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CCTV host Wang Xiaoya, who once became popular all over the country with “Happy Dictionary”, has been out of the public eye for many years.
Recently, a rumor has been widely circulated on the Internet: She was seriously ill and bedridden, and wrote the words “Have a good life for the rest of my life” on her bed.
This short sentence struck a chord with countless middle-aged viewers, and also made the past of this veteran famous speaker be mentioned again.
Where did this message that spread all over the Internet come from? What has she experienced in the years since she disappeared?
From the mountain town in western Sichuan to the prime time of CCTV
Wang Xiaoya was born in Liangshan, Sichuan. She studied economics at Sichuan University and has nothing to do with the hosting industry.
After graduation, she was assigned to a local economic newspaper. Her first job was not to write articles and interview, but to sit in the office every day, copy envelopes and affix stamps.
For three months, she repeated the mechanical work every day, so efficiently that one person could do the work of three people.
It was this inconspicuous thing that made her boss see her stability, and soon she was transferred to the editorial position. After working in the newspaper for several years, she was not satisfied with the status quo.
In 1996, she was admitted to the Beijing Broadcasting Institute to study television literature. In the second year, she entered the CCTV Economic Department as an intern, and started her hosting career across industries.
When she first joined CCTV, she had a Sichuan accent. In order to practice her pronunciation correctly, she carried a Xinhua dictionary in her pocket every day, and when she had time, she would take it out and look up the correct pronunciation of the words.
In 1998, she won the first place in the country’s outstanding economic program host with “Economic Half Hour” and completely established her footing on the station. What really made her a household name was “Happy Dictionary” which was launched in 2000.
The phrase “Are you sure? Congratulations, you got the answer right” became a familiar mantra in every household.
How popular is the show? When broadcast every week, the ratings are firmly at the forefront of CCTV’s second set, and viewers can queue up to sign up.
Those years were the peak of her career: she won the Golden Microphone Award in 2003, was rated as one of CCTV’s top ten hosts in 2007, hosted the “Xiaoya Running to the Two Sessions” special report for many years, and even appeared on the Spring Festival Gala to perform skits with Li Yong.
In the eyes of outsiders, she is a famous CCTV celebrity with unlimited fame, but no one knows that this fame is all achieved through continuous spinning.
During the two sessions, she had to go to several venues every day, interviewing, writing articles, and recording programs. She was often busy until one or two in the morning.
With the regular columns plus evening parties and charity activities, her schedule is so full that she doesn’t even dare to ask for leave easily when she’s sick.
Once I had a high fever, I put on makeup and turned on the lights, but I was still full of energy and recorded the entire show.
No one reminded her to slow down, and she had no intention of stopping.
In my opinion, the most deceptive chicken soup in the workplace is “get through it and get ahead.” Everyone was staring at her rising fame, but no one cared about her depleted body.
Everyone was waiting for her to reach the peak of her career, but no one expected that the first thing that came to her door was not a higher trophy, but a sudden serious illness.
Overworked Health Alert
In April 2006, Wang Xiaoya, who had just finished reporting on the Two Sessions, suddenly felt pain in her lower back that made her unable to straighten up, and her face and limbs became swollen.
After going to the hospital for a checkup, it was found that it was hydronephrosis caused by overwork. The doctor asked her to stop work immediately and recuperate. If she delayed it any longer, there would be big problems.
This incident was reported by many official media at the time, and it was not a groundless rumor.
The program team had no choice but to temporarily stop her recording work, and “Happy Dictionary” also temporarily replaced it with a special program.
After her father found out, he came to Beijing from his hometown in Sichuan to take care of her. During that time, she put down all work and drank traditional Chinese medicine at home. Watching her father, with gray hair, decocting medicine for herself and making home-cooked meals, she realized for the first time that her body could no longer bear it.
After resting for half a year, she officially came back in September of that year and returned to the stage of “Happy Dictionary”. The audience only saw the familiar host returning, but they did not know that the disease was just the first warning sent by the body.
After her comeback, she is still busy with work: 3.15 party, charity programs, food columns. She has tried different types of hosting, and still maintains a high-intensity work rhythm.
But since then, she still has occasional health problems, but they have never been as publicized as they were in 2006.
Starting around 2016, she gradually reduced her first-line fixed columns and slowly faded out.
There was no farewell show, no official announcement, she just faded off the screen quietly, and all kinds of speculations were flying all over the place.
It was at this time that the so-called hospital bed message “Have a good life for the rest of your life” began to circulate on the Internet.
There are several versions of the legend, some say it is just five words, and some say there are supplements such as “health is blessing” at the end.
But until today, no official channel has confirmed the authenticity of this message, and she and her family have never responded to relevant rumors.
The only thing that is certain is that the cost of overdrafting her body all year round has indeed forced her to slow down.
To be honest, I think the sad rumors on the Internet are all wishful thinking.
Many people assumed that when she faded out, she was seriously ill and had a miserable life. They posted all kinds of “sickbed messages” with the mentality of watching the excitement, but they didn’t understand her real choice at all.
You think she was forced to step down from the altar, but you don’t know that she jumped out of Vanity Fair on her own initiative.
The answer to life after fading out
In the years since she disappeared, Wang Xiaoya was not completely bedridden as rumored, nor was she hiding abroad.
She just left the spotlight and returned to a quieter life. Someone saw her in a rural library in Liangshan, Sichuan, wearing plain clothes, telling stories to children in the mountains and donating books.
Some people also saw her hosting local cultural events, in a calm and calm manner, completely different from the capable host on stage back then.
She rarely gives interviews, never mentions her physical condition, and does not consume her past fame. She occasionally appears in public, mostly related to charity and culture, quietly and without fanfare.
In the past, she was chasing the progress of the program and the live broadcast schedule, and her mind was all about ratings and work results. Now, she no longer has to rush to the recording studio in the early morning, no longer needs to be sick to support the scene, and can live her life at her own pace.
In fact, regardless of whether she wrote the sentence “Have a good life for the rest of my life” on her hospital bed, her subsequent life choices have made this sentence a reality.
When I was young, I always felt that I had to work hard for my career, stand tall, and be seen by more people. I took my body’s warning as a trivial matter and carried it forward.
Only after I really suffered from illness did I realize that health is the most real capital. Applause and fame cannot exchange for a good meal and a peaceful sleep.
She did not show her misery to the public, nor did she repeatedly emphasize her contribution. She just quietly turned a corner and walked towards another life.
No explanation, no hype, just living her life quietly is probably her simplest interpretation of “having a good life for the rest of her life”.
China News Network: Wang Xiaoya’s condition has improved and she is expected to make a comeback with “Happy Dictionary” in September
China News Network: CCTV’s Huadan Wang Xiaoya: She will never be able to escape her father’s sight in her life
People’s Daily Online: Revealing Wang Xiaoya’s arduous road to fame, her father’s love accompanies her like a shadow throughout her life
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