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- 1 I'm a Township Entrepreneur, and You Call Me the Godfather of Entertainment? 我乡镇企业家，你叫我文娱教父？ Also known as: “Reborn in 1979: I'm a Township Entrepreneur, So Why Are You Calling Me the Godfather of Entertainment?” In 2024, down-on-his-luck director Lu Yunchuan is reborn in 1979 by a stroke of fate, becoming a fugitive wanted for a serious crime he was falsely accused of committing. After working hard to prove his innocence, Lu Yunchuan throws himself into entrepreneurship. He hopes to ride the wave of reform and opening up, build his fortune through hard work, and become a proud and succ 0Votes1.6kRecs4kFans
- 2 I Began as a Tiger Demon and Became a Sage 从虎妖开始成圣 Yang Ji, an older young man, stays up all night grinding away at Black Myth: Wukong and dies suddenly. He is reborn as a newborn tiger cub. He thinks his life as a tiger is doomed, only to discover that he's in a mythical world where gods, immortals, and demons all exist! This book is also known as What Should I Do After Turning into a Tiger Demon? and The Tiger Demon's Path to the Dao. 0Votes25.8kRecs62.8kFans
- 3 I Turned Out to Be a Top-Tier Star! 我竟然是顶流！ Middle-aged, he suddenly goes missing. After twenty years of hard work, actor Zhou Dingran finally achieves fame and is crowned Best Actor. But one slip of fate turns him into a handsome, beloved young student in Beidian’s acting department… … A dual career as a singer and actor… The author has completed several other entertainment-industry novels, including Reborn as a Superstar and Reborn: The Superstar. 1Votes13.1kRecs65.9kFans
- 4 Building the Strongest Tribe, Starting with a Totem God Tree 从图腾神树开始打造最强部落 With countless tribes across the Great Wilderness, how can humanity hope to survive? With human martial arts struggling at every step, how can anyone break through? I, Greenvine, have the protection of a totem. I shall ensure humanity endures for all eternity! Lin Yi never imagined that after dozing off during overtime over the Spring Festival, he would transmigrate to a primitive world and become the totem spirit of the Greenvine Tribe. But natural disasters plagued this world, and powerful 1Votes392Recs55Fans
- 5 To Get More Updates, I Infiltrated the Author’s Group 为了催更，我混进了作者群 Tian Yunxiao: “You damn author, update already! Four thousand words a day? Who’s that supposed to be enough for? You lousy author, get writing!” The damn author: “Do you even know what the human body can take? Four thousand words is the limit! Write even one more and I’m not human!” “The Online Fiction Update-Chasing to Godhood System has been bound.” Many years later… Reader: “You damn author, update already! Four thousand words a day? Who’s that supposed to be enough for? You lousy aut 0Votes10.5kRecs52.4kFans
- 6 Gourmet Cuisine Begins with the Green-Skinned Train Chef 美食从绿皮火车厨神开始 Food along the way, stories along the way, scenery along the way. After transmigrating to a parallel world, Zhou Zhou becomes the chef aboard a green passenger train. This world has scrambled eggs, but no stir-fried egg ribbons. It has iron-pot stewed goose, but no chicken stewed in a clay pot. It has fish-fragrant shredded pork, but no kung pao chicken. It has jianbing, but no Goubuli buns. It has roujiamo, but no oil-splashed noodles. It has roast duck, roast chicken, roast goose, and all kind 0Votes27.2kRecs53.3kFans
- 7 Preaching the Dao in the Mortal World 红尘演道 Make a few close friends, get some immortals drunk, scold the Son of Heaven in the Golden Throne Hall, and show compassion for common folk in the countryside. I failed my tribulation in my past life, but in this one, I am utterly invincible. As Master Jun says: I can perform the tales of gods and demons, and tell stories of the jianghu too. With a wave of my hand, I turn the world upside down, laughing as I play my part among mortals. What worth are the celestial palaces? I embrace simpli 153Votes2.2kRecs18.9kFans
- 8 The First Heavenly Rule 第一条天规 Jun Bugou, a bounty hunter who makes his living tracking down and killing notorious bandits, discovers that under the first heavenly rule, nine out of ten immortals and gods in this world are fair game! 0Votes2.7kRecs34.9kFans
- 9 EN Ascendancy of the Martial Path 武道登神 The universe is changing, and Blue Star has converged with another world. At the hour of crisis, the heroic ancestors lured the enemy deep into their territory, then detonated countless nuclear warheads, slaying demons and gods alike. Their earthshaking sacrifice bought humanity fifty years to catch its breath. Over those fifty years, civilization underwent tremendous change. Within, the Demon-Worshipping Cult sowed chaos; without, monsters ran rampant. Martial Saint Zhao Dongjun rose like the r 3Votes315.7kRecs186.3kFans
- 10 Enter This Gate, and All Wonders Come to Life 一入此门众妙生 When someone worn down by life until they are utterly spent is reborn in a world where immortals cultivate, what attitude will they take toward life and cultivation? First, they certainly won't live their life to satisfy other people's wishes. Second, their master may find their teaching methods a little too intense. Finally, their grandmaster may not be able to resist making a move... 0Votes5.9kRecs33.8kFans
- 11 The Rash Scholar’s Ink-Wash Cultivation 莽书生的水墨修行 The four refined arts of the literati, music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, are also a shortcut and special advantage in the Danqing Sect’s cultivation. Cultivators here excel at gathering the praise of all living beings through these four arts and turning it into true qi, thereby accelerating their cultivation. Zhao Yifu used to be a professional corporate drone and amateur AI artist. Now that he’s joined this sect, he has to come up with some new tricks. They say a scholar is helpless when 0Votes24kRecs64.5kFans
- 12 Back to 1997: I Became the Progenitor of Web Novels 梦回1997，我成了网文鼻祖 Cao Sheng, a web novelist whose books had been flopping for years, returned to 1997. Online fiction had yet to appear that year, and he had the chance to become its founding pioneer. So he wrote a novel and posted it online. From then on, the age of web fiction began. Through his works, he kept showing everyone that web novels could be written this way, too. 85Votes127kRecs211.7kFans
- 13 I Found a Notebook for the Reborn 我捡到一部重生笔记本 Chen Ning, a college freshman, found an accounting notebook on the road: 2010: GDP ranks second in the world. 2015: Tu Youyou wins the Nobel Prize in Medicine. 2025: China becomes the world's largest auto exporter. It also says that in a few years, something called a smartphone will appear, and it'll be even better than a computer. And if you're wondering where the invincible Nokia went... it says it went bankrupt back in 2011! Chen Ning scratched his head, completely baffled. “But it's 8Votes29.1kRecs214.3kFans
- 14 Family Cultivation: Everyone Is a Great Villain 家族修炼：全员大恶人 Hou Yuxiao, a hopelessly kind-hearted man, arrives in a martial world divided between righteousness and evil with a magical two-colored lotus. He becomes the head of an insignificant demonic clan in a county town, with three younger brothers and one younger sister under him. His second brother has a fiery temper, his fourth brother is a murderous psychopath, and the youngest is part of the demonic path yet spends all day studying Confucian texts. His only sister is actually a… Looking at hi 0Votes12.2kRecs99.5kFans
- 15 America: From Oil to Mold 美利坚从石油滋生霉菌开始 The US military forms organ-harvesting units in the Middle East. After certain military operations, they enter the battlefield and use their expertise to select targets and harvest high-grade parts. After Tang Ning is brutally harvested, his soul crosses over into the body of an American soldier. He successfully infiltrates the US military and vows to stir up a storm within its ranks. America, Special Agent Smith, the kill line, the Middle East, oil, cannon fodder, enlisting on credit, causing t 453Votes68.2kRecs103.1kFans
- 16 EN Endless Winter: My Camp Can Level Up Infinitely 无尽寒冬：我的营地无限升级 Do you keep coming across a game that starts with a campfire in the middle of a frozen wasteland, where resources have to be hauled by hand and monsters can attack at any moment... Xia Hong wakes up one day in just such a world. Blizzards rage, beasts of the cold dominate the land, and civilization has fallen. Everything and everyone that ever existed has been invaded by the unknown and transformed into powerful horrors. Humanity has become a lowly species, barely surviving beneath the shadow of 140Votes108.5kRecs298.6kFans
- 17 Reborn in 2009: Becoming a Heartthrob 重生09做男神 After returning to his high school days, Zhou Muyan accidentally breaks the heart of the girl he has always loved. At first, he only hopes it was a mistake. But then she follows him to college. With his first love before him and the childhood friend who has always waited for him behind him, Zhou Muyan feels utterly helpless. 1Votes57.3kRecs302.8kFans
- 18 From Shanghai Tycoon to Hong Kong Mogul 从上海滩大亨到港岛豪门 The waves surge and flow The mighty river stretches on for thousands of miles, never ceasing Washing away the affairs of the world All blending into one surging tide Shanghai in the 1920s and 1930s was home not only to gangsters and warlords, but also industrialists and tycoons, with all kinds of powers intertwined. Who would rise and who would fall? Naturally, the one with the sharpest eye. Who could possibly outdo someone who had transmigrated? This book is also known as A Century of Wea 0Votes47.8kRecs217.4kFans
- 19 Reborn: The Superstar King 重生：天王巨星 The world order undergoes a dramatic upheaval. Reborn in Hong Kong in 2007, Han Sen discovers that everyone in the world is speaking Chinese! The mainland is booming with vitality, drawing people north in droves to pursue the Chinese Dream. Once-glorious Cantonese songs have actually fallen into obscurity, dismissed as a minor language no one cares about. In this climate, the band Jinghong, led by Han Sen, is on the verge of breaking up. On the stage of Hong Kong Star, the songs “Years of Friend 0Votes58kRecs133kFans
- 20 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
- 21 Transmigrating as a Human, I Become the Shamanic Priest for All Races 穿越人族，我给万族当巫祭 Can transmigrates into a vast wilderness world plagued by disasters and rampaging beasts, where other races regard humans as food and sacrificial offerings. He deduces cultivation techniques and forges an alliance of humanity. He slays the Xiaoyang and the Black Bird, withstands the locust and insect calamities, revives the spirits of the mountains and rivers, and restores the primordial energy of the wilderness. He raises humanity's standing and changes its fate as prey and sacrificial offering 154Votes118.7kRecs333.4kFans
- 22 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
- 23 Reborn: The Overlord of an Era 重生之时代霸主 Li Feng, an internet angel investor with a dismal track record, transmigrated back to 2001. The dawn of the 21st century was a vibrant era, an era full of change. Back in this time, Li Feng was destined to embark on an extraordinary path and build a glorious empire... 0Votes39.2kRecs49.6kFans
- 24 Back to 1980 to Enjoy the Good Life 重回1980去享福 The first incense offering at the ancestral rites, a family tree entry of one’s own, and a place in the history books: these are a man’s ultimate dreams, and Deng Shirong achieved them all after being reborn. [This book is rich in rural flavor, with realistic prices, solid logic, and a leisurely storytelling style. At 2.27 million words, it still gets over 3,400 readers returning within 24 hours. The quality is excellent, making this a rare gem among period novels. Don’t miss it if you’re passin 0Votes112.6kRecs224.2kFans
- 25 Food Service Mogul 餐饮大佬 After one drunken binge, Liu Xiahui was reborn in the year 2000. With his golden finger, Liu Xiahui secretly used his tuition money to start a business without telling his parents. Starting with a tiny stall selling sliced poached chicken, he eventually grew into a leading figure in the food and beverage industry. (A separate post after Chapter 84 explains the prices in the book. If you think something seems off, don't rush to judgment. Read that post first.) 0Votes88kRecs82.2kFans
- 26 When It Comes to Matchmaking, I Don't Bow to Anyone 做媒这一块，我谁都不服 “Once the newlyweds enter the room, the matchmaker gets tossed over the wall.” “Believe in ghosts if you like, but never trust a matchmaker's mouth.” “Don't act as a go-between, a guarantor, or a matchmaker, and your descendants will be blessed for three generations!” These three sayings show just how awkward the matchmaker's standing is in the eyes of the public. Jiang Feng has just graduated from college when he suddenly gains the uncanny ability to see how compatible two people are for marria 0Votes95.3kRecs347.6kFans
- 27 Steadfast Cultivation: The Entire Cultivation World Is My Home 稳健修仙，整个修仙界都是我家 The path to immortality is hard, and the road to eternal life is long. After transmigrating to the cultivation world, Shen Lian cautiously began his cultivation journey with a panel that allowed him to gain insights. To avoid deadly calamities, he dodged whenever he could and ran whenever he had to. He kept hidden trump cards, mastered escape techniques, refined clones, and stayed behind the scenes. He aligned himself with the Heavenly Dao above and endlessly refined his clones below. When there 3Votes54.3kRecs228.6kFans
- 28 I'm Not Yuan Shu 我不是袁术 He transmigrated, but he was Yuan Shu. He could lie flat and slack off, but he was Yuan Shu. He became a noble young master from a powerful family, but he was Yuan Shu. He had everything handed to him, but he was Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu: the fierce ghost on the road, the rotten bones in the grave, Emperor of Zhong, and the Eastern Han’s Honey Water Gentleman! Feeling the star of death shining brightly above his head, Yuan Shu couldn’t help tightening his grip on the cup of honey water in his hand. He 0Votes53.9kRecs172.9kFans
- 29 What Do You Mean, an Aggressive Top Laner? 什么叫进攻型上单啊 {A League of Legends esports novel} Attack, attack, and attack again! As a top laner, Cheng Che takes his ferocity to the absolute limit, time and again turning into a sharp spear that pierces the enemy’s defenses! … In 2021, the LPL achieved the historic feat of winning three championships in four years. Fans celebrated, the industry flourished, and everything seemed full of vitality. But beneath the glittering surface, problems abounded. There was no one to carry the torch in the youth develop 87Votes113.5kRecs270.3kFans
- 30 The Wolf of Los Angeles 洛杉矶之狼 In North America, there are many paths to power and wealth. Hock heads straight for Los Angeles and chooses the entertainment and media industry. The media is like sunlight: it doesn't just illuminate the bright side. Every word and every image that appears in the media is carefully designed to shape public opinion and manipulate the public. 9Votes339.9kRecs269.6kFans
- 31 The White Snake Immortal of the Mortal World 世间白蛇仙 The green snake is the ancestor of all beneath heaven; the white snake, an immortal of the world. This time, it's the story of a white snake. To hear the Dao in the morning and die content in the evening. After ten years as a snake, wandering through mountains and forests, it reaches the end of its lifespan. As life and death meet at the threshold, it suddenly becomes a demon. From then on, the world has a White Snake Immortal! Deep in the mountains lies Snake King Valley; a willow spirit rise 0Votes550.7kRecs341.3kFans
- 32 The Supreme Physician 上医至明 The superior physician treats illness before it appears, the ordinary physician treats illness in its early stages, and the inferior physician treats illness after it has already developed! Yu Zhiming, with a serious expression: You don't have to believe me, but I have to tell you that you will develop cancer within the next year… P.S. Readers waiting for updates can read the author's excellent completed older works, The Miracle-Working Heart Doctor and The Hospital Doctor with Cheats! 1Votes146.2kRecs216.5kFans
- 33 The Reborn Age of Wildfire 重生野火时代 [The Reformed Rake Version]: In my previous life, I was a bastard. After being reborn, I still wasn't a good person. And I definitely wasn't going to take on someone else's baggage! Brothers, pass your burdens on to someone else. I don't want them! [Bittersweet Youth Version]: Turn back the tide of time, and let the regrets of those years blossom into the most dazzling flowers in this life… P.S. A business story focused on everyday life 0Votes31.2kRecs59.5kFans
- 34 The White-Robed Chancellor 白衣卿相 Clad in white, he entered Bianliang; half a lifetime as a minister, and he shaped the realm. 3.9kVotes302kRecs573.4kFans
- 35 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
- 36 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
- 37 Reborn: Rising in Hong Kong 重生：崛起香江 Rickshaws, floral water, the Four Great Detectives, and pleasure boats on the Kowloon River! Cheongsam-clad beauties swaying to and fro, and the dreamlike Hong Kong! Reborn in Hong Kong... With a hand full of unbeatable cards, Shi Zhijian makes opportunity bloom everywhere! 0Votes121.8kRecs293.2kFans
- 38 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
- 39 My Phone Might Have Transmigrated 我的手机可能穿越了 Reborn? No, my phone transmigrated! Oh, the horror! See how Wu Qi, in 2003, makes the most of a smartphone from fifteen years in the future. 0Votes80.3kRecs73.4kFans
- 40 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
- 41 Legend 1997 传奇1997 The same rebirth, a different 1997. This is the year Sui Bo’s legend begins... 0Votes113.7kRecs125.9kFans
- 42 Reborn: The Literary Superstar 重生之文豪巨星 After one night of heavy drinking, Li Kuo returned to six years earlier. He still had time to make up for every regret. But this was a parallel world, where literature and art had taken a different path after the end of the Song dynasty. There were no Four Great Classical Novels, nor any outstanding works from modern times... Starting over, Li Kuo began with novels and gradually made his way toward becoming a literary master. Of course, whenever he had the time and opportunity, he didn't mind br 0Votes56.1kRecs97.3kFans
- 43 Part-Time Artist 兼职艺术家 That summer, he defeated the capital with his talent... Huh? I am the capital? Well, then, never mind. 0Votes364.9kRecs781.7kFans
- 44 Tracing the Current of the Literary Era 溯流文艺时代 Yu Dong is reborn from 2019 into 1991, returning to the time just after graduation, when he was assigned to work as a counselor at Jinling Arts College. Starting out by writing novels, he takes things one step at a time, gradually building an empire in the entertainment industry. 0Votes108.1kRecs171.1kFans
- 45 From Today On, I'm a Big Shot 从今开始当大佬 After watching the 2019 Spring Festival Gala, Zheng Ge arrived in a world steeped in commerce. The story begins with a loan crisis. (Five updates a day. 0Votes123kRecs173.6kFans
- 46 I'm Really Not Interested in Money 我对钱真没兴趣 (An interactive novel, formerly titled The Retirement Life of a Billionaire. You decide how the tycoon lives!) Yin He, the “young billionaire,” sells his company in America and achieves financial freedom. He returns to China and begins his retirement life, and then~ then it's up to the readers. 0Votes286.1kRecs276.5kFans
- 47 Reborn: The Multinational Tycoon 重生之跨国巨头 My new book, Reborn in Hong Kong: Starting with a Top-Tier Conglomerate, is set in Hong Kong in the late 1980s. Check it out! Fang Zhe, a producer at a small game company in Beijing, returned to 2008 after a car accident. It was a year no Chinese person could forget: devastating snowstorms in the south, the Wenchuan earthquake, the Beijing Olympics, and the financial crisis. That year, words like iPhone, Android, Wi-Fi, smartphones, and cloud computing gradually entered the public consciousness. 0Votes70.2kRecs103.3kFans
- 48 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
- 49 Reborn: The Strongest Tycoon 重生之最强大亨 In 1978, Li Ka-shing was not yet the richest Chinese man. In 1978, Hollywood still had its eight major studios. In 1978, Apple had yet to take a bite from the apple. It was the best of times: technology was poised to take off, and gold was everywhere. It was the worst of times: profit came first, and capital ruled all. It was an age of chaos, when dragons and snakes danced and warlords rose everywhere. The story begins in a small fishing village in Hong Kong in 1978... Born on a rainy day, the f 2Votes526.9kRecs339.6kFans
- 50 EN The Fate Hunter 猎命人 The court of gods and demons, its fortunes in ruins. The martial world seized the Ministry of War, the Demon Sect controlled the Ministry of Justice, heretics occupied the Ministry of Revenue, the Underworld took over the Ministry of Works, and the demon race usurped the provincial governments. The throne hall was packed with nobles in crimson and purple robes, demons, puppets, and monsters. The assembled officials were a den of fiends and specters. The fate diviner Li Qingxian forged a Fate Pal 2Votes531.6kRecs613.8kFans
