Novels like I'm a Director, and I'm Not That Bad
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- 1 I'm a Priest, What the Heck Is This Acute Gastroenteritis Burst Spell? 我牧师，急性肠胃炎爆发术什么鬼 After transmigrating to a parallel world, I awakened as a priest. Great. As a male priest, there’s nothing wrong with focusing on healing the girls, right? Then explain to me what the hell this Instant-Onset Acute Gastroenteritis spell is! And what the hell is Osteoporosis? Blood Combustion? ALS Spread? Mental Confusion? Can’t I just quietly heal the girls? Other mages have forbidden spells like Doomsday Storm and Ice Age, while swordsmen have ultimate moves like Myriad Swords Return to One and 0Votes15kRecs122.2kFans
- 2 Extracting Skills from Movies 从电影抽取技能 “Aren't you an actor? How can you run along rooftops and walls?” “You climbed a thousand-meter sheer cliff with your bare hands! Are you a demon?” As a crowd of celebrity actresses with rumored ties to him cried out in shock, Du Sheng calmly glanced at the legendary skill he'd obtained from a film: [Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill (Purple): The strength of ten dragons and ten elephants, a Prajna golden body, and an indestructible physique!] “My tenth-level power shines forth, surrounded by golden l 0Votes3.7MRecs260.7kFans
- 3 Chinese Showbiz: The Abstract Top-Tier Star Who Started on Variety Shows 华娱：从综艺开始的抽象顶流 New novel out now: Showbiz Top Star, Starting from Peach Blossom Land Two and a half years of training, and then I woke up to find the world had changed. The talent show was canceled, and the company announced it was shutting down. Just when Xu Xiu thought his career was completely over, an offer to appear on a variety show came along, and he unexpectedly awakened an Abstract System. As long as his absurd antics earned exposure points, he could receive singing skills, acting skills, and a librar 0Votes11.7kRecs40.9kFans
- 4 This Movie Star Is Playing Himself 这个影帝本色出演 Murong Fu unexpectedly arrived in the real world and became Mu Rong, a minor actor with no name to speak of. He was going to audition for a role in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils: Murong Fu. Am I playing myself? The most handsome Murong Fu in history was born. The real world also gained an irresistibly charismatic action star. … 0Votes8.2kRecs28.2kFans
- 5 League of Legends: The Dynasty’s Founding 英雄联盟之缔造王朝 [No System! An unapologetically overpowered wish-fulfillment story!] Jiang Bufan is reborn as the head coach of the Royal Club! At this moment, he is at the League of Legends Season 3 World Championship! The LPL’s Royal Club is down 0:2 against the LCK’s SKT T1!!! A coach can’t save Royal! Move aside! Let me play! System? Cheats? Golden finger? I don’t need any of them!! Champion 0Votes18.2kRecs33.3kFans
- 6 Chinese Showbiz: Doing Whatever I Want 华娱之随心所欲 Back in 2011, his life took a different turn when it came time to choose his college entrance exam preferences. He found himself enrolled in an acting program, surrounded by familiar faces from his past life. Gu Wei stayed true to his convictions. Starting over didn’t mean he was going to work hard. That was never going to happen. From then on, he’d row without a paddle and live by one principle: go wild! 0Votes78.5kRecs362.9kFans
- 7 The Fan 歌迷 (The dad-with-a-kid storyline starts at 2 million words, Chapter 821. There are lots of cute little-kid scenes, so welcome back, longtime readers! QAQ) I used to be a music fan too. I worked just a little bit harder and became the God of Song. That summer, Yang Qian wanted to sing and received a “Music Fan” System from Earth. He never expected that he would go on to lead Chinese pop music into a new era of glory. (The author has the long-running, highly popular novel The Literary Life of a Dad, 0Votes178.1kRecs90.3kFans
- 8 Chinese Entertainment Begins with Giving Female Stars a System 华娱从给女明星发系统开始 Why are Feifei, Mimi, Bingbing, Tiantian, and so many other top-tier stars all chasing after you? Wei Wu only smiles without answering. The truth is, I just gave each of them a System of her own. As a reborn man with a System, my goal is to be kept... Ahem, I mean, not to live off a woman, but to become the greatest commercial film director of the 21st century! 1Votes35.5kRecs140.8kFans
- 9 Unorthodox Cultivation: Immortality Through Rich Women 旁门左道，修仙靠富婆 [Harem + One-Man Supernatural System + Adorable Children + No System + Modern Cultivation + Scientific Immortal Cultivation] Shen Qingzhou is a prodigy of the unorthodox arts. He practices the wildest techniques, avoids the Five Afflictions, escapes the Two Deficiencies, yet can do nothing about his lack of money. Money flows in like water but rushes out like a breached dam. As a grandmaster of the unorthodox arts, he is so poor that he has to rely on online loans. He possesses enough ability to 96Votes39.3kRecs184.1kFans
- 10 I Really Am the Military Arts School Heartthrob, Don’t Laugh! 我真是军艺校草，不许笑！ Shen Yi had been praised as a handsome guy and the campus heartthrob ever since he was little. He thought he’d spend his whole life relying on his good looks, until one day he accidentally took a step down the one-way road of comedy... Shen Yi, dead serious: “I’m not joking. When I was in college, I really was the campus heartthrob at the Academy of Art of the People’s Liberation Army!” “That’s not a punchline! No laughing!!!” 0Votes12.1kRecs72.7kFans
- 11 The Cursed Immortal Between Worlds 无间诡仙 Perhaps madness is older than reason. Strings snap amid the demons' blood, cold mechanical creations are born with innocent hearts, and the prayers of commoners imprison emperors. As immortals and Buddhas from beyond the borders descend once more, demons return, and evil gods and mad immortals appear one after another, the ancient Celestial Empire teeters on the brink of collapse. When the façade of prosperity falls away, it becomes clear that mutation, madness, insanity, rot, grotesqueness, and 0Votes22.4kRecs190.7kFans
- 12 Chinese Showbiz: I Blew My Girlfriend’s Secret Savings! 华娱：花光了女友的小金库！ Reborn, Su Mu’s first move was to spend every last bit of his girlfriend’s secret savings. Then he started getting used to a life of lying flat ahead of time! “If I can lie flat in comfort, why make life so hard for myself?” 0Votes45.1kRecs213.3kFans
- 13 Since 1979, I've Been Riding the Tide of the Times 从1979年开始我在时代大潮里 This is an era of rapid change! Reborn, Wang Weidong rides a classic 28-inch bicycle, drives a yellow minivan, … and travels onward aboard a Gulfstream private jet. 0Votes61.8kRecs88kFans
- 14 A Perfect Life Begins with Changing the Timeline 完美人生，从改变时间线开始 In 2001, Li Mu had just joined the Nandu Daily as an entertainment reporter intern when he dreamed of his future self, who gave him a set of lottery numbers. The next day, he went into a lottery shop on a whim to try them, and then… the dream came true. And that’s where the story begins. The finest wine, the fairest people… Life is for enjoying, drinking, feeling, and experiencing. In youth, ride out in fine clothes and fine steeds, and see every flower in Chang’an in a single night. That’s livi 81Votes93.7kRecs227.1kFans
- 15 Showbiz: I Really Want to Improve Too Much 娱乐：我实在太想进步了 "A year after his debut, he became a breakout sensation. Two years later, his star status skyrocketed. How has Zhou Yutang improved so quickly?!" "That's what happens when you're handsome and talented." "In this era of everyone trying to outdo one another at being terrible, other stars are still fighting over billing to get ahead, while he's already become a mogul with capital at his fingertips." "He's an unparalleled movie star, the king of commercial-film directors, the dream man of the actres 171Votes180kRecs520kFans
- 16 Showbiz Begins with Charlotte’s Web of Worries 从夏洛特烦恼开始的文娱 Transmigrating into Charlotte's Troubles, he became twenty-five-year-old Yuan Hua, spending every day rowing a fishing boat and waiting for fate to rear-end him. By the swimming pool, Xia Luo said, "You already showed your talent back when we were in school. In this outfit of mine today, how about improvising a poem?" "Showing off, showing off. My poems are all critical." "It's fine. Just say a few lines." "A dashing rooster struts in flamboyant style, then flies up a branch to cover the phoenix 0Votes45.3kRecs173.4kFans
- 17 Chinese Showbiz: Young Master Gao Wants to Be a Movie Star 华娱：高衙内他想当影帝 One day, after getting completely drunk, Gao Yanei was enjoying the company of courtesans when he suddenly transmigrated to the Great Celestial Empire and became an honorable… bit-part actor! Then he was stunned to discover that a certain man surnamed Shi had pinned a huge scandal on him!!! His godfather, Gao Qiu, was the one trying to suppress the military families in the Imperial Guard. What did that have to do with him? Was Lin Chong’s wife as skilled in bed as Lian’er from the Spring Breeze 0Votes23.7kRecs105.6kFans
- 18 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
- 19 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
- 20 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
- 21 An Unconventional Chinese Entertainment Director 华娱另类导演 What is filmmaking? It's all about human relationships and social know-how. And it's not just filmmaking: everyday life leans toward company matters. One female lead, no harem. [This story is entirely fictional and takes place in a parallel world!] 0Votes19kRecs50.8kFans
- 22 Hunting Immortals and Demons 狩猎仙魔 Synopsis One: In this world, there are immortals and demons. The immortals plunder the world, while demons wreak havoc among humanity. When immortals and demons appear, the world falls into chaos and people suffer. The world calls it calamity from immortals and disaster from demons. In the final years of the Great Chu Dynasty, the land descends into chaos. The feudal lords wage war, powerful clans carve up the realm, and the scourges of war, demons, and immortals arrive one after another. The mo 6Votes97.5kRecs360.4kFans
- 23 This Chat Group Owner Really Gets Things Done! 这聊天群群主有事真上啊！ I’ve started a new novel, Joining the Chat Group After Mysterious Resurgence. Hope you’ll drop by and show your support. … … A chat group brought together people from different worlds. There are too many regrets across the Myriad Worlds. Yoriichi Tsugikuni died without ever killing Muzan or bringing peace to his brother. Minato Namikaze couldn’t save his wife, and his child suffered from the malice of others. After going bald, Saitama never got to enjoy a truly good fight again. Thirty years eas 0Votes5.7kRecs86.3kFans
- 24 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
- 25 They Said We'd Convert the Military to Civilian Use, So What's with This Gas Canister? 说好军转民，这煤气罐什么鬼？ Wang Ye was reborn and returned to 1982. A graduate of Huaqing University, he volunteered to become the director of the Red Star Military Industry Factory and carry out military-to-civilian conversion reforms. “They said this was military-to-civilian conversion, so what is this gas cylinder supposed to be?” When the senior officials saw the first product Wang Ye had developed for the Red Star Military Industry Factory, they were left completely dumbfounded! And all of this was because Wang Ye un 0Votes216.4kRecs716.1kFans
- 26 Lin Hao’s Movie Era 林浩的电影时代 If a laid-back person were reborn in the past, what could they do? Hard to say, but Lin Hao thinks he's a total couch potato. He can't play the stock market or run a business, so... why not go back to his old line of work? He's more than happy to make a living as an actor. (That's right, I've obediently come crawling back to my old line of work and writing about entertainment stars again.) 0Votes30.3kRecs60.6kFans
- 27 This Star Doesn’t Work Overtime 这个明星不加班 New book: Becoming Disciplined and Stronger Starting at Thirty "Wang Cheng, we need to put in extra training!" "No, I have to make sure I get eight hours of sleep every day." "Wang Cheng, it's almost nine o'clock. You're late." "Isn't work at nine? There's still one minute left. Where's the time clock?" "Wang Cheng, what kind of variety show do you want to appear on?" "Are there any fishing variety shows?" 0Votes91.5kRecs325.6kFans
- 28 The Scholar of the Dream of the Red Chamber 红楼读书郎 An imperial-examination novel set in the Dream of the Red Chamber, with a peasant-born protagonist and a slice-of-life focus. The story centers on the protagonist's self-made rise, while he indirectly saves Lin Daiyu. P.S.: Not a single-female-lead novel, and not a harem novel. P.S. The protagonist is not a distant relative of the Jia family and has no connection to the Jia, Shi, Wang, or Xue families. Although this is called the Dream of the Red Chamber, it merely borrows characters from the or 0Votes30.6kRecs99.8kFans
- 29 My Celebrity Wife Hates My Secret Identity, Not Me 明星老婆讨厌的是我马甲又不是我 On the surface, Qin Feng is a minor television station employee, but behind the scenes, he is a brilliant young writer famous throughout the country and abroad. Writing under the pen name Qin Wuxiang, his works are household names, and he ranks near the top of the rich list. Qin Feng thought his lifestyle of [looking for girlfriends long-term but never keeping a girlfriend long-term] would continue forever, until this blind date began. "You know that scumbag author Qin Wuxiang, the one plagued b 0Votes16.9kRecs128.9kFans
- 30 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
- 31 I Open Blind Boxes in a World of Demons 我在妖魔世界开盲盒 The author has completed Martial World and True Martial World. This is a passionate, level-up fantasy novel, also known as I Transmigrated into the Young Master of a Demonic Sect, So Now I Can Only Get By Opening Blind Boxes. I thought transmigrating into the young master of a demonic sect meant I’d had a winning hand from the start. In fact, I transmigrated as a beggar, accidentally stumbled into an orthodox sect where anyone could kill me at any moment, and then, through a twist of fate, becam 0Votes17.6kRecs78.8kFans
- 32 NBA's Mountain King NBA靠山王 A beast in the post, a crushing shoulder drive, unstoppable as he bulldozes his way through: the King of the Powerhouse. 1Votes72.7kRecs174.1kFans
- 33 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
- 34 Reborn: Peace and Happiness 重生之平安喜乐 [Slice of Life] [Heartwarming] [Lighthearted] [No face-slapping or showing off, just the warmth of everyday family life] When Li Chenghuan was three, he was caught in a fire and suffered burns over his entire body. It ruined his life and plunged his once-happy family into misery. After barely clinging to life into his twenties, he breathed his last in a hospital bed, letting out a furious, regretful roar in his heart. “If Heaven would give me one more chance, all I’d ask for is a life of peace a 0Votes47.9kRecs216.5kFans
- 35 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
- 36 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
- 37 EN The Soul Hall's First Player 魂殿第一玩家 Originally titled: Battle Through the Heavens: Start! My new book, Who Dares Snatch My Tang Monk Meat!, has plenty of chapters now, so dig in! What if Battle Through the Heavens became a wildly popular, fully immersive virtual reality game? But there was no Xiao Yan in the game! Hai Bodong pinned his hopes of breaking the seal on the players, and in doing so became the game's biggest angel investor! Yun Yun discovered that the Misty Cloud Sect had gained a great many disciples, who, 12Votes122kRecs407.8kFans
- 38 The Fringe Artist of Showbiz 娱乐圈的边缘艺术家 Back in 1994, Chen Li'an has no desire to become an award-winning actor or a great director. He just wants to be an outsider in the entertainment industry and talk about art with beautiful women. Talking about art is fine! But there's no way I'll let you win my heart! When interviewed by reporters, the beautiful women of the entertainment industry all spoke from the heart. “He's the most charming man I've ever met.” 0Votes50.5kRecs140.4kFans
- 39 Naruto: Duanmu Baiyun 木叶之端木白云 A story about fairness. The Way of Change is vast and all-encompassing. The Shinobi World is no exception; all things can be explained through the Yi. Duanmu Baiyun transmigrates to the Naruto world with nothing but his memories and understanding of the Book of Changes. In Konoha, where powerful clans dominate and control all the resources, the civilian ninj 0Votes29.5kRecs60kFans
- 40 Tokyo Bubble Life 东京泡沫人生 He transmigrated into Tokyo during the Bubble Era. In this unfamiliar age, the only familiar things were Seiko Matsuda, Akina Nakamori, Shizuka Kudo… 77Votes424.2kRecs398kFans
- 41 This Star is Legal but is Problematic 这个明星合法但有病 Xu Ye has transmigrated to a parallel world and is taking part in a singing variety show. He thought he'd be eliminated in the first round, but then he awakens an [Entertainment System for Stirring Things Up]. As long as he keeps stirring things up, he can earn points to use in a lottery. Prizes include all kinds of entertainment from Earth and various items. From then on, the entertainment industry gains a major star whose style is completely out of place. A famous director: “I admit Xu Ye's ac 0Votes101kRecs508.2kFans
- 42 Super Detective 超级警探 Han Ling was once the arbiter of the night, where bullets were justice and blood wrote the verdicts. After transmigrating and getting a new lease on life, the monsters he once hunted have become mysteries waiting to be solved in case files. An expert in the most sophisticated counter-surveillance techniques, he sees straight into the darkest depths of human nature. Solving cases feels more like reviewing what he already knows. The dragon slayer of yesterday is the shield bearer of today. I’m rea 312Votes95.2kRecs321kFans
- 43 Passionate Years: Fishing and Hunting in Beidahuang 激情岁月：在北大荒渔猎的日子 [The Fiery Red Era] + [Passionate Progress] + [Serving the Motherland] (With 40,000 favorites and nearly 7,000 reviews averaging a high rating, this is a premium read you can enjoy with confidence!) In the early days after Liberation, the country was in desperate need of rebuilding. If you could go back to 1955, what would you do? Jiang Zhaoyang chose to plunge headfirst into the vast wilderness of the Great Northern Wilderness! He would face the boundless black soil and its bounty, as well as t 92Votes70kRecs219.2kFans
- 44 Three Kingdoms: From the Start, I Mistook Lü Bu for My Father-in-Law 三国：开局误认吕布为岳父 Lin Mo transmigrated to the final years of the Han dynasty. To qualify for recommendation as a filial and incorrupt official and enter government service, he had no choice but to put on a display of divine insight before his father-in-law. “Do you think Cao Cao will flood Xu Province, dear son-in-law?” “Chen Deng is secretly colluding with Cao Cao? Do you have any proof, dear son-in-law?” “How did you know Yuan Shu would declare himself emperor?” Only after Yuan Shu was annihilated and Cao Cao d 1Votes67.5kRecs1.2MFans
- 45 Showbiz: I Just Want to Work Behind the Scenes 娱乐：我只想当幕后大佬 Actors, singers, idols, MCs, hosts… Onstage, celebrities shine beneath the spotlights. Chased by the media and adored by fans, they seem like idols perched high above the rest. But behind the radiance, in the places the spotlights cannot reach, lies the real “iceberg beneath the water.” Producers, film and television companies, investors, advertisers, television stations, websites, cinema chains, the media, internet conglomerates… They are all intertwined, opposing yet mutually beneficial, att 0Votes35.3kRecs166.2kFans
- 46 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
- 47 The Immortal Only Wants to Clock Out 仙人只想下班 Legend has it that, since ancient times, China has never had room for idle gods. To avoid being eliminated for poor performance, the gods from every corner worked diligently at their posts, day and night, for thousands of years. Du Kang had thought it was just a joke. Until he discovered a temp-agency app on his phone that only he could see. [Urgently hiring a temporary substitute: daily cleaner at the Martial Saint Temple, paid daily, salary negotiable] [Daily temp opening: director of routine 1Votes27.6kRecs204.4kFans
- 48 The Gossip-Loving Movie Emperor of the Entertainment Industry 娱乐圈的吃瓜影帝 Lu Xun once said: “Those with gossip can achieve anything; those without it can’t take a single step.” As the Year of the Horse draws to a close, the Year of the Chahar is about to begin. A certain gossip-loving bystander is suddenly struck by a Gossip System falling from the sky, setting him on a path of no return. Red carpets, film sets, award ceremonies, celebratory banquets: wherever there’s fun to be had, he’s sure to show up. For the sake of gossip, he comes up with all kinds of bizarre pu 2Votes57.4kRecs316.4kFans
- 49 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
- 50 The Berserker in Marvel Wants to Die in Battle 漫威里的狂战士请求战死 The word “reckless” runs through this entire story! … After transmigrating to the Marvel Universe, “Ding! System binding complete. Welcome…” The protagonist: “Shut up. I want to go home.” “Ding! Ultimate mission issued: A Warrior’s Glory Mission requirements: Die in a battle where you give it everything you’ve got Reward: Return to your original world” … Tempted by the prospect of going home, a berserker roams the Marvel Universe, searching everywhere for a chance to die in battle. But… The prot 0Votes52kRecs128.7kFans
