奇速英语

People will do all sorts of crazy things for their loved ones, and 72-year-old Zhu Yunchang is a perfect example. He has been spending a lot of his time on his unusual job, the makeup-wearing beauty blogger. It’s not exactly typical behavior for a man at Zhu’s age, but then again, his is not a typical story.

Six years ago, Zhu Yunchang’s grandson, Xiao Jingyan, was diagnosed (诊断) with a rare and cruel disease. The boy was only five months old at the time, and doctors estimated that he only had about 18 months to live. The only drug (药) used to treat Xiao’s condition could only be imported from the US and cost around 700,000 yuan ($100,000).

Xiao Jingyan’s family decided they would do anything to save his life, so they sold their house and borrowed as much money as they could, but it still wasn’t enough. That’s when the boy’s grandfather decided to do something. He started looking for ways to earn some money and tried beauty blogging.

Zhu obviously knew nothing about beauty products, but he wasn’t afraid or embarrassed to learn. He first contacted a makeup company and asked for some free samples, but when the company learned that he was a man in his 70s, they declined his request because “old people can’t sell makeup”. But Zhu didn’t give up, and he went to another shop and kindly asked the staff to teach him about the products and how to apply them. Soon after he started live-streaming, Zhu Yunchang’s online popularity started growing, and he started earning a good paycheck for his grandson.

Some of Xiao Jingyan’s medication has now been added to the insurance list in China, so the financial burden (负担) on the family has eased considerably, but Zhu continues to work as a beauty blogger, testing products on himself and promoting them to his followers.