Once upon a time, this program caused too much controversy.

Even now, after 15 years, some people in the program are often mentioned.

It's just that among the children who are hotly discussed, there are more negative ones.

Fortunately, there are also "fish that slip through the net", such as Gao Zhanxi.

The rural baby in the first issue of Metamorphosis.

He used to be the poorest "child" in the village, but it took 15 years to complete his "amazing counterattack".

In 2006, a "Metamorphosis" was born.

The program adheres to the purpose of "empathy".

In an attempt to find some children to experience different lives, to improve relations, solve contradictions and learn lessons.

The first program was broadcast on September 4th.

Autumn was originally the time for ordinary children to start school, but the two children in the story are in danger of "dropping out of school".

One is Cheng Wei, an Internet addiction teenager with a rich family in the city.

Because I was addicted to games, I lost interest in going to school and stayed in the Internet cafe day and night.

The other is Gao Zhanxi.

Growing up in the mountainous area of Qinghai, few people in the whole village travel far away, and it takes 20 miles of mountain roads to the nearest town.

So most people in the village speak a difficult dialect.

Because of this, people in the village are very poor.

The Gao Zhanxi family is the poorest.

My father is blind, my brother works outside all the year round, and my brother is still young. Basically, it's just his mother and him at home

In 2006, 14 years old.

It's just that Gao Zhanxi knows almost nothing about the outside world. He can't even tell Andy Lau from Zhao Benshan.

And because there is no money at home, he eats a kind of black steamed bread made by himself almost every meal, and then matches it with tap water.

Growing up in such an environment, I was malnourished when I was young, small and thin.

Although he is in grade one, he is only 1.55 meters.

But even so, he is still the main labor force in the family.

In fact, when recording the program, Gao Zhanxi's father was unwilling to let him participate in the program for fear of affecting the harvest.

Later, the villagers came together to persuade him, and he finally let go.

Gao Zhanxi just got his chance.

In fact, Metamorphosis has been broadcast for many periods, and many children have been found.

But among them, Gao Zhanxi has always been called the most sober.

Children from poor families have long been sensible.

Maybe he realized the hardships of life very early and he had great dreams. In his words:

If he is an ugly duckling now, he will definitely become a beautiful white swan in the future.

What is more commendable is that he knows that only learning can change his destiny, so he said more than once:

I believe reading can definitely change my life.

In schools in Gao Zhanxi, only a quarter of children have the conditions to continue to go to high school.

In order to continue to go to school, Gao Zhanxi made special efforts and often ranked in the top ten in her class.

In a remote mountain village, he had a hard time.

But even so, life is full of hardships.

With all the feelings, Gao Zhanxi embarked on the road of "transformation" by wearing new cloth shoes specially made for him by his mother at night.

The first time I left my hometown, the first time I flew, and the first time I saw a big city. ...

Everything was so fresh that he looked at everything in front of him with joy.

In Changsha, Wei's father picked him up in a BMW, and he opened his eyes again.

At that time, Gao Zhanxi didn't know the brand of the car. Someone asked him how much he thought the car was worth.

200 thousand is the "highest amount" he can say.

Later, Wei's father took him home and looked at the scenery of the city along the way. Gao Zhanxi burst into tears.

Wei's parents took him to the barber shop to wash his hair, and he also cried.

After the call, he cried again.

I have to say that Gao Zhanxi, when I first arrived in the big city, was very crowded.

After packing everything, Wei's father and I took him to dinner.

A sumptuous dinner made him so nervous that he dropped his chopsticks five times.

But the "prosperity" in front of him made him forget the past briefly.

"Squeezing" gradually became "enjoying".

The next day, Wei's parents went to work.

Gao Zhanxi, who learned to turn on the TV, watched The Journey to the West at home and ate snacks.

A guest came home and asked Gao Zhanxi his last name. He replied that my surname was Wei, not Gao.

On the third day, under the guidance of his cousin, he learned to play games.

On the fourth day, he wanted to play games, but under the persuasion of Wei's father and he, he went out for a walk.

It can be said that he has been "enjoying" life for several days.

People in the program group asked him if he would still miss home, and he said he didn't want to go back.

At that time, the program was broadcast, and many people spoke ill of him because of his behavior, thinking that he was a little "forgetful".

The "Wind Review" at the time of broadcasting has also completely changed.

But on the sixth day, a phone call once again broke the quiet life.

Gao Zhanxi was surprised to learn that his father in the country was injured.

At that moment, immersed in the "happy dream", he was completely awake.

He told the program that he had to leave early.

The staff didn't understand why he suddenly left when he obviously liked this life.

He didn't explain anything, lightly replied:

My wheat is ripe.

Teenagers seem to grow up overnight.

The prosperity of the city, Wei's father and his pocket money and computer games will eventually become a thing of the past.

He took out all his money, took Wei's father and asked them to eat a bowl of noodles.

Then, he returned to his home.

Without the hustle and bustle of the city, he changed into the good shoes that Wei's parents bought for him and went back to the familiar fields to cut wheat.

In the last interview, when talking about this experience, he once again talked about the familiar sentence:

Reading is the only way out.

No one knows whether young Gao Zhanxi will give up after leaving the city.

But what you can know is that he has returned to the fields and countryside again.

He assumed his due responsibility.

After lucid dreaming, Gao Zhanxi strengthened his faith.

After countless efforts, he was admitted to high school.

He was admitted to Hunan Normal University with excellent results (only two people were recruited in Qinghai at that time), became a national defense student, and became an instructor after graduation.

The wheat of his life is ripe.

It can be said that he really completed the "change of fate."

Among the many children in Metamorphosis, he is also a rare child who can "live against the sky".

In those years, Metamorphosis pushed many children to the public.

It's just that after the show, some children are still "ignorant" and some children's lives are still "distressed".

A program doesn't seem to change anything.

In fact, as the documentary "Seven Years of Life" said, many people's lives have been decided by birth.

Fortunately, someone like Gao Zhanxi told us:

Where there is a will, there is a way. If you burn your bridges, you will end up in Chu. Hard-working people are rewarded by heaven, and they have tasted courage. More than 3,000 armour can swallow Wu.

Even if birth determines fate, efforts can't be wrong.

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