The Way We Were (TV series)
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| Also known as | 16 Summers |
| Traditional | 16個夏天 |
| Simplified | 16个夏天 |
| Mandarin | Shí Liù Gè Xià Tiān |
| Genre | romance |
| Written by | Zheng-Zhe Du |
| Directed by | Fu-Hsiang Hsu |
| Starring |
Ruby Lin
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| Opening theme | "Langman Lai Xi" |
| Ending theme | "Yihou Bie Zuo Pengyou" |
| Country of origin |
 Republic of China (Taiwan)
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| Original language(s) | Mandarin, Taiwanese |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Wang Zhuan Ren |
| Producer(s) |
Ruby Lin Lisa Tan |
| Location(s) | Taiwan, Shanghai |
| Running time | 90 minutes (per episode) |
| Release | |
| Original network |
TVBS Public Television Service |
| First shown in | Taiwan |
| Original release | 19 July – 01 November 2014 |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
The Way We Were (Chinese: 16個夏天) also known as 16 Summers is a 2014 Taiwanese romance drama produced by Ruby Lin and Lisa Tan (Lin's agent) and directed by Fu-Hsiang Hsu (許富翔). It stars Lin, Weber Yang (楊一展), Ann Hsu, Melvin Sia and Jason Tsou (鄒承恩) as five friends who met in college in late-1990s Taipei. The series narrates a love and friendship story that spans 16 years, from the summer of 1998 to 2014. It is set against major events that occurred in Taiwan during the 16 summers, such as the 729 blackout, 921 earthquake, SARS and the Financial crisis of 2007–08.
According to online statistics collected by the website dailyview.tw, it was the most popular Taiwanese idol dramas in 2014. Another website 7headlines.com ranked it the second most popular Taiwanese drama of 2014, after In a Good Way (which began broadcasting in 2013 and was therefore not included in dailyview.tw's ranking). Google ranked it the second most-searched TV series in Taiwan in 2014, after the Korean drama Empress Ki.
At the 50th Golden Bell Awards, the series won three out of seven nominations, including Best Television Series, Best Director, and Best Supporting Actress for Ann Hsu.
While in college, Jia-Ni Tang (Ruby Lin) falls in love with her schoolmate(also neighborhood) Wei-De Fang (Weber Yang) after she agrees with Wei-De’s idea of an eye for an eye, when she catches her boyfriend cheating with another girl. However, broader events intervene in their romance: during the historic 921 earthquake in Taiwan, Jia Ni's friend Jun-Jie Wang (Melvin Sia) becomes crippled in one leg. Out of obligation and compassion, Jia-Ni decides to marry Jun-Jie. When Jia Ni and Wei-De run into each other again in 2008, she is a married woman and he is about to walk down the aisle. They are still in love but part as friends. But when fate brings the two back together at another wedding in 2013, will they make the same decision?
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