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- 101 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
- 102 Ace Producer 王牌制作人 Xu Dongsheng transmigrates to a parallel world and discovers he’s the trumpeter and guitarist in a down-and-out rock band! Well, making it in show business sounds pretty good, too! And so a legend begins… 4kReads8.3Score21714d adds
- 103 Showbiz: From Flop Director to Godfather of Entertainment 娱乐：从烂片导演到文娱教父 [Filmmaking + no System + Showbiz + one heroine + all-around male lead + pop-culture references] Shen Qing was just about to become a director whose films grossed tens of billions when he was reborn. What the hell? He was reborn in a new world. One song, “Just Friends,” made him an online sensation. A record company agent told him, “Why be a director? Come work with me. You'll be the next R&B godfather, a superstar singer.” Shen Qing: “No, no, no. I'm a director.” Asked to make a sci-fi film, he 464Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 104 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
- 105 A Superstar's Guide to Training 巨星调教指南 “You can call me the godfather of the entertainment industry.” “Daddy!” “Wait…!!! You really are cut out to be a superstar!” A thirty-year-old man transmigrates into the body of a washed-up pretty boy from the lowest tier of showbiz and begins his rise to power in the entertainment industry. 1.6kReads8.2Score12614d adds
- 106 It All Started When I Made a Movie for 2,000 Yuan 从我用2000元拍电影开始 Introduction: After transmigrating to a parallel world much like Earth, Xiao Jianchen used the All-Around Showbiz Assistant System to start his journey to becoming an all-around superstar, beginning with a film made on a budget of just 2,000 yuan. Watch as Xiao Jianchen grows a small, bankrupt company into a global film empire. 470Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 107 A Showbiz Career That Started with Plagiarism 从抄袭开始的文娱之路 This is a new author's first entertainment-industry novel. The protagonist has both parents, comes from a well-off family, and has multiple love interests. There are no brainless villains... What would China's entertainment industry be like if the country had never been invaded by foreign powers, had never suffered under the Qing dynasty with its queues that burdened future generations, and had remained prosperous? All character backgrounds in the book are fictional. Please don't confuse them wi 85Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 The System Told Me to Be Disciplined, but I’m Already in Showbiz 系统让我自律，我已身在娱乐圈 [System + training + not mindless] This book is also known as: Self-Discipline Made You a Singer, Not an Olympic Athlete! and Keep Up Your Self-Discipline Check-Ins: You’re a Top-Tier Star, So Why Are You Competing in the Olympics? Amateur Shen Yi joins a talent show and gets a Self-Discipline System. From then on, he pursues both sports and entertainment, on his way to becoming a top-tier star! When Shen Yi steps onto the Olympic stage, his fans and the audience go wild! He’s just an entertaine 796Reads8.1Score10314d adds
- 109 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
- 110 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
- 111 The Helmsman of an Entertainment Empire 娱乐帝国掌舵者 [Reborn in 1996: From Washed-Up Director to the Crown Prince of Beijing’s Elite] When Lin Wangshu, a washed-up 40-year-old director, finishes singing “The Wind Is Rising” at a bar, the gears of fate turn backward, sending him to the new-student welcome stage at Yanjing Film Academy in 1996. This time, he is no longer a poor student nobody cares about. His mother, a real estate tycoon, gives him a wealth of resources, while his father, the head of the Public Security Department, offers him a powe 55Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 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
- 113 Showbiz: Starting With Rental Income 娱乐：从收租开始 Watching her ex-boyfriend Xiao Xiaoshan holding forth with Mr. He on the stage of Happy Camp, Bai Rou'er looks utterly incredulous. How can this be? He's just a useless drama school student. What makes him think he can do this? A song sells for millions, a film earns tens of billions at the box office, and one sentence can decide a star's future... This is the story of a man who starts out collecting rent and rises step by step to become an entertainment mogul. 522Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 114 Chinese Showbiz 2006: I Make Blockbuster Effects with AI 华娱06：我拿Ai手搓特效大片 (The rating just came out, so it'll go up! A veteran artist is still doing everything by hand!) Showbiz, director story, blockbuster special effects, Hollywood Reborn with AI, he knows that when you're out in the world, you get to decide who you are! The self-help guru who made it big in his previous life is ready to give the entertainment industry a little shock! “Why are you babbling about spatial composition and metaphors? Do I need to understand any of that? Just feed the AI a bunch of promp 30.8kReads7.1Score2.4k14d adds
- 115 The Colorful Life of a New-Era Hong Kong Island Director 新时代港岛导演的精彩生活 Huo Dong, a transmigrator who fell from a building in 2026 after being caught cheating with someone’s mistress, arrives in Hong Kong in 2010. Drawing on more than twenty years of directing experience from his previous life, he begins an exciting new life as Director Huo... 12.4kReads6.8Score59514d adds
- 116 Showbiz: Cast Aside by My Group, I'm Invincible on Singer 娱乐：被组合抛弃，我在歌手无敌 [Absurd comedy + meme references + wild imagination + unexpected contrasts + female stars + romantic tension + singer + wish fulfillment + face-slapping + devoted fans + entertainment industry] The first thing you do after making it is cut ties with your true love! Bai Chi made his first love famous, only for her to turn around and cozy up to a major company, livestreaming tearful sob stories to chase traffic. Everyone waits for Bai Chi to respond, but instead he chooses to compete on Singer and 88Reads—Score814d adds
- 117 The Young Planner and His Diva Wife 小策划和天后老婆 [Female celebrity + showbiz + slice of life + one female lead + not brainless] A washed-up superstar crashes into a young music producer's arms on a rainy night. He casually gives her a song, and she makes a stunning comeback! Trending across the internet: #WhoIsMuyu# #TheMysteryManBehindSuWan# “Muyun, what you write isn't a song. It's the kite string that keeps me close.” “Su Wan, what you sing isn't a melody. It's the light that saves me.” 52Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 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
- 119 Chinese Showbiz: I Bumped Into Da Mimi on the First Day of School 华娱：开学撞倒大蜜蜜 I woke up in a different world. It was 2005, a year when everything was flourishing. Starting with songs, I’ll take it one step at a time, growing and climbing toward the very top, leaving no regrets behind. 1kReads5.3Score—14d adds
- 120 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
- 121 The King of Bad Movies? My Horror Films Make the Whole Internet Cry! 烂片之王？我拍恐怖片吓哭全网！ Transmigrating to a parallel world, he gets labeled “the King of Terrible Movies!” Xu Mo isn’t worried. He has the strongest Director System! And to his delight, he discovers that horror movies in this world are only just getting started. So… You call me the King of Terrible Movies and curse me out, huh? Let me scare you with a movie called Ghost Shadow! Think that’s the end of it? Next up, there’s the even more terrifying The Ring, The Grudge, Silent Hill… I’ll scare you all to tears! … “Who un 8.7kReads8.5Score97014d adds
- 122 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
- 123 The Golden Age of Chinese Entertainment 华娱之黄金年代 In the spring of 1984, a chef walked into an acting workshop for Dream of the Red Chamber, beginning a legendary journey. 59Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 124 Oh No! I'm Surrounded by Actresses 完蛋！我被女星包围了 [Feel-Good Showbiz Fiction + Gender Roles Reversed + The Rise of Male Power] In a world that has been altered, a down-on-his-luck screenwriter is reborn into it. To his horror (and delight), men have become the favored ones in this world, and he has become the prey of female celebrities. 69Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 125 Reborn in '99: Pear Blossoms and Crabapple Blooms 重生99之梨花海棠 (Rebirth) + (Business) + (Entertainment Industry) + (Variety Shows Later On) + (Easygoing Life) + (No Angst, No Pay-to-Win) + (Celebrity Romance) Leave half your brain at the door while reading. 5.9kReads7.3Score15814d adds
- 126 Showbiz: My Dad Is a Movie Emperor 娱乐：我爹是影帝 Zhang Yu has barely made a name for himself when he transmigrates. Talk about rotten luck. Transmigration would be bad enough, but then he discovers that his biological father is a movie star. Before he can even celebrate, he finds out that his father abandoned his wife and child. And he... is the one who was abandoned. Whatever. He doesn't care about being a movie star's son. All he wants is to promote entertainment from another world and earn a little money for retirement along the way. Entert 178Reads7.9Score—14d adds
- 127 Every Song I Sing Becomes a Hit, Leaving Showbiz in the Dust 我，开口即金曲，吊打娱乐圈 [Showbiz + wish fulfillment + classic music + transmigration + all-around talent + scheming] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Jiang Yiran became a music streamer. Not getting any views? As a cultural ambassador from another world, surely it’s only reasonable to promote the songs of Blue Star’s greats, right? Streamer, you’ve been playing songs on autopilot for an hour. When are you going to sing yourself? Jiang Yiran: Sorry. As a proper wage slave, slacking off is the only thing that ma 294Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 128 Showbiz: The Voice Inside My Mind 娱乐之脑海中的声音 After being reborn, Shen Mo could have lived a peaceful life. But a voice led him into the entertainment industry. Since he was already here, he might as well create a legend, become a king, and build an empire. P.S. The protagonist doesn't limit his career to China… 318Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 129 How Does This Has-Been Have So Many Top-Tier Skills? 这个糊咖怎么一身顶级技能 [Showbiz + celebrities + reborn + island variety show + urban life + comeback] I closed my eyes and opened them to find myself reborn as a washed-up D-list celebrity. Backstabbed by my teammates, suppressed by my agency, maliciously slandered, betrayed after standing up for someone, and used as a scapegoat by a top-tier star... Surrounded by schemers on every side, I, an old hand from Earth’s entertainment industry, will show you what it means to invade another world with our culture. I’ll start 217Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 130 Showbiz: From the Start, I Went on a Blind Date with a Superstar 娱乐：开局和大明星相亲 “Sign this nondisclosure agreement. Get pregnant with a boy for me within a year, and I’ll give you a hundred million!” Xiao Chen had transmigrated to a parallel world less than a month ago. Now he stared, stunned, at the woman he’d been set up to meet. “Weren’t we supposed to be on a blind date? Why are you trying to insult me with money? Fine, I’ll sign...” After signing the agreement, Xiao Chen was even more stunned when his blind date took off her mask. “You’re a huge star. Why would you com 129Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 131 All-Round Entertainer: Saving Boss Yang from the Start 全职娱乐家，开局救了杨老板 “Wow, the song ‘Qilixiang’ is so good. It brings back the feeling of first love.” “‘The Lonely Warrior’ is so explosive!” “I still like ‘Childhood’ best. Sob, I miss my grandma.” “This is a true superstar! MJ must have possessed him. That dancing, OMG, it's terrifying!” said Harin, a mentor on The Voice, looking astonished. “Qin Tian's ‘Three Lives, Three Worlds’ feels like it was made for our TV series,” praised Big Honey. “Qin Tian's dancing has completely upended my expectations,” said an aud 239Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 132 You Forced Me Out of the Group, So I Made One Song a Nationwide Hit 逼我退团，我一首歌火遍全国 At the music competition, the big star’s girlfriend dumps him for someone else and breaks up with him. Then his company fires him, and the original owner of the body dies from alcohol poisoning. After transmigrating into his body, Su Mu takes the internet by storm with “A Difficult Sutra,” leaving his ex-girlfriend full of regret. But on the day of the finals, he’s accused of plagiarism. Su Mu writes five classic songs on the spot and gives his accusers a powerful face-slapping! 25Reads7.9Score—14d adds
- 133 The Director's Era in Chinese Entertainment 华娱之导演时代 In 2005, Shen Fang began by investing in Ning Hao’s Crazy Stone. That year, Shen Fang founded Longteng Media. That year, Shen Fang appeared in Chinese cinema as a director. Step by step, he became a legendary director in China and built an entertainment empire. Step by step, he broke domestic box-office records: from 300 million to 500 million, then one billion, two billion, three billion, and finally six billion. And of course, he had no shortage of beauties by his side: Zeng Li, Liu Tianxian, 12Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 134 Showbiz: All I Want Is That Cute Girl Nazha 文娱我只要那扎小姐姐 Multiple female leads, reborn, no alternate universe (the story starts a little slowly) Other titles include My Naza Is the Official Wife, Scumbag, Naza’s Man, Naza’s Road to Becoming a Celebrity’s Biggest Fan, The Little Sisters in Showbiz: The Wolf Is Coming, and Just Be Bold and Boss Yang Will Work for Me. Naza’s man, a scumbag, is here!!! A struggling singer from 2024 transmigrates to 2011. To save his goddess Naza from getting involved with so many scumbags, he decides to become the biggest 967Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 135 Hong Kong Showbiz: I Hired You as a Lawyer, So Why Are You Making Movies? 港娱：让你当律师，你去拍电影？ Xiao Ran is reborn in Xiangjiang in 1981 as the third young master of a top legal dynasty, a clueless layman when it comes to the law. From the start, he’s headed to Shaw Brothers to play an extra! He may not understand the law, but he knows all about “family connections” and “short-drama pacing”! Who says you need a System to get ahead? He puts on a lawyer’s robe and becomes a director, wielding the law book against hooligans. Before long, he’s turned the entire Xiangjiang entertainment industr 3.1kReads5.9Score14614d adds
- 136 You Asked Me to Direct, So Why Did I Crush the Music Scene? 让你当导演，你把乐坛碾压了？ [Showbiz + System + One Female Lead + Sweet Romance + Everyday Life] After accidentally injuring a young heartthrob while filming a movie, Lin Yan was subjected to online abuse by the star’s fans and received a lawyer’s letter demanding exorbitant compensation. Thanks to a few deft moves, he not only got the heartthrob and the trolls thrown behind bars, but also gained a huge wave of fans. Netizens thought that was the end of the story, but little did they know it was only the beginning. Next 3.9kReads8.0Score26914d adds
- 137 Showbiz: This Celebrity Is So Righteous It’s Almost Sinister 娱乐：这个明星正得发邪 After accidentally swapping souls with himself from a parallel universe, Su Muchen discovered he had become an orphan from a family of martyrs. Born into an arts troupe, he was both talented and good-looking, with powerful connections. Now that he had transmigrated with a System, wasn’t the entertainment industry his playground? He stepped into the audience’s sights with the song “Misaligned Time and Space (May Fourth Edition).” With a costume change in Yunnan Province, he let the people of Blue 1.1kReads6.6Score13714d adds
- 138 What? I Owe 400 Billion After Being Reborn 什么？我重生就欠了4000亿 [Business + Actress + Tycoon + No System] Ling Yuan transmigrates to a parallel world. The good news: His father founded a Fortune Global 500 company. The bad news: His father’s company is 400 billion in debt and on the verge of bankruptcy. I’ve only just become a rich second-generation kid, and now I’m going to be a deadbeat? “Dad, hand over the money the company has left. I can get us through this crisis.” Ling Yuan builds a Fortune Global 500 company in three months, and his legend is only ju 22Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 139 Urban: I Became the King of Entertainment 都市：我成为了娱乐天王 These are the best of times, and the worst of times. In this era, pretty young stars dominate, and commercial songs rule the charts. In this era, terrible TV dramas are everywhere. Lu Yu debuted at the peak of his career, only to be forced out of the competition at the height of his fame. Three years later, he finally returns as a champion and shines brilliantly amid the chaos of the times. On I Am a Singer, his song “Among the Mountains and Waters” becomes a benchmark for classical-style music. 42Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 140 Reborn in the Millennium, I Debuted Before the Stars 重生千禧年，我比明星先出道 When Gu Mengcheng was mocked by a bar patron who splashed a drink on him, he got a call saying his father was critically ill. On his way home through the rain, truck headlights flared in front of him. When he opened his eyes again, he was in a shabby rental apartment in the year 2000. Seeing a poster for an unreleased album by “Z” on the wall, he frantically booted up a secondhand computer. “This time around, I’ll make sure everyone remembers my name.” His debut single, “Mood,” swept the radio s 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 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 4.1kReads5.5Score42014d adds
- 142 I Really Never Wanted to Be a Big Star! 我真没想当大明星啊！ [Parallel world, subverting the usual tropes + entertainment-industry fanfic + easygoing slice of life + System face-slapping] (The rating is low because the book just launched. Read it and decide for yourself whether it’s good.) Li Changge transmigrates into the body of a lovesick doormat and binds himself to a Romance Assistance System, only to be mocked across the internet as the “King of Cheesy Pickup Lines.” He fires back with “The Most Dazzling Ethnic Wind” and “Above the Moon,” sending t 1.2kReads6.8Score—14d adds
- 143 Reborn in 2002, Starting Out as a Chinese Showbiz Director 重生2002年，从华娱导演开始 [Chinese Showbiz] [Director] [Copycat] [Multiple Heroines: Liu and Fan] Lu Ye, a veteran of the film industry, is reborn in 2002 as a freshman in the directing department at the Beijing Film Academy. The good news: his mind is full of classic movies from the next twenty years. The bad news: with only a few tens of thousands left in his pocket, he can't afford to make a single one of them. That year, Chinese cinema was bursting with stars, and the gods were still at their peak. Above, Jia 33.7kReads6.5Score2.3k14d adds
- 144 America’s Greatest Live-In Son-in-Law 米利坚最强赘婿 This is a story about the global entertainment industry, not just Hollywood. Xu Xuexi brings a Blue Star dimension with him when he transmigrates to America in 1999. President Chuan says, “My granddaughter Xu Ruoxi has the bearing of a great ruler.” Xu Xuexi hurriedly replies, “Father-in-law, your Home Alone was excellent. In the world I came from, there were plenty of blockbuster movies like Avatar and Transformers that would suit you perfectly as a leading man. Please don't waste your time on —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 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
- 146 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
- 147 Reborn as the King of Showbiz 重生之娱乐天王 Lu Chen has just transmigrated to a parallel world. Before he can figure out what’s going on, he’s told to sing. There’s no other choice! Lu Chen can only pass off songs from his previous life as his own. To his surprise, they become hits! He sings, acts, and directs, bringing all the classics from his previous life to this world! That’s right! He’s here! Lu Chen, the true god of the entertainment industry, has arrived! 432Reads7.5Score10214d adds
- 148 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
- 149 Showbiz: I Have a Date with Liu Yifei 娱乐：我和刘一菲有个约会 A young singer from Earth transmigrates to a parallel world, where entertainment giant Yuehua is forcing him to terminate his contract. After the termination, he plans to rely on the skills he picked up in his previous life and become an online celebrity by livestreaming on Douyin. Instead, he unexpectedly gets a call from a variety-show director. The director has some nerve: he wants him to join a dating show and play the role of a total turnoff. Is he supposed to make a fool of himself? As a m 165Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 150 The Palme d'Or From the Start 开局金棕榈 This is all typed by hand, guys. It’s not AI-generated. AI wouldn’t make as many typos as I do... (Traditional Chinese showbiz) (Director) (One female lead, Liu Tianxian) (Fun-loving) (Offbeat) (Internationally acclaimed director) (Fast-paced) Wins Europe’s three major film awards within 40 chapters. Sun Qian lived into his thirties before figuring out what he liked and what he was good at. He went from being a film critic to becoming a video blogger whose movie breakdowns rivaled film-school an 4.9kReads6.3Score20114d adds
