Chinese Showbiz: A Director's Journey Starting at Beijing Film Academy

[One heroine, Liu Yifei, a director story with plenty of everyday life]

In 2002, a fifteen-year-old freshman arrives at the Beijing Film Academy.

After losing his memory, he is adopted by Liu Xiaoli and grows up alongside Liu Yifei, who was born on the very same day.

While everyone else is still doing military training, attending classes, and dreaming about the future,

he has already made an award-winning short film, with the entire future of cinema in his head.

One coffin. One actor.

Everyone says he’s crazy.

Then he storms into Sundance, sells the rights for a million dollars, and puts Huang Bo in the spotlight along the way.

A domestic director scoffs: “Nobody here will go for some lousy coffin.”

He simply replies, “The box office will give you the answer.”