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When I got the letter of acceptance from the school, we're happy.
当我收到学校的录取通知书时，我们很开心。
We're screaming.
开心到尖叫。
We're just... so excited.
我么当时……太激动了。
After we saw the price of the school -- it need 4,000 RMB a year, our whole family went silent.
但在我们看到学费之后——需要一年4000人民币，整个家里的人都沉默了。
Cause my father only earned 300 a month and I earned 260.
因为我爸爸每个月挣300块，我挣260。
Imagine, there's no way for me, for us, for our families.
想象一下，我、我们、我的家人都没办法负担得起。
You can think about how hard it's gonna be for them and I clearly remember...
你可以想象一下这对他们来说有多艰难，我清楚地记得……
I said: "Okay, it doesn't matter -- I did it."
当时我说：“行吧，没关系——我考上了。”
I was so satisfied with myself because I did it.
我当时对自己很满意，因为我考上了。
I've already proved to myself cause I am okay.
我已经向自己证明了我可以。
I did it.
我做到了。
And I just told my father: "I won't go to the Academy."
然后我就跟我爸说：“我不去读了。”
I remembered my father was just in the kitchen scrubbing the pot and bowls.
我记得我爸当时正在厨房里刷锅碗。
He just threw the pot and the brush.
他直接把锅和刷子一放。
He said: "Dammit, others' kids can't even get into the college. When my one does, I would sell all of the things that I have to make sure my kids can go to school."
他说：“唉，其他人的孩子都考不上大学。我家孩子考上了，就算砸锅卖铁我也要供孩子上学。”
I think that's the very, very, very important decision for my father.
我觉得那对我爸来说是个极其重要的决定。
Within the first month I got into school, I got a chance to shoot a commercial which is Shanghai... Shanghai subway.
我上大学的第一个月，得到了一个拍广告的机会，给上海地铁拍的广告。
I earned 800 RMB a day.
一天赚了800块人民币。
After that, I never asked any money from my home, my family.
在那之后，我就再也没向我家里、我家人要过钱。
And the next year my sister, yes, did get the college and I raise... paid her away.
第二年，我妹妹也考上大学了，然后我给她付了学费。
When I was 16, I wrote a motto for myself.
我16岁的时候给自己写过一个座右铭。
You might be limited in your ability but you are unlimited in your persistence.
你的能力可能是有限的，但你的坚持可以是无限的。
Do you think that's what's driven you your whole life so far?
你觉得是这句话激励了你直至今日的人生吗？
That really works for me.
这句话对我真的非常管用。
Every time when I want to quit or want to give it... give it up, I just tell myself try harder.
每次我想要退出或者干脆放弃的时候，我就告诉我自己，再努力一下。
Persistence.
坚持。
Work hard.
努力。
