In 2011, Yuan Shuo (Hesenberg) graduated from Capital Normal University. Although he majored in computer science, out of interest, he chose a job that had nothing to do with his major. With his rich knowledge reserve, he successfully applied for the position of docent of the National Museum of China. His self-created story-based explanation model and refreshing courses make boring explanation knowledge vivid and engaging.
In 2011, Yuan Shuo graduated from Capital Normal University with a major in software engineering and entered the National Museum to work. July 1 was the day to report, and he received a square badge with the number 1997 written on it—this was his other ID card, employee No. 1997 of the National Expo.
Yuan Shuo is 1.83 meters tall, has a fair complexion, a well-proportioned figure, single eyelids, and a pair of thin-rimmed glasses. He is gentle and shy. On weekdays, when the unit leader asked him to do something, he never said much and always answered as briefly as possible, "Okay, teacher" and "Teacher, I understand."
Yuan Shuo has been engaged in explanation and cultural popularization work at the National Expo since 2011. The cumulative explanation time in the past six years has exceeded 1,800 hours. In his opinion, there are two most embarrassing things about being a commentator. The first is that the lecture is so bad that the audience becomes impatient and leaves; the second is that the audience asks questions on the spot, but the commentator cannot answer any of them.
Many people may still remember that in early March 2017, a 37-minute anthropological lecture video - "Attack of Homo Sapiens" swept WeChat Moments. In the video, Yuan Shuo, the commentator of the National Museum of China, quoted from many sources, constantly set up suspense, and "talked about the evolutionary history of ancient humans into a thriller."
This young man, who gave himself the online name "Heisenberg" in tribute to his idol German physicist Heisenberg, became a "'100,00' knowledge-based internet celebrity" overnight. Currently, he has 570,000 Weibo fans and 140,000 Zhihu fans, and is called "the most valuable living treasure of the National Expo today" by netizens.
But "Huo Bao" was a little overwhelmed by his sudden popularity. Since joining the company in 2011, Yuan Shuo, who is still working in the "non-staff" team, always feels that he is a "marginal person" at the National Museum. He described himself as "a mop in the boys' dormitory" because he gave up the standard lectures and was out of place in the team: "After using it, I just threw it in the corner, and sometimes mushrooms would grow."
"It wasn't originally A well-liked person suddenly won honors for this team in the public media." Yuan Shuo guessed that this might also make the leader somewhat agree with his way of explaining. At least, the other party forwarded the video of his program in the circle of friends, with the comment "I hope it can change the public's view of museum docents."
Yuan Shuo compared commentators to frontline combatants. On March 1, the day when the "Attack on Homo Sapiens" speech video hit the screen on WeChat Moments, this "warrior" with nearly 290,000 Weibo fans wrote this: If you want people to build a ship Big ship, don't yell and give orders. What you have to do is tell everyone about the magic and vastness of the sea. If you want people to build a great country, don't be arrogant and hysterical. What you have to do is tell everyone about the nation's past and future.