Brief introduction of Cui Ge in North America

In North America, from the first talk show video "Translating Obama's Speech" to "Persuading You Not to Come to America" and "Enough with Chinglish", the Internet fans of North America, which are popular in the United States and Canada, are growing exponentially every day, with hundreds of thousands of viewers.

Tongluo business: academic qualifications are useless, making money with culture.

When he first arrived in the United States, Cui Ge, who graduated from Peking University, and his wife, who graduated from Tsinghua University, faced the same problems: academic qualifications were useless, social relations were zero, China was not strong enough to support international students, and everything started from scratch. My first job was an extra. "At that time, it was 4 Canadian dollars an hour, and one more actor who made a kung fu film didn't say a word. Later, the director added a line to me and shouted,' Nobody move! Robbery! Nobody moves. Rob), one hour becomes 17 Canadian dollars, which is very satisfying. "

Sister Cui worked as a foreign language teacher in Tsinghua before going abroad. After going abroad, she never found a satisfactory job, so she stayed at home full-time. Seeing that all the savings have been spent, it is better for the two of them to give birth to the child first-so the biggest gain of Cui Ge in the United States at first was to have three sons in succession. 1990 World Goodwill Games, China women's volleyball team visited the United States, Cui Ge translated for the women's volleyball team with fluent English, and became friends with Lang Ping and other famous women's volleyball players. When nothing happens, these women volleyball girls will come to see Cui Ge's son. Cui Ge still keeps precious photos of that time.

At that stage, Cui Ge was a handyman everywhere, reading newspapers every day and looking for a job on the street. However, the business that brought him the first bucket of gold in his life was, in his words, "the power from China culture".

By chance, when Cui Ge saw a local white man worshipping his grandfather, he suddenly had an epiphany: I come from China, and China has a profound culture, so it should be able to generate some economic value, right? He quickly found a friend and bought some extra-large gongs in China. On weekends, gongs are hung on the trees by the roadside of the park; The son stood beside the gong with a hammer in his hand and put a small empty bowl on the ground with a serious expression. Whenever someone comes near, Cui Ge points to the gong and then to the bowl. It means: gong for blessing and disaster relief. Please accept the ancient blessing from the mysterious East!

With the mentality of taking chances, it ushered in unexpected enthusiasm. Americans are very keen on this ceremony of beating gongs to pray for blessings. Passers-by, where there is a queue, just queue up quickly. The number of gongs has gradually changed from the initial 1 to three or five. Then on the top of the park, dozens of Americans sat in front of more than a dozen gongs, listened to Cui Ge's command, stretched out their hands and opened their mouths, waiting for ancient blessings from the mysterious East.

"I really made a lot of money and solved the biggest problem at that time, the economic problem. Later, we also arranged the Gong team to March into the city, which was spectacular. Americans are very happy, and their performance team volunteered to follow us. " Gong's business was finally terminated by a neighbor 9 1 1 because of a loud noise in the process of handling.

Elephant ears: fried sugar cakes are fried into law school

Brother Cui began to look for new business opportunities again. This time, he noticed a minority brother selling pancakes. After leaving Beijing for many years, my mouth watered when I saw food that looked like pancakes. There are many people waiting in line, but Sister Cui thinks that a pancake of 2 yuan is too expensive to eat. Brother Cui couldn't help it, and finally compromised: "I'll help him cook for a while and see if I can change it."

It is natural for old Beijing to make pasta. Cui Ge helps little brother spread pancakes, which is fast and good. After working all day, my hands and feet were numb, and finally I changed to a pancake. "I thought at that time, I graduated from Peking University and came here to suffer this crime. what would i like to do ? I am so wronged that I have to make this business my own! "

Brother Cui told his younger brother earnestly: You taught me this. Brother Pancake said seriously, "I can teach you to cook, but only if we are brothers." Cui Ge asked, "How can we become brothers?" The little brother took a chicken bone out of his pocket and said, "We swear on the moon with it, and we can become brothers. But as a brother, you must promise me that you can't do the same thing with me in my city. "

Cui Ge only paused for two seconds, and immediately gave full play to the "intelligence of China people" and readily promised. The two men took an oath and became brothers. Soon, the equipment and technology were learned, and Cui Ge soon began to pull the banner to do business. Although I tried to avoid my brother's site, I was soon discovered by my brother.

"That night, someone knocked at the door. As soon as I opened it, my heart sank and people came to see you. I also quickly explained to people that I didn't sell it, just practice, practice. Instead of being angry, the Indian buddy said calmly,' You can sell it, but we are no longer brothers.' Say that finish, take out the chicken bone from your pocket, break it in half and throw it underground. "

This matter has been stuck in Cui Ge's heart ever since, and it has been stuck for many years. At first, Cui Ge made various product innovations, trying to dilute his guilt with business. He improved the pancake into a sugar cake, magnified it several times, and gave it a brand-new concept: "Elephant ears, a delicious food that brings you happiness!" " "The price also rose from $2 to $6. The people in the queue were as busy as a bee and made a lot of money. But the chicken bone is still stuck in my heart. A few months later, Cui Ge simply moved his family and officially settled in Seattle.

"Elephant Ear" business is booming, and Americans like this big and festive food very much. During this period, there have been more than one brand dispute. In order to consolidate intellectual property rights, Cui Ge returned to school and began to pursue postgraduate studies in law.

The power of fate is so mysterious. During his study in law school, Cui's good Chinese-English translation ability was highlighted, and the teacher recommended Cui Ge to do simultaneous translation for some important people. From the 1980s to the early 1990s, there were almost no Chinese-English translation majors in the United States, let alone talents in this field. Cui Ge gradually became the first local Chinese-English translator, serving not only as a group interpreter for women's volleyball friendly matches, but also as a simultaneous interpreter for big coffee guests such as Bill Gates and Boeing President Allen Morley.

A Peking University student in the 1980s immigrated to the United States to study, became a punk, and then turned around and came back. Cui Ge repeatedly emphasized only one point: "Your eyes and ears should always look, and you should always listen. You can always find new opportunities in newspapers, friends and the street. Don't stay indoors all day, so you won't find any opportunities. "

With the successful registration of "Xianger" and the improvement of social status brought by translation work, Cui Ge finally got rid of the rascal and stopped worrying about money. He bought his family a big two-story house with a garage and nationality. All three sons grew up in America and received a good education. Cui Furen has always maintained the temperament of a thinker, and the intimacy between the two occasionally saw the old couple's momentum of "trying to strangle each other". Yes, Raymond Tsway is the "Trager of North America". He was born and raised in Beijing, and now lives in Li Baohua Yongwai. His primary school is in Chongwen District, his middle school is in Baiduizi Foreign Language School, and his university is in Peking University. He thinks he is "authentic old Beijing, a Beijinger among Beijingers". He can become popular online with talk shows and in the United States and Canada. As the saying goes, one side of the soil and water raises one side. Who let the blood of "Beijing Kanye" flow in the bones? The 47-year-old Cui Ge is actually illiterate on the Internet, and knows nothing about popular blogs, video shooting and uploading. Cui Ge is active and popular in today's Internet because he has the guidance of an expert. This Bole is one of the founders of Microsoft's "Virtual Earth", and now Tao Chuang has returned to Shanghai as the CEO of PPLive, the earliest online video company in China.

In May 2009, Cui Ge and Tao Chuang met by chance on the plane returning home. Both of them once lived in Toronto, Canada, saying that many friends there miss Cui Ge's jokes. After more than ten hours' journey, Cui Ge accepted Tao Chuang's suggestion and developed it into a network video. With the direction, but the specific operation still stumped Cui Ge. He thought of "Beckmann American Chinese Network", so he attached his recorded video "Advise you not to come to the United States" and sent an email to the website, bluntly saying that he didn't know how to start a blog or upload a video.

Unexpectedly, Cui Ge received a reply soon, and "North American Cui Ge: Advise you not to come to the United States" appeared on "Baker Qin"; What Cui Ge didn't expect was that in less than two hours, more than 50 people watched the video, and a series of praise posts made Cui Ge happy. Soon, this "Cui Ge of North America" who was named by "Bi Keqin" became an online celebrity. You told me to "advise you not to come to the United States", which reached a record of more than 48,000 people a day. The audience was all over the United States and Canada, such as Mexico and Ireland. Some fans even recorded the video word for word and posted it on their blogs. Of course, Cui Ge's Bole Tao Chuang also incorporated his talk show into the entertainment channel of PPTV. Cui Ge's jokes actually started many years ago. At that time, for work reasons, Cui Ge often went to Beijing to have dinner with his buddies. Back in Seattle, I told these jokes to my friends and they were very popular. Cui Ge recalled that he was invited to dinner by friends every holiday at that time. "One Thanksgiving, seven people were invited at the same time. If nothing else, everyone wanted to listen to me." Later, some friends got together and held a personal joke in Bellevue in 2006. Cui Ge said: "That day came 1300 people. Many people stood listening, and others were taking notes. Three weeks later, there was another performance in Vancouver, with more than 800 people. "

Cui Ge's talk show has absorbed many American elements, that is, there are drummers and dancers on and off the stage. In his own words, "when I came to my venue, there were actors and no audience." On and off the stage, Cui Ge laughed and denounced and talked loudly. Most of his content is based on the life of overseas Chinese, with the rise and revival of China as the element, which makes the wanderers who have been wandering overseas for many years very proud and feel that they have great face as China people. When the weather is hot, Cui Ge often jokes about China's ethnic customs for thousands of years and laughs helplessly. Cui Ge's talk show entertains people by itself, and does not rely on it to support the family. But in real life, most of Cui Ge's industries still come with their mouths open. He was the first person to visit and explain world leaders in the Palace Museum. He was invited by Lang Ping to work as a team interpreter for the women's volleyball team in goodwill games, and also worked for Bill Gates of Microsoft and Allen of Boeing. Alan mulally, president of Starbucks, and Gary Locke, ambassador to China, both translated at the same time. In addition, Cui Ge also opened a Chinese restaurant and now holds the exclusive right to operate American candy cakes (also known as elephant ears) in Greater Seattle. Sometimes there will be nearly 100 American employees, leading a carefree life and enjoying delicious food.

Cui Ge bluntly said that because of these ways of making a living, talk shows have become very simple, not for fame and fortune, but for solo and all kinds of music. He said: "The mentality determines everything. Now, knowing that tens of millions of people like my talk show brings much more pleasure than selling hundreds of tickets (Shang Yan tickets), which is beyond money. When I saw those messages, it was like hearing applause. " Cui Ge said that he was now performing outside and confiscated a penny. Because of the good click-through rate, Google wanted to put an advertisement, and he also refused. "If I do a special performance in the future, I will seek commercial sponsorship and never accept a penny from the audience. I am still an old saying, in this life, there are not many words that need to be said seriously with a straight face. Laugh at life, laugh at life, life is a play, regardless of gains and losses, all talking and laughing. In this way, the gains and losses will be very light. " Cui Ge, who also speaks fluent English, is now trying an English talk show, with two major enterprises in Seattle as the background, one related to Starbucks, and in the form of Tianjin Allegro, saying "China people drink Starbucks" in English. Cui Ge likes to nickname the company brand in talk shows, which is often called brand packaging, which makes people impressed in entertainment. For example, he said the difference between Boeing aircraft and French Airbus, "If there is a plane, who will take the bus?" It is still the mantra of Boeing's sales department. The other is related to Microsoft, poking fun at its search engine Bing. Cui Ge said: "Google is never used for search, because I am responsive!" .

Cui Ge said, no matter what language you use, "Oh, my God! Mouth show should be proud of China people, cheer for China, euphemistically ridicule other cultures, make China people angry and proud, but people of other nationalities can't sit still. " In addition, Cui Ge is still trying a new stage expression technique to unite people's hearts and keep the audience in high spirits to listen to his talk show, which he calls "Shake the Ferrari Brothers". I believe that in the near future, Cui Ge in North America will bring not only fun, but also surprises.

To tell the story of a man named "Raymond Tsway" who lives in Seattle, you will ask, "Who, I haven't heard of it, I'm not interested!" If I told you that this "Raymond Tsway" is the person who recently "advised you not to come to the United States" on the Internet, you might scream: "Ah! It's him, Cui Ge of North America! "