The school-age Wang Zha is part of the 1999 story, where students compete for status through their names’ positions on a factory smokestack. He shares the youthful schemes, rivalries, jokes, and hopes of the friend group with Wang Chengyong and Paopao, before the story follows him into adulthood as a newsroom photographer.
Chen Yichen has 2 screen credits in a career dating back to 2023. Signature works include Rowing, Escape from the 21st Century. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
