Novels like I Never Wanted to Be an Actor
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- 1 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
- 2 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
- 3 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
- 4 The Tearjerker Director 催泪系导演 Moviegoer: Every time I watch a Li Yi movie, I cry! Film critic: Li Yi’s movies always strike a chord deep inside you! Director: Li Yi is one of a kind. He never makes big-budget films, yet he always manages to work miracles! Actor: Director Li’s films always make you laugh until you cry! He’s a director unlike any other, and he never chases big-budget productions! Yet his films always manage to move you when you least expect it! This book is meant to revisit the classics that once moved you! Hi 0Votes30.1kRecs176kFans
- 5 The King of Chinese Sci-Fi 华娱科幻之王 Chen Jingxing, who transmigrated from another plane, uses science fiction to add even more dazzling chapters to the golden age of Chinese-language cinema. Classics such as Coherence, Identity, Frequency, Source Code, Gravity, Ball Lightning, The Matrix, The Martian, Inception, Interstellar, and The Three-Body Problem all make their debut. By the time Chen Jingxing reaches the end of his journey as a director, he looks back and realizes he has become the king of science fiction in world cinema. 0Votes23.9kRecs58.2kFans
- 6 Tales of Old San Francisco 旧金山往事 New book: Graduating from High School and Making My Debut Life is like fireworks. As long as it once shone brilliantly, this life was not lived in vain. P.S. After The Great Rancher, Born in Chinatown, Wall Street Legend, Returning to Los Angeles, and I Really Don't Want to Work Hard Anymore, here is another new book. I hope everyone will continue to support me. 0Votes109.2kRecs93.6kFans
- 7 Reborn in 2004: A Lone Figure in the Literary World 重生2004：独行文坛 Zhang Chao, a tutor, returns to his senior year of high school. He only plans to get into college by writing, but unexpectedly, he takes down the biggest name in youth literature with a single shot... From then on, he kicks Guo Xiaosi and punches Han Han aside, rising to become the literary scene’s brightest new star. Like a raging tide, he sweeps through the stagnant, dispirited Chinese literary world and puts Chinese-language literature back on top of the world! “Lone Wanderer in the Literary 0Votes36.9kRecs220.5kFans
- 8 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
- 9 Reborn in 1993 重生从1993开始 Having returned to 1993, Li Dongling is ready to start a new life. This time around, he’s determined to live well and do what he wants. I’m Li Dongling, and this is my 1993! 461Votes260.7kRecs492.4kFans
- 10 EN The World of Demons and Monsters I Designed 我设计的妖魔世界 After being reborn, Chen Qing found himself a poor farming scholar in ancient times. After ten years of hard study, he finally passed the imperial exams and thought he was about to join the ranks of the gentry, marry a beautiful, wealthy woman, and reach the pinnacle of life. Instead, he was suddenly caught up in a bizarre fantasy incident. Only then did he realize that this world was far from ordinary. There were man-eating demons, mind-bending fiends, and the legendary immortals, who could liv 0Votes67.7kRecs553.4kFans
- 11 You Call This Entrepreneurship? 你管这叫创业？ Qin Shaoyan, social media mogul, marketing expert, award-winning game producer, and investment guru, spoke to the press in a fury: “Recently, some people in venture capital and the internet industry have been spreading rumors and slandering me behind my back, calling me a master of empty promises, a master con artist, an expert at passing the buck, and a man with no business ethics…” “I’d like to set the record straight: I’m not a con artist.” “I’ve just been a little flexible with my startup me 0Votes75.2kRecs239.6kFans
- 12 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
- 13 Academic Ace of Medicine 医疗系学霸 New book: This Doctor Only Made His Debut in Middle Age. The medical field is vast, and every step forward is hard-won. Junior residents, attending physicians, experts, professors, researchers, academicians, world-class scholars… Every step means fighting through obstacles. A degree is the bare-minimum ticket through the door, and studying is the fastest shortcut. Training rooms, career ladders, operating rooms, and laboratories are the greatest treasure troves, waiting to be explored. Fang Ziye 6Votes143.4kRecs370.9kFans
- 14 Starting Out as Manager of a Spanish Football Giant 从执教西超豪门开始 Gao Shen transmigrates to early 2006 and, through some strange twist of fate, becomes the head coach of Real Madrid. His squad is packed with the biggest superstars of the era: Ronaldo, Zidane, Raul, Beckham, Casillas, Carlos, Ramos... Every one of them is a force capable of shaking world football just by stamping a foot. How can a rookie with no clout whip this bunch of rebellious superstars into shape? 1Votes185.4kRecs317.9kFans
- 15 Reborn in the Startup Era 重生创业时代 Xu Yiyang, who only achieved greatness in middle age, returned to 1999 in a dream. At this turning point between millennia and centuries, he realized one truth: Not only should one become famous early, but one should also start a business and make money early! 0Votes330.6kRecs233.8kFans
- 16 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
- 17 Old Tales of Hong Kong 港岛旧事 Fifty Years Early He Dingxian plunged headfirst into a blazing era teeming with roughnecks, before countless heroes had made their names. He fought alongside the real power players and danced shoulder to shoulder with dazzling beauties. What I’ve earned, I’ll never give away! 0Votes151.7kRecs394.2kFans
- 18 I'm Not a Literary Giant 我不是文豪 (This is not a copycat novel. No transmigration, no rebirth, no System, and no golden finger.) Many years later, when Wang Zixu stood at the Nobel Prize in Literature ceremony, he would remember that distant afternoon when his wife cut her hand. Back then, he was a clerk at a public institution in a small city. He had little money, and the literary world was a door he could find no way into. Now, he was the literary world's undisputed leading figure across the lands of three rivers, four lakes, 271Votes149.6kRecs183.3kFans
- 19 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
- 20 Born with Immortal Talent 天生仙种 Born with a natural aptitude for cultivation, he rises from a humble, impoverished clan and steps onto the path to immortality, advancing one step at a time until he reaches the far shore of eternal life. Hard work brings rewards. For a cultivator, what better golden finger could there be? 0Votes273.2kRecs676.9kFans
- 21 Wandering the World of Myriad Heavens 人在诸天，浪迹天涯 A Myriad Heavens crossover featuring a mix of film and TV worlds. The first world is a little long, and the story doesn't follow the original plot. Same old rules. 0Votes109.6kRecs189.9kFans
- 22 EN Everyday Adventures in a TV Series 日常系美剧 After transmigrating into the world of American TV shows, he took the unremarkable path of a great doctor to avoid dying young. Along the way, he found friends among the seven from The Big Bang Theory, the six from Friends, and the five from How I Met Your Mother, competed with the doctors of Grey's Anatomy, Dr. House, and The Good Doctor, and encountered the thrills of Gone Girl, Hard Candy, and Orphan. Ordinary days, never dull. Life in an American TV show is full of fun. 0Votes218.2kRecs168.7kFans
- 23 When Pride Still Mattered 当骄傲仍然重要时 Some people exist proudly, and some struggle proudly. Some compete proudly, and some fail proudly. But few can walk away with pride. By the time you finish reading this, congratulations: you’ve already seen the lives of many players. This passage took shape in Stephen Curry’s words after his 2021 defeat: “Nobody wants to face us next season.” It was Tim Duncan, certain before the 2014 Finals began that they wouldn’t mess it up. It was Kobe Bryant promising at Old Man Buss’s memorial to get the L 5Votes234.7kRecs386.1kFans
- 24 The Immortal Just Wants to Lie Low 仙人只想躺着 With the spiritual qi revival, faith comes first. Some impersonate the Heavenly Father, Buddha, or the gods and immortals, hoping to attain the Dao through false belief. Some publish autobiographies, believing they are legends in their own right and have no need to borrow someone else’s name. Others become celebrities, idols, and every other kind of figure people worship, convinced that even counterfeit faith is still faith. Li Yi has returned, too. He was not reincarnated; he simply returned to 25Votes162.3kRecs1.3MFans
- 25 My Artist Neighbor 我的艺人邻居 His beautiful neighbor, whom he had known for only half a year, suddenly asked if he wanted to be together. After a few brief seconds of thought, Liu Xin'an smiled and nodded. But a few days later, she suddenly disappeared. Then she suddenly appeared on TV. Liu Xin'an: Wait, the girlfriend I like is a huge star? 0Votes153.3kRecs477.9kFans
- 26 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
- 27 This Movie Star Wants More Money 这个影帝要加钱 Transmigrating from the Ming dynasty to the year 2000, Ding Xiu can only live a different kind of life this time around. Director: I hear you're good in a fight. I have a role I'd like you to take. It's very difficult. Ding Xiu: Pay me more and it's fine. Director: Actually, I'm hiring you just as insurance. We may not even need you. Ding Xiu: That's not my concern. If you hire me, you have to pay me. Not a single penny less... P.S. New book: The Unscientific Movie Emperor. Feel free to check it 0Votes226kRecs851.8kFans
- 28 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
- 29 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
- 30 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
- 31 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
- 32 My Father-in-Law Is Kangxi 我的公公叫康熙 Everyone says being the emperor's wife is hard. Actually, being the emperor's daughter-in-law isn't easy either, especially when the emperor is still in his prime! With my hapless husband in tow, I get an immersive front-row seat to the Nine Dragons' Succession Strife. (A slice-of-life story, focused on everyday living.) 21Votes1.9MRecs475.5kFans
- 33 I Became a Lucky Carp 我成了一条锦鲤 (Entertainment Star) Ji Ming became a lucky charm. He made every wish other people had come true for himself! Want a million new followers on Douyin? Got it! Want to star in a major production with an A-list national cast? Done! Want to compete with me for a role? I only meant to be your acting coach, but I suppose I’ll have to make do with taking the part! Friends are envious, enemies are fuming. Skr, skr. The complete premium novel The Villainous Superstar, with a top subscription count of 0Votes427.7kRecs154.5kFans
- 34 EN Hogwarts: The Grey Wizard 霍格沃茨之灰巫师 Is Harry Potter just a fairy tale? Before Anton lies a world of wizards who cast deadly curses at will, full of scheming and deceit, filth and vermin, and a wizarding world's fringes that are like a quagmire. In places beyond the Ministry of Magic's reach, even Snape's fearsome reputation as a killer resounds far and wide. How can he survive? That's the only thing 8Votes146.6kRecs644.8kFans
- 35 Celestial Officials of the Heavenly Dynasty 天朝仙吏 Chu Chen arrives in the Great Chang Dynasty with a temple in his heart and joins the Daoist sect. He cultivates the alchemical Dao within and practices talismans without. He chants scriptures, breathes in qi, and performs ritual ceremonies. He commands the power of thunder, forms sword seals with his fingers, walks the steps of Yu, prays for clear skies and rain, summons gods and dispatches generals, dispels misfortune, saves people, and vanquishes demons... 3Votes335.2kRecs640.3kFans
- 36 Crisis Management Game 危机处理游戏 Crisis management, also known as emergency response, refers to preventing and reducing the occurrence of natural disasters, accidents, public health emergencies, and social security incidents; controlling, mitigating, and eliminating the harm they cause; protecting people’s lives and property; and maintaining public order. Gu Ji, a former SWAT officer, downloaded a game called Crisis Management. Staring at the cold muzzle of a gun, he now has two choices: [Increase Stamina (Minor)] or [Combat Sp 4Votes356kRecs814.2kFans
- 37 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
- 38 I Haven't Been a Big Shot for Many Years 我已不做大佬好多年 This is a story about a dream long gone, and a return to the eighties in a dream. It’s not about fighting and killing. It’s about human relationships and the ways of the world. My name, Zhang Guobin! I haven’t been a big shot for many years. 2Votes536.5kRecs1MFans
- 39 Cultivation Technique Modifier 功法修改器 Shi Yan is reborn in the Nine Domains, a fantasy world, carrying a cultivation technique modifier. Humanity struggles to survive. The Nine Domains world is released to the public as a game. One day, the two worlds merge, and demons run rampant. Shi Yan enters the Nine Domains world during closed beta. On this day, the game has yet to be released, the players have yet to enter, and the demons have yet to make their move… 0Votes367.8kRecs346.8kFans
- 40 EN Back to 1982: A Second Chance in a Fishing Village 重回1982小渔村 A fishing-and-seaside-life story set in the 1980s, with an average of 35,000 paid subscribers. The animated series of the same name, Back to 1982: A Small Fishing Village, launched on Hongguo on August 7! [Everyday life in the 1980s: fishing, farming, raising kids, and family squabbles. If that’s not your thing, please don’t read or leave hate!] It’s the same familiar little fishing village, but Ye Yaodong is no longer the young man he used to be. Reborn into the pas 221Votes2.1MRecs2MFans
- 41 EN I Have a Cultivation World 我有一个修仙世界 Chen Mobai, a third-year high school student at the Immortal Sect, was studying hard for the entrance exam to the Great Dao Academy. His biggest dream in life had always been to successfully establish his Foundation, until he gained the ability to transmigrate to another world of cultivation. Then his dream changed... 31Votes1.4MRecs2.1MFans
- 42 Reborn at the Turn of the Century 重生世纪之交 This is the story of an ordinary man who keeps moving forward quietly, approaching life with humility and striving to pursue his dreams. 0Votes751.3kRecs247.8kFans
- 43 The Showbiz Empire 文娱帝国 He is Murong Fu, who emerged from Swallow Dock, and Erlang Shen, who exhausts himself with worry in the True Lord Hall. The media, meanwhile, like to call him The millennium's born superstar. 0Votes621.9kRecs514.5kFans
- 44 EN The King 国王 Many races coexist, and swords and magic shine side by side. Humans, sea folk, elves, dwarves, beastfolk, and more all vie to let their civilizations shine, composing an epic tale of tragedy and glory! (A slow-paced, warmongering lord story. A little patience is recommended.) If you’re out of books to read, please check out Following the Dao Across the Heavens, The Holy Roman Empire, and The Path to Hegemony in the Mediterranean. Group 1: 906082865 (newly created) Group 3: 8Votes612.3kRecs1.7MFans
- 45 Global Superstar: Starting as a Trainee 全球巨星从练习生开始 Chen Minhao discovers that he has transmigrated to Huaxia in a parallel world, where he has also become an idol trainee. Through his own efforts, he learns to command the three chariots of intelligence, emotional intelligence, and good looks. Starting as a trainee, he rises step by step to become a top star, and ultimately a global superstar who conquers the world in both singing and acting. This is not a Korean entertainment novel! The three characters in Chen Minhao's 0Votes396.3kRecs199.6kFans
- 46 EN Chicago 1990 芝加哥1990 Transmigration, the 1990s, Chicago, American entertainment, composing, screenwriting, producing, media conglomerate 66Votes2.7MRecs896kFans
- 47 The Detective in the World of Movies and TV 影视世界当神探 Title: The World of Film and Television: A Hard-Hitting Detective. (It’s hard to change the title after the book goes on sale, so I’m mentioning it here.) Luke was reborn in America. But gradually, he discovered that this America wasn’t the one from his previous life. Here, people and superhuman abilities from the worlds of film and television were re 11Votes1.4MRecs522.9kFans
- 48 Starting in 1983 从1983开始 A story with a touch of nostalgia. The old reader group is full. 14Votes4.3MRecs1.1MFans
- 49 The Mirror Legacy 玄鉴仙族 Lu Jiangxian stayed up all night and died suddenly, but his lingering soul attached itself to a blue-gray bronze mirror covered in cracks. The mirror drifted into a vast, boundless world of immortal cultivation. In the perilous and unpredictable Dali Mountains, beside the Mei Chi River, a small village sat in the shadow of a minor clan. When the clan came across the mirror, it began passing down the path of immortality and teaching its arts, ushering in a magnificent new era. (A family’s cultiva 22.9kVotes7.2MRecs21.2MFans
- 50 EN My Senior Brother is Too Steady 我师兄实在太稳健了 *The annual Youku season of the animated adaptation, My Senior Brother Is Too Steady, is about to conclude.* Reborn in ancient times, before the Investiture of the Gods War, Li Changshou became a minor Qi Refiner. He had no great fortune bestowed upon him, nor was he a chosen one destined to face a catastrophic tribulation. All he had was a cultivation dream: to live forever. To make a living in 120Votes11.5MRecs9.8MFans
