Or a simple and heartwarming text, or a painting with a soft color, on a small electronic screen on the campus of Peking University, there are different surprises and emotions waiting for students every day, adding a touch of fun to their intense and busy study life. And these healing paintings are all from the hands of a Peking University security guard, who is the "uncle of the gods" and the "guanghua sweeping monk" in the mouths of his classmates.
He is the security guard Cai Zhijian of Building 1 of Peking University's Guanghua School of Management. Recently, because of the insistence on painting on the electronic screen every day and "out of the circle", people's daily and other mainstream media have been forwarded on Weibo, the topic word "Peking University security uncle's day is too romantic" once rushed to the hot search.
"Good healing, there is beauty in the eyes, there is love in the heart, in order to express this beauty" "As long as there is a heart, everywhere is beautiful" "People who live with their hearts, life will not fail you" "A warm heart is like the sunshine in winter, very warm; works completed with heart, exuding the quality of creators, are rare"... Netizens have left messages saying that they have been cured by these paintings. However, for his own unexpected "popularity", Master Cai frequently mentioned in interviews, "I just paint at will, and I never thought of becoming famous." ”
I'm just an ordinary worker
Just want to be diligent and make some money
In the afternoon, the sky was clear blue, the cold wind suddenly rose, and the dead leaves on the ground swirled with the wind. Xu is to facilitate students to enter and exit, the glass door on the first floor of Guanghua College has been open, the cold wind has blown in with the flow of people, and the cold hall exudes a hint of coolness.
As soon as you enter the door, you can look up and see a few lines written on the display on the right side: "What comes out of suffering is life, what comes out is the day, and what is forced out is life." This is a phrase "chicken soup for the soul" that Master Cai saw from Douyin, and felt that it was quite suitable for motivating students, and immediately shared it on the electronic screen. The orange-yellow font hangs on a gray-black background, which is extremely conspicuous. On the table below the screen is a glass bottle with a bouquet of flowers, a ginkgo leaf that the master has picked up from the autumn campus, and next to it is a stone the size of a goose egg picked up on the shore of an unnamed lake.
At this time, Master Cai was standing on duty at the front desk on the left, and under the glass table at the front desk, there were small items such as student cards, USB sticks, and keys that the students had lost. "Some of the objects were picked up during a tour of the building, and some were picked up and sent by students." Master Cai said that if everyone accidentally lost something, he would collect it, and it would be convenient for the lost owner to find it.
"This is the best major at Peking University, and the students who graduate from here are particularly capable." When he said this, Master Cai's face showed a full sense of pride. "Being able to work as a security guard at the best college in Peking University is the envy of my friends." Master Cai took me through the floors, looking for a quiet corner. The rest area on the side of the corridor was filled with students, or reading or writing, and everyone was concentrating on what was at hand.
Not long ago, there were always students with mobile phones running to him and saying, "Master, you are on the hot search." However, the frequent interviews and "secret photos" brought by the unexpected popularity made Master Cai feel depressed. He confessed that he was an ordinary worker, just wanting to work hard to earn some money.
Master Cai said that at that time, he did not know what "hot search" was, nor did he know what Weibo was. However, as more and more people said it, he felt intrigued in his heart. So, with the help of the students, he also downloaded Weibo on his mobile phone. "Oh, it turns out that this is a hot search on Weibo." Master Cai saw that mainstream media such as The People's Daily had reprinted reports about him, and there were hundreds of comments in the comment area, and he carefully read every piece of content. Among them, a message that impressed Master Cai the most reads, "In the future, I still want to go to Peking University, Peking University will produce talents", which made him extremely touched in his heart. "Because I didn't love to study when I was a child, and my education level was not high, I could always meet foreign friends on campus to ask for directions, but I couldn't understand it and couldn't answer it." The unfinished education when he was young became the biggest regret in his heart at this moment.
Painting is the same as the students' learning, as long as you work hard, you can do anything
Talking about his painting skills, Master Cai said that he had never studied specifically, and his level of painting was very general, and he usually drew casually when he had paper and pencil at hand, but he did not save it. "Painting is the same as the students' learning, that is, they have to be careful." You can draw well with your heart. As long as you are careful, you can do anything. ”
In fact, the time for the master to paint is not long. At the end of 2019, the epidemic began to spread unchecked. In order to prevent and control the epidemic, the school has placed a multi-functional display screen in each building to facilitate students entering and leaving the teaching building to scan their faces and measure the temperature. At first, students at Guanghua Academy were the first to write or draw small animals on the display screen. "I thought, the students are very good at drawing, I also try to draw." One after the other, it was painted. ”
Since then, Master Cai has begun to create on the display while the students are in class. At first, he just looked for some beautiful pictures to copy from his mobile phone, and he could copy one every three or four days. Sometimes, the work is too busy to update, teachers and students every day as soon as they enter the door, they joke "is there any new works today", and the master has to explain that he did not paint today because of work reasons. "This display is now the surprise they look forward to most every day."
Although the complex buttons on the electronic screen and the rich variety of functional keys are simply "handy" for us, for the talented master who has been more than 50 years old, the difficulty coefficient of painting on smart devices such as electronic screens is not low. "Many of the paintings I painted before can't be found, and I don't know where they went. It's a pity! Master Cai bluntly said that he was not very skilled in the use of electronic screens, and he was far worse than college students. With that, Master Cai casually opened the work "Desert" carefully drawn a few days ago and began to demonstrate the painting process.
What comes into view is a work that makes people feel extremely happy. A round of scorching sun, the endless yellow sand reflects the orange glow, the distant mountains are undulating, the rows of branches at the foot of the mountain are dotted with bunches of red flowers, only to see a young woman in a red gauze dress running ahead, a long red scarf flying behind her.
"This is one of my favorite paintings. At first, I only painted the desert, but I always felt that something was missing, and after thinking about it, I drew a girl in red with a scarf. "Master Cai pointed to the pen, eraser, eraser, shape and other painting tools displayed below the work to demonstrate one by one, after selecting the brush, you can adjust the thickness according to the needs of the painting, even if the painting is wrong, you can use the eraser to erase." There are many colors to choose from in the brush, and the colors of this picture are all matched by myself. ”
However, if you accidentally touch the "Clear" button on the screen, the draft you just drew will immediately disappear. Master Cai was very sorry that among the paintings that he had accidentally deleted and could not find, there were several paintings that he was most satisfied with. During the demonstration, there were always passing students behind him secretly taking pictures of the talent master who was explaining. As soon as he turned back, the student who was holding up his mobile phone to record smiled shyly and said busily: "Master, your painting is really good." ”
"Actually, I never wanted to be famous, because I was an ordinary worker." After being reported by major media one after another, Master Cai also became famous, and many students would take the initiative to greet him on the road. "I will keep painting because every day there are students who come to see if there are new works, and if I don't paint now, my classmates and teachers are quite lost."
When talking about the emergence of security talents at Peking University, Master Cai rushed to say: "Before I came, I heard that there was a security guard who studied for the exam, and finally returned to my hometown to become a principal. People are much better than me, or people have perseverance. ”
Eight or nine trips a day Painting is just an amateur activity
In the blink of an eye, this is already the 5th year that Master Cai has worked at Peking University.
Before coming to Peking University, Master Cai was a laid-off coal miner. Because of his poor studies, after he dropped out of high school, he followed his parents to work in the coal mine in his hometown in Jilin Province. "The family of five, my sister and brother are all college graduates, I am not studying well, I have no culture, I can only go down the well." Master Cai said that because his parents were official workers in coal mines, the living conditions at home were actually quite good at that time. Only in learning, his parents also hate him. "As long as I study hard and can go to school, they are willing to smash pots and sell iron."
After becoming a coal miner, Master Cai was mainly responsible for maintaining and repairing the machinery and equipment in the mine, and assisting front-line workers to go down the well to mine coal. Every morning at eight or nine o'clock, workers began to queue up to take the "well car" to go down the well, each carriage can stand three rows, a row of 5 people, the next well takes 15 minutes. "I can't see the sun in the well for a day, when I go down, my face is a normal color, and when I come up, some workers don't smile, and you can't see his face." Master Cai recalled that at that time, every day was dirty, and life was very bitter and bitter. "To put it mildly, it's 3 stones sandwiching meat." It is that the feet, left and right are all stones. ”
The maintenance work on the mine was simple and tedious, and the master ended the topic hastily with a few words. But when it comes to his father, who is also in the coal mine, he gushes endlessly, and his look is hard to hide his pride. "My dad is great. At that time, the mine had to take the technician certificate, and my father took the first place, and at that time he was given a big red book with the words 'Technician Certificate of the People's Republic of China'. Master Cai said that although the coal mine later organized a technician examination, it no longer issued a certificate, and even if the certificate is shelved now, it is very gold-rich.
From the youth of green onions to the year of confusion, the master worked for 28 years, until 2016, when the coal mine accident occurred and finally shut down. More than 3,000 coal miners are unemployed, and Master Cai is one of them. After being "idle" at home for a month, he came to Peking University to work as a security guard under the recommendation of his brother. A few days after he arrived, he proudly announced to his family that "I never dreamed of coming to Peking University to work, and it is the best Guanghua Management School in Peking University."
There are 4 people in the security room of Building 1 of Guanghua College of Peking University, mainly responsible for the fire control work in the building and the inspection and maintenance of facilities, usually in a group of two people, rotating 24 hours a month on a single and double day, patrolling the building every two hours, inspecting eight or nine times a day, and inspecting a circle on the five floors for at least 20 minutes. "At night, it is also a two-hour trip, mainly to see if the socket in the teacher's office is closed, whether there are sparks and other safety hazards." Master Cai said that when he was sleepy at night, he squinted on the sofa in the house for a while. "But I can't sleep, and I always worry about where there will be a safety hazard." It's not like coming home from work, not having to think about anything, lying down and falling asleep. ”
Whenever he is on duty, Master Cai will always walk through the unnamed lake in the early morning, the morning fog is thick, and the majestic Boya Tower is under the background of the hazy street lamp, showing calm and solemn, and the daily work is opened at this moment. "Working here can't blow the wind, the rain can't rain, and you can walk around the campus when you rest." Master Cai bluntly said that he was much stronger than coal mine work, and his mood was more comfortable.
Although he loves to paint, but the dedicated master will only create during the student class or after the closure of the building at night, this is the most comfortable and relaxed time of his day, he can not shy away from brewing in front of the screen for a long time, and then draw it carefully, it takes half an hour in short, three or four hours long, but the master is tireless, "After all, we are here to work, painting is an amateur activity outside of work." ”
"What I write to my classmates is my heart'
In the eyes of the students, Master Cai is not only a dedicated security guard, but also a "fairy uncle" who works hard to paint and calligraphy. His paintings not only decorate the halls of the college, but most importantly, bring surprises and emotions to the students in addition to their busy study life.
"It's time off, go to the beach and watch the sunrise."
"Classmate, meeting you is the happiness of my life."
"There is no need to pursue those external things in life, good health, no disease and no disasters, and a lifetime of peace and security is a person's greatest blessing."
Although most of these messages or paintings on the electronic screen are not original to the master, these are his best wishes and hopes for the students. "What I write to my classmates is what I say from the heart, and I write what I think in my heart." Master Cai said that the students went to the classroom to study very early and left very late, which was very hard. So I want them to pay attention to rest and take care of their bodies.
In the eyes of Master Cai, the students' minds are simple and cultured, and the words they say are particularly smooth to the ear. Master Cai said that he was usually a very easy-going person and had a good relationship with students. Because I usually sit at the door, I occasionally get sleepy at noon and yawn. Careful students saw it, and when they bought coffee, they would also bring him a cup, "Master, drink a cup of coffee, refresh your mind." "Some classmates bought oranges and stuffed them for him with two or three." They would think that it was very hard for the master to stand here every day. ”
Today, he is already a "good friend" in the eyes of his classmates. Not long ago, a classmate chased him to create a painting for his upcoming birthday friend. The master asked her "what is the painting", and the other party smiled and said, "Think about it yourself", and left. "I thought, since my classmate has already spoken, then help her paint." It was winter, so the master simply drew a snow scene, and then drew a heart on it. "Celebrating birthdays for others, partying, eating, cake or whatever, it doesn't matter, the main thing is to be careful." Master Cai said happily.
After this "out of the circle", many enthusiastic students suggested that the master open a painting exhibition or make an atlas, and some people took the initiative to teach him to open vibrato to do live broadcasting to earn money, and the master refused one by one. He said he didn't think about it that much, and he would never think about making money by painting. "What the level of painting is, I have a number in mind. If these paintings can make teachers and students feel fresh and in a good mood as soon as they enter the door, I will be satisfied. ”
Text/Reporter Wang Jing
Photo courtesy of Cai Zhijian