One
In 1988, when Jay Chou was 9 years old, 10-year-old Sun Yanzi sang on stage for the first time, and two years later, at the age of 12, she was robbed of her first kiss by "him".
This "he" is certainly not Jay Chou who is far away in Taiwan, and the "first" confrontation between the two is not only separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, but also separated by the gap of years.
Sun Yanzi is of Chinese descent born in Singapore, her father is a professor in the Electrical Engineering Department of Nanyang Technological University, and her mother is also a teacher. There are three sisters in the family, she ranked second, and her father used the "second daughter" combination and named her "posture".
Her family also called her "crazy" and told her to "shut up."
But after all, it is biological. When Sun Yanzi was studying at Nanyang Technological University, her mother enrolled her in the Li Weisong Music School and officially learned to sing.
Just as the fish see the water, Sun Yanzi wanders in the ocean of music and serves as the lead singer of the campus band. Music gave her the strength to live, but she didn't expect that she almost lost half her life in love.
In 1996, 18-year-old Sun Yanzi fell in love with a senior who was 1 meter 8 tall. One day, the two were dating in the room, and the senior saw a large suitcase in the corner, and on a whim, he wanted to play a "very exciting game".
He persuaded the skinny Sun Yanzi to let her get into this suitcase, try it, and sure enough, it could fit in. Sun Yanzi, who was trapped in the suitcase, saw that the situation was not good and wanted to get up.
Unexpectedly, the senior locked the suitcase.
The darkness engulfed Sun Yanzi, she was very scared, but her boyfriend ignored her fear and struggle, forcibly dragging the suitcase around the room, until Sun Yanzi roared for help, and then opened the box.
She was frightened and trembling, angry, but in exchange for not the comfort of her boyfriend, but...
Two
Seeing that Sun Yanzi was very angry, her boyfriend acted confused and said: "It's just fun!" Why are you so angry? ”
Such a boyfriend does not break up, but still stays to seek wealth and kill?
This prank left Sun Yanzi with the sequelae of "chamber phobia", and many years later, it was still heart-wrenching. And another man who changed his destiny also appeared at this time.
In 1998, Zhou Jianhui, who was about to become the chairman of Warner Music, visited the Li Weisong Music School where Sun Yanzi studied. At the welcoming ceremony, the school arranged for several students who usually performed well to sing on stage.
Among them, there is 20-year-old Sun Yanzi.
As soon as Sun Yanzi opened her voice, the beautiful song killed others in seconds. Zhou Jianhui's ears were like electric shocks, and his eyes seemed to see a ray of light, and he was overjoyed, and immediately said that he wanted to sign Sun Yanzi as his singer.
Everyone was overjoyed, but this cooperation was rejected by another man.
This is Sun Yanzi's father, who insists that his daughter must finish college before she can engage in music.
As soon as this statement came out, no one could refute it. Zhou Jianhui left lonely, decided to return to Taiwan first, and persistently waited for Sun Yanzi to graduate...
In 2000, Zhou Jianhui finally got his wish and waited for the 22-year-old Sun Yanzi. After completing her studies, she came to Taiwan from Singapore and successfully signed a contract with Warner Records.
The boss praised by name, Warner did not dare to slacken off, used the best musical resources, did his best, with great efficiency, in the middle of the year for Sun Yanzi concocted the first self-titled album "Sun Yanzi".
At that time, it was the golden age of the Chinese music scene, a song "Courage" pushed Liang Jingru to the throne of "Love Song Little Queen", Xiao Yaxuan, who sang and danced well, was the annual sales crown, and Jolin Tsai, who had just debuted, was shining...
Warner Records announced the arrival of Sun Yanzi with this passage:
"She is Sun Yanzi, just like the average girl we think. The only thing that's special is that there isn't a single 22-year-old girl singing like her. ”
Sun Yanzi, who sang "Dark in the Sky", captured the ears of a large number of listeners with her unique voice. The album sold to the top of the annual album sales in Taiwan. At the end of the same year, the second album was released.
The 21-year-old Jay Chou also came out in this year, and his debut album "Jay" blew a fierce tornado and quickly swept the Taiwan record market.
As soon as the two debuted, they were at the top. When they met at the award ceremony, Sun Yanzi took Jay Chou's "first time".
Three
In 2001, 23-year-old Sun Yanzi and 22-year-old Jay Chou were nominated for the "Best Newcomer Award at the 12th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards". This was the first time the two competed for the Golden Melody Award, and in the end, Jay Chou lost to Sun Yanzi.
Later, jay Chou jokingly said to her at a concert with Sun Yanzi: "My first time was taken away by you..."
Sun Yanzi not only took away Jay Chou's "first time", but also defeated many "Tianwang Tianhou" competitors, won many important awards at the award ceremony, and became the singer with the highest total record sales in Taiwan from 2000 to 2003.
She rose at the same time as Jay Chou, and was called by the media as "Jay Chou in men and Sun Yanzi in women", and the sales of their albums accounted for half of the Taiwanese music scene, which is a miracle in the Chinese music scene...
In 2002, the 24-year-old Sun Yanzi first appeared on the stage of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, launched an Asian tour, and appeared on the cover of Asia Weekly, and her rapid popularity was reported at length by the media, known as the "Sun Yanzi phenomenon".
Many enthusiastic fans are looking forward to her being able to "join forces" with Jay Chou and spread a gossip or something. But it is Jolin Tsai who spreads the scandal with Jay Chou (see the previous issue of Wan Xiaodao's public account "Jolin Tsai's Melon"), and Sun Yanzi is also a person with a master of flowers.
The boy named Dennis, the eldest grandson Yanzi is 1 year old, is her senior in college, the two met during college, until graduation slowly into each other's hearts.
After graduating from university, Dennis worked in an accounting firm and was an ordinary office worker, far less than Sun Yanzi's "queen of heaven" aura.
But since he can become the boyfriend of the "Queen of Heaven", he is bound to have outstanding strengths.
Four
When Sun Yanzi first signed in to Warner, Chen Zhenggang, who was the manager of the Propaganda Department at the time, was very attentive to her, and from the perspective of outsiders, the relationship between the two was a little delicate. Chen Zhenggang was therefore described by the media as an "obsessive man" around Sun Yanzi.
The so-called infatuation means not having it. Because Chen Zhenggang was invincible to Dennis.
Dennis is an excellent "flower protector", who greets Sun Yanzi warmly on weekdays, and the driver nanny is all-round. On weekends and holidays, Tie Ding went to Sun's house to report.
He was just like a bright ray of sunshine, sprinkling on Sun Yanzi's heart anytime and anywhere.
In 2003, the "SARS" raged, Sun Yanzi's work was suspended, she and Dennis had a lot of time together, naturally to go out for a walk. This visit was followed by the media, and intimate photos of the two in the car were also taken...
The news that "Tianhou" and a mysterious man outside the circle fell in love was so kicked out. Subsequently, Sun Yanzi became the number one target of the media, and every move provoked the media to hear the wind.
Sun Yanzi was annoyed, very angry at the behavior of the media secretly filming, the more she thought about it, the more unhappy she became, and her heart was fierce, and she took the initiative to make her boyfriend's identity and photos public.
This is the first time she has opened a relationship since she entered the circle, and her boyfriend is still a mediocre "hit worker". She thought that it would be more fierce and less auspicious, and as a result, fans were touched by the true feelings of the two and sent blessings together.
But the sweet love life did not dispel Sun Yanzi's nightmare.
Five
Sun Yanzi's acting career has been carried out vigorously, albums, commercial performances, endorsements, activities, announcements... She was like a spinning top that couldn't stop, drinking and gasping for breath as if she were wasting time.
The high-intensity operation caused her to be in worse and worse shape, especially in the concert in real time, Sun Yanzi said that she had nightmares every night...
When the soul gradually broke away from the body, Sun Yanzi decided to leave the stage for the time being.
In 2004, a year after a break from the music scene, the 26-year-old Sun Yanzi made a comeback with her eighth album "Stefanie". At this time, the Chinese music scene was gradually withering, and it was no longer the grandeur of the year.
The music scene is no longer that music scene, but Sun Yanzi is still that Sun Yanzi, and the comeback album became the album that sold more than 2 million copies in the mainland that year.
In 2005, Jay Chou, who acted in the film, won the Best Newcomer Award in golden horses and golden statues. Sun Yanzi, who only wanted to sing, won the Golden Melody Award and TVB's "Queen of Songs" award, and the concert was even more full.
Career and love are sometimes like two ends of a seesaw, one is heavy and the other is light.
In November of the same year, Sun Yanzi was a guest on a Taiwanese variety show, talking about her boyfriend, her eyes were bleak, and she reiterated three times in a row: "I will not marry Dennis."
Clear-eyed people know that the difference is that the feelings have changed. Sure enough, the next day, Sun Yanzi took the initiative to officially announce that she had broken up with her boyfriend and cried a lot.
Fans see idols shed tears for love, but also very moved, heartache. Immediately rumors such as "the man's work is unstable, his income is unstable, and he is not worthy of the Queen of Heaven" immediately exploded on the Internet.
This "strong woman and weak man" relationship, it is true that there is less and more, and it is also true that the pressure is too great, but the fans have stepped on the ex as a "soft rice man", which is not the right side to prove that Sun Yanzi can't see the vision of men?
Therefore, Sun Yanzi specially issued a "lost love" statement. Statement Dennis is extremely capable of business, the income is extremely stable, and there is no economic problem between the two ...
In short, the reason for the breakup is not what you think, and as for the truth, she can't figure it out.
When the love song she sang to Dennis, "Honey Honey", has become a memory of the past, the next lover comes on a white horse.
Six
In 2006, the 28-year-old Sun Yanzi won the honor of "Singapore's Top Ten Outstanding Youth" and became a regular guest at award ceremonies in various regions, and the "Queen of Songs" was crowned, shining and shining, and Sun Yanzi was full of Sun Yanzi.
At this time, a Dutch mortal named Nadim came on a white horse, who grew up in adversity under the aura of Sun Yanzi's "love song queen" and eventually became the "man behind the queen of heaven".
Fairy tales tell us that princesses are matched with princes, but Sun Yanzi's choice tells us that it is not necessarily the prince who rides a white horse.
When Nadim openly accompanied Sun Yanzi with the iconic "beard", fans had to sigh: "Tianhou" the eye of the selection of people, really arbitrary ah...
Nadim is engaged in marketing and is an ordinary office worker like Sun Yanzi's first public senior boyfriend. It is said that Nadim chased Sun Yanzi for 9 months...
How different the identities of the two people are, how "fierce" this force is.
After Nadim returned from "Queen of Heaven", he shifted his career focus from Hong Kong to Singapore, where he settled. He carefully and meticulously cared for this relationship and kept it to the extreme.
But there are some conservation jobs that Nadim can't do.
In 2007, Sun Yanzi followed the team to Egypt to shoot the MV of the new album "Backlight". As soon as it landed, the team contacted two "ground escorts".
But these two "ground companions" are not simple.
It is said that every time Sun Yanzi's team shoots a scene, they are blackmailed by two "ground escorts" and also show their guns to intimidate everyone...
This really responds to the saying that "the tiger fell in Pingyang and was bullied by the dog", Sun Yanzigui is "Singapore Pohua", how can he be bullied?
As a result, the Singapore Embassy in Egypt snapped its fingers out and bounced off the two "ground companions".
The storm was later hyped up as a promotional stunt for the new album. During the publicity period of "Backlight", the hosts of various programs raised wave after wave of sharp questions on this matter, making Sun Yanzi tired and extremely painful.
Once again, she made a decision that was unimaginable to ordinary people.
Seven
In 2007, Sun Yanzi once again dominated various award ceremonies with "Backlight", setting a record for the highest number of female singers in the Chinese. One of the songs, "I Miss It", became the golden song of the single loop of the idiot man and woman.
The "Sun Yanzi phenomenon" has gradually become nostalgia in the torrent of years and under the decline of the Chinese music scene.
In 2011, Sun Yanzi, who had not released a new album for four years, once again made headlines because of her 5-year relationship with Nadim.
The media and fans have not eased up, 33-year-old Sun Yanzi and Nadim, who is 1 year older than her, secretly registered for marriage a month after the relationship was exposed. In May of the same year, he married in Singapore in a low-key manner.
How low-key is it? The wedding site did not accept any media interviews, and only more than 20 guests attended the wedding.
Her low profile is also reflected during the epidemic. In a list of donations from the Han Hong Charity Foundation, Sun Yanzi silently donated her love under the pseudonym of "Ms. Sun, An Old Friend of Han Hong". He also silently composed musical works to pay tribute to the medical staff in the epidemic area.
Many post-80s and post-90s youth have Sun Yanzi, and Sun Yanzi must be ordered in KTV. But she has always maintained a certain mysterious distance from the entertainment industry, and in the rules of the game in the entertainment industry, she lives freely.
Once, when the record company wanted to wrap her up, she said she only liked to wear pants. Once, fans were furiously following her, saying she was just making up good looks.
She has been debuting for many years and has only one identity, that is, "singer". In terms of popularity, Sun Yanzi can completely do film and television songs, but she just makes music quietly, no gossip, no hype, no one to set, nothing else.
Only Sun Yanzi, only music.
Today's post-00s, the label given to Sun Yanzi is "unpopular singer", but the ears will still be touched by her music, just like when Zhou Jianhui first listened to Sun Yanzi sing, like discovering a new continent, highly recommended.
When the stem of the "unpopular singer" rushed to the hot search, many netizens shed the tears of the times.
In 2020, Sun Yanzi, who debuted for twenty years, held an online concert barefoot and wearing a simple white shirt, and when those golden songs in her memory sounded again, countless people broke through and cried...
Just 16 minutes after the start of the broadcast, the 42-year-old Sun Yanzi received 100 million likes.
This year, the 41-year-old Jay Chou launched the single "Mojito", which sold more than 1 million copies in one hour after it was launched, which once led to the paralysis of the platform and triggered the imitation of the national adaptation.
The times whistled by, and the "first time" of the two of them was many years ago.
Under the hot stem of the whole network lamenting "why doesn't Sun Yanzi marry Jay Chou", Sun Yanzi has achieved the happiness of both children and daughters with Nadim. She tells us with her own personal experience of "arbitrary affairs":
The so-called happiness does not have to be red all the time, not to be a little genius in love, not to be the light of a star on the top, but to be a real blessing for mortals. In this blessing, there are children and daughters, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, and there is a long stream of fine water.
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