Novels like Chinese Entertainment in 2000
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Chinese Entertainment in 2000, best match first.
- 51 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
- 52 EN Naruto Birdcage 限制级火影 The day the cage was broken, the caged bird could finally soar through the sky. Freedom tasted wonderful, but Hinata Shin wanted to build a cage around the world. Wherever the sun shines, who would dare not obey? Original title: Sunlit Konoha 0Votes60.9kRecs400kFans
- 53 EN The Immortal Lord of Fortune! 人间太岁神！ On my first day after transmigrating, I awakened a cheat: my comprehension and constitution could grow without limit. A casual swing of one arm could unleash a force of a thousand catties. One month after transmigrating, I could take on a hundred men. Wherever I wielded my blade, I could cut down my foes in the middle of a crowded street. Three months after transmigrating, I could lock onto enemies within a hundred zhang and mow them down with my aura. I was an army unto myself. Six months after 269Votes113.2kRecs334.3kFans
- 54 Showbiz: I’m Just an Actor 文娱之我只是个演员 I don’t understand music, can’t dance, am no good at writing, know nothing about calligraphy, and can’t paint. I’m an actor, Xu Rong. 3Votes135.9kRecs245.6kFans
- 55 Pillow Blade 枕刀 Resting my head on a blade outside the woodcutter’s gate, listening to cicadas in the evening breeze... It was nothing but a dream of the martial world! (A Gu Long fanfic, set after The Sentimental Swordsman.) 0Votes42.9kRecs240.6kFans
- 56 My IQ Increases Every Year 我的智商逐年递增 [No System + No Romance + Everyday Life + Ensemble Cast + Smart Characters + Scientific Research + A Rising Nation] Chen Zhuo was reborn as an infant. But he had no System, no pocket dimension, and no chime of mission prompts. All he had was a developing brain whose processing power continued to evolve as he grew older. “Who is Chen Zhuo?” “He’s a ghost in the world of mathematics, a tyrant in the world of physics, and the one and only god of science.” No harem, no hackneyed tropes. 350Votes72kRecs648.9kFans
- 57 The Daily Life of a Great Director 名监督的日常 Akina Nakamori, Rie Miyazawa, Hitomi Kuroki, Miho Nakayama... A film studies PhD transmigrates to 1990s Japan, where the economy is in freefall and beautiful women abound. He swears he’ll become a renowned director. P.S.: A note on terminology: In Japan, a kantoku is a chief director with considerably more authority than an ordinary director. The protagonist is cautious and scheming. If that’s not your thing, don’t read. VIP g 0Votes189.8kRecs154.7kFans
- 58 EN Restarting Life 重启人生 When life hits the restart button, it seems like everything will finally go smoothly... Yeah, right! If only I'd been reborn after the college entrance exams. Even going back to my first year of high school would have been fine. What's with being reborn in my senior year? And what the heck, I'm reborn right in the exam room. Guys, how do I solve this math problem? Urgent, waiting for answers online! (Also known as Reborn, So Who Needs Exams? and Reborn, and the Author Still Can't Come Up wi 30Votes981.4kRecs1.3MFans
- 59 Starting Over After Returning from the Audition Show 从选秀回锅肉开始 Ye Qing transmigrated. He is now a singer who got his start on a talent show. Like most artists of this type, he peaked right after his debut, then faded into obscurity over time. From the start, he transmigrated into a parallel universe, and his manager wants him to enter another talent show. But... This is about more than simply being a talent-show comeback act. 0Votes66.8kRecs138.6kFans
- 60 EN Lord of Mysteries: My Years as the Aurora Order’s Outside Help 诡秘：我给极光会当外援那些年 A Lord of the Mysteries fan fiction. An Outer God living undercover on Earth. The author is letting loose. See the first chapter for details. 16Votes78.4kRecs122.2kFans
- 61 My Literary Era in 1980 1980我的文艺时代 Lin Weimin somehow transmigrated into a sent-down educated youth in the countryside. He had neither father nor mother and could not even return to the city. To improve his living conditions, he chose to embark on a literary path. After finally publishing two short stories and celebrating for a few days, he unexpectedly became a student at the Institute of Literary Studies, the predecessor of the National Academy of Literature. Lin Weimin had 4Votes317.2kRecs608.3kFans
- 62 What's Wrong with One More Person Getting Rich Later? 多我一个后富怎么了 He started out studying medicine but never practiced, then sold TVs, ran into Zhou Huihui, and moved into the sharing economy, where deposits went unrepaid. Next came real estate, where he found some success. At last, he picked a prime property, but never got to top it out… In 2008, Yu Xing woke from a dream to find himself back on the eve of the financial crisis, with his investments in the red. That was the year industry giants took shape and capital awoke. He could only struggle to build his 1.7kVotes1MRecs885.5kFans
- 63 A Laid-Back Life in the Red-Hot Era After Being Reborn 重生在火红年代的悠闲生活 In that fiery-red era, in that familiar courtyard house, surrounded by neighbors who brought out the greed, jealousy, lust, gluttony, laziness, anger, and arrogance in human nature to the fullest, Li Yuan, after a lifetime of toil, begins to enjoy an easy and leisurely life... 6Votes330.6kRecs764.2kFans
- 64 Cultivating a Male Star: I Took Advice and Became a Top-Tier Star 养成系男神：听劝后，我成了顶流 “With my looks and circumstances, how can I find a girlfriend?” After coming from a parallel world and giving up on his new appearance, Li Youzhi posted this question online. “Try getting a different head.” “Best to be reborn.” “Lose weight. Run ten kilometers a day, do a hundred push-ups, a hundred squats, and a hundred sit-ups.” Reading the comments, some sincere and some mocking, Li Youzhi took the first step toward changing himself. Years later, when a reporter asked Li Youzhi's fans how the 0Votes222.6kRecs824.1kFans
- 65 We Agreed to Develop Match-Three, So What's With the Earth War? 说好开发消消乐，地球战争什么鬼 P.S. Set on a parallel Blue Star, with no history of world wars. Anti-war themes. Fictional setting for plausible deniability. Scene One Inside a game livestream somewhere in the Great Xia Federation. “All right, that’s it for this anti-war game. I’d give it a four out of ten. Let’s check out the next anti-war game... Huh?” “An immersive story from the start? It’s called... D-Day.” “Looks like a landing operation. The streamer’s on a landing craft, but he’s too far back to see what’s going on up 13Votes307.7kRecs1.7MFans
- 66 One Breath, Rising Sun 一气朝阳 Demons peer through the eaves at night, while a Daoist sleeps before the deity in a tiny temple. … That day, after the sun set, it never rose again. 0Votes247.7kRecs476.2kFans
- 67 Rekindling Our Youthful Days 重燃青葱时代 Returning to the summer of 2014, Li Luo once again finds himself standing at a crossroads in life. The complete memories of his previous life are sealed away in the palace of his mind like a brand, perfectly preserved and available for him to browse at will. A photographic memory, insight into the future... In this life, his life will be completely transformed! And all 254Votes321.3kRecs1.3MFans
- 68 A Playboy in Chinese Entertainment: How Did the Fairy Transform Me? 华娱浪子，怎么被天仙改造了？ New book: The Lawyer Reborn: From the Start, He Missed the Cut for Wuhan University. Now released. [Complete] [One-Star Glory] [100 Alliance Members] [6 Silver Alliance Members] [For a taste of the movie adaptation, go straight to Chapters 254, 401, 402, and 457] [For a taste of the female lead's characterization as more than a prop, go straight to Chapters 277, 368, and 381] A word of caution! The author is new and had limited experience at first, so feel free to skim if anything feels off. The 132Votes330.6kRecs407.3kFans
- 69 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
- 70 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
- 71 EN Surviving In A Martial Arts World To Become A Saint 苟在武道世界成圣 With a destiny in hand, survive by keeping a low profile! Chen Qing transmigrates into a chaotic age where martial arts reign supreme and human lives are as worthless as grass. From the start, he is a poor fisherman's son in Yazi Bay. His father was conscripted for forced labor and never returned, leaving a widowed mother and her orphaned child to be squeezed by government taxes and the gang’s “Dragon King incense offerings,” struggling on the brink of starvation. But there’s always a way forwar 1.6kVotes606kRecs2MFans
- 72 Working as a Cop in Mexico 混在墨西哥当警察 The four surest ways to get yourself killed: Become a police officer in Mexico! Here, absolute justice gets you shot. BIU BIU BIU. The protagonist transmigrates into the body of a prison guard and discovers he can see a person’s criminality score! The only way to uphold justice is to outgun the criminals! This prison is called the “Highland Prison”! It has the highest security rating in Mexico. And one man is currently locked inside. His name is Gallardo, nicknamed the Godfather, one of the foun 6Votes215.3kRecs494.8kFans
- 73 EN Shrouding the Heavens: Beginning Dao Proving from the Ancient Era 遮天：从太古证道开始 Chen Zhao transmigrated to the Primordial Era of Shrouding the Heavens, an age when the Primordial Myriad Races were rising. With the defiant Chaos Body, he sought to prove the Dao, rose to power, and shook the Primordial Era. I’m in Shrouding the Heavens, and I’ve just survived a tribulation. The Carefree Heavenly Venerate has reappeared and wants to possess me and take my place. Help! 0Votes93.5kRecs335.3kFans
- 74 Spoiling History: Starting with the Three Kingdoms 剧透历史：从三国开始 The viewers of Wen Mang's videos wrote down their identity records: The first fan looks vaguely familiar, like the ruler of some country. The second fan killed his brothers, yet is still the true Son of Heaven. The third mistreated a mother and her daughter, and his dynasty never unified the realm. Finally, everyone's eyes turned to the last one. What character was he playing? Wen Mang replied, “I'm a tycoon, a collector, an appraiser, and an investor.” 66Votes317.9kRecs416.4kFans
- 75 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
- 76 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
- 77 Pirate Sovereignty 海盗王权 Kings are crowned, rising from blood and fire; all bow down and sing beneath the throne! Fate is never merciful out of love, nor fair because of greatness. The strong prey on the weak: that is the way of kings! The sole purpose of cannons is to measure a nation's borders! Everything within their range is truth! And in this Age of Sail, ruled by mighty ships and cannons, the only truth is... Hand it over! “Wait! What are all those things overseas? Retreat, retre... Aah!” The great beings of the p 4Votes173.9kRecs696.5kFans
- 78 EN Immortal Cultivation: When You Push Everything to the Extreme 修仙：当你把事情做到极致 A story spanning the heavens, a tale of two worlds, a secondary cultivation novel After transmigrating to the cultivation world, Xu Yang finds himself at the very bottom, struggling to survive. Then he discovers he has a special golden finger: as long as he keeps doing something, he can turn the mundane into the miraculous. Eating: strengthens the body and foundations, prolongs life... Sleeping: restores health and energy, makes you vigorous and youthful forever... Breathing: tortoise-style resp 4Votes116.7kRecs894.1kFans
- 79 My American TV Universe 我的美综世界 I wanted to be a good person, but the CIA framed me. The only way to survive was to bring America down. 0Votes182.7kRecs219.4kFans
- 80 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
- 81 The Outcast: I, Zhang Zhiwei, the Arrogant Zhang 一人之下：我，张之维，嚣张的张 Transmigrated as the Young Old Celestial Master My name is Zhang Zhiwei. Zhang as in arrogant, Zhi as in covering the sky with one hand, and Wei as in doing whatever I please. 3Votes225.8kRecs590.4kFans
- 82 EN I Who Cultivate Immortality Have Arrived in the Wizard World 修仙的我却来到了巫师世界 Jieming discovered that he had transmigrated. His golden finger was the Immortal Cultivation Encyclopedia, the Great Dao Library, but why had he transmigrated into a world of wizards?! The Star Ring Federation, the Deep Crimson Court, the Void Architecture Institute, the Entropy Reversal Alliance... In this age of expansion, wizard civilization waged war on every plane it discovered, ravenous as wolves and tigers. These were the best of times, and the worst of times. Faced with the prospect of b 527Votes134.5kRecs799.6kFans
- 83 The Rise of the Middle Ages 中世纪崛起 His soul travels back to the Middle Ages, where he plots his rise once more. A medieval setting, a quasi-historical world, a slow burn, and satisfying wish fulfillment. From a forest hunter struggling to survive to a humble official carving out a place in troubled times; from a trainee knight sent as cannon fodder to a celebrated military upstart; from regaining a baron's title through war to being granted a viscount's rank thr 1Votes139.7kRecs155.3kFans
- 84 Reborn: Rising from Rock Bottom 重生从咸鱼赢起 A textbook for the workplace, a premium dark workplace novel with over ten thousand subscriptions. Also known as The Awkward Man at the Waterworks and Reborn: Storms at the Waterworks… After an accidental rebirth, Lin Zheng only wants to lie flat and spend this lifetime slacking off in peace, but… it seems that won't be possible. “No, I really don't want to be a specialist.” “No, I really don't want to be an expert.” “No, how could I possibly become a department director?” “I actually 0Votes153.6kRecs464.4kFans
- 85 The Strongest Demon Vanguard 最强妖锋 Kick a ball, earn other people's admiration, and strengthen your abilities. If you had a golden finger like that, what would you do? The high school student Chu Ge set himself a small goal: he wanted to become the greatest football star. As it turned out, he went a little too far. 0Votes216.1kRecs122.5kFans
- 86 How Could I, a Top-Tier Star from the Start, Ever Fade Away? 开局顶流的我怎么会糊 Chu Zhi transmigrated to a parallel world and became a top-tier star in China. Even a throwaway post on Weibo earned him hundreds of thousands of comments. A young idol who'd become a complete has-been after a series of malicious smears: throwing his weight around, plagiarizing a new song, secretly getting married, and cheating. With everything going wrong from the start, he was lucky to have the [Personality System]. By doing things most celebrities wouldn't dare, he could earn points and draw 2Votes334.6kRecs541.4kFans
- 87 Infinite Reincarnation Glory 无限轮回荣光 Restore the glory of Team China! It’s our duty! (Surviving Resident Evil 2 counts as a win.) A Renaissance-style fanfic of the original Infinite Worlds series. I won’t say much more. Let the writing speak for itself. (The author is sensitive and can’t stand criticism. If you don’t like it, tap the × in the upper right, or exit from the upper left of the app.) 0Votes120.1kRecs297.1kFans
- 88 EN Dimension Paradise: I Am the Summoning Apostle 维度乐园，我是召唤系使徒 “The Dimensional Paradise is kind and generous. Its punishments are gentle as water, while erasure and forced execution are rare.” “But here's the bad news: the opposing factions are full of high-pressure lunatics teetering on the brink of death.” “As a summoner, it's only reasonable for me to sell everything I own to raise a few big daddies to protect me.” Chu Danqing thinks that apart from being so broke his pockets are cleaner than his face, he's actually doing pretty well. … Walking through 80Votes212.2kRecs442.5kFans
- 89 EN No Retreat South 衣冠不南渡 The ancient empire has fallen, and jackals watch hungrily from the sidelines. Cao Mao never wanted to become an emperor. It is just that the Wei and Jin dynasties know no elegance, and white bones lie everywhere. Thinking of the great catastrophe that will befall Huaxia fifty years from now, Cao Mao can only mount the war chariot once more and launch a final charge. The Han and its traitors cannot coexist! The cultured people must not flee south! Sima clan, aristocratic families, Five Barbarian 6Votes403.4kRecs3.4MFans
- 90 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
- 91 EN Rebirth: Daily Cultivation 重生日常修仙 A Nascent Soul True Monarch fails his tribulation and returns to his student days. It's 2013, mobile internet is just taking off, and amid the surging tide of the times, a cultivator goes about his everyday life. [Everyday life] [Student] [Romance] [Internet] [Modern cultivation] [Making money] [Smart protagonist] 36Votes762.2kRecs1.1MFans
- 92 EN Spring Blossoms and a Cup of Wine 桃李春风一杯酒 Yang Ge was never the greatest under heaven. But later, everyone in the martial world called him the greatest under heaven... PS1: This is a story about friendship, ideals, and reconciliation. PS2: The author has two acclaimed older works, both with over 20,000 premium subscribers: From Big Shot to Martial Alliance Leader and The Eternal Prosperity of Humanity. If you want more, feel free to check them out! 2Votes88.5kRecs524.6kFans
- 93 I Walk Through the Worlds of the Heavens 我行走在诸天世界 New book: You’re Cultivating Immortality All Wrong has started serializing! Readers, you’re welcome to join in! Pour concrete on Sadako and weld the manhole cover shut, give Constantine a teammate who hits like a truck, Bloodline, Dororo, Annabelle, The Cabin in the Woods, Constantine, Demon Slayer, The First Rule, Green Snake, Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, Mount Shu... An established author, so you can count on the quality! 0Votes117.9kRecs289.3kFans
- 94 The Ming Dynasty, 1627 大明王朝1627 In 1627, in the Ming Dynasty, pig iron cost 9 wen per jin, wheat cost 0.7 taels per shi, and millet cost 0.5 taels per shi. In 1627, the Ming central government collected roughly 10 million taels of silver and 4 million shi of grain tax. Local revenues from corvee levies, militia levies, community levies, and relay-station levies amounted to around 10,000 to 20,000 taels of silver per county. In 1627, the population was around 150 to 200 million, still far short of the 400 million it would reach 32Votes223kRecs810.3kFans
- 95 The Transformation of a Wet Egg 湿卵胎化 Born from eggs, wombs, moisture, or transformation, each follows its own course. Egg-born beings arise from desire, womb-born beings from passion, moisture-born beings from contact, and transformed beings from separation. Reincarnation has always been a specialized skill, but Ji Ming has mastered all four kinds: moisture, egg, womb, and transformation. From then on... he could be a bird or a flower, a fish or an insect, a fox of the wilds or a rat of the shrine, a poo 43Votes249.6kRecs576.4kFans
- 96 EN My Post-Divorce Comeback System Arrived Before My College Entrance Exams 刚准备高考，离婚逆袭系统来了 [A 35,000-word campus romance about everyday life] He’s a high school senior, but his Divorce and Comeback System arrived twenty years too early. [At thirty-eight, your marriage has failed. Standing at the crossroads of middle age, you think back to your childhood sweetheart. After you got married, the two of you lost touch, and you never heard from her again. Reconnect with Xu Qianqian. Reward: RMB 300.] Eighteen-year-old Jiang Nian looked at the System mission on his screen, then at Xu Qianqia 987Votes799.8kRecs2MFans
- 97 Literary Giant, 1978 文豪1978 After transmigrating to 1978, Lin Chaoyang had planned to lie flat and live as a carefree slacker, making up for all the hard work of his previous life. But before he could put his plan into action, the educated youth who had married him, gotten into university, then disappeared for half a year without a word, suddenly showed up at the production team. “Chaoyang, come to Yanjing with me!” the young woman said. His business venture hadn’t even gotten off the ground, and he was already living off 23Votes562.4kRecs1.7MFans
- 98 Reborn to Ride the Wave 重生之我要冲浪 Back in the past, Yao Yuan has only one thing on his mind: goofing off… Ahem, I mean surfing! 23Votes1.8MRecs1.6MFans
- 99 EN 1979: The Golden Age 1979黄金时代 This is still a somewhat nostalgic story, hmm… 8.7kVotes3.7MRecs2.5MFans
- 100 The Hardy Empire, 1945 哈迪帝国1945 After transmigrating and being reborn in the world of movies and television in 1945, he starts from the bottom and builds an empire of his own. He is a renowned kingpin, the man who built Las Vegas. He establishes private enterprises, and not a single criminal dares cross him. One day, you'll end up in his hands. He can send you to heaven or condemn you to hell. The Hardy Mercenary Corps has the fighting strength of an entire nation. An Yi uses it to protect his businesses around the globe. No o 0Votes245.4kRecs204.3kFans
