Poster News Reporter Zhu Xiaochong reports
Recently, the song "Promise" sung by Guo Youcai, a young man from Heze, Shandong Province, has attracted a lot of attention, and he himself has become a phenomenon-level Internet celebrity. As of press time, the number of followers of his personal account on the Douyin platform has soared from 190,000 to 4.571 million in just 5 days, and Heze South Station, where he often broadcasts live, has become the most popular place to check in.
Guo Youcai’s Douyin account has 4.571 million followers
Who is “Guo Youcai”?
"My real name is Guo Zhuang, with the word Zhongdao and the nickname Youcai. Even though I have the word 'Zhuang' in my name, I am actually quite thin." On May 11, in an interview with a reporter from Poster News At the beginning, Guo Youcai introduced himself in a humorous tone.
Guo Youcai was interviewed by a poster news reporter
Guo Youcai was born in a rural area and loved singing since he was a child. His mother left him when he was 10 years old and his father started a new family. For Guo Youcai, he started working hard on his own at a young age. On the road to growth, he learned electric vehicle maintenance, worked as a bath center waiter, and worked as a real estate salesperson... At the same time, he also experienced two entrepreneurial failures. The first time he used his savings to open a restaurant, but he failed. It went bankrupt soon; the second time he opened a barbecue stall, it failed again due to various reasons.
The dissatisfaction in life did not erase his dream of singing, but instead became clearer. By chance, Guo Youcai spent 6 yuan to buy a singing tutorial online. Whenever he had time, he practiced alone, hoping to share his experiences and feelings with everyone through singing. As "The Promise" re-sung by Guo Youcai became a hit on the Internet, he used his deep and deep voice to sing about the sadness and difficulty of his journey along the way. With the yellowing background picture, it resonated with countless netizens. "There is no technique, it's all about emotion. Guo Youcai's "Promise" is too over the top!" Guo Youcai originally just wanted to reap a ray of spring breeze, but netizens gave him a whole spring.
"Singing is a dream, running a barbecue stall is life"
In addition to being an Internet celebrity, Guo Youcai also runs a barbecue stall with his lover. In his words, singing every morning is his dream, and running a barbecue every night The stall is his life. Due to its popularity on the Internet platform, every night when Guo Youcai sells his barbecue stall, he will "encounter" with the army of Internet celebrities again. People held their mobile phones and gathered in front of the barbecue stall to take pictures, while Guo Youcai grilled skewers silently and took photos with netizens from time to time to say hello.
Guo Youcai runs a barbecue stall
Guo Youcai said that the person he wants to thank the most after becoming popular is actually his lover Su Chang. From the beginning, there were only a few people in the live broadcast room to now hundreds of thousands of people listening to his singing. They are his lovers. Su Chang has always been by his side no matter what, and the two set up a stall to sell barbecue together, giving him a lot of encouragement on the way from nothing to something. "A good wife helped me reach my peak, and I will repay the good wife ten thousand taels of gold." When talking about his gratitude to his wife, Guo Youcai expressed his love for his wife to reporters with a popular saying on the Internet.
When asked whether the barbecue stall will continue to operate, Guo Zhuang replied without hesitation: "Of course we will. We have been in business for 5 years and will continue to do so. There are still many old customers waiting to eat. I’m making barbecue.” Although he is now a phenomenal anchor and Internet celebrity, Guo Youcai still retains the simplicity and authenticity unique to Shandong people. When talking about his next plan, Guo Youcai said that he will be down-to-earth and sing well. , sing more classic songs to netizens who like him, and at the same time actively promote his hometown and let more people know about the city of Heze, the capital of peony.
Guo Youcai became popular, and it was inevitable
As of May 15, the number of fans of "Guo Youcai"'s Douyin platform account has reached 4.571 million, and the number of likes for his representative work "Promise" has reached 1.601 million, and these numbers, Still growing at an astonishing rate. When an Internet celebrity emerges, there may be many accidental factors, but if it can attract the attention and discussion of many netizens, there must be many inevitabilities in the accident.
First of all, it is Guo Youcai’s rough childhood experience. Although he lost his mother at a young age and grew up in a single-parent family, he did not follow the crowd. Instead, he was optimistic, willing to sweat and work hard, and step by step he got to where he is today. His singing and singing may not have many skills to speak of, but they can resonate with netizens born in the 80s, 90s and even 70s. Guo Youcai’s struggle experience is not the epitome of the down-to-earth, hard-working and enterprising young people today. Such young people How could it not be noticed and loved by netizens?
Guo Youcai who is live broadcasting
Secondly, Guo Youcai’s retro outfit and the yellowing filter in the video screen bring the sense of age closer. It is understood that the place where Guo Youcai broadcast live is Heze South Station, which was built in the late 1970s. The first train that entered Heze in 1980 once excited the people of the old district. It was once the place where many Heze people dreamed of setting sail. Witness It has enabled countless people to embark on a green journey to study and work. Although Heze has already entered the "high-speed rail era" and Heze South Station has withdrawn from the passenger transport stage, as a symbol of the city's memory, it can still inspire people's memories of the past and feelings about the city's vigorous growth.
In Guo Youcai, many netizens saw the shadow of "Brother Da Yi", "Xu Ri Yang Gang" and even Wang Baoqiang. They all stood out from ordinary people, and their lives before becoming famous were the same as ordinary people. Their fame undoubtedly proves No matter what your background is, as long as you have sunshine in your heart and perseverance, your "grassroots" will eventually shine.
