Be a fish swimming against the current

Her English name is Aventurina King. She was born in 1986 in Chinatown, Paris, France. Her father is British, her mother is American, and she has dual American and French citizenship. She also has a Chinese name: Golden Little fish.

Yes, she likes Chinese culture too much. When she was 17 and in college, her parents sent her back to New York to study at Columbia University. Perhaps she was unhappy in New York because she had spent so much time in Chinatown.

It was in the second semester of her senior year as an exchange student that she decided to go to China to study Chinese at a university in Taipei. At that time, she also volunteered to apply for the China Times as a trainee reporter.

Smart and diligent, she relied on a "Chinese-English dictionary", every day there will be a Chinese manuscript of hundreds of words in the newspaper. She saw the three words "golden fish" in the newspaper, and a sense of pride spontaneously. Since then, she believes that she is a swimming fish, and the ocean of Chinese culture is her goal and direction.

After graduating from college, she decided to go to Beijing. Because her parents did not support her development in China, she had no money to work as an English or French teacher. She is often a teacher in several schools at the same time, so she has her hands full. To improve her spoken Chinese, she learned crosstalk from cross-talk master Ding Guangquan for more than a year and was able to speak very standard and fluent Mandarin.

Combined with her excellent English and French, opportunities began to beckon. In late January 2009, she hosted an event themed on international ecological security. In the activity, she met an old Chinese man named Liu Ansheng, who was moved by her diligence and studiousness.

One day, the old man said to her, "Little fish, what can I do for you?" Xiaoyu told the old man that he would like to be a host and musician like Daniel and Julien, who are also foreigners and frequently appear on TV. She also said she had dreamed of becoming a singer as a child. After hearing her sing a song in Chinese, Liu Ansheng said, "That's right. I'll tell you the first time I have any good news."

Make gold little fish did not think of is, at the end of that month, she received "small Cui says a thing" the invitation of Spring Festival big reunion. At the party, she sang South of Colorful Clouds, which added luster to her life.

She became such a high-profile figure that Hunan TV offered her an olive branch to host "Smart and Brave Dachong Pass." To improve herself, she watched the tape repeatedly after each broadcast and wrote down all the details of what she did badly in a notebook. She tried to correct it the next time she hosted the show. Her partners are Cao Ying, Li Rui, YOYO, and other big stars, she thinks she is too lucky, always open to learning from them.

She still struggled to move forward, the 2009 "the Chinese Bridge" opening party, for fear that Lu Yu could not participate in the live broadcast in time, and the station will let Jin Xiaoyu as a substitute. Although she was informed that there were only five hours to go before the program began, she managed to memorize all the scripts proficiently within those five hours.

The director did not expect a foreign girl would be so desperate, and moved, and decided to let her and Wang Han, Lu Yu's co-host. Gold Xiaoyu is busier, at this time her idea is to become a "formal employee". Hunan Satellite TV thought she could be an official host and invited her. The telephone said: we need a foreign host, ready to go to Beijing to apply for special approval. Two months later, China's Ministry of Radio and Television special approval came down.

While she is a host, she also did not forget to be a musician dream.

In January 2012, she went to New York to perform with the "Culture China · Four Seas with Spring" Art troupe of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council. She caused quite a stir in her hometown and even in the United States.

When someone asked her the secret of her success, she said: Do you know why my Chinese name is "Golden little fish"?

When she was 14 years old, she learned martial arts from a Chinese master in Chinatown, but she always felt that she was learning too slowly.

Master asked, "Do you like Chinese martial arts?" "I love not only Chinese martial arts, but all Chinese culture," she said.

The master said, "Do you know why fish like to go against the current? Because fish swim slowly against water, but they can control their direction."

It was because of this saying from her Chinese master that she gave her Chinese name "Jin Xiaoyu". She said, don't be afraid to slow down, as long as you keep going against the current, you can control the direction and move forward step by step.

To be a fish going against the current, maybe you have to pay more effort than others, but it means that you can find a wide stage where you can roam.