"My Reasons for Staying Here" 243
preface
Mami, Tony, originally, their lives were different. But after coming to China, they have the same identity – sharers.
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Speaking of every "reason I live here", many people's stories are long stories.
From the family background to the life course, you can often nag out a lot of stories of the protagonist's "efforts", which are full of emotion and fun.
But "my reason for staying here" can also be very simple, in a word, "I think it's good here, so I stayed".
Since its filming in 2015, the originally obscure "I Live" has recently begun to gain fame among the Japanese community in China, such as this shooting, most of the people present have actually watched our program (thanks for your attention).
But the style of playing cards without common sense is still the same, and this shooting is even more exciting.
That night, I happened to enter the Japanese young people's party, as the saying goes, the interesting soul is one of the thousands, not to mention the encounter with so many interesting souls, Uncle Liang temporarily got up and decided to start filming their "I Live" on the spot.
Unlike the previous "I Live", there are two protagonists in this issue. Two lives, two parallel lines, but on such occasions, they gathered together and truly felt Chinese life.
This time, we came to Shenzhen, a young city as vibrant as they are.
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It can be found that the two young Japanese interviewed in this issue came to Shenzhen out of love for China rather than out of love for China.
Rather, they have seen the bad side of China and experienced their own "prejudices", but after getting closer, they have discovered a new China and new possibilities in their own lives.
The first is Mami, who is engaged in the AI education industry.
Mami Higashino
Birth Date June 26, 1992
Hometown Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Overseas Marketing
Mami, the only foreigner employee of an AI education company in Shenzhen, is fluent in English in addition to Japanese and English. He is now responsible for marketing in 9 countries and regions, including the United States, Russia, and Australia.
Daily work includes new product launches, website management, docking overseas educational institutions, etc.
▲Uncle Liang's car accident scene
In high school, when she was traveling to China with friends, she was forced to sell souvenirs at scenic spots, which made her always have a bad impression of China.
▲First time in China
Until she went to the United States to study, the contact with Chinese students changed her view. But importantly, perceptions change and so does action.
▲When I was in the United States, I was friends with college friends and twins
and project coordinator
The change happened subtly, and later when Mami backpacked southeast Asia, she would think of coming to China to see.
She went into Hong Kong and went all the way to Shenzhen, "when I came here, I thought wow, it was too good." That's how it stayed. ”
▲At an airport in Malaysia
▲ In Bali, Indonesia
▲In Taiwan
Uncle Liang: Why not choose Southeast Asia, but Shenzhen?
Mami: I want to start a new life in a new place. At that time, because there was no money, I used to live in a place with low rents, bunk shared houses, and chat with co-tenants, only to find that everyone in China was also looking for a new beginning in Shenzhen, and felt that the city was very suitable for themselves.
Anything, love and fun are important influencing factors in making your own final choice. Because of liking, many things can become very simple, and the wheels of progress begin to roll up.
"There are a few others here who are doing the same," said friends at the party. Came to Shenzhen, just live here.
However, "you obviously studied in the United States before, how did you go to China?" The Japanese friends around me did not understand.
That being said, outside of work, Mami is also insisting on introducing her vision of China through short videos.
The reason for starting a short video is also very curious: "In fact, the original intention was to tell my parents about my life here through video. ”
Uncle Liang: Then just send the video directly.
Mami: It seems like this... But if you can use the video, let everyone discover the charm of Shenzhen and understand China's development.
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Coincidentally. The second protagonist, Tony, is also sharing what he sees as a Chinese landscape, which he calls "a beautiful view of China that the Japanese have never seen."
Tony
Birth Date May 22, 1988
His hometown is Osaka, Japan
Employees of Japanese companies
With the photos of the scenery taken in China, in the first two months of coming to China, the number of followers on his Twitter account has risen from 100 at the beginning to more than 1,000.
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Tony: Recently, "Photographers in China" was added to the name of the account, and the number of followers suddenly increased after the name change.
Uncle Liang: Can it be understood that many people are interested in China?
Tony: Probably.
Uncle Liang: So what do you think of young people in Japan today?
Tony: Sixty percent are not interested, 30 percent don't like it, and the remaining 10 percent like China.
Tony belongs to this category. As a buyer sent by a Japanese home appliance company, he is not the first time to come to China.
In college, Tony came to China as an exchange student to study, and during the summer vacation, he traveled to more than 20 cities in China by train.
After returning to Japan, Tony was obsessed with China's customs and customs, "I would like to come to China, the previous company had branches in China, so there was no opportunity to send abroad." I want to work where there are opportunities to be sent. ”
So during the epidemic, he quit his original job and entered a new company. While working at the new company, Tony took the initiative to fight for the opportunity to be sent to China, and finally came to Shenzhen in November 2020.
I don't like to comment indiscriminately
Not everyone, like Tony and Mami, is interested in or has the opportunity to learn about different cultural habits, so there may be "'China in TV this is not good, that is not good, if you must choose, then choose hate this option.'" I guess there are a lot of people who think that way. Uncle Liang said.
Over time, without thinking, it is easy, but it has also become a limitation of cognition.
If someone does the opposite, does not understand that nature will arise.
And they will not be a lonely individual, with the exploration and pursuit of things, everyone gradually condensed into a dynamic group.
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Mami is the only girl on the company's basketball team and serves as the deputy head of the group
Uncle Liang: What is the purpose of sharing Chinese information with them (the Japanese)?
Mami: People who have never been to China and have no Chinese friends around them have personally experienced life in China, and if they feel uneasy or uncomfortable, they don't feel comfortable. I didn't experience anything, I just commented on it, and I didn't like that.
Uncle Liang dug up people on the spot, and Mami was so excited that he was helpless
Tony: Probably because the Japanese don't know that China has such beautiful natural scenery. I go to these places, take pictures, upload them to Instagram and Twitter, and if that's how I can change the Japanese people's impression of China.
As for "What is your reason for living here?" , they have already answered.
I want to have the freedom to be myself,
And dare to be my own guts.
——Lin Yutang
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● Uncle Liang dug up people on the spot, and Mami was so excited that he was helpless
● Shoot beautiful scenery, but also shoot beauty, Uncle Liang and Tony's aesthetic standards are very different
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Edited by | Aqun
Image | Mami, Tony, and Kazuyuki