娱乐圈的发展日新月异，各类选秀节目层出不穷，从近20年前红极一时的《超级女声》《快乐男生》再到现在的《偶像训练营》和《创造营2021》。这些形形色色的选秀节目也打造了各具特色的当红“小鲜肉”和“小花旦”，他们之中不乏实力派与偶像派，当然也有一心只想回家的利老师。

I would like to talk about Luxiu Li, a famous Russian contestant in a Chinese performance-orientated reality show called “Chuangzaoying” which means an idol-creating camp in English. When I first saw him in this program, I was a bit angry about his attitude because it’s kind of difficult for people to have a chance to attend that reality show, but he just showed no patience and no willingness to compete. Besides, unlike other candidates, he paid no attention to his appearance. I mean, I had to admit that he had gorgeous facial features such as a protruding nose and a pair of hollow eyes, but he always showed us his oily hair which sometimes was rather nasty.

So, I was quite interested in what made him present in this program and then I found out that he was forced to do so. Before his presence in this show, he was invited to be an interpreter for contestants from Russia because he could speak fluent and native-level Chinese. To his surprise, the director noticed him and thought he was good-looking enough to be one of the contestants. He showed no interest in it and just wanted to get back home soon, but he failed. Instead of being just an interpreter, he joined the competition against his will, which was basically why he performed so badly in almost all his solos. After knowing this, a lot of people like me noted his positive side. For example, when he was at the risk of being eliminated, he tried his best to show his sadness but always failed with a slight smile, which was quite funny. Additionally, although he wanted to lose, he never gave up on group performance. I mean, he respected other candidates’ efforts a lot. In this case, he turned out to be popular in China. His fans kept voting for him just because they enjoyed watching him forced to be on the stage and not being able to get home.