The Rebirth of the Internet Celebrity Godfather

Chapter 626 "[Liu Bayi] The life of rich people is so simple and boring"

Author: Ling Wusheng

Chapter 626 "[Liu Bayi] The life of rich people is so simple and boring"

Yi Yang is a social animal. He has achieved excellent results since he was a child. He has always been among the best in kindergarten, primary school, and junior high school.

The admiration from his classmates, the praise from his teachers, and the love and care from his parents inflated his self-confidence.

His favorite quote from the great man:

Fighting with heaven is endless fun, fighting with earth is endless fun, fighting with people is endless fun.

He feels that man can conquer nature, and there is nothing he can't do.

He has planned a lot for the future. He feels that he will be very rich in the future, and no one among his classmates will be able to do better than him.

He wants to become the richest man in the township before the age of 25, the richest man in the county before the age of 30, the richest man in the city before the age of 40, the richest man in the country before the age of 50, and the richest man in the world before the age of 60, or the richest man in the world before the age of 55, 60 is too old.

After becoming the world's richest man, he still has a lot to do, such as creating a machine that can chemically synthesize meat so that humans don't have to kill animals to obtain meat.

He also wants to study the elixir of life to make himself immortal.

He also wants to form a team of capable people and strangers to explore mysteries around the world, looking for immortals, dragons, time wormholes, aliens and other unknown things.

He still had such childish ideas when he was in junior high school.

When he reached high school, although he was a little more realistic, he still felt that he would be able to achieve great things in the future.

It wasn't until he entered society and started working that he realized that he was not the protagonist of this world, or even the main NPC.

He is now just a bull and a social animal!

If placed in ancient times, social status would be equivalent to "boy", "servant", "car driver", "servant", not even a shopkeeper!

His heart is as high as the sky and his life is as thin as paper. This situation makes him feel sad.

When he went home for the Chinese New Year last year, he had a gathering with his junior high school classmates. He found that his classmates who did not study well during school days were doing better than him thanks to the planning of their elders and the support of their older brothers and sisters.

This made him very unacceptable!

A bigger blow is yet to come.

At the dinner table, they talked about an anecdote.

There are a pair of twins among Yi Yang's elementary school classmates, nicknamed Xiao Xiao Er.

Xiao Xiao Er has some intellectual problems and some personality flaws. He was always the weakest person in elementary school and was bullied all the time.

However, Xiao Xiaoer's father was very wealthy and ran a factory. In the past two years, Xiao Xiaoer's father's factory was occupied, and the land was sold for tens of millions.

Through some operations by their father, plus the original assets, the family's assets actually exceeded 100 million!

When they heard the news, everyone in Yiyang was dumbfounded.

You know, they are from the same village. One hundred million people in the village. What is the concept?

Especially after he started working and started making money, he really felt that this number was beyond his reach.

And what does the small and big two look like?

He can't study well, he can't behave well, he can't even speak clearly, and normal communication with others is a problem.

But now the two levels have been reversed, and due to fate, Xiao Xiao Er and Xiao Xiao Er have surpassed him and become an existence that is beyond his reach.

How ironic? How ironic?

When Yi Yang came home from work that day, he was browsing Zhihu while eating.

From top to bottom, the hot lists are:

#1# [What do you think of Ma Rong’s self-explosion about domestic violence by Wang Baoqiang, and his selfie blog? 】

#2#【Yang Chaoyue appears on the cover of the 2018 "China News Weekly" special issue】

#3# [How to evaluate the popularity of "Liu Bayi's Boring Life" at an almost meteoric speed? 】

#10#【What inadvertently gay behaviors do friends around you have】

Yi Yang took a quick glance, and then clicked in from the top of the hot list. Even if it was a question that he was not interested in, he would click in to see what happened.

Compared with traditional media, Zhihu has become his most important channel for updating information and understanding news.

After looking at the first and second hot lists, and clicking on the third hot list, Yi Yang was a little confused:

Liu Bayi’s noisy life?

Who is Liu Bayi?

Station X? Why haven’t you heard of it?

Am I out of date again?

Yi Yang cut Zhihu to the background, opened the X station, and then searched for Liu Bayi in the search box.

Immediately afterwards, the account "Liu Bayi's boring life" appeared at the top of the search page.

He clicked on the homepage and found that the UP owner "Liu Bayi's Boring Life" actually had more than 600,000 fans!

The latest video has over 3 million views, which is outrageous!

He goes to station

Yi Yang scrolled down and turned to the earliest video. With doubts and scrutiny, he clicked play.

As soon as he clicked play, before the video started, he was overwhelmed by the dense barrage.

【Where dreams begin】

【Root of all evil】

【Where boredom begins】

【Congratulations on finding the treasure】

【Famous scene】

[A generation of forced king Liu Bayi]

[0.75 extremely comfortable]

【Start supplement】

【Hahahahahaha】

[Proletarians of the world unite]

Is this video quality that high?

As an in-depth user of X station, Yi Yang knew how much X friends liked this video when he saw this barrage.

"The Root of All Evil" and "Where Dreams Begin" are both extremely high evaluations of a video.

The source of all evil refers to those original viral videos or widely popular original works, original materials, original memes, sometimes also called "the beginning of everything", "the culprit of all", "the root of all evil", etc.

The place where the dream begins refers to the first video of a famous UP host, the first issue of a popular series.

Cheng Yi's first video was called "the source of all evil" and "the place where dreams begin". People from every era will come back to check in, such as the era of tax evasion, the era of audience cheers, the era of Ma Rong, etc.

However, such dense barrage somewhat affects viewing.

Yiyang was forced to have no choice but to activate the top barrage selection.

In an instant, the barrage density became just right.

The video starts straight to the point. At the beginning, the narration sounds:

"I looked at my Rolex, not to tell the time, but to let you know inadvertently that I am a rich man——"

Along with the narration, a middle-aged man appeared on the video.

He was wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and a white polo shirt, sitting behind a desk with a tea set on the desk.

Judging from the environment layout, this should be a company's office.

Combined with the narration, Yi Yang came to a conclusion about the identity of the man in the video.

When the narrator read "I am a rich man", the man in the video slowly looked away from the watch, raised it and looked at the camera.

His eyes were smiling, playful and arrogant, and the curve of the corners of his mouth was very precise, as if it had been designed, with a hint of love for all living beings.

The Rolex on his wrist is also fully exposed in the camera.

At this time, the man, the watch, and the smile formed a unique painting.

Yi Yang shuddered, his social beast had PTSD!

Really, he was extremely sure that he had seen the exact same expression on his chairman's face!

【Hello, Mr. Liu!】

[This expression is poisonous]

【With the smile of hundreds of thousands of people】

The narration continues:

“On a boring Monday, I opened the magazine in my name, randomly pointed out a top ten employee, and told the HR manager to fire him.

His expression at that time went from confused to suspicious, to surprised, to pleading, and finally to hysterical, which was particularly interesting."

Under the introduction of the narration, scenes in the video are played out one after another.

Liu Bayi's casual performance, the indifferent expression of the HR manager, and the exaggerated reaction after the top ten employees were fired, combined with soothing BGM and narration, are full of black humor.

"He left and started a new life. When I saw him again, he had successfully transformed into a courier driver and was much stronger. He might never know in his whole life that his life was affected by me like this.

Rewritten at will.”

"Thinking of this, I feel fulfilled and happy. Alas, the happiness of rich people is often so unpretentious and boring."

At the end of the video, Liu Bayi's wrist wearing a Rolex reappeared on the screen, with the words "and boring" pressed on it.

This video is not long, just over fifty seconds. There are no twists or secrets in the whole process. It is just a very simple story about a rich man who fired an employee because he was bored.

There isn't even a single point worthy of laughter.

But after watching it, Yi Yang felt the ultimate silky smoothness.

It's like eating jelly. As soon as the jelly enters the mouth, it can't wait to slide into the throat.

In this video, the narration, soundtrack, and visual presentation are all integrated into one, making it extremely complete.

The broadcast finished in more than fifty seconds without any lag, as if the existence of time could not be felt at all, and the whole process was very enjoyable.

If you want to say that it is particularly good, I really can’t say what is good about it. Unlike Cheng Yi’s videos, which can make you laugh out loud, it has a particularly obvious advantage that people can detect.

This UP owner’s video is different. He seems to be expressing something and it really touches your soul. However, due to the viewer’s own knowledge and experience, not everyone can express it.

Yi Yang fell into such a dilemma until he opened the comment area and saw this comment:

"It really feels like the rich are randomly playing with the lives of ordinary people. The host of Up uses dramatic techniques to reflect the various social conditions and the powerlessness and frustration of ordinary people facing life. There are even stories of people who have been played by the rich and then...

The humiliating feeling of having to bow to life!

It’s absurd and funny, but when you think about it carefully, it feels so familiar that your whole body gets chills.”

Yi Yang suddenly realized that he liked this video because at its core there was a depiction and satire of the current situation of "a random decision by a rich person can change the life of an ordinary person", because he was one of the people being fooled.

He felt the same way, and he had this understanding.

Yi Yang continued to read one issue after another.

"The cold air from the air conditioner symbolized cheapness and the rotating fan made me dizzy. Although I couldn't sleep at all with the paper fan in my hand, I thought about it and finally decided to hire a motivated girl.

At first, she sternly refused, so I deliberately or accidentally raised my arm and looked at the time engraved on the Rolex. It was a long minute.

I saw this girl with dreams go from contempt to surprise, then to compromise, and finally to smile.

So things became simpler, and it turns out that natural wind is the most comfortable to sleep on!"

"When I was hit by a second-rate guy and insulted by him, I thought about it and apologized quickly. Not only that, I also added him as a friend and transferred him a thousand yuan. His expression changed from angry to confused.

From the moment he wanted to kneel down and make friends with me, it only took three seconds."

"My childhood goddess came to my company for an interview. Compared with her natural beauty, I couldn't help but sigh how important choices are in life.

She affectionately took out the love letter from a stall bag, and I fell into memories. However, I finally left her behind. When she arrived at the work station, she was shocked at first, then embarrassed, and then talked about everything. I clicked

I nodded, feeling fulfilled and happy."

"I wanted to write a biography for myself and leave my successful experience to future generations. When I looked at my Rolex again, an hour passed like this. Unfortunately, I found that the first half of my life was so low-key.

My once best friend from childhood is still experiencing the various flavors of life in a flashy way. Even his seventeen-year-old son has suffered more than I have eaten sea cucumbers. I am even a little jealous.

But seeing the off-brand watch on his wrist, I smiled and took off my Rolex and lent it to him for a minute.

It was a long minute. He was so grateful that there were no words to describe it. I nodded. Thinking of the future when he would proudly tell his grandson that he had carried a Rolex for one minute when he was young, I felt fulfilled and gratified."

I finished watching the nine videos very quickly.

These nine videos include a story about Liu Bayi hiring a girl to fan himself because of the hot weather, a story about Liu Bayi hiring a goddess from his student days to be his cleaner, and a story about Liu Bayi rewarding sales in front of the sales champion.

The story of the runner-up, there is the story of Liu Bayi going on a blind date just to give the bottom girl a little bit of wealth shock

These nine stories, without exception, are full of Liu Bayi's attitude of playing with the world and his sense of teasing by changing ordinary people at will.

And, his line: The happiness of rich people is often so simple and boring.

Unpretentious is really unpretentious, boring, really boring!

Yi Yang laughed when he saw it, and cried when he smiled.

He felt as if there were countless things to say in his chest and he had mixed feelings, so he returned to Zhihu and started reading the comments.

[The core of comedy is tragedy. The video uses a pretentious way to deconstruct the lives of rich people and explain what "boring" is. The conflicts are full of black humor and laughter.

But the joke makes people think after laughing:

1. "Another good thing has been done, fulfilling and gratifying!" A few keystrokes by the boss and a nod of approval can make an ordinary employee happy for a day and make the employee's wife cry.

2. "Another boring blind date!" Rolex can make the blind date "look at you with admiration" and create motivation to transcend class.

3. "I want to write a boring autobiography!" A childhood friend repaired a light bulb for himself, and the friend's son helped him. Poverty was conveyed. The sentence "He has suffered more than the sea cucumbers I have eaten" has already been said.

It will silence many people.

Simple analysis: The video presets classes, namely the rich and the poor.

On the surface, having money only determines that you can buy a Rolex, but in fact, being rich also means having power.

What is power is the power to influence others: with a phone call, you can transfer your subordinates to Africa, you can ask your subordinates to fan you, you can make the second-rate men nod and bow to you, and you can make the people you have helped have the urge to kneel down for you.

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When I watched it, I would inadvertently feel a chill in my back, pain in my knees, and numbness in my scalp: I ​​knew it was a joke, but subconsciously I also knew it was true.

Yes, that's it. Sometimes you just say something wrong or right, and your boss and leader may have different views on you, which will affect your life:

Those who could have had a salary increase were not given a raise, those who could have been promoted were not promoted, and they were hidden or fired when they could show off their talents; or on the contrary, they inadvertently gained a position, a high salary and a different life.

No matter what, some people's lives actually turn to the whims of those who hold money or power.

Yes, it was just a thought, without even careful consideration, it was so random and helpless.

At the same time, as a low-level employee, when I watch this video, just like other respondents said: I may feel offended. Admittedly, there are some facts that are really hard to accept.

But I also know that this is unavoidable for many people, including me, and even has its own shadow: I will feel happy because of the leader's encouragement, will be motivated because of the leader's promise, etc.

This video makes people laugh and make them feel powerless.

Because the protagonist is a rich man, we can laugh at their boringness and absurdity, but think about it on the other hand, what if we are the supporting characters surrounding the protagonist?

And isn’t the joke here true?

No, it’s very real, even an understatement. The reality is crueler than the joke.]

“It may seem like someone else’s joke, but it’s actually your own life.”

"The saddest part is the top ten employees, and the funniest part is when a fair-weather friend transfers his younger brother to Africa. I feel that the more I watch the male protagonist, the more meaningful it becomes."

"I think the destructive power of this kind of video is actually very terrifying. It simply shows the class gap in a straightforward way."

"I felt happy and sad at the same time after watching it. It seemed like there was something stuck in my chest and I couldn't make a sound."

"I want to laugh the first time but feel uncomfortable the second time!"

He already had mixed feelings, but after watching these videos, Yi Yang had even more mixed feelings. So driven by the desire to talk, he held his mobile phone, lowered his head and wrote an answer:

"It was very uncomfortable to watch it alone in a rental house at night. I don't know anything about art forms. I can only talk about the resonance that this series of short films resonated with me.

The college students who are looking for jobs: However, they follow the rules of doing things they learned from books, maintain the calmness and calmness they learned in business etiquette classes, and have the vision of being able to do anything. They are full of the rhetoric that they are working now to experience life, and are childish and cute.

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——To tell you the truth, it’s really like when I was looking for a job right after graduating from college. I even did such stupid behavior as picking up garbage on the ground in an attempt to win the favor of my boss.

I and my fair-weather friends were trying to get someone to go to Africa and India. I was once transferred out of my position by my boss. Not only did my career plan come to nothing, but my commute to and from get off work also increased by an hour.

In the episode "Child Leaving Home", I also flattered the leader, licked him every day, substituted for wine at receptions, etc. Any move by the leader would make me excited for a long time, thinking that I was favored.

In fact, now that I think about it, in the eyes of my boss, I am probably a dog that shakes its head and tail, excited and waiting for its owner to walk.

In the episode about the new laptop, the desk and chair of the leader of my previous unit were indeed very high, but the sofa that the visitors across from me were sitting on was very low and soft. Sitting on the sofa, you couldn’t see the part below the leader’s collar.

When you look behind the desk, the leader's feet are wearing no shoes. You can only see the big desk and the leader's face, listening to instructions like the voice of heaven.

The last conversation I had with the leader of my unit, facing his joking words and smile, I tried to straighten my waist, raised my head, and looked directly into his eyes, like a dog with its tail between its legs and its teeth bared.

Later, I resigned. Two weeks before my resignation, the leader of the unit was also transferred from his post. It was a surprise attack, and the new post was quite remote.

I think that in the eyes of larger leaders, he is just a dog, and I am at best considered a louse on the dog's body.

In short, there are many details and responses in this video that I have encountered in real life.

This video is very exaggerated, but I think it has a higher purpose than videos like class reunions, and it's also very ironic.

When watching this video, I didn't put myself into Liu Bayi because the character of Liu Bayi was too exaggerated and absurd.

But many of the supporting characters really resonated with me. Some videos would make my eyes sore after watching them in the middle of the night."

After writing, Yi Yang lay on the bed exhausted, and then let out a silent sigh:

The creative team of "Liu Bayi's Boring Life" is awesome!

(End of chapter)