Today the buddy asked me, the World Cup is tired of, right? I said, the World Cup is the easiest month of my year..." This is an update from Duan Xuan's circle of friends after the World Cup.
But unlike the ease in his mouth, in fact, most of the time, Duan Xuan is really busy.
From the football commentary of that year to the CEO of today's sports company, Duan Xuan has completed the transformation of his life. He is busy with his daily affairs, but rarely appears in public, saying that he is "fighting" with himself.
"A trajectory that I long for in my heart is: from the CCTV host to an ordinary person Duan Xuan, and then through hard work to become another celebrity Duan Xuan, such as the famous entrepreneur Duan Xuan..." Now, he is moving towards this goal step by step.
Duan Xuan
Go home at four in the morning and go to bed
How busy is Duan Xuan during the World Cup? Just look at his schedule.
At 10:00 a.m., the banana sports self-made program "World Cup Lecture" was recorded; in the afternoon, it was held with the company's colleagues to discuss the promotion of each business line, during which the planning of another program "Banana Ball" was discussed with the front of the World Cup;
Leave at 6 p.m. to rush to youku studio to participate in the recording of Youku sports variety show "This is the World Wave"; when everything stops, go home to sleep in the 4 a.m. sun in Beijing, and push open the office door at 9 a.m. on time...
This is the restless schedule during duan Xuan's World Cup.
But in Duan Xuan's view, he was happy in it.
"I've been doing what I'm good at for 20 years, and I really love football."
"Just like a little friend who loves to play football, you say that playing football is not tired, tired! But you enjoy it. ”
With a familiar look and a familiar tone, the Duan Xuan in front of you can easily bring you back to the big boy who is emotional in "World Football".
But the business phone that rings from time to time reminds you that Duan Xuan's identity is no longer a football commentator and host, but the CEO of Banana Project Sports.
In the winter of 2015, Duan Xuan, who had worked for CCTV for 20 years, submitted his resignation and threw himself into the business sea, in a period of great changes in the media environment, which was shocking but not so strange at the time.
After all, earlier, Liu Jianhong, who was older than Duan Xuan, and Shen Fangjian, who was younger than Duan Xuan, also chose to jump ship, and in the days that followed, Duan Xuan was not only far away from football, but also away from the public's vision.
After the transformation, Duan Xuan still has many fans to support.
When the outside world watched Liu Jianhong and LeTV Sports's fate entangled, few people knew what Duan Xuan was doing, and for more than two years, he did not even accept media interviews.
But this does not mean that he is willing to "fall silent" to this.
"(Deliberately avoiding exposure) Maybe I've been wrestling with myself, and I'm also keeping a distance from my past identity and some of the things I'm used to doing."
"For example, the team asked me to go to the "Xuan Lecture", I was a little resistant at first, because I didn't want to be mentioned when I was a 'former CCTV host', and one of the trajectories I longed for in my heart was: from the CCTV host to an ordinary person Duan Xuan, and then through the efforts to become another celebrity Duan Xuan, such as the famous entrepreneur Duan Xuan ..."
When speaking, Duan Xuan is always accompanied by his trademark cheerful laughter, but behind the laughter you can hear his subtext: this idealist, afraid of staining the light of the old owner.
He is also the audience's "brother"
"World Football", broadcast on November 24, 2015, was the last episode of this show made by Duan Xuan, because of his departure, the footage of Duan Xuan's interview with Ronaldo in the middle of the broadcast program was completely cut, which caused dissatisfaction among many netizens at that time.
Duan Xuan wrote a "alas" word on Weibo at that time. Perhaps even Duan Xuan himself did not expect that after a sigh, it was already the Russian summer of 2018 when he re-participated in the football program.
Regarding football and the role of the host, Duan Xuan summed it up in one sentence, "That emotion will not be indifferent because of departure." ”
On Duan Xuan's desk, there is still a teacup for drinking water, which is printed with the words "Tianxia Football", which is a commemorative teacup made on the 15th anniversary of the launch of "Tianxia Football".
The small friends in the company also captured some pictures when Duan Xuan recorded the program, and told him afterwards, "Brother Xuan, I haven't seen you smile so happily for a long time." ”
Duan Xuan said that he also enjoyed participating in the recording of the variety show "This is the World Wave", and he has already shown a strong potential for variety shows, and he is also ready to enter the cross-border sports variety show in the future.
Enjoying not only Duan Xuan himself, many netizens posted "Welcome Brother Xuan back", after Duan Xuan participated in the World Cup-related programs, his Weibo fans instantly rose by 200,000.
And his heart is straight and fast, and he accidentally circles countless fans. After Gao Xiaosong's "World Cup match-fixing theory", Duan Xuan did not resist speaking directly on Weibo: This is not a world cup problem, but a world view problem.
As a CEO, Duan Xuan's responsibility on his shoulders is heavier.
"I'm a sentimental person and I get angry at the time, especially for something you love so much."
"In fact, that paragraph was recorded by Xiaosong 6 years ago, and now it has been turned over, and he himself said that he may gamble on the ball, and if I meet Xiaosong in person later, I still have to talk to him."
Don't look at Duan Xuan's usual giggles, touching the line of the heart, he will really be more true with you.
When he went to Russia to record a program before the World Cup, he found himself "fat like a pig" under the wide-angle lens, from the green onion guy to the merchant sea general, the increase in age was also vividly reflected in the weight.
After returning to China, in the face of a long night's work, Duan Xuan was also extremely strict with himself: he did not eat supper, and dinner was also a carrot, and he took a scale to supervise himself.
After a month of the World Cup, Duan Xuan lost from 73.5 kg to 69.6 kg.
His motivation is simple, "You have to be worthy of the audience." ”
"I'm afraid I can't stand everyone"
Weight can be counterattacked, but there is one point that Duan Xuan has no intention of changing, that is, his "grandma ash" is now.
Many people are willing to believe that this is the price after the commentator Duan Xuan became CEO Duan Xuan, but he said, "In fact, I am a little whitehead, I used to be black, and then I felt that it was not good for my body, and I simply did not toss it." ”
In the conversation, Duan Xuan's tone is always very relaxed, but the change of role makes the burden on his shoulders become heavy.
The World Cup ended, in exchange for 4 years ago, Duan Xuan should have amplified the fake, and now he still has to rush forward.
Because it was too busy, the time of this interview alone was changed 3 times, and people around him revealed that Duan Xuan had just been to the sports bureau and pinched his watch to catch up with the interview at 10 a.m., and the interview was not over, and the people waiting to talk about business were already waiting aside.
He recalled, "When I graduated from college, I could go to the international station, and I remember that I could still get a house at that time, because I liked sports and came to the sports channel, (because I didn't compile) I only took the writing fee for the first ten years, but there was no struggle in my heart." ”
Compared with the choice at that time, this transformation has gone through more consideration, "This time, Si Cong and I talked twice before I finally made up my mind." ”
In the eyes of the outside world, the banana plan sports company was born with a golden key, but in fact, until the World Cup, the company was only more than 20 people, and it was mainly post-85 and post-90s, and the youngest was only 212 years old.
Duan Xuan is under psychological pressure, "This is a bunch of like-minded good children, startups are very hard, one person is using three people, I hope to take everyone to have a head, but I am afraid of not being able to stop everyone." ”
Banana snowboarding
Like Duan Xuan himself, banana plan sports company in the three years of establishment of the rather low-key, but also broke through the hall of fame, its banana snowboarding open has become the world's highest level of competition, last summer the company received the first round of financing 30 million, this fall a new round of financing will also be in place.
"I want to do things related to young people, and I remember the day I joined Banana Project Sports, I blew a big bull: to make the children in China move." 」
The 46-year-old Duan Xuan has already reached the age of being called uncle, knows how to plan and then move, and the momentum on his body has made him a "brother Xuan" who followed the post-90s and post-95s around him.
"People's important choices in life may only be two or three steps, I have always thought that I am particularly lucky, the first choice of life, met the station to focus on creating football programs, the second step of choice, and met the sports industry development, is a good time to do sports companies..." After more than an hour of conversation, you have become accustomed to Duan Xuan's confidence, he is the kind of person who feeds you reassurance pills and leaves the torment to himself.
Duan Xuan in front of him is not unfamiliar, just like the passion in the studio that year, but in his bones, he already has the kind of "fierce" energy that belongs to entrepreneurs.