"If it wasn't for my cover, he wouldn't have become a star, and without me, he would never have had the traffic and heat he has today."
On August 31, some media intercepted a speech of "Rising Sun Masculinity" Wang Xu in the live broadcast room, which attracted heated discussion.
Wang Xu also said that even if someone asked him to sing "In the Spring", he would not sing it again, because he did not want to do publicity for others.
This "other" is undoubtedly Wang Feng.
Although Wang Xu then appeared at the bottom of the video, he angrily rebuked: "I have saved your video of creating rumors and confusing the public as evidence, and the legal responsibility arising therefrom will be fully borne by you!" ”
But his grudge with Wang Feng was a fact.
In 2011, a complaint by Wang Feng led to a downward spiral in the development of rising sun masculinity.
But the decline of the masculine sun really all resents Wang Feng?
01
"In the Spring" can turn red in the masculine hands of the rising sun, which has a lot to do with their past experiences.
Before becoming "rising sun masculine", one of them was a brick mover and the other was a wandering singer in the underground passage.
Both came from poor families.
Lead singer Wang Xu was born in Shangqiu, Henan in 1966.
His father was a worker in an airplane factory and his mother was a teacher on the farm.
After Wang Xu was born, he was in time for a bad harvest, and the family ate the last meal without eating.
Struggling to survive in an earthen house that leaks wind on all sides.
The hemp rope is dedicated to picking the details, and the bad luck is specifically looking for the bitter person.
When Wang Xu was 4 years old, his life was not easy to get better.
But my father became ill and gave up.
Only the mother was left to pull their three children to grow up.
Fortunately, Wang Xu's mother was very sensible,
After learning of Wang Xu's interest in music, she expressed her strong support.
Although he could not afford a professional teacher for his son, he bought him many related books.
With a musical dream,
Wang Xu went to the provincial city to participate in the competition,
He has also played with different bands.
But it has never been famous.
However, with the personality of the young man who chases the dream of literature and art, he has captured the heart of Wang Lanzhi, a girl from the same village.
In the spring breeze, the smell of love is permeated.
At that time, love was still very innocent, not mixed with a little substance.
The young girl firmly believes that love can drink water and full,
Despite his parents' opposition, he insisted on marrying Wang Xu, who was poor and white.
The two were naked.
No weddings, no feasts,
After receiving the permit, the two lived together.
It didn't take long for Wang Lanzhi to taste the bitterness of love.
Wang Xu did not have a serious job, and the money he earned was not enough to spend on music.
Especially after the birth of the child, the family is even more unable to make ends meet.
But Wang Xu did not bear the burden of supporting his family because of this.
He handed over the child to his wife and dreamed of soaring music.
In 1990, Wang Xu said to Wang Lanzhi: I want to go to the county seat to play music.
Wang Lanzhi certainly did not agree.
He's gone, what about the child?
What about this home?
But Wang Xu obviously couldn't take care of that much.
"Ranji, I'm sorry for you, I'll go crazy if I stay trapped here, I'll go to the show, and the family and son will be handed over to you."
His heart is only his own music, his own dreams.
He left a note for his wife,
Pat your ass and go to the county seat,
I didn't know if my wife would go crazy.
Dreams can't be eaten.
Wang Xu performed outside, a 1 yuan 5 cents.
Reality snapped at him in the face.
The only remaining self-esteem left him with no face to contact his wife.
For 3 years, he did not hear a word from his wife.
Wang Lanzhi alone shouldered the burden of supporting his family.
Three years later, Wang Xu, who had gathered enough 2,000 yuan, quietly returned home.
Such an irresponsible man on the stall, Wang Lanzhi has complained, hated, and even had a kind of despair wrapped around his heart.
But look at young children, old parents,
She still gritted her teeth and walked towards the path she had chosen,
After several years of hard work, she quickly aged and lost the beautiful appearance of the past.
Looking like the wife of an authentic peasant woman,
Wang Xu's little guilt finally came to mind.
He took his wife's hand and confessed, "Ranji, I will never go again, I will be on the farm and farm with you." ”
However, it was stable for a few years.
The 35-year-old Wang Xu once again moved his mind to go to Beijing to find his dreams.
Because he saw the news that Man Wenjun moved the music scene with a song called "Understand You".
Also from the grassroots, the two will have such a big gap.
Wang Xu felt that it was a problem with the platform.
I should not be limited to a small county, but should go to a wider world.
Wang Lanzhi couldn't stop him, and he didn't know how to stop him.
She silently shed tears and steamed a cage of flower rolls for Wang Xu,
Then watch his figure gradually become a black spot, disappearing into the invisible distance.
02
On Wang Xu's way to Beijing, Liu Gang had been waiting for a long time.
Liu Gang's parents are farmers,
Feed on the sky and harvest grain on the ground.
Unwilling to repeat the fate of his parents, Liu Gang grew up and became a soldier.
By coincidence, Liu Gang came into contact with the guitar and opened the door to music.
After retiring from the army, Liu Gang was alone and came to the metropolis of Beijing.
Here, high-rise buildings are lined up one after another, and countless dream-chasing youths shuttle through them.
Liu Gang is also one of them.
He carried a guitar and held on to his musical dreams in the underground passage.
This stay is 6 years.
The people who were selling singing with him came and went,
I can't count how many faces have changed.
Only he stubbornly stayed here.
Wait for that glimmer of hope.
Until one day, Wang Xu, who came to the underground passage to sell songs, met him.
Fate is sometimes so magical.
The difference between the two people is 15 years old, and their life experiences are also different.
This makes an intersection.
In the underground passage, they talked about each other's musical dreams.
He was soon introduced as a confidant and a brother.
On the same day, Wang Xu took Liu Gang back to his rented house.
In order to entertain the good brother who just recognized.
Wang Xu took out the only remaining pot in the family and sold it for 3 yuan in exchange for a pocket of steamed buns.
The two of them sat in a small, dimly lit rental house.
While nibbling on the buns, we chatted about the future.
Faith, which had been withered, was rejuvenated by the presence of another person.
On days when there was no hope in sight, they became each other's spiritual pillars.
Support each other and motivate each other.
In the crowded underground passageway, the dream of music is pursued over and over again.
They have sung many celebrity songs, but their favorite is Wang Feng's "In The Spring".
The popularity of this song is not very high, but the lyrics hit the hearts of the two perfectly.
"I remember the spring many years ago
I hadn't cut my long hair yet
No credit card and no her
Home without 24 hour hot water
But I was so happy
Although there is only a broken wood guitar
On the street, under the bridge, in the field
Sing the song that no one cares about
If one day I have nothing to rely on
Please leave me in that time
If one day I quietly leave
Please bury me in this spring
Remember those lonely springs
I hadn't had a beard yet
No Valentine's Day and no gifts
Without my cute little princess
But I don't think it's that bad
Although I only have fantasies about love
In the early morning at night in the wind
Sing the song that no one cares about
Maybe one day I'll be left alone
Please leave me in that time
If one day I quietly leave
Please bury me in this spring
In the spring
Gaze at the spring of the moment
It's still as warm as it was then
I cut off my long hair and grew a beard
All the pain of the past is gone with the wind
But I felt so sad
The years left me with deeper confusion
In this sunny spring
My tears couldn't help but flow
Maybe one day I'll be left alone
Please leave me in that time
If one day I quietly leave
Please bury me in this spring
If one day I have nothing to rely on
Please leave me in this spring
If one day I quietly leave
Please bury me in this spring
In the spring"
They roared their reluctance in song, longing for the day when spring could really come.
In 2010, the technology of the Internet has developed rapidly.
When the two sang this song, the friends who were traveling together were deeply moved by their singing,
I couldn't help but post the recording on the Internet.
No one expected that it was this casual shot that the two really ushered in the spring.
The pixels of the video are very scummy, but they still can't stop the screams in their songs.
This cry hit the hearts of countless migrant workers who were wandering outside.
When they woke up, their song was on fire.
The outside of the rental house of the two people was crowded with people who came to visit,
Countless media outlets want to interview them.
Someone described their "In the Spring"
"There is no dazzling stage, no gorgeous singing voice, square inches, a table full of wine, shirtless peasant worker brothers roared out about the grandeur of life, youth is safe? The feelings in this time are not bright or desolate. This scene, this situation, this moment, theirs, yours, our youth has long since gone nowhere. One day if we are old and helpless, there will be a moment when we may quietly leave, please leave this memory of love, the confusion of life, the thought of fate, and me, buried in this devastated spring, just like the dumb voice and the song under the tears. There is always a force that makes us stop worrying, there is always a touch that makes us have the courage to cry. ”
The rising sun is masculine, and this is the birth!
03
Gone are the days of nibbling on steamed buns in cold water.
This is the first time that the rising sun has tasted the taste of bursting red.
Their stories were widely circulated, and their songs were competed with each other.
Even Wang Feng, the original singer of "In the Spring", is close to them.
In 2010, they were invited to attend the Shanghai station of the "2010 Blooming Rock Heroes Concert", and performed on the same stage with professional singers such as Wang Feng, Luo Dayou and Zheng Jun, winning a round of applause.
Before, they didn't dare to dream of such a big stage.
There will be more than 80,000 spectators coming to listen to their music.
However, this is only the beginning.
In 2011, with the help of the stage of the "Walk of Fame", they got the ticket to the Spring Festival Gala.
At the moment of standing on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, both of them could not suppress their trembling hands.
The place where they used to sing was not far from the princess's grave.
The distance of a few hundred meters is like a heavenly graben,
But now, it's already within reach.
Their songs spread to thousands of households with the ringing of the New Year's bells,
The two became representatives of the grassroots counterattack and were pushed to the altar.
Money began to swell with fame.
Their commercial performances even offered a sky-high price of 20 million.
In less than half a year, the two bought luxury cars and mansions.
Draught does not forget the well digger.
The achievements of the two can have today's achievements have a great relationship with Wang Feng's "In the Spring".
But their limelight not only covered Wang Feng fiercely,
He also had a lot of dislike for him as a "well digger".
He relied on his original song to earn gold, but did not show the slightest expression.
Wang Feng was furious and sued Rising Sun Yang Gang in court.
The two sides slapped and scattered, facing the court.
Rising Sun Yanggang felt that Wang Feng was "not righteous enough" and turned his face and did not recognize anyone.
But the copyright of the song is in Wang Feng's hands.
In February 2011, Wang Feng published the article "About the <春天里>Story That Had to Be Said",
Strictly forbidding the rising sun to sing "In the Spring" again,
Commercial performances are not allowed, nor are public welfare activities.
"For the masculinity of the rising sun, the psychology of helping them in the first place, and the hope I placed on them, these are all true. But sometimes your tolerance will become the fearless dependence of others. This is not just my personal interest, for the company, they are indeed infringing. ”
Wang Feng's sudden "change of face" really caught The Rising Sun Masculine off guard.
After becoming popular, they did not fail to try to convert the style,
But every time I sang another song, I would be interrupted by the audience, "Sing "In the Spring!"! ”
Even the organizers who invited them demanded that they must sing "In the Spring."
No one can live with money.
Seeing that Wang Feng did not think too much at first,
The two of them ate the old Ben in a dignified manner.
It wasn't until they were woken up by Wang Feng's "stick" that they suddenly found out:
They have nothing but "In the Spring"!
More deadly, there was also a crisis within them.
Ma Yun once said: Don't do business with friends!
In fact, it is also suitable for the combination.
From mizuki years to the miracle of jiuyue, how many combinations have fallen apart due to uneven distribution.
Because the division of labor is often not too clear when cooperating, the supervision between each other is also vague.
Even the husband and wife file of the Nine Moon Miracle did not last,
Not to mention the rising sun masculinity of the halfway partnership.
As the money became more and more earned, the contradiction between the two became more and more acute.
Liu Gang invited his friend Li Dong to act as an agent, taking full responsibility for the announcement and business.
After Wang Xu learned about it, he was naturally dissatisfied.
So without a word, he pulled his cousin Wang Rong to join,
And asked Wang Rong's salary and treatment to be the same as Li Dong.com.
A combination of two brokers.
At that time, there were rumors that two people were going to disband.
Although both made denials.
But then they shared the stage less and less frequently,
Also signed separately in different music companies,
The style and route are also very different.
The masculine sun has gradually changed its taste, and their decline is beginning to be inevitable.
After Wang Feng cut off their financial road, Liu Gang personally cut off his own back road.
04
In 2012, when Liu Gang was driving a luxury car home, he clashed with an elderly man passing by.
Because the old man's slow action stalled the road of Liu Gang's departure,
The two sides rose from verbal conflict to even to behavioral conflict.
Liu Gang, who was already bored, was full of anger and turned around and took out an iron rod from the trunk.
Celebrities, luxury cars meet the elderly.
Liu Gang was suddenly scolded on the hot search.
Despite his repeated arguments, he said he had nothing to do with the matter.
"The so-called Weibo revelations of the so-called 'FangFang is a villain' are exaggerations and slanders against me out of nothing. After I got out of the car, I didn't take any iron rods from the trunk to use force. If my quality is poor, I can't beat the old man! Liu Gang, a member of the so-called 'Rising Sun Masculine', was exposed to driving a luxury car and beating the elderly with weapons, which was purely out of nothing. If I really hit the old man, can the police station in Beijing not arrest me? ”
But I think of his evil deeds of blocking license plates and running red lights many times.
Netizens still slipped a cigarette and stood on the side of the old man.
After this scandal, the rising sun masculine almost wiped out the good feelings of the past.
They wrote several songs in a vain attempt to save themselves, but there was no splash.
In the end, the rising sun just shot and scattered.
Wang Xu returned to his hometown in Henan,
Liu Gang continued to stick to his musical dreams in Beijing.
He hooked up with music producer Gao Jin.
Gao Jin graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music and is very talented.
He once created "My Name is Xiao Shenyang" for Xiao Shenyang, which was popular all over the country.
He has also created many works such as "My Good Brother" and "Just Met You", all of which have good results.
With his help, Liu Gang made a small fire with "Missing Youth",
But soon there was silence again.
But in general, it is much better than the old partner Wang Xu.
After returning to Henan, Wang Xu tried to shoot a short video,
But the traffic is average.
He's also going to take on commercial performances.
Compared to the previous start of 10,000, his current appearance fee is only double digits.
Faced with the successive blows of reality, the two tried to fit together.
I wanted to sell a wave of feelings, but few people bought it.
The spring that belongs to them is fleeting,
Few people know them now.
In 2022, Wang Xu returned to his old business and moved bricks at the construction site.
In the video, he wears a yellow hard hat and pushes the cart with difficulty, sweat soaking the neckline.
But he said with a text, "You can eat five steamed buns in a bag of squeezed vegetables, and you can also eat a plate of rice in one bite. ”
There is no word-for-word rendering, but it is full of indescribable bitterness.
In the live broadcast, someone coaxed Wang Xu to sing "In the Spring" again.
His gaze swept faintly, without words.
At the end of the live broadcast, he sang the next song "Farewell",
The masculine splendor of the rising sun is still left in the past of spring,
After experiencing popularity, inflation, defendant, dissolution,
Wang Xu finally gave up the toss,
Back to his wife and children.
Just as after all the splendor has passed, there will be a return to calm.
epilogue
The masculine explosion of the rising sun is accidental, and loneliness is inevitable.
After all, sympathy is not an indefinite check, but a steady effort is the way back.
Grassroots counterattack is a great opportunity,
But they are indulged in the prosperity of fame and fortune, and they do not want to make progress,
Without a work based on it, how can we aspire to a long-term foothold.
At the beginning, the audience was willing to praise them because of their insistence on music and their sincerity to life.
But when these fade a little bit,
The decline of the masculine sun has also been warned.
Looking back at the singers in the music world, no one can rely on a song to mix for a lifetime,
Not to mention that they just rely on other people's songs to cover them.
Because without Wang Feng, there would be no rising sun masculinity; And without the masculine sun, Wang Feng is still Wang Feng.
Popularity depends on luck, and long red depends on strength.
Instead of complaining about others, it is better to improve yourself.