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1 Showbiz Through the Ages: My Girlfriends Are All Top-Tier Stars 华娱春秋，我的女友都是顶流 Liu Chigua刘吃瓜Urban3.0M WordsCompleted 3Votes66.8kRecs137.4kFans
2 Chinese Showbiz: They All Made the First Move 华娱：都是她们主动的 Woodchip木茬儿Urban547k WordsOngoing Ni Ni: “What? My boyfriend is a hugely popular online singer who earns ten million a year? But I’m in the middle of breaking up with him!” Qian Qian: “Wait, how did the TV series he filmed get on CCTV? It even won the annual ratings championship! I was originally the first person they approached for the female lead!” Bing Bing: “Oh no, wasn’t he a TV director? How did he enter the film industry? I treated him so badly back then. Is it still in time to apologize…” Shi Shi: “Brother Xuan, the 66Votes3.3kRecs26.8kFans
3 Chinese Showbiz: If You're Not Going to Be a Mogul, Why Enter Entertainment? 华娱：不当资本，混什么娱乐圈 Joy Exhausted, Sorrow Begins兴尽悲来Urban2.5M WordsOngoing Wei Qian, who spent his previous life working himself to the bone, returns to 2009. Back at another crossroads in his life, he has the Path to Movie Stardom System in hand and decides to give the entertainment industry he abandoned in his previous life a proper try. Looking at the skills he has received from the System, Wei Qian feels the entertainment industry is getting more and more interesting. [Strong and Healthy: Your body is the foundation of everything. Greatly improves the Host's physic 98Votes19.4kRecs75.5kFans
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Wei Qian, whose previous life was filled with toil, returns to 2009. Having reached another crossroads in his life, he decided to give the entertainment industry, which he had given up on in his previous life, a chance to make a real impact, now that he had the "Path to Becoming a Movie Emperor" system in his hands. Looking at the skills he obtained from the system, Wei Qian felt that the entertainment industry was becoming more and more interesting. [Strong Body and Healthy Body: A healthy body is the foundation of everything; significantly improve the host's physical health.] [Impact Reduction: When the host jumps or falls from a height, the impact is reduced, allowing for a more stable landing.] [Voice Imitation], [Physical Disability], [Martial Arts], [Rock Climbing], [Singing Skills]... [Danger Perception: The ability to sense danger to a certain extent.] "Honey, hide quickly!" "Sissi, I'm leaving through the window first!" "This is the third floor!" "It's okay, it's all the same!" "Sister Bingbing, there are paparazzi!" "Yuanyuan, didn't you say you didn't have a boyfriend? Then who is it?"
4 Chinese Showbiz: They're All My Ties That Bind 华娱，她们都是我的羁绊 Immortal of Twice-Cooked Pork with Garlic Shoots蒜苗回锅肉仙人Urban2.3M WordsOngoing (An unconventional entertainment-industry novel. The main focus is everyday life; everything else is along for the ride.) Luo Ge unexpectedly obtains a time-travel card that lets him travel both ways between 2013 and 2025. The card can draw cards of female stars from Chinese entertainment and form exclusive bonds with them. When he learns that the rules apply only to Chinese entertainment, he lets loose without a care in the world. He's just here to have fun! Fan Xiaopang grabs him. “Luo Ge, tak 133Votes10.8kRecs36.3kFans
5 Chinese Showbiz: Starting by Winning Over the Heavenly Fairy 华娱：从拿捏天仙开始 Songluo Lingfeng Qi淞落玲风起Urban391k WordsOngoing Song Qingyuan had been a model, an extra, and a food delivery rider. When he opened his eyes, he was back in 2015, on the verge of breaking up with Liu Yifei, with whom he'd been dating in secret. After awakening the [Keyword Extraction System], he could earn chances to draw keywords by forming connections with female celebrities. They broke up, but Liu Yifei pursued him relentlessly. Everyone in the entertainment industry knew that the ethereal beauty had remained unmarried for years because sh 74Votes3.1kRecs6.2kFans
6 Chinese Showbiz: After We Broke Up, They All Became My Material 华娱：分手后她们全成了我的素材 Writing Elegance in Faint Ink淡墨写风华Urban716k WordsOngoing After being reborn, the biggest hardship Shen Yu has faced is iced Americano, and the heaviest burden his shoulders have borne is Valentino. Every time he breaks up with someone, he releases a hit work. Haters: “He uses breakups as material. This proves he’s a top-tier scumbag.” Fans: “Shut up, haters! Our guy puts his whole heart into every relationship. Don’t you know he’s the most devoted man in the entertainment industry?” Years later, during a media interview, Shen Yu looks back on the road 3Votes1.3kRecs22.5kFans
7 Among the Models, My Intel Refreshes Every Day 混在模特圈，我的情报每日刷新 Little Demon of Lion Camel Ridge狮驼岭一小妖Urban4.2M WordsCompleted [Over 10,000 premium subscribers, now an editor’s pick, with nearly 3,000 tips uncovered so far! Starting in the modeling and fashion worlds, then moving into entertainment, he’ll win over every rising star, established actress, and top-tier beauty!] Lin Qingsong, a seasoned agent who had spent two and a half years in the modeling world, unexpectedly gained the Daily Intelligence System. [Today’s tip: In the garbage room beside Building 2 of the Tianhai residential complex, there’s a jar of aban 18Votes47.1kRecs194.5kFans
8 Shen Gongbao in Chinese Entertainment 华娱申公豹 Zhong'er Fishing Guy中贰钓鱼佬Urban1.2M WordsOngoing Shen Gongbao, a small-town exam grinder, died suddenly and was reborn, only to unexpectedly inherit Shen Gongbao’s legacy. As long as he does something that fits Shen Gongbao’s character, he receives a matching reward! In the entertainment industry, overrun by ghosts and monsters, a “Daoist priest” skilled at setting people up has appeared. It all began when he broke both of Double J’s arms on the set of The Forbidden Kingdom... 370Votes64.7kRecs138.1kFans
9 Chinese Showbiz: I Was a Scumbag All Along 华娱：我本来就是渣男啊 Gaming All Night通宵打游戏Urban567k WordsOngoing Yao means sunlight. In his previous life, Xu Yao learned three things: First, don't be a good person. Good people can only passively suffer mistreatment. Second, social connections aren't useless, as long as you have something to offer. Third, don't care what other people think or say. Enjoying yourself matters most. Starting in 2002, reborn with a System, he makes no secret of being a scumbag. 83Votes2.2kRecs23.4kFans
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Yao means sunlight. In his previous life, Xu Yao understood three principles. First, don't be a good person; good people will only be passively bullied. Secondly, social skills and interpersonal relationships are not useless, provided you have value. Third, don't care what others think or say; your own happiness is the most important thing. Starting in 2002, I was reborn with a system, and the main character is a blatantly scumbag.
10 Chinese Showbiz: Have You Ever Been a Top-Tier Star? Then Why Are You Making Things Up? 华娱：当过顶流吗，就瞎写？ Feng Mocheng烽墨城Urban1.2M WordsOngoing In September 2007, a modern entertainment novel appeared on Qidian. At first, nobody paid it any attention. People thought it was just some nonsense entertainment novel, a madman's fantasy, the mutterings of a lunatic. That was until its contents accurately predicted rising housing prices, wars... That was until the works described in the book kept appearing in real life: songs, TV dramas, short-form dramas, movies, games... The author even used the novel to criticize current affairs, and time p 125Votes18kRecs61.4kFans
11 In Chinese Showbiz, the System Says This Is a Myriad Worlds Story 人在华娱，系统说是诸天 Liu Chigua刘吃瓜Urban925k WordsOngoing Lin Shen, an avid fisherman, catches a Myriad Films System, only to be transported to the set of the 1999 series The Legend of the Flying Daggers, where he's playing Jing Wuming. He thinks the System has simply glitched for a while, but three years later, he realizes it will keep glitching forever. No need to panic! Since I've been given another life, I might as well let loose. As long as I have bait in hand, anywhere can be a fishing pond. No matter what “world” I'm in, I'll never come back emp 186Votes12.8kRecs44.3kFans
12 The Martial Arts Champion Takes the Entertainment Industry by Storm 武状元横扫娱乐圈 A Night Owl夜猫子一个Urban555k WordsOngoing Ouyang Bai was the only military champion in the Great Ming Dynasty to have come from the palace examination, but he unexpectedly transmigrated to 2001 and became a minor extra. It was an era when wuxia dramas were all the rage. Relying on his exceptional martial arts skills, he outclassed the other male actors and became the leading figure among the younger generation. Thus, all the martial arts choreographers came to the same conclusion: there was no action Ouyang Bai could not perform. If the 145Votes9.2kRecs27.1kFans
13 Chinese Entertainment Immortal Sect, Top-Tier Stars Are All My Disciples 华娱仙宗，顶流明星全是门下弟子 Little Sugar Hands小糖手Urban1.6M WordsOngoing In 2001, Lin Mo was reborn into the body of a second-year student at Beijing Film Academy and inherited his family's entertainment company. But the System he could activate had gone off track. 169Votes23.2kRecs124.6kFans
14 Who Are You Calling a Good Director? 骂谁好导演呢？ Dot i点iUrban539k WordsOngoing Stirring up trouble with the Meltdown System, and competing to be the worst in Chinese entertainment! So... who are we calling a good director? Do you even understand the prestige of winning the Golden Broom Award three times in a row?? Movie fans: Whenever the Master makes a good movie, he rewards himself with a domineering CEO romance. Whenever Lin Gou makes a masterpiece, he rewards himself with a disaster! 92Votes4kRecs25.9kFans
15 Ruling the Chinese Entertainment World: My Goal Is Thrown into Chaos by a Celestial Fairy Leading the Charge 华娱纵横：目标遭天仙带头打乱 Inkstone Strategy, Long Wind砚策长风Urban571k WordsOngoing After his soul transmigrates to 2004, Jiang Che sets himself two goals from the outset: First, use the entertainment-industry superbrain that came with him to make a fortune. Second, settle the score for how he was killed in his previous life. In his previous life, he was a short-drama actor born in the 2000s who wanted to attend a fan meeting for a popular actress born in the 1990s. But just after leaving home, he was hit by a car and killed, then his soul transmigrated into the body of a fifte 43Votes1.5kRecs15.1kFans
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Having transmigrated to 2004, Jiang Che set two goals from the very beginning: First, use the entertainment version of the super brain that came with him to make a fortune. Second, to settle the karmic debt from one's past life that resulted in being afflicted by the evil spirits. In his previous life, he was a post-00s short drama actor who wanted to attend a fan meeting of a post-95s flower boat girl. However, he was hit by a car as soon as he stepped out the door and his soul transmigrated into the body of a 15-year-old farm boy in Hebei Province. With the driver nowhere to be found, Jiang Che had no choice but to pin the blame on the boat girl. He even considered making her pay for the accident with her body. The goal was set, but a small unexpected thing seemed to have happened during the execution process. In the golden age of Chinese-language film and television, actresses born in the 1980s frequently expressed their interest, while actresses born in the 1990s secretly harbored feelings for him. Amidst a profusion of flowers and countless temptations, he steadily forged ahead, dominating the entire Chinese entertainment industry. "Hey hey hey! I, Chuanmei'er, have come today specifically to settle my past life's karma with Jiang Che. I would be grateful if you ladies could do me a favor!" "Queue!" "Oh."
16 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 Diving Frog跳水蛙蛙Urban5.5M WordsOngoing (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… 1.4kVotes186.6kRecs607.3kFans
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(It took two years to go from 300 to 10,000 words. This is a very slow-burn, serious actor-themed novel. The scumbag boyfriend thing is just a joke :)) … A popular internet celebrity with millions of followers is reborn in 2004. Good news: I'm 20 years younger. Bad news: There's no system. Good news: Just started my senior year of high school. Bad news: I scored 351 on the placement test. Good news: My family is quite wealthy. Bad news: A financial crisis is coming. So... What to do? Chen Nuo decided to go to film school to get a diploma first. "How did I win Best Actor from a completely unknown amateur production team...? What? They're even forcing me to play a character in The Return of the Condor Heroes?" Multiple female leads, not for fans, involves Chinese, American, Japanese and Korean entertainment, no toxicity or side effects.
17 Chinese Entertainment Begins with The Hegemon-King of Western Chu 华娱从西楚霸王开始 Emperor Penguin of the South Pole南极企鹅大帝Urban1.2M WordsOngoing I once burned my boats on the banks of the Zhang River and buried the Great Qin Empire. I once faced the eighteen allied warlords at Hulao Pass. I once held a ceremony at Mount Langjuxu. I once wielded a war drum-shaped gold hammer and snapped a phoenix-winged gilded halberd. I once fought my way through the martial world. I once planted a red flag on the Gaema Plateau. With a spear in hand, I bestride five thousand years, and with one sword stroke, cleave the heavens between sun and moon. I don 198Votes12kRecs103kFans
18 A Succubus Sorcerer Makes It in Showbiz 魅魔术士混迹娱乐圈 Deep Gratitude and Loyalty恩深义重Urban801k WordsOngoing “A character has acquired a Warlock's Heart. Beginning Warlock job assignment.” “Detecting an innate succubus bloodline in the Warlock's Heart. Awakening...” “Succubus bloodline successfully awakened. Class changed to Succubus Warlock.” “Character panel generated automatically...” A Succubus Warlock? Chen Mo had only just awakened as a Succubus Warlock when he met a man on the train who claimed to be a director. “Hey, student, do you study acting?” “You look like you'd be perfect for a role.” 103Votes10.4kRecs45.8kFans
19 Chinese Entertainment: Can You Really Be a Movie Star Without Cutting Loose? 华娱，不放纵能叫影帝吗？ Green-Tailed Crucian Carp青尾鲫鱼Urban5.3M WordsCompleted Back to the start of the century, he awakens the Indulgent Movie Star System. The more indulgent he is, the happier he gets! In his previous life, Li Luo lived like an old workhorse. With the System's help, he charges ahead and lives life on his own terms. 37Votes190.4kRecs362.3kFans
20 EN Building an Eternal Clan as a Live-In Son-in-Law 从赘婿开始建立长生家族 Tianxian Huazhu天弦画柱Xianxia6.4M WordsOngoing Lu Changsheng transmigrated to a world of immortals and martial heroes, becoming a farm boy who had failed to qualify for an immortal sect. Fortunately, he had the more children, more blessings System. As long as he expanded his family and raised his children, he would receive rewards. So from the start, Lu Changsheng married into a cultivation clan and embarked on the path of cultivation, avoiding rivalry and conflict, making friends far and wide, raising a large family, and building up the cla 188Votes54.2MRecs1MFans
21 Daddy's Kindergarten 奶爸学园 Sword Sunk in the Yellow Sea剑沉黄海Urban8.1M WordsCompleted A prizewinning screenwriter inherits a late-night kindergarten. He writes scripts by day and serves as the principal by night, putting on a heartwarming urban light comedy with a group of eccentric, adorable children, witnessing the warmth of everyday life amid laughter and tears. (Daily-life style, heartwarming style, light comedy, adorable children. Completed novels include Literary Life with Adorable Children and Big Brother, You Are Truly Amazing.) 26Votes3.8MRecs517.7kFans

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