In early May this year, Guo Youcai, who was live broadcasting at Heze South Station in Shandong Province, broke out of the music industry with his song "Promise". He gained 12 million fans and became a top streamer on the Internet. On May 26, Guo Youcai ended his last live broadcast in Heze and began touring many provinces and cities across the country, from Jinan to Zhangjiajie and then to Wuhan... In 56 days, he, who was once questioned, showed a strong performance. Popularity: On the morning of the 19th, his Douyin account exceeded 16 million followers. On the afternoon of the 20th, the staff around Guo Youcai told the reporter of Upstream News (report email: [email protected]) that Guo Youcai thanked everyone for their recognition and support, "But his personality is relatively low-key. We plan to take a break these days and will be on the 26th." Live broadcasting resumed in Ganluo County, Sichuan. "
Within 40 days, he and Heze became popular together
At the end of May this year, the "Uncle of South Station" who rented the venue for Guo Youcai's live broadcast told upstream news reporters that on April 17, Guo Youcai went to South Station for the first time. Live broadcast in the square. "In the first three days of the live broadcast, there was not a single audience. On the fourth day, three women came. Then the number of people increased day by day, and people from local and other places came!"
In early May this year, Guo Youcai became popular at Shandong Heze South Station. . Internet map
According to statistics, before May 8, Guo Youcai’s live broadcast did not improve much, and his daily income was less than 300 yuan. However, starting from May 9, he officially started the crazy road of increasing fans. His fans and income skyrocketed, and more than 100,000 people came here every day to listen to Guo Youcai's singing. At the end of May, there was news that Guo Youcai was signed by a local MCN agency with a signing fee of up to 50 million yuan, but this news was later denied.
As Guo Youcai became popular, Heze South Station quickly became a huge traffic field. Anchors from all over the country flocked to it from all directions. Internet celebrities from all over the world gathered on stage. Some of them dressed up as Nezha, Sun Wukong, Jigong, and some performed performances. Fashion shows, hot dances, etc., the video of "Dancing with Demons" quickly attracted controversy. In addition, the noise nuisance and road congestion caused by a large number of anchors during live broadcasts also troubled teachers and students in surrounding schools and nearby residents. On May 16, some local netizens reported: "There is a school next to it. Children can hear singing and dancing during class, and the traffic is seriously jammed after school. Please change the live broadcast to a suitable location, and I implore the leaders to deal with it as soon as possible."
17th, Guo Youcai posted a video saying that in order to allow students taking the spring college entrance examination (admission examination for higher vocational education) to study calmly, the location of the live broadcast was moved from Heze South Station to Heze National Flower Expo Park. On the 26th, he ended his last live broadcast in Heze - during these 40 days, he not only made himself a major anchor with 12 million fans, but also made Heze South Station and the entire Heze popular among many netizens, A must-go place for anchors.In addition, Guo Youcai has also made Heze's tourism industry popular. From May 10 to 19, the official Douyin account of Heze Culture and Tourism continuously updated 11 videos related to Guo Youcai, and stated that Guo Youcai has been hired as "Heze City Culture Travel Recommendation Officer". In order to facilitate Guo Youcai and other anchors' live broadcast, the local area worked overtime to repair the road. China Mobile, China Unicom, and Telecom directly drove signal trucks to the South Station, and added network base stations on site. They also organized volunteer activities to provide mobile phone charging, Road guidance, providing meals, recommending Heze specialties...
56 days, singing from Jinan to Wuhan
html On June 1st, when Guo Youcai broadcast live again, the live broadcast venue had become a luxurious private villa in Jinan, Shandong. This villa is surrounded by mountains and rivers and has a beautiful environment. At that time, Guo Youcai explained in the live broadcast that this was a friend's private villa. It is worth mentioning that this is also the first time Guo Youcai left Heze after becoming popular.
On June 1st, Guo Youcai appeared in Jinan. The live broadcast location was a private villa. Network picture
Guo Youcai’s first stop for broadcasting out of the province was Fenghuang Ancient City in Xiangxi, Hunan, which is one of the top ten ancient cities in China. On June 20, Guo Youcai posted a video located in Fenghuang County, Xiangxi, Hunan, saying that he had the desire to set off. Guo Youcai said in the video: "I am Guo Youcai, a young man from Shandong. I have read thousands of books and traveled thousands of miles. Let me be your brother next door and your explorer for sightseeing in the mountains and rivers."
Next, Guo Youcai traveled to many cities and scenic spots: he first went to Zhangjiajie, Hunan, to participate in the 7th Hot Spring Splashing Carnival Season; then he moved to Mangshan Grand Canyon, Chenzhou, Hunan, to participate in the local rafting fireworks music festival; he went there in early July The Tianzhu Mountain Scenic Area in Anqing, Anhui Province, was invited to become the local "Cultural Tourism Recommendation Officer"; from July 16th to 19th, Guo Youcai appeared at the Huabohui Scenic Area in Wuhan, Hubei, and he broadcast live in Wuhan on July 19th. On the last day, he sang several classic old songs, such as "A Laugh in the Sea", "A Cut of Plum Blossoms", "A Confidante", etc., which attracted many citizens to watch. Mr. Fan, 72, comes to watch Guo Youcai's live broadcast every day. He feels that Guo Youcai is very down-to-earth. Angry. "Everyone has different feelings after listening to his singing. "
In addition to fans, there are still many small and medium-sized anchors who follow Guo Youcai to gain popularity - an anchor who came from Heze, Shandong Province said that there were probably more than 300 "war reporters" on the 19th, that is, anchors who followed Guo Youcai for live broadcasts. . Due to Guo Youcai’s continuous live broadcast, his fans have exceeded 100,000. Another anchor said that he is Guo Youcai’s hometown and has followed Guo Youcai to many places in Tianzhu Mountain and Sky City in Anhui. “As long as Guo Youcai does not stop broadcasting, No matter which scenic spot, there are hundreds of anchors live broadcasting him. "
Guo Youcai has appeared in Zhangjiajie, Anqing Tianzhu Mountain and other places. The online picture
has more than 16 million fans. He went to Sichuan on the 26th.
On July 18, the number of fans on Guo Youcai's Douyin account was 15.85 million. During the live broadcast on the morning of the 19th, the number of fans exceeded 16 million. 16 million. Guo Youcai expressed his gratitude in public, which also triggered a large number of netizens to leave messages and participate in the discussion. "Those who said it was only popular for two months are now slapped in the face." "It has increased to 16 million fans in less than three months. Who else has reached this speed?" Some netizens expressed regret: "If it hadn't been suspended for a period of time in Heze, it might have exceeded 20 million! "
Guo Youcai currently has more than 16 million fans on Douyin. Screenshot
Judging from the speed of his fan increase, Guo Youcai's momentum is indeed not as good as at the beginning - it only took 9 days to increase his fans from hundreds to 12 million, and from 12 million to 16 million. It took almost 2 months. But being able to reach 20 million fans is enough to show that Guo Youcai is still very popular.
Guo Youcai attracts hundreds of small and medium-sized anchors to come to the live broadcast on the evening of the 120th. Contacted the staff around Guo Youcai. Regarding the fact that the number of fans exceeded 16 million, this staff member said that Guo Youcai’s mentality has not changed much. “He is very grateful for everyone’s recognition and support, but his personality is relatively calm and there is no change in his mentality. Still relatively low-key. Now he is resting. After all, he is very tired from continuous live broadcasts, and the temperature is very high, which is too much for his body. "
According to reports, Guo Youcai and his team will go to Sichuan after a break and start live broadcast in Ganluo County on the 26th. "After coming out of Heze, we have been to many cities. We just finished the live broadcast in Wuhan on the 19th. Let’s take a break. On the 26th, we will go to Ganluo County and Daliang Mountain in Sichuan to live broadcast. There is a music festival there, but it is not clear how long we will stay there. This is also invited by the local cultural and tourism department. . "The staff member said, "Now the team is getting better and better. There are dedicated staff to handle business, and there are dedicated staff to be responsible for live broadcast and other things.”
Upstream News Reporter Jin Xin Intern Wen Shenghan
