ye Han, the acting major at the Beijing Film Academy hailed as its most handsome student in 2.6kReads8.2Score10214d adds
- 74 Chinese Film Director: The Whole Village Takes Out Online Loans to Help Me Win the Palme d'Or 华娱导演：全村网贷助我拿金棕榈 The fake story of a director: from the start, he takes a script to his teacher and asks Han Sanping to invest in his film. The real story of a director’s rise: from the start, the whole village pools its money and takes out loans to support his filmmaking! He blends an artistic painting style into his work, and Cannes declares, “Now this is art!” See how the last great Palme d’Or-winning director before the age of celebrity traffic charts a new path for Chinese-language cinema. 7.6kReads6.8Score42314d adds
- 75 Chinese Showbiz: From the Start, I Fooled a Future Top Director 华娱：开局忽悠未来大导 Reborn in Chinese Entertainment: From the Start, I Fool the Next Big Director Reborn in 2001 in Hengdian, Zhao Fan looked at his strikingly handsome reflection and nearly burst out laughing. He had planned to play a corpse for a meal, but unexpectedly stole the future Best Actor's lines on the set of Hero. Zhang Yimou stared at the monitor and slapped his thigh. “Where’d you find this kid? Give him more scenes!” After the shoot wrapped that night, Zhao Fan crouched by a malatang stall and sw 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 Film Director: I Have a Screenplay System 电影导演：我有一个剧本系统 A director story, with a System but no rebirth, and Liu Yifei as the sole female lead. The protagonist simply wants to make her a star. After all, acting is what she loves most, and he won’t push her into working behind the scenes. Please go easy if you disagree with my views. This is just a novel. Thank you, everyone. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 You Asked Me to Film a Pet Commercial, So Why Did I Make Hachi: A Dog's Tale? 让你拍宠物广告，你拍忠犬八公？ (Parallel world) + (director story) + (plausible) + (no melodrama) In 2025, Su Hao watches Ne Zha 2, then falls asleep and wakes up in the body of a man in a parallel world who has the same name as him. That version of Su Hao is facing the bankruptcy of his family business, crushing debts, and parents who are being driven to jump off a building. Even the only home his parents left him has been snatched away. But as someone who transmigrated, he’s brought along the scripts and storyboards for eve 5.7kReads8.4Score47014d adds
- 78 Chinese Showbiz: The King of Directors, Starting in 2003 华娱：从03年开始的导演之王 [Entertainment Industry + Multiple Heroines + Director + Film Emperor + Plagiarizing from Another World + System] He is the acknowledged godfather of idol dramas, a pillar of Chinese-language cinema, a world-class director and a brilliant screenwriter. He is the irresistible dream man in every female star’s eyes, and the ladder to the top in every male star’s. He can turn a minor celebrity into an overnight sensation and give an old star a second spring. He is the entertainment industry’s bigges 8.3kReads6.2Score40714d adds
- 79 You Break Up After the Movie? What Is Wrong with This Director? 电影看完就分手？你这导演有毒吧 Lu Chen transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a minor director, barely known in the industry. Though he has never actually directed a movie, he obtains the God-Tier Screenplay System. The System's welcome package gives him the script for Her Vanished. With this hit script from his previous life in hand, Lu Chen enters a screenplay competition, wins first place, and secures funding. When the movie hits theaters, it becomes an instant sensation. Every woman who watches it is left sobbing. 525Reads8.6Score10314d adds
- 80 A Dream of Hong Kong Entertainment: Starting in 1988 梦回港娱：从1988年开始 Li Donglai unexpectedly wakes up reborn in Hong Kong in 1988. It is the eve of the Four Heavenly Kings’ rise. The two Chous and the two Chans dominate the film industry, the music scene is flourishing, and opportunities abound. From the start, he has just fifty Hong Kong dollars, but luckily he awakens an Entertainment System: He masters songwriting, composing, and arranging, can play Eastern and Western instruments, knows elite martial arts, and speaks English and Japanese. One song sweeps the 4.3kReads5.5Score46214d adds
- 81 Showbiz: The Horror Movies I Make Scare Audiences Around the World Into Wetting Themselves 文娱：我拍的恐怖片吓尿全球观众 Wang Zhe transmigrates to a parallel world and discovers that horror movies there aren’t scary at all. So he sets out to scare the daylights out of people. His film “The Old Corpse in the Mountain Village” becomes a childhood nightmare for an entire generation. His “The Ring” gives viewers a fear of televisions, terrified that Sadako might crawl out of the screen. His “The Grudge” becomes the scariest movie in the world, frightening audiences into the hospital. Many years later, standing 2.7kReads6.9Score22614d adds
- 82 Banned from the Start, I Somehow Become a Hollywood Director Worth Tens of Billions 开局被封杀，竟成好莱坞百亿导演 An actor angers a top director from the start and gets blacklisted on the spot! Forced to flee to North America, he unexpectedly awakens a Director System. His films take Hollywood by storm! His faux-documentary horror movie rakes in a fortune and terrifies audiences, stunning the world! He pioneers a whole new kind of viral marketing, and an Eastern director begins to make his mark! Iron Man revives the superhero genre and is hailed as Marvel’s savior. DC begs him to make their movies. The Fast 282Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 83 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
- 84 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
- 85 Showbiz: I Can Increase the Odds of Success 文娱：我能增加成功率 (The rating is low because it just came out.) He woke from a nap to find the world had changed. Lu Yao was a film and TV content creator in 2025, spending late nights editing commentary videos. He never expected to wake up as a ten-year-old child in 1985, when the country was just getting back on its feet. Well, the chubby guy is four now, the pretty one is six, and the future megastar Yang Mi won't be born for another year, while Liu Yifei won't arrive for another two… Did he come a little too 5.5kReads6.6Score29714d adds
- 86 I'm a Director, Not a Power Bank 我是导演，不是充电宝 [Showbiz + System + Director + Wish Fulfillment + Multiple Heroines] Why did Leo burst into tears at the Oscars? How did the Central Academy of Drama's campus belle become the brightest star in Chinese entertainment? Why did Liu Feifei, Yang Mimi, Zhao Xiaoying, and other actresses born in the 1980s suddenly see their acting skills soar? It all started with a dump truck... He is the director with the highest cumulative box office in the world. He is also an honored guest at all three major film 34Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 87 1980: My Era of Cinema 1980：我的电影时代 Multiple heroines + check-ins + filmmaking + male actor “Art should serve the people.” That’s the original purpose of art, so I love telling stories to the people! One summer, Zhang Hua, a short-form drama director, arrives in an era that feels both strange and familiar~ 2.7kReads6.9Score11314d adds
- 88 Reborn as the Nation's Dream Boy: From the Start, I Back the Three Beauties of Chinese Paladin 3 重生国民老公，开局力挺仙剑三美 Wang Cong transmigrates to 2008 and becomes the heir to the Hengda Group, the only son of the future richest man and the nation's dream husband. From the start, he meets Liu Shishi and Tang Yan, and signs them without hesitation. He sets up a film and television company, signs a host of rising young actresses, ushers in the era of traffic stars, and secures the top spot in China's entertainment industry. He takes control of Ali and Penguin, develops chips and high technology, and expands int 7Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 89 The Long Years Spent with a Celestial Beauty 陪天仙度过的漫长岁月 Actor, director, business mogul (single heroine: Liu Tianxian), no System [10,000 words updated daily] A wounded soul is reborn five minutes before the entanglement that changed everything. Without hesitation, he turns and walks away. All he wants is to start a new life. A girl who has been beautiful since childhood. Two sincere, passionate hearts, stirred by love, will eventually be drawn to each other at a crossroads of fate. 7.4kReads7.9Score40414d adds
- 90 Showbiz: I'm a Security Guard at Beijing Film Academy 娱乐：我在北电当保安 Lv Wen transmigrates into the body of a security guard at the Beijing Film Academy, twenty years in the past. Unwilling to return to his old line of work, he chooses to enter the entertainment industry. With the acting skills, social savvy, and memories of the future he honed while dealing with gullible people, Lv Wen thrives in showbiz, winning friends wherever he goes. He wins Best Actor, becomes a director, starts a company, and makes a bold push into Hollywood... This is the story of an o 11.3kReads8.2Score84914d adds
- 91 Chinese Showbiz: Reborn, Tianxian, Don't Run Away! 华娱：重生归来，天仙同学别跑 (Showbiz Director Novel) (Writes Books First, Then Becomes a Director) (This story is a slow burn! The protagonist is no pushover!) After Zhang Mingqing was bullied by the Great Fortune Immortal Venerable in 2026, he opened his eyes to find himself back in 2000, at the age of fifteen. He has a golden finger, but he stole it! And it's defective! Fortunately, he has memories of his past life! He plans to write books first to earn money and build up his standing in the industry! Then he'll enter t 43.3kReads8.2Score4.2k14d adds
- 92 I Only Know How to Write Love Songs? Then Why Do You Cry When I Take It Seriously? 我只会写糖歌？那我认真写你哭啥 [Half Classical, Half Modern + Feel-Good Story + Entertainment Industry + Lighthearted] After Gu Qing transmigrates to a parallel world, he plans to use “Blue and White Porcelain” as his ticket into the entertainment industry. But “Blue and White Porcelain” is rejected for having too slow a rhythm, not being catchy enough, and using lyrics that are too ornate? With no other options, Gu Qing can only bring out “Drop Tower” for a try. To his surprise, “Drop Tower” becomes an overnight sensation an 1.3kReads6.7Score10314d adds
- 93 Chinese Showbiz: A Positive-Energy Director Who Started by Making Short Films 华娱：拍摄短片开始的正能量导演 I had a dream, a very long one. At the start of the school year, I was given only 20 yuan, and had to make it last through three years of school. In the dream, I struggled through those three years. After graduation, I was signed by a company. I thought stardom awaited me, but who knew it would turn out to be a shady company? Starting over, I want to tell myself what choice to make. 281Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 Supreme Succubus: I'm Going to Win Over the Biggest Rising Stars 顶级魅魔，我要攻略当红小花们 My new story is here! You can find it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Chinese Showbiz: The Post-95 Actresses Are Going Wild 华娱：95后小花们都要疯狂了 [Director; focused on post-95 actresses; multiple heroines; Tian Xiwei, Zhou Ye, Zhang Jingyi, Chen Duling, Nai Xiao, Zhang Ruonan, Meng Jie, taking the stage in that order] Warning: The celestial beauty, Fan Xiaopang, and the A-list actresses only serve as tools. Pure-love fans, stay away. Luo Chengan, reborn, became the chosen one for rising actresses. Poor acting, lifeless eyes, being mocked by everyone: it all came to him. Can’t get into character? A Character Experience Card makes you under 43Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 96 Showbiz: I Really Just Want to Make Movies 娱乐：我真的只想拍电影啊 [Chinese entertainment industry + multiple female leads + no System + director protagonist] Lin Che gets a second life and opens his eyes in 2011. All he wants is to make movies in peace and do, one by one, all the things he failed to accomplish in his previous life. But then Zhao Liying gazes at him with sparkling eyes. "We're the closest friends in the world." Yang Mi smiles flawlessly during an interview. "He's just a little brother to me." Shishi says calmly to the cameras, "Director Lin i 13kReads6.1Score1k14d adds
- 97 Showbiz: I Never Meant to Be a Playboy 娱乐：我真没想当渣男啊 [The rating just came out, and it will rise later] [Entertainment Industry] [Reborn] [Multiple Heroines] [Director's Rise] [Laid-Back Daily Life] [Business Tycoon] In 2005, Qin Muyuan, reborn two years into his studies at the Beijing Film Academy, used the extraordinary memory and learning ability he gained from the fusion of souls to take a masterpiece from his previous life straight to Berlin, where he won the Silver Bear for Best Director in one fell swoop, stunning the industry! He made movi 63.7kReads8.0Score6.5k14d adds
- 98 Showbiz: I Really Don’t Want to Be a Director! 文娱：我真不想当导演啊！ Being a director is exhausting. Preparing a script takes too much mental energy, raising funds tests your character, shooting wears out your body, and promoting a release takes years off your life. If you can avoid it, don't do it. Being a screenwriter suits me better. I can make money just by tapping away at a keyboard, and all without too much attention affecting my life. Best of all, once you have enough hit works to your name and have made enough stars famous, you can still wield the highest 21.9kReads8.0Score2.7k14d adds
- 99 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
- 100 Director: From the Start, Three European Awards and Two Golden Trophies 导演：开局欧洲三大两金 (One heroine, Liu Yifei. If that’s not your thing, don’t read. The focus is on what happens behind the scenes, without all those exaggerated bystander reactions, and it’s relatively true to the era.) I didn’t even hit the jackpot, so how did I get reborn at eighteen? Wait, there’s a transmigrator in my head? And he has a System? Huh? I didn’t even touch him, so how did he shatter? Well, in that case, I can only thank my transmigrator brother for the amazing starter pack he left me. 27.8kReads8.4Score2k14d adds
