Someone on zhihu asked: What is the experience of suddenly becoming popular?
Some people say that inflation, feel that they are the first in the world; flattered, life is suddenly full of hope, should be very busy...
The more realistic answer is: at first there will be trepidation, discomfort, and being known by too many people will affect life.
Although "red" is the dream of many people, suddenly bursting into popularity, like being accidentally hit by a pie falling from the sky, is a blessing or a curse, which is really worrying.
One day in early 2010, "Sharp Brother" Cheng Guorong suddenly became popular.
That day, the day was still that day, and the breeze blew with a little comfort. Without the slightest warning, he wandered and smoked as usual, his eyes sharp and his breath of relief. But what I never expected was that he was red!
He has a dashing, stylish appearance, was photographed and uploaded to the Tianya Forum, and then there was the explosive post of February 23, 2010: "Second Kill Uchi Ultimate Gorgeous First Ultimate Ultimate Passerby Handsome Guy!" Handsome enough to stab your dog's eyes! Detailed Information on Human Flesh of The Suitors".
As soon as the post was sent, Cheng Guorong quickly became popular. The Internet, print media, and television media rushed to report on it, and even CCTV specially produced an issue of "Legendary Sharp Brother" for him. In just one week, without his own knowledge, the red network became popular internationally.
"The melancholy look in his eyes, the sighing mustache, the matching of his magic skills, and the messy hair fascinated me deeply."
When you see these words, do you think that you are writing about which shocking 007 male protagonist or Hollywood superstar in the movie novel? The handsome guy appears and turns the sentient beings upside down.
NO, these words express the fascination and admiration for the appearance of "sharp brother" and "outstanding".
Even his clothing is an instant second to beat the international trend of Europe and the United States: "The thick lines of Europe and the United States have the delicacy of the Japanese style."
Oh my God, who is this "sharp brother" who turned out to be sacred.
Born on October 10, 1976 in Poyang, Shangrao, Jiangxi Province, "Brother Sharp", whose original name was Cheng Guorong, only did one thing before he became popular: begging.
Cheng Guorong originally had a happy family, and his wife was gentle and considerate and very kind to him. In 2000, the second son was born, and the already poor family became more difficult. "Sharp Brother" can only leave home alone and take a bus out to work.
Cheng Guorong left home in his 20s, and his wife took care of the family at home, but unfortunately died in a car accident.
Cheng Guorong, who is deeply in love with flounders, cannot accept the sad fact of his wife's death and suffers from mental illness.
He ran away from home, lived on the streets, begged outside every day, ate and slept open, and was hungry.
In the first two years, Cheng Guorong would also call home every three or five minutes, and his sister said in an interview with Nandu Weekly that Cheng Guorong had very few phone calls every time, "probably because he felt that he had not earned money."
In 2003, Cheng Guorong, who had been out for three years, completely disappeared. Until 2008, Cheng Guorong's news appeared on the Internet.
A netizen named "Old Hungry Cat" found him, when Cheng Guorong had been wandering for many years, he was wearing a woman's clothes, but he was not embarrassed, but had a special temperament.
The old hungry cat took the initiative to chat with Cheng Guorong, Cheng Guorong would occasionally chat with him, and Cheng Guorong would buy cigarettes by himself when he got the money.
In 2010, Cheng Guorong became popular, and a fellow villager accidentally saw the information of "Sharp Brother" on the Internet, and he felt particularly familiar, like a neighbor brother of his.
This fellow countryman is a native of Shangrao, Jiangxi, and his neighbor's name is Cheng Guosheng. He knew that just 11 years ago, Cheng Guosheng's brother Cheng Guorong had been hearing nothing after he went out to work.
According to the clues provided by the fellow villagers, the media quickly contacted Cheng Guosheng. On the phone, after Cheng Guosheng listened to the briefing, he said excitedly: "It must be my brother, I also recognize him when he turns into ashes." ”
Cheng Guorong was particularly excited, he hung up the phone and immediately found a photo of his brother when he was young and took it with him, and called his 60-year-old mother to leave. The two sat for more than 10 hours, bumping all the way, and arrived in Ningbo on the evening of March 4.
On this side, things are going well. "Brother Sharp" was rescued under the care of people. The staff of the Ningbo Help Station sent him to the Ningbo Psychiatric Hospital in time. In the hospital, the staff helped him take a bath, cut his hair, change his clothes, and for a time, the "sharp brother" changed his face, became clean and tidy, and the whole person became energetic.
Probably in a good mood, "Sharp Brother" is very cooperative, others give him paper and pencil, he wrote on the paper: Cheng Guorong. This is his real name, which is completely consistent with what Cheng Guosheng said.
Seeing that the family is about to be reunited. "Sharp Brother" has found relatives! Being an Internet celebrity and recognizing relatives and reuniting is really a happy ending for everyone.
On March 5, Cheng Guosheng and his old mother came to the aid station early, and the two watched the video and were more certain that the "sharp brother" was Cheng Guorong. They immediately rushed to the Ningbo Psychiatric Hospital to recognize their relatives.
At 11:00 a.m., the staff of the Ningbo Psychiatric Hospital pushed open a door. Cheng Guosheng asked the people in the room, "Do you want to go home?" ”
"Think." Cheng Guorong answered crisply.
The old mother on the side could not bear it any longer, and when she heard Cheng Guorong shout out "Mother, brother" in a familiar dialect, she covered her face and cried bitterly, unable to cry.
Cheng Guosheng was afraid of stimulating Cheng Guorong's emotions, briefly introduced the situation at home, Cheng Guorong listened very excitedly, he did not speak, but there were tears in his eyes.
The family is especially happy to be reunited. Cheng Guorong changed into brand new clothes, put on a striking and fashionable PUMA hat, and rode the bus that left home to work ten years ago and returned home.
The car is still that car, the home is still that home, but Cheng Guorong is no longer the original Cheng Guorong, he is the Internet celebrity "sharp brother".
It is difficult for the Cheng family to have the tranquility of the past, and the "Sharp Brother" attracted a large number of people to watch, and they poured in batches, and the neighboring villages of this village were farther away, in groups of three or five, driving agricultural vehicles and tricycles.
The leaders of the county and township governments also came, and they personally came to the door to offer condolences and sent a donation of 30,000 yuan.
The media and businesses came to the door in an endless stream and invited sharp brother businessmen to perform a show to receive advertisements.
The sharp brother who has been autistic for many years is difficult to adapt to the social interaction of this kind of person, not to mention that these people have their own goals.
But "Brother Sharp" used his last intellectual and social skills to cope with this. When he accepted the donation, he smiled introvertedly and took the initiative to hug and thank the representative of the donation; when the counselor who treated him for free was leaving, the "sharp brother" took the initiative to shake hands, which surprised the counselor: "At this moment, he is like a normal person." ”
The family considered that more "Sharp Brother" participated in social activities, self-reliance can rebuild self-confidence, and at the same time solve the family's economic difficulties, they helped "Sharp Brother" to take over some commercial performances.
"Sharp Brother" to Guangdong Shunde Country Garden Farm to do a fashion show, do not know whether it is because of nervousness, he was almost carried by his family to the center of the stage, when he was wearing a striped shirt, with black trousers, wearing a black felt hat, just on the stage to appear in just half a minute, he hurriedly stepped down.
That afternoon, Brother Sharp took the stage again, and he walked around the stage twice, mechanically waving to the audience, and ended the performance.
More merchants have their eyes on him, he attends various events and endorsement products, attends the press conference scene of the movie "The Legend of Sharp Brother" based on him; he also appears on the big screen, making a cameo appearance in the movie "Becoming a Man and a Woman", playing a beggar in his true colors.
The media rushed to provide the "big stage", and the "sharp brother" always behaved restrained, scared, and would hide in the toilet and scream when nervous. However, more and more commercial activity awaited him. "Sharp Brother" is overwhelmed.
In 2011, the news that ""Sharp Brother" appeared in Shanghai secret meeting "Sharp Sister-in-law" suddenly appeared on the Internet, saying that "Sharp Brother appeared in a private café, and after being brokered by a foreign old man, he had a close conversation with a mixed-race woman... At the end, the merchant has ulterior motives to point out the "sharp brother" men's wear brand.
Cheng Guanghua, the uncle of "Brother Sharp", who teaches at the university, was particularly angry, and he said that he was so angry that he couldn't look at it.
Obviously, it is the "sharp brother" who meets privately with the brand side, and through their oral painting style, it becomes strange; obviously it is a negotiation but it becomes a "scandal".
There is also a Shenzhen cultural communication company that comes to the door and privately takes a video of Brother Sharp and his family to upload to the network without my consent, and also fabricates false content to make up the family of Brother Sharp.
It has to be said that "Sharp Brother" has become a tool for business speculation. Whether he is performing at home or in the public, "Brother Sharp" is like a puppet manipulated by people, and the coolness and free style of "Beggar of Excellence" are completely missing.
Zhou Libo once said: The reason why Brother Sharp is famous and beautiful is because he is wild, not captive.
"Sharp Brother" is no longer Cheng Guorong. Cheng Guorong became a "sharp brother", but he has since lost his sharpness.
Is his popularity fortunate or unfortunate? How long can the original fragile nerves of "Sharp Brother" last in the operation of businesses and the crowd?
In the strange circle of traffic and capital, it is made "sharp brother", in fact, no one can understand.
"Sharp Brother" is a simple and unkind person. When he was in a good mood, he would laugh shyly and talk to people for two sentences, and most of the time, he was afraid, restrained, and hid and did not want to see people.
From a street child to an Internet celebrity, reunited with his relatives, and received the help of social concern and people with hearts, he would say: "I want to be grateful, I want to thank everyone."
He insisted on donating 600 yuan as a donation to the victims of the disaster area in the southwest. The kindness and simplicity of "Brother Sharp" comes from the heart.
Later, all kinds of hype and performances, "Sharp Brother" is involuntary and powerless to resist.
On the Internet, "Brother Sharp" was packaged as a hero in the fight against floods, saying that he had served as a soldier in Nanchang, participated in the flood fight and rescue and won the "second class merit"; he also made up a touching story for him: Brother Sharp and Wang Jun, a young woman of the same age in a neighboring village, fell in love, and in order to change the situation of their family's poverty, the two went out to work.
"Sharp Brother" has worked very hard in foreign companies and becomes a supervisor. Next, she and Wang Jun met in Ningbo, but encountered the pickpocket group, and his true lover Wang Jun fell in a pool of blood... The "sharp brother" who luckily escaped the disaster has been in a trance since then and exiled to wanderers.
Ningbo has become a sad city, and "Sharp Brother" sometimes wears women's clothes and misses his lover who will never come back...
In the eyes of a thousand people, there are a thousand versions of "Sharp Brother". No matter how clever the pen is on the Internet, how many people are possessed by the drama, but the "sharp brother" is still that Cheng Guorong.
Internet celebrities are difficult to be, they are over-consumed, and the ending may not be satisfactory.
After the "Sharp Brother" aura disappeared, Cheng Guorong returned to the original point. He was revealed to have "returned to his old business" and wandered again.
His family could not persuade him, and he was unwilling to live at home and preferred to wander around.
The family could not force him, but could only say that he went out to "scatter his mind". The wandering Cheng Guorong sometimes goes home for a meal, thinks the food is delicious, returns a few more times, leaves after eating, and does not like to live at home.
The younger brother Cheng Guosheng carried the whole family alone, and when he encountered troubles, he drove out alone to find his brother, and the brothers were connected, and Cheng Guosheng could also be released and vented in front of his brother.
Cheng Guosheng knows his brother, and he feels that "maybe wandering is the life his brother wants." Cheng Guosheng sincerely hoped that his brother could stay at home with peace of mind. He also understood his brother, he said that his brother was cultivating, he had cultivated to a certain level, people said he was stupid, but in fact he saw through this world.
Ten years of tide ups and downs, chaotic coaxing you just sang I debuted, how many Internet celebrities are prosperous and withered, and Cheng Guorong, or unchanged, he likes to be himself.
Just in response to the lyrics that became popular with him, "Don't be obsessed with brother, brother is just a legend."
There is a saying on the Internet: Standing on the wind outlet, pigs can fly. Internet celebrities are people who stand at the cusp of the wind.
However, to fly beautifully, fly high, and fly far is a successful high-quality Internet celebrity.
Papi sauce is on fire, she originally shot a funny spit small video, after the fire, she with high education and high talent, has been paying attention to the accumulation of knowledge, relying on a good appearance, has been going very well;
Li Ziqi is undoubtedly the most successful, she focuses on making videos and food, walks out of the most beautiful upward curve of successful people, and is also popular all over the world, known as "Oriental Gourmet Life".
In the surging army of Internet celebrities, how many Internet celebrities have been beaten down and destroyed by the clouds and rain of life.
Internet celebrity Sun Yixuan relies on "eating three staple foods per meal" as an anchor, taking out food every day, eating junk food for a long time and gaining 40 pounds a year, and his body is inflated like a balloon. Relying on the consumption of the body to do gimmicks to become popular, two years can not be endured. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage and stayed forever at the age of 19.
Internet celebrity Li Tianyou started from selling barbecues in the countryside, and later became a mess. Who knows that it is not easy to get red, but it is very fast to go down, he is too inflated and is banned.
The outlet is an opportunity, but also a test of people's strength. Climbing the cusp of the wind and facing greater storms, we must stand firm, do a good job, have a sober mind, tenacious perseverance, and have extraordinary strength.
Only those who have the strength can seize the opportunity. Cheng Guorong was inadvertently hit by the opportunity, he did not have the talent and strength, and he was lucky to be able to retreat safely.
People without strength may overwhelm the huge waves at any time. Can't be a tide, at any time to be played with by the tide.
People, if you want to succeed, you have to be a strong person and work hard silently. Reserve enough knowledge, exercise extraordinary ability, and hone the courage of the people. Then, pragmatically, pragmatically, steadily seize the opportunity and hit the success.
Standing at the cusp of the times, being a master of playing with the wind outlet, doing a good job, living beautifully, and walking sonorously.
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