On New Year’s Eve, for the first time, we all wish you all a happy New Year.

All along, we have been hiding behind the words, the hidden voice-over, the storyteller. In this moment of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, maybe you want to meet these old hens laying eggs.

I hope we can be together for a long time, in this era full of uncertainty.

The language is real, the writing is real, and the connections we make as a result are real. A reality that lasts longer than reality.

After reading our story, share with us one thing that impressed you most in the past year. We will select the 16 stories that touch us the most from the comments and send them carefully prepared gifts.

Secret Fear Girl Group

In early 2018, Yu Qing, the girl in the upper right corner, first came to "People" and was thinking about interviews and writing articles every day. One day her masseur Xiao Zhang talked about the strange clients she met in Beijing and comforted her. Everyone lives with expectation and anxiety. So she interviewed Xiaozhang, and after writing down Xiaozhang's story, she also found a way to cope with her anxiety. Xiaoyu, the girl in the lower right corner, went to Taipei in October. On a hot and humid typhoon day, she chatted with the middle-aged big S and listened to him talk about his midlife crisis. She was moved by this frankness and convinced that Those who face everything head on will always be luckier. At the end of the year, the girl in the upper left corner, Yang Zhou, interviewed a world-class skiing genius, which made her feel that she should try more unknown things and meet more interesting people in life. Also at the end of the year, the girl Tingting in the lower left corner went to Mount Wutai to interview the principal who became a monk, and she gradually felt the joy of going out to see the world. The New Year is almost here, and she is still conducting interviews at a football base in a remote town, running on the road happily.

Of course, this year is not all about work. The trip to the Philippines in March allowed them to get to know each other well, and the friendship was born on the beach at dusk, in the jungle with the constant chirping of cicadas, and with endless mango smoothies. In summer, they fell in love with Yidiandian and Haidilao. In autumn, they gathered together to pet cats and chatted endlessly at Chongba Niu Mansion. In winter, Heytea became their new favorite, and a fall in the skating rink was also memorable. Unfortunately, No time to go skiing. At this moment, they are rubbing their little hands and looking forward to their trip to Japan in March...

: Our New Year greetings are to hope that our readers can enjoy work, enjoy friendship, and enjoy life. I will give you a set of "The Naples Quartet", I hope it will be a pleasant reading experience.

? Works: "The Masseur Knocks on the Door", "Big S Comes to Earth", "He was once predicted to only live to 20 years old, but became a three-time Olympic champion" "A good-tempered middle-aged man" Decided to run away from home"

Luo Huahua Group

There are two girls who were supposed to appear in the group photo above, but missed the photo due to business trips. They are Luo Fatting and Luo Lively respectively. They are very hard-core girls who often break news and have been responsible for the traffic of the team in the past year.

? Works: "Deadly Paraquat" and "72 Hours of Phuket Shipwreck"

An Xiaoqing

I would like to use the slogan of my favorite agricultural channel to express my blessings Let’s all work hard in the New Year and “cultivate the world”.

: I will give a reader a small box of cherries and 3 short audio clips recorded during a business trip. They are not lengthy interview recordings. Thank you. They are some interesting sounds. I will carefully select them.

? Works: "Wang Jian: Fighting to Defeat the Buddha" "Why are there so many "crazy women" in Hong Kong? 》

Tongzhou mother-daughter trio

The three reporters in the picture once applied for a swimming card together. The three of them are determined to "live healthily" in the new year. Afterwards, they took a photo with the swimming card holding their fists, vowing to start 2018 with the goal of losing 10 pounds. Later, they often encouraged each other, but in another career - the night before every deadline, "Life lies in writing!" "Not delaying the manuscript is victory!" "Come on! Let's eat after we finish writing." A meal to celebrate!" So, these three reporters who ushered in 2019 were fat, fat, and sick respectively.

However, they also gained a lot this year: they saw the smiling faces painted by children on the mountain school playground for rural teachers, asked questions to Mr. Bill Gates, and made Mr. Kenya Hara chat happily. When I was a child, I drew pictures by myself and saw an ancient fish fossil 430 million years ago. I excitedly said hi to the fossil on the spot. These stories were recorded in their manuscripts, and together with their unrealized fitness aspirations, they will remain in 2018 forever.

Thanks to the swimming pool owner’s sympathy for fellow journalists, our swimming cards are still valid, although so far we have only gone swimming together once in a ***. I wish we can travel more...a few times in 2019.

I wish you all can have the same steadfast friendship as we do, have friends who will bring you meals when you are exhausted at work, encourage you to submit your manuscript on time when you are frustrated and desperate at night, and have friends who will help you deliver your manuscript on time. I always applaud you for your hard work.

Of course, if you can have all this and still exercise and keep fit, 2019 will be even better!

: Our New Year gift to everyone is a box of golden Fuji apples from 37 degrees north latitude and a beautiful voice recorded during the interview. In March, the birds are singing, the rain is hitting the bamboo leaves, and the mist is raining in the south of the Yangtze River. Friends who receive our gifts will become beautiful. We also hope that readers will have a safe and smooth new year.

? Works: "Those post-90s generation who love to "fill holes"" "Zhang Miman: A night that only belongs to a very small number of people"

Gong Jingqi

Occasionally, I think of the interview with Haidilao. The bitterness and depth can form its own story.

For example, I went to have a hot pot interview at two o'clock in the morning and found that I didn't bring my keys when I got home. My roommate was on a business trip. No one answered my calls to my friends. I couldn't check into the hotel without my ID card. Crying, smoking, and cursing on the streets, becoming a strong man who wants to sleep on the streets in winter.

Another example is that I had no interviewees, so I had to ask people if I knew Haidilao employees. Later, a Didi driver said he knew him, added WeChat and hurriedly got off the car, and found that the other party did not pass. In order to find this straw, leave a message, give him a good review on Didi, and add a thank you fee 3 times. People completely ignored me. I had no choice but to call the platform again and pretended that I had dropped my headphones in the car. The platform found headphones for me and even called the passengers in the car after me. All failed.

The most nerve-wracking thing I did was that in order to create a trustworthy image, I opened a group for Haidilao employees in the circle of friends. During that time, I posted my photos and reflections every day, including going to Paris. , In Peking University, long articles that care about current affairs should be as advanced and positive as possible. It hasn't been deleted yet, only those dozen or so people can see it.

Bitter, crazy, and persistent. I still remember waiting for a lobby manager with milk tea until 1 a.m. one day, but she finally let me go. Learning that she wouldn't be coming back, or appear in the ending of my manuscript - really made the last part very weak, and I called a friend and cried for an hour. These are the lives outside of the manuscript, the most intense life this year.

My New Year's wish is that all the social phobia patients who return home can do whatever they want during the Spring Festival and feel like a fish in water.

: I want to treat a friend to a meal of Haidilao for less than 100 yuan. This is a skill developed in interviews.

? Works: "The Women of Haidilao"

Luoyang Shovel Team

In 2018, Luoyang Shovel Team reviewed the ten years of pornographic photos scandal, Wenchuan The ten years of the earthquake and the ten years of the Olympics also have their own fixed columns: summarizing the news that happened every month that is worth pondering and should not be ignored.

The most thrilling thing we did was to take stock of the past ten years of the Olympics. At that time, the team members collected all the information on the 51 Olympic champions a week in advance. Until the night of August 7, we were still thinking about collecting all the information. Everyone wrote it, but after only seven or eight people wrote it, they realized that it had exceeded 10,000 words. Then we were forced to make subtractions. Because we were pressed for time and there was no time to think carefully, we could only rely on intuition to select the most attractive stories, so we They began to tell each other the materials they had at hand like a storyteller. It was already late at night, but everyone was in a dazed state due to excessive excitement, and laughed at everything they said.

That night, a few of us watched each other’s faces and hair gradually getting oily in a small office. We took turns in a state of confused thinking and incoherent words, but we also experienced the exhaustion of all our energy. In order to choose a topic smoothly, a deep tacit understanding has been cultivated. It is not easy to meet friends who trust each other and rely on each other like comrades at work. This is our most precious harvest in 2018.

After the push was sent out on the afternoon of August 8, we had not slept for two days and one night, and we set a flag to never stay up late again in 2018. As a result, we collectively saw Beijing at 4 a.m. at least three times. Setting a flag can easily be counterattacked. This is our most painful lesson in 2018. So, let’s wish ourselves to make every night worthwhile in 2019!

: We plan to give a reader an Evernote personal premium account for one year. I wish you all spend every day in a way worthy of being recorded.

? Works: "Ten Years of "Pornographic Photo Sect": A Mirror Reflecting All Kinds of Life" "Ten Years of Beijing Olympic Champions, We All Guessed Wrong" "Ten Years of Aftershocks, 36 "Not Quite" "The same news"

Xie Mengyao

The most impressive interview in 2018 may be Yao Ming's interview. I have heard many colleagues say that Yao Ming lacks patience with Chinese reporters, and I really felt it that time.

That day was an event for the Yao Ming Charity Foundation. When he was interviewed by a group, he was very irritable. He kept a dark face most of the time and only answered questions related to charity. If someone asked other types of questions, he would He immediately pointed out that this had nothing to do with today's topic, and the scene was very embarrassing. I basically gave up on myself without asking a single question. Later, my publicist helped me get a ride to the airport with Yao Ming in the evening so that I could visit him alone. In fact, I made a very detailed outline for the interview and divided it in order by topic category. However, topics such as the reform of the Basketball Association were agreed upon earlier and could not be asked. I decided to respect the promise.

He refused to expand on many issues.

For example, I asked, have you been in contact with Zhou Qi recently? This is a very low-aggression question, completely different from "How do you evaluate Zhou Qi" and "What do you think of Zhou Qi's situation with the Rockets?" As a result, Yao Ming said "I don't evaluate specific players" and passed it by. For example, when we talked about the Rockets' player trade, Yao Ming said that he understood that it was part of business operations in his first year in the NBA, so I transitioned the topic to Liu Wei ("it's just business", which may help us understand more about 2014 Liu Wei left the Shanghai Sharks, can you say so?") - Actually, this is what I really want to ask. This kind of question is very concealed, and the starting point is the other party's position, which has often opened up the situation in the past. Yao Ming immediately laughed, paused for a while, and finally avoided it.

Looking back, the most lengthy thing Yao Ming said that night was when he explained to me that because of his change of status, he needed to speak more carefully. That helped me understand his situation to a certain extent.

But after that highly stressful drive, I felt exhausted and exhausted. I gave up asking questions. At one point, I did approach Yao Ming, who was playing with his cell phone with his head down, and asked two questions, and then quickly retreated to the side. For more time, Ye Dawei and I have been talking about the Yao Foundation Hope Primary School basketball season. We chatted loudly.

Later, I explained my motivation to myself like this: I secretly hoped that Yao Ming on the side could hear our conversation, although maybe when the report was published, my mention of charity would not be clear. Too much, but it's not the bait I use for fishing, I'm interested in the charity he does. Maybe I will have the opportunity for in-depth interviews in the future. But I also thought that that might be my excuse for my habitual social anxiety and timidity, and for not insisting on asking questions. Only by thinking this way can I let myself go.

: I wish everyone a happy New Year. I would like to give a reader a book that will help me write. The title of the book is being kept secret for now.

? Work: "Yao Ming, who does not play basketball, played "Tai Chi" with us"

Zhang Yue

The most impressive job in 2018 was the interview Painter Mao Yan. During the interview that lasted more than two hours, he cursed "fuck" a lot. Each sentence appeared at an important point, and each sentence was full of emotion. As I listened, I thought about saving it for him in the end, and the essence of the character. God is all here. The last time he appeared, he talked about the auction of paintings. He didn't like paintings to be sold. Losing a good work would leave a long-lasting hole in his heart. "My paintings are very limited. I can count them all in my lifetime." , you will feel miserable. There is not a single painting in the studio. Often when someone takes it away after the painting is finished, you will feel empty and confused. What have I done in my life? I can’t see what I have done. Where has it gone? It would feel ridiculous." He said this in a sad tone, and it was difficult for the person sitting opposite to be struck by the sense of unsustainable emptiness, so we were silent for a while.

Interviewers usually cherish the emotional cracks of the interviewee. Thinking about it afterwards, they suddenly feel that it is the most vain and greatest part of human nature. They clearly know that no matter what they have, they will have nothing in the end, but they still While I was painting, still trembling with excitement over a good work, I suddenly felt inspired.

My New Year's greeting is that I hope readers can have simple happiness in the new year.

: I will give readers a large Peppa Pig doll as a gift.

? Work: "The Willfulness of Genius"

Interviewed and edited by Three Men

In 2018, I witnessed the collapse of the P2P kingdom and the pain of Bitcoin leeks. , interviewed the doctor who exposed Hongmao medicinal liquor, and investigated the cattle herder who committed serial murders... But the one who impressed me the most was the ordinary old man who wrote about the most ordinary things.

At that time, I was working on the topic of being lonely late in life. Every day, I sat in the Changpu River Park where old people meet on blind dates, chatting with every single old man who was willing to chat. Almost every one of them had a lot of things to talk about. story. Every time they started talking, I felt that time slowed down, the old people became young people, and I was their witness back then. Some old people talked about the love they missed when they were young, while others talked about the turmoil and helplessness of the year. When the old people gather together, they are a collection of stories about desires, misses, and years.

How to face aging, how to maintain inner peace, and how to deal with relationships and family are all issues we need to prepare for in advance. From these old people, we can see ourselves decades later. Therefore, we must choose relationships carefully, cherish the people we love and love ourselves, and would rather be alone than settle for nothing, and keep our hearts full. Only in this way will Hua have enough strength to fight against time when he grows old.

: We also hope that everyone will gain the power to fight against time in the new year. We will send a thermos cup (with wolfberry) to a reader.

? Works: "Late Loneliness: Not All Blind Dates Must Have a Result"

Barry

In 2018, I wrote about many dark social events , colleagues call such stories "lucky poison".

One of them is called "Escape from the Hair Salon". In May, I went to Shanghai to interview several victims. I speculated on their resistance and sadness along the way, but the reality is that they talked loudly and laughed loudly, even when they talked about the most painful time when they were beaten. I asked why I was laughing, and she said she felt stupid at that time.

They kept saying that they would never trust others easily, but in just a few days they told me their experiences, thoughts and feelings without reservation. Sometimes I even thought that I was being too cruel and deliberately withheld some questions from asking further questions, but they could not give me detailed answers to what I wanted to say.

This trust was too heavy, and it once made me afraid that I would let them down because my writing was not good enough. I felt so helpless that I was so flustered that I couldn’t sleep, and my face was full of tears. smallpox.

The last time I had this feeling was when I went to Xianyang to interview Uncle Wei and Aunt Wei two years ago. They drove a 20,000-yuan car that Wei Zexi used to treat his illness and took me to eat what they considered to be the most authentic mutton steamed buns, hot rice noodles, and vegetable tofu. They walked several kilometers along the river in the evening and sent me back to the hotel, pointing at The Corridor on the River told me that it was built according to the description in "A Fang Gong Fu". You know how gentle they would be to their son. All the sadness was left in the new house they bought for their son to get married. No matter how white the walls and bright the lights, their world is still dark and cannot be seen. Light.

Special thanks to these kind-hearted interviewees, who wish to let us see a wider world. Bless you all.

: I hope everyone is happy. Let go of what needs to be put down. Don’t fight, it’s useless. Send a silk eye mask to wish everyone a good sleep in the coming year and be energetic throughout the day.

? Work: "Blinder than Blind Mountain"

Malala

In 2018, my favorite topic I have worked on is Gaobeidian Fishing, but the one who impressed me the most was Li Shaoyun, a single mother who drives a taxi in Wuhan.

In Gaobeidian, I tried to describe the role (society and family) in squeezing a person's self and their resistance. The perspective is male-biased.

Another day, I saw the confession of a single mother on the Internet. She is a nurse, and she said that the only time she feels free is when she changes clothes in the fitting room. In uniform, she takes care of patients; out of uniform, she takes care of children. So I decided to find such a powerful woman.

I found Li Shaoyun. She is a woman who makes a living in a male industry. She works the night shift for rent every day with her newborn child. Compared to the men in Gaobeidian, whose careers are at least controllable, her living space is narrower. I stayed with her for a whole week, getting up early every day and collecting the car in the early hours of the night. She was often so tired that she forgot to take out the key when opening the door and fell asleep. I also experienced the fatigue of falling asleep without turning off the lights when returning to the hotel.

As a woman, she could choose an easier life. Beauvoir wrote at the beginning of "The Second Sex": "The great luck of man is that, whether as an adult or as a child, he must embark on an extremely difficult road, but this is the most reliable road; women's The misfortune lies in being surrounded by almost irresistible temptations; she is not required to work hard, but is only encouraged to slide down to reach bliss."

Li Shaoyun's sense of power comes from here, and she can not rely on herself. Sometimes, I still choose to rely on myself. There are too many details for me to describe, but I remember that she had to walk up a steep ladder to send her children to a subsidized senior kindergarten. In fact, there is an ordinary public kindergarten right in front of her home, but to go to the high-end kindergarten, she has to drive across the Yangtze River every morning. I told myself that I must live like this. Although it will be very tiring, I must live like this.

I hope everyone can have their wishes come true. Whatever you want and get, you can have a good harvest and be as lucky as possible with minimal effort.

: I would like to give a set of Dante's "Divine Comedy" to a reader. If the reader happens to be interested in the article I write, we can share our email addresses and become a long-term pen pal.

? Works: "These men don't go home, they go fishing" "Live in Hubei A XT888"

Yin Xiyuan

On the last day of 2018, I selected a few of the 19,067 portrait photos taken this year to make a summary of my annual works. Thinking about it, it was another busy year. Many faces flew quickly through my mind, and some of them were unclear. , but there are two that I always remember. It was summer. After taking a photo of Liu Wei, a former guard of the Chinese men's basketball team, in Shanghai, I gave up my seat to two old men on the subway to the train station. They are two siblings. The elder sister lost her sight more than ten years ago, but she wears a pair of beautiful glasses and is elegantly dressed. My younger brother looked handsome when he was young. His ears were not very good, but he was talkative. That day, my younger brother took my older sister to the salon. My older sister started singing Suzhou Pingtan at the age of 13. She can play sanxian and pipa, and my younger brother went to be an audience member for her. The two were enthusiastic and decent. They talked to me about the differences between Beijing and Shanghai, told me to pay attention to my health, and also shared with me how music had changed them. It was a wonderful chat, although at the end of the day, I missed my train.

Sometimes I think about it, life is like this, sometimes you may suddenly lose something, such as health; sometimes you will suddenly get inspiration for something, or meet a great friend. In the sudden loss and sudden gain, life is slowly moving forward, drifting uncertainly, but also full of surprises. Just like pressing the shutter again and again when taking pictures, you can get ordinary or stunning images, but every action of pressing it is worth savoring. In that action, it is an affirmation, expression, and response to every moment of life. .

In the new year, I hope all my friends will pick up their mobile phones or cameras as much as possible to record the moments and touches around them.

: I will give a reader a photo shoot in Beijing (only responsible for the photo shoot, transportation and other expenses are at your own expense).

Liu Xingyu

The most impressive work in 2018 should be Mr. Li Ning’s cover interview and Yi Yang Qianxi’s shooting.

When I made an appointment with Mr. Li Ning, it took a full 5 months from adding the first contact to finally meeting Mr. Li Ning. During this period, I troubled many friends around me to help find more reliable contact information, but after informing the other party of my basic demands, most of them heard nothing. After putting this matter aside for about 2 weeks, I basically gave up. One day I was chatting with a good friend, and he said, "You haven't interviewed our chairman yet?" I asked, "Who is your chairman?" After this conversation, my interview with Mr. Li Ning officially started. I belatedly realized that I had forgotten that my friend was an employee of Li Ning, and then I got the WeChat message from a very reliable public relations lady in Li Ning Company, and finally the cover interview with Mr. Li Ning was on track.

When shooting the cover of Yi Yang Qianxi, what I remember most is staying up late. Staying up late to edit the video and compare pictures made me want to buy sudden death insurance. There were mostly outdoor scenes on that day of shooting. The last outdoor scene was shot with great stress, but it started to rain the moment I finished filming. We moved indoors for the video interview, and the last part of the day was for him to write calligraphy. I sat across from him and watched his meticulous, patient and calm demeanor, which is definitely rare for young people nowadays.

: I would like to give a reader a cover photo opportunity and a Li Ning hoodie. I wish you all the best to embrace the secluded mountains and enjoy the peace of mind.

Operation Team

Yes, the photo above is the “butlers” closest to readers and friends!

They are active on major content platforms, using their brains to brainstorm topics, planning articles, and drawing illustrations and posters with their hard work;

They Day and night, they go in and out of dozens of reader groups with dark bags under their eyes, handing out benefits, pretending to be cute, quarreling, joking with readers, falling in love with each other;

They are obsessed with analyzing cases in the collection industry and data analysis artifacts, trying to get a glimpse of the pulse of hot spots and user preferences from the moody and mysterious curves;

They provide courses and organize activities, although the person with the highest academic qualifications in the team is just a spreader They are studying for a master's degree, but they dare to laugh and talk with the best novelist in China today...

Even (typing on the blackboard with tears), in order to achieve the "most reader-friendly" state, they can post photos I don’t even know my own mother! They have already reached this point. In the new year, it’s up to you, readers, to be kinder to them.

A practical New Year's greeting: I hope that in the new year, you will work with "Butler" to at least: lose 1 kilogram, donate 1 yuan, acquire a new skill, and understand 1 new friend, 1 small goal completed.

: We will select the 3 readers who leave the most enthusiastic comments and let our illustrators draw a comic portrait for each of them.

Business

A question: How do I explain to my parents that I work in the marketing department when I go home during the Chinese New Year?

An idea:

—Auntie, what I am doing now is "Marketing" (Marketing).

—What horse?

—What is Ma Ting?

—What is Keting?

In 2018, we searched through thousands of family letters from famous writers and collected 2,711 Mid-Autumn Festival family letters from readers, creating a "Family Letters Library". Here, the most delicate emotional excitement is presented, and those words they wanted to say but did not say were written in the letter.

Starting from "Women are a beam of light", we spent 3 months to turn "Faces of the Year? Women's Power Ceremony" from some sentences and ideas in our minds into a communication The event has been exposed up to 210 million times and is a hard-to-get ticket for thousands of people. It uses words, sounds, images, and stories of women of different identities, ages, and professions to create good materials that are flowing, static, and that the characters are best at reaching people's hearts. Created an "ideal place for narrators and recorders".

When the Year of the Dog was coming to an end, I had the opportunity to rewatch the classic movie "The Thirteenth Man of the South China Sea". The Thirteenth Man asked Tang Disheng: "Why do you want to be a famous screenwriter?" Tang Disheng said: "I want to Prove that articles have a price. "We are engaged in market operations, hoping to make business pay for wisdom and completely realize that "articles have a price."

The truly valuable thing is not the fake personal leave data that has been swiped on the screen, but the content produced by "People" that presents the most vivid human world in this era. May the Year of the Pig be with the golden people who have always supported us. Main father and partner *** Mian.

: Our People Market Management Center will give readers and friends a super gift - free admission tickets for all offline activities hosted by "People" and Daily People, exclusive VIP seats, and good luck in the Year of the Pig. Yo.

There are five of us left, and there are actually three Aries (scary!), one Scorpio, and one Cancer. Except for the fire element, it is also the water element, but we have a rare blend of water and fire.

When we were discussing topic selection, sometimes we were like women doing laundry together by the river. After a while of banging and smashing, we found the direction.

As a combination of fire and water who are both violent and sinister, whenever something big happens, the few of us will always feel awe-inspiring and say, "We can't cure you yet."

The attack is still very neat.

In the new year, I wish you all the best to be happy and enlightened after seeing the truth of life clearly.

: We have prepared several gifts. Among them is a girl, Momo, who writes a ten-year diary, hoping that good things will continue to happen. There are also three lipsticks, well, it’s the tube that each of us likes the most. I hope you are bright and happy every day. There is also a set of tea sets given by the Buddha-natured Xuanbian. I hope you can have a moment of solid tranquility every day.

The duo behind the scenes

Outside the window, the sky changes from ink black to icy blue and light gray, and finally the red sun rises, the lights gradually fade out, and the buildings show jagged outlines.

At the table, after checking the last character, I put the proofs for review into a paper bag and looked at each other with a smile: Another issue is completed!

Month after month, year after year, trivial, rigorous, happy...

Happy New Year