Novels like Please, Please Debut
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- 1 Broke and Loveless, I Can Only Slay Demons 没钱谈恋爱的我只能去斩妖除魔了 Life is like a summer flower, death like an autumn leaf. I once knew the most brilliant season, so the colors in my heart will never fade. No home, no money, no house of my own, just an aloof and distant older sister who depends on me as I depend on her. The campus is alive with youth, and beautiful girls are everywhere: A brave, righteous, kind, and strong class president; an adorable desk mate with a baby face and a huge... heart; and a cool-looking upperclasswoman with unusual tastes... But w 0Votes40.2kRecs289.8kFans
- 2 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
- 3 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
- 4 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
- 5 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
- 6 I Never Meant to Catch Demons 我没想捉妖啊 Wu Jun held a silver needle and studied the patient before him, his expression growing slightly grave. “If I put this needle in, you might die. Are you sure you want treatment?” “But Dr. Wu, I only have athlete’s foot...” Wu Jun, a nursing student, transmigrated into a world of cultivation and treated countless patients. Whether they were gods, Buddhas, demons, or monsters, none who fell into his hands could escape death. In the end, he reached a startling conclusion: the medicine of this world. 0Votes61kRecs146.6kFans
- 7 I Really Don't Want to Fight the Gods 我真不想跟神仙打架 Back in the 1990s, that innocent era when gods clashed, Jing Xiaoqiang puts his peerless instincts and voice, along with his unflappable, couldn't-care-less attitude, to work as a top-tier arts professional. He clocks in, takes the stage, clocks out. Worship and glory in the music world? To hell with all that. 5Votes1.5MRecs460kFans
- 8 You Forced Me to Become a Superstar 是你们逼我成巨星的 That year... Zhou Yang, an honest man who had just gotten his driver’s license, crashed into a camera belonging to a shoestring film crew. With no money to his name, he had no choice but to sell himself into service as a temp on set. He thought he would be free again once he’d worked until the movie was finished. But!!! When the scammer director ran off with the assistant director, and the long-legged female investor nearly mistook Zhou Yang for their accomplice, the honest man was dumbfounded. 0Votes154kRecs491.8kFans
- 9 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
- 10 Online Game: Nation-Building Lords 网游之全民领主 New book: Mythical Three Kingdoms: Lord A farming, summoning, and conquest novel. Players across the globe are trapped in the world of the online game Lords, where various civilizations clash and warlords vie for supremacy. Civil officials and military generals, the Tang Dynasty's Mo Dao troops, the Seven Thousand White Robes, ninja warriors, Roman legions, medieval knights, Indian war elephants, and the iron cavalry of the grasslands all rampage across the land! The protagonist of the Eastern H 1Votes222.9kRecs307.2kFans
- 11 EN A Certain Magical Hogwarts 某魔法的霍格沃茨 (New book: Descending into the World Starting from Naruto) Hogwarts is a strange place. A Dark Lord whose plastic surgery went wrong gets rejected for a job. A white-haired old man wearing two pairs of wool socks still feels cold in summer. A Potions professor who never washes his hair is afraid of going bald, and the groundskeeper loves petting dragons! William had planned to spend seven ordinary years there, until one night, the doorknob to the common room went missing... 0Votes150.7kRecs396.7kFans
- 12 Wandering the World of Myriad Heavens 人在诸天，浪迹天涯 A Myriad Heavens crossover featuring a mix of film and TV worlds. The first world is a little long, and the story doesn't follow the original plot. Same old rules. 0Votes109.6kRecs189.9kFans
- 13 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
- 14 A Great Nation's Technology 大国科技 A delivery from the future set Ye Zhou on the path to making his country a technological superpower. With a technology-life simulator in hand, he worked on everything from chips, quantum computing, and artificial intelligence to antimatter fuel and space engines... One future technology after another was brought into the present, and with his own efforts, he propelled the technological progress of the entire world. [Chip Industry Crisis scenario simulation complete] [Completion: 100%] [Rewar 3Votes259.8kRecs836.8kFans
- 15 EN Wallfacer: Everyone Wants to Break My Wall 面壁者：谁都想破我的壁 (New book out now: A Colossal Walker Right from the Start) ETO: The Wallfacer no one can see through! United Earth Government: Humanity's great savior! All of humanity: Look! He's the Wallfacer! He's such a good actor! Trisolarans: His disguise deceived an entire world! Lin Feng: No, no, I didn't! Don't make things up. Defamation has legal consequences! Luo Ji: There are no laws in the dark forest. (laughing at the Wallfacer.jpg) Lin Feng: No! You have to believe me! Look at my sincere eyes. 0Votes67.1kRecs209.9kFans
- 16 The Ming Dynasty’s First Minister 大明第一臣 Outside Haozhou at the end of the Yuan dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang found a boy. From then on, the Hongwu Emperor had another right-hand man. They fought the Yuan army, crossed the Yangtze, destroyed Chen Youliang, and defeated Zhang Shicheng. They founded the Ming dynasty and reclaimed Yan and Yun. I was everywhere. From then on, the Hongwu Emperor founded the dynasty without a single regret. The foundations of the Ming were as solid as a fortress. Regarding the matter of the Little Prince of Han, we 4Votes254.9kRecs743.2kFans
- 17 Invading the Mortal World 侵入人间 ~ Xu Xiangyang has two close friends: the girl next door who lives in the same alley, and the class monitor from the class next door. Xu Xiangyang has a secret he cannot tell anyone: he knows that one of his two friends is raising a great demon capable of destroying the world... ~ Set at the end of the last century, this is a story of boys and girls who rely on one another, find comfort in one another, and make their way toward happiness togeth 17Votes238kRecs414.1kFans
- 18 I Haven't Been a Big Shot for Many Years 我已不做大佬好多年 This is a story about a dream long gone, and a return to the eighties in a dream. It’s not about fighting and killing. It’s about human relationships and the ways of the world. My name, Zhang Guobin! I haven’t been a big shot for many years. 2Votes536.5kRecs1MFans
- 19 From the Dragon Clan, I Fight My Way Across the World 从龙族开始打穿世界 A strong young man arrives in the world of Dragon Raja. Faced with the entrance exam prep at Cassell College, Lu Chen is freaking out. The whole bus is full of little dragon people, and he's the only one who isn't a mixed-blood... How is he supposed to pass the 3E exam? Asking online, it's kind of urgent! This is the story of a boy who gradually becomes the top dog at Cas 7Votes277.8kRecs893.4kFans
- 20 EN Hogwarts: The Grey Wizard 霍格沃茨之灰巫师 Is Harry Potter just a fairy tale? Before Anton lies a world of wizards who cast deadly curses at will, full of scheming and deceit, filth and vermin, and a wizarding world's fringes that are like a quagmire. In places beyond the Ministry of Magic's reach, even Snape's fearsome reputation as a killer resounds far and wide. How can he survive? That's the only thing 8Votes146.6kRecs644.8kFans
- 21 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 4Votes437.3kRecs749.5kFans
- 22 The British Civil Servant 大英公务员 The Second World War, which engulfed the entire world, was entering its final stages, but the decline of the British Empire had only just begun. The United States and the Soviet Union looked forward to a glorious future, knowing that the fallen aristocracy was no longer an obstacle. “I do not agree with their ideas, but dismantling British India first is not entirely a bad thing.” 0Votes566.4kRecs426.2kFans
- 23 My Account Was Stolen from the Start, So I Turned Around and Recharged a Million 开局账号被盗，反手充值一百万 Also known as: I Just Love Being Picky! His long-owned Original God account is suddenly reclaimed, so he retaliates by topping it up with a million yuan. He wants nothing else, just to get the person who reclaimed it sent to prison. His company suddenly fires him for taking sick leave, and does so verbally. They brazenly claim there’s no contract and challenge him to sue. A double blessing: he files a labor arbitration case and two lawsuits. Double wages are so satisfying. The courier refuses to 9Votes422.7kRecs1.4MFans
- 24 The Max-Level Director 满级导演 After eighteen years of hard study inside the System, a young director who has reached max level finally emerges and plunges headlong into a dazzling, glittering world of fame and fortune. Directors, celebrities, parallel worlds, systems, Chinese entertainment. VIP readers' group: 699146182 (requires 2,000 fan points and admin verification) 0Votes394.6kRecs363.1kFans
- 25 Supreme Fortune, Cultivating in Secret for a Thousand Years 顶级气运，悄悄修炼千年 Reborn into a world of immortal cultivation, Han Jue discovers that he has game-like attributes and can roll dice to refresh his spiritual root aptitude and innate luck. So he spends eleven years rolling for innate luck. [Peerless: Immortal appearance, top-tier charm] [Heaven's Chosen Sword Enthusiast: Top-tier swordsmanship aptitude and comprehension] [Peerless Movement: Top-tier movement technique aptitude] [Descendant of an Immortal Emperor: Obtain a peerless cultivation technique and one tho 14Votes452.1kRecs2MFans
- 26 From Azkaban to Hogwarts 从阿兹卡班到霍格沃茨 Everyone knows Hogwarts has five houses, even though there are only four. So starting out in Azkaban isn't all that strange, right? Not long after William opened his eyes, he realized he was in Azkaban. Not long after a fellow prisoner named Mundungus was released, something strange happened: a peculiar recruitment fair was suddenly held. “What, Hogwarts is hiring professors?” “Here in Azkaban?” “Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts?” 6Votes188.3kRecs355.6kFans
- 27 Xu Yang, Master of Traditional Chinese Medicine 中医许阳 This is an incredibly hardcore novel about traditional Chinese medicine! A true novel about traditional Chinese medicine! After a medical accident gets him fired, a gifted young practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine encounters a rather dimwitted System. It sends him back several decades to study under famous doctors of the era, and he gradually grows into a true practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine. This book tells the story of orthodox traditional Chinese medicine healing the sic 12Votes848.9kRecs537.2kFans
- 28 This Monk Doesn't Want to Be a Movie Star 贫僧不想当影帝 [One-line synopsis] A young warrior monk gets dragged into show business by his twin brother, and accidentally becomes an award-winning actor. [Full synopsis] Xu Zhen is an orphan who grew up in a temple. The old abbot raised him single-handedly. Though they are not father and son, they are closer than most. Xu Zhen planned to formally take the vows after turning twenty and spend the rest of his life caring for his master. But when he was eighteen, a man claiming to be his older brother got in t 0Votes279.3kRecs328.6kFans
- 29 The Movie Emperor Doesn’t Want to Be a Eunuch 影帝他不想当太监 I'm never going to be a eunuch again! The Ming Dynasty's youngest and most handsome chief eunuch transmigrates into the body of a film extra in Hengdian. The countdown to being sent back has begun! Time remaining: 92 hours, 29 minutes, 48 seconds... Will he become a superstar and earn two million a day, or be sent back to become a eunuch? You call this a choice?!!! The author's previous book, I'm About to Lose Money Until I'm a Muggle, was completed in just 300 words. It's about a wizard who tra 7Votes714.3kRecs587.2kFans
- 30 This Star Really Wants to Retire 这个明星很想退休 That year, the entire entertainment industry began to stagnate, with signs that it might even be going into decline. A large number of netizens said the man who had debuted only ten years earlier and earned titles such as [Rookie King], [King of the Music Scene], [Best TV Actor], [Best Actor], and [One of the World's Ten Greatest Creative Geniuses] was primarily to blame. After all, the man who had led the industry for so long had actually retired at the start of the year! "Entertainment Evening 10Votes1.9MRecs1.9MFans
- 31 Spring in the Red Chamber 红楼春 In the fifth year of Long'an, Jia Qiang, reborn for a second time, fled for his life from the den of wolves that was the Ningguo Mansion to protect his chastity. At last, a perennial single engineer had found spring in the world of Dream of the Red Chamber... Group numbers: Helmsman Group One: 379, 303, 076 (full) Helmsman Group Two: 729, 821, 605 (full) Helmsman Group Three: 106, 188, 0780 (full) Helmsman Group Four: 1135, 575, 302 General Group: 7930, 70, 606 (Before joining, reply with the la 0Votes1.3MRecs742.6kFans
- 32 New Book 新书 At the end of the Xin dynasty, Wang Mang's reforms had failed and the realm was on the brink of chaos. The Red Eyebrows and Green Forest rebels raised their banners, while the Liu brothers set out to restore the Han. What should one do after being reborn in such an era? The Xin dynasty is rotten. Nothing can be built without first tearing the old down. Only those who come after can write the story in bold strokes! P.S. This is a story about a transmigrator battling the chosen one of the world. 25Votes989.2kRecs571.8kFans
- 33 I Only Wanted to Retire, but Was Forced to Become a Fleet Admiral 只想退休的我被迫成了大将 The Great Pirate Era. The seas are turbulent, the mighty can destroy heaven and earth, and everyone is locked in brutal battles. Honestly, it makes people lose all motivation! I, Lucilfer Kuro, am twenty-four years old. My greatest dream is: to live out this entire life safely! 6Votes673.8kRecs1.2MFans
- 34 A Certain Hogwarts Professor of Runes 某霍格沃茨的魔文教授 Three years after graduating from Hogwarts, Felix walks into the magical school once more, but this time he is a professor! What sparks will fly when Muggle ingenuity meets magic? PS1: Professor of Ancient Runes; PS2: The timeline is set in the trio's second year; 33Votes483.9kRecs845.5kFans
- 35 Reborn: The Years Flow Like Water 重生之似水流年 A battered middle-aged soul travels back in time and embraces the mottled sunlight of 1998. Then it dawns on him: those really were the best days of youth, and the years were fragrant. Making mistakes was what growing up meant. Youth could be so wonderfully free... 10Votes1.1MRecs2.2MFans
- 36 Became a Variety Show Heartthrob by Riding Coattails 蹭出个综艺男神 0Votes987.9kRecs306.3kFans
- 37 The Golden Age of Tokusatsu 最佳特摄时代 At first, Meng Lang wanted to become a great director. To save his family's business, he made the TV series King of Yo-Yos, basically a “buy a yo-yo and get a TV show free” deal! He had planned to sell some yo-yos to fund a major production, but his father suddenly told him, “Son! Our toy factory is going public!” That's when he realized that making tokusatsu shows in a world without piracy could be this profitable! So he went on to make Balala the Fairies, Armor Hero, Bakugan Kids, Legend of Ti 2Votes378.4kRecs505.3kFans
- 38 Dreaming Back to the Ming Dynasty Spring 梦回大明春 After transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty, he had no household registration, so he couldn't sit the imperial exams. He wanted to study, but had no teacher. Luckily, Longchang Post Station, where Wang Yangming was exiled, was right next door. But that was still a few years away, so for now he would just grab a teacher and bring him home to make do. 1Votes1.6MRecs667.4kFans
- 39 I Really Didn’t Want to Be Famous 我真没想出名啊 (New book: Why Can’t I Make Games? Out now!) That year, Lu Yuan was so broke he was desperate. With a script he’d written in five hours, he managed to talk a rich, beautiful woman into investing a million yuan... At first, he only planned to spend 800,000 yuan making a quick, half-hearted movie, then make off with the remaining 200,000 just before its release. He’d go back to his hometown, settle down, marry, and start a small business. He swore he’d never set foot in Hengdian again... But... Th 1Votes1.7MRecs1.2MFans
- 40 EN The Omniscient Informant 信息全知者 What he sees reveals everything that has happened. What he hears lets him see through the world's deceitful hearts. What he senses reveals the secrets others have buried deep in their memories. The more Huang Ji knows, the less happy he is. Gazing up at the stars, he feels the malice of the entire universe, and the desperate plight of humanity. Just an ordinary country boy from Earth, he can't help but sigh: “I know too much.” Technology, mythology, even the bugs hidden in the universe... Nothin 20Votes1.4MRecs1.2MFans
- 41 Full Time Artist 全职艺术家 “Music, film, painting, calligraphy, sculpture, literature...” “You know all of that?” “I know a little about each.” “You mean you can do a bit of everything?” “More like a billion bits of everything.” Armed with a System, he conquers the world through art and becomes the uncrowned king revered by people from every walk of life. 40Votes2.5MRecs2.2MFans
- 42 Museum of Demon Suppression 镇妖博物馆 What defies the natural order of the world is a yao. What possesses the spirit of a living creature is a jing. What lingers after death is a ghost. What is abnormal in an object is a monster. The Commandant of Retainers, once known as the Crouching Tiger, was an office established by Emperor Wu of Han to investigate witchcraft and capture treacherous criminals. As spiritual energy and the supernatural revive across the globe, humanity gropes its way toward cultivation. The yaoguai, spirits, ghos 42Votes1.2MRecs6.9MFans
- 43 EN The Cardcaptor Mage 库洛牌的魔法使 In this world, a System that grants people all kinds of abilities stirs to life on nights when the world lies asleep. “Congratulations, you have obtained an SSS-rank ability.” The System’s voice was exceptionally lovely. But Fang Ran... He suddenly slammed the magic grimoire in his hand onto the ground and cursed at the top of his lungs! “Go to hell with your Clow Cards! I’m not a magical girl!” “What happened to cultivating immortality, body refinement, ancient martial arts, battle aura, alchem 301Votes2MRecs955.1kFans
- 44 EN Unscientific Beast Taming 不科学御兽 This is another world where beast taming is the norm. Animals, plants, elements, undead, machines... Nine-Tailed Flame Foxes, Ancient Trees of Life, Thundercloud Spirits, Skeleton Lords, mechanical shipgirls, even antique swords and blades that have birthed spirits can all become companion beasts. The humans who contract with, raise, and command them are collectively known as beast tamers! Shi Yu, a scholar of mythology and an 97Votes2.6MRecs6.8MFans
- 45 I’ll Become the Richest Man by Losing Money: Original Novel of the TV Series Young and Promising 亏成首富从游戏开始-《年少有为》电视剧原著 The print edition of "Losing Money to Be a Tycoon" is now available for crowdfunding! The comic is also being serialized to rave reviews! Recently, a special correspondent interviewed Pei Qian, president of the Tenda Group. Tenda Group is now valued at hundreds of billions, with businesses spanning games, the internet, digital hardware, media and entertainment, food and drink, and many other fields. It has profoundly changed every aspect of people’s lives. Pei Qian himself is regarded as “the wo 39Votes5MRecs10.1MFans
- 46 EN I Really Am Immortal 我真的长生不老 This book tells the story of how an immortal should live a positive and upright life in modern human society under the guidance of the Core Socialist Values. I hope it can offer some useful experience to other immortals, people with supernatural abilities, cultivators, aliens, and nonhuman beings who wish to contribute to national development and live stable, harmonious lives. Book VIP group: 870388766 (full), 723479938 (requir 26Votes2.3MRecs1.6MFans
- 47 EN My Senior Brother is Too Steady 我师兄实在太稳健了 *The annual Youku season of the animated adaptation, My Senior Brother Is Too Steady, is about to conclude.* Reborn in ancient times, before the Investiture of the Gods War, Li Changshou became a minor Qi Refiner. He had no great fortune bestowed upon him, nor was he a chosen one destined to face a catastrophic tribulation. All he had was a cultivation dream: to live forever. To make a living in 120Votes11.5MRecs9.8MFans
- 48 Mythical Version of Three Kingdom 神话版三国 Chen Xi watched a soldier toss aside a boulder weighing hundreds of pounds and stared speechlessly at the heavens. Is this really the late Eastern Han? Lu Bu single-handedly tore through an army of ten thousand. There’s no way that’s scientifically possible. Zhao Zilong really seems to have a dragon’s soul possessing him. He split a mountain with one sword. Is he even human? Dian Wei protected Cao Cao by himself as they fought their way out of the enemy camp, casually slaughtering thousands of e 1.8kVotes11.8MRecs2.8MFans
- 49 Riding the Tide of a Pure-Hearted Era 逆流纯真年代 Time is a ship. Some people like to think of those few years in the early 1990s as the final voyage of a once-innocent era. Jiang Che, long since changed by the passing years, returns against the current and starts over in 1992, writing a brilliant youth that can finally be laid to rest properly. [Welcome to the second VIP group for Reversing the Current of Innocent Days: 497283806 (You must provide a screenshot showing you’ve purchased the whole book to join. This time, I’ll try to talk more.)] 41Votes2.9MRecs1.6MFans
- 50 Spare Me, Great Lord! 大王饶命 A car accident changes high school student Lu Shu’s life. When the age of spiritual qi revival arrives, he’s determined to lead the way. Survival of the fittest. The victor rules. … 152Votes11.6MRecs5.4MFans
