His life went off course at the beginning.
In 1980, Zhou Liqi was born in a family of six. A family of six is crammed into an old dilapidated house of only 30 square meters, and the parents barely make a living by farming.
Zhou Liqi's travel expenses to school were problematic, and he was forced to drop out of school after only half a year in the third grade, and only entered the society at the age of 13 to work to make a living.
A young man with a low level of education and no skills can find a job that is nothing more than manual labor. But Zhou Liqi's physical strength was far from keeping up with the requirements, and he was ruthlessly fired by his boss after 3 months.
It was even more difficult to find a job, and he could only go to the construction site to move bricks and cement after failing the interview, and he only got a few yuan after a day's hard work.
When you are hungry, you are hungry, and when you are sleepy, you sleep on the street. Zhou Liqi, who is penniless, can only mingle with some young people in society to keep warm, most of whom are in the gray area and have no fixed residence.
Growing up in such an environment, Zhou Liqi also contracted the bad habit of stealing chickens and touching dogs. The first steal is very rewarding, more than a month of hard work. Coming and going, stealing has become an important way for Zhou Liqi to make ends meet.
According to statistics, between 2007 and 2015, Zhou Liqi committed a total of 46 electric vehicle thefts, with direct economic losses of up to 30%. 80,000 yuan.
It seriously endangers public safety and order and seriously affects the travel of citizens.
In 2007, Zhou Liqi was imprisoned for the first time and sentenced to nine months. Life in prison was too cruel for him at the age of 18, and he faced daily bullying from other prisoners, feeling hopeless in life.
These nine months in prison became an important turning point in Zhou Liqi's life.
After being released from prison, Zhou Liqi realized that he could never repeat the mistakes of the past. He took a job as a manual worker and began to learn to work as an excavator operator, hoping to work in peace.
But this job is too hard, and Zhou Liqi's physical strength can't hold on to it at all. Within a few days, he chose to return to his old job.
After being imprisoned for the second time, Zhou Liqi suffered great psychological and physical trauma. The living environment in prison is unbearable for a normal person, and Zhou Liqi is like a walking corpse all day long.
This time his life in prison had a greater impact on him, and after he was released from prison, he was determined to rebuild his life, but he succumbed to the double pressure of unemployment and livelihood problems.
After being imprisoned for the third and fourth time, Zhou Liqi became more numb than ever. The fear of prison is no longer there, but a Xi thought is born.
After being released from prison, he no longer had any idea of reforming himself, and directly chose to return to his previous social circle, start stealing again, and repeat the cycle. It became a curse in his life that he couldn't get rid of.
Repeated prison life has caused a young man to miss too many opportunities and block the way out of the future. His life ended at the age of 25, leaving him with no hope.
This has also made the legend of Brother Battery, a headache for the police.
In 2015, 25-year-old Zhou Liqi was imprisoned for the fourth time, and this time it was his longest in prison, a full four and a half years. And just when he was finally free again, Zhou Liqi didn't know that he had quietly become an "Internet celebrity".
In prison life, Zhou Liqi didn't know that he had already become popular on a small scale. Until April 18, 2020, the day he was released from prison, Zhou Liqi was surprised to find that many reporters and fans had gathered outside the prison gate to greet him.
It turns out that the title of "battery brother" has already spread on the Internet over the years. He once publicly said that he disdains to steal battery cars under 1,000 yuan, and his arrogant remarks quickly fermented on the Internet and became a hot topic.
Zhou Liqi, who is known as an "Internet celebrity", finally realized his influence. After being released from prison, he no longer had the same rebelliousness as before, and took the initiative to post a video on the Internet to publicly apologize, expressing his sincere attitude of repentance.
What I didn't expect was that various entertainment companies took a fancy to Zhou Liqi's Internet celebrity potential and threw olive branches one after another, wanting to build him into a new generation of Internet celebrity IP.
At this moment, Zhou Liqi's heart fell into an unprecedented struggle. The road to Internet celebrity is close at hand, and I finally ushered in a good time to counterattack. But he suddenly recognized a lot of things, maybe returning to a simple family life, planting crops and accompanying his parents is what he really wants.
In the end, 30-year-old Zhou Liqi resolutely chose to give up the road of Internet celebrity and chose to return to the ordinary.
After choosing to return home, Zhou Liqi lived a simple and quiet life. At first, he just wanted to spend time with his elderly parents and help the family grow some crops and vegetables.
However, he suddenly received a phone call, and the person on the other end of the phone was the founder of an electric car company, and he wanted to ask Zhou Liqi to come to the company for a management position.
At first, Zhou Liqi was hesitant, but the founder repeatedly asked, saying that he admired Zhou Liqi's courage and determination. This job can not only allow Zhou Liqi to show his talents, but also make money legally to support his family.
After much deliberation, he decided to accept the job and began a career in the business world.
The hot "Internet celebrity IP", coupled with the development potential of the electric vehicle industry itself, Zhou Liqi's company has made rapid progress. He has opened five chain stores around his hometown, and also created an electric vehicle brand as a sole proprietorship.
Within a few years, Zhou Liqi transformed from a role to a well-known local entrepreneur.
However, the good times were short-lived. Just when his career was in full swing, Zhou Liqi encountered an unprecedented blow - his luxury car was destroyed with a hard object in front of his home, and the barbecue restaurant he opened in his hometown was also smashed, and the glass doors and windows in the store were completely destroyed.
At the same time, Zhou Liqi's multiple accounts on social networking sites were also officially banned.
All of a sudden, public opinion flocked to the center and there was a lot of discussion. Those who support Zhou Liqi believe that this is an act of revenge by the initiators; His opponents saw it as a consequence of his arrogance.
There are also analysts who believe that the platform's ban on Zhou Liqi is out of consideration for rectifying the adverse effects on the Internet. But in any case, this is a price for Zhou Liqi's successful transformation and counterattack, and it also makes him have to re-examine his relationship with this society.
When the turmoil of public opinion gradually subsided, Zhou Liqi re-examined the things he had experienced.
At the age of 18, he began to steal, and at the age of 25, he was already a regular in prison; tried to make a comeback at the age of 30, but the result was still criticized; At the age of 35, his career was successful but ruined, and he couldn't help but feel the impermanence of life.
In fact, Zhou Liqi is not a heinous person. As the saying goes, everyone has a death, or heavier than Mount Tai, or lighter than a feather. Born at the bottom, he lost the opportunity to compete fairly from the beginning.
Repeated imprisonment has made the already slim way out even more desperate. Arrogant statements are nothing but a kind of self-anesthesia and venting, not in his nature.
Zhou Liqi, who is now in controversy, is actually no longer the "battery brother" of the past. He has also accumulated experience and wealth in the process of entrepreneurship and hard work, and is eager to give back to his hometown.
Everything seems to be moving in a good direction until criticism and public opinion strikes.
In the face of doubts, Zhou Liqi was silent; In the face of the blow, he responded with composure. Because he knows that life is never easy, and that tribulations and hardships are the only way to grow.
The ups and downs of the past have taught him to be tolerant and tolerant, and he has also learned to maintain a positive attitude.
In the future, Zhou Liqi decided to continue his entrepreneurial career and create more employment opportunities for his hometown. He will also be active online within the legal framework to spread positive energy. There is also the writing of a memoir called "Counterattack Life", which may be a new starting point in life.