On a cold winter and snowy night in 1981, a literary family in Tieling, Liaoning Province gave birth to their third child, Yang Fan. Yang's father is a cellist in the county art troupe, and Yang's mother serves as an anchor for a local radio station.
Since he was sensible, Yang Fan has been influenced by his parents' literature and art, and is often pulled to practice musical instruments or listen to his mother read stories in a gentle and moving voice. When practicing Xi cello, Yang Fan always felt that this was not his interest, and the music he played was very boring.
One day, when Yang's father played a song "Guess Who I Am", Yang Fan was hit all of a sudden, and he begged his parents to replace the cello with his favorite trumpet.
Luckily, the enlightened parents readily agreed.
Sure enough, Yang Fan picked up the trumpet like a fish and returned to the sea. He mastered tunes day and night, repetitive and tireless, always wanting to shine at his next family concert.
The parents looked at the back of his insistence on practicing Xi, and their hearts swelled with relief - how lucky the child is to find something he loves.
While his music performance has improved by leaps and bounds, Yang Fan also shows extremely high language expression skills on weekdays, and is good at mingling with teachers and classmates. During high school, Yang Fan participated in a local youth singing competition, winning awards for his crystal clear high voice, and became famous inside and outside the school.
During the college entrance examination, Yang Fan thought about it and decided to leave the path of music, and instead chose the broadcasting and hosting major that he longed for very much. Facing his open-minded parents, Yang Fan mustered up the courage to express his thoughts.
To his delight, his parents supported him without saying a word, and his father even drove him to Beijing Broadcasting Institute, believing that the child can show himself and open up a new world.
On a sunny spring day in 2006, Yang's father suddenly called Yang Fan, saying that CCTV was holding the news of the host recruitment and selection, and he thought that this was a great opportunity for Yang Fan to realize his dream.
Yang Fan on the other end of the phone fell into a double mood of surprise and nervousness. The future of this selection is uncertain, can he stand out? His father gently comforted him, not to care too much about winning or losing, and the most important thing is to weigh the gains.
In the preparation stage before the competition, Yang Fan prepared the materials and speeches required for the selection day and night, for fear of any mistakes. Finally, on the day of the finals, Yang Fan walked into the venue with his luggage on his back, but because he was too nervous, he stepped on the air and fell down the stairs! Fortunately, Yang Fan reacted quickly and completed a funny tumbling work on the spot, and then looked up to introduce himself to the judges, causing the audience to laugh.
This "unexpected surprise" also allowed him to shine in the following competitions. The opponent in the final was the experienced Zhang Lei, and after several rounds of back and forth, Zhang Lei won by a narrow margin.
Yang Fan also won the runner-up with his outstanding performance, and became CCTV's "twin stars" with Zhang Lei. In the days when they hosted the show together, the two had a tacit understanding and seamless cooperation, and they were misunderstood as a couple by the outside world.
However, Zhang Lei has always silently guarded Yang Fan, and when Yang Fan's life and death were at stake in 2010, Zhang Lei stayed outside the intensive care unit without leaving him, just asking him to rejuvenate.
Since his recovery in 2010, Yang Fan has hosted many programs on CCTV, such as "Golden 100 Seconds" and "The More You War, the More You Fight" and so on. His ever-smiling face, humorous tone, and relaxed and lively demeanor are very different from the serious and solemn style of the masters.
Many viewers who paid attention to entertainment programs were amused by him, and Yang Fan's popularity was also increasing.
However, this lively and wanton hosting style has also been partially questioned, and some viewers think that he is "not serious enough" and is not suitable to be the host of CCTV. In the face of doubts, Yang Fan also felt quite lost in his heart, because he had always dreamed of standing at the main venue of the Spring Festival Gala, but he had no chance.
In the 2019 Spring Festival Gala sketch "When We Are Old", Yang Fan boldly played himself and shared the stage with Nigmaiti, a "regular guest of the Spring Festival Gala". Nigmat teased that he had hosted the Spring Festival Gala for a few years, but Yang Fan replied in a daze, pretending to be angry and put the TV aside.
This bitter and happy drama amused all the audience in the audience, and also let everyone see the frank and amiable side of this versatile host.
Yang Fan has always maintained a modest and cautious attitude, constantly learning Xi the strengths of many seniors and enriching his experience in entertainment program hosting. He believes that as long as he concentrates on planting his garden, the opportunity on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala will come sooner or later.
In 2012, Yang Fan, whose career was on the rise, tied the knot with his high school classmate Li Songqi. He generously announced his marriage, which attracted the blessings of fans. Now Yang Fan is a good man in the hearts of his wife and youngest daughter, and often posts his life with his family on social media.
Yang Fan has a particularly good relationship with his cheerful and lively daughter Yang Siyi, this little princess has completely inherited her father's smart and humorous genes, and the two often chase me in front of the camera, which makes the audience laugh.
This year, Yang Fan accompanied his mother to go out to play, and the family took a warm group photo, and helped the elderly to get on and off the bus with several courtesies, which won the praise of countless netizens.
Now 42-year-old Yang Fan, not only hosts many popular programs on CCTV and local stations, but also tries his best to play the role of father, husband and son. While chasing the goal of his career, he cares for his family and lets his wife and daughter live a warm and happy life.
Yang Fan often shares his busy family bits and pieces on social platforms, and has won the reputation of "a rare good man".
Maybe many people don't know that Yang Fan is not CCTV's nursery, he is just an ordinary person, working this big ship step by step. Since participating in the selection competition, Yang Fan has polished his hosting skills under the influence of the masters, falling and getting up countless times, and constantly learning lessons and lessons.
Although word of mouth is often compared with Sa Beining and Nigmaiti, Yang Fan has never had the slightest jealousy in his heart. Because these are all examples that he should Xi, it is his ultimate dream to one day appear in the main venue of the Spring Festival Gala.
Yang Fan knows that no success will come suddenly, and he believes that the day when he will devote himself to studying the industry, handle the relationship between career and family, and accumulate steadily, and reach new heights is just around the corner.
Yang Fan, who has now hosted hundreds of large and small galas, has grown into a high-spirited backbone. He has always had a humble, grateful, and enterprising heart, and promoted each other to improve together with his peers.
Some netizens joked that he was not as popular as an old-timer, but he was definitely the strongest one in the rising generation, Yang Fan just shook his head and smiled after hearing it. Day after day, year after year, he believes that the opportunity for the Spring Festival Gala will come at the best time.