Always ready

Author: Zhu Jun
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: Zhu Jun insists on choosing a name like "Always Prepared" that looks both "official" and "cool." He believes that throughout his life, when facing various choices of fate, his state has always been "always prepared," and opportunities have always come to him while he was actively "preparing." He vaguely feels that everything he has done so far seems to have been preparing for Art Life: from his humble family background and his parents' almost "harsh" education; the tempering of his character as a scout; being accidentally pushed onto the stage to host; Yang Lan and Gao Limin's "timely" appearance and friendly advice; the constant setbacks he encountered while "floating" in Beijing; several "career changes" after joining the Central Broadcasting Station; his talent and obsession with art—all of these were paving the way for his ultimate pursuit, and he was ultimately rewarded as he wished. In the book, Zhu Jun does not hesitate to expose his flaws: the "major" slip of the tongue during the Spring Festival Gala in the Year of the Monkey in front of hundreds of millions of viewers; the sharp criticism from the audience during the live broadcast of "Leaping Over the Yellow River"; the overwhelming judgment from netizens when he went head-to-head with the "giant" from The Longest Day in Shanghai; and so on. At the same time, he frankly discusses his own thoughts.