"Hey make no mistake, call me at this time, I'm diarrhea" Huang Zhun heard the phone ringing and helplessly picked it up.
"I have a tune here for you to hear, and it's almost a good word!" Gu Jiahui didn't care how anxious he was at the moment.
This call lasted for more than 20 minutes without hanging up, hearing the song Huang Zhun seemed to be opened to the second pulse of Ren Dou, the brain kept bursting with inspiration, after filling in the words, Huang Zhun involuntarily hummed along with it, the two people hit it off, they wanted this feeling!
No one expected that "Shanghai Beach", which sang the great river north and south, was actually created in this way.
The birth of a good song often needs a good voice to give it a soul, Ye Liyi is the soul painter, she and the song "Shanghai Beach" complement each other, it can be said that the achievements brought by this song to her throughout her life, originally thought it was the starting point, did not expect to be the peak of her life.
Born in Malaysia in 1948, when the economy was sluggish and people were living almost on food and clothing, Ye Liyi's parents did not give up the opportunity to let her go to school.
After graduating from Tsuen Wan Government Primary School in 1959, she was assigned to St. Chiara Girls' Secondary School in Moxingling, Hong Kong Island because of her excellent grades.
This middle school has a good reputation in the local area, the teaching atmosphere is strong and the school reputation is very good, the focus is that it is still an English school, and its proficiency in English from an early age also laid the foundation for Ye Liyi to rush out of Asia later.
Here, Ye Liyi listened to the nuns chanting and singing every day, and was touched by the gentle singing, and could not help but join them, from singing in the school to the church ceremony can hear her voice.
After graduating from high school in 1964, she was selected to work as a clerk in a bank. Sitting at the bank's workstation, she thought to herself, "I finally lived up to her parents' expectations" Ye Liyi did not forget to study at work, she signed up for night school to learn shorthand, and a few years later she was promoted to bank secretary because of her versatility, and she also worked for Cathay Pacific and worked part-time as an auxiliary police officer.
During this time, she met her first husband, and had a son in the second year after marriage, and at the beginning the family lived in harmony, Ye Liyi's daily life in addition to work, the focus of life is on husband and son.
Until 1969, Ye Liyi saw TVB's "Sound Treasure Night" competition on TV, she held the mentality of trying it out, and her beautiful singing voice was appreciated by Gu Jiahui, and Maxima finally found out about Bole.
Zhang Guorong participated in "Sound Treasure Night" three times and was eliminated because of unsatisfactory results, which shows how high the gold content of the Hong Kong music scene was at that time, after joining TVB, Ye Liyi began to sing advertising songs and movie soundtracks, which is also half a foot has stepped into the entertainment circle.
Ye Liyi said, "Brother Hui and Uncle Xia are my mentors, and I have benefited a lot from their teachings. Under the guidance of the two mentors, Ye Liyi launched her own record "Shi Enough To Live", the little famous Ye Liyi began to run around to promote, the family affairs were handed over to her husband, which made a big man dissatisfied, he was not used to Ye Liyi going out to show his face, and the two people finally parted ways because of disagreement.
Their son also followed her husband, and Ye Liyi had no worries and devoted herself to the singing career. When Huang Zhun came to find Ye Liyi with "On the Beach", she was immediately shocked by the majestic momentum of this song. As a result, her career ushered in the peak and became a first-line female singer.
At that time, the only person who could compare with Teresa Teng was Ye Liyi, who had a completely different style of music.
In the 1970s, Hong Kong's economy began to develop rapidly, with movies and TV dramas competing for glory, and the success of entertainment brought Ye LaiYi many opportunities for development.
Hong Kong began to become an international metropolis, and Ye Liyi also took advantage of this boom and her own language advantages to rush the world. She has sung in more than 30 countries, and the albums she has sung have been released more than 80 times, which has made great contributions to promoting the exchange of Chinese and foreign songs.
And her popular songs in addition to "Shanghai Beach" and "All Kinds of Love", "That Day I Gave Your Heart to You", "May You Treat Me Really Well", "Love is Endless" and the THEME SONG OF WIRELESS TV Series "Smiling Proud of the River", many songs are still the must-have tracks for us to enter KTV today.
"Shanghai Beach" made Ye Liyi, and after that, no matter where she held a concert, she had to sing this song, and the enthusiastic cheers of the audience made her have no way to get off the stage without singing "Shanghai Beach".
Work is getting busier and busier, Ye Liyi needs a new assistant, David volunteered to take on her assistant part-time agent, it turned out that the two first met in 1973, when Ye Liyi was married and had children, David hid his friendship with Ye Liyi and looked at her silently. Until she divorced her ex-husband. He began to accompany Ye Liyi's side.
In 1996, Ye Liyi, who was in the ascendancy of her career, touched a hard block in her body when she took a bath, she went to the hospital for examination, and the doctor did not diagnose it for the first time because the hard block was too small, and asked her to go back to observe first.
When she was in Australia four months later, she was hospitalized again because of physical pain, and this time when Ye Liyi woke up again, her armpits had been cut and tubes were inserted, and half of her breasts had been removed.
She knew she had breast cancer, and she knew exactly how threatening the cancer was. Ye Liyi began to eat and sleep unsteadily every day, but fortunately she was accompanied by David.
He saw the tubes and wires on Ye Liyi's body, pointed at her and said in amazement, "Oh, do you see this is a map, is this Hong Kong, is this Australia?" ”
The funny language made Ye Liyi temporarily forget the pain, and at this time, her son, who had not been seen for many years, came to visit her, and the encouragement of her family made Ye Liyi regain her confidence in life. Slowly, her body also recovered.
On June 30, 1997, a major event took place in Hong Kong, when Ye Liyi, who had just recovered from a serious illness, received an invitation to let her serve as one of the bilingual hosts at the scene of the return of Hong Kong, and she also sang a song at the "British Farewell Ceremony", when more than 80 countries around the world watched Hong Kong, and Ye Liyi also shined in front of the world audience.
After the end of this stage, Ye Liyi was not alone, just received breast cancer treatment, and was diagnosed with depression, at this time it was only two weeks before her 50th birthday, David saw her head for several consecutive days without washing, refusing to eat and refusing to go out, heartbroken, in addition to telling her to take medicine on time every day, even getting up at night to go to the bathroom, he was inseparable from Ye Liyi, under David's dedicated care, her depression slowly healed.
In 1998, after her 50th birthday, Ye Liyi held the "Hong Kong Music Ye Liyi Presents the Truth, Goodness and Beauty Concert" at the Hongkan Stadium in Hong Kong, and she sang a number of Famous Chinese and foreign songs on the spot, which made her popularity in the music world awakened again.
Career Ye Liyi regained her self-confidence, and in the relationship, David and she also ended the love relationship between the two people, after they met 7 years ago, the two married, unfortunately Ye Liyi has always had a regret, she failed to have children for David.
Ye Liyi said "our family is not perfect enough, I want to have a child for you" so she insisted on 6 years to do IVF, her husband respected her choice, Ye Liyi said "every time I implant I am looking forward to the arrival of the child" until the body is really inappropriate, helpless to fail. David couldn't help but comfort her when she saw her lost look, "We have each other, it's already an honor in this life."
Unable to have her own children with her husband, Ye Liyi cherished her relationship with her son even more, and what made matters worse was that her husband loved to play ball when he was young, and his body strain caused the cervical vertebrae to be crushed and compressed to the nerves, and his left leg was incapacitated and could only sit in a wheelchair.
However, the husband is a person who does not give up easily, heard the doctor say that positive rehabilitation hopes to stand up, he insists on going to the gym every day to do rehabilitation, and now not only can move freely but also drive Ye Liyi to love fitness and sports.
Thinking that after experiencing these things, life and career can be on the right track, plus the son added a small grandchild for her, the family lived happily together, Ye Liyi was just happy for two days, the grandson was found to have a tumor in the brain, and the child who was only one month old entered the ICU, the body was full of tubes, and the needle holes on the head were bruised.
Ye Liyi was distressed all day to wash her face with tears, her sky was about to fall, in order to help her son and daughter-in-law get through the difficulties as soon as possible, she also took the initiative to take care of the burden of the family, washing and cooking all day, buying vegetables and mopping the floor, these things she sat up without a word of complaint, fortunately after treatment and the child's tenacious vitality, now healthy growth, although still sitting in a wheelchair, but seeing him still makes the family extremely happy, and then the daughter-in-law added a little granddaughter to the family, Ye Liyi also enjoys the happiness of teasing the grandchildren.
After several incidents, she felt more fragile and wanted to fulfill her dreams, Ye Liyi began to do concert tours, when she went to North America, she shared the stage with the famous American jazz singer Patti Austin, the mayor of San Francisco not only personally watched the scene, but also to praise her contribution to the promotion of cultural exchanges between China and the West, May 28 was designated as San Francisco Ye Li Yi Day.
At the beginning of 2008, Ye Liyi's son and family moved to Australia to be with her, Ye Liyi said that "my biggest pleasure in Australia now is to bring grandchildren" She enjoys the fun of taking grandchildren and doing housework at home to take care of the family's living and eating. In addition, she usually goes out to meet friends to enjoy stage plays or watch them, she said, "don't let yourself be too disconnected from the fashion." ”
Later, Ye Liyi also returned to China to hold "Happy 70th, Frances!" at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Wan Chai. "Concert, once the news was launched, the tickets were quickly sold out, the performance scene was crowded, so many years later, Ye Liyi is still a classic in people's hearts.
In June 2019, she was giving a 50th anniversary charity concert in Sydney. After the performance, she returned to the country, returned to the arms of her family, and rarely appeared in front of the media.
Until recently, a video of Ye Liyi singing "On the Beach" was released, in which she was dignified, smiling kindly, letting wrinkles leave traces of time on her face, and many people were questioning whether she could still sing the majestic tune of the year when she was in her 70s? When Ye Liyi sang, the doubts disappeared, and netizens sighed, "Still the taste of the year!" ”
Ye Liyi has accompanied the youth of generations of people with her singing voice, and used her personal experience to inspire people to face difficulties without giving up, this is her, a her who is like a wave rushing in the long river of life.