The 8-year-old boy became famous after being photographed and posted on the Internet because he looked very similar to Jack Ma when he was a child. He was nicknamed "Little Ma Yun". When the heat wears off, what happens to him now?
"Little Ma Yun" is Fan Xiaoqin. He was born in 2008 in a poor peasant family in Yongfeng County, Jiangxi. My father was bitten by a snake when he was young and only had one leg left. My mother had polio since she was a child. Unfortunately, she was blinded in one eye by a cow, so she basically had no labor force. The elderly grandmother suffers from Alzheimer's disease and has an older brother at home. The life of a family of five depends entirely on the father. Because his family was too poor, he and his brother never went to school, and it was difficult to maintain a basic life.
In the first half of 2015, a villager who was working outside returned to his hometown and discovered that Fan Xiaoqin and Jack Ma looked very similar. So, he took a photo and posted it online. Unexpectedly, the actions of the villagers made Fan Xiaoqin famous. Netizens said that he and Jack Ma were almost carved from the same mold. Even I said on Weibo: "At first glance, I thought it was my family who uploaded a photo of me when I was a child. With such a heroic look, I feel like I am looking in the mirror!"
Fan Xiaoqin became famous Later, some businesses began to exploit his fame for their own benefit. A milk powder store in the town gave the Fan family 500 yuan, and then announced that "Little Ma Yun" grew up eating its own milk powder. An electrical appliance company sent a kettle and rice cooker to the Fan family and asked him to take a photo in front of the products to advertise their products. A catering owner in Shenzhen plans to spend 1,000 yuan to buy the avatar of "Xiao Ma Yun" to use as the trademark of his online ordering restaurant. There are also people who come to remote mountain villages to take the opportunity to promote themselves as Internet celebrities, etc., and let them shout "I am Xiao Ma Yun" in front of the camera. They left after taking advantage of the child. However, Fan Xiaoqin's family's poverty situation remained unchanged and he still could not afford to go to school.
Later, the local government classified the Fan family as a poverty-stricken household and implemented targeted poverty alleviation. They received a monthly subsidy of about 700 yuan and a house building subsidy of 16,000 yuan, but they still could not support the family. people. After Chongqing Morning News reported the story of "Little Ma Yun", Wei Mao, known as "Chongqing's Good Guy", approached the reporter and expressed his willingness to use part of his pension to support Fan Xiaoqin 500 yuan every month until he came of age. For this, Fan's father was very grateful.
In November 2016, clothing, food, stationery, etc. donated by all walks of life were delivered to the Fan family. The local propaganda director personally visited Fan Xiaoqin’s family and distributed poverty relief materials to their family every month. With the help of well-wishers, he was able to go to school. Jack Ma also said that he would unconditionally support Fan Xiaoqin’s education.
As time goes by, Fan Xiaoqin looks less and less like Jack Ma. Gradually, fewer and fewer reporters and businessmen came to see him. He gradually faded out of people's sight and returned to his previous life. Nowadays, Fan Xiaoqin is studying hard at school and hopes that he can change the fate of his family in the future!