Text, ed. | Rising Sun
After 39 years, now 76 years old, Jiang Dawei has re-sung the famous work "In the Place Where the Peach Blossoms Bloom" in China. But unlike the 1986 Spring Festival Gala, which was packed to a large audience, he can only sing on a stage in a remote countryside today.
Jiang Dawei sings in the rain
Although it was raining and a gust of wind blowing from time to time that made the elderly Jiang stumbling, he still stubbornly held the umbrella and sang the song that made him popular, as if telling about his ups and downs over the years.
Jiang Dawei sings in the rain
However, in his tragic situation, netizens not only did not show sympathy for him, but angrily let him get out of China.
"Self-inflicted, earn Chinese money to spend abroad, don't you remember what you said?!"
"Don't you like to spend time abroad? What are you coming back for! ”
As a well-known Chinese singing artist, why did Jiang Dawei fall to where he is today?
Jiang Dawei
【·From obscurity to big popularity·】
Jiang Dawei was born in a wealthy family in Tianjin, and from an early age he showed his excellent singing talent, and his family also strongly supported him in learning to sing, and even invited foreign teachers to teach him.
Jiang Dawei in his youth (right)
It has to be said that when Jiang Dawei learned to sing, many of the Chinese people at that time were still in the stage of unraveling.
In 1968, 21-year-old Jiang Dawei actively responded to the call of the state and joined the rural team and cut the queue in the countryside of Hohhot.
During his trip to the countryside, Jiang Dawei shined with his outstanding singing skills, and was favored and picked up by the forest literary troupe in Jilin Province.
Jiang Dawei in his youth
From then on, Jiang Dawei began his theatrical literary career.
In the Jilin Provincial Forest Literary Troupe, he has composed a number of songs, and showed his singing talent with the song "Horse Galloping to Protect the Frontier".
His superb singing skills, loud high voice, and abundant emotions successfully attracted the attention of the headquarters song and dance troupe and transferred him to the Central National Song and Dance Troupe.
Jiang Dawei
It can be said that Jiang Dawei, with his artistic talent, went smoothly in that special era.
In 1980, Jiang Dawei's song "Peony Song" composed and sung successfully entered the vision of the people of the whole country, and Jiang Dawei's fame began to spread.
Jiang Dawei and his "Peony Song"
In 1984, Jiang Dawei's singing career ushered in an unprecedented opportunity - the invitation of CCTV's Spring Festival Gala. This is undoubtedly a great help to Jiang Dawei's already thriving career.
On the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, the audience was full, and the song "In the Place Where the Peach Blossoms Bloomed" attracted applause from the audience.
From time to time, under the popularity of CCTV, Jiang Dawei became popular all over the country with this song, and became a well-known singer at that time.
Jiang Dawei sings at the Spring Festival Gala
But it is worth mentioning that the song "In the Place Where the Peach Blossoms" is not Jiang Dawei's original singing and composition, and it is not an original song that people think.
Shortly thereafter, he was invited by the crew of the 86th version of "Journey to the West" and wanted him to sing the ending song of "Journey to the West" "Dare to ask where the way is".
"Journey to the West" theme song
Xu Jingqing was the person in charge of the soundtrack and episode of the 86th version of "Journey to the West", when the singer of "Dare to Ask Where the Way Is" was originally finalized by another person, or even when someone else had finished recording the song, Xu Jingqing resolutely decided to give this opportunity to Jiang Dawei under great pressure.
Jiang Dawei knew that this opportunity was not easy to come by, and was very grateful to Xu Jingqing, and expressed his willingness to worship Xu Jingqing as a mentor on the spot, and performed a solemn master-apprentice ceremony to him.
Jiang Dawei
As soon as this song came out, it became a symbol of the peak of Jiang Dawei's singing career, and Jiang Dawei became popular, not only enjoying high honors in China, but also having a lot of popularity internationally.
At his peak, his appearance fee even reached a staggering 250,000 yuan! You must know that it was 250,000 in the eighties, ordinary people, this is an astronomical amount that even dares not think about it!
Jiang Dawei made a lot of money, but his mentor Xu Jingqing didn't say a mouthful of soup, and he didn't even catch a bowl and chopsticks.
Jiang Dawei
According to the relevant laws and regulations on copyright, the benefits obtained by performers from the use of non-original works must pay a certain percentage of the proceeds to the author.
However, not only did he not give Xu Jingqing the copyright fee, but he even beat him up furiously.
He denied that he was paid for "Dare to Ask Where the Way Is", saying that those opportunities to sing were won by himself, not by anyone else. It was as if his previous gratitude was all a fantasy in terms of Xu Jing's list.
Jiang Dawei
As the saying goes, "money can see a person clearly", once you become successful and rich, your mentality often changes.
Jiang Dawei is no longer the teenager who chased his dreams, and now he has been swallowed up by fame and money!
Another side of Jiang Dawei also revealed. He began to pursue fame and money, material satisfaction and comfort, so that he completely forgot the opportunities brought to him by his country and friends, and forgot his heart when traveling.
Jiang Dawei
By chance, Jiang Dawei was invited to Canada to hold a concert.
The high-quality material life in the capitalist countries instantly intoxicated Jiang Dawei, who admired fame and fortune, and lost himself in the capitalist bubble.
He thought, "Immigrate!" Bring the family and enjoy! ”
Jiang Dawei and his wife
【·Domestic "gold", foreign enjoyment, embark on the road of no return·】
After returning to China, Jiang Dawei immediately began to emigrate. He brought his family to Canada and changed the nationality of his wife and daughter from China to Canadian. His set of operations made the Chinese people can't help but smack their tongues, and it was inevitable that the Chinese people would criticize him.
In response to the questioning and accusations of the Chinese people, Jiang Dawei took out his daughter as a shield: "Immigrants are just to let their daughters get a better education." For this unconvincing remark, naturally did not convince the countrymen, and his popularity also declined.
Jiang Dawei (left)
Obviously, the truth is not as simple as Jiang Dawei said.
Shortly thereafter, Jiang Dawei quit his job in China and went to a foreign country to enjoy it!
But life abroad is not as smooth as Jiang Dawei thought.
Jiang Dawei
He was poorly known in an unfamiliar country, and he soon discovered that the savings he had saved at home over the years were not enough to maintain the high quality of life he wanted.
However, the disaster is not alone, just when Jiang Dawei is in a dilemma, he ushered in the "lover incident" that made him desperate.
His previous female agent, Yao Man, suddenly jumped out again, claiming to be "Jiang Dawei's woman".
Yao Man
It turned out that in order to earn more money to buy a house and settle in Canada, Jiang Dawei decided to take a desperate step and cooperate with his agent Yao Man to receive more foreign commercial performances and make money in a short time.
But later, Yao Man, dissatisfied with the benefits obtained, decided to blackmail Jiang Dawei in this way to obtain more money.
After Jiang Dawei knew this, he immediately proposed to terminate the cooperation with Yao Man, because once the news spreads, he will already enter middle age, he will be "late in life", not to mention enjoying such a high quality of life abroad, he has not enjoyed enough!
Jiang Dawei and Yao Man
Jiang Dawei quickly contacted friends who could help and proved his innocence. In the end, Yao Man was imprisoned, but the East Window incident of the "Lover's Incident" also made Jiang Dawei, who sneaked to Canada, appear in the domestic media again, which once again caused criticism from netizens.
Netizens angrily called him a "traitor". As his reputation became worse and worse, Jiang Dawei also had to come forward and say: "I am a serious Chinese, Chinese nationality." However, netizens did not buy it, saying that he retained his nationality only to be able to make a fortune in China.
On the other hand, Jiang Dawei, after the "lover incident", had no economic resources, and had to return to China to "make money" in order to maintain a prosperous life abroad.
Jiang Dawei
【·Returned home in disgrace, no one cares·】
But because Jiang Dawei has not appeared in China for many years, and has experienced the "immigration incident" and "lover incident", many large-scale performances no longer choose to invite him.
For the sake of the livelihood of a family of three, Jiang Dawei had to frequently participate in various commercial performances. He also broke his promise when he was young that he would "never go to a variety show", and became a judge of "Avenue of Stars" with his excellent professional ability.
Jiang Dawei
That is, Jiang Dawei's words in "Avenue of Stars" that he couldn't bear to look at directly, made his reputation completely collapse.
Among the judges of this variety show with Jiang Dawei, there is a singer from the countryside, Zhu Zhiwen, who was very popular at the time.
Zhu Zhiwen has regarded Jiang Dawei as an idol since he was a child, and has inspired him to become a peasant singer.
Zhu Zhiwen
Zhu Zhiwen is an authentic farmer, with his unique singing style and full of feelings on the stage of "Avenue of Stars", he rose all the way up the competition, successfully won the fifth place in the annual finals, and was invited to return to the show as a judge.
In the competition, Zhu Zhiwen also used Jiang Dawei's songs many times, such as "Dare to ask where the way is" and "Peony Song".
In Zhu Zhiwen's view, this is his tribute to his idol Jiang Dawei. But for Jiang Dawei, this is undoubtedly the most naked provocation.
Zhu Zhiwen went to the Spring Festival Gala
In Jiang Dawei's view, a grassroots singer from a rural area who does not even have his own masterpieces, why should he be "on an equal footing" with himself?
But the sky did not meet people's wishes, and the CCTV Spring Festival Gala that year invited Zhu Zhiwen to participate in the Spring Festival Gala performance, but Jiang Dawei, an "old artist", was not invited.
This made Jiang Dawei angry and corrupted, and in another program interview, he even said words that completely collapsed his reputation.
Jiang Dawei
"He said he is a peasant singer, I said that a singer is a profession, a farmer is also a profession, I said you should be called a peasant singer, right, you are a farmer who loves to sing, what qualifications do you have to be called a singer."
"People like you just because you're a farmer. A farmer can sing a few mountain songs, and he really thinks he is a singer. ”
These words naturally attracted criticism from netizens: "Aren't you the son of a farmer? Could it be that you Jiang Dawei is nobler than a peasant? ”
All kinds of things that have happened successively have shown that Jiang Dawei, the "star", has "gone out of breath", but the authorities are obsessed, Jiang Dawei still goes his own way, holding the shelf of the "big name" and refusing to put it down, wanting to lie on the "merit book" and eat and wait for death.
Perhaps for nostalgia, or perhaps to experience full cheers again, after 39 years, Jiang Dawei decided to re-sing "In the Place Where Peach Blossoms Bloom".
In order to hold this concert, he carefully dressed in front of the camera, wearing expensive gold wire glasses, wearing a flat suit, and dressed as a successful person, "pulling popularity" for this concert.
Jiang Dawei
But this concert was not on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, and there was not even one person sitting offstage to listen to him sing. In the end, the concert could only be held on the stage of a remote village, and under the light rain, he sang "strong" with an umbrella, but there was no audience in the audience.
Maybe at that moment, he will also wake up, wake up to what he has done, but who cares?
【·Summary·】
Admiring foreign countries, denigrating peasants, self-sustaining and high...
As netizens commented: "A peach blossom has bloomed for half a century. "Jiang Dawei's singing road can be regarded as coming to an end from now on!
The so-called no virtue is a waste product, with virtue is a semi-finished product, with talent without virtue is a dangerous good, with virtue is a boutique.
Jiang Dawei's talented but immoral behavior echoed the words of his ancestors.
Jiang Dawei was completely "cold", but his deeds left a profound lesson for others: for people, virtue is the first, and personal talent is the second.
Jiang Dawei
I hope that everyone here can have this understanding after understanding Jiang Dawei's road to self-destruction: Only by maintaining sincerity at all times can we reach a farther shore on the road of life.
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