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Hard-Working Floor Cleaner Becomes Online Superstar, Inspiration To China

HONG KONG: Sometimes, success comes more from hard work than moments of inspiration.

But Meng Fei’s rise to internet stardom in China came totally from perspiration – the sweat of Chinese basketball players, to be exact.

Meng found fame on the internet wiping the moisture exuded profusely by athletes off the floors of basketball courts in Shenzhen. His mission: to keep courts dry and prevent player injuries.

Meng, who was 24 years old when he started working as a volunteer cleaner at a Shenzhen basketball court in 2013, did not graduate from high school, Huashang Daily reported on Tuesday, told New Straits Times.

When a player fell, Meng would sprint out onto the court and put on an eye-popping, animated exhibition of floor-wiping.

“I’d wipe the floor as hard as I could, and run off again once the floor was clean,” Meng was quoted as saying. “It’s mostly a muscle job.”

But he tackled his work with such gusto that his appearances became a highlight of the game.

He looked like he took the work seriously too.

“I tidy up my clothes each time before I enter the arena,” he said. “I’ll gel my hair and wipe my shoes, too.”

One day in Dec 2016, a clip of him running onto the court, holding two towels and eagerly wiping down the floor during a match was broadcast on state broadcaster CCTV.

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