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- 1 Chinese Entertainment 2016: The Beginning of Global Gamification 华娱2016：从全球游戏化开始 [Showbiz strategy + love rivals + plenty of daily life + slow pacing] Bai Liang is trapped in a semi-gamified showbiz world. From 2016 to 2026, if he fails to meet the conditions for clearing it, time resets and he has to start over. After three resets spent exploring and gathering information, he returns with a trove of strategic intel and officially begins his campaign to clear the game. Other people in showbiz compete over projects and connections. Bai Liang competes over Easter eggs, gear, a 0Votes1.6kRecs339Fans
- 2 King of Entertainment: From the Start, I Went on a Blind Date with a Star 文娱之王：从开局相亲女明星开始 “Gou Wazi, do you want a wife or not?” This was a casual question from the village Party secretary during the Spring Festival of 2013. Fang Mo was nearing graduation and lost about his future when, for reasons he could not explain, he chose to accept. The girl Fang Mo was introduced to was a sweet-looking, beautiful teahouse owner. However, just as the two caught each other's eye and confirmed their relationship, a door leading thirteen years into the future opened. His girlfriend was actually t 0Votes4.5kRecs4kFans
- 3 Showbiz: Starting at CoolMeow Video 文娱：从入职酷喵视频开始 Tang Lou is reborn in 2015, just as he starts working in Kumo Video’s department. As he’s getting ready to report for work, Yang Chaoyue, an employee at his family’s small sock factory, gets her finger crushed by a cutting machine. “Little Boss, I don’t need to go to the hospital. I can just get it treated at the local clinic.” “If I take time off, I’ll lose my attendance bonus. I just want to earn a little more money.” Seeing Yang Chaoyue looking so pitiful, and since you already call me Little 0Votes681Recs9.5kFans
- 4 Chinese Entertainment 16: I Became the Dream Maker for Rising Actresses 华娱16我成了小花们的圆梦大师 Chen Xingzhou returns to 2016. The moment he opens his eyes, he’s about to break up with Bai Mengyan. Most importantly, he has a cheat. [Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have activated the Celebrity Wish System.] [Congratulations on fulfilling celebrity Bai Mengyan’s wish: “Don’t break up with Chen Xingzhou.”] [Reward: An innate camera presence for martial arts dramas.] [Ding! Wish fulfilled...] [Reward: Golden Kidney Warrior.] After being reborn, Chen Xingzhou plans to become a major invest 0Votes950Recs2.9kFans
- 5 Chinese Showbiz: Who Says They Can’t Act? 华娱：谁说她们没有演技的 Cheng Cheng, an actor in short dramas, accidentally drove into a river after falling asleep at the wheel. Back in 2013, he had already decided to quit acting when he unexpectedly awakened the “Method Acting Master” talent. [Effect One: You possess the world’s most extraordinary acting talent and can understand and inhabit a role faster than ordinary people.] [Effect Two: Your outstanding acting talent grants you powerful empathy. Each month, you can choose one person to bond with. Once bonded, y 0Votes1.6kRecs9.6kFans
- 6 Chinese Showbiz: I Have a Proficiency Panel 华娱：我有一个熟练度面板 Li Qingyuan was an utterly ordinary office drone. On New Year's Eve in 2026, he transmigrated back to 2009. No superhuman brain, no unbelievable physical prowess. All he had was a proficiency panel. In this life, he wanted to live spectacularly and be remembered by the world. Watch him make a stunning debut on The Voice of China, then break out of Huaguo, conquer the globe, and become an icon of his era. Along the way, he also grows ever closer to one rising starlet after another, until their li 0Votes925Recs8.5kFans
- 7 Chinese Showbiz: Making TV Dramas Makes Me Stronger, Even Short Dramas Count? 华娱：拍剧就能变强，短剧也算？ Wait, you can get stronger just by making TV shows? Reborn into a new life, young Shen Qingquan is taken by surprise when he receives the [Attention] golden finger. Make productions, build a public image, and harvest everyone's attention to receive rewards from those productions? But as a history student at the end of 2016, how is he supposed to break into the industry? TV dramas and movies aren't easy to make. What? Short-form dramas count too? Then that settles it. Let's get to work and show t 85Votes9.6kRecs61kFans
- 8 Chinese Showbiz: I Never Planned to Get By on My Looks 华娱我真没想靠脸吃饭啊 [Actor story + multiple heroines + no System + some business elements + romantic push and pull] Reborn in 2010, he goes from a matchmaking show to becoming an entertainment industry's top-tier star! "Mr. Jiang, people all over the internet say your performance in Swords of Legends ushered in the era of traffic stars in Chinese entertainment. They call you a traffic star and accuse you of fueling fan-club culture. What do you think?" "As long as it makes money." "The media hail you as the light o 4Votes16.9kRecs71.4kFans
- 9 The Showbiz Bad Boy, Loved by Every Actress for His Devotion 华娱浪子，女明星都夸我深情 (Popularity + womanizer + bulldozer) Shen Lang was reborn in 2016. At the time, Douyin had just launched. He originally only wanted to ride the wave and become a top livestream sales host. Who could have guessed that, as his following grew, a twist of fate would send him into the entertainment industry? And he would thrive more and more. The so-called Four Big and Three Little stars, Xiao Jun and Yi Bo included, were nothing worth mentioning. Reporter: Shen Lang, what do you think are your 0Votes5.3kRecs42.7kFans
- 10 Chinese Showbiz: Rising from Tencent 华娱：从鹅厂崛起 In 2014, the entertainment industry’s star-driven boom was growing unchecked, capital was pouring in, satellite TV stations dominated, web dramas were still treated as an afterthought, and video platforms were burning through cash just to survive. Shen Ci: “I’m here. Video content can be saved, and so can actresses.” (Harem. Detailed romance. No doormats.) 0Votes11.2kRecs49kFans
- 11 Chinese Showbiz: It All Began When I Went Public with Yang Chaoyue 华娱：从和杨超月官宣开始 When Yang Chaoyue confesses her love to the whole internet, the trending topics explode, and the young actresses around her start acting strangely. Tian Xiwei corners Lin Chen against a wall. “Want to try a taste of my spice?” Zhang Jingyi drops her guard. “I’d do anything for you. Would she?” Liu Haocun tells the media, “There are no Zhang Yimou girls, only Chen girls. Brother Chen says I understand him best.” Lin Chen wants to run. This isn’t how it was supposed to go! At last, he realizes: Ma 0Votes1kRecs3.4kFans
- 12 Chinese Showbiz: Now That I'm a Top-Tier Star, Who Needs Real Love? 华娱：都当顶流了，谁还谈真感情 Xu Shen, who spent ten years playing bit parts in Hengdian, is reborn in 2018. In his previous life, he was too proud to take the easy way out, and ended up wasting half his life. Given another chance, he sees his wealthy former classmate Meng Ziyi getting drunk late at night and looking for comfort, and has an epiphany: Only a fool turns down a shortcut! Just then, his [Keyword System] awakens. Whenever he triggers an important event, he can obtain a magical keyword. Joining The Untamed, he equ 0Votes940Recs11.8kFans
- 13 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
- 14 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
- 15 I'm a Top-Tier Star, and I'm Really Going to Work You All Hard 华娱顶流，我真得狠狠操作你们了 Xu Xiu, a bit player on the fringes of the entertainment industry, returned to 2018. In this era of traffic-driven fame, the Four Greats and Three Young Stars were at their peak, while established and rising actresses competed to outshine one another. After two and a half years of training, Xu Xiu chose to sign with a major agency and debut on a talent show, ready to show the top-tier stars what a top-tier star of the new age really looked like! Reporter: “Some say you have unbelievably good con 0Votes7.6kRecs66kFans
- 16 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
- 17 Chinese Entertainment: Starting by Inheriting a Video Website 华娱从继承视频网站开始 Back in 2013, Su Xingzhou inherited P Station, a niche video-streaming site on the verge of bankruptcy. Facing the major video platforms, all throwing money around and racing to build up their arsenals, Su Xingzhou took on the roles of celebrity boss and producer, making quality content and investing with precision to turn small bets into big wins! He manipulated public opinion around golden boy-and-girl celebrity pairings, and his self-produced The Long Night set the entire internet ablaze! Sta 275Votes20.4kRecs83.5kFans
- 18 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
- 19 Chinese Showbiz: Starting with a Simulated Romance 华娱从模拟恋爱开始 [Want to befriend, date, and get to know female celebrities better?] [Click to play!] In 2015, aspiring arts student Yu Wenliang gets a dating simulator. An electronic romance with female celebrities from real life? What's the point if it's virtual! Yu Wenliang couldn't care less! What? You say it can simulate the future? Yu Wenliang looks at the countdown to the college entrance exam. The top scorer is waiting for him! What? You say he can gain the abilities of the characters in his simulations 5Votes33.4kRecs76.4kFans
- 20 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
- 21 Chinese Showbiz: The Top-Tier Star Director Who Only Promotes Rising Actresses 华娱：专捧小花的顶流导演 Rewinding to 2015, Lu Yunzhou binds to a Director System. Every time he makes a film, he gets a reward: [Delayed Aging], [Perfect Physique], [Immune to All Illnesses], and [More Children, More Blessings]! He only meant to focus on directing and rack up rewards, but the temptation of a million yuan a day proved too much. He took a guest role, and before he knew it, there was no turning back! … 10 million, 20 million, 30 million… What? I have over a hundred million female fans around the world! T 286Votes54.8kRecs186.5kFans
- 22 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
