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- 1 Reborn: Starting as the Top Scorer in the Arts Entrance Exam 重生从艺考状元开始 [Can you imagine a young actor like me winning the Grand Slam for Best Actor?] Being reborn is precisely for creating miracles! This is the story of an old bit-part actor drifting in Beijing who creates an acting miracle after being reborn! 3Votes52.5kRecs365.1kFans
- 2 Once You Enter Chinese Showbiz, You're in Too Deep 一入华娱深似海 Given a second chance at life, Li Chen refuses to fade into obscurity. Under the spotlight, there are only flowers and applause. As Li Chen makes his way to the top, the entertainment industry at home undergoes a complete transformation. He is the entertainment industry’s cleaner, the unattainable ideal of countless female stars, and the only lifelong partner of the celestial beauty. 7Votes32.5kRecs173.6kFans
- 3 A Great Director from the Cinematography Department 华娱之摄影系大导 They say that in a big forest, there are all kinds of birds. Wu Chen, a graduate of the photography department at the Beijing Film Academy, wants to see what kinds of birds there are in the dazzling, bizarre world of cinema. Back in the early 2000s, Zhang Yimou's "Hero" has already become a nationwide hit, and the era of big-budget Chinese-language films has arrived. Wu Chen, the “new generation's top dog” in the Beijing Film Academy's photography department, is just starting out from humble 355Votes187.9kRecs272.9kFans
- 4 Chinese Showbiz: The Celestial Beauty Really Wants to Improve 华娱：天仙真的太想进步了 Gu Bei was reborn in New York, back in the year he had just started college. He acquired a treasure trove of entertainment, instantly turning from a level-zero novice into a max-level expert. So he decisively chose a path he'd never taken in his previous life: first, use his max-level directing skills to make a fortune in Hollywood, then return to China and become a major capitalist. Just as he was struggling to get his career off the ground, a beautiful, wealthy woman who claimed to be his cous 0Votes36.7kRecs88.9kFans
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Showbiz: I’m at the Top 娱乐：我就是顶峰
Is the Chinese entertainment industry finished? Have domestic films entered an era of one-upmanship in making terrible movies? Li Qiutang is here. He'll become the mountain everyone else has to look up to!
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- 6 A Playboy in Chinese Entertainment: How Did the Fairy Transform Me? 华娱浪子，怎么被天仙改造了？ New book: The Lawyer Reborn: From the Start, He Missed the Cut for Wuhan University. Now released. [Complete] [One-Star Glory] [100 Alliance Members] [6 Silver Alliance Members] [For a taste of the movie adaptation, go straight to Chapters 254, 401, 402, and 457] [For a taste of the female lead's characterization as more than a prop, go straight to Chapters 277, 368, and 381] A word of caution! The author is new and had limited experience at first, so feel free to skim if anything feels off. The 132Votes330.6kRecs407.3kFans
- 7 Chinese Showbiz: This Director Is Too Pure 华娱：这个导演太纯情 With twenty years of memories from his dreams to rely on, Su Mu buys, invests, and makes movies... Before he knows it, he’s at the very peak of entertainment-industry wealth, a true tycoon both inside and outside the business! And everything he’s done was simply for the sake of that little girl’s childhood dream. This is a story about directing, making money, and raising a celestial beauty. 0Votes12.6kRecs61.6kFans
- 8 Reborn in 2009, I Met the Celestial Beauty 重生2009，我和天仙相遇了 Looking back on his life, Chen Lei had few regrets. He had always had everything he needed. But when he returned to the early summer of 2009, just after graduating from college, he decided to take a different path and create a Chinese entertainment dream of his own. 1. This book is entirely fictional and has nothing to do with reality. Everything is pure imagination, a dream that will never come true. 2. One female lead, Old Liu. No System. 0Votes22.8kRecs53.7kFans
- 9 Chinese Showbiz: Starting Out as a Stand-In Director 华娱从代导开始 From the start, it’s 2010! One heroine, Old Liu! Principal: “I’m not here to obey the rules. I’m here to break them.” 8Votes99.1kRecs179.7kFans
- 10 Saving Regrets in Chinese Showbiz 华娱拯救意难平 A reborn story wearing the skin of the Chinese entertainment industry~ Returning to age eighteen, Sun Yi discovered that his original life had developed a slight deviation. Still, it was no big deal~ When he was preparing to follow the big shots by starting his own business and embarking on a life full of bugs, he unexpectedly discovered that a female classmate from high school was actually a major celebrity in his previous life. On his first visit to a film set, he encountered the fairy- 0Votes30kRecs177.5kFans
- 11 Chinese Showbiz: Starting at Beijing Film Academy in 2002 华娱从北电2002开始 Li Mu, a graduate of the University of Southern California’s film directing program, earned an Oscar nomination for his debut film in 2023. Before he could enjoy the intoxicating fame and fortune, he was reborn in 2002. That year, Hero had yet to premiere, and the era of blockbuster Chinese films had yet to arrive… (New book: A Great Director of Photography in Chinese Entertainment) 0Votes39kRecs193.6kFans
- 12 Chinese Showbiz: A Former Child Star Who Only Wants to Make a Name for Himself 华娱：童星出身的我只想成名 After being reborn and transmigrating back to 1988, he becomes the younger brother of child star Shi Xiaolong! I'm leaving my lie-flat days behind. I will make a name for myself in China's entertainment industry! Starting with writing, then moving on to acting, screenwriting, and directing... You want to talk about connections? I've got several novels that have sold over ten million copies. I can crush the competition by operating on a whole different level, and all six major Hollywood studi 0Votes45.9kRecs144.8kFans
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