Novels like The Musclebound Director
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- 1 Media Mogul: Starting in 1999 传媒大亨从1999开始 My new novel, Reborn: Media Mogul, is now online. Reborn in 1999, an IT reporter strives to ride the crest of the wave, step by step becoming a media tycoon... 0Votes11.1kRecs27.4kFans
- 2 Chinese Showbiz: Indulging in Fame and Fortune 华娱：纵情名利场 Back in 2009, on the eve of a film shoot, the producer absconded with the money to pursue a heavenly life in North America. In an era when people all over the world looked up to the West, this was nothing unusual. It only made the investors furious... He Fang, who had transmigrated here, stepped up to take charge and made a grand entrance into the fame-and-fortune-filled entertainment industry. Beautiful celebrities, lavish spending, thrilling amusements... Tsk, this world of fame and fortune wa 0Votes19.5kRecs109kFans
- 3 My Return to 2002 我的重返2002 Shen Lang woke up to find himself back in 2002. What can an ordinary person do after being reborn? Seize the pulse of the times and ride the waves? Or get married, have children, and live a happy life? It's a tough question. Who knows? I'll leave it to fate. 0Votes24.9kRecs87.3kFans
- 4 Showbiz: I Only Like Making Movies 文娱，我只喜欢拍电影 In 2008, Chinese entertainment cinema emerged from its pioneering era and entered a period of wild growth and flourishing diversity! That year, countless people experienced both joy and sorrow! That year, Chinese entertainment cinema gained a Fang Ziheng! Transmigrated and reborn, he sets sail! From low-budget comedies to big-budget suspense, historical, and sci-fi films, Fang Ziheng goes step by step from a newcomer to a world-renowned director with box-office hits, forging his own path in the 0Votes44.3kRecs306.1kFans
- 5 Reborn in 1999: Ushering in the Age of Cutting-Edge Technology 重生1999：开启黑科技时代 (New book: Rewind 07: Activating the Temple of Learning's Black Technologies, a Scholarly Genius Novel) Upon waking, Chen Xiao, a technological elite and business prodigy, is reborn in 1999 in a parallel world, becoming another version of himself standing at the threshold of the gaokao. That year... OICQ had just been born, and employees of Tencent pretended to be girls while chatting with male netizens. Ma Yun was mistaken for a con artist and forced to leave Yanjing to start a business in Suzh 0Votes102kRecs321.1kFans
- 6 1850: The American Gold Tycoon 1850美洲黄金大亨 California, mid-nineteenth century: the story of a generation of Chinese gold prospectors who left their homeland to seek their fortunes. 0Votes49.8kRecs95.8kFans
- 7 Reborn in 2011: From a Second-Tier College to a Top University 重生2011，二本捡漏985 [Over 35,000 premium subscriptions, a top-tier hit.] More than ten years ago, the provincial cutoff for a first-tier university unexpectedly let students get into top 985 universities outside the province. Wang Yi and countless other exam takers regretted their choices. Those were the tears of an entire generation! Now reborn in 2011, Wang Yi, who should have gone to an ordinary second-tier university, manages to snag a place at a top 985 school! With e-commerce in one hand and feminine, figure- 0Votes119.9kRecs498.2kFans
- 8 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
- 9 Three Kingdoms: Xing Daorong, the Mighty General 三国之上将邢道荣 General Xing Daorong, a match for ten thousand men! Could such claims be false? Matching wits with Zhuge Liang, and competing in valor with Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun! Was that not overestimating himself? In the original historical timeline, Xing Daorong became a laughingstock for later generations. But Xing Daorong of a later age was reincarnated into this world, and everything changed! Defeat Liu Bei's army, gain 3 points of martial power? Defeat Zhang Fei, receive a one-hit kill technique? Let's 0Votes54.7kRecs154.9kFans
- 10 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
- 11 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
- 12 Reborn: Rising in Hong Kong 重生：崛起香江 Rickshaws, floral water, the Four Great Detectives, and pleasure boats on the Kowloon River! Cheongsam-clad beauties swaying to and fro, and the dreamlike Hong Kong! Reborn in Hong Kong... With a hand full of unbeatable cards, Shi Zhijian makes opportunity bloom everywhere! 0Votes121.8kRecs293.2kFans
- 13 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
- 14 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
- 15 Eternal Life in the Great Qian 大乾长生 In his previous life, he dominated the business world, but died of a terminal illness with regrets. A statue of the Medicine Buddha brought him to the prosperous martial world of Vajra Temple, where he was reborn in the body of a monk who grew medicinal herbs. In this life, all he wants is eternal life. He cultivates Buddhism without seeking liberation. Unexpectedly, with the Medicine Buddha's blessing, Buddhist mantras can turn legends into reality and grow vastly more powerful. The Great Light 0Votes263kRecs354.5kFans
- 16 EN The Nine-Rank Immortal Path 九品仙路 Eight thousand years ago, Emperor Jinyang joined forces with numerous cultivation clans to establish the Great Jin Immortal Dynasty, dividing the clans into nine ranks through the Nine-Rank System. From then on, the cultivation path was almost entirely monopolized by these clans! This is a tale of an ordinary-born man rising step by step on the path to immortality. 0Votes149.3kRecs183.7kFans
- 17 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
- 18 Binjiang Police Affairs 滨江警事 Youth is an asset, but a diploma is essential. For Han Yu, who started working at sixteen, being too young is not necessarily a good thing. Because he was so young, the organization he was assigned to nearly sent him right back. Read the story of how the youngest police officer in Linghai Public Security Bureau history turns his fortunes around. 8Votes589.7kRecs302.8kFans
- 19 This Movie Star Wants More Money 这个影帝要加钱 Transmigrating from the Ming dynasty to the year 2000, Ding Xiu can only live a different kind of life this time around. Director: I hear you're good in a fight. I have a role I'd like you to take. It's very difficult. Ding Xiu: Pay me more and it's fine. Director: Actually, I'm hiring you just as insurance. We may not even need you. Ding Xiu: That's not my concern. If you hire me, you have to pay me. Not a single penny less... P.S. New book: The Unscientific Movie Emperor. Feel free to check it 0Votes226kRecs851.8kFans
- 20 Reborn in the Great Era of 1993 重生大时代之1993 The story of Zhang Xuan, who becomes a literary giant after being reborn. 41Votes460.5kRecs1.3MFans
- 21 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
- 22 The First Cause of All Realms 诸界第一因 The vast world is coming back to life, and the gods and demons who departed are about to return. Holding a Gluttony Cauldron, law student Yang Yu transmigrates into this world and opens his eyes in a remote border town, gazing upon a realm that seems both familiar and strange. He sees an ancient dynasty nearing its end across an endless land, with dragons and snakes rising everywhere amid the beacons of war. He sees ceaseless warfare leaving the people destitute. Lands containing a thousand hous 6Votes676.1kRecs1.7MFans
- 23 Universe’s Professional Player 宇宙职业选手 Following Desolate Era, Swallowed Star, Panlong, Lord Snow Eagle, Stellar Transformation, and others, this is Tomato's eleventh novel. After becoming part of a galactic civilization, the home planet struggles forward along the path of civilization, fighting to survive. And the countless humans living on it have also begun their journey of evolution... 22Votes2.9MRecs3.9MFans
- 24 Reshaping the Millennium Era 重塑千禧年代 At the turn of the millennium, officials were chanting slogans about GDP, bosses took pride in bringing their secretaries along, and rough-and-ready entrepreneurs fought with blades flashing amid the waves of the times. Fang Zhuo returns to the year 2000. Ten years later, a group of venture capitalists and private equity firms storm the company headquarters, demanding an answer from a stunned Fang Zhuo: “Mr. Fang, all your other projects have gone public. When on earth will this first one li 47Votes867.3kRecs825.4kFans
- 25 Reborn to Ride the Wave 重生之我要冲浪 Back in the past, Yao Yuan has only one thing on his mind: goofing off… Ahem, I mean surfing! 23Votes1.8MRecs1.6MFans
- 26 EN Martial Sage of the Ten Directions 十方武圣 New book: "Desperate Night", "The Strange World: I Alone Become an Immortal". Search for it if you're interested. In a barren post-apocalyptic world, it is the third year of the Shizong reign. The land is in chaos, and the people are struggling to survive. The central dynasty has collapsed. Powerful factions carve up the land, while sects rule independently. Demonic cults and evil gangs sow chao 18Votes2MRecs1.5MFans
