The Buddhist mind is full of personal enlightenment.

Unlike other teachers who come to lectures, Li Yang chooses to enter the classroom from the door behind the student.

Surrounded by four security guards, the walk through nearly 50 meters of the aisle, after the row to attract the students eyes, Li Yangyue platform.

In this lecture hall with half a football field, the golden light sprinkled on the podium, and the big picture of Li Yang on the red background board, seemed to remind the cadets that it was a sacred moment.

For the next 3 hours, Li Yang will teach more than 1300 students from all over the country about educational methods, success and how to transform negative energy.

August 12, Tianjin Hotel, this series of lectures entitled "Super Success Forum" to the next day, despite listening to the speeches of 3 teachers, when Li Yang came to power, the mood of the students was instantly ignited, and after listening to Li Yang's four proverbs of transforming negative energy, they growled and responded to the agitation on the stage:

"The setback is--"

Passbook！ ”

"Misery is--"

Education！ ”

"Failure is--"

Training！ ”

"Harm is--"

Energy！ ”

The heat of the mood after a brief gathering, in the crowd quickly burst, until approaching madness. The scene, like Li Yang's numerous speeches before thousands of people, is similar to the "group unconsciousness" that once existed.

After the finish, the students from Hunan, Mr. Liang did not hide the worship of Li Yang, "he is like a godfather", although the stage facing his 45-year-old man, had violence against his wife, joined Amway 3 months and withdrew, converted to Buddhism after mouth.

"There are many kinds of people's image. Li Yang said that the impact of "home storm Door" is only his image as a husband, "I am the English godfather, but also the English godfather."

In the face of the avalanche of questioning, Li Yang said he was happy, which means that there are too many people need him to save. He put his hand on his chest, "a lot of people are thinking about this," and the other hand is holding the top of his head, "I'm here." ”

"I have a mission."

This disparity makes Li Yang sometimes anxious.

He said he was in a hurry and was anxious to get "a lot of people" to catch up with him-though in his view it was too difficult.

Before coming to Tianjin, he traveled several times between Shanghai and Guangzhou so that his followers could see themselves at the Crazy English international summer camp.

"He can't stop, he even thinks eating and sleeping is a waste of time." Li Yang's assistant, Ke, said he was going to be with Li Yang in a day to convert five cities, "it's almost extreme, it's crazy." ”

Ke said that Li Yang has no concept of the quality of life, "Can you think of it?" He and I live in the standard room every time on business trip, as for eating, a few buns on the line. ”

August 12 noon 12:30, Li Yang rushed to Tianjin hotel, from the beginning of the lecture there are 1.5 hours, the room, he swallowed the assistant temporarily bought cool skin and meat clip steamed bun, but instruct assistant patted him holding the meat clip of the picture.

Li Yang said that he was always self-improvement, which is why followers worship him, "they regard me as the Godfather, need me to pass this positive energy, I have a mission." ”

The students at the stage stared at Li Yang, looked at his waving arms, listened to his ideas about success and education, and responded to the "Godfather" agitation with a roar.

"I am very good at inciting emotions, right?" "For the madness of the students, Li Yang, who returned to the room, said he was calm and did not need this kind of enthusiastic group emotion to bring him satisfaction, and he even needed to control the mood of the audience to fluctuate within normal bounds."

Outside the meeting, a white-haired man who had just heard Li Yang's lecture shouted to the waiter, "This is my dream!" Do you know? Do you know? "This is a kind of inertia after the release, he came from Guangdong, wearing just bought at the venue, Li Yang live signature of crazy English T-shirt."

Mr. Jin from Jiangsu said, the series of lectures from 1380 yuan to 2980 yuan, Li Yang's lecture is to impart the success of the road, was asked to hear after class how to go to the road to success, he thought for a long time, eventually did not think out.

"It's a spiritual baptism anyway." Mr. Jin said.

Everything is business.

In Li Yang's view, the effect of this lecture is still good, the students are full of emotion, enthusiastic interaction, the key is, "received more than 200 disciples." ”

More than one student confirmed that during the course of the lecture, Li Yang not only introduced his success, but also consciously and unconsciously found several nodes to promote their own products.

A set of books published by Li Yang, including electronic CD-ROM, sold for more than 1000 yuan, Li Yang told students that these books

It is his more than 20 years of crazy English and the full content of success, "0 to 80 years old all applicable", buy this set, no longer need to buy other books on the market. Also, the scene to pay more than 9,000 yuan, you can worship Li Yang as a teacher, become a disciple, can receive a gift of Li Yang signature of the T-shirt, and master photo opportunities, as well as the future free to listen to the qualifications.

Similar lectures, Li Yang said that at most one months there are fifty or sixty, the next day, he will fly to Wuhan, do a similar lecture.

"I'm a businessman." Li Yang said that everything is business, like the conversion of Buddhism, Crazy English and Shaolin temple has a lasting business cooperation.

The assistant told him that many students worried that he would not be a monk, he deliberately instructed reporters, not to become a monk, in the future will appear in crazy English summer camp and lectures, "otherwise students should think I am a rip-off." ”

Li Yang has already planned a blueprint for cooperation, and he hopes to start a crazy English school in Dengfeng, where students learn crazy English while practising Shaolin Kung Fu. He does not understand why many people say that China is too commercialized, "We are not too commercialized, too inadequate." "In his blueprint, he will teach foreigners crazy Chinese, a word 30 yuan," then eat vegetarian food in Shaolin Temple, Practice Kung Fu, how good. ”

On the day of conversion, Li Yang tempted to ask Abbot, the Shaolin temple has such a profound Buddhist thought, why not publish English works, abbot answer him, Buddhist ideas, all rely on personal enlightenment, not written on paper.

As for the refuge, the Shaolin insider revealed that Li's conversion was most important to the recognition of Buddhism, and that business co-operation had not yet entered a substantive stage.

Questioning me? So what

Li Yang knows that many people question the purpose of his conversion, and he doesn't care.

A few days ago, some media reported that Li Yang's response to the query netizens: "Netizens are smelly dog excrement, is rubbish." This speech let netizens denounced a wave higher than a wave, Li Yang in micro-blog issued a clarification statement, he said is the media misread his words, he never said netizens is smelly dog excrement.

"Questioning is also a productive force, welcome to question. "August 12," Li Yang said.

Welcome at the same time, Li Yang seems to have a kind of resentment, the anger behind is as successful people's superiority, "Also please question my friend to think about, light question what?" Can you find a solution to the problem? He said he was a master in the search for solutions, he moved out of the sentence said countless times, "Let 300 million Chinese speak fluent English, let the voice of China from the world", said I Li Yang in education for 26 years, solve the Chinese learning English difficulties, do not know how many people changed the fate.

Others joked, "Li Yang is so mad that he doesn't know that master abbot has enough mana." However, the reality is that the conversion of Li Yang is only the Shaolin Temple's secular disciple, Shaolin Temple to these secular disciples do not have too much binding force, the Shaolin Temple outside the Ministry of Propaganda director Cheng said, this depends on personal shame and moral self-cultivation.

For good and evil, Li Yang has the same judgment as the public, he once told the media, "home storm Door" after the exposure of the next day, he in Shanghai to a group of mothers training Family education, this is only his countless training the most common one, this time is very nervous, "sweat down, because I played a mother." ”

Li Yang admits that after "home violence Door", his public image is different from before, but immediately changed a turn, "People are not perfect, negative news what?" At least it means I'm real. He tried to show no appreciation of the outside world, but was still careful to maintain his public image.

Li Yang rarely rejects the topic of "Home violence", and he wants to make every effort to admit to the public that a man is wrong to spank his wife, but he still responds to criticism in a customary way, "what does it mean to me?" It is important that you draw meaning from this matter. ”

At this moment, he attempts to instantly transform the image of his own mob into a preacher, or preacher.

The shell of the educator

Li Yang regarded the title of "English Godfather" as a strong coat, which became his most effective self-defense suit in the sense of being attacked and questioned by the outside world.

2011 Mid-Autumn Festival, "Home Storm Door" was exposed more than half a month later, Li Yang received an interview with a reporter, the reporter questioned him, you have been stressing "home storm door" to other people's educational significance, why not reflect on their own?

Li Yang once again "Ober" the incident, and then picked himself out.

"In front of the camera, he will act very gentlemanly and courteous." "The woman who interviewed Li Yang at least 6 times said he would put on a genuine gesture, albeit somewhat deliberately."

Li Yang values the educator's label, in his view, people pursue him, because he has the ordinary person does not surpass oneself, consummates the ego the ability. So, in the spotlight, trying to show a calm, restrained, gentle side. And such a face, and in front of thousands of people waving arms, in the snow to read English reading Li Yang is also a man.

Before the first session of the divorce case, Li Yang deliberately updated the microblog so that the assistant would remind reporters of his concern. On Weibo, Li Yang takes care of Kim's photo, which says, "I still love you."

The woman reporter said that after the trial and Li Yangyo in the hotel restaurant interview, she had just walked to the restaurant, see Li Yang picked up the phone, "to the effect that he will change the plane sign, want to accompany the children." "Maybe it was a coincidence," but it still feels like it. ”

Another detail that the woman reporter remembers is that in the middle of the "home Storm gate" incident, after a trial, Li Yang, who walked out of the courtroom, said to the weeping Kim: "You see, there's not much media attention to you right now." ”

Li Yang didn't mind the outside speculation, which he thought was trivial. He followed Kim came to Beijing Red Maple Women's Psychological Counseling Service center, did a few times to give up, "I do not need to see, are nonsense, and we said to love to help, more communication, the truth is right, but no use." ”

"Everything I do is to make more people wise, whether it's sacrificing me or sacrificing crazy English." "he had said.

Li Yang did not conceal his importance to the society, he used a parallel sentence, "I am the light, where I am, where the light is, I am the love, where I am, where the love is, I am the energy, where I am, where the energy is." ”

Narcissism is a disease

As in Greek mythology, the love of Narcissus's reflection of his own water, Li Yang also fell in love with his personal image.

"This is a classic narcissism. Wu Zhihong, a psychologist, feels that this has to do with the growing experience of Li Yang's childhood. If a person receives not too bad care in infancy, his lust for love points to others, and when a child is too often alone when the caregiver is not careful, a perfect caregiver is imagined, and the illusion of relationship is more important than all human relationships.

Li Yang has revealed that after he was born, he grew up with his grandmother and returned to his parents at the age of 3, and parents, like so many parents, used "combat education" for their children.

The adult Li Yang also has the time of fear. Half an hour after getting up in the morning, he felt very frightened at once, "I feel particularly meaningless, and living is meaningless." ”

To fight this pain, Li Yang will go into the bathroom, jump 100 in situ, take a cold shower, blood circulation accelerated after the infinite sinking in the nothingness of their own salvation back.

Li Yang said that he had depression, just a little relief, the past if depressed for half an hour, now only 3 minutes, "the important thing is that I can jump out to see myself, in fact, each of us will be a lot of depression." ”

In addition to finding yourself in a confrontational way, another way is to get the body and mind back into crazy English. Wu Zhihong has a lot of contact with people around Li Yang, who believes that this time, Li Yang and students form a specific relationship-"God" in the nurturing of the most eager to nurture, "so why the cause of Li Yang so important, it is his best way to fight his inner pain." ”

Although Li Yang himself said "No", the participants in the seminar confirmed that whenever the students responded enthusiastically to his agitation, Li Yang would be more excited, and he would have more subtle inflammatory words and more vigorous action.

August 12, on the platform outside the hotel room, Li Yang held the autobiography of "I" Crazy "my Success" aloud in English, he condescending, looked around and said, "What a good place, every morning if hundreds of people here to read aloud, how good." ”

Li Yang did not feel pain, but said, "I certainly appreciate myself", the reason for appreciation is that in such a poor educational environment to succeed, can provide a set of best educational experience and success, can save so many people.

It's called Love?

Li Yang evaluates himself as a product of the failure of three types of education, family, school and society. He said that too many parents in China are unqualified, "the first child born must be a mess." ”

A period of childhood, he lived in Xian with his father, said Father, you and I sleep in a bed at night, Li Yang's feeling is "scared to death"-father to him very strict, often beat him.

"Li Yang is a tragic figure. Wang Xingjuan, director of Beijing Red Maple Women's psychological counseling Center, said that Li Yang did not know how to get along with people who are close to each other, and in this relationship, he feels violence, not love. Since childhood did not feel this kind of love, therefore he does not know how to love others, loves the wife, loves the child.

Wang Xingjuan said, cold feeding indifference, love to nurture love. The violence of the native family extends to his relationship with his ex-wife, Kim, when he is unhappy, and when Kim makes him angry, he chooses the way of violence.

A reporter once asked Li Yang what is love, he replied, "This woman attacks me hysterically, ruined my reputation, ruined my career, I'm with her, it's called Love".

However, the day before Valentine's Day, when the property division hearing in the Chaoyang Court, Li Yang outside the court for each reporter sent a printed article titled "An American Perverted woman in China dream."

A journalist recalls that Kim was yelling at Li Yang to insult her, and the "ex-husband" quipped to reporters, "Look, this psycho is coming again." ”

Li Yang believes that there is a conflict between Chinese and American culture behind the family violence, but the family violence is because there is no better solution. He cited Kim as an example, saying she would educate three children and be a good mother, but it would make Kim see that she would be angry, because she would rather be judged to be a beautiful wife. ”

August 12, in order to prove the current easing of the relationship, Li Yang out of the micro-letter chat record, said he still daily and Kim, daughter talk.

Micro-letter can be seen in two languages, the younger daughter asked "Daddy where you Are", Li Yang only returned two words, "Shanghai"-he has not seen his daughter for many days.

As the other side of the party, Kim, declined the Beijing News reporter's interview.

In Li Yang's view, the only way to solve his family problem is to turn off crazy English, "but how is that possible?" ”

He said that crazy English must be more important than the family, after all, there are more than 2000 people to raise, before there are so many students, "I can not be wise and foolish." ”

"Copy, must copy"

Assistant Ke said that Li Yang left too much love for the students.

June 22, in Guangzhou, the crazy English headquarters base, Li Yang and his international lecturer disciples, crazy English successors and students across the country, spent his 45 birthday. This is Li Yang's first public birthday. At the birthday scene, Li Yang asked for the cake to be preserved, "he said," to the students who subsequently attended English training, a small piece per person. ”

"Why does he spell that?" Because there are too many people behind him to raise. Ke said that, unlike other training institutions, crazy English behind every step of the decision is Li Yang's personal will embodiment.

Li Yang also realizes this, in order to downplay the personal influence, he chooses apprentice, raises thousands of "Li Yang", teaches his success and English training method to others, "This diffusion effect is better, so I want to copy myself, must copy." ”

About Li Yang's training method, author Wang Shuo has had this kind of appraisal, "it is an ancient sorcery, the concentration of a large group of people, with their mouths to excite them, can produce an overwhelming force at the scene, the poor people will immediately feel invincible, which is not so much a pep talk is more convenient or to say a fool. ”

Seven years ago, in Changde Dingcheng, Hunan Province, a Roting reading, had participated in the crazy English training of Li Yang.

More than 8,000 students crowded on the playground, from two o'clock in the afternoon to five, all stood up and looked up at the podium. On the podium, Li Yang, with one foot on a fence less than half a metre high, exposes a cut of white socks. He was holding the microphone in one hand and waving it vigorously, constantly interacting with the students, "this one!" That one! Senior Students! Sophomore! ”

"He took us yelling, we followed the Roar, hysterical." Roting recalls, everyone is curious about this kind of training way, feel fresh, roar also gung-ho. But after the end, very few people follow his method to learn English, and then recall that picture, "good shen people." ”

August 13, Tianjin Hotel, "Super Success Forum" into the last day, before the last class, many students angry, they feel cheated.

The students protested, roared, disputed and reported to the police, and the police at the Racecourse Road police took away several organizers and leading trainees. The last class is not going down, the students say, until they finally wake up to the success of the Forum, which has nothing to do with success, just a mental stimulation, and the instructor's sales of personal value.

Just now, Li Yang has already boarded the flight from Tianjin to Wuhan to save more people.