Zheng Yuanjie's eldest son, Zheng Yaqi, was born in Beijing in 1983. However, the trajectory of his life is quite different. One of the most high-profile decisions Zheng Yuanjie made was for her son, Zheng Yaqi, to drop out of school and stay at home after completing primary school.
Why did Zheng Yuanjie make such an astonishing decision?On the surface, he thinks his son is not suitable for traditional exam-oriented education. However, the deeper reason lies in Zheng Yuanjie's dissatisfaction with the school teacher's criticism of Zheng Yaqi's poor grades, as well as her dissatisfaction with the "meritocracy" under the "test-oriented education". Once, when the teacher criticized Zheng Yaqi at school, Zheng Yuanjie did not get angry, but encouraged her son to show Pipiru's adventurous spirit, promised to reward him, and planned to take him to the Beijing Botanical Garden for "adventure".
There is another reason for Zheng Yuanjie's decision, that is, he himself is a junior high school dropout. When he was studying in a temporary middle school at the Wuqi Cadre School of the National Defense Science and Technology Commission of Suiping County, Henan Province, Zheng Yuanjie was expelled from the teacher for being naughty. Although the teacher just hoped that he would reflect on it and go back to school to admit his mistakes and review, Zheng Yuanjie stubbornly said that he would no longer go to school. This experience led him to believe that it was not a big deal for his son to drop out of school.
So, in 1995, 12-year-old Zheng Yaqi followed his father to self-study at home. Zheng Yuanjie compiled a textbook for her son, covering writing, philosophy, morality, self-help, mathematics, physics and chemistry, etc., with fairy tale characters as the protagonist to connect knowledge points. He taught his son stories and created a family legal textbook "Pipiru and the 419 Deadly Sins" to let Zheng Yaqi understand the law. In order to prevent her son from being "ambitious", Zheng Yuanjie created a classroom-like learning and Xi environment at home, and held flag-raising ceremonies regularly.
Zheng Yaqi's school life Xi is very regular, and a flag-raising ceremony is held every Monday. According to ** reports, it took him only 3 years to complete the course that Zheng Yuanjie originally expected to complete in 6 years. This allowed him to complete his "squat at home" school at the age of 15.
In 2000, Zheng Yaqi agreed with his father that he wanted to live independently at the age of 18. Although Zheng Yuanjie promised not to provide any help, she actually gave her son an Audi A6 as a coming-of-age gift. However, Zheng Yaqi encountered some difficulties in finding a job and eventually became a supermarket porter.
Zheng Yaqi later worked as a photographer and the technical director of Computer News. In 2005, he founded the magazine "Pipiru", but this venture was not successful and was later acquired by "Fairy Tale King". In 2008, he founded Zheng Yaqi Photography Studio and began his journey around the world.
However, Zheng Yaqi's entrepreneurial experience was not always smooth. It wasn't until 2018 that the "Guoman" tuyere period arrived, and the road to the commercialization of the fairy tale king's IP was reopened. The live-action short film "Taming the Rabbit" was shortlisted for the Golden Goblet Award, with a Douban score of 81。In 2019, Zheng Yaqi served as the chief producer of the animation project "Shuke and Beta", which premiered on Tencent and became the No. 1 rated program in the ** time slot for many consecutive days, and won many awards.
Zheng Yaqi continued to cooperate with Tianlei Animation and Penguin Films to launch new versions of animations such as "Qiqi Cruiser" and "Pipiru Security Team" to maintain the rhythm of animation adaptation. Around the fairy tale characters, Zheng Yuanjie's business territory already has a complete industrial chain, text version, comic version, cartoons, online games, anthologies, fairy tale teaching materials, education and training and brand authorization, all-round development.
Was Zheng Yuanjie's method of letting Zheng Yaqi drop out of school and self-study at home successful?From the perspective of exam-oriented education, this model was not successful, and Zheng Yaqi did not achieve career success through this educational method. However, from the perspective of the rich second generation, Zheng Yuanjie has cultivated Zheng Yaqi well. Although Zheng Yaqi did not achieve significant achievements in literature, he became the CEO of Pipiru and successfully commercialized the IP created by Zheng Yuanjie. His lifestyle and way of being in the world also make him a good person. The definition of success varies from person to person, and Zheng Yaqi's life path also shows the diversity of possibilities for success.
Dropping out of school is not an option for everyone, but for Zheng Yaqi, it is a colorful and unique journey of growth. Zheng Yuanjie's approach to educating her son, though unusual, was successful in cultivating the qualities of independent thinking, creativity and perseverance.
Zheng Yaqi's exploration and efforts in the field of business show the possibility that an individual with non-traditional academic qualifications can succeed in society. Despite the difficulties he faced, he pushed the IP created by Zheng Yuanjie to new heights through his own efforts and talents.
In the diversified life choices, Zheng Yaqi practices his life beliefs in a unique way. His success is not only reflected in his career, but also in his independence and persistence as an individual. This story encourages us to pursue a life that we truly love and feel fulfilled, not to stick to traditional standards, to dare to move forward and explore our own wonderful life.