In the 1990s, my father asked a relative in the city to buy a "big" tape recorder.
After the tape recorder came home, my father went to town and bought a box of cassettes after careful selection.
The tape contained a dozen of the most popular songs of the time.
The tape contained a dozen of the most popular songs of the time, two of which my father and I loved the most.
The two songs, both with the word "nine" in their names, were "Wine on September 9" and "Nine Daughters Red".
My father's love for these two songs was so great that he could not stop talking about them, and even when he was working in the fields, he would hum a few words.
I didn't realize until after I grew up that the original singer of these two songs was Chen Shaohua.
Chen Shaohua is a somewhat jaded character, how he was red, why red a few years later, and suddenly disappeared?
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Chen Shaohua was born in Xinchang, Zhejiang Province in 1974.
Growing up in an artistic family, he loved to sing since he was a child, and sang with a special flavor, loved by his friends.
By the time Chen Shaohua reached adulthood, children his age had a heart for the military. Chen Shaohua by the environment and the influence of the times, with the breath of youth into the army, became a soldier.
He found a place for his martial arts in the army, learning sparring and becoming a sparring champion.
A few years later, Chen Shaohua returned to the local community. He was a member of the Chinese government and a member of the Chinese government's National People's Congress (NPC), and he was a member of the National People's Congress (NPC).
Chen Shaohua felt the development of the Special Administrative Region, like a country bumpkin not into the trend. At the same time, he also really feel, brother body that kind of rich man's grandeur.
At that moment, catching the tide of development in Shenzhen, he suddenly felt empty of martial arts.
Well, he still likes to sing, and every time he opens his mouth to sing, he can render the people around him.
His singing touched his brother.
In order for Chen Shao Hua's voice to roam the music industry, his brother gave him 200,000 dollars.
Afterwards, Chen Shaohua went to Guangzhou with a lot of enthusiasm, and opened a bar while looking for a way out.
Usually, he is mainly focused on the management of the bar business, from the morning busy to the evening when the body and mind tired, only to call a few friends, eating and drinking, singing for pleasure.
Unexpectedly, he opened the song, and then stunned the four seats.
Friends sent him applause at the same time, suggesting that he could come up with a song of his own.
The friend was provoked, Chen Shaohua heart born of pride. He felt that he was not worse than those singers on TV, which made up his mind to come up with a song.
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Chen Shaohua traveled all over the world to find a music producer, Zhu Derong, to produce the song.
After Chen explained his intentions, Chu created a customized song for him.
At the time, love songs were all the rage, and a series of mainland love songs such as "The Sound of the Waves Remains the Same", "Slender Man's Love", and "The Heart Will Walk with Love" were much loved by the public.
Zhu Derong felt that under the current environment of love songs, Chen Shaohua, a newcomer, could hardly have room for development.
The two communicated, and then invited Chen Shu to fill in the lyrics.
In this way, a song that sings the feelings of homesickness of a traveler, "September 9th wine", was born.
The song was produced, Zhu Derong a mouth to want Chen Shaohua 18 million.
Generally speaking, newcomers will hesitate when encountering this kind of lion's share of money. After all, in the early 90s, 180,000 is not a small number. And to create a music video, all down simply can not use so much.
But Chen Shaohua, because of his love for music, didn't give it much thought. The company's goal is to make sure that people are happy with the amount of money they want to spend.
Unexpectedly, in the years when there was a relative lack of spiritual food, this song, with the theme of "drinking to dispel homesickness", came out to inspire people's **** feelings, and it didn't take long for it to spread all over the country.
Zhu Derong also in the achievement of Chen Shaohua at the same time, the achievement of their own. Before this song, he was unknown. After this song, his fame soared, and he also accepted an interview with a CCTV program.
When Chen Shaohua fire to what extent? Many people went to the video store to buy tapes, named to bring his songs. Nowadays, many people over 30 years old should have heard this song.
That year, Chen Shaohua was only 20 years old.
After this song became popular, it brought out a wave of songs of the same genre, like the 1997 "Wandering Song", the 1999 "Looking at the Countryside" and so on, all of which continued the style of the song "Wine on September 9".
Chen Shaohua also struck while the iron was hot, and after getting a taste of the first song, he followed it up with his second song, "Nine Nine Daughters Red".
In this song, which still has a strong flavor of the countryside, the lyricist boldly added elements of love songs, with Chen Shaohua's melancholic and evocative vocals, which were well received upon its release.
With this song, Chen Shaohua's career jumped to a new level, and he steadily moved into the ranks of first-line singers.
In 1997, he also appeared on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala and sang his song on the biggest stage of all.
However, after that, he could have made a big splash in the singing world, but unexpectedly disappeared.
Where did he go and what did he go through?
03
The batch of singers who caught fire in the 90s, and later developed in the music industry, even if it is not compared to the stream of Na Ying and Tian Zhen, it should not be worse. But after Chen Shaohua sang fire, not a few years of effort was forgotten. There may be a lot of people know that the name of his two songs, but do not know who is the person who sings.
It all had to do with an experience Chen Shaohua had.
It was a bone-chilling experience that he couldn't erase from his memory for the rest of his life.
In 1998, after a performance, Chen Shaohua was asked for an autograph by a backup dancer.
It's true that there are a lot of right and wrongs in life, and that's exactly what happened to him.
At that time, the popular Chen Shaohua was a little bit floating.
He stood high in the singing world, looking down on the fans who worshiped him. He was a great fan of his, and when he was happy, he would give him an autograph, and when he was unhappy, he would not give face to anyone, not even his backing dancers.
His arrogance made the rejected backup dancers unbearable.
When Chen Shaohua went back to his room to rest, the backup dancer brought a group of people.
They were armed with long knives, and they came in force, and when they saw Chen Shaohua, they didn't say much, and they went straight to his vitals, swinging their hands round to cut.
Chen Shaohua at least practiced, avoiding the vitals and people fighting, but ultimately failed to avoid a knife, was cut in the jaw.
Chen Shaohua's blood flow, the group saw the bad, panicked in a flurry of dispersal.
Afterwards, Chen Shaohua was sent to the hospital, and the doctor told him that the facial injuries are very serious, disfigurement is certain.
This is a fatal blow to a singer who often participates in performances.
Since then, he has been traveling all over the world to save his face. He spent thousands of dollars to do so, and even after several repairs, a scar, about 8 centimeters long, remained on his face forever.
The scar, like a dark sadness, is a constant reminder.
Until years later, the man who cut him was caught. After a few bumps in the road and a mature state of mind, he could no longer bring up his hatred for the backup dancer. He even dropped the charges against the murderer.
Since then, he has adjusted himself and made a comeback with a new song. But there was no place for him in the ever-changing music scene.
At that time, most people were listening to Jay Chou, Wang Leehom, JJ Lin. The mainland also has Knife Lang, Yu Quan, Shui Mu Nian Nian, Sun Nan, Sha Baoliang and other such singers. Chen Shaohua's era is long gone.
At the same time, his new song, "Don't Say My Tears Don't Matter to You," is in court because of copyright issues. The road to his comeback has been extremely rough.
In the singing world, Chen Shaohua is not happy, so he is disillusioned and went astray.
For a while, there was a lot of negative news about him.
Since then, Chen Shaohua has gradually faded from people's view.
His songs are still sung occasionally, but everything about him is almost forgotten.
04
Gloomily retired from the circle of Chen Shaohua, in his wife's encouragement, began to turn to the business circle.
In fact, there are not a few artists who have transitioned from the entertainment industry to the business world.
Back then, because of the role of "Lin Daiyu", it is difficult to get out of the theater of Chen Xiaoxu; with the "Pearl Palace" fire, but tired of the entertainment industry of the Zhou Jie; suffered after the photo door storm, had to withdraw from the circle of Chen Guanxie, have a similar experience.
Chen Shaohua is more business-minded, and became a business owner, the brand he created surged, sold all over the world.
Perhaps only those who put music into their souls will have that kind of obsession.
In recent years, Chen Shaohua has been taking part in commercial performances from time to time as a singer.
At that moment, he was no longer in his glory. But even if the stage is too simple, he sang calmly and calmly, singing his classic songs.
Not many people in the audience could even name him. But the audience immersed in his voice, but still hear his vicissitudes. In there, there are stories about his jianghu.
He also in the live platform, registered his own account, with the heat of the past, accumulated more than 100,000 fans.
In those videos, in addition to his interactions with his son, you can still vaguely see the shadow of his active singing career back then.
It's just that behind the filter, his big head with thinning hair and the fine wrinkles on his face easily betrayed his age.
Back in the day, the traces left on his face when he was floating lightly were faintly recognizable.
The scar will eventually fade with the passage of time and be forgotten. Perhaps, together with the forgotten, there is also his former glory in the singing world.
Conclusion: Throughout the journey of Chen Shaohua, the beginning is the peak. The world is unpredictable, it is easy to be popular, but it is also easy to fall off the pedestal and be defeated. However, if you want to go back to the altar after the fall, it is as difficult as climbing up to the sky. It can be seen that the star can only do low-profile not floating, in order to go all the way, all the way red.