"If you insist on going back to China, we will take back your title and American citizenship!"
For some Chinese in the United States, American citizenship is a dream. However, there are always exceptions, and there is a cloud of differences between people and people's thoughts.
There is such a young Chinese girl who regards all these things as a mustard, and would rather return her American nationality to her motherland. She is Zhu Yi, who won the 2018 All-American Figure Skating Championships.
However, what is surprising is that such a strong athlete who broke through the obstacles, coercion and temptation of the United States, and resolutely returned to the motherland, not only did not enjoy the applause and welcome he deserved after returning to China, but he was even subjected to online violence.
So, what happened to Zhu Yi after returning to China? How is she doing now?
Zhu Yi is not "easy"
Some people say that there are two wrong names in martial arts novels, one is called "Lin Pingzhi" and the other is called "You Tanzhi". Although they all have a name that means "smooth sailing", their actual fate is full of disasters, and they don't know what "flat" is for the rest of their lives.
Of course, Zhu Yi's fate is not so bumpy, but this little girl born in 2002 is really not easy to grow up.
In fact, in terms of family situation alone, Zhu Yi was born in a scholarly family. Her father is the famous Zhu Songchun, and friends who know a little about the field of computer vision or artificial intelligence will be very familiar with this name. In the industry, Zhu Songchun can be regarded as a scholar of the Taidou level.
He graduated from the University of Science and Technology of China, then went to Harvard to study abroad, obtained a doctorate, and after graduation, he received a tenured teaching position at the University of California, and in addition to academic achievements, he has won countless heavyweight awards in the field of artificial intelligence.
Zhu Songchun
In 2002, Zhu Songchun, who was established in California, USA, was overjoyed and named "Zhu Yi", treating it as a pearl in the palm of his hand and taking good care of it since childhood.
It stands to reason that with such a college father, Zhu Yi can be said to have a good family, and he can even "lie flat" directly and enjoy a carefree life.
However, perhaps because the family education is very orthodox, or because of good genetics, in short, Zhu Yi has shown great self-discipline at a young age, and his performance is outstanding in American elementary schools.
And, at the age of seven, she found her life's work – figure skating, and threw herself into it.
While other children of the same age blow air conditioners at home, watch TV, or travel around in the shade of their parents, little Zhuyi has already fallen and bruised on the skating rink.
In addition to the hard work of training, Zhu Yi also had to endure the ridicule and discrimination of the Americans around him. In the eyes of many Americans, it is impossible for Chinese to skate well. They narrowly believe that the Chinese are weak and have a solid mind, and skating has no imagination and talent.
Zhu Yi was not intimidated by all this, and the more Americans felt that she could not skate famously, the more she had to slide out. The so-called heavenly reward for hard work, Zhu Yi finally ushered in a sparkling opportunity after nine years of crazy training day and night.
In January 2018, 16-year-old Zhu Yi came to the field of the National Figure Skating Championships, and she was not afraid of tigers, and she beat the masters of her group, lifted the championship crown into her hands and held it firmly.
"One minute on stage, ten years of work offstage", Zhu Yi's efforts in "offstage", there are no ten years, there are nine years, survived this difficult days, Zhu Yi finally came hard.
The thorny road home
After winning such a weighty championship, Zhu Yi also became a hot newcomer in the American figure skating scene, and even the American national team threw an olive branch to her, and Zhu Yi did not want to waste his talent, and he had trained hard day and night for many years.
However, she did not join the American team, but accepted the invitation of the Continental Sports General Administration in the year she won the national championship and decided to return to China to play.
In fact, Zhu Yi was born in California, USA, and has had American citizenship since he was a child, so it stands to reason that he should not know much about the motherland.
But on the contrary, Zhu Yi is familiar with the culture and customs of the motherland, and his feelings for the motherland are inextricably linked and difficult to give up. And the reason behind this is because she has a good father.
Zhu Songchun's choice to stay in the United States after graduating from Harvard was not out of his own will, but because he was too talented, the United States set up many obstacles for him to return to China. In desperation, Zhu Songchun had to stay in the United States temporarily.
But in his bones and memory, how could Zhu Songchun ever forget the China that haunts his soul for a moment?
Therefore, after giving birth to his beloved daughter, he not only used Chinese to name the child and milk name, but also insisted on teaching the child to speak Chinese, and the two usually used Chinese to communicate at home.
Because he believes that although the United States trapped him, it could not trap the continuation of his life, and one day, his daughter would return to the land of China that made him think day and night.
Therefore, when Zhu Yi received the invitation from the General Administration of Sports, Zhu Songchun was very surprised, but he did not force his daughter to return to China, but first asked her daughter's wishes.
When Zhu Yi also immediately said that he wanted to return to the motherland, Zhu Songchun felt that the stone in his heart fell to the ground, and his heart was full of gratification.
However, Zhu Songchun on this side let go of his heart, but the stone in the heart of the Americans rose again. Previously, the American figure skating community had evaluated Zhu Yi as a "butterfly on ice", and they were really reluctant to let such a promising athlete return to China to become the future enemy of American figure skating.
As a result, Americans offered high salaries first, and threatened to reclaim championship honors and American citizenship.
However, let them jump up and down and use all means, and Zhu Yi and his father were not moved. In the end, Zhu Yi broke through the temptation and thorns, finally returned to China, and participated in the "Morning Dew Program" organized by the mainland to cultivate figure skaters.
Zhu Yi, who returned to China, looked at the mountains and rivers of the motherland, as if she had found the "root" of her bloodline, and her heart was boiling and excited.
She knew that she was right to come back this time, so less than a year after returning to China, she gave up her American nationality without the slightest hesitation in order to become a Chinese citizen.
It stands to reason that the national champion Zhu Yi has overcome so many difficulties in order to return to her motherland, and the least that awaits her should be flowers and applause. However, unexpectedly, less than two years after returning to China, Zhu Yi was subjected to serious online violence.
Zhu Yi's "original sin"
In the eyes of many netizens, what Zhu Yi did was wrong: she did not return to China because she was "admiring the outside world", and returning to China was "with ulterior motives". Seeing such an outrageous logic, people can't help but ask, is Zhu Yi guilty of "original sin"?
Yes, in the eyes of these people who committed online violence against Zhu Yi, Zhu Yi has one of the biggest "original sins", that is, she has a very heavyweight father in the scientific community.
Especially after Zhu Yi's father, Zhu Songchun, also chose to return to China and received due attention and courtesy from the academic community.
Many netizens even exploded, and began to speculate in hindsight, and even thought that the reason why Zhu Yi could enter the national team was also stained with his father's light.
This is ridiculous, the so-called interlacing is like a mountain, how can an artificial intelligence expert who concentrates on learning make his daughter "stained" in the sports world?
Later, Zhu Yi won the only place in the women's singles skating at the Winter Olympics with her outstanding strength, and now those who were full of malice became even more intense, and they slandered Zhu Yi everywhere that Zhu Yi stole the places of his teammates by virtue of his family background.
For a while, before the game started, Zhu Yi's ears were already filled with gunsmoke.
Perhaps, it was because these overwhelming negative remarks affected Zhu Yi's mood and state. On the playing field, she played a little erratically and fell one after another.
At this moment, those abusers hiding behind the screen have no scruples and change their methods. Someone said: "Look, I have long said, how can I get this place with her level?" ”
And the American media finally found an opportunity to "retaliate", and they quickly reported the embarrassing appearance of Zhu Yi being attacked on the Chinese Internet, and his tone was full of joy.
Later, various criticisms intensified, and online violence gradually changed from attacking Zhu Yi's professional level to personally attacking Zhu Yi. In order to protect her daughter's safety, Zhu Yi's mother finally couldn't help but send out a video of her daughter participating in the tryouts.
In the video, you can see that Zhu Yi's movements are smooth and his skills are extremely difficult, which is obviously much better than his performance in the Winter Olympics. It can be seen that Zhu Yi really won the place by strength, but his mentality was unbalanced on the field, resulting in serious abnormalities in his performance.
"Internet abusers" who see the wind at the helm
Seeing the mountains of ironclad evidence, Zhu Yi's reputation also reversed suddenly, and those who had resorted to online violence against her suddenly changed and became very rational.
Some people will embarrastically express their apologies in the comment section of social media, while others suddenly put on another mask and begin to praise themselves smugly, "I have already said that Zhu Yi's level is fine."
The abusers saw the wind and turned the rudder and were full of ugliness, but Zhu Yi, who was physically and mentally exhausted, could only silently hide in a corner and heal alone.
Fortunately, Zhu Yi is a girl who is soft on the outside and rigid on the inside, and she later said that she "blocked online messages" and used the way of "painting the sky" to restore her inner calm.
This trough was a disaster for Zhu Yi, but she achieved a rebirth with her bravery and strength. Zhu Yi said that he will continue to skate and continue to go to school. Talk on the Internet hit her, but it failed to bring her down.
In fact, Zhu Yi's experience can't help but remind people of Liu Xiang back then. In more than ten years when the network was not so developed, Liu Xiang had been vilified by public opinion because of injuries and illnesses that had not been able to achieve good results.
Liu was asked why he didn't "climb to the finish" after being injured. But the person who said this must have never experienced the severe pain of an Achilles tendon rupture.
Just like those who commented on Zhu Yi, they must not know that this girl had surgery due to injuries as early as the age of 16, and even left a sponge in surgery on her feet.
What a sad and terrifying scene for sports heroes to stick to their scars on the field, while shady people hide behind keyboards and shoot cold arrows at them.
epilogue
Some people said, "Netizens owe Zhu Yi an apology." But I think Zhu Yi himself should not care about this apology.
As the saying goes, failure is the main theme of life, what Zhu Yi wants, maybe only in the next time he fails, or when he is no longer so good in the future, people can be more rational and calm, even if they can't give her understanding and tolerance, at least they must hurt her less.
Similarly, other athletes should not bear so much turbulence. They have already given too much for the honor of the country, please stop letting your words become a blade and break their last trust in humanity.