Novels like My Dreamlike Years
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as My Dreamlike Years, best match first.
- 1 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
- 2 The End of My Youth in Chinese Entertainment 华娱爷青结 Zhong Yunqing is reborn for no apparent reason, back in Hengdian in 2004, working as an extra. By a twist of fate, he lands a role in a great drama. And so the love story of two couch potatoes begins this winter. This is a slow-burn story, with Shishi as the sole heroine. 0Votes24.2kRecs32.6kFans
- 3 Reborn: I Want It All 重生之我全都要 Gu Zhe had spent twenty years navigating the ups and downs of the workplace. He had conducted scientific research, worked as a patent attorney, and joined the National Intellectual Property Office. He was a winner in life, but not entirely. He could only count himself as having won a little, with plenty of regrets left behind. Now that he has been reborn in 2002, he naturally intends 0Votes54kRecs55.9kFans
- 4 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
- 5 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
- 6 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
- 7 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
- 8 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
- 9 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
- 10 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
- 11 The Wei Dynasty's Movie Emperor 大魏影帝 Want to be a prince? The kind who ends up in prison. A skilled actor wakes up in the Three Kingdoms era as Cao Miao, son of Cao Zhi. Surrounded by schemes and deadly traps at every turn, how can he fight his way through and turn the tables against the odds? Life is a play, and everything depends on your acting. Feign madness and foolishness, laugh and rage at will: one man, a thousand faces, playing the fool while hiding a true madman. At court, I’m a frail, sickly prince afflicted with madness 0Votes100.6kRecs14.5kFans
- 12 Starting with Martial Arts TV Dramas 从武侠剧开始 The Little Li Flying Dagger never misses. The greatest kind of hero serves his country and its people. Wang Yu was a loudmouthed video creator. Somehow, he returned to the era when mainland Chinese martial arts dramas were all the rage. Watching one classic after another get mangled by careless rewrites that showed no respect for the rules, he’d had enough. How hard could screenwriting be? Fine, he’d do it! P.S. A story full of memories. 0Votes117.7kRecs74.2kFans
- 13 The Movie Emperor Begins with Sign-In 影帝从签到开始 In the entertainment industry, there are countless actors with good acting skills who work hard but never quite make it big. A little fame depends on promotion, major fame depends on fate, and forcing someone to stardom invites disaster. So how can Ye Qin, an unknown extra with no connections, no company, and no background, make it big? He is Hu Ge's stunt double in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". He is the most handsome Er 0Votes59.2kRecs187.4kFans
- 14 Chinese Entertainment in 2004 华娱2004 What’s it like to be reborn in 2004 and work as a security guard at a film academy? Jiang Yu says, “I’m serious about making money.” 0Votes37.4kRecs109.4kFans
- 15 Starting Over After Returning from the Audition Show 从选秀回锅肉开始 Ye Qing transmigrated. He is now a singer who got his start on a talent show. Like most artists of this type, he peaked right after his debut, then faded into obscurity over time. From the start, he transmigrated into a parallel universe, and his manager wants him to enter another talent show. But... This is about more than simply being a talent-show comeback act. 0Votes66.8kRecs138.6kFans
- 16 The Iron Waist 悍腰 The football world has a hundred jokes, and my club has eighty of them! The Gunners, once dominant in the Premier League and record holders of 49 games unbeaten, began their decline. It was the start of the nightmare for countless Arsenal fans! “Our club,” “Nana,” “Europa League leaders,” “temperature-difference signings,” “selling the captain,” “fourth-place specialists,” and so on... The Gunners said goodbye to the Henry 2Votes90kRecs978kFans
- 17 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
- 18 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
- 19 Please, Please Debut 求求你出道吧 Audience: Please, you have to debut! Su Ye: Debuting would only interfere with my studies. Hehe, I'm just having fun~ Also known as: "Becoming Famous by Delivering Piglets" The 2.8-million-word completed premium novel "The Rustic Superstar" is already available. Come and enjoy it. 0Votes87.7kRecs164.3kFans
- 20 National Beer 国啤 The reformist winds are blowing strong, and the beer industry has emerged as an early winner in the adjustment of the national economy, being designated as a short-supply product for priority development. Before long, breweries sprang up across the land... In this age of beer and this beer-filled world, 813 breweries rose and fell amid the fierce clashes of rival powers, expansion, and consolidation. With China joining the World Trade Organization, foreign beers poured through the gates. Dark cl 0Votes125.8kRecs61.8kFans
- 21 The Creator of the Literary World 文坛缔造者 Before his death, renowned literary critic Zhu Fengqing once described Ye Huaijin this way: “I never imagined that such an ordinary body could house such a magnificent soul. Even when we all believed his heart to be dark, he showed us his boundless reverence for life and his most passionate, radiant love for the world. There is no doubt that this era was made for him. He is an everlasting monument to this age. Recommending a book: The Entertainment Industry Begins When the Female CEO Takes Me Ho 0Votes21.5kRecs22kFans
- 22 My Years in Film and Television 我的光影年代 Some say that film is a composite art, using powerful lights to project a continuous sequence of images onto a screen, creating the illusion of real movement. Others say film is a window, a mirror, and a dream. For Lü Xiaoran, movies are just a little garnish on an ordinary life… A friendly reminder: this is a showbiz novel… V group: 599828918 (verification of fan rank required) 0Votes492.6kRecs185.1kFans
- 23 The Good Brother System 好大哥系统 Just when little guy Li Wei was worrying about not being able to find a job, the Big Brother System came to his aid! The Big Brother System can help him meet all kinds of big brothers, then climb to the top of life with their help! Now Li Wei is making it big. Big brothers of every kind are making dazzling entrances, and he has more construction contracts than he can handle! “There’s so much work that my company can’t keep up. What do I do? Asking online, urgent!” 0Votes128.4kRecs76.4kFans
- 24 Legend 1997 传奇1997 The same rebirth, a different 1997. This is the year Sui Bo’s legend begins... 0Votes113.7kRecs125.9kFans
- 25 What Should I Do If I'm Too Good at Basketball? 打篮球太厉害了怎么办 “Why do you play basketball?” “Actually, my goal was to become a coach, but I seem to lack the talent to coach, so I had no choice but to play in the NBA.” “Some people say you’re a soft interior player who can only float around the perimeter and shoot.” “Which loser I beat said that? Sounds like a fat guy. Tell him that without me, he’ll never win a championship.” “Why did you skip college and enter the NBA directly?” “If even one college in the United States had been willing to give me a full 0Votes373.7kRecs246kFans
- 26 Back to 1995 重返1995 In 1995 America, the internet had only just caught fire, cell phones were still brick-sized, and Hollywood films had yet to enter the age of special effects. The arrival of Song Yang would usher in a whole new era. The media marveled that he was the new Howard Hughes. Just as Hughes had once blazed trails and driven countless people wild, Song Yang went even further than Hughes had, changing an entire era. But when asked about the media's verdict, Song Yang simply replied, “I am who I am. Histor 1Votes75.9kRecs166.7kFans
- 27 The Fringe Alliance of the Screen Worlds 影视世界边缘同盟 Li Wei woke up to find that he had transmigrated, and that he had landed in an extremely dangerous world… Holding the newspaper and reading the huge headline on the front page, “The End of the Mutants,” Li Wei rubbed his temples and muttered, “The Mutants are already gone?” He turned to page two and saw Tony Stark’s celebrity gossip. Pinching his thigh, Li Wei said helplessly, “The Purple Potato Freak is coming, right? I’ve transmigrated, so I’d better be among the 50% who survive, right?” He pu 0Votes120.2kRecs134.8kFans
- 28 Add One More, I’m Not Very Good at This 加一个，我不太会打 At the turn of the century, the OK combination swept all before them, the Pistons' blue-collar squad was invincible, the Spurs won every odd-numbered year, and the Suns played fast-paced basketball. The basketball world was a hundred schools of thought contending. Li Ang smiled faintly and looked at all the big brothers: "Mind if I join? I'm not very good at playing~" It's just that this kind of "playing" is a little improper... 3Votes231.1kRecs577.2kFans
- 29 I Want to Become a Hong Kong Tycoon 我要做港岛豪门 After transmigrating to 1947, Wu Guangyao wasted no time choosing to keep running and made his way to Hong Kong. First, he followed the path of “Fourth Uncle” Li Zhaoji, opening a gold and silver shop to trade foreign exchange. Next, he followed the example of Japan’s YKK, importing automatic zipper machines from Germany and building a zipper business. Then he entered real estate, pioneering the presale of unbuilt apartments and ushering in the era of presale housing. He became a shipping magnat 0Votes67.4kRecs155kFans
- 30 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
- 31 Finance of a Great Nation 大国金融 Shen Hui accidentally took a blow to the head, and it somehow unlocked a mysterious part of his brain, awakening his sixth sense. 0Votes212.2kRecs181.7kFans
- 32 Reborn, Starting with E-Commerce 重生从电商开始 A senior executive in e-commerce returns to his college campus. Facing the sweeping, turbulent age of the mobile internet, Luo Xiu sighs and says: “I have face blindness, I’m not interested in money, and I come from an ordinary family. My only distinction is that my house is a little bigger...” 0Votes53.5kRecs91.1kFans
- 33 The Great Pharmacist System 大制药师系统 Zhou Wen, a miserable fourth-year biology student, was on the verge of graduating straight into unemployment. Then, while doing an experiment, he accidentally got bitten by one of the test subjects and gained a cheat ability. He could not only see the details of DNA and viruses, but also the attributes and quality of medicinal herbs and chemical raw materials. From then on, he set out on the path to becoming a master pharmacist. [You successfully made a Niuhuang Jiedu Pill. Medicinal effect x2, 1Votes297.4kRecs236.8kFans
- 34 The Age of Cinema 电影的时代 In the summer of 2000, Tang Yan graduated from the Beijing Film Academy and plunged headfirst into the desolate film industry, an era that belonged to cinema. 0Votes119.5kRecs175.1kFans
- 35 My Rebirth Is Different 我的重生不一样啊 Back in his youth, Yuwen Fei decided to take a different path to being reborn. He was a business genius admired even by his competitors. The products he launched profoundly changed modern communications, entertainment, and even the way people lived. “Make money? No, I never think about making money. I just want to use technology to change the world and improve the lives of ordinary people! I've topped the Forbes list of the world's richest people for years, but I never pay attention to that stuf 0Votes200.6kRecs290.6kFans
- 36 The Traffic King of Chinese Entertainment 华娱之流量天王 In 2014, Yuan Hua left the K-pop group EXO and returned to China, ushering in the grand “traffic idol era” of Chinese entertainment... The author's new Chinese entertainment novel, My Ex-Brother-in-Law, is ready for you to binge. Come and check it out, everyone! 0Votes87.7kRecs175.7kFans
- 37 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
- 38 A C-Rank Hybrid Forced to Slay Dragons C级混血种被迫屠龙 “Do not approach Cassell College. You will become unhappy.” So declared Luo Yin, Cassell College's legendary C-rank student, an exceptionally reliable alchemy grandmaster, a human Doraemon, and the only normal person in the Equipment Department. This is the story of a mixed-blood with an atrociously low bloodline level who accidentally obtains a dragon-language analysis System, survives with difficulty at the Monster Academy through alchemy and brutal overwork, and is forced onto the path of dra 0Votes34.2kRecs179.1kFans
- 39 Chinese Entertainment, 1997 华娱1997 In early 1997, Cao Xuan, who has the memories of a seasoned entertainment writer from the future, appears in Water Margin, the last of CCTV’s Four Great Classical Novels adaptations. The most handsome Ximen Qing in history is born... 2Votes386.2kRecs749.9kFans
- 40 The Tang Dynasty's Jinx 大唐扫把星 He transmigrates at the very moment the villagers are about to bury him alive, then blows his cover... no, manages to save himself. All he wants is to scrape by in this era and wait for death, but... that woman is way too crazy. 8Votes1.1MRecs455.6kFans
- 41 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
- 42 The Myriad Heavens, Beginning at White Deer Plain 从白鹿原开始的诸天 A journey through the worlds, beginning with The White Deer Plain. Bai Gui is reborn in White Deer Village at the end of the Qing dynasty. Here, there is Gantian Town from Mr. Vampire 2, Zhou Ying from Nothing Gold Can Stay, Bai Xiuzhu and Leng Qingqiu from The Story of a Noble Family, Xiaodouzi from Farewell My Concubine, the martial arts of The Master, Chu Renmei from The Imp, and more... Taoist arts? Martial arts? Bai Gui just wants to study first, learning the Confucian classics from Xu, the 0Votes73.1kRecs199.7kFans
- 43 The Birth of a Top-Tier Star 一个顶流的诞生 Zhou Mu transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes an obscure actor from a minor agency. With all the information available on Earth at his fingertips, he originally plans to quit the entertainment industry, start a business, and make a fortune. But without money, he can’t get anywhere. With no other choice, he has to stick around and earn some money, only to become famous for no apparent reason. And then, he realizes it’s actually pretty great!!! The entertainment industry is a giant dye vat 0Votes180.7kRecs215.1kFans
- 44 The Daily Life of a Great Director 名监督的日常 Akina Nakamori, Rie Miyazawa, Hitomi Kuroki, Miho Nakayama... A film studies PhD transmigrates to 1990s Japan, where the economy is in freefall and beautiful women abound. He swears he’ll become a renowned director. P.S.: A note on terminology: In Japan, a kantoku is a chief director with considerably more authority than an ordinary director. The protagonist is cautious and scheming. If that’s not your thing, don’t read. VIP g 0Votes189.8kRecs154.7kFans
- 45 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
- 46 The Ultimate Carry While Doing Nothing 最强躺赢 Unbeatable in the top lane, a tyrant in mid; ruthless in the jungle, with tricks up his sleeve. The Carry-Win Sect protects its support, until its leader awakens and slaughters all! [Dedicated to the mischievous friends I used to game with back in school, unforgettable happy days in my life.] 0Votes75.2kRecs74.2kFans
- 47 Winning in the New Era of Finance 决胜新金融时代 Reborn in 2013, right in the middle of the booming mobile internet startup craze. The three TMD giants were still quietly growing, while BAT was at the height of its power. Zhang Yida got his start in Peking University's startup incubator, steadily building up his strength, with the internet in one hand and finance in the other... 0Votes116.6kRecs108kFans
- 48 EN I Thought This Was Scientific 俺寻思这挺科学的 The original title of this book was A Certain Unscientific Marvel Scientist A playboy with an LED light built into his chest, an iron shell covering his body, and a habit of flying wildly through the sky; a bespectacled shut-in in a skintight mask who constantly swings between skyscrapers; an armless doctor who turned into a lizard while trying to retrieve his little right hand; an outdated frozen food who spent seventy years lying in the Arctic while retaining a superb physique; a bald doctor w 0Votes106.5kRecs163.1kFans
- 49 I Deceived Kangxi 骗了康熙 At the crucial moment in the struggle among the Nine Princes, the illegitimate son of Longkodo, commander of the Nine Gates, tricks Kangxi badly! 9Votes279.6kRecs385.1kFans
- 50 My Wife Is a Washed-Up Superstar 我老婆是扑街大明星 Her “acting” is a total flop, yet somehow she becomes a superstar. Yep, you heard that right... This book is also known as The Growth Diary of a Naive Girlfriend in Chinese Entertainment. After his soul enters the body of an assistant to an instructor at an arts center, Su Chen opens his eyes to find a soft, fragrant little foot covering his face... Nope, not licking it! P.S. Slice of life, a little sweet romance. Bring your own tissues!! 0Votes1.9kRecs3.1kFans
