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Back in 2001, Mei Aicai, hailing from a working class family, scored abysmally low on China's college entrance examination. After he failed, Mei, regarded as a 'loser' for his bad performance, suddenly found himself lost, not knowing what to do in life anymore.
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His friend then advised him to go to Ukraine. While Mei couldn't speak a single word of Russian, he still boarded the flight to this strange new country, which he thought was in Africa. He had never imagined that once he went, he would be there for over a decade.
Before we go further, a sneak peek into Mei's life in Ukraine now
**A.** He owns his own business
**B.** Claims title to three-quarters of an acre of land
**C.** Lives in a split-level house, and
**D.** Is married to this 18-year-old who, as the curator of this story along with the Chinese Internet universally agrees, looks like a Goddess!
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Alright, now if possible, let's try to move on from here…
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Oh, did we mention that certain salty (and obviously envious) individuals have also commented that they cannot believe such an attractive woman would be interested in a "regular guy from China."? Okay, okay, let's try to move on to find out how it happened…
Since he couldn't speak the language, Mei went through a lot of trouble during his first few months attending a local uni there and made a fool of himself. He chose Ukraine as the cost of education was as inexpensive as in China and it was easy to get a visa.
There, tomatoes scrambled with egg was a luxury for Mei
After graduating from his one year preparatory course, Mei chose to attend the Karkov Academy of Fine Arts, and became the only student in the whole academy who didn't know how to draw
It was through ping pong that Mei met his future wife, who would go on to encourage him to work hard at his major improve his Russian along with cheering him as consistently aced his athletics
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His would-be wife encouraged him to quit his job as an animator and start his own business. He did so and now runs a successful company that imports and exports equipment, oil and grain.
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Mei is now so successful that he recently purchased over 30,000 square feet of land on which he's built a villa for his new family
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"Some people think I am very successful, but I feel my greatest happiness comes from my family. I come home everyday on time to eat with my wife, and afterward we go for a walk. I feel this kind of life is very happy," says Mei, a once-upon-a-time 'loser'.
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Mei's wife is called Da Sha. She is still in high school. But according to the law of Ukraine, 17-year-old woman can be married.
Since then, his Ukrainian success story, which first appeared on Chinese news portals on 8 December 2014, has gone viral. It was also almost immediately characterised as a 'Diaosi' counter-attack. The term is an identity given to anyone who distances himself from China's money and status-obsessed culture.
Mei was praised for avoiding the 'Diaosi' fate by taking up residence in a place where his natural talents were not suppressed by China's academic culture and its obsession with testing
However, Mei's story is proof of how much of an impact a quality significant other can have on an individual's success. As described by Nextshark website, in an interview with entrepreneur Craig Clemens, he said the following:
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