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- 151 Exploiting Hollywood, 1980 剥削好莱坞1980 Hollywood has come up with plenty of formulas... What makes a movie a hit? And yet plenty of big-budget films that follow the formula still bomb at the box office. Ronald Lee transmigrates to Hollywood in the 1980s. Can he discover the secret to making a hit movie? After all, he can dream about scenes from movies he watched in his previous life... His knack for making box-office hits and helping actors win awards brings Ronald plenty of friends, enemies, and beautiful women... Let the author tak 3Votes484.8kRecs199.1kFans
- 152 This Isn't Entertainment 这不是娱乐 Just burn it all down. I'm tired! 0Votes487.4kRecs335.4kFans
- 153 America, 1982 美利坚1982 He has received the most dazzling praise and the most vicious insults. Every vein in his body pulses with defiance. He is a white kid who will never become a member of high society. He is a young man whom the public sees as a country boy. He is Tommy Hawk. He has been reborn. Welcome to a story whose first half tells the tale of the American Dream and whose second half tells of the American Nightmare. Let's welcome Tommy Hawk to the stage, on a winter's day in 2022. 0Votes302.6kRecs479.2kFans
- 154 EN Blade of Reckoning 泼刀行 Martial arts, folk customs, strange tales, taboos, the imperial court, the martial world, grandmasters, magical duels, journeys to the underworld, spirit mediums, invoking gods, Nuo opera, esoteric sects, immortality… The martial world is a winding road, filled with all kinds of people and schools. Within the arcane tradition, folk legends and strange tales come in countless forms. This is a turbulent age, one where danger and opportunity go hand in hand. Li Yan strides forth with his blade in h 98Votes425.9kRecs708.7kFans
- 155 Stop Letting Yuding Take on More Disciples 别让玉鼎再收徒了 Whether the Celestial Court is in chaos or not is up to Yuding! This is the story of someone who transmigrated into the ancient primordial wilderness and became Yuding Zhenren, one of the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Chanjiao. The Celestial Emperor: If you want me to be the Celestial Emperor, then don't let this guy take on any more disciples. 2Votes158.7kRecs377.1kFans
- 156 My Wife Is a Superstar 我老婆是大明星 My boss wants to marry me off to his daughter, who's a big star... (Everyday-life story, light comedy, no angst, nothing too intense. Give it a try...) 6Votes980kRecs1MFans
- 157 When Pride Still Mattered 当骄傲仍然重要时 Some people exist proudly, and some struggle proudly. Some compete proudly, and some fail proudly. But few can walk away with pride. By the time you finish reading this, congratulations: you’ve already seen the lives of many players. This passage took shape in Stephen Curry’s words after his 2021 defeat: “Nobody wants to face us next season.” It was Tim Duncan, certain before the 2014 Finals began that they wouldn’t mess it up. It was Kobe Bryant promising at Old Man Buss’s memorial to get the L 5Votes234.7kRecs386.1kFans
- 158 EN From Slaying Demons to Eternal Life 从斩妖除魔开始长生不死 You can spend your lifespan to infuse martial arts techniques, allowing you to develop them endlessly. Shen Yi is a mortal, with a life expectancy of less than a hundred years. Fortunately, he can gain the remaining years of the demons he slays. In a chaotic age overrun with evil spirits, he draws his long blade and sends these beings, who have lived for centuries or millennia, into a panic! From Eagle Claw Kung Fu to Eight Desolations Sky-Splitting Hands, from Demon-Subduing Fist to Golden Body 593Votes999.5kRecs3.9MFans
- 159 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
- 160 The All-Around Painter 全能大画家 “He is the highest-paid illustrator of all time, and the reason children fall in love with art!”, The New York Times. “East and West in perfect harmony, drawing on the strengths of many traditions. He is the most brilliant graduate in the two-century history of the Hamburg University of Fine Arts.”, President Martin Köttering. “We have seen countless artists become overnight sensations here... Tonight, another newcomer will join the ranks of these great names.”, Venice International Art Biennale 12Votes213kRecs278.3kFans
- 161 My Literary Era in 1980 1980我的文艺时代 Lin Weimin somehow transmigrated into a sent-down educated youth in the countryside. He had neither father nor mother and could not even return to the city. To improve his living conditions, he chose to embark on a literary path. After finally publishing two short stories and celebrating for a few days, he unexpectedly became a student at the Institute of Literary Studies, the predecessor of the National Academy of Literature. Lin Weimin had 4Votes317.2kRecs608.3kFans
- 162 EN Human Race Guardian 人族镇守使 Reborn into a new life, Shen Changqing becomes a member of the Great Qin Demon Suppression Bureau. The world is in chaos, overrun by demons and rampant supernatural horrors... Slay a Nether-rank horror, and the Pure Yang Art reaches perfection! Slay a Grudge-rank horror, and the Heavenly Martial Astral Qi reaches perfection! Slay a powerful demon, and break through your limits! Slay Years later, Shen Changqing becomes a Guardian of Humanity, and every demon and supernatural horror bows before hi 1.4kVotes15.1MRecs1.8MFans
- 163 I Became a Literary Giant in Russia 我在俄国当文豪 (The first foreign-literary-giant novel on Qidian to average over 10,000 monthly subscriptions) Many years later, when Nabokov was teaching Russian literature in America, this was how he did it. In a darkened room, he first switched on a lamp in the corner and said, “Pushkin was the first beacon of Russian literature.” Then he switched on a lamp in the middle of the room and said, “This is Gogol.” He turned on another lamp and declared, “This is Chekhov.” Then he strode to the window, yanked ope 734Votes169.4kRecs430.8kFans
- 164 Generation Z Artist Z世代艺术家 From Taking Down Public Intellectuals to Conquering the Entertainment Industry A Gen Z online troll born in 2005 is reborn in 1998. He has no rose-tinted view of this era, and it leaves him feeling utterly suffocated. The crude picture quality of TV and films, the eye-searing special effects, costumes like scraps of cloth, makeup that looks like a joke, and a filming philosophy of “good enough is good enough”... Men and women, directors and producers, every last one of them is garbage. The young 1.5kVotes1.3MRecs870.9kFans
- 165 The Consumerist Heartthrob 消费系男神 As the tides of the times surge forward, Han Lie obtains a consumption System and swims against the current. 0Votes605.2kRecs762.8kFans
- 166 Chief Detective 警探长 One case within another, one scheme within another: twists and turns that are strange yet make perfect sense. Remember every detail. It could be the key to solving the case! Upholding justice across the Nine Provinces, settling grudges and enmities; roaming the ends of the earth with a sword in hand. The story of a police officer, with sharp wits from start to finish. There are plenty of clues planted throughout, and even more brilliant minds in the reader community and comments section. Leave a 8Votes421.9kRecs2.1MFans
- 167 I’m Really Not Doing My Job as Emperor 朕真的不务正业 On the nineteenth day of the first month of the first year of Wanli, Emperor Wanli, Zhu Yijun, sized up the Iron Triangle before him. His first ally looked rather kind. She was the Empress Dowager of the Ming. His second ally was just a eunuch whose job was to kowtow. His third ally was a powerful minister who practically radiated authority. At last, everyone turned their eyes to Us and asked what role We were playing. We looked at Our identity and said: We are The Great Emperor Who Neglects His 129Votes518.6kRecs841.9kFans
- 168 EN Secretly Cultivating Beside the Demoness 苟在女魔头身边偷偷修炼 Jiang Hao transmigrates into an ordinary family, is forced to be sold to a demonic sect, and becomes one of its disciples. He only wants to focus on cultivation and grow stronger bit by bit, so he can survive in the world of cultivation. But a female demonic cultivator “humiliates him in every way.” Outmatched by a vast difference in strength, all he can do is endure and stay alive, hoping never to encounter her again. With no one to rely on, he earns the favor of the demonic sect’s leader and i 24Votes846.1kRecs1.6MFans
- 169 All That’s Left Is Noise 余下的，只有噪音 The Big Bird and the Magician represented an era: the age when professional basketball became popular in the land of basketball. They laid the foundations for the likes of His Airness, the dominant OK duo, LeBron, Durant, and Curry to make basketball so beautiful. They helped all those players become billionaires with their own business empires and lofty social standing. But rewind the clock forty years, and such a thing would have been unthinkable. The league was unpopular, and the best player 6Votes270.5kRecs212.5kFans
- 170 EN Legend of Rebirth 重生传说 If Heaven gave you another chance, how would you live your life? In 2003, for an extremely ridiculous reason, Zhou Xingwen returned to 1986, when he was three years old. He gladly accepted the chance to start over, and the twists and hardships of the next twenty years turned from known quantities into unknowns. Is a story like this any good? When the chance comes to seize something, should you act at once? Have you ever regretted that your knowledge and outlook weren’t as broad back then as they 0Votes524.1kRecs128.9kFans
- 171 When Teenage Fantasies Become Reality 当青春幻想具现后 What would you do if time stopped for an hour and you were the only one who could move freely? Thanks for asking, but don't ask me! Ask her instead Yes! The girl who came to me while time was stopped and reached out her hand! Time stopping, growing young again, a phone that calls across time and space, a cat repaying a kindness... When one absurd yet wondrous event after another starts happening in our youth, our story begins. (Keywords: fantasies made real, everyday life, romance) 20Votes151.8kRecs497kFans
- 172 EN I Am the Master Soul in the Soul Banner 我在尊魂幡里当主魂 After transmigrating into the world of immortal cultivation, I was refined by a demonic cultivator into a Soul-Summoning Banner. All I want is to find a reliable banner master and wait for him to take me to immortality. So I strive to improve myself, learn techniques and train my supernatural abilities, doing my duty as the old grandpa in his mind and hoping my banner master can keep his head down long enough to ascend. But in the world of immortal cultivation, nobody can keep their head down fo 0Votes296.6kRecs527.3kFans
- 173 The Swordplay Fan in Gu Long's World 古龙世界里的吃瓜剑客 Let go of your urge to help others, and respect their fate! Those protagonists don't need help. After finally getting the chance to transmigrate, aside from a few unresolved regrets, all that's left is to witness some iconic scenes, watch the drama unfold, and make snarky comments. And, of course... Famous swords, fine wine, and peerless beauties! 4Votes203.1kRecs713.5kFans
- 174 EN Players, All Aboard! 玩家请上车 “Welcome, players, aboard the dedicated train for the Dimensional Rift Game. This train will depart from the E-Rank starting station and travel to a D-Rank station. Please ensure your safety, board in an orderly fashion, and obey the rules of travel.” “The rules of travel are as follows:” “1. Please do not bring non-game items aboard the train. (Underwear is exempt.)” “2. Consumption is mandatory. (All train staff are working without pay.)” “3. Do not turn on the lights after they have been turn 912Votes787.7kRecs1.2MFans
- 175 EN King of Beast Tamers 御兽之王 … In this brand-new age of beast taming, who will become the undisputed King of Beast Tamers? 19Votes855.5kRecs2.7MFans
- 176 I Descended into the Myriad Worlds 我降临于诸天世界 New book: You're Cultivating Immortality All Wrong has started serializing! Welcome, readers! Lately, rumors have been spreading through the myriad worlds that I, Chen Chushi, am devious and treacherous, cruel in my methods, and willing to do anything to get what I want... Slander! I'm an upright man who stands up to bullies and helps the weak! The Descent of Kui, The Curse, The First Rule, Seven Days After the Zombie Rebirth, The Great Zombie Era, The Tag-Along, The Haunted School, The Ten Curs 1Votes147.2kRecs758.7kFans
- 177 The Top Student's Japanese Girlfriend 学霸的日本女友 Rika Asaba, a beautiful exchange student from Japan, was placed in my home by her father. I was honored with the job of being her guide to life in China. As we spent time together, I discovered that she had all sorts of secrets... She always got lost when she went out, curled up into a ball when she slept, always held her cup with both hands when drinking water, was insanely devoted to claw machines, and was determined to work hard and buy a home of her own... There’s no way I’d fall for a girl 5Votes189.4kRecs448.8kFans
- 178 EN The Fox in the Forbidden Zone 禁区之狐 “Mr. Hu, in today's football world, strikers like you who can only score goals are being given less and less room to survive... Even so, you have achieved dazzling success. What would you say is the secret of your success?” On a winter afternoon, Hu Lai was showing reporters from around the world the highest honor he had just received when one of them asked him that question. As Hu Lai faced the reporters' gazes, his thoughts returned to an afternoon during middle school. He had stood alone besi 10Votes2.1MRecs596.1kFans
- 179 Prince of Tennis: Starting with Breathing Techniques 网王之从呼吸法开始 Hōō Byōdōin, Kunimitsu Tezuka, Keigo Atobe, the Big Three of Rikkai, Ryoma Echizen... This is a golden age of tennis. The stars shine bright! And Uesugi Yuu, who unexpectedly arrived in the world of The Prince of Tennis and inherited the Breathing Style from Demon Slayer, What kind of waves will he make in this world where tennis reigns supreme...? 1Votes141.8kRecs312.7kFans
- 180 Jingming 靖明 The Ming Dynasty was on the verge of ruin. The Forbidden City, completed just a hundred years earlier, welcomed a new master, while Yang Tinghe often reflected through tears: What kind of monster did I choose? Once Jiajing stopped wasting his intelligence on cultivating immortality, a wise ruler took the throne and fierce ministers filled the court. The might of the sovereign and father spread far across the seas! 0Votes183.3kRecs621.2kFans
- 181 Starting in Maoshan, Across the Myriad Worlds 诸天从茅山开始 What would you do if you could travel back and forth to a “special” version of Republican-era China? Become the richest man alive and marry a harem of beauties? Take up your brush to serve the nation and become the greatest writer in the land? Prepare for war, then rise to nobility and command armies? Or... Train until your form is as graceful as a crane, with two books beneath a thousand pines. I came to ask the Way, but found nothing left to say: clouds in the blue sky, water in a bottle. P.S. 2Votes246.3kRecs724.5kFans
- 182 My Father-in-Law Is Kangxi 我的公公叫康熙 Everyone says being the emperor's wife is hard. Actually, being the emperor's daughter-in-law isn't easy either, especially when the emperor is still in his prime! With my hapless husband in tow, I get an immersive front-row seat to the Nine Dragons' Succession Strife. (A slice-of-life story, focused on everyday living.) 21Votes1.9MRecs475.5kFans
- 183 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
- 184 Banishing the Dragon 黜龙 There are dragons in this world. Dragons take countless forms: some roam rivers and seas, some soar over mountains, some hide in the deepest abysses, and some race among the clouds. When roused, they can swallow the wind and summon snow, divert rivers and carve waterways, summon lightning and breathe fire, split mountains and part seas. There are dragons among mankind, too. The greatest among men have lofty ambitions and brilliant plans. They hold the secrets of the universe within them and aspi 111Votes1.9MRecs1.6MFans
- 185 I Really Don't Want to Be a Heavenly Master 我真不想当天师啊 He looked up at the beam on the roof of his family home, supposedly made of golden-thread nanmu. Then he looked down at the System in his field of vision, supposedly passed down by his ancestors. Lian Ge couldn't help falling into deep thought. Wasn't my family supposed to be hereditary charlatans? So how is this... a hereditary immortal? 0Votes148.8kRecs449.3kFans
- 186 Daddy's Kindergarten 奶爸学园 A prizewinning screenwriter inherits a late-night kindergarten. He writes scripts by day and serves as the principal by night, putting on a heartwarming urban light comedy with a group of eccentric, adorable children, witnessing the warmth of everyday life amid laughter and tears. (Daily-life style, heartwarming style, light comedy, adorable children. Completed novels include Literary Life with Adorable Children and Big Brother, You Are Truly Amazing.) 26Votes3.8MRecs517.7kFans
- 187 EN I Alone Conquer the Chaotic World 我一个人砍翻乱世 The story of one man carving his way through a chaotic world. Zombies: Grrr! Lin Fan: “We’re all neighbors. Why are you so hostile?” Lin Fan: “I still need to go grocery shopping.” Lin Fan looks at Xiao Qing, who has turned into a zombie. “Xiao Qing, I bought a few bottles of water. I’ve already scanned them, okay?” Lin Fan: “Boss, I’d like to collect my wages.” Sunshine Residential Community, where Lin Fan lives, is inundated with countless refugees seeking shelter. We should all learn from Lin 0Votes276.7kRecs901.7kFans
- 188 EN The Silver Dragon's Black Technology 银龙的黑科技 Newly arrived and freshly hatched, Li Wei found himself bobbing in a steaming pot of soup, surrounded by a ring of kobolds practically drooling with hunger... And our story begins with him flipping the pot and making his escape... A succubus holy paladin? A drow champion of men’s rights? An eye tyrant swashbuckler? An illithid bent on restoring the Galactic Empire? And their ultimate boss, a silver dragon, using all manner of flashy black technology to wreak havoc in a multiverse on the brink of 1Votes190.9kRecs272.6kFans
- 189 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
- 190 A Skeleton's Frontier Farming in a Foreign Land 种菜骷髅的异域开荒 A thousand years after the Undying Empire vanished, the little skeleton who used to grow vegetables was still tending his farm, until the summoning portal opened again. “Are you hungry? I’ve been growing vegetables for a thousand years. I’ve got a tiny bit of food saved up.” “Are all these fields abandoned? Can I grow things here?” “The princess’s city is up in the mountains, so I can’t grow vegetables there? Then I’m not going.” “They’re going to tax me and won’t even let me grow vegetables? Wi 36Votes755.5kRecs638.8kFans
- 191 This Doctor Understands Me Too Well 这医生太懂我了 Reporter: “Hello, Dr. Yuan. As the most renowned psychologist in the field, what is your motto in life?” Yuan Jia: “To keep improving my professional knowledge and become a good doctor who understands patients.” Reporter: “Then let me put you to the test, Dr. Yuan. What am I thinking right now?” Yuan Jia: “I bet you’re thinking about eating shit!” Reporter: “How mean!” … (This is a heartwarming, everyday story about a psychological counselor who gains access to a learning space, works hard to im 0Votes133.8kRecs138.8kFans
- 192 The National Forensic Doctor 国民法医 Corpse: Have you no manners? 110Votes4.1MRecs2.4MFans
- 193 Tokyo Life Starting with Painting 从绘画开始的东京生活 After transmigrating to Tokyo in 2003, former professional painter Tsukasa Higashino faces just two choices: plagiarize classic Japanese dramas like The Solitary Gourmet and The White Tower, or win the Tokyo Young Artists Award and launch his career as a professional painter. 0Votes268.7kRecs270.6kFans
- 194 Wanli Emperor 万历明君 In the year 1572, seventy-two years remained before the fall of the Ming dynasty and the loss of its lands. At this time, Japanese pirates ran rampant in the southeast, the Tatars battered the northwest passes, local land annexation was growing worse by the day, the military and government were exhausted, the people were suffering, and the Longqing Emperor had just died. Yet at this moment, Shi Yue transmigrated into Zhu Yijun, the Wanli Emperor who would later go thirty years without attending 6kVotes735.4kRecs1.6MFans
- 195 Homebody Witch 宅魔女 [If you think it’s too slow-paced, don’t come in! If you think it’s too slow-paced, don’t come in! If you think it’s too slow-paced, don’t come in!] Question: Beneath the stars, there is a beauty with hair as black as eternal night and bright eyes that shine like stars. Her powerful magic makes the world tremble, and her peerless beauty makes all beings bow. Who is she? “That’s right, it’s me, the Witch Queen, Dorothy!” P.S. Originally titled The Armed Witch. No romance, slow-paced setting-focus 27Votes551.5kRecs432.6kFans
- 196 Starting with an Escape Room Game Shop 从剧本杀店开始 The print edition of From Script-Killing Shop to Theme Park is now crowdfunding. . Question: How do you run a script-killing shop? Jiang Qi: Easy. You just need to start with a script-killing shop, then bring the characters from the scripts out to work as your game masters. That's how you run a script-killing shop properly. At first, Jiang Qi thought he was playing a card-based management game, and the business he was running was a script-killing shop. Later, he realized it was actually a restau 11Votes514.1kRecs428.4kFans
- 197 I’m Not a Savage 我不是野人 This time, I'm not asking about the results. I only want to follow my heart. This time, I just want to write a book properly. This time, I'm writing about hope, about the deepest dream in my heart. I truly want to transmigrate for real, just once, and live vividly in a dream. I'm ordinary and unremarkable, but my dreams are anything but. Every night before I fall asleep, I enter the world of my dreams. There, I live it out bit by bit and travel through it inch by inch, starting out naked and bui 1Votes873.4kRecs772.8kFans
- 198 EN I Have a Two-World Seal 我有一枚两界印 A jade seal lets Lu Zheng transmigrate freely to another world. At first, he thinks it is an utterly ordinary ancient world. With no great ambitions, he plans to become a carefree traveling merchant, enjoy the life of a wealthy man, find a few lovely companions to keep him company, and spend his plain, dull days eating and wandering around. Until... he gives a meal to the beggar at his door, and the jade seal gains a few strands of fortune... Fox women come by day, alluring ghosts visit by night 2Votes406.2kRecs663.3kFans
- 199 Hogwarts' Druid Master 霍格沃茨的德鲁伊大师 Druids who use their spells to turn into bears are called bear druids. Those who use Druid spells to turn into moonkin are called moonkin druids. So naturally, those who use Druid spells to turn into humans should be called human druids. This is the story of a kitten who accidentally acquires Druid spells from another world, is mistaken by wizards for an Animagus, and learns to live like a human at Hogwarts. What could a little kitten possibly do wrong? 1Votes140.2kRecs198.9kFans
- 200 Thea in the DC Universe 西娅在DC世界 After an accident, Thea Queen gains the memories of a transmigrator and learns what her future holds. She charges forward, overcoming every obstacle, mastering martial arts and magic, and setting her sights on the very summit. The Flash: What was your superpower again? Thea: Money! Superman: What did you use to knock me out? Thea: Magic! Wonder Woman: Darling, where are we going for dinner 0Votes139.1kRecs100.5kFans
