Mention the name "Chen Rujia", I believe most people will feel very strange,
This singer, who was once more famous than Liu Huan, was popular all over China.
It has the title of "the first person in the Guangdong music scene".
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Chen Rujia was born in Guangzhou in 1964 to both workers.
There are five children in the family, and Chen Rujia is the youngest one, so she has been pampered from childhood to adulthood.
Born in the family court of workers, looking back at Chen Rujia's growth path, he can become a generation of heavenly kings, completely relying on his own talent.
From a very young age, Chen Rujia showed a strong interest in music.
After Chen Rujia became famous, she said in her interview that her teacher was a "tape".
Because at that time, he listened to songs all day long, turning a song over and over again. And this is the only way, because such family conditions do not burden his ability to learn music professionally.
At the age of ten, Chen Rujia joined the Liwan District Youth Choir, and other children received vocal training from an early age and came here, but Chen Rujia relied on her own background of listening to tapes all day.
This gifted child continued to grow up in the choir, and after three years, he successfully entered the choir of the Guangzhou Children's Palace.
This is the first recognition chen Rujia has received on the road of music, and it is of great significance to him.
Because he was focused on music, he had little interest in learning Chen Rujia, and after graduating from high school, he terminated his studies and gave up the university entrance examination.
Although her family repeatedly blocked this, she still could not stand Chen Rujia's firmness in music.
After determining his future path, Chen Rujia began to work as a resident singer in some bars, and every night he earned well with resident singing.
But Chen Rujia's ambitions were far more than that, and he joined a band called "Red Cotton" and began to perform in some dance halls with the band.
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After running with the band for a year, Chen Rujia left the band and ran to Zhuhai alone to develop, singing in a dance hall.
With his handsome appearance and beautiful voice, Chen Rujia at that time made a small appearance. Before the development in Guangzhou, it accumulated a lot of fans, after moving to Zhuhai, many fans in Guangzhou came from afar to listen to him sing.
During her residency in Zhuhai, Chen Rujia constantly studied the singing methods of other singers through music tapes, both in Chinese and English, and imitated them.
After singing for more than half a year, Chen Rujia ushered in the first major turning point in her musical road.
On that day, Chen Rujia performed a resident singing performance as usual, and the scene was as hot as ever, with many fans cheering for him offstage. The Shenzhen boss invited by a friend saw this scene and thought that Chen Rujia should not be confined to this small place, so he reminded him that if he wanted to be popular, he had to go to Shenzhen to develop, which was not possible here.
A sentence that awakened the dreamer, Chen Rujia felt very reasonable, and her heart suddenly became clearer about the development of her singing career.
In this way, because of this sentence, in 1984, Chen Rujia went to Shenzhen.
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Coming to Shenzhen, things did not go as smoothly as expected.
Shenzhen is a completely unfamiliar place, and Chen Rujia feels very confused.
Finally, under the introduction of a friend, Chen Rujia still started to sing, but because it was a fixed place, the salary was very stable.
The monthly salary of two thousand yuan in that era can be said to be a high income.
Just like when she was in Zhuhai, Chen Rujia continued to teach herself and imitate while singing, and gradually put imitation on her own performance.
"Xu Xiaofeng" was popular all over Hong Kong and the mainland at that time, so Chen Rujia began to imitate him.
In Chen Rujia's imitation, he sang a different unique taste, and could interpret Xu Xiaofeng's songs more affectionately, and slowly, Chen Rujia had the titles of "Amorous Xu Xiaofeng" and "Second Xu Xiaofeng".
Chen Rujia's singing voice was not only popular in Shenzhen, but also attracted fans from Hong Kong on the other side to watch his performance, and Chen Rujia's popularity far exceeded his own expectations.
In the development process of Shenzhen, there are indeed more opportunities than in Zhuhai before.
In 1987, Shenzhen was organizing an art troupe that would perform in European countries.
Although Chen Rujia is only a resident singer, she is very well-known in Shenzhen, so she was selected to join this art troupe.
It is gold that will shine everywhere, even if it goes overseas, Chen Rujia's beautiful voice still does not let him be buried, and it is also very popular in a foreign country.
This experience abroad made Chen Rujia see the bigger world and was determined to enter this big world.
After the end of the European trip, Chen Rujia's popularity rose, which gave Chen Rujia the courage to participate in the singing competition held in Shenzhen.
In the final result of the competition, Chen Rujia won the championship, and the prize was a piano.
The Vietnam War became more and more courageous, chen rujia later participated in the competition held in Guangzhou, the "Dragon and Phoenix Cup" singing competition was much larger than the previous one, but Chen Rujia still did not disappoint, won the title of "most popular male singer".
At this time, Chen Rujia can no longer simply be described as "popular".
Because of the great increase in fame, at the invitation of Hong Kong Television, Chen Rujia sang the theme song of the popular TV series "Crazy Hero Heavenly Proud Witch".
Chen Rujia had gone all the way from the small song and dance troupe to the TV station, and he probably did not expect that the Shenzhen TV Station would record an album for him.
After Chen Rujia, he also had a story behind zheng Puyu, the choreographer who directed this "Chen Rujia 88 Popularity".
In 1988, Chen Rujia's pace of progress this time was toward Beijing, when the "Young Singers Competition" was being held, and Chen Rujia signed up.
Because it was selected by Shenzhen TV Station, choreographer Zheng Puyu has been accompanying Chen Rujia to take charge of his competition.
In order to get good results in this important competition, the team of the TV station decided to find a new song for Chen Rujia, and coincidentally, they met the musician Fu Lin, so Chen Rujia got the first performance of "Love in the Old Garden".
In the end, Chen Rujia did not live up to the expectations of the team and won the gold award for popular singing.
Chen Rujia, who became a hit on the "Qingge Competition", went out of the Guangdong region and began to have a certain popularity nationwide.
The year after the "Youth Song Competition", Chen Rujia stepped onto the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, when he was just twenty-five years old.
Prior to this, a series of albums launched by Chen Rujia were warmly sought after, and the cover printing of the album could not keep up with the speed of purchase by fans.
Many people may not know that Liu Huan's masterpiece "Crooked Moon" and Mao Ning's "Late Autumn" are actually sung by Chen Rujia.
From 1989 to 1990, Chen Rujia's singing career was in the sky, handsome and handsome appearance and extremely powerful singing, making him a big hit in the country and becoming an idol figure sought after by everyone in the streets and alleys.
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In 1990, Zheng Puyu, who has been in charge of all aspects of Chen Rujia's affairs, equivalent to the role of an agent, went to Belgium to study abroad, which brought a huge impact to Chen Rujia's career.
From Shenzhen to Beijing, Chen Rujia and Zheng Puyu had a lot of contact because of work affairs.
Zheng Puyu gradually developed a good feeling for Chen Rujia.
But at that time, Chen Rujia already had a girlfriend in Shenzhen, named Wu Yanyun. For Zheng Puyu's intentions, he could not accept it.
Although Chen Rujia and Zheng Puyu have always maintained a suitable distance, because they always meet at work, this feeling is a heavy burden for both people.
So Zheng Puyu had the idea of leaving, but there was a glimmer of hope in his heart, so he told Chen Rujia that he was going to study abroad.
From a work point of view, Chen Rujia could come forward to stay, but in terms of personal feelings, he could not open his mouth, and Zheng Puyu, who did not get the expected answer, finally went to Belgium.
After Zheng Puyu left, Chen Rujia's business things were left unattended, and except for singing, Chen Rujia knew nothing about anything else.
Chen Rujia, who has a simple personality, is faced with trivialities in all aspects and seems to be powerless.
There are not many people, and slowly there are some negative rumors about Chen Rujia, and due to the lack of professional public relations team to deal with, these rumors have also become more and more intense.
Bad things followed, and the girlfriend also proposed to break up with Chen Rujia at this time.
The two were separated for too long, Chen Rujia insisted on staying in Guangzhou to develop, while his girlfriend Wu Yanyun hoped that he would continue to stay in Shenzhen.
The two have always disagreed on this matter, and cracks have gradually appeared in their feelings.
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Under multiple blows, Chen Rujia's physical health situation appeared, and finally in 1993, Chen Rujia publicly announced her withdrawal from the music scene and studied in Australia.
During her stay in Australia, Chen Rujia began to learn professional music knowledge.
What he didn't know was that in the short time he left the music scene, too many new people appeared and took his place.
In 1997, Wu Yanyun, who had not been in contact for a long time, called from Hong Kong and repeatedly encouraged Chen Rujia in the phone, hoping that he would come back.
Three years later, Chen Rujia adjusted his state, returned from Australia, and returned to the music scene, but how could the ever-changing entertainment industry wait for him in the same place?
Chen Rujia's former heat has long faded. Years of retreat have made the once shining star lose its luster, and it is difficult to find the original attention.
In the years that followed, Chen Rujia still insisted on being active on the stage, and he appeared on large and small occasions, but it was always difficult to beat the original.
Fast forward to 2005, people found that Chen Rujia had not appeared, and they began to have rumors that Chen Rujia had died.
The news was confirmed shortly after, and Chen Rujia died of a myocardial infarction in 2004.
Looking back at Chen Rujia's fame and musical road, it is full of ups and downs.
A musical genius, but only has a short period of forty years, like a meteor flashing by, leaving a brilliant stroke in the history of music, this memory created by him, left in the hearts of all fans.