Images Started to Move Chapter 1

"eggplant."

Thursday, June 29, 2000.

At the gate of Beijing Film Academy, a group of young people in their prime, wearing bachelor's gowns, gathered together to complete the last group activity of their student days.

Take graduation photos.

Even in the middle of summer, everyone was wearing a black bachelor's gown and a hat and was sweating profusely, but everyone had a smile on their face.

Ethan Tang in the crowd grinned and shouted out slogans in unison, with a long tail.

"eggplant."

graduated!

Ethan Tang sighed slightly in his heart and felt a little excited. Four years had passed since he returned to this era.

That's right, he traveled through time.

From the spring of 2021 back to the autumn of 1996, the first day of school at the Beijing Film Academy, a freshman in the Department of Literature.

Time travel is not a bad thing as long as it is not the body of a pig or a dog.

In his previous life, he was a third-rate online writer. However, he caught up with the boom in the film and television industry and transformed himself into a third-rate screenwriter.

Ethan Tang has worked in both of these embarrassing professions: an unknown author and a screenwriter who cannot sign his name most of the time.

Therefore, Ethan Tang cherished the opportunity to start his life over again. During his four years in college, he did not do anything else and completed his studies seriously.

It is also to get familiar with this era. Everything in China was so strange 25 years ago.

In addition to studying, I also write something to earn some tuition and living expenses.

Four years have passed, and Ethan Tang has completely integrated into this era. Like all the classmates present, he is now a graduate of the 1996 class of the Film Academy.

She is also a young and fresh-faced newcomer who is about to enter the society.

"Hurry up, have you finished taking pictures? It's so hot waiting for so long."

Just as Ethan Tang was looking forward to the 21st century which had just begun, someone interrupted his thoughts.

There were people from other departments waiting to take graduation photos at the school gate, and the handsome men and beautiful women from the Performance Department had been waiting for a long time.

A girl with big eyes and short hair was fanning herself with her hands and shouting.

Emily Zhao is now very popular.

Ethan Tang glanced at them and said, "Why are you rushing me? Can't you see Liam Xiao is still putting on makeup?"

"What are you doing?"

Mark Li, who was holding a small mirror and looking at himself in the crowd, heard someone calling him and looked over in confusion.

"It's okay, just take a good photo and dress nicely for your graduation photo."

Ethan Tang made an OK gesture to him and took a few photos with several male classmates from the Department of Literature.

Mark Li smiled naively, then turned sideways to face the mirror and fixed his short hair.

In the 1996 Acting Department, the most vain person was not any girl, but the future overbearing president Mark Li. Since his freshman year, he always carried a small mirror in his pocket.

This is a habit Mark Li started in high school. He always puts a small mirror on his desk and pays attention to his appearance at all times.

It’s just that I was taking acting classes in college, and there were often times when I didn’t have a desk, so I brought it with me.

He thinks he is handsome and is particularly vain.

Emily Zhao shouted angrily: "Mark Li, are you done yet? You spent so much time messing with those few hairs, but they can't be seen with the hat on."

"I'm coming."

Mark Li paused, quickly grabbed his hair twice, put away the mirror and walked over.

After Ethan Tang finished taking the photos, he was speechless when he saw how well-behaved he was next to Zhao Zhatian.

Dog licker!

"You should also pay attention to your hairstyle when wearing a hat. You only get to take graduation photos once in a lifetime. Twenty years later, when you become a greasy uncle, people will find out when they look at your graduation photos.

Wow, it turns out that Mark Li was also so handsome when he was young. "

"Fcuk you, Ethan Tang, what do you mean? When I was in high school in our school, I was also a famous school idol!"

Mark Li is a little naive, but not stupid. He starts arguing with Ethan Tang.

"You don't know, when I was in high school, I was blocked by girls every day. Several female class leaders often used their power to swap seats with me just to sit at the same table with me. They almost came to blows!"

The girls from the acting department couldn't help laughing after bragging so much that it almost flew out of the galaxy.

"I don't know who is it that always pesters us to play together. We are not happy when we go out to play without you."

"I was protecting you!"

When facing other girls, no matter how beautiful they are, Mark Li can remain calm.

He emphasized again: "It's so dangerous for you girls to go out and play by yourselves. I have to follow you to ensure your safety."

"Ha ha."

Students from film academies, no matter which department they are from, are very popular in the industry, and most of them have already graduated and started working.

However, in school, even though they are about to graduate, everyone still gets along as classmates.

This is the last time for us. After leaving school, we may not see each other twice a year.

The Performance Department was taking graduation photos at the door, and Ethan Tang said goodbye to his classmates from the Literature Department.

Although none of these classmates became well-known screenwriters later on, they are all doing well now.

The daughter of a well-known children's writer published her works at the age of 9 and went back to writing books after graduation.

Some have already joined Beijing TV Station as program producers.

There are also those who continue to study, but half of them are working as screenwriters, and some of their TV series have already started filming.

Ethan Tang also got a job and joined the film script planning center.

Although it doesn't sound like a well-known name, it is also a public institution directly under the State Administration of Optoelectronics.

The main responsibility is to assist domestic and foreign production organizations in planning film scripts that can be shot and released domestically.

Ethan Tang had been in class for more than half a year, and had spent most of his time attending meetings with his superiors or writing materials.

The unit is of a fairly high level, but there isn't much work to do. After all, there is no shortage of scripts in the country; what is lacking is the people and funds to make movies. Many scripts are left there gathering dust and no one cares.

That is, when film studios across the country wanted to make mainstream films and needed scripts, the center would hold a meeting with the studios to discuss how to shoot them, and this involved a lot of business trips.

Let's just go to work first. In that era, the film Mark Liet was not yet open, and private enterprises could not even get a license to make movies. They had to be affiliated with a state-owned film studio.

It wasn't until 2002 that private enterprises were officially qualified to make films on their own. By the way, it seems that the Chinese national football team also qualified for the World Cup in 2002?

Only by traveling through time can you witness such a grand event as the Chinese national football team qualifying for the World Cup.

Just when Ethan Tang was thinking about such a big happy event, whether he should go to the scene to see it, or whether he should buy a ball and how to buy it, the Performance Department also finished taking graduation photos.

"Liam Xiao, Alex Chen, Ryan Zu."

Ethan Tang went to say hello to the boys, after all, they were about to part ways.

Although we are not from the same department, there are only a few of us in the same class and we are very familiar with each other.

Mark Li recalled his student days and showed concern for Ethan Tang's work: "How are you doing at the planning center? Are you entering retirement life ahead of time?"

"It's okay, pretty leisurely. I just watch movies, attend meetings, write materials and so on. I'll have a chance to film with you guys in the future." Ethan Tang said with a smile.

Mark Li nodded happily: "You keep your word, then we'll wait."

Ethan Tang agreed immediately: "In the future, if there is a chance, I will put the three of you from the film school together in a movie."

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Mark Li, Alex Chen, and Ryan Zu's faces suddenly turned dark. If it weren't for their friendship as classmates, they would have had a real-life PK in front of the school gate.

The Three S3xy Guys from the Film Academy is the nickname Ethan Tang gave them, three shy and reserved young men.

But the three of them are different. Mark Li is the type who is flirtatious but not smug, except in front of Zhao Zhatian.

Alex Chen grew up with his grandmother, and due to family reasons his personality is a bit dull, but underneath his cool exterior, he actually has a restless heart, but the restlessness is not obvious, so he can be said to be both dull and restless.

Ryan Zu is a complete nerd. His favorite things to do are writing, excerpting, and calligraphy. He writes a letter to his parents every week, which is simple but not showy.

At first, Ryan Zu was very resistant to this title, but after Ethan Tang called him that for half a year, he realized that it was useless no matter how much he opposed it, so he gave up struggling.

I just expressed my protest from time to time: "I am not, don't talk nonsense."

"You've hooked up with a teacher from the Central Academy of Drama, haven't you?"

Mark Li gave a thumbs up in amazement: "A role model for our generation!"

It's already big news if a student from the Film Academy hooks up with a student from the Central Academy of Drama, let alone a student from the Acting Department of the Film Academy hooking up with a teacher from the Acting Department of the Central Academy of Drama.

If the news gets out, it will be a big event for both schools.

Ryan Zu was anxious: "Not yet, we are just friends."

Ethan Tang also helped explain: "Yes, friends, friends who write two letters every week, send one more letter than parents."

Ryan Zu was originally a nerd, good at writing and reasoning, but when it came to not reasoning with him, he was helpless and could only get anxious with a red face.

If he were a girl, people might think that Mark Li and Ethan Tang were teasing a little girl.

But Ryan Zu, an honest, older single man, looked so embarrassed that if you didn't know him well, you would think he was caught doing something bad.

Alex Chen on the side did not participate and continued to be a quiet handsome man with a cool look on his face, but the smirk on his face betrayed him.

Occasionally, he would say, "What era is this now? Ryan Zu, why don't you just go to the Central Academy of Drama to ask her out? What's the point of just writing a letter?"

"You're afraid of getting beaten."

Mark Li answered for Ryan Zu, his words sounding quite excited.

"We were almost beaten up at the gate of the Military Art Academy."

Seeing that the topic had turned away from him, Ryan Zu also hurriedly said: "It's all Ethan Tang's fault. He was just reporting as a freshman, but he insisted on dragging us to see his junior sister."

"Look at how cowardly you are. Do you still dare to do it? What's the use of watching?"

Ethan Tang curled his lips. Last year, when the Military Art Academy started, he wanted to go and see the future school idol of the Military Art Academy, Jack Shen. After all, he had only seen him in photos in his previous life, but had never seen the real-life version of Jack Shen.

Unfortunately, they only met once, and then Mark Li glanced at the junior high school girl a few more times, which made the boys from the Military Art Academy unhappy.

Before the other party could chase him away, Mark Li sensed the unfriendly look and ran away out of cowardice.

Ryan Zu met his future wife Grace Liu in advance, thanks to Ethan Tang. He was originally going to stay at the school to teach, but he met Grace Liu for the first time at an exchange meeting at the end of this year.

When they were freshmen, Ethan Tang occasionally took them to the Central Academy of Drama. It was the first time they went there to socialize with the girls there and exchange artistic experiences.

However, the boys from the Central Academy of Drama refused to agree when they found out, so Nathan Liu took the lead and blocked them in the school.

Nathan Liu is a tall and strong man, he can probably beat two Mark Lis.

When socializing failed, they would visit friends and relatives instead, and occasionally go to the Central Academy of Drama to watch their stage plays. Last year, Ryan Zu met Grace Liu, a teacher in the acting department who had just started teaching at the Central Academy of Drama.

One was a nerdy and taciturn person, the other was a cheerful person, and they fell in love with each other, but they only exchanged letters.

In addition to meeting Jack Shen, the school hunk of the PLA Art Academy, it also helped Ryan Zu, an older single man, find marriage.

Ethan Tang also watched Jason Huang's performance at the "Dream Lounge" bar.

Chloe Zhou used to go there occasionally, but it was just for fun. Now he is rarely seen.

On Wangfujing Street, I met Daniel Ning, who set up a stall to draw pictures for people.

I once met 17-year-old Sophie Gao shopping with her classmates, and she mistook an employee of an advertising company for a scammer.

There were a lot of fun things during my student days, but now that I’ve just graduated I’m starting to miss them.

We reminisced about our four years of college life at the school gate and then went our separate ways.

We didn't get together again. In fact, I had just passed my senior year and spent very little time in school. Everyone was very busy, and Ethan Tang had already been in class for half a year.

In the first summer of the 21st century, Ethan Tang's college life officially ended.

At the Jimen Bridge bus stop near the Film Academy, as soon as I walked onto the platform, a bus stopped steadily next to me.

Bus No. 88 was the one he was waiting for.

Get in the car and close the door.

The experienced driver stepped on the accelerator.

"Whoosh!"

Bon Voyage!