He was admitted to Fudan University's junior class majoring in physics, won the Lee Tsung-Dao Scholarship to study in the United States, and after graduating with a master's degree and a doctorate, he stayed on for a postdoctoral degree, obtained a green card in the United States, and worked on Wall Street with a monthly salary of more than $100,000.......
Sixteen years later, with gray hair, missing teeth, and messy clothes, he was found wandering the streets of New York, USA.
"Dr. Wandering" Mr. Sun, what has happened?
In the eyes of his classmates and teachers: the most intelligent "scholar" and "myth"
From the memories of Mr. Sun's classmates and teachers in different periods, we can understand that he has always been a good student in the eyes of teachers and classmates, a "child of other people's families", a "top student" who is extremely smart, and even the pride of his classmates for a long time......
In 1969, Mr. Sun, the "Wandering Doctor", was born in Jiangyin, a beautiful small city in Jiangsu, and studied in Nanjing Middle School in middle school.
Zhang Ping (pseudonym) and Mr. Sun are in the same class in primary school and in the same junior high school. In his memory, Mr. Sun served as a captain in an elementary school. He can play with everyone, and when he learns Xi at home, he is "highly conscious and serious".
Mr. Liu, who used to be in the same class as Sun in primary school and junior high school, said that Mr. Sun used to have a cheerful personality and love sports, and at that time he was particularly good at Xi, which was a "myth" that has been circulated in the mouth of school teachers for more than ten years. "Known as a school legend, many teachers will often talk about him. Mr. Zhai, who studied in the same junior high school as Mr. Sun, said.
Wei Ming is Mr. Sun's high school classmate and a fellow villager in Changjing Township. In the summer of 1984, they were admitted to the best high school in Jiangyin City, Nanjing Senior High School. After only one year, Mr. Sun was admitted to the Fudan Junior Class and left Nanjing High School in the second year.
Mr. Sun's achievements are truly dazzling. Wei Ming remembers that in a mid-term exam, Mr. Sun "could get a perfect score in 4 out of 6 courses". "He's got a very high IQ, he's very balanced in all subjects, and he's not just talented in physics. In Wei Ming's memory, Mr. Sun didn't like to talk much, but his eyes always flashed with "the light of wisdom".
Wei Ming remembered that only two people in the entire grade were admitted to the Fudan Junior Class, all of whom were in their class, and Mr. Sun was admitted with the first place. The selection of the juvenile class was extremely strict, and Wei Ming did not even have the opportunity to take the exam at that time. "He was so smart, there were many smart classmates at that time, but compared to him, they were all ashamed of themselves. ”
The teacher in charge of alumni activities at Nanjing Middle School also said that he saw Mr. Sun's results in the school archives for one semester, which were "very good", as well as comments written by the class teacher. He said that Mr. Sun had only studied in Nanjing for one semester, serving as a member of the Xi Committee, and the classmate who was admitted to the Fudan Junior Class with him was the class president at that time.
Mr. Zhang, a classmate of Mr. Sun's classmates in the Fudan Junior Class, recalled that during his classmates in the Fudan Junior Class, the two were "little friends, a little shy" and rarely interacted with each other. I saw Mr. Sun through the video again, and his eyes were still bright and focused when he spoke. "He got the Lee Tsung-Dao Scholarship to go to the United States, which was not easy in 1988 and 1989. At that time, China was poor and white, and the gap between China and the United States was almost 100 times, and when our classmates went to the United States, they only had a few dollars on them. ”
Alumni have consulted 20 of Mr. Sun's English-language papers published in the United States from 1992 to 1997. "It can be said that the work is equal to the body. Mr. Zhang said.
After working, he got a green card and worked on Wall Street with a monthly salary of $100,000
Mr. Sun said that when he was a researcher, he studied computer science and worked as a programmer on Wall Street for two years, earning more than $100,000 a month.
Mr. Sun also received a green card and later became a U.S. citizen.
Mr. Sun once introduced himself in the video as Eason, and he has been in the United States for more than 30 years, and has only returned to China once in 16 years. "I've missed out on a lot of opportunities in the U.S., so my life is still hard because I'm so unrealistic."
Interviewees who had postdoctoral experience in computer science at North American colleges and universities said that in the 1990s, if Mr. Sun had been engaged in postdoctoral research in computer science in the United States, he should have earned a considerable income, and "in the Wall Street era, the salary of IT was the highest in all industries." Relevant people said that if you are engaged in postdoctoral research in the direction of physics, the salary will be lower than that in the direction of computer science.
After wandering, he suffered from depression and lived without a fixed place for 16 years
Mr. Sun mentioned in the video that in the 90s of the last century, he met a Chinese woman in New York with a daughter, this woman was very good to him, and slowly developed feelings, and then they got married. Unexpectedly, after the woman got a U.S. green card through marriage, she divorced him.
After the divorce, Mr. Sun was hit hard, his work and life could not go on normally, and his interpersonal relationship also went wrong.
Mr. Sun said that in 2007, he "traveled from Chinatown to Brooklyn and spent 16 years wandering without a permanent residence," living by begging and picking up food that was discarded.
As for the reason for his depression, Mr. Sun said that it was because his job was unstable and his life was unstable. "Then the economy wasn't very good...... Can't afford to pay rent. "I started having auditory hallucinations and couldn't tell the difference between reality and fiction. Slowly, he deviated from his normal life and began to wander. ”
After wandering, Mr. Sun would go to the church at the earliest to receive some money and food, and he could sleep in a cheap Internet café for 10 yuan a night. Now there is no place to sleep at night, especially in winter. Mr. Sun said that he usually buys breakfast in the morning and goes to the park to rest, and every week he goes to 59th Street near the neighborhood to collect the clothes and quilts left by people, and when the weather is too cold, he will go to the subway station for the night, and some subway stations have heating and stools.
The photographer once asked why he didn't go to the government's relief stations and shelters, and Mr. Sun said that there were local police officers in New York who wanted him to go, but he thought it was too far away from the current place, so he didn't choose to go, and well-wishers would bring him food every day.
When the blogger Inspector Wang was introduced to Mr. Sun by a friend, his hair was gray, slightly messy, his teeth were loose and fell out, and it was difficult to chew and he could only swallow food. When Inspector Wang offered to help him, find a shelter, or find a job, he repeated it three or four times: "Let me rest and rest, I can find a job." ”
He wants to return to China: he is accompanied by alumni volunteers, and the follow-up plan is under discussion
For 16 years, Mr. Sun wandered in the bustling Chinatown of Manhattan, New York, without food. Now, he also has the idea of thinking about the country......
On January 4, a local aid agency in Jiangyin City released a video saying that Mr. Sun had been willing to return to China many years ago, but he had not been able to make the trip due to restrictions on Chinese talents in the United States.
Mr. Sun said that he recently came up with the idea of asking for help from his classmates.
During the day on the 4th, some alumni went to visit, and Mr. Sun chatted with each other about family life. As for the current living situation, he thinks it is not very good, "It's very hard. In the past, I was able to hold on, but now the winter is very difficult. ”
Mr. Sun said that he wanted to return to China, but he had not mentioned it to his family before. If you return to your home country and need to get in touch with your family, you may go to their residence for a while. The church may be willing to give him a few thousand dollars for his travel.
The relevant staff of the Jiangyin Citizen Help Center said that Mr. Sun also has a younger brother in China, who also graduated from Fudan University, and his mother is in her 80s and suffers from cerebral hemorrhage. ”
Mr. Sun's younger brother, who teaches at Nanjing Middle School, learned about his brother's situation in the class group. He said in the group that he thanked everyone for their concern for his family. He didn't tell his mother about his brother because of his mother's health. He kept this matter a secret for the time being, worried that his mother would not be able to accept it.
In addition, the relationship between Sun and his relatives in his hometown has also attracted much attention, and some netizens said that Sun has a grudge against his family, and there are many related speculations. In this regard, a relative and friend of Sun who understands the situation said that now relatives and friends at home are understanding and dealing with this matter, and they are a little anxious, and the Internet is full of speculation and "false information", but at present, he is inconvenient to disclose, and the specific way is still being discussed, hoping not to put too much pressure on his family.
Mr. Sun, a fellow villager in Jiangyin, said that friends had visited his family in his hometown. The friend's family in the United States has also gone to visit Mr. Sun, who is still wandering in the Manhattan area of New York, and many people have visited him, and the problem of three meals has been resolved. Because he has been wandering for many years, Mr. Sun has no documents on him, and his family has now learned of his intention to return to China.
Mr. Zhang (not his real name), a classmate of Mr. Sun's junior class at Fudan, said that after seeing Mr. Sun's video, the alumni have set up a group chat, including Mr. Sun's fellow countrymen, classmates at different times, and friends in the United States. On the afternoon of the 5th, Mr. Zhang said that a full set of relief plans have been formed for Mr. Sun, "whether it is economic support, human support, or legal and medical support, everything is in place." ”
On January 6, the relevant person in charge of the Fudan University American Alumni Association (New York) said that the local alumni volunteers in New York have met Mr. Sun, and now there are regular volunteer alumni to accompany him, and they are still discussing follow-up plans. Since Mr. Sun may not be a Chinese citizen, they have other details to consider.
Comprehensive sources: The Paper, Shangguan News, Jimu News, Red Star News, Jiupai News, Cover News, Yangtze Evening News