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- 1 Please, Be a Proper Actor! 拜托，请好好做演员！ Winter, 1995. Amid gunshots, Chen Xiaozhe was reborn as the youngest son of the Chen family. In his previous life, he was dismembered. In this one, he was born with a silver spoon into the innermost circles of fame and fortune. When a thug is paired with a glittering family background, when a hyena dons the fine clothes of a young master, the acting classroom at Beijing Film Academy is about to welcome its most dangerous student. “The true meaning of acting? Obviously, it's to fool everyone.” Wh 0Votes2.4kRecs5.8kFans
- 2 Chinese Showbiz: Coasting to Victory, Starting with The Journey of Flower 华娱：从花千骨开始躺赢 [Feel free to skip the first three chapters] [In 2014, the traffic craze swept through Chinese entertainment] [The annual income of publicly listed companies couldn’t match that of a single traffic star] Cui Ran stares at the astronomical traffic numbers and shouts, “Let me handle this!” Da Mi Mi looks at the nine-figure salary written into the contract, her expression stiffening as she screams inwardly, “My money! It’s all my money!! You get nine figures, I get eight, and you expect me, the que 0Votes4.1kRecs24.4kFans
- 3 A Top-Tier Star in Chinese Showbiz, Starting with Wonderland 华娱顶流，从桃花坞开始 The age of popularity arrived quietly, and the balance of the entertainment industry began to shift. Xu Yang had been in the business for two and a half years, yet upon his return he was still a total flop. Then he received an invitation to a variety show called Peach Blossom Land. From an unknown nobody to a stunning comeback powered by the show's popularity... Xu Yang: “At first, I just wanted to make some money. Later, the whole industry started imitating me.” [Lighthearted story] [Multiple f 0Votes6kRecs33.4kFans
- 4 I’m Not a Nepo Baby, Yet I’ve Made It Big in Showbiz 我不是资源咖，却在娱乐圈火了 Reborn in 2016, he has the “Celebrity Career Guide.” What? You want me to bind myself to a female celebrity and live off her?! Lu Xun: Absolutely not! What? The beginner's gift pack is a second male lead role?! Lu Xun: Impossible! What? I have scenes with the second female lead, and an action scene with the female lead?! Lu Xun: Actually, I was born with a weak stomach. The doctor says I'm only suited to living off a woman. Holding the script for The Legend of the Condor Heroes and looking at th 0Votes1.4kRecs6.1kFans
- 5 Chinese Showbiz: Starting with Variety Shows, I Become a Top-Tier Star! 华娱：从综艺开始，成为顶流！ In 2015, domestic Chinese entertainment has already entered the traffic-star era, and Keep Running is taking the internet by storm. Jiang Chuan returns to China after ending his contract in the peninsula. He joins Go Fighting! determined to tear open a path through the traffic-star era dominated by the Four Big and Three Little stars and break into the fiercely competitive entertainment industry. 0Votes489Recs4.8kFans
- 6 Chinese Entertainment 2004, I Want to Be a Director 华娱2004，我要当导演 Everyone says the entertainment industry is a cesspool, but Chen Feng has loved all things colorful since he was a kid. A director needs romance to spark artistic inspiration, doesn’t he? An artist’s affairs aren’t womanizing. They’re just a search for a muse. 0Votes7.2kRecs57.7kFans
- 7 Chinese Showbiz: A Top-Tier Star's Life, Starting in 2017 华娱：2017开始的顶流人生 My last life was a bit of a failure. I was good at singing, but never made it big. I was decent at acting too, and even had formal training, but nobody would hire me! In a fit of anger, I caught a cold and was reborn! When I opened my eyes again, I realized I had another chance. With the experience from my past life, things should be a little easier this time, right? 0Votes2kRecs7kFans
- 8 I’m a Finance Guy. Why Am I Bound to an Actor System? 我金融男，绑定演员系统什么鬼？ A finance-world corporate beast returns to 2015 and unexpectedly becomes bound to an acting System. Having been given a second chance at life, he wants to live differently this time, enjoying the adoration beneath the spotlight. From then on, the entertainment industry gains a top-tier star and film emperor, while the financial world gains an investment guru! 0Votes1.5kRecs19.5kFans
- 9 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
- 10 Chinese Showbiz: They Insist I’m a Male Bodhisattva 华娱：她们非说我是男菩萨 In 2013, just a few months remain before the dawn of the traffic-star era. Starting with Swords of Legends, Jiang Huainian is reborn at the peak of his game. Faced with love confessions from a bevy of beauties in Chinese entertainment, he says: “Don't confess to me. I really don't know how to turn anyone down.” “I say I'm a playboy, but they insist I'm a bodhisattva of a man.” “They're fighting...” Xiaotian claims she's known him since childhood, but there are just too many girls who showed up l 0Votes985Recs7.2kFans
- 11 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
- 12 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
- 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 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
- 15 Chinese Showbiz: Young Actresses Have Their Eyes on Me 华娱：我被小花们觊觎了 People say that to make it in the entertainment industry, you need connections, influence, and resources. Otherwise, you’ll be faced with a harsh reality full of shady dealings and unspoken rules. Everyone in the industry believes it. When young actresses are desperate to break through but discover that veterans have firmly blocked every path to success, leaving them helpless and uncertain... A newcomer with a System arrives on the scene: Gu Luojin. Zhang Jingyi: “Gu, we’ve known each ot 84Votes6.7kRecs62.1kFans
- 16 Chinese Showbiz: Starting Out as a Film Producer 华娱：从影视出品人开始 Book recommendation: Chinese Entertainment: Rising from Tencent The moment I stepped into the entertainment industry, the nightmare of every female celebrity in the business began. 15,000 words updated daily+ Featuring mainly the post-1995 and post-2000 female stars (No bootlicking)(No naivety)(Career-focused)(Everyday-life story) 0Votes14.2kRecs52.6kFans
- 17 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
- 18 Among the Models, My Intel Refreshes Every Day 混在模特圈，我的情报每日刷新 [Over 10,000 premium subscribers, now an editor’s pick, with nearly 3,000 tips uncovered so far! Starting in the modeling and fashion worlds, then moving into entertainment, he’ll win over every rising star, established actress, and top-tier beauty!] Lin Qingsong, a seasoned agent who had spent two and a half years in the modeling world, unexpectedly gained the Daily Intelligence System. [Today’s tip: In the garbage room beside Building 2 of the Tianhai residential complex, there’s a jar of aban 18Votes47.1kRecs194.5kFans
- 19 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
- 20 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
- 21 Chinese Showbiz: Starting as a Top-Tier Star from a Talent Show 华娱：从选秀顶流开始 Shen Juan wakes up and finds himself back in 2017. Starting with the biggest hit talent shows, he rises step by step to become a top-tier star. Billboard: “Underrated perfectly captures North American trends, and Alex Fever is spreading rapidly around the world.” Time: “Every era has its own icons. We are living in the pop culture craze created by Alex.” MTV: “This spring marks Alex’s moment to rise.” Forbes: “A Gen Z pop king has arrived. Alex is changing the world and creating an entire 2Votes113.6kRecs177.1kFans
- 22 The Entertainment World's Intel King 华娱情报王 Yan Li, a graduate of the vocational program for the Class of 2000 at Beijing Film Academy, gets the golden finger [Daily Intelligence System] and becomes the entertainment industry’s king of insider information. What? The cast of The Heroes of Sui and Tang is holding auditions for Yuwen Chengdu. That role seems perfect for me. What? The brand’s minimum endorsement rate is three million a year. Damn, my agent quoted too low. Hurry and raise the price. What? A female star plans to use a pinhole c 695Votes444kRecs548.1kFans
