September 28, 2021, is the 15th anniversary of singer Li Yugang's debut.
For a time, many big coffee sent surprises to Li Yugang in the form of video blessings, including Han Hong, Huang Bo, Sun Nan, Zhang Shaohan, Phoenix Legend and other artists in the circle.
In recent years, Li Yugang can be said to have developed very well, not only the representative works such as "New Noble Concubine Drunk" continue to maintain popularity, but also the new song "Wanjiang" has also entered thousands of households.
But looking back at Li Yugang's road to fame, it is unusually bumpy, and the bitterness behind him is only known to himself.
01.
Li Yugang was born in 1978 in a rural family in Changchun, Jilin Province, when he was a child, Li Yugang was always very strong, because his family was poor, he studied very hard, and he just wanted to get out of the mountains quickly.
In the years of junior high school and high school, Li Yugang did not slack off a little, and used every minute and every second of time to study, and finally Li Yugang also got his wish to go to a key high school, in addition to learning, Li Yugang's biggest hobby is singing.
Therefore, in 1996, Li Yugang was admitted to the Jilin Provincial Academy of Arts with excellent results, but at that time, the family's economic situation could not support the tuition fee of up to 4,000 yuan, and in the embarrassing situation, Li Yugang could only give up his studies and enter the society early.
So at the age of 19, Li Yugang held the only remaining 200 yuan in his hand, and after leaving a farewell letter to his parents, he began his own life.
When Li Yugang went to the big city, because he only had a high school education, it was difficult to find a satisfactory job, and during that time, he wandered the streets and alleys of Changchun, looking at the city's street lamps, but there was no place for him to live.
For a long time, Li Yugang slept on a bench in the corridor of the hospital, in addition to no accommodation, Li Yugang was also a problem where to solve each meal, in order not to starve, Li Yugang's first job was as a waiter in a restaurant.
The huge restaurant Li Yugang has to serve food, sweep the floor, arrange the venue, and every day is busy, but no matter how the restaurant can eat a full meal, Li Yugang's life has changed.
After working in a restaurant for a while, Li Yugang found another sales job, because he listened to others say that sales work made a lot of money, so Li Yugang started car sales.
But to do sales need to deal with strangers in depth, but also their own business ability is strong, Li Yugang because of personality reasons are somewhat introverted, after the probation period, the head of car sales to see Li Yugang has not been able to open a single.
There was really no way, so he dismissed Li Yugang, and after that, Li Yu just began to think about the second half of his life.
He deeply felt that if he wanted to gain a foothold in a big city, he must have his own skills, he liked to sing, and if he could use singing to make money, how good it would be.
Under the introduction of friends, Li Yugang entered the dance hall, but as an employee, there was no way to sing on stage at once, and he could only do some chores.
After work, Li Yugang often practiced singing alone, and then had the opportunity to take the stage, Li Yugang cherished every time he stood on the stage, after a little fame, Li Yu just began to sing in Yingkou, Tieling's small song hall in turn.
But such a day is often unstable, after all, the song hall is not every day to listen to him singing alone, in order to have a fixed income, Li Yu just began to explore the way to do business, clothing store is Li Yugang's first contact with the fresh industry, but halfway out of the house after all can not be long-term profit.
So Li Yugang turned to the housekeeping industry, and in the best period of time, Li Yugang had his own housekeeping company in Shenzhen, but in the end, the poor management was also gone.
02.
After making so many attempts, Li Yugang began to be a little confused again, he thought that he seemed to be doing nothing right, doing nothing was good, and the only remaining singing path in his heart became the last flame to save Li Yugang.
Soon Li Yu just began to look for serious jobs related to singing, because he wanted to learn some music knowledge while singing, improve his musical literacy, and ran many times, Li Yugang finally found a video store that met the requirements of his heart.
Often at work, Li Yugang would practice male and female vocals, pop and opera singing, and wait for night to fall.
After work, Li Yugang would go to a nightclub to work part-time, and he was fortunate to be there to worship Teacher Ma Hongcai as a teacher, and with the blessing of two jobs, Li Yugang seemed to have found a little way.
So he wanted to form his own band and perform everywhere by himself, but it was also such a thought, but Li Yugang almost lost his life.
At that time, Li Yugang liked the Little Tigers very much, so he also wanted to be a group like the "Little Tigers".
After having a certain amount of performance experience, Li Yugang returned to his hometown and formed a band with Fa Xiao, once Li Yugang took the team members to Liaoning to perform, and in the case of the program being rehearsed, everyone was excited to prepare for the stage.
But no one expected that during the competition, the event owner found other singers to replace Li Yugang's band, not only shouting to let them leave, but also forcing them to change their clothes.
It took a lot of time and energy to toss to Liaoning, but in the end he didn't earn a penny, which made Li Yugang very devastated.
Because not only himself, but also a few small hairs pulled from his hometown, after all, before going to Liaoning, Li Yugang and a few small hairs said that they would definitely make money, but in the end they were innocently expelled, and a group of people had nowhere to go.
There is really no way for Li Yugang to choose to give the few hundred yuan left on his body to a few friends to buy a ticket to go home, but Li Yugang began to wander, he did not choose to go home, with the last bit of money on his body to take a car, where to drive.
After the fare was over, Li Yugang got out of the car in a strange place, watching the people coming and going everywhere, a piece of life, but Li Yugang's heart was as silent as dead ash, there was no place to live, no money to spend, and no food.
The sorrow in his heart could not be discharged for a while, and as he walked, Li Yugang saw that there was a river in front of him, and the river was turbulent, as if he wanted to take him away.
Li Yugang stood by the river and recalled his life experience, which made him miserable, and each time it ended in failure.
Only to see a pop, Li Yugang chose to jump into the river to commit suicide, and soon the beggar on the side of the road saw someone jumping into the river and immediately went to save people, so with the help of a group of beggars, Li Yugang retrieved a life.
After being rescued ashore, Li Yugang did not have anywhere to go, so he chose to live with the little beggar, every day to find people with hearts to beg for food, at that time, in order to feed and clothe, Li Yugang did not care about any face problems, just looking for someone to eat, and often ate other people's leftover meals.
Even if sometimes he was given a kick by someone who was cruel and bored, he did not resist at all, completely trampled on his dignity, and such a day lasted for more than a month, muddy.
After wandering for a long time, Li Yugang suddenly woke up one day, he knew that he could no longer live like this, he had to pick himself up again and start a new life.
After leaving the beggars, Li Yugang chose to come to Beijing, and after fixing himself, he went to the bar to interview and sing, fortunately, his voice was not broken, and there were chips to start over.
So during the day, Li Yugang sang in the bar, and at night he performed in the nightclub, while making a living, and at the same time dreaming of music.
03.
What really changed Li Yugang was in a special performance, when Li Yugang received a singing song called "For Whom", which was a program that had to be cooperated with a female singer.
But for various reasons, female singers did not come to the performance scene, seeing that the activity was about to start, Li Yugang only had a hard scalp, and in the whole performance, Li Yugang converted the male voice and the female voice back and forth, and the connection was seamless.
After the singing, the audience applauded one after another, and they were amazed to see such a special way of singing for the first time.
After that day, Li Yugang seemed to feel his talent in singing, and under such an opportunity, he successfully realized a path of art of his own.
In 2005, the Chinese "Rose Diamond" performing arts troupe was going to tour Europe, and Li Yugang was one of them.
In 2006, Li Yu just began to enter the public's field of vision, he participated in the then explosive "Avenue of Stars" in Beijing, a dress, a song mixed with male and female voices, bringing the audience a refreshing visual and auditory experience.
After layers of competition in the show, Li Yugang won the third place of the year.
Recognized by the public, his music is liked by everyone, Li Yugang for the first time felt that life is full of hope, at the age of 28, the musical dream has finally embarked on the right path.
In 2007, Li Yugang was arranged to perform at the Sydney Opera House in Australia, and in May of the same year, Li Yugang also held his own concert in Beijing.
In 2010, a song "New Guifei Drunk" came out, Li Yugang completely became a household name, and this "New Guifei Drunk" also became Li Yugang's very successful masterpiece.
When he performs, he often dresses up in opera, flexibly transforming male voices and girls with an alternative anti-string performance.
However, after the fire, it is natural to hear a lot of different voices, some people think that Li Yugang's performance is very new and unique, and some people think that it is not so divine.
But no matter what the sound outside, Li Yugang still became popular, and it can even be said that Li Yugang has become a special symbol in the music world.
04.
Seeing that his career is getting better and better, Li Yugang can finally open his heart, and he began to try to fall in love, but the result was not as good as imagined.
Li Yugang's former girlfriend is called Fan Xiaoning, known as the "Saxophone Princess", she was born in a musical family in Beijing, many people in the family have high achievements in saxophone, Fan Xiaoning is the same, under the influence of the family, grew into China's first female saxophone.
In this comparison, Fan Xiaoning's family situation is really much better than Li Yu, and Li Yugang and Fan Xiaoning met in a performance, and after the two interacted, Li Yugang secretly had feelings for Fan Xiaoning, and naturally came together.
Although Fan Xiaoning's family is well-off, she has never been a well-bred princess, as a saxophonist, she needs to go out to perform all year round, and like Li Yugang, both of them are artists with dreams and pursuits, which can be said to be very right.
In the process of love, Fan Xiaoning played a great role in Li Yugang's music career, and the two often discussed music knowledge together and educated each other.
In Fan Xiaoning's eyes, Li Yugang is a two-faced person, Li Yugang is very warm and kind in daily life, and he is completely two faces on stage and offstage.
But two people who love each other sometimes can't go to the end, and the two people who are matched everywhere finally choose to go their separate ways.
But Li Yugang and Fan Xiaoning have walked together for up to six years, and the two did not reveal until after breaking up that it was because they gathered less and left more, and each had their own pursuits in their careers, and they could only be like strangers.
In 2016, Li Yugang suddenly posted a dynamic on Weibo: "Thank you, let me have another daughter." For a while, many people thought that Li Yugang had a daughter in secret marriage, but Li Yugang himself responded that this girl was his own dry daughter, not his own flesh and bones.
To this day, Li Yugang is still single, there is no emotional news, perhaps in Li Yugang's heart, Fan Xiaoning will always be the white moonlight in his heart, unforgettable memories.
05.
Looking at Li Yugang's life experience in this way, it seems that there is nothing that can make him controversial, but when it comes to Mei Lanfang, Li Yugang feels guilty.
When the traditional Chinese drama fell, Li Yugang's popularity made many people interested in drama, although the music made by Li Yugang belonged to the popular category, but the image created by Li Yugang made the drama begin to be understood by the public again.
His participation in "Noble Concubine Drunk" is a representative work of Mei Pai art, so in the literary and art circles, there is a saying that "there is Mei Lanfang before, and Li Yugang after that".
Mei Baojiu, as the son of Mei Lanfang and the heir of Mei Paidanjiao, was very optimistic after learning of Li Yugang's wonderful performance, and at one time there was news that Mei Baojiu wanted to take Li Yugang as an apprentice.
But after the sentence "Before there was Mei Lanfang, then there was Li Yugang", Mei Baojiu was no longer friendly to Li Yugang.
Because in a performance, Li Yugang's fan group pulled a banner that read, "There is Mei Lanfang in the front, and there is Li Yugang in the back", mei Baojiu was very angry after seeing it.
Mei Lanfang is Mei Baojiu's most beloved father, how li Yugang is qualified to be compared with Mei Lanfang, is not too high on himself.
No matter how to say that Li Yugang is only a singer with the flavor of Peking Opera, it is really unqualified to compare with peking opera art, so after the fermentation of speech, Li Yugang was considered by the public to be sensationalizing.
And the thing came to an irreparable step, it was at a CCTV Spring Festival gala, when Li Yugang wanted to apologize to Mr. Mei Baojiu in the audience, but when he was excited, Li Yugang said: "On behalf of the profound Meipai art, I express to the national audience..."
Only to see that before Li Yugang could finish speaking, Mr. Mei Baojiu left the audience with a wave of anger.
Seeing such a scene, Li Yugang was made unable to get off the stage, and after that, the relationship between Li Yugang and Mr. Mei Baojiu deteriorated to the point where it was impossible to bypass.
Even Mei Baojiu said bluntly that he would not forgive Li Yugang until he died.
Until 2016, Mr. Mei Baojiu died, and Li Yugang never had the opportunity to apologize to Mr. Mei.
However, in fact, there are many misunderstandings in the middle, because the banner was not Made by Li Yugang himself, and even when Li Yugang performed, he did not know that such a banner would appear.
The words blurted out on the spring evening were actually Li Yugang too nervous and out of proportion.
In the following years, Li Yugang wanted to apologize to Mr. Mei Baojiu, but Mr. Mei was old and did not want to see people, plus Li Yugang was also busy with his music career, and he could not come to the door to apologize.
06.
Now those things are in the past, and Li Yugang has ushered in the fifteenth anniversary of his debut, the man who once threatened to bring the traditional art he understood to the world, he did it.
He has held solo concerts in Sydney, Tokyo, Singapore, New York and other places, and Li Yugang's recent work "Wanjiang" is also a divine song worthy of widespread singing, which makes people feel a sense of happiness in Guotai Min'an.
I have to say that Li Yugang has broken a lot of art that seems impossible to be interpreted, and innovated into different works to bring to everyone, in the music industry, Li Yugang is a well-deserved artist.
Under his influence, Chinese traditional art has gone all over the world, allowing more people to understand Chinese art.
His voice has always been imitated, but his soul has been surpassed.
Now 43-year-old Li Yugang can also be regarded as bitter, he went to a lot of gray and dark time, and finally found the direction in the lost way, relying on dreams to change people's lives, are great, happy.