“网红学霸”的“发现中国之旅” | 宁诺外籍毕业生走红乡村扶贫节目

Please scroll down for the English version - UNNC student shines light on rural China.

近日，一档名为《功夫学徒之走读中国》的节目在芒果TV和 Discovery 探索频道热播。来自英国的宁波诺丁汉大学毕业生Saul Stollery（应轩冉）是其中一位“功夫学徒”。

全奖入学，一等学位毕业，研究生考入清华大学，被节目组打上“天才学霸”标签的他，在节目中凭借浓眉大眼的形象和直播带货的出色表现圈粉无数。还因一张开拖拉机的照片，被网友戏称为“拖拉机小王子”。

“想把中国的真正魅力展示给世界”

这档节目由国务院新闻办监制，邀请来自世界各地的十位“学徒”，深入领略中国精准扶贫，体验乡村风土人情。在节目中，令应轩冉印象最深的，是他们在湖南宜章“直播带货”的那一期。学徒们被分为三个小组，需要同时通过网络直播的方式，向大家推荐宜章优质特色农产品。

当其他小组都致力于通过唱歌跳舞等方式来提高流量的时候，应轩冉则带领团队回归产品和扶贫本身，用幽默风趣的语言突出介绍农产品的特点，让消费者最大程度上了解所要购买的产品，并最终以超过第二名近5倍的成绩，赢得了比拼的胜利。

应轩冉说，在中国八年，这是他第一次深入中国农村。

“我希望能和这些善良的人交一辈子的朋友，也希望能通过直播、KOL等营销方法帮助我的朋友们致富。

我还希望将广褒中国的真正魅力展现给不那么了解中国的外国人，告诉他们‘中国不只有北上广’。”

在他看来，来到中国求学，进入UNNC读书是“人生最好的选择”。“当时我的寄宿家庭把我当成他们的亲生儿子一样，我真切地感受到了‘家’的温暖。”这也使得他尽己所能帮助需要帮助的人。在宁诺读书时，他就每周都抽出时间参加学校组织的志愿者活动，为贫苦家庭的孩子补习英语。“他们之前害怕跟人打交道，但是通过我们的课程，他们更愿意交朋友，更愿意团队合作。我相信这对他们之后的人生都是有好处的。”

社交达人/网红/创业者

节目外，应轩冉则一直在不断尝试新鲜事物，可谓真正的斜杆青年。学生时代，他就是一个“社交达人”，演讲、主持、歌唱比赛一个不落，还在东钱湖为上万人唱歌。

毕业之后，应轩冉又成功解锁了“网红”和“创业者”的标签。其实从清华大学硕士研究生毕业后，他本可以顺地找到一份稳定且高待遇的职位。然而一次偶然的机会，他接触到了“网络直播”，并凭借个人魅力收获一众粉丝。随后他又抓住商机创办了自己的皮肤管理公司，从娱乐圈内拓展到圈外，目前已在北京拥有7家门店。

提到现在的生活，拥有多重身份的他，他无奈地笑称自己忙忙忙，但同时也表示“随时准备着” 去做一些稳定的工作。应轩冉说，“年轻只有一次”，在年轻的时候，他还是希望多去尝试，拥有更多的人生体验。

English version

UNNC student shines light on rural China

Saul Stollery, a UNNC graduate from the UK, recently participated in a TV show entitled The Day I Ran China. He gained a lot of fans from the show with his good looks and his outstanding performance in the live broadcast.

The show invites ten participants from all over the world to gain insights into China's targeted poverty alleviation programmes. What impressed Saul the most was the “live-stream selling" in Yizhang, Hunan Province, where participants were required to introduce and sell local agriculture products.

While the other two groups tried to improve traffic flows with various performances, Saul's team returned to the product and poverty alleviation itself, using humorous language to highlight the characteristics of agricultural products. Finally winning the competition with nearly five times the votes of the second-placed team, his team impressed the audience.

Saul said that it was the first time he had visited rural areas during his eight years in China. He hoped to show the true charm of China to foreigners, reminding them that "China does not only have Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou."

Enrolled at UNNC with a full scholarship and graduated with a first-class degree, Saul considers studying at UNNC the “best choice of his life”. His host family became a second home and motivated him to take an active part in the University’s volunteer activities to help others.

Each week, he tutored English to children from poor families.“I think the biggest gain for these children is not the improvement in their English, but self-confidence and the ability of teamwork,” he said.

Outside the show, Saul has been trying different things. When he was a student, he tried hosting, singing, and speaking. After graduation, he learned about webcasting and gained a lot of fans with his charm. Then he founded his own skin management company, which now has 7 branch stores in Beijing.

Nowadays, Saul says that he is very busy, but "always ready" for fresh challenges. “I want to try more and have diverse life experiences while I am still young," he said.

文字来源 | 魏亦雯，ETT

图片来源 | 应轩冉

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