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- 151 Chinese Entertainment: Who Are You Calling an Idol Star? 华娱之说谁偶像派呢 [Early career in Chinese entertainment] + [Film, television, and music] + [Super Boy] + [Hollywood from the middle onward] + [One man is an army] + [Shanghai Theatre Academy] A commercial plaza in Shanghai is packed with people. Security guards struggle to hold back the frenzied crowd on either side of the walkway. The commotion draws even more attention, and the crowd keeps growing. A passerby holding a milk tea wanders over, curious. “Who’s this guy? What a show-off!” (The Milk Tea Guy pushes 180Reads—Score—14d adds
- 152 Transmigrate? Cultivate Immortality? I'd Rather Make a Star Queen 穿越？修仙？不如捧天后 Another person from Ye Village has transmigrated... This time it’s Ye Hao’s youngest son, Ye Wu, beloved disciple of Lingmu, the Daoist who controls the laws of life. This is a planet similar to Earth, yet not quite the same. Ye Wu has nothing to worry about: when in Rome, do as the Romans do... A planet in the Age of Declining Dharma? Then he’ll seek out spiritual herbs and medicines. No money? Then he’ll bring over Earth’s entertainment and culture. Ye Wu takes everything in stride. Instead of 829Reads6.9Score10614d adds
- 153 Chinese Showbiz: Is It Really So Hard for a Director Like Me to Make a Rising Star? 华娱：我一个导演捧小花很合理吧 [Chinese Entertainment] [Multiple Female Leads] [Young Actresses] [Career] [Mostly Everyday Life] Cao Beilong, a film and TV commentary blogger, is unexpectedly reborn in 2016. That year, the Four Greats and Three Rising Stars are at the height of their fame, while young actresses are just beginning to make a name for themselves. From the start, he gets his hands on a superstar-raising System whose Host it mistook him for. When the System realizes it chose the wrong Host, it throws a fit and thr 12.1kReads6.1Score1.2k14d adds
- 154 Showbiz: Who Read My Diary?! 娱乐：谁偷看了我的日记！ [Is this a diary?] [More importantly, who in their right mind keeps a diary?] [Good thing I’m not exactly in my right mind.] Chen Hao returned to 2010 with a diary in hand, and from the start, he spotted Yang Mi on the set of The Palace. It wasn’t as if he’d never read this kind of novel before. Some people were bound to see this! He let out a cold laugh. Then couldn’t he just make up a few “new” things? For instance, he could start by inventing a wife for himself. Then he could make up a ridicu 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 Chinese Showbiz: The Genius Director Who Started by Conning the Heavenly Fairy 华娱：天才导演从忽悠天仙开始 Qin Feng transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a student in the 2007 class at the Beijing Film Academy. To escape poverty, he starts copying the youth fiction from his previous life and quickly becomes one of the academy's most celebrated talents. His girlfriends come and go even faster than the books he writes, and life is sweet. But everything changes after one drunken night. Qin Feng says, "I told you we'd create a whole new era. Do you believe me? The world shouldn't be like this, an 51.7kReads8.4Score4.8k14d adds
- 156 Entertainment Comes First: Book Seventeen 娱乐至上1第17本书 My new story is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 3.5kReads6.6Score19814d adds
- 157 Showbiz: Director, Stop Filming! I'm Not Getting Enough Nutrition! 娱乐：导演别拍了，营养跟不上！ Movie buff Su Yu, who has watched countless films, transmigrates and discovers he has become a nobody of a newly debuted director. From the start, he pulls out the most explosive movies from his previous life! Reba’s Fast & Furious has no acting? Who told you to watch for the acting? A beauty and a luxury car, now that’s what you call fast and furious! Shishi’s Titanic is too explicit, corrupting public morals? If it corrupts public morals, why did you drive its box office all the way to number 437Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 158 Boss Yang! He’s Dating Again! 杨老板！他又恋爱了！ Cheng Fan transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a nobody who only gets bit parts. To create opportunities for him to appear on screen, Boss Yang forces him to play the villain on a dating show, hoping to make viewers hate him. On the show, the male contestants can’t wait to spoil all the female contestants rotten. But Cheng Fan is committed to his flirtatious persona: he plans to charm one woman every few days, then make a quick getaway! Unexpectedly, things backfire, and he’s hailed as 156Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 159 Entertainment Director: Let’s Make Everything Crossover 文娱导演：全部联动起来 Characters included: Sherlock Holmes, Batman, Iron Man, the Joker, Tiga, Godzilla, Kabuto, and the Emperor Armor. [Director]+ [IP crossover]+ [No female lead]+ [Multiverse] After transmigrating to Blue Star, Duan Fei discovers that movies here have special effects, but no soul. He laughs, because he has every classic from Earth in his head! And with the support of the [IP Crossover Script Synthesis System], he starts with a winning hand! "Sherlock Holmes"+ "Batman": The ultimate showdown bet 254Reads6.0Score11814d adds
- 160 Showbiz: The Road to Becoming a Mogul 娱乐：进阶资本之路 [Not a Power Fantasy + Reborn + No System + Entertainment Industry + Liu Shishi + Yang Mi + Dilraba] Yin Xunshang, a pretty-faced man in the midst of the city's glittering bustle, gets made a scapegoat and returns to twenty years earlier. He chooses a new path and starts a new life. In a world full of struggles for status and money, what choices will he make? What kind of stories will unfold between him and the women around him? Will he do whatever it takes to gain status, or pursue true love wi 525Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 161 I Started Online Dating the Gorgeous Honey from the Start, and Every Boast Came True 开局网恋大蜜蜜，吹的牛都成真了 Li Yuan accidentally transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a junior college student, where he gets bound to the “Online Dating Comes True System.” To complete its tasks, he starts dating people online, then breaks up with them a month later, turning them into ex-girlfriends. After a year of hard work, Li Yuan finally completes the mission! But after he finishes, his online ex-girlfriends start showing up one after another. Yang Mi: “So, Xiao Li, you were using me, huh?” Dilraba: “Brother 21Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 162 Showbiz: One Low-Budget Movie Takes the World by Storm 娱乐：一部小成本电影，席卷全球 [Entertainment Industry] [System] [Super Satisfying Story] “500,000 yuan to make a movie? You’d be better off begging for alms!” Ye Feng worked himself to the bone all his life. Just before he died, he finally achieved enlightenment at Longchang, grasping the secret to success. After transmigrating to a parallel world, he awakens the Enlightenment System. With his learning ability maxed out, he starts making movies on a shoestring budget and betting big. And so, he begins a series of crazy moves 1.9kReads6.7Score10314d adds
- 163 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
- 164 Chinese Showbiz: I'll Claim Both Fame and Fortune Standing Tall 华娱：我要站着名利双收 [System] [Reborn] [Harem] [Not Brain-Dead] [Profit-Focused] Zhou Ye was a penniless nobody with no house, no car, and no savings. He dropped dead while treating his buddies. He transmigrated into the body of a first-year student at Beijing Film Academy in 2002. He even got bound to a System. In his previous life, he knelt and still failed to make money. This time, he wanted to try standing tall and claiming both fame and fortune. Others relied on capital; he relied on information advantages. Oth 10.1kReads—Score82214d adds
- 165 I Opened a Restaurant in Hengdian, and All the Actresses Came 在横店开饭店，女明星都来了 With multiple female leads, Lu Chen unexpectedly acquired the God of Cooking app and inherited his grandfather’s restaurant in Hengdian. Using the culinary skills provided by the System, he charms the entertainment industry’s biggest stars. Please note: this story has multiple female leads, so don’t read it if that bothers you. 778Reads6.2Score10314d adds
- 166 As a Director, It's Only Natural to Be a Little Multitalented 身为导演，多才多艺亿点很正常吧 No System + Parallel World + Not a Mindless Wish-Fulfillment Story + Multiple Heroines Xia Dongqi, a middle-aged salesman, unexpectedly transmigrates and is reborn in a parallel world as Xia Dongqi, a second-year middle school student. He sets himself two principles and one goal. First, never drink alcohol again. Second, be a law-abiding, upstanding citizen. His goal is to enter the entertainment industry and experience the fabled world of glitz and glamour, wine and indulgence... No, to create 331Reads8.0Score10214d adds
- 167 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
- 168 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
- 169 This Big-Time Director Can Do It All! 这个大导演啥都会！ [Read with confidence, no need to turn off your brain] A director who treated filmmaking as a hobby dies suddenly, then is reborn in 2003 as a rich, spoiled second-generation student at the Beijing Film Academy. In this life, he’ll do things differently! After seven days in seclusion, he makes the future hit Night Shop his own! He earns a million before even filming a frame! He makes a name for himself by riding on a famous director’s reputation, then signs a team of future superstars! Everyone 479Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 170 Chinese Showbiz: Capital Reigns Supreme 华娱：资本为王 "This is not a System novel. The protagonist will return to the Central Academy of Drama. It is half business, half showbiz. If that's not your thing, don't click!!!" Shen Tianfang is reborn in 1999. Before his rebirth, he mortgaged his house to make a movie and became a laughingstock at the Central Academy of Drama after hitting on a girl in the acting department. Faced with all the mockery, Shen Tianfang has no choice but to make good on all the boasts his predecessor made, giving rise to a se 2.6kReads7.9Score14314d adds
- 171 The Top-Tier Star of Chinese Entertainment: My Films, TV Shows, and Songs All Go Viral 内娱断层顶流：影视歌全都爆火 Lin Shen is reborn in the past, and his very first film breaks the box-office record for domestic romance movies! Many people think he's just lucky, then his TV dramas and songs become huge hits too. … “Lin Shen? His film has broken five billion at the box office again!” “What is going on? Can't anyone stop him?” “Stop him? How? Veteran actors don't have popularity or box-office pull, while top-tier stars don't have the same appeal to ordinary people. There's nobody who can compare to him.” Bef 1.7kReads8.1Score10114d adds
- 172 Showbiz: The Pop Diva Exposes My Top-Secret Identity 娱乐：我的顶级身份被天后扒穿 Ye Cheng transmigrates to a parallel world and awakens a versatile golden finger. Quietly amassing unmatched wealth and resources, he keeps a low profile in the entertainment industry, content to be an idle nobody. An unexpected appearance in a casual photo sends him viral. A jealous top-tier star and diva exposes every one of Ye Cheng's unbelievable secrets on a live-streamed variety show, in front of the entire internet! The invisible nobody no one had ever noticed turns out to be a top creato 227Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 173 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 5.2kReads6.6Score26914d adds
- 174 Entertainment Mogul: I Keep Half the Industry Afloat 娱乐大亨：我养活半个娱乐圈 Luo Changge, an unparalleled secret agent with twenty-five and a half years of training, transmigrated into the body of a little-known composer. From then on, he stirred up a storm in the entertainment industry. Some said he was the best actor among musicians; others said he wrote the best scripts among actors. Still others said he was the best director among screenwriters. In short, he was a multitalented genius, a legend. The Grammys: The twenty-first century has only just begun, but we're cer 96Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 Showbiz: It All Started When I Met Bai Lu 娱乐：从认识白露开始 [Showbiz + One Female Lead + Bai Lu + Filming + Variety Shows + Comedy] Li Qingrong had become a film emperor and was traveling around, enjoying the scenery. Then one phone call from the company’s boss summoned him back. “What? You want me to mentor someone? No way.” “What? I have no choice? Fine, fine, I’ll be back soon.” Li Qingrong looked at the little white rabbit in front of him. A sinister smile curled his lips, and his gaze turned playful. “So you’re the little white rabbit?” Bai Lu look 139Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 Bai Lu: Someone Has Loved Me for a Long Time 白露：有个人喜欢了我好久 What is a secret crush? A secret crush is a successful silent play. Speak up, and it becomes a tragedy. One female lead: Bai Lu. A story about secretly loving Bai Lu and growing up alongside her. It’s basically being afraid you’ll find out, while also being afraid you won’t. A secret crush is heartbreak. A secret crush is testing the waters again and again. A secret crush is the timid care of not daring to get too close. Isn’t a secret crush just trying a thousand times? Then what if the thousan 46Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 177 Dilraba's Arms Dealer Godfather Sweeps the Entertainment Industry 热巴的军火商干爹，横推娱乐圈 The rising star Reba was banned from the entertainment industry after offending the son of a powerful investor. While everyone was still talking about it, major media companies received word and held an emergency meeting to stand by Reba. Before long, one insider scoop after another began to surface. The investor who had banned her happened to get into a car accident, while the paparazzo who spread rumors about her vanished without a trace… Even Shanghai's top-tier star and the forces behin 17Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 178 I Just Wrote a Diary, So Why Am I Surrounded by Actresses? 我就写个日记，被女明星包围了？ Ye Linfeng, who transmigrated here, leisurely summons the diary in his mind. “So as long as I keep writing in this, I'll keep getting all kinds of rewards?” “Come to think of it, that's pretty nice...” ” —Reads—Score86514d adds
- 179 Chinese Showbiz: Every Actress Is a Star I Made 华娱：女明星都是我捧红的 Shen Lang, a web novelist whose books couldn’t get a break, was inexplicably reborn in a parallel world much like Earth. With memories of his past life, Shen Lang used his knowledge of the future to trade futures and buy stocks, amassing a fortune in just eight years! When the financial crisis hit, Shen Lang spent half his money on quality stocks to hold for the long term, then used the other half to buy two residential communities at bargain prices. He retired early and settled into a leisurely 6Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 180 Showbiz: Bound to Yang Mi's Reversal System from the Start 娱乐，开局被大幂幂绑定反转系统 Zuo Yunfan transmigrates to a parallel world and awakens the Goddess Reversal System. Other transmigrators have to complete missions to earn rewards. All Zuo Yunfan has to do is lie flat. As long as he keeps getting the goddesses bound to him to complete missions, he'll earn one amazing skill and talent after another! [Ding! Yang Mi has completed a mission. Host receives the reward: Divine-Level Dancing Skill!] [Ding! Tang Yan has completed a mission. Host receives the reward: Divine-Level Singi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 181 Showbiz: My Chuunibyou Self Becomes an Online Sensation 娱乐：中二的我，爆红全网 One female lead: Reba. An anime-loving male protagonist. On a nationally popular variety show, everyone else shows off their talents, intelligence, and physical abilities. Qian Sanqi, who transmigrated from a tiny blue planet, opens his mouth and says a line of Latin no one has ever heard before: “Veni, vidi, vici. (I came, I saw, I conquered.)” The whole internet erupts with laughter: “Where did this chuuni come from? Is he here to be a joke?” Until... When it comes to dancing, he casually show 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 Showbiz: Fusing with Kakashi, the God of Copied Acting Skills 娱乐：融合卡卡西，拷贝演技的神 [Movie Star] + [Entertainment Career Progression] + [College from the Start] + [Comedy] [You can enjoy this even if you haven't watched anime or don't know anything about the entertainment industry.] A brand-new script, a brand-new transmigration! Even Lin Feng, who has read countless novels, realizes his transmigration is a whole new kind! He starts out in college, and he's classmates with Meng Ziyi. He also gets bound to a fusion System. Can he fuse with Kakashi from the start? He's granted th 5Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 183 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
- 184 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. 28.9kReads8.4Score2.2k14d adds
- 185 Chinese Showbiz: I Can Dream of the Future 华娱：我能梦见未来 [Slice of Life] [Realistic] [Clever and Thoughtful] Female leads: [Sweet] [Mi] [Fairy] [Cool] [Ying] [Shi] Male lead: Classmate Jing Tian, Yang Mi’s junior, singer, actor, director, entertainment mogul, IT mogul... Buddies: Zhang Ruoyun, Tan Songyun. Useful pawn: Yang Tianzhen. Golden finger: Dreams of the future (not much of a presence) Career path: Debuts as a singer, reaches the top with You Who Came from the Stars, develops Weibo and breaks into the mainstream, builds an entertainment ecosys 61Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 186 Entering Showbiz, Starting with Meeting Liu Xiaoli 踏入娱乐圈，从结识刘小丽开始 [The rating just came out, so it's a little low!] Female leads: Very Sweet + the Three Beauties of the Western Regions + Fan Bingbing + Da Bai Ran + Big Pear + Zhao Liying + Liu Shishi + Tang Yan + Chen Duling + Mao Xiaotong + Wang Churan... Reborn on Blue Star, Lin Heng only wants to work hard, make something of himself, and give the grandparents who adopted him a stable home. Who knew that, by a chance of fate, Mother Earth had left him a System: the Goddess System. Every gift from a goddess e 9.3kReads6.0Score51914d adds
- 187 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
- 188 I Just Want to Be a Feng Shui Master, Not a Superstar 我只想当个风水先生，不想当巨星 [Entertainment / livestreaming / comedy / feng shui / System / daily life / System / utterly ridiculous humor] Chen Bufan transmigrated into the ordinary modern world and became the feng shui master Chen Banxian. First, Boss Yang came begging for a feng shui consultation. Then entertainment-industry big shots, including her older brother and Mei Yanfang, came calling one after another. Every celebrity whose feng shui he read went on to become a massive star in the entertainment industry. Even th 2kReads6.6Score13414d adds
- 189 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
- 190 Who Says Short-Drama Directors Can't Make Movies? 谁说短剧导演不会拍电影 [Multiple heroines] [Success in both the arts and business] Who says a short-form drama director isn’t a real director? With enough funding, short-form directors can make better films than many big-name directors! Gu Huaiyuan, a short-form drama director, is unexpectedly reborn at the dawn of Chinese entertainment in 2002. Armed with a vision and skills far ahead of his time, he cuts a path to success with art films and builds his fortune with commercial films! One masterpiece after another is b 10.6kReads6.1Score50514d adds
- 191 The Super Director Starts by Filming the Crooked-Mouth Dragon King 超级导演从拍歪嘴龙王开始 Zhao Yu spent his whole life as an assistant director, but never became a proper director. After transmigrating to another world, he became an extra instead! Just as Zhao Yu had resigned himself to lying flat, he suddenly awakened the Super Director System. Zhao Yu thought he could finally become a director, but the System screwed him over and left him with only three months to live. To stay alive, Zhao Yu took the 500,000 yuan he had earned by risking his life and started making movies. With a 1.2kReads5.4Score—14d adds
- 192 Chinese Showbiz: Starting with Knockoff Movies 华娱：从山寨电影开始 (No System + Multiple female leads) Before A World Without Thieves hit theaters, a movie called A World With Thieves went viral online, making Feng Xiaogang so furious that he blasted Ke Ming to the media. Before Initial D hit theaters, a movie called Initial D: Full Throttle went viral online, making Jay Chou so furious that he wrote a song insulting Ke Ming. Before Rob-B-Hood hit theaters, a movie called Baby Plan went viral online, making Jackie Chan want to drag Ke Ming to a furniture store 302Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 193 Restarting My Directing Career, Following in Second Uncle's Footsteps 重启导演之路，追逐二大爷的脚步 (Director Story + System + Entertainment Industry + 10085) The big sisters from the acting class of '96, the Tang poet-immortals, the young stars born in the '90s, and the up-and-coming stars born after '95… As someone who transmigrated, Qin Mo had always regarded his Second Uncle as the idol he would pursue for the rest of his life, an internationally renowned film director. But his uncle's death came far too suddenly. Now, having inherited the System, what choice should Qin Mo make? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 194 The Third Book by Hei Ma Xiao Xi Feng 黑马啸西风的第3本书 [Entertainment Industry + Filmmaking + Flirting with Stars + Box Office Battles + Cultural Invasion] Three films in fifty chapters, all at breakneck speed. What are you waiting for? One erotic film, The Plum in the Golden Vase, has countless viewers cursing Lu Jiu and demanding refunds. One mockbuster has the moneyed powers doing everything they can to blacklist Lu Jiu. One pure romance has countless viewers in tears. What kind of sane person would become a director, anyway? Lu Jiu: “I’m really 39Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 195 Chinese Showbiz: The King of Directors, Starting in 2003 华娱：从03年开始的导演之王 [Entertainment Industry + Multiple Heroines + Director + Film Emperor + Plagiarizing from Another World + System] He is the acknowledged godfather of idol dramas, a pillar of Chinese-language cinema, a world-class director and a brilliant screenwriter. He is the irresistible dream man in every female star’s eyes, and the ladder to the top in every male star’s. He can turn a minor celebrity into an overnight sensation and give an old star a second spring. He is the entertainment industry’s bigges 8.4kReads6.2Score40814d adds
- 196 I Said I'd Lie Flat, But Honey Honey Took Me on a Dating Show 说好躺平，大蜜蜜却带我上恋综 [Single heroine + dating reality show + entertainment industry + play the pig to eat the tiger] After he transmigrates, Jiang Xun just wants to lie flat and enjoy a carefree life with his CEO wife, Yang Mi, living off a monthly allowance of 200,000 yuan. Then one day, the allowance stops. Yang Mi: “Honey, the company is almost bankrupt. How about joining a dating show with me so we can make some money?” Jiang Xun: “Sigh, I have to earn a living, so I guess I have no choice but to go to work.” An 333Reads7.0Score3614d adds
- 197 The Director Returns to 1996 导演重回1996 (A director’s story of striving for success + airtight logic + not a brainless, shallow novel) Back to 1996, when travel was slow and letters took a long time to arrive. Lin Maidong gets into the directing program at Beijing Film Academy. This is the most difficult era for the film and television industry. The Sixth Generation directors have yet to make their mark, and films are still produced under the auspices of state-owned studios. People care about art, not commerce, and domestic box office 887Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 198 Chinese Showbiz: It All Begins with a Shared Apartment 华娱：从合租开始 [Disclaimer: This is a parallel world!!!] Gu Yan, a Hengdian actor who transmigrated to a parallel world, discovers that things here seem a little different. Some people look just like the ones in his old world, but a few classic works are missing. “Less talk, more action. Time to start copying. In this life, I’m going to be the guy with all the connections.” In this life, Gu Yan plans to become a superstar in film, television, and music. Gu Yan is full of ambition, but when he rings the doorbel 2.8kReads8.0Score17714d adds
- 199 Reborn, I Conquered the Entertainment Industry Through Variety Shows 重生后我靠综艺杀穿娱乐圈 (I'm a new author writing my first book, and I've seen everyone's criticism and suggestions. I'm working hard on revisions now.) Lin Xiaoxing is an ordinary office worker who survives on takeout and TV dramas. One day, she wakes up to find herself a TV station intern in a parallel world. Here, the technology tree has developed just fine, but the entertainment industry is so barren it could make you cry. TV dramas are either tearjerkers or about beating up Japanese invaders, while variety shows a 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 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
