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- 1 To Get More Updates, I Infiltrated the Author’s Group 为了催更，我混进了作者群 Tian Yunxiao: “You damn author, update already! Four thousand words a day? Who’s that supposed to be enough for? You lousy author, get writing!” The damn author: “Do you even know what the human body can take? Four thousand words is the limit! Write even one more and I’m not human!” “The Online Fiction Update-Chasing to Godhood System has been bound.” Many years later… Reader: “You damn author, update already! Four thousand words a day? Who’s that supposed to be enough for? You lousy aut 0Votes10.5kRecs52.4kFans
- 2 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
- 3 The King of Chinese Sci-Fi 华娱科幻之王 Chen Jingxing, who transmigrated from another plane, uses science fiction to add even more dazzling chapters to the golden age of Chinese-language cinema. Classics such as Coherence, Identity, Frequency, Source Code, Gravity, Ball Lightning, The Matrix, The Martian, Inception, Interstellar, and The Three-Body Problem all make their debut. By the time Chen Jingxing reaches the end of his journey as a director, he looks back and realizes he has become the king of science fiction in world cinema. 0Votes23.9kRecs58.2kFans
- 4 Reborn in 1988: Getting Rich After Rejecting My Ex-Wife 重生88：从拒绝前妻开始暴富 An accident sent Lin Shuping back to 1988. In the early summer of that year, he looked at the girl who couldn’t care less about him and smiled... Then he put his hands in his pockets, turned around, and walked away. In the turbulent sea of business and the great tide of the times, danger and opportunity coexist in this life. But once I catch the wave, getting rich is my only option. 134Votes36.5kRecs189.4kFans
- 5 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
- 6 Chinese Showbiz: The Top-Tier Star Director Who Only Promotes Rising Actresses 华娱：专捧小花的顶流导演 Rewinding to 2015, Lu Yunzhou binds to a Director System. Every time he makes a film, he gets a reward: [Delayed Aging], [Perfect Physique], [Immune to All Illnesses], and [More Children, More Blessings]! He only meant to focus on directing and rack up rewards, but the temptation of a million yuan a day proved too much. He took a guest role, and before he knew it, there was no turning back! … 10 million, 20 million, 30 million… What? I have over a hundred million female fans around the world! T 286Votes54.8kRecs186.5kFans
- 7 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
- 8 After Eighteen Years of Catching Ghosts, I Entered a Horror Game 捉诡十八年，我进入了惊悚游戏 [No Mercy] [Technical Know-How] [Reckless Brawler] [Torturing Ghosts] [Comedy] [Passionate] [Scheming] [No Saintly Goodness] [Urban Supernatural Powers] [Slaughtering Evil Ghosts] After transmigrating to another Blue Star, Lin Chen awakened the Ghost-Catching and Reselling System. He could capture supernatural beings and sell them to black-mine pits to work as miners, earning Divine Ghosts in return. Unfortunately, supernatural beings were far too rare in this peaceful world. So Lin Chen spent t 0Votes31.2kRecs427.9kFans
- 9 Food Service Mogul 餐饮大佬 After one drunken binge, Liu Xiahui was reborn in the year 2000. With his golden finger, Liu Xiahui secretly used his tuition money to start a business without telling his parents. Starting with a tiny stall selling sliced poached chicken, he eventually grew into a leading figure in the food and beverage industry. (A separate post after Chapter 84 explains the prices in the book. If you think something seems off, don't rush to judgment. Read that post first.) 0Votes88kRecs82.2kFans
- 10 I Never Wanted to Be an Actor 我没想做演员 An actor? An actor's final destination is selling products on livestream! I'm a huge internet celebrity. Become an actor? Have you lost your mind? 8Votes137.5kRecs362.7kFans
- 11 The Supreme Physician 上医至明 The superior physician treats illness before it appears, the ordinary physician treats illness in its early stages, and the inferior physician treats illness after it has already developed! Yu Zhiming, with a serious expression: You don't have to believe me, but I have to tell you that you will develop cancer within the next year… P.S. Readers waiting for updates can read the author's excellent completed older works, The Miracle-Working Heart Doctor and The Hospital Doctor with Cheats! 1Votes146.2kRecs216.5kFans
- 12 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
- 13 A Great Director from the Cinematography Department 华娱之摄影系大导 They say that in a big forest, there are all kinds of birds. Wu Chen, a graduate of the photography department at the Beijing Film Academy, wants to see what kinds of birds there are in the dazzling, bizarre world of cinema. Back in the early 2000s, Zhang Yimou's "Hero" has already become a nationwide hit, and the era of big-budget Chinese-language films has arrived. Wu Chen, the “new generation's top dog” in the Beijing Film Academy's photography department, is just starting out from humble 355Votes187.9kRecs272.9kFans
- 14 Legend 1997 传奇1997 The same rebirth, a different 1997. This is the year Sui Bo’s legend begins... 0Votes113.7kRecs125.9kFans
- 15 When It Comes to Matchmaking, I Don't Bow to Anyone 做媒这一块，我谁都不服 “Once the newlyweds enter the room, the matchmaker gets tossed over the wall.” “Believe in ghosts if you like, but never trust a matchmaker's mouth.” “Don't act as a go-between, a guarantor, or a matchmaker, and your descendants will be blessed for three generations!” These three sayings show just how awkward the matchmaker's standing is in the eyes of the public. Jiang Feng has just graduated from college when he suddenly gains the uncanny ability to see how compatible two people are for marria 0Votes95.3kRecs347.6kFans
- 16 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
- 17 The Reborn Age of Wildfire 重生野火时代 [The Reformed Rake Version]: In my previous life, I was a bastard. After being reborn, I still wasn't a good person. And I definitely wasn't going to take on someone else's baggage! Brothers, pass your burdens on to someone else. I don't want them! [Bittersweet Youth Version]: Turn back the tide of time, and let the regrets of those years blossom into the most dazzling flowers in this life… P.S. A business story focused on everyday life 0Votes31.2kRecs59.5kFans
- 18 My Phone Might Have Transmigrated 我的手机可能穿越了 Reborn? No, my phone transmigrated! Oh, the horror! See how Wu Qi, in 2003, makes the most of a smartphone from fifteen years in the future. 0Votes80.3kRecs73.4kFans
- 19 EN Me, a Best Actor! 我，影帝！ The road to stardom for a PE teacher! There’s absolutely no way I’m going into adult entertainment. Not in this lifetime! Shen Qi loses his job as a PE teacher and refuses to enter the industry, only to end up as an extra in Hengdian. He wants nothing more than to earn money while keeping his clothes on! By chance, he gets his hands on a “spellbook.” He can record the “skills” he sees in the spellbook, then use them whenever he needs to. The spellbook contains another world, where he can find cl 1.9kVotes158.3kRecs307kFans
- 20 Old Tales of Hong Kong 港岛旧事 Fifty Years Early He Dingxian plunged headfirst into a blazing era teeming with roughnecks, before countless heroes had made their names. He fought alongside the real power players and danced shoulder to shoulder with dazzling beauties. What I’ve earned, I’ll never give away! 0Votes151.7kRecs394.2kFans
- 21 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
- 22 Part-Time Artist 兼职艺术家 That summer, he defeated the capital with his talent... Huh? I am the capital? Well, then, never mind. 0Votes364.9kRecs781.7kFans
- 23 From Today On, I'm a Big Shot 从今开始当大佬 After watching the 2019 Spring Festival Gala, Zheng Ge arrived in a world steeped in commerce. The story begins with a loan crisis. (Five updates a day. 0Votes123kRecs173.6kFans
- 24 Reborn to Rule the Internet 重生之网络争霸 Reborn in 2001. The timing is a little awkward. Tencent has been founded, Alibaba has appeared, and Baidu is already making money... So what's the point of being reborn? No worries. Since being reborn is useless, I'll come back and live off a woman instead. But Chen Yu, who only wanted to be a kept man, accidentally ended up unifying the internet. From the author of the completed works Reborn: I Am a Book Maniac, with over 40,000 subscriptions, and I Am an All-Round Superstar, with over 20,000 s 3Votes291.8kRecs218.7kFans
- 25 The Wolf of Los Angeles 洛杉矶之狼 In North America, there are many paths to power and wealth. Hock heads straight for Los Angeles and chooses the entertainment and media industry. The media is like sunlight: it doesn't just illuminate the bright side. Every word and every image that appears in the media is carefully designed to shape public opinion and manipulate the public. 9Votes339.9kRecs269.6kFans
- 26 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
- 27 I Have to Teach This World a Lesson 我得给这世界上堂课 That year... Zhang Sheng, betrayed by the organization's leader, arrived in this world... That year... Facing a catastrophic start, he saw the bloody struggle of capital, the beasts lurking in the cruel, dark forest, and the bewildered entrepreneurs left in the wake of the financial crisis... He instinctively flashed a savage grin. 0Votes194.1kRecs549.1kFans
- 28 I'm Really Not Interested in Money 我对钱真没兴趣 (An interactive novel, formerly titled The Retirement Life of a Billionaire. You decide how the tycoon lives!) Yin He, the “young billionaire,” sells his company in America and achieves financial freedom. He returns to China and begins his retirement life, and then~ then it's up to the readers. 0Votes286.1kRecs276.5kFans
- 29 Showbiz: I’m Just an Actor 文娱之我只是个演员 I don’t understand music, can’t dance, am no good at writing, know nothing about calligraphy, and can’t paint. I’m an actor, Xu Rong. 3Votes135.9kRecs245.6kFans
- 30 Reborn: The Strongest Tycoon 重生之最强大亨 In 1978, Li Ka-shing was not yet the richest Chinese man. In 1978, Hollywood still had its eight major studios. In 1978, Apple had yet to take a bite from the apple. It was the best of times: technology was poised to take off, and gold was everywhere. It was the worst of times: profit came first, and capital ruled all. It was an age of chaos, when dragons and snakes danced and warlords rose everywhere. The story begins in a small fishing village in Hong Kong in 1978... Born on a rainy day, the f 2Votes526.9kRecs339.6kFans
- 31 Chinese Entertainment in Those Days 那年华娱 They say this industry is full of hidden dangers. Lin Nan wanted to go in and see for himself, to find out how vast the woods were and how deep the waters ran. He never expected to get trapped the moment he stepped inside... 104Votes876.2kRecs1.1MFans
- 32 EN Restarting Life 重启人生 When life hits the restart button, it seems like everything will finally go smoothly... Yeah, right! If only I'd been reborn after the college entrance exams. Even going back to my first year of high school would have been fine. What's with being reborn in my senior year? And what the heck, I'm reborn right in the exam room. Guys, how do I solve this math problem? Urgent, waiting for answers online! (Also known as Reborn, So Who Needs Exams? and Reborn, and the Author Still Can't Come Up wi 30Votes981.4kRecs1.3MFans
- 33 Fame and Fortune in America 美利坚名利双收 Get famous early, make money early, and enjoy the good life in America with both fame and fortune. America, Hollywood, business battles, showbiz, stars, and movies. 0Votes305.3kRecs335.9kFans
- 34 A Portrait of Hong Kong Life 本港风情画 Hong Kong, 1983: a city alive with restless glamour, in an era when dreams were set free. Chen Weiyun arrives from across the sea, ready to show life at its most brilliant through film. 1Votes201.9kRecs82.5kFans
- 35 The Whole Mountain Is My Hunting Ground 整座大山都是我的猎场 Reborn in 1986, an era when guns and hunting weren’t banned, wildlife wasn’t protected, and bears and wild boars were even wrecking the fruits of the people’s hard work. The higher-ups encouraged and urged every village to actively hunt. Zhao Jun, a low-ranking soldier in the Yong’antun militia platoon and a member of the local hunters’ squad, slings his rifle over his shoulder and heads into the mountains, where he takes up a life of hunting with dogs. This story is based entirely on true event 2.3kVotes1.3MRecs990kFans
- 36 An Era of Striving 拼搏年代 Back in 1998, an ordinary man who had drifted, struggled, cried, and fought his way through life hopes to get back on his feet and keep pace with the times. My new book, My American World, is a smaller-scale story. 0Votes428.7kRecs250.1kFans
- 37 The Lazy Fish's Guide to Self-Rescue 咸鱼的自救攻略 Rewritten synopsis after completing the book. This book is about starting a business and documenting history. It’s not about being reborn ten or twenty years in the past; it’s about living in the present. The story runs from January 2018 to May 2021. It began serialization in August 2018 and was completed in June 2020. On April 1, 2020, the story’s timeline officially caught up with reality. The paths of the protagonist, Chu Yuanxi, split between two parallel universes. In 2014, one version reso 0Votes558.6kRecs217.1kFans
- 38 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
- 39 EN 1979: The Golden Age 1979黄金时代 This is still a somewhat nostalgic story, hmm… 8.7kVotes3.7MRecs2.5MFans
- 40 I Restore Relics for My Country 我为国家修文物 (The new book "Falsely Accused for Doing Good: I Already Apologized, What More Do You Want" is now available. Amid the interweaving of reality and history, who can uncover the secrets hidden within the nation's treasured cultural relics? I opened the Eye of Time and saw a world like this: schemes, art, war, pounding hooves, and firelight... Five thousand years of China's splendid civilization lay concealed beneath decayed paintings, bronze vessels covered in verdigris, 0Votes446kRecs327.4kFans
- 41 The Golden Age of Entertainment 最佳娱乐时代 My new book, The Striving Years, is now online. These are the worst of times: six major companies monopolize Hollywood. These are the best of times: the internet keeps disrupting traditional business models. Ronan will climb to the pinnacle of this entertainment era and look down upon the countless forests below. 0Votes772.3kRecs264.9kFans
- 42 Yang Xiaoluo's Bargain Dad 杨小落的便宜奶爸 On a summer night filled with cicadas and birdsong, Yang Yan stood at the entrance to the residential complex, holding a large bag high and calling out with a laugh, “Luoluo, come home and have some chilled watermelon!” Whoosh! A short-legged corgi eagerly darted out from the flower bed, wagging its little bottom as it ran toward him. Then a little girl sitting on the shell of a giant tortoise slowly made her way around from behind a tree. Her bright eyes found Yang Yan, and her face broke into 0Votes1.2MRecs354.3kFans
- 43 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
- 44 A Smooth Road in Medicine 医路坦途 519Votes2.9MRecs880.7kFans
- 45 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
- 46 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
- 47 Surgery Live 手术直播间 A young surgeon unexpectedly gets a boost from a System, takes the medical world by storm, and saves countless lives with his miraculous skills. 25Votes5MRecs1.2MFans
- 48 Starting in 1983 从1983开始 A story with a touch of nostalgia. The old reader group is full. 14Votes4.3MRecs1.1MFans
- 49 Above the Dome 穹顶之上 [Beneath the Dome, the Mark of My Fate] In a world divided by light and darkness, you see the backs of a vast crowd, each carrying a battle blade as they calmly walk out of the light and into the dark. Then, stars begin to shine in the darkness. In this world, those stars are forever... 18Votes3.8MRecs1.5MFans
- 50 I Really Don’t Want to be Reborn 我真没想重生啊 Who could have imagined that Chen Hansheng, a successful professional and eligible bachelor, would be reborn and wake up as a high school senior? At a crossroads in his life, Chen Hansheng is torn between the treasure of a girl, Shen Youchu, and his first love, Xiao Rongyu. Who should he choose? The pinnacle of urban rebirth fiction, and an essential romance guide for young people! 1.6kVotes4.6MRecs8.3MFans
