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- 1 The Kingpin of Chinese Showbiz 华娱扛把子 Starting with the 2011 Beidian acting academy entrance exams, he meant to become an actor, but ended up having to play the long game as a mogul… The new book, Chinese Entertainment: Starting Out as a Stand-In, is open for investment! 0Votes6.1kRecs78.6kFans
- 2 Chinese Showbiz: Why Talk About Love When You're in the Entertainment Industry? 华娱：混娱乐圈还谈什么感情 Reborn with a System, but forced to join the entertainment industry? Whatever. As long as I'm happy! Someone has a problem with me? I don't care if you're a famous director or a megastar, I'll give you a piece of my mind! Awards? Whoever wants them can have them. All I want is box office success! Actresses? I'm not looking for love. If they're interested, great. If not, there are plenty of other actresses who are! I'll make films and act in them, record a song when I'm in the mood, and flirt wit 0Votes15.5kRecs112.7kFans
- 3 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
- 4 Chinese Showbiz's First-Generation Top-Tier Star 华娱之初代顶流 At the end of 2009, Chen Jing leaves Super Junior-M and returns to China, becoming one of the country's first top-tier stars. From then on, China enters the age of mega-stardom! Chen Jing: “A top-tier star isn't scary. Having no work to show for it is what's embarrassing!” Chen Jing: “I'll take the path of a top-tier star and leave top-tier stars nowhere to go!” Chen Jing: “Only elementary school students have to choose. Traffic, great works, XX, I want it all!” “Sh 0Votes37.5kRecs118.3kFans
- 5 Chinese Entertainment, 1996: A Happy Professor 华娱九六，快乐教授 In 2016, at the headquarters of Quanzhi Entertainment Group, Zhou Quanzhi was giving an exclusive interview. Reporter: “Hello, Professor. Has the selection for Quanzhi Entertainment's fourth-generation girl group been decided?” Zhou Quanzhi: “It has. Our fourth-generation group has four members in total and is temporarily named ‘You're Sweet Too.’ I hope everyone will like them.” Reporter: “Compared with the first three groups, ‘Snowy Romance,’ ‘Very Sweet,’ and ‘Hot Love,’ what new changes will 0Votes32.3kRecs78.1kFans
- 6 Chinese Showbiz in 1999 华娱时代1999 Lin Xuan transmigrates to 1999 and starts out as an extra with no name, climbing step by step to the pinnacle of the entertainment industry. In Palace of Desire, he is Zhang Changzong, the "Sixth Prince, fair as a lotus." In The Legend of the Flying Daggers, he is Jing Wuming, a master swordsman. In Amazing Detective Di Renjie, he is the imposing Li Yuanfang. In Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, he is the dashing Duan Yu. … Over the years, Lin Xuan has brought countless classic characters to life, and 0Votes15.5kRecs119.5kFans
- 7 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
- 8 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
- 9 We’re Reborn, So Who’d Still Be an Actor? 都重生了，谁还当演员 Ten years as an unknown extra, then one short drama makes him famous throughout the world. Reborn in 2008, on the eve of the traffic era. The System was deeply afraid that Li Mingyang would not make it, so it gave him a pair of "peach blossom eyes." 113Votes72kRecs288.8kFans
- 10 The Unfamous Movie Emperor 非著名影帝 [A quick plug for my new book, "Stealing Skills from Celebrities: I’m Invincible". If it sounds like your thing, go check it out!!!] Mr. Sun Hao, could you briefly introduce yourself? Well... how should I put it? Among writers, I’m the best singer; among musicians, I’m the best actor; among actors, I’m the best director; and among directors, I’m the most handsome... With looks like mine, I’d wipe the floor with everyone, whether it’s Xiaogang, Yimou, or Kaige here at home, or Cameron and Spielbe 0Votes56.4kRecs128.6kFans
- 11 Hao of Chinese Showbiz 华娱之昊 I honestly have no idea how to write this blurb. I've racked my brains and think four words sum it up: Chinese showbiz, 2001, director, female lead! “Showbiz's Whip” and “Showbiz's First-Generation Top-Tier Star” are already complete and ready to binge! 0Votes61.2kRecs44.5kFans
- 12 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
- 13 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
- 14 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
- 15 Chinese Showbiz: She Made the First Move 华娱：是小花主动的 Chen Mo, who had struggled in the modeling world for more than a decade, was reborn and returned to 2016. That year, the Big Four and the Little Three were at the height of their popularity. That year, rising young actresses began to make their mark. By interacting and forming connections with celebrities, Chen Mo could gain opportunities to draw entries. [Narrative Voice]: Your voice naturally carries a sense of storytelling, making it easier for people to listen attentively when you speak and 145Votes47.9kRecs204.4kFans
- 16 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
- 17 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
- 18 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
- 19 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
- 20 Once You Enter Chinese Showbiz, You're in Too Deep 一入华娱深似海 Given a second chance at life, Li Chen refuses to fade into obscurity. Under the spotlight, there are only flowers and applause. As Li Chen makes his way to the top, the entertainment industry at home undergoes a complete transformation. He is the entertainment industry’s cleaner, the unattainable ideal of countless female stars, and the only lifelong partner of the celestial beauty. 7Votes32.5kRecs173.6kFans
- 21 This Director Has No Vision 这个导演没有格局 (A veteran author of Chinese entertainment novels, with several acclaimed works. This book has already achieved great success and is now aiming for ten thousand paid subscribers!) Reborn in 2009, Jiang Yifeng stirs up a storm in the entertainment industry. Yet people are always saying he lacks perspective. “Director Jiang, people say you made Old Boys to capitalize on the attention surrounding Michael Jackson’s death. Do you admit it?” “That’s true.” “Others say you criticized Wolf Totem and too 0Votes143kRecs275.3kFans
- 22 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
- 23 Chinese Showbiz: All My Artists Are Top-Tier Stars 华娱：我的艺人全顶流 (Business and everyday life, multiple heroines, and not mindless. It currently averages 5,000 subscriptions, with peak subscriptions over 10,000, so everyone can read with confidence.) (New book: I Really Didn’t Plan to Rely on My Looks to Make It in Chinese Entertainment. Feel free to check it out.) Jiang Ye, a big shot in the entertainment industry, is hailed as the boss who’s best at coaching actresses. The stars under his management focus on helping farmers through celebrity influence, takin 12Votes63.6kRecs218.3kFans
- 24 The Big Player in Light and Shadow 光影大玩家 Cheng Yu’an, a flop director, returned to 2002. He had no plans to change the entertainment industry. He just wanted to make some money and enjoy a quiet life with his wife and children. But somehow, as he kept making films, things took a turn: “Look, I really just want to make some money. Stop treating me like the godfather of cinema!” “My goal is to retire at forty. Stop asking me to make more movies!” “All the films on the charts are mine. What else am I supposed to shoot?!” “I’m out, I’m out 2Votes34.1kRecs115.7kFans
- 25 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
- 26 The Best Actor: My Entertainment Era 影帝：我的娱乐时代 It starts with the acting department of the Film Academy’s Class of 2002. Zhang Yuanjun swore he’d become a good actor, one even more famous than his classmate Liu Yifei! 0Votes36.3kRecs78.8kFans
- 27 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
- 28 Shen Gongbao in Chinese Entertainment 华娱申公豹 Shen Gongbao, a small-town exam grinder, died suddenly and was reborn, only to unexpectedly inherit Shen Gongbao’s legacy. As long as he does something that fits Shen Gongbao’s character, he receives a matching reward! In the entertainment industry, overrun by ghosts and monsters, a “Daoist priest” skilled at setting people up has appeared. It all began when he broke both of Double J’s arms on the set of The Forbidden Kingdom... 370Votes64.7kRecs138.1kFans
- 29 Super-Genius Scholar 超神级学霸 “Seek poetry through rigorous logic, and understand the essence of existence through endless exploration.”, Qiao Ze No System, just a top student whose intelligence blows everyone away. Come and give this novel a try! P.S. This is a lighthearted, slice-of-life story about a top student. If you don't enjoy slice-of-life novels, read with caution. 0Votes132.8kRecs551.3kFans
- 30 Chinese Showbiz: I Was Reborn, Yet They Still Make Me Play the Bad Boy 华娱：重生了，还逼我做渣男啊 (In two years, this went from 300 to an average of 10,000 subscriptions. A very slow-burn, serious story about an actor. The scumbag stuff is all just a joke :) A stunning internet celebrity with tens of millions of fans is reborn in 2004. Good news: He’s twenty years younger. Bad news: There’s no System. Good news: He’s just started his final year of high school. Bad news: He scored 351 on the placement exam. Good news: His family is pretty rich. Bad news: A financial crisis is coming. So… 1.4kVotes186.6kRecs607.3kFans
- 31 The Earthy Superstar 土味巨星 Country bumpkin Li Tiezhu accompanies his good friend Qin Tao to audition for a talent show. Li Tiezhu: “If you become a star, you can open a pig farm ten times bigger than your dad’s. I’ll do the construction work for you.” Qin Tao: “Damn it! I’ll be famous by then. Why the hell would I open a pig farm?” “If you’re not raising pigs, what will you raise?” “How do you not get it? Once I’m a big star, I won’t raise pigs any 0Votes129.4kRecs224kFans
- 32 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
- 33 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
- 34 Turbulent 1979! 激荡1979！ This literary giant is no ordinary man! He wears luxury watches, drives expensive cars, lives in a mansion, and is close to several actresses. He shaped not only one generation's childhood, but the childhoods of several generations, and their childhood idols, too. Want to know why he's so bold? Wei Ming: “I was already earning foreign currency back in 1980. The culture I exported on my own was worth about as much as the entire contemporary literary scene. I've spent my whole life writing novels. 358Votes382.2kRecs576.1kFans
- 35 Chinese Entertainment: Starting Out as a Male Model 华娱从男模开始 He wakes up in 2015 and enters the entertainment industry as a male model. Don’t tell me about powerful backgrounds, impressive connections, or how corrupt the unspoken rules are. Bai Liang, living a second life, says he’s never suffered much in either one. The worst thing he’s had to stomach is iced coffee, and the heaviest thing he’s ever carried is Valentino. Making it in the industry comes down to two words: Luck! He’s going to find out what this entertainment industry is really like. Some p 39Votes506.1kRecs717.4kFans
- 36 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
- 37 Chinese Entertainment in Those Days 那年华娱 They say this industry is full of hidden dangers. Lin Nan wanted to go in and see for himself, to find out how vast the woods were and how deep the waters ran. He never expected to get trapped the moment he stepped inside... 104Votes876.2kRecs1.1MFans
- 38 I Am Merely an Actor 朕只是一个演员 Yue Guan is hailed as the man who created five thousand years of Chinese history. From Qin Shi Huang, who unified the land, to Emperor Wu of Han, who expanded the empire's borders; from Emperor Taizong of Tang, peerless in military strategy, to the Yongle Emperor of Ming, who turned defeat into victory against all odds, and even King Zhou of Shang from the age of myth. In five thousand years of Chinese history, there isn't an emperor Yue Guan can't play. He has created countless classic screen p 4Votes437.3kRecs749.6kFans
- 39 The Golden Age of Chinese Entertainment 华娱大时代 Back in 2004, when Chinese-language cinema was just beginning to take off, Tang An's directing career started anew! From China to the world, this was the era when Chinese-language cinema would rise to glory, and it was Tang An's own grand age! 0Votes258.2kRecs265.5kFans
- 40 Fame and Fortune in America 美利坚名利双收 Get famous early, make money early, and enjoy the good life in America with both fame and fortune. America, Hollywood, business battles, showbiz, stars, and movies. 0Votes305.3kRecs335.9kFans
- 41 A Portrait of Hong Kong Life 本港风情画 Hong Kong, 1983: a city alive with restless glamour, in an era when dreams were set free. Chen Weiyun arrives from across the sea, ready to show life at its most brilliant through film. 1Votes201.9kRecs82.5kFans
- 42 This Movie Emperor Only Wants to Earn Certificates 这个影帝只想考证 After awakening the Attribute-Absorbing System, he becomes an attribute-absorbing maniac in the entertainment industry, with a chance to absorb attributes from other people. But the attributes he absorbs have to be stored in the corresponding certificates, so Hao Yun has no choice but to embark on a frantic quest to earn certifications. He’s either taking an exam or on his way to take one! Reporter: I hear you’ve earned over a hundred certificates. You’re the star with the most certificates in t 29Votes624.1kRecs792.6kFans
- 43 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
- 44 Chinese Entertainment, 1997 华娱1997 In early 1997, Cao Xuan, who has the memories of a seasoned entertainment writer from the future, appears in Water Margin, the last of CCTV’s Four Great Classical Novels adaptations. The most handsome Ximen Qing in history is born... 2Votes386.2kRecs749.9kFans
- 45 Reborn to Build a Dream 重生铸梦 Armed with more than a decade of experience and foresight, Zhao Zejun plunged back into 2001. ‘Every year, all the transmigrators who meet their various untimely ends online could hold hands and form a mid-sized city. And the great enterprises they establish could, all together, buy the entire Milky Way! Truth be told, for the first few days after transmigrating, Lu Yuetao was furious. He wanted to take this whole world down with 0Votes311.6kRecs268.5kFans
- 46 Golden Eyes 黄金瞳 The TV drama The Golden Eyes, starring Zhang Yixing, premiered to great fanfare on February 26, 2019! Zhuang Rui, a junior employee at a pawnshop, undergoes a strange change in his eyes after an accident. Exquisite porcelain, ancient and elegant bronze vessels, and thrilling stone-gambling adventures come one after another, turning his life upside down... 7Votes1.8MRecs1.5MFans
- 47 EN Cultivation Chat Group (The Daily Life of a Chat Group) 修真聊天群（聊天群的日常生活） One day, Song Shuhang accidentally joined a chat group for veteran sufferers of immortal-cultivation chuunibyou. Everyone in the group addressed one another as fellow Daoists, and their profile names were all things like Palace Master, Cave Master, Perfected One, and Celestial Master. Even the group owner's lost pet dog was described as a great demon hound that had run away from home. All day long, they chatted about alchemy, exploring secret realms, cultivation experiences, and such. Then one 170Votes17.6MRecs15.7MFans
