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- 1 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
- 2 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
- 3 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
- 4 Chinese Showbiz: The Cultural Renaissance 华娱之文化复兴 No connections, no resources, no money, and don’t want to be a wage slave? Then use other people’s connections, resources, and money to achieve your own great rejuvenation. 0Votes45.4kRecs45.4kFans
- 5 Chinese Showbiz: I Just Want to Make Sci-Fi Blockbusters 华娱之我就要拍科幻大片 A screenwriter and producer who had spent twenty years working his way up was about to direct his first film when he was reborn, back at the age of seventeen. With financial freedom just around the corner, he felt he ought to do something worthwhile and make the most of his second life. 0Votes1.2kRecs17.6kFans
- 6 Taking Liu Tianxian to the World of Film and Television 带着刘天仙去影视世界 Jiang Bai, who specialized in writing entertainment-industry novels with a certain Big Honey as the heroine, transmigrated to another world. He fell from the sky and crashed headfirst through the ceiling of Liu Tianxian's mansion. The good news: Jiang Bai had caught the transmigration trend and even had a cheat! It could take people to other worlds, where they could obtain all kinds of benefits. Immortality, eternal youth, and technology beyond the bounds of reason were all suddenly within reach 0Votes11.8kRecs36.1kFans
- 7 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
- 8 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
- 9 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
- 10 Chinese Showbiz Reboot: It All Starts with Convincing the Fairy Sister 华娱重启，从说服天仙开始 Fu Wen, a 42-year-old film company executive, signs a contract with his longtime crush, Miss Liu. So excited that he boards a plane, he ends up in 2005. At the time, he is only a year and a half away from graduating from the film management program at Beijing Film Academy. He's broke, his major is obscure, and his only advantage is that he remembers every major trend in the entertainment industry over the next 20 years, as well as quite a few movies. More importantly, one of his classmates is Mi 0Votes3.3kRecs15.2kFans
- 11 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
- 12 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
- 13 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
- 14 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
- 15 Top-Tier Star: Starting by Winning Over the Fairy Sister 顶流影帝：从攻略神仙姐姐开始 [Started with 500 first-month subscribers, now up to 1,500!] After dying suddenly in an accident, Wang Yi wakes up to discover he has transmigrated into the body of the most handsome guy at the Shanghai Theatre Academy! And that's not all: he's taking part in a couples' variety show with the Fairy Sister herself! His System awakens, and as long as he wins over Qianqian, he can earn all kinds of rewards... Villas, luxury cars, checks: he's got it all. Singing, acting, and driving skills are all w 0Votes30.4kRecs59.3kFans
- 16 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
- 17 The Lazy Celestial 咸鱼天仙 One female lead, Liu Qianqian. The whole book is free to read. I'm really not her fan, and I've never spent a cent on her. She's something of the unattainable first love of our generation. I've also read far too many books with her as the heroine or a supporting character. Seeing all the nasty rumors and smears about her online got to me, but I didn't want to keep posting comments to clear her name. It's too exhausting, and I couldn't be bothered. So I wrote this book to refute some of the rumor 0Votes2.2kRecs0Fans
- 18 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
- 19 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
- 20 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
- 21 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
- 22 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
- 23 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
- 24 The Goddess Reborn as a Cat 天仙重生变成猫 He Mu Chen transmigrates and is reborn after a late-night adventure. That’s normal enough. What isn’t normal is that he transmigrates with a female ghost? Even stranger, the female ghost is the fairy-like goddess he’s been a fan of? And stranger still, the goddess’s soul transmigrates into his cat? But there’s more: the goddess can actually swap bodies with Qianqian from this world! (The first dozen or so chapters are slow-paced and mainly introduce the characters, backstory, and golden finger. 0Votes10.1kRecs12.6kFans
- 25 Director, I Like This One 导演，我喜欢这个 Actress: Director Jiang, about that second male lead my husband is playing... Jiang Yang smiles serenely: Second male lead? He's the lead! Actress: The lead!? Jiang Yang places a hand on his heart: Your husband's a brilliant actor. He'll have no trouble playing the lead! Actress: Director Jiang, you... what a huge surprise you've given me! Jiang Yang gently strokes her hand: That's just how filming goes. Heaven rewards hard work. As long as you put in the effort, you'll reap the rewards! [Mainly 0Votes2kRecs32.6kFans
- 26 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
- 27 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
- 28 The Richest Man in Chinese Entertainment 华娱第一富 [Reborn + singer + business + film industry + internet + childhood friends] (Over 9,000 premium subscribers. Enjoy without worry.) Whenever Zhang Chen shows up at an awards ceremony, he’s either there to roast someone or to stock up on trophies. Yet nobody can do a thing about him. Want to smear me? Donate as much as I did to build a Bird’s Nest Stadium first! He made his debut at the Grammys, then made a fortune overseas around the turn of the millennium. The youngest Grammy winner ever, with t 0Votes14.3kRecs102.6kFans
- 29 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
- 30 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
- 31 The Green Years of Chinese Showbiz 华娱青葱岁月 Hua Yichen, a professional photographer, was reborn in the cinematography department of the Central Academy of Drama. Liu Yifei, a professional actress, was reborn in the directing department of the Beijing Film Academy. One became a producer, the other a director. Starting from scratch, they worked hard together and forged different lives. P.S. This is only about film and television, nothing else. The style stays consistent. If you don’t like it, please move along. 0Votes36kRecs46.1kFans
- 32 Reborn in 2009, I Met the Celestial Beauty 重生2009，我和天仙相遇了 Looking back on his life, Chen Lei had few regrets. He had always had everything he needed. But when he returned to the early summer of 2009, just after graduating from college, he decided to take a different path and create a Chinese entertainment dream of his own. 1. This book is entirely fictional and has nothing to do with reality. Everything is pure imagination, a dream that will never come true. 2. One female lead, Old Liu. No System. 0Votes22.8kRecs53.7kFans
- 33 Chinese Showbiz: The Days the Celestial Fairy and I Swapped Bodies 华娱：我和天仙互穿的日子 One day, Yu Ming suddenly swaps bodies with a famous star from the past. Then a super-rich woman from the real world comes looking for him. Years later, Yu Ming tells their child: Son! Listen to your old man! Your mom shoved a free ride right into my mouth! What could I do! If you can learn even a fraction of your dad's skills, you'll never have to worry about going hungry! 0Votes20.6kRecs48.6kFans
- 34 Chinese Showbiz: Raising a Celestial Beauty from the Start 华娱：从养成天仙开始 New book: Chinese Entertainment: The Fairy Became My Golden Finger. Give it a read. [Focused on nurturing the heroine, one female lead] A deputy director who had spent twenty years in the Chinese entertainment industry was reborn in Douglaston, New York, and gained a neighbor named Liu Xixi. Ning Suiyu only wanted to make up for the regrets of his past life and fall in love again. He never expected the burden on his shoulders to 9Votes16.4kRecs55.9kFans
- 35 Chinese Showbiz: The Celestial Beauty Really Wants to Improve 华娱：天仙真的太想进步了 Gu Bei was reborn in New York, back in the year he had just started college. He acquired a treasure trove of entertainment, instantly turning from a level-zero novice into a max-level expert. So he decisively chose a path he'd never taken in his previous life: first, use his max-level directing skills to make a fortune in Hollywood, then return to China and become a major capitalist. Just as he was struggling to get his career off the ground, a beautiful, wealthy woman who claimed to be his cous 0Votes36.7kRecs88.9kFans
- 36 Once You Enter Chinese Showbiz, You're in Too Deep 一入华娱深似海 Given a second chance at life, Li Chen refuses to fade into obscurity. Under the spotlight, there are only flowers and applause. As Li Chen makes his way to the top, the entertainment industry at home undergoes a complete transformation. He is the entertainment industry’s cleaner, the unattainable ideal of countless female stars, and the only lifelong partner of the celestial beauty. 7Votes32.5kRecs173.6kFans
- 37 Chinese Showbiz: The Director Returns 华娱：导演归来 [Rebirth + Chinese entertainment + director + wish fulfillment + pure love + celestial beauty + unconventional tropes] Lin Li is about to direct his debut film when, by a twist of fate, he returns to the year 2000 reborn with a treasure trove of future entertainment knowledge. That year, Hero has yet to be released, and Chinese-language cinema has not yet entered its golden age. Given another chance, he’ll rewrite every regret, missed opportunity, and wrong turn from his previous life. This time 33Votes22.2kRecs83.4kFans
- 38 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
- 39 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
- 40 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
- 41 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
- 42 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
- 43 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
- 44 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
- 45 Chinese Showbiz: The Laid-Back Superstar and the Rising White Moonlight 华娱：佛系巨星与进击的白月光 A sweet, single-heroine entertainment-and-everyday-life romance, with no angst or forced character-bashing. [It’s sort of a 1.5 transmigration, so if that’s not your thing, don’t read~] Li Yi’an transmigrates to 2002, a great time to get in on the action. If he seizes the opportunity, he can lie flat and enjoy a peaceful life. Ahem, I mean, become a connoisseur of the good life. Li Yi’an likes all sorts of things: Kunqu opera, guqin, guzheng, skiing, scuba diving... Yet he’s lost, unable to figu 0Votes15kRecs53.8kFans
- 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 Chinese Showbiz: The Heavenly Fairy's Private Photographer-Director 华娱：天仙的私摄大导 [Reborn] [System] [Chinese Entertainment] [Director] [Feel-Good] [Pure Love] [Goddess] [Anti-Trope] "Director Zhou! Netizens have praised you as the greatest director since the turn of the millennium. Is there anything you'd like to say to them?" "I owe it all to my beloved, Ms. Liu Yifei. Without her, I wouldn't be where I am today!" Zhou Ye looked at the breathtaking goddess in the audience, moved to tears, and spoke honestly. Others might think he was showing off his relationship, but little 159Votes9.8kRecs59.8kFans
- 48 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
- 49 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
- 50 A Great Director from the Cinematography Department 华娱之摄影系大导 They say that in a big forest, there are all kinds of birds. Wu Chen, a graduate of the photography department at the Beijing Film Academy, wants to see what kinds of birds there are in the dazzling, bizarre world of cinema. Back in the early 2000s, Zhang Yimou's "Hero" has already become a nationwide hit, and the era of big-budget Chinese-language films has arrived. Wu Chen, the “new generation's top dog” in the Beijing Film Academy's photography department, is just starting out from humble 355Votes187.9kRecs272.9kFans
