Novels like Chinese Showbiz: Now That I’m Capital, Can’t I Let Loose?
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- 1 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
- 2 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
- 3 Reborn: A Tech Mogul Whose Journey Began with Temple Run 重生：从神庙逃亡开始的科技巨头 In 2012, China's internet industry entered the age of giants, and the battle lines were drawn. Meng Nan, reborn, had already scored a dimensional victory on another battlefield. In a Silicon Valley garage, armed with a Thiel Fellowship, he forged a gaming empire with Temple Run and Minecraft, and a Saudi prince became his partner. While the giants were locked in fierce competition at home, Meng Nan returned to China with his capital and quietly laid the groundwork for Xiaohongshu, a major move h 0Votes3.9kRecs58Fans
- 4 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
- 5 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
- 6 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
- 7 Showbiz: The Girl Group Training Plan for Rising Stars 娱乐：小花们的女团养成计划 Dropped by the author. Don't read it. 0Votes2.3kRecs9.3kFans
- 8 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
- 9 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
- 10 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
- 11 Speedrunning Chinese Entertainment, Starting with Secret Photos of Meikong 从美空私摄开始速通华娱 [Entertainment industry maverick + capital-building strategy + film-and-TV tie-ins + major web-novel IPs] Chen An suddenly returned to 2008, just after graduating from the directing program at Shandong University of Arts. The bar for joining the mainstream director scene was too high, so he decided to flip the table! Starting with private photo shoots for Meikong, Chen An made web series, generated buzz, and built fan communities, drawing major players into the industry early and ushering in the 83Votes10.2kRecs65.1kFans
- 12 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
- 13 A Man in the World of Film and TV: It All Begins with A Dream of Splendor 人在影综：一切从梦华录开始 After mistakenly entering a world that combines the television dramas The Story of Minglan, A Dream of Splendor, and others, Cao Zhuo has a simple dream: rely on his status as the descendant of a founding hero to idle away his life, while bringing Hualan, Minglan, Zhao Pan'er, Zhang Bihan, and countless other beauties into his household. But reality is far more complicated. The monarch has no heir, two princes are fighting for the throne, the court and the realm are mired in chaos, Western Xia i 34Votes9.6kRecs52.7kFans
- 14 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
- 15 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
- 16 Reborn in 2015: Becoming the School Heartthrob in High School 重生2015，高中开始做男神 Twenty-nine-year-old Zhou Ziyang woke up one morning to find himself back in 2015. That year, Zhou Ziyang had just turned eighteen and was in Class One of his senior year at the county's No. 1 High School. That summer was unbearably hot. 47Votes93.8kRecs264.1kFans
- 17 Simultaneous Transmigration: Proving My Dao Across the Heavens 同时穿越：我在诸天证道尊 Su Qing transmigrated, and as he transmigrated through the Myriad Worlds, he insisted that every achievement was all his own. In the Sword and Fairy world, he became the new Human Emperor. In the Shrouding the Heavens world, he attained Emperor status faster than anyone. In the Yang God world, he became a being on the Other Shore. In the Renegade Immortal world, he became the Great Celestial Venerable. In the Swallowed Star world, he became the new strongest being in the universe. In the Eternal 22Votes15kRecs110.7kFans
- 18 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
- 19 Chinese Showbiz: Am I the Top-Tier Star Trendsetter? 华娱：我成顶流风向标了？ Entertainment blogger Chen Shu was doxxed by a deranged fan, then knocked back to 2016 with a single blow! And so, the entertainment industry welcomed its true star of destiny! While everyone else was still fighting over billing in fan circles, Chen Shu had already cemented his place as a top-tier star with hit after hit! While everyone else was still singing, dancing, and rapping, one of Chen Shu's hand dances inspired the whole nation to imitate him! While everyone else was still rehashing sta 174Votes22.4kRecs71.6kFans
- 20 Oh No, I'm Surrounded by Actresses Born in the '90s! 糟糕，我被95花包围了 Post-95 actresses, young stars, Xiao Tian, a boat, a coconut... Also known as: Chinese Entertainment: I'm Already an Award-Winning Actor, and Now You Show Up, System? Xu Ao transmigrated and became an actor in Hengdian. After ten years of hard work, Xu Ao finally won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor, becoming the leading young actor of his generation... And then the System showed up!? [Entertainment Industry Big Player System... Starting] “Wait, I'm already an award-winning actor. You're 0Votes13kRecs37.8kFans
- 21 In the Name of an American Citizen 美利坚公民的名义 In 1997, the Cold War is over, and the American Empire stands alone as the world’s dominant power. Luke, a forensic pathology master’s graduate, political expert, and emotional counselor who has transmigrated from another world, stands dumbfounded on the West Point parade ground. He had hoped to escape the U.S. military’s cage, but then discovered he had a [Restart the Match] golden finger! If he can’t die, then it’s time someone else took the seat of the American presidency! -> He’s West Point’ 720Votes78.4kRecs341.7kFans
- 22 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
- 23 I Turned Evil in a Crossover TV Universe 我在综合影视黑化了 Comprehensive Martial Arts: At the Dawn of the Dragon, Our Nature Is Good. After transmigrating into a combined world of TV dramas such as A Little Reunion and Home with Kids, the protagonist has just graduated when an accident causes his body to turn dark. The key that triggers this transformation turns out to be his beautiful married neighbor, Song Qian, from the A Little Reunion storyline about Qiao Yingzi. There’s a saying in the ma 0Votes43.9kRecs98.7kFans
- 24 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
- 25 Chinese Showbiz: The Top-Tier Star Has No Days Off 华娱：顶流没有假期 After ten years toiling as a financial-sector wage slave, Jiang Bai suddenly returns to 2016. Looking at the noisy, tumultuous world, Jiang Bai grins. Finance? Not even a dog would do that! You shouldn't step into the same river twice! In this life, Jiang Bai plans to dive headfirst into the entertainment industry and see how it tastes! He'll start by becoming a top-tier star in campus dramas! What? You say the entertainment industry is a mess? Could it possibly be messier than finance? Jiang Ba 1.4kVotes41.2kRecs265.4kFans
- 26 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
- 27 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
- 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... 308Votes63.9kRecs137.5kFans
- 29 This Director Has No Vision 这个导演没有格局 (A veteran author of Chinese entertainment novels, with several acclaimed works. This book has already achieved great success and is now aiming for ten thousand paid subscribers!) Reborn in 2009, Jiang Yifeng stirs up a storm in the entertainment industry. Yet people are always saying he lacks perspective. “Director Jiang, people say you made Old Boys to capitalize on the attention surrounding Michael Jackson’s death. Do you admit it?” “That’s true.” “Others say you criticized Wolf Totem and too 0Votes143kRecs275.3kFans
- 30 Hancheng: A Door to the Future 韩城：我与未来有扇门 When Lin Xiuyuan from 2013 pushed open that door and arrived in 2025, what story would unfold? Then... The past Zheng Xiuyan would begin settling accounts with the future Jessica. Sulli and La Gu, who should have died, would stand before their own gravestones, separated from themselves by life and death. Lin Yun'er, who had made bad films for most of her life, would receive the true teachings from the future and begin to soar, with one goal: the Blue Dragon Best Actress award. Ham Eun-jeong, who 489Votes368.3kRecs249.2kFans
- 31 EN 1980: The Ebb and Flow of the Tides 1980潮起潮落 [Voice input and manual crafting, a System-free coastal period piece, everyday farming, harvesting dried shrimp, and raising brine shrimp] For Chen Haichao, 1980 was a springtime too. The household responsibility system had yet to be introduced, and the economy was still collectivized. He could only start by selling dried shrimp to save up his first pot of gold, then claim unused non-arable land and develop quietly. Chen Sitian's monthly wages as a temporary worker were 22 yuan, making her the h 3.9kVotes118.6kRecs199.9kFans
- 32 The Dawn Protocol 拂晓协议 The global consensus: Measure the world's resources and win Huang Ye's favor. Hello, everyone. My name is Huang Ye. 407Votes47.3kRecs153.7kFans
- 33 1997: Crime Chasers 1997：罪案追凶 Summer 1997. Torrential rain! A dismembered body! A murderer! Yang Jinwen is reborn in 1997. Faced with the torrential rain and the dismembered body of a woman in the reed marshes from more than twenty years ago, he is determined to catch the killer! 2kVotes202.5kRecs550.8kFans
- 34 Turbulent 1979! 激荡1979！ This literary giant is no ordinary man! He wears luxury watches, drives expensive cars, lives in a mansion, and is close to several actresses. He shaped not only one generation's childhood, but the childhoods of several generations, and their childhood idols, too. Want to know why he's so bold? Wei Ming: “I was already earning foreign currency back in 1980. The culture I exported on my own was worth about as much as the entire contemporary literary scene. I've spent my whole life writing novels. 358Votes382.2kRecs576.1kFans
- 35 Building America: My Campaign Manager Is Roosevelt 缔造美利坚：我竞选经理是罗斯福 My name is Leo Wallace. I'm a history PhD student, and I'm $137,542.89 in debt. At the darkest point in my life, I lost my job. The reason? I trashed a tech giant called Omni online, and they “optimized” me right out of a job. I thought my life was going to be like Rickshaw Boy, until an uninvited intruder showed up in my head. He said his name was Franklin D. Roosevelt. Yes, that one, the guy on the dime. “Kid, stop ranting online. It doesn't work.” “Want to take them down? I'll teach you how.” 0Votes89.4kRecs234.6kFans
- 36 Chinese Entertainment: Starting Out as a Male Model 华娱从男模开始 He wakes up in 2015 and enters the entertainment industry as a male model. Don’t tell me about powerful backgrounds, impressive connections, or how corrupt the unspoken rules are. Bai Liang, living a second life, says he’s never suffered much in either one. The worst thing he’s had to stomach is iced coffee, and the heaviest thing he’s ever carried is Valentino. Making it in the industry comes down to two words: Luck! He’s going to find out what this entertainment industry is really like. Some p 39Votes506.1kRecs717.4kFans
- 37 Technology Invades the Modern World 科技入侵现代 1960: Lin Ran opens his eyes on a New York street in the 1960s. He has six decades’ worth of future technological data, but no legal identity. He becomes the head of NASA in the 1960s, spending ten percent of America’s GDP every year, taking on Congress in fierce debate, rallying talent from universities around the world, and leading global scientific collaboration. 2020: He returns to China to build a corporate behemoth, establishes a base on Mars, assembles a crew of astronauts bound for Europ 494Votes264.8kRecs475.6kFans
- 38 Who Are You Calling a Powerhouse? 骂谁实力派呢 Who are you calling a powerhouse performer? Who are you insulting? Do you have any idea what it means to be one of Asia’s Ten Most Handsome Men? 8Votes264.5kRecs843.1kFans
- 39 EN My Life in America: My Uncle Don Quixote 人在美利坚：我的叔叔堂吉诃德 [Successfully completed, read with confidence] [Over 10,000 first-month paid subscribers, 38,000 average subscribers, 150,000 peak subscribers: the highest first-month and average subscriber counts for an American-set novel] My name is Li Wei. After my parents passed away and left me saddled with a huge debt, I was taken in by a distant uncle in America and went to live with him in New York. Wait, what is this medieval adventure System? Why does it think my uncle is a mad knight? Why is the Uppe 972Votes209kRecs1.4MFans
- 40 I Own a Wildlife Park 我有一座野生动物园 Oh no, the director has collapsed! (in a tearful voice) Don't... don't call an ambulance just yet. Help me up first! Fang Ye wakes up after staying up all night playing games and discovers that he has become the director of a run-down zoo. A gentle and intelligent Northeast tiger, a fierce and tsundere silver fox, a gray wolf that loves showing off its affection... As the zoo develops, its animals, each with their own unique charm, attract visitors from all over the world. "Why do all the animal 2Votes172.7kRecs199.1kFans
- 41 Generation Z Artist Z世代艺术家 From Taking Down Public Intellectuals to Conquering the Entertainment Industry A Gen Z online troll born in 2005 is reborn in 1998. He has no rose-tinted view of this era, and it leaves him feeling utterly suffocated. The crude picture quality of TV and films, the eye-searing special effects, costumes like scraps of cloth, makeup that looks like a joke, and a filming philosophy of “good enough is good enough”... Men and women, directors and producers, every last one of them is garbage. The young 1.5kVotes1.3MRecs870.9kFans
- 42 EN What If My Heroine Escapes Her Novel? 女主从书里跑出来了怎么办 Chu Ge writes harem novels. As he was writing about one of the world’s most powerful women, a sect leader, beginning to fall in love... A woman appeared in his room and held a sword to his throat. “If you dare write that I fall in love with that man, I’ll kill you.” 14Votes466.1kRecs1.5MFans
- 43 Starting with Detective Conan, I Learned to Be Human Again 从柯南开始重新做人 He beats Kyougoku Makoto at karate and can draw faster than a gun at close range. He can climb a skyscraper with his bare hands to catch a sniper. He can even make Gin so furious that he takes a helicopter everywhere. This is an unlimited-worlds crossover fanfic. The first world is Detective Conan, with future worlds including Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, Dragon Ball, A Certain Scientific Railgun, The Outcast, and Arcane. Stay tuned! [This is Siyang’s seventh novel. The author has already written 11Votes552.6kRecs846.1kFans
- 44 EN Seeking the Dao in the Mortal World 问道红尘 Qin Yi once believed that the first thing an immortal cultivator needed was a calm, detached heart, free from desire, with the patience to endure and the will to resist temptation. But in the end, he discovered that the word “immortal” begins with a person. The path to immortality is cold and harsh. You and I will hold each other close to keep warm. P.S. This book was originally titled Please, Fairy, Have Some Self-Respect. 61Votes2.3MRecs1.5MFans
- 45 The National Forensic Doctor 国民法医 Corpse: Have you no manners? 110Votes4.1MRecs2.4MFans
- 46 EN What It's Like to Become a Vampire 变成血族是什么体验 “What’s it like to turn into a vampire?” Xiang Kun never expected that he’d be able to answer this question from personal experience. Not long ago, he’d read a response to it on Zhihu and thought it was just a story. 11Votes757.8kRecs1.1MFans
- 47 My Father Is Emperor Gaozu of Han 家父汉高祖 The new book The Court Does Not Move South is now being serialized. Your support is appreciated! A great empire has just been born, and a new era is about to begin. Liu Chang once wondered whether he should compete for the throne and lead this brand-new empire himself. But then he looked at the people around him: Liu Bang, Empress Lu, Liu Ying, Liu Heng... Well, isn’t it better to stay alive? And so Liu Chang earned himself the title of the most shameful transmigrator and settled into 160Votes1.1MRecs3.9MFans
- 48 The Undisputed Number One 绝对一番 “Always be number one” means “fight for first place forever and never give up”! After transmigrating to Japan just as its bubble economy collapses and the country enters a severe recession, Lu Zhishou takes a look at his empty wallet, next month’s rent bill, and transmigration perks. He promptly heads for a TV station and begins his quest to claim the top spot. He also finds the woman of his dreams. He makes plans, enlists accomplices, and doggedly pursues her, but the outcome... Disclaimer: Thi 10Votes2.6MRecs736kFans
- 49 EN Red Heart Patrols the Sky 赤心巡天 The print edition of The Redhearted Path is now available everywhere. In ancient times, the demon race vanished without a trace. In the near-antiquity era, the dragon race disappeared. The age when the divine path flourished has faded like smoke, and the age of flying swords at their peak has finally fallen into decline... What happened to this world? Who will listen to the truth of history buried in the river of time? Across a thousand miles of mountains and rivers, I write of corpses lying low 2.1kVotes8.2MRecs8.1MFans
