He is a veritable evergreen in the music world, and his singing style is both tough and domineering.
He and his wife are a typical "model star couple" in the entertainment industry, he is the military singer Jiang Tao.
From a railway worker to a singer who is popular all over the country, Jiang Tao has experienced many tribulations, and he can walk through decades of wind and rain with his wife, and Jiang Tao is a perfectly good man.
He even took his remarried mother back to his side after becoming popular, which was very filial piety.
Now 54 years old, Jiang Tao, how is his life?
01.
On October 26, 1967, Jiang Tao was born in the beautiful and rich Qingdao, Shandong Province, with a family of five people.
Jiang Tao, as the elder in the family, also has older brothers and sisters, Jiang Tao's family is ordinary, his father is a worker who has been squatting on the railway line for many years, and his mother works in a textile factory.
In order to maintain the family's life, the parents are frugal, Jiang Tao and his brothers and sisters live, or the area of less than 10 square meters of small houses.
When he was a child, Jiang Tao rarely played marbles and played picture films with other children, often hiding at home alone and listening to Peking Opera on the radio.
At that time, Jiang Tao's obsession with various music had reached the point where he could not go out for a day.
For the little friend to spread joy outside the door, Jiang Tao did not have any interest in hearing it.
Even when he was in kindergarten, Jiang Tao could already sing model plays.
At that time, Jiang Tao's parents were very enlightened, and the two couples were very supportive of the music that their son liked.
Although the family conditions are not very good, his parents still desperately sent him to an interest class to learn to sing and play musical instruments for Jiang Tao's hobbies.
Since then, at the age of primary school, Jiang Tao has been an active literary and artistic element in the class.
Soon in the third grade, Jiang Tao was selected to enter the Qingdao Children's Palace, and with his good singing skills, Jiang Tao served as the lead singer in the team.
In his spare time, Jiang Tao also learns to dance and play musical instruments.
But when Jiang Tao was in the fourth grade, there was a crack in the relationship between his father and mother.
Amid growing quarrels, the two chose to divorce.
So Jiang Tao meant that he had to be separated from his brother and sister, and eventually his mother left the house with his brother, and his father took his sister and Jiang Tao to continue living.
Although his mother's departure has reduced the family's income by half, and life is relatively tighter than before, his father still fully supports Jiang Tao's dream of singing.
However, Jiang Tao himself is also very competitive, as long as there is a performance opportunity, Jiang Tao will struggle to rush to go, one is to exercise his singing level, and the other is to accumulate more stage experience.
Like some nursing homes, Jiang Tao's figure can be seen in the activities of condolences to the Air Force.
But unfortunately, Jiang Tao, who had been so desperate since he was a child, broke his throat when he was ten years old.
Because I have loved singing since I was a child, a sudden force tore the vocal cords apart.
During that time, Jiang Tao felt very helpless, and his father took him everywhere to find a doctor for treatment.
At one point, a doctor even told Jiang Tao that his voice could not sing, and it was not until he grew older that Jiang Tao understood that it was the result of voice change during puberty.
Fortunately, his voice was restored, and Jiang Tao could continue to sing.
02.
In high school, Jiang Tao had a love for music and wanted to enter the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and the Shandong Conservatory of Music.
But in the end, in the examination room, Jiang Tao failed to play his true level, which eventually led to his passing with two music colleges.
But these failures did not make Jiang Tao flinch, and for the sake of his musical dreams, he once again set off in full gear.
He applied for three literary and labor troupes, but tian just did not follow people's wishes, and Jiang Tao, who was not lucky enough, failed again.
Seeing that the road to singing was really out of touch with himself, Jiang Tao was a little discouraged, and after thinking about it, he felt that he still had to find another way for himself.
So when CCTV recruited announcers, Jiang Tao also signed up.
All the way through the barrier, Jiang Tao and another contestant, Wang Ning, came to the end.
Victory was just around the corner, and Jiang Tao's heart finally had a little sense of security.
But when he saw that the opportunity was about to be held in his hand, the final person of the CCTV announcer was Wang Ning.
One after another, Jiang Tao was a little skeptical of his level.
Even in his heart, Jiang Tao blamed himself even more for how he had achieved nothing.
When his father saw Jiang Tao suffer such a blow, his heart was very unhappy.
In order to let his son have something to do, the father chose to retreat and left his railway job early.
Ceding the job of a railway worker to his son, if he could be admitted to the conservatory, Jiang Tao must have another way of life.
But at the moment, he must face reality.
Accepting the job that his father had transferred, at the beginning, Jiang Tao's salary in the railway post was only 24 yuan a month.
After becoming a regular employee, the salary barely rose by 12 yuan.
Although the work on the railway is completely incompatible with music, Jiang Tao's heart, the persistent musical soul is still surging.
He didn't want to give up his original dream, and he couldn't give it up.
So every day when he returned home from work, Jiang Tao began to try to tinker with music, and even created songs by himself.
At that time, railway units often had various literary and artistic activities, and Jiang Tao, as a person with an artistic background, repeatedly showed his voice in front of his co-workers.
After a long time, the amateur propaganda team of the railway unit took a fancy to Jiang Tao and hoped to include him in the team.
Such an opportunity, of course, Jiang Tao is very willing to seize it.
So after entering the publicity team, Jiang Tao's performance opportunities began to increase.
In order to learn a few more skills, Jiang Tao included the guitar in the range of instruments he needed to master.
Who ever thought that this small decision allowed Jiang Tao to meet a partner who could accompany him for a lifetime.
03.
At that time, in order to quickly learn the guitar playing method, Jiang Tao specially went to the teacher to learn.
And the guitar teacher Jiang Tao was looking for happened to have a niece, and this niece was named Wan Xiaomu.
Jiang Tao is about the same age, but the only difference is that Jiang Tao's family background is completely different from Wan Xiaomu's.
Jiang Tao came from an ordinary family, and even his job was not very decent.
On the other hand, Wan Xiaomu was born in a wealthy family, and his grandfather was the first person to run a salt business in Qingdao in the 1980s.
From childhood to adulthood, Wan Xiaomu is a big miss who lives in a small western-style building and has been pampered in every way.
However, just looking at Jiang Tao himself, he is still a very good young man, handsome in appearance, and very tall.
I have a job, but I am still a full literary and artistic youth.
In the relationship with the guitar teacher, Jiang Tao's character was recognized.
So the guitar teacher invited Wan Xiaomu to his house to play, and Jiang Tao saw the girl for the first time.
The temperament is extraordinary, very beautiful, and I am immediately fascinated.
In addition to the joy, Jiang Tao immediately performed a song "Hotline You and Me", Wan Xiaomu began to make waves in her heart after listening to it, and the man in front of her seemed to have some heart.
But Wan Xiaomu told his parents about his thoughts after returning home, and his parents were not very satisfied when they heard Jiang Tao's conditions.
But in Wan Xiaomu's heart, he had already decided to be Jiang Tao's pillow person in this life.
After repeated pleading, the parents saw that their daughter was so obsessed, or chose to let go.
After the two formally interacted, Wan Xiaomu worked in a seal factory, and every day after Jiang Tao left work, he would go to the factory gate to wait for Wan Xiaomu.
Then ride a bicycle together, through the streets and alleys of Qingdao.
When the love was strong, Jiang Tao chose to marry Wan Xiaomu home.
So in 1987, Jiang Tao and Wan Xiaomu, who fell in love at first sight, entered the palace of marriage.
Shortly after the marriage, Wan Xiaomu gave birth to a son.
04.
It can be said that in terms of love and career, Jiang Tao's love has fulfilled his wishes, but the career he has in mind seems to be a bit out of reach.
Fortunately, because of a parade of railway units, Jiang Tao's singing career ushered in a turnaround.
In that performance, Jiang Tao put the song "Memories of the Little Station" created in his free time on the table, and after Jiang Tao's heartfelt interpretation, he was appreciated by leaders and colleagues.
He also won the first prize in the performance, and he was very happy to be recognized by others. It also greatly encouraged his determination to stick to the path of music.
So in 1988, Jiang Tao, who was only an amateur singer, plucked up the courage to participate in the national "Joy Cup" singer competition.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Tao, who had the upper hand in identity, actually defeated all the contestants one by one and won the first place.
Wan Xiaomu saw that her husband had the ability to make achievements, so he wholeheartedly supported Jiang Tao.
In order for Jiang Tao to have more performance opportunities, Wan Xiaomu even returned to his mother's house to borrow money and encouraged Jiang Tao to go to the larger city of Beijing to participate in the "Youth Song Competition".
As a wife, Wan Xiaomu knows very well that it is very difficult to take the road of music, and there are many more things that need to be paid and invested in the early stage than imagined.
In order for Jiang Tao to be able to play with peace of mind, Wan Xiaomu took the initiative to shoulder the responsibility of maintaining family life.
After Jiang Tao went to Beijing, she left her son to the care of her father-in-law, a woman's family, and chose to go to the construction site to cook for the construction workers.
It is conceivable that in his own home, Wan Xiaomu was a little princess spoiled by the whole family.
But after marrying Jiang Tao, he was desperate to take care of all the dirty work in his hands.
If nothing else, Wan Xiaomu really loves Jiang Tao.
After returning from Beijing, Jiang Tao's results were not so satisfactory, because in the big city of Beijing, there are talents everywhere, and it is very difficult to get ahead.
During that time, in order to prepare for the competition and save money, Jiang Tao slept with other singers in a simple wooden room, and ate the cheapest white boiled noodles every day.
After all this hardship, the final result of the game is still unsatisfactory.
But Wan Xiaomu still encouraged and comforted her husband, this was only the first attempt, and there was still an opportunity.
Knowing that Wan Xiaomu ran to the construction site to earn money for himself, Jiang Tao was very upset in his heart.
Since then, Jiang Tao has sworn in his heart that no matter whether he can become famous in the future or not, whether he is mixed up or not, he will never abandon this woman who only thinks about herself.
In the days that followed, Jiang Tao continued to sing on the stage until 1990, when Jiang Tao entered the Qingdao Song and Dance Troupe.
I became a singer, a professional singer, no longer a singer without an identity.
So in 1992, Jiang Tao, who had been in the song and dance troupe for two years, published his first album "Please Friends".
Although it is his own two years of hard work, because of his lack of popularity, Jiang Tao's album has not caused any repercussions.
In the same year, his wife Wan Xiaomu once again encouraged Jiang Tao to participate in the Qingge Competition, and this time, it was already the third time that Jiang Tao stood on the stage of the "Qingge Competition".
What is different from the past is that this time Jiang Tao has successfully gone out of the circle.
With the song "Snow in the Hometown", Jiang Tao moved all the judges and won the laurel of popular singing.
And how to highlight Jiang Tao's strength, it was the singers Mao Ning, Chen Hong, and Sun Yue who competed with him that time.
Standing out from these people, Jiang Tao is a real powerful singer.
After receiving such a big award, Wan Xiaomu, who was still in Qingdao, was very excited and consulted with her husband.
Wan Xiaomu even put forward a bold idea, and the family went to Beijing to work hard.
In order to reunite with her husband as soon as possible, Wan Xiaomu quickly went home to pack up his belongings, took his son and mother, and took the train to Beijing together.
In this way, the "North Drift" life of a family of four began.
05.
Watching Jiang Tao emerge in the music world, the essence of life has still not been improved.
Because of the high rental prices in Beijing, Wan Xiaomu found a basement without sunlight for four people to live in, and the basement has no light all year round.
In winter, it is even more cold.
Moreover, there were often rats in the room, and even one morning Jiang Tao got up and saw that his son's face was left with five footprints by rats.
His own heart and liver baby followed his own guilt, and Jiang Tao's heart was very ashamed.
Counting the number of times Jiang Tao has moved in Beijing, Jiang Tao can't remember clearly.
In 1995, Jiang Tao received the attention of the Spring Festival Gala, and was finally invited to the stage of the Spring Festival Gala to sing a song "The Man Who Came Home".
At that time, Wan Xiaomu stayed at home every day to take care of his mother and son, and he felt very uncomfortable inside.
So without jiang Tao, Wan Xiaomu went out to find a job.
After returning home, Wan Xiaomu told Jiang Tao that he had found a very satisfactory job, mainly responsible for the work of accounting.
With his wife sharing the expenses of the family, Jiang Tao felt that he could relax a little.
So after work one day, Jiang Tao planned to pick up his wife from work, and asked along the way, jiang Tao had a hard time finding a place for his wife to work.
But the scene in front of him made Jiang Tao very distressed, and it turned out that his wife was not doing any accounting.
Just in a big canteen, doing dirty and tiring hard work.
Looking at his wife's busy figure inside, Jiang Tao had some internal breakdowns.
When his wife returned home, she just said that she didn't want Jiang Tao to worry, so she chose to hide it.
However, it turns out that Wan Xiaomu's choice is correct, and Jiang Tao is also working hard to run for life.
In 1994, Jiang Tao joined the Armed Police Cultural and Labor Corps and was honored.
After having a fixed job, the unit gave Jiangtao a house of nearly sixty square meters.
Suddenly, a family of four had a real haven in Beijing.
At the beginning of this period, Jiang Tao's career began to be smooth sailing, and he appeared on the stage of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala for several consecutive years.
"Abacus Song" in 1995, "My Lovely Hometown in China" in 1996 and "Embracing Tomorrow" in 1997.
The song that completely made Jiang Tao a household name was "Yugong Moving Mountains" on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala in 1998.
As soon as the song was sung by Jiang Tao, it instantly became popular throughout the country, and overnight, Jiang Tao became famous.
In the face of countless flowers and applause, Jiang Tao was not lost in it.
He still insisted on songwriting, continuous high-energy output, various evenings, Jiang Tao frequently appeared, and soon became a member of the singers of the party.
In 1999, Jiang Tao co-sang the song "Often Go Home to See" with Chen Hong and Cai Guoqing, which achieved unprecedented success.
06.
By this year, Jiang Tao had already appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala nine times, and to such a point, Jiang Tao was considered to have gained fame and fortune.
But looking back at the wife who gave everything for love, Jiang Tao did not choose to leave it behind.
I have to say that in today's entertainment industry, the married life of many stars is at the forefront, and maybe one day they will get married.
But maybe one day, the news of their separation came.
Even many male stars after becoming famous will abandon their hair-tied wives who accompanied them through the undervalued at their peak.
The temptation of the entertainment industry is even more difficult to control.
But Jiang Tao did not have the slightest thought of this, but he was very grateful to his wife.
In order to express his love for his wife, Jiang Tao also wrote several songs to confess.
The 2007 song "I Love You I Really Love You" is a song written by Jiang Tao to his dearest wife, Wan Xiaomu.
And when his wife was pointed out by outsiders, Jiang Tao's response was very strong.
Bluntly said: "Wan Xiaomu is the most loved woman in my life, and the only woman I have ever loved in my life, no matter what others think, my wife is the most beautiful."
Not to mention Wan Xiaomu's dedication to Jiang Tao's fame, after Jiang Tao became famous, Wan Xiaomu still did not choose to enjoy his life.
It is true that the family's life has been greatly improved after Jiang Tao became popular, but Wan Xiaomu knows that such a good life is the result of her husband's hard work.
So after Jiang Tao became famous, Wan Xiaomu began to work as Jiang Tao's exclusive makeup artist and assistant.
As long as it is about Jiang Tao's performance, it is Wan Xiaomu who comes forward to negotiate, no matter how big or small the matter is, Jiang Tao is very relieved about his wife's handling method.
And because Jiang Tao can't drive, in life, wherever Jiang Tao goes, Wan Xiaomu is his exclusive driver.
As small as Wan Xiaomu driving when he went out to dinner with friends, to going to perform in various places, he was also accompanied by Wan Xiaomu throughout the whole process.
Although the occasional quarrel in life cannot be avoided, every time Jiang Tao and Wan Xiaomu quarrel, the feelings heat up.
Even as a group of friends of Jiang Tao, they all envied Jiang Tao for having a flawless wife in every way.
For his son's education, Wan Xiaomu is also dedicated, not only has been paying attention to the child's academic performance, but also cultivated his son's piano level.
So far, Jiang Tao's son has returned to China after graduating from the world-famous University of Liverpool and worked stably in a bank.
In addition to the education of the children, Wan Xiaomu is very good at the decoration of the new house at home and various investments, and Wan Xiaomu's comprehensive coverage also makes her husband work outside the home very assured.
So under the good fortune of Wan Xiaomu, Jiang Tao also rushed in both directions.
All along, Wan Xiaomu's mother has lived with Jiang Tao and her son, and in Wan Xiaomu's eyes, Jiang Tao treats his mother-in-law as meticulously as his own mother.
Even Wan Xiaomu's mother herself said that Jiang Tao was better than her own son.
On the other hand, Jiang Tao's own biological mother, because of the divorce of her parents in the early years, her mother remarried.
But after his life became better, Jiang Tao still wanted to take his mother home to live together, and he naturally agreed with his wife's opinion, and the two would be heart-to-heart, and the family would be harmonious and happy.
07.
However, in Jiang Tao's heart, his father's death was a hard knot.
When Jiang Tao was 32 years old, he was rehearsing for the Spring Festival Gala, but his father came from Qingdao with the news that he was critically ill.
But forced by the imminent performance, Jiang Tao had no way to get out.
So that even the last side of his father, Jiang Tao can see, that year's Spring Festival Gala stage, Jiang Tao endured the pain, sang the song "Often Go Home to See".
But fortunately, today's Jiang Tao, living the life that his father wants him to live, has won the family's anger.
Jiang Tao's life path has gone through ups and downs, underestimation, and peaks, and finally in the company of his wife, they have supported each other through the wind and waves.
Extravagant weddings and sky-high luxury houses are not as good as a happy married life.
Like Jiang Tao and Wan Xiaomu, it is really enough, a bland marriage can last a long time, and simple people will be happy.
Now 54 years old, Jiang Tao, in the first half of his life, worked hard to rewrite his own ending, and now the situation of career love and double happiness is really no regrets.