Recently, some archaeological music videos were brushed on social media, which are about the singing clips of the wooden boat folk song restaurant in the early years. For example, zhang Huimei, Chen Jieyi, Xu Meijing and other singers, although there is only a simple accompaniment, and the sound quality is slightly rough, it is obvious that the singing of these old singers is really not comparable to today's singers. Especially when I heard Xu Meijing singing a song "Regret", I was hit instantly, this sound is so good, the so-called natural sound, probably like this!
Of course, it is not the first time I have listened to Xu Meijing's singing, and her songs such as "Moonlight in the City" and "The Sunshine Is Always After the Wind and Rain" are popular among the people, but maybe when I listened to it, I was still young, I didn't know that her voice was so moving, and now I understand, it is simply amazing!
In stark contrast, I only saw some articles on the Internet last month, saying that Tianhou Xu Meijing also wanted to take the live broadcast of this comeback, opened an account on social media, and sang the first live broadcast, but at most there were only 30 people watching online at most, and the recorded video was only played hundreds of times.
Such a dismal popularity made her almost collapse, and then she cancelled her account and disappeared from the public's vision again.
Time forward 2 years, in August 2019, I remember that Xu Meijing caused a burst of attention at that time, because some netizens photographed her "selling songs" on the streets of Singapore. She wore a red costume, a suitcase, and a stereo that had previously appeared on stage, and sang the song "The Sunshine Is Always After the Wind and Rain" to passers-by.
And the most touching thing is not that Tianhou "sells and sings" on the street, but that she also deliberately erects a sign on it, which is written in Chinese and English:
And further ahead, it is the news that Xu Meijing has been rumored for many years about schizophrenia and the hotel...
How did the former generation of Chinese divas end up in the second half of their lives? Her natural voice has healed countless people, but in the end she has not been able to heal herself, which is lamentable!
Looking back on Xu Meijing's acting life, success and loneliness are closely related to a name, he is Chen Jiaming, who is known as "Singapore Lee Chongsheng".
In the Chinese music scene of the 20th century, behind almost every diva singer, there was a godfather-level music producer. And the person behind Xu Meijing is Chen Jiaming. It cannot be denied that Chen Jiaming is indeed a very talented musician, it is he who discovered Xu Meijing and single-handedly pushed her to the position of Chinese diva. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is "Singapore Li Zongsheng", in addition to the musical aspect, the emotional aspect of the female singer", but also has a fight with The Godfather Li.
But Xu Meijing obviously did not have the good luck of Lin Yilian, Lin Yilian at least let Li Zongsheng give up his family and marry her, and became Mrs. Li for several years; and Xu Meijing, throughout her life, also lived under the deception of Chen Jiaming, did not get a day's fame, and finally became depressed and ruined the second half of her life...
In 1993, 19-year-old Hui Meifeng (Hui Meijing's original name) participated in the Singapore "Looking for a Superstar" singing competition and was discovered, and signed a contract with Jiahe Records, thus starting a musical cooperation with Chen Jiaming. The first time Chen Jiaming heard her singing, it was like a treasure, and Xu Meijing also had great trust in Chen Jiaming, who was 10 years older than herself, and regarded him as a mentor and confidant.
Chen Jiaming already had a family at that time, his wife was the editor-in-chief of a well-known magazine, and in the process of creating Xu Meijing, he also took his wife to meet the singer. Ironically, the name Xu Meijing was changed at the suggestion of Mrs. Chen Jiaming, because she had a quiet personality and used "Meijing" more in line with her temperament than "Meifeng". Mrs. Chen must not have imagined that this female singer, who was named by her, would stage a triangular emotional farce with them for many years in the future.
In 1994, Xu Meijing's first album "Ming Know", tailor-made by Chen Jiaming, was released, which included a song of the same name,"Ming Know", and the lyrics were co-written by Xu Meijing and Chen Jiaming. The "Ming" in "Knowing" refers to Chen Jiaming, because in Xu Meijing's heart, only Chen Jiaming in this world knows Xu Meijing best. Chen Jiaming said this in the album copy: Innate neuroticism, teaching people to love and pity; her voice is like a pair of hands, gently grasping your heart, making people want to cry.
Although this record was only released in Singapore and did not have much influence in the Chinese music scene, it did not escape the keen eyes of one person, who was the godfather of Chinese, Li Zongsheng. Li Zongsheng did not allow such a good voice to flow outside, he wanted to incorporate it into the Rolling Stones and build it himself.
Between the real Li Zongsheng and the "Singapore Li Zongsheng", Xu Meijing did not waver, and she stuck to Chen Jiaming's side. I don't know how many singers (especially newcomer singers) can say no to Li Zongsheng, and Xu Meijing is the only one I know. From this point, it was vaguely seen that Xu Meijing had already decided to hang herself on the tree of Chen Jiaming in this life.
Xu Meijing joined Shanghua Records with Chen Jiaming and released two albums in 1996, "Regrets" and "All Night Returns". These two albums can be described as classics, Chen Jiaming carefully created her "Regret", "Moonlight in the City", "The Sunshine Is Always After the Wind and Rain", "All Are Night Returns" and other first golden songs, which pushed the fledgling Xu Meijing to the height of the Queen of Heaven.
At that time, in the Hong Kong and Taiwan music scene, the female singer was when Faye Wong was in charge, and the rise of Xu Meijing, many people often compared her to Faye Wong, and the sales of records even suppressed Faye Wong, Lin Yilian and Zheng Xiuwen and other divas, which showed the fierce momentum and was awarded the title of "Tianhou Killer". Musician Xu Changde once commented: "This is another Faye Wong! ”
At that time, in Shanghua Records, Xu Meijing, Xu Ruyun, Qi Qin, and Xiong Tianping, collectively known as the "Two Kings and Two Queens", were proud of the existence of the Chinese music scene.
Originally, I thought that Xu Meijing's tianhou road had a promising future, but a love word buried hidden dangers for her. Because of the long-term cooperation with Chen Jiaming and the long-term love, Chen Jiaming said that he would divorce his wife, but his hopes were disappointed again and again. A diva who is a third party can ensure that the career will not be overturned? Obviously unlikely.
A few years later, Chen Jiaming did not divorce, but proposed to end this extramarital relationship with Xu Meijing. Immediately afterward, Xu Meijing discovered that her female assistant had an ambiguous relationship with Chen Jiaming. After she learned the truth, the female assistant committed suicide...
After experiencing this dog-blood four-corner farce, Xu Meijing almost collapsed, and she left Chen Jiaming. She had no intention of career, and she also faded out of the music scene.
Later, she fell in love with a "little fresh meat" singer Yuan Yaofa, who was 8 years younger than her, and the two were very different in age and status, but the other's care and consideration filled Xu Meijing's broken and empty heart, so they came together. However, this situation did not last long, because the man's career was not smooth, and later they began to have frequent conflicts between them.
The most fatal thing was that Chen Jiaming called her at this time, saying that he had divorced and asked her to return to Singapore. Xu Meijing made another extremely wrong decision, and she did not hesitate to abandon Yuan Yaofa and rush to Chen Jiaming. The result of rushing to chen jiaming is not divorced, purely because he does not want Xu Meijing to be good with others. Xu Meijing, who was deceived, wanted to return to Yuan Yaofa's side, but the other party told her on the phone: I don't want to see you again in my life!
Xu Meijing may be really crazy after experiencing this round of deception and blows. Then came the news of the hotel in 2006, when she was taken away by the police for suspected mental problems.
But some people said that at that time, Xu Meijing's "call me god" was not crazy for no reason, but there was a verbal dispute with a tourist, and later in the face of the hotel's mediation, he was dissatisfied, saying that the other party was a customer, I was also a customer, the other party was God, I was also God, and then angrily came the "call me god", which did not seem to be too much of a problem. Just through this incident, we can feel that Xu Meijing has changed from the original quiet as water girl to a grumpy woman with an uncertain temperament, and such a change is, of course, caused by a series of emotional blows before.
From being said to be schizophrenic in 2006 to selling street singing for help in 2019, during which Xu Meijing experienced nothing to know, whether her family really forcibly took her to the hospital for family property, or whether she really suffered from intermittent schizophrenia? Even if it is the latter, it is not unusual, how many weak women in the world can withstand such spiritual ravages without going crazy?
Success is also Chen Jiaming, defeat is also Chen Jiaming! Just such a natural singer who competed with Faye Wong, a song of the times who refused Li Zongsheng outside the door, after a short period of glory, his life was so stormy, how could he not make people sigh! Sure enough, it was a capital "regret"!
The sunshine is always after the wind and rain, and it is rare to be beautiful and quiet in the world! To this day, such a song is still singing warmly, and when will the sunshine that belongs to her come?