Chinanews client, Beijing, July 12 (Reporter Ren Siyu) "Only when I am on the road do I feel like a father." In 2015, the movie "Lost Orphans" starring Andy Lau was released, and many viewers knew about Guo Gangtang's search for children for many years. s story.
In 1997, two and a half years old Guo Zhen was abducted.
Over the years, in search of his son, Guo Gangtang has ridden more than 500,000 kilometers, ran 31 provinces, and scrapped 10 motorcycles.
It is gratifying that in the 6th year of the film's release, he finally waited for good news.
On July 11, the media confirmed from Guo Gangtang, the prototype of "Lost Orphans", that he had learned of the whereabouts of his son Guo Zhen and successfully compared with his son's DNA.
It is reported that Guo Zhen was in Henan and the case was jointly solved by the police in Shandong and Henan. Information about the incident will be released on the 13th.
Data map: Guo Gangtang.
Source: CFP Vision China
Long way to find children
On September 21, 1997, Guo Gangtang’s two-and-a-half-year-old son Guo Zhen was abducted in Litaitun Village, Liaocheng, Shandong.
That day, Guo Gangtang went out and went home. He suddenly looked at the hundreds of people around his house. He felt a little bit of a heart. A cousin told him, "Xiao Liu (Guo Zhen's nickname) was stolen by a trafficker."
The news was like a bolt from the blue. Guo Gangtang knelt down for the villagers and begged them to help find the children, but everyone was looking for them at various intersections and stations, but there was no news.
Source: Video screenshot.
Because of her deep self-blame, Guo Gangtang’s wife didn’t eat or drink. She cried with her baby’s clothes every day. She took off her face for a few days. Whenever someone came to the house, she kept kowtow and repeated: "Help me! Help me. Get the child back!"
Within a month, Guo Gangtang's weight dropped from 159 jin to over 110 jin, and he quickly turned white at the age of 27.
Later, Guo Gangtang decided to go out alone to find a son. He rode a motorcycle to the village and lived in cemeteries and roads. He traveled all over the provinces except Xinjiang and Tibet. In some places, he even ran more than once and was scrapped. Motorcycle.
Data map: Guo Gangtang.
Source: CFP Vision China
Before that, Guo Gangtang drove a tractor to run transportation and lived in the village as a good life. He firmly believed that he would make his wife and children happy, but from the moment the child was abducted, he could never go back to his original life.
Once, he did not notify his wife in advance to go home quietly, but saw this scene: a bowl of porridge was placed on the pot table, and his wife who had been pregnant for seven or eight months was eating steamed buns with soy sauce.
When he was poorest, Guo Gangtang had only 1.5 cents in his pocket. He didn't eat the night before and the next morning. He couldn't even refuel his motorcycle.
Data map: Guo Gangtang.
Photo by Wei Peng, China News Agency
On the way to find a child, hope and disappointment alternated. Guo Gangtang had witnessed many car accidents and had thoughts of committing suicide.
Once encountered a torrential rain in Dabie Mountain, Guo Gangtang was pushing his motorcycle forward. Suddenly, he slipped and fell, lying on a stone slab, his left foot had already stepped on the edge of the cliff.
At that moment, he really wanted to jump down: if he jumped down, there might be nothing, but everything might be fine.
But perhaps it was destined that the flag behind the motorcycle was blown by the wind and rain. He saw his son's photo facing him, as if he was tilting his head and saying, "Dad, didn't Xiao Liu also accompany you in the rain?"
He wiped his face and helped the motorcycle up again.
Data map: Photo of Guo Zhen.
Source: CFP Vision China
The movie "Lonely" comes from his story
In 2015, the movie "Lost Orphans" was released. Andy Lau played a farmer riding a motorcycle looking for his son. He changed his old image, his clothes were shabby, his beard was shabby, and he was full of vicissitudes.
Andy Lau's character prototype is Guo Gangtang, and most of the plot in the film comes from his real experience: encountering a car accident, being bullied, sleeping in a bridge hole, and encountering many kind people's help along the way.
Source: Stills from the movie "Lost Orphans".
Guo Gangtang remembered that once he was riding a bike in the dark, but the lights of his car were broken, but I don't know when a car has been following him. He is also fast when he is driving fast, and he is slow when he is slow.
He thought to himself that he didn't have much money anyway, so he got out of the car and asked, but the other party said, "I think you are looking for a child, and I want to take a picture of you in the back."
"Whenever I want to give up, I feel that the light in my heart makes me shine. I have no reason to stop, and I can't stop." Guo Gangtang said.
Source: Video screenshot.
Andy Lau said, "It is my duty to be able to appear in the work of'Anti-Child Trafficking'." He hopes that everyone can focus more on the meaning of this drama, "As long as this drama can affect a human trafficker, one less crime will be committed. , I think it’s worth it.”
In the movie, a line is very impressive, "It has been 15 years. Only when I am on the road do I feel that I am a father." And this is basically what Guo Gangtang said to director Peng Sanyuan.
There are two results when looking for a child, Guo Gangtang said, but if you don't look for it yourself, you may not be able to see your child for the rest of your life.
"Hope there is no abduction in the world"
In recent years, Guo Gangtang has no longer cycled to find children. With the help of the Internet, he built the Tianya Family-Finder Volunteer Association and established the Liaocheng Tianya Family-Finder Volunteer Association to help many people realize their dreams of family-seeking.
In an interview with the media, he said: "In these years, many people will say that I am a great father and will raise me very high. But I am not great at all, I am helpless, and I lack the need to start my life immediately after the ordeal. That’s why I have the experience of those years."
He is very afraid that others will define the process of finding a child as "warmness". On the way to find relatives and help others find relatives, he has seen too much cruelty and reality. Warmth is only the part that people are most willing to believe.
In 2015, Guo Gangtang, who has been looking for relatives for 18 years, wrote: "Dad helped so many'Guo Zhen' to go home along the way, why didn't I meet you... I beg God to do well and not let me find a child again." Up to 20 years, 21 years..."
Source: Screenshot of Guo Gangtang's Weibo.
In February of this year, Guo Gangtang opened a short video account, and while posting a video looking for his son Guo Zhen, he helped many bereaved families reunite:
"I went all the way and thought about it all the way. I compiled a lot of popular science knowledge on anti-abduction and child safety to share with everyone. I hope there is no abduction in the world, and thousands of families will reunite."
On February 28th, he came to the stall of the popular "Brother Ramen" and raised the flag and poster. Because Guo Zhen is the most likely to be in Shandong, he hoped to "snap up" a publicity. In order to help Guo Gangtang, "Brother Ramen" "Recorded a short video to ask the netizens for help.
Source: Video screenshot.
The story of Guo Gangtang's riding and finding a child was once again noticed by people. He received a lot of clues, but unfortunately no one matched it successfully.
In mid-May, Guo Gangtang issued a note about suspending the live broadcast, stating that he had received too much suspicious information recently, so he needed to sort out the relevant information and did not have the energy to continue the live broadcast every night.
Now, from the age of 27 to 51, Guo Gangtang can finally end his long journey of finding a child.
Source: Screenshot of Guo Gangtang Toutiaohao.
According to reports, Guo Gangtang said that there are still many details in the case, and he is temporarily inconvenient to accept interviews.
It only revealed that the child is very well and will arrive in Beijing on Tuesday to admit his relatives.
On July 11, Guo Gangtang updated a post on social platforms: "Today is very important to me." (End)