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When Dong Yuhui, a former English tutor at New Oriental, first started to host livestreams (直播) selling products on the company’s Douyin channel, there were only five viewers, which included his parents and the parents of another host.

“For a period of time, I felt quite down because I couldn’t s1． the point of making the effort. Those were the darkest hours and now the dawn has come. I am glad that I didn’t give up selling vegetables o2．,” said Dong.

The clips (片段) of Dong introducing steaks in b3． Chinese and English went viral on social media as people began to notice that the channel was very d4． from others that typically feature (以……为特色) hosts screaming about how low the prices of the products are. While talking about the quality of the steak, Dong also t5． the viewers how to order steak in English at a restaurant.

After the “double reduction” policy was introduced, he started his new job at DongfangZhenxuan as a host. “I was sad knowing that I can no longer teach. It took a while for me to adjust to the new r6．, he said. “Former teacher, current salesman” is how he d7． himself on his personal Douyin account.

But people have realized that Dong is no ordinary salesman. On Monday, while selling dried Antarctic krill, Dong told viewers that “krill” is just one of several English nouns used to refer to shrimps and related sea creatures. Comments started to flood in from viewers saying that they never e8． to learn something from a channel that sells things. Some even said they didn’t know whether they should buy things or take n9．.

The viewers were also impressed with his views on different literary works i10． those of William Shakespeare. “I am in my comfort zone when talking about books. I can air my views about them non-stop for three days,” Dong said.