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Xi Li Ge

Xi Li Ge

Cheng Guorong (程国荣,犀利哥), born on October 10, 1976 in Shangrao, Jiangxi Province of China, was called ‘Brother Sharp’ by netizens.

He went to Ningbo with some friends from his hometown to make a living, and due to a variety of reasons, became homeless.

On February 23, 2010, he was suddenly popular because of a post on Tianya BBS [1]- ‘The Ultimate Luxuriant Handsome Passer-by! Asking for the Details![undefined], and was praised as a "Best of the Best Beggar", "the Ultimate Luxuriant No. 1 Handsome Passer-by", "Beggar prince", etc. On March 5, 2010, the younger brother and his mother arrived at the Ningbo Psychiatric Hospital and picked him back to his hometown. According to his brother, he has two kids at his hometown.

A native resident of Boyang County, Jiangxi province, Cheng Guorong was born on October 10, 1976.

He contacted his family during the first 2 years while he worked in Ningbo since 2000, but then lost connection since 2003.

The family came to Ningbo many times in order to find him, and the last time they were in Ningbo was in 2008.

According to Cheng Guosheng, his little brother, Cheng Guorong has 2 sons, but in June 2009, his wife and his parents-in-law were killed in a car accident.

After that, Cheng Guosheng started working in Taizhou to raise the 2 kids for his brother.

Why hadn’t “Brother Sharp” stayed away from his family for so long then?

According to his little brother, Cheng Guorong is very self-respecting, he said, 'he may feel that it is quite embarrassing to go contact his family since he hasn't made any money.’

After returning home in 2010, Cheng Guorong was taken care of by his family, and a local medical professional went to his home to have a health check for Brother Sharp.

The local village to provide him with a card for the rural low insurance and the new rural medical treatment card.

Later on, Brother Sharp’s life was also very dramatic.

After gaining a certain amount of influence on the Internet, some businesses men also invited him for some shows, and many netizens were disappointed to find that Brother Sharp was packed like commodities.

Brother Sharp even acting as a beggar in a movie ‘If I Were You [undefined]” with Lin Zhiling [undefined] and Yao Di [undefined] as the starring actresses.

Brother Sharp was even reported by ‘The Independent’ of UK on April 04, 2013.

When everyone thought that Cheng Guosheng began to live a quality life, he began vagabondage again in 2013, and was put into Hospital because of phrenoplegia.

After being discharged, he still chose to live a wandering life outside in the world.

References

[1]
Citation Linknews.sina.com.cnReport by "the Independent" of UK
Apr 4, 2018, 8:44 AM
[2]
Citation Linkbaike.baidu.comBaidu Baike - Lin Zhilin
Apr 4, 2018, 8:45 AM
[3]
Citation Linkbaike.baidu.comBaidu Baike - Yaodi
Apr 4, 2018, 8:45 AM
[4]
Citation Linkbaike.baidu.comMovie - Transformed Men and Women
Apr 4, 2018, 8:46 AM
[5]
Citation Linktianya.cnTianya BBS website
Apr 4, 2018, 6:06 AM
[6]
Citation Linkbbs.tianya.cnTianya BBS post regarding Cheng Guorong
Apr 4, 2018, 6:07 AM