"My dear pumpkin, we came from a tier-2 city. We weren't wealthy — we worked in small shops just to meet our needs.
Your father, Xiao, was everything to us — our happiness, our hope, our life. He understood our situation very well. He was never stubborn... you're just like him.
He always had a dream to create something new, to carve his name into the future revolution."
"Granny, I said I want to do photography business…"
"Listen."
Hardworking Xiao went to college and eventually got a job abroad, one that paid well. For the first time, our poor family tasted wealth.
He worked under Mr. Shades as an assistant, and together, they developed a new era of photography.
With permission, Xiao brought this invention home, to his own country.
Photos were no longer just still images — they became memories in motion.
The characters inside would move within the frame. They became 360° holograms.
We could hear the subject's voice — the exact words they spoke at the moment the photo was taken.
To say a laughing child turns his head mid-frame. A mother waves slowly from the past. Each photo — alive in its own way.
When framed on a wall, these photos could even respond to questions.
It was revolutionary. Xiao was the first to bring it here, and the demand exploded.
In a few years, Xiao built an empire, training young talents and sharing this vision with the world.
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It would have been better if he hadn't brought it here..."