On Saturday evening of May 18, a small theater on Baochu Road in Hangzhou was filled with more than 80 spectators. This is the first Shang Yan in a delicious comedy. Among the six talk show actors on the stage, including Li, the founder of delicious comedy. That night, actor Li added another label: boss Li. The pressure of the new label made Li nervous from beginning to end.

The talk show in China is known from the network variety shows such as Tucao Conference, After 80s Tonight, Talk Show Conference, etc. But even Cass, who became famous in these programs, is a little different from the stars in other variety shows. They all love another location: the offline cinema. Even Steven, Lu Cheng, Liang Haiyuan and Locke, who became famous at the talk show conference, are no exception. Only when the opening segment of 5-8 minutes is polished again and again will the actors use the "mature works" of Shang Yan's first segment 10- 12 minutes. "No one is born with a hand! Whether it's Li's birthday or Wang Jianguo's birthday. This is a very professional thing, and we must rely on creation and perception. 」

Few people take talk shows as their profession. Li lives and works in Shanghai. Run two or three wheat drives after work from Monday to Thursday, and perform at least seven times a week, so that high-density performances last for one year and accumulate 400+ games of experience.

Interviewing Li was the happiest conversation. During the interview, because the video shooting was synchronized with the radio reception, I wore a bee microphone and could only hold back my laughter. When I can't hold back, I open my mouth and giggle silently. Watching the video shooting partner with Yu Guang, I guess I should apply eye cream when I go home.

Li insisted on replacing the talk show with stand-up comedy. He thinks that although talk shows will be more acceptable to everyone, they contain many forms of programs, such as talk shows, which don't have to be funny. I use stand-up comedy to emphasize "comedy".

"My ideal state is to tour all over the country like some American actors, and I will perform for you in a theater. Even if it's only fifty or sixty people, you're happy and I'm happy. 」

Oral: Li

Interview: Beihang University

Editor: Beihang University

//Unbelievable, unbelievable.

Two years ago, I became the screenwriter of Wang Zijian's Tonight's 80s.

Two months ago, I was a bank teller in a town in Linfen, Shanxi.

The span is too big, just like dreaming. Really, I told my mother at that time: Mom, I was asked to work as a screenwriter in Shanghai. He said he would give me a lot of money every month, and they also booked a plane ticket, so I can fly directly from our home to Beijing ... My grandparents, my parents and my mother just heard that this is not a pyramid scheme. After I arrived in Shanghai, they kept asking me, didn't you get into pyramid schemes? You really didn't get into pyramid schemes? They kept asking questions until I got to the station and sent photos.

When I was in college, I often watched "Tonight after 80s", and I never thought I would say it. After graduation, I entered the bank. Once at a party, I copied some jokes from Wang Zijian and told them. I didn't understand this art form at that time, so I told them at his pace. It's so interesting that everyone likes it. I thought, wow! I am awesome!

I went back to work after the party, and it was forgotten. ?

I'm the chief cashier. I just went to the bank to withdraw money. You take the card and give it to the person sitting in it. Bank tellers in big cities are all dressed very dignified: hello! (Smile service), our small place is not so strict, and sometimes we may not wear a tie. All the people who come to receive pensions are old people and old ladies. Everyone knows who comes and who goes. Our business is just chatting, not saying: hello, what business? We are joking: to withdraw money again? It's only 80 yuan a month, and I still have to mention it every month. Can I keep it for three months before I get it?

I came here to work because of my college girlfriend. This is her hometown. But 20 16, 10, we broke up. What's the point of me staying in this small county? There was only one feeling at that time: I was finished.

I can see myself at the age of 60, and I want to leave.

At the beginning of 20 17, my uncle passed away, which was a great blow to me. When I was most depressed, I went to see an elder in Xi 'an. He took me for a ride. We rode from Nanjing to Shanghai and rode to a city for one day every day.

Before this ride, I thought about what I would do in the future. I want to talk about the post-80s talk show tonight. Can I talk? I spent two months learning about stand-up comedy and found a group of people doing it in Beijing. So I watched the performance videos of foreign actors and tried to write my own jokes. Write it and send it to the stand-up comedian I know in Weibo.

There is an actor named Zhou Qimo. After reading it, he replied to me: if you want to do this, you can only go to big cities.

When we went to Shanghai by bike, we just caught up with the 20 17 Shanghai International Talk Show Comedy Festival. I saw with my own eyes that Zhou Qimo, who was chatting with me in Weibo, won the championship. I think his performance is very interesting. I would do the same thing. I must do it!

20 17 Shanghai international talk show comedy festival

On May 2, 20 17, when I left Shanghai, I had made it clear what to do next.

After coming home from Shanghai, I asked for leave and went to Beijing. It's not that I dare not resign, but that my parents won't let me. Yes, a graduate student was admitted to the bank. What else do you want? What else do you want?

I have been unable to find a job since I arrived in Beijing. For two months, I have been thinking and writing something besides opening wheat. At that time, "Talk Show after 80s Tonight" recruited writers. An actor named Robin thinks my writing is very good. After watching my performance video, he gave me some exam questions, and I passed. Then I came to Shanghai as a screenwriter and recorded a program with Wang Zijian!

The people I saw on TV two months ago, such as Lu Cheng, Si Wen and Hai Yuan. Now we are chatting face to face, which is incredible, incredible.

I thought I was too good at that time, but now I feel stupid. It's just that I'm so lucky Special thanks to Mr. Robin.

//Not funny, not funny, not funny ... funny!

The first time I went to open a shop was in Beijing. For these five minutes, I prepared for more than a week before I went on stage.

It was April of 20 17, and there was no fire at the tucao conference. The talk show market in Beijing is also very depressed, with ten actors and three or four audiences below. Most of the time. ?

Before that performance, I went to see boss Shi, the founder of the mountain people in Beijing. He is a very powerful actor and I like him very much. The first thing he said to me was: I advise you not to do this. It's too difficult! Too bitter! Don't do this.

On May 24th, 20 17, I opened the store for the first time and met boss Shi.

No senior will tell a new person that you shouldn't do this.

I said it in front of him in the first scene. Those five minutes were so difficult that almost no one laughed. The only applause was from the audience when the host introduced me. ?

After that, I told boss Shi that it was too difficult. Can you teach me? We are still in the exploratory stage,' he said. I can't teach you much, you have to do it yourself.

Then we went to the second venue, where there was no audience. There are only a group of powerful actors, including Zhou Qimo, Zhu Huan's younger brother, and Zhang Boyang, the screenwriter of Laughter Culture.

I'm still not funny, but they always encourage me. Now we often meet in Shanghai, telling jokes and chatting in the same venue, but I actually persisted. I think it's wonderful. ?

In May, when I arrived in Beijing, the first wheat was in bloom.

In stand-up comedy, the works are all counted by minutes, and the powerful one dedicates 60 minutes, just like the album. If you want to write funny content for 50 minutes, it will take a newcomer several months to find this point first and then grind it for 50 minutes. There are many open-air wheat outside Shang Yan for you to practice this thing. The content of my business speech was revised one by one in the open market.

I spent a lot of time in my mind. I've been thinking about how to perform this thing. I want to perform it. After I know how to perform, I will perform in my mind. Maybe the first performance is not good, then I will perform the second and then the third. ?

Achieve the effect in my mind. ?

It is easier to laugh when watching variety shows, because you are relaxed and have no expectations. Offline and online are different, and the paragraphs required offline will be more dense.

The hardest thing in our business is that you have to take this kind of blow every day. There are two or three classes every night. Not funny, not funny, not funny, not funny, not funny, not funny ... we have a strong ability to comfort ourselves. When it's not funny, I ask first, my question? The audience's problem? But the audience doesn't understand. Of course, this is the comfort of a joke, but when you come back, you should reflect on why this joke is not funny, why others are funny, and what's wrong with your joke?

Yes, I have to accept such a blow every day. Every day! Even now.

Shanghai, laughing fruit opens a wheat field. I'm teasing an audience: look at him. Although he has a girlfriend, he is definitely unhappy.

Once, during my first performance, I told a joke, and the audience thought it was very funny. I am very happy and excited. I got to the second scene, and no one laughed! At that time, the sweat came out, and the gap was too big. Why is it not funny? Then I will tell the same thing the next day. After you said the same thing, you found it was not funny, not funny, not funny, not funny all the time, but the first scene was particularly funny. ?

So this thing is very strange, and I have to accept such torture every day to reflect on the paragraph. We actors are all cheering each other up, and our hearts are very strong. Either self-comforting ability is particularly strong, or funny, only these two kinds of people can persist.

Now many people say they want to do this, and I won't say don't do it, okay! If you want to do this, I ask you, do you know what this is? ?

For example, your friends say you are humorous. That may be because you know where your friend's "point" is, and you will laugh at him. But making fun of your friend's point is not necessarily making fun of the audience's point. It is very difficult to make fun of the audience. Laughing at the audience on the stage is a very professional thing.

Many people say one or two things that are not funny, and he stops talking. But he won't think about it. Why is it not funny? Maybe his method is wrong. It will be funny if you do some homework, but he won't do it. "I have a job anyway, so I'll try." Most people are so confused that few people insist. But I can understand it too well, because I don't make money!

Every joke is true.

The joke we told is true. Although we will do some processing, most of them come from real things and real feelings around us. ?

I told a joke the first time I was in Shang Yan. I went to the hospital for circumcision. I really went to the hospital for surgery, which is very funny in itself. Nurses and doctors are more interesting. I just added some stalks to the fact that I actually had surgery. Many actors like this joke very much, and one actor offered to let me go to their venue to tell it again!

Our hometown is superstitious, and the old man at home will burn some funerary objects when he dies. The strangest thing is that it will burn four beauties in ancient China: Diophantine and Wang Zhaojun. It's strange that my grandfather burned these four when he was away, and so did my uncle. It's strange to think about it.

You burned these four beautiful women to death for an old man, right? But if there is another world, aren't you worried about causing family discord when you send it down?

Has the old lady been waiting for the old man for a long time? The old man came down with four others. Are you here to fight (laughs)? I described it in a joking way, exposed the lie, and explained to you in a humorous way how ridiculous the world would be if there was another world. Right? ?

Ladies and gentlemen, please relax.

Everyone's impression of talk show comes from tucao convention, talk show convention and Li's birthday. Many people don't know about cable performance, and even some people don't understand the difference between it and crosstalk.

Some new audiences come and may misunderstand the actor's teasing. He thinks you are just making fun of him, but in fact, as long as you enter the theater, all the actors do is to make everyone laugh. There is nothing you can't joke about, as long as you are interesting. ?

Once when I was cooking wheat in Beijing, there were only three spectators, a couple and a 30-year-old brother, so I teased the couple. And they took it seriously. The woman was very angry and stood up and pointed at me. You are over 30 years old. Is it funny to ask such a question You are in your thirties? Actually, I was only 25 years old (laughs). Maybe I'm too old. I said don't be angry, I'm over 30.

Some viewers may watch less, and he is very nervous when he comes in. Should I laugh? Laugh loudly or something? I hope everyone can enjoy this thing, just for fun, let go of everything and relax.

I have a joke about exercise for the elderly. I think it is particularly strange for the elderly to exercise. They often beat themselves (laughs). We're just spitting. Why are you so stupid? Doesn't it hurt to hit yourself? ?

When I told this joke in Beijing, an uncle kept laughing. He thought so. He won't be angry. They'll love it. They know that children are making fun of everyone, but they don't really think old people are fools.

There are millions of young people in Hangzhou, and everyone knows crosstalk. We have a relatively small audience now. The ideal state is not to let everyone come every week, once every two or three months, OK, this is a way of life.

I hope new audiences will keep coming. If the audience keeps repeating, the actor will be very anxious. A classic joke could have been repeated for a while. Now he has to write something new quickly, because everyone has spent money to deserve them, and I will try to write something new.

Actor Li, boss Li

The reason for starting a delicious comedy is actually very simple. My girlfriend is in Hangzhou. If I come to see her, it's nothing. It happens that Hangzhou is not very mature, so I will make one. That's why I started. At that time, I didn't think about what customer needs and what brand I wanted to be. I just think I need something to do, but now I want to do it well and continue this culture. ?

If I used to be an actor, I wouldn't care what others said. Every performance, there is only one point in my heart. I want to be the most interesting person today. I don't care whether they are funny or not, it's none of my business. I want the audience to like me. That's all I had then.

When Delicious Comedy was first staged, I invited some actors from Shanghai. When they went up to speak, I was more nervous than them, from beginning to end. They must be more interesting than me, so I will make them interesting. They are so interesting. It doesn't matter if I'm not funny. As long as you are funny and the audience likes you, OK OK OK OK.

After a delicious comedy performance, the audience and the actors took photos as a souvenir.

At present, most of the work of the club is my own publicity, poster distribution and ticket checking. I didn't feel so tired before, but now I find that there are too many trivial things that consume your energy. It's not as simple as putting up a poster on the computer to introduce the actors. ?

I'm worried about attendance, whether the poster is good or not, and whether the actors can come. ?

I have to worry about my job. After all, I work eight hours a day, and work is still very important, so I feel a little tired. Since you choose to let everyone know something new, no one will force you. Anyway, just do it yourself, it will be very tiring to do it yourself. It doesn't matter. You will get used to it.

All the jokes I told were from last year. I haven't written many new jokes recently, and I feel that I don't have enough energy, so the most important thing now is to solve this problem and let myself be a little more idle.

Before watching variety shows, I saw many people saying what my music wanted to do. I think it's so funny, stupid or not, fake! But since I did this, I found that if you really like it, you are really willing to spend a lot of time. It is everything you have, all your goals, and all your plans are for it.

My ideal state is to perform offline like some American actors. There is a special performance, a national tour, and a grand theater. I will perform for you. I really like this state. ?

I don't tell stand-up comedy to be on TV. I really don't want to be on TV. I just want to tell you that even if there are 50 people and 60 people, I am very happy, and you are happy and OK. I want to regard it as a profession, which can support me and our actors. ?

There are many performances in Beijing and Shanghai every day, and the audience is full. Only we do it in Hangzhou, most of our friends don't know, and the actors are not mature enough. What I want to convey to you is original, okay. Let everyone know that this is an offline performance, not an online performance.

Come to our show, and we will make you laugh. Trust us, we can come.

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