
Chinese Showbiz: Starting Out as a Stand-In Director
华娱从代导开始
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- Completed
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- 2.5M Words
- Genre
- Urban
- Subgenre
- Showbiz Romance
- Updated
- 1y ago
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Readable Niche Novels
My reading tastes are pretty broad. I can follow hundreds of books and read over a thousand in a year, across historical fiction, Chinese entertainment, xuanhuan, fan fiction, and basketball. I leave out the really popular ones.
Empress Xixi's Single-Heroine Novels
A selection of new and old books that I currently think are decent. Created on May 8, 2026. I'll add more if I come across any good ones.
Chinese Entertainment / Urban / Reborn / Entrepreneurship / Making Money
A list of recommendations collected by a ten-year veteran reader. I'm in a terrible reading slump. Does anyone have any underrated hidden gems to recommend?
Chinese Entertainment Novels with Liu Yifei as the Sole Female Lead
Mainly a collection of novels I’ve read or am reading with Liu Yifei as the female lead.
Poisonous Works
A collection of personal deal-breakers, for reference if you want to avoid them.
Princess Xixi
Single heroine, Lao Liu.
Pretty Interesting
My personal collection
Novels with Liu Yifei as the Female Lead: Only the Best Chinese Entertainment Fiction, Xixi the Celestial Fairy Liu
Liu Tianxian's life has had three stages ● 2002–2008: Rise to fame Innocent, lively, and adorable. Just look at the goofy jumping around in those behind-the-scenes clips from The Return of the Condor Heroes. ● 2009–2020: The low point She was [redacted], [redacted], and [redacted] by a certain company. In particular, she nearly quit the industry in 2009 and 2010. She got through it by reading lots of inspirational books. In 2011, she got close to the declining Hong Kong entertainment scene. In 2
Novels with Yifei as the Female Lead
Recommendations for novels with Qianqian as the female lead, both finished and currently reading
Xixi’s Bookstore
Qianqian, single female lead
Novels with Liu Yifei as the Sole Female Lead
Completed
Liu Yifei / Yang Mi / Zhao Liying / Liu Shishi / Tang Yan
Worth rereading: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Pretty good: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Good for getting out of a reading slump: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Other ratings: There may be some dealbreakers, but parts of the character writing are good! Recommended authors who write multiple heroines: Da Jinmao (He likes explaining things, but has written several novels featuring famous actresses born in the 1980s. The most reliable pick.) Pang Yidian (He's written three multiple-heroine novels, but only one features a famous actress born in the 1980s.
Qianqian's Single-Female-Lead Reading List
I'm recommending books that I personally think are pretty well written.
Xixi: One Female Lead
These are books I personally like. I'm not great at describing them, so whether you'll enjoy them is up to you. I don't read books I dislike, so no matter how well they're written, I won't recommend them!
Chinese Entertainment With a Single Heroine
Chinese entertainment
Urban Business Warfare
Mainly recommending urban and historical novels
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Best Chinese entertainment novel of the year
The best portrayal of Lao Liu on Qidian so far is the new version. The romantic storyline is the biggest motivation for me to keep reading, and I hope they continue to do well and don't let it down. Finally, I also look forward to more versions of Lao Liu, like the recent "Rose Story," presenting Lao Liu at different ages. Finally, a tribute to the finale I watched in my hotel room during a business trip.
Response post regarding an author's public defamation of this book
An author, jealous that the book he wrote about "proxy photography" was better than his, wrote two separate chapters a day criticizing it. He said he only read one chapter and stopped there. He took the title, "Senior Sister is So Sweet," and accused the male lead of groping the female lead in the car, taking it out of context.
A review of Lao Liu's posts clarifying real-life rumors
2023 Lao Liu Charity Award
Having read over 500 chapters, I won't say much more. No matter what the novel is, it has its flaws to some extent. But after reading over 500 chapters, I feel that the protagonist is so humble towards the female lead, so despicable, so damn despicable.
Say something. If you don't like stories with a single female lead, don't watch them, and don't comment!
Overall, this book is pretty good, though it has its share of occasional quirks, which is still bearable. It aligns well with my personal impression of Liu Cixin's personality (between 2009 and 2015). That's why I quite like it! The author is a bit lazy and needs to update more often.
I can't help but complain
You're serious, Lao Liu, who's been single with a female lead for 10 years? He's done everything, things he shouldn't have done, what's the point of being single? Isn't it just disgusting? I even saw comments asking how long it took to film; couldn't Afei be one of them?
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I don't understand why everyone is saying this book is rubbish. In my opinion, those successful books with a single female lead, such as "That Year in the Entertainment Industry" and "The Fairy Transformation," have plots without any flaws, but the female characters they portray lack any vitality or lifelike quality. They are bland and unappealing.
Author, you really should finish this soon.
Author, you really don't know how to write about life in a wealthy family. You don't even understand what the lives of the rich are like, so how can you describe a rich person? Driving luxury cars, living in villas, and buying tens of millions of dollars worth of jewelry—your imagination goes just that.