69novels Chapter 1 Restart 07
Chapter 1 Restart 07
2026, April 6.
The sun blazed fiercely, and the heat was like an oven.
It was only eight o'clock in the morning, and the air was already hot and dry.
Gu Qingshan stood on the balcony, watching the crowds thronging the middle school gate below. Traffic control was in place at both ends of the road, with vehicles detouring and nearby vehicles prohibited from honking. Traffic police officers were busy at work.
The highly anticipated annual college entrance examination has begun!
It has been almost fifty years since the resumption of the college entrance examination. Countless people have left their mark on the path of the college entrance examination, changing their own and even their family's destiny through the examination.
Gu Qingshan was no exception.
He couldn't help but recall his own college entrance examination days, which were his youth. He, too, had once rushed to the battlefield of the college entrance examination, just like those other candidates.
In the blink of an eye, seventeen years have passed.
He went from a spirited young man to a pot-bellied, greasy middle-aged man.
When he goes out, countless girls will think to themselves: "weird uncle."
"This damn life! I emptied six pockets to buy a house, paid off the loan for seven years, and the market value of the house isn't even more than the loan I still have to pay. I've lost everything—the down payment and the seven years of mortgage payments," Gu Qingshan complained. "If only I could restart my life!"
Just then, Gu Qingshan suddenly felt that something was wrong.
How can the earth be above and the sky below?
His legs buckled and Gu Qingshan fell backward.
He vaguely heard the school broadcast announcing that candidates could enter the school.
The last ray of light in the field of vision was cut off, followed by boundless darkness.
......
"Qingshan, wake up!"
After a violent shaking of his shoulders, Gu Qingshan slowly opened his eyes, looking puzzled.
What happened?
Shouldn't I be in a hospital ward?
What are you doing in the classroom?
Following the gaze of the young man who had woken him up, Gu Qingshan saw the teacher on the podium, who was looking at him with hostility.
Gu Qingshan quickly sat up straight and placed his hands on the table.
Gu Qingshan secretly breathed a sigh of relief once the teacher's gaze shifted away.
Suddenly, a flood of memories rushed into Gu Qingshan's mind.
Gu Qingshan was taken aback.
He had actually restarted his life, but his restarted life had changed.
He wasn't born in 1990, but in 1988, a full two years earlier.
Parents are still parents, and sister is still sister.
In 2007, he was admitted to the Management Department of Beijing Film Academy. He dreamed that if he was not good-looking enough to get into the Acting Department, he would just choose any major at Beijing Film Academy and find an opportunity to transfer to the Acting Department.
The reality was harsh; after entering the Beijing Film Academy, Gu Qingshan discovered that he couldn't change his major, so he just gave up.
Today's class was the first two periods, and as soon as Gu Qingshan arrived in the classroom, he started to sleep on his desk.
"This..." Gu Qingshan was speechless. It was utterly shameful that they gave up so easily.
However, Gu Qingshan soon showed a thoughtful expression.
The Department of Management is a professional department that specializes in training film production management personnel, not film producers.
Simply put, it's an interdisciplinary field combining drama and film studies with business administration. In other words, graduates mainly go on to work in theaters, cinemas, or film and television companies.
Compared to directing or acting, this major definitely has no future.
"For acting majors, the guys have to be handsome and the girls have to be beautiful. My face has no competitive advantage, so it's too difficult for me to become an actor!" Gu Qingshan stroked his chin.
The Taipei Film Academy's Performing Arts Department is never short of handsome men and beautiful women. After all, those who are not handsome or beautiful enough are eliminated during the entrance exams.
To get into the performing arts department, being handsome or beautiful is just a basic requirement; you also need to have special talents, otherwise you definitely won't pass the entrance exam.
Of course, academic subjects can't be terrible either; the college entrance exam score has to be at least 200 points.
He was considered handsome in high school and was known as the school's heartthrob.
But looking at the whole country, that's not good enough; he can barely be considered a handsome young man.
His only advantage here is his score of over 600 on the college entrance exam.
However, at Beijing Film Academy, the college entrance examination score is the least important.
Gu Qingshan stopped thinking about the acting department and started considering the directing department instead.
"The next twenty years will prove that directing is not as mysterious as it seems. There are many people who cross over to become directors, and it is often these non-professional directors who sell box office revenue." A glint flashed in Gu Qingshan's eyes.
Guo Jingming and Han Han are bestselling novelists who have crossed over into directing. Even if they are criticized, the box office is still not low, and they are sure to make money.
Xu Zheng, Wang Baoqiang, Huang Bo, Wu Jing, Chen Sicheng, and many others are actors who have become directors, and their films have all been quite successful at the box office.
Even Jia Ling, who used to perform in sketches, went on to direct and star in her own films, making a fortune from the two movies. Although the second film was heavily criticized, it didn't stop her from earning a lot of money.
Let alone those outside who will not pursue their proper careers in the future, even the Beijing Film Academy has a tradition of not pursuing their proper careers.
Putting aside other things, how many of the great directors who came out of the Beijing Film Academy actually graduated from the directing department?
It's all other departments that are stealing jobs from the directing department!
For example, Zhang Yimou is a typical example of a cinematographer trying to steal jobs from a director!
There's also Guo Fan, a law student at Hainan University. A few years after graduation, he was admitted to the management department of Beijing Film Academy for graduate studies, and then went on to become a director, producing a sci-fi blockbuster like "The Wandering Earth," which crushed a whole bunch of domestic directors.
Gu Qingshan's lips curled slightly, thinking to himself, "If Guo Fan can do it, why can't I?"
We're both from the Management Department at Beijing Film Academy, what a perfect match!
[Ding~~~]
[Congratulations, host, you have activated the film and television simulation space.]
Just then, a metallic mechanical voice rang in Gu Qingshan's mind, filling him with ecstasy.
Not only did he restart his life, but he also had a cheat code.
Subsequently, Gu Qingshan's consciousness entered a magical space, which was infinitely wide, infinitely long, and infinitely high, just like a world.
Within this space, he can create movies and TV series that he has watched, or simulate movies and TV series that he has never watched, thereby creating scripts, finished films, and so on.
The more complex and demanding a film or television drama is, the longer the simulation time will be required.
"Heaven is helping me! With this film simulation space, I'm about to take off!" Gu Qingshan was overjoyed after understanding his cheat system.
Restarting one's life doesn't guarantee success; many reborn individuals and time travelers have ended up failing miserably.
But I've never heard of anyone with a cheat code still failing.
"Ring ring~~" The school bell rang, waking Gu Qingshan from his movie simulation space.
Gu Qingshan exited the space and saw that his teacher had already left without looking back.
This is university. Unlike high school, teachers don't extend class time or take up physical education classes. Instead, they can't wait for get out of class to end so they can rest.
Gu Qingshan glanced around at his classmates. There were 40 students in his class, and they were all packing up their textbooks and leaving.
There are only two classes today, and they happen to be the first two in the morning. Everyone needs to hurry back and catch up on some sleep.
Gu Qingshan also packed his things and left the classroom. He wanted to find a quiet place to avoid being disturbed.
If you're looking for the quietest and least disturbed place on campus, the library is the place to be.
Most students at Beijing Film Academy don't go to the library.
This isn't exam week, so there's no need to cram at the library.