Speaking of "Brother Da Yi" Zhu Zhiwen , I believe everyone has heard the songs he sang.
In the minds of many people, he has always been that simple peasant singer who changed his living conditions through his own efforts. This was originally an inspirational story, but everything that happened after he became famous made people see a lot of human nature clearly.
Road to Fame
Before Zhu Zhiwen became popular, he was an ordinary farmer in Shan County, Heze, Shandong. Because his father passed away early, his mother had been relying on working to support the family's livelihood. When the young Zhu Zhiwen saw his mother's hard work, he dropped out of school and went home to do farm work.
Zhu Zhiwen has never had any dreams. In his opinion, being able to have enough food and clothing is already good.
However, although life is difficult, he usually likes to sing in the farmland. Every time he sang, the entire farmland reverberated with his singing, and the folks in the same village always applauded him. Although
has always had a dream of singing, he never expected to make money through singing and only regarded it as a hobby.
However, once Zhu Zhiwen's friend knew that he sang very well, so he invited him to sing at a wedding.
This is the first time Zhu Zhiwen has gotten money from singing. Although it is not much, Zhu Zhiwen is already very satisfied. He feels that he can use his spare time to do what he likes and subsidize his family a little.
In 2011, 42-year-old Zhu Zhiwen went out to work. Because of his low education, he could only do work like moving bricks. When
has nothing to do, his colleagues at the construction site know that he likes to sing, so they often ask him to sing a song to relax everyone.
The workers gave him enthusiastic support every time. Although they were not professional, the workers all knew that Zhu Zhiwen sang very well.
At that time, Shandong Satellite TV had a variety show specifically for the common people, which was very popular. All the workers encouraged Zhu Zhiwen to try to participate in the competition.
At that time, everyone persuaded him that it was free to sign up anyway, so just give it a try in case you could get a bonus.
Zhu Zhiwen was moved. When there were only two days before the registration deadline, he hurriedly put on a military coat and got on a long-distance bus to go to the competition site.
He never expected that this decision would change his life. The day
took the stage, he was wearing a military coat. He was very nervous facing the camera for the first time on the stage.
His self-introduction was staccato, and he couldn't even speak clearly. The audience and judges at the scene had no hope for him. They felt that this was another person who came to take advantage of the popularity of TV.
But when Zhu Zhiwen opened his mouth to sing, he seemed to be a different person. The song "Rolling Waters of the Yangtze River Passing East" directly stunned everyone present.
When he finished singing, the scene was quiet for a few seconds, and the audience and judges gave him warm applause.
However, his performance made the judges question him as a "fake farmer" because he sang so professionally that he didn't look like someone who had never studied music.
Some judges even suspected him of lip-synching, so after asking him about his experience, the judges asked him to sing a few lines of "Camel Bell" a cappella. He still performed steadily, and the audience applauded him again. The
judges immediately announced that Zhu Zhiwen directly advanced to the semi-finals!
Troubles after becoming famous
After the show was broadcast, the appearance of "Brother Dayi" Zhu Zhiwen caused a lot of repercussions, and the name of "Brother Dayi" began to appear on the headlines of various pages.
After being introduced by someone, Zhu Zhiwen participated in the variety show channel of CCTV, which was also a program with the purpose of "people's self-entertainment", and finally won the fifth place in the annual finals.
In 2012, he even appeared on the stage of CCTV's Year of the Dragon Spring Festival Gala and sang a song "I Want to Go Home".
From then on, Zhu Zhiwen was truly recognized by people across the country, and the military coat became a trendy item at the time. After
became popular, Zhu Zhiwen did not move to the city immediately like others. He was reluctant to leave the village.
But the villagers in the same village began to feel confused. In their opinion, Zhu Zhiwen was already a famous person and must have made a lot of money.There are even rumors that Zhu Zhiwen received several million from participating in the Spring Festival Gala.
Later, in an interview, the reporter asked him to confirm this matter. He shook his head with a wry smile, pointed out three fingers and said: "They gave me 3,000 yuan, which is a lot, but it is not as exaggerated as millions."
But the villagers don't care about this. They only think that if you are rich, you can help the people of a village.
Therefore, since Zhu Zhiwen became famous, the thresholds of his two small bungalows have almost been broken through.
Some of the people who came here include fellow villagers and neighbors, as well as relatives who are beyond reach. Everyone has the same goal and borrows money whenever they ask. Zhu Zhiwen responds to their requests.
Among them, there was a person who borrowed money from him five times, totaling four to five million. This person used the money to build a house and buy a car, but he never mentioned repaying the money. In just one year since
started, Zhu Zhiwen’s family already had a drawer full of IOUs.
When the reporter asked the villagers when they planned to pay back the money. The villager said confidently: "He has so much money, he can't afford us three melons and two dates."
Such an attitude makes reporters find it unreasonable, but Zhu Zhiwen said that he has long been used to it.
In fact, after Zhu Zhiwen got rich, he never forgot about the village. He first donated 500,000 yuan to help the village rebuild roads. After that,
successively spent 1.4 million to help the village build kindergartens, fitness centers, etc., and also solved the village’s electricity and irrigation problems.
At the beginning, the villagers were grateful for his actions. They all said that he was kind and loyal and never forgot his roots when he became famous.
But slowly, as Zhu Zhiwen became more and more popular, many villagers began to feel dissatisfied: "He earns so much money, who should give this small favor? It should be enough for every household to get some money."
After seeing Zhu Zhiwen's sudden wealth, the originally simple villagers not only gradually ignored his contribution to the village, but instead regarded him as a channel to make money.
At that time, some clever villagers saw that short videos were very popular and began to make money by live broadcasting "Brother Dayi's Daily Life".
In order to photograph Zhu Zhiwen, some people even smashed all the windows in his house in the middle of the night, just to be able to photograph his private life.
All the activities of Brother Dayi have become gimmicks to attract traffic. The yard of his home has become a free park. People can come and take photos whenever they want.
Faced with the behavior of the villagers, Zhu Zhiwen endured it again and again, choosing to turn a blind eye because he did not want to conflict with the villagers.
The Backside of Human Nature
Brother Dayi’s experiences in the past ten years have shown two kinds of bad natures in people. The first is inertial cognition. After enjoying the benefits for a period of time, people will forget the original nature of the matter and take the favor for granted. When they do not enjoy the same benefits later, they will be dissatisfied and think that it is the fault of others.
is like villagers filming Zhu Zhiwen's videos and live broadcasting his life. At the beginning, Zhu Zhiwen didn't refuse too much and wanted everyone to make money. But when this group of people began to become more aggressive and Zhu Zhiwen began to refuse, they thought it was Zhu Zhiwen's fault.
The second is that you can't see those around you living better than yourself, especially those who are not as good as yourself. Jealousy is the root of hatred between people, and this kind of thinking is more and more obvious in the lower society.
Many netizens couldn't help but lament that it was not easy for an honest person like Zhu Zhiwen to earn money and still go home to help his fellow villagers, and he had to endure so much jealous criticism.
Brother Dayi’s wish is very simple. He doesn’t want to be a star all the time, he just wants to live his life steadily, but the world has kept him in dire straits.
Nowadays, Zhu Zhiwen, who was once famous, has slowly moved away from the camera. In addition to dealing with the troubles caused by the villagers around him, his daily life is to go to the fields to do farm work.
Now, he is in his fifties, and his health is getting worse. Some time ago, it was revealed that he was hospitalized due to illness. He also said that he would take good care of his health, quit the music scene, and return to a normal life.
Over the years, more and more people have paid attention to the story of Brother Dayi and the villagers. There have been more and more criticisms and accusations against the villagers, but the bullying and blood-sucking of Brother Dayi has never stopped.
No matter what Zhu Zhiwen has experienced over the years, he has always chosen kindness. But many people think that he should not be so at the mercy of others. Kindness should have bottom lines and principles. Compromising will only make others worse.
What do you think about this?
Zhu Zhiwen’s family
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