I graduated from Zhejiang University with a bachelor's degree and worked as a New Oriental English teacher for 9 years. My annual income reached one million 6 years ago. At the same time, he learned stand-up comedy and talk shows, won the championship in the Shanghai Internationa

graduated from Zhejiang University with a bachelor's degree. He has been a New Oriental English teacher for 9 years. His annual income reached one million 6 years ago. At the same time, he learned stand-up comedy and talk shows, won the championship in the Shanghai International Comedy Competition, was selected as the top 24 contestants of "Qi Pa Shuo Season 7", and starred in TV series. In the summer of 2024, he will participate in "Happy Wonderful Night" and "The King of Comedy" at the same time. Season" two comedy shows, the former won the Best Comedy Writer Award, and the latter won the fifth place of the year.

strives to keep him grounded. Creation, parenting, recording programs, creating and rehearsing, fitness, talk shows... In one day, Liu Yang would sometimes advance nearly ten projects simultaneously, and his schedule was so full that his friends complained that he "wouldn't survive until tomorrow." However, During my free time, I still record jokes in WeChat’s “File Transfer Assistant” and multiple notebooks. The energy that

continues to output may come from sensitive adolescence and obscure early experiences. Liu Yang has analyzed his life at special events many times, and confessed that he was "provoked" by the darkest part of his heart, and he couldn't live with it if he didn't talk about it.

He is used to scoring his own performance reviews. After a special performance that he was not satisfied with, he could only give 50 or 60 points. He also repeatedly used numbers to calculate his gain and loss ratio, "I put in 120% of my efforts, why did the result not reach 120?" %? 80% is fine, why is it 30%?”

In a recent interview with People magazine in 2024, Liu Yang said that the biggest misunderstanding about him was that he “wanted to be popular and wanted to be crazy.” "I don't deny that I want to be popular. I really want to be popular, but I'm not in a hurry." And now, he is finally popular.

Liu Yang. Picture/Liu Yang Weibo

[1] "I can't live without finishing it"

Liu Yang first became an English teacher because after taking New Oriental's class, he became obsessed with the feeling of "igniting others". This emotion was later adopted by him The psychological counselor explained it as "the urge to be seen."

But unlike talk show actor Fu Hang, who has a relatively relaxed and enthusiastic personality, Liu Yang believes that anxiety and hard work can push ambition forward. In the "King of Comedy Stand-up Season", Liu Yang, who was feverishly giving a talk show, got nearly full marks. On the spot, he talked about his "volume".

On this show, he complained about a former New Oriental colleague giving a mobile phone to "bribe" the sales director not to sell his class. He said that if he added a mobile phone, he would be willing to help sell the other party's class on the show. He also made a joke about talk show actors stealing jokes. , saying that everyone is rushing to make jokes starting from grabbing shared bicycles. In order to maintain speed, everyone is "scanning codes, unlocking, and closing locks" at a speed, and they even dare not lock the shared bicycles.

"Stand-up comedians rarely have team building, because when we go to team building, everyone does not play, they are all on guard against each other, and no one wants to steal the material. Do you think if we are playing and the boss suddenly falls into the water, there will be no one I will save him. As long as one person takes out his notebook, everyone will take it out and write." This sentence made the audience laugh.

The jury Zhu Dan praised Liu Yang for having the look of a champion. Zhou Qimo, also a talk show actor, said that his fever was just right and his emotional concentration was very close to the audience. Yang Tianzhen even said that Liu Yang might win the championship in both comedy shows.

In the front row are Fu Hang and Liu Yang. Picture/Liu Yang Weibo

The core of comedy is tragedy. Although talk shows can make people laugh, Liu Yang's original intention in performing was to vent the dark side of his memories.

In an interview with "Figure", Liu Yang once said that when he was transferred from Inner Mongolia to Beijing as a teenager, the environment suddenly changed and he was looked down upon in adolescence. This bleak emotion has troubled him for at least ten years. In addition, as the child of a teacher, he The education he received since he was a child is to be humble, self-denial, and always have room for improvement. So when many colleagues tell jokes that are neither light nor serious, Liu Yang is more willing to express more serious jokes. He explained that, "I am the darkest in my heart." It’s that part that really offends me, and I can’t get through it until I finish talking about it.”

In an interview with People magazine in 2024, Liu Yang also talked about that his character background is "the default is that others will laugh at me."

When he was in elementary school, he stuttered. In junior high school, he felt ostracized when he transferred to another school, so he began to work hard to please others. This effort made him suspect that interpersonal relationships were inherently unstable, and that if he was not pleasing and funny, the atmosphere would not be pleasant.

In high school, Liu Yang transferred to a key university and worked hard to the point of "distorted personality." In the last two years, he almost didn't talk to his classmates. After failing to get into Tsinghua University in his senior year of high school, he decided to repeat his studies. He cried all the time in the first month or two. As an adult, Liu Yang felt very dark when he recalled this period of time, and even rejected class reunions.

On the stage, Liu Yang is undoubtedly confident, excited, and cheerful. In the past few years of stand-up comedy, some colleagues thought that he was capable of making jokes. However, in the eyes of Liu Yang’s wife, sometimes, compared to Liu Yang needs comfort in his heart.

A few years ago, when Liu Yang went on stage for the first time to audition for a story show, he almost cried three times when he talked about his past experiences.

[2] “Anxiety can drive ambition forward”

In the past, Liu Yang’s main source of income was working as an English teacher. In 2018, his after-tax income as a teacher has reached 1 million yuan, and his annual income from talk shows has reached 8,000 yuan. But he finally chose to resign and became a member of the founding team of Danliren.

The income gap seems to be huge, but judging from past interviews, Liu Yang is indeed a person with strong inner energy, desire and obsession. Later in his tenure at New Oriental, when he found that everyone began to be less interested in the teacher’s inspirational story when he was young , "cannot light up", you will feel professional fatigue.

Fortunately, the attributes of the talk show industry are timely feedback from the audience and strong emotional contagion. After entering the new industry, Liu Yang ignited new professional enthusiasm. A few years ago, he spent five weeks writing 100,000 words of experience and experience, and composed an entry-level stand-up comedy textbook "Everyone Can Learn Stand-Up Comedy."

Privately, he also likes to chat with newcomers and encourage them to stick with it. At the same time, he is also willing to give suggestions to other actors' jokes, although many times he will be treated less enthusiastically and post on social media afterwards saying "No more." Don't do this."

In 2017, after the broadcast of "Talk Show Conference", Li Dan, Chizi, Siwen, Kam, Wang Jianguo, Pang Bo and other new and old talk show actors became popular in the Internet era. Rising Star.

stepping into the spotlight means that he can ignite his energy to more people. Of course Liu Yang has a desire, although at the same time, his mental state is not particularly good.

Liu Yang. Picture/Liu Yang Weibo

In 2014, Liu Yang was diagnosed with bipolar disorder (manic depression). Five years later, he said that when he was doing a talk show, he worked part-time as an English tutor and was "more than a dozen out of more than 600." A "student" made negative comments, which provoked him to go to psychological counseling for the first time. The doctor gave him advice: "Don't be so ambitious."

Liu Yang said, "I must be ambitious, and I must be anxious. Anxiety can push my ambition forward."

So, while Shan Liren was working as an offline actor, he began to make his own talk show "Bitch" "The Leader Show", the program "The Leader's Decameron", participated in the talk show "Zhuang Xiu Bu Er" as a screenwriter and starring, and hosted the talk show "Have a Good Chat" with his friend Liu Beast. On social platforms, he uploaded There are many free jokes, various types of vlogs, and synchronized to every platform such as Douyin, Kuaishou, Zhihu, Bilibili, Xiaohongshu, etc. It seems that I want to seize every opportunity.

For a while, he said that the biggest misunderstanding of him by the outside world was that he "wanted to be famous and wanted to be famous." He said in a media interview that the real situation was that he "wanted to be famous very much" and was "not in a hurry."

Liu Yang’s idol is Luo Yonghao. In his opinion, an explanation is necessary. Once he is considered to be "crazy for fame", his motivation for doing many things becomes disgraceful.

[3] Comedian active for life

Under normal circumstances, Liu Yang rarely takes a break.

When he was a student, he was the top student at Zhejiang University. He was ranked first in the country in his major of energy and environmental systems engineering.Before 2021, he was an English teacher with an annual salary of seven figures. Now, he is a talk show actor with the largest number of special shows in the country, and has achieved good results in two comedy shows at the same time.

Working partners will feel a strong sense of security through him. During the rehearsal process of "Wonderful Night", he felt unwell for a time, but he still did not forget to make jokes when he was cared for.

A few years ago, he served as the host of the Olympic program for NetEase and was evaluated by his cooperating employees as "a perfect partner. During the working state, he did not feel any negative emotions at all."

A NetEase employee recalled that he would agree to almost all requests raised by Liu Yang, regardless of whether they had been agreed in advance.

Being able to continue to satisfy all parties at work naturally means less rest time. For a few years, Liu Yang's sleep lasted for about five or six hours. Driven by his career, he would find a place even if he and his wife went to Qinghai. Let's talk about the open mic.

But as family life entered a new stage, Liu Yang also relaxed after becoming a father. His friend Song Tianshuo commented that "the whole person has become softer."

In 2023, his child Xiaoye was born. Liu Yang would always show Song Tianshuo photos one by one when they met.

Liu Yang is on the right. Photo/Liu Yang Weibo

Recently, after winning the fifth place in the "King of Comedy Stand-up Season", Liu Yang gave his elimination speech and said that he had no regrets in telling his son's story on stage. He can only make his wife laugh. The King of Comedy, not to mention, can now make two people laugh.

Perhaps as he gets older and his family status changes, he is more willing to pursue his talk show dream in a marathon way, and at the same time, enjoy his current family life.

Just like in the show, Liu Yang once responded to being criticized as "tight" and said, "If you are a hard-working person, then work hard in a down-to-earth manner. If you are a nervous person, then be down-to-earth and nervous." She shed tears on the final stage and said that she would come back next year because "comedians are active for life."

Source: Jiupai News