2020年12月18日，德云班主郭德纲通过12月初注册的个人抖音账号(@郭德纲)发布了首支短视频，正式宣布德云社和抖音独家合作龙字科招生。郭德纲在视频中预告，他将与其他四位演员——张云雷、孟鹤堂、周九良和秦霄贤——每晚7点开启直播，展示他们的才华，为自己竞选“龙字科招生办主任”投票。

此次合作对双方都是一件大事。截至发稿时，郭德纲的抖音账号粉丝量突破260万，该视频点赞量高达120多万人次，其影响力不容小觑。网友也纷纷转发为 德云社龙字科招生打call，踊跃参与招生活动，目前预约12月30日 dragon 字科招生报名人数接近200万，这种盛况空前。

针对潮流文化平台抖音和传统文化厂牌德云社的碰撞，在“ 德云社龙字科招生抖音独家直播媒体沟通会”上于谦曾表示：“相声目前尚未走出低谷，还处在比较危险的状态下，所以普及相声文化是我们当下亟待解决的事情。” 通过 抗议与 相声有关内容，让更多的人知道它，对我们相声来说是件好事。”

此次活 动获得了如此高关注度与互动量，不仅体现了抖音平台的影响力和在相声领域庞大的用户规模，也为郭德 纳 和 “ 云 鹤 九 霄” 四 科 演 员 后 续 的 抖 音 直 播 积 蓄 了 良 好 的 粉 丝 基 础 加 之 招 生 本 身 具 有 传 承 属性，更为相 声 这 门 传 统 曲 艺 的 弘扬 注入新力量助推 德 云 社 和 相 声 文 化 再 度 破 圈。

按照 “ 云 鹤 九 霄, 龙 腾 四 海”的 招 生 顺 序，本 次 招 生 为 德 云 社 龙 字 科 ,据 郭 德 纳 透 露，这 也 是 他 最 后 一 次 大 规 模 收 徒，将由他亲自带。12月21日晚7点, 郭 德 纳 和 于 谦这 对20年的搭档将率先开启抖音直播首秀，他们将率领十余位社会名宿现场助阵，为龍 字 科 招 生 打 开 龙 门。

“Cloud Hawk Nine Skies" each displaying their talents, competing for the position of "Recruitment Office Director". To succeed in this task, one must first sharpen their tools. The Dragon Script Department recruitment is imminent, with the Cloud Hawk Nine Skies four departments opening live streams on Douyin from December 22nd to December 25th every evening from 7pm to 9pm. Each department will showcase their unique charm and compete for votes.

Before announcing the official start of the recruitment campaign through Douyin live streaming, Zhang Yunlei and Yang Jiulang have already entered Douyin; Feng Zhongyang will follow on December 23rd; Meng Hetao and Zhou Jiulong will open up on December24th; Zhou Jiulong and Meng Hetao will take turns again on December25th. Qin Xiaoqian has also joined forces with He Jiuhua and Liu Xiaoting.

The four stars have a combined following of over1 million fans on Douyin, with related videos viewed over550 billion times. Their online presence has garnered significant attention ahead of the "Dragon Script Department Recruitment Bureau Competition".

FromDecember21st at noon toDecember25th at midnight, users can log onto Douyin or its fire version to participate in voting activities. By supporting your favorite comedy actors you can help them win a place in the Dragon Script Department.

To enter the special page for this event search "De Kun Society" withinDouyin. Additionally participating in recruiting office director voting could result in winning tickets to De Kun Small Garden or signed merchandise by performers as surprise gifts.

For De Kun Society this is its first attempt at online recruitment using multiple content formats such as short videos & live broadcasts withinDouyn's strong user base allowing it spread more widely among younger generations while simultaneously expandingDouyn's user demographics during half-year-long Dragon script department recruitments attracting more fans interested in comedy intoDouyn further increasing platform reachability.

OnDecember21st night at seven o'clock whenGuo Degang goes live his performance debut shall officially begin he along withYuan QingandCloud Hawk Nine Skiesfour departments shall present what kind of 'opening dragon gate' show? FromDecember22ndto25th nightly between seven o'clock & nine o'clockZhang Yunlei,Meng Hetao,Zhou Jiulong,& Qin Xiaoqianshall respectively engage voters to promote themselves compete against other recruiters - come join us by searching'De Kun Society'withinDouyun!