After nearly a year and a half, Lei can still clearly remember the scene of winning the China Poetry Conference.
Prior to this, his label was "takeaway brother", riding an electric car through the streets of Hangzhou, just to make a living.
During that time, Lei Hai received more than 20 job invitations from the general manager. The highest bidder is a cultural tourism company in Beijing: ask him to be the company's image spokesperson, with a one-year contract and an annual salary of one million.
In hindsight, Lei Hai thought it was a turning point in his life-a TV program in the Internet era, which cut his 38-year-old life into a distinct section, even he didn't expect it.
"It's like dreaming." Lei Haiwei sighed.
From deliveryman to "Teacher Lei"
The million-dollar annual salary offered by that cultural tourism company surprised and moved Lei. After all, this is no different from his delivery income.
"The annual salary is much more. But a year has passed, what should I do? What else can I do? " In the long night, Lei Hai asked himself to lie on the bed in Hangzhou dormitory.
After thinking for nearly a month, he decided to give up.
There are too many job offers. This is the first experience in Ray's life. For most invitations, his reply is: "I will think about it after this time."
Parents and other elders originally hoped that he would go back to his hometown, find a job in the system, let the family reunite and live a stable life. However, Lei Hai loves poetry from the heart. In the past, when he was struggling and wandering, he was accompanied by poetry.
At this time, the head of an education and training school in Chengdu came to see him. On the phone, I said to Lei: "We can't invite you if we care about the cottage for three times, and we will invite you if we care about the cottage for 30 years."
This education and training school wants Lei to be a researcher and compile classical poetry textbooks. Naturally, the treatment can't be compared with the "million-year salary" of the travel company, but because the work content and interest match, Lei finally agreed.
At the end of March, Chengdu was overcast and drizzling. 38-year-old Lei Hai is wearing a new light gray Chinese tunic suit and a pair of black leather shoes, sitting in his office about 10 square meter. There is a stack of Chinese textbooks on the desk; In front of a wall of the room, there stands a four-story bookshelf, on which are placed four classic novels, classics of various schools, strange tales from a strange studio, poems of Tang Dynasty and Song Dynasty, Yuan Qu and other books.
The work area of the teaching and research department of this education and training school is on the 6th floor of Sichuan Materials Building. In the corridor, every staff member who met him gently called "Teacher Lei".
Leihai corners of the mouth slightly upward, gestured to them.
Here, Teacher Lei's daily job is to write textbooks and handouts of ancient poetry, or record teaching videos. Sometimes, he also gives lectures to children and parents and tells his own experience in learning poetry.
He is dealing with children more now. Participate in the preparation of two ancient poetry textbooks, using dialogue and pictures to let children feel the rhythm and picture sense of poetry; From September 2065438 to September 2008, he took a group of primary school students to Wangjiang Tower Park to teach them couplets and humanistic allusions on Wangjiang Tower. Walking on the bamboo path, he also explained the poetry knowledge related to bamboo to the students.
"For more than half a year, I have been used to my present job." Lei Haiwei said: Unlike in the past, he hardly communicates with customers. Now he is in frequent contact with children. "They are lively and energetic, and I feel much younger."
On the desktop of the desktop computer in the workstation, there are several teaching documents that need to be edited and reviewed by Lei Hai. He opened one of the songs, Huanxisha, written by Yan Shu, a poet of the Song Dynasty: "A new song and a glass of wine, the weather was old last year. When does the sun go down? " There is an explanation of the name of the inscription and the content of the word below the word. The nine lines of regular script characters are typed by Lei Hai.
The compilation of teaching materials also involves classical cultural knowledge. To this end, Lei Hai used his spare time to read the popular versions of The Doctrine of the Mean and The University. Recently, he put a book "Ancient prose" on his desk, and picked up a few pages from time to time-he needed to "recharge" when he changed his new job, which was the work pressure he faced.
"Teacher Lei is very easygoing. Although there are not many words, I can always put forward my own opinions when discussing problems. " Colleague Xie Qiang (pseudonym) commented on him, "His poetry reserve is amazing." Xie Qiang introduced that the teaching form of guessing poems by looking at pictures in textbooks was conceived by Lei Hai, and benefited from his competition inspiration when attending the China Poetry Conference.
In Chengdu, the takeaway brother became "Teacher Lei".
"I don't like delivery very much." Ray said it was just a stopgap measure for him to make a living.
Ray did a lot of work before delivering takeout. 200 1 After graduating from technical secondary school, I left my hometown Dongkou County, Hunan Province and worked as an electrician in a factory in Shenzhen for half a year. In 2002, Lei Haibei worked as a coolie at the Shanghai maglev train site. Since then, he has worked as a car washer in a car wash shop, a waiter in a restaurant, a salesman and a gift seller.
In 2008, he went to Hangzhou. In this city, the first impression is "When will the singing and dancing in the West Lake stop?" The first time I checked in was 10 year.
"Not an Internet celebrity"
In the Internet age, it is common for ordinary people to become famous overnight. Wu, a hairline boy who was reported by the media because of the high cost of haircuts, has more than 500,000 fans in Weibo; Shen Wei, a tramp, was often chanted under subway stations and street lamps and surrounded by thousands of people, so he was named as the "wandering master".
Lei Hai has seen these news, but he is not surprised. On April 12, after a long silence on the phone, he told the Beijing News reporter: "I don't think I am an online celebrity."
After winning the championship last year, a brokerage company contacted him, hoping to package him as an online celebrity. A fellow villager from Hunan who works in Beijing also advised him to use the heat to market himself well. But ray refused. He thinks he is not an artist and doesn't want to sacrifice his freedom to make more money.
"I don't like to stand on the cusp and don't like to be the focus." He said. He prefers reading and reciting poems quietly than when he was an online celebrity.
The connection with poetry began in childhood. It was the first grade of primary school, and Lei was only 7 years old. His father, Lei Changgen, is one of the few cultural people in the village. He studied in high school and worked as a substitute teacher. Lei Changgen likes ancient poems. He picked up a brush, copied the poem in neat fine print on a piece of paper, pasted it on the kitchen wall and read it to his son word for word. Xiao Hai didn't understand the meaning of the poem, but he found it interesting and shook his head and read it.
Lei Changgen remembers that Lei Hai has a good memory since he was a child. "Show him three or four times and he will see it."
The fascination with poetry began in 2004. At that time, Lei read Li Bai's "Chivalrous Man" in a bookstore in Shanghai: "Kill one person in ten steps and leave a thousand miles behind. I brushed my clothes and hid in my name. " He heard this poem when he was watching TV series before, and a heroic spirit ran through his body, which made him unforgettable. After reading the complete poem, he was very excited and recited "Chivalrous Man".
It was also in this year that he began to learn the rules of poetry by himself, and studied the structure, phonology and flatness of poetry. After he became more and more interested in poetry, he began to recite poetry on a large scale.
Lei Hai wrote the recited poems on white paper, and then took photos and kept them in his mobile phone. As a takeaway, when waiting for a meal, at leisure or when delivering food, he turns on his mobile phone, or takes out 300 Tang poems in his pocket and recites them repeatedly. After coming to Chengdu, this habit remains the same. "I feel something missing if I don't recite it for a day." Today, the title of this poem has been written as No. 1197-The last poem he recited was Li Bai's A Play for Du Fu.
Lei Hai is a part of the "poetry list" for reciting ancient poems. Photo courtesy of respondents
Lei Hai usually recites poems by reading the notes first, and often remembers them after reading them once. But if you want to remember it for a long time, you need to recite it repeatedly. "Repeat and repeat, if there is any trick, it is two words: diligence."
The purpose of his poetry is pure: he has been wandering for 18 years, trying to find a place to rely on in his poetry and get spiritual comfort. As for changing the trajectory of life? He "never thought"
However, Ray's fate took a turn for the worse because of poetry.
After becoming the champion of the third season of Chinese Poetry Conference, Lei was pushed into the spotlight, and media interviews and invitations for activities poured in. Originally used to take orders and contact customers, thousands of messages poured in at once. Phone messages, private messages from Weibo and messages from WeChat are all unread. Some friends sent blessings, some media invited him to interview, some companies invited him to join, and some poetry lovers came here to discuss refining words and meter.
Lei Hai was unexpected and at a loss. Takeaway was impossible, and this situation lasted for a month and a half. Over time, roommates occasionally complain: "I brought reporters to interview again!"
The news of fame soon spread to my hometown. 2065438+May 65438+May 08, Lei Hai returned to his hometown Jiaoling Village, Yanshan Town, Dongkou County, and was hired as the "Cultural Ambassador for Rural Revitalization in Yanshan Town".
Ray's parents live in their hometown now. The old couple are still in good health and don't need to be taken care of by others. Plant some corn and vegetables occasionally, and live happily. Lei Changgen, a 63-year-old father, said that his son earned enough face for himself. In Jiaoling Village, both villagers and the elderly praised Lei Hai as "promising".
The number of people looking at the house has also increased significantly. When I went home to visit relatives, some poetry lovers came to Leihai to discuss poetry with him. But some people don't really like poetry, but "come and join in the fun."
Last July, the "Lei Hai Cup National Poetry Competition" named after him was initiated by Yanshan Town Government. Netizens have different views on this-some people think it is worth promoting, others say it is "excessive consumption".
"An honest man in the secular world"
How long can Lei Haiwei be on fire? He doesn't know and doesn't care. "Fading out of the public eye is a natural process." He said Gherardini.
After coming to Chengdu from Hangzhou, his life gradually became dull. Media interviews and invitations to activities are much less than the time after winning the championship in the third season of Chinese Poetry Conference. After the dust settled, there were fewer invitations.
When I first came to Chengdu, Lei Hai remembered Wang Jian's "A Letter to Xue Tao in Shu" in the Tang Dynasty: "There is a girl's school book by the Wan Li Bridge, and a loquat flower is closed. It is better to lead the spring breeze than to sweep your eyebrows. " This is a poem praising the outstanding talent of Xue Tao, a beautiful poet.
The first scenic spot he went to was Du Fu Caotang. Looking back at the world deep in the thatched cottage, Du Fu's sentence "My road is full of petals-I didn't sweep it for others, but my thatched door has been closed-but now it's open for you" comes to mind. Now he feels that there are more people who can talk about poetry: he has made many new friends, and he often talks about the advantages and disadvantages of poetry when discussing with his colleagues how to write textbooks.
"Lei Hai is crazy about poetry." One of his friends commented on him like this.
Today, he rents a residential area near the North Third Ring Road in Chengdu, surrounded by trees. The house is on 14 floor, with an area of 86 square meters. This is a two-bedroom apartment. There are two wine-red sofas, two rectangular tables and some chairs against the wall in the living room. Besides, there is no other furniture.
He leads a regular life. When I come home from work, I often sit alone in the living room, read books and browse the news, and fall asleep on time before eleven o'clock every night. In his spare time, he cooks noodles, wraps jiaozi, or puts on Hanfu brought from Hangzhou, sits quietly and recites ancient poems.
2065438+On March 22nd, 2009, Lei played the flute in his rented house. A picture of Ann De.
"I am used to being alone." Lei Haiwei said: Before 20 17, he lived alone in a small single room in a village in Hangzhou. Later, I shared a room with my roommate and lived in groups, but I didn't communicate often. But now, the feeling of loneliness occasionally strikes strongly, especially when he walks home alone from a party.
Sobbing, occasionally coming from the house rented by Lei. He likes playing jasmine and the legendary swordsman. In his view, music is one of the ways to relieve loneliness. Sometimes, he misses his friends in Hangzhou, but he prefers his present life. "Unintentionally. I feel very lucky, and I can also say that I am rewarded by heaven. "
Ray was his roommate when he was in Hangzhou. The two of them squeezed into a quadruple room for more than a year.
He recalled that before returning to the dormitory from work, roommates were watching videos and playing games, while Lei Hai was busy reciting poems, reading books or playing chess with mobile phone software. The impression of Lei Haiwei is "silent and doesn't talk to people very much." He is a very upright person in the secular world, and he can also be said to be a' Buddha'. "
"The premise of his coming today is to stick to what he loves and make a lot of preparations." Cao Peng, 26, said.
20 18, after lei left Hangzhou, the original group rented a house and could no longer live, so he moved. He changed his job, but he was still delivering takeout, running day and night every day, from eight to nine in the morning to eleven in the evening.
In Cao Peng's view, Ray undoubtedly seized the opportunity to change his destiny. Although thousands of miles apart, the two still chat on WeChat from time to time, talking about work and life. Cao Peng wants to stay in Hangzhou for a long time, but Hangzhou's housing prices are high, and how to plan for the future is unclear. He "doesn't know". He hopes that this friend who is far away from Chengdu can buy a house and a car by his own talent and live and work with peace of mind.
"Live this life without material things"
Last year, Lei Hai had a dream. In the dream, he returned to the stage to watch the fifth season of Chinese Poetry Conference. In the dream, he is neither a contestant nor a guest, but a "melon eater".
In his imagination, if he didn't attend the Chinese poetry conference, he might return to his hometown, contract an orange forest and start a farming business. When he participated in the competition in 20 17, he didn't want to win the championship or set himself a goal. "After winning the championship, he was at peace."
"Life has ups and downs. After much experience, I feel that mentality is very important. " Lei Haiwei said: "I won't care so much about success or failure now."
In Lei's view, life pressure is always inevitable, such as getting married. As the year is approaching, Ray hasn't found anyone yet. Lifelong events once gave his family a headache. "The children you grew up with are all in junior high school!" Parents like to compare him with his peers in the village. When he returned to his hometown in Hunan during the Spring Festival last year, he was arranged several times by relatives and friends, but all ended in failure.
"Emotionally, I feel like a failure." He said.
Lei Hai took a photo while traveling in Hanfu famous mountain. Photo courtesy of respondents
Lei Hai's way to relieve stress is to recite poems. In ancient poetry, he constructed "his own spiritual world". "I try to face the pressure with a peaceful attitude. Reciting poems is to have a stronger heart to face the reality. "
Lei Hai is the ideal companion of the legendary swordsman Ren Yingying. He himself wants to be like Ling Huchong, "free and easy, humorous and living a free and unrestrained life".
Today, Ray does not hide his desire for a complete life in the secular sense. He intends to stay in Chengdu for a long time, save money for a few years, buy a house with three bedrooms and one living room, and then start a family and live a stable life.
"He (Ray) is alone outside. I just hope that he will take care of himself, work hard and come back when he is old. " Lei Changgen said.
"If you eat tasteless, you will seek my happiness. There is no matter in this life." These are two of his favorite sentences, from Xin Qiji's "Covering the Heaven and Boshan Temple". The allusion in the word comes from Lao Zi and Zhuang Zi, with the general idea of seeking real happiness in a land of elegance and vulgarity and spending the rest of my life between success and failure.
"This is also my life creed." Lei Haiwei said: He feels that "the present job is quite good", and if there is no change, he wants to work for a long time.
On the afternoon of March 22nd, Lei walked into Tianfu Square subway station. He was silent all the way, and no one recognized this as the "takeaway brother" who won the Chinese poetry conference. In the subway car, Lei Hai looked at the flashing advertisement outside the window, and a expressionless face melted into the crowd.
After becoming famous, everything seems to be "gradually calming down".
■ Question and answer of the same question
Beijing News: What's your biggest change in the past year?
Ray: In the past year, my biggest change was the change of my professional identity. I used to be an ordinary delivery man in a company in Hangzhou. Now, she is a full-time teaching and research teacher of this education and training school in Chengdu.
Beijing News: What is the standard of New Youth in your mind?
Lei: In terms of age, I think it should be 18-45 years old; From the spiritual level, we should have ideals, morality, culture and a sense of responsibility.
Beijing News: What are your expectations for the future of your industry?
Beijing News: What are your expectations for the future of the national society?
Lei: We should encourage and reward the positive social energy of good deeds, maintain the height of social moral system and build a civilized and harmonious society.