"You have never really left, you are always in my heart, you still have love for you, I can't do anything about myself."
In 2014, Li Zongsheng held the "Since Youth Can't Stay" concert.
When singing "When Love Is Past" with Lin Yilian, he couldn't help but burst into tears, and even choked up so much that he couldn't speak.
The first time we sang this song on the same stage was 20 years ago.
Twenty years have passed, everything has long been wrong, only Li Zongsheng's love has remained unchanged forever.
This song seems to sing about his mood after breaking up with Lin Yilian.
Even if the memory cannot be erased, love and hate are still in the bottom of the heart.
Not only Li Zongsheng is crazy about Lin Yilian, but even Chen Huihong, vice president of EMI Asia Pacific, has waited for her for 20 years, just to continue the frontier.
People can't help but wonder, what kind of charm does Lin Yilian have?
Lin Yilian is not a beauty, and even did not want to go out because of her mediocre appearance when she was a child.
In 1966, a girl was born in Hong Kong, and her father named her Lin Yilian.
Her name is also full of a love past.
His father has an ex-girlfriend named Ah Lian, who is also an irreplaceable "white moonlight" in his heart.
They love each other deeply, but for various reasons, the two eventually broke up.
Subsequently, Father Lin turned around and married Mother Lin.
After marriage, I still often think of Ah Lian, especially when Mother Lin was pregnant and gave birth to a daughter, and her thoughts had reached the extreme.
In order to commemorate the white moonlight in his heart, Father Lin named his child Lin Yilian.
Lin Yilian did not understand her father's approach after the fact, and based her "happiness" on her mother's pain.
She also did not understand why a mother could swallow her voice and tolerate the presence of her husband's ex in marriage.
Lin Yilian thinks that her mother is too "humble", and vowed to be a woman who occupies the initiative in love in the future.
She has a flat appearance, a flat nose, small eyes, short and a little fat.
Her father gave her the name "Ugly".
She herself often stared into the mirror and pondered: "Why did God close the door for me and block the window before leaving?" ”
With a mediocre appearance, she often felt inferior, and even dared not raise her head to look at people when she was in school.
"Thief's eyebrows and mouse eyes" has also become the most frequent word when classmates laugh at her.
Therefore, she did not dare to get along with people, and often hid in a corner alone, hating why she did not have a delicate face and perfect body.
At that time, no one knew that this ordinary looking girl would have an extremely extraordinary life in the future.
In 1982, 16-year-old Lin Yilian accompanied Xue to the second commercial station to test for DJ.
A dramatic scene begins: a classmate is unexpectedly dropped, and she is accepted by mistake.
In fact, this is also a reasonable thing.
Father Lin likes to play the erhu at home, and his mother is extremely accomplished in Shaoxing opera.
She was nurtured by her parents since she was a child and also has a certain understanding of music.
After entering the radio, she studied and worked part-time as a DJ.
In order to create her lively and gossipy image, the program team gave her a personalized stage name "June 11".
Six plus one plus one, equal to the "eight" of gossip.
On the radio, Lin Yilian met her first love affair, Chen Huihong.
Chen Huihong is also a commercial DJ, and two young and ignorant people have feelings for each other at work and confirm the relationship.
It's a pity that this relationship only lasted half a year.
Although the two broke up, fate did not end there.
In 1983, Lin Yilian sang the song "Crying in the Rain" in a radio performance.
After listening to this song, Xinli Music praised it as a rare sound for many years.
They immediately sent their agents to the radio station and threw an olive branch to Lin Yilian.
Lin Yilian thought that her opportunity had come, and she was gladly invited to join Xinli Records.
But the company did not find Lin Yilian's positioning,
This also led to her being pulled to film and television dramas before she released an album.
At that time, she also felt very puzzled: "Didn't you help me release a record?" How to shoot a film and television drama first. ”
But as long as there is money to be made, everything is the same.
In 1984, Lin Yilian and Leslie Cheung cooperated in the filming of the movie "Dragon, Phoenix Wisdom and Many Stars".
Because of this, she and Leslie Cheung became good friends.
It wasn't until 1985 that she released her first album.
At that time, the Japanese style was popular, and the company wanted to package Lin Yilian as a "Japanese beauty".
But Lin Yilian can't control this style at all,
On the album cover, she is topped with a "pineapple head", which looks particularly incongruous.
But style is only secondary, and the main thing is that her albums have also received mediocre response and sales are miserable.
On the shelves of record stores, her albums are pressed to the bottom.
This made Lin Yilian begin to doubt life: "I may really not be suitable for being a singer, but I might as well be a hairdresser." ”
Subsequently, she asked her boss to leave.
The boss felt that it was a pity for Lin Yilian to become a hairdresser, so he patiently persuaded her: "Let's try again, don't keep thinking about making salted fish, what if it succeeds?" Not this time, it's not too late for you to become a hairdresser. ”
The boss's words made her realize that no one else had given up on her, so why should she give up on herself?
As a result, she began to regain her confidence and devoted herself to the production of her second album with 200% enthusiasm.
The boss also arranged two capable men for her, "Dynasty Mahan".
One is the famous musician Xu Wish, and singers such as Jacky Cheung, Kwok Fucheng, Chen Xiaochun and Deng Ziqi are all his students.
The other is composer Lun Yongliang, who has composed widely circulated songs such as "Do You Know I'm Waiting for You".
Under the design of making a wish, Lin Yilian changed the previous "Japanese style", turned around and painted flaming red lips, looking particularly charming against the background of sexy clothes.
Her style has also been transformed from lyrical to dynamic by Lun Yongliang to match the shape designed by Wish.
When she appeared in front of the audience again, Lin Yilian had become a very feminine singer.
In 1987, she released the album "Grey" with a wholehearted image.
Within a few days of the album's release, it became a hit and was placed in the most prominent position on the shelf.
That year, the title song of her album "Grey" was as popular as Leslie Cheung's "Heartless Sleep" and Qi Qin's "About Winter".
Lin Yilian was 21 years old that year, and she finally became popular.
Her friend Leslie Cheung opened champagne for her to celebrate, and her boss also gave her great recognition for her success.
But the two happiest people are the wish to design her image and Lun Yongliang, who composed music for her.
Looking at Lin Yilian, who bloomed on the stage, both of them felt extremely proud in their hearts, as if she was their "greatest work".
Perhaps Lin Yilian bloomed too beautifully and movingly, and Wish and Lun Yongliang actually fell in love with her at the same time.
A "love triangle" unfolded without warning.
Compared with Lun Yongliang, Wish has spent more time with Lin Yilian as an image director, beauty finger, record producer, etc.
Therefore, he took the lead and smoothly came together with Lin Yilian.
And Lun Yongliang was not discouraged, withdrew from this "battle" knowingly, and turned around to become Lin Yilian's good confidant and good partner.
It is said that friends last longer than lovers, and the relationship between Lun Yongliang and Lin Yilian continues to this day, and they are still confidants who have nothing to talk about.
Lin also once joked with Lun Yongliang: "If I haven't married at the age of 64, then I will definitely marry you." ”
Lin Yilian did not delay her career because of love.
Beginning in 1998, in the next two years, she and Xu Wish, Lun Yongliang and several famous music producers successively released the "Urban Touch Trilogy".
The new musical style was quickly accepted by the public, which also meant that her career was once again on its peak.
She has established a position in the Hong Kong music scene with her trilogy, and successfully entered the ranks of first-line female singers, comparable to the strength of Ye Qianwen, Chen Huixian and Anita Mui.
A song "A Thousand Que Songs" has won Chen Huixian numerous awards, and Anita Mui's masterpiece "Intimate Lover" has been widely circulated to this day.
With songs such as "Dashing Away" and "Lover's Confidant", Ye Qianwen has been firmly on the throne of the "Top Ten Golden Songs Most Popular Female Singer Award" for 4 consecutive years.
Lin Yilian can successfully make a name for herself in the environment of "a hundred flowers competing for beauty", which shows how strong her skills are.
In 1990, Chen Huixian announced that she would quit the music scene to study in the United States, and Anita Mui also temporarily retired from the big screen after the "farewell concert".
The person who competed for Lin Yilian for a time was only Ye Qianwen in the same record company.
"Iron lung" Ye Qianwen has the support of Lin Zixiang, naturally more optimistic about the company, while Lin Yilian is "cold treatment".
Her boyfriend made a wish to see Lin Yilian's career stall and was indignant about it.
She should have had a better future and future.
He decided that since Hong Kong could not accommodate Lin Yilian, he would go to TW Province to find opportunities for his girlfriend.
He set off alone, and after landing, he first found Li Zongsheng of Rolling Stone Records, hoping that he could provide Lin Yilian with a platform for development.
At that time, Li Zongsheng already had well-known singers such as Zhou Chuanjian and Chen Shuhua under him.
He didn't want to train new people, so he declined the request to make a wish.
After making a wish to eat the closed-door soup, he set his sights on the skeet record of Rolling Stone Records.
With all his words, he finally helped Lin Yilian win an opportunity.
After Lin Yilian came to UFO Records, she did not disappoint the expectations of her boyfriend and UFO.
In 1990, she released the album "Falling in Love with a Man Who Won't Come Home".
The emotional loneliness and loneliness of urban men and women resonates with many women and makes them feel warm comfort.
In a short period of time, the total sales of this album in Asia have exceeded two million.
Lin Yilian "effortlessly" and once again made a name for herself in TW Province.
At the same time, Li Zongsheng also listened to the album.
That delicate and sad singing voice exudes rich emotions, which fascinates Li Zongsheng.
If you don't see anyone, hear them first.
Li Zongsheng had never seen Lin Yilian, and he was already intoxicated by her singing.
He regretted that he had turned him away at the beginning, and began to try his best to "pocket" the other party again.
It didn't take long for him to wait for his chance.
In 1992, director Chen Kaige invited Li Zongsheng to compose music for the movie "Overlord Farewell Ji".
Director Chen wants that kind of concise song, which blends with the tone of the whole movie.
At that time, Li Zongsheng was thinking about how to "fish" Lin Yilian to roll stones, so he composed the song "When Love Has Become a Thing of the Past".
This song did not match the style that Director Chen wanted, but under the persuasion of producer Xu Feng, he still adopted this song.
Subsequently, Li Zongsheng found Lin Yilian with this song and invited her to sing together.
It was their first encounter.
He was 34 and she was 26.
Lin Yilian is a typical type who has a soft spot for talents, she was deeply attracted by the song "When Love Is Past", and at the same time she was impressed by Li Zongsheng's talent.
She therefore terminated her contract with UFO Records and joined Rolling Stones.
Li Zongsheng also specially tailored the song "Don't Care Who I Am" for her as a meeting gift.
The two admire each other's talents and can feel the soul resonance together.
In 1994, Li Zongsheng planned to temporarily retire from the stage due to poor form.
He held a "farewell concert", and the special guest was Lin Yilian.
On stage, they sang "When Love Is Past" in an affectionate duet.
"Loving him is a difficult problem, it is dazzling."
This lyric is a true portrayal of Li Zongsheng's mood at that time.
He looked at Lin Yilian on the opposite side affectionately, and a man in his thirties covered his mouth and smiled like a shy child.
You can't hide if you like someone, probably that's it.
It was not a taste to make a wish sitting in the audience, and Li Zongsheng's wife Zhu Weiyin also sat down and watched the two look at each other affectionately on the stage.
After the concert, scandals about Lin Yilian hit the ground.
She was dubbed a "third party",
Due to the disturbance, Lin Yilian went to Canada to recuperate.
After Li Zongsheng heard the news, he also chased after it.
It is said that Li waited downstairs in the rain all night, and used this as inspiration to compose the song "For You and Me Blowing by the Cold Wind".
What about loving while you're young?
After making a wish to see the affection between the two, he silently withdrew.
In 1997, Li Zongsheng and his wife Zhu Weiyin divorced.
Many people feel sorry for Zhu Weiyin, but she is very open-minded: "There is no point in continuing this marriage, Li and I are responsible for the breakdown of feelings, and it is good for each other to be relieved early." ”
"In the past, people called me Mrs. Li and said that I was the eldest brother's woman, but now I can finally be myself when I get divorced."
When asked if she hated Lin Yilian, she only said lightly: "I don't blame her." ”
Lin Yilian, who has been infamous for 3 years, can finally stand by Li Zongsheng's side justifiably.
In February 1998, the two held a wedding in Canada.
At that time, Lin was already pregnant with the crystallization of their love.
Maybe love and marriage are not the same thing,
Love is a vigorous storm, and marriage is a chicken and dog after a storm.
After getting married, the two collaborated less and less.
Since Lin Yilian left Rolling Stone Records in 00, the end of their marriage seems to have been foreshadowed.
In 2004, Li Zongsheng issued a statement on the divorce of the two, followed by Lin Yilian.
It is not difficult to see from Lee's statement that his words still love her.
This love, which was once talked about by the world, ended in divorce.
But the sequelae of lost love are only beginning to be staged at this moment.
In 2005, Lin Yilian returned to Hong Kong and joined EMI Records.
She released the album "Night", and on the cover she is still charming and looks in excellent shape.
Coincidentally, her first love, Chen Huihong, was the vice president of EMI Records Asia Pacific at the time.
The two met unexpectedly, and after 20 years, the fire of love was ignited again.
They continued their relationship, but the relationship lasted just over a year.
In 2006, the two announced their split.
As for what reason, we do not know.
After the breakup, some media photographed Chen Huihong getting drunk alone in a bar, and revealed the truth: "I can wait for her for another 20 years." ”
It's rare to be so affectionate.
When he was still drunk for love, Lin Yilian had turned her grief and anger into strength and put all her mind into her career.
In 2011, 45-year-old Lin Yilian met Gong Shuoliang, who was 11 years younger than her.
The two developed feelings for work and came together.
Their love run lasted for 8 years, but they still did not stick to the end.
In 2019, Lin Yilian posted that the two had broken up peacefully.
Her feelings were vigorous, which was in sharp contrast to Li Zongsheng's coldness on the other side.
After the divorce, Li seemed to be caught in an emotional vortex.
In 2008, at a Lantern Festival literary and art party, he generously admitted: "I have worked with many female singers, but the only one who fascinates me the most is Lin Yilian." ”
He reminisced in that relationship,
Perhaps after the divorce, I found out that Lin Yilian is like "tea", and it has a charm and evocative taste when you taste it carefully.
In 2014, he held the "Since Youth Can't Stay" concert.
On the stage where everyone was watching, he and Lin Yilian sang the song of affection across the air.
"I still have love for you, and I can't do anything about myself."
Deep in love, he couldn't control his emotions and burst into tears.
When he wrote this song, he never expected that the lyrics were written about his own experience.
"My lyrics are clear, but my emotions are vague," he says. ”
That vigorous love eventually disappeared into the dust.
In fact, Lin Yilian also missed this relationship.
In 2015, the two were invited to an event in Shanghai at the same time.
Although not on the same stage,
But Lin Yilian, as the finale guest, chose to sing the song "Cold Wind for You and Me" composed for her by Li Zongsheng in the rain.
"I wish I would let go of the past, forget how beautiful the past was, and not hope that there would be compassion at the end of the day, although I used to think so..."
Singing and singing, his face was covered with tears.
Perhaps the unhappiness of the past has long disappeared, leaving only the good times together.
But they all understand that after the relationship cracks, they can never go back to the past.
Although separation has become a foregone conclusion, when I look back, I still retain that innocent tenderness for each other.
Gratitude for the encounter may also be respect for this relationship.
Lin Yilian came into contact with music at the age of 16 and became a blockbuster after experiencing many difficulties, becoming the soul of the Chinese music scene.
She is like a woman who can maintain her innocence and gentleness after going through vicissitudes.
This is not only reflected in her songs, but also in her feelings.
Whether it is the youth and ignorance of her first love, or the secret feelings in the workplace, she cherishes every encounter.
Whether the result is good or bad, at least she is happy when she enjoys the process.
Generously accept love, but also face the breakup calmly, this is special her, special Lin Yilian.