Chinese Showbiz: A Director's Simple Joy
华娱：导演的快乐就这么简单
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- Completed
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- 1.9M Words
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- Urban
- Subgenre
- Showbiz Romance
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- 2y ago
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Yan Danchen
It's just beautiful, no arguments allowed.
The author is really something else; they even used the celebrities' real names! They should probably change them as soon as possible, or they'll be finished if they get reported.
Those who try to whitewash Tang Wei and "Lust, Caution" in the comments and reviews are either stupid or malicious. They might even get 500,000 yuan; this is a money-making opportunity!
Let me make a wild guess about the female lead. Judging by the usual pattern of Qidian Entertainment, for any entertainment novel, it'll likely be Yang Mi, Liu Yifei, Zeng Li, Gao Yuanyuan, Liu Shishi, or Tang Yan.
I want to write a book, with Zeng Li and Jing Tian as the main characters. Anyone want to support me?!
Why do nine out of ten entertainment novelists love to include Liu Yifei, endlessly praising her like some loser who's never seen a woman before, calling her a "fairy sister"? I think the story is quite good without the mother and daughter duo, although the author might have some flawed perspectives, but those aren't major issues.
What I hate most is people who constantly say they don't like facing reporters. You're writing a novel, and you've achieved success, so why not show off to reporters? What's the point of letting readers read this? Just accept interviews normally. This nonsense about not liking reporters is ridiculous. Why insist on labeling someone as someone who doesn't give interviews? What's the point?
Let's take advantage of foreign resources, like the UK, US, India, Japan, and South Korea, instead of just focusing on our own little corner of the world. I cast nine recommendation votes; that's not too much to ask, is it?
Chapter 6 describes the protagonist as weighing 53 kilograms. What kind of physique does that describe? Like Guo Jingming? 172Cm height doesn't match either; someone 172cm tall and weighing 106kg would be skin and bones!
Anyone watching a series starring Jing Tian and Zeng Li? I'm about to start writing one.