Novels like This Isn't Entertainment
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- 1 Chinese Entertainment, 1993: From Selling Phone Cards to Entertainment Mogul 华娱93：从卖磁卡到娱乐大亨 Synopsis: Programmer Li Si'an dies suddenly from working 996 and is reborn in 1993 as a student at the High School Affiliated with Beijing Dance Academy. From writing manuscripts and selling phone cards to composing songs and choreographing dances, he gradually builds up his money and connections, eventually becoming a major power broker in the entertainment industry. Along the way, his fate becomes entangled with that of a host of leading and rising actresses. In this world of glitz and glamour 2Votes6.5kRecs33kFans
- 2 I Don't Want to Keep Falling from Grace 我不想再凉了 Enough is enough! How much more can anyone take? He had chosen death rather than surrender, but death turned out not to be the end. Ding Wen doesn't know where his power came from, but he really doesn't want to be killed again! Yet Ding Wen soon discovers that he doesn't want to die, but he wants even less to put up with this! In a world like this, don't endure it. Change it! 0Votes111.7kRecs66kFans
- 3 Influencer Media: The System Says We’re a Demonic Sect 网红传媒，系统说是魔道门派 Chen Qing is reborn in 2018 with a game called Sect Management: Shu Mountain Swordsmen, but the game System claims he has been reborn into the world of the Shu Mountain Swordsmen and, to top it off, has chosen a demonic sect for him. Then the game System glitches and starts going off the rails. He merely registers an MCN media company, but the game System says he has successfully founded a demonic sect. He merely sings a song and gains some fans, but the game System insists he used evil arts to 0Votes18.1kRecs58.2kFans
- 4 Anti-Japanese War: Grassroots Hero 抗战之草莽英雄 “Grandpa, were you a hero back then?” little Bao asked his grandfather, Qian Xiaobao. “All I know is that I wasn’t a coward back then!” Qian Xiaobao replied. “What were the heroes you saw like?” little Bao asked again. “Most of the heroes I knew are dead. They were the ones who worked in silence and died in silence. The ones who knew they were going to die, but went without hesitation all the same,” Qian Xiaobao replied. 2Votes90.4kRecs36kFans
- 5 I Turned Out to Be a Top-Tier Star! 我竟然是顶流！ Middle-aged, he suddenly goes missing. After twenty years of hard work, actor Zhou Dingran finally achieves fame and is crowned Best Actor. But one slip of fate turns him into a handsome, beloved young student in Beidian’s acting department… … A dual career as a singer and actor… The author has completed several other entertainment-industry novels, including Reborn as a Superstar and Reborn: The Superstar. 1Votes13.1kRecs65.9kFans
- 6 Reborn into Rural Literary Life 重生乡村文艺生活 Just falling into the water was enough to transmigrate. He Ping stared blankly at two little earthen houses and the eldest son he had picked up. 1979? The 1979 that ushered in a great new era? Fortunately, he had brought a cellphone with him. He could write books in his spare time, raise a child, and lead the villagers in raising chickens. Life was pretty good. Someone wants to adapt my book? I know this stuff. Let me adapt it for you. Boss, just tell me: do you want to make it into a film or a 0Votes25kRecs77.9kFans
- 7 Deyun: Rising from Senior Disciple 德云：从大师兄开始崛起 A one-foot white fan, painting everything under the sun; a silver tongue, spinning words into flowers; laughter, scorn, and tales of past and present. When Tang Yu takes the stage in his white robes, a legend that begins in the world of crosstalk is about to unfold... 0Votes45.2kRecs97.9kFans
- 8 Reborn in 1980, Starting as a Private-School Teacher 重生80从民办教师做起 Fine horses are common, but true judges of talent are rare. What would you do if you obtained an Education System that let you see your students’ talents? This is the story of someone who obtained an Education System and nurtured countless pillars of the nation. Set in the 1980s, his arrival will change the course of history in numerous industries, including aviation engines, semiconductors, communications, and the internet. Someone asked if there was a group, so here’s the QQ group number: 1034 0Votes81.7kRecs103.9kFans
- 9 Something’s Not Right About This Cultivation World 这个修行世界不太正常 The world of cultivation as people imagine it: moving mountains, filling seas, and shielding the heavens with a flick of the finger. Heaven and Earth are impartial, treating all things like straw dogs. The world of cultivation as it really is: frantically building infrastructure, climbing the tech tree, and leading ordinary people in revolution against cultivators. Lu Chuan is a chosen one, and he has a copper coin that can determine the truth. Science Department: Brother Chuan, we’ve got a new 0Votes42.6kRecs119.7kFans
- 10 My Rewound Life 我的回塑人生 Zhou Kuan, a young man forced to lie flat, wakes up one day back in his senior year of high school. Standing once more at the crossroads of youth, he works hard to rebuild his confidence, and finally finds the courage to face life head-on... 0Votes239kRecs176.8kFans
- 11 Reborn in ’99: Starting Out as a Tutor to a Top Student 重生99，从给学霸当老师开始 In his previous life, Yu Jiang was an AI expert who reaped every benefit of his era. Unexpectedly, after transmigrating, he became someone else’s scapegoat. His whole family worked for a living, he was left home alone, and he was attending vocational school. With his head full of past exam papers, how could he give up on the college entrance exam? So the first step was to make money, then get into school! And in 1999, what was the best way to turn knowledge into cash? Naturally, he’d pretend to 58Votes13.5kRecs97.8kFans
- 12 Reborn: The Superstar King 重生：天王巨星 The world order undergoes a dramatic upheaval. Reborn in Hong Kong in 2007, Han Sen discovers that everyone in the world is speaking Chinese! The mainland is booming with vitality, drawing people north in droves to pursue the Chinese Dream. Once-glorious Cantonese songs have actually fallen into obscurity, dismissed as a minor language no one cares about. In this climate, the band Jinghong, led by Han Sen, is on the verge of breaking up. On the stage of Hong Kong Star, the songs “Years of Friend 0Votes58kRecs133kFans
- 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 More Children, More Blessings: Founding an Immortal Dynasty 多子多福：开创仙朝 After Gui Gang transmigrates into the body of a rogue cultivator with the same name, he receives the more children, more blessings System. From then on, he becomes a faithful cultivator of feudal values. Starting by keeping his head down in a small corner of the world, he goes on to found an immortal dynasty of his own, conquer the cultivation world, and stride straight toward eternal life! After several years of neglect, The Sect Master's Path will continue, but I still need to write a little s 2kVotes109.1kRecs93.9kFans
- 15 Republican Era: Flames of War, 1937 民国：烽火1937 [Conventional warfare + large-scale battles + strategic planning + wargaming] “Report! The fighting at home has all but ended. The Japanese devils are finished!” Zhu Shiqing stood with his hands behind his back before a huge map. He smiled slightly, raised his eyes to the vast region in the north, then lowered his gaze to the fertile lands of Southeast Asia. At last, he spoke slowly: “Prepare to land!” “Land?” Everyone around him froze. “The war is not over. Our flag must fly atop Mount Fuji!” C 407Votes90.6kRecs244kFans
- 16 I Am a Forbidden Lifeform 我是禁忌生命 There is a kind of supernatural ability that exists neither in the body nor the soul, but solely in one's own concept. It cannot be detected or taken away. It manifests as words, numbers, images, models, and more appearing in the mind. This kind of ability is known as a “concept-type supernatural ability.” After awakening a concept-type supernatural ability, Jiang Lin discovers that as long as he keeps grinding for resources, he can grow stronger at an incredible pace. His ability levels up when 0Votes33.9kRecs118.9kFans
- 17 Gourmet Cuisine Begins with the Green-Skinned Train Chef 美食从绿皮火车厨神开始 Food along the way, stories along the way, scenery along the way. After transmigrating to a parallel world, Zhou Zhou becomes the chef aboard a green passenger train. This world has scrambled eggs, but no stir-fried egg ribbons. It has iron-pot stewed goose, but no chicken stewed in a clay pot. It has fish-fragrant shredded pork, but no kung pao chicken. It has jianbing, but no Goubuli buns. It has roujiamo, but no oil-splashed noodles. It has roast duck, roast chicken, roast goose, and all kind 0Votes27.2kRecs53.3kFans
- 18 Astonishing the Immortals 惊仙 Lan Di Meichen has completed eleven novels: "Lan Di Meichen Series: A Moment in Paradise", "Lan Di Meichen Series: Eternal New Moon", "Lonely at the Top", "The Fall of Truth", "Lan Di Meichen Series: Drink", "Temporarily Untitled", "Mechanical Doomsday", "King", "Love and Blood", "Startling Immortal", and "Mind-Reading Expert in the City". His current ongoing novel, "Lonely at the Top 2", is now available. Welcome to read it. The Divine Soul Sect is a martial sect th 0Votes219.5kRecs32.4kFans
- 19 I Really Never Wanted to Become a Top Student in the Past 我真没想在过去的年代当学霸 A mediocre college student transmigrates into the impoverished, fervent era. Who would have thought that my family would have an eldest brother, a second brother, a third brother, a fourth and fifth brother, an eldest sister, a second sister, a third and fourth sister, and three to five younger brothers and sisters? There are two or three older uncles in the courtyard, one or two younger uncles, a second aunt and a younger aunt. My father ranks first at slacking off, while my mother ranks first 0Votes143.5kRecs161.1kFans
- 20 I've Been Polluted by the Forbidden Zone for Seventy Years 我被禁区污染七十年 After the Restarting Ring appeared around the planet, the air filled with vast quantities of madness factors that could mutate living things and drive humans insane. Highly concentrated, unusual madness factors could even form forbidden zones, giving rise to bizarre rules and absurd monsters. Tomb Shepherd Demon, Night Watch Clown, Carnival Pyramid, Reincarnation Paradise, Horror Factory, Warp Potion, Conceptual Technology, God-Powered Plant, a floating steam cathedral... This was an era of resi 0Votes18.4kRecs56kFans
- 21 EN I'm a Demon Cultivator, Not a Conscientious Capitalist 我是魔修，不是良心资本家 Reborn into an age of capital-powered cultivation and rising stars, Chen Yu wasn't worried at all. Because his cheat had arrived. But could someone explain why, when all I wanted was to harvest your negative emotions, I ended up with this merit-granting kasaya? And who are these people: a brilliantly gifted dream-maker, the pride of Tianyuan, a perfect-score top student in the gaokao, a body-cultivation prodigy, and a great entrepreneur? Chen Yu: You people have really made my life difficult! 263Votes47.9kRecs166.7kFans
- 22 Reborn in 2009: Becoming a Heartthrob 重生09做男神 After returning to his high school days, Zhou Muyan accidentally breaks the heart of the girl he has always loved. At first, he only hopes it was a mistake. But then she follows him to college. With his first love before him and the childhood friend who has always waited for him behind him, Zhou Muyan feels utterly helpless. 1Votes57.3kRecs302.8kFans
- 23 My Agency Went Bankrupt Before I Even Took the Stage 我还没上台，经纪公司就倒闭了 My new books, I Have a Rebellious Streak, Yet Became a Top-Tier Star and Fairy, Step Aside, I'm After Your Man, are now available! I Only Wanted to Sell Products, but You Made Me Show Off My Talents is complete. They're all excellent books, so come check them out! Lin Fan transmigrates into another world and is immediately told to perform onstage! Just as he's about to go on, his agency goes bankrupt! He binds himself to a System, only to receive a bunch of bizarre, baffling skills! Lin Fan has 0Votes79.3kRecs203.2kFans
- 24 Hello, 1983 你好，1983 Hello, 1983! I'm back! My family, my friends, my hometown: everything will change because of me... 0Votes168.9kRecs241.4kFans
- 25 Back to Singapore in 1995 重归新加坡1995 Li Xiaofan, a white-collar worker in Shanghai, wakes up one day reborn in Singapore in 1995, back to his days as a laborer at a multinational electronics factory! Once he calms down, Li Xiaofan suddenly realizes that 1995 is an incredible year. Windows 95 is coming out in August, marking the start of a new era! Yahoo’s Jerry Yang is still looking around Silicon Valley for angel investors, the graphics card cooked up by the leather-jacketed knife maker has been rejected by Sega, and Pony Ma is st 0Votes22.8kRecs62kFans
- 26 The Band's Summer 乐队的盛夏 Ye Weiyang, a 30-year-old office worker, wakes up to find himself in a classroom on a summer afternoon. Sunlight pours in through the window and falls squarely on his face, dazzling and blinding. He has the chance to start over. This time, he decides to reclaim the dream he let slip away. To strive, to venture out, to cry, to laugh, to fall, to feel lost, to shout, and to cheer for his dream! “I’m the lead singer, Ye Weiyang!” “Tonight, we’re staying open all night!” A playlist und 0Votes45.6kRecs148.2kFans
- 27 Why Can't I Make Video Games? 我凭什么不能做游戏 That year. Unable to find a job no matter how hard he looked at the Yanjing job market, penniless and armed with nothing but a high school diploma, Zhang Yang was so fed up that he simply set up a recruitment booth of his own... 0Votes28.8kRecs89.7kFans
- 28 My Wildlife Park 我的猛兽动物园 A premium novel with over 5,000 average subscriptions. Give it a read! From the start, he inherits a wildlife park and sets out to build a carefree paradise for all manner of beasts. With tigers for companions and cranes dancing by his side, he can paint mountains and rivers with a brush, and command all beasts with his fearsome presence. Netizens: “The director is an absolute god! Is there anything you can’t do?” Director: “I’m just a little good at everything. Really, just a tiny bit.” (A ligh 0Votes34.4kRecs121.9kFans
- 29 Light and Shadow Entertainment 光影文娱 An ordinary person, with only a few songs in his head and memories of a handful of hit movies and TV shows. He refuses to film anything he hasn't seen, so he'll just get by like this. 0Votes46.6kRecs152.8kFans
- 30 Chronicles of Bailu 白麓记事 [Currently focusing on the modern farming story Song Tan’s Record] Synopsis: Bai Lu’s everyday life, eating and drinking in an ancient world during a spiritual qi revival. She even gets to “flee famine” without any real hardship… There is a male lead, but not much romance. A virtuous man, a virtuous man: good looks are the best! 0Votes207.9kRecs62.2kFans
- 31 Ghost Cultivation: From the Start, I Have a Crimson Skull 修鬼：开局就有红粉骷髅 A surge of youthful passion led a young man into the path of ghosts, and he embarked on the road of ghost cultivation. Summon a Blood Stone Demon! Summon a Stone Man! Summon a zombie! Of course, cultivating immortality takes hard work, but it’s also nice to have a group of seniors who look after you at crucial moments. “Mom, save me!” “Mister, save me!” “Big Sis, save me!” 0Votes23.9kRecs49.7kFans
- 32 Back in the Past as a Rich Man 回到过去当富翁 Zheng Shan transmigrated and inherited a fortune worth billions from his American great-uncle. After living in America for three years, Zheng Shan ultimately chose to return to China, to a land that was just beginning to rise from the ashes. Every day, he walks his dog, plays with his birds, drinks and chats, and happily enjoys the quiet life he loves. 5Votes95.8kRecs300.9kFans
- 33 I'm an Editor at Marvel 我在漫威做编辑 One by one, scripts born from fantasy become reality, and the world grows ever more unusual. The Annabelle doll grins viciously in a dark room, staring at the researcher before it. The Blood Harbor Ripper drifts in the seawater, waiting for the next traitor’s name to appear on the death list. A horror cruise ship sails across the vast ocean, while time repeats itself aboard the vessel. Reader group: 610-474-066 0Votes29kRecs107kFans
- 34 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
- 35 The Kingdom of the Long Night 长夜国 Beneath the vast night sky, a boy in straw clothes; a heart like the bright moon, a dream like a realm. A snake from the start for the apothecary; the boy with the snake staff is the man. One wife is plenty, but three secret identities are even better. “My lord, it’s time for your medicine.” Coming, coming! As Grand Historian Tai Shi once said: The Way, Confucianism, Buddhism, and the Legalist school go into the great medicine, all refined together in the furnace of the mortal world. The ills of 0Votes263.8kRecs263.7kFans
- 36 I Write Web Novels in America 我在美国写网文 Reborn in America in 1995, he carried in his head all the online novels he had read in his previous life. See how he uses feel-good fiction to shake up America’s bestseller lists and become a pop culture icon like Stan Lee. In the twentieth century, what was Hollywood’s biggest IP gold mine? Comics and online fiction! “Netflix? Without online fiction, it would be nothing!” said the Disney president. 0Votes112.2kRecs89kFans
- 37 America: From Oil to Mold 美利坚从石油滋生霉菌开始 The US military forms organ-harvesting units in the Middle East. After certain military operations, they enter the battlefield and use their expertise to select targets and harvest high-grade parts. After Tang Ning is brutally harvested, his soul crosses over into the body of an American soldier. He successfully infiltrates the US military and vows to stir up a storm within its ranks. America, Special Agent Smith, the kill line, the Middle East, oil, cannon fodder, enlisting on credit, causing t 453Votes68.2kRecs103.1kFans
- 38 From Keeper of the Archives to the Supreme One 从守藏室之史到太上 I emerged from the Archive and earned the honorific Supreme. In short, this is the story of a librarian who, with the wisdom of the Hundred Schools of Thought, gradually transforms the world, elevates civilization, and ultimately achieves the state of Supreme. 0Votes32.7kRecs70kFans
- 39 The Sign-In Tycoon System 签到系神豪 Great news! Great news! To celebrate the thousandth anniversary of the founding of Myriad Realms Qidian Chinese Web Novel, one lucky reader will be randomly selected to receive a System. Version: Qidian Tycoon Special Edition. The Heavenly Venerable Hexie: “Xia Yu, do you want a System? Just say the word, and I'll deliver one to you in a bit!” Xia Yu: “Sure, send it over~” (The blurb-writing skills are lacking, so the readers are 0Votes74.5kRecs257.9kFans
- 40 EN Demon Mentor of the Multiverse 全位面恶魔导师 The world has been saved. Because I need somewhere to publish my articles. 0Votes15.9kRecs80.1kFans
- 41 The Longest Dream 最长一梦 Zhang Qing had been dreaming a very, very long dream. When he woke, he wanted to have another talk with this world... 0Votes154.6kRecs283.9kFans
- 42 Tracing the Current of the Literary Era 溯流文艺时代 Yu Dong is reborn from 2019 into 1991, returning to the time just after graduation, when he was assigned to work as a counselor at Jinling Arts College. Starting out by writing novels, he takes things one step at a time, gradually building an empire in the entertainment industry. 0Votes108.1kRecs171.1kFans
- 43 Reborn: Rising from Rock Bottom 重生从咸鱼赢起 A textbook for the workplace, a premium dark workplace novel with over ten thousand subscriptions. Also known as The Awkward Man at the Waterworks and Reborn: Storms at the Waterworks… After an accidental rebirth, Lin Zheng only wants to lie flat and spend this lifetime slacking off in peace, but… it seems that won't be possible. “No, I really don't want to be a specialist.” “No, I really don't want to be an expert.” “No, how could I possibly become a department director?” “I actually 0Votes153.6kRecs464.4kFans
- 44 Does Playing by the Rules Count as Being Reborn? 循规蹈矩能叫重生吗？ Zhou Mingyuan, a notorious womanizer and lawyer with tens of millions of followers across the internet, is reborn as a first-year law student in 2014. Love should be passionate, and a career demands getting ahead of the competition. Now that I’ve been reborn, there’s no way I’m playing by the rules! This time around, he’s going to live exactly as he pleases. This book is also known as "Living Exactly as I Please 2.0", "The Top Dog’s Rebirth Playbook", and "How to Master Intimate Relations 444Votes126.5kRecs480.6kFans
- 45 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
- 46 The Far Eastern Tycoon of Republican China 民国之远东巨商 The Han family’s shipping company, Xinyi He, is on the brink of collapse. But the loyal, honest eldest brother insists on continuing to fight tooth and nail in this quagmire against a cunning, unscrupulous rival. Facing trouble both within and without, Han Huaiyi, whose reputation was once in tatters, decides to restore his family’s fortunes, starting now. 0Votes97.9kRecs100.5kFans
- 47 I Extract Attributes from the Aftermath of Battle 我从战斗余波中提取属性 (Dropped by the author, enter at your own risk.) Chen Mu, a fine young man from the twenty-first century, transmigrated to a world of immortal heroes, bringing along a little helper that could extract attributes from the aftereffects of battles. In a village of mortals, villagers got into a fight. “Physical Strength +1” In a cultivation sect, disciples sparred. “Fire Spirit Root +1” “Cultivation +1” “Fireball Spell +1” … With a little help from his helper and a lot of hard work, Chen Mu had orig 0Votes67kRecs186kFans
- 48 A Showbiz Life That Began in Early Spring 从初春开始的文娱生活 A slice-of-life story~ The plot moves along at a relatively leisurely pace~ I'm putting my request for recommendation votes right in the synopsis, where everyone can see it! 0Votes39.5kRecs79.3kFans
- 49 Period: Starting at the Shanghai Dubbing Studio 年代：从魔都译制片厂开始 Jiang Shan, a media mogul, inexplicably transmigrates forty years into the past and decides to turn a lifetime of experience into his golden finger. He glances at the nine jiao in his pocket, then strides into the Shanghai Film Dubbing Studio... 0Votes139.7kRecs233.3kFans
- 50 My Commander, Feng Tiankui 我的师长冯天魁 After transmigrating into the tenacious Sichuan Army, he becomes adjutant to Luo Jialie, chief of staff under Division Commander Feng Tiankui. Though Zhou Xiaoshan knows how the story goes, even he has to admire the division commander’s taste in choosing concubines. Every last one of them is a spy. Just for the sake of those beautiful concubines... no, for the division commander’s impressive skill at subduing infiltrators from all the major factions, he’s a true hero through and through! I, Zhou 0Votes110.5kRecs130kFans
