On February 20, Yang Haiqin, a social media actor in Lanzhou, played the role of a "demon woman" in a performance. He was poured a large amount of liquor by the audience and died suddenly.
He has nearly one million fans on the short video platform, so various news reports on the matter refer to him by his online name "Yang Laoer".
Less than a week after Yang Haiqin’s death, his wife started using his account to live stream her goods.
His brother Yang Hailong, who used to work with him, also sent a short video to support him - he probably knew that doing business during the mourning period would cause controversy, and with a bit of hostility towards the audience, the theme of this live broadcast was "Second Brother's Heart" It’s appropriate to give it to you after making the account.” Then, Yang Haiqin’s wife kept crying during the live broadcast and introduced the product at the same time.
Yang Haiqin’s wife has been live broadcasting for several days, and the comments below are rolling: "(The account) should be maintained, but in this crisis, you bring the goods too fast." "I see you are not sad at all, you are always on Douyin ." There are also some more unpleasant words. In response, Yang Haiqin's wife posted another crying video, saying that the commenters were "adding salt to the wound."
Last year, Huang Zhongyuan, an "Internet celebrity" who lived in rural Sanmenxia, Henan, drank too much during a live broadcast and died in the "live broadcast room" at home. Facing the visiting reporters, his wife confessed that she didn’t like her husband drinking live on the air. Many people in the same village confirmed that the Huang family was very opposed to Huang Zhongyuan's livelihood. But the wife started broadcasting where she was a few days after the incident. It was particularly heart-wrenching and sad to see. Faced with the reward, she clasped her hands together and said repeatedly without emotion or tone: "Thank you for your support."
With the advent of the information society, there has never been a better time than now. Lots of self-revelation. Nowadays, there are not only variety shows that are broadcast for several hours, but also live broadcasts of similar length. It is really difficult for people’s interests to upgrade with technological upgrades. Pessimistically, maybe algorithms will drive us to keep looking at each other in the future.
For a while, there was a popular concept among young people called "business". Not only acting is considered "business", but all kinds of work that require contact, communication, and courtesy are all considered "business". Different from the superb performance of the hypocrite Yue Buqun in martial arts novels, many people take the initiative to tell others that they are "open for business" today in the hope that the other party will realize that this is also a kind of labor and dedication - sociology and psychology have discovered that people outside It only takes a hundred or two hundred years to wear a social mask, but modern people can point to their own faces and say: "Look, this is my mask, does it look good?"
Wearing a mask must attract attention. This is natural, and even now, it is the livelihood of a considerable number of people. It's just that some masks can't be taken off after being put on, and they become shackles. Even if it matches his original personality at first, it no longer matches his personality after some time. What was originally just a show off gradually turned into a show. Not to mention encountering life and death.
Some "Internet celebrities" need supporting actors to shoot their works, especially life bloggers in rural areas. The first people to perform together are often their family members.
For a while, the social media account I used to contact interview subjects introduced myself: “This is my work persona.” You and I are in the same mold as those “influencers” and their families.
I often think that perhaps this continuous performance is like an unsuccessful cross-stitch work. As long as one thread is loose, this social atmosphere of excessive performance will gradually end. But unfortunately, the wives of these deceased "Internet celebrities" may hang on for a long time because they do still have to support their families.
