In a previous issue of "Singer", Yang Kun sang "The Prodigal Son Returns" and was cut.
Some netizens suspect that it is because the "Singer" party and the original singer Eggplant Egg did not negotiate the copyright issue.
Not only this, recently the music industry has exposed a lot of news that does not respect the copyright of original music, plagiarism, unauthorized cover songs, and BGM that randomly takes original singers' songs in variety shows...
This reminds me of li jian when he participated in "I am a singer", he would personally communicate with the original to confirm whether he could cover the song, and when he sang Xu Fei's "Father's Prose Poem", he also insisted on giving Xu Fei a fee.
He said: "The original singer pointed to this to make money, otherwise how to eat." ”
Today, when the copyright awareness is so indifferent, he will also take the initiative to pay the copyright fee when he sings other people's songs at the concert.
When a person has his own value system, he will treat the matter the way he or she does it.
This reminds me of a painting that Lin Fengmian gave to people, a big goose traveling against the wind, as Chai Jing commented:
"Always fly in the direction of the greatest resistance, but it is not strenuous, because it is not a sacrifice, just a choice".
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Some time ago, Li Jian just finished the first round of the tour of "Not Only Li Jian", the name of the tour comes from the Diamond Sutra " If you say the world, that is, not the world, is the world." ”
"That is, it is not Li Jian, it is Li Jian."
The name Li Jian does not represent him, and the entertainment circle that many people aspire to pursue is just a dream bubble.
He was very fond of Su Dongpo's "Linjiang Immortal", "The boat died from this, and Jiang Hai sent the rest of his life", believing that this poem was written by Su Shi after he became enlightened.
Many people judge that Li Jian is cold and cold, and it is not easy to contact without asking about the world. This is not the case.
Folk singer Zhong Lifeng recalls the scene of the first time he went to Li Jian's home:
"After I arrived on the bike, I saw a clean and bright yard, it was summer, Fang Fei was leisurely, they greeted each other at the door, Lang Cai and female appearance, off-the-beaten-path bright. The living room is full of CDs, books, exquisite objects, and the owner's taste is clear at a glance. ”
This is also what Gu Sui calls a cultured mind:
"In any hurried realm, there is room for the heart, and the creation of the second will be the result, and the turbulence will be the result."
Li Jian also made no secret of his admiration for Zhong Lifeng.
When I heard "The Crow on the Wheat Field" in the car, I excitedly called Zhong Lifeng and said that the lyrics of your song were too well written.
"I Am a Singer" met Liang Bo and praised him for winning in the state of man: "Independent, marginal, confident, uncompromising." ”
Last year, I helped Mao Buyi make an album, and wrote a small essay on Weibo, telling him to protect his talents, exercise well, stay away from the crowd, and concentrate on writing songs.
After the end of "The Voice of China", student Kang Shulong sent a text message to ask for a new song, thinking that he would not get a reply.
But Li Jian also wrote an email word by word to guide him at the critical moment of his personal debut, which was more careful than the tutor's revision of the paper.
He even expressed his appreciation for Jay Chou's music on many occasions.
High cold? In fact, it may be quite the opposite.
Or Zhong Lifeng's evaluation is the most appropriate.
"Li Jian's calmness is not to say that there is no emotion, he hides his feelings in a deeper place, and you melt as soon as you touch them."
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Time to pull back 20 years.
In 1998, Li Jian graduated and entered the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television as an engineer, with a salary of 4,000 per month, giving a Household Registration in Beijing, fetching water every day, translating materials, doing small projects, and doing some low-level work.
Asked how he felt at that time, Li Jian said:
"There is no sense of accomplishment, and the relationships are handled in a mediocre way. It occurred to me that in a few years, at most, I would be mixed into section chiefs, and there would be division chiefs, department chiefs, and general bureau chiefs on top of them, and there would be no freedom at all. ”
A person who does not want to spend his life in ignorance and unconsciousness will always have feelings and expressions.
Later, when the alumnus Lu Gengshu contacted him to form a band, he agreed, and the two formed "Mizuki Nianhua".
Later, due to different musical concepts, Li Jian and Mizuki Nianhua terminated their contract, offered not to use the name of "Mizuki Nianhua", and no longer sang any of Mizuki Nianhua's works.
At that time, Mizuki was like a day in the sky, and won countless awards.
The owner of the record company once said to him: "If everyone is like you, then there will be much peace between the singer and the agency." ”
When the "Life with You" color bell swept through various cities, Li Jian lived in a courtyard in Beijing, where the winter was particularly cold, there was no air conditioning and heating, and he wrote "Warmth" to comfort himself.
"Legend" was also written at that time.
Although this song was sung by Faye Wong seven years later.
In those years, he held small concerts, the seats were not satisfied; "Two Butterflies" was on fire, and a friend suggested that he write something similar, and he felt that he was not suitable; in order to make money to go to the mall for promotional activities, there were a bunch of old men and women sitting at the bottom, and no one applauded after singing.
The record can't be sold, and the company wants him and other artists to hype up romances and hype breakups...
Li Jian refused again.
He said, "Can't you just expect me to order it?" ”
In the summer of 2017, Li Jian was serving as Kuainan's mentor, and when someone asked him if he had anything to say to the contestants, he said the following paragraph:
"Sometimes when I look at these young players, I will be vaguely worried and even distressed, because in another 10 years, they will be middle-aged, still chasing this dream, the dream may be farther away from them than today, and at this time, the encouragement from family and friends may basically disappear by then, and may have become pressure and resistance."
I would love to tell them that if you must have no way out on your own, then be prepared to have no complaints and no regrets, and be prepared to say that you will achieve nothing, just like an ascetic, who has been practicing all your life until you quit all confusion, disappointment, sadness, suffering and loss, and so on. ”
Only those who have actually experienced it will understand the true meaning of the phrase "dreams may be farther away than they are today".
There is no sun without shadows, and it is necessary to know the night, which is the price that love must pay.
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But he never doubted that in those six or seven years, Li Jian released a record every two years, and when he saw the record, he felt that he had not wasted this year.
Speaking of the period of silence, he did not complain about grievances and did not feel bitter.
Just to say that that experience was very precious to him, because without that time, he would not have watched so many books and movies, and it is those things that make him who he is today.
Some people commented on Li Jian's way of dealing with the world: "The wheel of the times is driving by, and he stays where he is." ”
This reminds me of the screenwriter Bao Whale whale who went to Nepal to glide and originally wanted to finish skating early and go back to rest, but her coach told her:
"Even if you are in a hurry, even if you are afraid, don't rush forward, you can't fly, all you have to do is quietly wait for the wind to come."
After that, "I Am a Singer" and "The Voice of China" sent this gust of wind.
Li Jian was on fire, and some people commented that he was "a stack of porridge side dishes in the hot pot", and the accumulation of the previous years gushed out during this period.
"Tsinghua Brother", "Duan Zi Hand", "Music Poet", each poked at the audience's attention, and everyone called him a male god.
The "Dan Zi Hand" is also not a human design, he is indeed interesting, and his speech is also very interesting: "I also raise birds, and my birds are raised in the sky." When bitten by a mosquito, he said, "I have a place in the recipe for mosquitoes." ”
Returning to the "Singer" stage, he described his mood as:
"Especially like one day after graduating from college, you said, your diploma is not good, read it again."
In "The Voice", Jay Chou asked other singers whether they had written about eating, Haring said "Egg Fried Rice", Xie Tingfeng said "Fengwei", Li Jian said: "I wrote "Lake Berga" and "Fuxian Lake", there are a lot of fish in it. ”
Sing Jay Chou's "Waiting for You to Get Out of Class", changed "Why don't I study well and get into the same university as you" to "Why don't I say I like you and silently write songs for you." ”
The reporter asked him: "Are you more humorous than before?" ”
Li Jian said: "Twenty-five percent more humorous than before. ”
Reporter: "Why twenty-five percent?" ”
Li Jian replied, "I'm talking nonsense." ”
Even in the years of the courtyard, he still thought about using the advantages of his science students to make a small boiler to bake fire for heating.
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For the sudden surge in popularity in recent years, Li Jian responded:
"I'm especially afraid that people will call me a particularly noble person, because I'm not so good, and people like to make gods and destroy gods."
Sure enough, soon, negative news about him also poured out, saying that he was hyping up his identity as a bully and questioning his wife's falsification of academic qualifications.
But rushing to justify and argue is not something Li Jian likes to do, and when a person has his own value system, he will treat this matter in his own way:
"On the Internet, don't take these things too seriously, denigrate nothing more than mosquito bites, harmless."
His wife wrote on Weibo:
"Playing the piano, writing, everything is business as usual at home, but the world has changed on the Internet."
"A storm is just a storm, the sea is still the sea."
After "I Am a Singer", after completing the interviews that had been arranged before, Li Jian flew to the United States, and then wrote songs, toured, and gave up many job offers that could bring him more fame and fortune.
He felt that people who were given too much attention would lose a lot of basic things.
"The work is your only business card, if you are more popular than the song, it must not be right."
Li Jian's assistant said: "My job is to refuse 90% of the work. ”
Many people commented on the poetry of his and his wife's daily life, but he didn't think so himself, he felt that it was a misunderstanding of everyone, and they were just ordinary couples.
"A good life should be a peaceful life, and my daily content is playing the piano, writing songs, reading, and exercising."
In this noisy and restless era, everyone is eager to run upwards, not people who are willing to live in the ordinary, can not do this.
Now, Li Jian considers himself ordinary and accepts the ordinary, he is not as perfect as people think. In the interview he told reporters:
"People's dreams are not all for realization, but sometimes you feel good when you think about it."
Compared with success and fame, he now takes "gains and losses are unintentional, success or failure" as the culmination of his pursuit. Today's Li Jian feels like the words he once wrote to the students:
The light boat has passed through the Ten Thousand Heavy Mountains.
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Author: Lu Lu
Edit: Lulu
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