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Daniel Zhang with Mao Amin
In 1990, Mao Amin cried to the media, saying that her boyfriend Daniel Zhang took away all her more than 300,000 savings and left for Australia.
For a time, the news of Mao Amin's boyfriend absconding with the money quickly fermented in the media, and the Daniel Zhang persona collapsed in an instant. The Chinese people labeled him as a scumbag, a negative man, and Chen Shimei.
However, it turned out later that this was a lie woven by Mao Amin and his agent Chen Mou. For this reason, Daniel Zhang have been hurt by this lie for many years.
Now that more than 30 years have passed, Daniel Zhang has long faded from the public eye, what is his current life situation?
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Wang Kun and her husband Zhou Weizhi
Just when Daniel Zhang was criticized by the domestic media and fans, Wang Kun, the mentor of the Daniel Zhang and the head of the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe, entrusted someone to bring a business card to Daniel Zhang, and wrote in the back: Why don't you make a sound? To stand up and speak, I would never believe you did such a thing!
Cui Jian, a good friend of the Daniel Zhang, said in an interview with the media: Daniel Zhang is a person who is upright, has no charm, and will not do things with a conscience.
In the early 1980s, Daniel Zhang was far more famous in the beijing music circle than Mao Amin.
At that time, he was the best electric guitarist in mainland China, working as a music producer in the Oriental Recording Company under the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe, and produced albums for many famous singers such as Liu Huan, Cui Jian, Fu Disheng and so on.
Daniel Zhang early works
His performances of "Guitar World" and "Guitar King" are best-selling cassette tapes and are used as teaching materials by guitar enthusiasts.
Daniel Zhang was born in Beijing in 1962 with 3 older sisters. Daniel Zhang father, Zhang Gongfu, was a big capitalist in Shanghai before liberation, with 12 tobacco factories in Shanghai and 6 spinning mills in the northeast, and was the general agent of Mobil Oil in China at that time.
During the Liberation War, Zhang Gongfu provided free oil and gasoline to the Liberated Areas and was a progressive patriotic capitalist.
In 1949, Zhang Gongfu refused to go to Taiwan and moved his family to Beijing. Daniel Zhang was 62 years old when he was born, and when he was 8 years old, his father died of illness.
When Daniel Zhang went to primary school, the relevant departments returned the confiscated property to the Zhang family one after another, which was a large amount of money. Daniel Zhang mother runs a kindergarten in Hutongkou and sends her children to school for free.
Daniel Zhang (in the 1980s)
Daniel Zhang has loved piano, guitar, accordion since childhood, and is a musical genius. In 1981, when Li Guyi first established the China Light Music Troupe, he seconded Daniel Zhang to the troupe.
Soon, Wang Kun, the leader of the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe, learned about the talent of Daniel Zhang from the composer Gao Dalin and came to the China Light Music Troupe to recruit people. The fame of the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe is obviously greater than that of the Chinese Light Music Troupe, and Daniel Zhang chose the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe.
Wang Kun went to great lengths to transfer Daniel Zhang in. In the past few years, Daniel Zhang recorded 4 guitar albums and is very famous in the music circle in Beijing.
In 1987, Mao Amin came to Beijing from Nanjing to develop. Although she has previously won the third place in the popular singing method of the professional group of the National Young Singers Television Grand Prix, it is still difficult to develop in the music world.
In October of that year, Daniel Zhang was recording in the CCTV broadcast truck, and met Zou Zou, the elder of the Guizhou Audio-Visual Publishing House, who asked Daniel Zhang to help him put together a tray of cassette tapes. The Beijing musician Dabao recommended Mao Amin to Daniel Zhang.
Daniel Zhang with Mao Amin
Later Daniel Zhang wrote in the book "The Beach Where My Ideal Stranded": I did not have a love process with Mao Amin and directly lived together. We lack an emotional foundation, and gradually "compete" with each other in real life, which is a deformed love. I was living a "happy life" in a vacuum. Mao Amin never wanted to reminisce about the past, saying that people should look forward.
The content of the following article is the memories of Daniel Zhang...
The next day, Daniel Zhang called Mao Amin and said that Dabao recommended her to record tapes. Mao Amin's voice was filled with joy: Thank you, which song do I sing?
Daniel Zhang asked her to sing two songs: one was Teresa Teng's "Drunken Tango" and the other was "Cold Summer".
At that time, Mao Amin's knowledge of music theory was relatively weak, and he did not know what tune to sing, so Daniel Zhang to find her the original tape of Teresa Teng.
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Young Mao Amin
Two days later, Daniel Zhang called Mao Amin to come over and get the tape. Mao Amin said that she was not familiar with beijing buses and could not find the company Daniel Zhang, so she sent her Daniel Zhang.
Mao Amin lives in the army's guest house, and the house is preparing to be demolished. She lived in a dark tube building with a pungent musty smell in the corridor.
He knocked on the door outside, and Mao Amin was putting on makeup in the room and opening the door 20 minutes later. There was a smell of rouge in the room, rushing straight into Daniel Zhang's nostrils.
Mao Amin's quarters resembled a slum: a walkman and makeup box were placed on a deformed table, a chair was painted off, and the walls were mottled with mud and sand. Mao Amin poured Daniel Zhang a glass of water, and he left without drinking.
Mao Amin and Wei Wei
A week later, Daniel Zhang and Mao Amin were recording in the studio of the Bayi Film Studio, and there were ren jing and other singers. At that time, Ren Jing's fame was greater than That of Mao Amin, and he recorded many cassette tapes.
Mao Amin as a "North Drift" has some inferiority, the driver responsible for the transfer is particularly fierce, and he can't help but roar these "North Drift" singers, and Mao Amin hides behind when he sees the driver.
After recording the song, Daniel Zhang gave Mao Amin 600 yuan. Mao Amin belongs to the metal voice, which other singers do not have, but her singing has some flaws.
Daniel Zhang pointed out her shortcomings, and Mao Amin improved quickly. Later, Mao Amin wrote in his autobiography: Daniel Zhang was the first person to point out my shortcomings.
Mao Amin came from an ordinary worker family, had no connections, and it was very difficult to break through the music scene. In 1986, when she was recording "Let the World Be Full of Love," she wanted to attend, but no one invited her, which made her extremely frustrated.
Daniel Zhang with Mao Amin
Soon the sample of the box tape came out, Mao Amin wanted a sample, she was inconvenient to take the bus, please Daniel Zhang send her over.
At that time, Mao Amin was financially strapped, and she often went to the clothing stalls in Dongsi to buy clothes and pick out cheap trendy fakes.
Daniel Zhang came to Mao Amin's troop guest house for the second time, and he sent a box with a small sample. Mao Amin said that his usual food was not good, Daniel Zhang said to invite her to dinner, Mao Amin said that he loved to drink crucian carp soup.
A week later, Daniel Zhang invited Mao Amin to come to the house. Daniel Zhang live in a large three-bedroom house with separate bathroom and kitchen.
Daniel Zhang's third sister works at the Yunnan Audio-Visual Company and lives here when she returns to Beijing. Daniel Zhang mother had died, and he was the closest to his third sister.
Young Mao Amin
Mao Amin looked at such a big house with great envy. On the same day Daniel Zhang boiled a pot of fragrant crucian carp soup, and Mao Amin drank it very freely.
In the afternoon, Mao Amin said that her stomach hurt, and she lay in the second bedroom of the Daniel Zhang family, and asked Daniel Zhang to help her rub her stomach. In this way, the two had skin to skin kisses.
The next day, Mao Amin moved out of the guest house and moved into Daniel Zhang's home, and the relationship between the two developed by leaps and bounds.
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At that time, Mao Amin had a boyfriend in the Nanjing Frontline Song and Dance Troupe and was a guitarist. After falling in love with Daniel Zhang, Mao Amin broke up with the other party.
Daniel Zhang with Mao Amin
In the days of living with Daniel Zhang, Mao Amin was very virtuous: she got up in the morning to make breakfast, bought vegetables to cook, and even squeezed the toothpaste Daniel Zhang. There was a little dirt in the sink, and she had to wipe it clean.
At that time, the showbiz circle was not standardized, Mao Amin participated in the performance many times and could not get money, it was Daniel Zhang came forward to help her get the performance fee back.
In 1988, Mao Amin released the album "Miss". Among them, the original singer of the title song "Missing" is Fan Linlin, Daniel Zhang help Mao Amin to re-arrange and arrange the music, which is more suitable for Mao Amin's singing style.
Subsequently, Daniel Zhang created an album for Mao Amin, "Tianya Song Girl", which was also loved by fans.
Mao Amin sang the song "Missing" on the Spring Festival Evening of CCTV in 1988
At that time, Daniel Zhang was preparing to go abroad, and Mao Amin supported him to go out, saying that when the Daniel Zhang mixed well in the future, he would also take her out.
In 1989, Mao Amin began to become popular throughout the country, and in order to push her out, Daniel Zhang painstaking efforts.
When he helped Mao Amin make a costume, the designer said that Mao Amin's legs were short and long, suitable for wearing long skirts. So Daniel Zhang made a yellow and taupe dress for Mao Amin.
The back of Mao Amin's hand is relatively fat, and it is not beautiful to take the microphone, so Daniel Zhang bought her a decorative finger chain and put it on her fingers, so as to cover the back of her hand.
Daniel Zhang accompanied Mao Amin to Shanghai to perform, and stayed at Mao Amin's house for one night. Mao Amin's house is very narrow, and his brother and sister-in-law also live with them.
Mao Amin with his mother
At night Daniel Zhang opened a shop with Mao Amin's parents, and several cockroaches crawled around his face.
Just in 1989, the third sister of Daniel Zhang left the Yunnan Audio-Visual Publishing House, but she did not find a receiving unit in Beijing, so she rested at home and took care of the lives of Daniel Zhang and Mao Amin.
1989 was destined to be an eventful autumn, and in the autumn of that year, Mao Amin went to Harbin to perform in a cave and had an unpleasant quarrel with the organizers. So the media published the news that Mao Amin was asking for prices and evading taxes.
After that, Mao Amin was pushed to the cusp of public opinion, and the Nanjing Frontline Song and Dance Troupe punished her.
Daniel Zhang came to Nanjing with 240,000 cash and paid 237,400 yuan in taxes, and the matter was settled.
Daniel Zhang with Mao Amin
When paying the tax, in order to cooperate with the media reports, Daniel Zhang several cameras were set up at the door when the tax office climbed the steps. Mao Amin's father followed Daniel Zhang.
That night Daniel Zhang footage of climbing the steps appeared on the screen of CCTV's "News Network".
This tax storm was a huge impact on Mao Amin's career, and her performance was stopped. Daniel Zhang said to Mao Amin: You change careers, we will get married immediately.
But Mao Amin was unwilling and unwilling, and she felt that her career had not yet reached the ideal height.
When Mao Amin was most unhappy, an actress introduced her to a wealthy British businessman as a boyfriend, and Mao Amin did not agree, saying that she had a boyfriend. It can be seen that Mao Amin still has real feelings for Daniel Zhang.
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Mao Amin
Due to his bad mood, Mao Amin often stumbled with Daniel Zhang. Daniel Zhang realized more and more that Mao Amin was no longer the little singer who drifted north in the past, and he could no longer control her, so the rift between the two was getting bigger and bigger.
On December 10, 1989, Daniel Zhang visa to Australia came down, and Mao Amin received it from the postman. She cried as soon as she opened it. Daniel Zhang said: If you don't let me go, I won't go.
Mao Amin disagreed: No, you have to go, otherwise all your efforts will be in vain. Daniel Zhang told her: I'll go to the front of the fight and take you out when I have a firm foothold."
Mao Amin's mood was very complicated and contradictory, and he shed tears several times.
The next day, Daniel Zhang, accompanied by Mao Amin, went to the Wangfujing Department Store to buy a large suitcase.
Front row: Na Ying, back row from left: Xu Gehui, Cai Ming, Mao Amin, Song Dandan, Deng Jie
In early January 1990, Daniel Zhang flew to Australia. Before leaving, Mao Amin asked Daniel Zhang to help him save 100,000 yuan in the bank, divided into two accounts, Mao Amin's father 50,000 yuan and his mother 50,000 yuan.
But less than a week after Daniel Zhang went abroad, Mao Amin withdrew all the money.
Daniel Zhang did not propose to Mao Amin to break up after going abroad, and the two were still boyfriend and girlfriend.
Who knew that soon after Daniel Zhang left, Mao Amin moved all the things in the apartment to the dormitory of his unit, and even took away the hair dryer of the third sister of Daniel Zhang.
When Mao Amin asked someone to move the washing machine, the third sister of the Daniel Zhang said: I don't want anything else for my brother, but I can't wash my clothes with cold water in winter, the water is too cold, can you leave this washing machine for me? The washing machine was not moved away by Mao Amin.
Mao Amin's parents
Daniel Zhang when she arrived in Australia, she called Mao Amin again, but she did not answer. He wrote several more letters to Mao Amin, and Mao Amin did not reply. So Daniel Zhang called Mao Amin's father, and the other party coldly asked: What are you looking for her for?
Daniel Zhang said: She's my girlfriend and we didn't break up.
Father Mao replied: Tell you, you daydream! Daniel Zhang confused: How come when mao Amin just went abroad?
When I first arrived in Australia, Daniel Zhang to learn English at a language school, and soon the third sister sent Daniel Zhang a copy of the "Golden Shield" magazine, which contained a letter written by the third sister.
Daniel Zhang opened the Golden Shield magazine, which contained an appalling article titled "Mao Amin's Black-Hearted Boyfriend."
Mao Amin
The article reads: Daniel Zhang sold all of Mao Amin's family property worth more than 300,000 yuan, and even the Xiali car that he said he would leave for Mao Amin was sold into US dollars and taken away. Mao Amin wanted to cry without tears. He was gone, robbed mao amin of everything, and also robbed of her heart, and Mao Amin was in a desperate situation. She couldn't figure out how a person could be so ruthless and unrighteous, let alone have loved each other.
Daniel Zhang's blood rushed straight to his head, and he didn't know how there could be such an upside-down article. Daniel Zhang call Mao Amin's phone to confirm the whole thing to her, but her phone is never answered.
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Daniel Zhang called Mao Amin's unit, the General Political Song and Dance Troupe, and the other party said that she had moved out. At that time, there was no Internet, and ordinary people read the articles in the newspapers and thought it was the truth.
So the media frantically hyped up the fake news that Daniel Zhang defrauded Mao Amin of money, and in the eyes of the people, Daniel Zhang became a scumbag, a beam-jumping clown, and Chen Shimei.
Daniel Zhang with his mentor Wang Kun
Others wrote articles in newspapers and magazines to crusade against Daniel Zhang. Daniel Zhang's mentor Wang Kuntuo brought a message to Daniel Zhang, asking him to stand up and tell the truth.
But Daniel Zhang had just gone abroad and had a lot of things to deal with, so he didn't return home. So Daniel Zhang traced the source of this article and found that the article was written by an author surnamed Chen, and Chen was Mao Amin's current agent. All newspapers and magazines reprint Chen's articles.
The reason why they joined forces to concoct this article is to let Mao Amin win the sympathy of the public, divert public attention, and pave the way for Mao Amin's cause.
Daniel Zhang wrote a letter to Li Lu, a music editor and friend he shared with Mao Amin, and asked her to pass it on to Mao Amin. But Mao Amin also did not reply.
Daniel Zhang knew that his relationship with Mao Amin was completely broken, and his dream of taking Mao Amin to Australia to work together was shattered.
Mao Amin
What makes Daniel Zhang intolerable is that many Chinese media such as Australia's "Big World" have also reprinted Chen's articles. Daniel Zhang people around him thought he was a bad guy, and many of his performances were canceled.
Daniel Zhang found Australia's "New Paper" and told reporters: I hope those words were not said by Mao Amin himself, but for those newspapers and periodicals that publish Chen's articles, I will be held accountable.
Subsequently Daniel Zhang was interviewed by the New Paper, telling about his enmity and grudge with Mao Amin. Although The New Paper is Sydney's most widely circulated newspaper, it is far less influential than the domestic media.
In 1991, Mao Amin went to Hong Kong to perform and was interviewed by Sing Tao Daily. When the reporter mentioned the article that hurt Daniel Zhang, Mao Amin did not avoid it: I have neither been cheated by my boyfriend, nor have I been swept away by my boyfriend.
Daniel Zhang with Mao Amin
Mao Amin
Seeing this newspaper, Daniel Zhang tears, after all, he had once loved each other, and he suddenly had no resentment towards Mao Amin, and felt that she had said a truth with a conscience.
Daniel Zhang took a copy of the newspaper and sent it to Wang Kun and other friends, and he was finally relieved.
Daniel Zhang engaged in music and culture work in Australia and participates in the New Year's concert of the Chinese Embassy in Australia every year. Daniel Zhang also studied jazz music in Australia and is well known in the local Chinese community.
Daniel Zhang said: In fact, it is not easy for Chinese living overseas, and they cannot support themselves by making music. Usually Daniel Zhang work in a garment factory, working 38 hours a week, and the weekly salary after tax is $385.
He would get up at 5:30 every morning to catch the 6 o'clock train. When you get off the train, you have to reverse the tram and go to work on time at 7 o'clock. He often ate two slices of bread for breakfast on the train.
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Daniel Zhang with daughter
After working to earn some money, Daniel Zhang started making music again. In 1995, Daniel Zhang married to an Australian girl named Anne. Knowing that Daniel Zhang was a musician, Anne did not dislike it, because the musician was a substitute name for "Poor Showman" abroad.
After marriage, Daniel Zhang had a daughter with his wife named Hailan.
In Australia, Daniel Zhang family lives the most ordinary life. But the people there are not comparable, there is no vanity, Daniel Zhang life is not stressful, often participate in local performances.
In 2001, Ye Liyi and Qianbaihui came to Sydney to perform, and asked Daniel Zhang to be the receptionist. Daniel Zhang arranged their performances properly, and he began to take on the performance business.
In 2003, Daniel Zhang returned to domestic development. To his surprise, many people do not understand the truth and will Daniel Zhang as liars. Some authors still publish articles in the media scolding Daniel Zhang, saying that he has deceived Mao Amin into ruining his family.
From left: Daniel Zhang, Li Yanliang, Zheng Yang
Daniel Zhang came up with an album and went to contact someone, some people said that others were not good and did not want to cooperate with him, which made Daniel Zhang fall into deep confusion.
Some relatives, friends and acquaintances do not understand Daniel Zhang and will also Daniel Zhang as liars. As her daughter grows up day by day, how will she think of her father when she sees false news in the media in the future? Can Daniel Zhang a few words be clear?
Daniel Zhang went to find Mao Amin's agent, Chen Mou, and asked the other party why he sent such a fake article. Chen Mou avoided the heavy and said lightly: Don't mention the past things, people must look forward. He said it easily, but he didn't know how much hurt and pain he had brought to Daniel Zhang!
In this case, Daniel Zhang came up with the idea of writing a book. The purpose of his book was not to become famous or to make money, but to prove his innocence.
In 2004, Daniel Zhang's own book "The Beach Where My Ideal Ran aground" was published in China, but the impact was not great. Many people have not seen this book and still think that Daniel Zhang are liars.
Until now, some authors have published articles on online platforms and said that Daniel Zhang have defrauded Mao Amin's property.
Because of the poor development in China, Daniel Zhang returned to Australia in 2005.
Now Daniel Zhang family of three lives in Australia and lives the most ordinary life abroad.
Because of his age and the inconvenience of part-time work, Daniel Zhang later engaged in the metal materials trade in Australia and used the money earned to make music.
Since going abroad, Daniel Zhang have not seen Mao Amin again.
Daniel Zhang with Mao Amin
Mao Amin recent photo
In August 2022, Daniel Zhang was 60 years old. He hopes that one day, he will have the opportunity to sit with Mao Amin in the CCTV "Tell the Truth" column, in front of the national audience, to explain the grievances of that year, he wants to hear Mao Amin say "I'm sorry"!
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