Cai Zhizhong: Do what you like to the extreme.

I realized very early that when I opened the door and walked out, I knew where I was going. You opened the door yesterday and knew you were coming to Jingshan. When we are driving on the highway, we know our destination. However, 99% people don't know what their destination is in such a big journey of life. Powerful people are very sure of their destination very early, and then concentrate on that place.

-Cai Zhizhong

Therefore, choosing what you like best and doing it to the extreme is the greatest happiness in life. We came to this life not to exchange RMB, but to realize our dreams and go our own way. Nothing else is worth it.

People can think clearly earlier, what are you going to do with your life? We are not here to make money, but to finish what we want to do. For me, what I want to do is actually very simple.

A person should choose what he is best at and likes as soon as possible, and then do it to the extreme. No matter what you do, nothing is unsuccessful. Bao jiaozi, cartoonist and engineer are the same.

Someone asked Cai Zhizhong: "If you go back in time, would you change your mind and engage in other industries?"

Cai Zhizhong replied: "Just kidding, is there anything happier than a dream coming true?"

He started painting at the age of 4, and became a full-time cartoonist at the age of 15. So far, he has drawn about 300 cartoons and sold more than 40 million copies. Cai Zhizhong's first autobiography, Genius and Masterpiece: The Legendary Life of Comic Master Cai Zhizhong, was published by CITIC Publishing House. However, Cai Zhizhong initially refused to publish his autobiography until someone told him that "this book may affect young people".

1

Find a way to make a living before you grow up.

1948 February 2, it was a sunny day, and there was no vision in the sky. Cai Zhizhong was born in a small village in central Taiwan Province province. When I was a child, children of the same age in the village knew for sure what they would do in the future: the blacksmith's son pulled bellows by the fire, the coachman's son mowed the cows, and the farmer's son helped in the fields ... It seems that only Cai Zhizhong in the village doesn't know what to do in the future.

When Cai Zhizhong was four and a half years old, his father gave him a small blackboard to teach him to write. I didn't expect Cai Zhizhong to discover his talent and interest-painting. From then on, he decided that "as long as I don't starve to death, I will paint forever until I die of old age". However, there was no painting industry at that time, and it was closer to painting signboards. Therefore, the dream of Cai Zhizhong, who is four and a half years old, is "When I grow up, I want to draw a movie advertising signboard".

1957, Grade 3, Cai Zhizhong Primary School. This year, a new grocery store opened in the village. Children can draw a lottery by paying a dime. The prize is a comic book. At that time, cartoon whirlwind swept through Taiwan Province Province, and cartoon characters such as Zhuge Shiro, Lv Siniang and Xiao Xia Tornado became heroes in children's hearts. Therefore, Cai Zhizhong, who is also a comic fan, changed her dream-I want to be a professional cartoonist when I grow up.

During the summer vacation of junior high school, Cai Zhizhong drew four pages of cartoons and sent them to a small publishing house in Taipei, Jiyingshe. A week later, he received the admission notice. Therefore, 15-year-old Cai Zhizhong gave up his studies and went to Taipei alone to become a small cartoonist in Ying Ji society.

Cai Zhizhong said that at that time, Taiwan Province Province had no resources, and everyone had no time to grow. On the second day of his trip, San Mao wrote The Story of the Sahara, Chung-Tan Duann, the boss of the Rolling Stones, gave a concert in high school, and Gu Long wrote the martial arts novel "The Dragon Slayer with Eternal Hand" when he was a freshman. "Everyone is eager to make money. There are many brothers and sisters in the countryside who need to find a way to make a living. "

During his stay in Taipei, Cai Zhizhong loved drawing cartoons. He rented a small room, and spent two nights painting 150 paintings for only NT$ 20 yuan every day. He said: "If you are crazy about it, you will know your bottom line and the degree of your love. More importantly, after the enthusiasm burns to a critical point, work is no longer work, there is no need for perseverance, there is no so-called bitterness and fatigue, and some are just infinitely positive. "

2

The days of working for money in this life are over.

In 2000, after three years of military service, Cai Zhizhong went to work in a construction company. At that time, Taiwan Province's economy was booming and construction companies were booming. He works as an art designer for a supermarket owned by a construction company, with a monthly salary of NT$ 4,600. A good job with free meals, more money and less benefits.

But when he saw the recruitment of the film and television animation company "Guangqi Society", he did not hesitate to apply, even though the monthly salary was only NT$ 2,900. "Actually, I would like to come to 0 yuan." Cai Zhizhong said, because his dream changed from drawing cartoons to making animations.

During his five years in Guangqi Society, Cai Zhizhong studied animation, which laid the foundation for his later establishment of Far East Cartoon Company. Old Master Q, a colorful cartoon produced by Far East Cartoon Company, was shown in Taipei Cinema, and the queue for tickets was 65,438 kilometers long. The movie was released in the summer file 14 days, and the box office was 73.5 million Taiwan dollars, which was better than that of 007 and Bruce Lee movies at that time.

1984, Cai Zhizhong was 36 years old, had been running an animation company for 7 years, and had three houses and a deposit of NT$ 8.6 million. He calculated that from now on, as long as he doesn't gamble, invest or borrow money from others, he will still have money to eat instant noodles when he is 80 years old. So he said to himself, "That's enough! The days of working for money in this life are over. I am going to do something more meaningful. "

Cai Zhizhong gave the shares of the animation company to four senior employees, and drew four cartoons himself, even in Japan. However, all this seems to be a small preface to the popularity of a series of hundred schools of thought cartoons, such as Zhuangzi, Lao Zi and Liezi. 1989 was introduced by Shen, general manager of Sanlian Bookstore, and the cartoons of a hundred schools of thought were first published. Cai Zhizhong remembers that a signing ceremony was held in Wangfujing Xinhua Bookstore that day, and 2 1000 books were sold out that day.

Cai Zhizhong has a little granddaughter. When she was 17 months old, she ate at the same table with Cai Zhizhong for the first time. But she was too busy playing iPad games to pay attention to this grandfather and comic master. "In the digital age, traditional books and text reading are declining. Comics were very popular 50 years ago. Today, children who grow up watching images will be more fascinated by comics and games made up of images. "

Cai Zhizhong said: "Audiences don't have a problem with their wallets-they watch ugly cartoons on purpose to encourage domestic homemade dramas. What is the key to making a good cartoon?-Story. The theme of animated films must conform to the trend of the times. The feelings and story content in the play are king. If the theme of an animated film is wrong, no matter how carefully it is made, it is useless. "

In 20 14, the 3D animated film Kung Fu Shaolin Temple, which was written and directed by him, started shooting and is expected to be released in 20 17. On June 5438+ 10 this year, his animation "Wu Guan Sheng Palace" will also be completed. "Shaolin Temple is a world-class theme. If you ask a foreigner, he must know Shaolin Temple and Kung Fu. This is a good story. "

three

Every child is a genius, but his mother doesn't know it.

In elementary school, Cai Zhizhong liked to chase the teacher and ask all kinds of questions. Once he saw that the teacher had gone far, so he asked the teacher to make a detour. Feynman, an American physicist, said, "Every child will ask why the sun rises in the east every day, why the water flows downwards and why there are rainbows in the sky." Mom said that the teacher will tell you when we get to school; The teacher said that these questions have nothing to do with what you want to do when you grow up.

Cai Zhizhong said, "Since then, most children have stopped asking these questions. So they become accountants, lawyers and civil servants when they grow up. But some children are still very interested in these problems. So they will become painters, poets or theoretical physicists when they grow up. "

"Every child is a genius, but his mother doesn't know it." Cai Zhizhong said, "Anyone can be like me. Parents should teach their children in accordance with their aptitude when they are very young and find out his greatest interest. Just like you can't let Lang Lang draw cartoons and let Cai Zhizhong drive. "

Fortunately, Cai Zhizhong became a painter and may soon become a theoretical physicist. From the * * day of 1998, he studied theoretical physics and mathematics behind closed doors; In 20/0/0, Kloc published the physics monograph "Oriental Universe" and "Song of Time" in Taiwan Province Province. Cai Zhizhong is confident: "One day, I will find an asteroid and name it after me."

By the way, Cai Zhizhong also likes bridge. By the Spring Festival of 20 13, he had won 125 bridge trophies.

In his spare time to participate in the Bridge World Cup, Cai Zhizhong wrote a book "Dandelion Smile", which began with the following general idea: If I were a dandelion, I would grow in spring, blossom in summer and sow in autumn. I will do everything well. I don't care how tall the pine tree next door is, because he is him, I am me, I am not him, and he is not me.

Cai Zhizhong now lives in Xixi National Wetland Park. From May last year to June this year, he wrote 25 books. He will hold an art exhibition in Beijing in August this year. "I drew China-style Water Margin 108, and then made it into a desk calendar, mugs, playing cards, umbrellas ..." Cai Zhizhong said: "If a person finds what he is best at and likes best, and does it to the extreme, he will not fail."