Volume 3: Taking Roots 2016 Chapter 723 "People" Interview
Two flowers bloom, each showing its own beauty.
When this piece of news successfully attracted the attention of the general public and sparked widespread discussion, it undoubtedly gave a boost to the media.
Since the general public likes to watch it, it will naturally drive the media to continue to dig deeper and gain more traffic and attention.
They even stopped at nothing to do this, and any topic and content related to Zhou Dongsheng became the target of exploration.
Even his hometown was not spared. Many reporters traveled thousands of miles to Gu Town to try to further explore the story of Zhou Dongsheng before he became rich.
I tried to dig out Zhou Dongsheng's past image from the words of his relatives, friends, classmates and teachers, and hoped to get some interesting highlights from them as material for writing news.
It has to be said that the impact of this piece of news was so great that even the media, which originated the news, were somewhat unexpected.
After all, any piece of news that can trigger public opinion often requires the combination of many factors, including the right time, the right place, and the right people, none of which can be missing.
Only by gathering many elements can we ensure a broad audience base, thereby generating massive discussions and controversies, and then having the effect of igniting public opinion.
However, a blacksmith must have strong tools. If there is no suitable news material, even a media that is an expert in this field will be powerless.
There is no doubt that the news that Zhou Dongsheng started from scratch and became the first grassroots billionaire born in the 1990s is undoubtedly a piece of news material with all the necessary elements, which can be said to have accurately hit the pain points of the general public.
After all, things change over time. No one stays young forever, but there are always people who are young. The baton of the times is always passed from one generation to another.
Among them, the performance is particularly evident in the right to speak. Now, with the passage of time, a new generation of young people is gradually emerging in all walks of life, becoming the backbone of all walks of life, and making their own voices heard.
But even though this generation grew up in the context of the Internet, the time they have actually stepped onto the historical stage is still relatively short and they are still a little immature.
There are very few representatives who can truly make their voices heard in the public opinion field, and only the Internet can barely be considered the territory of young people.
Therefore, under the demand of young people to speak out, Internet celebrities have become the carrier, emerging on the Internet and becoming the spokespersons of the younger generation.
At the same time, these grassroots Internet celebrities who have emerged have undoubtedly seized this rare opportunity of the times and achieved a great turnaround and class leap.
They are gradually beginning to have a certain say in society. At the very least, when their economic foundation is improved, their status in the family will also be significantly enhanced.
However, the Internet is always only a part of society, not the whole of it.
Even if young people form their own circles online and work together, it does not affect the fact that the right to speak in society is still in the hands of the older generation.
Although the replacement of the old by the new is an objective historical law, this process is always gradual and never happens overnight.
Among them, the existence of the rich list undoubtedly provides the general public with a channel to get a glimpse of the situation.
To a certain extent, the relationship between wealth and social discourse power is almost equal.
It is clear from the wealth lists of previous years that the wealth of society is still in the hands of the older generation, with only a small number of successors beginning to emerge.
Among them, Principal Wang, as the son of the richest man, naturally became the focus of the general public as he topped the list, and thus became a widely sought-after topic on the Internet.
However, the status of heir and successor, this kind of treatment that means you have already won at the starting line since birth, is obviously not something that ordinary people can achieve.
The general public always prefers to see the grassroots who have risen from scratch. Compared with the superior innate conditions, acquired efforts can always give the public an illusion that they are closer to themselves.
After all, no one can choose his or her parents, but one's own life path is actually under one's feet and can be decided by oneself.
With the changing times, the previous generation of "post-80s " has already become the backbone of society and has begun to control a part of social wealth, which can be seen from the wealth list.
In the 2016 wealth list, more than 68 entrepreneurs born in the 1980s made the list, 12 more than last year. Among them, only 21 started from scratch. This is enough to show that this generation is still the main force of society.
As a “post-90s”, Zhou Dongsheng, who is only 21 years old, suddenly appeared on the list like a dark horse, becoming the only post-90s entrepreneur who started from scratch on the list!
As the saying goes, things are valuable because they are rare. How could such an unprecedented feat not become the focus of the general public?
Especially on the Internet, a public opinion field dominated by young people, a single stone caused a thousand ripples. For a time, many young people were willing to join the crowd and fuel the news about Zhou Dongsheng.
After all, in the field of public opinion, identity labels are always the first means of dividing factions. In the past, the identity label of "post-90s" has always been the innocent target of criticism from mainstream public opinion.
Even if one wants to refute, one is powerless. After all, with the identity label of "post-90s", there are really no figures who can stand out in the public opinion field.
Now the situation has changed. Zhou Dongsheng has become successful. To round it off, he is a "post-90s" person who has become successful, which is enough to make the majority of young people proud.
When you see people saying that those born in the 1990s are unable to handle important tasks, doesn’t this mean there are people who can fight back?
As for praising Zhou Dongsheng, that is not called praising. It is called carrying the banner for young people. Such a rare opportunity to gild one's own identity label in the public opinion field is something that can only be encountered by chance.
Of course, in addition to the one-sided praise and support from some young people, there are also many doubts and controversies.
After all, there will always be people who like to sing a different tune and choose to make speeches that go against the majority in order to win applause. In the field of public opinion, opposing positions are the simplest and crudest way to create conflicts.
For those who like to watch the fun or just have fun, finding faults in everything is their greatest pleasure.
"I really don't understand the news nowadays. What's so exciting about this?"
"How come someone with a net worth of 10 billion will share the money with you? Why are you so excited?"
"The first self-made grassroots billionaire born in the 1990s? Words are not enough, where is the evidence that he is self-made?"
"Let's take a step back and say, what contribution do such people make to society?"
"It is a tragedy for our society that such people can possess such wealth!"
Comments like these gradually appeared in major comment sections and gradually spread like wildfire, gaining a lot of support, with more and more people with different opinions joining in.
For a time, the two clearly divided factions were arguing fiercely on the Internet, and many opinion leaders joined in to participate in this traffic feast.
Such scenes are naturally what the media likes to see, and they give them the motivation to continue digging and looking for hot spots.
After all, public opinion is like a ball of firewood. If you can't keep adding fuel to it, the fire will only last for three minutes.
However, just as public opinion was in an uproar, a personal interview video about Zhou Dongsheng was suddenly released.
This is undoubtedly like throwing another piece of bamboo into the blazing public opinion.
Immediately, the crackling sound of firecrackers spread across the Internet.
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