Internet celebrities, for modern us, are no longer strangers, but if you want to become an Internet celebrity, you have to be "extraordinary".
In 1995, Zhang Shuxin founded the first Internet service provider, Yinghaiwei, marking China's official entry into the Internet era.
In 2000, China's three major portals, Sohu, Sina and NetEase, were listed on the NASDAQ in the United States.
It was also in this year that China officially entered the Internet era, and it was also at this time that the originators of Internet celebrities began to ride the first wave of the Internet and entered the public's field of vision.
Among these people, some have become old lai, some are unknown, some are still active on the Internet, some have gone behind the scenes, and some have disappeared from the public eye.
But no matter what, they were able to catch the pulse of the network in that year, and they were also extraordinary.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="11" > first place: Luo Yonghao</h1>
Speaking of Luo Yonghao, I think everyone is no stranger, when he founded "Hammer Technology", vowing to surpass Jobs and become the first person in the East Mobile Phone.
However, his past is not so simple.
Luo Yonghao was young and crazy, and when he was in his sophomore year of high school, he felt that going to school was not interesting, so he dropped out of school and went home, determined to become a writer. However, after many rejections, he finally "went to the sea" to become a "businessman" who resold books, and then later flipped used cars and worked as a training teacher for pyramid schemes.
In 2001, he taught himself English, wrote a 10,000-word letter of recommendation to Yu Minhong, the head of New Oriental, knocked on the door of New Oriental, and became an English teacher.
A man with only a junior high school degree gave English lessons to a group of college students.
What's even more amazing is that his English class has been unanimously liked by the students, becoming a recognized "brother" in the GRE field, and being rated by a media as "the best English teacher in China, there is no one".
In 2003, a student posted a video of his class to the university's intranet, because he liked to gag in class, and there were also models in the class, and the classic sentences were set one after another, so these classes were really on the Internet in the name of "Lao Luo Quotes", and he also became one of the representatives of the first generation of Internet celebrities.
In 2004, Lao Luo was already an Internet celebrity, and Lao Luo with his "Lao Luo Quotes" was sought after by many people, forming a strange culture.
In 2005, together with "Sister Furong", he was also named "Top Ten Internet Personalities of 2005".
After that, Lao Luo resigned from New Oriental and founded the NiuBo Network, which was also a mess at that time. It's just that this site has no restrictions, and freedom of speech is soon harmonized.
Later, he founded the Lao Luo English Training School, perhaps tasting the sweetness of Internet celebrities, so he went to major campuses to give lectures and try to create personal IP.
After having some money, he founded "Hammer Technology" to make the best mobile phone in China.
Later, the mobile phone lost money, and the nut Pro2s also became the last song of the Lao Luo mobile phone industry, and then because of the debt of 600 million, he did live streaming with goods, made money to pay off debts, and became a "responsible old lai".
But according to his own account, the debt has been almost repaid.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="127" > second place: Sister Furong</h1>
In 2004, a good-looking, slightly fat, hot figure, put up a super exaggerated shape of the photo, popular all over the Internet, suddenly became an indispensable one in the computers of otaku.
She is Sister Fleur.
Speaking of Sister Furong, in fact, her story is still quite inspirational, but the arrangement of fate often makes people so helpless.
Furong's sister was originally named Shi Hengxia, and there was an extraordinary smell in her name. In 1996, she was admitted to the 96-level mechanical design major of Shaanxi Institute of Technology, and during her freshman year, she served as a class leader and won a scholarship at the end of the semester. In 1997, she officially suspended her school and returned to high school for re-study, preparing to take the college entrance examination for the second time that year. However, on the eve of the college entrance examination, she had a car accident, was seriously injured, missed the college entrance examination, so she returned to the university to transfer to the 97th grade. After graduation, he was assigned to work in the Shaanxi Provincial Installation Machinery Factory under the Shaanxi Construction Engineering Group Installation Engineering Company.
In fact, this job is still very good, the income is stable, and the unit is good.
Just with her determination and courage to take a break from school and retake the exam, he would never live his life in such a stable way, because that was not the life she wanted, and that university was not his ideal university.
So in 2003, she posted on the websites of Peking University, Mizuki Tsinghua and MOP as a non-editorial student of Tsinghua University and Peking University. In 2004, a photo of his super hot body shone into the hearts of otaku like sunshine, so he suddenly burst into flames and became a public figure.
Because when posting photos, the words "clear water out of hibiscus, natural to carve", so the netizens at that time named her "Furong Sister".
Of course, after the explosion of popularity, Furong's sister also participated in a series of entertainment activities, and it is certain that she made a little money, but she still had her own ideas, and did not toss like some people who exploded overnight, but tried to find her own direction.
As a host, as a public welfare, to participate in programs, to participate in film and television dramas, etc., they are all working hard.
Due to the outstanding strength and unremitting efforts of Sister Furong, she has moved from the original network show to the online media, and it is natural that traditional media such as print and television have also begun to pay attention. Let Sister Furong burn from the Internet to the real life of the public, and for a while the streets are known. Companies and media of all sizes have also begun to contact her, which has made her gradually approach the entertainment industry.
With her brilliant talent, fluent pen and ink, self-improvement personality, and disregard for worldly frankness, Sister Furong has become a civilian idol of young people in the Internet age.
In 2013, he served as a judge for the recruitment activity of CCTV7 "People's Network Spring Festival Gala"; in the same year, he served as a judge of the grassroots selection program "Ridge on the Ridge" of Hubei Langshang Channel
After 2015, it gradually faded out of the public view.
Now she has her own company, has her own career, and has achieved financial freedom early, which is a positive result.
Recalling her past, maybe it is still the photo that people will never forget.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="129" > third place: Yang Chengang</h1>
"I love you, I love you, like a mouse loves rice..."
The song that exudes thick land dregs of the lyrics, in the streets of 2004, a mess of fire.
The song is called "Mice Love Rice."
I don't know why, the lyrics are average, the melody is average, and the singing is average, but it is fire. At that time, it was still a luxury to set up a ring field on the mobile phone, but many fashionable friends were stunned to set this song as a mobile phone ringtone and ringtone, which really led a fashion.
The author of this song is called Yang Chengang.
With this song alone, the fire went to the streets. In 2005, Yang Chen just appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala with this song, which is also unprecedented.
In the entertainment industry, you are not hot, your appearance has decided 50%, and the remaining 50% depends on luck and strength.
Yang Chengang looked like the combination of Sun Nan and Wang Dazhi, if you simply look at his appearance, you would never think that he would be angry.
But it is such a person, that is, the fire, who to find to reason?
Of course, Yang Chengang has also participated in many programs and produced many works, but he has never made a hit again.
The only thing that remains in people's minds is the sentence "I love you like a mouse loves rice."
"Rats Love Rice" is the peak and the end point as soon as it appears.
At that time, the song was downloaded more than 6 million times a month, setting a Guinness Book of Records, and with this song, Yang Chen just made 170 million yuan for the company, and you can imagine how crazy people were at that time.
If there is such a life, you can also be satisfied.
Songs that caught fire in the same period, as well as songs such as "Lonely Northern Hemisphere", "Pray for Buddha", and "Autumn Does Not Come Back", occupied every musical corner of the streets and alleys in that era.
Oh, yes, and there's also a song called "College Study Room", which is old, but it really reflects the real college life, but then again, this song is quite emotional.
If you are interested in friends, you can listen to these songs again. Why do these songs fire? I don't understand!
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="134" > fourth place: Luo Fuxing</h1>
Luo Fuxing can be said to be the Tony teacher in the fashion industry. Not because he knows how much he can design hairstyles, but because of another fashion, he led an era.
He is known as the "Father of Killing Matt".
Mention his name, maybe everyone is not familiar, but when you think of killing Matt's style, you are certainly not unfamiliar.
In the era of non-mainstream epidemics, killing Matt has become a culture, which spreads like a virus. Just like the current snail lion powder, like it really likes, hates it really hates.
In the beginning, he was just chasing the alternative. When he was a child, he was addicted to the Internet and became interested in the characters in the game, so he went to the barbershop to get an explosive head, bought hair dyeing water from the two-dollar store, dyed his hair pink, he also smeared lipstick on his lips, put on white earrings with holes in his ears, put on black clothes to apply tattoos, and cut through the knee position of jeans, and walked the street in a non-mainstream dress of ordinary people. Originally thinking of playing by himself, what Luo Fuxing did not expect was that this shape actually allowed him to enjoy the supreme glory.
His style began in an Internet café.
This fashionable Internet café camera spread, and attracted a group of "fans", at that time, he built a QQ group, from dozens of people to several adults to tens of thousands of people, and QQ groups also from one to countless.
And he also became the founder of Kill Matt. At its craziest, he was able to mobilize 200,000 people and divide them into founder-vice founder-elder-member members according to the management methods of the enterprise, and the hierarchy was obvious.
In that era, he could "command the world" and lead the direction of "killing Matt".
In 2006, this "fashion" occupied major communities such as QQ groups, Baidu Tieba and Tianya Forum, and as long as you go online, you can meet their members.
Later, because this style was unacceptable to many people and was rejected by many people, Luo Fuxing's work and life were greatly affected, although there were many "religious", but he could not escape the beating of society.
In fact, most of the people who are interested in this culture are left-behind children after the 80s and 90s, some come from single-parent families, and most of them drop out of junior high school to work, and their hearts are eager to get belonging. This form also found a forest with sunlight for them, you don't have to see me, but the sun can sprinkle on my face.
In 2011, he quit the QQ group, then opened his own barber shop and returned to normal life.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="135" > fifth place: Yang Di</h1>
Speaking of Yang Di, perhaps everyone thinks of Yang Di in "Ace to Ace", and the single-eyelid guy who is now active in major variety shows.
But I thought that in 2005, he was still an Internet celebrity.
In 2005, the two of them and Zhou Xiangyu spoofed "The Legend of the White Snake" and "The Great Curse of Love" under the name of "Qiang Shuangxu" and attracted the attention of netizens.
If the white snake lived in reality, would it dissolve into a wisp of green smoke and take him away after he was stunned?
After a momentary popularity, Zhou Zhou Xiangyu withdrew from the group, and Yang Di met the noble Xie Na.
With the support and praise of Xie Na, Yang Di has gradually become famous in the entertainment circle, and is now one of the active figures of major variety shows, if you don't look at his resume, you may not think of it, he has also contributed a meager force in the development of China's network.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="136" > sixth place: Luo Yufeng</h1>
In fact, in detail, Luo Yufeng can not be called the first generation of Internet celebrities, and the time she was popular all over the Internet was in 2009. However, the "flood power" of the wave of networks she brought was no less than that of any predecessor.
Sister Feng's debut was due to a marriage revelation.
Sister Feng's looks, abilities, and knowledge do not need to be discussed too much, and if you look at it, you will find that she is not your dish.
But her requirements for her partner, and her super self-confidence, are unmatched. And according to her own words, after the marriage revelation was released, there were too many people calling and texting, but she felt that she did not meet her requirements.
In 2011, Feng Jie came to the United States, and said that she would not come back, and later it was said that she got a US green card, some people said that she saw her studying nail art abroad, and opened her own shop, still reading on the subway, after these photos were issued, many people felt that Feng Jie was very inspirational.
The specific situation has not been clarified by myself, nor has it been responded to, but if you can live a good life according to your own ability, it is also a way to face life positively.
Luo Yonghao had already set out to create Hammer Technology at this time. But the bull he bragged about, let people associate him with Feng Jie, the same arrogant and cheeky. Therefore, he is also known as Luo Yufeng's brother Luo Yulong, and the network is called Brother Long.
Since 2000, the Internet has entered our lives, and at that time, if you want to use the Internet hype, as long as you are different enough, you can fire.
It's just that time is like a thorny brush, brushing those who ride the wind and waves in the network over and over again, some people are brushed without skin, some people retreat from the rapids, and some people want to ride the wind, but still haven't set off a little wave.
Of course, there are also some who have trained themselves in a jianghu skill, no matter how time is baptized, they are still tenacious.
Nowadays, the Internet has become an indispensable part of life, and the power of the Internet is no longer a simple creation of Internet celebrities, but those first-generation Internet celebrity originators have left us with an indelible mark.
Of course, the network is virtual and realistic, and I hope you ride the wind and waves and spread positive energy.