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- 1 Chinese Showbiz: From Ringtone Hitmaker to King of Entertainment 华娱从彩铃神曲到娱乐天王 [Entertainment industry + multiple heroines + singer + actor + director] A modern-day office drone gets sent back to 2004. In his previous life, he lived like a workhorse. Now that he has another chance, wouldn’t it be a waste to transmigrate without enjoying a life of luxury? Before he even gets a chance to enjoy himself, he’s saddled with a huge debt. No worries. Even a pig can fly when the wind is right. Just in time, ringback tones are taking off, and online hits are about to explode. First, 36.2kReads7.1Score3.8k14d adds
- 2 The Golden Age of Chinese Entertainment 华娱之黄金时代 [No System + Multiple Heroines + Close to Reality + Accurate Timeline] Synopsis: Now that you’ve been reborn, why get mixed up in the Chinese entertainment industry? No money, no influence, no connections, and always at risk of getting exposed! Only an idiot would go into it! (Aunties are part of the story. If you don’t like that, don’t read.) 18.3kReads8.2Score1.4k14d adds
- 3 Chinese Showbiz: Starting with a Breakup 华娱：从分手开始 [Chinese Showbiz] [Multiple heroines] [No System] [Male lead is not a native of this world] They say that once a circle gets big enough, you’ll find every kind of person in it. Liu Haoyu, a graduate of the acting department at the Beijing Film Academy, wants to see for himself what kinds of people can be found in the dazzling, bizarre world of showbiz. … After transmigrating back to early 2015, with Enlight Media reaching into film, television, and music, the era of traffic-driven celebrity in 3.5kReads6.3Score15114d adds
- 4 Chinese Showbiz: The Rising Stars Are Desperate to Get Ahead 华娱：小花们太想进步了 After more than a decade of struggling at the bottom, trainee Fang Huai opened his eyes and found himself back in 2014. That was the year the age of celebrity traffic began, with the “Four Returning Idols” just starting to take the industry by storm. That was the year the four leading actresses born in the ’80s were at their peak, while a new generation of starlets had yet to make their mark. Fang Huai discovered that whenever he had a meaningful interaction with an actress, he could obtain a my 5.9kReads6.2Score31914d adds
- 5 Showbiz: I Accidentally Entered the Industry and Became a Hit 娱乐：偶然进圈的我火了 (Slow-paced daily life) (Alternate timeline) (Not a single heroine) Li Xing gets hit by a construction truck and sent to Blue Star. More than twenty years later, while working as his childhood friend Reba's assistant, Li Xing enters the entertainment industry for good with the help of a System, stepping into the public eye and forging bonds with many actresses. Then he reaches the top of the entertainment industry. Looking back at all the women behind him, he smiles with easy confidence. “I got 31.5kReads7.1Score2.2k14d adds
- 6 Chinese Showbiz: This Director Is a Bit of a Playboy 华娱：这个导演有点浪 [Chinese Showbiz] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Director Story] [A Huge Harem] After an unexpected stroke of luck, Cao Shixian gains memories of the future and earns a recommendation to the Beijing Film Academy through a new-concept essay contest. Chinese-language cinema is now at the height of its story-driven film era. This is its finest hour, and the only period in which Chinese-language cinema has a chance to build global influence. Armed with memories of outstanding films from the future, Cao 16.7kReads6.1Score1.2k14d adds
- 7 Chinese Showbiz Begins with Video Games 华娱从电子游戏开始 [Multiple Heroines] [9095 Flowers] [A Slower Pace] Transmigrators in the entertainment industry have done it all, from extras to supporting actors to leads, from screenwriters to directors to producers, and from production companies to distributors to investors. Chen Zhaoye takes a different path, starting with video games, the ninth art, and crossing over with the dual blockbuster formula of “games + music” to forge his own way. [Tian Xiwei, Zhang Ruonan, Dilraba Dilmurat, Liu Haocun, Zhou Ye, 1.5kReads5.6Score10414d adds
- 8 Ruling the Chinese Entertainment Scene, Starting with Tian Qing, My Childhood Friend 纵横华娱从小田青梅开始 [Chinese Entertainment + Multiple Heroines + No System + Realistic Timeline] [No System doesn't mean there are no cheats. A System is one kind of cheat, but not the only kind.] [The heroines and supporting female characters will play little mind games and scheme against each other. Easily upset fans should steer clear.] [There will be lots of older women. Readers who prefer the female leads to be completely untouched should steer clear. If you won't enjoy it and leave a bad review, I won't enjoy 78.6kReads8.4Score10.6k14d adds
- 9 From the Start, Forty Million to Help Me Restart My Chinese Entertainment Career 开局四千万，助我重启华娱人生路 [Chinese Showbiz] [Multiple Female Leads] [Behind the Scenes] Li Meng is reborn in 2013, during his freshman year at Beijing Film Academy. From the start, a national soccer team's catastrophic defeat earns him forty million. Armed with memories of his past life, he takes a three-pronged approach: entertainment and film, business investment, and stock holdings, restarting his journey through Chinese showbiz. 17.4kReads6.1Score1.2k14d adds
- 10 Chinese Showbiz 2005: I Call the Shots in Beijing's Power Circle 华娱2005：京圈我做主 In 2005, on the eve of Chinese-language film and television’s impending rise, a young man strides forward with his head held high and raises his voice: “If Chinese showbiz is in chaos, the Beijing circle calls the shots. If the Beijing circle is in chaos, I, Cao Jing, call the shots.” “I came to Chinese showbiz for three things:” “Fairness, fairness, and TOM’s fairness.” “Art, art, and TOM’s art.” “Actresses, actresses, and... no, wait. Shishi, Bingbing, Mimi, Nini, Yaoyao... Let me explain. 8.4kReads6.1Score46414d adds
- 11 My Chinese Entertainment Career: Starting by Ripping Off the Americans 我的华娱：从薅美利坚羊毛开始 [Dual Careers in American and Chinese Entertainment | Cashing In on America | Snatching Up Hollywood Blockbusters] Lead Screenwriter + Capital Investor [Multiple Love Interests] [Actresses born in the 1980s and 1990s] In 2026, a struggling screenwriter died suddenly after staying up all night, then transmigrated as Li Hang, a man with the exact same name. After transmigrating to Los Angeles in 2008, Li Hang was faced with a total mess from the start! His predecessor had been expelled from co 29.1kReads7.7Score2.8k14d adds
- 12 Chinese Showbiz: A Top-Tier Star Begins by Checking In at Qingcheng Mountain 华娱：顶流从打卡青城山开始 [Ding! Check-in at Qingcheng Mountain successful. Congratulations, you have received...] [Ding! Check-in at the vocal music classroom successful. Congratulations, you have received...] [Ding! Check-in at the XX production crew successful. Congratulations, you have received...] [Ding! Check-in at Tian Xiwei's heart successful. Congratulations, you have received...] Lin Huai transmigrated to 2016 in a parallel world and obtained a Check-In System. He originally thought he could embark on the path 2.9kReads5.9Score20514d adds
- 13 Showbiz: Nurturing a Rising Star with Capital 娱乐：资本灌养小花 [Rebirth + System + Chinese entertainment industry + tycoon investor + beautiful actresses + wish fulfillment] Back in 2014, he awakens the Entertainment Empire System. Ten million yuan arrives in his account every day! There’s only one requirement: it has to be spent on the entertainment industry! And so, a capital monster that makes the entire industry tremble is born. The Left Ear, Wolf Warrior 2, The Wandering Earth... Running Man, Go Fighting!, Produce Camp... While others are fretting over 10kReads5.3Score61814d adds
- 14 The Wild Director 野生大导演 Liang Zai is a good guy. He never cheats his business partners, and he never wastes a single cent of his investors' film budgets. He's the most responsible director in Chinese-language cinema. Sure, sometimes he likes to discuss scenes with actresses late at night, but it's all to help them understand the story better and get into the rhythm faster. Right now, Liang Zai is looking for a wealthy woman to lend him money for a film. That's not a scandal from his past, it's how our Liang Zai got his 73.6kReads7.5Score5.7k14d adds
- 15 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 5.4kReads6.6Score29914d adds
- 16 One Song Made Me a Hit in America: I'm a Global Top-Tier Star 一首歌爆红美利坚，我，全球顶流 In 2014, Chen Cheng transmigrates! When his name takes over the global trending charts, a single post announcing his return to China sets the internet ablaze: Chinese music scene, are you ready to welcome your god?! His song “See You Again” debuts on the Billboard Hot 100 and claims the number-one spot for eight consecutive weeks, smashing the record held by Western artists and making Chinese pop music ring out across the globe! From dominating the Billboard charts, to reigning supreme at the Am 9.4kReads7.0Score39614d adds
- 17 Chinese Entertainment: I Became a Tycoon by Investing in Artists 华娱，我靠投资艺人成首富 [Multiple Heroines] + [Entertainment Industry] + [Chinese Showbiz] + [System] + [Reborn] + [All-Rounder] (The rating just came out and will rise later.) [Current heroines: Li Yitong, Li Qin, Nazha, Reba, Dudu, and Tianxian] Reborn in 2010, Li Xianyu binds himself to an investment System. He dives headfirst into the entertainment industry, signing one future top-tier star after another. A dance major becomes a Hundred Flowers Award-winning actress, a young woman from Xinjiang lands a leading role 41.9kReads6.7Score3.9k14d adds
- 18 Chinese Entertainment in 2014: The Star-Making Era of the Rising Actresses 2014华娱：小花们的造星时代 In 2014, the entertainment industry was a treacherous world where scandals and opportunities went hand in hand. Chen Xun is reborn with memories of his past life. With empty pockets and no connections, he throws himself into this cutthroat world of fame and fortune. Using his foresight to make precise moves, he starts by signing the fresh and graceful Chen Duling, then carefully seeks out one promising talent after another: the lively and spirited Li Yitong, the ultimate sweet girl Tian Xiwei, a 12.3kReads5.6Score90014d adds
- 19 My Capital Is a Little Too Big 我的资本，有点大 Reborn as the Emperor of the Entertainment Industry! In her previous life, she was a humble wage slave, only to be stabbed in the back and laid off by Penguin, leaving in disgrace. Reborn, she sees where the internet age is headed, seizes every wave of opportunity, and builds an entertainment empire! Her goal in this life: use every bit of capital at her disposal to crush Penguin! 38.6kReads6.6Score1.9k14d adds
- 20 Chinese Showbiz: The Birth of a Succubus Top-Tier Star 华娱，一个魅魔顶流的诞生 [Multiple heroines] [Showbiz] [Academic genius] In the age of internet celebrities, an outlier arrives in the uneven world of showbiz. He's exceptionally good at his job, knows a lot of things, is incredibly handsome, and has overwhelming charm... As the only top-tier star in Chinese entertainment, he also has a reputation for bringing good fortune to women. Leading actresses and rising stars alike treat him like the Tang Monk's flesh... The actresses pull out all the stops to work with him... S 79.3kReads8.1Score7k14d adds
- 21 Showbiz: From the Start, Surrounded by the Eight Beauties of the Central Academy of Drama 娱乐，开局中戏八大金花 Zeng Li, Hu Jing, Zhang Ziyi, Zhang Tong, Mei Ting, Yuan Quan, Qin Hailu, Li Xinyu. Mi Mi, Tang Tang, Shi Shi, Tian Xian, Da Tiantian, Zhao Xiaodao, Zu Xian, Liu Xiaoli, Zhou Wenqiong, Lu Yi, Wang Likun, Taozi, Fan Xiaopang, Da Chengzi, Da Yuanyuan, Chen Shu, Li Xiaoran, Chen Hao'er, Liu Yang, 12.5kReads5.6Score98314d adds
- 22 Reborn in Entertainment: This Top-Tier Star Has the Achievements to Prove It 重生文娱：这个顶流有实绩 [Resource-backed] [Career-focused] [Scheming] [Fighting for billing order] [Not mindless] [Calculating male lead] [Slow burn] [Fashion] [Realistic] [...] Reborn into a new life, he still has a face this handsome. Encouraged by his family, he decides to experience the dazzling darkness of the entertainment industry for himself. This is a realistic novel, not a mindless power fantasy about an overpowered protagonist. It is not a wish-fulfillment story either. If you like a fast pace, this one isn' 105.1kReads8.6Score6.9k14d adds
- 23 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. 14.7kReads6.6Score55214d adds
- 24 I Love Posting on Weibo, and Now I'm Chinese Entertainment's Top-Tier Male Star 爱发微博的我，成了华娱顶流男神 (The rating has just come out and will gradually rise.) Rebirth, System, entertainment industry, multiple female leads Reborn in 2013, Song Ze has just graduated from the Beijing Film Academy. In his previous life, he chose a secure government job. Back at the crossroads of graduation, he signs directly with Yang Mi’s studio. [The Weibo King System has officially activated!] Every like, comment, and repost on Weibo is multiplied a hundredfold and converted into points; one hundred million points 47.2kReads6.7Score4.1k14d adds
- 25 Chinese Showbiz 2000: From Director to the Top! 华娱2000：从导演干到巅峰！ [A multifaceted entertainment-industry story, three verified certifications, seductress, privileged heir, maxed-out stats] Qin Tian, a stubborn man who has lived an ordinary life, is reborn and returns to the hopeful, nostalgic millennium era. With memories of the future and a bizarre entertainment-industry achievement System, there's no way he's going to keep drifting through life this time. Work the scene and build a vast network, Release songs and rake in money from ringtones. Make movie 35.3kReads7.6Score2.5k14d adds
- 26 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.) 33.7kReads7.0Score1.9k14d adds
- 27 Back in the Entertainment Industry, I Steal Every Top-Tier Star's Spotlight 重回娱乐圈，抢光所有顶流饭碗 After ten years as an actor, he still hadn't made it. Gu Xun was reborn. So what if he didn't have a System? More than ten years of experience was plenty. “I'm a director. Want to act in a movie?” Gu Xun casually slipped his hands into his pockets without even looking up. “We'll see.” Those two words, “we'll see,” brought a Best Actor into the world of entertainment. An Elephant Sitting Still made him a legend overnight. After watching the footage, the director fell silent for three minutes, the 5.8kReads—Score36614d adds
- 28 Showbiz: I Want to Get Ahead So Bad!!! 娱乐：我太想进步啦！！！ 15.8kReads8.1Score60114d adds
- 29 To Make Money, I Took Director Zhang as My Godfather 为了赚钱，我认张导为义父 In his previous life, he was just an ordinary citizen with a life in shambles. Then one day, he unexpectedly transmigrated into the past and got into the acting program of the Beijing Film Academy's Class of 2009. He has no grand ambitions. He just wants to join the 208 club and rake in the money. Having seen through the ways of the world, all he wants is money! 51.9kReads8.0Score3.3k14d adds
- 30 Reborn in the City: The Lazy Fat Guy Turns His Life Around 重生都市之咸鱼胖子要翻身 [Slice of life + no System + entrepreneurship + entertainment industry] A chubby homebody was reborn twenty years in the past. He no longer wanted to lie flat and wanted to experience a different life. Relying on the memories he had brought back, he had originally planned to make a little money and then drift through life. Instead, he accidentally stepped into the legendary entertainment industry. The actresses he had once only seen in his dreams gradually became part of his life... 21.6kReads7.9Score1.1k14d adds
- 31 Chinese Showbiz: The Top-Tier Star Who Rose to Fame in 2016 华娱：从2016开始的顶流影帝 In an age when online traffic rules the world, Jiang Xiubai finally sets out on the path he once dreamed of. Popularity or acting talent? Jiang Xiubai: I want it all! “How is this guy so lucky? Every show he acts in becomes a hit!” “Wow, big bro is so handsome! Go soar, big bro! Bai Cha will always be with you!” 9.9kReads7.6Score49614d adds
- 32 I Made Mimi Younger, Becoming the Savior of Huayu's Beauties 让蜜蜜变年轻，我成华娱众美救星 [Showbiz, multiple heroines, actresses, wish fulfillment, films and TV, variety shows] Chu Shengchen has the extraordinary ability to reverse aging and make people young again. Actresses from all over flock to him, hoping to regain their youth. Once blacklisted and buried under a mountain of scandals, he shoots to fame and takes the entertainment industry by storm. 83.2kReads7.1Score9k14d adds
- 33 Kicked Out by Mom, I Spent the Night at Reba's Place 被老妈赶出家门，连夜住搬热芭家 [Single Heroine + No System + Entertainment Industry + Hidden Big Shot + Variety Show + Secret Identity Revealed] Deng Zhe only wanted to lie flat, but his mom kicked him out to find a job. Just after stepping outside, he was knocked flying by Reba, who was practicing driving, and ended up becoming her personal assistant. He deliberately plumped Reba up, forcing her to lose weight, and the “dog assistant” became an online sensation. That is, until the recording of Run for Time... Deng Chao: “Let 14.5kReads6.9Score87214d adds
- 34 Back to Chinese Entertainment in 2003: I'm a Seventh-Generation Director 重回华娱2003，我是七代导演 A deputy professor in the directing department at Beijing Film Academy is reborn in 2003, a year when Chinese entertainment flourished and commercial movies swept the country. In his previous life, he was mocked as an academic who could only talk theory. This time, he'll change himself and change Chinese entertainment! 34.8kReads8.3Score1.5k14d adds
- 35 The Godfather of Entertainment: From Wooing Women to Global Box Office Legend 娱乐教父：从泡妞到全球票房神话 [Showbiz] [System] [Feel-Good] [Lighthearted Comedy] “A jerk? No, I just want a sincere relationship!” Ye Su transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes an obscure actor at Yang Mi's company. He awakens a System, but can't complete the beginner mission, leaving him useless for five whole years. On the final night of his contract, he gathers four friends for a spectacularly embarrassing social-death challenge as a farewell ceremony. But Yang Mi suddenly shows up and inadvertently helps him comp 35.1kReads8.9Score2.1k14d adds
- 36 Life Restart: Back to the End of Middle School 人生重启：回到中考结束后 Science has proven that the human body can be cloned, but can the soul be cloned too? Perhaps everyone simply keeps reincarnating in the long river of life, with all their memories disappearing at the moment of death. In 2039, Xu Ming, who had spent his whole life as a corporate drone, finally died of illness one year after retiring. When he opened his eyes, he hadn’t become a newborn baby. Instead, carrying all his memories, he had returned to the day he finished his high school entrance exams 4.3kReads5.7Score21414d adds
- 37 Transmigrating as a Spoiled Young Master: The Rest of My Life in Qingyan 穿越纨绔，余生渡清晏 [Fate across two lifetimes + soul swap + mutual healing + comeback in the entertainment industry] When only half of your heart remains, it turns out the other half was already yours all along... 3.1kReads—Score10014d adds
- 38 Showbiz: I Start Out Living Off Rich Women and Take It All in Stride! 娱乐：从富婆开始软饭硬吃！ A millionaire heiress’s romance-writing guide: when men become the top-tier pick, they become true gods! The entertainment industry’s king of living off women, trained by the Tiger of Serious Crimes, Cao Dahua. Living off a woman while holding your head high: that’s our style. Living off a woman while holding your head high: the ideal man. Have you been living off a woman today? 69.1kReads8.7Score3.4k14d adds
- 39 The Potato Oracle’s All-Purpose Comeback Theory 土豆万能接话神棍论 The Potato: An All-Purpose Conversationalist and Mastermind 416Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 The Sumeru Ring: My Road to a Comeback 须弥戒，我的逆袭之路 I was reborn on a rainy night in late autumn. Not far away, my second uncle and his son were digging a pit for me, preparing to bury me in a graveyard. In my previous life, I woke up and escaped, never to return. I drifted through life, and just before I died, I came across a news report. On this very day, my second uncle sold my newlywed wife to human traffickers, leading to her being abused and killed. This time, I won't run away. Whoever digs the pit will be buried in it. 8.9kReads7.4Score79314d adds
- 41 A Cultivator in the Mortal World 红尘修士 One day, Yun Xi's soul left Blue Star, and she fell into the vast world of cultivation. She never expected to start out as a lowly nobody, with a life as fragile as a blade of grass. In the face of despair, she seeks out opportunities, rises from the dust, and gradually stirs up the entire cultivation world! 6.1kReads8.5Score60314d adds
