Sister Furong, the first internet celebrity 16 years ago, how is she doing now?

Zhang Ailing said, "You must become famous as early as possible."

In the early 2000s, when the Internet era was just emerging, the first batch of Internet celebrities in China were born, including Sister Haitang, Xiaopang, Brother Sharp, The Demonic Concubine, Bronzebeard...

The most eye-catching one is "Sister Furong".

Although Sister Furong was about 25 years old at that time, which was not too young, it was still too early to become famous in the new Internet era.

She first appeared on Shuimu Tsinghua, Peking University Weiming and MOP websites. She posted a large number of charming photos of herself and posed seductively in the photos, as follows

Don’t look at the photos Low and vulgar, she was one of the people who took the postgraduate entrance examination and was determined to get into Peking University.

As soon as these photos were released, they were undoubtedly ridiculed by netizens! More than ten years ago, people's ideas were still very conservative, and such a tall and concave chest line was considered too outrageous.

But it doesn’t matter whether the crowd ridicules her or not, whether she is high-ranking or not. What matters is that she became famous overnight! Became the first batch of “grassroots Internet celebrities” in China.

The S-shaped figure is Sister Furong’s main label.

In fact, since the end of 2003, Sister Furong has been posting on Peking University Weiming Forum and Shuimu Tsinghua BBS as a "marginal person hanging around Tsinghua and Peking University". Starting in 2004, she posted on Shuimu Tsinghua BBS publishes a large number of eye-catching photos.

In that era when people were basically afraid to show their photos to outsiders, Sister Furong dared to show off her personality and posted it on the Internet. This kind of users can be found all over the world.

We have to admire her bravery.

"Clear water brings out hibiscus, and nature removes the carvings" comes from a poem by Li Bai.

She originally wanted a handful of Furong, but it turned out to be so spicy. It had a strong contrast and easily attracted people's attention. I have to say that Sister Furong used this marketing trick really well~

But when I saw her news again today, I couldn’t help but make a “self-examination”.

More than ten years ago, when Sister Furong became famous, I laughed with everyone at her LOW.

More than ten years later, when I saw the news about this woman again, I couldn’t help but admire her.

No matter what the means, she always knew what she wanted and completed a grassroots counterattack.

For a girl from the countryside to have such a counterattack, she should indeed be blessed. After all, everyone has the right to pursue a better life, not to mention that she has not violated anyone's rights.

01 When you are poor, you want to change, it is the instinct of human nature

She has mediocre academic qualifications. Although she has a heart to get into Peking University, she can't get into it, and her grades are very different. . This shows that she has restless and unwilling genes in her bones.

Is it difficult for you to connect this ID photo with the hot S-figure Sister Furong above?

Her original name is Shi Hengxia, and she was born in an ordinary family in Xianyang, Shaanxi.

Her family has not been very wealthy since she was a child, so she wants to change her destiny through study and become a proper "struggle girl".

At that time, she was still taking the "struggle route", but she had no choice but to pass the Peking University exam for several years. In the end, she only got admitted to Shaanxi Institute of Technology.

But she had a heart that would never give up. In order to change her destiny, she changed her route - visiting forums and posting posts.

In 2004, she posted a post on the Peking University BBS postgraduate entrance examination exchange section "Peking University, you are the deepest and most beautiful pain in my previous life!" 》:

In my first life, Peking University was an unforgettable pain for me. But now, why should I give up. Could it be that after my head was hit hard by a car, I really turned into a vase that only looks eye-catching on the outside but has nothing in my heart? ...

She did not expect that this post would become the top ten hot topics on BBS that day.

She never expected that this forum would change her destiny in the future.

She immediately became popular and quickly caused an uproar on the Internet.

In that era, "Internet celebrities" were just "Internet celebrities", and there was no "Internet celebrity economy" yet.

Unlike now, no matter whether you have a bad reputation or a good reputation, as long as you are famous, you can drive the economy and monetize through various channels.

Sister Furong became popular. In addition to her own "openness" and truly bringing the spirit of "go your own way and let others have their say" to the extreme, another very important point is that she ran into The trend of the times!

Her emergence has indeed brought joy and conversation topics to the majority of netizens.

After gaining attention, fame and fortune will come rolling in, and then there will be a team behind the scenes to help her promote and operate... She herself also goes around, like a clown, showing off her tricks when she gets on stage Tag action.

She has been in love four times, three of which were between siblings. One of her boyfriends is 15 years younger than her. The most famous boyfriend is undoubtedly called "Brother-in-law Furong" by netizens.

But her brother-in-law cheated on her, and her sister became pregnant before marriage. She once tried to retain her brother-in-law for the sake of their children, but was humiliated by him.

Sister Furong said:

“He asked me to take the child and go to the court to file a lawsuit with him after giving birth to the child. Even if the child is his, he will I don’t want to care about it, what can the law do to him?”

So Sister Furong raised her children alone and gradually withdrew from the Internet.

There was no connotation, it was just a joke after all, and she began to work while taking care of her son.

02 For the sake of her children, she made a comeback again, refusing to accept her fate or admit defeat

Having enjoyed the dividends brought by "fame", she still wants to change her and her children's lives through this channel.

However, Sister Furong also began to reflect on herself at this time. She no longer wanted to be notorious and wanted to change her reputation.

Like all women's changes, she began to lose weight crazily, take yoga classes, and learn tea art and etiquette.

However, most people have not succeeded in losing weight, but she succeeded in losing weight and successfully challenged the "dragon and phoenix cheongsam" worn by Fan Bingbing.

Sister Furong returns to the world again.

People discovered that Sister Furong had changed a lot after her comeback. Not only did she become slimmer, her temperament also improved.

He also started his own business and became the boss, opened a media company, and became the CEO.

On the fourth day after Wang Baoqiang announced her divorce from Ma Rong in 2016, she posted a confession of love for Wang Baoqiang, which attracted a lot of attention.

In the accompanying picture of her confession to Wang Baoqiang, people were surprised to find four real estate certificates (all suspected to be properties in Beijing), a stack of bank cards, and the key to a Mercedes-Benz.

It turns out that Sister Furong at this time is already worth over 100 million!

Looking at Sister Furong’s acting experience, awards and participation in charity in recent years, it is not difficult to find that she has really turned around the reputation through her own efforts.

Although she failed to transform into a real star, through so many years of hard work and accumulation, she has allowed herself and her children to live a better life.

03 Special cases, please do not imitate

Complaints are complaints, and cases are cases. I have written so many, not to encourage you to become an Internet celebrity for fame and fortune, but to tell you Behind the success of any of us, there will be a certain price paid.

Some are explicit costs, and some are invisible costs.

Being ridiculed by netizens is just the most obvious price you can see for Sister Furong.

She may not be as brave and resourceful as netizens said at the beginning, but she was willing to give it a try, and she happened to win, and everything was just right.

Today, if the same method or even more unbelievable means were used to gain a position, even if the parties involved were willing to take the initiative, they might not be able to gain that much attention.

The most important thing is that we should see the "spiritual core" revealed by Sister Furong in her struggle to succeed -

Restless, unwilling to accept fate, unwilling to admit defeat, courageous, Have perseverance, don’t be afraid of other people’s opinions, strive to seize the slightest opportunity, and always change and improve yourself.

I don’t agree with Sister Furong’s way of becoming famous, but looking back on Sister Furong’s experience along the way, there is indeed something worth learning from her.