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- 1 Well-Versed in The Art of War, I Dominate Chinese Entertainment 熟读孙子兵法，制霸华娱 His name is Gao Qiang: Gao as in the Gao family, Qiang as in strong! After transmigrating to New Year's Day in 2000, Gao Qiang becomes an extra at Hengdian. Facing the extras' handler, Gao Qiang speaks with confidence. “My parents were fishermen. They died in an accident while out at sea. Didn't they know the waves were rough that day? But what could they do? The rougher the seas, the more expensive the fish!” To unite the extras, Gao Qiang uses three schemes: undermine their rivals, sow discord 0Votes1.9kRecs19.3kFans
- 2 The Whip of Chinese Showbiz 华娱之鞭 Back in the millennium, he becomes the greatest director of the century! If you're looking for something to read, check out my completed novels, Top-Tier Star of Chinese Entertainment's First Generation and Chinese Entertainment: Hao! 0Votes30.7kRecs118.5kFans
- 3 The Washed-Up Idol's Comeback 过气偶像之咸鱼翻身 Even a thousand-year-old couch potato gets a chance to rise again. Chu Yang debuted at the top, only to plummet soon after, leaving him with no choice but to huddle together with a few brothers who shared his fate. After merging with memories from Earth, watch as he and his old brothers turn their luck around together. 0Votes13.5kRecs39.9kFans
- 4 Chinese Showbiz: It All Started with Fortune-Telling 华娱之从算命开始 Do you rely on your acting skills, your connections, your System, being reborn, or transmigrating to land a role? Please, that's so old-fashioned! Directors? Producers? A film set is a battlefield. Surely you need a little reassurance before the cameras start rolling, right? What? This production is a guaranteed flop? Lin Mo flew into a rage: This is obviously a dark horse in the making! Where are you getting “guaranteed flop” from? Liu, the devoted wife and mother: “Lin Mo, should I marry into 14Votes9.1kRecs36.4kFans
- 5 Showbiz and Longevity 娱乐长生 Jiang Changsheng: "Now that I am reborn, there are countless opportunities to make a fortune. Would I have to be out of my mind to enter the entertainment industry?" "What? You want a girlfriend from the industry? Do you have an enlarged heart? Never mind the fact that there are so many loose women in the industry. Wouldn't you feel disgusted watching your wife film kissing scenes with other men?" Fan Bingbing: "Am I not beautiful enough?" Liu Yifei: "Brother Changsheng!" Yang Mi: "What did you 0Votes11.3kRecs74kFans
- 6 After Getting into Beijing Film Academy, I Became the World's Best Director 考进北电后，我成了世一导 Audience: Director Lin, you have to keep making movies. If you stop, what are us ordinary folks supposed to watch? Three Golds: Director Lin, please come to the awards. What will happen to our ceremony if you don't? Actress: Director Lin, there are a few things I don't quite understand. Could I come ask you about the script? Reporter: Director Lin, could you share your thoughts on becoming the world's number-one director? Lin Yicheng: It all began in 2002, when I got into the directing program a 0Votes16kRecs90.8kFans
- 7 This Movie Star Doesn’t Look Like a Good Guy 这个影帝看着不像好人 Jiang Bai transmigrated here. In his previous life, he was a government lackey, sent to infiltrate the martial arts alliance by posing as the alliance leader’s confidant. Thanks to his superb acting, he rose through the ranks and eventually became the target’s adopted son, in charge of all the dirty work. But in the end, he was betrayed by a spy and die 0Votes7.3kRecs215.6kFans
- 8 From Martial Arts School Disciple to Great Qian Martial Sage 从武馆学徒到大乾武圣 In the third year of Taiping under the Great Qian dynasty, the imperial court is falling apart. Eunuchs hold power within the palace, the emperor's relatives meddle in state affairs, and powerful clans plot rebellion. The realm is in chaos, and the people are destitute. Powerful clans and sects carve up the land, fighting over resources and exploiting the common people. Countless martial arts experts have emerged, each dominating their own corner and building a power base of their own. Some, dri 0Votes23.8kRecs194.2kFans
- 9 Back to 1995 回档之1995 At the broken cliffs of Yellow Crane Tower, are my old friends still around? The old rivers and mountains are all beset by new sorrows. I long to buy osmanthus wine and share it on a boat, but it can never be like those carefree days of youth. 0Votes41.3kRecs45.1kFans
- 10 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
- 11 Chinese Showbiz: A Director's Simple Joy 华娱：导演的快乐就这么简单 Reborn in 2000, does being a film directing student mean you have to join the entertainment industry? Lu Ping'an wiped his glasses. “Sure, I'm handsome, but sorry. I have a house, a car, and stocks. I can lie flat until old age without a worry, so I'll pass on joining the entertainment industry and burning through my vitality and lifespan.” [Ding~ Successfully wrapped production on The Piano Tuner. Reward: enhanced physique; nearsightedness can be corrected.] Lu Ping'an: “Help me up!” 0Votes28kRecs238kFans
- 12 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
- 13 Chinese Showbiz: Galloping Ahead from 2003 华娱从2003开始策马奔腾 New book out: Showbiz Begins with a Male Model Reborn in the early 2000s, Bai Anliang inherits a martial arts school. He leads fifty junior disciples in a brutally forceful “takeover” of the entertainment industry. He knows the law, but plays dirty! From Hong Kong’s entertainment scene to mainland showbiz, talent isn’t the only way to beat the big money. Sometimes, you can do it with brute force! “That’s how we do things!” “My rules are the rules!” “Cut the crap. You think I’d steal your girlfri 0Votes24.5kRecs128.3kFans
- 14 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
- 15 The King of Sprinting 短跑之王 The 100-meter sprint, the "crown jewel" of the Olympic Games, combines speed, strength, and beauty. It has always clearly embodied humanity's eternal pursuit of surpassing itself and breaking through its limits. Now, Rousseau is about to don this crown. Let us journey together to that Olympic era when passion burned brightly~ 0Votes15.5kRecs67.6kFans
- 16 Showbiz: A Top-Tier Star’s Journey from Trainee 娱乐：从练习生开始的顶流玩家 Showbiz, scheming. Ning Luo, whose grades in high school were nothing special, starts out as a trainee and climbs step by step, all the way to the top. A rising top-tier star, an unrivaled top-tier star, a player in the world of capital. He isn't trying to prove how amazing he is. He's just really interested in money. [Rule One: Every interaction has a chance of granting an exclusive reward. Th 1Votes16.3kRecs78.7kFans
- 17 The Wildest Little Entertainer in History 史上最狂小艺人 That year, he kept his hands in his pockets, with no idea what it meant to have a rival! He competed on four talent shows at once and took home the championship in every one. His career peaked the moment he debuted! 0Votes33.4kRecs49kFans
- 18 Chinese Showbiz: I Really Don't Want to Live with the Diva 华娱：我真不想和天后同居 The new novel, Director 1978, is now out. Welcome, dear readers! It tells the story of Jiang Chaoyang, reborn at Beijing Film Academy and destined to become a legendary Fifth Generation director! Chinese pop music, 1997. The glory days of Cantopop are gradually fading. The old generation of kings and queens are locked in endless battles, while a new force is poised to rise... In an age when the gods clash, he is the god-slayer who sweeps through the music scene... In an age when a new king asce 0Votes18.8kRecs144.8kFans
- 19 Journey to the West: Starting as the Tiger Vanguard 西游：从虎先锋开始 One poisonous mushroom later, Qi Hu transmigrated into the world of Journey to the West: a little tiger demon called Little Drill Wind, serving under the Green Ox Spirit at Jindou Mountain in Chechi Kingdom... This is the story of a little demon who takes an attribute-boosting System and struggles through the Three Realms, eventually becoming a great demon. P.S. No Investiture of the Gods. The story is based on the original Journey to the West and its screen adaptations, with some major c 0Votes20.9kRecs204kFans
- 20 King of Directors 2000 导演之王2000 New book: Chinese Entertainment: A Dimensionality-Defying Takeover, 2011. Li Shengyao is the youngest professor at the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts. He transmigrates back to the year 2000 and becomes an extra. Of course, he has no intention of becoming an actor. Actors are nothing but puppets in a director’s hands. He intends to take control of the set and become the greatest director of the new century. 0Votes21.9kRecs140.5kFans
- 21 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
- 22 Chinese Entertainment: Starting Out as a Top-Tier Star 华娱之从顶流开始 Su Ming bid farewell to his mediocre life over a glass of bitter, sorrowful liquor. When he woke, he was lying in the student dormitory of the Central Academy of Drama, dead drunk after hearing the devastating news that his parents had been swindled out of all their money. It was 2013. He was now a third-year student at the Central Academy of Drama. That year, the film market began to expand, and investors from every direction entered the fray in unison. The fierce competition among video platfo 0Votes13.1kRecs68.6kFans
- 23 Chinese Showbiz: Indulging in Fame and Fortune 华娱：纵情名利场 Back in 2009, on the eve of a film shoot, the producer absconded with the money to pursue a heavenly life in North America. In an era when people all over the world looked up to the West, this was nothing unusual. It only made the investors furious... He Fang, who had transmigrated here, stepped up to take charge and made a grand entrance into the fame-and-fortune-filled entertainment industry. Beautiful celebrities, lavish spending, thrilling amusements... Tsk, this world of fame and fortune wa 0Votes19.5kRecs109kFans
- 24 A Sigh for Samsara! 轮回叹！ For some unknown reason, a notorious great demon began practicing Buddhism and even wanted to become a Buddha. But the Buddha Ancestor instructed him to enter reincarnation and undergo tribulation. Thus, he threw himself into the six paths of reincarnation without hesitation or concern for anything else, unaware that the world was slowly changing… 0Votes1.7kRecs0Fans
- 25 Showbiz: I Only Like Making Movies 文娱，我只喜欢拍电影 In 2008, Chinese entertainment cinema emerged from its pioneering era and entered a period of wild growth and flourishing diversity! That year, countless people experienced both joy and sorrow! That year, Chinese entertainment cinema gained a Fang Ziheng! Transmigrated and reborn, he sets sail! From low-budget comedies to big-budget suspense, historical, and sci-fi films, Fang Ziheng goes step by step from a newcomer to a world-renowned director with box-office hits, forging his own path in the 0Votes44.3kRecs306.1kFans
- 26 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
- 27 Hard Work Pays Off: Starting with the Struggle 天道酬勤从奋斗开始 At forty, Wang Chengguang somehow transmigrates into the world of Struggle. This is the Forty-Nine City, a place he has never visited in his life. Fortunately, he has the Heaven Rewards Diligence System. Since transmigrating, he too has a System to back him up, giving him a chance to compete with the likes of Lu Tao and Xiang Nan as an ’80s-born. Heaven rewards diligence: every effort brings a reward, and hard work pays off. His personal skills, like fitness, driving, and fishing, come with visi 0Votes78.9kRecs213.6kFans
- 28 The First Chapter of the Night 夜的第一章 “I’ll say it again: I’m really not some genius singer or genius songwriter! I have no love for singing! My dream is to be a carpenter!” “But, Mr. Xu, you’ve won every major award, and your albums have the highest cumulative sales worldwide! Your songwriting and production have made so many kings and queens of pop! Everyone thinks you single-handedly dominated an entire era!” “Weren’t we supposed to talk about woodworking? Are you trying to get fired?” “No, boss! But this is your TV station, so y 0Votes58.9kRecs71.3kFans
- 29 What Should I Do About My Childhood Friend Who Wants to Be a Singer? 有个想当歌星的青梅怎么办？ Xu Ji’s childhood friend Sha Yetong, who was more than a friend but not quite a lover, had dreamed of becoming a singer since she was little. One day, she suddenly realized that the childhood friend she knew seemed to have changed. She joined a girl-group variety show and thought the entertainment companies were all too exploitative. Xu Ji: Then we’ll start our own! She went on a singing show but didn’t have any original songs. Xu Ji: Come on, tell me what kind of song you want! How about someth 0Votes12.9kRecs123.6kFans
- 30 Lü Bu in Water Margin: Breaking Out of the Liao Kingdom 吕布穿水浒，从辽国突围开始 New Book: The Crooked Tale of Lü Bu: Ramblings from the End of the Han Dynasty The heroes of Water Margin are all gone, yet the grand dream of overthrowing the Song and driving out the Liao remains. He swallows gold and declares himself emperor, uniting the realm, then fights across the four seas with unmatched courage. A bewildered soul from the end of the Han Dynasty enters the world of Water Margin. At this point, the Liangshan stronghold has yet to be founded, and the heroes are all living t 0Votes78kRecs104.2kFans
- 31 The Movie Emperor: I Pick Up Attributes on Set 影帝：我在片场捡属性 Lin Yuan, an extra drifting between film sets in Hengdian, awakens a special ability. He can pick up all kinds of acting attributes on set. An actor nails a scene in one take? “Ding-dong! Congratulations, you picked up [Dialogue Skills +1].” An actor delivers a powerhouse crying scene? “Ding-dong! Congratulations, you picked up [Crying Skills +3].” An actor performs a fight scene with fluid, exhilarating moves? “Ding-dong! Congratulations, you picked up [Agility +2].” An actor's portrayal of an 0Votes56.4kRecs267.6kFans
- 32 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
- 33 I Wrote a Showbiz Novel, and Its Villainess Prototype Came Knocking 写文娱被女反派原型找上门 My name is Xu Chuan. After I transmigrated, I wrote an entertainment-industry novel. It featured a villainous top-tier star, and now the real-life model for that villain wants to have a word with me after reading my novel. P.S. This book focuses more on behind-the-scenes struggles within the entertainment industry, so its content may differ somewhat from standard entertainment-industry stories. If that bothers you, ple 0Votes26.5kRecs113.9kFans
- 34 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
- 35 A Carefree Life in Hongwu's Reign 混在洪武当咸鱼 After transmigrating to the end of the Hongwu reign, the unambitious Zhu Yuntong declared that being a carefree prince sounded great. Soldiers, money, and a bit of farmland: the perfect life of taking it easy. But there's this rotten old man who's a real piece of work. He makes me study this and that all day, and he's always dangling promises in front of me, saying I'll take over when he retires. As if! I haven't even taken over the reins of socialism. Do you really think I'd believe your nonsen 4Votes85.5kRecs426.2kFans
- 36 The Village Composer 乡村作曲家 Ma Xiaoshu, the “country composer,” brings the entire world's music to bear, trounces his rivals and leaves the masters in the dust, then climbs step by step to the throne of the world's greatest singer. 0Votes32.8kRecs46.6kFans
- 37 In Chinese Showbiz, I Joined the Cast with Funding from the Start 人在华娱，开局带资进组 Later, readers discovered that actors follow a certain pattern when choosing roles. Deng Chao rewards himself with a comedy after every successful serious drama. Xiao Ming-ge rewards himself with a domineering-CEO story after every successful production. Liu Yijun rewards himself by playing a police officer after every villain role. And ever since Zhang Xianzong in Wuxin Fashi, every time Chen Zhibin releases a hit, he rewards himself by not filming a second season... (The protagonist's tastes a 0Votes23kRecs126.1kFans
- 38 Reborn, I Only Want to Take It Easy 重生后，我只想躺赢 After life ground him down, Xia Chuan was reborn in the summer of 2010. In this life, he just wanted to take it easy. He’d make a bit of money from a mobile game, enjoy some sweet romance, and live a happy, ordinary life. 0Votes34.5kRecs342.9kFans
- 39 The Nine Heavens Palace 九天阙 Her spiritual root was deemed inadequate, and the sect ignored her. Her master poisoned her, her fellow disciples wanted her dead, and two factions joined forces to hunt her down. All she had were two cracked jade pendants and the remnant soul of someone who had slept for three thousand years. The remnant soul told her, “Girl, you’re no good-for-nothing. You have a heavenly spiritual root, one unseen in ten thousand ages. Only powerful beings beyond the peak can recognize it.” So she stole culti 0Votes162Recs0Fans
- 40 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
- 41 Starting Out as a Legendary Director 从神级导演开始 Three hundred years ago, Shen Yu ushered in the Ming dynasty's golden age. Three hundred years later, the Ming dynasty ruled the world unchallenged. And now its gravedigger, Shen Yu, had returned once more. A story that begins with a director, and pits wisdom against overwhelming power. 0Votes41.4kRecs20.6kFans
- 42 Showbiz, Starting in 1999 文娱从1999开始 0Votes14kRecs110.8kFans
- 43 Great Ming: From the Start, I Became a Brocade Guard 大明：开局成为锦衣卫 A flying-fish uniform, an embroidered spring knife. When the Brocade-Clad Guard appears, evil spirits retreat! It is the Wanli era. Grand Secretary Zhang Juzheng has passed away, Qi Jiguang has been transferred elsewhere, and the rebellious Zhu Yijun is forcibly levying mining taxes and abolishing the new policies. The Three Great Campaigns are about to begin... Lin Mang transmigrates into this world and inherits a hereditary position in the Brocade-Clad Guard, but after being framed by treacher 0Votes36.3kRecs199.5kFans
- 44 I Became a Big Star in My Sleep 我睡后混成大明星 He opened his eyes at the 2006 Yanying acting academy entrance exam. When he got home, his adoptive father turned out to be Jiang Wen… His first film shattered Hero’s record, and at eighteen, he became the youngest person to hold the record for China’s highest-grossing film… In this world that was both familiar and strange, he would make a name for himself in the history of world cinema! My name is Qin Muchu, Qin Muchu, as in “Qin at dawn, Chu at dusk”! 0Votes27.6kRecs196.8kFans
- 45 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
- 46 The Musclebound Director 肌肉大导演 This is the story of a muscular director turning the entertainment industry upside down~ Keywords: muscles~ muscles~ skr~~ 0Votes45.2kRecs127.2kFans
- 47 Showbiz: Letting My Achievements Speak for Themselves 华娱之实绩为王 “Shen Lang's new movie is about to break two billion dollars at the box office.” “No way. How did it make so much?” “Who knows? His track record speaks for itself. Oh, I forgot to tell you: your idol is working with him again. The production company behind The Legend of the Immortals even launched an event, bringing back the Six Directions Mirror and the Zhu Xian Sword. I'm definitely going to get the Zhu Xian Sword this time.” “Oh no, he's a playboy! Didn't they break up? And now they're workin 9Votes130.2kRecs288.9kFans
- 48 This Star's Style Is All Wrong 这个明星画风不对 After transmigrating to a parallel world, he becomes a trainee on a talent show produced by Goose Factory. With a golden vocal range from E2 to B4 and the vocal chops of a musical-theater demon king, Fang Xing’s decision to join a talent show is downright cruel to the other trainees. He had no interest in the competition, but watching all these drama queens stir up trouble was too much. From the start, he sits down at the piano and sings a cover of “Nocturne,” crushing everyone in the pond. Duri 0Votes45.2kRecs372kFans
- 49 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
- 50 Back to the 80s: My Literary Life 重回80：我的文艺人生 Synopsis: A middle-aged man with a love of literature somehow finds himself back in the early 1980s, where he becomes a permanent staff member and low-ranking gatekeeper at the Yanhe magazine office in Qin Province. He minds the gate, slacks off a little, and writes poems, novels, and screenplays on the side. Before he knows it, he has become a great writer in everyone’s eyes. Life is prett 1Votes45.5kRecs186.3kFans
