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Text: Cold Snow Mountain
Edited by Hanxue Mountain
Preface
Do you think that CCTV hosts are people who strictly forbid their desires?
Their lives may not be as interesting and exciting as we think?
Li Zimeng is a dignified and elegant image in the eyes of the audience, but in private he is quite cute CCTV host.
Let's walk into her story together and take a look at the life of this female anchor with a "national face" off camera.
A dream from middle school
Before Li Zimeng started her career, she actually had other dreams like many girls.
When she was in middle school, she dreamed of becoming a fashion designer.
At that time, she loved painting, especially good at fashion design, and often painted on the back of textbooks and designed beautiful dresses for herself.
She has her own unique views on the control of color and the use of lines.
Many of the students in the class admired her hand-drawn designs.
At that time, Li Zimeng was full of yearning and pursuit of beauty, and full of beautiful reverie for the future.
When her mother saw that she was so fascinated by fashion design, she also tried to persuade her not to put too much thought into this "idle" thing.
But as a young girl who is just starting out, she stubbornly believes that this is her dream and pursuit in life.
After graduating from high school, she got her wish and was admitted to the fashion design major of the Central Academy of Arts and Crafts.
There, she made many friends on the same road, and everyone learned from each other and made progress together.
They are passionate about drawing all kinds of fashion design drawings, and they tirelessly sketch their own fashion ideas in and after class.
Li Zimeng is one of the best, and her hand-painted works have won many awards.
But in the last year of college, she suddenly changed the trajectory of her life.
A chance allowed her to enter CCTV
The turning point came at an internship in her senior year.
One day, the school notified a group of students that they could go to CCTV for internships.
As a leader in the design department, Li Zimeng was naturally selected as one of the interns recommended by the school.
Coming to CCTV, Li Zimeng had close contact with the work of news gathering and editing for the first time.
She saw the hosts' superb broadcasting skills, well-groomed appearance, and dedication to work.
She was deeply attracted by this professional charm, which had an unprecedented impact and shock.
Her longing fashion dreams began to waver, and she began to reflect on her career plan and whether she would continue to walk on the path of design.
In the last month of the internship, Li Zimeng was already full of yearning and eagerness for the profession of host.
She began to secretly ask her seniors for the tricks of broadcasting and hosting, and secretly practiced hard.
In this way, with a turn, Li Zimeng's life path took a 180-degree turn.
When she received the official offer from CCTV, she was ecstatic, and the sense of accomplishment of achieving her dream through her own efforts made it difficult for her to hold herself.
Unremitting efforts to become the first person in the hosting career
As a newcomer, Li Zimeng can be described as open-minded and studious.
She knows that relying on the little fur in school alone is far from enough, and she must start all over again on the new stage of CCTV.
She continued to ask her seniors for advice, combined theoretical knowledge with practice, and soon mastered the know-how of broadcasting and hosting.
She gradually discovered that if she wants to be a good host, it is not enough to have a good voice.
It is more important to learn to use body language and grasp the sense of proportion of expression to perfectly interpret a topic or news material.
And this requires long-term training and exercise to be perfect.
With her excellent performance during the internship, Li Zimeng was hired by CCTV soon after graduation and became the first host of the "International Times" column.
She finally realized her dream and stood in front of a familiar camera.
At that time, she often turned slightly sideways when reporting, and her tone was gentle like a spring breeze, making the audience feel as if they were listening to an old friend talk about international events.
With its affinity, "International Times" has achieved high ratings.
Li Zimeng later recalled that she was extremely excited and proud to be able to host such an important news column after graduation.
She secretly determined that she must carry forward the open-minded and studious energy she cultivated during her internship and continue to strive for excellence on the road of broadcasting and hosting.
Push the limits and host an early morning news program
After achieving success, Li Zimeng did not immediately become complacent.
Instead, she immediately took on a new challenge – hosting the morning news program "Morning News World".
For this brand-new job, Li Zimeng can be said to have worked hard.
Every day at 4 o'clock in the morning, she had to leave the warm bed and rush to the TV station with 120,000 spirits.
In order to broadcast on time, she must make all preparations in advance, such as starting makeup and preparing scripts an hour or two in advance, and then communicate with the director to confirm the broadcast process.
Sometimes the weather is not beautiful, and it is stormy outside, but she still can't be late for a minute.
Because for anchors, punctuality is the most basic professional ethics.
Every time she was ready, she took a deep breath and secretly told herself that it was just a new beginning.
As long as you stay focused, you'll be able to navigate this new job.
It is precisely with this persistent attitude towards work and the experience accumulated in "International Times" that Li Zimeng quickly became competent for the hosting of "Morning News of the World", and the broadcast quality won unanimous praise.
The road to progression: Become the youngest news anchor
After that, Li Zimeng went through layers of assessments and partnered with senior host Kang Hui to become the youngest host of "News Network" at that time.
As CCTV's flagship news program, "News Network" has stricter requirements for the host.
In order to show a formal and professional image, Li Zimeng had to wear a short wig.
She doesn't care about that, though, because she understands that image is important to a news presenter.
On the day of the debut of "News Network", Li Zimeng took on a new look.
She has a fashionable and neat short hair, dresses in decent professional attire, and delicate light makeup on her face, and looks dignified and atmospheric, which is similar to her previous vigor.
Before the live broadcast began, she took a deep breath backstage, tightened her tie, and forced herself into a serious state of work.
As soon as she opened, she used her magnetic voice to gush in her opening remarks, and her words were beautiful and sonorous.
Compared with hosting some light-hearted current affairs programs, in front of the "News Network", Li Zimeng felt unprecedented pressure and responsibility.
Why choose to wear a wig
Indeed, there are also long-haired beauties among the CCTV hosts.
But for Li Zimeng, short hair can highlight her mature and stable side, which helps her show her due dignified atmosphere in news reports.
You may say, why not use her own natural long hair? As long as it is properly cared for, it should also show a professional attitude, right? In fact, Li Zimeng herself had such doubts.
But after in-depth discussions with her peers and seniors, she gradually realized the unique charm of short hair.
The short hair gives people a neat and capable image, and it is easy to give the impression that the host must be very focused and professional.
And long hair always gives people a laid-back, casual feeling, which can easily distract the audience.
A good news anchor must first learn to attract and stabilize the attention of the audience, instead of letting them look around and think wandering.
So, short hair becomes a good choice.
However, outside the camera, Li Zimeng showed a completely different side.
She is sometimes lively and innocent, sometimes at a loss, she is simply a "little confused".
Ni Ping's Comments: A poor ghost who takes out a loan to work
In a variety show, Li Zimeng finally took off the short wig she had worn for 20 years and showed her original long hair image.
With black and thick hair and red clothes, she is really a beauty with "red makeup and thick makeup, like a flower in the world".
However, she was also ridiculed by the senior host Ni Ping in the show.
Teacher Ni Ping jokingly called Li Zimeng a "poor ghost who takes out a loan to work", because in CCTV, the host will be deducted 200 yuan even if he says a wrong word.
On the surface, Teacher Ni Ping's words are nothing more than a joke that Li Zimeng is too drilly, which is really a trivial matter.
However, there are words in her words, which are more to express her affirmation and appreciation for Li Zimeng's work attitude.
At the scene of the variety show recording, everyone could see that although Li Zimeng was a "confused girl" in private, once she faced the camera or performed on stage, she would instantly enter a highly concentrated and focused work state, giving people a feeling of full magic and like the walking dead.
The speed of the change and the dedication of the attitude are truly breathtaking.
This is also the reason why Teacher Ni Ping thinks that Li Zimeng is "poor".
In such an environment where she is often fined, Li Zimeng can still maintain a highly persistent attitude towards her work, which undoubtedly shows her pure enthusiasm for the hosting career.
Strict punishment leads to a rigorous attitude
According to the previously exposed attendance records, Li Zimeng can be said to be diligent to the extreme.
Even during the 7-day National Day holiday, she only rested for 3 days.
With her attendance intensity, the number of times she has been deducted can be imagined.
Recalling those hard days, Li Zimeng also had palpitations.
She said that in such a strict environment as CCTV, it is an extremely challenging thing to avoid being deducted.
She was once punished for several days in a row, and once fell into a low point in her life.
But just when she was about to give up, she suddenly realized that in fact, this punishment system has its own reasons.
Just like a sword in sharpening, only by accepting this rigorous tempering can you finally become a good announcer.
So she regained her fighting spirit and threw herself into her work, humbly learning from those seniors who were never fined.
epilogue
Through the life story of Li Zimeng, the female anchor of the "national character face", we can't help but have a new understanding of this circle.
The CCTV hosts seem to be high-minded, but in fact they are also flesh and blood, and they will be at a loss, and they will also be fined and deducted wages.
They can stand in front of the screen with ease, it is precisely because of their dedication to work and the pursuit of perfection.
Li Zimeng is such an outstanding representative of Chinese women who adhere to their ideals and have the courage to work hard.
She used her experience to show what professionalism is and what dedication is.