That was the year a host of rising young actresses first made their mark and embarked on their own brilliant journeys;
that was the year mainland China’s box office topped 6.2 billion, with the fastest growth rate in the world;
that was the year the mobile internet boomed and online fiction entered the wireless era;
that was the year Zhou Xia, from ten years in the future, transmigrated into a first-year acting student at the Beijing Film Academy;
“Life is just a journey. I pass by you, and you pass by me. In the Chinese entertainment industry of 2009, I’m passing by you. Are you ready?”
