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Currently reading via MTL. Entertainment circle/acting novel but from the perspective of a director and investor. Not new or unique story, but solidly done entertainment circle plot from a different perspective than usual, with a romance that avoids a lot of cliche drama, and an MC and ML who actually get character development.The story and it's developments themselves are not anything new, especially if you've read a lot in this genre. However, it's executed well and the unique perspective gives a new spin on things. Also delves a bit into e-sports, livestreaming, and other showbiz settings as the MC invests and develops in areas outside of making movies.Instead of fading in and out of the plot as needed, the ML remains important to the plot throughout, though the actual romantic development is sometimes is put on the back burner. The MC's major personal conflicts have to do with his position as a someone being "sponsored" and his unequal position to ML; MC doesn't lie to himself and realizes that he really loves the ML and that the ML really does love him, so despite dramatic developments that could cause an overly drawn-out break-up plot MC decides "I want to be happy together with him, f*ck it" and cuts that sh*t short. In MC changing goals for the sake of their relationship slowly turn him from the a person in showbiz being sponsored into being the daddy long-legs bestowing money upon talents. ML's character development is more subtle but still noticeable and actually there at all which is +1 compared to most danmei MLs lets be honest.4/5. Good but not perfect. Has some parts that drag. Has some plot developments that are obvious to readers who read this genre a lot... and then a couple of plot twists that are genuinely surprising. I you like this sort of novel you'll enjoy this one.