Novels like At First, I Only Wanted to Be an Actor
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- 1 A Tumultuous Era in Chinese Entertainment 华娱激荡年代 Shen Fang inexplicably returned to the 2005 set of The Return of the Condor Heroes. But he never imagined that this second chance at life would begin with him playing a pair of hands. 0Votes82.6kRecs168.4kFans
- 2 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
- 3 The Actor Emperor's Laid-Back Life 影帝的懒散人生 A lazy man transmigrates, and playing it safe comes first. To enjoy a carefree life, fame and fortune are essential. How can Wannian retire at thirty and spend the rest of his life lazing around? Become an award-winning actor? A powerful big shot? Neither! I’m just a lazy man. 0Votes13.5kRecs67kFans
- 4 The Path of Night and Dragons 黑夜与巨龙途径 While exploring an elephant graveyard, Su Li unexpectedly discovers a dragon's corpse and is swept into a mysterious pool. Clutching a dragon horn, he plunges from the sky alongside the falling corpse, accidentally absorbing its remains and gaining extraordinary powers. It all begins with Cthulhu. This is a path of darkness and dragons! 0Votes559.1kRecs358.6kFans
- 5 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
- 6 I Turned Evil in a Crossover TV Universe 我在综合影视黑化了 Comprehensive Martial Arts: At the Dawn of the Dragon, Our Nature Is Good. After transmigrating into a combined world of TV dramas such as A Little Reunion and Home with Kids, the protagonist has just graduated when an accident causes his body to turn dark. The key that triggers this transformation turns out to be his beautiful married neighbor, Song Qian, from the A Little Reunion storyline about Qiao Yingzi. There’s a saying in the ma 0Votes43.9kRecs98.7kFans
- 7 Tokyo's Literary Age 东京文艺时代 A young director transmigrated to Japan in the 1980s. And so, an extraordinary journey through Japanese cinema began. 0Votes125.6kRecs109.4kFans
- 8 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
- 9 I'm Really Playing Basketball 我真的在打篮球 I'm an ordinary student from China preparing to study in the United States. I'm ready to work hard, study every day, and return home to help build a beautiful China! But the moment I set foot on American soil, everything changed... You pick up a basketball! You step onto the court! Amid the deafening roar of the crowd, you keep pushing forward! One of the five greatest shooting guards of the shooting guard era. One of the five greatest power forwards of the power forward era. One of the five gre 0Votes164.6kRecs145.6kFans
- 10 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
- 11 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
- 12 Don't Call Me a Top-Tier Star 别叫我顶流 He is hailed as the last Heavenly King of Chinese pop, and single-handedly sparked a revival across the music scene! He is the ultimate top-tier star of the internet age, but he hates being called a top-tier star more than anything! “Don’t call me a top-tier star. You’re always saying that fresh-faced idols come and go, but Zhou Miao is built to last. Maybe you could call me an old-timer?” 0Votes21kRecs145.2kFans
- 13 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
- 14 I’m Really Not an Unspeakable Horror 我真不是不可名状 New book: From Priest to Cthulhu Transmigrated to Tokyo, he finds himself at an altar. Aono isn’t panicking. When you gaze at the indescribable, the indescribable gazes back at you. The indescribable looks at Aono. He licks his lips and opens his mouth… Aono: “Sure, I eat monsters, raise ghosts, and keep followers around me. Some people go insane just from seeing me, but I’m really not indescribable.” 0Votes31kRecs140.6kFans
- 15 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
- 16 The Joyous Affairs of Jiayou 嘉佑嬉事 First, make sure you can keep yourself safe. Once you can protect yourself adequately, then give it everything you've got and aim to have it all: career and love. Enjoy life, and live freely and happily. For now, here's a small goal: live for a thousand years first! 0Votes20.5MRecs542.9kFans
- 17 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
- 18 The Suits Lawyer in a World of TV Dramas 混在美剧的金装律师 My roommates are Sheldon and Leonard from The Big Bang Theory... The law firm where I intern is Pearson & Hardman from Suits... My clients include Walter White from Breaking Bad and Michael Scofield from Prison Break... The restaurant I frequent is the Williamsburg diner from 2 Broke Girls... 0Votes42kRecs74kFans
- 19 New York, 1995 纽约1995 A wrestler, an actor, a rock singer, a traveler searching for lost memories. 0Votes28kRecs52kFans
- 20 EN The Legendary Life of a Certain American Comic Character 某美漫的传奇人生 New book: A Certain Marvel Super Player The Marvel universe sets sail anew! This time, it’s a story about Locke! Name: Locke. Profession: Player! The only player! 13Votes119.8kRecs393.3kFans
- 21 Online Game: The Holy Knight of Auras 网游之光环圣骑 This book is also known as A Fishing Master's Laid-Back Life in an Online Game... Vigor, resolve, meditation, courage, agility, conviction... It doesn't matter if I'm strong. It's enough if my teammates are strong, with all those buffs on them... This is the everyday gaming life of an avid angler. 0Votes54.8kRecs52.8kFans
- 22 I'm Really a Female Star 我真是女明星 The making of a perfect heroine: the story of how an "ordinary" beauty grows step by step into an all-around superstar. PS: This is an entertainment-industry novel set in a parallel world. Readers who enjoy this kind of story can dive right in. The new book, "Transformed into a Stunning Beauty, I Do Whatever I Want," is now being serialized. Feel free to check it out 0Votes143kRecs119.2kFans
- 23 The Unconventional Musician 非正常音乐家 This is a different kind of musical world. A different kind of musician. At some unknown point, something filthy slipped into the otherwise calm and peaceful entertainment industry. The Morning Star, which once overpowered Europe's golden age of classical music, will shine at last!! Who says a classical musician can't play pop music? ------I don't just play it, I even went into the anime world to compose soundtracks. Who says artists have to hold themselves above everyone else? ------I simply en 0Votes51.5kRecs179.2kFans
- 24 So They Were All My Disciples 原来他们都是我徒弟 Yun Qianyu: “They say that the demon monkey who pulverized the Heavenly Court and Spirit Mountain, the dragon girl who led the dragon clan back to glory, the Ghost Emperor who ruled the Netherworld, the Demon Buddha who entered the Dao through demonic cultivation, and all those other troublemakers who threw the myriad heavens into chaos are all my disciples? At first, I thought they were spouting nonsense. Later, I discovered that it was all true...” An exhilarating web novel featuring the fusi 0Votes65.9kRecs151.2kFans
- 25 At First, I Just Wanted to Make Money 一开始，我只想搞钱 Forget making movies. Making money is what matters! Well, Shen Xudong later realized that making movies was never just about making movies. It was all art! PS: This story is entirely fictional. If it offends anyone, please be generous and let it slide! (Over 8,000 average subscriptions... a career high. Grateful...) 0Votes227.5kRecs287.5kFans
- 26 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
- 27 This Player Is Deeply Sinful 这个选手罪孽深重 Li Nian, who had known nothing but disappointment in esports in his past life, is unexpectedly reborn and returns to Season 4. That year, WE fell just one step short of making it to Worlds. That year, Samsung's two powerhouse teams stood side by side, both aiming for the world championship. That year, clubs across China began recruiting Korean imports, ushering in the first era of Korean players in the LPL. That year, EDG were riding high at home, and Clearlove was absurdly strong. Then Li Nian 0Votes99.1kRecs217.2kFans
- 28 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
- 29 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
- 30 Hollywood in the Making 好莱坞绘制 “Film noir? Yes! Those extreme cinephiles say my work is always full of crime, violence, and death, with sadistic, explicit scenes, protagonists who are both good and evil, and anxiety and unease as its central emotions. It always revolves around greed and deceit, ending in death or destruction. But these things aren’t found only in my films. They reveal the dark side we all share as human beings!”--- 0Votes61.1kRecs137.7kFans
- 31 Xu Xian Is No Sword Immortal 许仙不是剑仙 New book: You Don't Know the Joy of Demonic Cultivation Techniques Xu Xian, He had planned to flee ten thousand miles away as soon as Bai Suzhen arrived. Unfortunately, in this world overrun with demons, he simply wasn't strong enough to do that. So, he chose to be a low-key sword immortal on the surface. In secret, he studied escape arts, practiced Daoist techniques, made talismans, researched formations, and made friends far and wide. If he could, Xu Xian would only use sword techniques... [In 0Votes75.8kRecs365.3kFans
- 32 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
- 33 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
- 34 I Am Kaka Kaka Kaka Kaka 我是卡卡卡卡卡 I’m Kaka. I’m the most dazzling guy on the field, the strongest mid laner in solo play. I’m peerless, born powerful. But just as I reached the top, my best friend and fiercest rival left me far behind. I had the best script, yet I was only the protagonist for half the show. This time, every story will be rewritten. 3Votes138kRecs105.5kFans
- 35 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
- 36 EN Everyday Adventures in a TV Series 日常系美剧 After transmigrating into the world of American TV shows, he took the unremarkable path of a great doctor to avoid dying young. Along the way, he found friends among the seven from The Big Bang Theory, the six from Friends, and the five from How I Met Your Mother, competed with the doctors of Grey's Anatomy, Dr. House, and The Good Doctor, and encountered the thrills of Gone Girl, Hard Candy, and Orphan. Ordinary days, never dull. Life in an American TV show is full of fun. 0Votes218.2kRecs168.7kFans
- 37 The Qin's Moon Den of Spiders 秦时罗网人 In this war-torn world, countless people struggle to survive. Some fight for power, some for survival, and some for the realm… On that rainy day, Luo Yan stumbled into this world. With a three-foot blade in hand, he joined a band of assassins from the Web, hunting down a heavily pregnant woman. 2Votes198kRecs405.9kFans
- 38 The Ming Dynasty: Starting with Caution 大明从慎重开始 In the eleventh year of the Hongzhi era, the Hongzhi Restoration was declining after its period of prosperity. Worthy ministers were retiring in old age, the three members of the Grand Secretariat were growing frail, and despite Emperor Hongzhi’s tireless efforts to govern, he could not lead the Ming Dynasty into an even greater age of peace and prosperity. At that time, in a dilapidated courtyard in the northwest corner of the capital, a scholar was poring over historical records, checking whet 0Votes146.6kRecs158kFans
- 39 Drawing Cards to Exorcise Demons in Tokyo 人在东京抽卡降魔 Bare-chested, with blazing red hair and drums of thunder surrounding him, Takemikazuchi roared in fury. “Why are you chasing me?” Shangchuan You Ren had three heads and six arms, and his skin was indigo. The head on the left glared furiously. “You insolent demon! I can tell at a glance that you’re no human.” The head on the right wore a compassionate expression. “Please, benefactor, help me in my cultivation.” The head in the middle looked helpless. “That’s more or less how it happened. Please t 0Votes115.8kRecs248.8kFans
- 40 Who Are You Calling a Powerhouse? 骂谁实力派呢 Who are you calling a powerhouse performer? Who are you insulting? Do you have any idea what it means to be one of Asia’s Ten Most Handsome Men? 8Votes264.5kRecs843.1kFans
- 41 Starting Out as the Best in Jinmen 从津门第一开始 A golden-inlaid saber at my waist, the road to the ends of the earth beneath my feet. Ferrying travelers across the myriad worlds, beginning in Tianjin. 0Votes66.8kRecs145kFans
- 42 I'm Really a Post Player 我真的是个内线 “ESPN left you off their list of the ten best power forwards this season, not because you're not good enough, but because they don't think someone who can shake off a defender from beyond the three-point line and drive to the basket, ranks in the top five in the league in three-point shooting, has the court vision of a point guard, and can sprint up and down the court at a breakneck pace, yet has almost nothing in common with a traditional big man besides his height, counts as a power forward. W 3Votes492.9kRecs357.5kFans
- 43 The Entertainment World's Intel King 华娱情报王 Yan Li, a graduate of the vocational program for the Class of 2000 at Beijing Film Academy, gets the golden finger [Daily Intelligence System] and becomes the entertainment industry’s king of insider information. What? The cast of The Heroes of Sui and Tang is holding auditions for Yuwen Chengdu. That role seems perfect for me. What? The brand’s minimum endorsement rate is three million a year. Damn, my agent quoted too low. Hurry and raise the price. What? A female star plans to use a pinhole c 695Votes444kRecs548.1kFans
- 44 Reborn as an Industrial Tycoon 重生之实业大亨 1984 was the first year of China's private enterprises. That year, Mr. Zhang of Haier was called in at a critical moment to take charge of the mess at the Qingdao Refrigerator Factory; that year, Mr. Li of TCL was producing cassette tapes in a shabby farm-machinery warehouse; that year, Mr. Wang of Vanke planned to use the money he'd earned selling corn to start a company; in that same year, reborn Li Weidong crouched by the workshop entrance, plotting how to make his fortune... 0Votes250.6kRecs618.3kFans
- 45 The Great Lord of Spring and Autumn 春秋大领主 He wakes up in the State of Jin during the Spring and Autumn period, reborn as a minor lord. Not long before, the ruler of Jin had called on several noble houses to join forces and wipe out the Zhao clan. The turmoil at home had yet to subside, and the world beyond its borders was in constant upheaval. Lü Wu, now a minor noble after his soul transmigrated into the past, decides to use knowledge from later generations to improve his life before setting out to become a great lord… It is an age whe 0Votes226.1kRecs150kFans
- 46 I Am Merely an Actor 朕只是一个演员 Yue Guan is hailed as the man who created five thousand years of Chinese history. From Qin Shi Huang, who unified the land, to Emperor Wu of Han, who expanded the empire's borders; from Emperor Taizong of Tang, peerless in military strategy, to the Yongle Emperor of Ming, who turned defeat into victory against all odds, and even King Zhou of Shang from the age of myth. In five thousand years of Chinese history, there isn't an emperor Yue Guan can't play. He has created countless classic screen p 4Votes437.3kRecs749.6kFans
- 47 The Young Eagle’s Glory 雏鹰的荣耀 On the day disaster struck at Waterloo, a transmigrator arrived in this world and became its unfortunate heir. He will change the course of fate and history, break free of his cage and overcome every obstacle, ultimately ascending the throne as Napoleon II. What drives him is not his father's name, but a glory that belongs to him alone! 0Votes289.2kRecs243.3kFans
- 48 Starting With Sitcoms 从拍情景喜剧开始 Zuo Le, an assistant director at Dongshan Television, suddenly gets a golden finger: a video player containing films and shows that have never existed in this world, ready for him to “borrow” from. And so, he makes his debut with The Underground Traffic Station, rises to fame with the two seasons of Stories from the Canteen, and becomes a legend with Home with Kids and My Own Swordsman. His heavily adapted, localized version of The Big Bang Theory makes him the undisputed king of sitcoms. Alongs 0Votes144.6kRecs186.5kFans
- 49 Chinese Entertainment: Starting Out as a Male Model 华娱从男模开始 He wakes up in 2015 and enters the entertainment industry as a male model. Don’t tell me about powerful backgrounds, impressive connections, or how corrupt the unspoken rules are. Bai Liang, living a second life, says he’s never suffered much in either one. The worst thing he’s had to stomach is iced coffee, and the heaviest thing he’s ever carried is Valentino. Making it in the industry comes down to two words: Luck! He’s going to find out what this entertainment industry is really like. Some p 39Votes506.1kRecs717.4kFans
- 50 I Have No Interest in Devil Fruits 我对恶魔果实没有兴趣 Standing before you is the guardian of the flame of history, the Nine Snake Empress's confidant, the inheritor of the will passed down through generations, and the guardian deity of the Pirate King; The natural nemesis of Big Sis Im, the stabilizing pillar amid the tides of the age; I once yanked dragon tendons in the Land of Flowers, and cracked dragon marrow in Wano; I've been to the moon and descended into the deep sea; The Emperor of Red Hair calls me brother, and I drink and sing with the D 0Votes179.3kRecs306.3kFans
