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- 51 Chinese Showbiz 2005: Our Sci-Fi Cinematic Universe 华娱05，我们的科幻电影宇宙 Who says China has no science fiction films? Wang Hao, who had just finished watching The Wandering Earth 2, was reborn and, in the blink of an eye, found himself in 2005 as a soon-to-graduate directing student at the Beijing Film Academy. He resolved to build a film industry system of China’s own. Countless films and novels were given new faces, remixed, and radically reworked. Dreams and virtual reality from Source Code and Inception laid the foundation, Wolf Warrior brought the firepower, Det 0Votes39.6kRecs116kFans
- 52 The Emperor in His Twilight Years, Unstoppable in This Age 晚年大帝，平推当世 Li Yun transmigrated and cultivated steadily for six thousand years, eventually attaining the Dao and becoming an Emperor. But he was a very ordinary Great Emperor. He couldn’t suppress the forbidden zones, break into the Immortal Domain, or rack his brains hard enough to live a second life. His only achievement was keeping the Supremes of the forbidden zones from emerging for the next thirteen thousand years. And in his final years... The nine forbidden zones, ten deadly lands, eighteen nether 0Votes18.6kRecs269.7kFans
- 53 The Legend of the Crossing Bird 越鸟传 (Updated June 2, 2023) The complete story of The Yue Bird is divided into two volumes. The first, The Hundred Demons Illustrated, is finished, while the second, A Letter to You, is being written ahead of release. The whole book is expected to be about 600,000 words. The tone leans toward serious drama, but the story is lively and humorous. Please don’t drop it just because the chapter titles look too serious TAT Character notes: The male lead, Emperor Qinghua, is the ultimate lovesick fool, a lo 0Votes15.2kRecs0Fans
- 54 An Actor's Journey, Starting in 1998 演技派从1998开始 Li Tang, a Chinese-American actor languishing in the ranks of Broadway's nobodies, accidentally transmigrates to 1998. A graduate of the Shanghai Theatre Academy, he has an apartment (an old one), a car (a Happy 90), a famous ex-girlfriend he can't quite let go of, and a secure government job. Directors from every corner are flocking to him... 0Votes30.9kRecs117.6kFans
- 55 EN Second Playthrough, They're Full of Malice Towards Me 二周目，她们对我恶意满满 Liao Ji has had plenty of exes. However, all of these exes were paper characters in a certain wasteland development game. As an absolute power-first player, whenever a character he had developed fell out of the meta, Liao Ji would strip them of all their equipment, take back their resources, and send them to the rear to manage supplies, giving everything better to the new, more powerful characters. Of course, Liao Ji always insisted that this was only temporary, and that it was all for the sake 0Votes24kRecs264.7kFans
- 56 The Song Dynasty in Reverse 逆宋 On the eve of the Jingkang Incident, he is transmigrated into the body of a border villager in Xiongzhou, Northern Song. For the sake of his family and the land beneath his feet, he faces the monstrous wave sweeping across the northern kingdom, defies Heaven to change the fate of the Song, and fights his way to a clear road ahead. 391Votes15.6kRecs23.7kFans
- 57 I Transmigrated into a Book and Was Killed to Prove His Dao? The Demon Lord Woos Me Every Night 穿书被杀妻证道？魔尊追妻夜夜哄 Xie Qingyi, who never dreams, transmigrates into a male-oriented cultivation novel and becomes a cannon-fodder female supporting character. The book spells it out clearly: she is the male lead's tool for "proving his Dao by killing his wife," and her ending is dismissed in a single line. But all she wants is to stay alive, cultivate, and keep away from the plot. What she never expected was that the Demon Lord, who was supposed to kill her, would be so breathtakingly beautiful, like a begonia tou 64Votes9.3kRecs592Fans
- 58 The Peerless Ruthless Man, Slashing Through the World 绝世狠人，砍翻天下 I transmigrated into a high-martial-arts world and obtained a System that lets me become stronger simply by killing enemies. What am I waiting for? Princes and nobles? Chop them down! Heroes of the martial world? Chop them down! The Son of Heaven, emperors, immortals descended to the mortal realm, peerless beauties, not a single one will be spared. Chop them all down. Whoever dares oppose me, I will chop them down! I chop from south to north, I chop from light to dark, I will chop through these 1Votes41kRecs230.5kFans
- 59 Reborn as India’s Richest Man 重生印度当首富 When Jogo regained consciousness, he found that he had been reborn as Jogo Gupta, a sixteen-year-old boy from a middle-class family in Mumbai in 1986. He could have just lain flat. His family had a decent income, and he attended an expensive private international high school. But his father had just gone bankrupt, owing the bank a million in loans. They'd gone from millionaires to a million in debt. To keep their home and avoid losing everything and ending up in the slums, Jogo first had to repa 0Votes30.6kRecs106.4kFans
- 60 How Can You Become a Star Without Money? 没钱怎么当明星 “What matters most when working with celebrities? Talent? Resources? Connections? No, no, no. Cash is what matters most. How can you work with celebrities without money? Money cannot buy acting skill, but it can buy an old veteran actor to carry a production. Money cannot buy talent, but it can buy talented workhorses. Money cannot buy connections, but it can buy traffic and buzz.” “Then why do you insist on cash?” “Because I only accept cash. I do not accept empty promises.” This is a story wit 0Votes48kRecs151.2kFans
- 61 Chinese Entertainment Starts at Art School 华娱从艺校开始 Sent back to the past by his computer, I get to make a fresh choice in this life. I choose beauties like jade, a life of wealth, and the worlds of film and entertainment. In this life, I want Liu Tianxian and Da Mimi to be my senior schoolmates; I want Gu Xiaona, Zhou Dongyu, and Yang Zini to be my junior schoolmates; I want Li Xian, Zhu Yilong, and Bai Jingting to call me boss. The story focuses on making movies, with TV dramas and other projects as supporting elements 0Votes17kRecs127.6kFans
- 62 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
- 63 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
- 64 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
- 65 The Internet Tycoon Kidnapped by an Entertainment System! 互联网大佬，被娱乐系统绑架！ "The System completes its upgrade in Chapter 60 and becomes reward-based. The early setup exists solely to get the protagonist into the industry." [The Domestic Entertainment Rectification System has finished loading. As a first-year student at Beijing Film Academy, you enter the entertainment industry full of hope, but the business is steadily rotting, and it pains you deeply. To turn things around, you resolve to reform domestic entertainment...] [Novice Mission: Build a good relationship wi 12Votes31kRecs252.4kFans
- 66 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
- 67 EN Dominating the Multiverse, Starting with Taijutsu 从体术开始纵横诸天 In Naruto, he is Konoha's demon, sweeping across the shinobi world and crushing all rivals. In Hunter x Hunter, the King of the Chimera Ants is his vassal, and Netero admits he's no match for him. In One Piece, he unifies the four seas and reigns supreme. “So when it comes to dancing, I'm the real expert.” Nara Dan said to Uchiha Madara with a perfectly serious expression. (Naruto: undecided... Hunter x Hunter: finished... One Piece: finished... Bleach: ongoing) 0Votes36.3kRecs171.2kFans
- 68 I’m Really Not the Living King of Hell 我真不是活阎王 After transmigrating to a parallel world, Zhang Lingtian inherited a funeral shop. One day, while idly scrolling through short videos, Zhang Lingtian suddenly saw a row of data appear before him. [Ding! Scan activated!] [Target scanned: ID Extreme Yang.] [Danger alert: After 28 unprotected high-altitude jumps, the chance of danger on the next one is 100%!] [Customer profile: Perfect match.] [System prompt: The Host may follow this account.] Realizing he had awakened a System, Zhang Lingtian imme 0Votes57kRecs542.6kFans
- 69 Chinese Showbiz: Starting as a Top-Tier Star from a Talent Show 华娱：从选秀顶流开始 Shen Juan wakes up and finds himself back in 2017. Starting with the biggest hit talent shows, he rises step by step to become a top-tier star. Billboard: “Underrated perfectly captures North American trends, and Alex Fever is spreading rapidly around the world.” Time: “Every era has its own icons. We are living in the pop culture craze created by Alex.” MTV: “This spring marks Alex’s moment to rise.” Forbes: “A Gen Z pop king has arrived. Alex is changing the world and creating an entire 2Votes113.6kRecs177.1kFans
- 70 This Taoist Is Set on Becoming a Movie Star 贫道就要当影帝 A Taoist comes down from the mountain to make it in show business. As long as you're willing to pay extra. Fight choreography, feng shui for film sets, face reading and fortune telling for the lead actors: I'll take care of it all, and you can get a discount if you bundle the services! Li Qing: “Director, is there any movie emperor who gives you a better deal than this humble Daoist?” 0Votes14kRecs104.4kFans
- 71 I Really Never Wanted to Become a Top Student in the Past 我真没想在过去的年代当学霸 A mediocre college student transmigrates into the impoverished, fervent era. Who would have thought that my family would have an eldest brother, a second brother, a third brother, a fourth and fifth brother, an eldest sister, a second sister, a third and fourth sister, and three to five younger brothers and sisters? There are two or three older uncles in the courtyard, one or two younger uncles, a second aunt and a younger aunt. My father ranks first at slacking off, while my mother ranks first 0Votes143.5kRecs161.1kFans
- 72 The American TV Detective's Daily Life 美剧神探的日常 He made young Sheldon cry every day and young Leonard's eyes light up. He knocked over Dr. House's cane and drove The Good Doctor's Shaun into a frenzy. He brought the two Broke Girls together and left the Friends and How I Met Your Mother crews yearning and dejected. He swept Shameless into the dumpster and blew the Fast & Furious franchise to bits. He made Sherlock Holmes curse up a storm and changed Elementary's Joan's mind. He helped Suits' lawyers reach new heights, then watched Breaking Ba 0Votes57.3kRecs113.1kFans
- 73 My Planet Became a Training Ground 我的星球成了练兵场 (This story has the right values, no tormenting the protagonist, no NTR, and no running gags.) (The protagonist is ruthless and taciturn. If he can solve something with his fists, he won’t waste words. He acts decisively and has clear goals.) [ID 10422023: Training Ground “Azure” is loading...] [Updating server...] [Azure Version 1.0 has finished loading] [The “Seven Sins” trial will officially begin at 00:00 on January 1] On Era Day, a cold notification echoed in everyone’s mind. The planet the 0Votes1.6kRecs6.4kFans
- 74 The Movie Star's Mental State Is a Little Unstable 影帝的精神状态不太稳定 Huo Yunting wasn't in a very good state of mind, because he was so deeply immersed in his role. 0Votes29.2kRecs165.6kFans
- 75 The World of the Arts 文艺世界 New book: Love Yourself, Director In 2001, domestic art-house directors were rushing one after another toward Cannes, Berlin, and Venice. Commercial directors were obsessed with making blockbusters and taking on the global box office. At this time, Fang Nan was quietly working as a stuntman on one film set after another, starting from the bottom and eventually becoming a top-tier director known worldwide! 0Votes56kRecs164.8kFans
- 76 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
- 77 Chinese Entertainment: I Am the Destiny 华娱之我即是天命 From the age of online traffic onward, the road ahead for Lin Qingyuan stretches toward the stars and the sea! Also known as: The Road to Top-Tier Stardom Begins with a Feud-Filled Variety Show 0Votes50.2kRecs177.3kFans
- 78 Peninsula: I Really Am a Top-Tier Star 半岛之我真是顶流 A mysterious sixth sense guided him toward the right choices for the future. But as he stood at the crossroads, looking at the girls across the way, no one could tell him how to choose the right one. Might as well have them all! Quan Xuanhe's journey down the road to success begins after he loses a talent competition. 0Votes59.3kRecs85.2kFans
- 79 My Uncle Is Zhu Di 我的姑父叫朱棣 Xu Jingchang holds a rather considerable position in the Ming dynasty. His grandfather is Xu Da, Prince of Zhongshan; his father is Xu Zengshou, Duke of Dingguo; his aunt is the empress, and his uncle by marriage is Zhu Di... With a setup this ridiculously blessed, it's as if Heaven itself is chasing him around, spoon in one hand and rice pot in the other, trying to feed him. But Xu Jingchang only wants to listen to music in Qinhuai and fish at Xuanwu Lake. 0Votes35kRecs213.9kFans
- 80 Reborn: Starting as the Top Scorer in the Arts Entrance Exam 重生从艺考状元开始 [Can you imagine a young actor like me winning the Grand Slam for Best Actor?] Being reborn is precisely for creating miracles! This is the story of an old bit-part actor drifting in Beijing who creates an acting miracle after being reborn! 3Votes52.5kRecs365.1kFans
- 81 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
- 82 EN Maxed Out Shooting from the Start: Messi Begs Me to Join Argentina 开局满级爆射，梅西求我入阿根廷 Su Bai transmigrated! A Chinese Argentine teenager! With the Live Football System, he receives max-level shooting power and max-level physical balance from the start! A super Su Bai has appeared at Boca Juniors. On the wing, he charges through defenses like a tank, while all kinds of unreasonable power shots make Argentina tremble! Tottenham, having just sold Bale for a sky-high fee, wants to use Su Bai to replace Bale in the P 2Votes137.4kRecs689.6kFans
- 83 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
- 84 Hello! 2010 你好啊！2010 Returning to thirteen years ago, to an era when a single turn could make summer a story, and one backward glance could turn autumn into a view. Cheng Xing only wants to hold on to the people he once let slip away and reclaim the time he wasted back then. At night, a dream takes me home again. The autumn wind blows, and I am young once more. This is a story about rediscovering youth. 0Votes65.1kRecs419.5kFans
- 85 Mythic Three Kingdoms: The Hero of Wei 神话三国之魏武枭雄 Zhuge Liang, master strategist: “In three days, I shall perform a ritual on the altar and summon an easterly wind. Cao Cao’s camp will fall!” Cao Cao: “Zhuge Liang can predict the weather. We’ll raid his camp a day early.” In the war between Shu and Wei, the Shu army deployed scheme after scheme. But Cao Cao had seized Dingjun Mountain long before and stood firm. Liu Bei sighed. Why was Cao Cao always one step ahead? After transmigrating into Cao Cao, he discovered that this Three Kingdoms world 0Votes66.9kRecs191.8kFans
- 86 EN Warlock's Invasion of Naruto 术士入侵火影 Bai Yu, who had transmigrated twice, first into a wizarding world and then into the Naruto world, found himself there. The “Ancient Yindo Sorcerer’s Book” in his soul showed him the possibility of becoming a high-level wizard. The powerful Great Fireball Technique was still slower than the improved Level 0 spell, Acid Dart. When Impure World Reincarnation meets Soul Binding, and Flying Thunder God 0Votes36.1kRecs157.5kFans
- 87 Starting with The Sword of the Third Young Master 从三少爷的剑开始 What should I do? I’m from the start in The Sword of the Third Young Master, and I’m about to challenge the invincible swordsman Yan Shisan. In the novel, Chen Sheng doesn’t even survive the first chapter. To be precise, he lasts five hundred words. As the saying goes, a real man knows when to bend and when to stand tall. Maybe I should just... Admit defeat? P.S. This book is also known as I’m Just Good at Bending and Standing Tall. It’s full of love and has no female lead. 0Votes15.4kRecs75.7kFans
- 88 Hollywood in the Making 好莱坞绘制 “Film noir? Yes! Those extreme cinephiles say my work is always full of crime, violence, and death, with sadistic, explicit scenes, protagonists who are both good and evil, and anxiety and unease as its central emotions. It always revolves around greed and deceit, ending in death or destruction. But these things aren’t found only in my films. They reveal the dark side we all share as human beings!”--- 0Votes61.1kRecs137.7kFans
- 89 My Animation Era 我的动画时代 After transmigrating to a parallel world, Gu Miao became a down-on-his-luck animation director. He first made a name for himself with Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf, then went on to produce hit animated series like Boonie Bears, Happy Heroes, Armor Hero, and Fruity Robo. Soon, a wave of transmigration-themed stories swept through the industry. During an interview, Gu Miao waved both hands and declared with confidence, “Nobody understands transmigration better than I do!” And so, Digimon was born 3Votes43.1kRecs106.4kFans
- 90 The 90s: The Reborn Lucky Beauty Gets Rich 九零：锦鲤美人重生年代暴富了 [Fast-paced plot * power-ups * face-slapping * getting rich * older-sister type heroine * younger puppy-like male lead] Yi Congxin is reborn in a small mountain village in the 1990s. Starting with not even a roof over her head, she tears down scum, delivers face-slapping comeuppances, and powers up all the way. She never gives up on growth or hard work, carving out a path of her own to rise against the odds. Who says elders and seniors must always be treated with respect? -- Yi Congxin: Freaki 0Votes3.3kRecs2.1kFans
- 91 I'm No Illiterate Top-Tier Star 我可不是文盲顶流 After finally making it through graduate school and earning a master's degree, Xu Mu transmigrated into the body of an illiterate young celebrity with massive online traffic. Now we have one piece of good news and one piece of bad news. The good news: everyone knows who I am. The bad news: everyone knows I'm illiterate. … Years later, when faced with a reporter, Xu Mu gave a profound summary of himself: “The reason I, Xu Mu, have achieved what I have today is that I studied diligently and conduc 0Votes64.4kRecs283.7kFans
- 92 From Cutting-Edge Tech to Mega-Projects 从黑科技到超级工程 Ye Ming, an electronics engineer, was delighted to receive the Super Project System. In an era when even designing chips with EDA tools meant having to beg for approval, Ye Ming began a battle of wits with the System. Starting with brain-computer interfaces, he introduced entirely new architectures and systems, achieved quantum supercomputing, upended the traditional semiconductor and information industries, and ushered humanity into a new era of faster-than-light information. And in the eyes of 0Votes112.5kRecs288.4kFans
- 93 Traversing the Myriad Heavens, Starting with Hong Kong Cinema 诸天纵横，从港综开始 The new book All Heavens: Starting with Hong Kong Movies is currently being serialized. Welcome to read! The book covers movies, TV dramas, games, and anime, with nothing left out. It's a wildly entertaining web novel that breaks the mold. The protagonist doesn't start out as a police officer in the first world. (Note: Most Hong Kong crossover stories seem to use police undercover work as their backdrop. Let's write one where the protagonist isn't a police officer!) 0Votes53.1kRecs332kFans
- 94 The Song Dynasty Rogue 大宋泼皮 Good news: I've transmigrated. Bad news: I've transmigrated to the fifth year of Xuanhe in the Northern Song dynasty. Good news: I was born with superhuman strength after transmigrating. Bad news: I'm a local hoodlum. To shake off his hoodlum status and earn an official title, Han Zhen decides to take to the mountains, become a bandit king, and wait to be recruited by the court. Yet no matter how long he waits, the court's letter offering amnesty and surrender never comes... Three years late 3Votes73.5kRecs466.2kFans
- 95 I Became a Movie Emperor, and Only Then Did the System Finish Loading 成影帝了，系统才加载完 He got the Superstar System and eagerly jumped into the entertainment industry, only for the System to take ten years to finish loading. [Reward: 6.3 million shares of Penguin stock] [Reward: 2 million shares of Moutai stock] [Reward: 3.71 million shares of Huayi stock] [Reward: 300,000 shares of Apple stock] [Reward: a special-effects company] [Reward: one supernaturally protected Santana 2000, which can prevent damage in three car crashes] Qi Hao initially thought he was working for the System 1Votes199.7kRecs243.1kFans
- 96 The Space-Time Fleet: Echoes of the Pacific 时空舰队之太平洋的回响 New book: Pacific: My Backyard Is a Naval Port is now out. New and returning readers are welcome! History may be forgotten, but it should not be mocked. This is a Pacific War fan novel. The early pacing will be fairly slow as I lay as much groundwork as possible. The protagonist's soul transmigrates into Fletcher, an aircraft carrier commander in the Pacific Fleet. There is no System and no golden finger. The story will go from Pearl Harbor to the Philippines, then Midway, Guadalcanal, Rabaul, a 0Votes5.8kRecs18.8kFans
- 97 I Became a Literary Master in Tokyo 我在东京当文豪 This Japan seems a little different. After the bubble burst, everything was underlined. The writers who should have emerged never did. Instead, a number of authors could only offer feeble criticism of the world... This Japan needs a literary giant, a beacon of thought... Chen Chu transmigrated into this world and became Kitajima Koma, a waiter at an izakaya. Looking at his solitary self and his uncertain future, Kitajima Koma decided to make money using the advantages he had. And so a novel call 0Votes31kRecs138.3kFans
- 98 Giving Away Money Every Day 天天撒币 "Congratulations! You've received in startup funding!" "Startup funds may only be used for company expenses, not personal spending." Zhang Shuo: "Are they forcing me to fleece my own company?" Fine, then I'll do the things capital doesn't want to do: punch Meituan, kick Didi, and squeeze Pinduoduo... "Get out there and do something decent for once!" 0Votes51.2kRecs129.5kFans
- 99 I Became the Female Villain's Lackey 我成了女反派的跟班 I transmigrated into a world that blends together several novels. Xu Beiwang couldn’t help grumbling: “Why does everyone else transmigrate as the protagonist, or at least as a great tyrant, while I’m just a lowly minion loyal to a villainess?” But he soon discovers that throwing his weight around feels pretty great, especially since the villainess takes the blame for everything. And so Xu Beiwang keeps going further down the road of abusing his power... What’s more, he’s activated a Treasure-Ste 0Votes78.4kRecs318.6kFans
- 100 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
