DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng, 40, hails from Mililing village in southern China. The village has about 700 residents, with most of the younger generation engaged in shoe manufacturing units while the elderly are involved in agriculture. Since January, groups of travellers have been coming to the village, including families with kids and employees dressed in their companies’ uniforms. During the Spring Festival holiday period, the village received 10,000 tourists every day. The tourism boom has prompted the local authorities to give the whole hamlet a facelift. The recent development has, however, put the DeepSeekfounder’s grandfather in a difficult spot. He is the only person currently living in their four-storey house in the village. The elderly man has to keep his front door shut for much of the day as he fears being harassed by the tourists. Some tourists even take away \”soveniers\” from the place, a resident identified only by his surname, Yuan, told the South China Morning Post.