Novels like The Dirty Secrets of Showbiz
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- 51 Pure Yang Cauldron Venerable: I Sweep the Hehuan Sect with Reverse Cultivation 纯阳鼎尊：我靠逆修横扫合欢宗 The entire Hehuan Sect thinks he’s a useless cultivation furnace. Little do they know that the finest Dao physique in the world has quietly risen from the very bottom. Others rely on pills, resources, and dual cultivation to advance... He levels up by fighting. Others endure and scrape by, hoping for the slightest chance. Lin Genshuo draws his sword whenever an enemy appears. If you don’t like it, fight. From an insignificant nobody to crushing the sect’s powerful elite, then overturning a thous 91Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 The Night: Conquer! 黑夜，征服！ This is a story about the entertainment industry. I’m a director, and I make movies with my seven childhood friends. The social niceties and rules of the industry will show you the secrets and unwritten rules no one talks about. Before I even had a chance to make a move, my cinematographer and lighting technician had already shut their doors and wouldn’t let me in. My name is Chen Qingshan. I graduated with a degree in civil engineering and immediately became unemployed. No one expected a broke 281Reads—Score1914d adds
- 53 Fake County Magistrate, My Sister-in-Law Helps Me Reach for the Clouds 假县令，嫂嫂扶我凌云志 Ye Ping’an’s soul traveled to another world. The moment he opened his eyes, he saw his own full-blooded elder brother about to kill him! If you show me no mercy, I’ll show you none! I won’t just kill you in return. I’ll take everything you have: your official position, your money, and your women!! 492Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 The Watcher in the Wheat Fields 麦苗田里的守望者 I'll never forget that rainy summer night. The rain had turned the village's dirt roads to mud. One step could sink you in up to your calves. Clutching half a candle, I hurried home, stumbling through the muck, my heart pounding like I had a rabid rabbit inside me. Mom had promised she'd be home before dark, but it was already nine o'clock. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Run! Your Blind Date Is from Chaoshan 快跑，相亲对象是潮汕人 Period novel / realistic fiction / ensemble cast The actual story is the opposite of what the title suggests. The heroine, Yang Biyao, eventually feels fortunate to have chosen the responsible male lead, Cai Zekun, who puts his family first. Synopsis: Through a friend’s introduction, Yang Biyao goes on a blind date with a man from Chaoshan. Her life then unfolds through negotiating the bride price, moving far from home after marriage, holding a wedding banquet, helping her husband inherit the fa 571Reads8.1Score10514d adds
- 56 The City’s Masked Man: Go Ahead, I’m Watching You Act 城市假面人，演，我看着你演 An ordinary person acts so convincingly that he could win an Oscar, living behind a mask as marriage, family, and career all deal him blow after blow. Like a cockroach, he is reborn against all odds. See how he copes with the chaos of everyday life and becomes a master of life's many skills! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 My Shiniang 我和师母 My Martial Master's Wife —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Reborn as a Great Literary Master 重生之大文学家 After being reborn, Li Boqi revealed his hidden nature and spent his youth without restraint. He was no paragon of virtue. He used tricks and plotted schemes to get what he wanted. Like a nouveau riche, he drove sports cars and played the heartbreaker. Only when he had truly grown into a towering tree did he realize that, without even noticing, he had changed the world. 1.7kReads5.6Score15614d adds
- 59 Fallen into the Mortal World 坠落红尘间 His father is critically ill, and she can’t scrape together the money to save him. A poor college girl grits her teeth and steps into the late-night world of KTV! She masks her youth with cigarettes and alcohol, trading her dignity for medical bills. Can she make it to the end of this road? Will she succumb to the temptations of the neon lights? 87Reads—Score614d adds
- 60 I Once Loved You, But This Is Where It Ends 我曾爱过你，但到此为止了 I once loved you, but that ends here 4kReads—Score4914d adds
- 61 From the Start, I Turned the Underworld Boss's Wife into an Informant System 开局我把黑道大嫂操作成线人系统 "Sister-in-law, have you made up your mind?" "I have." Undercover officer Li Qianlong dies a heroic death. His soul enters the body of a low-level thug confined to a wheelchair. He thinks he’s been dealt a hopeless hand from the start. Unexpectedly, he gains a Favor-Charging System. From then on, he continues cooperating with the crackdown on organized crime under the guise of an informant. With the System’s help, the wives of underworld bosses become his prime targets for recruitment. And it t 20Reads—Score10814d adds
- 62 In My Dreams, I Have a Prison 梦里我有座监狱 At seventeen, Liu Sile fell asleep one night, and a bronze door opened, bringing a netherworld prison into the mortal realm. In the prison, he judged Bai Qi, Lord of Wu'an, and subdued the butcher of countless ages as his guardian deity. From that day on, summoned by Yanluo, he became an Underworld Marshal serving beneath King Yanluo and embarked on the path of cultivating as a yin deity. Strange incidents multiplied in the mortal world, while vengeful ghosts and monsters ran rampant. With Bai 57Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 I Just Live in the Women's Dorm, So Why Are My Roommates Fighting Over Me? 我就住个女寝，怎么室友争着抢我 [Slice of Life + Campus + Multiple Heroines + Super Sweet Interactions + Sly] "Can someone explain how I just started college and ended up living in the girls' dorm?" Xin Yuan, who's never even been in a relationship, somehow ends up living in the girls' dorm because of a decision his teacher made. At first, the three girls are extremely wary of him and even keep threatening him. Xin Yuan promises that he'll move out of the dorm in his second year. But just when he's about to move out, the three 7.8kReads7.1Score92114d adds
- 64 My Master Is Cold on the Outside, a Yandere on the Inside, and Always Trying to Tempt Me 师尊外冷内病娇，还总想诱惑我 [Yandere Master]+ [Sickly Disciple]+ [Devoted Senior Sister] “Master?” Pei Yurou gently took Lin Che’s hands, her eyes filled with adoration. “Don’t call me Master. Call me Yurou.” “Y-Yurou.” “Say it again.” “Yurou.” Pei Yurou smoothed Lin Che’s hair, then parted her red lips and blew a warm breath toward him. “Such a good boy...” 58Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Whoa! Transmigrating to 2016 Is the Best 我去！穿越到2016真的爽翻了 The male lead took first place in the entire grade during his first semester, then grew complacent. During a class in his first year of high school in 2006, he fell fast asleep and accidentally transmigrated ten years into the future, to 2016. When he woke up, everything around him was utterly unfamiliar, as if he had slept through the past ten years without experiencing any of them. The people and things around him had all become strangers. He didn't even recognize his best college classmate an 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 My Dream Wife from the Hehuan Sect Is Actually a Gorgeous, Ice-Cold Professor 梦里合欢宗师尊竟是冰山女神教授 It just got its rating, and it will climb from here!! [Multiple Female Leads] [Dream Heists] [Campus Belle] [Professor] [Dreams] [System] [Entrepreneurship] [Unforgettable First Love] [Love Rivals] Liang Chen, a broke senior in college, faces unemployment and the challenges of starting a business as graduation approaches. Then he binds to the "Red Dust Dream Game," giving him the ability to enter the same dream as the goddesses from his real life! The aloof, icy professor, who is as cold as 278Reads6.7Score33014d adds
- 67 Reborn in 2006: The Ultimate Good Life 重生2006，超级无敌爽爽爽。 [Lots and lots of women] [Making money like crazy] [Everyday comedy] There’s not much to introduce. No System, no cultivation, just having fun. A satisfying Northeast China comedy. Just read it! You’ll be left speechless. 64.5kReads8.1Score5.5k14d adds
- 68 What? I've Been Skipping School Since Kindergarten 咋了，我幼儿园就开始逃学了 (The rating was just posted, and it isn’t high. But if you’re interested, feel free to give it a read.) [Coming of age] [Multiple heroines] [First person] My name is Luo Ciwei. Not a hedgehog. Luo, as in the Luo River; Ci, as in bidding farewell; Wei, as in being a person. I started skipping school back in kindergarten. After that, I went to elementary school in the village, then middle and high school in the city. That’s my life. People came and went, but I never cried. I’m selfish, after all. 7.2kReads8.4Score65414d adds
- 69 Bullied from the Start, You Think I’m Still in Middle School? 开局被霸凌，你当我还是初中生？ [Reborn in 2003] [No System] [Multiple Heroines] [Easy to Self-Insert] Xu Nuo is reborn at the moment he was first bullied in ninth grade. He opens his eyes just as a slap comes flying at him… You think I’m still a middle schooler? How did he, a guy intent on studying hard, end up becoming a campus singer? What? He’s supposed to perform at the Spring Festival Gala…? No… What he wants is a technological empire… The campus belle is chasing him? Beautiful girls are coming to see him? What? They say 550Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 A Chinese Odyssey: The Super Tang Xuanzang 大话西游之超级唐玄奘 [Journey to the West + Invincible + Buddhist Exterior, Daoist Core + Thrilling + Multiple Heroines + One-Punch Template] He transmigrates into Tang Xuanzang, just as the journey west is about to begin. “With the Queen of the Daughter Kingdom in my arms, I shall be true to both the Buddha and my beloved.” He awakens the “Journey to the West Plot-Destroying System.” As long as he strays from the original story, he can earn explosive rewards! The Bodhisattva Guanyin bestows on him a brocade cassock 15.3kReads—Score2.3k14d adds
- 71 After Becoming the White Moonlight, They No Longer Regret It 穿成白月光后，她们不后悔了 Chen Shu discovers that he has landed inside a regret novel, as the “ultimate unattainable love” who enjoys boundless glory early on but dies alone and miserably later. To stay alive, he sets himself one rule: stay away from the male lead. After his childhood sweetheart takes him home... He wakes up to find a cute girl in his bed. Hold on, who put her there? (Heh heh heh, so you finally admit it’s your bed.) Looking at his childhood sweetheart, radiating confidence, Chen Shu is on the verge of t 1.8kReads—Score15314d adds
- 72 My Heartthrob Landlord: After the Cold Beauty Came to Reclaim Her Apartment 心动小房东，高冷姐姐上门收房后 After their parents die in a car accident, young Luo Ling is left alone to face a mountain of debt. One by one, the family’s belongings are sold off to pay it, leaving only the villa as a place to live. Then, one perfectly ordinary day three years later, a cool, elegant woman in her mid-twenties, dressed in a cotton skirt and holding a contract, knocks on the villa’s door. Bai Yueling looks at the pretty child before her. “Your father mortgaged this place to me before he died. From now on, this 102.5kReads8.8Score13.8k14d adds
- 73 Dumped, I Level Up Beyond the Limit with the Goddess's Help 被推后，女神助我加点破顶 He accidentally activates the Collection and Exchange System. With a dual-cultivation technique, he leverages the resources and connections of the beautiful women in his life, living off them while crushing every faction, from global espers to divine practitioners and warriors. Along the way, he meets all kinds of breathtaking beauties, including Taoist celestial masters, Buddhist warrior monks, a holy maiden of the Church, and a vampire prince. He quells waves of mutant beasts, foils infiltrati 5Reads—Score23114d adds
- 74 Reborn in 2005: Starting with 800 Kuai 重生2005：从八百快开始 [Everyday urban life + multiple women + campus + business + entertainment industry + big shots] [New author here. Give me a chance and read a few more chapters.] In his previous life, Cheng Xin spent more than twenty years working his way up until he became a major player in the world of capital. Reborn at eighteen, he starts over with the eight hundred yuan of New Year’s gift money he has on hand. But for some reason, this second chance at life doesn’t seem quite right. All kinds of women want 161Reads6.3Score1214d adds
- 75 A True Account of a Dangerous Affair: Let’s Get Divorced! 危情实录，我们离婚吧！ Xie Yuxuan and Zhou Qianyi have a loving marriage and a happy life. But trouble strikes out of nowhere: Xie Yuxuan accidentally discovers that Zhou Qianyi may be cheating, plunging their once-warm home into crisis. Xie Yuxuan loves his wife deeply and decides to give their love one last chance. Yet as he tries to deal with the marital crisis, he is shocked to find that his wife’s suspected affair is surrounded by layer upon layer of mystery and dark secrets. Before long, he is drawn into a botto 2.1kReads7.2Score14914d adds
- 76 The Three Beauties of the Su Family 苏家三美 [Contemporary Urban Fiction + Uplifting + Down-to-Earth] The love stories of three sisters: Marrying up, marrying on equal terms, or marrying down? What does it really take to marry happily? If you've run out of shows to watch lately, come read my book! Reading it is just like binge-watching a TV series. You'll definitely fall in love with the three beautiful Su sisters! Su Yimei marries into a wealthy family. She's a clever, strong female lead, and I'll do her justice! Su Ermei is physically di 1.2kReads8.8Score11414d adds
- 77 I Started by Restoring a Broken Bowl and Became a Winner in Life 从修复破碗开始，我成了人生赢家 System + tycoon life + bargain hunting + treasure appraisal + multiple female leads “My name is Shen Qing. I’m twenty-five and I restore cultural relics. Yesterday, I bought a piece of imperial-green jade in Myanmar and sold it for 160 million. I have several women who can’t stay away from me, and a few more on their way. Don’t tell me to be faithful. I only know how to restore antiques. If you’re wondering why I’m so confident, it’s because... They all came to me. I didn’t chase a single one o 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 The Insider 内部人士 In the early 21st century, China’s real estate economy was booming. Many ordinary people caught a favorable wave amid the great tides of history and amassed considerable wealth. The protagonist is an average person with no particular gifts, but as he grows, he continually learns from the wisdom of those around him, including some truly remarkable people. Through constant learning and reflection, he eventually develops a unique kind of wisdom and achieves success of his own. It seems as though fa 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Just Turned Five and a Half, and the Old Man Comeback System Is Here 刚满五岁半，老登逆袭系统来了 [Just Got a Rating. It Should Rise Later, Right???] [Everyday Life][Loads of Childhood Memories][Coming of Age] Su Feng felt that his lower body was wet and sticky. When he opened his eyes, he was utterly bewildered. He had been reborn, and was five and a half years old, attending senior kindergarten. What embarrassed him was that the smell of urine still kept wafting up from his crotch! A circle of little brats laughing at him surrounded him!! Who understands this, everyone? He was reborn only 178.1kReads8.2Score22.1k14d adds
- 80 The Girls Who Occasionally Torment Me with Their Techniques 不时以里技折磨我的她们 This world is a game, a piece of garbage riddled with bugs. Bugs that let you walk through walls, see through things, and even make clothes disappear! The use of these bugs is known as “secret techniques.” Toki Jun is the purest boy in the universe, destined to become a master of secret techniques. He believes that a boring, rosy youth spent at school has nothing to do with him. That's what he thinks. It should have been that way... 1.2kReads7.8Score11114d adds
- 81 A Marriage of Money 钱婚 To become the dutiful daughter, good wife, and loving mother everyone expected, Liu Xiaoqing buried her youthful dreams and deepest desires before the age of thirty-three, living a life of constant compromise. After graduating, she painfully gave up her dream of becoming a writer and took the civil service exam, becoming a government employee. At home, she endured her in-laws' repeated provocations, again and again, just to preserve her marriage. At work, she likewise chose to put up with her 57Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 I Found My Nemesis as a Roommate, and Our Quarrels Turned into Love 合租遇冤家，吵着吵着动心了 I became roommates with my nemesis, and all our bickering made us fall for each other 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 I Won Over Five Ex-Girlfriends from the Start, and the System Forced Me to Cheat 开局搞定五个前女友系统逼我开挂 What kind of System comes after your life? I just want to stay alive. I'm really not a womanizer... I'm on good terms with all my ex-girlfriends. Don't believe me? Look... It's really not thanks to some desire-amplifying technique. The girls all agreed to it... What the heck is this stamina boost the System gave me? The System forced me into all of this. I really don't want to cheat... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 A Love Story of Illness at Summer's End 夏末病恋物语 [Romance + yandere + multiple female leads + corruption + love triangle] Asai Makoto always thought kindness was only natural. He helped classmates carry things, cared for stray cats, and cleaned up other people's messes. Whether people depended on him or burdened him, he never turned them away. He just wanted everyone around him to be able to smile. Until one day, he realized things were starting to go wrong. His childhood friend became increasingly unwilling to let him get close to anyone else 2kReads6.3Score10214d adds
- 85 Affection System: Winning Hearts Starts with Ode to Joy 好感度系统：攻略从欢乐颂开始 [Affection System activated] Tan Xiaoming’s hand paused slightly, but his face showed no sign of surprise. After what happened that morning, he was already somewhat prepared for this sort of thing. The interface loaded rapidly, and a golden notification appeared: [Congratulations, Host! You’ve encountered a main character: Andy] [Main character detection complete...] [The Affection System is now active.] Another notification appeared right after, in larger, dazzling gold text: [Ding! Main charac 1.5kReads—Score10514d adds
- 86 Guan City in Turmoil: From the Start, I Had the Gangster Boss's Wife Wrapped Around My Finger 莞城风云：开局拿捏黑道大嫂 [Underworld Fiction + Multiple Heroines + Coming-of-Age + Rags-to-Riches] A free-spirited underworld big sister-in-law? A gentle, considerate factory girl? A tender, sweet mistress? Eighteen-year-old Lin Sheng arrives in Dongguan in 2004 to make a living. By a twist of fate, he joins a local boss and becomes a bona fide enforcer. Unfortunately, the good times don't last. A few years later, Dongguan launches a major crackdown on crime. With the underworld big sister-in-law's help, Lin Sheng is sm 519Reads—Score12414d adds
- 87 I Won the Lottery, Pretended to Be Poor on a Blind Date, and Saw Human Nature 中奖后装穷去相亲，我看到了人性 [Everyday Life + Multiple Heroines + Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger + Human Nature] Yang Fan was an older bachelor with no prospects. He casually bought a lottery ticket and won a hundred million, going from penniless to the richest man in the county overnight. To put people’s true colors to the test, he chose to keep living a low-key life and see what the women he met on blind dates really thought of him... 477Reads7.6Score13814d adds
- 88 A Story Inspired by In the Name of the People: The Zhao Family's Eldest Young Master 名义同人，赵家大公子 This story is entirely fictional. The protagonist, Zhao Wenjie, transmigrates into The Name of the People as Zhao Dehan's son. He is in a vegetative state and has spent five years in a hospital bed. Five years later, he wakes up to find that he has won by doing nothing. His company has grown into a conglomerate, and his assets have multiplied several times over. Five years have passed. He now has his own conglomerate, his own team, and his own connections in the capital. He has even begun to tou 70Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 Reuniting with an Old Flame at Love's Crossroads 重遇旧爱，爱情的十字路口 Reuniting with an Old Love at the Crossroads of Love 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 After I Started Rating Careers, Beautiful Women Surrounded Me 开始职业评分后，我被美女包围了 [System] [Golden Finger] [Everyday Wish Fulfillment] [Multiple Female Leads] [No AI] [Handcrafted] [Wild Imagination] Jiang Xiaochuan unlocks the "Professional Rating" system. The higher his score, the better the rewards. To earn points, first do your job well and win the System's approval. At the same time, hold on to your position: don't quit or get fired. Jiang Xiaochuan's first job: security guard. His second job: masseur at a beauty salon. His third job: His fourth job: Once Jiang Xiaoc 2Reads—Score11614d adds
- 91 May the Sun Always Shine Bright 希望阳光永远都炽热 A castoff banished by his corporation to the Western District has a one-night stand, only to be relentlessly pursued by a beauty. Then, through a bizarre twist of fate, he even ends up at the police station. Ever since he got involved with this woman, not a single day has gone smoothly! "I'll pay you. Can you just leave?" "No!" Is it really so hard for me to be a true believer in pure love? 235Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 I Confessed to My Master, and She Locked Me Away in Her Forbidden Grounds 表白师尊，她反手锁我禁地 [Obsessive romance + multiple heroines + lighthearted daily life + no tragic turns] My name is Zhou Tiancheng. At my coming-of-age ceremony, I confessed my feelings to my master, Yun Cangxue, in front of everyone. After she rejected me, I knelt at the foot of Heaven-Reaching Peak for days and became a joke throughout the sect. I used to think I was just an insignificant nobody among the countless people in the world. I never imagined that five years later, the very master who rejected me would i 80Reads—Score514d adds
- 93 Competing for Affection in a World with More Women Than Men 在女多男少世界被争宠 [The audiobook is now available, and the animated series is coming soon. Quality guaranteed, brothers, let's go~~] [Duck soup aroma + girl pursues boy + everyday life + brainless feel-good fun + chaotic antics] Ling Feng was an utterly ordinary office drone. After working overtime day after day, his vision suddenly went black, and he transmigrated to a world with an imbalanced gender ratio… 27.1kReads7.6Score2.3k14d adds
- 94 Auntie, I Want a Job. Give Me a Chance 阿姨，我想工作，给我一个机会 At last, love and career are both flourishing! [Urban] + [Romance] + [Slice of Life] + [Boys' Love] With every date, he gains real-world experience in getting along with friends; In every scene, his feelings deepen and love grows. He grows and levels up, one step at a time; He gets to know his friends, one by one. A 25-year-old playboy navigating the workplace, with no shortage of emotional intelligence. An unexpectedly fun story, with a fresh, lighthearted feel. 37Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 My Female Boss Humiliated Me with a Doll 女上司用玩偶羞辱我 My female boss humiliates me with a doll. 1.1kReads—Score2514d adds
- 96 At 21, I Worked Every Kind of Odd Job at the Bottom of Society 21岁，我打遍了底层的各种零工 For four years, I've been trying to cure an incurable illness by working odd jobs. [A slice-of-life story, light comedy, nothing too dark, personal growth, and a comeback. Give it a try...] Everyone cries at some point in their twenties. I'm no exception. What about you? Have you found a job? How is it going? At an age when our ambitions reach for the sky, I want to be the master of my own life. If I work fast enough, even the capitalists can't keep up with me! In the bustling city, everyone in 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 My Years as a Class Adviser at a University for Older Women 当老年女子大学班主任那些年 The story of a 26-year-old unemployed man who, by a twist of fate, finds himself surrounded by women. There is no love without a reason. A Sea of Business and Beauty At twenty-six, he is in his prime, bold and ambitious, destined to rule the business world. He gathers the wealth of three rivers and wields power with ease; across the land, he handles authority with a smile. Amid riches and beauty, a host of breathtaking women accompany him. Beautiful women surround him, from young blossoms to wo 328Reads6.7Score12314d adds
- 98 I Took in a Grandma, Only to Discover She Was a Long-Lost Relative 我捡回一位奶奶，她竟是我失散多年的亲人 I took in an old woman, and she turned out to be a long-lost relative 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Foolish in My Youth, I Finally Found True Love 年少不懂事的我，终于找到真爱 When I Was Young and Foolish, I Finally Found True Love —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 A Cigarette 一支烟 I stood up and staggered toward the exit. I struggled to push away each person who came to help me. I didn't take the elevator. Step by step, I climbed the stairs to the rooftop. When I pushed open the rooftop door, a hint of late autumn's cool breeze brushed my face. The light was so bright that I had to squint. I could clearly see her. Across the rooftop stood a long-haired girl. She said, “Could I have a cigarette?” If you're willing, I'll love you forever. If you're not, I'll choose to pine 89Reads—Score—14d adds
