On the night of August 29, Li Jin, the ex-wife of Crazy English founder Li Yang, posted a video on Weibo saying that Li Yang beat his daughter.
On August 31, Li Yang Weibo forwarded a statement issued by Zhou Zhaocheng, a lawyer at Beijing Yifa Law Firm, stating that the cause of the incident was "a disagreement between Mr. Li Yang and his ex-wife, Ms. Kim, on the way their daughter was educated," but that there was serious untruth in the allegation that Mr. Li Yang's "daughter was abused at home." The statement said that Li Yang, as a public figure, "did not handle family affairs well", and Li Yang unconditionally apologized to the public for "the incident". In the afternoon, Li Yang weibo also posted a denial of his ex-wife's related allegations, saying that the video was only a small segment intercepted by Kim and "if necessary, it will be fully published."
In 2011, Li Jin claimed domestic violence and reported it to the police station. In 2013, the court found that Li Yang's behavior constituted domestic violence and ruled that the two were formally divorced.
On August 30, the Beijing News Shell financial reporter browsed the "Li Yang Crazy English" Weibo and saw that on July 15, its Weibo released "Li Yang Crazy English Fully Enclosed International Summer Camp is about to open!" " message. On June 25th, the message was released: "10 days and 10 nights, let you become a bilingual speaker in Chinese and English!" Clicking on the advertising link shows that the price of its 10-day summer camp diamond degree is 24,000 yuan (preferential price of 21,600 yuan), and the top diamond degree is 48,000 yuan (preferential price of 43,200 yuan).
In the promotional video displayed on the page, there is also a clip of Li Yang's young daughter promoting crazy English. The Beijing News shell financial reporter interviewed Li Yang crazy English in this regard, and did not contact the other party until the deadline.
More than a decade ago, the crazy English founded by Li Yang swept the country. As Li Yang fell into a negative storm and the rise of competitive products, the reputation of crazy English and the size of the market declined. The current situation of Li Yang and the crazy English he founded has aroused public concern.
Only 5 of the 19 companies under Li Yang's name remain, and he was once listed as a dishonest executor
On August 30, a beijing-news shell financial reporter browsed Li Yang's Weibo and found that within a week, he published short videos such as English learning as usual on his personal homepage on Douyin. On weibo's homepage, its most recent update was July 16, with a video clip of frantically shouting English. A day earlier, Li Yang released a video to create momentum for the crazy English fully enclosed international summer season that opened on July 18.
The reporter combed through Li Yang's business map and found that this well-known entrepreneur with the slogan of "let the 1.3 billion Chinese speak fluent English" is facing development difficulties.
Enterprise investigation shows that there are 19 enterprises in Liyang, of which 5 are in business, 5 are deregistered, and 9 are revoked. Li Yang's role in it is shareholder, chairman, supervisor and so on.
In addition, the 6 enterprises in which Li Yang served as the legal representative have all been revoked or cancelled. Hunan Ideal Feiyang Education Development Co., Ltd., of which it is the legal representative, was listed by the court as a dishonest and enforced enterprise before its business license was revoked.
In 2007, 2014 and 2018, Li Yang was enforced by courts in Guangdong, Beijing and other places three times, with a total amount of 4.7553 million yuan. Due to his ability to perform and refused to perform the obligations specified in the effective legal documents, Li Yang was listed as a judgment defaulter by the Yuexiu District People's Court of Guangzhou City in 2018.
In 2012 and 2013, Li Yang was frozen by the Chaoyang District People's Court of Beijing. The enterprises subject to the freezing of equity are Guangdong Liyang Culture and Education Development Co., Ltd. and Hunan Ideal Feiyang Education Development Co., Ltd.
Crazy English Main Company has been enforced by the court 38 times, and only 1 branch remains
Founder of Crazy English, chairman of Guangdong Liyang Culture and Education Development Co., Ltd., this is Li Yang's identity certified on Weibo.
Beijing News shell financial reporter inquired that Guangdong Liyang Culture and Education Development Co., Ltd. is the main body of Liyang Crazy English Company, the scope of business for foreign language translation and consulting, cultural education consulting services, etc., its predecessor is Liyang International English Promotion Studio. The company was founded in September 2001 and is currently in business. In November 2017, the company's legal representative was changed, and Li Yang was no longer the legal representative, holding 90% of the shares and still being the actual controller.
The reporter combed and found that since May 2010, Guangdong Liyang Cultural Education Development Co., Ltd. has successively developed 14 branches, which have been revoked and cancelled since 2011, and only one branch of Guangdong Liyang Cultural Education Development Co., Ltd. Xinjiang Branch is in existence.
Among the branches whose business licenses have been revoked, some institutions have not published their annual reports in accordance with the provisions of the Interim Regulations on the Disclosure of Enterprise Information, which are listed as abnormal operations, and they have also been subject to administrative penalties because the company has not opened for more than 6 months without a legitimate reason after its establishment or has suspended its business for more than 6 consecutive months after opening. In addition, some branches have been included in the list of abnormal operations for 3 years and have not fulfilled their relevant obligations, and have been included in the list of enterprises with serious violations of the law and untrustworthiness by the local market supervision and administration bureau.
Enterprise investigations show that Guangdong Liyang Culture and Education Development Co., Ltd. was listed by the court as a judgment defaulter three times in 2016 and 2017, and the untrustworthy acts were: the judgment debtor refused to perform the enforcement of the settlement agreement without a legitimate reason, falsified evidence to obstruct or resist enforcement, and other people who had the ability to perform refused to perform the obligations determined by the effective legal documents.
At the same time, the company was enforced by the court 38 times for failing to perform its legal obligations on time, with the subject matter of enforcement ranging from as little as 10,000 yuan to hundreds of thousands of yuan, with a total amount of 5.8444 million yuan in history.
Once known as the "Godfather of the English Language", commercial value took a sharp turn for the worse after the domestic violence scandal
Li Yang's Crazy English was once extremely popular.
In 1999, director Zhang Yuan produced a documentary about Li Yang and Crazy English. In 1988, the documentary shows that 19-year-old Li Yang began giving a lecture tour of "Crazy English" throughout China, when he gave thousands of speeches in about 60 cities across the country and received more than 13 million audiences.
In 2004, Li Yang also published his autobiography. At that time, he claimed that he had shaken the whole of Japan in a week, that he had met face-to-face with 300 million Chinese, and that he could build a hope elementary school with an hour's income.
These words are not too exaggerated, Li Yang with the "fastest, loudest, clearest" English learning method, into many parts of the country to preach, at that time can write can not speak the "dumb" English learning dilemma, causing imitation and sensation.
The reporter combed through all 19 companies in LiYang and found that 11 were established in the decade from 2000 to 2010, and 2 were established in the earlier 1990s.
After the divorce due to domestic violence, Li Yang's reputation took a sharp turn for the worse, and Li Yang's crazy English, which relied on the founder's aura, was also cold in the market.
On the other hand, the education and training institutions represented by New Oriental are increasingly recognized by the market in terms of teaching methods and company operations, and their market share has risen all the way.
At present, with the emergence of more and more abundant educational resources, the "crazy" learning advocated by Li Yang Crazy English has gradually lost its voice. Take the influence shown on Weibo as an example, the former "Godfather of English", the fans just over a million.
Li Yang once said that the company plans to go public and will build an education base in Beijing, and two or three hundred branches will be built nationwide. But in the following years, Li Yang's listing plan did not follow.
"Teacher Li Yang, the founder of Crazy English, has traveled to more than 30 countries, more than 3,000 counties and cities for 30 consecutive years, and has given more than 13,000 speeches, directly affecting 80 million people and indirectly affecting more than 500 million people." According to the official website of Liyang Crazy English, in 2021, Liyang Crazy English officially launched the global franchise cooperation branch school plan, and it will take ten years to develop 10,000 Liyang Crazy English franchise cooperative branches in more than 38,000 townships and more than 3,000 counties and municipalities across the country.
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