![]() ![]() Well I felt quite self-conscious, to tell you the truth. ![]() The idea was to film us as we sampled the area's cultural heritage and natural beauty. It started when my school's department head informed me Shandong International Television wanted to do a program about foreigners living in Zibo and the six adjacent cities. But I got to live the life of a TV celebrity, just a few months after my arrival in China. ![]() People stop and stare, some call out "hello," some want to take their picture with you, and some young people are awestruck when you speak to them. Sometimes you can get a taste of what it feels like to be a celebrity just by being a foreigner in a smaller Chinese city. "Why am I here, with all these people looking at me and a director pleading, like I'm a dim-witted starlet?" "How did this happen?" I thought to myself. The director patiently but urgently repeated the Chinese words I was supposed to learn on the spot, while 12 other people representing the television station and the local government looked on. So there I was in Linzi district, standing under an enormous statue of the Qi emperor and facing a television camera. ![]()
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