How Did I, Cao Mengde, Become a Movie Star?

As a devoted romantic who’d spent years going nowhere in the entertainment industry, Cao Huowang never imagined he’d get swept up in the transmigration craze too. But the old saying is right: life is like, well, you know. If you can’t fight it, you might as well enjoy it. The one thing that really annoyed Cao Huowang about transmigrating was the original owner’s name: Cao Mengde. Now that he’d inherited the name, Cao Huowang was determined to change what it meant, while pursuing his own dream. In his previous life, he’d been chewed out by directors countless times while working as an extra. This time, he, Cao Mengde, wanted to see what it felt like to be a director! I’m going to become a great director! I’m going to chew people out too! But years later, Cao Mengde realized something was wrong! How did I end up as an award-winning actor when I’m a director? I’m a director! Hey! I only stepped in because the expensive actors were out of my budget and the cheap ones were terrible! But that wasn’t what really troubled Cao Mengde. At first, Cao Mengde had planned to pursue his childhood sweetheart. But as time went on...