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- 1 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
- 2 Who Are You Calling a Pretty Boy? I’m the King of Pop 叫谁小鲜肉，我是天王 After three years of training, I debuted as an idol. I still hadn't made any money when my useless teammate's career came crashing down... Is this the price of growing up? Reborn, Shen Yan decided to live a different life... Uh, maybe I should figure out how to support myself first... 0Votes103.9kRecs141kFans
- 3 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
- 4 Director, I Like This One 导演，我喜欢这个 Actress: Director Jiang, about that second male lead my husband is playing... Jiang Yang smiles serenely: Second male lead? He's the lead! Actress: The lead!? Jiang Yang places a hand on his heart: Your husband's a brilliant actor. He'll have no trouble playing the lead! Actress: Director Jiang, you... what a huge surprise you've given me! Jiang Yang gently strokes her hand: That's just how filming goes. Heaven rewards hard work. As long as you put in the effort, you'll reap the rewards! [Mainly 0Votes2kRecs32.6kFans
- 5 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
- 6 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
- 7 All the Female Stars Are Chasing After Me 女明星们都来倒追我 Mi Mi: What! I'll be nearly forty and still playing a young woman in a costume romance! Bing Bing: What! I'll be blacklisted by the industry in the future! Shi Shi: What! I'll marry an old man who's sixteen years older than me! Li Ying: What! I'll actually become the top star among actresses born in the 1980s! Yi Fei: Wha... Oh, I'll still be gorgeous in the future! Once the actresses get the System and learn a few tidbits about their futures, how will they seek redemption and change thei 0Votes21.1kRecs71.5kFans
- 8 Movie Emperor: Playing the Adoptive Father from the Start 影帝：开局演义父 (There are two million words written purely out of love, and the previous book gained over ten thousand bookmarks.) One summer in 2007, the protagonist happened to encounter Tang Ren's production of The Legend of the Condor Heroes and became Blind Sister's “godfather,” setting off a series of events. This newcomer asks for your support. The female lead is Liu Shi Shi! 0Votes5.3kRecs32.4kFans
- 9 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
- 10 Shadows of Espionage 谍影谜云 In the twenty-third year of the flames of war, Han Lin arrived in an era torn apart by conflict. Drawing on his memories of history, he stepped onto a battlefield without gunfire. One man, a thousand faces, a maze of espionage! 1Votes62.2kRecs163.2kFans
- 11 Eighteen in Chinese Showbiz 华娱那年十八 Eighteen that year, surrounded by big shots, standing there like a nobody~ Back in 1998, Lu Heng is brought to a reunion marking twenty years since the Class of '78 at Beijing Film Academy. Quietly making himself useful on the sidelines, he swears to himself: I'll become an entertainment mogul! The author has completed novels such as From Comedy Star to Superstar and The Movie Emperor Returns to Eighteen, with a combined total of over ten million words. 0Votes32.2kRecs114.5kFans
- 12 Chinese Showbiz: Joining the Regular Army in 1996 华娱：从96年加入正规军开始 Wang Sheng, a web drama director from an unconventional background, transmigrates to 1996 and becomes the child of Beijing Film Studio employees. He originally thought he could join the establishment and make his mark, but unexpectedly, the establishment is even wilder... 0Votes15.8kRecs99.1kFans
- 13 This Director Must Apologize 这个导演要谢罪 The story of a bottom-tier director making movies in a parallel world (False) The story of ruining the classics (True) 0Votes7.9kRecs34.3kFans
- 14 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
- 15 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
- 16 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
- 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 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
- 19 Chinese Showbiz: A Global Superstar Begins as a Party Animal 华娱：全球巨星从玩咖开始 In 2015, the gossip-loving crowds were buzzing with discussion. "I know him. He's a playboy who spends every day hanging out in bars." "I really like this kind of high-end playboy. He has such great style." "He has also dated several women in the entertainment industry. They've been photographed together several times, and he has never denied any of it." "But he really is handsome, and his hairstyle and outfits are incredibly popular." "What kind of hairstyle is that? Oh, it's the Xue Hai hairst 0Votes38.8kRecs126kFans
- 20 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
- 21 Chinese Showbiz: I Can Enter Dreams and Collect Attributes 华娱：我能进入梦境捡属性 … Xu Ning dreams of returning to 2001. Starting out as an extra at the gates of the Beijing Film Studio, he works his way toward the heart of the entertainment industry. He wants to find out just how deep the waters are here, and how many fish there are. 0Votes28.7kRecs150.9kFans
- 22 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
- 23 1988: Starting as an Independent Producer 1988从独立制片人开始 All the world’s affairs are but dreams of yellow millet. Let me tell you of things that never were. Yu Hua, not yet turned into a scruffy little dog, read Xu Sanguan Sells His Blood in a contemporary magazine and couldn’t shake the feeling that a shadow had fallen over him. As Chen Shiping flaunted his talent in this blazing era, the beautiful actresses of the 1980s all found their eyes drawn to him. As Chen Shiping 0Votes35.5kRecs126.2kFans
- 24 This Bit-Part Actor Is Called Yu Huatian 这个龙套叫雨化田 You ask me what an extra is? I’ll tell you! I’ll take the roles that movie kings won’t dare to play! I’ll star in the shows movie kings won’t dare to join! In short, I’ll take every role a movie king can play, and I’ll especially take the ones he can’t! Snatch the role, then play it: the privilege of true talent! That’s an extra. Got it? 0Votes14.9kRecs86.8kFans
- 25 I Never Wanted to Be an Actor 我没想做演员 An actor? An actor's final destination is selling products on livestream! I'm a huge internet celebrity. Become an actor? Have you lost your mind? 8Votes137.5kRecs362.7kFans
- 26 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
- 27 Back to 2002: The Free-Spirited Superstar 重返2002：自由系巨星 Tennis is a free, solitary, and elegant sport. The boss absconded, and the company went bankrupt. Chen Ran, unemployed in middle age, returns to 2002. That summer, he was sixteen, in the full bloom of youth, and everything was wonderful. Chen Ran picks up his tennis racket again. He can make up for the regrets of the past and chase the dreams he once buried deep in his heart. What does freedom mean? Financial freedom, control over your time, and freedom at work. Work for yourself, without co 0Votes56.3kRecs143kFans
- 28 Chinese Showbiz Begins with Hong Shixian 华娱从洪世贤开始 After getting hit by a truck, Qi Hui discovered he had transmigrated into the body of a fresh-faced, clueless graduate of the Beijing Film Academy. It made him want to back out. The entertainment industry is so hard to break into. Maybe I should go back to construction work? Ding~ [Host has encountered actor Zhang Ruoyun. You have earned one lottery draw. Would you like to draw?] Qi Hui: ... So there's a System. Why would I go back to construction work...? Ahem. Construction work isn't so bad ei 11Votes91.9kRecs264.7kFans
- 29 Chinese Showbiz: Now That I'm a Director, Of Course I'm Going to Live It Up 华娱：都成导演了，当然要浪 After being reborn in 2003, Wei Jin had planned to be a law-abiding citizen, ride the wave of the times, make a fortune, buy dozens of houses, marry several beautiful wives and concubines, and live a carefree life. But it turns out he is a directing student at the Beijing Film Academy. And when he thinks of the glamorous actresses born in the 1970s, the elegant beauties born in the 1980s, the budding stars born in the 1985s, and the rising talents born in the 1995s... Sorry, Wei has no choice bu 83Votes100.9kRecs282kFans
- 30 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
- 31 Reborn: A Wild Dream of Entertainment 文娱重生狂想曲 My new book, Back to 1983: My Literary Era, is out now. I hope you’ll support it! Reborn in 1997, he starts out as a writer, making waves in the literary world and watching the tides rise and fall with a smile. He uses directing to tell the story of his life, turning the entertainment industry upside down as he witnesses the changing times. The redemptive journey of a man scarred by trauma. A brilliant era in the rise of China. He leaves his own mark on the times. 0Votes22.5kRecs136.9kFans
- 32 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
- 33 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
- 34 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
- 35 Chinese Entertainment: The Ordinary Movie Star of 2002 华娱零二平凡影帝 He first became known for a bit part in The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber. Then he made a splash in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, The Return of the Condor Heroes, and Kung Fu! This guy has joined every production he could get into! He’s played a mountain of bit parts! He’s known in the industry as a lucky charm. Any show with Fang Yu is bound to be a hit! And somehow, he looks the part no matter what he plays! According to industry insiders, the award-winning actor Fang can do everything from shoei 1Votes15.6kRecs163.9kFans
- 36 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
- 37 Chinese Entertainment: The Winds Rise in 2005 华娱之风起2005 “I’m an actor, not a celebrity. Acting is what I stand on.” “Endorsements and variety shows don’t mean much to me.” “Name your price!” “Ahem, please contact my agent.” 0Votes68.6kRecs162.6kFans
- 38 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
- 39 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
- 40 Chinese Showbiz: Now That I’m Capital, Can’t I Let Loose? 华娱：成资本了还不能放纵吗？ Day One After Being Reborn: Li Zhou treads carefully. One Month After Being Reborn: Holy crap! This crappy game, Dungeon Fighter Online, already has a money-making bug?! One Year After Being Reborn: Damn, could all the suffering I went through in my past life have turned into blessings in this one? Let loose? Hell, I have to let loose! On the variety show Heart Signal, Yang Chaoyue revealed that she once confessed to a boy when she was a student. But the boy gave Yang Chaoyue a "good person 432Votes52.6kRecs200kFans
- 41 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
- 42 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
- 43 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
- 44 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
- 45 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
- 46 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
- 47 Conquering the World 登顶全球 (A top-tier masterpiece, updated with over ten thousand words a day. Come give it a try!) Twenty years ago, Earth fully entered the [Era of Transcendence]! Power, wealth, status, influence, fame... With transcendent might in hand, you could seize every good thing in the world! As long as Lin Zhengliu defeats an enemy using the very methods they excel at, he can copy one [Transcendent Ability] from them. He slays the Blade King with a blade and cuts down the Sword Emperor with a sword. He burns t 0Votes33.3kRecs217.4kFans
- 48 How Did He Get Into Showbiz? 他怎么混进娱乐圈的 Starting out as a lowly assistant director, he builds his own circle step by step. What does it take to make it in show business? Acting talent? Money? Ability? No, no, no. When you’re out in the world, you make your own status. I’m going to see for myself what this entertainment industry is all about. Seniority? All those rules and regulations? You think I’ll let you push me around? I’m going to throw my weight around and bully men and women alike in show business! [A different world. Any resem 0Votes45kRecs205.5kFans
- 49 Chinese Showbiz: Born to Be the Protagonist 华娱之天生主角 Reporter: “Zhang Nanyi, ever since you entered show business, you’ve always played the lead. You’ve never taken a supporting role, or even made a cameo.” Zhang Nanyi: “That’s right. What about it?” Reporter: “A veteran actor criticized you for acting like a diva and refusing to take anything but lead roles. Is that why you turned down The King of Kung Fu?” Zhang Nanyi: “Don’t make things up. I didn’t turn it down. My girlfriend’s been sick and in the hospital lately, so I have to do my duty as a 0Votes24.5kRecs112.8kFans
- 50 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
