The first time you see Morphy, you must think he is ordinary-he wears the most ordinary clothes, shaves his head and takes the bus with everyone.

But if you really regard him as a common people, it's all wet! He is the favorite news anchor of Nanjing people; CCTV asked him if he dared to say "no"; As the host of national local TV station, he was selected as one of the "Top Ten Hosts in China" in 2004 ... It seems that he is an indispensable scenery in Nanjing.

But if I tell you that the host is just a high school student; He worked for five years. When he was working on the assembly line, his hands were almost taken away by the machine. Can you believe it?

Behind the compelling Morphy legend is a story of the strong constantly surpassing themselves!

Dreams are shattered, and losers work everywhere.

197 1 year, Murphy was born in an ordinary citizen family in Chongqing. His parents are honest and have great expectations for their only son.

/kloc-When he was 0/2 years old, the Murphy family moved to Nanjing because of his father's job transfer. Since then, Murphy has finished junior high school and senior high school in Nanjing No.3 Middle School and Nanjing No.1 Middle School, but his grades are not satisfactory. 1990 college entrance examination, his Chinese score is second only to that of the top liberal arts scholar in Jiangsu province, but the total score of mathematics, physics and chemistry is less than 100, which is expected.

Murphy wanted to change classes to repeat his studies, but he found many schools. When people saw his college entrance examination report card, they immediately shook their heads and refused. He also wants to go out and look for a job, but where is a high school student going? After staying at home for a long time, Murphy was anxious: what should I do in the future? It coincided with the rise of the gold rush in the south. In order to find a way out, he went to Shenzhen with a group of classmates.

However, the cruel reality of Shenzhen soon shattered his dream. For more than ten days, Murphy and his companions kept running around, but found nothing.

Seeing that his money was gone, Murphy had to move out of a small hotel and squeeze into a shabby simple room with a large group of people. There, he turned over and over again the old newspapers picked up from the street, looking for work information; Then I went to "see the work" again and again ... In this strange city, Murphy felt the hardships of life for the first time.

A month later, he finally found a job as a porter.

That kind of porter is temporary, so he goes where there is work to do. Not only is he tired, but his salary is also low, and he often has to endure the blame and reprimand of the foreman. A week later, Morphy finally began to think about his future: Do you really want to be a porter all your life? He misses school life as never before.

After working as a porter for a month, Murphy returned to Nanjing without hesitation. On the return train, he comforted himself and started from the beginning. It's not too late!

In order to support himself, Murphy ran to the talent market as soon as he returned to Nanjing. Soon, he heard that the printing house of a newspaper in Nanjing was recruiting people, and immediately went to register. Although the salary of a printer is not high, he can read newspapers for free. This is what Murphy, who is gradually pragmatic, values. 199 1 1 In February, Morphy became a printer.

It is not easy to be a printer. The printing factory where Morphy works has a weekly printing capacity of 4 million copies. The machine needs to work continuously from Tuesday to Thursday, and only he and three other coolies really operate the printing machine. Morphy goes to work at 8: 00 a.m. on Tuesday, and gets off work on Thursday night, and takes112 newspapers off the machine every minute on average. During the three-day working hours, he can rest every 10 hour, and the time is only 1 hour. This kind of work is no different from fighting, and the hands and feet are a little slow, and the assembly line operation cannot be completed within the specified time, which will affect the next link and will be scolded by the team leader.

After a busy first month, Morphy got only 23 yuan's salary, but he couldn't help crying with excitement. It was not easy!

When not working, Murphy spends time studying. He wrote in his diary: "I can't stay in this place all my life." If I want to change my job, I have to have knowledge. "

Murphy chose the adult college entrance examination. Picking up the book again, he felt very cordial. The greater the intensity of work, the stronger the desire to learn. In September, 1992, Murphy signed up for correspondence study in Chinese Department of Nanjing Normal University. Correspondence classes are open to the public, and classes are held on Saturdays and Sundays. Murphy cherishes this hard-won learning opportunity. No matter how tired or busy he is, he will attend class on time.

While working and attending classes, Morphy's life rhythm suddenly accelerated, and the rest time was pitiful. He has no sundays and holidays. After only two months of work and study, he lost nearly 8 kilograms!

But Murphy never gets tired. He tried his best to find everything he lost! In order to study, he tries to shorten his sleep time and read more books whenever he has time. I couldn't stand it anymore, so I soaked my head in cold water ... He said to himself every day: this is only the first step of the long March!

Fight! Fight! A handyman will eventually become a real reporter.

But luck didn't come to this hardworking young man. /kloc-one day in the second half of 0/992, Morphy was so tired that he accidentally crushed his hand while taking the newspaper! The whole factory was in a panic and stopped working immediately.

Later, because of the timely rescue, his hand was finally saved, but it caused great dissatisfaction with the leaders of the printing factory-this industrial accident was the biggest accident since the factory was established, and the leaders of the printing workshop were criticized by their superiors, so they took it out on Murphy. 1993 Before the Chinese New Year, Murphy was scolded by the printing house, and then he resigned.

Murphy walked in the streets of Nanjing in frustration and wanted to cry. ...

In order to make a living, he began to do some short-term jobs: delivering water, advertising, and working as a security guard ... Later, he heard from his friends that opening a supermarket was quite profitable, so Morphy borrowed money everywhere and opened a small supermarket. However, due to unfamiliarity with this field, the small supermarket was finally forced to close at the beginning of 1994. Murphy, who lost all his money, was depressed. He felt as if he had entered a dead end in his life. What should I do? Do you want to do nothing or stand up and save yourself? The stubborn Murphy chose the latter. Once again, he began to look for work information everywhere, and he believed that he would find his own world!

1994 In February, Morphy read a news in the newspaper: Jiangsu TV Sports Group wanted a receptionist. Murphy shine at the moment, since he worked in the newspaper printing factory, he has been longing for the media. Although he knew that the receptionist's job was to serve tea and water and answer the phone at most ... he signed up. This time, Murphy's work experience helped him. Strong and hard-working, he was soon hired and became a temporary worker in the TV station.

It has been more than a year, and he is still doing a dispensable job, which is the least noticeable among more than 200 temporary workers. Gradually, 24-year-old Morphy began to feel confused about the work in front of him. He is very worried: can I only serve tea and water in my life?

1July, 994, after two years of correspondence study, Murphy obtained the graduation certificate of Chinese Department of Nanjing Normal University. Then he had a bold idea: why can I only do odd jobs? I also want to be a reporter!

With this goal, Murphy's life seems to be full of sunshine. He comes to Taiwan early every day to familiarize himself with the reporter's workflow by helping the reporter clean up. If some old reporters need to bring a cameraman when they go out to interview, Murphy is always scrambling to do it-for this reason, he has been called a "fool" by other temporary workers many times! But as soon as he went out, he gained something, or learned some interview skills, or became familiar with the operation of the camera.

In this process, Morphy added something to her diary: recording what she learned every day. In order to close the distance with this group of journalists, Morphy also started an "emotional investment". He followed and helped reporters and editors pour tea and clean ... Over time, many reporters had a good impression on Murphy, and Murphy had more and more opportunities to carry cameras.

Gradually, some small news that old reporters don't like began to be handed over to Morphy, and the old reporter's name was added when it was done. Every time something like this happens, Morphy is always happy and takes it as a top priority.

In this way, many a mickle makes a mickle, and Morphy's name appears on TV more and more frequently. Later, the leader was very kind and asked him to go out and run the news after finishing his own thing. Murphy was overjoyed to receive this notice-he cherished the opportunity of this temporary reporter too much!

Since then, he has to overdraw his physical strength every day to make a show, and staying up late is more common. But when he saw that all his films were edited, written and even dubbed by himself, his mood was as clear as the blue sky in autumn! Gradually, some big academic leaders have begun to give it to him.

At that time, Murphy's salary was only 200 yuan.

1In August, 996, Morphy took part in shooting 26 episodes of feature films as the chief photographer. The TV film won the second prize in the national long TV feature film competition, and Morphy's professionalism was well received by everyone. This time, Murphy finally got rid of the hat of handyman and became a formal reporter. The man cried ... He said to himself in his diary: "The strength accumulated in suffering is leading me to success step by step!" " "

Next, Murphy's career was smooth sailing. 1995, in order to seize the opportunity, Jiangsu TV Station set up Jiangsu TV City Channel and prepared a 10 minute in-depth report column. After Morphy entered this group, he officially started the course of running social news. Because of my profound writing skills, I also started as an editor reporter, and my salary rose to more than 1000 yuan.

Unexpectedly, after the Spring Festival of 1998, due to long-term fatigue, Morphy's hair began to fall off a lot, and sometimes she could pull it out. That summer, Murphy simply shaved his head. Needless to say, this bald head with his smiling face looks smart and energetic. The bald head has been following him ever since.

Thanks to the suffering, Nanjing people fall in love with the bald host.

Murphy has always been a stubborn man. He never gives up every path he chooses easily. Either don't go or go to the best. From 1998, he changed many positions and directed an immature talk show, which laid the foundation for his future success.

On June 5438+ 10, 2002, Jiangsu TV decided to change Nanjing News into a live news program, named Nanjing Zero Distance One Hour, with the aim of "serving the people".

When everything is ready, the choice of the host is on the table-whether to keep the original solemn host or re-select the host? Taiwan Province's leaders are indecisive on this issue. Finally, everyone unanimously decided to break the qualifications and academic qualifications and hold an open election in the whole society.

Morphy analyzed his own advantages and disadvantages with his years of experience: civilian programs, of course, require the host to have civilian characteristics; You don't have to be handsome. The key is to have riff-raff experience and talk about topics that people care about ... and who is more qualified than yourself in this respect? He keenly felt: here comes the opportunity! This will be his chance to switch from the background to the front desk. However, can his Mandarin pass the test ... Morphy only hesitated for a minute and made a decision: Mandarin can be imitated, but those bitter experiences are his rare and precious wealth, and he can't imitate it. How many beats can life have? Don't call at this time. When will you wait?

Murphy is right!

On the day of the interview, Murphy calmly described his difficult experience of working many times, especially about the life, dignity and value of migrant workers. He confidently put forward a new idea of being a "civilian host" and said that he would try his best to make up for his shortcomings.

Murphy's words captured the intention of Taiwan Province's leaders, who were keenly aware that Murphy's temperament was very suitable for this program!

-But is Morphy fit to be a host? Can his bald head broadcast news programs? Before that, the hosts were all handsome men and beautiful women. Will such a person suddenly surprise the audience? The examiners are full of opinions. Finally, the director spoke: "It's up to the audience. Try first, but don't change people! "

"Ignorant people are fearless!" When Murphy first appeared on TV, she wore the most ordinary clothes to the studio. As a live news program, in 60 minutes, he has only one news serial, and the content broadcast is what happened in three hours. Not to mention reminding, no!

How did so much news come together? Morphy thought twice and made a bold decision! He relaxed his mood and broadcast the news in a way that no one expected: he improvised and turned his usual thoughts and experiences into humorous and accurate impromptu comments and a string of words. Taiwan Province leaders and colleagues have butterflies in their stomach: Can this work?

No one expected that the first issue of "Nanjing Zero Distance" achieved unexpected results due to its accurate positioning. It was the most spectacular night in TV history, and the phone of the film crew was almost ringing off the hook! The audience lamented that they had never seen such a personality host.

Opportunities often come to those who are prepared. Murphy, who is good at grasping opportunities, has since embarked on the peak of his life.

Out of concern for the joys and sorrows of ordinary people, it didn't take long for the ratings of Nanjing Zero Distance to soar, and Morphy began to be fully responsible for the selection and broadcast of the draft. He completely subverted people's traditional concept of "news host" and successfully shaped another popular news host model. In July 2003, the average audience rating of Zero Distance in Nanjing was as high as 8.3%, and the highest audience rating even reached an astonishing 17.7%, which exceeded the simultaneous broadcast of CCTV news broadcast and created a miracle of audience rating. In 2002, the advertising revenue of Zero Distance in Nanjing was as high as 50 million yuan, and Morphy became an irreplaceable core figure in Nanjing. Many viewers affectionately called Murphy "the spokesman of urban civilians".

Murphy was also threatened because he often criticized the current malpractices and exposed ugliness, but he didn't care. For many years, he has kept his habit: going to work by bus; I usually go shopping by myself; From time to time, I find someone to pull a lesbian ... which later became the source of his lines and thoughts.

An example is enough to illustrate the popularity of Morphy. On one occasion, a fire broke out in the area of Confucius Temple. A passing girl took a digital camera and photographed it immediately. By the time other media reporters arrived, the fire had gone out. More than a dozen mainstream media in Nanjing are willing to pay a high price for photos. The girl only said one sentence: "I only gave this photo to Nanjing Zero Distance, only to Morphy."

The rapid popularity of Morphy and Zero Distance in Nanjing quickly attracted the attention of many domestic media. Southern Weekend even published a special edition to study the "Murphy phenomenon" with experts from all over the country. It is worth mentioning that when Morphy was the most popular, the producers of Oriental Time and Space tried to pull Morphy to work in CCTV through the relevant leaders in Taiwan Province. After all the work was finished, Murphy politely refused. He said he only chose what suits him!

At the beginning of 2004, the good news came again. Murphy was named as one of the "Top Ten Hosts in China" that year-the top ten hosts were all CCTV celebrities except Murphy! This is enough to prove that Morphy, a part-time host, has not lost to anyone in his industry!