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- 51 How I Became a Tycoon 我是如何当神豪的 At twenty-seven, just old enough to still catch the tail end of youth, Jing Gao receives a bank card with no spending limit. And so begins an extraordinary life. But he discovers that a true tycoon can’t just throw money around. He needs to improve himself in every way... Regular readers’ group: 752023611 (full). 5Votes199.1kRecs328.8kFans
- 52 Beyond the Martial Arts Summit 武侠巅峰之上 At his most desperate moment, Qin Yang awakened memories of his past life and embarked on a path to the pinnacle unlike anything he'd known before. He's the Beggars' Sect's rising star and the famed Hero of Tiannan; he's also a notorious thief and the martial world's number-one master of witty banter; he's even one of the Nine Calculators of the Mohists, hidden in the darkness and manipulating events from the shadows. At the end of the martial path, who stands supreme? Once Qin Yang arrives, the 0Votes60kRecs51.6kFans
- 53 I’m Really a Trillionaire 我真是万亿大佬 Uncovering the hottest internet celebrities, Building the strongest traffic matrix, Investing in trillion-yuan unicorns, This is the plain and unpretentious life of a tycoon worth trillions! 0Votes27.2kRecs45.1kFans
- 54 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
- 55 I Started Farming and Became a God 成神从种田开始 In this world, the power of faith is an all-purpose authority. After unexpectedly obtaining a pseudo-artifact, Odin gained the ability to collect and convert the power of faith. And so Baron Odin, a minor lord, began his diligent life of farming... A Western fantasy tale of a lord and his farm, with a relaxed, everyday feel. 0Votes52kRecs149.1kFans
- 56 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
- 57 This Director Has No Vision 这个导演没有格局 (A veteran author of Chinese entertainment novels, with several acclaimed works. This book has already achieved great success and is now aiming for ten thousand paid subscribers!) Reborn in 2009, Jiang Yifeng stirs up a storm in the entertainment industry. Yet people are always saying he lacks perspective. “Director Jiang, people say you made Old Boys to capitalize on the attention surrounding Michael Jackson’s death. Do you admit it?” “That’s true.” “Others say you criticized Wolf Totem and too 0Votes143kRecs275.3kFans
- 58 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
- 59 The Easygoing Life: I Own a Vast Prairie 悠闲人生：我有万亩草原 (A premium hit with over 7,000 average paid subscriptions. Come give it a read!) The sky stretches wide, the wilds go on forever; when the wind sweeps the grass aside, cattle and sheep appear. After graduating, he returns home to inherit a vast ranch of over ten thousand mu. He herds cattle and sheep, rides horses and practices archery, raises golden eagles and border collies, and plays with wild rabbits and marmots. Life is peaceful and carefree. Also known as: "The Leisurely Life of a Ranching 0Votes42.3kRecs185.9kFans
- 60 The Pinnacle of a Great Era 大时代之巅 age = int(input("Enter your age after restarting your life: ")) if age == 18: print("Year One of Being Reborn.") elif age == 19: print("The Family Gets Divided.") elif age == 20: print("Please Give College Students Back Their Dignity.") elif age == 21: print("The Dazzling Purple Star.") elif age == 22: print("Love of Country and Family.") elif age == 23: print("An Era of Great-Nation Ascendance.") elif age == 24: print("Our Generation Must Strive for Strength.") else: print("Strive, strive, stri 3Votes144.8kRecs214.2kFans
- 61 The Grand Strategists' Alliance 大军师联盟 Travel-budget streamer Liu Bian transmigrates during a livestream to the end of the Han dynasty and the Three Kingdoms era, becoming Emperor Shao of Han, Liu Bian. It is the third day after Liu Bian’s deposition, the day Empress Dowager He is to be poisoned in Yong’an Palace. Liu Bian has no troops, no trusted aides, and no power. Enemy spies are everywhere around him. With a nightmare-level challenge from the start, how will Liu Bian escape alive with the help of an alliance of strategists made 0Votes27.8kRecs153.3kFans
- 62 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
- 63 True Martial Arts Across the Myriad Worlds 万界真武 Transmigrate through myriad worlds, prove the Way of True Martial Arts! Transmigrate through myriad worlds, prove the Way of True Martial Arts! Transmigrate through myriad worlds, prove the Way of True Martial Arts! Transmigrate through myriad worlds, prove the Way of True Martial Arts! 0Votes64.8kRecs62.5kFans
- 64 The Celestial Serpent of the City 都市天蛇 The primordial spirit spans the sun and moon; a single breath proclaims the Heavenly Serpent! This is the story of a young man from Blue Star who inherits the legacy of the Heavenly Serpent. 0Votes96.4kRecs32.5kFans
- 65 I Picked Up a System and Became a Star 捡个系统当明星 “With a voice like yours, you think you can sing?” “No, I don’t just want to be the King of Singers. I want to become an all-around superstar!” Divider Completed works: "The Superpowered Little Tyrant: Indulging in the Flower Garden", "City of Desire", and "Reborn as an All-Around Playboy". 0Votes26.3kRecs114.5kFans
- 66 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
- 67 Turbulent 1979! 激荡1979！ This literary giant is no ordinary man! He wears luxury watches, drives expensive cars, lives in a mansion, and is close to several actresses. He shaped not only one generation's childhood, but the childhoods of several generations, and their childhood idols, too. Want to know why he's so bold? Wei Ming: “I was already earning foreign currency back in 1980. The culture I exported on my own was worth about as much as the entire contemporary literary scene. I've spent my whole life writing novels. 358Votes382.2kRecs576.1kFans
- 68 Chinese Showbiz: All My Artists Are Top-Tier Stars 华娱：我的艺人全顶流 (Business and everyday life, multiple heroines, and not mindless. It currently averages 5,000 subscriptions, with peak subscriptions over 10,000, so everyone can read with confidence.) (New book: I Really Didn’t Plan to Rely on My Looks to Make It in Chinese Entertainment. Feel free to check it out.) Jiang Ye, a big shot in the entertainment industry, is hailed as the boss who’s best at coaching actresses. The stars under his management focus on helping farmers through celebrity influence, takin 12Votes63.6kRecs218.3kFans
- 69 League of Legends Invades Another World 英雄联盟入侵异世界 [Following in the footsteps of every champion in League of Legends] When Mordrian woke up, he discovered he had transmigrated to a world of swords and magic, where he began a miserable life as the second son of a noble family! Fortunately, he had brought the League of Legends System from his previous life with him. Darius, Sion, Katarina, Swain, Garen, Xin Zhao, Lux, Fiora…One legendary champion after 0Votes59.1kRecs75.3kFans
- 70 Transmigrating Across the Heavens, Starting with Wudang 诸天穿越从武当开始 New book! Please add "Transmigrating Through the Heavens: Beginning by Becoming Zhang Sanfeng's Disciple" to your collection. 0Votes43.7kRecs76.5kFans
- 71 The Coming of Oma Zio to Marvel 逢魔降临美漫 Blessings! The most benevolent, righteous, supreme, and powerful King! Ohma Zi-O! (A Kamen Rider fan work, created to commemorate the end of the Heisei Rider era. The plot and setting have been adjusted to serve the story as a whole. 0Votes57.8kRecs72kFans
- 72 Three Kingdoms, Answer Me! The Romance of the Three Kingdoms Gone Wrong 三国请回答！崩坏的三国演义 At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, eighteen warlords led by Yuan Shao launched a campaign against Dong Zhuo, only to see General Hua Xiong kill two of their top officers in succession. Just then, a voice rang down from the sky. “Three Kingdoms Q&A is now open!” Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Jian, and Hua Xiong were pulled into a quiz room. The first question: “In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, who killed Hua Xiong after warming the wine?” “A. Lu Bu; B. Guan Yu; C. Cao Ren; D. S 0Votes41.3kRecs120.8kFans
- 73 The Tycoon Who Started by Making Choices 神豪从做出选择开始 Lin Dingqiang: I’m already a tycoon, so why do I still have to choose? 0Votes82.3kRecs144.2kFans
- 74 EN This Is How Football Should Be Played 足球应该像我这样踢 Moric: What do you call that move you used to send me tumbling yesterday? Lu Yang: The Messi-Bojan dribble. Moric: Was it invented by someone named Messi-Bojan? Lu Yang: No, it was pulled off by a guy named Messi. He sent Boateng, the world's best center-back, sprawling. Moric: Why won't you wear the number seven shirt, a symbol of glory? Lu Yang: 0Votes68.8kRecs189.7kFans
- 75 EN Konoha: Starting from the Caged Bird's Release! 木叶：从解开笼中鸟开始！ Vast blue chakra spread like a storm. A terrifying blue vortex tore through the ground, leaving behind a hideous crater as if a meteor had struck. “Shinra Tensei!?” “Rotation.” “You call that thing Rotation?” “Want to see my Gentle Fist?” “What the hell, that’s Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack?!” So, if hard work lets you level up your skills without limit, then starting out in the Hyuga Branch Family isn't so bad, right? 0Votes23.6kRecs171.5kFans
- 76 I’m Really Not the Living King of Hell 我真不是活阎王 After transmigrating to a parallel world, Zhang Lingtian inherited a funeral shop. One day, while idly scrolling through short videos, Zhang Lingtian suddenly saw a row of data appear before him. [Ding! Scan activated!] [Target scanned: ID Extreme Yang.] [Danger alert: After 28 unprotected high-altitude jumps, the chance of danger on the next one is 100%!] [Customer profile: Perfect match.] [System prompt: The Host may follow this account.] Realizing he had awakened a System, Zhang Lingtian imme 0Votes57kRecs542.6kFans
- 77 From the Start, I Was Married into the Abyss 开局赘入深渊 Bai Shan accidentally became a live-in son-in-law. Luckily, he had the talent of ["Equal Exchange"]. As long as he met a cultivation method's minimum requirements, he could skip the entire training process and attain "great perfection" instantly. [The Tiger's Roar Through the Night] Requirement 1: The complete text of [The Tiger's Roar Through the Night] Requirement 2: 600 jin of meat, 200 jin of tiger-bone wine, 3 drops of Everlasting Grief Grass sap, and 1 fruit of the Heartburning Scarlet 0Votes63.1kRecs330.1kFans
- 78 I Can Hear the Voices of the Five Organs 我能对话五脏 Liver Wood: “He likes looking at weird stuff every day. No matter how much I try to talk him out of it, he won’t listen. Hmph, if he wants to get himself killed, he shouldn’t drag me into it!” Heart Fire: “That’s not all. He even makes me use his bloodline to cater to his needs. Heh.” Spleen Earth: “I’ve got it the worst, okay? He stays up late every night and skips breakfast, and my function has deteriorated. Now I can barely digest food, and he keeps taking medicines I don’t like. Sigh, why? W 0Votes36.8kRecs140.7kFans
- 79 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
- 80 Chinese Showbiz: Starting as a Top-Tier Star from a Talent Show 华娱：从选秀顶流开始 Shen Juan wakes up and finds himself back in 2017. Starting with the biggest hit talent shows, he rises step by step to become a top-tier star. Billboard: “Underrated perfectly captures North American trends, and Alex Fever is spreading rapidly around the world.” Time: “Every era has its own icons. We are living in the pop culture craze created by Alex.” MTV: “This spring marks Alex’s moment to rise.” Forbes: “A Gen Z pop king has arrived. Alex is changing the world and creating an entire 2Votes113.6kRecs177.1kFans
- 81 Pangu's Path to Enlightenment in Honghuang 洪荒之盘王证道 By a twist of fate, he transmigrated into the Primordial World. In the Divine Continent Cosmos, he founded three thousand civilizations. Beneath the World Tree, he comprehended a path to enlightenment of his own. He never considered attaining Primordial Unity the ultimate goal. His name is Pan Wang! My new book, Starting by Joining the Buddha Ancestor Wutian, has been signed. 0Votes76.7kRecs96.4kFans
- 82 The Hammer of Technology 科技之锤 “We’ll go first and kill ourselves. Who’s brave enough to follow?” The Earth’s surface is locked in a nuclear winter. A magnificent city stands on Mars, yet a group of Chinese scientists have chosen to blow themselves up, all to send a biological computer back... Ning Wei has just received the biological computer from the future, but all he can think about is how to use the rules of academia to get rich by churning out SCI papers... “Forty swings with the small hammer, eighty with the big one.” 0Votes128.8kRecs373.8kFans
- 83 Chinese Showbiz: I Was Reborn, Yet They Still Make Me Play the Bad Boy 华娱：重生了，还逼我做渣男啊 (In two years, this went from 300 to an average of 10,000 subscriptions. A very slow-burn, serious story about an actor. The scumbag stuff is all just a joke :) A stunning internet celebrity with tens of millions of fans is reborn in 2004. Good news: He’s twenty years younger. Bad news: There’s no System. Good news: He’s just started his final year of high school. Bad news: He scored 351 on the placement exam. Good news: His family is pretty rich. Bad news: A financial crisis is coming. So… 1.4kVotes186.6kRecs607.3kFans
- 84 The Earthy Superstar 土味巨星 Country bumpkin Li Tiezhu accompanies his good friend Qin Tao to audition for a talent show. Li Tiezhu: “If you become a star, you can open a pig farm ten times bigger than your dad’s. I’ll do the construction work for you.” Qin Tao: “Damn it! I’ll be famous by then. Why the hell would I open a pig farm?” “If you’re not raising pigs, what will you raise?” “How do you not get it? Once I’m a big star, I won’t raise pigs any 0Votes129.4kRecs224kFans
- 85 Showbiz: Letting My Achievements Speak for Themselves 华娱之实绩为王 “Shen Lang's new movie is about to break two billion dollars at the box office.” “No way. How did it make so much?” “Who knows? His track record speaks for itself. Oh, I forgot to tell you: your idol is working with him again. The production company behind The Legend of the Immortals even launched an event, bringing back the Six Directions Mirror and the Zhu Xian Sword. I'm definitely going to get the Zhu Xian Sword this time.” “Oh no, he's a playboy! Didn't they break up? And now they're workin 9Votes130.2kRecs288.9kFans
- 86 Wei Junzi, Who Faces Death with a Smile 视死如归魏君子 Wei Jun knew that the moment he was killed, he would become invincible, so he began trying every possible way to get himself killed. Then he discovered that something was wrong with this world. “Back then, the Immortal Sects lorded it over the imperial court and threw their weight around. Every official in the court, myself included, groveled before the immortals. Only Wei Jun had the courage to face death without fear. In full view of everyone, he scolded me for bringing disgrace upon the digni 0Votes424.9kRecs2MFans
- 87 EN The Magician of Marvel America 美漫世界的魔法师 Reborn in Britain in the 1990s, Noah sees business opportunities everywhere. But one day, when he reads in the newspaper that Howard Stark has been in a car accident, he feels that he’s in for bad luck. And when an owl lands outside his window on his eleventh birthday, he’s completely at a loss for words… (Well, this is basically a Marvel novel di 0Votes70.9kRecs143.2kFans
- 88 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
- 89 Chinese Showbiz: Starting Out as a Stand-In Director 华娱从代导开始 From the start, it’s 2010! One heroine, Old Liu! Principal: “I’m not here to obey the rules. I’m here to break them.” 8Votes99.1kRecs179.7kFans
- 90 I Don't Care About Box Office Returns 我拍戏不在乎票房 One day, Chu Shun, a shameless scoundrel who would take off his pants even to hang himself and would rather die than save face, transmigrated to a parallel world and obtained a System called the [Film Fund]. What was it like to make movies without worrying about losing money and without needing investors? “As a director, I never care about box office results!” So Chu Shun brought out Kill Bill, only for it to be rejected for a theatrical release permit, as everyone had expected, because it was t 1Votes209.5kRecs331.1kFans
- 91 You Don't Know How Much Fun Being a Director Is 导演的快乐你不懂 ★ Book status: Complete! Conquest 108 ★ Born in 1985, admitted to the directing program at the Beijing Film Academy in 2003, went on exchange to the University of Southern California in 2005, and directed his first Hollywood movie in 2006. He became famous overnight! But at the height of his success, Wang Quan announced he was returning to China to pursue his career. The domestic entertainment industry was shaken, and the international scene was stunn 2Votes192.6kRecs495.5kFans
- 92 What Should I Do About My Overpowered Girlfriend? 女朋友太强怎么办 What do you do when your girlfriend is too strong? Keep charging in with A attacks! This is the story of the protagonist stirring things up in the future of a certain timeline while trading wits with his girlfriend. Entertainment, everyday life, and sweet romance! Also known as The Future Entertainment Empire and Nobody Knows How to Have Fun Like I Do. 0Votes85.3kRecs103.1kFans
- 93 Raising the Dragon Banner in a New World 于新世界高举龙旗 The steel flood known as tanks swept across the land, crushing the once-glorious knights into fragments as battered armor fell into the dust. The steel eagles known as airplanes crossed the mountains and soared through the boundless skies, sending the supposedly invincible dragons crashing to the earth. They conquered the land, the sky, the oceans, and the human heart. That year, the theory of bloodlines, woven over thousands of years, was shattered. That year, the notion that nobles were born s 0Votes41kRecs120.7kFans
- 94 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
- 95 A Certain Scientific Pirate 某科学的海贼 “When I first joined the Navy, the marines aboard the ship weren’t battle-ready yet. We lacked cannons, experience, and, most importantly, people. We were a tiny crew, barely more than a handful, and couldn’t even capture a pirate with a ten-million-belly bounty. The ship was small, the sails were tattered, and between the two of us we couldn’t even manage three cannonballs each. I went to Admiral Yuan the Ape to ask for supplies. Guess what the admiral said? ‘No supplies. You can take my life i 0Votes83kRecs107.4kFans
- 96 The Immortal Sect's Farming Handbook 仙门种田手册 Please read the text in parentheses. Fake cultivation: Not so great at self-improvement, but a champion at killing for treasure. Real cultivation: Set a modest goal: harvest three to five extra dou of spirit rice this year! This is the story of a mere outer-sect spirit farmer, starting out by working the fields at the foot of Mount Taihua. (This book mainly focuses on the world's ascension, explorations of various realms, the characteristics of spirit plants, and conflicts between realms. Farmin 0Votes31.3kRecs110.5kFans
- 97 Wreaking Havoc in the Entertainment Industry 祸害娱乐圈 He once drank wine and composed a hundred poems atop a high tower. He also once took the heads of enemy generals from the midst of ten thousand troops. This is a story about someone who bounces all over the entertainment industry, making it a more (or less) wonderful place. P.S. The gentleman seeks harmony, not uniformity. If you don't like it, please don't flame. 0Votes22.9kRecs24.4kFans
- 98 I Want to Go Down in History 我要名垂千古 Qin Zhen arrived in ancient times as a ruler on the brink of losing his country. He discovered that the generals and officials celebrated in later generations were just as powerful in his own era as the legends claimed. The stories said this general rode a qilin, commanded thunder and lightning, and had the strength of ten thousand men. And so the general really did raise a qilin, wield the power of thunder, and rout ten thousand troops on his own. But later generations would remember Qin Zhen a 0Votes50.1kRecs158.6kFans
- 99 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
- 100 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
