Now that Tong Ange is mentioned, there may not be many people who remember him.
In the 80s and 90s, Tong Ange's songs could dominate one side.
At that time, the Chinese music scene can be described by the word "immortal fight", and then look at the current Chinese music scene can not be looked at directly, "group of demons dancing" is the current situation of the Chinese music scene, but also the praise of the Chinese music scene.
After all, plagiarism singers can be on CCTV, the dancing god Hua Chenyu can also become a singer king, and is called "Little Jay Chou" by some fans, and there is a group of cats and dogs composed of the times youth group.
Now think about that era, it is both wonderful and romantic.
A group of people blossomed in the Chinese music scene.
Today is Zhang Guorong, tomorrow is Tan Yonglin.
And Tong Ange is a singer with the same name as Wang Jie, Qi Qin, and Zhou Huajian, and is also an idol of Zhou Huajian.
Excellent descendants emerge in an endless stream, and Jay Chou is a representative and an era.
In addition to Jay Chou, the only people who can really gain a foothold in the Chinese music scene may be Xu Song and Wang Sutaki.
One reclusive behind the scenes, one pit by a brokerage company, having to run for his dreams.
Time has passed like a white colt, so many years have passed, and there are not many songs that can be remembered.
Many songs such as Tong Ange's "In Fact You Don't Understand My Heart", "Keep the Roots", and "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" are all popular works.
Unfortunately, Tong Ange suddenly withdrew from the Chinese music scene at his peak and has since disappeared.
After so many years, how is Tong Ange living?
01
In 1959, Tong Ange was born into an artistic family in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
His father was a well-known cartoonist, and his mother also worked in oil painting.
He was the only child in the family, so his parents loved him in every way.
Influenced by his parents since childhood, he was very interested in painting.
Tong Ange's literary and artistic talent is not only expressed in painting, but also in singing.
At the age of 5, Tong Ange Kindergarten was selected to join the school's choir.
Later, he represented the school in the kindergarten singing competition held in Kaohsiung and won the second place.
Tong Ange, who has been in contact with painting since he was a child, is simply handy for painting.
At the age of 13, Tong Ange participated in a comic contest held by the school and directly won the third place.
In 1975, Tong Ange was admitted to the Department of Fuxing Commercial, Industrial and Aesthetic Engineering.
This school is a very famous art academy in Taiwan.
But Tong Ange's dream is not only to paint, but also his musical dream.
At school, Tong Ange played a good guitar, coupled with his handsome appearance, he soon became famous in the school.
Not only that, Tong Ange also served as a band conductor at the school and participated in the singing club as a teaching singer.
At that time, there was already a large group of fans behind Tong Ange.
Everywhere you go, there will be girls who will throw loving eyes.
At this time, Tong Ange's mind did not want to focus on feelings, he felt that schooling was the most important.
Even if many girls confessed to him, he refused one by one.
At school, Tong ange also formed a band with two other classmates called "Traveler Trio".
For him, since the band was formed, it had to be taken seriously.
When there is nothing to do, Tong Ange will go out with the other two classmates to sing and receive various small singing activities.
A year later, several people also recorded a trio album called "Voyager".
After graduation, Tong Ange fantasized about his future glory on the road of music.
But fantasy is ultimately fantasy, and only reality is reality.
In 1980, 21-year-old Tong Ange received a notice of service.
To this end, he had to temporarily put aside his musical dreams.
The life of enlistment was hard and boring.
But fortunately, with music, his enlistment life seems less simple and tedious.
Because of his excellent singing skills, Tong Ange was favored by the leaders in the army and invited him to teach the instructors to sing.
When he is idle, Tong Ange will also compose his own songs.
In 1982, the time for Tong Ange to retire from the army came.
In the two years of enlistment, Tong Ange composed more than thirty songs.
It is also with this period of time that the next musical path is paved.
After retiring from the army, Tong Ange returned to the life of an ordinary person.
Ordinary people's lives are all early and late return, running for life every day.
The same goes for Tong Ange.
02
Because I first entered the society, I had no experience, and I couldn't find a suitable job everywhere.
Tong Ange, who ran into walls everywhere, finally found a cartoon company and engaged in the cartoon industry.
Tong Ange went to work while chasing his musical dreams.
He writes songs every day and then hands them to the record label.
After all, it is a new person, and there is no strong network resource.
He submitted his song to the record company that day and was returned in the afternoon.
Since there is no record company to make your own, then make your own records.
This year, Tong Ange released two original songs of his own, one called "This Love Never Stays" and the other called "Night".
The two songs were well received in the industry and caused breaks from other record labels.
First of all, PolyGram Records handed him an olive branch.
Poly Gold Records was the largest record company at that time, and Tong Ange did not hesitate and immediately made an appointment with Poly Gold Records.
But Tong Ange, who has just entered PolyGram, is not a singer.
The company gave him the job of being an assistant behind the scenes music producer.
After all, it is not easy to enter Poly Gold, so Tong Ange did not pay much attention to it.
As long as you enter Poly Gold, it means that you are likely to embark on the path of music and become a singer in the future.
Tong Ange, who worked at PolyGram for two years, finally ushered in his first solo album.
The leader of Polygin saw that Tong Ange was working so hard and did not want to waste this talent, so he thought of giving him an album.
In 1985, Tong Ange released his debut album "Thinking of You".
After the album was released, the response was not very big.
But Tong Ange was not discouraged by this.
A few months later, Tong Ange released his second solo album "Woman", but the response was still not very large.
This made Tong Ange, who was originally full of confidence, instantly hit the prototype.
After that, he began to immerse himself in making music, and was no longer so impetuous.
After a year of precipitation, Tong Ange released his third album "I Once Loved".
Compared to the previous two albums, this album is obviously better than the previous two albums.
This also made Tong Ange begin to have confidence.
In 1987, Tong Ange released his fourth album" "Follow Me".
As soon as the album was released, it sold out.
For a time, Tong Ange's fame instantly opened up all of Taiwan.
With this album, he won the Taiwan Voting Most Popular Male Singer of the Year Award.
In the same year, he worked on the music of the film "Good Boy" directed by Zhu Yanping.
From this moment on, Tong Ange's life began to slowly reach its peak.
Various films are coming.
In addition to his development in the music industry, Tong Ange occasionally makes guest appearances in the entertainment industry.
In 1988, Tong Ange starred in the TV series "New Love" directed by Li Yuefeng, as the male lead.
It was also in this year that he changed a person's life.
03
By chance, he met Wu Qilong.
At that time, Wu Qilong set up a stall at Taipei's night market, selling some miscellaneous goods to earn a meager living expense.
Tong Ange was attracted by a roar.
When he came to the stall, what caught his attention was not the goods on the stall, but Wu Qilong.
That year, Wu Qilong was 18 years old, which was the age of prosperity.
Pure looking, is a very suitable person to enter the entertainment circle.
Tong Ange went forward to talk, and after talking with Wu Qilong for a few minutes, he found that Wu Qilong was not only handsome, but also very polite.
This made Tong Ange like Wu Qilong even more.
Tong Ange handed his business card to Wu Qilong and expressed his willingness to take him into the entertainment circle.
It is precisely because of this encounter that Wu Qilong's life has completely changed.
A year later, he transformed from a stall boy into the "Thunderbolt Tiger" of the Little Tigers.
Later, after Wu Qilong became famous, he never forgot the helping hand extended by Tong Ange, and repeatedly mentioned Tong Ange's name in public, without Which There would be no today's self.
This year is not only a year of Wu Qilong's popularity, but also a year of Tong Ange's popularity.
In 1989, Tong Ange released his fifth album", "Actually, You Don't Understand My Heart".
After the album was released, it was sold out.
Many fans and even passers-by complained that they did not grab the album.
As soon as this album came out, Tong Ange became completely popular and has reached the level of household name.
This album also established Tong Ange's position in the pop music industry in Hong Kong, Taiwan and even the mainland.
The album's eponymous title song "Actually You Don't Understand My Heart" and "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" are the most widely sung.
At the end of 2020, the powerful singer Wang Sutaki sang Tong Ange's "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow".
The tunes of the two are different, each with its own characteristics, but it is still so pleasant to the ear.
At this time, Tong Ange was so red that there was a group of loyal fans behind him almost everywhere he went.
In the same year, Tong Ange released his sixth album "Where Dreams Begin".
One of the songs, "The Girl of Yeria", was composed by Tong Ange during his time as a soldier.
It can be seen that at that time, he already had such a high creative talent, but he had not encountered the right opportunity.
Tong Ange also won IFPI's Platinum Record Award for the album.
At that time, not only did many record companies throw olive branches to Tong Ange, but many stars wanted to hug Tong Ange's thighs.
Among them is Jacky Cheung.
This year, Tong Ange tailored a song called "Sunset Drunk" for Jacky Cheung.
Or maybe it's from Tong Ange's hand.
This song also directly won the 1989 Top Ten Golden Melody Award and the 13th Top Ten Chinese Golden Melody Award.
In 1990, Tong Ange released his seventh album "Petal Rain".
At that time, Tong Ange had already entered thousands of households, and more and more stars were looking for Tong Ange to compose lyrics and music.
Even "Principal Tan" issued an invitation to Tong Ange to be a special guest of Tan Yonglin's concert.
The album "Petal Rain" has a classic and special song "Keep the Roots".
The song of great patriotic feelings has resonated with countless netizens.
In the same year, with the song "Keep the Roots", he won the Outstanding Chinese Song Award at the 13th Top Ten Chinese Golden Melody Awards.
In 1991, he published his ninth solo album "A Life of Love".
In the same year, he held ten solo concert tours in the mainland for the first time.
The venue was packed and packed.
He won the "Most Popular Male Singer Award" and the "Most Popular Pop Music Vitality Award" of the first Golden Records in Guangdong, Mainland China.
Tong Ange has become an era, as long as he makes an album, a new song will definitely win an award.
In 1992, Tong Ange published his tenth solo album "Love and Sorrow".
With this album, he won the "Golden Disc Award" of mainland Chinese record companies.
Tong Also became the first Taiwanese singer to win the award.
In the same year, he won the "Golden Record Award for Singing" by the Mainland China Record Company for his first to third albums.
In the same year, he was also shortlisted for the "Best Chinese Male Singer Award" at the 3rd Taiwan Golden Melody Awards.
In 1994, he released his eleventh album "Now And After", and won the "Top Ten Most Popular Singers in China Award" for consecutive years.
The following year, he released his twelfth album "Listening to the Song of the Sea" and the thirteenth album "See what is different about the future".
In 1996, Tong Ange appeared on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala and sang the song "Drink Memories".
In the same year, he published his fourteenth album "Reception".
After that, Tong Ange immigrated to Canada and began to fade out of the Chinese music scene.
His departure is a huge loss for the Chinese music scene.
It is even more heart-wrenching and regrettable for his fans.
Why did Tong Ange quit the music scene at his peak?
It all has to start with a woman.
04
In 1986, Tong Ange married Chen Meixin.
The two met in a scene.
At that time, Tong Ange was not yet famous, so the company thought of letting him go to filming, mixing his face, or making the next road smoother.
In the process of cameo, Tong Ange met Chen Meixin.
Chen Meixin is a professional actor, and Tong Ange is just an extra, and the two collide like this, which produces a spark of love.
The two fell in love and could not extricate themselves.
While you and I were talking, Tong Ange proposed the idea of marriage.
During the months of getting along, Chen Meixin felt that Tong Ange was a very reliable person, so she agreed to marry him.
The two agreed, but PolyGram Records did not agree.
At that time, Tong Ange had only been debuting for a year, and his career had just started, and if he got married, it would definitely have a great impact on his career.
The company said that it did not agree to Tong Ange getting married at this time.
But how could Tong Ange listen to the words of the company and resolutely choose to marry Chen Meixin.
Shortly after the marriage, Tong Ange arranged Chen Meixin by his side and became his agent.
It's both a husband and wife and a partnership, the best of both worlds.
Soon after, Chen Meixin gave birth to a son and a daughter, and the family of four lived happily.
At this time, Tong Ange's fame also grew.
At the same time, children are getting older.
In the blink of an eye, the two children reached the age of study.
In order to be able to get a better education for his two children, Tong Ange decided to send his two children to Canada to study.
At that time, Tong Ange was at the peak of his career, and there was no extra time to go to Canada to visit his two children, but Tong Ange was worried that the two children would not be able to take care of themselves abroad, so he made a decision.
That is to fade out of the Chinese music scene.
A family of four all immigrated to Canada.
In his spare time, Tong Ange still composes music.
In 1998, Tong Ange held solo concerts in Las Vegas and Atlantic City.
After all, it is a foreign country, and the number of people who know him is definitely much less than at home.
In the same year, he hosted the radio program "Fairy Tale Anger" on Chinese Radio in Vancouver, Canada.
But the response was mediocre.
It was discontinued after a while.
It was not until 2003 that Tong Ange released a new album "Youth Hand Scroll".
This is the eighth year that Tong Ange has faded out of the Chinese music scene.
The entertainment industry is a rapidly changing place, 8 years, how long it will take to pull yourself back to the original heat.
At this time, the Chinese music scene has long since changed.
It has become the world of Jay Chou, Eason Chan and others.
After the release of this album, the response was mediocre and did not make much splash.
Perhaps it is precisely because of this blow that Tong Ange completely withdrew from the Chinese music scene.
In July of the same year, some media revealed that Tong Ange and Chen Meixin had separated and may have divorced.
In 2004, the two announced their divorce, and the two children followed Chen Meixin.
The reason for the divorce is that the two people often can't agree on their ideas at work, and it is also one of the root causes of their conflicts in life.
In this way, Tong Ange ended the 18-year marriage.
In 2010, Tong Ange reported remarriage.
The bride was none other than his agent and assistant, Liu Haili.
That year, Tong Ange was 51 years old, and it was indeed not easy to find true love at this age.
In the days after marriage, Tong Ange put most of his mind on the family.
And then later. Tong Ange rarely appears in the public's career.
Both sons and daughters also graduated from college and became executives of the company.
The daughter is even more beautiful, and is even called "Hong Kong style beauty" by netizens.
Today, Tong Ange is 62 years old and has been living a dull life.
Even though he has retired from the music scene, his myth is still there.