There are many people who say that their youth is Jay Chou, but as a post-80s generation, what I want to say is that my youth is Ren Xianqi.
Jay Chou may be the idol of many post-80s and post-90s, but Ren Xianqi has been an idol of many post-60s, post-70s, post-80s, and post-90s, and even some old masters and old ladies will sing his songs.
Ren Xianqi brought you a lot of popular songs, and it was these songs that accompanied us through that unforgettable youth.
How did Ren Xianqi become famous? How red was he at his peak?
One
Ren Xianqi, born in 1966 in Taiwan, is now in his 50s. His father, Ren Wenxiang, was a native of Wuhan, Hubei Province, and later fled to Taiwan with the remnants of the Kuomintang, where he lived for a long time.
As the eldest son in the family, Ren Xianqi was a bear child when he was a child, often mischievous. For this reason, his father often chased and beat him with wooden strips. This invisibly allowed Xiao Qi to develop the ability to run fast, so he later went to sports university.
Like most rural children, Ren Xianqi lived a carefree and idyllic life when he was a child, often playing games with his friends in the village and catching fish in the river.
When he was in high school, he also sold flowers at a stall in Taiwan's night market to earn pocket money. It was also from high school that he began to be exposed to music and learned to play guitar with his teachers.
When applying for the university, Ren Xianqi did not apply for music and art colleges, but applied for the sports major that he had been good at since he was a child. However, his college entrance examination was not smooth, and he took the exam a total of three times before he was admitted to the Physical Education Department of the Chinese Culture University.
After going to college, Ren Xianqi worked outside the home to earn money while studying and studying. Because he liked music, his place of work was a musical instrument shop, which also allowed him to learn to play the guitar better.
As a college student in the department of physical education, Ren Xianqi did not want to be a singer at that time, and played music with an entertaining mentality. He and his college classmates formed a band and would go to the band in their spare time.
He has also worked as a live crew member at some concerts, and according to his own account, he served as Zhang Xinzhe's "microphone delivery commissioner" during college. In layman's terms, it is to hand Zhang Xinzhe the microphone before he goes on stage to perform.
During college, Ren Xianqi also tried to create songs, but at that time, he did not want to release songs, but used songs to make girls happy to facilitate the pursuit of girls.
In his senior year, Ren Xianqi felt that his athletic ability had declined, and felt that the career of an athlete was too short to become a long-term career.
So he decided not to be an athlete after graduating from college, but to become a news anchor. At this time, he still has no idea of becoming a professional singer, but if he wants to be a news anchor in the future, he will have to deal with the media, so he must be good at expressing himself.
To this end, he is constantly looking for opportunities to express himself. At that time, his guitar teacher happened to be a music producer at a company called Xinge Records, so under the introduction of the teacher, Ren Xianqi became a signed singer of Xinge Records.
However, Ren Xianqi, who was still a senior at the time, was not very happy about becoming a signed singer of Xinge Records, he just wanted to take the opportunity to exercise himself. In addition, he believes that the songs released by Xinge Records are mainly school folk songs, while he himself prefers rock music.
Two
In 1990, Xinge Records released ren's first album " Running to the Rainbow " , but it was not successful. After that, he entered the trough of his career, because he had no money, he had to rent a small tin house with a few music friends. Usually, several people stay in the house to engage in music creation, exchange and learn from each other, just like the current North Drift.
In Taiwan, young people are required to enlist in the army, and Ren Xianqi released three albums before joining the army, in addition to "Running to the Rainbow", there are also "Indifference and Tenderness" and "Flying to Their Own Sky".
Originally, in order to develop his singing career, Ren Xianqi had postponed his enlistment for a year, but the three albums released were failures, which made him feel very disappointed. After that, he had to enlist in the army.
According to Ren Xianqi himself, his life in the army was very difficult, and he would not be treated preferentially because he was an entertainer, but treated as a weapon. However, this honed his will very well.
From his enlistment in the army in August 1992 to his discharge in June 1994, Ren Xianqi served as a soldier for nearly two years. By the time he retired from the army, the original Singh Records company he belonged to had been sold to Rolling Stone Records, so he also became a singer under Rolling Stone Records.
However, at that time, the Rolling Stones already had a number of well-known singers, and Ren Xianqi as a newcomer singer was not valued by the company at all, and was even listed by the company as a singer to be terminated. However, at that time, Ren Xianqi already had a deep belief in the road of music, and he would not give up easily.
During that rookie period, in order to earn money to make a living, he began to work as a host for children's programs and animal programs on television. At the same time, he is still waiting for the opportunity to continue releasing albums.
Ren Xianqi's experience is somewhat similar to that of Stephen Chow, who was also a host of children's programs before he became famous. It can be seen that those who can achieve great things must learn to be patient in the early stage.
Three
The harder you work, the luckier you get. Just when Ren Xianqi was facing being terminated by Rolling Stone Records, the noble man in his life suddenly appeared, and this nobleman was the famous music creator Xiao Worm (Chen Huanchang).
Bugs is also an artist under Rolling Stone Records, but due to his busy work, he has not seen Ren Xianqi before, and the two do not know each other. It wasn't until the two attended a company meeting together that The Worm saw Ren Xianqi for the first time.
After some conversation, Xiao Worm had a very good impression of Ren Xianqi, and the two became friends after that. Xiao Worm admired Ren Xianqi very much, thinking that he was a very good person and had great potential for development.
So he was assigned to work as an assistant in the recording studio. In the years of being an assistant, Ren Xianqi did all the dirty work, pouring tea and water, and getting busy before and after, just like running in a restaurant. This also allows The Worm to see Ren Xianqi's dedication to music.
Later, after learning that Ren Xianqi was about to be terminated by the company, Xiao Worm felt that he should help him, so he decided to make an album for him.
Soon after, Worm wrote a song for Ren Xianqi called "Rely on", which was released in June 1996. Although this song is very good, but due to the lack of publicity, it still failed to catch fire in the end.
Half a year later, Xiao Worm wrote another song for Ren Xianqi - "Heart Is Too Soft". This was Rolling Stone Records' last chance for Ren Xianqi to terminate the contract with Ren Xianqi if the song was no longer popular.
In view of this, Ren Xianqi also made plans at that time, if he could no longer sing "Too Soft Heart", he would not be an artist, and then go to apply for a sports journalist.
Four
Fortunately, once "Heart Too Soft" was released, it quickly became popular all over the country, and the album sold more than 2 million copies.
In that era, in the streets and alleys, whether adults, children or the elderly would sing two sentences: "You are always too soft in heart, too soft in heart, and carry all the problems yourself." After the song became popular, Ren Xianqi also followed the fire and became a well-known singer.
Since then, Ren Xianqi has released a number of popular songs, including "Sad Pacific", "Tianya", "Can't Die", "Flowers Are Too Fragrant", "Can't Drive Away", "Only Love You Alone", "Xiao Xue", "Your Face with Tears", "The Girl Opposite Looks Over", "The Waves and Flowers" and so on.
When these songs were on fire, I was still in junior high school. I still clearly remember spending money on snacks at school, and always using the money saved to buy Ren Xianqi's song tapes.
Tapes were very popular in those days, and you could listen to good songs by simply putting them in a Walkman. There are many classmates who even secretly use the Walkman to play tapes to listen to songs during class.
In order not to let the teacher find out, the students always wrestle with the teacher, some students hide the headphone cable in the sleeve of the clothes, and then cover their ears to listen;
Some students put the books on the table very high to block the teacher's view, and then climbed on the table to listen;
Some students prefer to share, they will share one of the headphones to the same table, and then the two people listen to the song together.
In addition to Ren Xianqi's song tapes, at that time I also bought a lot of Ren Xianqi's posters and stickers, and then pasted them in my room, desk, book and even on the edge of the bed.
Not only me, but many people around me in that era liked Ren Xianqi very much, and everyone often discussed what new songs Ren Xianqi had released and which songs were better.
I remember once, a small friend in the village rushed to my house with a Walkman and told me, "Ren Xianqi has a new song "Tianya", which is really good." Then, he took the Walkman single loop and didn't listen to the song, and as soon as I listened, I fell in love with the song very quickly.
At that time, in the countryside, the power amplifier machine was also very popular, and the slightly wealthier family would buy a power amplifier and then play the song CD non-stop. At that time, my family often played Ren Xianqi's CD albums and concert CDs.
Looking back now, the time at that time was really simple, happy, and beautiful, and it was the most beautiful youth in my life.
In those days, people chased stars simply because he had good song works, not because he was beautiful, handsome, and hype.
Five
Ren Xianqi is not only successful in his singing career, but also happy in his family life. In 2002, he married his long-time girlfriend, Tina, and now has a son and a daughter, who has long settled in Hong Kong.
In terms of feelings, Ren Xianqi is very single-minded, and in the thirty years since his debut, he has never spread negative news. Like a movie he starred in, it was "Desperate Good Men."
The reason why I like Ren Xianqi is that in addition to his songs are very good, his good character and moral cultivation are also important reasons.
A few years ago, his Bole worm was cheated out of more than 20 million yuan and became destitute. Just when the worm's life was at its most difficult, Ren Xianqi knew the en Tu and resolutely helped him to get through the difficulties.
Many people know Ren Xianqi because of his songs, in fact, in addition to singing songs, Ren Xianqi has also participated in many film and television works, such as playing Yang Guo in "Divine Eagle Hero" in 1998; Playing Ling Huchong in "Smiling Proud of jianghu" in 2000; playing Chu Liuxiang in "New Chu Liuxiang" in 2001.
To be fair, Ren Xianqi's acting is not as good as singing, but his fan base was very large at that time, so even if his acting skills were not very outstanding, his film and television works were still watched by many people.
Compared with his peak, in recent years, Ren Xianqi has rarely released songs, occasionally released one, and his influence has long been worse than before.
This is like the youth of man, youth has passed, all that is left is memory, and it is impossible to go back to the past. Therefore, everyone should cherish the present, because the present is another period of youth.