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he took the college entrance examination 16 times and went to college at the age of 35. guangxi student tang shangjun has always been the focus of attention on the internet. from taking the college entrance examination this year to registering for school now, his douyin account has skyrocketed by 300,000 followers, reaching 758,000 as of noon on september 9.

(source: douyin account of the party concerned)

previously, tang shangjun had been admitted to universities such as china university of political science and law, chongqing university, xiamen university, and shanghai jiaotong university. however, because of his "tsinghua dream" or because he was not interested in the majors he was admitted to, he gave up going to college many times.

this year, tang shangjun scored 601 points in the college entrance examination and was admitted to the information engineering major of south china normal university. on august 13, he announced his decision to go to college this year, ending his long high school life and opening a new chapter in his life.

when reporting to south china normal university a few days ago, tang shangjun was like a star. he was surrounded by people wherever he went and became the focus of the camera.

(source: red star news)

on the way, some students and parents recognized tang shangjun, some watched the fun, and some did not understand tang shangjun and laughed at him. the students who took photos with tang shangjun were too embarrassed to call him "junior" and only said that they were older than tang shangjun - would someone around you joke about "grade" or "age"?

when he introduced himself to the whole class, he said that he hoped his classmates would not call him uncle, but call him brother tang or brother jun. this was filmed and quickly made headlines.

on october 10, 2021, tang shangjun opened a personal douyin account. when he is not preparing for the exam, he posts a video every three or four days, mainly about his daily life or exam situation. in nearly three years, he has posted dozens of videos, most of which have been viewed over a million times, with the most likes reaching nearly 400,000 and 80,000 comments.

at the end of july this year, tang shangjun did a live broadcast to ask netizens for their opinions, saying, "those who support me going to college should put 1 on the public screen, and those who think i should continue to repeat the year and strive for better grades should put 2 on the public screen."

this behavior immediately sparked controversy. some people questioned that he was "too frivolous" and using the college entrance examination as a "show", while others said that he should continue to repeat his studies so that he could maintain his image and popularity.

according to the live broadcast dynamics, tang shangjun broadcast a total of 20 live broadcasts from june 11 to august 31 this year. after the live broadcast was launched, it also attracted a wave of controversy and doubts.

"many people think that i can earn hundreds of thousands of yuan from a live broadcast. they think that if there are so many people in the live broadcast room and each person gives me one or two yuan, i will have hundreds of thousands of yuan." tang shangjun smiled bitterly: "i don't sell goods through live broadcast. most of the gifts in the live broadcast room are only two or three cents. the highest income from live broadcast was when i checked the college entrance examination scores, which made more than 6,000 yuan. from last year to now, the total income from live broadcast has been 20,000 to 30,000 yuan."

jimu news noticed that as of the morning of september 9, the number of followers of tang shangjun's douyin account was 758,000, which was a surge of about 300,000 from the 459,000 followers on june 11, after the college entrance examination.

"i don't like the term internet celebrity." previously, tang shangjun said that popularity and personality are of no use to him, and it doesn't matter whether he gains fans or not. he rarely replies to messages from fans and is more focused on living a good life.

"many people say that your life is legendary. if it were a drama, would you say it is a comedy or a tragedy?" a reporter asked tang shangjun at the beginning of the semester. he replied: "it's hard to define. it's not a comedy, nor a tragedy. it's probably a tv series, and it doesn't have a happy ending yet."

jimu news compiled the douyin account of the parties involved, the paper, red star news, elephant news, and shangguan news

(source: jimu news)

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