An adult with intelligence of only 3 years old, Zhou Zhou, became popular with a documentary, became a "genius conductor" sought after by thousands of people, and has since performed all over the world.
Just when everyone thought that he was a disabled heart and a so-called "darling" in music, his father suddenly said, "Thank you for playing with Zhouzhou." ”
It turns out that there is no such thing as a "genius", and the beginning of all this is a lie told by the so-called "potential" created by the capitalists and the "characteristics" of Zhouzhou.
Now that the lies are self-defeating and the glory is gone, what kind of changes have happened to Zhouzhou's life?
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A "genius conductor" born out of a lie
In 1998, a documentary "The World of Zhouzhou" suddenly came out, the director of the film is Zhang Yiqing, and the beginning of the documentary wrote the following sentence: "All life has dignity." ”
In fact, this sentence directly points out the main idea, people with low intelligence like Zhou Zhou should not be "outliers" and should be treated equally, and the documentary also mainly tells two parts: music performances and Zhou Zhou's life.
It is precisely because there are clips about Zhouzhou's command in the documentary, coupled with the gimmick that Zhouzhou's intelligence is only 3 years old, that the film attracted widespread attention from the society as soon as it was broadcast.
The film not only became popular in China, but also was bought by France, Germany and other countries, which caused a lot of waves, and Zhouzhou has since become a well-known star.
At the end of 1998, Zhou Zhou was invited to Beijing to participate in the Spring Festival Gala, and completed a historic cooperation with the Symphony Orchestra of the famous Ballet Theater at that time.
Although Zhou Zhou has low intelligence, when the music sounds, the movements he conducts are clean and smooth, and he will applaud his performance at the end of the song, looking like a person who really understands music.
Everyone was shocked by his performance, and since then, Zhouzhou has been a mess.
There are all kinds of reports about Zhouzhou, but the theme of the reports is not "respect for life" but "genius conductors." Everyone thought that there really was going to be a "genius" legend in the command world.
He not only participated in many performances in China, but also visited many foreign countries, each time as a conductor in the middle, and was accompanied by a famous orchestra.
In 2002, Zhou Zhou held hands with superstar Schwarzenegger in a gala, walked into the center of the auditorium, and led the symphony orchestra with his baton to present a song to the audience.
Zhou Zhou with Schwarzenegger
Not only that, the famous actor Andy Lau also sang a song "You Are My Piece of Hope" for him, which moved Schwarzenegger who was present and directly donated $150,000 to Zhouzhou.
But all this, only Zhouzhou's father knows whether it is true or not, although they also rely on Zhouzhou's performance fees to improve the family's conditions, but Zhouzhou does not know how to conduct at all, it can only be said that he is a little sensitive to music.
Zhou Zhou and Andy Lau took a group photo
So no matter how you pretend, even if there are many people to pursue it, there will be a day when "lies are broken".
There will always be a day when a lie will be revealed
Just as Zhouzhou was preparing for various performances, his mother, who had been with him, suffered from cancer and died not long after.
In order to treat his mother's illness, the money saved by Zhouzhou's performance was basically smashed into it, and in those years, Zhouzhou didn't perform much, and a genius conductor suddenly disappeared.
For unknown reasons, netizens began to question Zhouzhou's ability, and in 2017, someone on a certain platform suddenly began to discuss Zhouzhou, asking what level of command Zhouzhou was?
This topic has been read by millions of people, and some people who dare to speak the truth have given the answer, which probably means that everyone already knows that Zhou Zhou is not a genius.
Then in 2018, Zhouzhou did not have a single performance, and he could never return to his heyday.
It seems that everything has returned to the original starting point, back to the time when Zhouzhou and his father Hu Houpei lived a simple life.
Zhouzhou's parents gave birth to him when they were in their forties, and although Zhouzhou arrived a little later, it still added joy to their lives.
But this joy changed after a month, Hu Houpei gradually found that Zhouzhou was not like a normal child, his behavior was very strange, for the sake of the child's health, he quickly took the child to the hospital.
Down syndrome, simply put, is congenital intellectual disability, and Hu Houpei, who heard this diagnosis, couldn't believe his ears for a while.
His own child has only been more than a month, and he has deprived a normal person of the intelligence level, but if he doesn't believe it, he can only accept it, in the final analysis, it is also his own flesh and blood.
But Zhouzhou's mother was not so strong, she was sad when she heard the news, and even thought about taking the child away, the long pain is better than the short pain.
Fortunately, he was discovered by Hu Houpei, saved his wife and children, and persuaded Zhouzhou's mother that the matter was a foregone conclusion, and the only thing he could do was to let him grow up healthy.
Although the intellectual impairment can only reach the level of a child of three or four years old at most, under the careful care of parents, the most basic things can still be done, such as dressing, eating, etc.
But Zhou Zhou occasionally got angry and had conflicts with Hu Houpei, Hu Houpei couldn't say it, and he couldn't beat it, so he could only teach him bitterly, although Zhou Zhou couldn't understand his father's words very well.
As Zhouzhou grows up, there are more and more obstacles in life, such as the friends around him will not play with him, and even bully him, and even more excessively, some children will pick his pants and laugh at him in public.
In the face of these bullies, Zhouzhou would not resist, nor did he understand their "humiliation" very well, and was abandoned by them in the tank and shivered from the cold, until someone found him.
Hu Houpei found out that his son was bullied like this, and he also came to theorize, but to no avail, but not everyone discriminated against Zhouzhou, and there were still many people who treated him well.
Most of the time, however, Zhou Zhou went to his place of work with Hu Houpei, a double bass player.
His work unit is the song and dance troupe, and the orchestra performs every day, although Hu Houpei also hoped that his musical cells would be inherited, but after knowing that his son was sick, all his wishes turned into peace.
Even if Zhou Zhou does not have a particularly outstanding musical talent, the power that music can bring to people is powerful, and even a mentally impaired child like Zhou Zhou will dance happily after hearing the melody of music.
He also once said in the documentary that his favorite tunes are not only the little white (sky) goose, but also the polka, such a natural answer is like a normal person talking about music with friends.
It was precisely because he was in the orchestra that Zhou Zhou was discovered by director Zhang Yiqing when he was "playing blindly" with a baton, and he wanted to create a documentary for him that he inadvertently "changed" his life.
However, the current boat, the hustle and bustle of the past, the tragedy is always a tragedy.
After the hustle and bustle, tragedy is still tragedy
After the death of his mother, he chose to donate his cornea to make his last contribution to the world, and now Zhouzhou is no longer popular, and lives in the art troupe with his father.
When Zhouzhou's mother was still alive, she risked her life to give birth to a younger sister to Zhouzhou, who was not only in good health, but also able to complete her studies normally.
Once Hu Houpei wanted to pin his hopes on his sister, after all, he was no longer young and could not take care of Zhouzhou for the rest of his life.
Sister Zhouzhou is very reluctant, but she doesn't dislike her brother, she just doesn't want to be arranged like this by her father. Because my sister also has her own life, and she doesn't exist for his brother.
Zhou Zhou was once unfortunately diagnosed with lung cancer, but miraculously, after treatment, his illness has been cured.
Later, someone wanted to repackage Zhouzhou and make him an ambassador for people with disabilities. Influence more people through Zhouzhou's story.
But after more than a year, there was no improvement, and even the salary could not be paid off to Zhouzhou. Fortunately, after communication, the head of the art troupe also promised to pay the salary and continue to implement the original plan.
Now they can only live on Hu Houpei's pension and Zhouzhou's subsidy, and occasionally perform with the art troupe, but they still earn very little.
After going through so many things, Hu Houpei no longer forces Zhouzhou's sister, but his sister will still promise to have the ability to take care of him.
Hu Houpei also knew that he couldn't accompany Zhouzhou all the time, but taking care of Zhouzhou had become his top priority now.
On August 11, 2023, Zhou Zhou also performed under the leadership of the art troupe, and when the performance ended, the head of the art troupe also gave Zhou Zhou a thumbs up.
epilogue
Some people say that Zhou Zhou "made achievements in the times and forgotten in the times", and his life is like a huge farce, but no one will be dissatisfied with him because of his lie.
On the contrary, it is more caring and distressed, because no matter what, he has to walk on his own next, and no one can empathize with him.
But fortunately, now Zhouzhou is in good health, and he also had a dream about music when he was a smash hit, and when he woke up, his father could continue to accompany him and live an ordinary life.
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Information sources: Guangming Network, Red Star News, China Industry Network, Baidu Encyclopedia, documentary "The World of Zhouzhou"