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而立之年有了“小公主”
水亦诗出生于1993年10月。那之前，因为工作原因，水均益几乎没时间过多关注妻子腹中的水亦诗，所以，当那个粉嫩粉嫩的小肉团被护士放到水均益怀中时，30岁的水均益竟然当场落下了眼泪。是夜，他安顿好刚生产完的妻子，点灯翻遍经书典籍，为女儿寻觅一个能完美表达他情感的名字。一夜无眠后，终于，一个美丽而富有诗意的“亦诗”出炉了。“我的女儿，我希望你能像名字一样聪明、美丽、富有诗意。”看着襁褓中的小脸蛋，水均益喃喃自语。
此时，水均益还在新华社国际部做编辑，收入不高，而他父母也帮不上忙，所以照料妻子女儿的重任就落到他头上。为此，他向单位请了一个月的假，捋起袖子就做起“奶爸”。这一个月，他每天一睁眼就是跑市场，买猪蹄、鲫鱼、老母鸡……像深谙月子之道的婆婆妈妈们一样，尽心竭力，悉心伺候。一个月之后，水亦诗从一个6斤的小不点长成了10斤重的胖丫头，亲戚朋友看见了，都大声惊呼。水均益则一边得意地笑，一边爱怜地捏捏女儿的小鼻子：“坏丫头，知道不，为了你，这一个月我把我一辈子的饭都做了。”
有了水亦诗之后，水均益的责任感瞬间增重。他要努力工作，给女儿一个良好环境，让她更好地成长。也就在这时，他正式从新华社跳槽到央视《东方时空》栏目组。
一到央视，水均益就陷入忙碌中。波黑战争爆发了，央视决定派记者亲临战场，而水均益，成了最佳人选。水均益请来保姆安顿好妻女，临出门，看着睡梦中的水亦诗，他的眼圈一下红了。他狠狠心扭过头，带上家门走了。
这一走就是半年。半年里，在远处的炮声和窗前的雾霭中，水均益一遍又一遍地回想那张香甜的小脸。实在挨不住思念时，他就拨通电话，静静地听那端妻子逗女儿牙牙学语的声音。
每通一次电话，水均益就在采访本上画“正”字，一边画，一边在心里默默祝福这个上天赐与自己的小公主能够早日长大成人，拥有一个幸福美好的未来。半年后，水均益出色完成报道任务平安归来。到达北京的那天，他一把抱住已经长成小人儿的水亦诗，所有的紧张、恐惧和担忧……在这一刻彻底释放。
血脉相连和聚少离多，让水均益对女儿心疼得无以复加。可是，所有的心疼与爱怜，仅仅停留在他的内心里。只要陪在水亦诗身边，他永远是那个苛刻的严父。摔倒了，自己爬起来；哭了闹了，别想哄到零食吃；自己能做的事，别指望爸爸动手。有次，水均益带女儿到游乐场玩，水亦诗被一种攀爬的游戏吸引住了，可是，她个子实在太小，无力攀爬上去，小小的人儿便转过身求助水均益，希望爸爸抱自己上去。可是，水亦诗眼巴巴地恳求了半天，水均益却依然一动不动，只是鼓励她去找服务人员帮忙。水亦诗最终无奈地向陌生的服务人员寻求协助，并成功地攀上了顶峰。看着女儿在高处得意地冲自己笑，水均益这才竖起大拇指，露出笑容：“真不愧是我的女儿，够胆大，真棒！”
除了注重培养水亦诗的独立性，在生活小事上水均益也要求严格。他要求女儿待人一定要热情主动，礼貌得体，不得有半点以自我为中心的苗头。一次，远在兰州的爷爷打电话给水亦诗，因为一时高兴，水亦诗忘了爸爸教导的电话礼仪，大大咧咧嘻嘻哈哈就和爷爷说起来。电话挂断后，水均益将水亦诗拉到一旁站立，黑着脸问：“爸爸告诉过你，打电话第一句应该怎么说？”水亦诗看着爸爸黑下来的脸，怯怯地申辩了一句：“我知道要先说‘你好，我是亦诗’，可是，今天是爷爷的电话，一接通我就知道是爷爷了。”水亦诗越申辩，水均益越生气，最终，水亦诗挨了一顿屁股。
老爸打造“平民女儿”
7岁那年，水亦诗上小学了，良好的学前教育让她一进校就表现突出。同时，出身“名嘴”家庭的她事事处处表现出一种高高在上的优越感，骄傲得像个“小公主”，一学期上完了，还无法融入到小伙伴中。起初，因为工作太忙，相处时间不多，水均益并没有太过注意。直到学期末，老师在评语后重重地加上了“骄傲”二字，这才让他心中一惊，于是，他下决心把她改造成“平民女儿”。
为了打造水亦诗，水均益经常教育水亦诗“爸爸只是一个电视人，没有什么了不起，你和其他小朋友相比，也没有丝毫特别之处”，并直接将女儿带到办公室，以亲身例子来证明。那时《东方时空》的工作量非常大，栏目组成员经常加班，饿了就叫份盒饭胡乱吃点，有时忙起来，甚至连盒饭也顾不上。于是，水均益就会冷不丁带水亦诗去栏目组，让她亲自感受“电视民工”的生活。第一次去时，栏目组正在紧急筹备阿富汗战争的专题，大家一直忙到近两点才想起午饭，一群人就地或蹲或站，三口两口胡乱地扒着已经冷冰冰的盒饭。看着叔叔阿姨们有些狼狈的吃相，水亦诗愣得张大了嘴，紧紧地盯着……
从阿富汗战场归来后，水均益作为多次身临战场的战地记者，各种采访蜂拥而来，其中一家名头极响的杂志社找到水均益，想请他一家三口做封面人物。水亦诗得知后，高兴得当场跳起来，可是水均益当场婉言谢绝了。
得知消息，水亦诗的眼泪一下蹦了出来：“爸爸，你为什么不让我上封面呢？上封面是一件多光荣、多值得骄傲的事。”水均益心平气和，一边替女儿擦干眼泪，一边轻轻地问：“你发现有几个小朋友和他们的爸爸妈妈上了杂志封面？你说说，你和别的小朋友有什么不同？你比他们强在哪里？他们没有上封面，你上封面干什么？”女儿一下愣住了，最终水亦诗哽咽着应允：“我听爸爸的，我不上封面。”
水均益从不给水亦诗买名牌衣服，每天的零花钱不超过一元。在家里，水亦诗和小阿姨同吃同住，小阿姨忙不完家务时，水亦诗必须帮忙打下手。水均益又下狠心，暑假将女儿送到农村老家，让水亦诗和农村亲戚一起生活。
农村的条件差，天气炎热似火，蚊虫奇多无比。才一周，水亦诗身上就被蚊子咬出了大大小小的包，一张粉白的小脸也被晒得黝黑黝黑。她哽咽着给水均益打电话，水均益一边安慰她，一边转移话题：“那儿的酸枣要熟了吧？爸爸小的时候嘴馋，天天赤溜着身子去摘，晒得一身油汗，一边擦一边往嘴里塞酸枣，那个味儿……回味无穷哇。还有你叔爷家后院那个池塘，现在满池荷花香了吧？那里的莲蓬是不是又嫩又甜？爸爸想着都要流口水了……”水均益的一番回味让那端的水亦诗破涕为笑，挂完电话又高高兴兴地去玩了……
名父民女幸福乐陶陶
2003年春节，水均益要赴伊拉克战场。临行前，他专门抽出一天的时间陪水亦诗去游乐场玩。可是，话刚出口，水亦诗却摇了摇头：“爸爸，你带我去邮局好吗？我想把我攒的零花钱给小敏寄过去，她爸爸一直生着病，肯定又要愁新年的文具了。”小敏是水亦诗在农村老家的小伙伴，父亲长年卧病，家境很贫困。水亦诗的话让水均益瞬间惊住，他旋即牵上女儿的手，开心大笑：“走，也算上爸爸一个。”
经过水均益的不懈努力，水亦诗从穿着到言行都变成了“民女”，开朗活泼，聪明热情，赢得了同学的好评，并被全票当选为班长。“上任”的那天，水亦诗开心地跑回家，一把抱住水均益，父女俩放声大笑……
也许是潜移默化，女儿也继承了水均益的口才。小学时，水亦诗就被选中，主持学校的文艺演出，是学校的明星小主持人。2006年，水亦诗所在的人大附中举行主持人大赛，水亦诗想参加，可她又担心爸爸不支持，就一直犹豫着。消息传到水均益耳中，水均益当即刮着水亦诗的鼻子，笑了：“真是个傻丫头，我不让你抛头露面，是不想你头上有太多本不属于你的光环，但这不代表我要扼杀你的爱好呀。我女儿有这能耐，我这当爸爸的骄傲还来不及呢。爸爸不仅挺你到底，还要当你的外援呢！”
在水均益的支持和鼓励下，水亦诗投入到紧张的备赛中。半月后，凭借过硬的主持功底，水亦诗一举拿下了冠军。上台领奖的那一天，水均益特意请了假去助战，父女俩台上台下挤眉弄眼，笑成一团。
2010年6月，水亦诗受央视少儿频道邀请和鞠萍姐姐联袂主持2010“魅力校园”六一晚会，晚会举办之前，一心支持环保的水亦诗一直想自己改造一套“礼服”来上舞台，回家就将衣柜翻了个底朝天。可她翻遍了衣柜，都没能找出适合“上身”的衣服。正在泄气间，水均益连忙从相册里翻出一张老照片，指着照片上的自己对水亦诗说：“诗诗，你看看这个，爸爸身上的裤子可是自己弄的，那会爸爸迷上了喇叭裤，就自己买了块布，七剪八剪地做了一条，穿上了，后来老师们看到了，都哈哈大笑。你现在的水平肯定比爸爸高，是吧，所以不要泄气，大胆剪，剪出一条新裙子来。”说完，又压低声音，丢出句：“要是实在剪坏了，爸爸用私房钱补贴你。”水均益的话给了水亦诗勇气，最终，她还真成功用旧裙子剪出了一件“礼服”，穿到了晚会上。
“一切随她好了，作为父亲，我只希望她健康、快乐就好。当然，最好一直是平民，别当骄傲的小公主。”水均益笑哈哈地卖了个关子。不过，笑声背后，那颗拳拳爱女之心，跃然而出。
TV Journalist and His Daughter
By Zheng Yanyuan
When his daughter was born in October, 1993, Shui Junyi was an editor at the international department of Xinhua News Agency. He spent a night going through dictionaries before he decided his daughter would be called Shui Yishi. As his parents were unable to help him, the young journalist applied for a father’s
leave for a month so that he could take care of his wife and daughter.
Shortly after the birth of the daughter, the young father came to work for Oriental Time, a morning news program at CCTV, China’s largest television network, marking a turning point of his journalist career.
By the time the daughter turned 7 and was about to go to school, Shui Junyi had already achieved national fame due to his outstanding coverage on various international events. Among the galaxy of famous program hosts and news presenters at CCTV, he is known as a gentleman of intellect, competence and knowledge. But in the eyes of the daughter, he used to be a vicious wizard that refused to treat her as a princess with privileges.
As a loving father, Shui Junyi formulated strict rules for the baby daughter: if she fell, she must pick herself up because it would be useless to look for help; crying and making mischief was no way to get snacks; the father would not help her do things within her capability. In short, the daughter had a total code to live by. Her father saw to it that she abided by these rules. The loving father had these rules because he did not want the daughter to be a spoiled girl.
At the end of the first year at primary school, Shui Junyi was astonished to learn that his daughter was considered conceited by many of her classmates. She knew about her father’s fame and she was a brilliant pupil. With a sense of superiority, she had difficulty getting along with her classmates. The father decided to do something about this issue. On various occasions he let the daughter understand that he was just a television journalist and her sense of superiority was totally groundless. Now and then, Shui Junyi brought his daughter to his workplace to see what really happened there. During these years, Oriental Time was the most popular news program at CCTV and the people working there worked very hard. Sometimes they simply did not have time for lunch until in the afternoon. The daughter was astonished by the hectic life at the backstage of the news program.
Shui Junyi has deliberately kept a low profile and refused to turn his family life public. He has declined publicity offers and interviews from various sources. One day the father turned down a request for a family photograph for the cover of a well known news magazine. After learning the father’s decision, the daughter wept. She pouted saying why the father deprived her of the glory that could have made her feel proud. The father and the daughter had a talk about the cover photograph. Shui Junyi asked why she thought she deserved appearing on a magazine cover whereas her classmates did not have the same opportunity. The question really touched the core of the issue. She was convinced of the necessity of keeping a low profile.
The father was not contented with what he could say and show his daughter at home in Beijing. He sent her back to his home village in Gansu Province during the daughter’s summer vacation. The first week was hard. She was totally frustrated with ruthless mosquito bites. She called her father from the village and complained. But with the father’s encouragement, she gradually adapted herself to the rural life. She made a lot of friends in the village. For years, she kept coming back to the village for summer vacation. The village life there has opened her eyes to social realities that she probably can’t have come to know in Beijing.
Shui Junyi has done everything possible to protect his daughter so that she can live a life undisturbed by publicity. The daughter grew up to be talented in language. In primary school she showed her talent in organizing and emceeing programs. When she came to the affiliated middle school to the Renmin University, her showbiz aptitude bloomed. However, she wondered whether she should participate in a presenters’ competition organized by the school. The father learned about the upcoming event and asked why the daughter hesitated. He explained he had insisted on no publicity but that did not mean that he wanted to kill her passion for what she really wanted to do. He said he was very proud that she had the aptitude and he would support her. She set down to work. Half a month later she came out number one in the competition.
Shui Yishi now has already made her debut into national programs through CCTV. Before she was about to appear at a party in celebration Children’s Day on June 1, 2010 at a CCTV program, she wanted to make a dress by herself. Her idea was to make it from used materials. She went through all the old skirts at home but nothing satisfied her fancy. Shui Junyi showed her a picture of him in early years. He had made a pair of bell trousers all by himself when the style was in. He advised her to cut boldly and make herself a new skirt. He said in case she ruined the material he would pay for it. She successfully made something out of a used skirt.
Shui Yishi is preparing herself for the national college entrance examination in 2011. She is frequently asked if she wants to be a news broadcaster or showbiz presenter in the future. She stalks by joking that her father has the final say in the issue. Shui Junyi says it is up to her. As father, he stalks too, saying he wants her to be healthy and happy. He certainly does not want her to be a spoiled princess, knowing only such a daughter will have an opportunity to lead an enriched life.
水亦诗出生于1993年10月。那之前，因为工作原因，水均益几乎没时间过多关注妻子腹中的水亦诗，所以，当那个粉嫩粉嫩的小肉团被护士放到水均益怀中时，30岁的水均益竟然当场落下了眼泪。是夜，他安顿好刚生产完的妻子，点灯翻遍经书典籍，为女儿寻觅一个能完美表达他情感的名字。一夜无眠后，终于，一个美丽而富有诗意的“亦诗”出炉了。“我的女儿，我希望你能像名字一样聪明、美丽、富有诗意。”看着襁褓中的小脸蛋，水均益喃喃自语。
此时，水均益还在新华社国际部做编辑，收入不高，而他父母也帮不上忙，所以照料妻子女儿的重任就落到他头上。为此，他向单位请了一个月的假，捋起袖子就做起“奶爸”。这一个月，他每天一睁眼就是跑市场，买猪蹄、鲫鱼、老母鸡……像深谙月子之道的婆婆妈妈们一样，尽心竭力，悉心伺候。一个月之后，水亦诗从一个6斤的小不点长成了10斤重的胖丫头，亲戚朋友看见了，都大声惊呼。水均益则一边得意地笑，一边爱怜地捏捏女儿的小鼻子：“坏丫头，知道不，为了你，这一个月我把我一辈子的饭都做了。”
有了水亦诗之后，水均益的责任感瞬间增重。他要努力工作，给女儿一个良好环境，让她更好地成长。也就在这时，他正式从新华社跳槽到央视《东方时空》栏目组。
一到央视，水均益就陷入忙碌中。波黑战争爆发了，央视决定派记者亲临战场，而水均益，成了最佳人选。水均益请来保姆安顿好妻女，临出门，看着睡梦中的水亦诗，他的眼圈一下红了。他狠狠心扭过头，带上家门走了。
这一走就是半年。半年里，在远处的炮声和窗前的雾霭中，水均益一遍又一遍地回想那张香甜的小脸。实在挨不住思念时，他就拨通电话，静静地听那端妻子逗女儿牙牙学语的声音。
每通一次电话，水均益就在采访本上画“正”字，一边画，一边在心里默默祝福这个上天赐与自己的小公主能够早日长大成人，拥有一个幸福美好的未来。半年后，水均益出色完成报道任务平安归来。到达北京的那天，他一把抱住已经长成小人儿的水亦诗，所有的紧张、恐惧和担忧……在这一刻彻底释放。
血脉相连和聚少离多，让水均益对女儿心疼得无以复加。可是，所有的心疼与爱怜，仅仅停留在他的内心里。只要陪在水亦诗身边，他永远是那个苛刻的严父。摔倒了，自己爬起来；哭了闹了，别想哄到零食吃；自己能做的事，别指望爸爸动手。有次，水均益带女儿到游乐场玩，水亦诗被一种攀爬的游戏吸引住了，可是，她个子实在太小，无力攀爬上去，小小的人儿便转过身求助水均益，希望爸爸抱自己上去。可是，水亦诗眼巴巴地恳求了半天，水均益却依然一动不动，只是鼓励她去找服务人员帮忙。水亦诗最终无奈地向陌生的服务人员寻求协助，并成功地攀上了顶峰。看着女儿在高处得意地冲自己笑，水均益这才竖起大拇指，露出笑容：“真不愧是我的女儿，够胆大，真棒！”
除了注重培养水亦诗的独立性，在生活小事上水均益也要求严格。他要求女儿待人一定要热情主动，礼貌得体，不得有半点以自我为中心的苗头。一次，远在兰州的爷爷打电话给水亦诗，因为一时高兴，水亦诗忘了爸爸教导的电话礼仪，大大咧咧嘻嘻哈哈就和爷爷说起来。电话挂断后，水均益将水亦诗拉到一旁站立，黑着脸问：“爸爸告诉过你，打电话第一句应该怎么说？”水亦诗看着爸爸黑下来的脸，怯怯地申辩了一句：“我知道要先说‘你好，我是亦诗’，可是，今天是爷爷的电话，一接通我就知道是爷爷了。”水亦诗越申辩，水均益越生气，最终，水亦诗挨了一顿屁股。
老爸打造“平民女儿”
7岁那年，水亦诗上小学了，良好的学前教育让她一进校就表现突出。同时，出身“名嘴”家庭的她事事处处表现出一种高高在上的优越感，骄傲得像个“小公主”，一学期上完了，还无法融入到小伙伴中。起初，因为工作太忙，相处时间不多，水均益并没有太过注意。直到学期末，老师在评语后重重地加上了“骄傲”二字，这才让他心中一惊，于是，他下决心把她改造成“平民女儿”。
为了打造水亦诗，水均益经常教育水亦诗“爸爸只是一个电视人，没有什么了不起，你和其他小朋友相比，也没有丝毫特别之处”，并直接将女儿带到办公室，以亲身例子来证明。那时《东方时空》的工作量非常大，栏目组成员经常加班，饿了就叫份盒饭胡乱吃点，有时忙起来，甚至连盒饭也顾不上。于是，水均益就会冷不丁带水亦诗去栏目组，让她亲自感受“电视民工”的生活。第一次去时，栏目组正在紧急筹备阿富汗战争的专题，大家一直忙到近两点才想起午饭，一群人就地或蹲或站，三口两口胡乱地扒着已经冷冰冰的盒饭。看着叔叔阿姨们有些狼狈的吃相，水亦诗愣得张大了嘴，紧紧地盯着……
从阿富汗战场归来后，水均益作为多次身临战场的战地记者，各种采访蜂拥而来，其中一家名头极响的杂志社找到水均益，想请他一家三口做封面人物。水亦诗得知后，高兴得当场跳起来，可是水均益当场婉言谢绝了。
得知消息，水亦诗的眼泪一下蹦了出来：“爸爸，你为什么不让我上封面呢？上封面是一件多光荣、多值得骄傲的事。”水均益心平气和，一边替女儿擦干眼泪，一边轻轻地问：“你发现有几个小朋友和他们的爸爸妈妈上了杂志封面？你说说，你和别的小朋友有什么不同？你比他们强在哪里？他们没有上封面，你上封面干什么？”女儿一下愣住了，最终水亦诗哽咽着应允：“我听爸爸的，我不上封面。”
水均益从不给水亦诗买名牌衣服，每天的零花钱不超过一元。在家里，水亦诗和小阿姨同吃同住，小阿姨忙不完家务时，水亦诗必须帮忙打下手。水均益又下狠心，暑假将女儿送到农村老家，让水亦诗和农村亲戚一起生活。
农村的条件差，天气炎热似火，蚊虫奇多无比。才一周，水亦诗身上就被蚊子咬出了大大小小的包，一张粉白的小脸也被晒得黝黑黝黑。她哽咽着给水均益打电话，水均益一边安慰她，一边转移话题：“那儿的酸枣要熟了吧？爸爸小的时候嘴馋，天天赤溜着身子去摘，晒得一身油汗，一边擦一边往嘴里塞酸枣，那个味儿……回味无穷哇。还有你叔爷家后院那个池塘，现在满池荷花香了吧？那里的莲蓬是不是又嫩又甜？爸爸想着都要流口水了……”水均益的一番回味让那端的水亦诗破涕为笑，挂完电话又高高兴兴地去玩了……
名父民女幸福乐陶陶
2003年春节，水均益要赴伊拉克战场。临行前，他专门抽出一天的时间陪水亦诗去游乐场玩。可是，话刚出口，水亦诗却摇了摇头：“爸爸，你带我去邮局好吗？我想把我攒的零花钱给小敏寄过去，她爸爸一直生着病，肯定又要愁新年的文具了。”小敏是水亦诗在农村老家的小伙伴，父亲长年卧病，家境很贫困。水亦诗的话让水均益瞬间惊住，他旋即牵上女儿的手，开心大笑：“走，也算上爸爸一个。”
经过水均益的不懈努力，水亦诗从穿着到言行都变成了“民女”，开朗活泼，聪明热情，赢得了同学的好评，并被全票当选为班长。“上任”的那天，水亦诗开心地跑回家，一把抱住水均益，父女俩放声大笑……
也许是潜移默化，女儿也继承了水均益的口才。小学时，水亦诗就被选中，主持学校的文艺演出，是学校的明星小主持人。2006年，水亦诗所在的人大附中举行主持人大赛，水亦诗想参加，可她又担心爸爸不支持，就一直犹豫着。消息传到水均益耳中，水均益当即刮着水亦诗的鼻子，笑了：“真是个傻丫头，我不让你抛头露面，是不想你头上有太多本不属于你的光环，但这不代表我要扼杀你的爱好呀。我女儿有这能耐，我这当爸爸的骄傲还来不及呢。爸爸不仅挺你到底，还要当你的外援呢！”
在水均益的支持和鼓励下，水亦诗投入到紧张的备赛中。半月后，凭借过硬的主持功底，水亦诗一举拿下了冠军。上台领奖的那一天，水均益特意请了假去助战，父女俩台上台下挤眉弄眼，笑成一团。
2010年6月，水亦诗受央视少儿频道邀请和鞠萍姐姐联袂主持2010“魅力校园”六一晚会，晚会举办之前，一心支持环保的水亦诗一直想自己改造一套“礼服”来上舞台，回家就将衣柜翻了个底朝天。可她翻遍了衣柜，都没能找出适合“上身”的衣服。正在泄气间，水均益连忙从相册里翻出一张老照片，指着照片上的自己对水亦诗说：“诗诗，你看看这个，爸爸身上的裤子可是自己弄的，那会爸爸迷上了喇叭裤，就自己买了块布，七剪八剪地做了一条，穿上了，后来老师们看到了，都哈哈大笑。你现在的水平肯定比爸爸高，是吧，所以不要泄气，大胆剪，剪出一条新裙子来。”说完，又压低声音，丢出句：“要是实在剪坏了，爸爸用私房钱补贴你。”水均益的话给了水亦诗勇气，最终，她还真成功用旧裙子剪出了一件“礼服”，穿到了晚会上。
“一切随她好了，作为父亲，我只希望她健康、快乐就好。当然，最好一直是平民，别当骄傲的小公主。”水均益笑哈哈地卖了个关子。不过，笑声背后，那颗拳拳爱女之心，跃然而出。
TV Journalist and His Daughter
By Zheng Yanyuan
When his daughter was born in October, 1993, Shui Junyi was an editor at the international department of Xinhua News Agency. He spent a night going through dictionaries before he decided his daughter would be called Shui Yishi. As his parents were unable to help him, the young journalist applied for a father’s
leave for a month so that he could take care of his wife and daughter.
Shortly after the birth of the daughter, the young father came to work for Oriental Time, a morning news program at CCTV, China’s largest television network, marking a turning point of his journalist career.
By the time the daughter turned 7 and was about to go to school, Shui Junyi had already achieved national fame due to his outstanding coverage on various international events. Among the galaxy of famous program hosts and news presenters at CCTV, he is known as a gentleman of intellect, competence and knowledge. But in the eyes of the daughter, he used to be a vicious wizard that refused to treat her as a princess with privileges.
As a loving father, Shui Junyi formulated strict rules for the baby daughter: if she fell, she must pick herself up because it would be useless to look for help; crying and making mischief was no way to get snacks; the father would not help her do things within her capability. In short, the daughter had a total code to live by. Her father saw to it that she abided by these rules. The loving father had these rules because he did not want the daughter to be a spoiled girl.
At the end of the first year at primary school, Shui Junyi was astonished to learn that his daughter was considered conceited by many of her classmates. She knew about her father’s fame and she was a brilliant pupil. With a sense of superiority, she had difficulty getting along with her classmates. The father decided to do something about this issue. On various occasions he let the daughter understand that he was just a television journalist and her sense of superiority was totally groundless. Now and then, Shui Junyi brought his daughter to his workplace to see what really happened there. During these years, Oriental Time was the most popular news program at CCTV and the people working there worked very hard. Sometimes they simply did not have time for lunch until in the afternoon. The daughter was astonished by the hectic life at the backstage of the news program.
Shui Junyi has deliberately kept a low profile and refused to turn his family life public. He has declined publicity offers and interviews from various sources. One day the father turned down a request for a family photograph for the cover of a well known news magazine. After learning the father’s decision, the daughter wept. She pouted saying why the father deprived her of the glory that could have made her feel proud. The father and the daughter had a talk about the cover photograph. Shui Junyi asked why she thought she deserved appearing on a magazine cover whereas her classmates did not have the same opportunity. The question really touched the core of the issue. She was convinced of the necessity of keeping a low profile.
The father was not contented with what he could say and show his daughter at home in Beijing. He sent her back to his home village in Gansu Province during the daughter’s summer vacation. The first week was hard. She was totally frustrated with ruthless mosquito bites. She called her father from the village and complained. But with the father’s encouragement, she gradually adapted herself to the rural life. She made a lot of friends in the village. For years, she kept coming back to the village for summer vacation. The village life there has opened her eyes to social realities that she probably can’t have come to know in Beijing.
Shui Junyi has done everything possible to protect his daughter so that she can live a life undisturbed by publicity. The daughter grew up to be talented in language. In primary school she showed her talent in organizing and emceeing programs. When she came to the affiliated middle school to the Renmin University, her showbiz aptitude bloomed. However, she wondered whether she should participate in a presenters’ competition organized by the school. The father learned about the upcoming event and asked why the daughter hesitated. He explained he had insisted on no publicity but that did not mean that he wanted to kill her passion for what she really wanted to do. He said he was very proud that she had the aptitude and he would support her. She set down to work. Half a month later she came out number one in the competition.
Shui Yishi now has already made her debut into national programs through CCTV. Before she was about to appear at a party in celebration Children’s Day on June 1, 2010 at a CCTV program, she wanted to make a dress by herself. Her idea was to make it from used materials. She went through all the old skirts at home but nothing satisfied her fancy. Shui Junyi showed her a picture of him in early years. He had made a pair of bell trousers all by himself when the style was in. He advised her to cut boldly and make herself a new skirt. He said in case she ruined the material he would pay for it. She successfully made something out of a used skirt.
Shui Yishi is preparing herself for the national college entrance examination in 2011. She is frequently asked if she wants to be a news broadcaster or showbiz presenter in the future. She stalks by joking that her father has the final say in the issue. Shui Junyi says it is up to her. As father, he stalks too, saying he wants her to be healthy and happy. He certainly does not want her to be a spoiled princess, knowing only such a daughter will have an opportunity to lead an enriched life.