I saw a question on Zhihu: What kind of existence was Ren Xianqi at his peak?
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Ren Xianqi's popularity in the mainland can be said to be "call me the first place", and the mainland tour cannot be finished... In order to save trouble, he also moved out the shield and said, "We are not the first, Jay Chou is more powerful"!
We can see that the annual income of Ren Xianqi at the peak of the period is even higher than that of Jay Chou and Jolin Tsai of the fire, and it can be seen that Ren Xianqi at the peak of the period is much hotter than them!
When you think of Ren Xianqi, one of the kings of the once pop music scene, what classic songs of his will come to mind?
There is no doubt that "Too Soft Heart" is the first. How hot is it?
"The diva of the music world" Wang Fei once said that Ren Xianqi was hotter than her, and when he went out in Beijing, every shop in the streets and alleys was playing "Heart Too Soft".
You should know that the Internet was not yet developed in the early millennium, but "Too Soft Heart" has spread from Taiwan to northern China.
Even the famous singer Qi Qin, after returning from Tibet, had to be impressed by the popularity of "Heart Too Soft".
Because the Tibetan children who herd cattle and sheep there can actually easily hum this song.
Not only is this song "Too Soft Heart" very famous, at that time, many of Ren Xianqi's songs were popular all over the country, such as "Sad Pacific", "The Girl Opposite Looks Over" and so on.
How hot is it? In the case of the divine song "The Most Dazzling National Style" of the popular square dance, in front of Ren Xianqi's songs, they are all younger brothers.
After all, ninety-nine down to just walk back, will casually hum out: "You are always too soft heart, too soft heart, alone in tears until dawn..."
In this way, it is really difficult to imagine how popular Ren Xianqi was at that time, taking advantage of his recently launched first personal music story "Ren Xianqi's Music Story", but also to understand the story behind many classic old songs he created.
This time, let's talk about Ren Xianqi!
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="11" >01 halfway out of the musician</h1>
Ren Xianqi's story takes place in Taiwan.
In 1966, in Changhua County, Taipei, Ren Xianqi was born.
Ren's father named his son "Xianqi" in the hope that his son could "see Xiansiqi", which means that he hopes that he can look up to excellent people.
After that, sure enough, Ren Xianqi did not live up to Ren's father's expectations, and indeed did this.
However, when he was young, Ren Xianqi was very naughty.
Although Ren's father was a teacher, Ren Xianqi did not like to read at all, but was very fond of music.
Unlike many singers and music, Ren Xianqi plays music to chase girls.
During his college years, he fell in love with the campus goddess, and he took the pure route with a shy pocket, working in the musical instrument shop while teaching himself guitar, planning to confess to the goddess by singing love songs.
But it may be that Ren Xianqi's academic performance is not good or his looks are average, not the dishes in the girl's mind, and he was finally rejected by the beloved girl without mercy.
Fortunately, Little Ziggy's mentality is very good, and he is not sad for too long because the music diverts his attention.
He gradually fell in love with music and was lucky enough to be introduced to a good music company by a guitar teacher in his senior year.
Everything was difficult at the beginning, Ren Xianqi, as a musician who came out halfway, did not develop his talent, and he has released three personal albums, and the response is mediocre.
When he didn't know what to do next, he was also old enough to enlist, which meant that he had to waste a period of golden time and did not know how many development opportunities he could miss.
Sure enough, after Ren Xianqi returned from the army, he found that things around him had changed too much.
His company and its artists have been acquired by the Rolling Stones, and Ren Xianqi is among them.
Originally, the Rolling Stones were not optimistic about him and wanted to kick away.
After all, there are too many artists under rolling stone records.
Excellent people count a lot, such as Zhou Huajian, Luo Dayou, Chen Sheng and so on.
Ren Xianqi is an inconspicuous little transparent in the eyes of Rolling Stone Records.
Fortunately, the gold medal producer Xiao Worm at that time knew that he was a good seedling, and after some hard persuasion, he finally let the high-level net open a side, but it was only to look at the face of Xiao Bug and sign a three-year contract with Xiao Qi Ge.
Speaking of worms, his original name was Chen Huanchang, and although he was Ren Xianqi's mentor, he was 5 years older than Ren Xianqi.
At the same time, Xiao Worm was also one of the "three major musical godfathers" in Taiwan at that time, the other two being Luo Dayou and Li Zongsheng.
However, at that time, although Xiao Worm tried his best to keep Ren Xianqi, he was too busy.
There are many artists in the company who are waiting for him to make an album, and there is no time to take care of Ren Xianqi.
In order to change his position in the company and the state of no one, Ren Xianqi will work outside even if he does not sing anymore.
He will also return to the company to improve his sense of existence and let the company remember his number.
Sometimes Little Brother Zig is really idle and panicked, and he will wrap up the health work of the whole company.
In addition to cleaning up the office where the noble bug who saved the grace of work was located, he would also take care of the chores such as delivering bento boxes and buying newspapers.
However, during the three years of waiting, Ren Xianqi remained unattended.
During this period, I also experienced many sad days, because there were no works, and naturally there was no income.
Because there was no money, the house where Ren Xianqi lived was also very shabby, and it was a tin sheet on the top floor.
The tin on the top floor can be imagined how hot it is, and there was no air conditioning at that time, so in the summer, the whole house is like a sauna.
But fortunately, Ren Xianqi has a good friend, named Jiukong, who accompanies him through these unbearable years.
At that time, Ren Xianqi's good friend Jiu kong, the life was naturally not good there, but also belonged to the state of eating a period of hunger.
Once, the two of them went to record a show, and while eating a box lunch, they were so tired that Jiukong leaned back on a table to rest.
Who knew that the staff looked at them dressed in shabby clothes and directly scolded them to walk away, "You deserve this table too?" This is an antique table, sitting badly, can you afford to lose? ”
At this time, Ren Xianqi, who has always had a meek personality, suddenly changed his face and almost fought with the staff, but fortunately Jiukong stopped it on the side.
Ren Xianqi breathlessly said to Jiu Kong, "When I have the money, I will buy this table and chop it as firewood." ”
During that time, although it was hard, with the help of his good brother Jiukong, Ren Xianqi still survived.
This kind of semi-invisible man's day Ren Xianqi passed when the contract expired immediately, seeing that he was about to be kicked away by the company, the busy worm remembered that he still had this person under his hand.
The little worm couldn't bear it again, and just wanted to go to the United States to record, so he called Ren Xianqi.
Inspired by the love story of little Ziggy's friend, he created a song for him called "Rely on".
Ren Xianqi was 30 years old that year, and for a singer, the opportunity to become popular at this age was too small.
The album sold a total of 160,000, although Ren Xianqi has been debuting for several years, but has been shelved by the company, can be regarded as a newcomer.
So, the album's results are not bad, and there is no loss for the company.
It's just that the Rolling Stone boss still doesn't see the potential in Ren Xianqi, and he doesn't want to give up,
Thinking about the idea of trying it again, tell The Worm that he can help him out another album to see the effect, and if the next album doesn't sell well, Ren Xianqi must leave the company.
This also means that Little Ziggy will quit the music scene and can only find a job related to the sports major he studied during college.
In this way, the little worm had to take the boss's words as a big thing.
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At the end of 1996, they came to the United States again.
When he came to the United States, The Little Worm went to Las Vegas to try his luck.
At first, Bug wins money and is happy to return to the hotel.
But when the hotel was resting, The Worm thought of the pretty dealer girl, and it was a bit unbearable to think of how she had lost money, so he went back, planning to lose some to her.
But unexpectedly, when I returned to Las Vegas again, the worm lost all the money, and finally lost all the money.
After the angry little worm hotel, the more I thought about it, the more inspiration came, and I wrote the words "you are always too soft-hearted".
A few days later, he wrote a song "Too Soft Heart" with this experience, and gave the song to Ren Xianqi.
Ren Xianqi, who got this song, is naturally very happy, but at the same time it is very contradictory.
He knew that the song might be his last chance. If you don't become popular again, you won't have a chance after that.
Before that, the little worm who wrote this song could not have imagined anything, and its popularity was unimaginable to him.
However, at that time, when it was first released, there was not much fire, and Ren Xianqi also felt that he might have to go behind the scenes later.
Ren Xianqi, who heard this sentence, did not feel anything in his heart, but felt that this sentence was a friend comforting himself.
Until one day, a friend called Ren Xianqi and said, "By the way, your song "Heart Is Too Soft" is very popular in Beijing!" ”
Later, when Faye Wong went to Taiwan to promote her new song, someone asked Faye Wong what songs are popular in Beijing now?
Faye Wong said without hesitation: "Heart too soft" is particularly hot!
Later, even Qi Qin said that Ren Xianqi's songs were all on fire in Tibet.
At this time, Ren Xianqi realized that his song was really on fire!
Later, once the song and the album's eponymous song "Heart Is Too Soft" were released, it defeated the mainstream singer Zhang Huimei and Zhang Guorong at the time and landed on the first place in the major music charts.
The catchy lyrics make it the most popular song.
In other words, it is equivalent to the Divine Comedy sung by everyone in DY now rushing to record a video.
Such a powerful song, the sales are even more unimaginable, the official report of the album sales is 26 million.
But if you count piracy, at least it will be much higher than this number, and it is also a record that is difficult to break now.
The song "Too Soft Heart" successfully pulled Out Ren Xianqi, who was in the mire, not only no longer worried about his future destination, but also concentrated on making his favorite music.
Surprisingly, the few albums he came out of later, although not as high as "Heart Too Soft", can also be regarded as god's work.
In particular, his "Love Like the Pacific" is a cover of the famous Japanese female singer Miyuki Nakajima's "Sad Pacific", and its popularity is comparable to "Heart Too Soft".
"The Girl Opposite Looks Over" is another divine comedy that spreads throughout the streets and alleys, whether it is a school party, a company annual meeting, a supermarket promotion, there is a sound of Little Brother Qi singing this song.
It is no exaggeration to say that the real traffic of Xiao Qi Ge in that era without the Internet, the peak period, also has the effect of multiplying popular traffic artists by ten today.
It is precisely because of this that the show business circles value the popularity of others and ignore the appearance.
The door was opened for him, and he was invited to play the male protagonist of "Divine Eagle Hero" and "New Chu Liuxiang".
It is no wonder that at that time, the outside world lamented that the popularity of Little Qi Ge was so high that it could be filmed, comparing him with the male protagonist who starred in the past.
I know that he has grown up like this, and he can also play the role of Yang Guo, which is a typical example of relying on popularity.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="42" >03 "The Last Heavenly King" gave way</h1>
Ren Xianqi's momentum in the music scene lasted until 2001, when Jay Chou, the king of Chinese music pop, came out.
Because of his earth-shaking changes, even the older generation of singers such as Zhou Huajian and Luo Dayou have been confused about this depression for a long time.
Ren Xianqi is not surprised, even if he has brought many classic tracks such as "One Man" in the future.
But he himself is well aware that the music scene needs fresh music injection, and the era of music belonging to him has passed.
In order to stimulate more potential, Ren Xianqi began to gradually reduce his musical works and focus on the film and television field.
Since he began acting, Ren Xianqi seems to be trapped in the same role design.
From the very beginning of "Wish" to "Marry a Rich Man", Ren Xianqi played either the role of "old good man" or close to his real singer image.
Although it is said to be very good to act, it will not let the audience play.
But whether he was a singer or an actor, Little Ziggy never slacked off on himself.
There is no doubt that he desperately wants to break through.
However, he could not find a way out, so he did not break out of any "famous hall" in the film and television field for a long time, until he met director Du Qifeng.
At the celebration banquet of "Desperate Good Man", Du Qifeng found Ren Xianqi and solemnly told him that he should play a bad guy like a robber.
For Du Qifeng, it is not that Ren Xianqi is not suitable for playing a good person, but he sees an evil atmosphere in his eyes.
Compared with the good guys, the bad guys will bring out the characters more brilliantly, and playing the villain will be more likely to burst out of the acting skills, which will make the audience naturally forget the singer identity of Little Ziggy.
Du Qifeng's suggestion was exactly the opportunity that Ren Xianqi wanted to break through.
So, starting in 2004, he embarked on the villain's path of no return.
The movies "Big World" and "Tree Trick" are two representative works of Ren Xianqi playing the villain,
Especially the latter, the "Thief King" Ye Jihuan played by him is chilling.
It is said that the charm of the villain is greater than that of the decent, and the performance of Little Qi Ge in the film once overwhelmed the film Emperor Lin Jiadong, and has perfectly jumped out of the circle of playing an old and good man.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="63" >04 two lives inside and outside the play</h1>
People can't be disguised, Du Qifeng said that Ren Xianqi is suitable for playing a villain.
But in real life, Little Ziggy is a simple and pure good person, otherwise he would not often play some roles close to the image in the early stage.
Because anyone who knows Ren Xianqi knows that he himself is a low-key artist with a kind heart, a grateful picture, and no scandal.
In the face of the financial difficulties of the mentor worm, he directly brought millions of cash to the mentor to tide over the difficulties, and did not ask the worm to return.
For Ren Xianqi, the little worm had helped him too much.
If it weren't for the little worm, there would be no him now, so the two masters and apprentices are still grateful to each other to this day, and their feelings are so deep that they are envious of the outside world.
When it comes to feelings, Little Ziggy is a very single-minded person.
Since his debut, there has never been a peach-colored scandal of unclear relationships, whether it is before or after marriage.
Little Ziggy's wife, Tina, is his girlfriend he has been in love with for many years and has been together since before his debut.
Although Ziggy Jr. had nearly 10 predecessors before that, Tina was different from several of Ziggy's predecessors.
Even during his most difficult and chaotic period, Tina was still by his side.
In order to solve her boyfriend's career dilemma, Tina also worked multiple jobs to subsidize her life.
Together, they shared weal and woe and lived a difficult but happy time.
It is precisely because of this that Little Ziggy is very grateful for Tina's company over the years, and also believes that the other party is his partner in the future life.
Little Brother Qi did not have any scruples after becoming popular, and put all his income down in the hands of his girlfriend for safekeeping.
And in 2002, she entered the palace of marriage and gave Tina an identity.
At this time, Tina entered the public's field of vision, and their love story was moving.
However, some people attacked Tina's appearance as disappointing, and called her Ren Xianqi's "ugly wife".
The comments from the outside world did not affect Ren Xianqi in the slightest, and after the marriage, he loved Tina as always.
As long as there is a work trip every day, he will report to his wife, others laugh at his fear of his wife, and Little Brother Qi also laughs.
Not fear, but a love that cares for each other.
Later, they welcomed a daughter and a son in 2005 and 2008.
Little Ziggy knew that his wife had sacrificed a lot for him, and the golden age that belonged to him had long passed.
Perhaps everything that should have been experienced has been experienced, and Ren Xianqi has put too much energy into the family.
Not only to maintain the passion of the wife when they first fell in love, but also to put the family first, as long as they do not work, they will accompany their children, so that they do not lack love in childhood.
Ren Xianqi is now 55 years old, and looking back on his development along the way, it is really the more time goes on, the fewer albums he releases.
Someone once suggested that he go to "I Am a Singer" to increase his popularity, but Xiao Qi Ge resolutely refused, saying that his song was not suitable for competition.
Although Little Ziggy has shined in the show business, he has been particularly low-key for many years.
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finally! There is a personal micro-documentary about Ren Xianqi, "Ren Xianqi's Music Story", in which some secrets about Ren Xianqi are also revealed.
One of the most touching is that Ren Xianqi opened a concert to let the staff have money.
Although many singers say that they go to concerts for their dreams, most of them end up making money to live for themselves.
But Ren Xianqi is different, the purpose of his concert is to let employees have money to earn, and he can't bear to see employees unemployed.
It can be said that Ren Xianqi deserves to be admired for a lifetime! #任贤齐的音乐故事 #