Comments on: Fuzhou Media Circus (Part 1)

By: james

james — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:32:01 +0000

哈哈，你的中文水平还真不错，快赶上大山了。但是因为你混得还没有大山那么熟，所以上电视还是会比他少一点的，所以在你们外国人眼里也就没他那么那么的土了。

By: Benjamin Ross

Benjamin Ross — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 04:14:35 +0000

James-
我认为媒体对我有那么多兴趣不是因为我很特色。就是因为我是一个老外而已。那我心里喜欢这个媒体attention不是因为我觉得骄傲，而是因为我觉得这个事情很搞笑，给我一个很好的故事。有另外个好处，那是媒体给我们学校免费的广告。我觉得因为现在中国的外国人人口那么小所以作为一个老外在中国成为名星比较容易。你看大山。他的中文真的非常好，一定有天才，但是在我们外国人眼前他非常非常土，在加拿大，一定没有办法上电视。

By: james

james — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:27:42 +0000

物以稀为贵，现在福州老外恐怕还不多，所以你当然就“以稀为贵”，成了明星。而中国现在的媒体环境是非常恶劣的，平民百姓也很世俗，所以你也就有幸尝试了媒体的拙劣伎俩。但有个问题我很想知道，对于被采访这件事，你心里是喜欢它发生，还是不呢？

By: Elly

Elly — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 17:47:04 +0000

I am sorry to “pour some cold water” on you: 1. You guys should be clear if the media wants your class story or your life story, and keep a bottom line on it; 2. Be careful if they are looking for your life story.

As you know, foreigner having (especially living with) Chinese girlfriend is still quite juicy for most Chinese. You have right to open up your life to media, but you have no right on the way how they deal with the story.

According to the story you told in the e-mail, they put some “cheesy words” that you never said, I would not call them professional, no matter the words are good or bad, the words are not true, they made them up.

This is actually pretty common in Chinese media. Be careful.

Ask them if they are doing “class” story or “life” story. They might tell you “we also wanna show your life.” If I were you, I would say “no” to them. Because althogh it makes people feel like celebrities, they are actually not.

By: maple

maple — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:05:27 +0000

hey,Ben
it is so nice to hear that you are living such an exciting and successful life in fuzhou.it is so different,like a legend
it is quite a good idea to have an english class,althoug it is small.but i believe that the class will become bigger one
day with your reputation spread out.you and Melody now are a bit like celebrity.wonderful,isn’t it.