Did my granddaughter become an “Internet celebrity” overnight after taking photos of her 78-year-old grandfather?

Recently, 78-year-old Ma Rujun laughed heartily near Renhe Road in Qingshan District, Wuhan City. This week, his granddaughter Ma Mengjie took a set of stylish artistic photos for him, which made him happy for several days. What’s even more surprising is that after the photo was posted online, he became an “Internet celebrity” overnight.

"These photos are more handsome than when I was married." In his words, Ma Rujun could not hide his pride. He made an agreement with Ma Mengjie that if he had suitable clothes again next time, he would take another photo shoot.

A brown gentleman's hat, black-rimmed glasses, a blue shirt with a vest and a crisp suit... In Ma Mengjie's lens, Ma Rujun is holding a cigar in his mouth, drinking coffee and eating pasta, and moving his hands and feet. Full of fashion.

“I’m quite surprised by the results!” 26-year-old Ma Mengjie is a photographer who currently works in a children’s photography company on Jianghan Road. She said that her grandmother passed away when she was in elementary school, and her grandfather lived with her family. In her impression, her grandfather was a very frugal person. He was very frugal about food and clothing, and he didn't understand fashion. Even if she and her parents buy new clothes, her grandfather is reluctant to wear them and sometimes even persuades them to return the clothes. The result of this shooting was much better than she expected.

As a photographer, Ma Mengjie has taken wedding photos for many elderly people to make up for the regrets they had when they were young. Every time at this time, she would always think of her grandfather. Thinking that my grandpa has never taken a few good photos in his life, I should take some artistic photos for him.

On the 14th, Ma Rujun was very happy after hearing that her granddaughter wanted to take artistic photos of herself. On the 16th, we went to a cafe near Happy Valley to shoot.

Ma Mengjie rented two sets of clothing and took nearly 400 photos, from which 19 were finally selected for refinement. She planned to develop the refined photos before sending them to her grandfather.

“The subject of the photo shoot this time is my grandfather who is nearly eighty years old. While he is in good spirits, why not do a group photo. I didn’t think he would agree at first because I was afraid of the hassle. I didn’t expect him to After knowing my thoughts, he did not hesitate at all and cooperated with me throughout the whole process. I also found that the old man was actually eager to have activities and exchanges with us younger generations..."

6 pm on the 17th. At that time, Ma Mengjie wrote this in her WeChat Moments and Weibo. The caption below the text was this set of photos of Ma Rujun. Soon, she received more than 100 likes and was retweeted by many Weibo accounts. Everyone affectionately calls Ma Rujun "Grandpa Wuhan Chao".

Overnight, her grandfather, who did not know how to use the Internet, became an "Internet celebrity", and Ma Mengjie was also very happy. "My grandpa is more popular than me now!"

Nearly eighty years old, Ma Rujun's hearing is somewhat bad. When reporters asked him what he thought about his granddaughter taking photos of him and netizens liking them, he replied that he likes to travel.

Ma Mengjie said that during this filming, Ma Rujun could only do "scissor hands" at first and say "yeah" to the camera. Because my belly is a bit big, I can't button my suit. She reminded her grandpa to learn the "concave shape" and keep breathing in when taking pictures to make the suit look fit, and he did so.

"He is not good at photography, but he is as obedient as a child throughout the whole process." During the interaction with her grandfather, Ma Mengjie began to understand that her grandfather actually also liked to interact with young people, but it was difficult to find out at ordinary times. In the future, she will spend more time with her grandfather.