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I'm crispy.
Every time Shandong explodes, it is so unexpected.
The last time it was a Zibo barbecue, this time it was because of a song.
Heze South Railway Station, a railway station that has been abandoned for many years, has recently been crowded with people every day.
Surrounded by layers of people, in the middle, a microphone, a mobile phone holder.
A man with a big back is singing affectionately.
I don't understand why this world is
It makes me feel so sad
I don't know two people who love each other
Can't keep a faded promise
On the TV screen, that side of "Singer" is fiercely fighting.
This side, the grassroots Guo Youcai, who loves to sing, is being seen by the world.
There is no splendid stage, no professional equipment for singing.
His hoarse voice and the "promise" he spoke, but I don't know how many people's hearts were touched.
What can't be returned is the youth and years of those years.
What has always been moving is the memory of some melodies that are automatically triggered once they sound.
Some people say that he sang about the current state of life of confused people.
Some people say that he sang the pain that even ibuprofen can't stop.
After five years of barbecue, no one asked, and a song "Promise" was finally known to the world.
How popular has Guo Youcai been recently?
Millions of fans overnight.
The number of live online broadcasters has turned from dozens to 1 million+.
The number of onlookers at the scene has become tens of thousands.
Some fans traveled thousands of miles to check in, just to listen to his songs for themselves.
When Heze saw this sky-shattering wealth, he also acted overnight.
The image was improved, the brick surface was restored, and the dilapidated South Bus Station was suspended, and the old appearance was renewed overnight.
Peony is delivered for free, and water and cauldron dishes are provided for free.
More than 50 chengguan carried garbage bags to maintain order and hygiene.
The three major operators, in order to ensure that the on-site signal is full, directly drove the signal car.
One man leads a city on fire.
Single-handedly pull Heze's GDP.
Guo Youcai, a rural guy, suddenly became popular, and he was not suddenly popular.
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In the live broadcast, Guo Youcai always wears a loose suit and a mustache.
looks like a face of vicissitudes, but in fact, he was born in 1999 and is only 25 years old this year.
Dressed up in such a retro look, because he has had a soft spot for old objects since he was a child.
Formerly known as Guo Zhuang, he is talented.
calls himself Brother Shu, because he has always been very envious of Brother Shu played by Wang Baoqiang, the kind of carefree who dares to love and hate.
I don't know if it's a coincidence that when the movie and the real overlap.
Brother Shu and Guo Youcai have both struggled in family tragedies and practical difficulties.
When Guo Youcai was 10 years old, a car accident took his mother away.
Later, his father re-established the family, and Guo Youcai, who was homeless, was sent to the third aunt's house.
In order to survive, he dropped out of school at the age of 13.
At the age when others are cared for by their parents, Guo Youcai has already tasted the hardships of life.
While others sat in the classroom and bathed in knowledge, he had to be beaten by society outside.
Bathing center, electric car repair ...... No matter how dirty or tired he is, as long as he has a job, he will do it.
Children without umbrellas can only run desperately against the storm.
He still remembers his birthday vividly when he was 13 years old.
I didn't eat breakfast, and I didn't eat eggs.
Because no one remembers, except for his mother, who has died, and no one goes to prepare the ceremony for his birthday.
That night, he gritted his teeth and spent 24 yuan.
A pack of spicy strips, a bottle of beer, and a pack of bottomed cigarettes are all his birthday gifts.
From that day on, Guo Youcai also grew up again.
He set a rule for himself:
"Never touch a cigarette again, I'm going to save money."
Since then, making money has become the biggest dream of a lonely teenager.
But at a young age, with no education and no background, it is not easy to talk about.
Guo Youcai once told the story of his 10 years of youth in a video.
For his first job in the bathing center, he saved 40,000 yuan.
For the second job selling shoes online, he saved 160,000 yuan.
I can't believe that what kind of hard work and thrift can make a child save this money.
Just remember that small detail:
The bathing center pays a salary of 2,300 yuan a month, and he only keeps 300 yuan for living expenses.
The rest was all deposited in his own card, which only went in and out.
Life gave him 100 ways to torture.
He fought back, no discouragement, no frustration, no complaints.
There is only clumsiness, hard work, and gratitude.
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In 2019, Guo Youcai entered the age at the beginning of the second word.
It was also this year that he met the noble man of his life, his girlfriend Su Chang.
Along with it, there is also the warmth and happiness of his life being absent for too long.
In the past, there was only one figure on the road of struggle.
Since that winter, it has become inseparable.
The two of them set up a barbecue stall in the night market, named Guo Zhongdao Roasted Kidney.
The small barbecue stand has also become the place where their dreams begin.
In order to save a little more money, they work rain or shine every day.
I have strung countless sticks and rushed through countless late-night journeys to get home.
Even if the day and night are reversed, even if the nose is cold.
The mother-in-law persuaded them not to do it in winter and summer, but the two still chose to insist.
Perhaps, as his girlfriend Su Chang said:
"The winter of '19 was very cold, and the two of us snuggled up to the charcoal stove and rubbed our hands, and our hearts were hot."
is also like the comment written by netizens:
Tan bamboo is everywhere, and Su Chang is hard to find.
Society is too realistic, but not everyone is running for one's money.
Later, Guo Youcai experienced unemployment and failed to start a business, but Su Chang never left it, but never gave up.
When she had nothing, her mother-in-law still insisted on handing over her daughter to Guo Youcai and got engaged to them.
What she values is his maturity and stability.
The phrase "start a family first and then start a business" gave Guo the greatest support and strength.
On April 12, 2023, Guo Youcai posted a video on the trumpet.
For the sake of his goal, he decided to sing while returning to his old job to sell barbecue.
Because of his live broadcast, it was not applause at that time.
It's the whimsical ridicule and questioning around him who thinks he is not doing his job.
Only someone in the comment area is blessed:
"On the day when the bitterness comes, the mountains, rivers, stars and moon are all congratulatory gifts"!
When this netizen left this sentence, he must not have known that a year later, his prediction was successful.
Just like Guo Youcai, he definitely didn't dare to imagine that a year ago, he was still confused and struggling.
Now I can finally fulfill the promise I made to my girlfriend:
"A good wife helps me Qingyunzhi, and I also give a good wife ten thousand taels of gold."
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Many people are curious, why did Guo Youcai suddenly become popular?
There is one answer that is very poignant.
"It's not Guo Youcai who is on fire, it's everyone who works hard for their dreams."
Live during the day, singing dreams.
Barbecue in the evening, for a living.
In an impetuous and utilitarian society, it is too difficult to balance the two and insist on having both.
Through Guo Youcai's story, how many ordinary people seem to see hope in their dull and confused lives.
No matter how small the stage is, anyone with a dream is amazing.
No matter how small a person is, there will always be a harvest after hard work.
No matter how bitter the background color is, persistence and precipitation, you can always paint a gorgeous color.
After becoming popular overnight, many people envy his good luck, and Guo Youcai is also very sober:
The traffic is only temporary, and I warn myself to keep a low profile.
He doesn't mind being imitated, feeling that everyone just sees their own shadow in him.
He is also very modest:
"I just wanted a spring breeze, but I harvested a spring."
25-year-old Guo Youcai, the future is still very long.
Now he has only one biggest dream:
Through his own efforts, he married the girl he loved the most.
I wish him the best of luck as soon as possible.
I also wish everyone who works hard to live, no matter how difficult it is now, in the end, you can not be disappointed.
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Hello everyone, I'm Crispy, a new daddy, a startup executive. I have been to many cities and practiced stalls on the side of the road. Now I just want to say the most honest things to you, continue to grow, keep improving.