Novels like The Movie Star Returns to Age Eighteen
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- 1 My Name Is Xiong Batian 我叫熊霸天 My name is Xiong Batian! I used to be a person, but now I really am a bear! I grew from a tiny cub crying for milk into the Bear King of this place, pursued by countless “beauties.” At first, I refused. But after more than ten years of bear life, I realized I didn’t seem to have the legendary golden finger, and my hopes of living as a human in this life were gone. So, on a stormy night, I got myself a “wife.” And then... I had two cubs, one male and one female... No, a boy and a girl, my very ow 0Votes22.4kRecs31.2kFans
- 2 A Dance of Light and Shadow, 1998 光影交错1998 (New book: The Literary World) On television, he is a heroic swordsman in period dramas: Long Bo in The Bride with White Hair and Lian Chengbi in Xiao Shiyilang. On the big screen, he is a delivery man on the banks of the Suzhou River, a young courier roaming the streets of the capital, Jiang Wuyang, who roars in grief, “Anyone who harms my brothers will die by my hand,” a frontier general, a village teacher, and a lonely soul free to roam the ocean. He moves audiences with his films and earns a 1Votes38.3kRecs62.4kFans
- 3 The Lord of the Primordial Yang 元阳道君 Through transmigration, I acquire the innate essence of the White Tiger and hold fast to the profound mysteries of cultivation, enlightenment, divine abilities, and creation. I had been living freely and happily in an ordinary ancient world, but was shocked to find divine beings patrolling by day and night, while demonic energy soared into the heavens. Even more astonishingly, what was the name of the realm in which I found myself? Who would have thought that the Eastern Victory Divine Continent 0Votes60.8kRecs38.6kFans
- 4 The Descendants 后人 On this day, 99.7% of humanity disappeared at once. Those who remained woke to find themselves the people of a later age. In silent cities, they embraced a brand-new beginning. Amid terrifying anomalies, they fought against the end of civilization. They made fear their enemy and brought knowledge to the unknown. They rejected the fractured remnants of the past, all in the hope of restoring the glory of those who came before. The blurb sounds too serious. The story is actually pretty funny and h 1Votes271.8kRecs21kFans
- 5 I Am Quaresma 我是夸雷斯马 Reporter: Mr. Scolari, if Quaresma and Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal’s golden duo, both fell into the water, who would you save first? Scolari: Quaresma, of course. Ronaldo would cling tightly to Quaresma’s leg and get pulled up with him. Though I think Quaresma might kick him right back in... Quaresma says all he wants is to play football in peace, win championships in peace, and quietly become the gr 0Votes114.2kRecs78.3kFans
- 6 Antique Appraisal Livestream 鉴宝直播间 After unexpectedly acquiring the System, Hu Yang resolutely quit his job and began livestreaming his appraisals of antiques. By completing all kinds of System missions, he earned various rewards and steadily grew stronger. The streamer shows everyone how to make over ten thousand a day, explores the flourishing traditional crafts of Jiangnan, takes a close look at the fakes and genuine treasures in the antiques market, and searches for forgotten civilizations of the past... With his antique appr 0Votes283.1kRecs177.5kFans
- 7 The Superstar of Everyday Life 生活系巨星 Forced into bankruptcy, I had no choice but to change careers. But after turning around, I found an even more beautiful view. Here, many people are working hard for the entertainment industry. Some do everything they can to produce shows that will lay the groundwork for Chinese music. Others stake everything they own on building special effects teams for their film careers. “Why work so hard?” “To put it simply, I want to make money. To put it broadly, I want to make my industry better.” Behind 0Votes159.9kRecs157.2kFans
- 8 From Internet Sensation to Best Actor 从流量到影帝 Movie star Wei Xun hates celebrities who coast on their looks. Then he takes a nap on a plane and wakes up in a parallel world, having become one of those very celebrities. Even stranger, all the famous movies and hit songs from Earth are completely unknown here! Soon, audiences begin to question everything they know. Wei Xun used to be a good-for-nothing whose only asset was his handsome face. Now his acting is explosive, he can write songs and direct and star in his own films, his box-office n 0Votes136.6kRecs174kFans
- 9 The Primordial Heavens 元始诸天 The ancient Celestial Humans live forever, while the Sage of Martial Arts can shatter mountains and rivers with a roar. Carrying a stone mirror, Xun Shaoyu arrives in this vast and chaotic age, illuminating the myriad heavens step by step. Beginning in this bitter human world, he embarks upon the path through the boundless cosmos and myriad heavens, the Primordial Great Overarching myriad heavens... 0Votes72.6kRecs102.3kFans
- 10 The Splendor of Light and Shadow 光影风华 An accident that was never supposed to happen changed Zhou Bai's life, plunging him headfirst into the dazzling, bizarre world of showbiz. And so, in the extraordinary year 1996, he embarked on a different path. The stories unfolding in the light and shadow of the screen would become the finest chapter of Zhou Bai's life. 0Votes31.8kRecs46.6kFans
- 11 The Musclebound Movie Star 肌肉影帝 When Ding Cheng discovered he could control all 639 muscles in his body to act... This is awesome! 0Votes118.9kRecs146.7kFans
- 12 I'm a Professional Demon Hunter 猎魔我是专业的 Qin Wen transmigrates to another world, alone and dirt poor. The only thing he has to his name is an exorcism agency, and it's on the verge of bankruptcy! Just as Qin Wen is wondering whether to switch careers and open a foot massage parlor, his laptop suddenly lights up, changing everything. All sorts of bizarre cases and strange characters begin to appear, along with mysterious, baffling conspiracies... And as long as Qin Wen completes these missions of varying difficulty, he and his agency ca 0Votes2.5MRecs203.2kFans
- 13 The Stormy Song Dynasty 风雨大宋 A soul crossed a thousand years and arrived in the mid-Northern Song, during the reign of Emperor Renzong. He starts a business in a small county town to improve his family's circumstances, then passes the jinshi exam and becomes an official, taking one steady step after another. During the Song dynasty's most prosperous age, this soul from a later era fulfills his life's ambitions and rises to the highest ranks of government. 0Votes333kRecs78.6kFans
- 14 Reborn as a Capitalist Tycoon 重生资本狂人 In the 1970s, the world economic order underwent a seismic shift. The Bretton Woods system collapsed, and the oil crisis erupted. Hong Kong, on its way to becoming Asia’s financial center, entered its first great era of mass stock speculation, a time brimming with opportunity. And a young project manager somehow found himself in this era, as Chinese capital began to rise. On this dazzling grand stage, countless strivers, speculators, overnight millionaires, power players, prestigious families, o 0Votes166.5kRecs128.4kFans
- 15 The Blood of the Powerful 上位者之血 The Fake Detective: Outdated deductive calculations make solving cases time-consuming and exhausting. Meaningless chatter, a loser in the competition and a stepping stone for the victor. Working behind closed doors, only to have the police beat you to the case. The Real Detective: An unparalleled tough guy kicks down doors to enforce the law; when intelligence is lacking, firepower makes up the difference. A sultry assistant is always ready to help, and a reliable big gun offers doorstep service 0Votes13.9kRecs8Fans
- 16 Reborn as an Electronics Empire 重生电子帝国 Li Xuan, a Chinese returnee, has an accident after failing to fasten his seat belt as his plane lands at Hong Kong International Airport. To his surprise, he transmigrates and is reborn as a Hong Kong teenager with the same name in 1979. In 1979, the computer age is just beginning, while the video game era is reaching its peak. Pac-Man, an unassuming arcade game, sells a staggering 100,000 units in a single year and takes 0Votes126.3kRecs85.7kFans
- 17 My Enemy Is the Void 我的敌人是虚空 [A story set in the League of Legends universe] The Void is coming. Runeterra faces an unprecedented catastrophe. A Silver I student at a third-rate college, armed with a not-so-bright equipment System. How can he fight the Void and save Runeterra? Getting the rival champions to form an alliance is easier said than done… Original title: I'll Save League of Legends 0Votes24.1kRecs7.4kFans
- 18 I Have a Stat Board 我有一块属性板 You go to the classroom building alone in the middle of the night to pick up a book and accidentally run into a banshee. You panic and run, but the banshee is faster than you. You think you’re about to die, but your vision blurs and you find yourself in a strange place. You stare at the Golden Bull Martial Arts School before you and fall into deep thought... Back in the real world, you beat the banshee to a pulp with your max-level basic fists, basic inner cultivation, and max-level One Qi skill 0Votes196.1kRecs271.5kFans
- 19 From Film Critic to Entertainment Mogul 从影评人到文娱大佬 The road to becoming a master of entertainment begins as a film critic. After transmigrating to a parallel world, he finds that trash movies still reign supreme. With a silver tongue and an iron will, he makes it his mission to tear into every bad movie under the sun. With extraordinary talent, he strives to set the standard for great acting. I am who I am. I won’t be a copycat, and I can still make it big in show business! (You can safely dive into my completed, highly rated novel, The Stronges 0Votes104.6kRecs158.2kFans
- 20 My Job Is to Spend Money 我的工作是花钱 All his strength comes from bragging, and all his capital comes from conning people! An accountant’s unconventional journey to fortune! 0Votes90.5kRecs100.3kFans
- 21 The Miracle-Working Healer 妙手心医 “Mr. Lin Jie, as the world's youngest recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology, would you share your thoughts?” Lin Jie gazed at the flashes going off before him and said wistfully, “Before I turned nineteen, I was just a boy counting the days until I died. One operation changed the course of my life.” “That operation gave me more than just a new lease on life...” 3Votes229.3kRecs196.8kFans
- 22 Once Again in 2010 再一次2010 After sixty years of peace, culture and entertainment flourished. The cultural industry reached an annual value of ten trillion, becoming one of the nation's pillar industries. Film box-office revenue reached one hundred billion, making it the world's second-largest market. Web dramas and online variety shows rose like comets, and the internet became an entirely new entertainment platform. This was an age of entertainment, a carnival of culture, this was… All right, I really cannot keep making 0Votes67.2kRecs87.7kFans
- 23 The Hilarious Whatever-Man 爆笑随便侠 The transmigrated protagonist asks, “The novel's almost over... Why do I have a son when I don't even have a wife?” Author: “Oh no! I forgot to write that part...” “You...” The great protagonist is deeply shaken. Clutching his chest, he coughs up blood, feeling worse than when the villain injured him... 0Votes287.9kRecs0Fans
- 24 Reborn: The Rise of a Literary Giant 重生之文豪崛起 Reborn! If I'm going to do it, I'll become a great literary master!!! PS: The new book, Entertainment: A Director's Journey Beginning with Literary Films, has grown substantial. 0Votes353.5kRecs224.7kFans
- 25 This Monk Doesn't Want to Be a Movie Star 贫僧不想当影帝 [One-line synopsis] A young warrior monk gets dragged into show business by his twin brother, and accidentally becomes an award-winning actor. [Full synopsis] Xu Zhen is an orphan who grew up in a temple. The old abbot raised him single-handedly. Though they are not father and son, they are closer than most. Xu Zhen planned to formally take the vows after turning twenty and spend the rest of his life caring for his master. But when he was eighteen, a man claiming to be his older brother got in t 0Votes279.3kRecs328.6kFans
- 26 I'm Not a Supercop 我不是超级警察 “I’m not a super cop. I’m a legend in law enforcement!” Xiao Ran, a police academy graduate, has one little goal: to become the best police officer in the world. And just like that, he makes it happen... 3Votes215.7kRecs208.6kFans
- 27 Traveler of the River of Time and Space 时空长河的旅者 I am an observer existing beyond life and death, time and space. But I would much rather you call me: the Traveler. 0Votes480kRecs271.6kFans
- 28 Wandering Through the Boundless Void 神游诸天虚海 The story of an ordinary transmigrated young man who, after receiving a small stroke of good fortune, journeys in spirit through the Myriad Worlds and the endless void sea until he transcends it all. “I am Lin Qing. The quiet lushness of the forest, Lin Qing like unremarkable green grass. I humbly ask for your guidance...” Standing beyond endless time, Lin Qing said this to all existence. PS: My dear book friends, the old group was shut down for some unavoidable reason. A new group has now been 1Votes191kRecs148.8kFans
- 29 The Nameless Commoner Clan 庶族无名 Every era has a few geniuses who shine like comets. Those whose names go down in history are undoubtedly brilliant, but how many talented people have been lost in the river of time? At first, Chen Mo’s only dream was to bring glory to his family and elevate his humble clan into a true gentry family, overtaking the main branch and reducing them to commoners. He never imagined he would come so far. Sometimes he wonders: if the “god” who chose him in the shadows hadn’t done so, would he have achiev 0Votes309.1kRecs220.8kFans
- 30 The Splendor of Cinema 电影风华 This is the story of an ordinary man who goes back to 2008 and accidentally enters the film and television industry. Zhou Jin catches a glimpse of cinema’s splendor and decides to visit that dazzling temple of art. This novel is a slow burn, with one female lead and no System. The new novel, Chinese Entertainment 2004, is now out. 0Votes228.4kRecs155.9kFans
- 31 How Did I Become Famous? 我怎么就火了呢 Fang Bie, who has arrived in a parallel world, only wants to live an ordinary life. That is, until the day his fiftieth blind date ends in failure, when he picks up a female high school student. As a runaway second-generation heiress, she dreams of becoming a huge star. So Fang Bie accompanies her to Hengdian. Originally, he only wanted to casually make a couple of terrible movies to shatter her dream of stardom, so 2Votes450.9kRecs419kFans
- 32 A Roll Call of Great Men 数风流人物 A late-Ming, half-alternate-history, Dream of the Red Chamber-inspired officialdom cultivation novel by Ruigen, absolutely packed with flavor! The second year of the Yonglong era of the Great Zhou. Prosperity conceals danger. The Four Kings and Eight Dukes bask in glory, while civil officials and military generals thrive in luxury. Within the court, the Northern and Southern civil and military factions feud without end. Beyond the borders, enemies eye the nine frontier regions and the coastal te 0Votes2.9MRecs719.8kFans
- 33 Meow Overlord 喵霸 Reborn as an orange tabby who loves life, family, and good food, Ron keeps gaining weight, growing more famous, adding digits to his bank balance, and gathering more underlings. He becomes a police cat and catches fugitives, an internet celebrity who earns money through livestreams, and a movie star. Other than being eaten, Ron experiences everything a cat possibly can. An orange tabby is a cat of great importance. See how Ron the tabby rises to the top and becomes the undisputed feline king. Re 0Votes74.5kRecs67kFans
- 34 I Want to Make the Headlines 我要上头条 “If someone can win the Best Actor award, why can’t it be me?” “This isn’t insanity!” “It’s a dream.” A walking Oscar winner. 0Votes108.3kRecs119.8kFans
- 35 Reborn in the Tumultuous Years 重生之激荡年华 A top student preparing to pursue a PhD is reborn in 2008 in a parallel era, inhabiting the body of a seventeen-year-old high schooler. At last, he gets the chance to relive those years when brilliant youth blossomed, and to take center stage in those tumultuous times instead of watching from the sidelines. At home, he has one older sister, surrounded by wind, rain, and thunder. With a feather duster in her left hand and a rolling pin in her right, she vows to reason with him and lays down three 0Votes480.2kRecs344.5kFans
- 36 The Showbiz Empire 文娱帝国 He is Murong Fu, who emerged from Swallow Dock, and Erlang Shen, who exhausts himself with worry in the True Lord Hall. The media, meanwhile, like to call him The millennium's born superstar. 0Votes621.9kRecs514.5kFans
- 37 The Little Police Officer Who Became an Immortal Beast Master 成为仙兽师的小民警 A slice-of-life story about pets and the police. “Officer, I lost my big Apple phone.” “...Hold out your hand and let the black-haired mutt sniff it. All right, I know where it is. Follow me!” “Officer, someone on the roof of Building Six in Jinyuewan Community is heartbroken and about to jump!” “Spider Lady, stop decorating your web cave. This is a matter of life and death. Hurry up and weave a ten-meter-wide, three-layer silk net below. Make sure everyone's safe.” “Officer, there's a distur 0Votes348.9kRecs87.4kFans
- 38 I'm a Monk in Tokyo 我在东京当和尚 Reborn in Tokyo, Japan, he becomes a trainee monk at a temple. Bai Shixiu only wants to study, chant sutras, learn, improve himself, and spread positive energy. But his peaceful daily life is constantly disrupted by monsters and spirits. With no other choice, Bai Shixiu rolls up his sleeves and picks up his monk's staff... “Benefactor, it's time to move on!” Book club: 659287099 0Votes375.1kRecs412.7kFans
- 39 The Ambitious Hero of the Late Eastern Han 东汉末年枭雄志 The late Eastern Han dynasty in Romance of the Three Kingdoms was a tumultuous age of grand drama. There were valiant generals, brilliant strategists, cunning warlords, benevolent rulers, and alluring beauties. It was a world to dream of. But the late Eastern Han in Guo Peng’s eyes was cold. It was neither kind nor just, much less civilized. Danger lurked everywhere. He saw hunger, poverty, war, and plague. He saw bones strewn across the fields and not a cock crowing for a thousand miles. He saw 5Votes408.9kRecs519.5kFans
- 40 You Can’t Outrun Me, Can You? 你跑不过我吧 Reporter: Officer Mu, what's the most fundamental factor affecting a city's crime clearance rate? Mu Yuan: Me. 0Votes759.9kRecs403.9kFans
- 41 The Great Zhou Immortal Official 大周仙吏 After transmigrating into a xianxia world teeming with monsters and demons, Li Mu initially just wants to keep his head down and survive. But then a little fox he rescued suddenly starts talking... This is the story of a modern young man who transmigrates into a xianxia world, slays demons, and fights for justice. 0Votes1MRecs1.2MFans
- 42 I Really Just Want to Play Basketball 我真的只是想打铁 In the 1990s, just as David Stern stood anxiously outside the television station of the Great Celestial Empire, staring at the NBA videotape in his hands and wondering how to unlock the boundless potential of the Chinese market, he never imagined that... it turns out praying to God really damn works! “Iron Shadow,” “God of the North,” “NBA Rim Smile Protector,” “Never Shoots Without a Fadeaway,” “One-Handed Jumpers as Beautiful as a Painting”... When Su Feng, known by all these nicknames, burst 4Votes1.4MRecs534.9kFans
- 43 EN This Account is Toxic 这号有毒 Not long after creating an alternate account in "Heavenly Dust", Lu Xun transmigrated into the xianxia game and became a proud NPC. He discovered that he had arrived three years too early. His original plan was to build up his strength and quietly wait for the wave of goofy players to arrive. Then, like any normal NPC, he would give them quests and put them to work for him. What he hadn't expected was that a problem would arise right from the start of his journey. The first thing he had to deal 0Votes1.8MRecs1MFans
- 44 Everything Is Three at Hogwarts 霍格沃茨万事皆三 1. Plot: Alan Harris is reborn in the world of Harry Potter. He sets out to reform wizarding education and break the Statute of Secrecy. The final boss is not Voldemort, but another character from the original series. 2. Style: This is not a true System novel. Inspired by the style of Harry Potter, each book in the story grows darker than the last. 3. Special features: Everything comes in threes. J.K. Rowling used seven as a special number, while in this novel, three is a number with magic. All 0Votes818.6kRecs841.9kFans
- 45 Showbiz's Strongest Brain 娱乐之最强大脑 At the Idiom Contest, he's a “living dictionary”; at the Poetry Contest, he's the “King of Poetry.” He's the “Top Brain King” on The Brain, and the “Invincible Champion” on Who's Still Standing? Time magazine says: “He's not only a holder of multiple Guinness World Records and a core member of Mensa, but also the nation's dream man: handsome enough to get by on his looks, yet determined to earn his living with his talent.” 0Votes170kRecs194.1kFans
- 46 My Wife Is a Reborn Big Boss 我老婆是重生大BOSS Wu Qiong dies unexpectedly, only to awaken and discover that he has transmigrated into the wuxia game Wulin, where he has become a little beggar on the verge of freezing to death. The final boss of the game's fourth expansion, the future leader of the Demon Sect who will plunge the world into chaos, wants to become his confidante. The final boss of the game's fifth expansion, the not-yet-fully-grown leader of the righteous path, wants to marry him 0Votes149.9kRecs285.5kFans
- 47 Reborn as a Policeman in South Africa 重生南非当警察 Reborn in South Africa, Locke says: I hope for world peace. 2Votes979.3kRecs320.9kFans
- 48 A Superstar in His Later Years 高龄巨星 A dying old man jolts awake, and at sixty, becomes a superstar. From bit player to internet celebrity, from internet celebrity to veteran actor, from veteran actor to fresh-faced young star… The most unfortunate protagonist in history, Li Shixin, declares: Sure, I scam people and trade on my age, but I know I’m a good old man! This is more or less the story of a man proving that your old man will always be your old man. 0Votes1MRecs528.7kFans
- 49 A Literary Life 文艺生活 There are two great pitfalls in life: living for others to see, and watching how others live. To avoid falling into them, you have to live as your true self. This is the story of an artsy young man running wild in a parallel world. 0Votes539.2kRecs307.6kFans
- 50 The Golden Age of Tokusatsu 最佳特摄时代 At first, Meng Lang wanted to become a great director. To save his family's business, he made the TV series King of Yo-Yos, basically a “buy a yo-yo and get a TV show free” deal! He had planned to sell some yo-yos to fund a major production, but his father suddenly told him, “Son! Our toy factory is going public!” That's when he realized that making tokusatsu shows in a world without piracy could be this profitable! So he went on to make Balala the Fairies, Armor Hero, Bakugan Kids, Legend of Ti 2Votes378.4kRecs505.3kFans
