One
In 1985, 18-year-old Li Keqin listened to Tan Yonglin's "Root of Love" and became obsessed, ran to the "Rookie Singing Competition" to sing this song, and as a result, he did not even enter the first fifteen, he felt very angry, thinking that the competition had a dark curtain.
However, although Li Keqin was very unhappy, his classmates and teachers were very happy: it was just right to lose, and Li Keqin could finally come back to study well!
However, although Li Keqin had the heart to study, a beautiful woman he knew at the "Rookie Singing Contest" did not agree.
This beautiful woman was zhou Huimin, who later became famous. During the competition, the pair of difficult brothers and sisters did not enter the top fifteen, and they pitied each other with the same disease, felt sorry for each other, and became good friends when they came and went.
At the end of the "rookie", Li Keqin had signed up to study abroad, and Zhou Huimin called over: "There is an amateur singing competition in the 19th district of Hong Kong, the last champion was Jacky Cheung, are you interested in participating?" ”
At that time, Zhou Huimin was still a little baby fat, and she tied a big bow on her head, which was so cute that Li Keqin's heart fluttered. It is difficult to say whether Li Keqin signed up again for Zhou Huimin or for singing. He signed up again anyway.
Who expected Chow Wai Min to release the pigeon, 18-year-old Li Keqin passed the hurdle all the way, with a song by Tan Yonglin's "Mist Of Love", won the "Second Hong Kong 19 District Amateur Singing Competition" champion, and successfully signed a contract with PolyGram.
The following year, 19-year-old Zhou Huimin participated in the "Radio Television Hong Kong Amateur DJ Competition" and won the runner-up, and then joined the Radio Television Hong Kong, which entered the entertainment circle in a roundabout way.
Usually a group of people about to go out to play, Zhou Huimin always said to go home to sleep, Li Keqin had no chance to shoot, plus he did not expect that Zhou Huimin would end up so iconic after a few years, and casually gave up.
Missing Zhou Huimin, Li Keqin was eyeing a man.
Two
At that time, Tan Yonglin was also in Poly Gold, and Li Keqin was excited for several nights at the thought of being a colleague with an idol.
Unexpectedly, the first time the two met was in the gym.
Tan Yonglin was on the treadmill, suddenly a thin boy ran to him, looked at him with very strange eyes, from the face to the shoulders, from the shoulders to the chest, Tan Yonglin felt that this boy had bad intentions and did not want to take care of him at all.
This thin man is None other than Li Keqin. Li Keqin failed to chase the stars, but he was not very sad. Because more sad things are yet to come.
In 1986, at the age of 19, Li Keqin released his first EP album "Li Keqin". When recording, one of the lyrics handed in, the handwriting was completely dissolved on the paper, but he could not contact the lyricist, he could not do it, so he tried to fill in the words himself.
In 1987, he released his first solo album "Symbols of Destiny", and the song "Serenade of the Moon" was selected by himself and later became one of his masterpieces.
A newcomer in his 20s, at this time has the first glimpse of musical talent, but unfortunately, both albums are not best-selling, not even a face familiar mixed.
Li Keqin was very unhappy, but his father was very happy: his son could finally go to school well.
Seeing this kind of achievement, Li Keqin also retreated and prepared to continue his studies and study abroad.
However, coincidentally, when he was about to leave, TVB suddenly threw an olive branch at him and asked him to shoot a TV series.
At that time, Li Keqin did not understand what acting was, and he was scolded every day after working every day, and after a month of scolding, he finally opened his mind.
After the TV series was broadcast, the ratings were very good, and the audience finally knew that there was such a character as Li Keqin in the entertainment industry.
Popularity has gone up, and so have record sales. The subsequent album "The Myth of Summer" became Li Keqin's first platinum record.
In 1989, the 22-year-old Li Keqin was even more proud, and his song "Life Remains Unchanged" won the "RTHK Top Ten Chinese Golden Melody Awards Ceremony" and the "TVB Top Ten Golden Melody Awards Ceremony".
The "Top Ten Golden Songs" sponsored by TVB was a coveted award for Hong Kong singers at that time, and whoever could be shortlisted for their works could basically "become famous overnight".
Tan Yonglin also praised Li Keqin at that time, saying that Li Keqin was a new singer who could take over the baton.
However, this sentence made Tan Yonglin regret it for more than ten years.
Three
The 22-year-old boy, the Golden Melody Award in hand, and the King of Heaven superstar personally named the "baton taker", everyone is waiting to see, Li Keqin is not the next "Golden Melody King".
However, fate this guy is always unexpected, especially likes to flirt with people.
In 1991, Dawn, who was with Li Keqin under the banner of Polygram, became popular with the TVB drama "People on the Edge", and Jacky Cheung, who had been silent for a long time, also came out of the trough with the song "Love You More Every Day".
Li Keqin, who was ready to show his fists, felt that he was not valued by the company, and he was young and vigorous, and he actually fell out with the company.
At this time, Andy Lau was nominated for the "Academy Award Film Emperor" for the second time with the film "The Biography of Inspector Leiluo", and Aaron Kwok's Chinese album "Can't Love You" sold more than 1 million copies in Asia...
In 1992, Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung, Aaron Kwok and Li Ming were named the "Four Heavenly Kings" by the media, and their influence spread to the entire China region and Asia.
Throughout the 1990s, on the stage of the "Top Ten Golden Songs", four people took turns to fight and monopolized the "Most Popular Male Singer Award". On this stage, Li Keqin hosted, sang, and even presented awards, but he almost never took the trophy again. This taste must be difficult to say.
Regarding Li Keqin's failure to win the award, there is also a saying that it is too easy to offend people.
When Liang Rongzhong was filming the young people's program "Summer Vacation To the End" on TVB, he first met Li Keqin and found that Li Keqin's head was always high and his nostrils were looking at people, and at that time he wondered: Why is the head of this youth idol singer like this, and is there a problem with his neck?
Later, Liang Rongzhong learned that when he was not familiar, Li Keqin looked at people through his nostrils, and when he was familiar, he really treated people. A few years later, Liang Rongzhong fell out of love, Li Keqin accompanied him to drink, talked about sadness, Liang Rongzhong fell on Li Keqin's leg and cried.
But at that time, the entire Hong Kong circle and the media were saying that there was no one in Li Keqin's eyes.
Li Keqin was proud and did not feel that he had a problem until he met Mei Yanfang at the karaoke. Mei Yanfang drank some wine and called Out Li Keqin and said, "Young man, I really think you are arrogant, so arrogant that I want to hit you." ”
At that moment, Li Keqin was shocked: Why does a predecessor who has not cooperated feel like this?
It was the first event that made him feel like he had a problem, and he began to reflect: if he still wanted to do it in this line, he needed to change. However, it is easier said than done, how easy is it for a person to change?
Four
For Li Keqin, there was a bit more to do in 1992.
The "Four Heavenly Kings" dominate the music scene, he has a lot of time to do something else, go to TVB to shoot TV series, host programs...
When filming "He Comes from Heaven", Li Keqin not only starred, but also was responsible for writing the theme song.
On that day, Li Keqin had not slept for several consecutive days, and the crew urged the song to be tight, and he wrote a song in the parking lot of the TV station after finishing work at three o'clock in the morning.
Writing at six or seven o'clock, other artists slept enough to come to work, Li Keqin suddenly came sad from it, Wen Siquanyong wrote: "Even if fate is turbulent and displaced, fate is twisted and bizarre, even if fate intimidates you, it is not interesting to be a person..."
With divine help, Li Keqin refilled the lyrics, adapted from the composition of Tachikawa Toshiyuki, the big man sang the song "それが事" turned out to be a big song, Li Keqin finally ushered in his own super hit song.
This song inspired a lot of people.
There is a fan, the college entrance examination mock exam is very bad, she copied the lyrics of "Red Sun" pasted on the desk, every day to read the lyrics to play chicken blood for themselves, the college entrance examination score rose by 100 points.
Blind football player Chen Shanyong sang "Red Sun" every time he was tired of practicing and wanted to give up, and the fighting spirit of "Red Sun" helped him win one medal after another on the football field.
Even in the future, Li Keqin himself in the concert, when he felt that he did not do a good job, he would sing "Red Sun" on the spot and motivate himself.
This year, TVB held a "Hong Kong Sister" beauty pageant, invited Li Keqin as a guest performer, and the Hong Kong sister champion was called Lu Shuyi.
25-year-old Li Keqin met 19-year-old Lu Shuyi, his heart was relaxed, and he used the convenience of his position to talk and talk, and he talked about people as his girlfriend.
At that time, the parents on both sides were not very optimistic, and the man's family thought that a "Hong Kong sister" champion could not look up to you as a little singer. The woman's family thinks that Li Keqin is a person in the entertainment industry, is it really fake? Is it serious?
Li Keqin, in order to show loyalty, wrote a love song "You Are My Sun" for Lu Shuyi, and Lu Shuyi completely withdrew from the entertainment circle and became the woman behind Li Keqin.
The following year, Li Keqin switched to Starlight Records, and Tan Yonglin wrote a song for Li Keqin in order to express his love for Li Keqin, "Thinking of You all my life".
As soon as the album "Thinking of You for a Lifetime" came out, Li Keqin's singing career was revived, and the song "Looking Back" won the Golden Melody Award of the "Top Ten Golden Songs" in 1993, making him the top five of the "Most Popular Male Singers".
In addition to being happy, Li Keqin also filled in the lyrics "Favorite" for his old friend Zhou Huimin, helping Zhou Huimin win the bronze award of the "Hot Female Singer Award".
At the end of 1993, the 26-year-old Li Keqin held his first solo concert at the Hung Hom Sports Centre in Hong Kong, and the concert venue was full, adding several concerts.
The love career was double-satisfied, and the public began to stretch their necks again to see if Li Keqin was going to take Tan Yonglin's class.
But Li Keqin's luck is like a June day, saying that it changes.
Five
Due to the success of the 1993 concert, in 1995, Li Keqin held a second solo concert and decided to open ten consecutive concerts.
However, after 1993, the momentum of Hong Kong's record industry gradually declined, and by 1995 it was not very prosperous.
One game with more than 12,000 seats, thousands of empty seats every night, and the worst one even only had a 40%-50% seating rate, making Li Keqin very afraid to go to the Hung Hom Stadium every day.
The direction of the wind changed instantaneously, and many ugly words reached his ears, "I said he couldn't do it earlier", "I should have opened ten games in a row", and even some relatives who did not meet often said so.
In difficult times, it was Tan Yonglin who supported him.
Tan Yonglin, who was originally going to work in other places, suddenly appeared in front of Li Keqin after Li Keqin sang a song and told Li Keqin: "Tonight's scene is not good, but in the future time you have to work harder, tell the audience friends who did not come this evening, you can sing, next time you must come again." ”
The 1995 concert box office failure, like the domino effect, had a great impact...
In 1996, Li Keqin changed another record company, because the last time he changed the record company had an unpleasant experience, this time to change the company, Li Keqin found the most expensive lawyer in Hong Kong to write a contract as thick as a telephone book, and the contract even wrote out what to eat.
And his fame declined after the concert, the records did not sell well, and he made such troublesome requirements, the company simply did not give him a record.
But the contract deadline has not arrived, Li Keqin can not leave the company, only to find another way to GO to TVB to shoot TV series.
Li Keqin has only one purpose, hoping to increase the exposure rate and maintain popularity when the series is launched, and he can also sing the theme song of the TV series by the way.
In 1998, coinciding with the World Cup, Li Keqin was appointed as the host for TVB to broadcast the World Cup football match, and the theme song of the program naturally fell into his hands.
Surprisingly, the theme song "Fan Adventure" was very successful, and almost everyone in Hong Kong could open their mouths and sing two sentences at that time.
The spring of Li Keqin's career seems to be coming again?
No, there are still 3 years. This is also thanks to Tam Wing Lin.
Six
In 2001, the Hong Kong Orchestra invited Tam Wing Lin to cooperate in a concert, and Tam Wing Lin was not available and recommended Li Keqin.
When the orchestra came looking for him, Li Keqin thought to himself that they might have come to find themselves. Come and go, just do a good job of this business.
Li Keqin proposed to the boss that the concert live recording was made to make an album, and the boss said that he was very old-fashioned, and the two broke up unhappily, and finally Li Keqin still insisted on his own set.
What Li Keqin did not expect was that the concert received a warm response, and four extra concerts were held twice, and all four were full and widely acclaimed.
What Boss Li Keqin did not expect was that the live record "Hong Kong Music" won the "IFPI Hong Kong Record Sales Award", and the boss was overjoyed and immediately invited Li Keqin to dinner to make him reparations.
In 2002, the 35-year-old Li Keqin ushered in a harvest year.
This year, he and Guo Keying cooperated in the TV series "French Open Yiren", which was rumored to be fake and really done, Guo Keying later fell out with the agent, and the agent broke out that Guo Keying had the idea of marrying Li Keqin many times at that time...
This scandal did not follow, but Li Keqin won the "My Favorite TV Role Award" at the TVB Taiwan Celebration Awards Ceremony with the role of "Gao Zhilang" in "French Open Yiren".
This year, Li Keqin, who carried the mountain of "Tan Yonglin Taking over the Baton", accompanied and hosted the award stage for many years, and finally won the "Top Ten Golden Songs Most Popular Male Singer Award" for the first time.
The award to Li Keqin happened to be Tan Yonglin, the moment he read out Li Keqin's name, Tan Yonglin breathed a sigh of relief and said with emotion: "I once felt guilty for a sentence for more than ten years, and that sentence did not expect to hurt you and make you bear so much pressure, today I can finally say very comfortably, I found my baton." ”
At the celebration meeting after the award ceremony, Tan Yonglin and Li Keqin hugged and cried together, and Li Keqin finally dared to tell the words that were pressed in his heart to the idol: "When a person tells you that he is optimistic about you, I can't deliver the ideal results for many years, and I am not at ease, so I just said on the stage that I did not live up to your expectations of me." ”
The second year after Li Keqin won the award, by chance, Tan Yonglin suddenly engaged in a big thing with him.
Seven
In February 2002, 35-year-old Li Keqin and 52-year-old Tam Wing Lin held concerts at the Hong Kong Stadium at the same time, and both concerts were enthusiastically responded to, so they prepared to hold a press conference to announce the addition.
The two thought that everyone should hold a press conference, but it was better to hold a press conference together. So they held a press conference together and announced the addition of the scene.
A reporter who came to see the notice of the headline "Tan Yonglin Lee Keqin Concert Press Conference" was unknown, so he asked them if they were co-organizing the concert.
This question made Tan Yonglin see the business opportunity.
Tan Yonglin and Li Keqin hit it off immediately, and immediately began to think of a name for the group, the original name was tan Yonglin came up with, quite imposing, called "Double Dragon Out of the Sea".
Li Keqin felt too shocked, but he persuaded Tan Yonglin not to move, or moved the rescue troops to let Tan Yonglin finally adopt "Left Lin Right Li".
In 2003, the "Left Lin Right Lee Concert 2003" world tour was launched, and since its inception, it has held more than 100 concert tours in Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Australia, the United States and Canada.
After this cooperation, the two have a deeper and deeper relationship, and Li Keqin's title for Tan Yonglin has become "Old Bean".
And Li Keqin's tortuous story is far from over.
Eight
In 2006, when the 39-year-old Li Keqin won the "Most Popular Male Singer Award" at the "Top Ten Golden Melody Awards Ceremony", he announced on the spot that he was about to marry Lu Shuyi, who had been dragging for 13 years.
On that day, he stepped down and met Chen Zilian, who is known as the "mother of Hong Kong sisters". Chen Zilian looked at him with tears in her eyes and pulled him along and said, "I'm so happy to hear that you two are getting married, I'm actually very worried that you're not serious and dragging my daughter down."
This year, Li Keqin gave Lu Shuyi "Hejiu Must Marry", and at the wedding banquet, "Old Bean" Tan Yonglin and Li Dad sat together at the main family seat.
In 2014, Li Keqin contributed several "god-level scenes" on "I Am a Singer", his breath was very stable when he sang, and he was praised by netizens as "I can hear the breathing sound and count me losing", and the era of the veteran Golden Melody King seems to have just begun.
In 2019, Li Keqin joined The Oriental Satellite TV to compete in the variety show "The Voice of Chinese Dreams • Our Song", and finally won the title of "Golden Sound Partner" with Zhou Shen.
Li Keqin and Zhou Shen sang "There Is a Lover in the World" popular all over the Internet, 53-year-old Li Keqin spent most of the time in the state of "harmony", lifting weights lightly to set off Zhou Shen's high-pitched clarity, and the perfect cooperation gave birth to a combination that spanned the era "QinShen".
Debuted at the age of 18, witnessed the "Tan Zhang Contending", competed with the "Four Heavenly Kings", was over forty years old, did the "Heavenly King Baton", and Li Keqin, who was once known as the "Fifth Heavenly King", finally came to the center of the stage.
The Cantonese classic songs he sang that year, such as "Serenade in the Moon and a Half", "Unchanged for a Lifetime", "Red Sun", "Old Joy Like a Dream", "Flower Protector", "Deep and Deep", etc., finally turned red again.
Many people were uneven for him, regretting that under the teasing of fate, he lost the aura of the "Four Heavenly Kings", but Li Keqin said lightly on the "Spit Conference":
"Because of fate, I didn't become the Four Heavenly Kings, but I think I'm doing well now."
Yes, since the "Hong Kong Sister Goddess" was collected in the pocket and embraced the beauty, Li Keqin and Lu Shuyi had a deep affection and had a second son. There were almost no scandals in the long years, both worldly happiness and not giving up on dreams.
The so-called big red and purple is actually a metaphysics, a mysterious and mysterious thing, rather than deliberately pursuing it, it is better to go with nature. Live your own life, put in enough effort, let it ripen and fall, and the water will come to fruition.
References for this article:
1. China News Network: Zhou Huimin sang sexily in Hong Kong, and Li Keqin held hands and sang together
2. Yangtze River Daily: Tan Yonglin teased Li Keqin: He is my fan, apprentice and son
3. New Express: Tan Yonglin Li Keqin concert began to sing, and the modeling thunder people received red envelopes
4. China News Network: Li Keqin added a son for the first time Tonko Cute photos were exposed as the second boss
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