1996, a sunny spring day. Fang Qiong, a freshman of Hebei Provincial College of Media and Communication, stepped into the school gate with a strong sense of excitement and nervousness. Yes, this is the Hebei Terrace she has always dreamed of, the starting place of her long-awaited career dream.
I remember that when she was in the sixth grade of primary school, when Fang Qiong saw the host's outstanding posture on TV for the first time, she was deeply fascinated by it. Since then, she has aspired to be a great presenter and bring joy to the audience.
However, there is always a gap between reality and ideals. Fang Qiong, who just entered the stage, could only silently do some chores of sweeping the floor and cleaning the windows, and she was 108,000 miles away from the host of her dreams.
At first, she could still force herself to be optimistic, but the repetition of manual work day after day finally wore out most of her enthusiasm.
Just when Fang Qiong was about to give up, a chance chance changed her fate. In 1999, Hebei TV launched a large-scale entertainment variety show "Passion for a Long Time", and Fang Qiong stood out from many applicants and became the hostess! The moment she stepped on the stage for the first time, she was so excited that she burst into tears.
In 2003, an admission letter from Beijing Zhonghua University made Fang Qiong ecstatic. In order to further enrich herself, she decided to quit her job in Hebei Taiwan and go north to further her studies.
Being admitted to the most famous media school in Beijing also made Fang Qiong see greater possibilities in life.
At the beginning, Fang Qiong didn't think about returning to CCTV. In her opinion, this is an extravagant hope. Until one day, a phone call interrupted her class.
The voice on the other end of the phone was inexplicably familiar, and it turned out to be the leader of CCTV! He invited Fang Qiong to participate in the recording of the variety show "Tong Yan Wuji".
"Me?" Hanging up the phone, Fang Qiong muttered to herself suspiciously. She didn't expect that she would get such an opportunity. Although I was a little puzzled, I also agreed to give it a try.
The first recording was a great success, and praise poured into Fang Qiong from all sides. With this excellent "pilot", she soon got the opportunity to be a regular host.
In the following days, Fang Qiong was exhausted. During the day, she has to keep up with the heavy schedule of schoolwork, and at night she is recording programs. Fortunately, all this is not boring, but full of challenges and opportunities.
Gradually, she found herself on this road more and more steadily, and the future was also rendered colorful.
In 2008, the news of being selected as the "Beijing Olympic Games Host National Team" made the hard-working Fang Qiong overjoyed. Standing on the stage of CCTV, she looked back at the way she came, full of harvest and performance.
15 years is not a long time, after all, it is Fang Qiong's golden journey from youth to unconfused. It's just that she has been fighting on the front line of CCTV all these years, and she still hasn't won the official compilation award.
After an active inquiry to no avail, Fang Qiong finally admitted this fact: CCTV did not treat her as its own. This realization made her extremely frustrated and disappointed. She has obviously given too much here, but she has not received the recognition she deserves.
The feeling of being taken advantage of made her very uncomfortable.
So, the depressed Fang Qiong made a difficult decision - resigned and left Beijing and returned to her hometown of Hebeitai. Because she knows that without the compilation, she will never be able to take root in CCTV.
With tears in her eyes, she submitted her resignation report, but she didn't get a word of retention. This is tantamount to adding another wound to her heart.
When she returned to Hebei Terrace, Fang Qiong remembered another more important reason - family. In 2003, she married Yang Yanglightning, the leader of Taili, and soon had a son.
But over the years, the husband and wife have lived separately and have little time to spend with their families. Now that she is back, she finds that she has no place in the child's heart. This made Fang Qiong grief.
Fortunately, her husband Yang Yang has no complaints. "As long as you come back. Hugging his heartbroken wife, he comforted softly.
Now, the important thing is not to compile, but to make up for the regrets and blanks of these years, and to regain your own happiness and warmth.
After returning to Hebei Terrace, Fang Qiong quickly devoted herself to busy work again. The popularity of many programs hosted by her is still high, and it can be clearly seen from the ratings that the station once again loves this "Taiwan treasure" female host.
However, what Fang Qiong didn't expect was that this wanderer was going to return to CCTV again. Not long after she left, many of CCTV's programs plummeted because of the change of hosts.
This situation is a great headache for the supervisors.
"Do you want to go back to Fang Qiong?" At an emergency meeting, someone suggested this. As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes suddenly lit up.
So, Fang Qiong soon received an invitation from CCTV's old club. Looking at the high-paying figures in the email, she was so surprised that she couldn't keep her mouth shut.
With excellent professionalism and rich experience, Fang Qiong quickly regained her form and brought many programs back to the peak of ratings. Standing under the stage lights, she is radiant and still beautiful.
Closing the bedroom door, Fang Qiong sat quietly on the edge of the bed alone. She is Xi to reminiscing about the past in the dead of night, those brilliant and tragic bits and pieces.
When she was 15 years old, the last scene she had with her father is still vivid. It was a normal evening, and her father nagged her as always. The irritable little girl blurted out, "It's so annoying, stop talking!" Unexpectedly, this became their last conversation.
Early the next morning, her mother cried and told her that her father had died of a sudden illness last night and that first aid had failed. Fang Qiong shook her head in disbelief, she couldn't believe that someone who was alive yesterday had left her like this today.
What made her blame herself even more was that the father and daughter didn't have a chance to say goodbye, and her last words were so sharp. This has become Fang Qiong's biggest regret in this life, and it is also a pain that can never be made up.
The death of his father made the already poor family even worse, and his mother worked hard alone to support the family alone. Looking at such a mother, Fang Qiong's guilt overflowed, and she began to reflect on her own shortcomings, and she was determined to work hard to help her mother get through the difficulties and repay her parents for their nurturing kindness.
Over the years, Fang Qiong has experienced too much. During this period, she also experienced the transformation of many roles in life, from a simple daughter to a wife and mother with her own small family. These changes in identity have made her go through many transformations, and she has also had to grow.
Especially when the identity of her mother was imposed on her, Fang Qiong felt unprecedented pressure. She has to strike a balance between career and family and do a good job in every role.
At first, the double pressure almost knocked her out. However, it was the mutual tie of this identity that allowed her to stand up at a low point.
For the sake of the child, she must work hard; For the sake of her family, she did not allow herself to give up easily. Maybe she's not a perfect wife or mother, but she's trying to do her job every day.
One day, she will reach that desired goal.
"Did you feel anything about all this?" At the end of the interview, the reporter asked.
Fang Qiong raised her head, a glimmer of brilliance flashing in her eyes. She straightened her emotions and slowly spoke: "My biggest insight is to learn to be grateful." ”
"No matter what happens in my life, I tell myself – to be grateful to everyone around me. It was my parents who gave me life, my friends and teachers who opened my horizons, and the audience and readers who supported me to where I am today...... Without their help, I wouldn't be where I am now.
Speaking of this, Fang Qiong couldn't help but think of the people who had been inseparable from her all these years. Husband, son, and many other people in my life. It is because of them that everything is there now.
This is also the driving force that supports her not to give up easily and persevere.
"Is there anything else you'd like to say?" The reporter asked.
Fang Qiong smiled. She looked out the window at the blue sky and whispered, "I want to tell all the young people who are still on the road, especially the girls, that you are the best!