Have you seen the Asian guy in the Blue Suit and Gold shoes running really fast?
If you're like me you're almost 30 and before you go to bed you lie awake for about 30 to 45 minutes in bed scrolling instagram watching re-uploaded tiktok videos.
I can't remember the first time I came across the 'Vintage King' videos but it was before they even introduced the 'Red Prince' (his brother).
These videos were wild and I would scream anytime I found a new one immediately sharing it with my one friend (and he is actually 30).
If you haven't had the great fortune of stumbling across any of these videos it usually goes like this:
A young man going his way through his life is met with an unfair and unjust situation. He turns tail and bolts, tears streaming down his face.
The pain and hurt is too much and he must change, he must TRANSITION!
As he sprints across the road with magnificent speed a bright flash signals his change, just in time with the beat drop. He is no longer the crying and sad boy, he now a MAN wearing a bright royal blue suit and golden vintage shoes. He swiftly passes the camera and looks back with a smugness as we get a view of the full buttocks on display.
You get the gist of it. Usually all of the videos follow the same format of Cheng having some sort of difficulty and then running away crying and then returning stronger than ever wearing a blue suit, gold shoes and pillow tucked into his pants.
Pi has now been added to the saga as the Red Prince as his main antagonist and the Blue King is too overpowered to be taking on normals anymore.
I'm honestly fascinated and a little obsessed with this strange series, it feels like a fever dream. Anytime I run across one I head straight to the comments because I know I've found my people. The people who speak English and are glimpsing into the "Wild Wild East" of foreign-made videos for social media.
For months my one friend (who is actually 30) and I would talk about these strange videos. We would have brief respite from time to time as our algorithms were inundated with various trends - like the Long nose dog who will do it for me, or Chestnuts roasting on an open Fye - but we would always return to the normal daily dose of "The Cheng & Pi Vintage Brothers".
Usually I would be okay with just that but lately I've been thinking about even when I'm not on instagram. I would be in my morning Teams meetinfs thinking about the man in the blue suit running so fast in these golden shoes. What is he running from? What is he running to? Is he a good guy? Or is he a bad guy?
Spurred by these nonsensical questions I fired up the old Google Chrome and just started looking for "running chinese man in blue suit" and I did manage to come across a lead -
mr.chen_handsome
The Ultimate Vintage King himself (self pro-claimed No.1 handsome boy).
Where does he fit into this? I don't know but he does have the OG cast (Blue & Red) on his actual TikTok.
I must continue my research and find out more, I must know who the Blue King and the Red Prince are!
Much Love,
You're almost 30 year old friend.