Novels like The Millennium's Great Director
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Millennium's Great Director, best match first.
- 1 Chinese Showbiz: Something Is Wrong with This Fairy 华娱：这个天仙不对劲 New book: "Chinese Entertainment: From the Start, I Trick the Celestial Beauty into Being My Daughter" All I wanted was to skim a few perks from the System. How did I accidentally become a global media mogul? 0Votes36.5kRecs91.7kFans
- 2 I Pursued the Celestial Fairy Early and Became a Movie Star! 提前追天仙，我混成影帝！ "Because you spend all day drowning your sorrows!" "Because you refuse to improve yourself!" "Because you chase after women!" "Your wife has chosen to leave you!" Looking at the System's description, Xu Jiang became furious. Slander! This is slander! Don't think that just because you are the System, I have no way to deal with you! How could I, the dignified Xu Jiang, possibly have so many problems? I am only eighteen! "Congratulations on activating the Star Entertainment Ex-Wife-Chasing System!" 0Votes3.7kRecs27.6kFans
- 3 Chinese Showbiz: My Secret Marriage to the Celestial Beauty Exposed 华娱，我和天仙隐婚被曝光了 Xu Jiayang, a C-list actor, wakes up reborn to discover that he's secretly married to and living with a top-tier star known as the “goddess-like big sister”! After binding to the Wife-Doting Maniac System, he accidentally becomes a renowned director. From a kept man to Best Director, he scores box-office hits with films such as Our Times, Brotherhood of Blades, Candle in the Tomb, and Detective Chinatown. He also wins countless awards for Nobody, La La Land, and Dying to Survive. When news of th 0Votes3.8kRecs19.7kFans
- 4 The Director's Path: Training My Celestial Beauty Girlfriend to Become a Director 导演之路：培养天仙女友当导演 A genius director from the San Fernando Valley! Lin Lu was already good at making movies in his previous life. After being reborn, he didn’t wait for anyone else to arrive. Instead, he met his neighbor, Jiang Wen. Influenced by Jiang Wen, he set out on the path of directing once more. Cannes, Berlin, the Oscars... After winning countless awards and finding no rival, he decides to train his girlfriend, the celestial beauty, to become the world’s number-one female director! 0Votes9kRecs54.9kFans
- 5 Best Director: 2000 最佳导演之2000 The grand upheaval of the entertainment industry’s new era reverberates, shaking the restless hearts of the people. In this world of rampant materialism and collapsing values, people devour one another to climb higher and go further. Watching the crowds flowing past me, noisy, clever, cunning, two-faced, scrambling for their own advantage... So let us congratulate mainland cinema on producing yet another “traitor.” Ever since setting foot on this path of light and shadow, Bai Wei has wanted only 2Votes7.8kRecs77.8kFans
- 6 Chinese Showbiz: Starting with the Leading Lady System 华娱从获得大女主系统开始 As a clear-eyed yet clueless college student, I was working part-time on the set of one of those crooked-smile Dragon King dramas everyone loves when, to my surprise, a brick knocked me straight back to 2002. I got the System that every transmigrator seems to have, but what’s wrong with mine? I’m a strapping six-foot-tall man, so why did it give me a “female-lead System”? First, the novels [Caribbean Islands] and [Kung Fu Panda] got me noticed. Then, with the low-budget films [The Shallows] and 1Votes4.4kRecs41.6kFans
- 7 This Director Has No Ambition 这个导演太不上进 Back in 2004, Shen Ping'an had planned to coast through life as a carefree slacker... But things didn't go as he wished. His childhood sweetheart was actually a goddess? Warning: you may find yourself falling for her! And so, the showbiz world of the time lost a playboy and gained a wife-obsessed director, Shen! P.S. A lighthearted, everyday-life story with no angst. 0Votes1.2kRecs16.9kFans
- 8 Chinese Showbiz: Stirring Up a Storm, Starting as a Director 华娱，从导演开始搅动风云 The entertainment industry is a world of fame and fortune. Everyone wants to make it in show business and gain both fame and wealth. After being reborn, Ye Ran dives right in without hesitation. Starting out as a director, he gradually stirs up the industry. 0Votes13.4kRecs65.9kFans
- 9 Chinese Showbiz: It All Begins with Meeting a Fairy-Like Beauty 华娱，从初遇天仙开始 After getting his share of the spoils from Soros, Gu Li began his legendary rise. He made a fortune during crises, opened mines in Africa, and walked through battlefields. He would build a world-class conglomerate. Starting in finance, ending in industry. He would blaze new trails in Chinese entertainment and set the trends. The tycoons of the past had long since fallen, while a new generation of tycoons was still coming up. Gu Li intended to be the one and only. Problematic works had to be bann 0Votes3.8kRecs35.1kFans
- 10 Chinese Showbiz: It All Began on the Condor Heroes Set! 华娱，从神雕剧组开始！ After struggling in the industry for more than a decade, he finally becomes the director of a surprise hit. Before he can even enjoy his success, he is reborn right in the middle of the wrap party. Ren Yuan really wants to curse that rotten heaven. Since he’s been reborn, he won’t let this chance go to waste. In the entertainment industry, this life, I’m going to take it step by step, step by step, until I reach the very top. I’m going to be Ren Yuan! 0Votes4.3kRecs57.8kFans
- 11 Chinese Showbiz Through the Years 华娱似水流年 The circle is vast, vast enough to make someone famous and renowned throughout the world! The circle is small, so small that the heart can hold only one person! As the years pass like flowing water, watch Gu Wei carve out his own dazzling path in this circle! Discussion group, everyone is welcome to join 629496015 Apply to join the group 1Votes6.9kRecs75.4kFans
- 12 Chinese Showbiz, Starting by Teaching the Celestial Beauty to Act 华娱从教天仙演戏开始 Xu Chuan spent over a decade struggling to make it in Hengdian. Then he was reborn in 2011 as a third-year directing student at Beijing Film Academy. To get through his final assignment, he made the short film Waiting, which moved countless people! And that was where it all began! (This story has one female lead, Tianxian. Enter at your own risk if that's not your thing.) 0Votes3.8kRecs36.2kFans
- 13 Chinese Showbiz: My Era of Stardom 华娱：我的星光时代 In 2002, Hero ushered in the era of big-budget commercial Chinese-language films. Industry professionals followed suit, and commercial blockbusters sprang up like mushrooms after the rain. Chen Shuo, reborn with a second chance, looks at this booming film market and decides he wants in too. Get famous, make money! 0Votes10.3kRecs106kFans
- 14 My Career in Chinese Entertainment Started a Little Late 我的华娱开始的有点晚 After transmigrating, he got into film school, only to discover upon enrollment that not a single person in his class would ever make it big. It seemed as if the class had stolen his luck, too: of the six films he made, three failed to pass censorship and never aired. After eight years of keeping a low profile, he’d gotten to know a whole lot of upperclassmen and underclassmen. He wouldn’t make claims about everyone, but he was friends with the entire Eight-Five Flowers crowd. Then Wang Yi disco 0Votes15.8kRecs95.7kFans
- 15 Now That I'm a Goddess's Husband, Who Needs a Superstar System 都成女神老公了，谁还要巨星系统 You’ve already married a goddess-like beauty, and only now you’re giving me a Superstar System? Where have you been all this time?! 0Votes54.3kRecs85.4kFans
- 16 Reborn in 2006: Starting with Disney to Conquer the World 重生06：从迪士尼开始制霸全球 In 2006, Peng Lei was reborn and returned to the turning point of his life. As a third-year university student, he had just been recommended by the Beijing Film Academy to study animation production in depth at Disney. His future should have been limitless, yet in his previous life, he had no idea that after returning to China a year later, he would suffer two crushing defeats and ultimately go home to inherit his family's acting-exam training school, remaining single and alone until he was over 0Votes6.7kRecs73.2kFans
- 17 Chinese Showbiz: The Years of the Bright Moon 华娱之皓月年华 Given another chance, what kind of extraordinary life can Xu Hao live? 0Votes10kRecs24.8kFans
- 18 Chinese Showbiz: What Should I Do When the Fairy-Sister Pursues Me? 华娱：被神仙姐姐倒追怎么办？ Jiang Yuan was reborn in 2004. Right from the start, he saved Xiaolongnü on the set of The Return of the Condor Heroes. He never expected her way of repaying him to be so direct: she chose to give herself to him. So here’s the question: should I give up an entire forest for the sake of one tree? I’m waiting for answers online, and it’s urgent! Keywords: director, one female lead, sweet romance, wish-fulfillment. 0Votes4.7kRecs30.1kFans
- 19 The Gilded Age of Chinese Entertainment 华娱之鎏金时代 In the height of summer, 2003, Lu Ge looked up at the dazzling sunlight and clenched his fist! In this era of wild growth and boundless opportunity for Chinese-language entertainment, he resolved to carve out a story of his own, and usher in a golden age for the industry! “The Xiongnu are not yet vanquished. How can I think of starting a family?” “I, Li Xiaoyao, will become the greatest hero under heaven!” “Melancholy Soul-Severing Palm!” “Why am I always just a little short? Always just a littl 0Votes2.8kRecs23.5kFans
- 20 One Bite of His Pricy Fried Rice, and Old Tang Became His Disciple on the Spot 一口天价炒饭，老唐当场拜师 Li Yi transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a livestreamer who sells things from a street stall. He gains access to a mysterious space where he can learn and pass down intangible cultural heritage skills, mastering countless arts that have been lost over time. His Supreme Emperor Fried Rice is so delicious that a food-review streamer immediately kneels and begs to become his apprentice after one bite. The bamboo weaving masterpiece he creates, Havoc in Heaven, is valued at tens of millio 0Votes35.7kRecs270.7kFans
- 21 Reborn in the Beijing Film Academy Classroom 重生从北影课堂开始 He woke up, and the world had changed completely. 0Votes13.1kRecs79.6kFans
- 22 I Set Up a Stall in Showbiz and Wholesale Best Actors 我在娱乐圈摆摊，批发影帝 The companion novel to this book: the new story "Huayu: Wholesale Best Actress Awards" is here. In the summer of 2003, Lu Xin suddenly gained the ability to foresee developments over the next several decades. He then began his own business in the entertainment industry, setting up a stall to wholesale Best Actor trophies. “Lu Xin, this is your tenth time winning the Cannes Film Festival’s Best Director trophy. How do you feel?” “Behind-the-scenes rigging, absolu 0Votes2.2kRecs50.5kFans
- 23 I'm a Director in Chinese Showbiz, Spoiling the Celestial Fairy, My Beloved 我在华娱当导演，宠坏天仙白月光 A little screenwriter who’d wasted nearly half his life. He closed his eyes, then opened them. In this life, maybe he’d just become a director and pursue that far-off dream. 0Votes11.3kRecs112.9kFans
- 24 This Director Is a Little Too Willful 这个导演有点任性 Zhang Xuan, who possesses hyperthymesia, transmigrated into the body of a rookie director. The year was 2003. Hollywood superhero films had already swept across the globe, and China’s film industry was beginning to develop rapidly. Armed with memories from 2023 and having watched countless films, Zhang Xuan did not believe he could fail. In this life, he would experience a life he had never experienced before! (One heroine) 0Votes4.7kRecs44.4kFans
- 25 Chinese Showbiz: A Myth Begins in 2004 华娱神话2004 In 2004, Kung Fu burst onto the scene, House of Flying Daggers was widely criticized, and A World Without Thieves made Wang Baoqiang an overnight sensation. But what film fans truly remembered about that year was a young man named Li Mu. That year, a transmigrator from the future plunged headfirst into China’s entertainment industry. 0Votes26.1kRecs129.8kFans
- 26 In Chinese Showbiz, I Seek Immortality 人在华娱，我想求长生 My name is Xiao Zhang, and I am also incredibly arrogant! The career I pursue was left behind by Qin Shi Huang more than two thousand years ago. That's right, I mean immortality. But before that, I have to make a grand, arrogant appearance in the entertainment industry! Xiao Zhang is about to unlock his first entertainment-industry title: The Entertainment Industry's Walking Natural Disaster! 0Votes9.1kRecs29.1kFans
- 27 The Director's Brilliant Era 导演的璀璨时代 From 74 first-month sales to an average of 1,070 per volume, little by little, we're making progress. Make money early, and borrow scripts wisely. What did you say? Film a movie? Not even a dog would do that!!! 0Votes5kRecs49.3kFans
- 28 Time-Space Cohabitation: How Did I Become a Mogul in Chinese Entertainment? 超时空同居：怎么就成了华娱大佬 I opened my eyes, then closed them. When I opened them again, there was suddenly someone beside me. Who am I? Where am I? How did I become a big shot in Chinese entertainment? Stay away from me, chubby Xixi! It all started with an incident involving a time-space cohabitation... 0Votes23.9kRecs50.6kFans
- 29 Chinese Showbiz: Rising to Fame at the Fengshen Training Camp 华娱，从封神训练营开始爆红 Cheng Chi, a third-rate actor, worked hard all his life, only to discover that the wife he’d loved for ten years had been cheating on him. Even the child he’d cherished for five years wasn’t his. As he lay dying, she didn’t hesitate to tell the doctor to pull the plug. Reborn in 2016, he swore that in this life, no matter how wonderful a woman might be, she wouldn’t stop him from moving forwar 0Votes7.5kRecs72.7kFans
- 30 Saving Regrets in Chinese Showbiz 华娱拯救意难平 A reborn story wearing the skin of the Chinese entertainment industry~ Returning to age eighteen, Sun Yi discovered that his original life had developed a slight deviation. Still, it was no big deal~ When he was preparing to follow the big shots by starting his own business and embarking on a life full of bugs, he unexpectedly discovered that a female classmate from high school was actually a major celebrity in his previous life. On his first visit to a film set, he encountered the fairy- 0Votes30kRecs177.5kFans
- 31 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
- 32 Chinese Showbiz Begins in Japan 从岛国开始的华娱 Luo Chen was reborn in 2005. It was his fifth year following his parents to the island nation, where they had moved for work. After finishing his final year of studies, he would graduate from Keio University and return to China. Before leaving, Luo Chen decided to milk capitalism one last time. YouTube had launched that February, so he became a creator and started uploading his original songs. With the money he earned, he self-published an album in the island nation. Just as he was dreaming of m 0Votes8.2kRecs29.4kFans
- 33 Chinese Showbiz: It All Began with My Childhood Friend, the Celestial Beauty 华娱从天仙青梅竹马开始 This is a story about being reborn in 2002 and growing up as the childhood sweetheart of the Celestial Beauty. (One heroine, the Celestial Beauty. That's it!) (New book: Chinese Entertainment: Starting with the Young Celestial Beauty. Do two Liu Yifeis count as one heroine or two?) 0Votes13.4kRecs43.8kFans
- 34 Chinese Showbiz: I Just Want to Give My Child's Mother a Home 华娱：我只是想给孩子他妈一个家 New Book: Director 1978: From the Start, I Went on a Blind Date with the Goddess's Mother When golden wind meets jade dew, their encounter surpasses countless others in this world. In 2023, Chen Dong's first film, which he had poured all his assets into directing, went down the drain after something happened to the female lead, wasting years of painstaking effort. Fortunately, he returned to 2002 and decided to choose a different starting point and pursue his dream all over again. The first 0Votes8.7kRecs119.5kFans
- 35 Reborn: The Days I Spent Living with the Celestial Beauty 重生：与天仙一起生活的日子 One heroine, Qianqian; slow-burn romance; romantic interactions; a shadowy golden finger. The prose is poor, the writing is awful, the stats are dismal across the board, and far below the average on Qidian. This book isn't recommended unless you're calm, looking for something to read, and enjoy books about Qianqian. If you don't meet all three of those requirements, don't read it. 0Votes12.1kRecs7.3kFans
- 36 My Career in the Chinese Entertainment Industry 华娱之我的从艺生涯 He Hua never imagined that a single stone would transform his artistic career. Looking at the vast trove of information in his mind, He Hua grinned, “Heh heh heh.” 0Votes6.9kRecs50.3kFans
- 37 It Makes Perfect Sense That I Won the Palme d'Or at Fifteen 我15岁拿金棕榈很合理啊 No. Japan next door can have a fourteen-year-old win Best Actor at Cannes. I was reborn and transmigrated back, and I even brought along a personal-connections System. So what if I win the Palme d'Or at fifteen? Just tell me, is that really unreasonable? I have connections at the top! 23Votes29.1kRecs141.7kFans
- 38 Chinese Showbiz: This Director Is Too Pure 华娱：这个导演太纯情 With twenty years of memories from his dreams to rely on, Su Mu buys, invests, and makes movies... Before he knows it, he’s at the very peak of entertainment-industry wealth, a true tycoon both inside and outside the business! And everything he’s done was simply for the sake of that little girl’s childhood dream. This is a story about directing, making money, and raising a celestial beauty. 0Votes12.6kRecs61.6kFans
- 39 Now That I'm Reborn, Who'd Still Be an Actor? 都重生了谁还做演员啊 (A showbiz novel with an academic, research-focused flavor. Please don’t read if that’s not your thing.) “System, give me the ‘Script Scanner’ so I can study advanced mathematics.” “I’ll look into the insight-granting ‘Mind Maze’ ability and research special-effects development.” “Activate ‘Manifold Reconstruction’ and design a plan for the aerospace group’s new project.” System: “???” After being blacklisted for years because he signed an exploitative contract, Luo Luo had seen the warmth and c 1Votes25.8kRecs155.6kFans
- 40 Reshaping the Chinese Entertainment Industry 重塑华娱人生 A young director whose career was just taking off hadn't even had the chance to show what he could do when he was reborn in the body of a rich second-generation student with terrible grades, bringing the memories of two lifetimes with him. Can he win a place for himself in the Chinese entertainment industry as it rapidly develops after the turn of the millennium? A few years later, Wu Yuan looks at the array of trophies before him with a helpless expression. “I'm a director, not a screenwriter.. 1Votes6.6kRecs79.9kFans
- 41 I'm Not Mentally Ill, I'm a Chameleon Actor! 我不是精神病，我是千面影帝！ Hengpiao transmigrates into a parallel world in 2002, but the side effects of transmigration leave him with one hundred and eight extra personalities in his mind. Every day, at unpredictable times, the various personalities fight inside his head: bandits, cooks, Taoists, soldiers, heroes… Fortunately, the System tells Li Yun that continuously acting and allowing these personalities to possess him can send them away, while also earning the attribute points they grant when they leave. Swordsman 0Votes20.6kRecs180.8kFans
- 42 Reborn Into an Encounter, I Am Pursued by the Celestial Beauty 重生相遇，我被天仙倒追 What is Huaxia? The beauty of its garments makes it Hua; the grandeur of its rites and ceremonies makes it Xia. What is fashion? A social trend formed by the union of its time and its tastes. What era are we living in now? Look, the wind has risen in our homeland, stirring the flag of Huaxia. Time turns back. Xiangyang, who is promoting Huaxia culture in the fashion world, unexpectedly collides with the celestial beauty Tianxian. Together, they create a dazzling spectacle and a brilliant future. 6Votes56kRecs71.2kFans
- 43 Chinese Showbiz: Starting with the Beijing Film Academy Entrance Exam 华娱从考北电开始 One day, Chen Mo woke up at eighteen, standing at the crossroads that would decide the course of his life. Faced with the choice between heading south to work in a factory, tightening screws like some nobody, and heading north to coast on his looks as a handsome young man, he chose the north without hesitation. He’d had enough of building himself a happy life with his own two hands in his past life. This time, with a handsome face, he could have it all. Damn it, I’m going to make a living off my 0Votes4.4kRecs29.5kFans
- 44 After My Divorce, I Met a Goddess 离婚后，我遇到了天仙 Zhang Pingchuan, a down-and-out, disillusioned middle-aged man. Liu Qianqian, a dazzling superstar. Think their meeting will be a romantic encounter beneath the golden wind and jade dew? No. It’s Zhang Pingchuan repeatedly humiliating himself in front of Liu Qianqian. Yet, amid all the misunderstandings, their hearts slowly draw closer. The imbalance in their social standing, the gap between their careers, and the disparity in their identities all put their relationship through one trial after a 0Votes9.9kRecs17.6kFans
- 45 Chinese Showbiz: Starting at Beijing Film Academy in 2002 华娱从北电2002开始 Li Mu, a graduate of the University of Southern California’s film directing program, earned an Oscar nomination for his debut film in 2023. Before he could enjoy the intoxicating fame and fortune, he was reborn in 2002. That year, Hero had yet to premiere, and the era of blockbuster Chinese films had yet to arrive… (New book: A Great Director of Photography in Chinese Entertainment) 0Votes39kRecs193.6kFans
- 46 Chinese Showbiz Anchor 华娱锚点 In psychology, an anchor is information unrelated to a subject that influences a person’s beliefs and judgments. Zhang Yang starts out with three major domestic film awards, along with a sweep of art-film awards at home and abroad. All he wants is to become the anchor of the Chinese entertainment industry. 0Votes15.9kRecs76kFans
- 47 My Sci-Fi World in Chinese Entertainment 华娱我的科幻世界 Chen Chen returns to the past. While dating the girl of his dreams, he makes sci-fi movies and even brings many of the advanced technologies in them to life. He goes on to lead the world in technology, trample Hollywood, take on Elon Musk, and create a sci-fi world of his own! The story begins with a robot girlfriend... 0Votes6.7kRecs32.6kFans
- 48 I'm a Triple-Crown Director, So Being a Versatile Talent Makes Perfect Sense 我一个三金导演十项全能很合理吧 After being reborn, Lu Rui returns to 2001, having made brainless short dramas in his previous life. He also brings along a [Ten-Disciplines-All-Rounder Director] System! Goal: Reach the pinnacle of life! But the System refuses to play by the rules! The from-the-start quest is to adapt a Hollywood movie for a Chinese audience? The reward is all kinds of directing techniques from Hollywood directors? The temptation is irresistible! Let’s do it! I’ll adapt Hollywood films! I’ll direct! I’ll borrow 414Votes105.5kRecs316.8kFans
- 49 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
- 50 Showbiz: I’m at the Top 娱乐：我就是顶峰 Is the Chinese entertainment industry finished? Have domestic films entered an era of one-upmanship in making terrible movies? Li Qiutang is here. He'll become the mountain everyone else has to look up to! 0Votes46.7kRecs87.9kFans
