On December 20, Internet celebrity Yu Wenliang issued a sincere apology statement, deeply reflecting on his inappropriate words and deeds in the live broadcast, and frankly admitted that he completely accepted his mistakes. He explained why he changed his profile because his mother had been diagnosed with terminal cancer in just one month, and he frequently changed his IP address because he was plagued by online violence.
In the apology statement, Yu Wenliang paid tribute to all those who cared about and supported him: "I apologize to the audience for not being careful enough in the way I expressed myself during the live broadcast. Whether or not there is humor, I did make a mistake in my words. He further explains the background of the bio revision: "I created it when I was a budding person, and I was in the spotlight, I had a lot of fun, and I was free to shoot funny videos out of interest. Taught by my parents, I understood that health and happiness were the most important assets, so I didn't overemphasize the importance of money at that time. ”
Previously, Yu Wenliang publicly said, "Unless my parents can't bear the responsibilities I need to bear, I will not consider accepting advertising endorsements." However, when he learned that his mother had cancer, he immediately deleted his profile because it emphasized the exclusion of all commercial interests.
Yu Wenliang pointed out that his family never put any financial or mental pressure on him. Later, in order to be able to stand on his own, he decided to ensure his own food and clothing.
Yu Wenliang was deeply helpless about the leakage of family privacy, and he pointed out that he left the mainland in a hurry after learning that the incident had been exposed, hoping to avoid the attack of online violence. He further explained that the frequent change of IP address was not for the sake of wandering around, but for the purpose of shooting short films, and that it was only recently that he realized that his mother's comments could be misleading. So he advised his mother to delete the last part of the message and publish the new content herself to avoid misunderstandings. "That's why her IP address is displayed switching back and forth between Shandong and Zhejiang," he stressed again. In general, Yu Wenliang expressed the following opinion: "My ignorance and fearless rhetoric have led to a decrease in fans, and this is because I have limited abilities and cannot grasp the fact of traffic. It turned out that when I was seriously making videos, I only had 423 followers, but all of a sudden, I was quickly on the road to success, although I still needed to improve my shooting skills and creativity. The number of followers continues to decline, which is actually to be expected. But I firmly believe that as long as I am willing to learn Xi and keep improving, I will definitely usher in a better tomorrow. ”
It is understood that Yu Wenliang became one of the popular short video amateurs at Shandong University in October this year, with more than 3.8 million fans at its peak. Now, his follower count has dropped to 2.71 million. As for his mother's condition, Yu Wenliang said that he had gradually improved. He stressed that he will give his all whenever he has the opportunity to seize it. Finally, he expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the people who have always accompanied and supported him: "Thank you for always standing behind me, I will definitely work hard and will not let you down." ”
On October 10, the social media account of Yu Wenliang, a young man from Shandong, quickly attracted the attention of millions of fans in just 10 days, and this incident topped the hot search list of the day.
According to the statistics of the third-party data monitoring platform, Yu Wenliang added more than 420,000 fans on October 10, and the total number of fans successfully exceeded the million mark.
In the following November, Yu Wenliang conducted a number of live broadcast activities one after another, and he publicly expressed his hope to make some money with everyone during the live broadcast, which caused a lot of online discussions.
On November 1, Yu Wenliang conducted a live video broadcast for the first time, and the highest number of simultaneous viewers in the live broadcast room was close to 80,000. That night, the famous Internet celebrity Crazy Brother Yang parachuted into the live broadcast room and threw dozens of carnival (worth 1,000 yuan) gifts, making the total income of this live broadcast likely to exceed five figures.
During the live broadcast, Yu Wenliang was very grateful for the gifts from the audience, and generously admitted his true inner thoughts, hoping to share the opportunity to make money together. Although some viewers offered to turn off the gift tipping feature, he didn't seem to respond to it.
According to rumors, some netizens commented that "Yu Wenliang is not unwilling to accept advertising endorsements, but only when his number of fans reaches a certain height and does not increase significantly, he will take over advertising cooperation, which can increase advertising costs." In response to this question, Yu Wenliang gave an affirmative answer.