Positive internet celebrity (5): Become famous overnight

The video that made Si Qi famous overnight was originally posted online by this classmate.

The video description stated that the fight between the two groups of students was a pure misunderstanding, but in reality, netizens who watched the video had no time to care about the story behind it. Without exception, they were all shocked and excited by the figure of Si Qi dancing with the sword in the video.

Those netizens who clicked on the video because of the title initially just wanted to watch the fun.

However, at the beginning, a boy in school uniform with a youthful look was seen flying across the sky with a black umbrella, easily flying over the heads of several classmates, and landing steadily in the center of the crowd.

The melon seeds and cola in the netizens’ hands fell to the ground with a crackling sound.

All they could hear was the soul-stirring and blood-boiling BGM in the video, they watched the young man swinging his sword across the sky, cutting through the leaves with the tip of his umbrella, and doing a back kick to shake off the figures of each person, killing everyone in ten seconds.

The audience was collectively stunned.

What kind of martial arts master was this hiding in the world? !

It was so handsome!!!

[Oh my god, the cuts on the leaves are so neat, could this be the legendary sword energy?!]

[How can I explain to foreigners that not all Chinese people know Kung Fu]

[I may be the only one in China who doesn’t know martial arts]

[High energy ahead!!!]

[I’ve told you so many times, don’t mess with people holding black umbrellas]

[Oh my god, that last move is so cool]

[I calculated that the whole fight took twelve seconds in total, and he defeated seven people. At the end, he spent two seconds throwing the umbrella and posing. I was also impressed.]

[So elegant and handsome, my legs were so weak that I couldn’t walk anymore, I needed my brother to help me get up]

[It turns out that kicking someone several meters away in the movie is real! ]

[Within three minutes, I want all his information! ]

The short video of just over ten seconds was looped three times, slowed down and then put into the same video, making it a one-minute short video.

No one chose to quit halfway because of repetitive content. The heated discussion continued from the beginning to the end, and even the slow-motion replay at the end was not missed.

Because the slower the video was played, the more clearly the audience could feel the boy’s strength, and realize that he was actually holding back from beginning to end.

Even when a conflict broke out between the two sides, the boy who was being attacked unilaterally was always careful to use the least amount of force to drive away the classmates who tried to attack him.

Especially the spinning kick. Those who know the subject know that the boy’s starting action was very standard, without any deformation in the middle of the move. If you kick someone like that, it’s not an exaggeration to say that a few ribs are broken, not to mention that the kick was aimed at the opponent’s head.

But the boy just tapped the other person’s cheek with his toes and kicked him away. The man got up normally not long after.

What does this mean?

This shows that the boy never considered hurting the other party from the beginning to the end. He was just trying to stop the group of people from rushing forward and committing violence!

That kind of domineering yet gentle feeling really won over a lot of people.

Someone followed the clues and learned the boy’s name through the leaked live video.

——Si Qi!

The number 47 spread naturally, and soon domestic netizens uploaded the video to international platforms.

Nowadays, singing and dancing are nothing new, and there are a lot of handsome men and beautiful women on the Internet.

Campus conflicts, traditional martial arts, and young heroes, these more unique current hot topics are more likely to attract everyone’s attention.

Not to mention that people abroad have a much crazier and more passionate love for these cool contents than the people in China.

They admire heroes and love the use of force, especially events like this where a small number of troops defeat a larger number of troops and full of personal heroism, which can best arouse their deepest pursuit and desire!

They could not read Chinese, but Arabic numerals were universally used. The number 47 was firmly memorized in their minds in the blink of an eye. The half fallen leaf, the leap, the crisp spinning back kick, and the magical Chinese Kung Fu were all deeply engraved in everyone’s mind.

Almost overnight, the video became more and more popular, like a landslide or tsunami, and was quickly sent to the hot searches abroad by countless netizens. The keyword of the hot search was #kongfu47#

After a whole night of fermentation, the video remained at the top of the trending search list and was seen by more and more people around the world.

Many video websites and even news media reported this short video. It seemed that overnight, the news that the boy fought with a group of students to save his bullied classmates and displayed Chinese Kung Fu spread all over the world.

The anchor attended classes at school for a whole day. After class, he took out his mobile phone and wanted to start live streaming out of habit. However, he found that the video he uploaded yesterday had been viewed over 10 million times in China and had the same number of hits on international video websites. He was so excited that he jumped up with his mobile phone in his arms!

He couldn’t wait to find the person involved, Si Qi, and asked if he could do a live broadcast with him today.

Si Qi watched the video playback on the screen and saw that there were as many as 200,000 people watching online. He then looked at the screen and saw nothing but crazy praise for him. He laughed so hard that his eyes almost couldn’t see.

The anchor asked: “Everyone wants to see you, can you live stream with me?”

Si Qi nodded readily and said generously: “No problem~”

The host’s face flushed with excitement, and he quickly turned on the live broadcast, stood next to Si Qi, and started to take advantage of the popularity!

However, within one night, his number of fans exceeded 500,000, and there was no sign of stopping until now.

He must seize this opportunity and must not miss it!

Si Qi blinked and watched the number of viewers soaring straight up and filling up the entire screen in an instant. He was not frightened by the enthusiastic netizens from all over the world. Instead, he moved closer to the camera, fixed his hairstyle in front of the screen, and said with a smile: “Hello, I am still as handsome as ever today!”

[Ahhh, I can’t handle this gorgeous beauty!!]

[474747474747!!!]

[Is the little brother in a relationship? Do you want to consider online dating~~]

Si Qi had traveled through so many worlds that he was more natural facing the camera than facing the camera at home.

He calmly answered the questions on the screen, speaking in a teasing, humorous and intimate manner, as if he was talking to his good friend, without any sense of distance.

He was not too precocious, making people think that he was scheming, nor was he too childish, making people subconsciously look down on him.

It was exactly like the best performance a young man of this age should have, with just the right scale.

While making people feel good about it, they also unconsciously wanted to get closer to it.

Many netizens were initially attracted by the boy’s abilities and looks and wanted to come and watch the fun.

However, after meeting the boy face to face, they realized that what really attracted them to him was his conversation and temperament. It was like a cool breeze blowing towards them in the summer, refreshing and friendly.

Before they knew it, they remembered the boy’s name and became his fan.

It just so happens that Si Qi has been to so many parts of the world and seen so many landscapes. Not only was he good-looking, but he also had a lot of knowledge in his stomach. He was like a jar of fine wine, which becomes more fragrant the more you taste it.

As long as he was given the right opportunity, it seemed to be a normal thing to fall in love with him and become more and more obsessed with him.

Si Qi was happily chatting with netizens on the other side of the screen, and a group of cheeky friends came over. The big head squeezed into the screen and said with a chuckle: “You are live streaming? Wow! So many people! Hi everyone, my name is Yang Guang, and I am Si Qi’s good friend! I can tell you everything you want to know about him~ Come and get to know me!”

“Hello everyone, my name is Zhou Sisi – Hey Yang Guang, climb farther away from me! Don’t block me from the camera!”

“Hey, give me some space too! I want to be on TV too!”

“What? Is this live broadcasting?”

More and more people came over and joked with Si Qi. All netizens could clearly see through the screen that the boy was very popular in school, cheerful and humorous, and could chat with anyone.

This was definitely not an image he created in front of the camera, he was definitely this friendly and approachable in his daily life. That’s why so many people were not shy in front of the camera and naturally joked with Si Qi. They were not putting on a show, they were just interacting with their good friends.

This realization made netizens feel more favorable towards Si Qi.

Of course, since some people praise Si Qi, some people will start to speculate on his sudden popularity, saying that it was hype and that Si Qi was not that good at all.

These remarks stood out among the barrage of praise.

[It’s really funny. Nowadays, even students have become snobbish and know how to say nice things in front of the camera.]

[Don’t be fooled by this guy! I heard that he usually causes trouble for teachers and classmates in school. He is a campus bully! ]

[These days, any student can cheat money online by packaging it up, haha]

Many classmates jumped up in anger when they saw this, and started to refute:

“Nonsense! Si Qi is a very nice person in private. When he knew his deskmate was in trouble, he found him a house to live in and even tried every possible way to help him by tutoring him!”

“Yes! And if you do good things without leaving your name, the school bully is just a misunderstanding!”

“What school bully? It’s all a misunderstanding! Si Qi didn’t take the initiative to explain because he wanted to protect his classmates’ reputation. We found out the truth afterwards and we were so ashamed!”

“He is really a super nice guy!”

“Don’t slander him!!”

When the audience watching the live broadcast saw the students’ reactions, the last bit of doubt in their hearts was completely wiped out.

Compared to the nitpickers and haters who are everywhere on the Internet, they certainly believe more in the facts they see in front of them.

What a wonderful friendship between classmates.

Think about the scene they saw in the video before, where the teenager stopped the students from fighting and asked their classmates to recite the Eight Honors and Eight Shames aloud to change their ways.

Then look at Si Qi, looking sunny and cheerful amidst the crowd.

No one would believe that this child would be a morally corrupt school bully.

Look, the good boy Si Qi was busy with the live broadcast, but he still remembered to shout to his classmate who was trying to sneak away, urging him to continue running laps.

He said, if you don’t run, I will start a live broadcast and run with you under the attention of hundreds of thousands of people.

What a friendly classmate! !

In this way, Chen Yi’s miserable days, which were worse than death, lasted for a whole week.

This week, Si Qi always found various excuses to torture him.

But the methods he used were the ones that no one else could find fault with. Chen Yi himself felt that Si Qi actually liked him very much, but the methods he used were a little bit wrong.

At the same time, under Si Qi’s intentional or unintentional inducement, people in the school gradually discovered Chen Yi’s true face, that he was gentle and easy to talk to on the surface, but was actually a traitor.

Everyone was surprised to realize at this time that Chen Yi abused his authority and transferred the disciplinary marks of a classmate with whom he had a good relationship to other poor students, and this was just a routine operation.

There were countless other examples of Chen Yi, such as secretly dividing up scholarships among friends, using connections and authority to manipulate things behind the scenes, which have made everyone look at him with new eyes.

Even on such a small stage as a high school, Chen Yi was able to play the cards in his hand so brilliantly.

If he were to go out into society and get a job, he would definitely be an expert at corruption, bending the law, and committing fraud for personal gain, and he would find loopholes in the law wherever he could.

The rumors in the school became more and more intense, and the teachers finally took these problems seriously. After a serious investigation, the head teacher announced the replacement of the discipline committee member in front of all the students at the class meeting.

This behavior was tantamount to indirectly acknowledging the “rumors” about Chen Yi and stomping on his face.

There were also some classmates who had a good relationship with Chen Yi and had benefited a lot from him, but they had also been affected. Now they walked around the school like bereaved dogs, feeling ashamed.

In contrast, Si Qi, the school bully who had always been avoided by his classmates and looked down upon by his teachers, rose to prominence at the speed of a rocket, quickly cleared his name, and in the blink of an eye became a good man in the eyes of his teachers and classmates.

As everything Chen Yi did was true, he couldn’t find a suitable excuse to justify it.

The original owner’s actions of helping Chen Yi and speaking up for justice on campus were all true. Once Si Qi consciously let everyone realize this, everyone would unsurprisingly quickly fall in love with him.

Not to mention that Si Qi’s friends always spared no effort to promote Si Qi, saying that Si Qi often helped others outside of school and was even given a banner by the police station for doing good deeds!

All these facts that amazed the teachers and classmates quickly made everyone look at Si Qi with friendliness.

This person was too good.

How could he be so good?

Why had they always misunderstood this person so deeply in the past?

They were blind!

Si Qi was delighted that a group of people finally had a correct impression of the original owner, and he happily accepted all of this.

The original owner, who acted with integrity, deserved such honor.

This weekend, Si Qi came home from school and was surprised to see two pairs of adult leather shoes at the entrance of his house.

Throwing his schoolbag aside, Si Qi shouted at the top of his voice like the original owner: “Dad! Mom! Why are you back? I thought you two ran away from home and disappeared together! I almost called the police!”

Not long after, two good-looking, middle-aged men and women came around the corner and said unhappily, “How do you talk to your parents?”

“Xiao Qi, how many times have I told you not to throw your shoes around after you take them off? Look at the mess you’ve made at home…”

Si Qi snorted, “What a nagging! You come back just to make noises, it’s so annoying! You might as well not come back!”

The woman came over and pinched her son’s ear. The father glared at Si Qi sternly, then smiled again and said cheerfully, “I heard that you got into trouble at school again?”

This was not the expression you would make when you hear that your son had gotten into trouble.

Si Qi raised his chin with some pride and said proudly, “Your son is amazing!”

“My son is so arrogant when he succeeds.” His father scolded him with a smile, and then he came over and rubbed Si Qi’s head, saying to him, “Go to the kitchen and wash your hands. Your mother has prepared a table of delicious dishes for you today.”

“With her cooking skills, what good can she cook?” Si Qi said this, but he was quick in his movements. He trotted to the kitchen and happily washed his hands.

Just by looking at the boy’s back, you could tell how happy he was at the moment.

Smiles appeared in the eyes of the two parents, but as they watched, they unconsciously revealed a look of guilt.

They hadn’t been back for a long time, and the family was reunited to have a warm meal.

The last time the three of them got together as a family wasn’t even this year. Even on New Year’s Eve, Mr. Si was abroad negotiating business, and it was his mother who came back alone to accompany her son.

Even so, she couldn’t stay long as she was called away by a phone call.

In the end, the original owner still spent New Year’s Eve alone, and the only things that accompanied him were his father’s New Year’s gift – a bunch of counseling books, and a thick red envelope from his mother.

They had always felt guilty and grateful towards their son.

They felt guilty that despite having lived a brilliant life and having achieved success in their career, they had neglected their son too much.

They were grateful that even though their son had such irresponsible parents, he had grown up healthy and had become so upright and sensible.

Not long ago, they heard from their partners that their son had become an Internet celebrity and was well-known around the world.

Seeing the boy who grew up healthily in the video, he had become so handsome and awesome now.

They were so proud of themselves that they were ten thousand times more proud than their own achievements!

This was their son! He was the apple of their eye!

After a week of expedited work, the couple finally had some free time on the weekend. They flew back home and spent the weekend with their son.

Mother Si happily picked up a piece of meat for Si Qi and said earnestly, “Come, try it. Mother specially stewed the sweet and sour pork for several hours. It’s soft, tender and especially fragrant!”

Si Qi looked at the suspicious black substance with a look of doubt: “…Why does it look burnt to me?”

The mother said embarrassedly: “I forgot to add water, and it burned halfway. Don’t worry, it’s edible!”

Si Qi poked the hard black charcoal with chopsticks: “…………This is no longer a question of whether it can be eaten, right?”

The father held the bowl of rice and calmly transferred the charcoal into his son’s bowl, destroying the dark dish through his son’s mouth to avoid himself suffering.

Si Qi was speechless and gave him more charcoal, which made his father want to cry.

However, as soon as this expression appeared, it was discovered by the mother beside him. Invisible flying knives shot out of her eyes, and the father immediately smiled and said that his son was so filial and his wife was so considerate, and he was so happy.

Only then did the old mother’s expression change from gloomy to bright, and she smiled especially gently.

Si Qi sat aside and watched them, unconsciously recalling the scene at that time in his memory.

At that time, the original owner was framed by Chen Yi for murder and was locked up in the police station in fear and helplessness.

After hearing the news, the mother, who always paid the most attention to her image, was so anxious that her high heels flew off while running on the road without realizing it. Her hair, which should have been delicate, was a mess, her foundation was wet and wiped off by her tears, and her face was pale and yellow as if she had put on a ghost face makeup. There were several holes in her stockings. She asked the police the reason in a sharp and shrill voice, without any of her usual composure.

The plan that the father had been preparing for several years was at a critical moment. He could not even get enough sleep and could not waste a single minute. After hearing the news, he immediately dropped everything on hand and his mind was filled with the safety of his precious son.

He had never asked for help from anyone in his life. At that time, he was desperately looking for connections and asking for favors. He threw all his bottom line and self-esteem behind his mind. He just wanted to prove that his son didn’t do such a thing! He wanted to save him!

Unfortunately, all the evidence pointed in the most unfavorable direction, and they finally heard the death sentence of their son.

At that time, the whole world was rejoicing, but they were the only family that fell completely into the abyss.

Si Qi finished his meal and put down his bowl, looking at the two smiling adults in front of him, who occasionally glanced at him with eyes full of doting.

Now that he was here, he would never let these two people suffer even the slightest injustice. He wanted to make this family always full of warmth like it is now.

Just as he thought of this, his father saw Si Qi staring at them in a daze, so he secretly put some charcoal into Si Qi’s bowl, but Si Qi noticed it and dodged it.

Seeing that his plan failed, the father still did not give up and said with a smile: “Son, eat more and gain weight!”

Si Qi raised his eyebrows, and quickly put more black charcoal into his father’s bowl, which had finally been reduced in black charcoal. He smiled very sincerely: “Dad, you too!”

Father Si failed to steal the chicken and lost the rice¹. He cried with a sad face and wanted to cry but had no tears: “My son is so filial…”

Seeing this, Xiu Xiu couldn’t help but laugh out loud: What a loving father and filial son!

While they were talking, the doorbell rang.

Si Qi and his father were trying to put the charcoal meat into each other’s bowls when they heard the doorbell. Si Qi moved quickly, put down the bowl which was empty except for the meat, and raised his chin proudly at his father, “I’m full, I’ll open the door!”

The father looked at his son walking away with despair on his face, then looked at the large plate of barbecue (?) pushed in front of him by his wife. His eyes were full of weakness, pity and helplessness.

Si Qi opened the door, tilted his head as if standing still, and looked over casually.

The overly familiar look dazzled Si Qi.

The other person was dressed in white, with a gentle smile and relaxed eyes, like a spring breeze.

Notes

1. It is a metaphor that one wanted to take advantage but suffered a loss instead. ↩︎