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- 1 Showbiz 2002: Starting Out as a Bad Boy! 华娱2002从渣男开始！ Who's the biggest playboy in showbiz? Nian Jun is the undisputed champion. This is the story of a legendary playboy in the entertainment industry. The story of a generation's greatest playboy, a master of men's rights, a legendary director, and a legendary tycoon. It's really, really good!!!! 2.3kReads5.9Score10514d adds
- 2 Showbiz: I Made Bai Lu a Top-Tier Star 娱乐：我把白露捧成顶流 Zhao Yi'an transmigrates to Blue Star and becomes the youngest son of the prestigious Zhao family. His mother is the richest person in the country. His father works for the Chinese government. His older siblings are at the top of their respective fields. But he has no intention of lying flat. All he wants is to enter the entertainment industry. So his father kicks him out of the house with a warning: “If you get hungry, don’t come home crying.” From the start, he has only three hundred yuan in h 146Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Top-Tier Star's Secret Code: Mr. Jiang's Beloved Can't Stay Hidden 顶流暗号：江总的心尖宠藏不住了 Top-Tier Star’s Secret Signal: President Jiang’s Cherished One Can No Longer Be Kept Hidden —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Showbiz: The Female Celebrities All Made the First Move 娱乐：都是女明星主动的 [Entertainment Industry + Multiple Heroines + Feel-Good Power Fantasy] Bai Lang never expected to get a second chance at life. In his previous life, he spent years struggling in the modeling world. He had nothing but a handsome face and never got the opportunity he deserved. This time, he makes the leap from boy band member to actor, signs with Jiaxing Media, and officially steps into the entertainment industry. As soon as he joins the company, he lands an important role in an S-tier period d 2.9kReads—Score28014d adds
- 5 Showbiz: I'm a Male Succubus Surrounded by Actresses 娱乐：魅魔的我被女星包围 [Urban + entertainment industry + multiple love interests + top-tier star + no System + reborn + all-around entertainer] Choosing to return from South Korea is both an opportunity and a challenge for Su Bai. One step ahead means staying ahead at every step. That’s the reality of this industry, and Su Bai is destined to become the star of this era. He’ll bask in every spotlight and every round of applause on this stage, becoming the entertainment industry’s chosen one. Reborn, Su Bai is destined 330Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 6 Chinese Showbiz: What’s Wrong with Female Actresses Wanting to Improve? 华娱：女演员想进步有什么错 [System] + [Director] + [Entertainment Empire] + [Multiple Heroines] Back in the golden age of Chinese entertainment, he makes a movie from the start that shocks Berlin! Fu Yibai discovers that in this life, not only does he have the System backing him, but he can also draw freely on all the classic works he remembers. Make movies, win awards, build a company, invest in blockbusters, sign talent, build a theater chain... From genius director to industry titan, his journey spans the entire sea of 22.9kReads6.3Score1.6k14d adds
- 7 Chinese Showbiz: Starting in 1996 华娱：从1996开始 A singer? An actor? No, no, of course I'm going to be a director. Is there anything better than being a director? Reborn, Chen Xingwen has only one goal: to become a mogul in the entertainment industry and create his own empire of film and culture... 168Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 8 Showbiz: The Man Who Only Falls in Love on Screen 娱乐：只在荧幕里恋爱的男人 1.3kReads7.3Score11114d adds
- 9 Haha, Look at Me Pulling an Anime Waifu 五哈：全网看我抽二次元老婆 [System + Multiple Heroines + Lighthearted + Daily Life + Variety Shows + Entertainment Industry + Time Stop from the Start] Dear readers, please leave a review if you can. Updates are steady every day, with no hiatuses. Thanks for your support! A few years ago, Mu Ye transmigrated to a parallel world where many beloved anime, including One Piece and Naruto, don't exist. He thought having a System would mean he wouldn't have to live like an overworked wage slave again. Who knew... it would be an 227Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Showbiz: I Live Off the Goddess, and Liu Xiaoli Is Fuming 娱乐：我吃天仙软饭，刘晓莉麻了 [Entertainment, feel-good, System, leveling up, parallel world] Lu Yang transmigrates to a parallel timeline on Blue Star and is ready to take his plagiarism skills to the limit! Novels, scripts, music: he can copy it all! He'll build an entertainment empire of his own! —Reads—Score2.3k14d adds
- 11 Chinese Showbiz: My High School Desk Mate, Da Mimi 华娱：我的高中同桌大蜜蜜 [The rating just went up, and it’ll keep climbing! Give it a try!] [Not reborn + everyday life + comeback + multiple heroines] By a twist of fate, Xu Zhiyuan became deskmates with seventeen-year-old Da Mimi... From then on, there was no turning back. Giving up on the top universities Qingbei, Fudan, and Jiaotong, Xu Zhiyuan plunged headfirst into the entertainment industry... Writer, screenwriter, arranger, singer, director, and entertainment mogul Xu Zhiyuan, and his rumored girlfriends (Liu Qi 11.1kReads6.3Score1.1k14d adds
- 12 B-Movie Director: From Picking Fights in Chinese Showbiz to Hollywood 烂片导演：从内娱碰瓷到好莱坞 [Entertainment Industry] [Director Fiction] [Mindless Wish Fulfillment] [Not a Single One] [Hilarious and Unhinged] [Movie Hero Universe] Lin Yuan made a movie called King of Kung Tian, blatantly copying King of Kung Fu, and was promptly blacklisted by Huayi. Unwilling to give up, he made another film, The City Brims with Golden Armor, copying Curse of the Golden Flower, and was once again met with a joint boycott led by Master Zhang. Since he couldn't make it in China's entertainment industry, 26.4kReads6.8Score1.6k14d adds
- 13 Chinese Entertainment: My Bargain Brother-in-Law Is the Great Poet Chen Kaige 华娱，便宜姐夫是大诗人陈凯戈 A man returns to the year 2000 and takes a different path from the one he walked in his previous life. The scenery along the way is beautiful. This life will be exciting, with a few ups and downs along the way. 16.1kReads7.1Score90114d adds
- 14 A Journey Through Showbiz, Starting with Ying Bao 从颖宝开始的娱乐圈之旅 After being reborn with the ability to control his dreams, Guo Ling used the skills he gained from them to make waves in showbiz. Before he knew it, he had become a big shot in everyone else's eyes. It all began with a dream about Ying Bao. [Multiple female leads] 4.6kReads7.1Score32014d adds
- 15 Chinese Showbiz: Rising from the Blacklist to Become a Top-Tier Star 华娱：从黑流开始成为娱乐圈顶流 [Multiple heroines] [System] [Filming] [Entertainment industry] [Career] [Variety shows] Reborn in 2021, he joins Candy Is Super Sweet and creates an iconic moment from the start. With one line, “Candy is super sweet,” Shen Ci becomes the target of ridicule across the internet. He ranks last in the initial evaluation, and the whole internet calls him a pretty face and a sissy, certain he'll be eliminated in the first round and kicked out of the entertainment industry. No one knows he's bound to —Reads—Score11614d adds
- 16 They Hired You to Be a Resourceful Star, Not to Hit on the Young Actress! 让你当资源咖，没让你撩小花啊！ (The rating is low because it just opened, but it’ll go up!!!) Reborn in 2014, Lu Ze starts off with a royal flush. Not only does he get in good with Wang, the tycoon behind Wanda Group, and become the most resource-backed star in the country, he also binds himself to the All-Around Superstar System! Lu Ze snatches the role of Qin Feng in Detective Chinatown right from under everyone’s noses. One look during the audition sends Chen Sicheng shivering and exclaiming, “This damn guy’s a genius!” Af 1.2kReads5.9Score10114d adds
- 17 King of Entertainment: The Perfect Life 娱乐天王：完美人生 [Showbiz] + [Technology] + [Mostly slice of life] Huang Xiaoming on Chinese Restaurant: “Bro, you can pick your room first. I’m fine with any of them!!” Everyone at Mushroom House: “Bro, we can make whatever you want to eat. You don’t have to lift a finger!!!!” On Divas Hit the Road: “Bro, we’ll do whatever you say. Even the director wouldn’t dare complain!!!” At 50 Kilometers Taohuawu: “Everyone, quiet down. Bro’s still sleeping!!!” Li Yun: “It’s fine, keep the music playing and keep dancing!!! 234Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 18 The Villainess Gossips Her Way Through Showbiz 恶女在娱乐圈吃瓜 System + showbiz + ultra-sweet one-on-one romance + losing weight and making money. Eat 100 pieces of gossip to win a 300-million-yuan prize. A goofy female assistant versus a CEO with a bizarre family background Zhang Rui unexpectedly gets a Gossip System that tasks her with consuming 100 pieces of gossip. To complete the mission, she enters showbiz as a celebrity assistant. But it turns out she's stepped into a whole field of gossip, with an endless supply of juicy stories and one bizarre char 3Reads6.4Score114d adds
- 19 The Hidden Heiress Breaks into Showbiz, from Assistant to Top Agent 隐富千金闯娱圈从助理到金牌经纪 Most people take an assistant job just to earn a living. As an assistant, Shen Ni takes a top-tier boy band straight to new heights! Determined to become a star talent manager, she starts out as a personal assistant, accompanying a five-member boy band already at the top as they make their way through the entertainment industry. She secures resources, smooths over crises, and does everything she can to protect the artists, leveling up and growing at an astonishing pace. She thought her family —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Chinese Showbiz: From the Start, I Had Chinese Paladin, and the Actresses Born in the ’85 Era Chased After Me 华娱：开局仙剑，85花旦倒追我 Chinese entertainment industry + multiple heroines + director + filmmaking + the fairy-like beauty + entertainment industry + slow-paced Actor Jin Kun returned to the turn of the millennium, unexpectedly awakening a System and becoming roommates with Hu Ge and Yuan Hong at the Shanghai Theatre Academy! Armed with memories from his previous life and a System that gave him cheat-like advantages, every production he made became a hit, and his songs were worth their weight in gold. Liu Yifei, An Yix 39.4kReads7.2Score3.9k14d adds
- 21 Showbiz: A Casanova with Top-Tier Star Girlfriends 娱乐：多情浪子，女友都是顶流 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Chinese Film Director: The Whole Village Takes Out Online Loans to Help Me Win the Palme d'Or 华娱导演：全村网贷助我拿金棕榈 The fake story of a director: from the start, he takes a script to his teacher and asks Han Sanping to invest in his film. The real story of a director’s rise: from the start, the whole village pools its money and takes out loans to support his filmmaking! He blends an artistic painting style into his work, and Cannes declares, “Now this is art!” See how the last great Palme d’Or-winning director before the age of celebrity traffic charts a new path for Chinese-language cinema. 7.6kReads6.8Score42314d adds
- 23 Chinese Showbiz's Top-Tier Star: It All Began When I Dumped Wang Churan 华娱顶流：从渣了王楚燃开始 [TV dramas + movies + multiple female leads + heaven-defying comprehension] Chen Xusheng was born into a parallel world. While accompanying a classmate to audition for an extra role, he was discovered by a director and skipped straight up three levels. He went from an extra to a minor supporting role, then to a major supporting role. He met Wang Churan while working on a show, then got to know Meng Ziyi, Lu Yuxiao, and others through her... With all those actresses leading the way, he found hims 1kReads6.4Score10314d adds
- 24 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 2.7kReads5.4Score14214d adds
- 25 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 10.1kReads6.2Score58714d adds
- 26 Showbiz: The Days I Took the Same Exam as Da Mimi 娱乐：与大蜜蜜同考场的日子 Yang Yu is reborn on the day of the college entrance exam, in the same exam room as Da Mimi, and changes the course of his life forever! Rising to the top of both showbiz and business, he becomes a new industry titan. This year's exam has produced a future megastar! 5.7kReads5.8Score55114d adds
- 27 Chinese Showbiz: This Movie Emperor Plays by His Own Rules 华娱：这个影帝路子太野 [Actor-focused + playboy scumbag + music] Reborn in the year 2000, Wei Ran became a migrant extra in Beijing. While everyone else studied acting and practiced their lines, his resume listed him as the youngest master of ceremonies for weddings and funerals in the surrounding villages, specializing in playing the suona, reciting funeral prayers, and commanding a crowd. The director said his acting was uncanny, his scene partners said he didn’t play by the rules, and beautiful women said men like 25.9kReads7.6Score2.3k14d adds
- 28 Chinese Entertainment: From Liu Yifei to Yang Mi, Li Ying, and Dilraba 华娱之从刘一菲到杨蜜丽影热芭 [Entertainment Industry] [Multiple Heroines] [System] [Reborn] After Gu Fei is reborn, he obtains a God-Tier Entertainment System. He forms all kinds of intriguing connections with beautiful women from the entertainment industry, including Liu Yifei, Yang Mi, Zhao Liying, Yang Zi, Liu Shishi, Tang Yan, Dilraba Dilmurat, Gulnazar, Bai Lu, Meng Ziyi, Zhou Ye, and many others. What? There are beautiful women from movie worlds, too? And he gets rewards for bringing them into his fold? Then bring the 100Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 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 2.7kReads6.8Score11114d adds
- 30 Showbiz 2005: The Top-Tier Star's Hextech 华娱2005：顶流的海克斯 [System + multiple heroines + romance + career + still updating, with a completed million-word novel already available. Welcome, dear readers!] One morning, Huang Jin woke up to find himself back in 2005, the first year of Chinese showbiz. While everyone else relied on talent and connections, he simply used cheats [Entertainment Hextech System activated] [Beginner's gift: choose one of three Prismatic Hexes!] [Prismatic: King of the Stage: An absolute ruler onstage, guaranteed to deliver unforge 676Reads6.7Score3114d adds
- 31 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
- 32 Chinese Showbiz: An Orphan from the Start, an Entertainment Mogul in the End 华娱：开局遗孤，结局娱乐圈大佬 [Chinese Showbiz] [Wild Imagination] [Transmigration] [Feel-Good Story] [Big Shots] [Entertainment Industry] After getting a second chance at life, failed short-video director Ye Yibo thinks he's got the worst possible start, only to discover that he actually has powerful connections. In that case, naturally, he'll charge into the entertainment industry. He immediately forms groups like “Very Sweet” and “Tang Poems and Song Lyrics.” A Chinese showbiz novel, not a director-focused story. It's mai 13.8kReads6.9Score59814d adds
- 33 Showbiz: You Can't Imagine How Much Fun a Succubus Director Has 娱乐：魅魔导演的快乐你想象不到 [Incubus, multiple heroines, actresses, director story, showbiz, brainless wish fulfillment] Chen Guanlou accidentally transmigrates to a parallel world and awakens a born incubus physique! As long as he keeps working with actresses and making movies, treasure chests will drop. From the start, he works with Da Tiantian, earning four treasure chests: bronze, silver, gold, and diamond! [Top-tier looks + incubus physique = ???] [Directing skills: Beyond Oscar-winning directors, sweeping the enterta 15.1kReads6.9Score1.1k14d adds
- 34 Showbiz: Playing Yin Zhiping, Liu Tianxian Forces Herself on Me 娱乐：演尹志平，被刘天仙强逆推 [Slow pace + satisfying plot + comedy + filming + everyday interactions] Li Siyang, who transmigrated from Blue Star, obtains the Heaven’s Chosen Supporting Actor System, along with an Emperor of Acting handbook and a virtual space for practicing his acting skills. And so we get a Yin Zhiping more handsome than Yang Guo. The perfect son-in-law, Zhang Dongsheng. General Yuwen, the man everyone wants to follow. Chonglou, the most powerful fighter in the Six Realms. The First Emperor 3.2kReads6.8Score23914d adds
- 35 He’s So Talented, He’s Blown Up the Entire Entertainment Industry 他太全能，娱乐圈直接炸了 Twenty-two years after transmigrating, Lin Yiming finally got his chance to perform on the first stage. And then the System arrived. All-Round Idol System, activated. While other singers worried that their creative inspiration had dried up and wondered how to fix their vocals, Lin Yiming said, “My library of lyrics and compositions is inexhaustible. I never lip-sync or touch up my vocals.” Chen Yixun: “He’s the original singer-songwriter I admire most. No one else even comes close.” Da Mimi: “I’ 281Reads7.2Score11014d adds
- 36 Chinese Showbiz: A Reborn Movie Emperor Starts as an Extra 华娱：影帝重生从龙套开始 [Urban][Chinese Showbiz][Parallel World][System][Single Heroine][Film and TV][Songs][Fan Ye][Award-Winning Actor][Reborn] Reborn in 1997, he is Xia Yiming, a wealthy award-winning actor returned from the dead. With the System at his fingertips, he binds himself to the future Fan Ye. Starting as an extra no one notices, he uses his memories to gain an edge and capital to pave the way. He makes the biggest hit movies, wins the most prestigious awards, and supports the woman he loves most. Watch as 5.2kReads6.6Score27514d adds
- 37 My Cousin Is Liu Tianxian 我的表妹是刘天仙 Liu Dongdong patted his little cousin on the head. “Work hard, Xixi. Next year, I'll find you a sister-in-law.” “Xixi, you'd better work hard and earn lots of money.” “Auntie, I'll take care of you.” “Ah, Auntie, don't hit my butt!” “Brat, don't kiss me on the mouth. You're covered in drool.” 8Reads—Score114d adds
- 38 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—14d adds
- 39 Showbiz: I Raised My Wife from Childhood, My Childhood Sweetheart, Da Mimi 娱乐：老婆从小培养，青梅大蜜蜜 [Showbiz, Period Setting, Transmigration, Plagiarism, Getting Rich, System] Chen Fei transmigrates back to 1990. At this time, Yang Mi is still just a baby! After binding to a System and earning his first fortune, he starts building up his capital. He switches into plagiarism mode, borrowing whatever he wants from the 21st century! Step by step, he builds his own entertainment kingdom and business empire! 1kReads6.5Score—14d adds
- 40 Showbiz: The Female Stars Read My Diary and All Fell for Me 娱乐：偷看我日记，女星都沦陷了 Ye Linfeng discovers that he has been reborn and now owns a magical diary. The good news: he's made it into the entertainment industry, and knows all its secrets, inside and out. The bad news: lots of female celebrities have copies of Ye Linfeng's diary, and they all gaze at him with longing. Ye Linfeng figures this could easily get him into trouble, but with such generous rewards on the line, he's all in. After all, he's the only one who knows the whole truth. When truth becomes fiction and fic —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Chinese Showbiz: The Right Way for a Returning Top-Tier Star to Make a Comeback 华娱：归国顶流的正确打开方式 [Reborn + Multiple Heroines + No System] [The rating just came out and will go up!] In 2014, Su Chen awakened memories of his previous life and decisively left EXO to return to China, ushering in the era of mega-popular stars in Chinese entertainment. First, under the alias King, he competed on The Masked Singer. With one classic hit after another, he swept the music scene and secured his place as the top artist in mainland Chinese music. At the same time, he crossed over into film and starred i 202.6kReads8.5Score21.4k14d adds
- 42 Who Doesn't Know What You Mean 谁人不知意 Shen Zhiyi gave up her dream of becoming a star and became an online novelist. Ning Yan rose to become a top-tier star in the entertainment industry. The two reunited five years later. Can they pick up where they left off? And can He Yanxi, who has waited so long in silence, seize his second chance? Let’s follow the story of a female author, a top-tier star, and a domineering CEO. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Showbiz: They Stole My Spot in the Group, So I Became a Top-Tier Star by Living Off Others 娱乐：成团被抢，我吃软饭成顶流 EXO is about to debut, but Bai Yang is suddenly kicked out of the group. With his place in the group taken from him, Bai Yang remembers the two and a half years he spent quietly working as a trainee and decides to set new goals for the future. Just then, a Choice System binds itself to him! [Choice One: Confront SM Entertainment and demand to know why you weren't included in the debut lineup and were kicked out. Declare that you want to debut too! Reward: The company presents you to a tycoon as 15.8kReads7.1Score1.1k14d adds
- 44 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, 16.8kReads6.2Score1.4k14d adds
- 45 Starlight at My Fingertips: My Gaming Partner Is a Superstar 指尖星途，我的游戏对象是大明星 [Chinese Showbiz]+ [Gaming]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [Sweet Romance]+ [Slow Pace] (The beginning is a little slow and focuses a bit more on gaming. If you’re not into games, feel free to skip ahead. The story focuses on showbiz later.) After transmigrating to Blue Star, Ye Zhiqiu becomes a depressed young man whose family has fallen on hard times and whose parents are both dead. With no System and no golden finger, he scrapes by as a professional gamer who boosts accounts, relying on the skills he 629Reads—Score20814d adds
- 46 In the Entertainment Industry, I Really Just Want to Go to College 娱乐圈之我真的只想上大学 [Showbiz Career] [No Romance] [Slow-Burn Wish Fulfillment] [Actress] The rating is still settling in, but keep reading and it gets pretty good. The good news is that Jian Suhe has been reborn. The bad news is that she never wanted to be reborn in the first place!! Jian Suhe didn't get much schooling, but she was still a success! In her previous life, she couldn't focus on her studies, but she made it big in the internet business and earned nearly a hundred million. She really can't figure out 2.1kReads8.3Score20214d adds
- 47 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? 115Reads8.3Score11914d adds
- 48 Top-Tier Star: Debuting in the Center on Idol Producer 顶流：从偶练c位出道开始 [Idol Producer] + [Top-Tier Star] + [Multiple Female Leads] + [Rising Starlets] + [No System] Shen Fei was reborn in 2017. At the time, the entertainment industry was still dominated by the Four Kings and Three Rising Stars. After Lu Han announced his relationship, his popularity plummeted. When one giant falls, countless others rise. Shen Fei made his move. First, he ended his contract with his old, ineffectual agency. Then he joined Idol Producer, crushed the competition, debuted in the center 540Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 49 Chinese Showbiz: What's Wrong with a Blockbuster Box Office? 华娱：票房高嚣张怎么了？ What? An art-house director says I've betrayed the essence of cinema? That means I got it right. Art-house filmmakers criticizing me means audiences like what I do. My nephew criticizing me means the people love the stories I make. Those Hollywood executives criticizing me? That proves even more that I got it right! The more my enemies oppose me, the more it shows I'm on the right path. An actress says I'm a womanizer? If a director doesn't play the field, what's the point of being a director? 630Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 50 Chinese Showbiz: Starting Out as an Influencer 华娱从网红开始 Back in 2017, I set out to make it in the entertainment industry as an internet celebrity. They say the entertainment industry is a place full of mysticism: a little fame comes from promotion, but real stardom comes down to fate. I refuse to believe in fate. I believe I can carve out my own future through hard work. My fate is mine to control, not heaven's! They also say the entertainment industry is a cesspool. In this age of capital, connections, money, and powerful backers rule, and unspoken 118Reads8.1Score—14d adds
