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In 2016, Chen Huixian, the "princess" who had been away from the stage for many years, was asked when she was a guest on "Lu Yu has a date": "Have you ever regretted leaving the music scene at the peak of your career?" ”
Chen Huixian said full of remembrance:
"I think it's definitely false to say that I don't regret it, but living abroad was very easy, it was a different experience for me, and I learned a lot from it."
Chen Huixian answered Lu Yu's question very officially.
However, as everyone knows, when Chen Huixian temporarily retired from the music scene to study abroad, it was after the defeat of the "Thousand Nights Dispute" with Mei Yanfang.
When she returned to the Hong Kong music scene after completing her studies, she found that the entire music scene had undergone earth-shaking changes, and she had almost no place to stand on her back.
A generation of divas is finally "invisible to everyone".
So why did Chen Huixian make such a choice? What has she experienced? Let's take a look at it today.
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Chan was born in Hong Kong in 1965. Because her father was a civil servant, the family taught her very strictly from an early age.
In the eyes of others, Chen Huixian has always been a well-behaved girl, and she is almost obedient to her father's words.
In 1983, 18-year-old Chen Huixian was young and beautiful, with a beautiful singing voice, and often participated in concerts held by the school. The well-known agent Angus saw Chen Huixian shining when singing at an event held by the school.
The next day, Angus called Ms. Chan and invited her to audition for the record. Chen Huixian readily agreed, the audition was very smooth, and Angus also made a request to sign a contract with her.
But at this time, Chen Huixian hesitated, because she felt that her father would not agree.
Sure enough, after returning home, Chen Huixian told her father about signing the contract, and her father felt that singing would delay his daughter's studies, and the simple daughter was not suitable for the entertainment industry, so he rejected her with words.
This time, Chen Huixian was very stubborn, she did not want to give up this opportunity, she rebelled against her father for the first time.
Fortunately, after knowing Chen Huixian's father's concerns, Angus took the initiative to find him, assured him that he would take good care of Chen Huixian, and sent her home immediately after recording the song, and would never take her to a messy place and sign a letter of guarantee.
Looking at Chen Huixian's expectant eyes and the letter of guarantee in her hand, Chen Huixian's father finally agreed to sign the contract with his daughter.
In 1984, Chen Huixian formed a group with Chen Lemin and Li Zhishan to jointly publish the compilation album "Girls' Magazine".
With the song "The Promise of Passing" in the album, Chen Huixian quickly became popular, and at the same time won the Most Promising Newcomer Award for the Top Ten Chinese Golden Songs of Radio Television Hong Kong.
In the past two years, Chen Huixian has successively released the albums "The Feeling of Story" and "Priscilla", all of which have achieved good results.
As a newcomer who has just debuted, Chen Huixian's achievements are eye-catching enough.
In 1986, PolyGram Records saw the promising newcomer and the two sides quickly signed.
With the support of PolyGram, in May of the same year, Chen Huixian released the Cantonese album "Rebellion". In the album, Chen Huixian changed her original singing gentle and sweet route, adding a number of dance songs. Among them, "Dancing Street" was rated as the most popular song of TVB's top ten songs.
In February 1987, Chen Huixian released the album "Change and Change", which won the Platinum Disc Award after its release. In September of the same year, the album "Silly Girl" was released, and in February 1988, she won the Silver Award for Female Singer in the Music Scene.
Within a few months, the Cantonese album "Xian Qing" was released, and its title song "Silly Girl" won the RTHK Top 10 Chinese Golden Melody Award and the TVB Top 10 Golden Melody Award.
At that time, Chen Huixian debuted for only five years, but she had become a diva with the same name as Mei Yanfang and others.
But just when Chen Huixian's career was in full swing, some things were quietly changing.
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In 1989, Chen Huixian ushered in a turning point in her life.
Her friend Huang Xiajun recommended to Chen Huixian the song "Sunset Song" by Japanese singer Makoto Kondo, and Huang Xiajun felt that this song was very suitable for adaptation, and firmly believed that it would be a big fire.
Producer Ou Dingyu also felt that this song would have a good response after being adapted.
At that time, the copyright of the song was in the hands of Mei Yanfang's agent Chen Shufen.
Chen Shufen
Ou Dingyu found Chen Shufen and offered to buy the copyright, and Chen Shufen happily agreed.
But not long after Ou Dingyu bought the copyright, Mei Yanfang also found Chen Shufen and proposed to adapt the song.
Chen Shufen was momentarily caught in a dilemma: she had sold the copyright to Chen Huixian a few days ago, and if Mei Yanfang wanted to maximize her profits, she had to write the song ahead of Chen Huixian.
Finally, in order to allow Mei Yanfang enough time to adapt the song, Chen Shufen approached Ou Dingyu and asked them to release the song after July.
But in the end, Mei Yanfang did not choose to release the song before Chen Huixian.
Yanfang Mei, Huixian Chen, Andy Lau
On July 25, Chen Huixian released the song "A Thousand And One Thousand Songs", and Mei Yanfang released "Song of the Sunset" a week later.
The two songs have different words in the same song, one sings the pain of separation, and the other sings the pain of life.
Chen Huixian's "A Thousand And One Songs" sold 350,000 copies, while Mei Yanfang's "Sunset Song" sold 200,000 copies, which is why both songs were shortlisted for the Golden Melody Award at the same time.
At that time, Chen Huixian's "Song of a Thousand and One Ques" was better than Mei Yanfang's "Song of the Sunset" in terms of word-of-mouth and record sales. In the eyes of most people, this year's Golden Melody Award is already in her pocket.
So after the judges announced that the winner of the Golden Melody Gold Award was Mei Yanfang, all of Chen Huixian's fans were angry.
When Mei Yanfang came to the stage, Chen Huixian's fans "booed" and expressed their dissatisfaction. Mei Yanfang's fans saw this, who could make their idols suffer such grievances, and stared back viciously.
This tense atmosphere in the audience reached its peak after Mei Yanfang won the "Most Popular Female Singer Award".
Fans on both sides directly fought.
At the award ceremony, Chen Huixian was devastated, and the award ceremony did not end and left the scene in a hurry.
I don't know if I can't afford this ending, from the end of August to the beginning of September of the same year, Chen Huixian held six farewell concerts in a row at the Red Pavilion in Hong Kong. After the concert, Chen Huixian announced that she would temporarily retire from the music scene and go to study on the other side of the ocean.
The following year, Mei Yanfang held 30 consecutive farewell concerts in the Red Pavilion and announced her withdrawal from the music awards at her birthday party.
With the retirement of the two queens, the "Battle of a Thousand Nights" finally came to an end.
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At that time, Chen Huixian's career was in the ascendant, and her relationship with her boyfriend Ou Dingyu was also like glue, why did she choose to give up her career and love to study abroad, was it really just because she did not get an award?
Of course, this is more than that.
When Chen Huixian later made a guest appearance at "Star Reception Room", the host Wang Manling asked her this question: "At that time, many people called you a stupid girl, because you went abroad to study abroad when you were in the Middle School of Ru japan, why did you make this decision?" ”
Chen Huixian smiled and explained:
"Because I promised my dad that I would definitely finish my college course. At that time, when I was in middle school, I had to juggle my studies and career, and I felt that I was overwhelmed and did not dare to face my teachers. So I promised my father that when I had saved enough money, I would provide for myself to go abroad to study. The reason why I went at that time was just right. ”
For Chen Huixian, although she did not win the Golden Melody Award, she was indeed very sad at that time, but it did not make her sad enough to directly quit the music scene.
Because she had to complete her agreement with her father and continue her studies, this was the main reason why Chen Huixian would eventually retire and go abroad.
As for why he quit after the Golden Melody Awards, it was only because he had saved enough money at that time and everything was just right.
Those years of studying abroad were simply the happiest days for Chen Huixian. At that time, she didn't have to face harsh parents and didn't have to worry about album sales.
But Chen Huixian could not let go of her love for singing.
In 1995, after graduating with a degree in psychology, Chan returned to Hong Kong and returned to the stage she loved.
However, in the past few years since Chan's departure, the Hong Kong music scene has undergone earth-shaking changes.
The older generation of Heavenly King Tianhou retired one after another, and rookies such as Faye Wong and Lin Yilian suddenly emerged, and Chen Huixian's position was very embarrassing.
Although Chen Huixian is still very popular, it is far less than the "superstar" when she has not left the music scene, and the sales of the albums released are also very dismal.
At that time, Chen Huixian was very confused, and she didn't know where to go.
She felt that no matter how hard she tried, she would never be able to return to the glory of the past.
Under the long-term mental pressure, Chen Huixian's temper became gradually grumpy.
After the doctor's treatment, in 2003, Chen Huixian's mental condition improved, and she once again released the album "Love Complex", but the album sold only 8,000 copies, even the newcomers who debuted were not better.
Disheartened, Chen Huixian once again withdrew from the music scene.
Also in 2003, Mei Yanfang, another protagonist of the "Battle of a Thousand Nights", also made people sigh.
That year, Mei Yanfang, who was suffering from cancer, dragged her sick and weak body and held eight concerts in the Red Pavilion to bid farewell to her lovely fans and the world she loved.
At the end of the concert, Mei Yanfang wore a wedding dress and walked offstage, as if to the end of her life.
Half a month after bidding farewell to the concert, Mei Yanfang, who was only 40 years old, left this world forever.
And now 56-year-old Chen Huixian is still alone in the music world, and her career has plummeted, and she is also emotionally unhappy.
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Chen Huixian's several relationships have not ended, but compared to her love, everyone cares more about the friendship between her and Jacky Cheung that transcends love.
At Chen Huixian's comeback concert, Jacky Cheung personally came to help, and the two reunited again, causing an uproar.
The friendship between Chan and Jacky Cheung is extraordinary.
The two are in the same PolyGram company, Jacky Cheung debuted a year later than Chen Huixian, and bought 200,000 copies of the first album after his debut, which made Jacky Cheung very conceited. It is precisely because of his conceit that Jacky Cheung drove high and walked low and fell into the trough of life.
At that time, Jacky Cheung's career love was not smooth, and his temper became bigger and bigger, and even his girlfriend Luo Meiwei couldn't stand to leave him.
At that time, Chen Huixian was at the peak of her career, but no matter where Jacky Cheung was, Chen Huixian did not abandon him and did not care about the media's opinion.
With the help of Chen Huixian, Jacky Cheung is like a different person, he began to write his own song career has improved, successfully changed his bad temper and chased his girlfriend Luo Meiwei back.
All these changes are because of Chen Huixian, and the friendship between the two has become deeper and has become the golden child and jade girl in the eyes of countless people.
Chen Huixian accompanied Jacky Cheung from the trough to the peak, and Jacky Cheung accompanied Chen Huixian from the peak to the trough.
No matter what the identity between the two is, how big the status gap is, the friendship between the two has never been affected.
But there are regrets in the end, just like between Chen Huixian and Jacky Cheung, the relationship between the two has always been just a simple friendship.
In fact, if we look back at the open and dark struggles in the "Battle of a Thousand Nights", we will find that there is no conflict between Chen Huixian and Mei Yanfang at all.
After all, Mei Yanfang is a senior, and she has won the gold medal of the Golden Melody Award for four consecutive years, so it is understandable that the award was awarded to Mei Yanfang.
Chen Huixian and Mei Yanfang both have their own singing voices and have a very high status in the music world.
Where there is fighting, there is progress. It is precisely because of the struggle that the music scene is full of vitality, and it is actually meaningless to compete for wins and losses.
The deceased is gone, the past is only like a passing cloud, only hope that Chen Huixian, who is still active in the music world, can not forget her original heart and stick to her musical dream.
I also hope that the "princess" can find the love that really belongs to her as soon as possible, and I hope that someone will ask you for porridge to be warm; someone will stand with you at dusk.
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