Because of heavy flood (洪灾), over three hundred people in Henan lost their lives. In July, 2021, Chinese sportswear company Erke decided to give 50 million yuan to Henan.
When people learned about this, they gave the company great support (支持). Within a, week, the company sold over 67 million yuan worth (值) of goods online. 26-year -old artist Zhao Hanqing was one of them.
Zhao showed his support to the company by buying a pair of shoes online and he did more than that. When he received the shoes, he painted on them.' The shoes were black, so he used golden color to paint them. To his surprise, his hand-drawn pictures won lots of fans after he shared the photos of his shoes online. People loved Zhao's combination of his painting with Erke's shoes. With many people sharing the photos online and sending them to Erke, Zhao, surprisingly, got invited by the company. On August 9th，Zhao became Erke's first signed (签约) artist. On the same day, Wu Rongzhao, Erke CEO, welcomed Zhao，saying, "Welcome Zhao Hanqing to Erke family. Let's dream and create together. "
Zhao said," When I saw people's warm feedback (反馈) about my painting on the shoes, I was happy. And I wished that Erke could see it. But I didn't think that my wish would come true. And it came so quickly. I have to say that I am really excited to become the company's first signed artist."
