The documentary "The World of Zhouzhou" was released in 1998, and it brought Hu Yizhou, a child with Down syndrome, into the public eye.
People were amazed to find that this child showed extraordinary talent.
This also made Zhouzhou the focus of attention for a while.
Become a "miracle boy" who is regarded by the people.
When Zhouzhou was the most popular, she once performed on the same stage with Andy Lau, and also walked into the Great Hall of the People hand in hand with Schwarzenegger.
When people expose the lie, they realize in hindsight that the so-called "genius" Zhouzhou is actually just a "product" of a lie.
All of this is due to the good intentions of a father.
On April 1, 1978, Wuhan, Hubei Province ushered in the birth of a new life.
The couple is over 40 years old, which is undoubtedly a gift from God.
They were new parents and full of joy and, like most parents, they had gone through a lot of deliberation over their children's names.
They eventually came to a consensus and decided to name their beloved child Yizhou.
I just hope that he can sail into the harbor of the world like a small boat, and he is not interested in other things.
However, even such a simple wish was not fulfilled.
Hu Houpei and his wife noticed that 1-month-old Zhouzhou was not in good health, and they rushed the child to the hospital, but eventually got the heartbreaking news.
Doctors diagnosed Zhouzhou with an irreversible congenital intellectual disability.
The laughter and laughter of this small family because of the new life was doused by such a cruel conclusion.
Zhang Huiqin, Zhouzhou's mother, could not accept this result.
She felt pain and longed to leave this world with the boat that was still in her infancy.
Fortunately, Hu Houpei has been paying attention to his wife's emotional changes and saved her in time.
Zhang Huiqin burst into tears when she was rescued, and she broke down and shouted to her husband
What should he do? How will he survive? He's just a stupid man, what hope does he have for the future?
We are no longer in the world, and who cares about him, or wants to look at him more!
Seeing his wife lose control and fall into a manic state, like a crazy woman, Hu Houpei endured the bitterness and tears in his heart, and said to his wife firmly:
Since He has arrived, He represents a complete life, and we have no right to give Him up, it is our duty, beyond doubt.
We must see him as a human being, not as a fool or as a defect, even though others may hold such views.
With her husband's firm support, Zhang Huiqin gritted her teeth and survived.
Taking into account various factors, the couple decided to have another daughter when Zhouzhou was 3 years old, named Zhang Xian, surnamed Mother.
In order to ensure that after the death of his parents, Zhouzhou can still have a family that can rely on each other, and will not face the fate of loneliness in this world.
In order to win the goodwill and favor of the public, Zhouzhou's mother carefully dressed Zhouzhou every day to ensure that he was neat and fresh.
Despite this, as Zhouzhou grows, the gap between him and ordinary people gradually widens.
As a result, Zhouzhou became isolated, and as soon as the children saw her, they would run in all directions, far away.
Zhang Huiqin also felt like a knife in her heart because of this, and her heart was painful.
In private, I cried silently countless times.
However, what is even more heartbreaking for parents is that because Zhouzhou is different from ordinary people, even if he stays quietly in one place, he will still be inexplicably teased and ridiculed.
On a cold day in early autumn, Zhouzhou was stripped naked and trousers by several older children in the yard, and then dumped him next to a remote, deserted, little-visited water tank, and then scattered.
The uncle in the mailroom was very kind, and if it weren't for him, I might not have been able to find Zhouzhou. When I braved the rain to look around, I found that Zhou Zhou had already left.
Waiting for Zhou Zhou to grow up a little more, when it is time to go to school, no matter how much Hu Houpei and his wife persuade and plead, it will be to no avail.
No school is willing to accept a boat because it is like a potential danger, and the risk is too high for the school.
Unable to find another way, Hu Houpei and his wife decided to take on the responsibility of teaching Zhouzhou to study.
The couple soon found out in despair that Zhou Zhou couldn't learn anything.
It wasn't until the age of 8 that Zhou Zhou mastered the skill of counting from 1 to 5.
Whenever life tries to hone you, there are always countless excuses.
When he was 16 years old, Zhou Zhou learned that Zhang Huiqin was suffering from pancreatic cancer.
It's easy for a family to be overwhelmed by high medical bills.
Not to mention such a family, which is already struggling to maintain.
Zhang Huiqin had the idea of desperately waiting for death, but she watched her husband struggling to support the family alone, her son still needs to be taken care of by others, and her daughter is still underage, all of which made her unable to give up.
Zhang Huiqin thought in her heart, I can't die, I haven't reached the time to die yet.
Because I am gone, this family is scattered.
Her weak body forced Zhang Huiqin to take on the responsibilities of three jobs.
She has to get up at dawn every day, wear the stars and the moon, and go home with the moon, which is also why she has to go.
Zhang Huiqin's body is obviously rapidly depleting on such days.
Zhang Huiqin finally fainted in the stairwell on the way home one day.
As the saying goes: "If you don't come, you don't come." ”
When your life is in turmoil, it can take an unexpected turn for the better.
In 1997, the appearance of Zhang Yiqing, a man, changed the fate of Zhouzhou's family.
He found Zhouzhou in a corner of the Wuhan Song and Dance Theater.
Zhou Zhou was standing in the corner, no one noticing him, holding a pencil in his hand, waving it quietly but passionately, as if imitating the movements of the conductor on the stage.
Zhang Yiqing became interested in this, he observed for a while, and then a thought suddenly flashed through his mind.
Zhang Yiqing stayed where he was, and then his emotions were so agitated that he couldn't control himself.
He decided to choose the child with Down syndrome as the main character of the documentary.
Zhang Yiqing has a hunch that he believes that this documentary will definitely cause a huge sensation.
Zhang Yiqing's hunch at the time was proved to be correct, but the 54-minute documentary was not easy to shoot.
When she heard the news that she was going to shoot Zhouzhou, Zhang Huiqin felt a little lost and uneasy, and she was confused as to why she wanted to shoot Zhouzhou.
Zhang Huiqin was reluctant to let her son have too much contact with the public because of Zhouzhou's childhood experience and her strong desire to protect her motherhood, and she also resisted outsiders approaching Zhouzhou.
Hu immediately realized that this could be a turning point, so he agreed without hesitation.
The fact that the documentary took a full 10 months to complete was a surprise to everyone.
Under the promotion and capital operation of Zhang Yiqing, the right-hand man, "The World of Zhouzhou" has achieved great success since its first screening on May 26, 1998.
It has even been burning from Hubei to overseas!
Many families are in a similar situation to Hu Houpei, who seem to see hope and are eager to learn more about Zhouzhou's situation.
The market exists because someone is paying attention.
The presence of the market provides an opportunity for capital to reverse the situation.
The radio station and the ** world have extended countless unattainable olive branches to Zhouzhou.
Zhou Zhou is known as "** genius" and "genius conductor", and his name has made the front page of the newspaper.
Hu Houpei knows that the outside world's appreciation of him is only catering to the public's "curiosity" mentality, although Zhou Zhou may have the talent of conducting, but he has no ability to coordinate the orchestra at all.
Zhou Zhou's success in conducting is due to his own ability to imitate, and more importantly, a group of musicians, who have long been familiar with the score by heart, and have expressed a deep "love" for a suffering family and a child with Down syndrome.
Perhaps there are other factors in this emotion.
For Hu Houpei, this is enough.
In 1999, Zhou Zhou began touring and was no longer regarded as a "defective product" of a "genius" conductor.
During his tour, he came into contact with more people, which made Zhou Zhou, who had always wanted to make friends but was far away, very happy.
This also contains the most important wealth for the Hu family!
This money is not only the money for her mother Zhang Huiqin's life, but also the cost of her sister Zhang Xian's schooling.
This long-suffering family finally ushered in the favor of fate.
On May 19, 2000, Hu Houpei and his son were invited to attend a charity gala hosted by the China Disabled Persons' Federation.
In addition to celebrities such as Mao Amin and Andy Lau, former US Governor Schwarzenegger also participated in the performance.
Out of appreciation and concern for Zhou Zhou, the governor took her by the hand and walked into the Great Hall of the People and donated $150,000 to her on the spot.
However, this was not Zhouzhou's most striking moment.
In September and the same year, Zhou Zhou was invited by the sister of former American Kennedy to perform in the United States.
*The dream place of the family is the supreme temple - Carnegie ** Hall, where countless performances are held.
The orchestra with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is one of the top 10 symphony orchestras in the United States.
However, Zhouzhou's fate is shaped by the times, which also indicates that she is destined to be abandoned by the times.
In 2005, Zhang Huiqin, who had been suffering from illness for many years, finally could no longer endure the torture of illness and passed away.
In order to continue to witness her reassuring son, and to express her gratitude for the kindness of Zhouzhou, Zhang Huiqin resolutely donated her cornea.
With the departure of Zhang Huiqin, Zhouzhou's status and treatment in the music world have also disappeared.
The entertainment industry in 2005 was a boom, with countless highly sung classics popping up that year.
"Happy Girl" is a program launched by Mango TV in 2005, which has triggered a national upsurge of star-chasing.
In this case, who else will have the leisure to appreciate pure **?
Who has the leisure to pay attention to that short, fat, mediocre-looking "genius conductor"?
People weeded out and discarded Zhouzhou's "lies" early on, without giving it a chance to reveal the truth in the future.
Zhou Zhou felt depressed because he had lost the "game" he played with his friends.
Hu Houzhao loved his son deeply and did his best to pursue his son's "happiness". At the age of 66, he took over the previous ** business that had failed, but due to lack of funds, the ** business eventually declared bankruptcy.
In 2016, the family suffered another misfortune when Zhouzhou was diagnosed with lung cancer by the hospital.
Hu Houpei spent nearly 500,000 yuan before and after for his son. Fortunately, 10 months later, the malignant tumor in Zhouzhou's body miraculously disappeared.
This is truly a miracle of medicine.
Hu Houpei gave an explanation for this: Zhouzhou is different from able-bodied people, he has no pressure of life, no psychological burden, and knows nothing about death, so he is not afraid of death. Perhaps it was this state of mental happiness that made all his illnesses disappear.
Hu Houpei is gradually showing signs of aging, while Zhou Zhou is still as innocent as a child, which makes some people worry about the future of their father and son.
So, he persuaded Hu Houpei to find a daughter-in-law for Zhouzhou, so that he could feel more at ease.
Hu Houpei flatly refused, he said: "I also have a daughter, I know the situation of Zhouzhou, there is no need to let a good girl jump into the fire pit." ”
Some people comforted him and said: It's okay, Lao Hu, after all, you still have a girl, and the brother and sister can always support each other.
However, Hu Houpei showed a rare hint of bitter smile.
The relationship between Zhang Xian and Zhou Zhou is very delicate, and only the family can understand it clearly.
However, the root of the problem lies with themselves, their motives for asking for a second child are not pure, and they have been instilling in their daughter the idea that you will have to take care of your brother in the future.
But I didn't put too much thought into my daughter.
Perhaps this is the nature of human parents, who are always more inclined to support their children in a disadvantaged position.
Therefore, the daughter has always harbored resentment, and in those years, she never ** her brother's performance, nor did she appear in ** interviews.
Zhu Houpei finally realized the current situation, and he no longer forced his daughter to take their responsibilities.
Strive to make up for this long-standing shortcoming.
My daughter got my full pension and the family car.
Hu Houpei also did his best to leave the last guarantee for Zhouzhou.
He started running around from a very early age, and finally managed to apply for a pension insurance customized for himself.
After the age of 55, you can receive a pension of 2,000 yuan per month from the insurance company.
This father is capable of providing the last security for his son.
Today, 84-year-old Hu Houpei and 45-year-old Zhou Zhou live quietly and poorly in a small room.
In order to spend more time with his son, Hu Houpei, a father who has always had a strong taste, began to strictly control his diet, eating only staple foods such as sweet potatoes, yams and whole grains.
The food was extremely light and devoid of oil and salt.
Hu Houpei still recalls those glorious days with gratitude.
As a disabled person, it has been a very beautiful life experience for Zhouzhou to be able to enjoy flowers and applause for so many years, and to be remembered by people. I have always expressed my deep gratitude to all of you for accompanying Zhouzhou through this journey of life.
Throughout Zhouzhou's life, it can be said that it is deeply touching and embarrassing.
A parent's love for their children is profound.
Hu Houpei and his wife can be said to have achieved the ultimate for their son, which is also Zhou Zhou's luck.
Perhaps there are many children like Zhouzhou in the world, but I hope that each one can receive the greatest care.