Novels like Among the Models, My Intel Refreshes Every Day
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Among the Models, My Intel Refreshes Every Day, best match first.
- 1 Chinese Entertainment Begins with The Hegemon-King of Western Chu 华娱从西楚霸王开始 I once burned my boats on the banks of the Zhang River and buried the Great Qin Empire. I once faced the eighteen allied warlords at Hulao Pass. I once held a ceremony at Mount Langjuxu. I once wielded a war drum-shaped gold hammer and snapped a phoenix-winged gilded halberd. I once fought my way through the martial world. I once planted a red flag on the Gaema Plateau. With a spear in hand, I bestride five thousand years, and with one sword stroke, cleave the heavens between sun and moon. I don 198Votes12kRecs103kFans
- 2 Chinese Showbiz: They're All My Ties That Bind 华娱，她们都是我的羁绊 (An unconventional entertainment-industry novel. The main focus is everyday life; everything else is along for the ride.) Luo Ge unexpectedly obtains a time-travel card that lets him travel both ways between 2013 and 2025. The card can draw cards of female stars from Chinese entertainment and form exclusive bonds with them. When he learns that the rules apply only to Chinese entertainment, he lets loose without a care in the world. He's just here to have fun! Fan Xiaopang grabs him. “Luo Ge, tak 133Votes10.8kRecs36.3kFans
- 3 Chinese Showbiz: Getting Rich Starting in 2015 华娱：从2015开始暴富 In 2015, the entertainment industry was in turmoil. The Eighty-Five Flowers were locked in fierce competition, the Nineties Flowers were still newcomers, and the Nineteen-Five Flowers had yet to make their mark. After using his first pot of gold to develop for three years, Lu Chengyu was successfully admitted to Beidian's directing program and finally entered the entertainment industry to test his mettle. [Half Daily Life] [Multiple Female Leads] [Lots of Romance with Rising Star Actresses] The 54Votes3.5kRecs36.2kFans
- 4 Chinese Showbiz: From the Start, I Get a Top-Tier Star to Work for Me 华娱：开局让顶流给我打工 “Don’t get the wrong idea. I’m not here to challenge anyone.” “This era needs a new giant. That giant is me.” Reborn in 2012, Shen Yan gets his hands on a whopping 300 million dollars right from the start! With Xinxu Capital behind him, he’ll become the global streaming king! Douyin? TikTok? Netflix? He’ll take them all! He wants the whole world scrolling through his short videos. Xingyao Entertainment rises from the ground 0Votes5.7kRecs25.5kFans
- 5 Chinese Showbiz Begins with a Celebrity Assistant 华娱从明星助理开始 (Not quite so much murderous hostility) (A lighthearted slice-of-life story) Unexpectedly returning to 2015. After spending his entire previous life busy, Lu Beizhi had planned to buy some cryptocurrency and lie flat. But an accidental message relay unexpectedly landed him a role! From then on, the Goddess of Luck quietly lifted the corner of her skirt toward him~ (The writing is not very polished at first and is fairly average) (It gets better as the story progresses!) 0Votes1.2kRecs6.7kFans
- 6 The Most Absurd Figure in Chinese Showbiz 华娱第一抽象 “Hello, fellow producers! I'm Feng Le, an individual trainee with two and a half years of practice.” “I like singing, dancing, rap, and basketball.” “Music!” Someone stared dumbfounded at the scene onstage, plunged into deep self-doubt. Bro, did you pick up the wrong script? Can somebody do something about this? Those are all my lines! 0Votes5.2kRecs48.2kFans
- 7 Chinese Showbiz: Becoming a Top-Tier Star by Joining the Empire Boys 华娱：顶流从加入帝国男孩开始 Reborn, he returns to 2012. Glancing at Wang Junkai and Wang Yuan beside him, Zhou Jingtian is determined not to leave TFBOYS early this time! To his surprise, he also awakens a talent System! [Absolute Center] [Voice That Brings a Scene to Life] [Street Dance Master]: With powerful talents like these, he becomes the most outstanding and versatile idol in history. The 8590 fans say, “We'll wait for Zhou Jingtian to grow up!” The 9500 fans admit, “We're all Zhou Jingtian's girlfriend fans!” 56Votes12.1kRecs49.8kFans
- 8 From Illiterate to Top-Tier Star 从文盲开始的顶流时代 A top-tier star. What makes the perfect public image? Manager: “Obviously, first-rate acting or singing, a spotless past with no scandals, a life people admire and relate to, a great reputation and lots of friends, plus several hit dramas that break into the mainstream!” Shen Jian: “I beg to differ.” Manager: “Then you tell me.” Shen Jian: “First, your looks have to be maxed out.” Manager: “...” Shen Jian: “Second, it doesn't matter whether you're spotless. From head to toe, right down to your t 0Votes20.2kRecs101kFans
- 9 Chinese Showbiz: You Were Supposed to Be a Top-Tier Star, So How Did You Become a Capitalist? 华娱：说好顶流，你成资本了？ Lin Shen: They say being a top-tier star is a young person's game, so it wouldn't be too much if I bought the kitchen where the meals are made too, would it? This book is also known as The Top-Tier Star Who Won't Do His Job in Chinese Entertainment and This Top-Tier Star Only Wants to Sell Stuff. 0Votes3.7kRecs27.4kFans
- 10 Chinese Showbiz's Shura Field: The Rising Stars All Want to Get Ahead 华娱修罗场：小花们都想上位 On his birthday, Shen Mo had just decided to marry his longtime girlfriend Tian Xiwei when an elevator accident occurred. To his astonishment, he had been reborn! Even more astonishing, his childhood friend Li Yitong, who had been in the elevator with him, had been reborn too. Fortunately, he knew business, and she knew the entertainment industry. They hit it off and set out on lives with cheat-level advantages. But the more successful they became, the more women flocked to him. Everyone wanted 1Votes9.6kRecs31.8kFans
- 11 Chinese Showbiz: Just a Task for a Young Actress 华娱：小花的任务罢了 Shen Zhiyu was reborn in 2016. He’d planned to spend a few quiet years making money as a plagiarist, then return to his hometown and lie flat. Unexpectedly, he activated a cheat that let him hand out missions to rising actresses in exchange for rewards. As a result, the careers of countless actresses in the entertainment industry began taking increasingly unexpected turns. Zhou Ye: A popular martial arts actress who brought the genre back to prominence. Tian Xiwei: The queen of action films. Wan 0Votes4.6kRecs14.5kFans
- 12 Chinese Showbiz: Turning Down the 2000s Actresses on a Dating Show 华娱：从恋综拒绝00花开始 While appearing on a dating reality show, the Divorce Comeback System suddenly awakened. Lu Yuxiao: I was clearly the first to get close to Tan Wen on the show! Liu Haochun: Rather than calling me a girl picked by Zhang Yimou, you might as well call me a girl picked by Tan Wen. Zhou Ye: If Senior Brother Tan Wen wants me to play a role, I’ll play it. I’m the same on-screen and off. Tian Xiwei: Actually, I’m more spicy than sweet, and Tan Wen knows that better than anyone. Meng Ziyi: I’m grateful 0Votes2.7kRecs9.4kFans
- 13 Chinese Showbiz: How Did I Become a Top-Tier Star? 华娱：我怎么成顶流了 Reborn in 2014, Qi Liang was a first-year management student at the Beijing Film Academy. He planned to use his experience as a casting director in his previous life to build connections and capital, then return to his old line of work. But his very first production brought an unexpected turn: the director took a liking to him and wanted him to become an actor. Qi Liang thought it over and decided that might not be so bad. Everyone knew actors made the most money these days. After spending a few 0Votes33.2kRecs96.4kFans
- 14 Showbiz: I'm Bound to a Female Star 娱乐：我被女明星绑定了 Ji Man, the owner of a little tea shop in an alley, unexpectedly becomes an exclusive quest NPC for the entertainment industry. Driven by the System, Zhou Ye arrives in a state of anxious trepidation. Chen Duling comes to check out the shop and catches the System's eye. Hu Lianxin falls in love at first sight and takes the initiative to pursue him… More and more actresses find a binding System popping up in their minds, and every quest points to Ji Man's shop. From filming and dates to shop 0Votes19.5kRecs49.1kFans
- 15 In Europe, I’m an Antique Arms Dealer 人在欧洲，我是古董军火商 Even today, ammunition, equipment, and treasure packed in oiled-paper parcels from the war's end remain scattered across Europe and the world. [Battlefield Intel: In the cellar of an abandoned house in Luyedov, there's a BMW OHV 750cc engine you need.] [Battlefield Intel: In the ammunition depot at the abandoned military camp in Wostro, there are 50mm mortar shells you need.] [Battlefield Intel: In the marshes of Kursk, there's a Porsche electric-drive chassis you need.] A mysterious Enigma 0Votes53.9kRecs92.3kFans
- 16 Chinese Showbiz: Starting with Producing Variety Shows 华娱：从制片综艺开始 Book recommendation: Showbiz: Rising from Penguin The moment I stepped into the entertainment industry, its nightmare arrived. (No doormat protagonist) (Not a hopeless romantic) (Career-focused) (Slice of life) 0Votes12.6kRecs42.8kFans
- 17 Chinese Showbiz: The Top-Tier Star Whose Career Keeps Crashing 华娱：塌房系顶流，又又又塌了 Reborn for a second time, he wakes up in 2015. Chen Yao inherits his predecessor's massive fortune and opens his eyes to find himself a returning celebrity and the fifth member of EXO. But everyone knows inheritances come with taxes! His career gets off to a disastrous start when Dispatch exposes five consecutive ex-girlfriends from South Korea. What can he do? Let his career crash and burn! Chen Yao: Ahem, let me clarify. Those weren't rumors. Antis: What gives you the right to act so cocky? Ch 4Votes18.1kRecs98.9kFans
- 18 Chinese Showbiz, 2017: This Isn't My Cheat 华娱2017，这不是我的外挂啊 Ling Yao, a self-media creator, accidentally dragged Tian Xiwei online while making a video. The platform rewarded him with a windfall, but his good fortune turned to disaster when he transmigrated to the Shanghai Theatre Academy in 2016, becoming Xiao Tian's classmate. At first, he planned to go back to his old line of work and lie flat. After all, he had the advantage of getting in early. But then the System showed up, and he decided that taking a gamble sounded more interesting. Make films, i 0Votes4.5kRecs17.2kFans
- 19 I'm a Top-Tier Star, So What's Wrong with Promoting a Rising Actress? 我一个顶流捧小花很合理吧？ Shen Yan returns to 2016, a good-for-nothing who has decided to lie flat. Then he sees the [Actress Development System] and regains his drive. Develop actresses? If I can't make them world-class, I'll admit defeat! He helps Cheng Xiao rise to fame and earns his first fortune. He clears the name of Meng Jie, the silly beauty, and 0Votes28.9kRecs99.5kFans
- 20 Chinese Showbiz: I'm the Top-Tier Star! 华娱：我即顶流！ In 2016, Lin Ran dreamed of himself ten years in the future. In his dream, he was the entertainment industry’s once-in-a-generation superstar, chosen by fate and utterly one of a kind. When he woke, he had every entertainment work that would belong to him over the next ten years etched into his mind. … Life is unpredictable, and things took a different turn. Through a strange twist of fate, Lin Ran stumbled into the entertainment industry. His dreams and his original motivation had always been 234Votes20.9kRecs85.2kFans
- 21 Chinese Showbiz: I'm Reborn, So Why Would I Still Go to Grad School? 华娱：都重生了谁还读研啊！ Also known as: “Who Says You Don't Need a Degree to Make It in Showbiz?” and “What's Wrong with Me Dating These Rising Stars?” Lin Ke is reborn in his sophomore year of college. Looking at the graduate-school exam prep materials in his hands, he remembers his miserable former life as an “academic workhorse” and finally gets it: “Whoever wants to go to grad school can go! The hardships of showbiz are what I should be putting myself through!” During a special period when everyone is staying home t 179Votes34.4kRecs85.7kFans
- 22 Let Me Debut, I Can Still Become a Hit! 让我出道，我还能爆！ “My secret admirers ruined me, my rivals sabotaged me, the haters insulted me, the industry took advantage of me, and my fans abandoned me... I've returned from hell! I'm going to war with my secret admirers! With my rivals! With the haters! With the industry!!! And with my fans, ” “Pah, pah, pah! Wasn't it you who got exposed for dating right before your debut night, then had to leave the group and quit the industry, only to get married at lightning speed and become a live-in son-in-law? How do 0Votes39.7kRecs49.3kFans
- 23 How Can You Become a Star Without Money? 没钱怎么当明星 “What matters most when working with celebrities? Talent? Resources? Connections? No, no, no. Cash is what matters most. How can you work with celebrities without money? Money cannot buy acting skill, but it can buy an old veteran actor to carry a production. Money cannot buy talent, but it can buy talented workhorses. Money cannot buy connections, but it can buy traffic and buzz.” “Then why do you insist on cash?” “Because I only accept cash. I do not accept empty promises.” This is a story wit 0Votes48kRecs151.2kFans
- 24 Chinese Entertainment: The Winds Rise in 2005 华娱之风起2005 “I’m an actor, not a celebrity. Acting is what I stand on.” “Endorsements and variety shows don’t mean much to me.” “Name your price!” “Ahem, please contact my agent.” 0Votes68.6kRecs162.6kFans
- 25 The Internet Tycoon Kidnapped by an Entertainment System! 互联网大佬，被娱乐系统绑架！ "The System completes its upgrade in Chapter 60 and becomes reward-based. The early setup exists solely to get the protagonist into the industry." [The Domestic Entertainment Rectification System has finished loading. As a first-year student at Beijing Film Academy, you enter the entertainment industry full of hope, but the business is steadily rotting, and it pains you deeply. To turn things around, you resolve to reform domestic entertainment...] [Novice Mission: Build a good relationship wi 12Votes31kRecs252.4kFans
- 26 Everyday Romance Starting with Yang Chaoyue 从杨超跃开始的恋爱日常 Jiang Yang binds with the Girl Starlet Development System. His goal is to cultivate future top-tier stars and harvest their attributes, but he gradually realizes that something is wrong. Yang Chao Yue is always saying that she is focused solely on her career and has no interest in romance, yet late at night she squeezes through the door with a romance contract in hand: “I was clearly here first.” Tian Xi Wei is a clingy sweet girl in public, but a hot-tempered firecracker in private: “Jiang Yang 4Votes70.8kRecs129.6kFans
- 27 Chinese Showbiz: All My Artists Are Top-Tier Stars 华娱：我的艺人全顶流 (Business and everyday life, multiple heroines, and not mindless. It currently averages 5,000 subscriptions, with peak subscriptions over 10,000, so everyone can read with confidence.) (New book: I Really Didn’t Plan to Rely on My Looks to Make It in Chinese Entertainment. Feel free to check it out.) Jiang Ye, a big shot in the entertainment industry, is hailed as the boss who’s best at coaching actresses. The stars under his management focus on helping farmers through celebrity influence, takin 12Votes63.6kRecs218.3kFans
- 28 Shen Gongbao in Chinese Entertainment 华娱申公豹 Shen Gongbao, a small-town exam grinder, died suddenly and was reborn, only to unexpectedly inherit Shen Gongbao’s legacy. As long as he does something that fits Shen Gongbao’s character, he receives a matching reward! In the entertainment industry, overrun by ghosts and monsters, a “Daoist priest” skilled at setting people up has appeared. It all began when he broke both of Double J’s arms on the set of The Forbidden Kingdom... 370Votes64.7kRecs138.1kFans
- 29 EN Devouring Evil Through Martial Practice, Vanquishing Demons Across the Heavens 噬恶演武，诸天除魔 “Paper talismans, wooden swords, and scriptures: the old-fashioned methods of exorcism just don’t cut it anymore. These days, even a sorcerer has to carry a two-hundred-pound incense burner for protection. If you don’t train in martial arts, you can’t even lift the thing. As the saying goes, better to spend ten years without drawing a talisman than to skip training your iron-hard qigong!” “But can martial arts and exorcism really go hand in hand?” “Heh. Go ask around, far and wide. Who dares cla 65Votes223kRecs356.1kFans
- 30 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
