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1988: Starting as an Independent Producer 1988从独立制片人开始
All the world’s affairs are but dreams of yellow millet. Let me tell you of things that never were. Yu Hua, not yet turned into a scruffy little dog, read Xu Sanguan Sells His Blood in a contemporary magazine and couldn’t shake the feeling that a shadow had fallen over him. As Chen Shiping flaunted his talent in this blazing era, the beautiful actresses of the 1980s all found their eyes drawn to him. As Chen Shiping
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1977: Starting with a Blind Date with the Dragon King's Daughter 1977:开局相亲女儿国王
[Period business story, not about a literary giant, multiple heroines] Reborn in 1977. Li Changhe feels that, having come to this era, he ought to do something for his country! Of course, the first thing he needs to do is win over the queen next door.
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The Literary Era Beginning in 1979 从1979开始的文艺时代
Back in 1979, when goods are scarce and the arts are about to burst into bloom! Literature, film, music, and entertainment: that vibrant era, when everything is brimming with life, is just around the corner. Fang Yan is reborn into this dazzling age. With one foot in literature and both feet in the arts, he takes one step at a time along a different path to becoming a literary giant. Along the way, some admire him, some slande
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Literary Giant, 1978 文豪1978
After transmigrating to 1978, Lin Chaoyang had planned to lie flat and live as a carefree slacker, making up for all the hard work of his previous life. But before he could put his plan into action, the educated youth who had married him, gotten into university, then disappeared for half a year without a word, suddenly showed up at the production team. “Chaoyang, come to Yanjing with me!” the young woman said. His business venture hadn’t even gotten off the ground, and he was already living off
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Back to 1980 to Enjoy the Good Life 重回1980去享福
The first incense offering at the ancestral rites, a family tree entry of one’s own, and a place in the history books: these are a man’s ultimate dreams, and Deng Shirong achieved them all after being reborn. [This book is rich in rural flavor, with realistic prices, solid logic, and a leisurely storytelling style. At 2.27 million words, it still gets over 3,400 readers returning within 24 hours. The quality is excellent, making this a rare gem among period novels. Don’t miss it if you’re passin
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Retiring Across the Heavens, Starting in the Blazing Age 诸天养老从火红年代开始
With the Retirement System bound to him, even in difficult times, life could be peaceful and happy. The story focuses on original plots, following different lives and different families as they transmigrate through the same vibrant era. 1. A Vibrant Era: A Home and a Car 2. Shanghai Shikumen: A Family with Seven Daughters 3. Famine: The Journey West 4. Educated Youth Stories: A Romance Amid Frost and Snow 5. The General's Son: A Student Abroad in a Vibrant Era 6. Modern City Life: Bankruptcy and
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