Xu Zhai Xing’s idol, Cen Feng, is a brand new rising star in the entertainment industry. Xu Zhai Xing firmly believes, that there will come a day, when Cen Feng’s talents and undeniable star quality will be acknowledged and appreciated by all who laid their eyes upon him. However, she never did manage to wait for such a day to arrive – because Cen Feng had, prior to such a day, already taken his own life after succumbing to depression. It was only after Cen Feng had passed when news and confirmatory reports began to circulate, exposing the innumerable injustices he had suffered during his entire lifetime.
Ah – It turned out, that he was once an orphan who had been adopted into a new family. It turned out, that his birth father was a murderer. It turned out, that the reason why he never touched the piano after his debut was because his pinky finger had been deliberately stepped on, and broken, by his fellow band members. It turned out, that he had been mercilessly bullied and oppressed within the band, that his resources and opportunities had been redistributed to his other band members as he had previously offended the senior management in his company.
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Ah, it turned out, that the one, single precious person whom she loved and admired so carefully and so dearly, had been ruthlessly trampled on by those around him, and bore a battered body full of gaping wounds.
Six months after Cen Feng had passed, Xu Zhai Xing met with a road accident and was reborn . This year, she was still a high school student in her first year of high school – with ten years between now till the date of Cen Feng’s passing.
I will spare no means in fully utilizing the upcoming ten years, to help pave a wide and smooth sailing road for you. I will ensure that every single person who hurt you will never have the opportunity to appear before you in this lifetime. Ge Ge [1], this time, let’s walk on the flower path together.
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Cen Feng, who had taken his own life after succumbing to depression, had been reborn – into a version of himself ten years ago. Having experienced his previous lifetime, Cen Feng realised that all the hopes and dreams which he previously harbored were simply ludicrous and laughable fantasies. Indeed – there were no fresh flowers, nor beautiful things waiting for him in his future. In this lifetime, he will strip himself of his disguise, cast his ‘character design’ to the wind, and solely focus on waiting out the remainder of his contract period, so that he would be able to leave this industry, that was filled with nothing but falsehoods and people who would stop at nothing to obtain fame and wealth.
Manager: Cen Feng! The Company is asking you to debut as the Centre / Face of the band! Cen Feng! There is a high budget variety show that invited you to become a recurring member of the show! Cen Feng! Director Zhang had specifically requested for you to take on the role as first male lead in his new show! Cen Feng! All these top, luxury brands have offered to feature you in their advertisements – please feel free to pick whichever ones you’d like to model for!
Cen Feng: ??? Where did all these resources and opportunities come from?
I’d like to soar with the wind, and yet, there is too much sludge and mud on earth. And you – you are the only island in this world.
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It’s not the first time I’ve picked up a 春刀寒 novel, having previously read Transmigrating To Become The Boss’s Little Fairy 穿成大佬的小仙女. Like Transmigrating To Become The Boss’s Little Fairy, The Entertainment Industry Is Mine details, at its core, a sweet and humorous love story – only, this time, the romance is between a super-fan (our female lead) and her idol (our male lead), both of whom had been reborn after having passed away in their previous lives. It is also a story of redemption and “healing”, with the female lead having been ‘saved’ by the male lead in her previous life (as she was on the brink of taking her own life when she was distracted by a beautiful advert featuring the male lead, and, having been so distracted, subsequently loses her courage to take her own life), whilst our male lead (having become extremely disillusioned with the entertainment industry and the world in general) is “saved” by the female lead in their current life, as the female lead’s consistent efforts to shower our male lead with warmth and love (for one’s idol) gradually leads to the male lead learning to harbor some hope for the world (and desire to continue remaining in the world).
However, unlike Transmigrating To Become The Boss’s Little Fairy, this novel is highly, highly unrealistic, with the female lead having all sorts of resources (be it wealth, or connections), and the male lead being an all-star talent who can do no wrong; now, although all C-novels are generally unrealistic, I do like to have my leads grounded in slightly more reality, and not simply possessing the ability to overcome over all obstacles with little to no effort, and having little to no flaws. All in all, this novel would fall within the category of “feel-good” novels (爽文) where readers do not expect any obstacles or difficulties (which cannot be overcome) to be thrown into our leads’ paths, and is not precisely my cup of tea – which really explains the 3-star rating. If you are, however, looking for a feel-good novel with little to no angst, then this novel would be perfect for you.