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- 1 Showbiz: The Director Uses Demon Arts, and No One Can Handle Him 娱乐：导演会妖术，谁都扛不住 [Entertainment, directors, actresses, male lead, no System, no simping, no romance, just love] Multiple female leads, including women born in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as the 1980s and 1990s... The focus is on exporting culture! Cultural outreach! 584Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Hong Kong Entertainment: 1987, Snapping Up Young Qiu Shuzhen 港娱：1987，抄底青涩邱叔贞 Liu Yixiong opened his eyes to find himself the young master of a tycoon family in Hong Kong. At the time, Hong Kong entertainment goddess Qiu Shuzhen was still a fresh-faced newcomer. He bonded with a System that let him seize opportunities, giving him access to top-tier resources and helping her rise to the pinnacle of the entertainment world. From an unknown nobody to a rising power in Hong Kong’s business world, he made every move at just the right moment, seizing the wealth of an entire era 226Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 I Told You to Be a Bad Student, Not to Keep the Whole Entertainment Industry 让你当学渣，没让你包养娱乐圈啊 [My first time writing a novel, so please go easy on me. This is a fantasy about a nobody making it big, with the timeline closely following real life. There are a few changes, but nothing major.] The moment I’m reborn, I trick my parents into believing I’m the reincarnation of the God of Wealth! I swindle ten yuan of pocket money from my childhood friend and school beauty, Liu Shishi, then turn around and buy a lottery ticket with a 15-million-yuan jackpot! From then on, all I want to do is 5.2kReads6.3Score663Shelves
- 4 Showbiz: Looking for My Child's Mom, I Drive the Actresses Wild 娱乐：带娃找妈，女星们疯了 Zhen Lang, a legendary musician who retired from the spotlight five years ago, lives in seclusion in Yunxi Village with his four-year-old daughter, Mi'er. But when the crew of Back to Field accidentally stumbles upon them, his whereabouts are revealed. His daughter keeps asking in her sweet little voice, “Is that big sister my mommy?” This makes Zhen Lang decide to use the variety show to find her birth mother. The news sends half the entertainment industry into a frenzy. Yang Mi and Reba scramb 955Reads7.0Score100Shelves
- 5 The Poorest Director: I Can Only Make Movies Through Crowdfunding 最穷导演，全靠众筹让我拍电影 What does it take to make a movie? Investment, actors, or connections? Wu Tong has his own take on the question. I have no money, no people, but I want to make a movie. Is that wrong? Of course not! If nobody believes in me, then I might as well go big. Wu Tong was a failing student kicked out of film school, yet he somehow ended up with a high-rated Movie System. From the start, it’s nightmare difficulty, and the damned System keeps making things hard for him. It’s just making a movie, 19Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 6 All My Summoned Beasts Have Gained Sentience 我的召唤兽全成精了 On the eve of the class assignment ceremony. Su Mu is one of the school’s most promising warrior candidates. His fundamentals and theoretical knowledge are outstanding, and countless people believe in him! But when the ceremony comes, Su Mu becomes a Summoner, to the shock of himself, his classmates, and the entire school... It’s not that being a Summoner is bad. The problem is that Su Mu’s warrior fundamentals are so solid: his spear skills are perfected, his basic footwork is perfected, and he 353Reads6.2Score106Shelves
- 7 Reborn in Hong Kong: I Set the Entertainment World Ablaze 重生香江，炸翻娱乐圈 If you were reborn in the most glorious, prosperous years of Hong Kong in the 1980s and 1990s, what would you want? Money, beautiful women, power, or fame? In truth, none of these things matters most. What matters is whether you have what it takes to bear it all. The splendor of the entertainment industry and the temptations of the world of fame and fortune conceal countless undercurrents and dangers. One careless step, and you could plunge into an abyss from which there is no return. Being rebo 296Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Chinese Showbiz: Qinqin, Yuanyuan, Bingbing, Lili, and Qing'er 华娱：琴琴媛媛冰冰莉莉情儿 A veteran author you can trust. The protagonist is Chen Qi. The story starts in 1996 and focuses on Chinese showbiz. The blurb was reset, so this is all I can offer by way of an introduction. Please enjoy. Let's take a different journey through the world of showbiz. Here we go! 40kReads7.6Score3.3kShelves
- 9 Showbiz: Every Ghost Story I Made Up Came True 娱乐：我瞎编的鬼话都成真了 In the nation of Blue Star, the year I turned eighteen, I signed a high-stakes contract that could cost me my life: Sell an entire building in the Magic City and make 250 million within two years. If I failed, I’d owe 500 million. After narrowly escaping death, I discovered that my luck was absurdly good. Even more absurdly, those female celebrities started believing my nonsense. Liu Yifei: “You’re saying this house will boost my career?” Yang Mi: “I want the antiques and the house. And I want y 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Reborn in 2009: I Made an Actress a Top-Tier Star 重生09：我捧女明星成顶流 [Reborn + Chinese entertainment industry + showbiz + multiple heroines + career-focused wish fulfillment] Reborn in 2009, Cheng Yan wakes up to find a future superstar of Chinese entertainment lying beside him. Even stranger, a star chart has appeared in his mind. In the entertainment industry, every woman who truly possesses a "star's destiny" appears on the chart as a star. If he changes the pivotal choices in their lives and helps them rise higher, their stars gradually light up, and Cheng Ya —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 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! 396Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 12 Showbiz: A Golden Scale Is No Pond-Dweller 文娱：金鳞岂是池中物 A top-tier, feel-good chronicle of the entertainment industry. The first installment is complete. This is the story of an underdog rising to prominence in the entertainment industry. He is the aloof king of Chinese entertainment, conquering Hollywood, suppressing Japanese entertainment, and launching a counter-invasion of Korean entertainment. He takes a bloody bite out of Hollywood's bullying capitalists and their so-called blessings! He's a real MAN. He dates the top actresses born in the '80s 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Chinese Showbiz: Now That I’m Reborn, Who Still Wants Pure Love?! 华娱：都重生了谁还玩纯爱啊！ [System] [Multiple female leads] [Timeline anchor: 2008] [Fictional parallel world] [It’s a fictional world, so why are people nitpicking real-world rules? How silly!] [Female leads: Jing Tian, Liu Shishi, Yang Mi, Liu Yifei...] Having lived two lives, he spent half of his previous one as an extra. After being reborn, he had hoped to live comfortably off a wealthy beauty, cling to Jing Tian, and enjoy a carefree life. Who could have guessed that his plans to borrow money and make a film would be 2.8kReads5.4Score188Shelves
- 14 Showbiz: Come On, It's All for the Art 娱乐：别闹，都是为了艺术 Transmigration + entertainment industry + multiple heroines + no System + consistent logic + light business focus After he transmigrated, Wang Xiaoqiang became a legend in Blue Star’s entertainment industry. He stayed up late discussing creative work with the campus beauty, acting with a rising actress, singing with a queen of pop, and scripts with an award-winning actress. When countless reporters surrounded him for interviews, he said, “Come on, it’s all for the art.” This is the story of a tr 1kReads6.7Score104Shelves
- 15 Chinese Showbiz Begins with The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber 华娱从倚天开始 (New book out: Reborn in Chinese Showbiz: First, Make a Little Money) [Multiple Heroines] [No System] [Building a Career] [Chinese Showbiz] Reborn in the golden age of Chinese Showbiz, Wang Xuan sets a modest goal from the start: make money first, art later! He uses his talent to release albums and earn his first pot of gold; then gets into the directing program at the Beijing Film Academy and embarks on a legendary career as a director. Everyone thinks he is merely a box-office juggernaut, a to 10.1kReads6.2Score571Shelves
- 16 Showbiz: From Actor to Blockbuster Director 娱乐：从演员到大导演 In 2022, deputy director Ye Mingxuan was struck by lightning on a film set, sending him back to 1997 with a special ability: electroreception. Even his little buddy is electrifying. He runs into Liu Xiaoli, the ancient-costume goddess Chen Hong, and Liu Tao, who is still unmarried. The four beauties of Chinese Paladin, Gao Yuanyuan, Fan Xiaopang, and sisters Li Bingbing and Li Xue all want to be his women. Liu Yifei: “Brother Mingxuan, you’re so amazing. Why don’t you want me?” Liu Shishi: “Brot 123Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 17 Reforming Chinese Showbiz: I'll Take Down Lu Chuantaro First! 整顿华娱：我先开刀路川太郎！ [Exhilarating Entertainment Industry Story + Raging Against Lu Chuan + Secretly Flirting with Song Tie + Every Scumbag Gets What’s Coming] Li Yang is reborn in 2007 at the Central Academy of Drama, where his deskmate turns out to be the young, fresh-faced Song Yi! ►►From the start, all he has is a secondhand camera, but his wild moves take down a top-tier director! ►►Scumbags get their comeuppance √ Team-building √ Box-office comeback √ Secretly flirting with Song Yi √ The whole class is fightin 129Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Reborn as a Director, My Fans Span the Globe 重生做导演，我的影迷遍布全球 [Director story] [Multiple heroines] [Main heroine: Gao Yuanyuan] [Success in China and abroad] [The early plot develops rather slowly] Han Lin is a struggling web-drama director in 2026. After an accident, he is reborn in 2002. Drawing on the experience of his past life and countless classic films stored in his mind, he finds success in this life, winning both awards and box office glory. He then exports his success abroad and breaks into Hollywood. Standing at the top, he looks back with a smi 4.1kReads5.7Score208Shelves
- 19 Hong Kong Entertainment, 1978: The Beauties of Hong Kong Want to Get Close! 港娱1978，香江众美求贴贴！ Hong Kong entertainment + period piece + showbiz + entertainment + transmigrate + multiple female leads + a little stock trading + wish fulfillment + golden finger An accidental explosion sends Chen Yongren to the glitzy, glamorous Hong Kong of the 1970s, an era brimming with goddesses. Chen Xunqi, hailed as a multitalented genius, is his biological older brother. Cherie Chung, a superstar adored by millions, secretly has feelings for him. The newly rising Jackie Chan considers him a brother fro 3Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 20 Hong Kong Entertainment, 1979: I Was Rescued by Hung Koo After Sneaking In! 港娱1979：偷渡被红姑救了！ The rating just came out. It'll go up later! [Reborn] [No System] [Multiple Heroines] [Hong Kong Entertainment Industry] In 1979, Chen Wenqi stows away to Hong Kong from the start and is rescued by 19-year-old Zhong Chuhong. With no money to his name, he can only start out as an extra on film sets. This is the story of how a stowaway takes down the entire Hong Kong entertainment industry. (The blurb doesn't do it justice. Read the story!) [Selfish and self-serving personality] [Decisive and ruth 6.5kReads6.5Score405Shelves
- 21 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 13kReads6.1Score1kShelves
- 22 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 63.7kReads8.0Score6.5kShelves
- 23 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 21.9kReads8.0Score2.7kShelves
- 24 The Big Player of Chinese Entertainment 华娱大玩家 Wu Di waves his director’s megaphone and shouts, “I told you to stand in the light, not just stand there looking bright. Huh? Why the hell are you taking your clothes off? I didn’t tell you to stand there naked!” Wu Di: “A towering building rises from the ground. If you want glory, you have to earn it yourself.” Cui Ma: “You’re spouting rhymes nonstop. Are you trying to get into grad school?” 22.3kReads6.1Score2.7kShelves
- 25 Chinese Showbiz: Blessed with Women, I Grow Stronger by Winning Over Actresses 华娱：旺女体质，攻略女星就变强 Qin Nuo transmigrates into a parallel world, becomes a rookie entertainer in show business, and binds himself to a System. Through his hard work, in less than three years he becomes a well-known second-tier celebrity. But he never imagined that one day his career would crash and burn. The ever-present paparazzi expose his secret relationship. His former agency kicks him out, and several major companies join forces to blacklist him. Faced with this predicament, Qin Nuo doesn't panic in the slight 98kReads8.5Score9.9kShelves
- 26 Chinese Showbiz: Is It Really So Hard for a Director Like Me to Make a Rising Star? 华娱：我一个导演捧小花很合理吧 [Chinese Entertainment] [Multiple Female Leads] [Young Actresses] [Career] [Mostly Everyday Life] Cao Beilong, a film and TV commentary blogger, is unexpectedly reborn in 2016. That year, the Four Greats and Three Rising Stars are at the height of their fame, while young actresses are just beginning to make a name for themselves. From the start, he gets his hands on a superstar-raising System whose Host it mistook him for. When the System realizes it chose the wrong Host, it throws a fit and thr 10.9kReads6.1Score1.1kShelves
- 27 Showbiz: My S-Rank Acting Skills Got Me an Official Announcement from Yang Mi 娱乐：我S级演技，被杨蜜官宣 [Entertainment industry, satisfying read, System, multiple heroines, story plagiarist] Zhang Lin wakes up to find Yang Mi and Yaya beside him, making him the enemy of the entire internet. He binds himself to an entertainment exchange System and switches into story-plagiarist mode. From then on, his acting becomes legendary, hit songs pour out one after another, and he becomes the king of variety shows and a god of investment. 29.7kReads7.5Score3kShelves
- 28 I Wasn't Flirting with Her, the Goddess Came on to Me Herself 我真没撩她，天仙自己凑过来的 Reborn in 2003, Lu Yuan discovers he’s the illegitimate son of the Goddess of Luck and a succubus favored by Nuwa, complete with an irresistible charm that draws everyone to him. At first, all he wanted was to get into Beijing Film Academy, make a few movies, and experience the colorful entertainment industry. But then the heavenly beauty starts seeing him as the light of her life. Lu Yuan: “I swear I didn’t flirt with her. She came to me on her own!” The heavenly beauty: “My guiding light, co 11.6kReads6.4Score857Shelves
- 29 Reborn in 1983: From the Start, I Save the Lovely Huang Rong 重生83，开局救下俏黄蓉 Li Muyan is reborn in Hong Kong in 1983, becoming a poor university student in Kowloon Walled City. He knows every big opportunity that will emerge over the next forty years. He knows the tragic fates awaiting all the future superstars. He wants to change everything. And so Hong Kong gains a tycoon who rose from Kowloon Walled City. He helps the “Lovely Huang Rong” through her emotional and psychological troubles in advance, preventing tragedy. He's “Brother's” confidant, using psychological ins 1.1kReads8.2Score—Shelves
- 30 The Entertainment World's Hidden Emperor, Starting in 2000 娱乐圈隐帝从2000年开始 [Blowing up the entertainment industry + female celebrities] After being reborn, a corporate wage slave from 2025 was no ordinary man. Using a few of the advantages that came with being reborn, he began laying plans in the entertainment industry. When he entered the industry at the turn of the millennium, he dropped a depth charge on the entertainment world! 1.7kReads6.9Score103Shelves
- 31 Chinese Showbiz: The Temptation of a Succubus Director 华娱：来自魅魔导演的诱惑 A third-rate screenwriter in his previous life is reborn as a freshman in the directing program at Beijing Film Academy, with a family rich enough to own a mine. He knows this script inside out! Art-house films for Cannes? Commercial hits to rake in box office revenue? He wants it all. As for those sparkling eyes along the red carpet... No rush. We’ll take it one scene at a time. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Chinese Showbiz: You Can't Imagine How Much Fun Being a Director Is 华娱：导演的快乐你想象不到 When Zhao Fan wakes up, he finds the world unchanged, and the people still the same. But some films that should have existed... have vanished. A senior in the directing program at Beijing Film Academy, he looks at the Chinese entertainment industry of 2003 and silently takes a drag from his cigarette. Since nobody has made Parasite, Inception has gone unnoticed, and the script for Let the Bullets Fly is still locked in a drawer... Then he won’t stand on ceremony. From Venice to Cannes, from the 342Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Chinese Showbiz: Are the 1995-Born Starlets Really This Fierce? 华娱：95花都这么凶残吗？ Chen Jing, a short-drama director reborn in 2017, shakes up the entertainment industry. Yet people are always saying he doesn’t play by the rules! “Mr. Chen, some actresses who debuted in the 2000s say you’re prejudiced against them and prefer working with actresses born in the ’90s and ’95s. Do you admit it?” “That’s true.” “What do you have to say about undermining unity in the entertainment industry?” “What unity?” “Some say you were the first to make short dramas, bringing on the winter in t 2.6kReads—Score405Shelves
- 34 A Common Man’s Second Chance: I Really Just Want to Enjoy Life 俗人回档：我真的只想享受生活 Lin Zhou was reborn, returning to 2014. In his previous life, he was a miserable cog at a major corporation, working 996 hours until he dropped dead from overwork. This time, all he wanted was to make money, enjoy himself, and live like an ordinary person. Using his memories of World Cup scores, he earned his first fortune. With his accurate predictions of the property market, stock market, and short-video boom, he built an investment empire. While others were busy launching startups and becomin 193Reads—Score271Shelves
- 35 Entertainment Mogul: I Keep Half the Industry Afloat 娱乐大亨：我养活半个娱乐圈 Luo Changge, an unparalleled secret agent with twenty-five and a half years of training, transmigrated into the body of a little-known composer. From then on, he stirred up a storm in the entertainment industry. Some said he was the best actor among musicians; others said he wrote the best scripts among actors. Still others said he was the best director among screenwriters. In short, he was a multitalented genius, a legend. The Grammys: The twenty-first century has only just begun, but we're cer 67Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Hong Kong: From Raising a Starlet to Becoming a Business Tycoon 香江：从养成女明星到资产大亨 In 1980s Xiangjiang, a boy transmigrates from the future. He stays by the side of Zhou Huimin, Guan Zhilin, Zhang Manyu, Chen Xiaoxu, Wang Zuxian, Sophie Marceau, Kudo Shizuka, and other promising women from China and abroad, nurturing them into international superstars... Meanwhile, he leads Xiangjiang's economy, helps the mainland develop, ushers in an era of strengthening the nation through technology, and builds an empire with businesses spanning the globe. At just eighteen, he becomes a bil 970Reads6.4Score108Shelves
- 37 Chinese Showbiz: This Top-Tier Star Is Different 华娱：这个顶流不一样 In 2018, the era of traffic-driven celebrity was ablaze, with investors scrambling to get in on the action. The Four Big and Three Small had lost their former clout, while a new crop of traffic stars watched hungrily from the sidelines. In an entertainment industry where quality varied wildly, an exceptional top-tier star emerged. In just four months, he went from complete unknown to the center of everyone’s attention. Every move he made became a hot topic. His fans adored him, platforms chased 6kReads7.2Score347Shelves
- 38 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—Shelves
- 39 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 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Chinese Showbiz: The Director's Story Begins with Winning Over Laza 华娱：导演从拿下辣扎开始 [Chinese entertainment industry] [Director] [Making movies and TV dramas] In his previous life, he was the king of bad movies. Now he’s been reborn after a phoenix-like revival. He teaches Lazha to sing “Little Wildcat.” He snatches Shishi away from Uncle Wu. Yifei is proud? No explanation needed, he can handle her with ease. Mimi tries to play games? In 2011, Gu Yunshen returns to the age of 18… A friendly reminder: Anyone looking for a lovesick doormat or a pure romance, stay away. Notice: Pro 8.9kReads6.2Score707Shelves
- 41 Showbiz: A Director Who Knows How to Make You Cry? The Whole Internet Begs Him to Stop! 娱乐：带刀导演？全网求别刀了！ [Variety Shows + System + Classics + Tearjerkers + Livestreaming + Beauties] The National Directors’ Competition is being held in the capital, drawing widespread attention. Host: “Director Ye, people all over the internet say you only make awful commercial movies starring pretty young men to cash in, and that you can’t make anything good. What do you say to that?” Not long afterward, Ye Cheng’s first film premiered, and the whole country went wild. Host: “Director Ye, they say your success this 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Chinese Showbiz: Debuting at Five, I Support the Entire Company 华娱：5岁出道，养活整个公司 Reborn in the 1980s, he went to Hong Kong and outshone Tan and Zhang, then headed to Japan, stood up for Nakamori Meina, and beat up Kondo and Mei Dajia. Back on the mainland, he charmed both Daiyu lookalikes and even developed weapons, wiping out the old Vietnamese leadership in one fell swoop. 668Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 43 Chinese Entertainment: The One You Mustn't Miss 华娱之不可错过 Core premise: Cao Kun is reborn in 2002. A former assistant teacher at the Beijing Film Academy, he possesses the capital and prowess of a master seducer. Ruthless and utterly without scruples, he uses film and television projects packed with beautiful women as stepping stones to pursue actresses across the Chinese entertainment industry. Decisive and unscrupulous, he climbs to the top by exploiting the rules and trampling over others’ corpses. Goddesses! Idols! They’re all mine! Get in the car, 16.5kReads6.2Score1.4kShelves
- 44 Chinese Showbiz: 1990 华娱之1990 A different kind of entertainment-industry story, a different kind of youth. From the music scene to the silver screen, a village boy rises to the top. The past is like a dream, and a dream like a fleeting life. Was Zhuangzi dreaming he was a butterfly, or was a butterfly dreaming it was Zhuangzi? 115Reads8.3Score119Shelves
- 45 Chinese Showbiz: My Maternal Uncle, the Great Poet Chen, Helps Me Fulfill My Dream with an '85-Born Star 华娱之表舅陈大诗人，圆梦85花 Chen Mingzhe, a short-form drama director in his previous life, has his soul transported into the body of another man with the same name in 2010. He also happens to have a pretty good background. Maybe he can finally realize the dreams he couldn't fulfill in his previous life, like becoming a great director, and get close to all the young actresses he has fantasized about countless times. 40.2kReads7.6Score2.8kShelves
- 46 Showbiz: The Pretty Boy Debuts as a Top-Tier Star 娱乐：小鲜肉顶流出道 After returning from Korea, Lin Yi is frustrated with how little he's achieved. Back home, he catches Yang Mi's eye, and she coaxes and tricks him into signing a contract. He makes his debut through Idol Producer and gradually becomes a global superstar. 24Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 47 Reborn in Hong Kong: I Became the King of Directors 重生港岛：我成为导演之王 He transmigrated to Hong Kong Island in 1990, in a parallel world much like Earth. The same chaos, the same darkness, and just as many talented people! But here, there is no Young and Dangerous, no A Better Tomorrow, no Infernal Affairs, and certainly no Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. This is the worst of times, and the best of times. It is also the golden age of Hong Kong cinema. Chen Mo: a name the world would remember. He set out from Hong Kong Island and showed the whole world what Chinese 589Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 48 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 4.3kReads5.5Score462Shelves
- 49 Chinese Showbiz: A Lifetime as a Top-Tier Star 华娱：一世顶流 Yun Jie thought his first half of life had been a joke. He had spent seven years in the Magic City chasing his dream of becoming a musician, only to end up back in his hometown as a music teacher, getting his brain fried every day by the piano racket made by a bunch of little brats. Who could have guessed that he would wake up and find himself back in 2008! That was before capital had entered the game and before traffic stars had risen. Opportunities were everywhere. The songs from my past life? 358Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 I Said I'd Lie Flat, But Honey Honey Took Me on a Dating Show 说好躺平，大蜜蜜却带我上恋综 [Single heroine + dating reality show + entertainment industry + play the pig to eat the tiger] After he transmigrates, Jiang Xun just wants to lie flat and enjoy a carefree life with his CEO wife, Yang Mi, living off a monthly allowance of 200,000 yuan. Then one day, the allowance stops. Yang Mi: “Honey, the company is almost bankrupt. How about joining a dating show with me so we can make some money?” Jiang Xun: “Sigh, I have to earn a living, so I guess I have no choice but to go to work.” An 347Reads7.0Score185Shelves
