It only takes one night to become a star in the internet time.
This is true of Tamdrin, a 20-year-old Tibetan man who recently drew a lot of attention after a cameraman posted a short video of him on Douyin. Tamdrin lives in Litang County in Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichun Province.
People say they like his sun-kissed skin, mop (蓬乱)of brown hair and comforting smile. They say Tamdrin has "stars in his eyes" and is different from young male idols (偶像) who have perfectly clean faces and fine makeup(妆容).
Within five days, Tamdrin got over 2.5 million followers on Douyin. After he became famous, some companies invited him to become a professional online celebrity – famous person. Instead of doing this, Tamdrin got a job with Litang County's culture, tourism and sports investment (投资)development company.
"Tandrin has been working for our company to help make tourism in Litang County more popular," the company's manager Gao Xiaoping told Red Star News. "He'll get a monthly pay of3. 500 yuan. We' help him to decide which company he can work with so he won't be cheated. "
"I'm glad to see that Tibetans are increasingly becoming internet celebrities, Sangyeshung a Tibetan doctor told China Daily. "They can introduce Tibetan culture, food and places of interests to the world." he said.
