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- 1 Chinese Showbiz's Rising Star: Making Liu Tianxian Cry from Childhood 华娱天骄：从小致郁刘天仙 From “The Flying Insect” to the international film world, Luo Yize's healing coming-of-age story remains true to itself [Reborn + gentle healing, little kid from the start] 0Votes10.1kRecs25.7kFans
- 2 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
- 3 Chinese Showbiz: Starting Out as the Celestial Fairy's Assistant 华娱：从成为天仙助理开始 Reborn and equipped with a System, Chen Shu is thrilled to enjoy retirement. He wants to leave his old self behind for good, live a second life, and become a laid-back guy with a bit of money who makes a big splash. But the unexpected always comes before tomorrow. “What? Who found me a job? Huh? I'm the assistant to a celestial being now?” From that moment on, the story veers into an unknown current. P.S. 1. One female lead, Xiao Liu. This is important, so pay attention. 2. The System is just a 0Votes3.5kRecs14.1kFans
- 4 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
- 5 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
- 6 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
- 7 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
- 8 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
- 9 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
- 10 Chinese Showbiz Begins in Japan 从岛国开始的华娱 Luo Chen was reborn in 2005. It was his fifth year following his parents to the island nation, where they had moved for work. After finishing his final year of studies, he would graduate from Keio University and return to China. Before leaving, Luo Chen decided to milk capitalism one last time. YouTube had launched that February, so he became a creator and started uploading his original songs. With the money he earned, he self-published an album in the island nation. Just as he was dreaming of m 0Votes8.2kRecs29.4kFans
- 11 Chinese Showbiz: It All Began with My Childhood Friend, the Celestial Beauty 华娱从天仙青梅竹马开始 This is a story about being reborn in 2002 and growing up as the childhood sweetheart of the Celestial Beauty. (One heroine, the Celestial Beauty. That's it!) (New book: Chinese Entertainment: Starting with the Young Celestial Beauty. Do two Liu Yifeis count as one heroine or two?) 0Votes13.4kRecs43.8kFans
- 12 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
- 13 Now That I'm Reborn, Who'd Still Be an Actor? 都重生了谁还做演员啊 (A showbiz novel with an academic, research-focused flavor. Please don’t read if that’s not your thing.) “System, give me the ‘Script Scanner’ so I can study advanced mathematics.” “I’ll look into the insight-granting ‘Mind Maze’ ability and research special-effects development.” “Activate ‘Manifold Reconstruction’ and design a plan for the aerospace group’s new project.” System: “???” After being blacklisted for years because he signed an exploitative contract, Luo Luo had seen the warmth and c 1Votes25.8kRecs155.6kFans
- 14 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
- 15 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
- 16 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
- 17 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
- 18 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
- 19 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
- 20 Painting the Heart with Light and Shadow 光影绘心 When a top-tier star accidentally kicks a cool, aloof photographer in Shangri-La, she immediately adds him on WeChat: “I'll pay your medical bills!” From then on, she chats philosophy with him late into the night, shoves work offers at him, insists he photograph her, and even conspires with her friends and family to set him up. The cool, aloof guy gradually falls for her: “How does this woman keep breaching my firewall while shining like a star?” (One female lead: Liu. Everyday-life focus.) 3Votes38.1kRecs20.6kFans
- 21 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
- 22 Chinese Showbiz: I Just Want to Give My Child's Mother a Home 华娱：我只是想给孩子他妈一个家 New Book: Director 1978: From the Start, I Went on a Blind Date with the Goddess's Mother When golden wind meets jade dew, their encounter surpasses countless others in this world. In 2023, Chen Dong's first film, which he had poured all his assets into directing, went down the drain after something happened to the female lead, wasting years of painstaking effort. Fortunately, he returned to 2002 and decided to choose a different starting point and pursue his dream all over again. The first 0Votes8.7kRecs119.5kFans
- 23 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
- 24 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
- 25 A Chinese Entertainment Director Who Wins with PR, Conquering the Fairy Sister 华娱公关流导演，被天仙攻略 “This station’s reporter is at Langyuan Media with the latest. Let’s hand it over to her!” On screen, a young reporter stands before a charismatic, handsome middle-aged man. “Director He, what do you think of the online saying that ‘in the entertainment industry, you’re the only one who matters’?” “What do I think? I’m sitting here. If they want to call me their boss, there’s not much I can do about it~” “And many people say your awards were all won through PR. Do you deny it?” “I don’t deny it~ 450Votes48.9kRecs81.9kFans
- 26 Chinese Showbiz: Rising to Fame at the Fengshen Training Camp 华娱，从封神训练营开始爆红 Cheng Chi, a third-rate actor, worked hard all his life, only to discover that the wife he’d loved for ten years had been cheating on him. Even the child he’d cherished for five years wasn’t his. As he lay dying, she didn’t hesitate to tell the doctor to pull the plug. Reborn in 2016, he swore that in this life, no matter how wonderful a woman might be, she wouldn’t stop him from moving forwar 0Votes7.5kRecs72.7kFans
- 27 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
- 28 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
- 29 I'm a Director in Chinese Showbiz, Spoiling the Celestial Fairy, My Beloved 我在华娱当导演，宠坏天仙白月光 A little screenwriter who’d wasted nearly half his life. He closed his eyes, then opened them. In this life, maybe he’d just become a director and pursue that far-off dream. 0Votes11.3kRecs112.9kFans
- 30 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
- 31 Chinese Showbiz: Starting Out as a Stand-In Director 华娱从代导开始 From the start, it’s 2010! One heroine, Old Liu! Principal: “I’m not here to obey the rules. I’m here to break them.” 8Votes99.1kRecs179.7kFans
- 32 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
- 33 Reborn: Starting as the Top Scorer in the Arts Entrance Exam 重生从艺考状元开始 [Can you imagine a young actor like me winning the Grand Slam for Best Actor?] Being reborn is precisely for creating miracles! This is the story of an old bit-part actor drifting in Beijing who creates an acting miracle after being reborn! 3Votes52.5kRecs365.1kFans
- 34 Chinese Showbiz: My Era of Stardom 华娱：我的星光时代 In 2002, Hero ushered in the era of big-budget commercial Chinese-language films. Industry professionals followed suit, and commercial blockbusters sprang up like mushrooms after the rain. Chen Shuo, reborn with a second chance, looks at this booming film market and decides he wants in too. Get famous, make money! 0Votes10.3kRecs106kFans
- 35 I'm a Triple-Crown Director, So Being a Versatile Talent Makes Perfect Sense 我一个三金导演十项全能很合理吧 After being reborn, Lu Rui returns to 2001, having made brainless short dramas in his previous life. He also brings along a [Ten-Disciplines-All-Rounder Director] System! Goal: Reach the pinnacle of life! But the System refuses to play by the rules! The from-the-start quest is to adapt a Hollywood movie for a Chinese audience? The reward is all kinds of directing techniques from Hollywood directors? The temptation is irresistible! Let’s do it! I’ll adapt Hollywood films! I’ll direct! I’ll borrow 414Votes105.5kRecs316.8kFans
- 36 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
- 37 The Big Player in Light and Shadow 光影大玩家 Cheng Yu’an, a flop director, returned to 2002. He had no plans to change the entertainment industry. He just wanted to make some money and enjoy a quiet life with his wife and children. But somehow, as he kept making films, things took a turn: “Look, I really just want to make some money. Stop treating me like the godfather of cinema!” “My goal is to retire at forty. Stop asking me to make more movies!” “All the films on the charts are mine. What else am I supposed to shoot?!” “I’m out, I’m out 2Votes34.1kRecs115.7kFans
- 38 Saving Regrets in Chinese Showbiz 华娱拯救意难平 A reborn story wearing the skin of the Chinese entertainment industry~ Returning to age eighteen, Sun Yi discovered that his original life had developed a slight deviation. Still, it was no big deal~ When he was preparing to follow the big shots by starting his own business and embarking on a life full of bugs, he unexpectedly discovered that a female classmate from high school was actually a major celebrity in his previous life. On his first visit to a film set, he encountered the fairy- 0Votes30kRecs177.5kFans
- 39 The Best Actor: My Entertainment Era 影帝：我的娱乐时代 It starts with the acting department of the Film Academy’s Class of 2002. Zhang Yuanjun swore he’d become a good actor, one even more famous than his classmate Liu Yifei! 0Votes36.3kRecs78.8kFans
- 40 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
- 41 The Millennium's Great Director 千禧大导演 Section Chief Jia: "You sell pirated discs and you want to make movies?" Wu Yuan: "A sudden breeze ripples a pool of spring water." Section Chief Jia: "Speak plainly!" Wu Yuan: "None of your damn business!" Returning to the turn of the millennium, the Fifth Generation directors had already achieved fame and success, while the Sixth Generation directors were still struggling underground. The golden age of Chinese-language cinema had only just begun. Wu Yuan glanced up at the world and chose t 0Votes41.9kRecs225.6kFans
- 42 I Became a Movie Emperor, and Only Then Did the System Finish Loading 成影帝了，系统才加载完 He got the Superstar System and eagerly jumped into the entertainment industry, only for the System to take ten years to finish loading. [Reward: 6.3 million shares of Penguin stock] [Reward: 2 million shares of Moutai stock] [Reward: 3.71 million shares of Huayi stock] [Reward: 300,000 shares of Apple stock] [Reward: a special-effects company] [Reward: one supernaturally protected Santana 2000, which can prevent damage in three car crashes] Qi Hao initially thought he was working for the System 1Votes199.7kRecs243.1kFans
- 43 The Glorious Age of Chinese Entertainment 华娱璀璨时代 Starting in 2003, a young couple joined hands and moved forward together. They grew side by side, and together, husband and wife forged a new path for Chinese-language entertainment. P.S. A slow burn, with both a male and female lead and a slice-of-life focus. If that’s not your thing, don’t read. 0Votes34.1kRecs125.6kFans
- 44 I Really Can't Act 我真不会演戏啊 “I’m going to take my talent into the entertainment industry…” “But you can’t actually act.” “Having a good face is enough.” 0Votes79.3kRecs127.3kFans
- 45 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
- 46 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
- 47 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
- 48 The Movie Emperor Doesn’t Want to Be a Eunuch 影帝他不想当太监 I'm never going to be a eunuch again! The Ming Dynasty's youngest and most handsome chief eunuch transmigrates into the body of a film extra in Hengdian. The countdown to being sent back has begun! Time remaining: 92 hours, 29 minutes, 48 seconds... Will he become a superstar and earn two million a day, or be sent back to become a eunuch? You call this a choice?!!! The author's previous book, I'm About to Lose Money Until I'm a Muggle, was completed in just 300 words. It's about a wizard who tra 7Votes714.3kRecs587.2kFans
- 49 A Poor Man's Two Thousand Years 穷鬼的上下两千年 She had experienced the Battle of Changping and witnessed the massacre of hundreds of thousands. She had once led Great Qin's iron cavalry in its struggle for supremacy against the Six States. She had seen the realm divided into three and the mountains and rivers shattered. She had also heard the soft, lingering music of the zither in Longzhong. During the golden age of Zhenguan, she once drank herself drunk on the present day. How radiant was that eternal female emperor in her youth? She had ri 61Votes1.2MRecs1.6MFans
