Chinese Showbiz: From the Start, I Get a Top-Tier Star to Work for Me

I really find Zhang Ruonan strange. Why do so many people like her? Her face looks weird to me. How can she be praised like this? Zhou Ye and Wang Churan are both much better than her.

Everything else is fine, but it's too much of a sycophant. If the protagonist's initial setup was similar to these young actresses—an entertainer by profession—and he fawned over them to win their favor, I could accept that. But the protagonist is so powerful from the start, and yet he's still so obsequious; that's just too much.

Tech geeks with a penchant for literature are actually better suited to writing lighthearted, entertaining novels.

This book is the romance of programmers, but unfortunately, I can't appreciate it.

It feels so awkward, like reading some female-oriented novels...

I understand the sense of disconnect that many people are talking about. The author's portrayal of the protagonist's personal strength and his sycophantic behavior is very uncomfortable. I've seen other novels featuring young actresses that offer solutions, such as setting the protagonist as a second-generation rich kid who has no real strength but only a powerful background.

You either pursue a career in entertainment with business as a secondary focus, or you pursue business with female celebrities as a diversion. These are two different logics, just as a business tycoon wouldn't be infatuated with a female celebrity. From the synopsis, I couldn't see how the author balanced the two; he seems like a business elite, yet also seems deeply in love with a female celebrity.

Another point is that the protagonist's behavior is sometimes very inexplicable, unlike what a normal person would do.

Sigh, after chapter 100 it became too much of a Mary Sue protagonist. In the current Chinese environment, things aren't done that way, which is a shame. The character design was actually pretty good.

I'm not very familiar with these actresses, and they don't have any particularly distinctive looks. Even Dilraba Dilmurat or Gulnazar would be fine, or even Guan Xiaotong.