"Everyone has fifteen minutes to show themselves" is particularly appropriate in today's magical era. In this era, we have witnessed countless ordinary people becoming Internet celebrities by chance, or even becoming popular overnight and directly counterattacking to become "winners in life."
And some people are always unreasonably angry.
Whether you take the initiative to learn about it or you are forced to know it, I believe you have seen this man countless times in the past few days:
At first, when people saw this man in their circle of friends, no one knew what was going on.
However, as more and more people began to repost this man, and he squeezed into most people's mobile phone screens without making any sense, the matter began to become intriguing.
As digital technology continues to spread, every ordinary person has enjoyed the fun brought by technology. Making a short video to share your daily life has become a hassle-free thing.
Before this, everything was necessary to shoot a video that was worthy of "online publishing" - makeup, lighting, scenery, camera scheduling and post-production. Not only that, after the filming is completed, how to let more people see this video and how to promote it is also a headache.
But now, with the rise of various simple editing software and short video platforms, the number of users continues to increase, and ordinary people and professional "video bloggers" are standing on the same starting line.
All these changes have allowed everyone to successfully enter this magical era. At the same time, every ordinary person is eligible to participate in the drawing of the ultimate prize of this era-"overnight explosion".
Our protagonist, Wen Huijun, is obviously a "scheming" ordinary person - he operates three accounts with completely different styles at the same time, which also means that his chance of winning the jackpot is much higher than that of other ordinary people.
During the day, Wen Huijun transformed into "Li Anwen" and engaged in his own job - an ordinary driving test instructor. It is very similar to other coaches’ Douyin accounts. The videos they share daily are also about driving test knowledge, test room anecdotes and test techniques.
If I have to say something different, it might be that "Li Anwen"'s nature of liking to perform is really hard to suppress, which makes the videos he shoots really more durable and better-looking than others.
Moreover, there is a special fixed NPC appearing in the video of "Li'anwen".
In a certain subject two exam, as a gold medal coach with a pass rate of 90%, "Li Anwen" took nine students to participate, and the last eight passed. But "Li Anwen" didn't know whether he should be happy or sad, because the only student who failed was his biological son.
Maybe he himself didn't understand why he had worked so hard to earn some tuition fees for other students at the driving school, but before it was warm enough to put it in his pocket, he switched his left hand to his right hand to help his son pay the supplementary exam fee.
"Li Anwen"'s son is still a weak child that makes his old father worried.
Not only did he fail the driving school, but his grades when he returned to school were not outstanding. Even if he is in a not-so-prominent university, he still needs "Li'anwen" to help him pay the re-examination fee for the subjects he failed...and this has also led to "Li'anwen" often posting videos complaining about his "trash son".
From this point of view, "Li Anwen" is still a driving school instructor who is worried about his son.
Putting aside the videos that use his son as material, "Li Anwen" can definitely be regarded as a middle-aged man with a sense of humor and comedy. He often makes some exaggerated facial expressions in the videos and tells anecdotes and embarrassing things he encountered today in a humorous tone, which also makes the video look more joyful.
"Driving School Jim Carrey" - Gift from netizens
By noon, "Wen Shen" was Wen Huijun's second lottery ticket.
No one may have guessed that after putting aside his job as a coach and taking off his coaching uniform, Wen Huijun transformed into "Wen Shen", and he was also a handsome middle-aged man who "#23岁#like热热#likes abstraction".
After leaving the driving school that made the "unruly son" fail his exams and steal his own account balance, "Wen Shen" became enthusiastic and unrestrained in his attitude towards everything.
"Big Yangko", "Chinese Glass", whatever popular "Wen Shen" dances; "Waving Flower Hands", "Subject Three", whatever abstract "Wen Shen" they perform.
In the light-hearted and funny videos, Internet celebrity dances have become a second way for "Wen Shen" to show themselves and spread happiness.
When night came, Wen Huijun ended his daily work and video dancing, took off all disguises, gave up all nicknames, and became his original self - "Wen Huijun", and also took out his third lottery ticket.
three identities
The straightforward and sad words, combined with the affectionate gaze under the street lamp, probably no one would have imagined that Wen Huijun, who was still laughing and joking during the day, would show the affectionate expression of a mature man at night, giving people a sense of alienation in the middle age of literature and art.
Perhaps, deep in Wen Huijun's heart, there is an aunt that he has never forgotten for decades.
Wen Huijun’s sad non-mainstream QQ space personalized signature, cut off and kept for himself
In this way, Wen Huijun used three identities and three accounts to divide his day into three equal parts, and successfully made the right bet.
But this doesn't seem to be the same as the middle-aged man that people remember.
In popular impression, ordinary middle-aged men should be paranoid and rigid, resistant to all new things, do not understand the thoughts of young people, and just want to stay in their comfort zone.
In other words, there should be an insurmountable generation gap between ordinary middle-aged people and ordinary young people living today.
But it is difficult to find similar labels for Wen Huijun. He is obviously the age of those born in the 1970s when he knew his destiny, but he has the cynical mentality of the 2000s generation.
Therefore, Wen Huijun, an ordinary middle-aged man who has penetrated into the hearts of young people and understands their preferences, has naturally become a highly sought-after "cream student".
On the second night after "it became popular overnight", Wen Huijun and his son clicked on their own live broadcast.
In front of the camera, there is no evil charm, EMO and abstraction in the past videos. What is left to the audience is an ordinary middle-aged man constantly thanking netizens for their gifts, and the smile on his lips that is really hard to suppress.
After the live broadcast, some netizens who watched the whole process counted that Wen Huijun received 6,000 carnival coins, equivalent to 8.4 million yuan. Obviously, the grand prize of "getting famous overnight and getting rich overnight" fell on Wen Huijun.
Wen Huijun also suddenly changed from an "ordinary person" to an "ordinary Internet celebrity".
This is also the most amazing place of this era.
In today's fast-paced world, ordinary people take advantage of the convenience of the platform to create short videos of their own lives and show them to everyone, and then they have the right to become popular overnight.
Regardless of whether you occasionally take videos to record your ordinary life, what you must know is that we are now in an era where "ordinary people are closest to becoming famous and popular."
And Wen Huijun is not the first "ordinary Internet celebrity".
Going a little further, a young man named Yu Wenliang on Douyin is already wearing the "ordinary Internet celebrity" crown presented to him by other ordinary people.
Also overnight, Yu Wenliang set off a new wave named after him on the Internet. All ordinary people regard him as "everyone's spiritual leader."
The reason why this slovenly and not-so-handsome guy became famous overnight is also very simple - "He is very ordinary." Yes, Yu Wenliang is indeed very ordinary... at least, this is how he behaves to everyone:
Moreover, Yu Wenliang's videos basically never edit, pay attention to camera movements, and have no professionally designed service. They are just a simple video, and then record the "good life" that he thinks is most worth recording.
Perhaps this is the attitude towards life that ordinary people want to express most, and Yu Wenliang is the most authentic one among ordinary people.
As a result, other ordinary people praised Yu Wenliang as an "ordinary Internet celebrity".
It is worth mentioning that Yu Wenliang’s appearance even caused Douyin to launch a hot list only for “ordinary people” – “Be bold, you don’t have that many viewers.”
But it is a pity that the "Yu Wenliang Spirit" that Yu Wenliang brought to ordinary people came and went quickly. After creating the miracle of "three million followers in one month", Yu Wenliang started his first live broadcast. However, he violently said during the live broadcast, "Start a live broadcast and collect some money with everyone."
When "ordinary Internet celebrities" say things that ordinary people cannot accept. He was completely expelled from the ranks of "ordinary people".
Soon, Yu Wenliang became an outcast among ordinary people. He created a miracle of gaining three million followers in a month, and also created a miracle of losing one million followers overnight.
Even though he released an apology video yesterday, he is obviously not as "ordinary" as Wen Huijun now.
So, what about Wen Huijun? After earning 8.4 million from a live broadcast, can he still be considered "just an ordinary person with more fans" as he said?
It is worth mentioning that Wen Huijun's explosive sentence: "I went to see the snow for you when you broke the promise" should now be changed to "I went to pick up the Rolls-Royce for you when you broke the promise."
Of course, the picture belongs to netizen P and is just used as a joke.
But it is foreseeable that Wen Huijun already has the strength to buy a Rolls-Royce. So...is he still considered an ordinary person at this time?
If you think about it carefully, there is an insurmountable gap between "ordinary people" and "Internet celebrities".
Once ordinary people become Internet celebrities, the social status of both parties has changed irresistibly. Internet celebrities must also accept the scrutiny and criticism of the public. They must think twice about their words and deeds. If they are not careful, they will be doomed.
But these hidden dangers have not stopped the next “ordinary person” from wanting to become an “ordinary Internet celebrity.”
Moreover, the biggest difference from the popular Internet celebrities in the past is that Wen Huijun and Yu Wenliang did not show a glamorous side that is difficult for ordinary people to touch. Whether it is the content of the video or the appearance of the entire person, they are indeed just like ordinary neighbors or ordinary friends around people.
This also gives other “ordinary people” hope of “winning the big prize”.
The data and algorithms behind all this are wandering around like lonely ghosts, looking for the next mortal body that ordinary people are interested in, and then giving them the qualifications for all ordinary people to see.
There are fewer and fewer "ordinary people", and "ordinary people" are becoming popular one after another.
So, yesterday it was Yu Wenliang, today it is Wen Huijun, who is next?
Obviously, every ordinary person hopes to be next.