At the 1992 "Top Ten Songs" award ceremony, Wireless specially invited Yu Zheng, director of Hong Kong Commercial Taiwan, as the guest of honor, yu Zheng said:
After all, he deserved to become the successor of the "God of Song" in the 1990s, Jacky Cheung.
It was also Yu Zheng's words that made Jacky Cheung the title of God of Song, and since then the crown of "God of Song" has been firmly worn on Jacky Cheung's head.
The Hong Kong music scene in the 1980s was truly a fairy fight, with Zhang Tan fighting for supremacy and then four kings, each of whom showed their abilities to create a Hong Kong entertainment boom.
However, now that the era of the four kings has come to an end, dawn has faded out of the entertainment industry and returned to the family, and Although Andy Lau and Aaron Kwok are still active, they both focus on movies.
Only Jacky Cheung has been singing for decades, and if anyone in China can be worthy of the word "god of song", Jacky Cheung must be well-deserved.
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Jacky Cheung was born in 1961 in an ordinary family in Hong Kong, but because Jacky Cheung's father was a crew member, he was at home for more than a month a year, and he was also addicted to gambling.
Therefore, the problem of education from an early age naturally falls on the mother's body, and the traditional Chinese family has always advocated the concept of "filial piety under the stick".
In order to make the child study well and go on the right path, Zhang Mu adopted the method of strict treatment, so "beating" became the most frequent method of Zhang Mu's discipline.
When he was a child, Jacky Cheung was very lively and active, and he could go to the house to uncover the tiles without playing for three days.
We can now look at his photos and can clearly see that there is a scar under his eyes, which is the consequence of Jacky Cheung's naughty mischief when he was a child.
That was still Jacky Cheung's second grade of primary school, when Hong Kong was popular in the film and television of sword and swordsman, Jacky Cheung and his cousin often found knives and sticks to imitate the scenes on TV.
But once the cousin danced the knife too carelessly, the knife was not held, only to listen to the sound of eh, Jacky Cheung should fall to the ground, the pain fainted.
After being discharged from the hospital, Jacky Cheung's face has since left a scar.
The naughty classmates in the class secretly gave Jacky Cheung a nickname, called "Knife Scar Friend".
This nickname has always accompanied Jacky Cheung's childhood, and even later when Jacky Cheung's career fell into a low period, some malicious media also made a big fuss about this scar.
However, this notorious troublemaker was very fond of singing, often practicing singing along with the record, and in high school he won second place in the school singing competition.
However, a poor family made it difficult for him to embark on the road of music, and after graduating from high school, in order to reduce the burden on his family, Jacky Cheung began to earn a living outside, working as a clerk and helping people to issue tickets.
A few years later, at the age of 23, Jacky Cheung participated in the first Hong Kong 18 District Amateur Singing Competition;
A song "Grace of the Earth" allowed him to successfully win the crown and then signed a contract with PolyGram Records to enter the music scene.
His debut album ,Smile, which had a hit of 200,000 copies in Hong Kong, won the Most Promising Newcomer Award at the 8th Golden Melody Awards for the Top 10 Chinese.
Overnight, Jacky Cheung's name spread through the streets of Hong Kong, and his music career rose to prominence.
Subsequent albums, Distant Her · "Amour" has achieved more proud results, not only the title song "Distant Her" has won the Top Ten Golden Melody Award
Another song, "Half Bend of the Moon", was also selected for the Top Ten Chinese Golden Melody Award.
The young man is ambitious and full of spirit.
Jacky Cheung, who has made small achievements in the music world, began to get involved in the film and television field, and after starring in his debut film "Thunderbolt Horn", he tasted the sweetness of acting, and then shot several films.
Career development is smooth, love also knocked on his door, in the first time as the male lead in the movie "Crazy Hearted Me" Jacky Cheung met his lifelong love - Luo Meiwei.
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At that time, the entertainment industry had a rule that artists were not allowed to disclose their relationships, and around 1987, when Tan Zhang's competition was white-hot, many singers' record sales plummeted because of the Tan Zhang's competition.
At that time, the newcomers in the music industry were all in danger, trying to run their own businesses, and they did not even dare to have scandals, let alone publicly announce their love affairs.
But they dare to walk on the road holding hands openly and let everyone witness their love.
At that time, Jacky Cheung was in the limelight directly approaching Zhang Guorong and Tan Yonglin, and many people regarded him as the "successor of the Heavenly King".
However, the good times did not last long, Jacky Cheung lost his way when he was full of ambition, and his career fell into a trough.
In 1988 he released the album Last Night in a Dream, and like the title of the album, his previous light seemed to be a dream.
Jacky Cheung, whose album has always been a best-seller, only sold more than 20,000 copies this time, and he did not win a single award at the major awards ceremonies of that year.
Jacky Cheung was hit hard in his record career, but this is just the beginning, luo Meiwei, who was supposed to be launched by the agency at that time, did not have a play next, and did not know why she lost the opportunity to leave the country.
Later, Jacky Cheung attended the commercial performance activities arranged by the company, but when Jacky Cheung took the stage, the audience actually booed collectively, and soon Jacky Cheung lost the opportunity for commercial performance.
There were no commercial performances, records could not be sold, Jacky Cheung began to have no income, and every day there was nothing to do, sullen and unhappy, in such a situation, Jacky Cheung tried to paralyze himself through alcohol.
He became a regular customer in the bar in Lan Kwai Fong Every day he was drunk, while his girlfriend Luo Meiwei quietly accompanied him and constantly encouraged and comforted him, and could not bear to see Jacky Cheung continue to decadence.
But Jacky Cheung was not only not moved, but also intensified, the heartbroken Luo Meiwei proposed to break up, but suffered from the double blow of career and feelings, Jacky Cheung lost the motivation to continue, almost every day to sink himself into drunkenness.
Later, Jacky Cheung once got drunk, and happened to be discovered by a fan and had a physical confrontation, which quickly became the headline at the time.
Many media even portray Jacky Cheung as beating up fans, the impact is very large, in the face of such negative news, Jacky Cheung not only did not change the vice of alcoholism.
Later, at a friend's wedding, he got drunk and made a big fuss about the wedding, which caused an extremely bad impact, and after this incident became the director's ridicule object in the later movie, Jacky Cheung's image plummeted.
Many tabloid reporters began to smear Jacky Cheung in order to attract people's attention, the most famous of which was the cake smashing incident at Mei Yanfang's birthday party.
At Mei Yanfang's birthday party, Jacky Cheung actually did not smash into Mei Yanfang's face, he just dipped some cake on his hand and drew a line on Mei Yanfang's face, but the media's report on this matter was a different look.
What is said Jacky Cheung is drunk and crazy, making a big fuss at Mei Yanfang's birthday party, smashing people with cakes, and as a result, this report has caused Jacky Cheung's reputation to fall to the lowest point in history, and even walking on the street will be scolded by others.
But this time is the real misunderstanding of Jacky Cheung, although later Jacky Cheung clarified many times, but the wall fell down the crowd pushed this matter let Jacky Cheung have a deep feeling
Why do so many people at the scene only say that he is making trouble?
He began to reflect, finally sobered up, not only began to quit drinking, but also picked up a career. Debuting as a singer, he decided to open the door of his new life from the movie, and in the movie "Carmen of Mong Kok", he played the role of a black fly.
Although he did not study acting, he portrayed this small character vividly, and with this role, Jacky Cheung won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 8th Hong Kong Film Awards.
This success doubled his self-confidence and he then returned to the music scene with the album "To My Dear", releasing the album "I Only Want to Love One Person in My Life" in the same year.
And this album also successfully made Jacky Cheung regain recognition, and then he spent nearly two years to recover Luo Meiwei, after experiencing setbacks, fame and fortune are no longer important to Jacky Cheung, and he began to deepen his career.
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After each performance, he would seriously solicit opinions from the relevant staff to check his gains and losses in the performance, and Jacky Cheung was lazy and never had the habit of writing a diary.
But now Jacky Cheung, even if he is tired and collapsed after each performance, he will definitely summarize the performance of the day and record it one by one, and in 1992, Aaron Kwok returned to Hong Kong to develop, and soon entered the music scene with Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau and Li Ming.
At that time, the "Oriental Daily" wrote an oil poem describing the Hong Kong music scene, which was seen by Zhang Yaorong, the "father of the concert" in Hong Kong, and collectively referred to Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau, Li Ming and Aaron Kwok as the four kings.
And has been widely accepted and recognized by all walks of life, since then Hong Kong's "four kings" dominate Asia, sweeping the Era of Hong Kong music scene has officially begun.
At this time, Jacky Cheung has never forgotten his original goal--- become a leader in the Hong Kong music scene.
At the 1992 "Ten Great Songs" Awards Ceremony, Wireless specially invited Yu Zheng, director of Hong Kong Commercial Taiwan, as the guest of honor, and officially Yu Zheng's words let Jacky Cheung be crowned with the title of God of Song, and since then the crown of the God of Song has been firmly worn on Jacky Cheung's head.
The following year, a song "Kiss Goodbye" made Jacky Cheung completely sealed, his thick voice and very infectious singing.
The entanglement and reluctance of the lost lover in the song are interpreted beautifully
"I kiss you goodbye in the deserted street, let the wind laugh I can't refuse"
Poignant melody, moving singing, countless people burst into tears, the album "Kiss Goodbye" sold well in many places, received more than 4 million copies of sales, as of 2003 it reached 25 million copies, Jacky Cheung has become a well-deserved singer.
After 10 years of long-distance running, Jacky Cheung decided to spend the rest of his life hand in hand with Luo Meiwei.
On February 15, 1996, the two registered their marriage in London, perhaps his love was not vigorous enough, but it was able to withstand the long river of years, and since then, his world has only loved a lifetime - wife and music, and the disturbances in the entertainment industry are no longer related to him.
His concert is still full, and even the fugitives do not hesitate to expose themselves just to listen to one of his concerts.
After the change of years, Jacky Cheung's music is still a classic that has never faded, and his singing voice has been engraved into the youth of several generations.
Nearly the age of flower armor, he is still singing and dancing on the stage and sweating recklessly, but there are always a few moments when we can feel the helplessness of the hero's twilight.
I sincerely hope that time can be slowed down a little, and then a little slower.