Seventh Master Wen ✎
Edited ✎ the Seventh Street Winery
In 2017, when Lin Yilian appeared on the stage of "I Am a Singer" and sang the first song "Don't Care Who I Am", there was a scene that made the majority of women worship:
She sang a song specially created for her by her ex-husband Li Zongsheng on the stage, behind her is the current Gong Shuoliang, who has been playing drums for her, and next to her piano accompaniment is Lan Yan's confidant and former gossip ex-boyfriend Lun Yongliang, who has been playing for her for more than 20 years.
As for the ex-boyfriend who changed her appearance and helped her to become a diva of the music world, he also sent blessings to Lin Yilian at the first time of singing to cheer her up.
How many people can handle the relationship with their ex so harmoniously after breaking up, even if the love is not there, they are still willing to help each other? Probably only Lin Yilian.
Looking back at Lin Yilian's singing road of more than thirty years, several predecessors have made indispensable contributions, according to the media, the reason why Lin Yilian, the "talent harvester", can have such great achievements in the music world is to "rely on men to get on the throne".
But looking back now, it's not so much that she relies on men, but that the music makes them feel sorry for each other.
01
In 1966, Lin Yilian, whose ancestral home is Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, was born in Hong Kong.
Her father was an actor engaged in erhu performance in the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, and her mother took her and her two younger brothers at home, and usually went to the restaurant to sing small songs to subsidize the family.
From an early age, Lin Yilian developed a strong interest in music.
And her name also hides a past of her father.
Yi Lian, Yi Lian, remembering a woman named "Ah Lian", she was her father's former lover, but unfortunately they were not together.
Lin Yilian had never seen this woman, but because of her father's thoughts, she had been in contact with her all her life. But for this kind of behavior of Lin Father, Lin Mu did not care at all, and even generously gave up her daughter's name.
Her parents' concept of love deeply affected the young Lin Yilian, and also provided a reference template for her future love.
In 1982, 16-year-old Lin Yilian signed up for the Hong Kong Commercial Radio DJ recruitment with her friends, and finally her friend failed, but she was admitted.
At this time, no one thought that this humble-looking little DJ would become a diva-level figure in the Hong Kong music scene a few years later.
At that time, Lin Yilian was still in middle school, and the radio station arranged her in the campus program every weekend, and created a lively gossip image for her, named "Six One One", which means very simple: six plus one plus one equals eight, gossip eight.
It was also there that Lin Yilian met Chen Huihong, who was also a DJ.
Chen Huihong
The love of young boys and girls came very suddenly, and in the morning and night, the seeds of love took root in Lin Yilian's heart.
Unfortunately, like most people's first love, Lin Yilian's first love is also a disease-free end.
Chen Huihong, who came to prominence one step ahead of her, received an invitation from the crew of "Tang Bohu Dian Qiu Xiang" and played one of the four talents in the play, and had the opportunity to be in the same frame as Zhou Xingchi, Wu Zhenyu and Chen Baixiang.
The gap in careers made the two people drift apart in life, and in the end, they chose to break up peacefully.
However, the two whose fate is not exhausted will have the opportunity to continue the frontier after a few years.
02
The workplace will be proud of the frustrated workplace, and Lin Yilian, who resumed being single, soon ushered in the development of her career.
At the company's annual meeting, she successfully attracted the attention of the head of Xinli Records with a song "Crying in the Rain", and then was poached to officially enter the Hong Kong entertainment industry.
However, Lin Yilian, who debuted as a singer, was pulled to shoot the movie "Dragon Phoenix Wisdom And Stars" with Zhang Guorong before she could sing, when the two were still fledgling newcomers, and they also formed a deep friendship because of this play.
In 1985, under the preparation of the company, Lin Yilian released her first Cantonese album "Lin Yilian", but unfortunately it did not become a blockbuster.
At that time, Hong Kong was popular as a Japanese girl idol, because she looked like a Japanese drama idol Ashin, lin Yilian was packaged by Xinli Records as a youth idol singer of the same model.
The final packaged effect is this on the album cover, Lin Yilian in her early twenties, with a non-mainstream "pineapple head", squinting eyes, big mouth, mediocre passerby looks, far from the "lively and cute" introduced by the album.
Because the album sales were not satisfactory, even the songs she herself listened to and sang were so ugly, Lin Yilian felt that she was not suitable for being a singer at all, and wanted to change careers to become a hair stylist, but she was persuaded by the company boss.
The boss told Lin Yilian to try another album, and if it still doesn't work, then consider what to do next.
With the experience of the first album, when making the second album "Indulgence", Lin Yilian learned to participate, choose songs with producers, learn to make music, and constantly improve her singing level, this wholehearted devotion made her gradually interested in music.
With the release of "Indulgence", Lin Yilian became a new best-selling singer.
But what really made her stand on the music scene was her fourth album", "Gray", released in 1987.
In this album, there is a different Lin Yilian, with the "star-making master" wishing to turn decay into magic, she changed from the ordinary Japanese girl image to a sexy, feminine and amorous woman, and under the supervision of "gold medal producer" Lun Yongliang, her style changed from lyricism to dynamic at the beginning.
As a result, a new Lin Yilian jumped in front of the camera, relying on the distinct style and super rhythm in "Gray", Lin Yilian won the first "Top Ten Chinese Golden Song" award in her life.
In fact, this song was originally prepared by the company for Chen Huixian, but Chen Huixian was unwilling to sing, and the wish that picked up the leak was extremely happy, and a little adaptation was handed over to Lin Yilian, who had the opportunity to become popular.
03
Wishing can definitely be called a noble person on the road to Lin Yilian's success.
Wish
At that time, Lin Yilian's single eyelids and small eyes, in the Hong Kong entertainment circle at the peak of her appearance, has always been an "ugly" existence.
In this regard, she is actually very calm, and she is not distressed about her appearance, but she can't stand the media from comparing her with other female singers.
Than singing skills, than who sings well, it is better than the appearance, so "no temperament", "ugly" and "ugly" have become synonymous with Lin Yilian.
This feeling makes her very uncomfortable, if it is better than singing, she can study and study hard, and strive to improve, but compared to her appearance, it is difficult for some strong people. Sometimes she really thinks it's better to be a hair stylist and get away from all this hustle and bustle.
Fortunately, the appearance of wishing in time saved Lin Yilian, who fell into self-loathing, and the title of "star-making master" is not just casual talk, looking at the entire entertainment circle, there is no artist who cannot be created by wishing.
Zhang Guorong, Mei Yanfang, Jacky Cheung, these superstars that we are familiar with are all brought out by him.
Accustomed to the wish of a beautiful woman with big eyes and double eyelids, when I first watched Lin Yilian's MV "Passion", I was attracted by her hazy and confused eyes.
Later, under zhen ni's introduction, Wish met Lin Yilian, and it was also under his transformation that Lin Yilian completed the transformation of the fiery red lip wave.
Even Zhang Guorong, seeing the renewed Lin Yilian, couldn't help but marvel: "You are the sexiest woman I have ever seen." ”
Such Lin Yilian has attracted the attention of everyone, including The Wishing and Gold Medal Producer Lun Yongliang, who helped her grow.
Lun Yongliang
Lun Yongliang's significance to Lin Yilian is comparable to that of wishing, one of the two helped her to be reborn, and the other helped her gain a firm foothold in the Chinese music scene. Under the supervision of Lun Yongliang, Lin Yilian's music style gradually became wild and uninhibited, and was loved by the big girls in the city.
It was also in the cooperation time and again that Wish and Lun Yongliang developed unspeakable feelings for Lin Yilian at the same time, and they both fell in love with this single-eyelid girl.
In the end, although Lin Yilian chose to make a wish, this did not affect Lun Yongliang's love for her, even if Lin Yilian changed several boyfriends later, they were always like confidants.
With the help of these two, Lin Yilian's career has been smooth sailing, and the "Urban Touch Trilogy" launched has further established her position in the music world.
At that time, Hong Kong was at the peak of the immigration wave, and many Hong Kong people were confused about the future of Hong Kong, but Lin Yilian's "Urban Touch Trilogy" sang everyone's voice, which also attracted her attention.
With these three albums, Lin Yilian ushered in the peak of her career, and her single eyelids and small eyes were no longer called "ugly", but belonged to her sexy label.
04
In the early 1990s, Lin Yilian signed with Ye Qianwen's Warner Records, and as a diva in the music world, the two inevitably had a competitive relationship, and finally Warner's senior management decided to choose Ye Qianwen as the company's "first sister", which meant that most of Warner's resources would be tilted to Ye Qianwen's head.
Unable to bear to see his girlfriend's career frustrated, Wish flew to Taiwan and found gold medal producer Li Zongsheng, who wanted to create a new album for his girlfriend.
At this time, Li Zongsheng was no longer the fool he had been, and after he successively launched popular singers such as Zhou Huajian, Zhao Chuan, and Pan Yueyun, he was already a well-known gold medal music producer in Taiwan Province.
Li Zongsheng
Faced with the request to make a wish, Li Zongsheng did not want to think about it and directly refused. Seeing his resolute attitude, He could only ask acquaintances to visit the UFO Record Company, and finally won an opportunity for Lin Yilian.
In 1990, under the operation of UFO Records, Lin Yilian released her first Chinese album "Falling in Love with a Person Who Doesn't Go Home".
The album, which sold 2 million copies throughout Asia, made Lin Yilian a hit, becoming the first well-known singer to cross the taiwan strait and three places in the 1990s.
Her eyeliner bent her eyebrows lightly, and the various chants not only blew into the hinterland, but also into Li Zongsheng's heart.
In 1992, Chen Kaige directed "Farewell to the Overlord" and invited Li Zongsheng to compose songs for the film.
After reading the script, Li Zongsheng wrote "When Love Has Become a Thing of the Past", he recorded the part he sang in Taiwan, and then went to Hong Kong non-stop to find Lin Yilian to record the female voice part.
It is still this song that opens the story of two people.
This year, Li Zongsheng was 34 years old, Lin Yilian was 26 years old, and after hearing Lin Yilian's voice, Li Zongsheng said a word: "There is such a woman, as long as you hear her voice, you will probably fall in love with her." ”
At that time, Li Zongsheng hid a lot of songs in his heart, and he waited for these songs to be unique to their voices, and finally waited for Lin Yilian. He was immersed in her charm and was willing to give his best song.
As everyone knows, at the beginning of the story, the song "When Love Has Become a Thing of the Past" has already written the ending of two people.
For some people, love trumps everything, so love is love, regardless of time, no matter the place, and it doesn't matter if the person is the right one.
After singing the theme song, Li Zongsheng wrote "Don't Care Who I Am" for Lin Yilian and invited her to Rolling Stone Records.
The two people are also teachers and friends, intimate, is the most tacit golden partner, good at creating delicate love songs from a female perspective, Li Zongsheng with a classic song, Lin Yilian pushed Lin Yilian to the throne of "Asian Diva".
In 1993, Lin Yilian held the "Heaven and Earth Wildflower 1993 Love Red Pavilion" concert at hung hom stadium, and the special guest invited for ten consecutive performances was only Li Zongsheng.
In 1994, Li Zongsheng held a "temporary farewell concert", at that concert, as soon as Lin Yilian, as a guest, took the stage, the small eyes of the thick-looking Li Zongsheng flashed a cunning light, he and Lin Yilian sang "When Love Has Become a Thing of the Past", Lin Yilian just opened his mouth, he was like a hairy boy who had just opened his heart and smiled secretly.
In the audience, Li Zongsheng's wife Zhu Weiyin did not know what kind of mood she was in when she saw this scene.
Although the love between the talented and the beautiful person seems to be so natural, it is still extremely criticized.
As sung in "Ghost Obsession", in this forbidden love, they are all obsessed with ghosts.
One betrayed the family, his wife and two daughters, and the other not only interfered in someone else's marriage, but also betrayed his beloved boyfriend.
Under the huge pressure of public opinion, Lin Yilian decided to cut off this relationship that should not have happened, and she sold her Hong Kong mansion and fled to Canada.
But Li Zongsheng followed her desperately, which also verified that sentence, she ran away from him, and they were all difficult to fly.
In 1995, after returning to China, Lin Yilian released her first album after joining the Rolling Stones, of which the song "For You and Me By the Cold Wind" is said to be Li Zongsheng's personal experience.
The following year, Lin Yilian released the album "Night Too Dark" produced by Li Zongsheng, these songs are Li Zongsheng's profound feelings about love, sung by his favorite people.
That KTV must-have golden song, where red dust men and women feel empathy, have been deeply marked with the mark of "Li Zongsheng Lin Yilian".
At that time, they were the best Li Zongsheng and Lin Yilian.
And Zhu Weiyin also decided to let go of herself and let everyone go at this time.
05
In February 1998, Li Zongsheng and Lin Yilian married their daughters in Canada.
The two who thought that they could finally come together in a bright and upright way could collide with more musical sparks, but forgot that even artists need to face trivial chai rice oil and salt after marriage.
Lin Yilian, who is full of independent consciousness, cannot be a housewife like Zhu Weiyin, and when the children are older, she returns to the music scene.
At this time, Li Zongsheng wrote "Cloudy Days" for Karen Mok, from the beginning of "every minute is wonderful", to "you two have no fate", it seems that it is the love between the two of them.
The marriage, which lasted 6 years, came to an end in 2004.
Li Zongsheng said, "If our love is wrong, may you and I not suffer in vain." ”
Lin Yilian said, "I think we are all very good, and we have made some preparations to meet our respective futures. ”
Six years of marriage, decent good gathering and dispersion, no tearing, no prevarication, can be called a model of divorce in the entertainment industry.
Obviously, at the most unbearable time, they can not abandon each other'snuggles, and after there is no bondage and bondage, it hastily ends in a dismal end.
Probably as it is said in "The Dragonfly", sometimes being together is the key to love to death.
When divorced, Lin Yilian said to "meet their respective futures", she can do it, but Li Zongsheng can't.
After that, Li Zongsheng was accompanied by pain all day, he tried to reinvigorate, form a band, and open a concert, but the increasingly depleted inspiration made his career never return to the peak, and every time he held a concert, he still sang the songs he created with Lin Yilian.
Many people say that he is consuming his ex-wife and using her, but he chokes from time to time, full of white hair and white beard, indescribable pain, like his song, "I still have love for you, I can't do anything about myself."
It's not so much that he's consuming her as it is that he regrets it, and wants to express his love and infinite remorse in this way, so that they can never go back.
After the divorce, Lin Yilian was extremely bold, no matter how Li Zongsheng missed their past and how she sang to express her love, she did not see it.
She regrouped, returned to Hong Kong to join EMI Records, released a new album "True Colors", and became a sexy city girl again. At the age of 39, she also renewed the frontier with her first love Chen Huihong when she was young, and spent more than a year dating.
In 2005, 44-year-old Lin Yilian met the 33-year-old "Macau Drum King" Gong Shuoliang while planning a concert, and the two quickly fell in love.
Congratulations
For her relationship, the outside world is not optimistic, the reason is not him, mainly compared to Lin Yilian's former predecessors, Gong Shuoliang really has no sense of existence in the music world.
But in 2018, when Lin Yilian released her 12th solo album "0" with Gong Shuoliang as the producer, everyone found out that this was also a musical talent that she loved.
The new album helped her sweep the major music awards in 2019, and also won her the Best Chinese Female Singer at the Taiwan Golden Melody Awards.
Unlike the obsessive love songs of the early years, the albums that have been injected with fresh blood have the awakening of women as the core, and the whole story is full of shouts, breakthroughs and strength.
Also in this year, Lin Yilian sang Zhang Huimei's "Bloody Love Story" on the spot of the "Sound of Dreams" program, she sang to the fullest in front, Gong Shuoliang played drums behind her, and the sweet look was like love.
Xu is aware that there is no hope for waiting, and Li Zongsheng, who has always been alone, married 33-year-old model Qianhui in 2018.
But what I didn't expect was that love was still a mysterious thing here in Lin Yilian, and the performance had only been over a year, and the two people had parted ways.
Interestingly, Lin Yilian, who rarely mentions Li Zongsheng in public, only replied when asked in "Kangxi Lai" whether he would reunite with Li Zongsheng: There should be no such possibility.
But when it comes to Gong Shuoliang, a man 11 years younger than her, Lin Yilian said that he is the most important man in her life.
On February 6, 2020, 54-year-old Lin Yilian announced on Weibo that she had peacefully broken up with her boyfriend Gong Shuoliang, who had been in love for 8 years, a year ago:
"After eight years of good days together, we decided to go our separate ways into our own lives."
There is still no resentment and accusation, but the feelings have come to an end, and it is time to separate, as once said when divorcing Li Zongsheng, to meet their respective futures.
Today, 56-year-old Lin Yilian is alone, but her feelings are not barren at all, and she has already lived out what she likes with a rich life history.
Living in the moment is the best portrayal of her now.
epilogue
Because at several important points in Lin Yilian's life, there are talented boyfriends to accompany her forward, so there are always people who laugh at her and she "steps on her boyfriend to go forward" woman.
Once she finds that the other party's talent cannot nourish her to continue to move forward, or the other party begins to consume her forward energy, she will not hesitate to leave the other party without a trace of nostalgia.
Although it seems cold, we all know how cold and ruthless it is for talented men to be cool.
Probably only a brave and lush woman like Lin Yilian dares to use "caizi" as the first choice of her partner.