In ancient China, there was a saying of three religions and nine streams, and the lowest status of the lower nine streams of people included dramatists, peddlers, tailors, craftsmen, etc. Although these professions are not high-end, they are not shameful, but there is a kind of business that is even lower than the lower nine streams, but it may still be to this day, but even now it is still looked down upon by everyone, which is a beggar.
Any work is earned by their own hands, people with great ability earn more, and people with small skills earn less, which is natural, but beggars are different, they live on the sympathy of others.
Of course, there are many kinds of beggars, and we cannot generalize that when beggars first appeared, they were not a profession, but famine, war and other reasons that forced those who were poor and destitute to the edge of the cliff, and they had to abandon their dignity and start begging in order to survive.
But with the development of the times, especially today, as long as it is a person with sound hands, it is almost impossible to find a job to support themselves, but some people are born to be lazy and lazy, so much so that they are even willing to cheat money by kneeling on the street to sell misery to win sympathy.
We are all happy to help the truly poor, but those who take advantage of the compassion of others should be strongly condemned.
However, in Anhui in the 1960s, there was a king of beggars, he was slightly disabled, but instead of relying on others to give alms, he made money by selling art, and saved tens of millions of yuan, he was different from all his peers, and was called "the most cattle beggar in China." ”
Song Tianfu was born in Jiuxian Town, Taihe County, Anhui Province, and his family was truly impoverished, his parents were uneducated peasants, and he had seven children in his family.
And just when Song Tianfu was 12 years old, the father who was the pillar of the family actually died of illness, and this sudden bad news almost destroyed this already extremely difficult family, they lost their main source of income, the mother could only get up early and do hard work, and several slightly older children also went out to work to subsidize the family.
But the young Song Tianfu was weak in heart, because he was congenitally disabled in his right leg, even if he wanted to do something within his power, he could not do it, but his family still took care of him in all aspects, and would not let him lack food and clothing, which made him feel very bad inside.
Coupled with the sneering ridicule of Song Tianfu's physical defects by the people around him, he felt pessimistic, but he never lost his self-confidence and did not give up on himself because of his disability, so the opportunity finally reached out to him.
After a few years, a ragged man suddenly came to the village, although he was dressed in rags, but not a beggar, but a folk artist, who made money by selling art and did not beg for people.
At that time, there were no various entertainment projects, so when he began to perform in the village, there were many people around to watch, and he was also quite talented, playing tricks, flipping and fighting, singing songs, and making the audience smile.
Dragon lanterns, circuses and jugglers were the favorite pastimes of the people at that time, so more and more people joined in the fun, and he also showed new tricks in the same way, and when singing songs, he could play several instruments at the same time, which was really amazing.
After the performance, he politely picked up an iron basin and walked around in front of the audience, not reluctantly, only saying that the rich hold a money field, the moneyless one held a personal field, and the audience liked those programs, most of them more or less threw money into the basin.
And the performance presented by this old artist, for Song Tianfu, brought more than just amazement, his heart was greatly shaken, just like a new world door slowly opened in front of him - the original rely on this craft can also make money, do not need to give up dignity to beg, but also let others sincerely recognize.
The pressure of life has made Song Tianfu breathless, but what makes him most desperate is not poverty, but inferiority and guilt, he hopes to reduce the burden of his brother and mother, and hopes that he can have his own dignity as a disabled person.
Song Tianfu did not hesitate to stop the old artist after the performance, begging him to bring himself and teach him his exquisite skills, the man saw that he was physically disabled but his attitude was extremely resolute, and he was also touched, and quickly agreed to this request.
However, Song Tianfu's mother was unwilling, the two were worthy of mother and son, and their personalities were very strong, she felt that although the family was not rich, but it was not yet to the point of not being able to take care of Song Tianfu, how could she let a good child go out to ask for food, and also let the surrounding villagers see the joke.
But Song Tianfu was no longer willing to be a burden, and he patiently and firmly persuaded his mother, or left with the old artist, embarking on a road with an uncertain future.
Teacher Fu took Song Tianfu to Shandong and began to teach him some simple skills, he first looked up to Song Tianfu because he was young, did not lie very sincerely, and had to use his hands to support himself, it was also because of these qualities, Teacher Fu did not hide from Song Tianfu, and taught him all his skills.
The so-called master led the door to practice in the individual, and Song Tianfu, who had inconvenient legs and feet, showed a very high talent in understanding, and he was gradually able to learn from what he learned, and he also knew how to drive the atmosphere of the audience.
In this way, Song Tianfu studied for four years, when he was studying art, he faced the strict teachings of his master, there were no friends and relatives around him, and he had to bear the strange eyes of outsiders, but he never wanted to give up, just buried his head in hard practice of singing and acting skills, and even never brought a letter to his family, so that his family thought that he had an accident in a different place.
Four years later, Song Tianfu was driven out by the old artist, because he had learned everything he had to learn, and he no longer had to follow the master and began to stand on his own.
Leaving the master's apprentice, he had to grope alone to do his own performance, but Song Tianfu was more flexible than anyone imagined, and in the past four years he had grown too much, and his understanding of performance and audience had reached a very high level.
He went around selling and selling without hesitation, and he made himself a very distinctive strange costume, that is, a coat made of various color patches of flowers and greens, plus a triangular black hood, which was such a strange outfit, but it was enough to remember himself at a glance.
Although he looked like a real beggar in rags, Song Tianfu cleaned himself up, neither sloppy nor smelly, which also made onlookers very curious about this "strange man".
With eye-catching costumes and solid performance skills, Song Tianfu's acting road is relatively smooth, along with his hard work day after day, his life has also gone from barely making ends meet to having enough to gradually save some savings.
As a young man from a poor background, with a disability in his legs and feet, and once completely dependent on his family to take care of his life, Song Tianfu has been very complete from boldly walking out of the house at the age of fourteen to the current level.
Although there are many people who may still look at him with colored glasses, thinking that he is just playing monkeys on stage like a clown, and then asking the audience for some money as a disabled person, there is no difference between him and the beggars on the street, but Song Tianfu is not, and he quickly proves to everyone that a person will not succeed for no reason.
It is precisely because Song Tianfu has been accompanied by poverty since he was a child, and being able to get the life he has now will inevitably make him feel extremely happy and cherished, as long as he continues to honestly sell his art and save some more money, he can also start a family and live a happy and happy life like ordinary people.
But his mind is far more than such a little in front of him, when he performs, he will travel in all directions, and when he goes everywhere, he will carefully observe the masses and some local situations, through long-term observation, Song Tianfu is also constantly calculating in his heart, he does not have a sound body, but has a very flexible brain, and soon, a business opportunity was discovered by him.
At that time, China's domestic music market was in a state of momentum, whether in the city or in the countryside, people would feel fashionable and trendy by listening to a music tape, while in rural areas, music with folk minor keys was even more popular.
But the most amazing thing is that song Tianfu, a nameless "street beggar" who is born without a name, does not want to make a lot of money by selling tapes, he is extremely confident that he wants to make himself the protagonist.
Song Tianfu, who already had little savings on his body, resolutely chose to take out his entire wealth, he bought a better tape recorder and blank tape at that time, entered his part of singing rap, and then took it to the market to sell.
At that time, the singer star was not too much, Song Tianfu's ingenious singing content was also very outstanding, plus he did not need to go through the middleman for self-production and self-sale, and he also sold his tapes at a slightly cheaper price than others, and his products quickly sold to the extreme, so that in just a few years, in addition to returning the cost, he also earned more than 100,000 yuan.
This money was really not a small amount at that time, Song Tianfu not only stayed away from poverty, but also became a big boss with arrogance, and the people around him no longer dared to point fingers at him casually, but Song Tianfu was never a person who cared about other people's eyes, and the road he wanted to take was just beginning now.
In fact, people only have the most momentum when they are in the most difficult, as the saying goes, "barefoot is not afraid to wear shoes", teenage Song Tianfu has nothing, he dares to leave home alone, because he has nothing to lose, Song Tianfu in his twenties has made a little money, but he can only maintain his life, so he chose to make a desperate bet, but now Song Tianfu carries hundreds of thousands of large sums, does he dare to risk losing everything and fight again?
In fact, soon after, Song Tianfu went to Shangqiu, Henan with all his family property, where he found a professional record production company, and after the two sides reached an agreement, he began to record his personal album "Song Tianfu Album", and The heavens once again repaid his tenacity and bravery, and when his debut album was sold, it was popular in the streets in a very short time, making him a small star.
Subsequently, he hit the iron while it was hot, released a number of albums, and became more and more famous, and was invited to many large-scale performances.
In 1999, Song Tianfu also received a call from a Japanese performing arts company, which said that he wanted to invite him to perform abroad, although the remuneration was not too high, he still did not hesitate to agree, because going abroad was a new beginning.
After becoming famous, Song Tianfu did not want to establish a glorious and tall personality like many people, and wanted to erase all the unbearable experiences in the past, but he never gave up his identity as a street artist.
Standing on the big stage of Japan, Singapore and other countries, Song Tianfu, who is not the same as before, faces thousands of audiences under the stage, he still wears the "hundred family clothes" made up of many patches, he feels very nervous and excited, but for Song Tianfu, who has walked the streets and alleys at the age of fourteen, it is the same everywhere, so he presented his best performance for the audience in a foreign country, and also made him famous abroad.
After returning to China, he was quickly invited by the big-name variety show "I Am a Big Star", and he was still wearing a ragged shirt with two bowls and a pair of bamboo boards, which was no different from before, the only difference was that he was now a multi-millionaire.
Song Tianfu sincerely told the host that he never felt inferior because of his profession, on the contrary, he felt very honorable, because he no longer needed to be taken care of by others like when he was a child, he could create a life with his own hands, and he had always been conscientious about his work to have the opportunity to come to this day.
And now Song Tianfu has long become a big boss, he opened a shop to sell his albums, the family has a virtuous wife and a pair of children, he lives in a luxurious villa, out of the door have a full-time driver driving a luxury car to pick up, really can be said to have reached the peak of life, but also enough to be called "China's most cattle beggar".
There are also many people because of envy of Song Tianfu's achievements and fame and malicious slander behind his back, feel that everything about him comes from pity and luck, maybe his deeds do sound a little unbelievable, but he left home at the age of fourteen, studied hard for four years, performed the stage, accurately grasped business opportunities with a keen eye, and boldly released personal records, all these factors came together to have long been Today's Song Tianfu, success is not accidental, I believe everyone can understand.
As he himself said: "Success does not depend on charity, but on talent", this is not an empty phrase, for Song Tianfu, who stood at the crossroads of life many years ago, he has many, many choices.
He may let his family take care of him for a lifetime because of his physical disability, maybe he may see the performance of the old artist only when he watches a hilarity, maybe he does not resolutely oppose his mother and stays, maybe he can't learn the art, maybe the performance is not perfect, maybe he earns three or five idle money and is satisfied.
But he overcame the confusion and suffering, never abandoned his self-esteem and begged people because of disability and poverty, but only relied on personal efforts to live a happy life.
So rather than saying that Song Tianfu is a beggar and a street performer, it is better to say that he is a smart entrepreneur, but he has taken a very different path from others, but the end of the road is the same.
There are more than one person like Song Tianfu, there are many people in this world who are working hard just for their own success, but Song Tianfu's story can indeed tell us the meaning of persistence, never give up because of their own defects, although there are thousands of successful roads, but only by eating bitterly, can we be a superior person.