Novels like My Years in Film and Television
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as My Years in Film and Television, best match first.
- 1 Across the Heavens, Starting with The Great Dao Contends 诸天从大道争锋开始 He once studied the sword at Shaoqing, once refined pills at Taixu, once accidentally lured Han Li to Fengtian through a teleportation mishap, and once roamed the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, wreaking havoc across the myriad heavens of the Sea of Worlds. Shen Han holds a “Myriad Worlds Dao Seed” and begins his journey to seek the Dao across the myriad heavens. 0Votes5.4kRecs16.9kFans
- 2 Cultural Frontline 文化前线 Trample capital underfoot and make them call me Daddy. I am Xu Zhengdao. I am a film and television dealmaker. I am the helmsman of the Chinese entertainment industry. (A novel about Chinese entertainment. If you’re not interested, don’t read.) 0Votes44.8kRecs20.5kFans
- 3 The Martial Arts Experts of the Heavens 诸天武道强人 Across the myriad heavens, martial arts experts are nothing more than stepping stones. The strong fear nothing, the ruthless are invincible, and the divine leave no name. This is the story of a powerful, ruthless man who becomes invincible across world after world. My new book, "Starting with Child's Play and Slaying Demons", is now online. New and returning readers are welcome to give it a try. 0Votes26.3kRecs104.6kFans
- 4 A Superstar Starts Out as a Top-Tier Star 巨星从顶流偶像开始 Rong Yi transmigrates into the body of a top-tier star. A dream start. He has just ended his contract amicably and registered his own studio, avoiding the misery of being shelved or blacklisted by his company. But his popularity is waning, and his manager tells him he needs to put together 0Votes33.5kRecs56.4kFans
- 5 How to Become a Movie Emperor 影帝是这样练成的 Back in 2005, he stumbles into the dazzling, bizarre world of film and television, struggling with all his might to win the Best Actor crown. The road from supporting actor to Best Actor is far from easy. 0Votes14kRecs37.4kFans
- 6 Leveling Up in the Entertainment Industry 我在娱乐圈升级 Playing a game changed the whole world. Lu Yuan discovers that the game has become reality. Not only has most of the world's entertainment changed, but he now has levels too. Leveling up grants talent points, which he can invest in film and television, music, novels, opera, dance, and more, letting his talent crush the competition! The Oscars? The Grammys? The Nobel Prize? Only kids have to choose. Adults take them all! Heads up, a global superstar is coming your way! (Group number: 854, 873 0Votes38.9kRecs46.2kFans
- 7 Reborn: Riding the Tides of a New Era 重生之搏浪大时代 Being reborn doesn’t solve everything! A cautious reborn man keeps a low profile, hoping to achieve financial freedom as soon as possible and then live a happy, carefree life like a pig. Born in a turbulent era, he soon discovers that he often has no say in what happens and no choice but to go along. 0Votes342.3kRecs155.8kFans
- 8 The Unfamous Movie Emperor 非著名影帝 [A quick plug for my new book, "Stealing Skills from Celebrities: I’m Invincible". If it sounds like your thing, go check it out!!!] Mr. Sun Hao, could you briefly introduce yourself? Well... how should I put it? Among writers, I’m the best singer; among musicians, I’m the best actor; among actors, I’m the best director; and among directors, I’m the most handsome... With looks like mine, I’d wipe the floor with everyone, whether it’s Xiaogang, Yimou, or Kaige here at home, or Cameron and Spielbe 0Votes56.4kRecs128.6kFans
- 9 Restarting the Startup Era 重启创业时代 Reborn in 2002. That year, the internet bubble had just burst. That year, China had only recently joined the WTO. That year, everyone was full of hope and throwing themselves into the startup boom! In his previous life, starting a business had meant hardship and backstabbing. An Yi was tired of it all! Now, he just wanted to live comfortably, with a little money and a few close friends. So while still in college, he casually put together a matchmaking website to earn some pocket money. But why d 0Votes10.6kRecs46.7kFans
- 10 I'm an Acting Pro 我是演技派 In his previous life, he achieved nothing. In the next, a chance encounter and an unexpected brush with the world of film led to an unforgettable experience that suddenly made him realize life didn’t have to stay the same. From then on, he couldn’t get enough... 0Votes95.1kRecs105.1kFans
- 11 My Days Working for the Embroidered Uniform Guard 我在锦衣卫打工的日子 Su Fan, a senior Embroidered Uniform Guard, has spent five years working at the Southern Branch of the Imperial Guard. Then the shipwreck case at Taiye Lake disrupts his peaceful life... I'm no good at writing blurbs, so that'll have to do. 0Votes19kRecs144.5kFans
- 12 Legendary Chinese Entertainment 传奇华娱 Reborn in 2015, what should Lu Xu do as a student in a vocational college's acting class? 0Votes14.1kRecs20.4kFans
- 13 I Really Don't Want to Work Hard Anymore 我真不想努力了 New book: Graduating from High School and Making My Debut Returning home to take over a real estate group, he finds himself caught in the sweeping tide of a great era. From commercial housing to resorts, from seaside apartments to office towers in prime districts, this is the story of a spoiled real estate heir living a life of luxury and decadence. Three completed works with top subscriptions exceeding ten thousand, one with average subscriptions exceeding ten thousand, 0Votes117.2kRecs107.1kFans
- 14 The Green Bay Miracle 绿湾奇迹 Name: Lu Yiqi Occupation: Football coach Specialty: Taking over a hopeless team at the last minute and leading it to an incredible comeback Ability: Overwhelming intelligence Goal: Championship Immediate family: Has an older brother named Mario. This is a story with a touch of silliness. 0Votes70kRecs18.9kFans
- 15 Chinese Showbiz: Rebuilding the Entertainment Industry as a Fallen Beida Student 华娱：从北电逆徒重塑娱乐圈 Reborn in 2007, Cao Zhong steps straight into the whirlpool of the Chinese entertainment industry. When he hears that a certain famous director plans to make "Nanjing! Nanjing!", its skewed view of history leaves him with a heavy sigh. Determined to set the record straight, he boldly takes up the sword and stakes everything on making "The Nanjing Photo Studio", using the camera as a blade to point straight at the truth! A difficult production? Obstructed filming? A storm of public opinion? Cao Z 315Votes67.8kRecs196.5kFans
- 16 The King of Chinese Sci-Fi 华娱科幻之王 Chen Jingxing, who transmigrated from another plane, uses science fiction to add even more dazzling chapters to the golden age of Chinese-language cinema. Classics such as Coherence, Identity, Frequency, Source Code, Gravity, Ball Lightning, The Matrix, The Martian, Inception, Interstellar, and The Three-Body Problem all make their debut. By the time Chen Jingxing reaches the end of his journey as a director, he looks back and realizes he has become the king of science fiction in world cinema. 0Votes23.9kRecs58.2kFans
- 17 This Director Is Very Reliable 这个导演很靠谱 Filming a television or film production is an enormously expensive and mentally exhausting undertaking. Making a movie is difficult, and making a good movie is harder still. With all sorts of messy unspoken rules filling your mind every day, how are you supposed to make a good film? : Shen Changlin V group: 685421440… 0Votes203.6kRecs258.3kFans
- 18 An Unconventional Chinese Entertainment Director 华娱另类导演 What is filmmaking? It's all about human relationships and social know-how. And it's not just filmmaking: everyday life leans toward company matters. One female lead, no harem. [This story is entirely fictional and takes place in a parallel world!] 0Votes19kRecs50.8kFans
- 19 I Never Meant to Become a Movie Star 我没想当影帝 Shen Ming had planned to save up thirty thousand yuan and return to his hometown, but then he inherited the legacy of Kominski, an award-winning actor from the future... A story set in the Chinese entertainment industry. The timeline is all over the place, so don’t read if that bothers you... 0Votes238kRecs137.8kFans
- 20 Lin Hao’s Movie Era 林浩的电影时代 If a laid-back person were reborn in the past, what could they do? Hard to say, but Lin Hao thinks he's a total couch potato. He can't play the stock market or run a business, so... why not go back to his old line of work? He's more than happy to make a living as an actor. (That's right, I've obediently come crawling back to my old line of work and writing about entertainment stars again.) 0Votes30.3kRecs60.6kFans
- 21 The World of the Arts 文艺世界 New book: Love Yourself, Director In 2001, domestic art-house directors were rushing one after another toward Cannes, Berlin, and Venice. Commercial directors were obsessed with making blockbusters and taking on the global box office. At this time, Fang Nan was quietly working as a stuntman on one film set after another, starting from the bottom and eventually becoming a top-tier director known worldwide! 0Votes56kRecs164.8kFans
- 22 Reborn to Seize My Destiny 重生之命当争 Gu Song, a graduate of Yanda University, was reborn in 2001, when he was a sophomore in high school. His new life began to go off-script when a book appeared in his mind. From then on, the liberal arts whiz had to apply himself to cutting-edge science and technology. From then on, snapping up internet giants and building a business empire were just the basics. The coun 0Votes72.1kRecs186.2kFans
- 23 My Director Era 我的导演时代 I'm a director, a director who makes great movies: Li Qian PS: A Chinese entertainment-industry novel with a single female lead. 0Votes206.8kRecs183.1kFans
- 24 Reborn as a Rich Man 重生豪宅男 Li Huai was abruptly sent back to his high school days in 2002. With no great ambitions, he figured he was still a good-for-nothing, so he decided to remain a shut-in, only this time he’d take it up a notch and become a mansion-owning shut-in. To achieve that goal, he began slowly changing the course of his life… I’m no good at writing introductions, but the story… This is a serious novel! 0Votes69.9kRecs58.5kFans
- 25 My Dreamlike Years 我的梦幻年代 Shen Mengxi’s motto was, “I’ll just muddle along!” He never imagined that someone like him would become a big name in the entertainment industry. 0Votes357.9kRecs193kFans
- 26 Legend 1997 传奇1997 The same rebirth, a different 1997. This is the year Sui Bo’s legend begins... 0Votes113.7kRecs125.9kFans
- 27 Showbiz: I Really Want to Improve Too Much 娱乐：我实在太想进步了 "A year after his debut, he became a breakout sensation. Two years later, his star status skyrocketed. How has Zhou Yutang improved so quickly?!" "That's what happens when you're handsome and talented." "In this era of everyone trying to outdo one another at being terrible, other stars are still fighting over billing to get ahead, while he's already become a mogul with capital at his fingertips." "He's an unparalleled movie star, the king of commercial-film directors, the dream man of the actres 171Votes180kRecs520kFans
- 28 I Am the Gourd Immortal 我是葫芦仙 Hong Ming spent fifteen years cultivating, yet only reached the third level of Qi Refining. By chance, he obtained a Sun and Moon Gourd. Time flows differently inside the gourd. I am an immortal of the gourd. A pseudo-mortal cultivation story! 0Votes84.5kRecs82kFans
- 29 At First, I Only Wanted to Be an Actor 一开始，我只想做演员 A story about someone full of fantasies about the entertainment industry… The protagonist has a gamer’s attitude, so don’t take it too seriously… PS: This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental! 0Votes283.8kRecs219.3kFans
- 30 The Actor Emperor's Peak Performance 影帝之巅峰演技 My new 2021 book, From the Start, a Koga Ninja, is out now. I hope you'll give it your support. A master of acting whose skill reaches everyone, from the ninety-nine-year-old to the toddler just learning to walk, has burst onto the scene with a talent as if possessed by a ghost. He can play the iron-willed yet tenderhearted, peerlessly mighty Conqueror of Western Chu! He can also become Zhuge Kongming, the feather fan-wielding strategist whose brilliance borders on the demonic! Or the beloved, f 0Votes43.7kRecs75.2kFans
- 31 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
- 32 A Food Guide to the Entertainment Industry 娱乐圈餐饮指南 A professional chef and an amateur screenwriter, he still isn't satisfied. Now he wants to stand in front of the camera and take a seat behind the monitor. After taking in all the sights, he's still not content. So he sets his sights on the summit, where he'll speak with fervor and command the field. Put simply, this is the story of a chef who accidentally enters the entertainment industry. This book starts slowly and has a single female lead. Also, the author is bad at titles and blurbs. If the 0Votes73.2kRecs69.3kFans
- 33 A Rich Third-Generation Heir in Showbiz 娱乐富三代 As the saying goes, wealth never lasts beyond three generations. Bai Mu scoffed at this, because he was a genuine third-generation heir to a wealthy family! He was merely sealed away for the time being. Reporter: Bai Mu, as a third-generation heir to a wealthy family, how did you embark on the path of acting? Bai Mu: First, because compared with inheriting the family fortune, I would rather make my own way; Second, because I love acting; Third, because… Fourth, … … Under the admiring gazes of 0Votes42.6kRecs51.8kFans
- 34 The Big Player in Light and Shadow 光影大玩家 Cheng Yu’an, a flop director, returned to 2002. He had no plans to change the entertainment industry. He just wanted to make some money and enjoy a quiet life with his wife and children. But somehow, as he kept making films, things took a turn: “Look, I really just want to make some money. Stop treating me like the godfather of cinema!” “My goal is to retire at forty. Stop asking me to make more movies!” “All the films on the charts are mine. What else am I supposed to shoot?!” “I’m out, I’m out 2Votes34.1kRecs115.7kFans
- 35 Immortality Since the World of Uncle Jiu 自九叔世界不朽 My new book, Cultivating Immortality by Hunting the Supernatural, has already reached 100,000 characters and is ready to binge. Readers who are interested can search for the title in the app and give it a look. 0Votes73.1kRecs119kFans
- 36 Me and My Riverside Tavern 我与我的江湖酒馆 Zhang Ming transmigrates to an unfamiliar wuxia world. With the help of a System, he opens a tavern and listens to stories from the jianghu. The tavern’s wine is hailed as the best under Heaven. Its owner made a name for himself on the Martial Ranking through his brewing skills. Bai Xiaosheng is a regular, and the world’s greatest Sword Immortal thinks about the tavern’s wine every day. Here, one story follows another, and one cup follows the next. Whether the wine is warm or cold, only the drin 0Votes32.7kRecs68.1kFans
- 37 The Method Actor 体验派影帝 What’s it like to be an actor? Xiang Yang, a Hengdian veteran who moonlights as an ordinary young man in Asia, has been reborn. This time, he wants to savor the experience. Starting with “Drawing Sword,” every role, whether complex or simple, is a life of its own, full of joy and sorrow, sweetness and bitterness. VIP group: 895121669 (requires fan points; support for the author’s previous books counts too) 0Votes93.2kRecs68.4kFans
- 38 The Super Trader 超级交易师 Trader Chen Wei chances upon an against-heaven System, and from then on begins a trading career that shakes the world. 0Votes187.2kRecs142.3kFans
- 39 The Great Era: 2010 大时代之2010 Also known as Reborn: The Mobile Internet Empire In 2010, the PC era, the three giants BAT dominated the internet industry, towering above their rivals. The rise of Apple and Android smartphones opened the door to the mobile internet. Zhou Yujie, a senior ByteDance programmer, returns to his youth and builds a vast mobile internet empire... (The author has also completed an older novel, Reborn: The Rise of a Tycoon, a purely business-focused urban story. If you enjoy this genre, go check it out! 0Votes41.5kRecs82.5kFans
- 40 I Am a Nobleman in England 我在英伦当贵族 Check out my new book, The Rich Man Between Two Worlds: A Crossover Through Film and TV. Who knows when it started, but the big spenders began sharing the aristocratic lifestyle with everyone... You don’t have to be nobility to enjoy pretending. For instance, you could go to a high-end restaurant and try an afternoon tea served in the style of the British royal family. Afterwards, you might feel like you’re positively dripping with nobility from head to to 0Votes252.1kRecs152.2kFans
- 41 Reborn: The Rise of a Tycoon 重生大亨崛起 He woke up to find himself back in Hong Kong. This was an era on the verge of a golden age. This was the story of a tycoon’s rise. 0Votes71.9kRecs108.8kFans
- 42 Starting a Showbiz Career with Variety Shows 文娱从综艺开始 After getting a second chance at life, Fang Jing never expected to be chosen for "Metamorphosis", the show netizens call a rich people’s game that poor people take seriously. The kicker? He’s on the poor side… 0Votes114kRecs247.4kFans
- 43 Monster Modification Manual 怪物改造手册 On the wasteland. Monsters prowl everywhere, disasters strike constantly, and humanity has fallen from the top of the food chain to the bottom, becoming the weaker side. After obtaining a strange book, Li Pei discovers that hunting living creatures yields life essence. More miraculously, he can use energy to transform monsters and grant them a second life. Transform a mouse to get an armored ratman, a snow hawk to get a sky-roaming priest, and a tiger to get a forest-roaring royal guard. And it' 0Votes58.9kRecs63.1kFans
- 44 The Road to Arts and Athletics 文体之路 0Votes172kRecs85.2kFans
- 45 Showbiz: I’m Just an Actor 文娱之我只是个演员 I don’t understand music, can’t dance, am no good at writing, know nothing about calligraphy, and can’t paint. I’m an actor, Xu Rong. 3Votes135.9kRecs245.6kFans
- 46 Artist of a New Era 新时代艺术家 (The early part of this book is a standard entertainment-industry story, but it really takes off in the middle and later chapters. It started with 400 paid subscribers and grew to over 6,000 average subscribers, with 2,000 still following the latest updates. I hope you'll be patient. You can also jump straight to Chapter 113, which lays out the author's historical perspective and the tone of the book.) Shen Santong, born in 1984, the king of cinema. He forges box-office hits into epic tales, mak 7Votes98.1kRecs297.2kFans
- 47 Reborn in the Startup Era 重生创业时代 Xu Yiyang, who only achieved greatness in middle age, returned to 1999 in a dream. At this turning point between millennia and centuries, he realized one truth: Not only should one become famous early, but one should also start a business and make money early! 0Votes330.6kRecs233.8kFans
- 48 I Became a Movie Emperor, and Only Then Did the System Finish Loading 成影帝了，系统才加载完 He got the Superstar System and eagerly jumped into the entertainment industry, only for the System to take ten years to finish loading. [Reward: 6.3 million shares of Penguin stock] [Reward: 2 million shares of Moutai stock] [Reward: 3.71 million shares of Huayi stock] [Reward: 300,000 shares of Apple stock] [Reward: a special-effects company] [Reward: one supernaturally protected Santana 2000, which can prevent damage in three car crashes] Qi Hao initially thought he was working for the System 1Votes199.7kRecs243.1kFans
- 49 EN My Shots Are Too Accurate 我投篮实在太准了 The story opens in the European leagues, with the class of 2000: the idol of the young stars and LeBron, Curry’s uncle, Kobe’s lifelong rival... When Jordan seems too far away, Sun Hao is the legend right before their eyes. “I Really Just Want to Play Tough,” but “My Shooting Is Just Too Accurate.” 0Votes339.8kRecs266.8kFans
- 50 Primordial Jade Register 元始玉箓 History and mystery intertwine, and worlds travel between worlds! Everything gained must come at a cost... A man who transmigrated to a parallel universe had no idea that he was living under the shadow of terror. At first, all he wanted was to survive as he traveled between different worlds. But through a series of coincidences, he caught a glimpse of the possibility of transcending it all. 0Votes66.4kRecs45.4kFans
