Chinanews client, Beijing, February 28 (Reporter Ren Siyu) In Tieling, "the end of the universe", two comedy princesses were on fire, one is wind power princess Li Xueqin and the other is oil princess Zhang Daling.
On the stage of "Wonderful Flower 7", Zhang Daling, who has a big belly, appeared a bit special. In addition to being a debater, she also has several other identities-"Tieling Petroleum Princess", "Northeast Crown Prince", and four A short video blogger with more than one million fans.
"If you don't take injections or take medicine, sitting here is just chatting with you." How did this "oil princess" make her debut with her chattering?
Zhang stepped on the bell.
Photo courtesy of the interviewee.
Tieling jokesman who lives in London
The story has to start last year.
In March 2020, affected by the epidemic, Zhang Daling, who was studying for a PhD in London, could only stay at home. At this time, her husband Jamie developed symptoms of cough and fever, but no one was given a nucleic acid test, and the doctor only told them that there was something in the lungs. Infection, let them go home first.
She didn't dare to go out, the medical treatment was unsuccessful, the night was long and difficult, and the life and death ahead were uncertain. She decided to record her life in a short video.
Unlike other bloggers who have rich transitions, the video style of stepping on the bell is only one: pure chat.
The audience opened at a little bit and only listened to her dancing in front of the table, speaking in Northeast dialect about foreigners grabbing toilet paper, the adventures of having a baby in London, how the Northeast mother and the British nurse fought a few rounds for drinking hot water and ice water...
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He grew up in the black land of Northeast China where humor was important, and was deeply influenced by Zhao Benshan's sketches and Northeast Erren Zhuan. He stepped on the bell to tell all kinds of stories around him into jokes, and humorous rhymes came in handy——
Describes that foreign husbands are not accustomed to eating Sichuan copy hands: "The soup is quite white, the face is big, and the very flimsy love is stranded in the copy hands."
Describes that her husband has a mirage-like head shape: "His hair is like a girl's sentimental thoughts. It looks like there is, but it is very vague, very vain, and very difficult to capture."
The grandmother said that she was afraid that her child would catch a cold: "The wind from the ground to the wind blows through the house, and the wind kills your life; the cold wind and the hot air are air-conditioned and the wind is sick. Looking at the world with their eyes, they are not seeing business opportunities or human nature, not inexplicable fate, but convection. It’s convection, it’s endless convection."
There is another feature of storytelling by stepping on the bell. It loves to digress. A story can often extend into several tributaries. As netizens say, "Every title is not the main line, but the main line is in another title."
But such unfinished videos one after another make the audience addicted and want to stop like a sketch.
In less than a year, Zhang Daling has gained more than 4 million fans by chatting.
Chinese and Western culture collision
"Although I don't have an accurate positioning, my positioning is basically my life. As long as my life continues, the video will continue to talk about things around me."
Similar to many overseas bloggers, the early videos of stepping on the bell talked about a lot of daily life under the epidemic, but once her popularity soared, she also counted the videos of her Canadian mother-in-law. "I found out later that everyone is far more interested in the epidemic. They are not interested in me, my big fat wife, and his family. Their favorite people are my husband and my mother-in-law."
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In the small universe of chattering on the bell, the acquaintance between her and her husband Jamie is also full of drama.
When I was studying at Xiamen University, I was struggling to write in a classroom. I met Jamie, a Canadian student who participated in the English Corner. I remembered that I had a dream the night before. I met a Frenchman in my dream. Then she married him, and finally met a foreigner the next day, and somehow asked herself to eat.
"Later we both explained that he thought I was staying there to attract him, but I was actually doing homework." It is fate that Jamie really has a part of French origin.
Later, Zhang Daling and Jamie both went to study in the UK, and this cross-border love and the collision of Chinese and Western cultures also became an important source of inspiration for her short video creation.
Just their wedding in Tieling gave birth to many famous scenes:
Chinese weddings are always lively and ostentatious. The family who stepped on the bell rented 10 luxury cars on the wedding day, but most of the guests drove to the scene, so these 10 cars were used to pick up 10 friends from abroad.
A luxury car only picks up one person. The foreign friends who came to Tieling for the first time were stunned by the battle. Looking outside the car, there were still many married couples that day. The whole Tieling city was full of gongs and drums. They thought it was the whole city. They were all cheering on the bell to get married, and they all guessed: This is the daughter of a certain oil tycoon.
To this kind of misunderstanding, stepping on the bell didn't bother to explain, time and time again, the title of "Tieling Petroleum Princess" was completely confirmed.
Zhang stepped on the bell.
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Whether studying or creating short videos, Jamie is a supporter behind the bell.
It was the first time that I spit on my mother-in-law in the video when I stepped on the bell. My mother called her angrily. How could she face the world and say her mother-in-law? It’s so unfilial.
But in fact, she specifically asked Jamie before the video was recorded. He thought there was nothing wrong with him, and thought that the character in between was very interesting. Later, he stepped on the bell because the video soared 300,000 fans, and he was particularly happy.
In the short video, she gave her husband the nickname "big fat daughter-in-law" and figured out the meaning of this term in Northeast culture. Jamie felt that this was also in line with her personality:
"His biggest dream is to be nurtured. He feels that if his wife is particularly capable, then he is spoiled and treated as a favorite concubine. He thinks this is particularly good."
If I have a chance, I want to try
Stepping on the bell once said in a video: "The process of human growth is the process of others sticking labels to you, and you keep stalking down until you are satisfied with what you leave behind."
According to the past plan, she will apply for a postdoc in London, and then follow the expectations of her family to become a college teacher, with a decent job and a stable life.
She thought she would like this kind of life very much, but then she found that she couldn’t enjoy the long-term research, revision papers, and delving into one thing: "Academic circles are very good, but I found that I am not very comfortable with it. Like Mr. Liu Qing on ", I will stick to that path."
As soon as I received the Ph.D. admission notice, I stepped on the bell and ran back to Beijing with the dream of a screenwriter. In the end, I gave up because the salary was too low. "I have always yearned for this in my heart. Just let me express myself."
The short video allowed her to find a window to express herself, and the happiness brought by it also drove her to make more breakthrough attempts, such as flying back from London to participate in "The Wonderful Flower".
"It's not my decision to make short videos the main business, because I think it sounds romantic to grow old with the audience, but it's difficult to do, and everyone will always feel tired of you."
In "Wonderful Flowers", Ma Dong asked her why she insisted on participating in the show while pregnant. Zhang Daling boldly admitted that it was for her own sake, hoping to get the opportunity to collide with others' opinions, "I don't want to live like that kind of bitter woman. , I let him soak in the amniotic fluid of logic, wisdom, and debate."
Zhang stepped on the bell.
Photo courtesy of the interviewee.
As soon as she entered the arena, she was a little unaccustomed to speaking frankly. Everyone in the audience was trying to express herself. If she could speak for half a minute, she could speak for half a minute, but the director asked to step on the bell for 4 minutes, so she was ready for 4 minutes. Did not prepare for a second.
Compared with making videos, the pace of debate is faster, the intensity is higher, and the output is more dense. She has to face surprise attacks and free debates, and sometimes the views she draws are not her real ideas. Stepping on the bell and frankly, this is a huge challenge for her. , But also enjoy it at the same time.
Embarking on the big stage of debate also means accepting more public opinion feedback.
In the issue of "Should Independent Women Receive the Betrothal Gifts", some of the views of stepping on the bell caused controversy in the barrage area and the comment area. Everyone comforted her to look open. Black and red are also a kind of red, but she found that the players who advised her We can't ignore the comments at all.
"I think now, I don't have to adapt. As long as I express my opinions, I may not be able to avoid this from happening. So if I completely adapt to the emotions of netizens, my output of opinions may be much weaker."
The first argument of this season of "Wonderful Flowers" is "Are you willing to restart 2020 with one click?"
In 2020 when she became a short video creator, many changes have taken place in the life of stepping on the bell. During the Spring Festival, she cried when she watched "Hello, Li Huanying". After returning to China alone, apart from preparing for the competition, she often missed her children. status.
Affected by the epidemic, her husband, Jamie, faced unemployment some time ago. Although the video said “in ah in control” while stepping on the bell, her life was not “in control” during that time. The short video platform went to Weibo to leave a message, and gave her a similar experience and solutions in private messages.
For the future, neither Ting Ling nor the big fat wife want to think too far.
"My husband and I are unwilling to spend too much time thinking about what was done right or wrong in the past, or plan every step in the future very accurately. We all take one step at a time, and if we go wrong. If it’s done, it’s wrong, and there is still time to revise it.”
"Although I find that the debate is not so suitable for me now, but I can try various ways of expressing myself, at least it can bring some freshness to the audience."
I don’t want to rest for too long after stepping on the bell. When the baby’s body is fine, she will continue to look for opportunities: “In the future, if there are new variety shows and expressions that I can try, I will try. If I have the opportunity to participate in a talk show, I will also participate. I hope that in addition to short videos, I will always be able to output in other ways." (End)