Recently, we learned that Meng Yutong, Dong's former secretary, revealed on social media that he was speaking at Schwarzman College at Tsinghua University.
After leaving Gree, the former "successor of Gree" still maintains high popularity and influence. She not only gave speeches at top universities in China, but also successfully transformed into a top Internet celebrity with the popularity she accumulated in Gree.
According to industry insiders, Meng Yutong's number of fans on Xiaohongshu has exceeded 1 million, which is equivalent to an Internet celebrity with tens of millions of fans on the Douyin platform, which can be said to be the "top stream" in the head.
A person familiar with the matter further revealed that if calculated according to the number of Meng Yutong's fans, her advertising revenue on Xiaohongshu alone in a year and a half may reach 4 million yuan. For Meng Yutong's current success, many netizens expressed their blessings, thinking that she has become better after leaving Gree.
However, some netizens think that Meng Yutong's transformation into an Internet celebrity is a betrayal of Gree and "ungrateful". Looking back on the two-year history of Meng Yutong and Gree, if Dong Mingzhu can go back to two years ago, whether she will still choose Meng Yutong as her "successor", this question can no longer be answered.
At the beginning of 2021, Meng Yutong participated in the workplace reality show "We Are New to the Workplace", and because of her outstanding performance, she was selected by Dong Mingzhu and became Dong Mingzhu's secretary. After that, Meng Yutong joined Gree and became Dong Mingzhu's right-hand man, not only following Dong Mingzhu to attend various activities and meetings, but even bringing goods in the live broadcast room together. Under the impetus of Gree, Meng Yutong, who has both beauty and talent, quickly became famous and became the focus of attention of netizens.
Dong Mingzhu seemed to be particularly satisfied with the diligent and intelligent little girl, and even publicly announced: Meng Yutong will be Gree's "successor". However, just two years later, everything has changed.
In May this year, the news of Meng Yutong's sudden resignation from Gree caused heated discussions. Meng Yutong claimed that the reason for leaving was that he was preparing to go to graduate school, but Dong Mingzhu recently said in an interview that Meng Yutong left because she was privately receiving advertisements outside and did not meet Gree's regulations.
Some people commented that Meng Yutong was "short-sighted", and gave up a great opportunity to grow in Gree for the sake of the "small profits" in front of him. However, in the face of great interests, perhaps everyone has their own choices and considerations.
In any case, we hope that Meng Yutong can continue to work hard and achieve better results in both his studies and career.
Who can resist the temptation? Meng Yutong once revealed that her monthly salary in Gree is only a few thousand yuan. However, as an Internet celebrity, it is different, with Meng Yutong's current fame, he can earn millions by casually receiving advertisements. With such a huge gap between the two, it is not surprising that Meng Yutong chose to leave Gree.
In fact, everyone has an "Internet celebrity dream" in their hearts. If you can choose to become an Internet celebrity and make easy money, how many people are willing to go out early and return late to earn that meager salary?
Li Xueqin, who often laughs at herself as "Peking University waste", became an Internet celebrity "without doing her job" after graduating from Peking University. At the beginning of 2019, Li Xueqin became an instant hit on the Internet with a video of shouting at each other with an illegal male star, and since then she has been in the entertainment industry and participated in various variety shows. Li Xueqin was admitted to Peking University, which shows that she is powerful, but she did not engage in work related to her major after graduation, but became an Internet celebrity.
The identity of an Internet celebrity has allowed Li Xueqin to get fame and fortune that ordinary people can't get, but it has also made her a lot of infamy. "Disgrace to Peking University", "Snobbish", "Ugly"...... Online violence once made Li Xueqin feel very painful, but she never regretted choosing to be an Internet celebrity.
and Deng Bingying, like Meng Yutong, who came out of workplace variety shows, also became an Internet celebrity, with more than 780,000 fans on Xiaohongshu. It is said that her advertising offer is about 15-170,000 yuan. Influencers seem to have become the hottest profession at the moment.
In an employment survey, more than 60% of respondents said they would like to become an influencer. It is generally believed that being an Internet celebrity is free, does not have to be bound by so many constraints, and has a high income, which is simply a "fairy profession".
More and more people want to become Internet celebrities, which actually reflects the current situation in today's society: people live under increasing pressure, work hard every day, get only enough to live, and they are eager to find a shortcut, a shortcut to help them cross the ordinary class. Therefore, everyone will flock to the Internet celebrity industry, looking forward to becoming popular once and achieving financial freedom.
But there are two sides to everything. Although becoming an Internet celebrity brings fame and fortune, it also brings many troubles. Your words and deeds will be infinitely amplified, and if you make a mistake, you may be attacked by "black fans".
In addition, you will lose your privacy, and your present and past life will be noticed and scrutinized by everyone. Moreover, the status of an influencer is only temporary, and you may be worried that you will suddenly lose popularity and be forgotten by everyone.
Of course, life is full of choices, and you just choose one of the paths, and only time will tell if this path is correct.