A look back at celebrities who insulted farmers: do they regret it now?
Living in this world, no matter how brilliant your career is, you must remember one thing: keep a low profile and speak cautiously. Even more, do not be arrogant and look down on others. Otherwise, you may inadvertently offend everyone in the world and end up despised by all. Below, let us take a look at those celebrities who offended the whole world with a single remark and have since seen their reputations ruined.
No.1 Zhou Libo: I will never in my life appear on the Spring Festival Gala, because the main audience of the Spring Festival Gala is 900 million farmers.
I suppose there is no one who does not know this Zhou Libo? He is the so-called founder of "Shanghai-style stand-up comedy" (Haipai Qingkou), has hosted some fairly famous programs, and was once popular across the country. Now, when he is mentioned again, probably no one has anything good to say about him. Because of his arrogant personality and "big mouth," he always speaks without restraint. At first, he only offended pretty much everyone in the comedy world, which is understandable, since peers are rivals. But later he spouted nonsense again and offended 900 million farmers as well, and this time the matter blew up. China has 1.4 billion people, and he offended the vast majority of them. Isn't that courting disaster? After his notoriety spread far and wide, he has now almost disappeared from public view. Of course, he also badly hurt another person, namely the famous writer Zhou Libo, who shares his name. If Mr. Zhou were still alive, I wonder whether he would have the urge to do him in.
In 2012, the media asked Zhou Libo whether he would appear on the Year of the Dragon Spring Festival Gala, but he said he would not appear on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala in the Year of the Dragon, and would never appear on the Spring Festival Gala stage in his life. The reason was simple: the mainstream audience for the Spring Festival Gala is 900 million farmers. He also said that his Shanghai-style stand-up comedy performances should be watched by people with at least a high school education, otherwise for those not qualified enough it would be a kind of torment.
Regarding these remarks of his, I will not comment, but the fact that we can hardly see any trace of him on television programs anymore has already given him the best evaluation.
No.2 Na Ying: Those who listen to Dao Lang's songs are all farmers.
In a certain year's "Ten Most Influential Singers" selection event, Na Ying, chairperson of the jury for the Top Chinese Music Chart, laid down the judging principles for "Ten Most Influential Singers" at a "seminar." She believed that musicality must come first, and that Dao Lang's music was of a peasant nature. Precisely because of this, when discussing the list of shortlisted singers, Na Ying and some judges disagreed over whether Dao Lang could be selected as one of the "Ten Most Influential Singers." Na Ying even made a shocking remark: "This 'Lang' in Dao Lang is quite strange. In terms of sales, no one could outsell them, but his songs do not possess any aesthetic perspective." Therefore, she believed Dao Lang should not be selected.
From this, it seems Na Ying's remarks went too far, offending all of China's farmers at once! If Dao Lang really equals farmers, then what is so bad about farmers? Why can't they enter your so-called hall of elegance? Of course, then again, Dao Lang's songs are indeed very pleasant to listen to; farmers listen, students listen, and city dwellers all listen. Whether a work is good or not depends on whether the masses are willing to accept it. If the public does not accept something, what value does it still have to exist?
No.3 Wang Fuzhong: Farmers have little to do with grain and have almost made no contribution.
A video once circulated widely. In the video, an economist named Wang Fuzhong said that in the matter of farming, the partial derivative of farmers is very small, while the partial derivative of land is very large. Partial derivative is a concept in advanced mathematics, so let us not bother with it for now, and just look at his final conclusion: "Therefore, farmers have little to do with the grain we eat. According to what I say, they have almost made no contribution." Of course, although he said farmers have made no contribution in growing grain, he did not deny farmers' hard work; it is just that he disdains this kind of hard work. He said: "Hard work is not necessarily worthy of respect, because it cannot create a new world and cannot produce inventions." He even believed that "putting in great effort and sweating profusely is a kind of laziness and stupidity"!
Let us analyze this. On the issue of growing grain, Wang Fuzhong believes farmers have little to do with grain. Then, in his view, is grain produced by magic tricks or flowing out of a laboratory? "Hard work is not necessarily worthy of respect" - this statement must be applied in the right place. If a thief uses every trick and expends enormous effort, because the act is illegal, of course he will not be respected. Yet farmers, under reasonable and lawful conditions, exchange their sweat and land for grain. Why are they not worthy of respect? In addition, the reason he gives that hard work is not worthy of respect is actually that farmers' hard work cannot create a new world. Can this sentence be understood this way: only creating a new world and making inventions are worthy of respect? That would be laughable. After all, in this world, only a certain number of people can create a new world and make inventions. Are only they worthy of respect?
In fact, whether a person has character does not depend on how high his education is, but on how big his heart is. If his heart is big enough to hold other people, then he will identify with and respect others; if his heart is so small that it can hold only himself, then he will certainly be self-important and look down on others. Society is progressing, but traditional virtues must not be lost.