Novels like Hancheng: A Door to the Future
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- 1 Peninsula: It Was Just a Dream, So Why Are You Taking It Seriously? 半岛：做梦而已，你来真的啊？ Chen Yan discovers that his dreams can predict the future. The first time, he dreams that the neighbor girl he's known for years is in danger, and rushes to save her at a crucial moment. What he doesn't know is that late at night, the girl next door stares at his messages and murmurs: "Xiaoyan, this time around, I won't let you slip away again." As Chen Yan predicts the future through his dreams time and again, he gradually r 0Votes41.9kRecs78.5kFans
- 2 The Peninsula’s Great Plan to Save the Nation’s Girl Group 半岛拯救卡皇大作战 Wang Qinghe, a star-chasing fan blessed by fate, is unexpectedly reborn and returns to New York in 2014. Driven by past regrets and his longing for his idol, he resolves to do something... At first, he only wants to chase stars. He never expects to become the brightest star of all. Main focus: Jessica, second-generation girl groups. 0Votes17.6kRecs0Fans
- 3 The Peninsula Tycoon Starts by Saving Samsung's Young Princess 半岛财阀从救下三星小公主开始 “Ho Rong, Tara’s been having some trouble lately. You’d better stay out of it! Here, take my supplementary gold card and go have some fun!” “Are you telling me what to do?” “No!” “From now on, don’t say anything bad about them in front of me!” Seeing Li Yinxin obediently nod, Li Haorong finally accepted the bank card with satisfaction and slipped it into his pocket. “Since Tara’s feeling down, I’ll go buy them s 0Votes13kRecs88.8kFans
- 4 I Was Forced to Become a Media Mogul After Inheriting My Earthworks Business 土方二代的我被迫转型华娱大佬 Zheng Yi, you’re a rich kid from a third-generation real estate family and a second-generation construction family. Why do you want to be a celebrity? “If the world’s most handsome man doesn’t join the entertainment industry, should I drive a dump truck and haul dirt instead?” Zheng Yi says this to the young actress before him. This story begins in 2016. (The author is a true fan of Fei Jie, but she doesn’t appear in this book. Fellow Yijia fans, don’t get your hopes up, O(∩_∩)O haha~ Unless I w 120Votes9.2kRecs27.8kFans
- 5 Starting as a Pirated Goods Dealer, I Rule Chinese Entertainment 从盗版商开始统治华娱 [Chinese entertainment industry, rebirth, romance, film and television and internet business rivalries between China and the US, multiple heroines.] Ji Yun was a well-respected assistant director in the industry, but without financial backing, he could never get the chance to direct his own project and make a name for himself. A car accident sent him back to the turbulent year of 2008. That year, he was still a college freshman, but he was swamped trying to take over his family's pirated DVD com 124Votes10.8kRecs67.3kFans
- 6 Venture Capital: I Can Predict the Future 风投：我能预知未来 Xie Keyi, the ultimate small-town exam ace, spends his days in Lujiazui dreaming up financial empires and his nights in a Porsche listening to women pour their hearts out. Then a “college girl” curse gets him run over by a truck, and he awakens a superpower: seeing the future in his dreams! Now armed with a golden finger and sixty million in breakup money (no, wait, dividends), he makes a solemn announcement: Mr. Ma, Mr. Lei, Mr. Shen... you old guys, hurry up and retire. The future belongs to m 0Votes15.9kRecs52.8kFans
- 7 Peninsula: I'm Really a Taoist, Not a Succubus! 半岛：我真是道士，不是魅魔！ So, Master, am I really a succubus?!! What, succubi can’t become Taoist priests? (PS: Hy. The female lead’s character card will be added as she officially appears.) 0Votes3.9kRecs16.6kFans
- 8 Peninsula: They Walked into My Frame 半岛：她们闯进我镜头 At first, An Yang only wanted to make some money by snapping photos of celebrity gossip. But... “Oppa, is this pose okay?” “Chingu, does this outfit look good?” “An Yang-ssi, can I come to your house for a photoshoot?” Years later, when An Yang looked back through his photo albums, he realized he had gathered the entire peninsula’s girl groups in them. 0Votes7.9kRecs34.7kFans
- 9 Directing Martial Arts Films in Chinese Entertainment 武导华娱 (Main pairing: 95, secondary pairings: 85 and 90+; you can't imagine how fun directing is; they're not after my resources, but…) They say that kung fu films died in the second decade of the new millennium. Fang Mo had just returned from a world of martial arts when he was called in at the last minute to direct a period kung fu web movie on the verge of falling apart. The male lead had just become a celebrity with legal troubles, the female lead didn't have enough time in her schedule, the second 53Votes778Recs1.5kFans
- 10 Doctor Liang on the Peninsula 梁医生在半岛 Liang Xi is the youngest ever tenured professor of cardiothoracic surgery and associate director at UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. After personally seeing off his partner and sending every patient under his care out of the hospital, he sets off on a journey of self-healing. But the moment he arrives in Seoul, it seems he's picked up something unlucky. Out for a morning run and enjoying the view, he comes across a patient suffering an acute stroke. At a spor 0Votes15.8kRecs49.5kFans
- 11 King of Variety Shows: Starting by Handling a Top-Tier Girl Group 综艺之王：从拿捏顶流女团开始 “I want the ratings, and I want the girl group leader too!” Gu Huai braved the Peninsula and spent three years working his way up to become JTBC's star producer. Just as he was about to take charge of the prime-time slot, the executives abruptly reassigned him to shoot some “nostalgic travel variety show about second-generation girl groups.” Looking at the tacky girl group name “oh-GG!” on the proposal, 0Votes6.9kRecs15.1kFans
- 12 Peninsula’s Platinum Age 半岛白金时代 After losing to infighting, Chen Shijun gritted his teeth and prepared to bring some pain to the entertainment industry, where glitz and glamour concealed rot. Previous works, "Fallen Blossoms on the Peninsula" and "I Will Be Great Again on the Peninsula", ran to 2.8 million words without missing a single day's update. Updates are reliable, so read with confidence. 4Votes55.8kRecs50.7kFans
- 13 Peninsula: I'm Their Golden Finger 半岛：我是她们的金手指 Lin Shuwen was reborn with the memories of his past life, ready to rise to fame and make his mark in Chinese entertainment in 2013. But then a certain young leader knocked on his door late at night, traveling thousands of miles just to bind herself to the “Future Master” and prevent 930. A certain little deer threw herself at him, even following him back to China. A certain petite girl gave him a look that said, “I know you'll be amazing someday, but right now I just don't think much of you,” th 0Votes11kRecs31.9kFans
- 14 Peninsula: My Novel's Infinite Loop 半岛之我的小说无限循环 His novel, her fate. The cycle repeats, over and over, without end. Lee Hyunwoo runs through the labyrinth of time, determined to find the one answer that can save her before the end arrives. But what’s with all these other people?! “You’re from 2020?” “She’s mine! Stay away from her!” said a certain guy with no eyebrows. “You’re from 2025?” “Hey, listen to me this time!” said a certain divorced woman who had just escaped the graveyard of marriage. “And why is there an old lady from 2030?” “Hyun 4Votes16.8kRecs22.1kFans
- 15 Peninsula: My Career Took Off After Rumors Linked Me to Kim Tae-yeon 半岛：和金泰妍传绯闻后开始爆火 (Multiple heroines) After five years of playing the Dream Life Development Game, Song Zhao is sent back to the peninsula's entertainment industry in 2012. Future hit songs come effortlessly to him, and the name “prodigy songwriter” quietly begins to spread. But a scandal linking him to Kim Taeyeon, leader of the top girl group Girls' Generation, brings his debut plans to an abrupt halt. In the end, he switches to a new agency and teams up with IU on “Some.” The song sets the music world ablaze, 122Votes30.6kRecs76.1kFans
- 16 The Peninsula's Producer-Type Lover 半岛之制作系恋爱人 Gu Chengxuan, who has a real “talent” for writing and producing music, transferred from the University of Southern California to Korea University for one reason: to be his older sister’s student before graduating. All he wanted was to quietly get through the school year and then return to North America to graduate without a hitch. But things didn’t go as planned... “Chengxuan! This time, I won’t lose again!” “Xiao Xuan... You promised you’d watch the New Year’s Eve fireworks at Taipei 101 with m 79Votes10.1kRecs29.9kFans
- 17 Chinese Showbiz: After Bonding with a Rising Star, the More Famous She Gets, the Stronger I Become 华娱：绑定小花后，她越红我越强 [Chinese entertainment industry + daily life at the forefront + career as a side plot + romantic rivalry] By a stroke of luck, Shen Lang, a grunt in the Chinese entertainment industry, is unexpectedly reborn in 2014. As he ponders the meaning of life, the Stardom Resonance System automatically chooses him as its host. The more famous the female performers under his management become, the more benefits Shen Lang receives. Enhanced attributes, resource exchanges, resonance marks, and a slight adju 39Votes2.9kRecs7.3kFans
- 18 Peninsula: Starting at the Midnight Diner 半岛：从深夜食堂开始 A sweet romance set in the Korean entertainment industry, with Jung Soo Jung as the sole female lead. After transmigrating to Seoul in 2012, Su Chengyou planned to open a Chinese restaurant and live a quiet, ordinary life. Until one late night, she sat in the restaurant, her head bowed as she twisted a tissue in her fingers, and softly said, “I hope that one day we can really be together…” “The kind of relationship where I can hold my head high and walk out with you, hand in hand, in front of 0Votes7kRecs14.4kFans
- 19 Chinese Showbiz: The Gearhead Talent Manager 华娱：装备系经纪人 After transmigrating to 2016, Chen Zhuo became a low-level intern at Yongle Pictures. A clear-eyed college student, he was honest and cautious, hoping above all to graduate without a hitch. Then he took a tumble on a business trip... And now, he was reborn. He had returned to the year he graduated from college, and was bound to the [Entertainment Industry Gear System]. Objects imbued with abundant emotion and popularity could grant him various attributes and skills. For example, there was a phot 64Votes4.5kRecs17.1kFans
- 20 A Rose's Story, Starting with a Male Model 玫瑰的故事，从男模开始 My boss and his wife are getting divorced. They asked me which one of them I'm going with. Reborn in 2001, I make a name for myself as a male model. 67Votes2.1kRecs20kFans
- 21 Chinese Showbiz: Starting by Bonding with a Contract Beast 华娱：从绑定契约兽开始 Chen Che woke up and found himself back in 2014. That year, the Four Dan actresses and Two Ice actresses were nearing the end of their era, and the age of internet celebrities was just beginning... Reborn Chen Che awakens a System: [Win the favor of a beauty in the entertainment industry to receive a reward.] [Ding! System binding successful. You have received a Contract Card!] [Contract Card]: Can be used to form a soul contract with any actress in the entertainment industry. Chen Che looked at 159Votes1.6kRecs87Fans
- 22 Peninsula: Secret Intelligence 半岛之秘密信息 After being reborn, Han Shujun only wanted to write a few smash-hit dramas and make a good living. Until he met... “S, do I look good in the pose in the photo I sent you?” “Oppa, some of the moves in the shoot are really difficult. I want to rehearse them with you in person...” “Shujun, could I come over tonight and talk about the script?” It took Han Shujun years to realize that everything he had now stemmed from a secret message from a stranger. (Multiple heroines, romance-focused, with nu 4Votes21.7kRecs75.7kFans
- 23 Peninsula: There's No Way I'll Sink 半岛：我不可能会翻船 Choi Doyoon (born Go Liyan, 1994–?) has spent his whole life fighting against a lousy fate through sheer determination. By a twist of fate, he ends up in Seoul. Jung Soojung: “You owe me. Shouldn't you spend the rest of your life making it up to me?” Lim Yoona: “Sica unnie, mianhae, but you can't just give a man away.” Kim Jiwon: “They're busy making a scene, while I quietly steal their home base.” The media: “Congratulations on winning Best Actor at this year's Blue Dragon Film Awards. Please g 0Votes9.1kRecs29.8kFans
- 24 Peninsula: So What If I Debuted as Royalty? 半岛：出道就是皇族又怎样？ [HY, lighthearted, balancing career and romance, one female lead (two relationships)] Song Muryul never expected to be branded an “industry plant” before he’d even debuted. Seeing all the speculation about him, he could only say: So what? He really is an industry plant, just one who’s a little better-looking, a little more talented, and comes from a slightly better background. So what if the company favors someone like him? 3Votes14.9kRecs22.2kFans
- 25 Peninsula: From the Start, I Went on a Blind Date with Yoona 半岛：开局和允儿相亲 I was reborn, and I am now at Prosecutor Lin's home. Today is the day I successfully passed judicial training, as well as the day I meet Lin Yuner for the first time and go on a blind date with her. The story begins here. (This book is also known as H Country's Messes, This Is What a Prosecutor Is Really Like, and The Symbol of Power.) 0Votes9.4kRecs31.2kFans
- 26 Peninsula: Being a Top-Tier Star Is Just the Bar to Meet Me 半岛：顶流只是见我的门槛 [A Man on the Peninsula Who Doesn't Eat Beef] “Oppa, I made the lamb patties you loved most in your past life~” “You sly little Goguryeo hussy, pretending to be a virtuous wife and loving mother again to win people over!” “You wicked Silla wench! Picking a fight on purpose, are you?” “Please don't fight~ Oppa will get angry if he hears you.” “Shut up! Baekje seductresses don't get a say here!” “Unnie, unnie, those three are fighting again~” “Hah, these eastern barbarians' women really are hopele 375Votes43kRecs69.4kFans
- 27 A Study of Being Reborn 重生学概论 If you always choose to run away, your eyes will die before your life does. We, too, once let our veiled affection spill out amid laughter and joy, speaking our hearts as freely as we could. 3Votes28.5kRecs33kFans
- 28 I Tried to Persuade My Father to Return Home, but Was Forced to Stay and Become a Tycoon 劝父回国，被迫留下当财阀 Li Mingxi: “I’m Chinese! Let me go!” (This novel is set in a fictional world. Please don’t compare it too closely with reality. Thank you.) 0Votes16.8kRecs76kFans
- 29 Peninsula: It All Started When I Hid in an Idol's Closet 半岛：从躲在idol衣柜里开始 [Harem, multiple characters reborn, lighthearted, everyday life. The System isn’t important.] After returning to 2013, Lin Muyan planned to use the System to make a little money and enjoy a carefree life. But the women around him were acting stranger and stranger... Shirley: Short on cash? Here, take this card. Want to start a company? I’ll help you rent an office building! Jessica Jung: Tell me, should I just leave the group right now? Im Yoona: A Rolex for you. Also, could you hug me like you 313Votes106.6kRecs142.8kFans
- 30 Peninsula: From Extra to Chungmuro Movie Star 半岛：从龙套到忠武路影帝 Jiang Zaixun has two faces On screen, he’s a rising star of Chungmuro, painstakingly trained by Hwang Jung-min. Off screen, he’s a set-seductress surrounded by four top-tier stars. Hwang Jung-min says he was born to be an actor After all, a man who can make an icy model, a teasing beauty, a bold rich woman, and a haughty idol all start fighting over him must have some “special acting skills.” This book is also known as: “How I Maxed Out My Acting Skills and Accidentally Unlocked the ‘Set Heartth 0Votes35.7kRecs63kFans
- 31 Peninsula: We Agreed to Become Meng Nan Together, and You Betrayed Us 半岛：说好一起当梦楠，你玩叛变 Lin Yian was a struggling writer of Korean entertainment fan fiction who’d been dropped by his editor. Every day, he did nothing but chat in his readers’ group. Then one day, a stranger suddenly pulled him into a group chat. Everyone in the group was a kindred spirit. For some reason, they kept sharing news and songs from a year in the future. After checking for himself, Lin Yian realized everything they said was true. Then a talent scout happened to approach him, and armed with this bug, he suc 114Votes16.9kRecs48.4kFans
- 32 Peninsula: An Introduction to Psychology 半岛：心理学概论 I’m studying abroad on the Korean Peninsula, a top psychology student at Korea University, a former rich second-generation heir, and now the Seoul Beggars’ Gang’s prospective leader. I woke up to find my family’s company bankrupt and my credit cards frozen! Send me 50 yuan, and I’ll tell you how I talked my way into getting by on other people’s money and made it to the top. Also known as I Live Off Others in Seoul and My House Is Full of Mentally Ill Idols Note: Everything in this book is includ 67Votes18.7kRecs29kFans
- 33 Reborn: Seoul’s Comic Relief 重生：韩城乐子人 Let’s talk, fall in love, and make peace with those lingering regrets. The main story is about laid-back everyday life after being reborn. Primarily focused on Korean entertainment. Don’t read if that’s not your thing. 7Votes41kRecs63kFans
- 34 Peninsula: My Girlfriend Is an ACE 半岛：我的女友是ACE Gu Cheng, why don't you let me be your tour guide? Gu Cheng, which of us is prettier, me or her? Gu Cheng... After his favorite group disbanded, Gu Cheng had fallen out of the fandom and gone to say goodbye in person. He never expected to meet the one who would change his life in a foreign land. (A lighthearted story.) 0Votes7.4kRecs20.4kFans
- 35 My Acting Career Just Took Off, and Now You Want Me to Play Tennis? 拍戏刚火，又让我去打网球？ Xu Yang, who'd spent every day on the tennis circuit eating greasy pork belly and started having a split stream when he peed before turning thirty, was reborn. Given another chance, he decided to bring his talent to the entertainment industry and sample its refined little dishes. In 2004, he serialized "Those Things About the Ming Dynasty" on Tianya. In 2007, he got into the Beijing Film Academy. In 2008, he wrote, directed, and starred in "Brotherhood of Blades", which took in over sixty millio 130Votes1.2kRecs94Fans
- 36 Peninsula: The Movie Star Begins After a Breakup 半岛：影帝从分手开始 This book is also known as My Actor Uncle Is Really Amazing Fifteen-year-old Kim Minjeong came from Yangsan to Seoul and moved in with her twenty-two-year-old uncle, a hugely popular actor. The little girl soon realized that her uncle was a very interesting person. But... why does everyone keep wanting to be my aunt-in-law? “Minjeong, be a good girl and call me Auntie.” “Minjeong, Auntie will buy you some treats.” “Minjeong, actually... I like your uncle too.” Note: The author's skills are avera 0Votes39.4kRecs66.4kFans
- 37 I Hid the White Rose Behind Me 我将白玫瑰藏于身后 The white rose that has always remained hidden behind him will eventually be held in his arms. 0Votes22.7kRecs22.4kFans
- 38 Peninsula: I Play for Real! 半岛：我玩的就是真实！ They all say a rap star has to be real, has to keep it real, okay, no problem. I can't keep it real with you trolls, so I'll keep it real with the female idols you love most instead... Also known as: “I'm Real, So I'm Going to Date!” and “I'm a Rapper, So It's Only Natural for Me to Be a Bit of a Player, Right?” 16Votes63.7kRecs111.6kFans
- 39 Time Wandering Through Memories 游走于记忆的时间 After a devastating blow sends him to the lowest point of his life, he gets the chance to start over. Will he seize the past, or the present? Tentatively, a lamb 0Votes7.6kRecs11.7kFans
- 40 Peninsula: A Steel Romance 半岛钢铁之恋 “Hey, why does everyone call you Engineer Zhou?” “Because your big brother here is an engineer.” “Then why do some people call you Deputy Chief Zhou?” “Because I'm the deputy commander-in-chief of the Engineering Construction Command.” “And one more thing, why...?” “Are you a walking encyclopedia? Have a drink with me, or I'll toss you into the Han River.” One heroine. A new writer's debut. Don't read if that's not your thing. 0Votes60.2kRecs54.3kFans
- 41 I'm Really Here to Make a Trade 我真是来交换的 Also known as "A Few Stories About Lin Run'e's Boyfriend Outside the Entertainment Industry". The story begins in the autumn of 2017. P.S. My new book, "This Female Idol Is Definitely Not My Proud Disciple", has been signed. Give it a try! 0Votes11.5kRecs22kFans
- 42 Falling Blossoms on the Peninsula 半岛之落花 A riot of colors gradually dazzles the eye. The strongest physique, the nation’s first love: will the newcomer actress prove that the old is better, or will the young female idol come out on top? The author’s new book, Peninsula: I’m Going to Be Great Again, is now out. Please show it lots of support! Thank you! 0Votes10.2kRecs46kFans
- 43 The Top-Tier Star Wants Me to Confess 顶流女明星想让我告白 A genius IT engineer, Chen Gewei, the “Little Genius.” A story about spending the peninsula's money on the peninsula, falling for one of its idols, and bringing her home. 0Votes15.6kRecs51.2kFans
- 44 On the Peninsula, I Start Out Living with My Aunt and Her Teammate 人在半岛，开局与小姨队友同居 A nerdy artist who draws shojo manga comes to the peninsula to dodge deadlines. For certain reasons, he has no choice but to live with his aunt’s teammate. Kim Taeyeon: Xiaoyan, the story in your manga seems awfully familiar. Lin Yan: Because it’s the story of how I pursued you, Noona. 0Votes10.9kRecs35.3kFans
- 45 My Years as a Translation Teacher on the Peninsula 我在半岛做翻译老师的那几年 Synopsis: I was just an ordinary, unremarkable translator. Then one day, I met them, the women from the peninsula, and my dull, everyday life began to change... 0Votes5.3kRecs25.4kFans
- 46 Miracles of Everyday Life on the Peninsula 奇迹的半岛日常 The everyday life of a newly retired fantasy-world champion falling in love on the Korean Peninsula. 0Votes21.7kRecs20.4kFans
- 47 Our Reunion 我和你的重逢 You are the firefly in the night, lighting up the darkness and rekindling the beautiful bond between us. Let's just say this is a parallel world. Don't nitpick the parts that don't quite make sense. A little aside: I'm a new author, so this might not be very good. 0Votes2.7kRecs9.1kFans
- 48 The Peninsula Knight 半岛之侠 HY, I wandered into eating poison, so don’t blame me … Are you chivalrous? No. Do you often help people? Also no. Then why does your name have the character for “hero” in it? You think I chose it? Other people are the ones who call me that! … Even a special kind of hero is still a hero! 0Votes20.3kRecs35.6kFans
- 49 Chinese Showbiz: Now That I’m Capital, Can’t I Let Loose? 华娱：成资本了还不能放纵吗？ Day One After Being Reborn: Li Zhou treads carefully. One Month After Being Reborn: Holy crap! This crappy game, Dungeon Fighter Online, already has a money-making bug?! One Year After Being Reborn: Damn, could all the suffering I went through in my past life have turned into blessings in this one? Let loose? Hell, I have to let loose! On the variety show Heart Signal, Yang Chaoyue revealed that she once confessed to a boy when she was a student. But the boy gave Yang Chaoyue a "good person 432Votes52.6kRecs200kFans
- 50 Peninsula: No Dating Your Idols 半岛：不准和偶像恋爱 After an entertainment-industry top-tier star's career imploded, superfan Bai Pengfei fled to Seoul and started a new career. This book is also known as: “Please, Top-Tier Star, Stop Letting Your Career Implode!” “Top-Tier Star Idols Are Forbidden to Date” “I'm Pursuing You, But That Doesn't Mean I Like You” “What, Idols Give Their Fans Rewards?” “I Really Like This Reward” “It's Only Natural to Pursue a Few More Idols for the Rewards” “Stanning Idols Is My Job. Don't Think You Can Interfere wit 105Votes29.7kRecs49.2kFans
