Text/Si Qi
Once upon a time, two popular words appeared on the Internet: "North Drift" and "Horizontal Drift".
These two words carry the dreams of many people, some people achieve or even surpass, and some people give up halfway.
Such as Wang Baoqiang, Rising Sun Masculinity, Xidan Girl and other "dream-seeking grassroots", it belongs to the category of success.
At the Spring Festival Gala in 2011, Ren Yueli, the "Xidan Girl", pulled the heartstrings of countless wandering wanderers on the stage with a song "Homesick".
How should I express it, I have a strong concern in my heart
Even if you call home, you still can't rest assured
How do I go about repaying, leaving home for a few winters and summers
Mom and Dad are old, take care of your body
Homesick, homesick...
After the Spring Festival Gala was "gilded", Ren Yueli transformed herself from a "grassroots singer" to a "popular singer".
Her value has also undergone earth-shaking changes.
After that, not willing to be only a singer, she successfully set foot in the business world and threatened to be the "second Dong Mingzhu".
Now, 14 years later, has her dream come true?
01
On April 13, 1988, Songlindian Village, Songlindian Town, Zhuozhou, Hebei Province.
Shortly after April Fool's Day, a "special couple" in the village welcomed their daughter.
Why is this a couple special?
Because her husband suffered from polio, he not only grew short and thin, but even stumbled when he walked.
The wife has an intellectual disability when she beats her mother,000, and her IQ is the same as that of a three-year-old child, and the family does not know her.
The combination of the two can be called "heaven and earth", but it seems to be doomed to a good ending.
Their daughter is the "Xidan Girl" who will become popular in thousands of households in the future- Ren Yueli.
Like thousands of children, she also wants to have a warm home and a happy childhood.
But the misfortune of the family, the cruelty of reality, made her never enjoy ordinary and simple happiness.
In Ren Yueli's childhood memories, a "poor" word encompasses everything.
How poor is their family?
Poor enough to pay dozens of books per semester, often dragging on for days.
Too poor to ask for a meal of meat, not to buy a decent piece of clothing.
What is even poorer is that Ren Yueli has no maternal love since childhood, and has grown up with her elderly grandmother since childhood.
In such a bad environment, Ren Yueli has developed an inferior personality since she was a child, humble like a grain of dust.
Unfortunately, when she first entered junior high school, her mother accidentally burned her face due to a fire, and her father broke his leg.
Even her grandmother, who loved her, had the misfortune of suffering a stroke...
Ren Yueli's childhood and adolescence, there is no most miserable, only more tragic!
It is said that "the children of the poor have long been home", and it is really suitable for Ren Yueli.
As she grew up, all the family's livelihood and sources of income came from her young hands.
All kinds of misfortunes followed, and gradually made her strong like a stubborn stone.
But after all, she was only a weak girl, and she had cried countless times, trying to protest to fate with tears.
When she was most sad, she even tried to die and say goodbye to this hard life.
That day, she gritted her teeth and took a whole bottle of painkillers in one go— metamizole.
Fortunately and unfortunately, the family found out in time and sent her to the hospital to successfully wash her stomach, which saved a small life.
Regaining a new life, 14-year-old Ren Yueli understood a truth: life is easy, life is easy, life is really not easy!
Whenever the night is quiet, she desperately hopes that she can change the status quo of the poor family and let the family live a rich life.
02
After staying at home for 2 years, Ren Yueli reached the age of 28.
The heavy housework and farm work weighed her down several times.
But no matter how hard you work and sweat, you can't change the status quo of the family in the slightest.
Thinking about it, she set her sights on the bustling capital of Beijing.
There, even as a migrant worker, you can encounter more and better opportunities.
Carrying a pitiful few hundred pieces, Ren Yueli hurriedly said goodbye to her family and got into the train to Beijing.
The first time she went out, she had no relatives and no reason, no reason and no help, and she didn't know where to go.
One has no education, no skills, and under the premise of being a minor, it is difficult to find a decent job.
After several tossing and turning, a small restaurant was finally willing to take in the poor girl.
Although she was a handyman and paid only a thousand yuan a month, Ren Yueli worked meticulously and diligently.
It's just that she couldn't imagine that after a month, she was actually deducted from her salary many times by her "mercenary" wife.
Without getting a penny, the boss swept her out of the house, leaving no room for her.
In this way, Ren Yueli's first time breaking into society, she was taught a lesson by reality.
For the next few days, she wandered the streets like a bereaved dog while looking for a job.
When night falls, the bustling city is flashing with neon and illuminated.
This blessed land that countless people yearn for, but there is no place for Ren Yueli.
One day, she was walking in the underground passage, looking at the crowd of people who hurried by, listening to the confused singing of the wandering singers, and she couldn't help but feel very sad.
At this time, the behavior of several pedestrians made her eyes widen, and her footsteps could not help but stop.
In the passage, a handsome young man was playing and singing with a guitar, and the plate in front of him was filled with scattered rewards.
In his singing, there is a yearning for life, a confession of fate, and an inspiration for himself.
Anyway, idle is idle, Ren Yueli sat down and watched everything that happened next to the man intently.
Ren Yueli locked Yu Guang in a reward plate full of change and had the idea of becoming a singer.
But this idea, she just flashed, and then immediately stopped.
For a person who has not studied vocal music, if he wants to take the road of selling art, it is obviously a fool's dream.
However, after a few hours, Ren Yueli did not leave.
When the crowd of onlookers had dispersed, she quietly walked toward the man and opened the conversation box very unnaturally.
"Big brother, you sing really well, you should earn a lot, right?" Will there be a city management to pick it up? ”
Rough and simple questioning, the element of praise, is obviously less than the covetousness of the change on the plate.
Looking at the little girl whose eyes were full of "longing", the singer asked straight away: "What, you want to do this too?" ”
Recognized by Ru at a glance, Ren Yueli was a little shy.
But she did not give up, but sincerely replied: "I think, but I am not complete in five tones, and I can't play an instrument, can I do it?" ”
Just when Ren Yueli was about to meet the ridicule, the singer said cheerfully: "No, I can teach you, no one is born!" ”
The words of this eldest brother are like a glimmer of spring sunshine, which makes Ren Yueli warm her heart.
03
According to the singer, his name is Li Gang, and he has a chicken feather.
Come to the underground passage to sing, just to make a little money to make a living, and nourish the musical dream.
Two poor people, just like that came together.
The next day, Ren Yueli began to learn art with "Brother Li".
Gifted and with a good voice, she quickly became better and could basically sing alone.
During this process of worshiping teachers and teaching, the feelings of Ren Yueli and Li Gang were gradually sublimated, and secretly they were no longer a simple "master-apprentice" relationship.
Once, Li Gang inadvertently sighed to Ren Yueli: I haven't eaten dumplings for a long time, and I miss the taste too much.
The next day, Ren Yueli would send him a box of steaming dumplings, which made him indescribably moved.
Days, always slipping away between the fingers.
More than a month later, Ren Yueli was discharged.
She held the guitar and sang a familiar song that attracted passers-by to stop and listen.
Emotional singing, non-impurity-free voice, non-fancy singing tone, all highlight Ren Yueli's personal characteristics.
In front of me, there are passers-by who have left three pieces and two pieces, and there are also large amounts of money that throw hundreds of yuan.
On the other hand, the master's side was cold at this time, and he was robbed of the limelight by the apprentice.
As the old saying goes: Church disciple, starve the master.
For Li Gang, a mentor and friend, instead of this worry, he is proud of his little sister's "blue out of blue".
At least in the future, Ren Yueli can be self-sufficient, and she will no longer have to worry about her.
After closing the stall, Ren Yueli bid farewell to Li Gang with apologies and planned to find another underground passage to sing.
"There are many people here, just here, it's not easy to fight again!"
As soon as the words were finished, Li Gang's figure had disappeared into the crowd...
After that, there was no "big brother" around, Ren Yueli was sincerely afraid, and her singing also lost the confidence of the past.
One night, a few little stared at her, and while squirting foul words in their mouths, they were not honest on their hands.
When she wanted to cry without tears, she secretly sent a text message to Li Gang.
After sue, a tall figure crossed in front of Ren Yueli, like a solid iron tower.
"Whoever touched my wife, see if I don't flatten him!"
Protected by "Big Brother", Ren Yueli is like a happy bird.
In fact, in her heart, she had long hoped to stay with Li Gang for a lifetime.
At this time, the little who bullied the soft and feared the hard scattered in front of the strong, and disappeared without a trace in an instant.
In order for his sister to no longer be harassed, Li Gang returned to his hometown, and the two snuggled up to each other and spent that difficult time...
04
Under the protection of Li Gang, Ren Yueli regained her self-confidence and her singing skills improved by leaps and bounds.
Whether it is cold or hot, both of them stick to the underground passage with a large flow of people, earning three melons and two dates to survive.
Even if she didn't earn much, Ren Yueli tightened her pants belt as much as possible and sent most of her income to her hometown.
The planned daily living expenses of 10 yuan, but also a little, to save up to buy second-hand guitar and stereo.
During that time, she sang at least 60 songs a day, and did not dare to have too much rest in between.
Because as soon as the song stopped, passers-by hurried past.
Compared with the unfair treatment suffered in the restaurant, Ren Yueli prefers the identity of "wandering singer".
Even if the singer is intentional and the listener is unintentional, it is also a way to pursue freedom.
Don't seek great wealth and nobility, but seek to be at ease.
This kind of day, she is 4 years.
On the side, Li Gang is inseparable.
Li Gang is not simply for the pursuit of freedom, but has fallen deeply in love with this girl.
How he wished he could earn enough money to marry his beloved home and stop her from suffering from displacement.
It's just a pity that the pie in the sky will only happen in the fairy tale world.
The first snow of 2008 came earlier than ever.
That year's winter was colder than ever, but Ren Yueli's life ushered in a warm current.
A netizen posted her singing video to the Internet, and "Xidan Girl" has become popular overnight.
In the video, she sings Xu Yuteng's song "Angel's Wings" and tells the story of "Angel with Folded Wings" with her singing voice.
The life in the song is vividly interpreted by her.
In that year when the Internet was just beginning to spread, the term "internet celebrity" was still very unfamiliar.
"Xidan Girl" is exactly the product of that era, is the development trend of the Network, and it is difficult to think of it as red.
After the video spread online, the passage under Ren Yueli's location was quickly crowded with "long guns and short cannons" and merchants who came to visit.
Various commercial performances and interviews made Ren Yueli overwhelmed.
With that comes naturally a good reward.
In the face of fame and fortune falling from the sky, Ren Yueli calmly handled it.
Because she deeply understands the true meaning of the white colt crossing the gap, it cannot become a "passing cloud".
Therefore, she silently worked hard to improve her singing and playing skills, preparing for the next wave of "fire".
05
In 2009, with the encouragement of Li Gang, Ren Yueli signed up for the reality TV show "Come On! Angel of the East".
For a non-professional singer, she only won the 8th place in the country, but to a large extent proved herself.
The following year's CCTV "I want to go to the Spring Festival Gala" column, she plucked up enough courage to sign up for the competition, and then the netizen sponsorship ticket was successfully selected into the spring festival gala actor list.
On the stage, she is still very simple, still the ordinary "Xidan girl".
A touching song "Homecoming", singing and crying wanderers in a foreign land, but also singing and crying family members in front of the TV.
Influencers, short-lived red!
Rao is so, Ren Yueli also earned the first bucket of gold in her life by virtue of the fire of the Spring Festival Gala.
Poor crippled parents, who no longer have to worry about food and clothing, and live in a spacious and bright house.
Remembering that her father had limited mobility, Ren Yueli also carefully selected a scooter.
Don't forget!
If Ren Yueli forgot to dig a well, even if her life is wonderful, it is only a flash in the pan and is not worth mentioning.
One day, she dressed up elaborately and launched a love offensive against "Big Brother".
Li Gang, who was on the side, shook his head desperately and refused with "we are not suitable."
If it were in the past, he might have thought that it would be good to be a pair of "Mandarin Ducks with a bitter life".
At this time, in front of Ren Yueli, he is like an "ugly duckling", how to be worthy of the "white swan"?
Looking at love, Ren Yueli is stubborn.
It's like being born by her "heavenly" parents, she can't choose to escape, she can only face it bravely!
Under Ren Yueli's persistent "backward pursuit", Li Gang is no longer "gang", and a heart is gradually melted.
The tide rises and falls, and things are not human.
Just as Ren Yueli expected, she was only popular for just 3 years before she was banned by the new generation of Internet celebrity singers.
Once upon a time, when the news of "Xidan Girl" was exposed on the Internet, it was titled "reduced", "fallen", "disappeared" and other words.
In fact, she also had to bow her head in front of reality.
After she fell lonely, she began to undertake small business performances such as restaurant openings and wedding ceremonies, which formed a huge contrast with the previous popularity.
From the ordinary, not willing to be ordinary, break through the ordinary, in order to create a miracle!
Stubborn and strong Ren Yueli, the scarf does not let her eyebrows be shaved.
Because of reality, she will never be allowed to return to the ordinary.
After 2015, she took advantage of the fame of "little left" and the previously widened circle of communication to step into the commercial sea with one foot.
The Emperor's heavens do not pay off, and the starlight does not live up to the passers-by!
The brand toothpaste developed by Ren Yueli's team was sold out of stock after only 1 year.
The following year, a foreign company invested 60 million yuan to acquire Ren Yueli's brand, and its high quality was evident.
Careful netizens will find that in the middle of her brand packaging, 20 big characters are printed: "I want to be China's next Dong Mingzhu, let the world fall in love with Made in China!" ”
Who is Dong Mingzhu?
She was once the "founder" of Gree air conditioners, and a strong woman in the internationally renowned business world!
The light of the fireworks, how dare you compete with the sun and the moon?
Just when everyone glanced at Ren Yueli with a questioning eye, she proved herself with practical actions and shone the media lens with her idol.
In the group photo, she held Dong Mingzhu with a look of admiration, full of piety, fortunately even ya.
In recent years, the "Xidan Girl" has become a thing of the past, replaced by a low-key female entrepreneur.
In the short video platform, Ren Yueli no longer sings, and the account fans are only tens of thousands.
She runs her company in a low-key manner, with a low-key commitment to public welfare and philanthropy.
Friends who like "Xidan Girl" will find that her humble name can be seen in public welfare activities such as rural construction, poverty education assistance, and the Epidemic in Wuhan.
epilogue
The tide rises and falls, and the full moon is missing.
Perhaps, Ren Yueli will never become the "next Dong Mingzhu".
But she is worthy of the model of grassroots counterattack, and turned into a model of mastery.
From a poor family girl to a wandering singer, to the well-known "Xidan Girl", and finally to become a strong woman in the business world, how can the legend be exhausted?
To succeed, she relies not only on hard work, but also on the unchangeable "original intention" of her relatives and lovers, and the "mission" of not forgetting to rewrite poverty.
At the end of the article, I wish you who have spent a lot of time reading this article, your career is smooth, and your family is happy!