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- 101 Back to My Youth, I Become a Rich Woman and Snatch the Finest Cabbage 重返青春当富婆拱那颗最靓的白菜 [Just started, so the rating is low. If you like stories that aren’t mindless wish fulfillment, jump right in.] In her previous life, she gave her heart to the wrong man, ended up thirty million yuan in debt after carrying a child for ten months, was cheated on, and was driven to the brink. Reborn in 2014, she has clear, simple goals: Do well in school, work her butt off to make money, then snag a top-tier hunk with straight-A family background, character, and looks! People laugh at her for bei 21.1kReads8.8Score3.1kShelves
- 102 Moonlight Kissing the Plum Branches 月光吻过青梅枝 [1v1 Sweet Romance + Rebirth + System + Rise to the Top + Entertainment Industry + Childhood Friends] [High-IQ Comeback Starlet vs. Devoted, Proud, Cool Superstar] Yan Suhe is reborn. When she wakes up, she discovers she's bound to the Dream Helper 028 System and has become her idol's childhood-friend fiancée. Thus begins her journey as a spoiled princess trying to win his heart. Yan Suhe is a graduate student in the chemistry department at A University. Aside from her studies, her greatest hobb 42Reads—Score—Shelves
- 103 Forced to Become Tomie from the Start? But I'm a Guy! 开局强制变富江？可我男的啊！ [Succubus heartthrob + everyday life + the Myriad Worlds + gradual transformation + gender-bending + irreverent forum posts] [An unconventional transformation novel: the protagonist can turn into a woman, become intersex, or transform into objects and animals] [An unconventional power fantasy with slow-burn progression] [Showbiz, original setting, not fan fiction] [An amoral protagonist, with a little plagiarism] Yu Le is tall and handsome, so he's had lots of ex-girlfriends. What's so strange a 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 104 Showbiz: I Transmigrated as a Flop and Fought My Way to Top-Tier Star Status 娱乐：穿越糊咖，一路撕到顶流 [System] (The system plays only a minor role) [Entertainment Industry]+ [Power Fantasy]+ [Female Celebrity]+ [Popularity]+ [Snark] After graduating, down-on-his-luck editor Zhang Zichen spent years struggling before finally writing a script that became a modest hit. But he never expected his company to give the writing credit to his sworn rival, then ask him to ghostwrite the sequel. Zhang Zichen was so furious that his vision went black... “I transmigrated into the body of a minor nobody in the 72Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 105 Entertainment: Rising to the Top from a Girl Group 【娱乐圈】从女团开始登顶 Lin Jiayue, who carries an Idol Training System, was born into a parallel world. She had plans to debut on her own, but her childhood friend tricked her into going to South Korea. Then she called in their other friends, and together they formed a girl group and debuted! [I’m terrible at writing introductions. Parallel-world Korean, Chinese, and American entertainment industries. The American and Chinese industries are entirely fictionalized, while the Korean industry features some familiar boy g 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 106 Love Begins With a Pig 心动从猪开始 [Domineering, controversial actress × gentle tech CEO] [Showbiz + two strong leads + face-slapping the powerful + domineering CEO + wealthy-family secrets + mutual redemption + both leads are each other’s firsts, one-on-one romance] Qin Leying, a rising star who shot to the top of the trending charts by slapping someone, also slapped herself straight into a ruthless campaign of destruction by the powerful. Her agent said, “Every star with the potential to reach the top gets targeted again and ag 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 107 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 3.2kReads8.7Score490Shelves
- 108 Showbiz: A God-Tier Catchphrase Makes Me Famous as a Villain 文娱：神级词条，从反派开始爆红 [Trait Extraction] [Lighthearted] [No Female Lead] [Entertainment Industry] [Acting-Focused] [Not Based on Real Life] "Not realistic, with original scripts and lots of stories within stories!!!" "A heads-up: The protagonist sets up a personal studio. There are livestreams and variety-show storylines about promoting TV dramas and films, and lots of stories within stories. Avoid if that's not your thing." Jiang Yue is a recent computer science graduate. He goes to a film set to fix a server and ha 44.3kReads8.9Score6kShelves
- 109 We Went Viral After Joining a Divorce Reality Show 参加离婚综艺后，我们火爆全网 [Marriage alliance between wealthy families + variety show + happy ending + entertainment industry + livestream + bickering couple + married first, fall in love later + sweet romance + both are virgins + one-on-one] While other wealthy families' marriage alliances involved fighting over assets and plotting against each other, Su Lingling and Shangguan Chen refused to follow the usual path. They took the startup money for their family-arranged marriage and decided to have fun for two years first! 262Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 110 The Suicidal School Beauty Returns to Showbiz and Takes It by Storm 轻生校花重返娱乐圈大杀四方 [Inspired by the real entertainment industry, but all characters are fictional. Please don’t read this as depicting real people.] A car accident sent Ren Qianshui back to the time before she entered the entertainment industry. Reborn, she entered it again. This time, she would no longer be a puppet in someone else’s hands. She would be in charge of her own life, act in the roles she loved, and take down everyone she couldn’t stand in her previous life! But she only wanted to film a show. She d 156Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 111 A Former Actress Reinvents Herself Through a Survival Show and Becomes a Top-Tier Star 前世女演员今生选秀出圈成顶流 [Female protagonist’s perspective + girl group survival show + no romance + ensemble cast + character growth + showbiz + on-screen comments + forum] ✨Chu Bingqing, the next top-tier star✨ A professionally trained actress and a fixture at Hengdian Studios From an obscure actress below the eighteenth tier to supporting actress who turns the tables She “fought” her way all the way to leading roles After starring in several shows, the marketing accounts have declared She’s just one final breakthroug 15.6kReads8.6Score1.6kShelves
- 112 Reborn as the King of Taiwan 重生之宝岛天王 Tian Fulin is reborn in 1981 on Taiwan's island, in Hsinchu. He is the older brother of a future member of a girl group. When he is seven, he gets a chance to act in a film and becomes a child star, entering the entertainment industry. From then on, the wheels of fate begin to turn... 4.7kReads6.4Score228Shelves
- 113 Showbiz: The Traffic King 华娱之流量天王 [A veteran Huayu writer from a certain web-fiction site + multiple heroines] [The rating just came out, so don’t take it too seriously. Come see if it’s to your taste.] Before the battle for top-tier stars in 2014, entertainment reporter Piao Jingming transmigrates. The good news: He transmigrated. The bad news: He’s a K-pop trainee. Making his debut in Korea is out of the question. Why do that when he could return home and grab a foothold before the battle for top-tier stars? That would be much 2.7kReads6.8Score113Shelves
- 114 Xia Ting Has Yet to Speak 夏听未声 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 115 Actor: Sorry, I Can't Bring Myself to Hurt My Fans 演员：抱歉伤害粉丝的事我做不到 [No CP + entertainment industry + pets + ancient martial arts + acting + imaginative fictional setting] The young Daoist knows nothing of the world. She obediently brings her dog down the mountain, only to find herself stumped by money before she can do anything else. Taking the advice of an old man and a child, she sets off to conquer the entertainment industry, armed with a fine-looking face and impressive martial arts skills. She has played a patriotic young person in wartime A nameless ex 5kReads9.1Score788Shelves
- 116 System: The Host Doesn't Want to Go Crazy, She Just Wants to Get Rich 系统：宿主她不想发癫只想发财 A resilient, independent, clear-headed heroine with a strong sense of purpose The male leads... each have to prove themselves to earn the job! [No predetermined couple: fair and square] Chen Xizhen woke up one day back at seventeen, with System 101 unlocked. Happy about it...? Not a chance! Who'd want to go through all the same hardships again? Chen Xizhen stared blankly. "If a system can't help me get rich, isn't it just trash?" "I am a system for clearing obsessions, so naturally, I am respons 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 117 A Top-Tier Boy Band Member Turns Out to Be a Reborn Girl 顶流男团成员竟是重生少女 [Cross-Dressing as a Man] [Time Rewind System] [Boy Band Love Triangle] [Reborn Revenge Fantasy] Shen Yubai had lived for twenty-two years, and her very existence was a lie. Used by her mother as a tool to gain wealth, she was forced to endure life disguised as a boy. Her feminine features and uniquely ethereal voice were time bombs waiting to go off. When her biological father exposed her disguise, cut off her money, and shattered their family ties, she died of illness in a cold, rundown rental 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 118 Showbiz's Greatest Daomadan 娱乐圈第一刀马旦 Jiang Daya was born in the countryside and came to Beijing alone to pursue her dreams. She had no base salary, no social security, no active fans, and only the genuine martial arts skills she had honed from age three to eighteen. But before she could make it, an explicit, steamy chat log supposedly belonging to “Daya” spread across the internet faster than a virus. She was a nobody whose posts never got a hundred likes, shares, or comments. Now she was on more than ten trending topics in a row, 3kReads8.9Score467Shelves
- 119 I’m a Variety Show Intern, but I Can Win Best Actress Just by Changing Clothes 我综艺实习生，换身衣服就拿影后 [Primarily about a career in entertainment, strong female lead, growth, not a power fantasy, acting, System, dress-up, male lead, love triangle, becomes beloved by everyone later?] Xie Zhuxin, an intern on a variety show, is pushed over and falls unconscious. As she teeters on the brink of death, she unexpectedly awakens the “A Dazzling Life in Fashion” dress-up System. Given another chance at life, she wants revenge, she wants to grow stronger, and she wants to make her dream of becoming an act 53Reads—Score—Shelves
- 120 She Conquers Showbiz With Her Femme Fatale System 她靠祸水系统制霸娱乐圈 [System + Showbiz + Transmigrate Into a Book + No Romance, Career-Focused Growth + Strong Female Lead + Feel-Good Story + Everyone’s Favorite + Male Rivalry] Overnight, Su Lingxi, a rising actress on the verge of becoming a top-tier star, transmigrated into a romance novel as a cannon-fodder character who shared her name. The character had a stunning face but was trampled into the dirt by the heroine, who had a top-tier-star boyfriend to back her up. She lived a miserable life. After transmigrat 2.5kReads8.7Score223Shelves
- 121 What?! A Stunningly Beautiful Star Is Here to Save Chinese Entertainment 惊！神颜女明星来拯救内娱啦 [Actors in the entertainment industry + career-focused heroine + no romance + lots of forum posts] During the summer before her third year of college, Jiang Shuyun, the top student in her acting department, got a chance to audition through one of her teachers. Her very first production was a prestigious period drama with a stellar team, and she was immediately branded a well-connected nepo hire. Six months later, when the show aired, viewers saw an actress with stunning looks, natural acting, an 3.1kReads9.0Score228Shelves
- 122 Please, Stop Showing Off Your Acting Skills and Just Get By on Your Looks 求求你，别飙演技，靠颜值吃饭吧 The three-time Golden Rooster-winning Best Actress Jiang Ling has always hated traffic stars who have nothing but good looks and no acting skills. One day, she transmigrates and becomes an outdated traffic star who’s infamous for being cowardly and surrounded by scandals. Fortunately, the transmigration goddess gives her a gift: she awakens a System. To clear her name and make a comeback, Jiang Ling decides to use her superb acting skills to bring classic roles from her previous life to the scre 3.6kReads8.7Score338Shelves
- 123 An Average-Looking Girl's Glow-Up: Saving Chinese Entertainment from the Bottom Up 普女变美：从跑龙套开始拯救内娱 [Showbiz + Becoming Beautiful + Career-Focused + System + Everyone Has a One-Sided Crush] Jiang Shiyuan, an actress ranked near the bottom of the industry, was a complete acting fanatic. But her looks were painfully ordinary. She'd spent ten years playing bit parts and supporting roles in showbiz. Now the film and television industry was in decline, while dating reality shows were booming one after another. Washed-up celebrities were making comebacks. Unknowns were becoming overnight sensations. 3.4kReads7.4Score581Shelves
- 124 Building the Strongest Entertainment Agency 打造最强娱乐圈经纪公司 “You want to be an idol? Fine! But in exchange, your entire life will belong to me.” [Dark undertones] [Ensemble cast] [Inspired by real life] “Welcome to Dare to Dream: Star-Making Plan, the entertainment industry's most brutal gamble on stardom.” Huang Tingyun, the illegitimate daughter of the Huang family, was kicked out with nothing but a shell of an entertainment company and ten million yuan. The company didn't even have a single signed artist. But three months later, the idol competition 77Reads—Score—Shelves
- 125 Lord Cat, I Want to Be Your Fan Club President 猫尊大人，我要当后援会长 Mu Mu was an obscure member of the G Province fan support branch. When she refused to help branch president Chi Chao suppress fans who disagreed with her, she was pushed out of the inner circle. Just then, a corruption scandal broke out at the national fan support association. Chi Chao led branch leaders from across the country in forcing the association to agree to hold new elections. Hoping to put an end to the chaos in the fan community and create a harmonious environment for the idol she lov 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 126 My Younger CEO Is So Thoughtful, This Actress No Longer Has to Hold Back 年下霸总太贴心，影后姐姐轻点宠 [Imperfect Characters | One-on-One Older Woman/Younger Man Romance | Both Each Other's First | Sex Before Love] It all began with attraction at first sight. Physical chemistry kept two people with no connection to each other together for a long time. They were both tacitly agreed never to talk about love. Until one day, Wen Xiyue grew tired. She'd had enough of this anxious, uncertain life that went against her principles, and decided to end this one-sided relationship. But can someone tell her 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 127 What Kind of Good Man Uses a Beauty Filter System to Make It in Chinese Entertainment? 谁家好男人带着美颜系统混内娱 Meng Yanda, who has been training since childhood, suddenly finds himself surrounded by a mysterious aura. He is the ultimate attention magnet! Every time he goes on a mission, he gets spotted by Chinese people out and about on Xiaohongshu! Again and again! Eight out of every ten posts tagged “gorgeous stranger” feature his photos! His superiors are at their wits' end, and his teammates mock him. How is he supposed to keep going on missions like this? If Heaven gave him a choice, he would stay a 4.6kReads8.7Score316Shelves
- 128 Shanghai Theater Academy's Blondie: Selling Ghost-Fire Bikes to Start a Business with Dilraba 上戏黄毛：卖鬼火带热芭创业 [Internet Industry + Entertainment World + Multiple Heroines + Player’s Antics + Industrial Empire] [Also known as: After I Quit Acting, I Made a Fortune] Wei Yang has spent more than a decade in the entertainment industry without ever making it big. He watches his Shanghai Theatre Academy classmate Dilraba Dilmurat take off again thanks to Kung Fu Women’s Soccer, and plans to seek her help, only to be sent back to his university days by a Xiaomi SU7. It’s 2010! The mobile internet boom is sweep 503Reads6.7Score131Shelves
- 129 A Succubus Takes on Showbiz: What Is This Pure Love System? 魅魔攻略娱乐圈，纯爱系统什么鬼 [Too many novels focus on actresses born in the '80s and '90s, so this one focuses on those born in the '95s and '00s] [Tian Xiwei]+ [Zhou Ye]+ [Song Yuqi]+ [...] Wen Liang was a fringe figure in the entertainment industry of the 21st century. He'd worked as an extra and tried singing for a living, but his good looks never made him famous. Then he transmigrates to 2018 in a parallel world, where he's a top-tier heartthrob, but his singing and acting skills are both somehow at zero. He awakens th 713Reads—Score101Shelves
- 130 This Female Star Is a Little Too Versatile 这个女明星有亿点全能 [No CP + entertainment industry + all-around powerhouse (hard work + System, a strong female lead who grows over time)] At just twenty, Gu Jingshu became the greatest battle commander in the Tianyun Kingdom. But her success threatened the throne, and she was framed and killed. When she opened her eyes again, the System had dropped her into a parallel world called Blue Star, where she had become a little-known, universally despised D-list celebrity. A homewrecker who knowingly steals another w 216Reads6.8Score101Shelves
- 131 Tremble, Entertainment Industry! The All-Round Queen Is Here 娱乐圈颤抖吧，全能女王她来了 A strong female lead building her career + no CP + realistic plot + conquering the entertainment industry + wealthy families + secret identities Jian Xia was a newly graduated college student working as an intern reporter. On her first day, before she could even get her press pass updated, she was sent to follow a certain actress. She thought she'd uncovered a huge scoop, but instead, she and the actress and her younger brother were kidnapped together. The actress sacrificed herself to save her 345Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 132 Born to Trend 热搜体质 System + Showbiz Career Story + Tentatively No Romance + Male Rivals Competing From 36 years old to 16 Jiang Mingyue was just waiting for a scene at Hengdian when she was so tired she dozed off. When she opened her eyes again, she had somehow been reborn in the summer after graduating middle school. She was suddenly twenty years younger. What a bargain! As Eileen Chang once said, one should become famous early. The Golden Rooster, the Hundred Flowers, Berlin: she'll take home every major award. 1.5kReads7.0Score100Shelves
- 133 Blacklisted Across the Internet Upon Arrival, I Become a Legend in the Entertainment Industry as a Nobody from Earth 落地全网黑，地球龙套娱乐圈封神 The animated comic is now online. Content warnings for the story are in the reviews due to the character limit (I’m taking a break to build up a backlog, so I won’t be checking comments! Thank you, my dears~) [Entertainment industry + variety shows early on + filming later + original scripts + a little drama-within-a-drama and forum posts] A mighty princess who could mount a horse to pacify the realm and wield a brush to shape the world transmigrates. She goes from a princess of a fallen kingdo 22.4kReads9.2Score3.8kShelves
- 134 I Can Simulate Anything in My Sleep, I'm an Immersive Actor 睡觉就能模拟，我是体验派影帝 [Takes acting seriously + No brainless decisions + Constant improvement + Showbiz + Every production tells a standalone story + The System is just an aid. Give it a few chapters, and you'll be hooked!] He's the only Grand Slam Best Actor in the country, and a globally acclaimed master of method acting. He's an ordinary man who rose from humble beginnings, a devoted acting fanatic. Behind every script lies a completely different life. His name is Xu Jing. This is his story. 13.6kReads6.5Score3kShelves
- 135 System: Reborn and Forced to Become a Star 系统：重生被迫做明星 [Entertainment Industry + Rebirth + System + Feel-Good Story + Strong Female Lead + No Dating-Reality Shows + No Idol Drama with the Male Lead + No Catfights~~] Also known as: “Readers Think Big Brother Is Stealing the Show” A note up front: To readers who say the story would be better without a male lead: this dumb author is an adult. Men may not be any good, but you need one of them in the story. It’s miserable when men set their sights on you, but setting your sights on men is a lot of fun. I 4.7kReads9.0Score465Shelves
- 136 Open Your Eyes! I Crush Scumbags with My Blunt Persona and Become a Top-Tier Star 睁眼！靠耿直人设踩渣男当顶流 (Slightly unhinged, career-focused heroine × guiding, love-struck hero) [Reborn + face-slapping + showbiz + male lead has no romantic past] Her fiancé, Liao Borui, is rumored to be having an affair with top-tier star Ai Li. The next day, Ai Li shows up in person and shoves an ultrasound of her two-month-old pregnancy in Su Jiu's face. That night, Su Jiu is kicked by her scumbag fiancé and falls from a building. When she opens her eyes, she has returned to five years earlier, as a nobody who rece 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 137 Transmigrating into China's Entertainment Industry: Activating the Veteran Actor System 穿越内娱：激活老戏骨系统 At the 2024 Golden Eagle Awards, 34-year-old has-been bit-part actor Lu Ming sat in the last row, watching Zhao Zixuan, who had climbed to stardom on his back in his previous life, win Best Actor. As Zhao began his acceptance speech with, “I’d like to thank everyone who never stood in my way,” Lu Ming smiled, suffered a heart attack, and collapsed. No one noticed. When he opened his eyes again, it was 2005, in dorm room 318 at the Beijing Film Academy. He was twenty-four. A “Veteran Actor System 20Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 138 Showbiz: I Rise to Fame Through Variety Shows 文娱：从综艺开始走红 Lin Feng, a washed-up actor in his previous life, is unexpectedly reborn in the year he first entered the entertainment industry. Armed with the memories of his past life, he defies fate this time around, basking in the adoration of countless stars and surrounded by beautiful women. Becoming a top-tier star in China is only the beginning. His goal is the stars and the sea! 8kReads6.6Score473Shelves
- 139 A Stunning Big Shot Keeps It Real in Showbiz 绝色大佬在娱乐圈当清流 Su Yunshu was strolling around campus, reminiscing about her four years at university, when a System fell from the sky and knocked her unconscious. When she woke up, she found herself in an unfamiliar time and place, transformed into a stunning beauty about to start university. She must have come out ahead, right? Definitely. 3.2kReads7.9Score307Shelves
- 140 Laughing at This Life: Married Young 笑今生：英年早婚 He left in February and stopped responding in April. His last words before leaving were: When he came back, he would propose to her. She still lived in his villa and used his black card, until Wang Jinghe, his business rival, shoved a phone in her face. In the photo, Shi Yuantian was laughing and chatting with an unfamiliar girl at an upscale restaurant overseas. "You always think I'm no good," Wang Jinghe chuckled in her ear. "But how good is he, really?" Before the commotion had even died do —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 141 The Actress May Be Poor, but She Eats Well! 女明星虽然穷，但她吃得好啊！ [Female star Bai Xiaoxiao and her manager Luo Zheng are so broke they're trending, and the whole internet is losing it over them] In public, she's an innocent, resilient little white flower; in private, a flirtatious little fox. In public, he's a mature, steady older man; in private, he's a possessive, daddy-type boyfriend with a high sex drive. Older daddy-type boyfriend | Age gap | Mutual secret crush | Small-apartment romance | Sexual tension | Face-slapping | Comeback | Entertainment industr 1.4kReads—Score168Shelves
- 142 I Became a Top-Tier Superstar Starting with a Talent Show 从选秀开始成为顶流巨星 [Girl group survival show + no romance + lots of forum-style posts + stories within stories] The survival-show portion is complete, and the girls are now making their debut! System: I’ve chosen a college student who’s accomplished nothing. From now on, she’ll climb to the peak of her life! Qiao Yunyi: Thanks a lot. I studied hard for nineteen years, only to end up right back where I started! This is the worst luck I’ve had in eight lifetimes! System: If you don’t join the survival show, you’re a 2.2kReads8.9Score152Shelves
- 143 The Top-Tier Star Sacrifice 顶流祭品 His name was Yu Yu. He grew up by the sea, and his name held the promise of freedom. Later, they called him Shen Yao, saying it was a name destined for stardom. He signed the contract without reading the whole stack of papers: a 30-million-yuan termination fee, 90% of his earnings going to the company, and permanent transfer of his image rights. The moment he signed, he stopped being a person and became an asset. “I used to think the deepest place was the sea. Later, I learned that even deeper a 26Reads—Score—Shelves
- 144 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 30.9kReads7.1Score2.4kShelves
- 145 You Were Supposed to Deliver Food to the Film Set, So Why Are You Playing Li Fengtian? 让你剧组送外卖，你去扮演李丰田 Director: Hey, bro, interested in playing a hitman? Lin Qi: ??? Director: Seriously, bro, with your vibe, your looks, your build, you’re a once-in-a-century natural-born villain! Lin Qi: What the hell... After delivering boxed lunches to a film crew, Lin Qi unexpectedly catches the director’s eye. A thousand yuan a day in pay makes Lin Qi’s heart leap. But... ‘I don’t know how to act!’ [Ding! The Host is facing a major life-choice dilemma. The Emotion Harvesting System is now online!] ‘System?!’ 78Reads—Score145Shelves
- 146 She Went on a Rampage in Showbiz After Her Debut 出道后她在娱乐圈鲨疯了 [Showbiz + Devoted Couples + Strong Female Lead + A Show Within the Story] Jiang Li made her debut through a talent competition and became an overnight sensation. She held concerts, landed endorsements, acted in films and appeared on variety shows, making waves in the entertainment industry. Her fans couldn’t stop raving about her. Content warning: The female lead is strong, and this idol is devoted to her fans. Her idol storyline focuses on her career, not romance, and the pacing is fast! Some 653Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 147 Chinese Entertainment, 1999: I Became a Mogul Through Social Savvy 华娱1999我靠人情世故成大佬 Reborn in 1999, Lin Yuan gets into film school and just wants to make a living. But then his novels become hits, and his songs take off too. He casually plays a supporting role, and the leading actress knocks on his door in the middle of the night to go over their script. His teachers treat him like a treasure, and industry bigwigs compete to take him out to dinner. He starts companies, buys copyrights, invests in stocks, and casually helps half the entertainment industry rise to fame. Every gir —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 148 Hong Kong Entertainment in the Sixties: Crown of Splendor 六零港娱之：璀璨之冠 [Hong Kong period setting + strong female lead + adapting famous works + equally matched leads + devoted romance (slow burn) + both focused on their careers] [The ratings have just come in and will rise, so please stick around!] A famous Chinese American Hollywood director and producer suddenly finds herself back in 1965? With petty enemies throwing obstacles in her way, and hardships waiting around every corner, fine, fine, fine! Faced with a disastrous start, what will she do? Well... She’ll j 114Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 149 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
- 150 You and I Will Meet at the Summit 我和你，顶峰相见 [A heads-up: focused mainly on her career, with romance as a secondary element. Not a power fantasy] [Female-centered + one-on-one, two strong leads + sweet with no angst + happy ending + both inexperienced + alternate universe] Big round eyes × puppy eyes At nineteen, Huayin was invited to star in the film Qiluo Fragrance. It took the internet by storm after its release, but she resolutely returned to school to finish her studies. After graduating, she chose to pursue a career in the entertainm —Reads—Score—Shelves
