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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 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
- 3 Chinese Showbiz: I Defy Fate and Win Half the World 华娱：我靠命骨胜天半子 In 2013, Lin Yan unexpectedly bound himself to the Fate-Bone System. The more famous you become, the better your fate. So he threw himself into the cutthroat entertainment industry without hesitation. Some people in this business relied on talent, others on connections, and still others on luck... Everyone said, “A little fame takes promotion, but becoming a star takes fate.” Looking at the “seven taels and two qian” fate-bone rating on his System panel, Lin Yan smiled and said, “The two best th 5Votes2.6kRecs30kFans
- 4 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
- 5 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
- 6 Showbiz: Treasure Chests Drop When My Relationship Goes Public 华娱，从恋情曝光开始掉落宝箱 Second Playthrough Version: At the end of 2020, when Li Yitong stepped into the audition venue for Love Between Fairy and Devil, she saw Tian Xiwei, Zhou Ye, and Liu Haocun, who had no business being there. Then she spotted someone shivering in a corner, and realized she wasn't the only one on her second playthrough! First Playthrough Version: His girlfriend, Zhou Ye, wants to break up with Fang Mo. After years together, the two meet one last time before parting ways. When Fang Mo wakes from a d 14Votes1.1kRecs3.7kFans
- 7 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
- 8 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
- 9 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
- 10 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
- 11 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
- 12 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
- 13 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
- 14 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
- 15 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
- 16 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
- 17 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
- 18 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
- 19 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
- 20 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
- 21 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
- 22 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
- 23 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
- 24 The National Forensic Doctor 国民法医 Corpse: Have you no manners? 110Votes4.1MRecs2.4MFans
- 25 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
- 26 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
