Text: Entertainment League Officer
Editor: Entertainment League Officer
preface
Do you remember the "Smiling Girl" two years ago? At that time, the whole network was forwarding the 6-second video, and the smiling girl Tie Jiaxin in the video also quickly became popular.
Tie Jiaxin is one of countless rural children who have lived a poor and difficult life since childhood. In 2021, Tie Jiaxin's sudden popularity undoubtedly brought her more opportunities.
Many live broadcast companies came to this small mountainous area to find Tie Jiaxin, wanting to make profits by relying on this "smiling girl". Tie Jiaxin could have become an Internet celebrity and started a live broadcast to make money, but her family very firmly refused the live broadcast company.
So, how did "Smile Girl" Tie Jiaxin explode on the Internet that year? How is she doing now? Did Tie Jiaxin and her family stick to their original intentions?
1. Tie Jiaxin's great hero who became popular: Mr. Ma Rui
If the hero of the "smile girl" Tie Jiaxin's popularity is pursued, then Tie Jiaxin's teacher Ma Rui must be well deserved.
Murray grew up in a big city, not long after graduating from college, after 95. Ma Rui has been kind-hearted since she was a child, and when she saw children in poor mountainous areas on the Internet, they couldn't eat enough or sleep or warm, she was very distressed.
Therefore, after her college entrance examination results came out, she chose to apply for the Normal College. When Ma Rui graduated, she did not hesitate to sign up for volunteer teaching in poor mountainous areas.
Seeing the news of the successful registration, Ma Rui was very excited, and she immediately packed her luggage and went to Daping Primary School, where the "smile girl" was located.
When it comes to poor mountainous areas, everyone can actually imagine what it will be like. However, the area Marry went to has turned her imagination upside down, because it is too poor and hard.
Majian Township, Ji County, Guyuan City, Ningxia, is a well-known poverty in China, and the environment is also very poor, specifically located in the south-central part of Ningxia.
In the past, the United Nations also sent experts to visit. The result of the investigation is also very bad, this place is already a place that is not suitable for human habitation, and it hardly has the necessary conditions for human survival.
However, there are still many people who are trapped here and live a hard life. If residents want to go out to work, they need to drive for several hours to leave, and it is inconvenient to return. So, there are a lot of left-behind children in this place.
Most of these left-behind children grew up with their grandparents, and some had to fend for themselves.
Many children in poor mountainous areas have a dream, that is, to study hard and strive to get out of the mountains, but the level of education here is too poor, not only the teaching facilities are complete, but also the number of teachers is not enough.
Local teachers often work in multiple subjects alone, and because the number of teachers is so small, these teachers are tired and the quality of teaching is reduced.
Ma Rui realized this and decided to go to this place to make his own contribution to equal education in China, and at the same time realize the value of life.
She came to the town and found that there was not even a decent shop, and there was a lot of dust and sand around, and the houses were dilapidated.
Although the area is more dilapidated than expected, Mary never thought of leaving here, she still wanted to teach here wholeheartedly.
In this school, Ma Rui also can't avoid working in multiple disciplines. She is both a math teacher and a music teacher. Although it will still be hard, Mary helps the local teachers share a lot, and she enjoys it herself.
During his first two days teaching at Daping Primary School, Ma Rui fell in love with the children. Each of them is very kind and lovely, and their hearts are also very pure. Seeing the smiles of these children, the exhaustion of Mary's body disappeared.
Murray also found that the children here are very knowledge-hungry, they learn carefully in every class, and they interact actively. All students have their own dreams, such as astronauts, firefighters, teachers, doctors, etc.
Mary will also describe various details of the big city with the children, making them yearn for the outside world and increase their motivation to learn.
She has been warmly liked by children because of her superb teaching skills and fun classroom style. Some students will share their daily life with Ma Rui, and some will invite Ma Rui back to their home for dinner.
Not only that, the local residents are also very hospitable, sometimes Ma Rui walking on the road, passing farmers will invite Ma Rui teacher to come to the house.
Therefore, although life in the poor mountainous area is indeed unsatisfactory, Ma Rui has fallen deeply in love with this place and has established a deep relationship with the people here.
2. The popularity of "Smiling Girl"
Ma Rui's usual entertainment is playing with mobile phones, and in this era of short videos, she often posts some daily videos to short video social platforms.
During recess, Ma Rui will also take out his mobile phone, turn on the video recording function, record the children's laughter and laughter, and share it.
One day in March 2021, children lined up at the school gate waiting to go home. Teacher Ma Rui habitually took out his mobile phone and recorded a video. And it was this video that brought a girl named Tie Jiaxin into everyone's field of vision.
In this video, Tie Jiaxin stands in the front row, wearing a low ponytail, wearing a red down jacket and carrying a large pink school bag, standing with the rest of the class, her eyes looking at the camera.
Later, Mr. Ma Rui's mobile phone captured the scene of Tie Jiaxin's consecration. Tie Jiaxin looked directly at the camera and showed a healing smile. This smile directly hit the heart of every netizen, like a spring breeze, warming everyone.
Subsequently, Tie Jiaxin lowered her head shyly and continued to laugh, which made her look even more cute and moving.
Tie Jiaxin's watery eyes look clean and clear, and her unpretentious and brilliant smile have been deeply imprinted in the hearts of netizens.
As a result, this video, which was only six seconds, was instantly forwarded by netizens, and Tie Jiaxin was also crowned the title of "Smile Girl".
Teacher Ma Rui was shocked when he saw hundreds of interactive messages on his mobile phone, because all the videos he had posted before were not so popular.
When I just finished shooting this video, Mr. Ma Rui also sent it out casually without any editing as usual, but I didn't expect that this time it suddenly exploded.
After a period of fermentation of the video, Tie Jiaxin has become more and more popular, and the popularity has surpassed that of other Internet celebrities who sing and dance hard. As a result, the media turned out more information about Tie Jiaxin and reported it in detail.
"Smiling Girl" Tie Jiaxin was born in 2014 to ordinary migrant parents who lived in poverty in Majian Township, Ji County, Guyuan City, Ningxia.
Tie Jiaxin's family of four children, a family of six living in a narrow earthen house, such a house often has all kinds of problems, sometimes the roof will leak, sometimes the wall will crack. In addition, they are also very crowded when they sleep, which is very uncomfortable to sleep in.
Some Internet celebrity live broadcast companies feel that Tie Jiaxin's popularity is a great business opportunity, if she is invited to do live broadcast, she will definitely make a lot of money, thinking of this, the boss of the company began to snicker.
Therefore, they sent people from far away to this impoverished mountainous area and told Tie Jiaxin's family that if they could sign a contract to do live broadcasting, the company would give a generous salary of more than one million yuan per year.
This price is sky-high for Tie Jiaxin's parents, who want to earn millions in this poor area, and they don't know how many years it will take. When the people in the village heard this salary, their eyes lit up, and in the face of such a good opportunity to make money, they all hoped that Tie Jiaxin's parents would firmly grasp it.
However, Tie Jiaxin's family very solemnly rejected the Internet celebrity live broadcast company. They do not want their children to be commercialized, and say that they will not influence her future for money, and Tie Jiaxin's life will be decided by Tie Jiaxin herself.
Although the company offered better treatment and tried to get Tie Jiaxin's family to change their attitude, Tie Jiaxin's family still firmly refused. Therefore, the people sent by the Internet celebrity company left in disgrace.
3. Refuse to be an Internet celebrity and return to normal life
Many netizens feel that Tie Jiaxin's parents have done the right thing, and parents should not use their children for profit, nor can they control their children's lives at will.
On the other hand, other ordinary people who became popular unexpectedly, such as "Jack Ma", who accepted the temptation of high-priced salaries from Internet celebrity companies, and has now deviated from his original intention and become an Internet celebrity who only knows money.
For example, Litang Ding Zhen, who was particularly popular in the previous two years, used to be just a simple boy, although his face was tanned, his eyes were clear and bright, and he looked very clean.
However, in the past two years he has frequently appeared at various events. Not only participated in countless live broadcasts with goods, but also invited to participate in many variety shows.
Gradually, Ding Zhen's eyes changed a lot, and he no longer had the innocence he once had, but his eyes were full of interests. He was also rebuffed because of this, and many people bluntly said that they did not want to see him on the show.
It can also be seen from these two examples that Tie Jiaxin's family rejected the Internet celebrity company and was a very rational choice, and they successfully protected Tie Jiaxin so that the "smile girl" could continue to smile.
Now, Tie Jiaxin is still receiving ordinary education and living the life of an ordinary mountain child. Grow up healthy with the company and support of family, teachers, and friends.
epilogue
Tie Jiaxin's popularity has also brought positive effects to this impoverished mountainous area. The China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation provided strong support to Daping Primary School, so that local students could get a better education.
Therefore, the popularity of "Smiling Girl" Tie Jiaxin is not so much an opportunity for Tie Jiaxin himself, but an opportunity for the small mountain village of Majian Township, Ji County, Guyuan City.