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- 1 The Golden Age of Basketball 篮球之黄金时代 The sweeping life story of a basketball player. 96Votes239.1kRecs265.5kFans
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Chinese Showbiz: I Was Reborn, Yet They Still Make Me Play the Bad Boy 华娱:重生了,还逼我做渣男啊
(In two years, this went from 300 to an average of 10,000 subscriptions. A very slow-burn, serious story about an actor. The scumbag stuff is all just a joke :) A stunning internet celebrity with tens of millions of fans is reborn in 2004. Good news: He’s twenty years younger. Bad news: There’s no System. Good news: He’s just started his final year of high school. Bad news: He scored 351 on the placement exam. Good news: His family is pretty rich. Bad news: A financial crisis is coming. So…
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- 3 I Really Can't Act 我真不会演戏啊 “I’m going to take my talent into the entertainment industry…” “But you can’t actually act.” “Having a good face is enough.” 0Votes79.3kRecs127.3kFans
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A Literary Life 文艺生活
There are two great pitfalls in life: living for others to see, and watching how others live. To avoid falling into them, you have to live as your true self. This is the story of an artsy young man running wild in a parallel world.
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