Entertainment detective
Editor|Entertainment Detective
"But I was so happy, even though I only had a broken acoustic guitar, singing that nobody cared about in the streets, under bridges, in the fields..."
Seeing this, it seems that the melody has sounded in your mind, and two dark-skinned workers have appeared.
Maybe we don't know what their names are, but when we mention "In Spring", the first thing we think of is undoubtedly the rising sun.
But why did they, who were once popular on the Internet, suddenly disappear on the Internet and disappear?
This needs to start when they first became popular.
Grassroots singer, became popular overnight
The original names of the two were Wang Xu and Liu Gang, and they were both solid workers.
Wang Xu, born in Shangqiu, Henan Province in 1966, has liked music since he was a child, so he has a special complex for music when he grows up.
After graduating from high school, he cobbled together his first guitar and learned to play the guitar on his own.
Later, he "abandoned his wife and son" and went out, formed a song and dance troupe with a group of people with the same hobbies, and performed and roamed.
At that time, Wang Xu was dedicated to pursuing his musical dream.
But because he was born in poverty, God did not give him the opportunity to try and make mistakes, but gave him a blow, let him see the reality clearly, very helpless, he can only choose to run for life.
In 2000, under the pressure of life, Wang Xu began his life in the north drift.
In the days of Beipiao, he went to construction sites and sold fruit... He tried countless types of work, but Wang Xu's life still did not see any improvement.
In such a "poor" day, although Wang Xu suffered from it, he still never forgot the music, and even used music to heal his spirit and encourage himself.
Even every week, he spends a day singing in the underground passages of the subway with his beloved guitar.
Another member of the group, Liu Gang, was born in Mudanjiang District, Heilongjiang Province.
As an adult, he first chose to become a soldier.
After being discharged from the army, Liu Gang also chose to go to Beijing to start his life in the north drift.
When drifting north, Liu Gang, like Wang Xu, also chose to sing in the underground passage because of his love!
It is precisely because Wang Xu and Liu Gang both chose to sing here that the foundation for the fame of the Yanggang of the rising sun was laid.
One day, a sudden encounter made Wang Xu and Liu Gang get to know each other, but at this time, the two just appreciated each other and encouraged each other, and did not think of forming a group to sing together.
And two workers with different ways can quickly become popular on the Internet, from grassroots to popular stars, starting with the following thing.
At first, just because of their love for music and mutual appreciation, they hit it off and directly chose to shoot a video in Liu Gang's rental house, and they sang a video of "In Spring" together and posted it online.
We can see that it is a dimly lit, cramped, dilapidated rental house with only a few beds, tables, beer bottles on it, rudimentary equipment, and most importantly, two sparkling people with their original dreams.
As soon as this video was released on the Internet, countless people burst into tears and were moved by it when they watched it, and the two exploded on the Internet overnight, and the lives of these two grassroots ushered in a turning point.
Someone once commented that "they are not famous because they sing well, but because the lyrics represent the suffering of a huge bottom of the people."
It can be seen that they injected this song with the hard work and bitter feelings of small people who have never been in the entertainment industry, and sang it into people's hearts.
After becoming popular, Liu Gang and Wang Xu officially formed a combination.
Wang Xu is the lead singer and Liu Gang is the guitarist, and both of them extracted one character from their names, namely "Xu" and "Gang", and then combined the two characters into "Rising Sun Yanggang" as their group name.
Later, as the two became more and more popular, the media quickly seized the heat to hype, and even some companies took a fancy to their interests and signed companies with them.
And after the explosion, the rising sun masculinant, also participated in the grassroots talent show "Avenue of Stars" and won the runner-up of the annual finals.
At the 2011 CCTV Spring Festival Gala, the two sang the song "In Spring" again at the party.
But Rising Sun Yanggang's singing of "In the Spring" is not the original of their group, but the original of the well-known singer Wang Feng.
And they also got into a lot of trouble because they frequently sang this song that belonged to others.
Success is also in the spring, defeat is also in the spring
When the careers of the two were on the rise, the two were forbidden by the original author Wang Feng to sing this song again on any occasion, which made their gradually improving careers usher in a heavy turning point.
Many people scolded Wang Feng on the Internet for being narrow-minded and killing the rising sun, which is unkind.
They felt that Wang Feng should be generous, not only not to compare with the two of them, but also to help them make money.
Someone even once said to Wang Feng, "You are a wristman, you also have money, isn't it just a song, you let him sing for a lifetime".
Without understanding the whole picture, we can easily point the finger at Wang Feng.
But if we look closely, we know that Wang Feng is the poor man, and he has done his best.
When Xuriyang just became popular for singing "In Spring", and began to frantically accept commercial performances in the early days of popularity, preparing to make a big profit, they did not pay any copyright fees to Wang Feng.
The legal counsel of Wang Feng's company planned to sue the group in the name of infringement, but Wang Feng stopped it by himself.
Because Wang Feng sympathizes with these two people who come from grassroots roots but still have dreams! Before becoming famous, Wang Feng suffered similar to them, did not want to "make calculations" with them, and also wanted to let them earn some money in the following days to make their lives rich.
But Wang Feng still reminded the two to be careful, after all, it is illegal to sing other people's works in commercial performances many times without paying copyright fees! ! !
Xuri Yanggang not only did not thank Wang Feng, but also relied on Wang Feng's sympathy for them many times, frequently hyped, did not know how to converge, and did not know how to learn about Entu News.
Suddenly, Wang Feng was annoyed by their practice and forbade Rising Sun Yanggang to sing Wang Feng's songs.
After that, the Yanggang duo of the rising sun, who did not have their own original works, were gradually forgotten by the audience.
This incident only made them disappear from the audience's field of vision, but some of the actions of guitarist Liu Gang were the reasons why the group disappeared or even was banned.
Short-lived, disappeared
In fact, after Liu Gang became popular, he began to act arbitrarily.
He has been exposed by the media for a series of bad behaviors such as driving luxury cars, running red lights, and fighting.
The above behaviors reflect that after Liu Gang became popular, he was very angry and had no one in sight, but these did not lead to the ban of the Rising Sun Yanggang Group.
And the next incident completely buried the future of the two.
One day, Liu Gang drove out, because the old man's walking slowly blocked the way ahead, he began to honk his horn to urge the old man, and clashed with the old man.
Not only that, Liu Gang also took out an iron bar from the trunk and beat the old man who was simply blocking the road.
After that, as soon as this incident broke out in the media, there was an instant scolding on the Internet, all of which were condemnation of Liu Gang, but he did not have the slightest intention of regret and apology, and was still proud.
After this incident was exposed, the Rising Sun Yanggang Group was directly banned from then on, and almost disappeared.
But Liu Gang himself continued to engage in the path of music, and also registered an account on Douyin to become a Douyin musician, posting some daily and original music works on it, and also gained a large number of fans.
It can be seen that Liu Gang's money should not be small, and his life is still relatively rich.
But Wang Xu has not developed as well as Liu Gang, and he has shifted the focus of his life to his home, sometimes suddenly singing in the fields, and posting on video platforms.
We can see in the video released by Wang Xu that he is alone in the rural field, his hair has become thinning and gray, and his spirit is far less radiant than when he sang "In Spring" in the group before.
There are also media reports that his appearance fee has fallen from 200,000 to double digits.
Some people say that the failure of the rising sun is that they have no culture, cannot write original songs, and do not understand the law to make money from other people's works.
Some people also say that it is precisely because they have forgotten their original intention to sing that they have fallen here.
However, no matter what, what the rising sun did made their explosion short-lived after all.
epilogue
Although the Rising Sun Yanggang Group has also been popular, it is precisely because they themselves "have no culture" and cannot engage in creation, do not understand the law, and suddenly exploded and "proud" after the grassroots counterattack to stardom, making their "spring" a thing of the past.
They just linger on our memories.
We learned from them that no matter what you do, culture can always contribute to your success, and when you achieve a little, you need to not forget your original intention, and you must not be arrogant, otherwise you will be like the rising sun, all the fame and fortune you get are just short-lived.