STORY: Young grassroots singer in E. China goes viral online
SHOOTING TIME: May 14, 2024
DATELINE: May 16, 2024
LENGTH: 00:00:41
LOCATION: JINAN, China
CATEGORY: SOCIETY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of Guo preparing live broadcast
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): GUO ZHUANG, Singer and vlogger

STORYLINE:

Recently, 25-year-old Guo Zhuang from Heze City of east China's Shandong Province, has rapidly gained popularity on the internet and became a celebrity on Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok.

Born in a rural family without professional music training, Guo went viral online because of his cover version of a song named Promise.

Every day, he makes live broadcast at Heze South Railway Station, which has been abandoned for years. 

Now the station has become an iconic place, attracting a large number of tourists to visit every day.

SOUNDBITE (Chinese): GUO ZHUANG, Singer and vlogger
"Through this song, I told some of my stories to people, and I've received a lot of resonance from them. I will promote my hometown Heze vigorously, so that more people will come to visit the city and feel the enthusiasm of the Heze people."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Jinan, China.
(XHTV)