Recently, news that "Yu Yifan from the Admissions Office of Peking University took the initiative to contact the Internet celebrity "Guo Youcai" and decided to admit him to Peking University for further study" was circulated on the Internet.
At the same time, there are many words on the Internet such as "Famous universities are eager for quick success", "Peking University also wants to take advantage of the traffic of Internet celebrities", "As long as you become an Internet celebrity, you can enter Peking University, a first-class university", "Peking University will add Internet celebrity majors?" etc. Questioning the voice of Peking University.
According to The Paper, on the evening of May 18, reporters learned from the Propaganda Department of the Party Committee of Peking University: Peking University has conducted verification and found that "Yu Yifan" is not a faculty member of the school, let alone an "admissions teacher." Peking University has not contacted "Guo Youcai" ". It is false news that Peking University’s “admissions teacher” made an exception and admitted Internet celebrity “Guo Youcai”. Guo Youcai, formerly known as Guo Zhuang, was born in Heze, Shandong in 1999. He is a short video creator. He became popular after singing a cover of "Promise" at Heze South Railway Station. As of press time, the number of fans of "Guo Youcai"'s platform account has exceeded 8.85 million. On May 17, 2024, he was hired as the recommendation officer of Heze Cultural Tourism.
Comprehensive from The Paper News, Yangtze River Cloud News
(Source: Red Star News)
