HTX Studio
He Shijie | |
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| Born | He Shijie (何世杰) |
| Other names | He Tongxue (何同学) |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Video creator |
| Known for | Technology review videos |
| Awards | Bilibili Top 100 Uploaders (2019, 2020, 2021) |
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| YouTube information | |
| Channels | |
| Subscribers | 1.23 million |
| Views | 202.6 million |
| Last updated: 15 August 2025 | |
He Shijie (Chinese: 何世杰; born April 1999), better known as He Tongxue (Chinese: 何同学; lit. 'Classmate He'), is a Chinese content creator and technology reviewer, whose English YouTube channel is named HTX Studio. He began publishing technology-focused videos on Bilibili in 2017 and gradually gained a following. He rose to prominence in 2019 after releasing a viral video reviewing 5G networks, which led to him winning Bilibili's "Uploader of the Year" award in 2020 and being named a "Top 100 Uploaders" in 2021.[1] His YouTube channel gained over a million subscribers within a year.[2]
Career
[edit]While in his final year at Shanxi Experimental Secondary School, He produced a commemorative video for his class. The positive reception sparked his interest in video production, and he hoped to pursue a related field in university. However, as he had not taken the national arts school admission tests, he enrolled at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) and was assigned to the Telecommunications Engineering and Management program. After the college entrance exams, he opened his Bilibili account (老师好我叫何同学; Lǎoshī hǎo wǒ jiào Hé Tóngxué; 'Hello Sir/Ma'am (teacher)', 'My Name is Classmate He'), initially to learn filming and editing, but later began uploading his own tech product review videos.[3]
In February 2018, He created a video about his experience with a full suite of Apple products, which garnered over 100,000 views in a short period. From then on, video production became his main focus outside of his studies. In February 2019, his review of AirPods was shared and endorsed by technology KOLs such as Zhu Haizhou, Product Manager for OnePlus' Mobile Software, which helped him build a following in Bilibili's digital technology community.[4]
On June 6, 2019, He produced a video testing the 5G network on the BUPT campus.[5] The same day, China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the first 5G commercial licenses. The video quickly gained widespread attention, receiving over 5 million views overnight. Official media outlets such as People's Daily, CCTV News, Xinhua News Agency, and the Communist Youth League of China reported on it.[6] The outlet Guancha also praised the video.[7]
Following this, He's popularity soared. Within a year, he participated in the recording of CCTV's Voice, and had opportunities to speak with Microsoft's CPO Panos Panay and Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun.[3] In January 2020, at the "BILIBILI POWER UP 2019" awards ceremony, He was named one of the "Top 100 Uploaders of 2019", and his 5G review video won the "Best Work of the Year" award.[8]
In February 2021, He released a video interviewing Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook. China's diplomat Wang Wenbin shared the video on Facebook, praising the spirit of "helping each other in a time of need" in the video.[9]
In July 2021, He completed his undergraduate studies. He had earlier established his own studio, "Hangzhou He Tongxue Cultural Media Co., Ltd." (Chinese: 杭州何同学文化传媒有限公司, now Hangzhou Jihe Digital Cultural Creative Co., Ltd., Chinese: 杭州几盒数字文化创意有限公司) and registered several trademarks, becoming a full-time video creator.[10] In 2022, He moved his studio from Beijing to Shanghai.[2]
In August 2025, some media outlets reported that his YouTube channel HTX Studio had become popular, with estimated annual earnings ranging from US$144,000 to $2.34 million. He personally refuted these claims, stating that the reports were severely inaccurate, and that his actual income from the channel was far below the lowest figure mentioned.[2]
Controversies
[edit]While his 2019 video "How Fast Is 5G?" brought him widespread fame, his work has often been criticized as more for show than for substance. A 2022 video about a custom keyboard also sparked controversy due to coding errors.[11]
Failure to credit open-source code
[edit]In November 2024, He was embroiled in a controversy over the alleged misappropriation of open-source code in his video "I Made an Animation with 360,000 Lines Text in Notes." In the video, released on November 15, He claimed his team had "specifically written a software" to optimize the animation generation process. However, programmer and content creator "epcdiy" pointed out that the code used was adapted from an open-source project on GitHub called "ASCII-generator", which is licensed under the MIT License.[12] The team had also removed the original author's attribution information, leading to accusations of plagiarism.[11][13]
On November 19, He responded that the code was indeed based on the open-source project and had been modified to "optimize character generation ratios, image cropping methods, and parameter passing."[12] He attributed the failure to credit the source to "miscommunication and scriptwriting errors".[14] The video was updated to say, "we modified this open-source software." While some viewers expressed their willingness to believe him, others accused him of intellectual theft and deceiving his audience.[13] On November 20, the original author responded, stating that subscribers "paid for He Tongxue's creativity," not for "something stolen from the internet",[12] adding bluntly that the audience "deserves something better."[11]
A commentary in Jimu News argued that He's script had concealed the software's open-source origins and his explanation seemed evasive. The critic claimed that this act of substitution undermined the spirit of online sharing and collaboration, and could negatively impact the ecosystem of the industry.[15] Shen Zhao of the Yangtse Evening Post noted that He's video was a sponsored commercial project, and removing the original author's credit not only infringed on the author's rights but also lowered his audience's expectations for original content.[11]
Remarks on rating ride-hailing drivers
[edit]On April 11, 2025, He sparked controversy on Weibo with a new stance on rating ride-hailing drivers. He stated that unless the service was exceptionally good, he would directly refuse drivers' requests for a "positive rating", claiming the practice was a way to cultivate "sincerity and courage" and overcome his "tendency to please others".[16]
The statement quickly drew backlash on Chinese social media, with critics labeling him "arrogant" and "lacking empathy", arguing that he was ignoring the drivers' reliance on positive reviews. Related topics trended on Weibo, and his Bilibili account reportedly lost tens of thousands of followers. He later deleted the post and had not made any further public comment.[16][17]
Media outlets, including The Beijing News, commented that while He was exercising his consumer rights, the way he publicly articulated his reasoning could be perceived as an elite perspective that was inconsiderate toward service industry workers.[16]
References
[edit]- ^ Ren Tianbao (3 August 2020). Fang Hao (ed.). 一张照片让自己和600万粉丝“同框”？这位B站up主真的做到了 [A Photo to "Frame" Oneself with 6 Million Fans? This Bilibili Uploader Actually Did It]. Xinmin Evening News (in Chinese (China)). Archived from the original on 17 August 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ a b c Yan Jiacheng; Zhang Zhuying; Fan Junjie; Guo Ning, eds. (24 August 2025). 何同学辟谣海外账号千万年收入：相关报道严重失实 [He Tongxue Refutes Rumors of Millions in Annual Income from Overseas Account: Relevant Reports Are Seriously Inaccurate]. Jiangnan Metropolis Daily (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 14 September 2025 – via Sina Finance.
- ^ a b Kong Shan (5 August 2020). 老师好我叫何同学，我有些不开心 [Hello Teacher, My Name is He Tongxue, and I'm a Little Unhappy]. Bilibili (in Chinese (China)). Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2020 – via Official WeChat Account.
- ^ 涨粉百万、一夜爆红：B站何同学是谁？ [Gaining a Million Followers and Becoming an Overnight Sensation: Who is Bilibili's He Tongxue?]. Vista看天下 (in Chinese (China)). 6 August 2019 – via Official WeChat Account.
- ^ 何同学：跳出时代局限看5G [He Tongxue: Looking at 5G Beyond the Limitations of the Era]. Science and Technology Daily (in Chinese (China)). 17 June 2019. Archived from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ^ 【回眸发展路】北邮学子“何同学”创作的5G网络测试视频走红网络-中国共产党北京邮电大学第十五次代表大会 [【Looking Back on the Path of Development】BUPT Student "He Tongxue"'s 5G Network Test Video Goes Viral Online - The 15th Party Congress of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications]. Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (in Chinese (China)). 9 June 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
- ^ B站Up主“何同学”：速度是5G最无聊的应用 [Bilibili Uploader "He Tongxue": Speed is the Most Boring Application of 5G]. Guancha (in Chinese (China)). 9 June 2019. Archived from the original on 22 September 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2020 – via Sina News.
- ^ 夏奕宁 (19 January 2020). B站为年度UP主颁奖，破圈、多元、跨界成2019年关键词 [Bilibili Awards Annual Uploaders, Breaking Circles, Diversity, and Cross-Border Become Keywords for 2019]. The Paper (in Chinese (China)). The Paper. Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
- ^ 沈杰群 (20 February 2021). 你知道UP主"何同学"吗？他这段视频被外交部发言人点赞了 [Do you know the Uploader He Tongxue? This video of his was praised by the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs]. China Youth Daily (in Chinese (China)).
- ^ 何同学成立工作室 已申请注册多个何同学商标 [He Tongxue Establishes Studio and Has Applied to Register Multiple He Tongxue Trademarks] (in Chinese (China)). Sina Technology. 26 July 2021. Archived from the original on 17 April 2022.
- ^ a b c d Shen Zhao (20 November 2024). Zhang Jieni (ed.). 知名数码博主何同学陷盗用风波后致歉，原作者发文回应：你的观众值得更好的东西 [Famous Tech Blogger He Tongxue Apologizes After Plagiarism Controversy, Original Author Responds: Your Audience Deserves Better]. Yangtse Evening Post (in Chinese (China)). Ziniu News. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ a b c 为何删除原作者信息？知名UP主“何同学”致歉再遭质疑 [Why Was the Original Author's Information Deleted? Famous Uploader "He Tongxue"'s Apology Faces Further Questioning]. Dute News (in Chinese (China)). Shenzhen Press Group. 20 November 2024. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ a b 知名up主何同学致歉 [Famous Uploader He Tongxue Apologizes]. Luzhong Morning Post (in Chinese (China)). NetEase News. 19 November 2024. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ Qiu Yinan (20 November 2024). Li Rui (ed.). Up主何同学被质疑改动开源程序声称自己写的，本人致歉承认：文案不够严谨 [Uploader He Tongxue Accused of Modifying Open-Source Program and Claiming It as His Own, Apologizes and Admits: "The Script Was Not Rigorous Enough"]. The Paper (in Chinese (China)). Qihuan Video. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ Qu Jing (20 November 2024). 知名UP主何同学道歉！吃着创意的饭，岂能砸原创的锅？ [Famous Uploader He Tongxue Apologizes! How Can You Live Off Creativity While Smashing the Pot of Originality?] (in Chinese (China)). Jimu News. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ a b c 丛林 (14 April 2025). 王言虎 (ed.). “不愿讨好”的何同学，该收一收你的精英视角 [He Tongxue, who is "Unwilling to Please," Should Set Aside His Elite Perspective]. The Beijing News (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 8 May 2025.
- ^ 腾讯网 (2025-04-12). 陈雨; 丁伟; 杨东 (eds.). "被骂上热搜！"何同学"又翻车？删除有关网约车言论" (in Chinese (China)). Fengmian News. Retrieved 2025-09-24 – via Tencent News.